produced in fauour of the pretended criminalls Those who disordred the court so as it could scarce heare for along time any thing relating to the case in hand Was there any Lord or any member of the Honourable house of Commons amongst those dis-orderly cruel savage Persons I doubt not but they did dislike condemn detest those barbarous proceedings of which disorders I discharge all honest civilized Englishmen by charging them only on the Rabble the skum of the Nation none else is capable of such inhumane actions where of we find no precedent in the civilized world it is not to be paralelled but by the brutish Cannibals in America who with such like howlings yawlings satiate their thirst of Revenge vpon their Captiue Enemyes He endeauours an answer to the rest of the Chapter but he shews so much of Newgate breeding so little of ciuil discourse or common sense that I shall only desire my Reader to compare both together vse his owne Reason to iudge betwixr vs. Indeed what need of answering these two reasons with which p. 39. He shews that Mr. Whitebreade then scarce able to stand on his legs could cane Oates for 1. S. Denis carryed his head aboue a league in his hand when it was cut off ergo Mr. Whitebreade thô neuer so weak could beat Oates 2. hewas able to stand at his trial in Iune with out the help of Aqua mirabilis when he was well recouered ergo he was not so weak in September when he was sicke in very great danger of Death Should I discourse so idly how would hee fill vp whole pages with those Billings gate elegancyes Sot Dunce Blockhead c. Anonimus from p. 30 to 34. in many words say iust nothing to the purpose He would faine assert Oates's hauing been at Madrid which the Managers of the cause against My Lord of Stafford are willing to let fall yet least they should seem to do nothing they proue that Oates was in Sâ—ain at Valladolid Which no body euer denyed Sic magno conatu magnas nugas agunt My Lord of Stafford pressed afterwards as an Euident Perjury that story of Oates's being at Madrid seing Don Iohn of Austria his Patrones employed all their cunning to keep the leaky vessell from that rock where it would certainly suffer shipwrack Yet althô they could elude all that that Lord sayd they can neuer make the world forget that Oates had sworn he had been there had treated there with D. Iohn nor perswade any reasonable man that that is not false They declined the examining it as a precipice to his honour by which they tacifly owned a Periury thô they would not seem to acknowledg it CHAPTER IX Of the Commissions giuen to Noblemen NArrat p. 58. A list of such Noble-men Gentry as are in this Conspiracy whose names occur at present Lord Arundel of Wardour Lord Chancellour c Obseru Here is another Accusation with a blank left for any whom you shall here after design to ruin whom in due time you will call to mind Narrat All these had their Commissions or Patents stamped by the General of the Iesuits Ioannes Paulus d'Oliua Obseru How comes it that you hauing had the distribution of these Commissions as you sayd before the Parliament in seuerall tryals in this Narratiue p. 59. should not haue kept one at least of them to Conuince the world there is something tru How comes it about that not one of all these Noble men Gentlemen should know of their own Commission or of the Designe that not one Commission should be found by all these searches how happens it that you should not know the General of the Jesuits name nor seal as I haue sayd in the Preface If your Memory failed you in a matter so often occurring what credit doth it deserue in things which occurred but once And if you are foresworne in this who will beleiue you in the rest Let vs consider the probability of this story from the qualitys of the Persons who are sayd to haue giuen and receiued these Commissions You say a superiour of Religious men by his Patents makes a Chancelour the Secretarys of state the General subordinate Officers of the Army in fine disposes as Soueraign of all Offices Ciuil Military of the whole Kingdome An attempt not to be paralleled but by that of Lucifer to be like God All the world knows that the Authority of Religious Superiours as such euen in Catholick Countrys is confiued within the Walls of their Order reaches no persons but such as by their own Voluntary Act submit themselues to it That the General of the Iesuits hath no power ouer his own Religious longer then they continu such for if any of them be raysed by a superior Power to an Ecclesiasticall Dignity or dismist for their misde meanours his Autority reaches them not This being known to all who know any thing of the Catholick world who can imagin such a Superiour should on a suddain take vpon him Regal Authority dispose of all Temporall Dignitys Offices which is an Act of supreame Iurisdiction As for the Persons receiuing Commissions they are the English Catholick Nobility Gentry And althô many of them neuer dealt with Jesuits euen in spirituall things had little kindnesse for them further then they are obliged by being parts of the same mysticall Body the Church yet as you say all vnanimously submit to the vsurpation of that Religious man They all knew that their Ancestors of the same Principles of Religion to God Allegiance to their Prince had constantly refused to own any Temporall Authority in the Pope although grounded as was alleadged on the King 's free gift Yet now this same body of men is sayd to own a much greater Authority in one of the Pope's Vnder-Officers This strang Transaction is made nothing of or about it appeares but in your Narratiue Not one of them refuse to submit or at least demur not one disdain to become subiect to a Poor Religious Man Not one acknowledge the fault althô they were assured of their Pardon a good reward to boot That euen those who to free themselues from vexatious Prisons changed their Religion should be constant in denying the Plot the Commissions And which is more this thing so ridiculous so incredible so morally or euen Physically impossible is to be beleiued vpon the single word Oath of a man Faithlesse to God Honourlesse to men one who scarce euer spoke a tru Word who deserues no credit euen when he speakes probable things The Deuil was a Lyer from the beginning you from your cradle A Wise man hauing weyghed these motiues seriously althô he knew nothing of the particular Facts concluded that ether what Homer Ouid writ of their Gods Aesop of Beasts were no Fables or the English Conspiracy is a Fable Yet O Iust Iudment of Almighty God!
as great a stranger to P. De la Chaize as by another answer it appeared you were to Don Iohn Narrat p. 6. § 11. R. Ashby shewd the Deponent at his return from Paris a letter from R. Strange others in London shewing that they had stirred vp to Rebellion the Seots Presbiterians that 20000. would be in Armes if France broke with England That a way was made for french to land in Irland That Irish Catholicks would rise 40000. Blacke bills were ready for them Obseruat Here you haue as many Periuryes as Periods for 1. You neuer returned from Paris hauing neuer beene there see Attest D. 2. Neuer was such a letter written see Attest G. 3. No English Iesuit euer dealt with scots Presbiterians 4. Nor Irish Papists disposed to Rebell 5. Nor any Blackbills prepared 6. Nor way made for French Landing Narrat p. 7. § 12. F. By letters of the 18. of December it was specifyed that Thomas White alias Whitebread was made Prouincial who ordred F. Georg Coniers to preach in the Sodality Church on S. Thomas of Canterbury's day agvinst the Oaths of Allegiance supremacy exhorted the Fathers to stand by the new Prouincial who would be as Zealous to promote Religion as his Predecessor Obseru you giue here a whole couy of Lyes first Mr. Thom. White breade was not declared Prouincial till the 14 of Ianuary 1678. soe could not order that sermon for S. Thomas day in December before he had any power to order Againe it is impertinent to say the Prouincial at a distance should order who should make a particular sermon That is left always to the Rectors who being vpon the Places know the conuenience which each one hath for such a task Thirdly it is fals that he was ordred to preach against the Oaths He himself those who heard that sermon protest there was not one word of the Oaths in it And this appeares in the Copy he keepes of it 4. It is a fiction of your shallow braine to say that F. Coniers should be ordred to exhort all to standby their new Prouincial This was neuer practised Assoon as the Prouincial is declared all acquainted with it each one knows his Duty to him comply with it without any further exhortation And if this should haue been necessary F. Con. would not haue been employed in it who althô of excellent parts great expectation yet is amongst the youngest Nether was the sodality Church a place conuenient for such a sermon this being a place designed for the Deuotion of the schollers whither the Fathets rarely come As great confident as you make your self of Iesuits you do not know the place where their domestick Exhortations are made at S. Omers Lastly those letters were of the 18. of December say you from London which according to the Newstile is the 28. the day before S. Thomas of Canterbury's I desire you to tell vs what man in his senses would write from London beyond seas to be speake a sermon for the next day And if any was so mad how his Letter could be deliuered in time as you say this was or else you are Periured Narr pag. 7. § 13. Thomas Whitebread twelue others whom you name more whom you do not name by Letter dated the 26. of December ordred that R. Ashby should write to F. Leshee that they had met to contriue the aduancement of the Design of the happy Disposal of his Majesty of his R. H. if he answered not their expectation Obseru Your first Periury is that so often noted of many Iesuits writing letters with their Prouincial Which is neuer practised Your second that Thom. White was Prouincial on the 26. of December 77. he was not declared till the 14. of Ianuary following Your 3 that there were in any Letter such contents see Attest G E Indeed if they had a Design to giue such informations to P. Leshee they would haue directed their letters streyght to him vnlesse you pretend they could not write Latin in which Iesuits are seldom defectiue But why they should send such a letter to S. Omers thence to be conueyghed to Paris I know not except it were with intention it should be shown to you theyr great Agent Narrat p. 8. § 15. In the same Letter was specified that Richard Nic. Blundel was by Patent from the Prouincial made Ordinary of Newgate to visit the condemned Prisoners to Catechize some youth in the City of London whom he teacheth Treasonable mutinous Doctrines Obseru You here deliuer many Periuryes the first is that there euer were any such Letters as I sayd already The 2. that Iesuits should become Ordinarys Their being ordinary is a thing vnheard of euen in Catholick countrys The 3. That this was don by Patent from the Prouincial The Prouincial giues no office by patent The 4. That that Father whose name you know not should teach the youths Treasonable mutinous doctrine This is not only fals but improbable also Iesuits myght be begged for fooles if they deliuered such doctrines to Children or youths If the Prouincial did employ one in works of charity did order him to visit the Prisoners sent to them som Almes according to his ability recommended to the same Person to comfort the vnfortunate condemned Persons in their desolate condition to exhort them to sorrow for their sins which brought them to that disgracefull end to prepare them to end well this miserable life if I say he did so did it out of these motiues I know none besides your self so great an Atheist as to blame him for it The Thing is so conformable to ryght Reason soe cleerely recommended in the Ghospel Mat. 25.36 that he must renounce both who condemnes it Narrat p. 9. § 15. Other Letters dated on the 1. or 2. of Ianuary came to R Ashby from Thom. White others ordring them to perswade the D. de Villa-Hermosa that the K. of England would not assist Spain in this war That Fonseca sent his Letter to S. Omers from Bruges to be sent for Spain to inform that King that the English Marchants endeauoured to transport their estates to aduise him to seize on them Obseruat I will note here only two of your Periuryes The first that many Iesuits ioyned to giue those orders signed those Letters Which was neuer done as is often noted A second that Thom. White as Prouincial writ them He was not Prouincial till the 14. of Ianuary came not to London till about the 12 so could haue no hand in these pretended Letters dated on 1. or 2. as you say But more of these letters on the next § You seem quite thorough your fabulous Narratiue to represent S. Omers as the center of all Iesuits Transactions Letters Those from or for London Bruges Brusselles Paris Madrid Rome Vienna Valladolid c. all passe that way For what reason I know not vnlesse it were
him a meeting at four in the afternoon at Mr. Keynes's where he saw Letters from Blundel I. F. one from F. Ireland at S. Omers Had an account of fourscore Letters written to the 〈◊〉 in England one to Mr. Peters That I. K. Mr. Coniers were designed for 440. by which is meant Windsore Obseru Here are many Periuryes The first that four Iesuits lodged at somerset House I am credibly informed that not one English Iesuit lodged there at that time or thereabouts The 2. that there was any such message It is a meer fable see Attest R. S. The 3. that F. Ireland writ from S. Omers In his triall he was sayd to be in London about that time Yet he was nether at S. Omers nor London but in Staffordshire see Attest T. so all that Letter is feyghned vnlesse you will haue him in many places at once which you deny Christ's body can be The 4. that you saw Letters from Blundel Blundel was one of those who met you the same of J. F. But it seemes they writ their Letters brought them themselues The 5. that they would haue any informations sent by P. de la Chaize to the King of France The 6. that 440. stands for Winsore There neuer was amongst Iesuits any such Cypher see Attest C. Narrat p. 48. § 68. The same day the Deponent went to Dr. Tonge's but not finding him he went into Gray's-Inne Walkes met there with Mr. Coniers who shew'd him a Dagger with which he intended to kill the King by stabbing through his cloake And that thence he went to Dr. Tonge's met him Obseru Is it not strang that a man who two days before on the 20. of August as may be seene § 62. was resolued to Keepe his way so secret as to say he would burne his shirt if it knew any thing of it would so frankly discouer it brandish his Dagger that in a place as open as a favre He had been mad if he had done soe those are fooles who can beleiue he did Mr. Coniers giues a far different account of that conference that you complained of your Pouerty which forced you to walke there sometimetimes in stead of a dinner that you wondred no better Prouision was made in the Roman Church for men of your parts that you had been employed to preach before the Iudges that you had lost 4. or 500. l. a yeare for your Religion that the Bishop of London offred you great preferments vpon condition you would return to the Ch. of England c. And desired him to prefer you to teach some Gentleman's children that meate drink 10. l. a yeare would satisfy you see Attest V. Narrat p. 48. § 69. The same day the Deponent met with Blundel with a bag of Teuxbury Mustard-bals a notable biting sawce who sayd he would furnish Westminster when he had enough the Deponent says they were Fire-bals Obseru Blundel protests he neuer dealt about Fire balls nor euer heard of Tewxbury mustard balls but from the Narrat 〈…〉 est S. He had no cloake but a Jumpe he filled that pretty well himself no room left vnder it for such a bag containing mustard balls designed for a great citty And if you say he carryed it on his back you may adde to the other trades of the Iesuits that of Porters Jt seemes this 22. of August was pretty well employed althô you had nether eate nor drunk nor stopt all the day long you go to Mr. Harcourt's in Duke streete Wildhouse in both places find the same Persons prouiding the same 80. guinys for the Ruffians Cilman giuing the same Guiny to the Messenger thence you go to Fenwick's lodging there you heare the commission sent to Fenwick to desire the Prouincial to informe Leshee with the Irish affayres That you read the Memorial saw the names Thence you go to Mrs. Sanders meet the ten fathers hear the contents of the memorial the Instructions from their mouths After you go to Mr. Keynes's Meet with D. Fogorthy see Letters from Bedding-fild Blundel Fenwick another to Bedding-field Take an à ccount of fourscore other Letters their contents to whom directed how sent away c. Item of another Letter to Mr. Peters with its contents saw it vncyphred Then you post to meete with D. Tonge but missing him at his lodging away you hasten to Grays-Inne Walkes meete with Mr. Coniers from whom you receiue an account of his stay in town of his design to Assassinate the King the Dagger prouided for it where this was bought its Price the manner of vsing it Then you return to Dr. Tonge meet him After that you meete with Blundel a bag of Mustard balls or Fireballs or what you please A biting sawce it was indeed after such labour it was time to think of meat as well as sawce Sure this day had been as long as that on which Iosue fought the Palestins your selfe as bury as Menechmus seeking his Brother But you are a Poet haue a Tragedy in hand can dispose order the stage as you please appoint your Actors to meete you when where you please lay what you please Certainly neuer more vnlikely Fable then this was feyghned by any Poet. Narrat p 48 § 70. On the 24. of August Blundel told the Deponent that the Catholicks would shorten the Kings days that Protestant Religion stood on its last legs Obseru You haue nether Honesty to tell Truth nor wit to feyghn a probable lye nor discretion to hold your Tongue Had you produced this saying at the bâ—ginning it had been tolerable but to bring it in after you had produced Benedictins Dominicans Carmelits Iesuits who not agreeing in it Blundel with the rest communicating the substance contriuances of the Plot to you then I say to put these words into his mouth as containing some news is like the rest sensâ—â—â—sse Narrat p. 48 § 71. Blundel shewd the Deponent a paper describing the manner of firing Westminster In this his taske was assigned althô it had neuer been proposed to or accepted by him 1000. l. promist him besides the 80. l. for his seruice in Spaine which it seemes the Iesuits haue not payd nor I beleiue euer will which paper signed by Th. White Obseru Blundel protests he neuer heard of any such Paper Fenwick's chamber was searched all his Papers seized on carefully examined nothing like this found So I leaue you to make it out by any thing besides your word which there is little reason to esteem Narrat p 50. § 72. Blundel shewd the Deponent a Bull by which the two Arch-Bishopricks 21. Bithopriches two Abbys six Deanryes are disposed of Nay there is not one Prebendary or other place vndisposed Obseru You shew as much skill in the Cancellaria of Rome as in the Secretaria of the Iesuits That such Benefices should be
The finger of God is heere It hath found credit Indeed our Nation or a great part of it hauing rejected many Diuine sauing Truths reuealed by the H. Ghost the spirit of Truth preacht by the Apostles the Doctors of Truth handed down to vs by the Church the Pillar of Truth deserues such blindness as to beleiue improbale Lyes suggested by the Deuil the Father of Lyes desiuered by you who are a faithfull Disciple of that Faithlesse master to whose instructions of Lying you haue always adhered in whose school you are such a Proficient that no hystory to my remembrance furnishs your equall Hear the Apostle Quia charitatem veritatis non receperunt vt salui fierent ideo mittet illis Deus operationem erroris vt credant MENDACIO Vt iudicentur omnes qui non crediderunt veritati sed consenserunt iniquitati Because they receiued not the loue of Truth that they myght be saued therefore God shall abandon them to the Working of Errour illusion so that they shall beleiue a LYE that all may bee Iudged damned who would not beleiue the Truth brt consented to this vnjustice 2. Thessal 2.10.11 Narrat p. 62. Titus Oates Clerk maketh Oath that the Information set down in these Papers containing 81. articles all written subscribed by his own hand are tru in the whole in euery particular thereof 7. September Titus Oates Obseru Here is a Periury not vnlike to Hobs's Leuiathan for he represents this as one Body composed of many thousands of Persons so is this one PERIURY Composed of many thousands of Periuryes You swear all you haue sayd is tru we know will prooue all is false You stand alone in asserting the Truth of this Oath we shew its falshood by many Witnesses To you lying Perjury is as familiar as eating or Breathing our Witnesses are of vnblemisht Reputation You story is incredible morally impossible ours euidently probable morally certain your Tale is euery day changed as being the Ofspring of your fancy hauing no substance but from it ours always the same as being grounded on reall Facts In fine all your Art though directed by some more Wise then your self seconded by Bedlow such fellows could neuer make out the Truth of any one materiall point questioned by vs nor the Falshood of any materiall point alleadged in our Defence So the lying spirit doth euidently discouer it selfe in your Narratiue the spirit of Truth is as cleerely seen in our Apology We suffer with Truth we suffer for Truth Truth will free vs Veritas Liberabit vos Ioan. 8.32 J P. 40. Not finding what to say to this Chapter is content to let it passe Yet he very wittily as he thinks retorts the Wise man's saying vpon me for says he there is some Truth in Homer's Aesops fables ergo there is some Truth in this Plot. What say you Courteous Reader to this Is this not a man who can draw oile out of a Pumice stone proue the snow is Black well J will grant them alike tru The truth in Homer's fables is that they are vntru storys of the Gods that of Oates's Narratiue is that they are vntru storys of God's seruants Those had all their Being from the Poet these had theirs from the Deponent those are sacrilegious vntruths of God these are a sacrilegious taking God to Witnesse Vntruths Jn Aesop's Fables vnder false storys of Beasts Birds are couched some Passions of men moral directions precepts these are wanting in the Narratiues vnder which is couched only Oates's ground lesse spyght to those who neuer did him any hurt an endlesse malice of the implacable enemys of the Catholick Church That Noble-man spoke a great truth who sayd We who haue no Religion are going to Persecute those who are thought to haue some Yet in Aesop there is one fable much like their proceeding with vs viz that a wolfe accused a Lamb of troubling the water with which he was to quench his Thirst And althô the Lamb replyed that could not be because the place where he drunk was much lower then that where the Wolfe was yet this play was ouer born the Lamb sentenced to Death worryed Anonimus tells we p. 35. I bewray my nest But he is very much mistaken I do only shew what he some factious spirits doe to the defiling of it Jf this be a fault Daniel was to blame who trauerst the sentence of the wicked Iudges past vpon chast Susanna Hester is vnexcusable in pleading the Innocency of her Nation after a solemne sentence had been pronounced against it by Assuerus All the Christians are to be condemned who assert the Innocency of Christ his Apostles notwithstanding their conuictions condemnations by the Supreme Magistrates of those times Are we returning to the Pagan superstition when Rapes thefts murthers Adulterys were consecrated when committed by those men whom the credulous vulgar adored as Gods Doth God Alm-contrary to scripture admit of any distinction of Persons Is not his Law Common to all And if it be broken by any how great soeuer may not he be minded of his Duty Nay is there not an obligation imposed on all Church men others to mind them of it with that Respect which is du to their calling was Nathan was Elias were the other Prophets blame worthy who admonisht Dauid Achab others Princes Preists People of their faults How shall we excuse S. Paul's second Chapter to the Romans our B. Sauiours rebukes of the Scribes Pharisys the writings of the Prophets Moyses in which are recorded the sins of the People of God Are all these foul birds that bewray their own nest Jf so which are the clean Where will these men's extrauagancyes end To what absurdityes will they lead their silly Disciples When they shall shew vs greater Authority then that of the Holy Scriptures greater precedents then those of Christ his Apostles the Prophets better rules of morality then those of God his Diuine spirit we will own our selues Guilty althô we are not so But not till then CHAPTER X. A word of Aduice to the Deponent I Haue followed you through all your wandrings with greater tediousnesse then may be imagined finding no entertainment all the way but euident vntruths infamous perjurys sometimes some insipid lests It hath been some labour to examin all the particular Facts you mention when Persons concerned are at so great a distance Yet I haue gone thorough all willingly for the publick satisfaction for a cleer conuiction of such as though there was some fire where there was so much smoke if still there are any such in the world I hope it may be for your own good too who by this discouery of so many shamefull Periuries being disabled to follow the trade of a Witnesse may be obliged to take to some more honest though lesse gainfull way of liuing This may be