The triall of Elizabeth Cellier, at the Kings-bench-barr, on Friday June the 11th, 1680

The TRYAL of ELIZABETH CELLIER, at the Kings Bench Barr, on Friday June the 11th. 1680. where the uſual Formalities being paſſed, and the Jury Sworn, the Indictment was read, which is as followeth. The INDICTMENT.

THe Jurers for our Lord the King do preſent, that Elizabeth Cellier, Wife of Peter Cellier, late of the Pariſh of St. Clement Danes in the County of Middleſex Gent. ſtands Indicted, for that ſhe as a falſe Traytoreſs againſt our moſt illuſtrious and excellent Prince, King Charles the Second, her natural Lord, not having God before her Eyes, nor weighing the Duty of her Allegiance, but by the Inſtigation of the Devil moved and ſeduced, and the Cordial Love and true due natural Obedience which all faithful Subjects of our ſaid Lord the King towards him ſhould bear, and of right, are bound to bear; utterly withdrawing, and diviſing, and with all her Might intending the Peace and common Tranquillity of this Kingdom to diſturb, and to bring and put our ſaid Lord the King to Death and final Deſtruction; and the true Worſhip of God in this Realm by the Law Eſtabliſhed and Uſed, to alter to the Superſtition of the Church of Rome, to move and ſtir up War againſt the King in this Kingdom, and to ſubvert the Government of this Realm, the firſt Day of November, in the thirty firſt Year of the ſaid Kings Reign, at the Pariſh of St. Clement Danes aforeſaid, with divers other falſe Traytors unknown, trayterouſly did compaſs, imagine, and intend the killing, death and final deſtruction of our ſaid Lord the King, and to change, alter, and utterly to ſubvert the antient Government of this Realm, and to depoſe, and wholly to deprive him the ſaid King of his Crown and Government of this Kingdom, and to extirpate the true Religion within this Realm eſtabliſhed; and to fulfil and accompliſh the ſame moſt wicked Treaſons and traterous Imaginations and Purpoſes, the ſame Elizabeth Cellier, and other falſe Traytors unknown, the ſaid 1ſt. day of November, in the 31th. Year aforeſaid, with Force and Arms, &c. at the Pariſh of St. Clements Danes aforeſaid, adviſedly, divilliſhly, malitiouſly, and traterouſly aſſembled, united, and gathered themſelves together, and then, and there, deviliſhly, adviſedly, malitiouſly, cunningly, and traterouſly conſulted and agreed to bring the ſaid Lord the King to Death and final Deſtruction, and to depoſe and deprive him of his Crown and Government, and ſo introduce and eſtabliſh the Romiſh Religion in this Kingdom, and the ſooner to fulfil and effect the ſame moſt wicked Treaſons and traiterous Imaginations and Purpoſes, the ſaid Elizabeth Cellier, and other unknown Traytors then and there did contribute, pay, and expend divers great Sums of Mony to ſeveral unknown Perſons, to procure them traiterouſly to kill the ſaid King, and introduce the Romiſh Religion into this Realm, and for the better concealing of the Treaſons aforeſaid, the ſaid Elizabeth Cellier then and there did pay and expend to divers other Perſons unknown, divers other Sums of Mony, falſely to impoſe the ſaid Treaſons upon ſome other Perſons unknown, againſt the Duty of her Allegiance, and againſt the Peace of our Lord the King, his Crown, and Dignity, and againſt the Form of the Statute in ſuch Caſe made and provided, &c.

John Gadbury Sworn. L.C.J.

Mr. Gadbury, What do you know concerning this Plot?

Mr. Gadbury.

I know nothing of it, neither one way, nor another.

L.C.J.

Do you know of any Contrivance of Mrs. Celliers, to kill the King?

Mr. G.

No; rather the contrary.

L.C.J.

Do you know of any attempts to change the Government:

M G.

I will tell your Lordſhip what I do know, if theſe Gentlemen will not be too nimble for me. I have ſuffered a great deal of Prejudice of late in relation to a Plot, as if I had known of a Plot; but God is my Witneſs, I know of none, unleſs it were a Plot to bring Sir Robert Peyton over to the Kings Intereſt. That Plot I had ſome Concern in, and had ſome knowledge of Mrs. Celliers Concern in it; but ſhe was ſo far from doing any thing againſt the Kings Intereſt, that ſhe was willing to bring over with him the three Gentlemen turn'd out of Commiſſion when Sir Robert was. So that how ſhe could be acting for the King, and againſt the King at the ſame time, I do not underſtand.

L.C.J.

Mr. Gadbury, You are a man of Learning, pray will you give your Teſtimony of the things that you know in relation to Mrs. Cellier.

Mr. G.

Mrs. Cellier was not committed upon my Accuſation; therefore, I hoped ſhe might have been tryed without my Teſtimony. But when I was in danger of my Life, when I lay in the Gate-houſe, Mrs. Cellier was reported to be a third Witneſs againſt me, and then I raked up every trifle: but if I had thought it Treaſon, I would have diſcovered it before. And as to that particular Buſineſs concerning Mr. Smith, that Smith ſometime ſince did come to me, being my old Acquaintance, to ask my advice in his Affairs, and he had then an Affair of ſo great moment, that it was neceſſary to ask my Advice in it, which was to go to the Lords in the Tower. I asked him what to do? ſaith he, I can ſay enough againſt Dr. Oats to ſerve them, and take off his Evidence, and asked me if he ſhould do it. By no means, Mr. Smith, ſaid I. Mrs. Cellier afterwards told me, this Smith, and one Phillips were willing to tell ſome Stories or other of Mr. Oats and Mr. Bedlow, and I told her this very Story; ſaith ſhe, you being acquainted with him, it is poſſible you may do ſome good upon him, and ſaith ſhe, I had as lieve as ten Guineys, that you could do it.

L.C.J.

That is, when that you adviſed Mr. Smith not to meddle with any thing againſt Dr. Oats.

Mr. G.

She ſaid, ſhe did not care if ſhe had been at the Charge of ten Guineys, if he would be honeſt and diſcover the Truth. And, my Lord, ſhe did ſay ſhe had heard Mr. Dangerfield talk of a Nonconformiſts Plot that would off the Popiſh Plot.

L.C.J.

Did ſhe ſay, that ſhe had heard Dangerfield ſay there was a Nonconformiſts Plot, and that he was to have a Commiſſion among them? and did ſhe ſay, that ſhe had heard him ſay, that he hoped under the colour of that, the Popiſh Plot would go on? or did ſhe ſay it of her own accord, that ſhe hoped that would carry on the Popiſh Plot?

Mr. Gad.

My Lord, I cannot remember particulars.

L.C.J.

There is a great deal of difference between Dangerfields ſaying it, and her ſaying it.

Mr. G.

I have no reaſon to ſpare her: but I am unwilling to ſpeak any thing that is contrary to truth, though ſhe hath done me the greateſt Injury in the World.

L.C.J.

How came you to talk of a Non-conformiſts Plot?

Mr. G.

It was only common Diſcourſe as it was at Coffee-Houſes.

Had you heard of it before ſhe ſpake of it, that you ſay it was common?

Mr. G.

No, not till ſhe ſpake of it.

L.C.J.

Did Mrs. Cellier tell you of any Popiſh Prieſts or Jeſuits coming hither from beyond the Seas?

Mr. G.

Upon the going over of one Clay, I think ſhe did ſay ſhe heard there were ſome more coming over.

L.C.J.

What to do?

Mr. G.

God knows what.

L.C.J.

Did ſhe ſpeak of any Plot or Contrivance to kill the King?

Mr. G.

No, ſhe was always an Enemy to Plots, or elſe I would not have kept her Company.

L.C.J.

Did ſhe ſay there were, or that ſhe heard there were ſeveral Prieſts and Jeſuits coming over?

Mr. G.

My Lord, I think ſhe ſaid ſhe heard it. And I have ſaid ſeveral times to her, the Popiſh Plotters would be deſtroyed: but ſhe anſwered, ſhe was afraid the Nation would be deſtroyed firſt.

L.C.J.

Did ſhe ſay ſhe was afraid of it, or, that the Nation would be deſtroyed firſt? I ask you once more, we muſt try People according to their Oaths. By the Oath you have taken, when you ſaid you thought the Popiſh Plotters would be deſtroyed, what Anſwer did ſhe make?

Mr. G.

She ſaid ſhe was afraid the Nation would be ſo; becauſe, ſhe ſaid, abundance of the beſt of the Nation went into other Nations, to weaken our Nation, and ſpend their Mony, and therefore ſhe was afraid the Nation would be deſtroyed before them.

L.C.J.

What Diſcourſe had you with Mrs. Cellier paſſing through Weſtminſter Abby?

Mr. G.

My Lord, my memory hath been exceedingly bruiſed; but I remember, my Lord, as I was going through the Abby in a rainy afternoon, ſhe ſaid, this Abby was formerly filled with Benedictine Monks, or ſomething to that purpoſe, and, ſaith ſhe, what if it ſhould be ſo again?

L. C. J.

Are you a Proteſtant or a Papiſt?

Mr. G.

A Proteſtant, my Lord.

L.C.J.

He talks as like a Papiſt as can be, was it, what if it ſhould be filled?

Mr. G.

She ſaid, what if it ſhould be again.

L.C.J.

What did you ſay to that?

Mr. G.

I only ſmiled to hear a Womans Diſcourſe, my Lord.

L.C.J.

You make all the Company laugh, What did ſhe ſay of the Temple?

Mr. G.

That the Temple had been filled with Fryars too.

L.C.J.

And what then? Did ſhe talk of filling it again?

Mr. G.

Saith ſhe, this Place was filled with Benedictine Monks, and the Temple with Fryars.

L C.J.

This may do well enough: but what did ſhe ſay elſe concerning the Temple?

Mr. G.

Nothing, my Lord.

Mr. Serjeant Maynard ſaid ſomething to him here, which was not heard, but Mr. Gadbury replyed. Mr. G.

Mr Serjeant, I was none of the Tribe of forty one.

Here Mr. Gadbury was going to read in his Paper: but the Court told him that would not be allowed; but he might refreſh his Memory with it. L.C.J.

Now tell me what ſhe ſaid: Mr. Gadbury, keep it in your Hand.

Mr. G.

My Lord, ſhe put it by way of Interrogation to feel my Pulſe.

L.C.J.

What did ſhe ſay elſe?

M. G.

There was nothing but tranſient Diſcourſe, my Lord.

L.C.J.

We muſt ask you what the truth is, and you have looked upon your Paper. Now, conſider what you ſay, and conſider that you are upon a ſolemn Occaſion, and are to teſtify it in the preſence of God Almighty. I would have you tell plainly what it is, and neither to make it more, nor ſtifle it.

Mr. G.

It was only tranſient diſcourſe.

L.C.J.

Say what it was. Was it, this Place was once filled with Benedictine Monks?

Mr. G.

She ſaid that the Abby had been filled with Benedictine Monks, as the Temple had with Fryars.

J. Jones.

Look upon your Paper.

L.C.J.

You have looked upon the Paper, and pray tell us what ſhe ſaid. Did ſhe ſay ſhe hoped to ſee this Place filled with Benedictines?

Mr. G.

My Lord, I do not remember that word hope.

J. J.

How long have you been acquainted with Mrs. Cellier?

Mr. G.

Ten or a dozen Years.

L.C.J.

Did ſhe never ask you any Queſtions about the Life of the King?

M. G.

My Lord, when the King was very ill at Windſor, and all People were fearful that he would die, ſhe did move the Queſtion to me.

L.C.J.

What Queſtion?

Mr. G.

To know whether I thought his Majeſty would live or die: but it was her fear that he would die.

L.C.J.

Had you ſeen the King?

Mr. G.

No, my Lord.

L.C.J.

How then did ſhe expect you ſhould give her an Anſwer? from your Art?

Mr. G.

From my Art, my Lord.

L.C.J.

Did ſhe deſire you to conſult your Art, how long the King would live?

Mr. G.

She did as I ſaid.

L.C.J.

What did you ſay to that?

Mr. G.

I would not tell her, becauſe he was my Soveraign.

L.C.J.

VVhat Anſwer did you make?

Mr. G.

I told her I would not meddle with it.

L.C.J.

She would have had you conſult your Art or Scheme, or whatever it is, to know whether the King would live or die?

Mr. G.

It was ſomething of that.

L.C.J.

And you ſaid you would not meddle nor make with it?

Mr. G.

Yes, my Lord.

L.C.J.

She deſired you to make a Scheme?

Mr. G.

No, my Lord, I can't ſay ſhe mentioned a Scheme; but ſhe asked the Queſtion.

J. Raymend.

What did ſhe ask elſe?

Mr. G.

Only that Queſtion.

L.C.J.

How often do you believe ſhe ſpake of it?

Mr. G.

Never, my Lord, but when he was ill. I will not baffle any thing that may conduce to the ſafety of the King, and Kingdom.

L.C.J.

Indeed it is very conducible to the ſafety of the King and Kingdom, if any go about to deſtroy him, and with evil Intentions to ask how long he will live, and you ought in Duty to God, and your Soveraign, to declare it. Did ſhe ever make any enquiries about the Kings Death more than what you have ſaid?

Mr. G.

No more, my Lord, and then ſhe was fearful he would die.

L.C.J.

Did ſhe ſay ſhe would go to ſome Body elſe?

Mr. G.

My Lord, when ſhe perceived me ſhy, ſaith ſhe, I ſee you are afraid of me, I will go to ſome other Aſtrologer.

L.C.J.

For what?

Mr. G.

To ſatisfy her Curioſity, as a great many do.

L.C.J.

What Curioſities did ſhe ask beſides this?

Mr. G.

She would ask me ſometimes about the Condition of Bodies, whether they would be proſperous in the World and ſeveral other Queſtions

L.C.J.

Were you nice in theſe Curioſities?

Mr. G.

Truely, my Lord, I was ſhy of meddling with any thing, when I heard there was a talk about Plots.

L.C.J.

Was you nice to give her ſatisfaction according to her hopes concerning theſe things you call Curioſities, queſtioning whether one ſhould be well wedd, how many Children ſhe ſhould have, &c. VVere you ſcrupulous in that?

Mr. G.

I think I might not be nice in that very particular.

L.C.J.

How came it then, that ſhe would go to another Aſtrologer?

Mr. G.

She asked me ſomething about Mr. Dangerfield.

L.C.J.

For what?

Mr. G.

How to get him out of Priſon.

L.C.J.

Pray how came ſhe to ſay ſhe would go to another Aſtrologer? You were not ſhy to give her an anſwer to theſe Queſtions.

Mr. G.

It was ſomething about Mr. Dangerfield, My Lord, ſhe asked me ſomething about ſome Deeds or Papers which he was to ſearch for or ſeize, which concerned Mr. Bedlow.

L.C.J.

She had better have gone to one of the Clerks than to a Conjurer for them. But why would ſhe go to another Aſtrologer?

Mr. G.

Becauſe I was ſhy.

L.C.J.

You were not ſhy in theſe things about Bedlow. Did ſhe not ſay when you refuſed to meddle vvith the death of the King, that ſhe vvould go to another Aſtrologer?

Mr. G.

Yes, my Lord.

L.C.J.

Dd you any thing for her at that time?

Mr. G.

My Lord, I did calculate a Scheme, vvhich ſince I found to be for Mr. Dangerfield, but I knevv nor fot whom it vvas vvhen I did it.

L.C.J.

How! Can you apply one Scheme to any Body?

Mr. G.

My Lord, when Mrs. Cellier came to me, ſhe gave me the time of a Perſons Nativity, and I ſet the Figure of the Heavens to that Sign, to know whether he were a Perſon fit to be truſted, her Husband being a French Merchant to get in Money.

L.C.J.

For ought you know, Dangerfield was a Woman, and the queſtion was, whether Dangerfield was with Child, and he happens to be a Man. — How did it fall out?

Mr. G.

I have forgotten, my Lord.

L.C.J.

When did you know it was for Dangerfield?

Mr. G.

My Lord, never before I came before the King and Councel, neither did I know his Name before; for he went by the Name of Willoughby before.

L.C.J.

What other Diſcourſe had you with her? Did ſhe not at any time talk of Mr. Dugdale?

Mr. G.

She did ſay, ſhe had heard of ſome People that were to diſcourſe with Mr. Dugdale: ſhe had heard ſuch a thing; but I don't know whether ſhe knew any thing of it or no.

L.C.J.

What diſcourſe had you about that?

Mr. G.

She told me, there was a Woman to go down to Windſor to beg Mr. Dugdale's Pardon; for he was penitent for what he had ſaid in ſome Tryal or other.

L.C.J.

Call another Witneſs.

Attor. Gen.

Mr. Dangerfield, pray give the Court an account of what you know of Mrs. Cellier, the Priſoner at the Bar.

Mrs. Cel.

My Lord, I accept againſt that Witneſs.

L.C.J.

Why ſo? You muſt ſhow ſome reaſon, and then we will do you Juſtice in God's Name.

Mrs. C.

If I can prove he was whipt, and tranſported, pilloryed, perjured, &c. he is no Witneſs. The laſt time I was upon my Tryal, he threatned ſome of my VVitneſſes, that if they would not Swear as he would have them, he would kill them.

L.C.J.

If you can ſhew any Record whereby he is convicted of any thing, that can by Law take away bis Teſtimony, do it.

Mrs. C.

He has been Indicted for Burglary.

L.C.J.

(to Mr. Dangerfield) VVas you Indicted for Burglary?

Mr. Danger.

I will take it at their Proof.

Ralph Briſcoe, a VVitneſs for the Defendent, Sworn. L.C.J.

Do you know Dangerfield?

Briſcoe.

I remember one Thomas Dangerfield. I ſaw him burnt in the Hand at the Old-Baily.

L.C.J.

Is this the ſame Man?

Briſ.

I do believe it is the ſame Man: but I have not ſeen him theſe ſeveral Years.

L.C.J.

Let every Body have their right in God's Name. Have you any more?

Mrs. C.

My Lord, I can prove him perjured.

L.C.J.

Have you any Records to ſhew he was perjured? is he convinced?

Mrs. C.

No.

L.C.J.

Then you can't do it.

Mrs. C.

My Lord, I can prove him guilty of Forgery.

L.C.J.

If you don't produce the Record, you do nothing.

That which ſhe calls Forgery, is not that which the Law calls Forgery: it is counterfeiting Guineys.

L.C.J.

Can you ſhew he forged any Deeds. If you can prove that he hath committed Forgery, and be not convicted, it is no Errour.

L.C.J.

Have you your Pardon? She hath proved the Conviction of Felony, prove your Pardon.

Mrs. C.

I have the Copies of ſeveral Records here in Court, which will be ſworn to.

To which Mr. Dangerfield pleaded his Majeſties moſt gracious Pardon. To which Mrs. Cellier replyed, that ſhe had a Copy of the ſaid Pardon in Court, but it did not extend to ſome of the Crimes for which he ſtood convicted, and then produced a Record, wherein it did appear, he was outlawed upon a Fellony. Upon which the Court commanded Mr. Dangerfield to go and fetch his Pardon, in the interim examining ſeveral of the Kings VVitneſſes. Thomas Williamſon Sworn. L.C.J.

Did you ever ſee Dangerfield and Mrs. Cellier in company?

Williamſon.

No, my Lord, but I have been imployed for Mrs. Cellier in ſeveral Buſineſſes of Charity to get Priſoners out. VVhen Mr. Dangerfiield was in Newgate, ſhe imployed me to get him out.

L.C.J.

VVhy was ſhe ſo kind to Dangerfield?

My Lord, I don't know that: but ſhe bid me get him out, whoſoever ſtaid behind.

J.R.

VVhy ſhould ſhe get him out? Did ſhe tell you what ſhe would do with him when ſhe had him out?

No, my Lord.

VVe bring him for a VVitneſs, that ſhe had a great kindneſs for Dangerfield.

Margaret Jenkens Sworn. L.C.J.

VVhat diſcourſe have you heard between Dangerfield and Cellier?

I never ſaw them together but twice. It is a Year ſince I came from them.

L.C.J.

When you ſaw them at Dinner or Supper together, what other Company was there?

Her Husband was with her one time.

L.C.J.

What did they talk about?

They were talking about the Priſoners that were Condemned.

L.C.J.

Where was it? at her Houſe?

No, at my Lady Powis's Houſe.

L.C.J.

How came you there?

I carried Notes backwards and forwards.

L.C.J.

Did you never hear no diſcourſe about the Plot?

No.

Suſan Edwards Sworn. R.

What Intimacy have you known between Dangerfield and Mrs. Celliers?

L.C.J.

Did you ever ſee them together?

Edwards.

Yes, very often, my Lord. She ſaid that the Popiſh Plot would turn to a Preſbyterian Plot.

L.C.J.

Who did ſhe ſay that to? to Dangerfield?

No, my Lord, but I have heard him ſay thoſe words, and that he would make it his Intereſt it ſhould be ſo.

L.C.J.

What did you ſay to him, when he ſaid he muſt turn Rogue, and diſcover all their Plots?

I ſaid he would be no greater Rogue than he was before.

L.C.J.

You were pritty nimble with him.

He thought he ſhould be hanged.

L.C.J.

For what?

If he did not turn Rogue, he thought he ſhould be hanged.

(to Mrs. Cellier) You were very often together in your Chamber.

Mrs. C.

Who gave you your Cloaths?

Her Husband was gone to Church one Morning, and he was with her in her Chamber.

L.C.J.

I can't ſee why you ſhould prove this matter too far.

Suſan is a civil young Woman.

She ſaid ſhe would do my buſineſs for me, and I go in danger of my Life.

Bennet Dowdal Sworn. L.C.J.

What do you know of any Intimacy between Dangerfield and Mrs: Cellier?

Dowd.

I have ſeen them together.

L.C J.

What did they talk about?

Mrs. Cellier propoſed a match between Mrs. Mary Ayrey and I, and they uſed to talk of that when I was with them.

L.C.J.

Did they talk of the Plot at any time?

No.

L.C.J.

Did you ever hear them talk of the King?

No.

L.C.J.

Have you any more?

Not till Mr. Dangerfield comes.

L-C.J.

(to Mrs. Cellier) Have you any Record to ſhew he was put in the Pillory.

Mrs. C.

Yes, my Lord.

Upon which the Copy of a Record from Saliſbury was read, of his ſtanding on the Pillory, for uttering counterfiet Guines. As alſo, the Copy of a Record of an Outlawry for Felony. L.C.J.

What ſay you to this Outlawry?

It is not the ſame Perſon.

L.C.J.

We ought to be very careful in theſe Concerns, elſe we may do a work this day, may make all the Kingdom rue it. It is a ſad thing that People of a vitious profligate Life, both before they came to Newgate, and all along in their Life time, ſhould be fuffered to be VVitneſſes to take away the Life of a worm. I queſtion whether he will come again, or no, he hath been gone a great while. Such are fit to be imployed to find out: but hard to be believed when they find out.

L.C.J.

Captain Richardſon, is this the Man that broke Chelmsford Goal?

Cap. Rich.

My Lord, I can ſay nothing to that; but he was brought by an Habeas Corpus from thence to me.

L.C.J.

was he burnt in the hand for Fellony?

C.R.

Yes, my Lord, I believe he was.

L.C.J.

He made me believe as though he would flie, I believe he is. VVe will not hood-wink our ſelves againſt ſuch a Fellow as this, that is guilty of ſo notorious Crimes. A man of Modeſty after he hath been in the Pillory, would not look a Man in the Face. It appears that after he hath been burnt in the Hand, he hath been outlawed for Fellony, and ſo it doth appear by Record.

After about half an hours ſtay, Mr. Dangerfield returned and brought his Pardon, which was read, and the word Fellony omitted, and in ſtead of Utlagaria Qualiacunque pro Felloniis quibuſcunque, there was only inſerted, Omnia Maleſicia & Utlagaria qualiacunque, which Omiſſion had made the Pardon Defective, it being my Lord Chief Juſtice his Opinion, that the word Utlagaria did only reach to Outlawries between Party and Party, by which his Evidence was wholly laid aſide. L.C.J.

(to Mr. Dangerfield) Such Fellows as you are, Sirrah, ſhall know we are not afraid of you.

He produces us here a Pardon by the Name of Thomas Dangerfield of Waltham, and ſays, his Father and Kinſman are both of that Name and Place. VVill you have him Sworn whether his Father or Cozen Thomas was ever convicted of Felony. It is notorious enough what a Fellow this is, he was in Chelmsford Goal. I will ſhake all ſuch Fellows before I have done with them. Have you any more to ſay? Are there any Waltham Men here?

Mr. Dan.

My Lord, this is enough to diſcourage a man from ever entring into an honeſt Principle.

L.C.J.

What? Do you with all the miſchief that Hell hath in you think to brave it in a Cout of Juſtice? I wonder at your Impudence, that you dare look a Court of Juſtice in the Face, after having been made appear ſo notorious a Villain.

J. Jones.

Indeed, if he be the ſame Man, he is not fit for a Witneſs.

L.C.J.

And that he is the ſame Man is very notorious. Come Mrs. Celliers, What have you more to ſay?

Mrs. C.

Enough, my Lord.

L.C.J.

You have ſaid enough already. Come Gentlemen of the Jury, this is a plain Caſe, here is but one Witneſs in a Caſe of Treaſon, and that not direct, therefore lay your heads together.

Which being done, they returned her not guilty, upon which the Clerk of the Crown bid her down on her Knees, which ſhe did, and cryed, God bleſs the King and Duke of York. L.C.J.

VVhere is Dangerfield? Is he gone? Call him.

VVho being come, the Court asked if he had Baile for the good Behaviour. Mr. D.

No, my Lord, but with the leave of the Court, will fetch ſome.

L.C.J.

Let a Tipſtaff go with him, and return before the Court riſes.

Mr. D.

My Lord, that cannot be, for I can't return ſo ſoon.

L.C.J.

Then let him be committed.

VVhich was accordingly done. FINIS.