WHereas some Bold and Ill Men have several times by Various but Different Suggestions, and particularly more Openly of late, pretended they are able to disprove the Account I gave from my Personal Knowledge of the Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, where­in with unspeakable Grief (though yet not without a firm belief of For­giveness from Almighty GOD upon unfeigned Repentance, as well as the Grant of His most Gracious Majesty, my Earthly Soveraign's, Par­don) I acknowledge my Self most wickedly Drawn in and Concern'd. And whereas likewise being justly Called thereunto, I did on the 25th of October, 1680. in service to Truth, the Protestant Religion, my King, and Countrey, most truly depose, That about Three Years be­fore that Time I saw Mr. Roger L'Estrange three or four times Kneeling at Mass in the Queens Chappel.

And whereas several Prints intituled Observators, and other Pam­phlets, whereof Mr. L'Estrange is generally Reputed the Author, have not only denied that the said L'Estrange was ever [...] Mass, since his Majesties happy Restauration; but also have endeavoured to fix Scandals upon me, as if I had Defrauded the Queens most Excellent Majesty, by taking out Silver Screws out of an Anti-Pendium to the Altar, and putting in Brass ones in their stead, or Reckoning for Silver ones, when in Truth they were but Brass; as also insinuating as if I had made away with my Servant, and had pretended that a Tankard intrusted with me was sto­len away, when it was not; since all these Suggestions are not only most notoriously false, and prejudicial to my Reputation, but also ten­ding [Page]to Abuse and Discredit that Testimony which Honestly and Consci­entiously I have given touching the Damnable Popish Plot:

I the said Miles Prance do hereby in the presence of the All-seeing and Heart-searching God, and of all Holy Angels and Good Men, solemnly and sincerely Avow and Declare, That whatever I formerly Deposed upon Oath at the Tryals of Mr. Green, Mr. Berry, and Mr. Hill, or at any o­ther Tryal, and what in my Printed Narrative I did set forth touching the manner and Circumstances (as far as the same fell within my Know­ledge) of the said Sir Edmondbury Godfrey's Murder; As also my before-Recited Affidavit of seeing Mr. Roger L'Estrange at Mass, is and are most Punctually and Religiously True.

And I further do Protest and Declare in manner aforesaid, that I did not directly or indirectly defraud Her Most Excellent Majesty in the matter of the Screws or Antipendium, but that the said Screws were by consent and order of those that imployed me made of Brass, as also that my said Servant was upon Tryal with several Masters after he parted with me, and afterwards by his own and his friends con­sent, (without any Concernment of mine) sent into some of the Western Plantations, where I believe he is still Living; And that there was a Tankard sent me to mend, stoln out of my Shop in December 1678. For which I returned to the Owner a new Tankard, to the full Value.

And as to all and every part of this my solemn Protestation and Declaration, as I do hereby under my hand, most seriously Aver and Avow it, so in further Confirmation of the Truth thereof, I do resolve (with Gods help and permission) on the next Lords day, being that Holy Feast of Easter, thereupon to receive in my Parish-Church the Holy Sacrament according to the Rites of the Church of England (which as I can never enough, Bless and Magnify the Lord for bringing me into, so by his Grace I shall never in the least depart from.) And I do moreover declare, That as I had not when I made the before-cited Af­fidavit any Malice or Ill Will against Mr. L'Estrange's Person, so likewise I do heartily forgive him all those Slanders wherewith he has endeavour'd to Brand me, and particularly for calling me very lately Raskal in Print: And shall implore the Divine Majesty both to bring that Gentle­man to a due Sense of, and Repentance for all his Transgressions in that kind towards Me and Others, and to pardon the same; That as (if it shall so happen) we meet at our Blessed Lords Table on Earth, so we may together enjoy an endless Repast in Heaven.

In Testimony of all which, from the deepest sense of my Soul, I have here sub­scribed my hand, Dated the 14th of April, being the Annual Commemoration of our Blessed Lord (the Holy Jesus) his Crucifixion for the sins of Mankind, and thence diservedly called Good Friday, 1682.