NOtwithstanding the Impudence of the Popish Party both living and dying, in denying that they know any thing of a Plot, either to Murder His Majesty, or to bring in Popery and subvert the Pro­testant Religion; and that their Church Hectors lately deservedly Executed, have against the clearest Evidence had the Confidence to venture their Damnation vpon a Lye, with that Canting Expression, That they are as clear as the Child unborn; and who though they are admired by their Fel­lows as Saints and Martyrs, do truly deserve Admiration for nothing so much as that height of Atheisme and Villany they have arrived to, so as to think to mock the Almighty God only to attain the Praise and Applause of men.

Yet the Divine Providence, which is always watchfull for the Safety and Preservation of all those who really Trust therein, has been pleased wonder­fully to multiply and strengthen the Evidence of this Horrid and Damnable Conspiracy, as will appear by this following Relation.

A few days since there came a Person to a Member of the Honourable House of Commons living in London, named Clement Cane, who gave this Account of himself. That he lived with a Knight in Cumberland, who was a Roman Catholick, and that this Knight had lately shewn him more than ordinary kindness and countenance, and put him into a handsome Livelyhood: having thus obliged him, that the Knight thought he could not handsomely refuse to do any thing he should propose to him. He took the opportunity to Discourse with this Per­son, proposing to him some ways for his further Advancement in the World, and having before prepared him (as is supposed) by telling him that what he was to do would be very necessary and advantagious to the Advancement of the Interest of Holy Church, and the Design (as St. Whitebread has it) wherein they were all engaged; This Knight had then the boldness to propose to this Person, The Murder of his Sacred Majesty, wherein several others (it is said 16 or 17) besides himself were to be engaged; and than the Reward for their Cursed Service, was to be a Thousand Pound to each Person, and ways and methods were proposed for perpetrating this horrid Villany, which was to have been committed the 30th. day of May last past.

When this Person heard this Damnable Proposition, he was startled and astonished at the Motion, and alleaged to his Master, That it was a thing con­trary to their Religion as well as all others, to commit such cursed Actions. The Master persisted by many Arguments to demonstrate the Lawfulness and Necessity of it, but finding this Person Immoveable and Resolved never to be concern'd, upon any unholy plausible pretences whatsoever; He told him that by discovering thus much to him, he had put his Life into his hands, and [Page 4] that this Person, would find it his safest way not to discover or take notice of any discourse passed betwixt them upon that Subject.

This Person being much concerned at what he had heard, and fearing the Knight or some other might take the opportunity to accuse him first thereby to excuse themselves; He took the first occasion that offered to pretend a Jour­ney into Lancashire, but being got out of the Reach of the Knight, he Imme­diatly hastned to London, and voluntarily rendred himself to the Honourable Member of Parliament aforementioned, who having taken his Information upon Oath, we may suppose both will be suddenly Transmitted to the Consi­deration of his Majesty, and his Most Honourable Privy Council.

Thus the Divine Goodness has not left us without witness to Strengthen True Christians and Protestants in the belief of this Cursed Attempt, which is now so clear and apparent that none but Papists (whose Religion it is to deny four of their Senses in their Sacrament as they call it; that is their Seeing, Smel­ling, Tasting and feeling;) have not the least Reason to deny it, or doubt of it.

Therefore let not any weak Protestants be startled at the Confidence of those, (who as we said before) have lately dared to defie Heaven with a falshood at the last gasp; which Dr. Ezrael Tongue (the first discover of the Plot to His Majesty) has sufficiently exposed in a late Paper: Since we have this Remarkable Account from Ireland, which is of undoubted Credit, and not to be denyed even by a Papist.

The Relation in Brief is this: That there was a Popish Priest Executed in Dublin (while the Earl of Essex was Governour there) upon the clearest Evi­dence and Conviction imaginable, who yet absolutely denyed himself to be in the least Guilty of the Fact he was Charged with, but the Halter breaking as soon as he was turn'd off the Ladder, and he thereupon recovering his Senses, begg'd a quarter of an hours respite to Pray, and then Confessed, That he was Absolved by some Priests of his own Order before he was turn'd off, and therefore he could safely say he was not Guilty; but that he now be­ing come to Life again as it were, he thought that it was absolutely Necessary he should be again Absolved and Pardoned; but judging it impossible to procure a Priest for that purpose before he was Hanged again, which he im­mediately expected, and having none now to Confess unto but God only: He did then Publickly Confess himself Guilty of the Fact which he had just before so desperately denyed, even to Death.

This was done in the hearing of many Eminent Lords, Gentlemen, and other Persons of all Degrees and Qualities; so that it can hardly be imagined what this sort of Men can Invent to palliate it: And as Dr. Tongue very well Observes, since one of them had the Impudence to say, That only one of their Authors ever promoted the Doctrine of Killing of Kings, which is an Absolute and down-right Lye, since it may be Proved (and Gavan being a Jesuite, cannot with any Reason be supposed to be Ignorant thereof) that se­veral of their Popes, Councils, and Doctors did both promote and put in practise the same Damnable Opinions. What cause have we who are Prote­stants, to be so Foolishly Charitable, to think that any of the rest of their Harangues have more Truth or Reality in them, since it is an Eternal Maxime of that Synagogue of Satan, the Romish Church, That all things are Lawful in order to the promoting the Interest thereof.