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what_o he_o depose_v against_o my_o lord_n and_o whereas_o smith_n furt_v she_o say_v the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n tell_v he_o that_o evening_n which_o major_a manley_n bring_v he_o from_o the_o club_n at_o the_o queens-arm_n to_o thanet-house_n the_o king_n pamper_a fitz-gerald_n to_o stifle_v ibid._n ibid._n the_o plot_n in_o ireland_n and_o that_o he_o be_v as_o well_o satisfy_v with_o the_o come_n in_o of_o popery_n as_o the_o duke_n of_o york_n and_o that_o the_o parliament_n be_v satisfy_v he_o be_v as_o much_o for_o it_o as_o his_o brother_n for_o so_o the_o wretch_n swear_v in_o court_n though_o the_o last_o word_n be_v leave_v out_o in_o the_o print_n all_o this_o i_o say_v be_v feign_v and_o invent_v see_v major_a manley_n who_o be_v present_a and_o by_o all_o that_o time_n albeit_o smith_n conceal_v that_o upon_o the_o give_v his_o evidence_n be_v ready_a to_o depose_v upon_o oath_n that_o there_o be_v not_o one_o syllable_n speak_v by_o my_o lord_n to_o the_o purpose_n which_o this_o miscreant_n swear_v let_v we_o add_v to_o this_o hayns_n depose_v that_o he_o have_v ibid._n ibid._n a_o long_a discourse_n with_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n at_o a_o cook_n in_o ironmonger-lane_n in_o a_o little_a room_n next_o the_o kitchen_n where_o by_o the_o way_n that_o last_o expression_n be_v leave_v out_o in_o the_o print_n and_o we_o shall_v find_v this_o whole_a forgery_n still_o more_o obvious_a and_o palpable_a for_o as_o my_o lord_n be_v never_o there_o except_o when_o he_o dine_v with_o divers_a noble_a and_o worthy_a person_n so_o beside_o the_o improbability_n of_o his_o leave_v the_o company_n and_o society_n of_o man_n of_o the_o best_a quality_n in_o england_n to_o come_v and_o talk_v with_o such_o a_o fellow_n as_o hayn_n and_o beside_o the_o absurdness_n that_o be_v in_o suppose_v the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n to_o have_v stay_v a_o hour_n in_o a_o little_a room_n by_o a_o cook_n be_v kitchen_n not_o only_o the_o servant_n of_o the_o house_n do_v positive_o affirm_v the_o contrary_a of_o all_o that_o this_o rascal_n swear_v but_o divers_a noble_a person_n be_v ready_a to_o testify_v that_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n never_o come_v down_o stair_n out_o of_o the_o great_a room_n till_o he_o be_v go_v away_o and_o that_o he_o take_v coach_n immediate_o without_o withdraw_v into_o any_o room_n below_o but_o that_o which_o be_v extravagant_a beyond_o all_o imagination_n and_o which_o proclaim_v to_o every_o wise_a man_n the_o falsehood_n of_o all_o they_o have_v swear_v be_v hayns_n depose_n that_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n shall_v not_o only_o say_v there_o be_v family_n in_o england_n which_o have_v as_o much_o pretence_n to_o the_o crown_n as_o the_o king_n but_o that_o the_o duke_n of_o buckingham_n 27._o ibid._n p._n 27._o have_v in_o right_o of_o his_o mother_n as_o good_a a_o title_n to_o the_o crown_n as_o ever_o any_o steward_n have_v be_v it_o not_o enough_o to_o introduce_v the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n talk_v treasonable_o but_o he_o must_v be_v likewise_o expose_v as_o talk_v ridiculous_o sure_o the_o superintender_n and_o manager_n of_o this_o plot_n in_o the_o guilt_n whereof_o they_o will_v involve_v protestant_n must_v either_o be_v of_o very_o weak_a understanding_n themselves_o or_o they_o must_v apprehend_v the_o generality_n of_o mankind_n to_o be_v so_o otherwise_o they_o can_v never_o hope_v to_o impose_v upon_o the_o world_n by_o such_o nonsensical_a stuff_n as_o this_o be_v for_o beside_o that_o no_o man_n know_v of_o any_o title_n whereby_o the_o duke_n of_o buckingham_n can_v pretend_v to_o the_o crown_n the_o right_a of_o claim_v by_o his_o mother_n as_o spring_v from_o the_o plantagenet_n be_v altogether_o groundless_a so_o there_o be_v not_o so_o sublime_a a_o friendship_n between_o my_o lord_n shaftsbury_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o buckingham_n as_o
that_o for_o advance_v the_o duke_n to_o the_o throne_n my_o lord_n shall_v not_o only_o venture_v his_o own_o life_n &_o fortune_n but_o disoblige_v the_o best_a friend_n he_o have_v in_o the_o nation_n and_o entangle_v his_o native_a country_n in_o civil_a war._n this_o misadventure_n in_o the_o testimony_n of_o one_o of_o the_o most_o considerable_a witness_n betray_v not_o only_o their_o folly_n but_o that_o the_o whole_a plot_n whereof_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n have_v be_v accuse_v be_v a_o malicious_a forgery_n in_o order_n to_o take_v away_o the_o life_n of_o that_o innocent_a peer_n nor_o can_v any_o who_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o sacrifice_v the_o protestant_a religion_n the_o liberty_n of_o their_o country_n and_o the_o life_n of_o guiltless_a person_n to_o the_o hatred_n and_o rage_n of_o the_o papist_n give_v any_o credit_n to_o fellow_n who_o swear_v at_o so_o wild_a and_o nonsensical_a a_o rate_n have_v the_o mercenary_a wretch_n design_v to_o publish_v themselves_o for_o liar_n and_o impostor_n to_o all_o the_o world_n they_o can_v not_o have_v take_v a_o more_o effectual_a way_n to_o do_v it_o than_o by_o affirm_v that_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n shall_v be_v desirous_a to_o enter_v into_o a_o combination_n and_o conspiracy_n with_o irish_a papist_n in_o order_n to_o prevent_v a_o popish_a successor_n and_o for_o preserve_v the_o protestant_a religion_n for_o at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o dennis_n charge_v this_o noble_a person_n with_o say_v that_o he_o will_v extirpate_v the_o king_n and_o all_o his_o family_n he_o swear_v that_o he_o desire_v he_o to_o write_v to_o his_o 32._o ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la p._n 32._o irish_a popish_a friend_n to_o be_v ready_a to_o assist_v and_o though_o i_o do_v not_o much_o wonder_n to_o find_v a_o caitiff_n of_o the_o size_n of_o dennis_n wit_n and_o understanding_n swear_v a_o business_n which_o disprove_v itself_o before_o all_o wise_a and_o rational_a person_n yet_o i_o can_v forbear_v marvel_v that_o they_o who_o viev_v the_o deposition_n and_o be_v to_o gloss_n and_o enforce_v the_o evidence_n will_v suffer_v such_o a_o deposition_n to_o appear_v upon_o the_o public_a stage_n which_o will_v not_o only_o make_v the_o forgery_n notorious_a but_o infallible_o expose_v themselves_o as_o well_o as_o the_o perjure_a rogue_n to_o the_o laughter_n scorn_n and_o detestation_n of_o mankind_n nor_o be_v it_o unworthy_a of_o remark_n that_o in_o the_o expression_n which_o they_o swear_v my_o lord_n shaftsbury_n use_v they_o make_v he_o not_o only_o forget_v the_o loyalty_n of_o a_o subject_a but_o the_o civility_n and_o breed_n of_o a_o gentleman_n for_o the_o term_n wherein_o they_o represent_v he_o speak_v of_o the_o king_n be_v beside_o their_o be_v treasonable_a too_o rude_a to_o proceed_v from_o any_o that_o know_v the_o measure_n of_o civility_n or_o have_v be_v occasion_v to_o speak_v with_o any_o kind_n of_o decorum_n for_o not_o only_a macknamarra_n introduce_v he_o call_v the_o king_n a_o faithless_a person_n and_o one_o that_o be_v no_o way_n to_o be_v believe_v but_o haynes_n will_v have_v he_o both_o to_o say_v that_o the_o king_n have_v no_o more_o religion_n than_o a_o horse_n and_o that_o he_o be_v degenerate_v into_o a_o perfect_a 27._o ibid._n p._n 28._o p._n 43._o p._n 27._o beast_n and_o that_o he_o dare_v as_o soon_o be_v hang_v as_o to_o meddle_v with_o the_o say_v haynes_n if_o he_o stick_v to_o his_o information_n about_o sir_n edmondbury_a godfrey_n '_o s_o murder_n this_o be_v a_o dialect_n proper_a for_o such_o rascal_n as_o the_o witness_n to_o use_v but_o it_o be_v not_o a_o style_n that_o man_n of_o quality_n be_v accustom_v unto_o or_o can_v allow_v themselves_o to_o speak_v in_o for_o how_o much_o soever_o they_o may_v be_v offend_v with_o the_o way_n and_o method_n of_o prince_n yet_o they_o constant_o speak_v of_o their_o person_n with_o respect_n and_o deference_n whether_o be_v we_o to_o esteem_v it_o a_o subject_a fit_a for_o our_o mirth_n and_o laughter_n or_o for_o our_o disgust_n and_o indignation_n to_o see_v a_o fellow_n appear_v at_o a_o bar_n against_o a_o great_a and_o wise_a peer_n and_o among_o other_o treasonable_a expression_n whereof_o he_o accuse_v he_o to_o swear_v that_o the_o say_a lord_n put_v a_o great_a respect_n and_o valuation_n upon_o he_o than_o he_o do_v upon_o the_o king_n himself_o haynes_n have_v send_v to_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n and_o several_a other_o noble_a person_n that_o he_o will_v make_v considerable_a discovery_n if_o they_o will_v procure_v he_o a_o pardon_n the_o rascal_n swear_v that_o be_v in_o discourse_n with_o my_o lord_n shaftsbury_n about_o that_o matter_n my_o lord_n shall_v say_v if_o the_o king_n will_v not_o grant_v the_o pardon_n for_o he_o that_o be_v desire_v they_o will_v raise_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n against_o he_o and_o 27._o ibid._n p._n 27._o that_o he_o must_v not_o expect_v to_o live_v peaceable_o in_o his_o throne_n if_o he_o do_v not_o grant_v it_o for_o not_o to_o insist_v on_o this_o that_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n never_o speak_v with_o haynes_n nor_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o see_v he_o both_o which_o will_v be_v prove_v as_o far_o as_o negative_n be_v capable_a can_v any_o man_n that_o have_v not_o renounce_v sense_n as_o well_o as_o conscience_n believe_v that_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n will_v put_v the_o life_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o competition_n with_o haynes_n be_v pardon_v or_o not_o pardon_v for_o suppose_v that_o the_o fellow_n undertake_v to_o make_v very_o useful_a and_o important_a discovery_n provide_v he_o may_v have_v a_o pardon_n yet_o we_o must_v be_v bruit_n before_o we_o can_v be_v persuade_v that_o a_o person_n of_o prudence_n and_o conduct_n shall_v in_o case_n a_o pitiful_a wretch_n be_v not_o secure_v against_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o gallow_n to_o which_o he_o stand_v obnoxious_a threaten_v not_o only_o to_o dethrone_v a_o monarch_n to_o who_o he_o lie_v under_o many_o obligation_n beside_o those_o of_o fealty_n but_o to_o hurl_v a_o quiet_a and_o peaceable_a nation_n into_o war_n and_o blood_n and_o as_o if_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o these_o silly_a as_o well_o as_o malicious_a wretch_n to_o make_v my_o lord_n shaftsbury_n say_v a_o thousand_o thing_n which_o be_v equal_o ridiculous_a and_o absurd_a as_o they_o be_v treasonable_a they_o will_v have_v he_o to_o have_v talk_v of_o matter_n ready_a to_o be_v do_v which_o be_v due_o weigh_v will_v be_v find_v to_o have_v be_v moral_o impossible_a for_o so_o be_v all_o that_o be_v swear_v against_o he_o concern_v a_o design_n to_o seize_v the_o king_n at_o oxford_n where_o he_o be_v not_o only_o surround_v with_o his_o guard_n but_z as_o our_o enemy_n must_v acknowledge_v environ_v with_o many_o loyal_a peer_n and_o gentleman_n nor_o be_v we_o tell_v of_o any_o preparation_n that_o be_v suitable_a to_o a_o undertake_n which_o be_v so_o difficult_a in_o itself_o and_o which_o will_v be_v extreme_o fatal_a to_o the_o author_n if_o it_o miscarry_v for_o whereas_o they_o depose_v that_o my_o lord_n tell_v they_o the_o member_n come_v well_o 26._o smith_n p._n 26._o horse_v and_o well_o arm_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n know_v the_o contrary_a some_o of_o the_o member_n go_v so_o ill_o attend_v as_o that_o they_o be_v not_o in_o a_o condition_n to_o secure_v themselves_o from_o be_v robe_v by_o the_o way_n and_o divers_a of_o the_o most_o martial_a person_n in_o the_o oxford_n house_n of_o commons_o go_v thither_o in_o hackney_n coach_n with_o scarce_a a_o servant_n a_o piece_n to_o wait_v upon_o they_o yea_o this_o very_a earl_n who_o be_v say_v not_o only_o to_o have_v project_v the_o seize_v the_o king_n at_o oxford_n but_o to_o have_v correspond_v with_o other_o in_o order_n to_o their_o come_n provide_v thither_o with_o strength_n and_o force_n for_o the_o accomplish_n of_o it_o have_v neither_o coach_n nor_o horse_n there_o himself_o so_o ignorant_a be_v this_o noble_a person_n of_o any_o such_o design_n and_o so_o unprepared_a for_o the_o execution_n of_o a_o attempt_n of_o that_o nature_n that_o he_o go_v down_o in_o a_o hire_a coach_n and_o be_v force_v to_o stay_v there_o after_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o parliament_n till_o he_o send_v to_o london_n for_o horse_n to_o convey_v and_o accommodate_v he_o home_o be_v not_o the_o concourse_n at_o oxford_n much_o small_a than_o be_v reckon_v upon_o consider_v the_o greatness_n and_o solemnity_n of_o the_o occasion_n it_o can_v be_v think_v that_o the_o peer_n of_o england_n and_o the_o principal_a gentry_n of_o the_o kingdom_n shall_v go_v to_o to_o so_o august_n and_o solemn_a a_o assembly_n without_o some_o menial_a servant_n to_o attend_v they_o and_o if_o the_o have_a supernumerary_n in_o a_o
pretension_n to_o any_o such_o thing_n it_o be_v also_o remarkable_a and_o serve_v to_o discover_v their_o falsehood_n in_o what_o they_o swear_v against_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n that_o they_o endeavour_v to_o make_v themselves_o valuable_a and_o worthy_a to_o be_v trust_v by_o great_a and_o wise_a man_n by_o pretend_v a_o knowledge_n of_o the_o transaction_n of_o the_o world_n and_o affair_n of_o kingdom_n which_o as_o they_o be_v never_o capable_a of_o attain_v so_o they_o have_v but_o betray_v their_o folly_n and_o vanity_n in_o offer_v to_o discourse_v concern_v such_o thing_n to_o that_o know_v and_o sagacious_a peer_n for_o to_o hear_v hayn_n depose_v that_o he_o give_v my_o lord_n shaftsbury_n 27._o see_v proceed_n at_o the_o old-bailey_n p._n 27._o a_o account_n of_o all_o transaction_n from_o king_n charles_n the_o first_o be_v reign_v to_o this_o very_a day_n and_o that_o my_o lord_n be_v mighty_o satisfy_v please_v and_o free_a with_o he_o find_v that_o he_o be_v a_o traveller_n be_v as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v tell_v all_o the_o world_n that_o what_o he_o depose_v against_o that_o great_a man_n be_v all_o forgery_n and_o that_o he_o be_v only_o seek_v to_o beget_v a_o credulity_n in_o the_o court_n by_o a_o vain_a ostentation_n of_o his_o knowledge_n in_o civil_a affair_n and_o his_o be_v qualify_v to_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o secret_a and_o hazardous_a counsel_n of_o the_o great_a statesman_n alas_o a_o acquaintance_n with_o the_o occurrence_n of_o prince_n reign_v and_o a_o be_v able_a to_o declare_v the_o affair_n of_o two_o regency_n in_o their_o dependence_n and_o order_n with_o the_o cause_n and_o reason_n of_o a_o war_n which_o few_o can_v penetrate_v into_o the_o ground_n of_o â—re_n not_o thing_n agreeable_a to_o the_o way_n of_o hayns_n education_n nor_o to_o be_v expect_v from_o one_o that_o be_v not_o wonderful_o conversant_a in_o the_o memoire_fw-fr and_o register_n of_o civil_a matter_n and_o who_o have_v enjoy_v a_o intimate_a acquaintance_n with_o those_o that_o be_v interest_v in_o the_o management_n both_o of_o civil_a and_o military_a concernment_n their_o malice_n and_o perjury_n in_o this_o whole_a affair_n be_v open_a and_o palpable_a by_o their_o indirect_a and_o evasive_a answer_n to_o plain_a and_o easy_a question_n such_o be_v booth_n reply_n to_o mr._n papilion_n who_o have_v ask_v he_o whether_o he_o know_v any_o of_o 36._o proceed_v p._n 36._o the_o fifty_o man_n which_o he_o have_v depose_v be_v list_v under_o captain_n wilkinson_n say_v he_o never_o direct_o know_v or_o converse_v with_o any_o of_o they_o and_o such_o also_o be_v haynes_n reply_n to_o the_o question_n which_o be_v put_v to_o he_o concern_v his_o have_v give_v a_o information_n to_o a_o justice_n of_o peace_n of_o a_o design_n against_o 43._o ibid._n p._n 42_o 43._o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n for_o as_o he_o wriggle_v to_o and_o fro_o a_o great_a while_n before_o he_o can_v be_v bring_v to_o acknowledge_v it_o the_o answer_n be_v neither_o full_a nor_o ingenuous_a again_o their_o not_o remember_v time_n and_o season_n when_o such_o thing_n which_o they_o swear_v shall_v be_v speak_v or_o when_o they_o give_v in_o their_o information_n about_o they_o do_v proclaim_v the_o witness_n to_o be_v impostor_n and_o whatsoever_o they_o depose_v to_o be_v nothing_o but_o forgery_n for_o several_a of_o the_o thing_n which_o they_o declare_v they_o can_v not_o remember_v be_v such_o as_o it_o be_v moral_o impossible_a they_o shall_v forget_v they_o thus_o haynes_n can_v not_o tell_v the_o time_n when_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n speak_v 44._o ibid._n 44._o the_o treasonable_a word_n about_o make_v the_o duke_n of_o buckingham_n king_n nor_o can_v either_o smith_n or_o turberville_n tell_v when_o they_o give_v in_o their_o information_n against_o my_o lord_n nor_o whether_o it_o be_v before_o or_o 40._o p._n 40._o after_o his_o commitment_n nay_o smith_n can_v not_o tell_v in_o what_o month_n he_o do_v 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