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A61188	A true account and declaration of the horrid conspiracy against the late King, his present Majesty, and the government as it was order'd to be published by His late Majesty.	Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.; Oliver, John, 1616-1701, engraver.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)	1685 (1685)	Wing S5068AA; ESTC R221757	86,115	235

presence that Goodenough came to him and told him he wanted Labourers That Hone asking him for what Goodenough said it was to kill the King and the Duke That he did agree to be one of the Number That Hone did say another time he was for killing the King and saving the Duke but that Goodenough was for both That he told them of the business of the Rye calling it the place where the King was to have been Murder'd To all this Hone made no other answer but that he was drawn in by Goodenough and as for killing the King from Bow-steeple he was told of it by another So the Jury found him Guilty without going out of the Court. At his Execution he own'd himself Guilty of the Crime for which he stood condemn'd Only alledging again that he was drawn in He confess'd also he did say he was for killing the King and saving the Duke of York On which last expression the Factious party immediately laid hold And they have since most impudently made use of it in their Libels both at home and abroad to take the aspersion of this Conspiracy off from themselves insinuating that this saying of Hone's a Notorious Fanatick must needs prove him to have been a conceal'd Papist Whereas it is apparent he said it upon a quite different account Since it was a common opinion among them that if they could but do the Kings Business their work against the Duke would be much easier A Lesson first taught them by their great Master the Earl of Shaftsbury For when in one of their Trayterous Cabals among other Considerations of time and place for killing the Royal Brothers that between Hampton-Court and Windsor was proposed and some excepted against it because his Majesty and his Royal Highness seldom went that way together the said Earl advised them not to stand upon that and not to omit the opportunity of making the King away for any such Objection giving this wicked reason for his advice That if the King were once dispatched they should easily be able to deal with the Duke of York grounding his Judgment on a most false Supposition That the People were generally averse from his Royal Highness The next Criminal arraign'd was William Lord Russel who was brought to his Tryal July the 13th of that year Against him Colonel Romzey deposed That in the end of October or the beginning of November 1683. there met at Mr. Shepard's House in Abchurch-Lane the Duke of Monmouth the Lord Gray the Lord Russel Sir Thomas Armstrong and Ferguson That the Earl of Shaftsbury desired him to go to them thither to know what resolution was taken about the Rising of Taunton That he did go Mr. Shepard carried him up where they were and he deliver'd his Message That the Answer was Mr. Trenchard had fail'd them and there could be no more done in the matter at that time That there was at the same time a discourse by all the Company about seeing what posture the Guards were in that they might know how to surprize them That some of them undertook to go and see That my Lord Russel in particular did speak about the Rising and gave his consent to it Then Mr. Shepard swore That in October last Ferguson requested of him in the Duke of Monmouth's Name the conveniency of his House for some Persons of Quality to meet in That the same Day in the Evening the Duke of Monmouth the Lord Gray the Lord Russel Armstrong and Ferguson came That they desir'd to be private and none of his Servants to come up That their discourse was How to surprize the Guards That the Duke of Monmouth the Lord Gray and Armstrong went one Night to the Mews to view them That the next time they came Armstrong said The Guards were remiss and the thing was feasible That they had two Meetings of this kind at his House That in one of them something was read by Ferguson in the nature of a Declaration setting forth the Grievances of the Nation in order to a Rising That he could not say positively the Lord Russel was there when it was read but the said Lord was there when they talk'd of seizing the Guards Then the Lord Howard of Escrick gave his Deposition consisting of two parts a general Declaration of what he knew of the whole Conspiracy and his particular Evidence touching the Lord Russel's being engaged in it In the general part his Testimony was agreeable to what has been already cited out of his Confession to his Majesty only in some passages he was more particular as to Persons especially concerning Lieutenant Colonel Walcot the Earl of Shaftsbury the Lord Gray and the Duke of Monmouth as appears by the Printed Tryal But what peculiarly related to the Lord Russel was to this effect That after the Earl of Shaftsbury's Flight the chief Persons concern'd in the Conspiracy in his time began to consider they had gone so far it would be unsafe for them to make a retreat and that so great an Affair consisting of so many Particulars which were to be manag'd with so much fineness it would be necessary to have some General Council That therefore they resolv'd to erect a Cabal among themselves which was made up of six Persons the Duke of Monmouth the Earl of Essex the Lord Russel Colonel Algernoon Sydney Mr. Hambden Junior and the Deponent That this was about the middle of the January before That then they met at Mr. Hambden's House where it was presently agreed their proper Province was to take care of the whole That the chief things they debated were Whether the Insurrection should begin first in London or the Country the Duke of Monmouth insisting it should be first in the Country then what Countries and Towns were fittest and most ready for Action then what Arms were to be got and how to be disposed then that it was necessary to have a common Bank of 25 or 30000 l. to answer the occasions of such an Undertaking but that the greatest point was to order it so as to draw Scotland into a consent with them because it was requisite all diversion should be given to the Kings Forces That about Ten Days after every one of the same persons met again at the Lord Russel's House That they then came to a resolution of sending some Persons to the Earl of Argyle to settle an Understanding with him and that a Messenger should be dispatch'd into Scotland to invite some Scotch-Men hither who best understood the Estare of Scotland to give an account of it That the Persons agreed on to be sent for were Sir John Cockran the Lord Melvil and one of the Name of Cambel That to this purpose it was order'd a Person should be thought on that was to be sent That Colonel Sydney was intrusted to take care of that Business That the said Colonel told the Deponent he had sent Aaron Smith That then they agreed not to meet again till the return

inforce all he had said but it could not be express'd at that distance That something more was to be done to prevent the Designs of the Enemies which he dares not now mention lest it should put them on their Guard That he has a considerable Direction in his Head but all is in Gods Hands This is a faithful and impartial Abstract of the Mystical Letter than which how could there have been express'd by words a more compleat Deduction of the said Earl's part in the design'd Insurrection Immediately after the Cyphers this follows in words at large The Total Sum is 128 Guilders and 8 Stivers that will be paid you by Mr. B. Which last Clause was the Rule whereby Mr. Gray found out and Spence discover'd the Decyphering of the whole Letter and it was accordingly done by each of them apart by making eight Columns and placing 128 words in each Column descending as upon view of the Authentick Printed Copies will appear to any Man beyond all Contradiction In short this Letter of the late Earl of Argyle's was known by many of the Privy Council thereto be his Hand and his own Lady upon Oath deposed She knew it to be his though she did not know the Contents of it And such is the Account that is to be given of the said Earl of Argyle's Loyalty which he had desir'd might be the only Standard in what sense he would take the Test Hitherto he had been by Inheritance Lord High Admiral and Justice General of Argyle Tarbat and the Isles and Great Master of the Houshold He was by His Majesty put into Places of great Dignity and Trust he was made extraordinary Lord of the Session one of His Majesties Privy Council and one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury And after his Fathers Condemnation for the highest Crimes and his own Forfeiture of his Honour and Estate for Treasonable Expressions in a Letter of his he was restor'd to all his Father possess'd except the Title of Marquiss But notwithstanding all these and many more Obligations of the like nature which he had to His Majesty his fondness of esteem with the Factious People his aversion to Monarchy and hatred of the Royal Family particularly of the Duke of York led him to this height of Ingratitude This and divers other Letters of the like Traiterous importance all written with Argyle's own Hand being at one and the same time taken about Major Holmes the Person chiefly intruded by the said Earl to receive and convey all his Correspondences with England and Scotland it cannot be doubted but very many more Papers of the same dangerous Tenor had been this way interchang'd between him and the English and Scotch Conspirators during the whole progress of the Conspiracy Especially considering that in some of these the Earl of Argyle refers to some Expressions and Propositions which he says he had made in others and there are no such Expressions to be met with in all these Letters that are taken Besides that with the Letters themselves there were also seiz'd about Holmes several Alphabets and a Key of Words whereas of one of the Alphabets there has been as yet no use found in Decyphering and though in the Key there are Eighty new-coyn'd Words yet not above Six of them are made use of in all the parcel of the said Earl's Letters hitherto intercepted However by the Light these Letters gave so well agreeing with several other Intelligences receiv'd from many Hands His Majesties Council of Scotland were abundantly convinc'd that the Bloody Design had reach'd thither also and therefore immediately order'd the bottom of the Business to be search'd into by a Secret Committee Whereupon Warrants were issued out there to apprehend Walter Earl of Tarras Brother-in-Law to the Duke of Monmouth Sir Patrick Hume Laird of Polwart _____ Pringle Laird of Torwoodlie James Murray Laird of Philiphaugh and Hugh Scot Laird of Gallowshiels all of them being Persons named by Carstares and others as Partakers with Argyle in this Treason as they had been formerly most active with him in endeavouring to disturb the Loyal Proceedings of the Parliament for enacting the Test Of these the Laird of Polwart and Torwoodlie having been the most busie and so conscious of their greater guilt conceal'd themselves and have hitherto escaped the other three were taken and brought to Edenburgh where they freely confess'd upon Oath As did also Commissary Monroe who had been sent thither Prisoner out of England All which Depositions and Confessions they again repeated and confirm'd in the same solemn manner at the Tryal of Mr. William Baillie of Jerviswood The Earl of Tarras without either craving or receiving any security for himself did ingenuously confess That about the time when Sir John Cockran and Commissary Monroe got their Commission from the Carolina Company for London Mr. Baillie desir'd him to speak to Monroe that he might be added to the Commission Telling him that he was resolved to go to London however upon his own charges For that his and their going about the Carolina business was only a Pretence and a Blind but the true design was to push forward the People of England who did nothing but talk to go more effectually about their business That thereupon the said Baillie did settle a Correspondence with the Deponent whereby the one was to give an account what past between the Country Party in England and the Scotch Men there the other to write back what occurr'd in Scotland That the said Baillie told him the only way to secure the Protestant Religion was for the King to suffer the Parliament to sit and pass the Bill of Exclusion Which the King might be induc'd to do if the Parliament would take sharp and brisk Measures with him That after the said Baillie went to London he did give the Deponent account by Letters how things were in great disorder there but he hoped effectual courses were taking to remedy them That Mr. Robert Martin did come to Mr. Pringles of Torwoodlie in May 1683 and brought the Deponent a Letter from the said Baillie then at London That Martin told the Deponent things in England were in great disorder and like to come to a height but the Country Party were considering of Methods for securing the Protestant Religion That the Scotch-Men at London had ask'd 30000 Pounds but that Argyle was to have 10000 l. which Sum was to be sent by Baillie into Holland to buy Arms and then Argyle was to Land with those Arms in the West-Highlands of Scotland The Earl of Tarras deposed farther That Philiphaugh and he went to Gallowshiels House where they met with Polwart and Gallowshiels That there it was discours'd among them that in case the English should rise in Arms it was necessary so many as could be got on the Borders should be in readiness to deal with Straglers and Seize on Horses and thereafter joyn with those that were in Arms on the Borders of England That

Treasons Walcot and Ferguson the latter of them having been forc'd for some time before to abscond too because of a Warrant out against him for Publishing some one or other of his many Treasonable Pamphlets That was the last considerable Effort made by the Earl of Shaftsbury against the King and Kingdom After this nothing more was heard of him but that being got into Holland in a Panick fright he lived obscurely and soon after died in Amsterdam having few or no other Companions of the last part of his Life but several miserable English and Scotch Fugitives who had formerly been the Instruments of his Trayterous Practises and were forc'd to fly the stroke of Justice on that Account So that he could not but know that all those about him in his Sickness and Death had Just reason to hate and curse him as their principal Seducer and cause of their Ruine Nor can such an end of such a Life be justly reflected on without a special Adoration of the secret Counsels of the Divine Providence That he who a little before was generally esteem'd the Head and Protector of all the Factious in the Kingdom whom he vouchsafed to distinguish and Honour by the Title of Worthy Men and the Terror and Scourges of all the Good and the Loyal whom he mark'd out and design'd for Destruction and Slaughter under the Name of Men Worthy He who in his own conceit had so much the absolute disposal of the Hearts and Hands of all the Disaffected as to be able to subvert the Establish'd Government when he pleased and had really once gone very far to effect it had not his own Presumption Defeated his Malice That this very Man having seen all his hopes and contrivances dash'd in Pieces at home should have nothing left to do but to take shelter in that Commonwealth which in his former Greatness he had so mortally provok'd there to lead a Life of Disgrace and Misery and to Dye neglected in a Country of which he had formerly express'd so great a Hatred And yet still retaining so much Venemous Rancour against his most Gracious Master as to profess with his last Breath that he had deservedly receiv'd his Deaths Wound meaning the bruise in his Side and now his Death in that Country where he had done his own so much Mischief When he was one of the Commissioners sent thither in the Year 1660 to invite His Majesty home freely and without Terms After this though the Earl of Shaftsbury was gone yet the impressions of Mischief he had left behind on the minds of the Confederates would not so easily vanish They soon reflected on his last advice that so many having been made Conscious to the Design they should certainly find more safety in pushing it on boldly than in too late a Retreat Upon this immediately they recover'd their Spirits and Resolution which his hasty flight had somewhat Damp'd thenceforth they renewed their Consultations with greater vigour than before The Principal Managers having their frequent Meetings as also the inferior Instruments theirs whilst some of each Number gave secret intimations to the other of what was passing in their separate Assemblies Of the great Council of Six the Consults that have been hitherto plainly testifi'd and sworn to were those at Mr. Hambdens at the Lord Russels and at Mr. Shepards The Subordinate Cabals were kept in divers places in and about the City As in the December of that Year at Colonel Romzey's House in the Soho Square in the next February at West's Chamber in the Temple about which time it was agreed that Ferguson should be sent for as he was and came over accordingly Then their Meetings were more frequent upon the Kings being at Newmarket and after Usually at West's Lodging for the conveniency of its situation Or in common Taverns As at the Miter within Aldgate The Horse-Shooe on Tower-Hill The Fortune at Wapping The Syracusa-House The Kings-head in Atheist-Alley The Salutation and the George in Lumbard-Street on June the Twelfth the very Day of the Discovery they met at the Sun-Tavern behind the Exchange on June 14 they met at Bailly of Jerviswood's Chamber and again in Bartholomew-Lane and at the Green-Dragon on Snow-hill and so continued to do some where or other till they totally dispers'd from Walcot's Lodging in Goodman's Fields Their Meetings being so generally in places of Publick Entertainment Therefore to prevent the Observation of Drawers and Servants they often discours'd of their whole Bloody Business in a Canting Language of their own making The King was sometimes call'd the Church-Warden of Whitehall The King and Duke the Black-Bird and the Gold-Finch the Captain and Lieutenant Provisions of Arms as Blunderbusses Muskets Pistols were talk'd of under the disguis'd Names of Swan-Quills Goose-Quills Crow-Quills The Insurrection was styled the General Point the Assassination the Lopping Point and striking at the Head And because several of the Conspirators were Lawyers it was sometimes agreed that their wicked intentions against the King and the Duke should be veil'd under the terms of Dissesing him in Possession and barring him in Remainder At other times the Killing of both pass'd for executing a Bargain and Sale as being a short manner of Conveyance and the Rising in Arms as the longer and more tedious way for executing a Lease and Release The Villains thus wantonly abusing the Innocent Terms of the excellent Profession of the common Laws of England to cover their horrid Designs against His Majesties Person and Crown whose Preservation and Prosperity is the great end and sense of all those Laws But for the most part when they were free and amongst themselves they discours'd of the whole contrivance in plain Language and without reserve their common Healths being such as these To the Man who first draws his Sword against Popery and Slavery in defence of the Protestant Religion Confusion to the two Brothers Popery and Slavery explaining the same to be meant of the Royal Brothers of Whitehal And when some of them who were less harden'd in Cruelty express'd some kind of consternation and dread of the Consequences of so dire a Stroak and desir'd the Infamy of it might be thrown on the Papists others particularly Ferguson declared They thought the Action too good to have the Papists carry away the Honour of it and often applauded it as a Glorious Work That it would he an Admonition to all Princes to take heed how they Oppressed their Subjects That he hoped to see the Fact rewarded by a Parliament and the Actors in it have the Honour of Statues erected to them and the Title of Preservers of their Country So also when Nelthrop Walcot and some few others readily declar'd themselves willing to joyn in the Insurrection but shrunk a little at first at the horrour of the Assassination R. Rumbald and R. Goodenough with monstrous impiety maintain'd the Kings and the Dukes Murder as the more pious Design of the two and recommended it as keeping