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THIS Narrative of the late Deſign of the Papiſts,
&c. Publiſhed for general Information, doth exactly
agree with the Examinations taken by Sir Joſeph Wiland my ſelf.
A TRUE NARRATIVE Of the Late DESIGN Of the PAPISTS to Charge their Horrid PLOT UPON THE PROTESTANTS.
By Endeavouring to Corrupt
Captain B ƲRY and Alderman BROOKS of Dublin,
And to take off the Evidence of
Mr. OATS and Mr. BEDLOW, &c.
As appears by the Depoſitions taken before the Right Honourable
Sir JOSEPH WILLIAMSON, Knight,
One of His Majeſties late Principal Secretaries of State;
And the ſeveral EXAMINATIONS before
Sir WILLIAM WALLER, Knight, One of
His Majeſties Juſtices of the Peace.
Publiſhed for General Information.
LONDON:
Printed for Dorman Newman at the Kings Arms in the
Poultrey, 1679.
ON the 11th of this Inſtant January, I received the
annexed Note from Mr. James Nettervile; on the
13th I went to him; as ſoon as I came, he told me,
he had ſomething to impart to me in private; We
went into a Room alone, and he asked me if I did not hear that
there were perſons making inquiry to find out ſome that would
amuſe thoſe that had impeached the Lords, and thoſe concerned
about the Plot. I told him I heard nothing of it. He told me
there were ſuch, and that I ſhould find the Game would turn
another way; and that I might do my ſelf a kindneſs, if I pleaſed.
I told him my Affairs called me for Ireland, that I muſt be gone
on the Thurſday following. He told me it would be worth my
while to ſtay; and asked me if I could nor prove that one
Mr. Digby had meetings with Mr. Oats and Mr. Bedlow. I
told him no, for he knew there had been no great friendſhip of
late betwixt us (this I lookt upon as an introduction to the deBlood; and if I would diſcover any thing of
that nature againſt him, I ſhould have 4 or 500 l. for my pains.
To this I ſeemed to hearken (but was much ſurpriſed at this
unexpected diſcourſe), and did plainly ſee their deſign was to
turn the Game another way, as he ſaid before. I did not diſThurſday, I would ſee him again; and that he knew
well I was very hard to believe this Plot; and then he told me
Bedlow
was; but I being in haſte, took my leave of him, he inBlood, but having ſome buſineſs with Sir Ralph Dalaval,
and the Lady Elizabeth his Daughter, and being full with this
Deviliſh deſign, I told the ſtory to them, and ſaid, When I was
in Ireland, I ſhould hear, and they ſhould find that this was the
Game they intended to play, To turn the Plot from themſelves,
and doubted not they would find ſome to carry it on.
On the 14th (in the morning) I went to Mr. Bloods houſe,
and acquainted him with it; he deſired me to meet him in the
evening, becauſe he deſired to conſider of it; but told me then,
he had no reaſon to ſlight it, becauſe the morning before, a Knight
[Sir Thomas Longvile] had been with him, and told him there
was a deſign againſt him of the ſame kind, and deſired him to
inquire after it.
In the evening I met with Mr. Blood, who deſired me to keep
my Correſpondence with the ſaid Nettervile, and to know of
him how I ſhould be ſecured my payments, and what it was they
would have me do.
On the 16th I went accordingly to him, and told him I had
conſidered of what we had diſcourſed before, and had ſtopt my
Journey as to that day; he was very glad to ſee me, and told
me, that the party [Ruſſel] had been with him again about the
buſineſs, and I might get 500 l. without any prejudice to my
ſelf; I told him that Money would do me a great kindneſs at
this time (for he knew I had waited a long time here, and
that it was very hard with me), therefore deſired to know what
they would have me to do, and how I ſhould be ſure of the
500 l. for I expected it ſhould be a perſon of good credit that
would lay down the 500 l. He told me I ſhould not need to
queſtion that, for they were of credit enough. But he that
came to him [Ruſſel], was only imployed to pay the Money;
and if I ſhall tell him that you will do the buſineſs, you ſhall
be ſure of the Money; not ſo, ſaid I, Firſt let me know what
it is diſtinctly, and how I ſhall be ſure of the 500 l. or elſe I
will not ſtir a foot in it, but be gone on Monday. Saith he,
Would you have the Money before-hand? then it may be
you will not do it. No, ſaid I, that I do not deſire. But will
you depoſite it in a third hand? Truly, ſaid he, that is very fair,
and I doubt not but they will do it (for I told him none was
Blood's Man was
formerly your Servant, and preferred by you to him), and told
me, that on Saturday by two or three of the Clock, his friend
would be with him again; but that he would be ſhy of diſ[Ruſſel] on Monday, and then I ſhould underſtand more. Upon
my return I acquainted Mr. Blood with the whole diſcourſe, and
that I was to leave the Town on Monday, having ſtayed my utI had a Suit depending in Chancery, at Dublin;
and that if I were not there the beginning of the Term,
it would be great damage to me, becauſe my abſence would
be looked upon as a Contempt; but Mr. Blood requeſted
me to ſtay until he had acquainted His Majeſty, or one of his
Secretaries with it, to know his pleaſure as to my going or
ſtay.
SAturday the 18th day of January, I was with James Nettervile
in the Evening; he told me his Friend [Ruſſel] had left him
about half an hour before I came, and that he acquainted him
with what I propounded (to wit) that 500 l. ſhould be deWedneſday, and that all things ſhould be prepared
and ready for me by Thurſday morning. I asked him if it would
be convenient for me to meet his Friend? He told me not as
yet, for he was very wary, ſhy, and fearful of being betrayed. I
told him I thought my meeting with him was not material; only,
ſaid I, let him be ſure to ſecure the Money, and he needs not
doubt of effecting the buſineſs. But, ſaid I, 500 l. is not all that
I expect from him for this ſervice, that is but a melting Caſh,
and I have a great Charge, and a Wife and ſix Children, and
you know I have lyen a long time waiting here, almoſt to my
utter ruin, and have been very hardly dealt with. Now, if
I accompliſh this, I ſhall loſe my intereſt in all other Parties,
and therefore expect he ſhould make me a very good intereſt
Wedneſday?
That is a great while, and delays are not good. Said he, I did
not expect you till Sunday: But if I hear any thing in the mean
time, I will write to you, and it ſhall be left at Mr. Brooke's
Lodging. I hear, ſaid I, the Parliament is Prorogued; and that
is true enough, ſaid he; and till they meet again, we can reNewgate. Said I, then I ſuppoſe that
is, becauſe the men [Jeſuits] are not executed. What elſe,
ſaid he? and that is our great danger, that the people ſhould
run into a Rebellion before we accompliſh our buſineſs. I asked
him if he had taken an Abſtract, as he ſaid he would, of what
that man in the priſon could ſwear, to take off Mr. Bedlow's
Evidence. I have not yet, ſaid he, but we are ſure enough of
him, and ſhall make Bedlow Rogue enough. Pray, ſaid I, what
will he ſwear? That the very morning the Proclamation came
forth concerning Sir Edmondbury Godfrey, Mr. Bedlow came to
his Chamber, and asked him if he had ever ſeen Sir Edmondbury
Godfrey: For, ſaid he, if I knew what a like man he was, I
could eaſily get 500 l. and however, I am reſolved to hazard my
Neck, but I will have it; and that he would have had this man
go with him to Somerſethouſe to ſee the Rooms, and promiſed
to get him Money, if he would go with him. But, ſaid I,
Mr. Nettervile, it is ſaid Mr. Bedlow was out of Town before
the Proclamation came out; that is not ſo, ſaith he, for this
mans Wife went into the Countrey with him. A great deal
of diſcourſe more we had, all tending to the incouraging of me
to carry on this buſineſs, to turn this Plot to be a Proteſtant Plot
for the deſtruction of the Papiſts, and then I ſhould be made
for ever. When I paid the Reckoning, and was coming away,
ſaid he, you will always come to your charge, but I hope the
end will pay for all.
Wedneſday the 22d, at Night, I went to Mr. Nettervile,
expecting to have the Model how they would have me Swear,
and in what Goldſmiths hand they would put the 500 l. But
as ſoon as ever I came to him, he told me that he had been put
into ſuch as fright, that he was never in all his life before; for,
ſaid he, Mr. Oates, Mr. Bedlow, Sir William Waller, and another
Juſtice have been with me; they called for Irons, one would
have fifty pound weight, another would have an hundred pound
weight put upon me. At length Sir William Waller began to exl. was to be depoſited in a GoldJoſeph Williamſon, and declare the whole Story. Pray do ſo,
ſaith he, neglect no time, but go this night. And ſo we parted.
THAT on or about the 23d of December, 1678, I was
at the Marſhalſeys in Southwark, where was one James
Nettervile, a priſoner there for debt; who deſired me to
do ſo much for him, as to carry a Note for a friend of his that
was a Priſoner alſo, unto one Pierce Butler, that lived in
Germanſtreet, near my Lodging; and ſaid, If I would procure
any of his friends to come to his friend there, he would have
Money enough, whereof he ſhould have a ſhare; and alſo it
would be a great kindneſs to him; whereupon I told him I
would, provided he would write it quickly. Whereupon he
called forth his friend, and they two conſulted together, and he
wrote two or three Lines, and gave them me for the ſaid Butler.
But when I came to the place where I was directed, they told
me he was gone out of Town in obedience to the Kings ProNettervile, that the ſaid Mr. Butler was gone out of
Town in Obedience to His Majeſties Proclamation.
About Ten days after, I had occaſion for ſome waſte-paper;
and putting my hand in my Pocket, I lit on this Note that I
ſhould have delivered to Butler, and opened it, and read it, and
found in it theſe words written, or to this effect.
Sir, I am here committed by the name of
Daniel Edmonds,by a Juſtice of the Peace in the Country, as being a Recuſant. And therefore I deſire of you, that you will come unto me here, that I may adviſe with you; and in ſo doing, you will oblige your friend,Dominick Kelly.
This run in my mind, till about the 5th inſtant at night;
and then being at Mr. Proctors Coffee-houſe at Charingcroſs,
I there met with a Paper, intituled, Mr. Praunces Diſcovery of
the Plot, and of Sir Edmondbury Godfreys Murtherers; whereIriſh Prieſts
to be guilty, the one named Gerrald, and the other Kelly;
Germanſtreet, muſt be the ſame Kelly, beEdmunds,
and his name was Kelly.
The next morning being the 16 of this inſtant January (thinkKelly there), I came there; and comNettervile, and after ſome ſecret diſcourſe, I
asked him how his friend did that I carried the Note for? he
told me he procured Bail. Then I asked him what he was? he
told me that he was a Prieſt, and one of thoſe that Oats (that
Rogue) had impeached. I asked him how he could get Bail,
being a Prieſt; he told me, they did not know that he was a
Prieſt; and thoſe that were his Bail, would be Bail for any for
money; and he gave them Ten Shillings a piece, and the felPrieſt
promiſed him, the ſaid Nettervile, ſeven pounds. But he had
not left it him as yet; and ſo we left this diſcourſe, and came
to other.
That he having ſent by me a Letter, and a Petition to
Mrs. Eleanor Wall, a Gentlewoman that belongs to the Dutcheſs
of Portſmouth (whom he calls Cozen), whereby to get him
ſome money for his preſent ſupply: but I having no opporOats and Bedlow, thoſe two Rogues;
whereupon I laughed at him, and ſaid, It is impoſſible; their
Evidence was grounded upon too good a foundation: he told
me I was miſtaken, and I ſhould hear otherwiſe in a little
while.
Upon the 17th of January I went again to him, thinking
to have gained ſomething of him, what was become of this
Prieſt, but could not; and was taking my leave of him, ſayIreland,
to ſend by Captain Bury, who was to go on Monday; he
Burys Journey; I
told him, I hoped not ſo; he anſwered, it ſhould not be to his
prejudice. To which I anſwered, why then with all my heart,
for I would not be againſt any thing that ſhould be for his good.
And ſo there came in one Ruſſel an Iriſh man, that had ſome
buſineſs with him. And ſo we parted.
I Being with Mr. Nettervile at the Marſhalſey in Southwark, Mr.
Nettervile deſired me I would do him the kindneſs as to carKelly, who had three
or four Employments in the Tower of London. I told him I would
if it was any kindneſs to him. So Nettervile with Dominick
Kelly went together, and wrote a Letter to this Capt. Kelly of
the Tower; the Contents were much the ſame with that I carried
to Pierce Butler. I carried it to the Tower, and Capt. Kelly was
not at home; ſo I delivered it to his Wife. As ſoon as ſhe read
it, the tears were in her eyes; ſhe ſtruck her hand on her breaſt,
ſaying, Alas poor man, is he taken? I was in hopes he had been
ſafe, of all the reſt. She thankt me very kindly, and told me, as
ſoon as her Husband came home, ſhe would give it him. When
I went to Mr. Nettervile again, he thankt me for carrying the
Letter for his Friend Dominick Kelly to the Tower; and told me
Capt. Kelly had been with them, and treated them very civilly
with wine and meat, and had ſpent five ſhillings upon them. I
asked Nettervile what Capt. Kelly was? He told me he was a
true Iriſh man. I asked him if he was a Papiſt? He hath taken
the Oaths, ſaid he; but he is a well-wiſher to us. On Thurſday
the 16 of January, Nettervile deſired me to carry a Letter from
himſelf to Capt. Kelly, which Letter ſignified to him that his
Friend Dominick Kelly was gone, and how that he had promil. to diſcharge himſelf out of the Priſon, but had not
yet been ſo good as his word; therefore deſired that he would
take ſome ſpeedy courſe that he may have the 7 l. to diſcharge
himſelf out of Priſon. This Letter I delivered to Capt. Kelly's
own hand in the Tower. He read it, and told me he was very
glad his Friend was out; but that he had never ſeen him ſince;
pray, ſays he, remember me kindly to Mr. Nettervile, and tell
him, For his kindneſs to my Friend, I will do him all the ſer
28th of January I was deſired by Sir Joſeph Williamſon,
to go to Mr. Nettervile, to try what more I could get
out of him. On the 30th I went to him, and told him,
that I had met with Sir Joſeph Williamſon; and he ſeemed to
be angry, and thought we had not diſcovered all we knew.
And I told Nettervile, that although he had promiſe of his
pardon, yet it was expected he ſhould do more for it than
he had done: As for my part, ſaid I, you know I could diſI think you ought not to conceal any
thing of what you know more. The Grand thing I perceive
they deſire of you, and that which I think is all they can
expect from you, is, That you would declare from whom the
500 l. was to come. He thankt me for my advice, and told
me, that he believed Sir Joſeph Williamſon had not peruſed
all his Examinations, for he had Anſwered all the Queſtions
they had asked him. And if they had any thing more to ask
him, he would Anſwer them.
Upon Friday the 31th of January, I acquainted Sir Joſeph
Williamſon with what he ſaid; he ordered him to be brought to
the Council on Saturday morning, where I met him at the door,
before he was call'd; I told him, I ſuppoſed the chief Queſtion
that would be put to him, would be, Whoſe this 500 l. was?
and begged of him that he would diſcover what he knew of it.
Upon his coming out from the Council, I asked him if that was
not the queſtion they put to him? he told me it was: I asked
him what account he had given them? he told me he thought
they were ſatisfied, for they were very kind to him, and promiſed
him, that ſo long as they lived, he ſhould have the protection of
that Board.
On Tueſday, the 4th of February following, Sir Joſeph Williamſon
ſeeing me at the Council-door, called me in, and asked
me if I thought I could get any more out of Nettervile? I told
him I thought he had given him ſatisfaction when he was before
them, concerning whoſe the money was. I told Sir Joſeph the diſNettervile at his going into the Houſe, and at
his coming back; then he told me, that he had not been ingenu
The next morning the Earl of Eſſex deſired to ſpeak with me;
I waited upon him at the Council-Chamber; and he deſired me
alſo, that I would go to Mr. Nettervile to ſee what I could get
further from him.
So on Thurſday the 6th of February, I did go to Mr. Nettervile,
and told him I was not come on a bare viſit; but I was comEſſex, and Sir Joſeph Williamſon (whom
he knew had both been very kind to him) to adviſe him, that
he would be ingenuous, and diſcover what further he knew in
this buſineſs. Truly, ſaid I, I ſuppoſe all they do expect from
you, is, that you would make ſome clear diſcovery unto them
whoſe money this 500 l. was; ſaith he (Swearing by his Soul)
I did tell them all I knew, I thought they had been ſatisfied; no,
ſaid I, they are not; and Sir Joſeph Williamſon ſaith, you were
not ingenuous; for you only in general terms told them it was
ſome of the Lords money in the Tower. Now if you can rememI, and every one elſe, that Ruſſel would
as eaſily tell you whoſe it was, as to tell you it was ſome of the
Lords in the Tower. I could get no more from him a great while;
but after we had ſate and diſcourſed ſome time, he told me that
Brewer was to be before the Council the next day, and he beI, unleſs I
have ſome better account to give them from you: ſo juſt upon
my coming away I told him; Mr. Nettervile, I am ſorry I can give
no better account of my Journey to you; therefore pray, if you
have any thing more to ſay, let me know it before I go. After he
had pauſed a while, By my Soul, ſaid he, I cannot rememStafford, ſaith he; but all the reſt were to conRuſſel told me he was to go immediately to the
Tower, to get the Money raiſed; and that it was a difficult thing
to get all the Lords together; and if he ſhould go to them a
LEſt the Jeſuitical party ſhould ſay of the following ProceedBury, who for his worth and repu
The affairs that brought him into England, from his habitaIreland, was to Petition His Majeſty,
and the Honourable Privy-Council, touching a Debt due to his
Father, Sir William Bury of Grantham in Lincolnſhire, deceaſed,
for his ſervice in being one of His Majeſties Lords Commiſſioners
for managing the Government of Ireland; and in proſecution
thereof, being ſeveral times in company with Mr. Nettervile,
who was formerly a Clerk in the Court of Claims, in Dublin,
and who pretended to inform the Captain of ſeveral concealed
Lands and Houſes in Ireland, which he might place his Debt up11th
of January, 1678, deſiring a ſpeedy Conference with the CapNetterviles
requeſt by his Note, on the ſaid 13th of January laſt,
the Captain viſited the ſaid Nettervile in the Marſhalſey in Southwark;
when inſtead of a Communication as to the aforeſaid conNettervile being no ſtranger to the Captains long
abode here, and the expence he had been at in his ſolicitation)
took the opportunity to feel the Captains pulſe, as to the horrid
fact before-mentioned.
Prima facie. It aſtoniſhed the honeſt Captain to think that
Nettervile had diſcovered a matter of that nature to him; and
conſidering if he ſhould reveal it to any one, there would be but
his aſſerting it, and Netterviles denial, beſides the cenſure the
World would paſs on the Captains Reputation, from the appreNetterviles breaſt, that the Captain would be, or was
Dublin (having two Conditional Decrees awardHillary-Term for want of his appearance there). All theſe ConſiNettervile.
But weighing the direful effects of ſuch a contrivance, which
if proſecuted by ſome other Inſtruments, when he was departed
this Kingdom, would not only have been the deſtruction of his inBlood, but prejudicial
to His Majeſty, and the whole Kingdom, in taking off the eviOats and Mr. Bedlow; and thereby the Papiſts
might ſtill carry on their deviliſh deſign and plot, when they
had waſhed their own hands, and made ſuch an alteration; when
the innocent would have been ruined, and the true Bloodſuckers
acquitted.
This Conſideration ſo affected the Captain, that he reſolved
to leave the event of his particular concerns to Providence; and
as you read by his Depoſition, he repaired to Mr. Blood, and
gave him intelligence thereof. And having ſo imparted the ſame
to him, the goodneſs of God appeared much to the Captains ſaJoſeph
Williamſon to write to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, that
the Captain might ſuſtain no damage in his Concerns, by his non
Upon the 17th of January laſt, as the Captain was going to
attend Sir Joſeph Williamſon, to give in his Depoſition, meeting
with Alderman Brooks, and diſcourſing with him of Nettervile,
he told the Captain he had been at the Marſhalſeys the day beNettervile, and feared he had done a very ill thing;
which upon the Captains enquiry what it was, the ſaid Mr. Brooks
was ſomewhat unwilling to acknowledg, until he had ſearcht furBrooks told the CapNettervile had procured Bail for one Dominick Kelly,
who was one of the Murderers of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey; which
Relation of the Alderman gave a Confirmation to the Captain
of the wickedneſs of Nettervile, and Gods Goodneſs in anima
Joſeph Williamſon, he was
much affected with it, and told the Captain of what great conDominick Kelly in cuſtody; and
deſired the Captain to bring the ſaid Alderman Brooks to him;
which the Captain deſired reſpite in, that Mr. Brooks might make
ſome further inquiry, as he ſaid he would, into the concern;
and alſo leaſt the Information given by the ſaid Captain ſhould
be diſcovered, before there was a further progreſs made for the
obtaining a full diſcovery of the deſign, and perſons acting there
Upon the [19 January] Sunday morning, Mr. Brooks came to
the Captains Lodging, to know whether his Journey held for
Ireland the next day; and then told the Captain he had been the
day before with Nettervile; and upon the Captains demanding
whether he had learnt any thing more touching Dominick Kelly,
the ſaid Mr. Brooks gave the Captain the full account, which the
Captain cauſed to be put in writing, and carried him to Sir Joſeph
Williamſon, to make Oath of the ſame, which he did, which
appears by his foregoing Information. And the Captain could
not but take notice of a Series of Providence all along in this
buſineſs; for by what Alderman Brooks atteſted, Dominick
Kelly was ſo infatuated, as to ſend the Letter unſealed to Pierce
Butler by the Alderman, although he was in ſuch dangerous
Circumſtances.
Upon Mr. Brooks his free acknowledgment of theſe paſſages,
the Captain (deſiring his ſecreſie) acquainted the ſaid Mr. Brooks
of Netterviles prank with him; which on the Monday following,
Mr. Brooks (being to meet Mr. Lowman and Mr. Glover, the Keeper
and Clerk of the Marſhalſey, to conſider ſome way for the diſDominick Kelly) happened to
give ſome hints of the Captains Information to the ſaid Mr. Lowman,
and Mr. Glover; whereby Mr. Oats coming to have ſome
underſtanding thereof, with Mr. Bedlow, and by an untimely proNettervile with Sir William Waller, ſpoyled
the Proceedings, which otherwiſe might in a little time have prol. depoſited in the Goldſmiths hand, and full inl. from Ruſſel, and the ſeizure of the ſaid Ruſſel, &c.
Upon Thurſday the 23d of January, Mr. Brooks met with the
Captain, and told him what Nettervile had related to him of the
buſineſs of Captain Kelly in the Tower; He told him the ſtory,
Kelly in the Tower; and Nettervile told him the ſaid Mr. Brooks,
that if Captain Kelly did not ſend him the 7 l. he the ſaid Nettervile
did know enough to turn him out of the Tower. I have,
ſaith Brooks, taken a Copy of this Letter, and the Captain deKelly, what a fright the ſaid Nettervile had
been put into by Mr. Oats and Mr. Bedlow, having been with
him. And therefore Nettervile deſired Captain Kelly to ſend him
the 7 l. to diſcharge him out of that priſon, leſt wroſe ſhould
come on it; and upon the Captains reading the Copy of the ſaid
Letter, he deſired Mr. Brooks not to be too haſty in delivering
that Letter to Captain Kelly; but that he would draw up by
way of Information what he had told him, and go along with
the ſaid Captain to Sir Joſeph Williamſon, and give in the Infor
So that on Friday the 24th of January, the Captain and Mr.
Brooks went to Sir Joſeph Williamſon, and gave him the InformaJoſeph
told the Captain and Mr. Brooks, that the Committee of Lords
was going to ſit, and that they ſhould attend at the Council-door,
and he would call them in, that they might know their LordKelly.
After debate, their Lordſhips were of opinin, That the Letter
ſhould not be delivered, but thought they had ſufficient ground
to ſeize Capt. Kelly, and to ſearch his houſe for Dominick Kelly,
and for papers; in order to which, Sir Joſeph Williamſon was ſent
for his Grace the Duke of Monmouth, who immediately came to
the Council, where the Lords acquainted his Grace with the buBrooks a Warrant to fetch
Capt. Kelly. His Grace was pleaſed to ſend for his Secretary, and
ordered him immediately to draw a Warrant directed to Sir John
Robinſon, to aſſiſt them with a Guard, for executing the Warrant,
and Nettervile was ordered to be brought to the Council that
afternoon.
And ſo the Captain and Mr. Brooks accompanied with Sir
William Waller, went to the Tower; and being guarded by Sir
John Robinſon, came to Captain Kellys houſe, and there his Foot-boy
came to the door; and upon enquiry for his Maſter, the Boy
replied, he was not within; they askt him if he knew where he
was; the Boy told them no, for he dined abroad: They went inStafford lodgKelly, and brought him to the Council
with what papers they could find; but Nettervile had been exaKellys being with them in the Marſhalſeys, &c.
The Captain thereupon was put into the Meſſengers hands,
and ordered to be brought before their Lordſhips next morning,
and Nettervile alſo (who were face to face at the Council-Table).
Capt. Kelly denied that he knew this Dominick Kelly: Nettervile
told him he would not deny ſurely that he was with them
at the Marſhalſeys, which Capt. Kelly then confeſſed; ſome of
their Lordſhips asked what he did at the Marſhalſeys? Captain
Kelly ſaid, he went to viſit Mr. Nettervile: Truly, ſaid Nettervile,
'twas kindly done of you, Sir, for I never ſaw or heard of you beDominick Kelly told me of you, and de
Capt. Kelly after Examination, was committed to a Meſſenger
again; but ſoon after he put in Bail, and I have heard there was
an Order of Council to turn him out of his employment. But
whether it be ſo, or no, I know not.
That Ruſſel (upon the Thurſday after Mr. Oats and Mr. Bedlow
had been with Nettervile at the priſon) came again to Nettervile,
and inſtead of being apprehended, as Nettervile promiſed
Lowman he ſhould, Nettervile gave him notice of the diſcovery,
and he went out immediately and ſcaped. And after he was
gone, Nettervile then told Lowman he had been there; they purBrooks had a Warrant from Sir Joſeph Williamſon to
ſearch for him at his houſe; but his Wife told them, that he was
at the French Ambaſſadors houſe, and had not lain at home in
ten or twelve Nights; which the Council being informed of,
were very diligent to apprehend him, and offered 20 l. to thoſe
that could diſcover him.
This Ruſſel, mentioned in the Depoſition, is a Rank Papiſt,
and an Iriſh-man, who married Madam Rowſe, the Dutcheſs of
Portſmouths Gentlewoman: Nettervile and Brewer are of the ſame
Faction, and are now Priſoners in the Marſhalſeys. The DepoBury and Alderman Brooks, are both honeſt GentleNettervile was ſo infatuated, as to conceive them fit to be pro
Now Reader, thou haſt ſeen the whole contrivance, &c. and
mayeſt eaſily diſcern what the intentions of the Romaniſts were;
what the natural conſequence thereof would have been, I leave
to thy own conjecture, and ſhall only add this true circumviz.
That ſeveral perſons (by them appointed) were a little before
this diſcovery at the Houſes of ſome Presbyterians, well known
in the City of London, to pray their charitable contribution
towards the maintenance of Mr. Oats and Mr. Bedlow, upon
this ſpecious, though falſe ſuggeſtion, That His Majeſties allow
And thus I have done, truſting to the Readers Candor; which
if a Proteſtant, I do not doubt of; if a Papiſt, neither expect or
care for it; I being one of quite different principles, and one
whoſe prayers, as well as endeavours, ſhall be conſtantly enga
Concerning my intentions in the publication of theſe Depoſi