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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59378	The Several informations of Mr. Simeon Wright, Thomas Launders and Richard Perkin concerning the horrid Popish Plot in England : and the several ways that have been used to take off the Kings witnesses, and to hinder the further discovery of it : the two former, being witnesses in the trial of the late Lord Stafford, their informations were taken upon oath by Edmond Warcup, Esq., one of His Majesties Justices of the Peace for Middlesex and Westminster, in December last 1680 : the latter was taken upon oath by Sir Robert Atkyns, kt. at the assizes at Stafford, 1679 : the whole informations being nothing but matter of fact.	Wright, Simeon.; Lander, Thomas.; Perkin, Richard, 17th cent.	1681 (1681)	Wing S2767A; ESTC R10186	11,345	30

WE do appoint Thomas Simmons and no other to Print these our Informations Concerning the HORRID POPISH PLOT SIMEON WRIGHT THOMAS LAVNDERS December the 29. 1680. THE SEVERAL INFORMATIONS OF M r. Simeon Wright Thomas Launders AND Richard Perkin Concerning the Horrid POPISH PLOT IN ENGLAND And the several ways that have been used to take off the KINGS Witnesses and to hinder the further discovery of it The two former being witnesses in the Trial of the late Lord Stafford their Informations were taken upon Oath by Edmond Warcup Esq One of His Majesties Justices of the Peace for Middlesex and Westminster in December last 1680. The latter was taken upon Oath by Sir Robert Atkyns Kt. at the Assizes at Stafford 1679. The whole Informations being nothing but matter of Fact LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Princes-Arms in Ludgate-street MDCLXXXI THE Publishers Preface TO THE READER IT is a Truth notoriously known to all considering Persons in this Nation that since the happy Discovery of the late Hellish and Damnable Popish Plot against the life and Government of His Majesty and against our Protestant Religion and Liberties and especially upon the Trials of several of the Conspirators many deep Artifices have been used by the Plotters for defaming the Kings Witnesses and for invalidating of their Testimonies for these ends witnesses have been fetch'd from Saint Omers and have appeared at several Trials but how ill they acted their parts and how unworthy they were of the names of Just and lawful Witnesses all men know Besides these we may remember Mr. READINGS endeavouring to take off Mr. BEDLOE and PRICE and TASBOROUGHS Tampering with Mr. Dugdale though all issued in their own shame and they all receiv'd their just demerits Nor can the designs of Knox Osborn and Lane to take off Doctor Oates's Evidence be obliterated it is well known how they also made use of Mr. Dangerfield who as himself acknowledgeth was engaged through the wicked and malicious instigation of the Countess of Powis the five Popish Lords in the Tower and their Accomplices in a horrid and damnable design of charging the Presbyterians with a pretended Plot against the present Government and Religion by Law established A very fine trick to take the Odium of the Plot off from themselves But it pleased Almighty God out of his Infinite mercy to this Discoverer and to many Innocent Persons that were to be accused yea to the whole Kingdome to bring him to a true sense of the guilt he had contracted and to a Resolution to make a free Discovery of whatever he had been Privy to in this Design The Popish Cause still being exposed by discovering the Artifices above they were put upno new contrivances to hide it or blast the discovery of it several of which are in the following Informations fully laid open One Thing I dare not omit here Viz. My own Observation all along in the progress of this Matter That since the first Discovery of this Plot when ever the Kings Evidence hath seemed to be as it were at a Bay as discouraged by the Power or Policy of malevolent Persons then by the Providence of the Most High another Witness hath risen up to retrieve and confirm what before seemed to be at a loss Thus after the endeavours to disparage and vilifie Dr. Oats in came Mr. Bedloe then Mr. Dugdale to assert and more fully to evince the Truth of the Doctors Testimony which was then and since by many interested Persons endeavoured to be shaken After this God raised up Mr. Praunce who fully discovered the Horrid and Bloody Murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey and confirmed the Plot in several particulars Viz. As to the designed Murther of his Sacred Majesty the Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftsbury and others And since him a Cloud of Witnesses to put the Plot past dispute have appeared as Mr. Jenison Mr. Smith Mr. Bolron Mr. Mowbray Mr. Turbervil Seignior Francisco de Faria and several others And besides this Plot in England there hath been another altogether as cruel and bloudy carried on in Ireland which hath been fully discovered by several Persons of good Credit as Mr. Hetherington Mr. Macnemarra Mr. Boork Mr. Fitz-Gerald Mr. Sampson and others But notwithstanding these great discoveries how many wilfully or at least pretendedly shut their eyes but tho they will not see according to that Scriptural Expression yet in time they shall see and shall be ashamed for the hand of God hitherto hath been more then ordinarily seen in these matters The Reader hath here before him a few of the very many Decrees of Popish Adversaries against the Discoverers of their Plot. Enough to satisfie any unprejudic'd and unbiassed man of the Truth and reality of the Plot ●ince such wayes as these viz. Stabbing Forswearing and Burning were to be used to take off those that revealed it The first Information you have before you is Mr. Wrights who hath fully discovered the several ways wherein he was instructed for the taking off Mr. Dugdale and having so great opportunities to have muthered him his Preservation is only to be ascribed to the wonderful mercy of God and that failing his next work was to blast his Reputation by Swearing Subornation of perjury against him but when this was to be done his Conscience misgave him and God at length brought him to discover the whole Intreague The second Information is that of Thomas Launder who hath also discovered the several ways by which he was perswaded to take off Mr. Dugdale and when it was perceived that he was not a Tool for their purpose then to sacrifice Mr. Dugdale to their fury the house in which he lay must be fired in order to destroy him but herein also God wonderfully appeared for his Preservation That none of these Gracious Providences of the Almighty may be lost upon this Kingdome but all improved with wisdome to an humble acknowledgment and thankful Obedience ought to be the Prayer of every True Protestant The third contains a Horrid story of Romish Priests and their followers impiety a story the like but among Papists has not been heard of no wonder that a Dying Traytor may go out of the world with a Lie in his Mouth since so notorious falshoods as these are allowed by their Priests themselves since such Truths may be so solemnly denied and that with such Horrid Imprecations and dreadful Oaths These Papers are published to the end that all such as are concerned for the Welfare and Prosperity of their Religion and Country may be the more fully convinced how much it is their interest to endeavour for the future to disappoint all the contrivances of this cruel Bloody Party who are so active and so indefatigably industrious to promote their own Designs under the pretence of Religion this is the benefit that is heartily wished may accrue by the Publishing of these Informations to all English-men and to all the True Lovers of the True Protestant Religion