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A63185	The tryal of Nathaniel Thompson, William Pain, and John Farwell upon an information exhibited by the Kings Attorney General against them, for writing, printing and publishing libels, by way of letters and other prints, reflecting upon the justice of the nation, in the proceedings against the murderers of Sir Edmond-bvry Godfrey : at Guild-hal on Tuesday June the 20th, 1682, where after a full hearing they were convicted : together with an accompt of several affidavits read in His Majesties Court of Kings Bench and other matters at the time of their receiving sentence : to which is added by way of appendix, several other affidavits which further confirm the testimony of Mr. Prance, given upon the tryal of Green, Berry and Hill about that murder, with some observations touching the said Thompson, Farwell and Pain.	Thompson, Nathaniel, d. 1687, defendant.; Paine, William, defendant.; Farwell, John, defendant.; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.	1682 (1682)	Wing T2207; ESTC R18230	39,778	52

call a Witness or two to prove somthing more then hath yet been proved in this Murder tho' there was Evidence enough upon the Tryal to prove it Mr. Sol. Gen. Gentlemen Mr. Farewell does pretend that he hath only told so many Lies and hath left the World to make use of it And hath brought Witnesses to Colour this matter over and in hopes to make you believe the matter is true But Mr. Farewell hath forgot himself his Paper is quite otherwise for he hath argued upon it and made Inferences that therefore Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey murdered himself therefore he is guilty of the highest malice in the World He tells a great many falsities and from those falsities hath inferred others The Paper is full of Arguments L. C. Justice Gentlemen I did give him leave to go into what Evidence he would in this Case not hat I thought it material for if he could have proved never so much yet his malice had never been the less to have gone and aspersed the Government What had he to do to meddle with it To what purpose should he Write Books concerning the matters of Government to Traduce the Justice of the Nation The people had suffered as Malefactors and what had he to do with it If they had suffered Innocently he ought to have done no such thing as this is Mr. Serjeant Maynard My Lord but one Witness L. C. Justice Pray call whom you will Mr. Serjeant Maynard John Okely We will prove that he was way-layed that very day he was strangled Mr. Sol. Gen. We have no need to call any Witnesses now to over do a thing We may leave it here Jury-Man Pray my Lord if they have any more Witnesses let us hear them L. C. Justice T is nothing to this purpose to call any for the King nor hath Farewells Evidence signified any thing to this He did design and would no doubt of it have been very much satisfied if he could have made but some probable Evidence that Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey killed himself and I was desirous to hear what they vvould say for themselves But you hear vvhat a kind of Evidence it is not a Witness he hath called but is as much against him as can be and does evince it plainly that the man vvas killed and that he vvas killed by strangling and so the Evidence vvas upon the Tryal of Green Berry and Hill If he could have raised a doubt about it yet his Offence had not been mitigated by it for a private person is not to arraign the Justice of the Nation but I vvas vvilling to hear vvhat could be said in the Case vvhether a doubt could be made in the World that Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey vvas not murdered And you see hovv his very Evidence hath in all things confirmed the Evidence Prance hath given that he vvas killed and that he was killed by strangling I must leave it with you Gentlemen they are all 3 in this mischief t is a Combination of them to affront the publick Justice of the Nation and what is the end of it the end of it is to make people believe there is no Popish Plot but it is plain he was killed by the Popish party as Prance upon his Evidence against Green and the others attested But if they could have made it out that he killed himself all of them would have cryed out the Popish Plot was a sham nothing but a thing raised by the Protestants against the Papists and all the Plot must have gone for nothing Gentlemen I do leave it to you whether upon this Evidence you do not believe them all to be Guilty of this design of Traducing the Justice of the the Nation The Jury thereupon without going from the Barr sound them all three Guilty of the Information And the people gave a great Hum. Monday July 3. 1682. NAthaniel Thompson William Pain and John Farwell were brought up by Rule to the Bar of the Court of the Kings Bench to receive their Judgment Mr. Thompson the Counsellor moved for Judgment and particularly prayd they might have some corporal punishment acquainting the Court that since their Tryal tho they had as much time and liberty given them by the Lord Chief Justice to call their witnesses and examine whom the would as they could desire the very next News Book Thompson put out he took upon him to give an Accompt as tho' Justice had not been done him and further said if there was any doubt of the Fact with Mr. Thompson or Mr. Farwell or Mr. Pain there were Affidavits to satisfie the world about it Then Mr. Spences Affidavit was read Richard Spence Citizen and Upholder of London living in Arundel Street in the Strand in the Parish of St. Clements Daen in the County of Middlesex having been twice subpaena'd to give Evidence for the King upon an Information exhibited in the Crown-office against Nathaniel Thompson William Pain and John Farwell and not being called at their Trial to give Evidence in open Court maketh Oath that upon Thursday the Tenth day of October 1678. it being the Thursday before Sir Edmondbury Godfrey was missing from his own House in Hartshorne Lane in the Strand as he this Deponent was coming from St. James's Market to go to his own House about Seven of the clock at night there were then at the Water Gate of Somerset House five or six men standing together who layd hold on this Deponent as he was passing by them and they taking hold of both this Deponents Armes dragg'd him down about a yard within the Water Gate of Somerset House it being dark but one of the said Men which this Deponent believes to have been Hill for that this Deponent knew Hill very well as also his Master Doctor Godwyn cryed out and said this is not he upon which they immediatly let this Deponent go RICHARD SPENCE Jurat the 10th July 1682. Coram me W. Dolbin Whereupon the Clerk of the Crown sayd that it was one Captain Spence whom he knew very well and that he was a Tall black Man and like Sir Edmondbury Godfrey Then John Oakely's Affidavit was read John Oakely of the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields in the County of Middlesex Servant to Mr. Robert Breedon of Hartshorne Lane in the said Parish and County Brewer maketh Oath that on Saturday the 12th day of October in the year of our Lord 1678 about eight or nine of the clock in the Evening he was in the City of London in the Company of his Father Robert Oakely of Bissiter in the County of Oxon Maulster and his Father came with him so far as Ludgate where they parted And this Deponent going homewards to his Master Breedns House coming by Somerset House in the Strand when he came near the Gate of that House which leads down to the Water-side commonly called the Water Gate which was about Nine of the clock at night he there saw Sir Edmondbury Godfrey and past close by him

in relation to the Murther of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey before first mentioned the least item or circumstance but what will be by undeniable Evidence made out to be the truth So the said Mr. Prance having not as yet vouchsafed an Answer to that Letter he will speedily receive a further Letter relating to that Murther wherein the further truth will not only be fully set forth and other Circumstances set out And further that the said Nathaniel Thompson William Pain and John Farwell in their further prosecuting falsly wickedly and maliciously their contrivances and intentions aforesaid with force and arms c. falsly unlawfully wickedly maliciously and devillishly composed and caused to be Printed a certain other false scandalous and defamatory Libel Entituled The Loyal Protestant Intelligence c. In which last mentioned Libel amongst other things it is contained as follows Whereas Dick Janeway in this dayes Mercury promises an Answer to the late Letter to Mr. Prance c. This is to give him and all the world notice That such an Answer is impatiently expected by the Author of that Letter who questions not but to prove every Tittle of that Letter to the satisfaction of all mankind And besides he is very desirous that the Courantier according to his last Pacquet of Advice to Rome would go on and use his Interest to procure the Lord Mayor Court of Aldermen and Common Council of London to inspect the Truth of that Letter whereby it will appear inevitably that there is not one Papist or Popishly affected person concerned in that Letter or in the proof of the particulars thereof but the same with divers other material circumstances relating to the Murther of Sir E B Godfrey and the Fraud and Blind put upon the world in relation thereto will be more fully plainly and manifestly proved without giving ill Words or scurrilous Language or Reflections to any persons that really are or supposed to be therein concern'd in any circumstance whatsoever And that the said Nathaniel Thompson William Pain and John Farwell in their further prosecution aforesaid falsly wickedly and maliciously their contrivances and intentions after to wit The first day of April in the four and thirtieth year of the Reign of our said Lord the King with force and arms c. at the Parish of Saint Mary le Bow London aforesaid falsly unlawfully unjustly wickedly maliciously scandalously and devillishly made composed and caused to be Printed a certain other false scandalous and defamatory Libel Entituled the Loyal Protestant Intelligence c. In which last mentioned Libel amongst other things it is contained as follows Last Wednesday Nathaniel Thompson vpon Summons appeared before the Lords of his Majesties most honourable Privy Council about the Letters to Mr. Miles Prance concerning the Death òf Sir Edmondbury Godfrey where he justified the matter and produced the Authors who are ready to prove by undeniable and substantial Witnesses not in the least accused or suspected of Popery as the malicious Party do suggest that every Tittle and Iota of those Letters are true And that in another part of the last mentioned Libel amongst other things it is contained as follows Mr. Thompson and the Gentlemen his Friends are to attend the next Wednesday at Council where they do not doubt but that Honourable Board will put them into à Method to prove the whole or any particular which their Honours in their great Wisdom shall think convenient to be brought to the Test or Examination And further that the said Nathaniel Thompson c. the Twenty-third day of February in the abovesaid Thirty-fourth year of our said Lord the King and divers other days and times betwixt the said Twenty-third of February and the aforesaid Thirty-fourth year and the day of the exhibiting of the said Information at the Parish of St Mary le Bow London aforesaid knowingly and every of them knowing the said several Libels to be false malicious scandalous and seditious with Force and Arms c. falsly unlawfully unjustly wickedly maliciously scandalously seditiously and devillishly the said false malicious scandalous and seditious Libels uttered and published and each of them uttered and published in manifest contempt of the Laws of this Kingdom of England and the Scandal and Defamation of the publick Justice of the same to the evil Example of all others in like Case offending and against the Kings Peace his Crown and Dignity c. Then Proclamation for Information being made Mr. Thompson acquainted my Lord and the Jury with the effect of the Information as follows Mr. Thompson My Lord and you Gentlemen of the Jury This is an Information against Nathaniel Thompson William Pain and John Farwell and it is for writing and printing several Scandalous Libels about the the Death of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey In which we set forth that Green Berry and Hill were indicted for the Murder of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey and thereof convicted and attained and that the said Green Berry and Hill were executed for it that upon their Tryal for that Matter several Witnesses were examined namely Mr. Prance Bedloe Curtis and several others to prove Sir Edmondbury Godfrey murthered at Somerset-house and before the Tryal there was an Inquest taken by the Coroner of Middlesex by which it does appear that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey was murthered by several Persons unknown and that the Defendants to reflect upon the Justice of the Nation and scandalize the Witnesses produced at that Tryal and to make it believed that these Persons died Wrongfully did write and print several scandalous Libels and Letters one of them intituled a Letter to Miles Prance concerning the Murther of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey and in these Letters did suggest as if he had been felo de se and do reflect upon every one of the Witnesses as if they had contradicted themselves and also do reflect upon the Coroner as though he had bribed the Jury and do undertake by these Arguments and several others that you will hear to prove that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey murthered himself And that in another Libel that Thompson printed called his Loyal Protestant Intelligence he says he will make it out by a Cloud of Witnesses This we say is against the Peace of the King and defaming of the Justice of the Nation If we prove this matter upon them you are to find them Guilty Mr. Serj. Maynard My Lord The matter which you have now before you is as impudent a thing as ever was done Gentlemen Sir Edmondbury Godfrey was murthered and Green and the Contrivers of it have been executed for it the matter hath passed the Examination of the Parliament and the King and Council and all Now this Thompson is a Printer I may as well say a Printer of Libels for he does constantly print Libels against the Religion established and the Justice of the Nation The Jury that were impannelled upon the Coroners Inquest he says of them that they at first did agree that he murthered himself and afterwards did

Heads I am charged with upon that Letter and that about the Blood is one My Lord I was concerned they should pretend there was no blood at all When I came there there was near my Hat full of blood Lord Chief Justice Can you tell who laid it there Mr. Farewell My Lord if you will hear two witnesses more I will satisfy your Lordship who laid it there My Lord this man was one of them that helped to remove the Body out of the Ditch Another Witness John Rawson called by Mr. Farewel and sworn Rawson My Lord I was there taking him up we fetched the Constable and pulled him out of the Ditch and when we had done we pulled the Sword out and removed him to the House and there was blood upon some Posts explaining himself to me on a couple of stumps to go over upon and going into the Door his Back did sweep a little against the side and there vvas some vvater and blood lighteD there and likevvise lay upon the Table vvhere he lay and upon the Floor Mr. Farewell Did the blood of his body fall upon the Floor and go through the Floor into the Cellar Mr. Rawson Some drops vvere there I vvon't svvear vvhether it vvere blood or no my Lord. Mr. Farewell My Lord I desire the same question may be put to Mrs. Rawson Mrs. Rawson svvorn Mrs. Rawson My Lord if you please I have not a vvord to say but there vvas blood and vvater ran through the Table that is all I can say Mr. Farewell My Lord as to the difference betvveen Mr. Prances Evidence and Mr Bedloes I desire I may prove the difference betvveen them L. C. Justice You shall make any proof you vvill John Stanley called by Mr. Farewell and svvorn Mr. Farwel I call him to prove the Copies of the Journals of the House of Lords L. C. Justice What would you infer from the Journals Mr. Farewell My Lord they charge me that I should say there is a great deal of difference between the Evidence Mr. Bedloe gave in the House of Lords and the Evidence that Prance gave at the Tryal of Green Berry and Hill L. C. Justice Would you prove any Evidence given by Bedloe out of the Journals Mr. Farewell I can prove he gave that Evidence before the House of Lords But Mr. Farewell afterwards went off from that Proof and called Mr. Hobbs Mr. White Mr. Chase the Father and Mr. Chase the Sonn and Mr. Lazingby who were sworn Mr. Farewell I ask Mr. Chase what he observed about Sir Edmoud-Bury Godfrey Mr. Chase the Sonn My Lord on Fryday Morning the day after the body was found I went to Primrose-Hill in company with my father to see the body which they said was found I came into the Field where the company in the Field said the body had been laid the body had been then carried into the house I looked into the Ditch where they said the body was laid I could not see blood in the Ditch but four or five Yards aside off the Ditch there seemed some blood to me which the Constable said followed thesword when it was pulled out of the body I saw the body in the House and saw the two wounds he had a great Contusion on the left Eare and his whole Face was very much bruised L. C. Justice Do you believe there was anyi Volence offered to him Mr. Chase My Lord I believe he was Strangled for I don't believe those Injuries that were offered about him could be after he was dead L. C. Justice What say you Mr. Hobbs Farewell I desire he may be asked whether he did not propose to Mr. Godfrey that the body might be opened that any doubt may be laid aside concerning his being Murdered in that Place Mr. Hobbs My Lord L. C. Justice Had you any doubt whether he was Murdered or not Mr. Hobs. Indeed my Lord I thought he was Strangled that was my Opinion I cant tell whether I was mistaken I said to Dr. Goodall it would be very well if Mr. Godfrey would send for a Chirurgion and a Physitian from the Court and others from the City to satisfie all persons Mr. Farewell What Colour was his face Mr. Hobbs My Lord it was bloted L. C. Justice Did it look as if Violence had been used to him Mr. Hobbs Ay my Lord and the bloody Vessels of his Eyes were so full as if he had been troubled with sore Eyes Mr. Farewell Did you observe any Fly-Blows in his face Mr. Hobbs No my Lord not that I know of L. C. Justice What say you Mr. Chase Mr. Chase My Lord on Fryday when I came to see the body at the White House I found a great Contusion and two wounds one yielded towards the right The other went into the body I troubled my self no more at that time but the nex day I was desired by Dr. Lloyd that I would go to his House and see the body again and there I found a selling upon the left Eare as if a knot had been tyed there I found him beaten from this place to this pointing to the Neck and Stomack I never saw any man beaten so in my life Before this business was broached Mr. Farewell did take me aside at Mans Coffe-House and did tell me what proof he could make of this business I told him Mr. Farewell I love you well don't medle with the business for I know it is impossible any thing can be said against it that hath the face of truth I did so a second time my Lord when the book came out I found one before I went to New-Market and the other at New-Market I was very much troubled to see them The Night before Easter the Eve of Easterday I meet with Mr. Farewell at an House where I had been with a good friend of his and mine and Farewell came and asked for me and he came up to the Room as they called for another Bottle of Wine I told them it was needless only since Mr. Farewell is come up said I I will drink one glass with you And he told me then that 6 Months before I had given him good Council if he had taken it Mr. Farrwell My Lord I desire M. Smith to be called L. C. Justice Let him But he came not then Mr. Brown is called by Mr. Farewell and sworn Mr. Farewell I desire Mr. Brown may be asked whether his Eyes were not fly blown L. C. Justice T is proposed to you by Mr. Farewell whether the Eyes of Sir Edmond-Bury Godfrey were not fly-blown Mr. Brown No my Lord I did not see any fly-blows Mr. Farewell Whether there were any specks that one might call fly-blows M. Brown My Lord I did not see any specks that one might call fly-blows Mr. Farewell I desire that I might call two Witnesses to prove that he said so L. C. Justice What will you get by that Mr. Farewell to disparage your Witness Mr. Brown My Lord Mr. Farewell would

have had me said so but I never said so Then Smith came L. C. Justice What do you ask Smith Mr. Farewell Only about the blood Mr. Brown My Lord he came to me another time and told me I was wrong in my Affidavit as if he knew what I could make Affidavit of better then my self Mr. Farewel My Lord I was not the party that told him so Mr. Brown He was at my house twice at Mary-bone at the sign of the Sun L. C. Justice Was Paine with him there Mr. Brown My Lord there was a man with Plate buttons with him there I don't knovv Paine Mr. Smith Svvorn L. C. Justice Well vvhat say you Mr. Smith it is required of you by Mr. Farewell here to dcelare vvhether you took up any of Sir Edmond-bury Godfreys blood and brought it home in your handkerchief Mr. Smith No my Lord I knovv nothing of that Mr. Farewell I desire Rawson and his vvife may be called again Rawson appears L. C. Justice What say you t is required by Mr. Farewell whether you savv any fly-blovvs in Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey's Eyes Mr. Rawson There was some thing like fly-blows but I cant say they vvere fly-blovvs L. C. Justice Did you observe the flys vvere busie at that time of the Year Mr. Rawson My Lord I did not see them Then the people laughed Mr. Farewell I desire Rawsons wife may come Mr. Rawson I must fetch her then Rawsons Wife appears L. C. Justice Look you Mr. Farewell requires of you to tell us whether there was any fly-blows in the Eyes of Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey Mrs. Rawson If it please you my Lord there was a great many people said there were fly-blows I took no great notice of them L. C. Justice He asks you what you say to his Mouth and his Nostrels were there fly-blows Mrs. Rawson If it please you my Lord I cant say nothing to it for I did not much mind it but they seemed fly-blows L. C. Justice Have you any more Witnesses Mr. Farewell Mr. Farewell I pray Mr. Lazingby my Lord may be asked whether men that kill themselves look as Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey did L. C. Justice Mr. Lazingby Mr. Farewill requires of you whether you have seen men that have killed themselves look in such a manner about the Neck and Face Mr. Lazingby My Lord he appeared to me to be strangled and that which strangled him was kept about his Neck till he was cold My Lord People that are hanged let down while warme the blood draines away by the Vessels that are broaken and their Faces are rather less and their Faces become very pale but the thing Wherewith he was strangled remaining about his Neck the blood could not draine away but it made his Face look bloody The two Mr. Chases the Kings Apothecary was there when I was there and the blood that was some four Yards from the Ditch I put my finger in it and smelt to it and it smelt like that which comes from a body after a sortnights time dead rather then a weeks my Lord it was blood and water The water will seperate from the blood Sir Frances Winn. But you believe he was strangled Mr. Lazingby Yes his Neck from this place hither pointing to the upper part of his Neck and then to his Stomack and Breast was very much discoloured and black and his mouth was discoloured Now when ever a man is bruised whilst he is alive or whilst he is warme that part after the person is dead will soonest corrupt L. C. Justice It stands to reason that the bruised part will first corrupt Mr. Lazingby My Lord after Mr. Chase the Apothecary and I had seen him at the White house I went up to drink a Glass of Beer and Mr. Chases sonn unbuttoned Sir Edmond-bury Godfreys Coller which was more then I saw when I was come in and unbuttoning the Coller there vvere 2 great creases both a bove and belovv so they sent for me dovvn to come and see it so I put the Coller together and I percieved the Coller made the mark like a straight Ring upon a finger the Neck being svvelled above the Coller and belovv by the strangling vvith a Cord or Cloath Sir Frances Winn. Do you think he killed himself novv Mr. Farewell Mr. Lazingby There vvas somthing in the Cover of his Eyes like matter but I can't say it vvas fly-blovvs His Eyes vvere open my Lord and his Eyes vvere Blood-shed as Mr. Hobbs hath given you an account as if he had an extraordinary great cold or a man that had a blovv upon the Temples or Forehead Mr. Farewell Whether vvere his Eye-lids closed Mr. Lazingby My Lord his Eyes vvere open vvhen I savv him Mr. Farewell When I savv him about 6 a Clock in the morning his Eyes vvere shut Mr. Lazingby I felt upon his Cloaths I admired that his Cloaths vvere not vvet there having been so great a storme the afternoon before L. C. Justice And his Cloaths vvere not vvet Mr. Lazingby His Cloaths vvere as dry as mine Mr. Farewell My Lord they made a great fire there and dryed his Clotahs L. C. Justice Come Mr. Farewell there is no man so blind as he that vvon't see Will you call any more Witnesses Mr. Farewell I vvill call no more Witnesses but I suppose they vvill Offer against me that I am a Papist Mr. Serjeant Maynard No no. L. C. Justice Truly your Religion is not vvorth the enquireing into T is not much to the purpose vvhat Religion you are of Mr. Serjeant Maynard Gentlemen you hear he hath been able to make no defence for himself but for the satisfaction of the World my Lord hath taken great pains in hearing him I shall speak but very fevv vvords and call a Witness or tvvo of some nevv matter that if it be possible to covince him vve vvill do it We need not do it because his ovvn Witnesses tell you of the several bruises and Wounds he had that there vvas no fly-blovvs no putrified matter Hovv can a man that Stabbs him sef bruise and beat himself in the manner that you have heard There is never a Witness that hath spoken on his side but hath spoken against him to prove himself as malicious a fellovv as can be What had he to do vvith this Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey vvas murdered Was found inquiry made after it and prosecution thereupon now comes this fellow and permits several Arguments against it every one of them from matter of fact that is false and yet publishes it to the World that he will prove it by 500 undeniable Witnesses We will now call some Witnesses to prove him as Wicked a lyer as lives I say what had he to do with it only meer malice He would have me ask him what Religion he is of I shall not ask him for I don't think he is of any none of any Religion can be so Wicked to own such a thing We shall desire the favour to

and put off his Hat to him and Sir Edmondbury Godfrey put off his Hat again to him and after that this Deponent had passed beyond Sir Edmondbury Godfrey he this Deponent turned about and looked upon him again and Sir Edmondbury Godfrey stood still and there was a Man or two near Sir Edmond And this Deponent further saith that he knew Sir Edmondbury Godfrey very well for that he saw him almost daily pass by his Master Breedons House in Hartshorne Lane going or coming from his own dwelling House which was also in Harts-horne Lane And this Deponent further saith that about two or three days after when the Rumor was that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey was missing he acquainted his fellow Servant Elizabeth Dekin that he saw Sir Edmondbury Godfrey near the Water Gate at Somerset House in the Strand that very Saturday night that he was reported to have been missing from his House in Hartshorne Lane And this Deponent further saith that he told the same thing to his Uncle Ralph Oakely of the Parish of little Saint Bartholomew about a week after the time that Sir Edmondbury Godfreys body was found and also that he told the same thing to his Father the aforesaid Robert Oakely and to several others in a short time after JOHN OAKELY Jurat 22 die Junij 1682. Coram me John Moore Major Sworn to again the 1st July 1682. Before Judge Dolbin and is left filed up in the Crown-office Vide Green Berry and Hills Tryal folio 16 as to the time of Sir Edmondbury Godfreys being at Somerset House After which the Court consulted together and Mr. Justice Jones having first set out the greatness of their Crime gave the Judgment of the Court which was that Thompson and Farwel should stand upon the Pillory in the Palace yard the last day of the Term between the hours of Ten and One of the clock for the space of an hour and each of them to pay an Hundred pound Fine and to be Imprisoned till they had paid it And as for Pain he told him because the Court did not conceive him altogether so guilty they would inflict no corporal punishment on him but did adjudge him to pay an Hundred pound Fine and to be Imprisoned till he payd it Afterwards the Court was moved to explane their Judgment it being apprehended that it was pronounced upon the Pillory and the Court did declare that their intention was and so the expression upon the Pillory was to be understood that they should stand in the Pillory Accordingly Wednesday the 5th July 1682. Thompson and Farwell stood in the Pillory in the Old Palace-yard at Westminster with this Writing over their Heads For Libelling the Justice of the Nation by making the World beleive that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey Murdered himself The End of the Tryal AN APPENDIX Containing Several other Affidavits Which further confirm the Testimony of Mr. Miles Prance Given upon the Tryal of Green Bury Hill For the Murder of Sir Edmund-Bury-Godfrey WITH Some Observations touching Thompson Pain and Farewell LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons 1682. AN APPENDIX Containing Several other Affidavits Which further confirm the Testimony of Mr. Miles Prance c. AS it hath been of late by many Learned Pens made appear That the Papists do justifie and countenance nay esteem Meritorious Rebellions Murders and Massacres against any Protestant Prince or People whom they reckon Hereticks for the Advancement of their Religion so 't is as well known that if those Rebellions Murders and Massacres be Discovered they can if they shall think them needful have Dispensations to Forswear Lie Equivocate do any thing to make the world believe that they are Innocent or make Protestants themselves appear Guilty of them That there hath been a Popish Plot and a desperate one too in England for the Subversion of the Protestant Religion and Established Government I think no man doubts only some persons whose Interest it is may deny And amongst the several concurring Evidences of this Popish Conspiracy the Murder of that worthy Gentleman and Magistrate by that Party hath not been the least That which induced the Papists to this Murder as well as can be guessed by those who are Strangers to that Wicked Action was one or both of these Considerations namely the hopes of finding and seizing the Examination of Dr. Oats about the damnable Popish Plot which he had taken and used to carry about with him by which they thought to stifle the Plot Or else they thought by this Murder to affrighten all active Magistrates from being Vigorous in the future Examination and further prosecution of their Horrid Conspiracy though through God's providence they have been very much Disappointed in both these Ends. And the Papists are so sensible how much this Murder pinches them that after the Conviction and Execution of the persons for that Murder no discouragements or dangers they incur by affronting and arraigning the publick Justice of the Kingdom hath been able to Deter them from impudent Attempts impudent I may say the rather because done under a Protestant-Government to sham off that Murder from themselves and making the whole Prosecution to be only a Design and Contrivance of the Protestants against them Witness first that notorious Sham of James Magrath an Irish-man who being assisted by the Popish Priests in Newgate Mrs. Cellier and Mrs. Gibbon and others pretended there were those that could make it appear and prove That Sir Edmond-Bury-Godfrey Hanged himself and that one Moor who was Clerk to Sir Edmund-Bury-Godfrey Cut him down finding him Hanging Which matter being Examined at the Council Board and appearing to their Honours to be a false and malicious Contrivance the said Magrath was dismissed with Security for his Appearance and that Project fell to the ground But for the further Satisfaction of the world though I think no body did believe that Idle Story I shall here insert Mr. Moors Affidavit The Affidavit of Henry Moore HEnry Moore late Servant and Clerk to Sir Edmund-Bury-Godfrey Deceased maketh Oath That upon Saturday the 12th of October 1678. his said Master having Persons come before him about Justice-business till about Nine of the Clock in the Forenoon when the Company were gone he bade me help him on with his Coat which I did and immediately he made me pull it off again and give him another Coat which I did and then he girt his Sword about him and went out from his House which was the last time I saw him till after he was found Dead in the Fields which was the Thursday following The Constable of St. Giles in the Fields and several others with him came to my Master's House and told us that Sir Edmund-Bury-Godfrey was found Dead and laid in a Ditch at Primrose-Hill and a Sword thrust through him and said he had caused him to be carried to the White-House This being late at Night the next Day my Masters two Brothers and Sisters and my self went thither and