The popish massacre as it was discovered to the honorable House of Commons, sitting in a grand committee for the suppression of popery, in the month of June 1678 at the time of the Parliaments prorogation / by Richard Greene ; or, the IV part of the present Popish Plot, farther discovered and demonstrated ; being part of Dr. Tonges collections on that subject, published for his vindication ; whereby it may appear, who were the inventers, and contrivers of this plot, and who the movers of the first discoveries of it, in which he is still a great sufferer and no plotter.

The popish massacre as it was discovered to the honorable House of Commons, sitting in a grand committee for the suppression of popery, in the month of June 1678 at the time of the Parliaments prorogation / by Richard Greene ; or, the IV part of the present Popish Plot, farther discovered and demonstrated ; being part of Dr. Tonges collections on that subject, published for his vindication ; whereby it may appear, who were the inventers, and contrivers of this plot, and who the movers of the first discoveries of it, in which he is still a great sufferer and no plotter.

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THE Publisher to the READER.

To the Honourable, the Committee of the Houſe of Commons, appointed for the Examinations of the Popish Conſpiracies.

1. Dr. Tonges Relation of the General Maſſacre, Intended and Plotted by the Papiſts: 2. Brought into Parliament by his Direction and Aſſiſtance: 3. Near the time of their Prorogation, about the 22th. of June, 1678. by Richard Greene of Dilwin, in the County of Hereford, who firſt informed the Doctor of it.

Sunday the 23. of January 1674/5.

Some Particulars omitted in the foregoing Relation of Greens Diſcourſe with Boyer, Numb. II.

Greenes Memorandum

An Account or Narration of what Mr. Thomas Boyer Papiſt Convict, declared to Mr. Robert Woodhouſe, of the Pariſh of Stanton upon Arrow, in the County of Hereford, in the Evening of that day, January 74/5. being Pot-valiant, on which he had freſh and faſting, more at large declared himſelf in the morning to me Richard Greene, as the aforeſaid Mr. Woodhouſe declared with his own mouth unto me.

Anno Domini 1676.

Richard Greenes Petition To the Honourable the Committe for ſuppreſſing of POPERY.

The Humble Petition of Richard Greene, late of Biton in the County of Hereford his Native Country, and thence terrifyed and forced by Malicious Suits and Terrours by Thomas Boyer Gent. Papiſt Convict, and his Accomplices.

The means by which Richard Greene hath been forced and terrifyed out of his Country by Thomas Boyer, Papiſt Convict, and his accomplices, annexed to and put into Parliament with his Petition.

Richard Greenes Depoſitions. Put into the Secret Committee of the Honorable, the Houſe of Commons, by Dr. Tonge in May 1679.

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The POPISH MASSACRE, As it was Diſcovered to the Honorable Houſe of Commons: Sitting in a Grand COMMITTEE for the Suppreſſion of Popery: In the Month of June 1678. at the time of the Parliaments Prorogation.

By Richard Greene,

OR, The IV Part of the preſent Popiſh Plot, farther Diſcovered and Demonſtrated.

Being part of Dr. Tonges Collections on that Subject, Publiſhed for his Vindication.

Whereby it may appear, who were the Inventers, and Contrivers of this Plot, and who the Movers of the firſt Diſcoveries of it, in which he is ſtill a great Sufferer and no Plotter.

LONDON, Printed by T. D. for John Smith, Bookſeller, in Great Queen-ſtreet. 1679.

THE Publisher to the READER.

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Courteous Reader,

WHilſt Dr. Tonge finds many Lets and Diſcouragements to go through with the ſolid Hiſtory of the Plot, he hath been importuned by nothing more then his Charity towards this poor Witneſs to part with and permit, and aſſiſt him to publiſh in Print theſe his Papers, the Originals whereof received from him at ſeveral times are ſtill in the Doctors Cuſtody, Written in his own Hand.

The Collections the Doctor prepared for the other 3 parts, namely, his Diſcoveries and Demonſtrations of the Jeſuites acting in this Plot, as Aſſaſſines, Regicides and Incendiaries are already in the Preſs, on deſigns of like Charity, and to the end, that if he ſhall be ſtill diſenabled or diſappointed in his publication of his intended Hiſtory, Poſterity may have ſufficient ground, to believe, publiſh to the World, and relate to all Ages, the Bloody, Treacherous, and Ungrateful practices of theſe reſtleſs beautefewes, againſt the moſt Gracious Princes, King James, King Charles the Martyr, and his Majeſty that now lives, (an unparallell'd Miracle of Gods wonderful and merciful Providence,) and againſt the Churches and Kingdoms, wherein they did or might have lived, with as much liberty and leſs ſuſpicion at leaſt, as ſome diſſenting Proteſtants, had they known any moderation.

If we find theſe have favourable entertainment, we ſhall be encouraged to proceed to other parts, which the Doctor hath provided as materials for his Hiſtory, and may with better ſatisfaction, as we hope, to the Publick, be diſperſed into many hands by the Preſs, then concealed for his own uſe only in his private Papers.

And it is hoped, that whilſt the Doctor thus waves both his Credit and Profit, with a greater reſpect to Charity and Publick Good, it will not be expected that theſe things ſhould appear in any other dreſs, than that of their native ſimplicity.

Da veniam ſubitis, non diſplicuiſſe meretur,

Feſtinat Patriae qui placuiſſe ſuae.

Pardon kind Readers, what you can't commend,

This haſt to pleaſe deſerves not to offend.

To the Honourable, the Committee of the Houſe of Commons, appointed for the Examinations of the Popish Conſpiracies.

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I Commend unto you this plain Relation of the firſt Diſcovery of the Popiſh plotted Conspiracy for ſubverting the Government and Religion, and Maſſacring the People of the Kingdom of England, and other his Majeſties Dominions, and the aſſaſſinating his Royal Perſon: as I drew it up (for my own ſatisfaction) out of ſeveral pieces at ſeveral times; and of the firſt Diſcoverers thereof; according to the notices I have been able to procure of them, and ſo far as they are willing to be known.

You will be pleaſed to excuſe the rudeneſs and imperfection thereof: it is one part of a large rough draught of the general Narrative which I have in hand, and wherein I propoſe to my ſelf to omit nothing that I conceive may by your Wiſdom and diligence improved, conduce to the clearing the ſimplicity, ſincerity, integrity, ingenuity, candor or truth of the Witneſſes produced, or to be produced in this affair, or for the diſcovery of any matter of fact or circumſtance that may tend to the diſcloſing of this Conſpiracy, or any, the Conſpirators therein, or any further evidence againſt them, or refuting the Scandals, Lyes, Aequivocations, Forgeries, Briberies, Subornations and Perjuries, wherewith they ſo mightily impoſe upon Multitudes of People, darken the cleareſt Evidences, and contradict moſt manifeſtly the trueſt Narratives.

I know ſome minute Circumſtances and paſſages, and ſuch as relate to ſome accidental occurrences by which theſe things were brought to Light (which I have purpoſely inſerted to refute ſome ſtudied Cavils, repreſenting them as politick contrivances) are lyable to exceptions, and ſiniſter interpretations of ſome concerned perſons, but thoſe who are candid, will find therein cauſe to give God all the Glory: Who by the accidental Circumſtances of undeſigned, uncontrived events diſcovers, diſciphers, diſplays ſuddenly the long projected, moſt craftily contrived, deeply hid, and vigorouſly proſecuted unjuſt machinations of wicked Politicians and Conſpirators againſt his ſecret purpoſes. By theſe▪ next to nothing, and many times meerly imaginary appearances, jealouſies and panick fears, he rejoyceth to expoſe to contempt, and render altogether ridiculous and ineffectual what in all humane appearance was wiſely deſigned and ſtrongly built; and as he firſt made all things out of, ſo he often ſhakes Heaven and Earth with things that do not appear; whilſt he chuſeth not the mighty and wiſe of the World to confound ſuch as themſelves, and frequently catcheth moſt ſubtle Machiavellian Politicians in the crafty Snares they have laid, and the deadly Pits they have digg'd for others, &c. Not unto us, not unto us, but to thy Name be the Praiſe. So let all thy Enimies Periſh, O God. Amen.

The Right Reverend Father in God, Herbert, Lord Biſhop of Hereford, had long ſince ſome notice of this Plot, either from the Information or Depoſitions of Mr. Robert Woodhouſe, Richard Green, and ſeveral others (made about Whitſuntide 1676. at Hereford, before Sir James Bridges (now Lord Shandoes) and other Juſtices of the Peace of the County of Hereford, by Order of his Majeſty, upon a report ſpread in thoſe parts of change of Government and inſurrections of Papiſts: which Examinations and Depoſitions were by the ſaid Juſtices ſent up to his Majeſtie, and Captain Thomas Bowyer was committen to Priſon upon them) or elſe from other perſons, or by other means, as his words following will ſhew, taken out of his Epiſtle prefixed to his Legacy, Printed Anno Domini 1678, and Dedicated or directed to his Dioceſs.

IT is now a year and half ſince (viz. in the year 1676.) I told you of my ſad apprehenſions of Popiſh Deſign, to deſtroy both us and our Religion, for though no particular diſcovery could then be made, yet the diſcourſe and actings of ſeveral Papiſts in theſe parts did plainly ſhew they were then preparing that which is now diſcover'd, for they were then providing Horſes and Arms, they poſted about Day and Night, they threatned many, That they muſt ere long Turn or Burn; and ſome told their Friends, That if it came to Cutting of Throats, they ſhould be ſaved; which made it evident, that not only they had ſome bloody deſign, but alſo thought themſelves ſure to effect it: Whereupon I beſought you to Arm your ſelves againſt the day of Tryal: and Preached a Sermon to that effect. And not knowing what kind of Paſtor you might have after my Death, whether a Proteſtant Paſtor not well verſt in ſuch matters, or a Popiſh Paſtor wholly Devoted to them; I reſolved at my Deceaſe, to leave you theſe Sermons as a Legacy, &c.

1. Dr. Tonges Relation of the General Maſſacre, Intended and Plotted by the Papiſts: 2. Brought into Parliament by his Direction and Aſſiſtance: 3. Near the time of their Prorogation, about the 22th. of June, 1678. by Richard Greene of Dilwin, in the County of Hereford, who firſt informed the Doctor of it.

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Greenes Relation, delivered to Dr. Tonge, about the 20th. of June, 1678. as he had Written it long before with his own hand, for his own better remembrance: the Original whereof, the Doctor keeps for his own Juſtification, and will produce when he ſhall be required.

Sunday the 23. of January 1674/5.

1. I Greene coming from Dilwins Church on the Lords Day, being the 23d. of Ian. laſt, with Thomas Boyer, Servant (and Kinſman) to Mr. Thomas Boyer, of Luntlow, in the Pariſh of Dilwin, had a Diſcourſe as followeth: ſaid Thomas Boyer, Mr. Iohnſon doth take a great deal of pains to Preach againſt the Papiſts, but they care little for it. Said Green, becauſe they come not to hear him: and ſaid Boyer, No, nor never will come now, Green, I wiſh that the Lord would be pleaſed to open their Ears and Hearts, to hear and know the Truth. Boyer, I could wiſh ſo too, (ſaid he) but it is to no purpoſe now, for they be further off now than ever they were. Then Green ſaid, you have been amongſt them lately, what did you hear from them? Bowyer ſaid they be Deviliſh high, higher than ever they were, I pray God grant, they may never have their Wills, they make account it will All be their own.

Note, he was lately returned from Staffordſhire, with his Maſter, Captain Boyer.

2. Thomas Boyer of Luntlow, in the Pariſh of Dilwin, Gentleman, Papiſt Convict, lately returned from a Journey into Staffordſhire, meeting him, the ſaid Richard Greene accidentally in the Fields, asked him, What Newes? to which he replyed: that he had heard of an Earthquake, Note, It appears though Green, hath not named the particular day, wherein he had his conference with this Boyer, that it was betwixt Sunday, the 23d. and Saturday, the 29th. of January, 1674/5. and that Captain Boyer; made the like Diſcourſe (whereof his mind was very full) the very ſame day to Mr. Robert Woodhouſe, another of the Witneſſes, mentioned in the following Relation; as they rode together to Mr. Woodhouſes Houſe: vide infra. and that at London, the Foundations of ſeveral Houſes were ſunk by it, and worſe news then all that, That the King was dead, and that it was a Week before the News of the King was contradicted: to which the ſaid Boyer replyed, That the ſaid Earthquake was generally all over England, but no Houſes ſunk at London, and that the News was there where he Travelled, That the King was dead, but it continued not above 24 hours, that if it had continued 48 uncontradicted, the News of his recovery had come too late, for had it (the News of his Death) continued, it would have been an Earthquake Note, That Mr. Dugdale, in the Tryal of Whitebread, Harcourt, Gavan and the reſt, ſaith, that if the Kings Death ſhould happen, they ſhould have been ready to give the first allarm in the Country: and that a Letter was ſent into the Country to ſhew it was the Opinion of them at Paris and St. Omers, to give out that it was (in Caſe the King had been kill'd) ſtill thoſe King killing Presbyterians that had done the Fact, thereby to bring the Proteſtants over to their ſide, to revenge themſelves of the Prefbyterians, and cut them off; that they might more eaſily deal with the Protestants themſelves, and cut them off likewiſe afterwards: and this ſhews both what overturning Earthquake, Boyer ſpoke of. indeed, ſuch an Earthquake as had not been in England this Hundred years, it had not only ſhaken, but overturned the very Foundations.

[Page] Whereupon Green ſaid, you have good Intelligence, to hear that News, and to have it contradicted in 24 hours: Boyer anſwered, the beſt Intelligence in England This agrees with Dugdales Depoſition, that they had three times a Week conſtantly, and ſometimes by Expreſſes, Letters from London. He the ſaid Boyer alſo ſaid, that this was the third Fit of an Apoplexy or Trance, that the King had had. To which, when Green replyed, that God be praiſed, the Proverb was not fulfilled on hic Majeſty; which is, If a man have two ſhrewd Turns, let him beware of the Third. Boyer ſaid, its true, he hath eſcaped the third, but let England beware of the next, ſaid Boyer. See ſome particulars here omitted, below Numb. 5. and Marginal Notes there inſerted of their Deſign upon the Kings Death, ſet out by Dugdale.

Memorandum, This was the effect of Greens Depoſitions, put in with his Petition into the grand Committee of the Houſe of Commons, Iune 78. then aſſembled for ſuppreſſing Popery.

3. Green ſays, In the latter end of the ſame Week, the ſaid Thomas Bowyer (Servant and Kinsman to Captain Boyer) cometh into my Shop, it being after I had diſcourſed with his Maſter, and then after ſome Friendly greeting had paſſed between us; I the ſaid Green, ſaid, Couſin Thomas (for Green was his Kinsman) what were the Papiſts (whilſt you were amongſt them,) ready to get up on Horſe back, to cut our Throats? ſaid Viz. about the 29 of January 1674/5. Boyer, I, ſure enough; it ſeems ſo ſaid Green, for had not their News been quickly contradicted of his Majeſties being dead, they were ready to mount, ſaid Boyer, Who told you, ſaid Green; you are very cloſe, but I have had ſome Diſcourſe with your Maſter, ſince you came home; ſaid Boyer, did he tell you ſo? I'le tell you nothing, they be a Bloody ſort of People. God bleſs us out of their hands, and ſo Boyer, departed with that Prayer in his mouth. Note, That by theſe Words compared with other paſſages in this Relation, Richard Greene wrote this Paper within a twelve month after his aforeſaid talk with Captain Boyer (viz.) before February 1675/6.

Upon chance within the ſpace of one year ſince, I met with Mr. Boyer, walking along his Grounds, and after we had greeted each other according to the time of the Day, Boyer, asked me, What News? Green, told him, I heard not any, I pray, what have you heard▪ Boyer anſwered, I have heard none, but that the Parliament is adjourned: Green asked him, What they had done, Boyer, told me nothing at all; but they were about to make a moſt unreaſonable Act: Green, asked him what it was; Boyer told him, it was that which he had told me of, which was to ſettle the Inheritance of the Crown upon a Proteſtant Succeſſor: Green asked him, if the Parliament would have made ſuch an Act, I pray you what did hinder them, and Boyer told me, that all the Parliament were not ſo enclined, but only a factious party of them, in hatred towards the Duke of York, becauſe he is a Papiſt; Green told him, that I wiſhed the Succeſſion of the Crown might be ſettled whilſt his Majeſty doth live, to prevent a Bloody Diſpute, which is very much feared by many will be, except the Succeſſion of the Crown be ſettled: after which Boyer told me, that the Crown after the Death of his Majeſty, doth abſolutely belong to the Duke of York. Green asked him, How could that be, being that the King hath a Son, which is the Duke of Monmouth, whom all the Proteſtants which I have heard ſpeak thereof, do declare to be his Fathers lawful Heir. Boyer told me, that is not, nor cannot be: Green, wiſhed him to take heed what he ſaid, for the Duke of Monmouth is Legitimate, for Mr. Benge of Pembridge, told me, that a very honeſt Gentleman told him, that a Biſhop told him, he married his Majeſty to the Duke of Monmouths Mother; Boyer ſaid, I do not ſay the Duke of Monmouth is a Baſtard, but the Objection is, that the King was not married to his Mother with the Conſent of the Parliament; Green told him, that their Objection I ſuppoſed, would ſignify little or nothing: for if there be a difference between the Duke of York, and the Duke of Monmouth, and the Parliament do not ſettle it, I believe that all the Proteſtants in England will adventure their Blood, before the Duke of Monmouth ſhall loſe his Birthright, and we loſe the liberty of our Religion too: and Boyer anſwered, And we will adventure all our Lives and Fortunes in the behalf of the Duke of York, and for the Intereſt of our Religion: Green asked him, what can you do, for you be nothing to us, ſaid Boyer, Do not you think ſo, for although we be but thin here, yet there be many in other places, and powerful perſons too: I will raiſe a Company; ſaid Green of what? Boyer ſaid of Horſe: Green, asked him how many his Company ſhould be? Boyer ſaid, an Hundred: Green, ſaid unto him, by that time you have bought an Hundred Horſes, and armed an Hundred men, I ſuppoſe you will make a great breach in your Eſtate: then Boyer turned himſelf to me, and ſaid, I believe I can Raiſe and Arm Threeſcore well, and do my ſelf no harm, what think you? but ſaid Green, where is your Commiſſion: ſaid Boyer, I am now gotten into the acquaintance of them, by whoſe aſſiſtance I can obtain a Commiſſion from the Duke of York, aſſoon as another can: and this Diſcourſe was ended in a Meadow, called the Mill Meadow, with his Face towards a Style, between that and a piece of Ground, called the Low Furlong, at the Weſt end of Luntlows Mill Garden, preſently after the long Prorogation of Parliament for 15 months or more.

N. B. This agrees well with Mr. Ieniſons Relation of a Commiſſion promiſed him. And ſhews by the Proportion, this Captain out of a ſmall Eſtate, propoſed to raiſe what Numbers they would have had to Cut our Throats, had not God prevented their Deſign of Aſſaſſinating his Majeſty, the Signal of this Maſſacre. And here it may be noted by what falſe, ſly, and pernicious Suggeſtions and Inſinuations, the Jeſuits ſow the Seeds of Sedition and Rebellion in the Minds of ſimple and well meaning Perſons of all Degrees; as here in the preſent Caſe, pretending and raiſing falſe Titles to the [Page] Crown, and thereby dividing the Loyal Subjects thereof into bloody feuds and reſolutions: which practices are dangerous to the Kingdom of England above all others, whoſe People, as may be ſeen in the Example of this Informant, a poor Weaver from the Yeoman to the meaneſt Mechanick, are all ſenſible of, and concerned for the publick Affairs; and therefore are (as a Wiſe Gentleman long ſince obſerve) the only Kingdom of Gentry in the World, without mixture of Slaves, all Intelligent of, and touched as Gentlemen in other Countries with, and ready to aſſiſt with their Perſons and Eſtates in all publick Extremities.

Sir Rowland Stanly about two years ſince about Lady day, 1677. held a like Diſcourſe, concerning the Duke of York and Monmouth, with Mr. Becket, by which it appears, this pretence of their Maſſacre was univerſally laid, how little ſoever it may be believed or conſidered by ſome concerned, to lull us aſleep.

Some Particulars omitted in the foregoing Relation of Greens Diſcourſe with Boyer, Numb. II.

BOYER told Greene, that it would be the latter end of next Summer, before they ſhould effect their Deſign. Then Green asked Boyer, why it ſhould be delayed ſo long, ſeeing you were ready to execute the ſame immediately upon the receipt of your Intelligence? to which he anſwered, That if that Advantage or Opportunity had fell or happened into our hands, we would have made the beſt Advantage we could have done of the Kings Death, but by that time we ſhall be in a ſufficient Order to effect our Deſign; Which was the Kings being dispatched or killed by the Papiſts; for Mr. Dugdale ſaith, in the Tryal of Whitebread, Harcourt and the reſt, that two years before the ſaid Tryal, which was about the time of theſe Diſcourſes of Green and Boyer) he heard it Diſcourſed for the firſt time in the little Parlour at my Lord Aſtons Houſe, and at Mr. Ewers Chamber by Mr. Ewers and Mr. Gavan (who were the firſt that broke the matter to him, that the King was to be kill'd: that he ſaw a Letter under Whitebreads own Hand, encloſed in one from Groves to Mr. Ewers, wherein he gave Mr. Ewers a Caution, to be ſure to chuſe thoſe who were Truſty, Hardy and Deſperate, &c. to kill the King. That there were ſeveral Conſultations at Mr. Ewers Chamber at Boſcobell, and ſeveral other places, for Conſpiring the Kings Death: That at one of theſe Conſultations held at Tixall, about the 21 of September 1678, were preſent, Mr. Gavan, Mr. Ewers, Mr, Peters, Mr. Lewſon, my Lord Stafford and others, That he was choſen as a ſit Perſon to kill the King, entertained by my Lord Stafford and Mr. Ewers for this purpoſe; and to be ſent for this purpoſe to London, to be under the tuition of Mr. Parſons: that he ſaw Mr. Turner, when he was going to his Brother Turner in Nottinghamſhire, with Mr. Ewers, Mr. Lewſon and others, and they did conſult and agree there in his hearing, about Conſpiring the Death of the King, Introducing Popery, &c. That he ſaw and received ſeveral Packets of Letters from ſeveral Perſons beyond Seas, which were by Mr. Harcourts Inſtruction, and communicated by Grove to Mr. Ewers, which Letters did contain matters in them, for the Introducing of Popery, and Killing and Deſtroying the King. He likewiſe intercepted and read a Hundred Letters, given under Mr. Harcourts own Hand to the ſame purpoſe. That Mr. Gavan uſed ſeveral Arguments to prove the Lawfulneſs of, and ſhewed him ſeveral Examples for King-killing. Nay, for the killing of any to Introduce their own Religion: he endeavoured to prove it by Scripture, the Text Mr. Dugdale could not call to mind, but it was to ſhew, how it was lawful and good to deſtroy any, for the advantage of their Religion: ſhewing the Example of Father Garnet, how, by ſeveral of his Relicks beyond Sea, great Miracles had been done. And in the Tryal of Langhorne, he ſaith, he was in moſt of their Conſultations for the Murder of the King, that he heard the very words uſed, was hired to be an Actor in it, was to have a ſumm of Money, and a place appointed him to do it: and that the Perſons who put him upon it, was Mr. Ewers, Gavan, Lewſon, Vavaſſer; who were all Ieſuits. The Sum promiſed by Lord Stafford, and confeſſed by Lord Aſton, was 500 l. advance mony, and farther Reward, Preferment, &c. and told me alſo, that all the Papiſts Univerſally, were engaged in the carrying on of their Deſign, and not only in England, but in all places, and eſpecially the French Papiſts. Boyer alſo affirmed that this Plotted * Maſſacre was to be truly Catholick, and to Note, That Mr. Dugdale ſaith, in Whitebreads Tryal, that at ſome Conſultations he heard speak of a Maſſacre, that there was a Maſſacre intended, and an Army to be raiſed, that if any did eſcape the Maſſacre whom they could not be ſure to be Papists, they might be cut off by the ſaid Army; and in Langhorns Tryal, he ſaith, that Ewers, Gavan, Lewſon and Vavaſſer, did always ſpeak of an Army that was to be raiſed, but not actually till the King was kill'd. That it was firſt concluded to raiſe an Army, but the laſt reſolutton was, that no Armies ſhould appear till the King was kill'd; upon whoſe Death was to be the Maſſacre, and then a pretty conſiderable Army to be raiſed, which was to cut of thoſe who eſcaped the Maſſacre. be executed not only in all parts of the Kingdom, but againſt all Proteſtants of whatever Sect or [Page] Perſwaſion, Presbyterians, Independents or others, Quakers themſelves not wholly exempted, though by him weakly pretended to be favoured: and that in caſe they could not execute this deſigned Maſſacre that Summer, yet before the next Seſſion of Parliament at fartheſt they would do it. Note, That the Summer 1675. in which this Plot was deſigned to be executed, and conſequently, the King to be killed, was in the time of the 15 months Prorogation of the Parliament, and Boyer ſaid, that was to be begun ſo, that it might be fully executed before the time that the Parliament was to meet again.

By which it appears, that if they did not procure that long illegal Prorogation purpoſely, the more ſecurely to execute their Plot againſt the King, yet at leaſt they feared to be diſcovered in Parliament, and thought their recefs the ſecureſt ſeaſon for them to carry on their bloody Deſign againſt Him and His People.

Greenes Memorandum

OMitted in my firſt Diſcourſe with Mr. Boyer, which was preſently after the Prorogation of the Parliament, in the latter end of the year 74/5. in which, as in all the reſt of his Diſcourſe, the ſaid Thomas Boyer ſaid, What ſaith Mr. Rawnel (which was their Prieſt, as he himſelf declared him ſo to be) the King did but jeer the Parliament, when at his Prorogation of them, He gave them Thanks for their care of Him and of the Proteſtant Religion, and that that Prorogation was in favour to the Papiſts, whom the King looked upon to be his beſt Friends.

I omitted this on purpoſe, becauſe I looked upon it to be one of their Jeſuitical Forgeries, whereby they thought to encourage Proteſtants that were but weak Principled, to become their Proſelytes, and alſo to animate and provoke to Rebellion againſt the Kings Sacred Perſon, and Eſtabliſhed Government all theſe Phanatical partyes, which they by their Buſy, Subtle, and Deviliſh Policies, have torn, rent and divided from our Communion. A very ſad effect thereof appears in Scotland, I pray God grant that it may not be as a ſhower of Rain, to cauſe their Seeds of Rebellion to ſpring or grow up here in England.

In my ſecond Diſcourſe, I left not out any thing material, but his boaſting of the power of their Wealth, which Boyer expreſſed in theſe Words. Money is the Sinew and Strength of War, by that time we make our Attempt, we ſhall be well Furniſhed with That; and having Money, we ſhall not want Men: for there be many of the Common ſort of People, that will Fight for him that will give them the moſt Mony, and beſure we will not ſtarve our Cauſe.

Alſo in the latter end of Ian. 74/5. Mary Boyer, Siſter to the ſaid Thomas Boyer Papiſt, being at my Houſe, with other Diſcourſes told me, That the King was very Sickly, and would not live long, and then the Duke of York will be King, and will ſet up our Religion.

The ſaid Mary Boyer had before that time Contracted her ſelf with a Proteſtant Gentleman, but after her Brothers coming out of Staffordſhire, and when ſhe did underſtand the Proteſtants were all to be deſtroyed, ſhe broke off with her Proteſtant Lover, and gave him 15 l. and after ſhe did Marry with a Papiſt, whom before ſhe did very much deſpiſe.

Iohn Marſhall, Captain Boyers Sunday Fidler, for that ſervice only, hath Meat, Drink, Waſhing and Lodging, and all his Week time to himſelf, to employ in Playing, Fiſhing, Fowling, &c. all for his own advantage. This was the man who diſarmed his Maſter Boyer, he was Baily, and both Treated and Threatned Greene, as is elſewhere ſaid, and would have forſworn the Fray between Mr. Robert Woodhouſe, and his Maſter, &c. Thus Greene.

An Account or Narration of what Mr. Thomas Boyer Papiſt Convict, declared to Mr. Robert Woodhouſe, of the Pariſh of Stanton upon Arrow, in the County of Hereford, in the Evening of that day, January 74/5. being Pot-valiant, on which he had freſh and faſting, more at large declared himſelf in the morning to me Richard Greene, as the aforeſaid Mr. Woodhouſe declared with his own mouth unto me.

MR. Boyer ſaid Robin, I will tell thee ſome News: Woodhouſe, what is that: Boyer, there will be a great many Bloody Noſes in England this Summer: Woodhouſe, what will become of mine then: Boyer, thou art an honeſt Fellow, there ſhall not one Hair of thy Head periſh, I will ſtand between thee and all harm: Woodhouſe, what muſt I be under thy Protection; art thou to be ſo much concerned in it: Boyer, I will raiſe a Troop of Horſe for the Duke of York: Mr. Woodhouſe not complying with him, nor yet giving him any Thanks for his proffer'd Protecting of him, the ſaid Boyer being riding along with, and being ſomething behind the ſaid Woodhouſe, Boyer ſaid, God Damn me, Robin, look to thy ſelf, for I will run thee through the Back: the ſaid Woodhouſe although he ſlighted his proffer'd Protection, yet took notice of his danger, and thereupon ſpurred his Mare which he did ride upon, which received all the Wounds that was given in the Combatt, upon the receipt of which, ſhe ſtarted with her Maſter out of danger, and being out of the ſame, he drew his Sword to defend himſelf, and with as fair warning to his Old Friend and new Enemy, he ſaid, Now Boyer look to thy ſelf, my Sword is drawn as well as thine: which Words ſounded ſo ſhrill in Mr. Boyers mans (Iohn Marſhal aforeſaid) ears, that he did ride in between them, to part the Fray, which he did by diſarming his Maſter, and by giving Mr. Woodhouſe good Words, who Woodhouſe did afterwards entertain them both at his Houſe that Night; but all the Words that paſſed between them before, Mr. Boyers man would not acknowledge upon his examination, that he heard any of them, and would [Page] have denyed that (the fray) too, but that his Maſter let fall the Scabbard of his Sword in the [...], and Mr. Woodhouſe in kindneſs did ſend one or more of his Servants with himſelf, with a Lanthern and Candle to find the ſame, for at the preſent the Barrel ended all the Quarrel, they drunk the other bout, and the Drunken Fit being over, it was no more thought upon for a while: but afterwards the aforeſaid Boyer did deſire one Edward Price a Saddler by Trade, to make for him ſome Holſters for Piſtols, but how many I know not: the ſaid Edward Price, having neer the ſame time more Papiſt Cuſtomers for ſuch tackle, was jealous of them; and thereupon he informed a Juſtice of the Peace therewith: upon which information ſeveral Juſtices met in order to examine the ſaid Price. And it happened ſo, that the ſaid Woodhouſe being in a Market Town called Preſteyn, and at the Houſe where the Juſtices met upon the aforeſaid buſineſs, and in the Company of Iohn Adams and Richard Hill of the ſame, he asked them what was the meaning of the Juſtices meeting there (which was but lately before,) who told him that Price the Saddler had informed that one Mr. Thomas Boyer, a Papiſt, had beſpoke of him ten pair of Holſters for Piſtols, to which the ſaid Woodhouſe replyed, ſurely then he is going to raiſe the Troop of Horſe for the Duke of York, which he told me he would raiſe, and therewith declared the aforeſaid Diſcourſe between Mr. Boyer and himſelf to them, who informed a Juſtice of the Peace, or Lord Biſhop of Hereford therewith, whereupon the ſaid Woodhouſe was forced to Witneſs the ſame; and then afterwards (as it is before declared) in the Whitſun week, 1676. I went in with my Information, and then after that, the Juſtices had many times met together upon the ſame Concern, the ſaid Boyer was committed to Priſon, there to remain until the next great Aſſize: and We the Witneſſes, Edward Price, Robert Woodhouſe, Gent. and Richard Greene were bound over to the ſame, to juſtify our Evidence in his Majeſties behalf againſt Mr. Boyer, before the Judge of the Aſſize, to which accordingly we all very diligently gave our Attendance. But Judge Wilde who rode that Circuit, called the ſaid Boyer, and did not trouble himſelf (as was expected in a buſineſs of that weight) to examine either the Priſoner or the Witneſſes, but told him that he had read the Depoſitions againſt him, and that therein he did find that he had ſpoke very dangerous Words, and did very ſharply chide him, and told him it did not become ſuch a one as him to talk of the overturning of Kingdoms, and of the carrying on of the changing of Governments, &c. and that he might by the Law take a ſeverer Courſe with him; but becauſe he was a young man, he would only bind him to his good Behaviour, and therefore bid him produce his ſurety quickly; and he the ſaid Boyer, as before knowing the iſſue thereof, produced two Papiſts for his Suretyes ſtanding by him ready for the ſame purpoſe. Which binding of him, was but a letting of him looſe, (as it did afterwards appear) to ſpit his Popiſh Venom at poor Richard Greene, which he and his accomplices did to the purpoſe; for they Proſecuted me with four malitious Law Suits, and Threatned me with many more, and at laſt, wrongfully Impriſoned me: and both before I went to Priſon, and in the Priſon, he demanded nothing of me, but Submiſſion and Recantation; and to declare thoſe Truths which I before upon Oath had Witneſſed againſt him, were Falſe, and to Acknowledg that I had done him Wrong thereby; and that by doing ſo, I may expect his love and favour as formerly: and in not doing ſo, I ſhould never come out of Priſon, which though I never did; yet I am out of Priſon, Thanks be to God; but when I came out I was ſo much impoveriſhed, ſo much Threatned, ſo much Slandered, and ſo much forſaken of Friends (for many ſought to merit the favour of my Adverſaries by doing me Injuries) by which I was forced to ſell my Goods and Cattle; and, my Wife my fellow Sufferer with me in all this, took our flight together from our Native Country.

Theſe are the poor mans own Words, Written down in his own hand, who in another proceeds thus in his Relation.

Anno Domini 1676.

ABout Whitſuntide, one Thomas Woodhouſe of Standbeach in Herefordſhire, Hatter, bringing Richard Greene a Hat, ſaid, My Brother Robort Woodhouſe was in a great deal of trouble about Mr. Boyer (aforeſaid) and very ſorry he had occaſioned him to be queſtioned for Words ſpoken to him. Greene queſtioned Thomas Woodhouſe about what time the Words were ſpoken by Mr. Boyer to Mr. Robert Woodhouſe, the ſaid Hatters Brother, and he found by him that it was the ſame time that he the ſaid Greene had the ſame conference with Captain Thomas Boyer, viz. Ianuary 75/6. which confirmed him more in his fear of a Maſſacre. Thomas Woodhouſe related this Diſcourſe with Greene to his Brother Robert, who ſent for him to ſpeak with him, and R. W. related that Boyer had told him, there would be many Bloody Noſes that Summer, but a hair of his Head ſhould not be touched, and that the ſaid Boyer would raiſe a Troop of Horſe for the Duke of York, and enquired what Boyer had ſpoken to him; Greene replyed, he would be excuſed; Then Woodhouſe ſaid, he would have him Summoned to Hereford, where he was himſelf to appear the next day; to this he replyed, he ſcorned to be forced to Witneſs for his King and Country, if he would lend him a Horſe, he would go with him, and accordingly he did, and teſtifyed his knowledge in the Particulars aforeſaid, before the Juſtices of the Peace, then and there aſſembled as hath been related above.

And then it was (viz. about Whitſuntide 1676.) that the ſaid Robert Woodhouſe, Richard Greene, and ſeveral others were examined before Sir Iames Bridges now Lord Shandoes, and other Juſtices of the Peace of the County of Hereford, as aforeſaid; upon whoſe examinations the ſaid Captain Tho. Boyer was committed to Priſon, &c.

It is to be obſerved, That againſt the ſaid Aſſizes following when the ſaid Richard Greene attended to give Evidence againſt Captain Thomas Boyer, he had reſerved many conſiderable particulars of his [Page] evidence againſt the time of the Tryal, to which he expected that Captain Boyer would have been then brought in the face of the whole County. So that the Depoſitions taken before the ſaid Juſtices are not ſo full as theſe Informations in ſeveral particulars,

Judge Wilde who went that Circuit at that Aſſizes, never ſuffered any Witneſſes to be produced or examined againſt Captain Boyer (as is ſaid) but only ſaid he had read the Affidavits, and ordered him to be bound to his Good Behaviour. Let it be examined by whoſe Order or Advice he ſuppreſſed the evidence of ſo horrid a Maſſacre, its probable ſome of them in queſtion did contrive thus to Suppreſs this Diſcovery, their Names alſo who beſpoke the other Caſes of Holſters ſhould be inquired, as probably Conſcious and agents in this Suppreſſion.

That by this means Greenes Evidence being Suppreſſed, the Diſcovery which he deſigned upon his Oath to make in the face of the County of a general Maſſacre of all Proteſtants, of what Profeſſion ſoever, and that univerſally over all the Kingdom to be made by the Papiſts Armed and Conſpired together in that Plot, was Concealed in a great part, and the Papiſts thereby encouraged to go on ever ſince more confidently and fiercely in their Plot both againſt the Kings Life, whoſe Death was their Signal, and againſt all his Proteſtant Subjects that were to be Maſſacred thereupon, as far as the Papiſts Swords could reach, and thoſe whom the Maſſacre reach't not weakned thereby, were to be purſued and cut off by War and Foreign Aſſiſtance, under the Duke of Yorks Authority.

In Iune 1678. about the 20th. day, a little before the Parliament was Prorogued Dr. Tonge attending on the Parliament with ſome Propoſitions for ſuppreſſing of Popery, and relief of the Poor, happened accidentally into the Company of Richard Greene, with whom he entred ſome Diſcourſe about promoting the Linnen Manufacture, and his, the Doctors employing ſo many poor Women to Spin, as might find the ſaid Greene conſtant Work, but found he had ſold his Loomes, and fled his Country for fear of the Papiſts.

That upon this occaſion Greene related the whole Plot unto Dr. Tonge, and his Sufferings occaſioned by the diſcovery thereof, and the accidental manner of his being brought for an Evidence againſt his kind Kinſman and Landlord, and great confident by Mr. Woodhouſe. Then out of Compaſſion to the ſaid Greene, and for encouragement of the like Diſcoverers and Diſcoveries for the future, Dr. Tonge adviſed the ſaid Greene to complain to the Parliament then ſitting in a grand Committee for ſuppreſſing of Popery, drew him a Petition and Articles out of his, the ſaid Greenes own information, and directed him how to deliver it, and leaſt by any accident he might miſcarry, wrote a note for him to the Door keeper, to call out ſome worthy member to receive his Petition, and followed him himſelf to the Houſe, and ſaw his Papers delivered into Sir Trevor Williams hand, and heard they were read in the Grand Committee.

Richard Greenes Petition To the Honourable the Committe for ſuppreſſing of POPERY.

The Humble Petition of Richard Greene, late of Biton in the County of Hereford his Native Country, and thence terrifyed and forced by Malicious Suits and Terrours by Thomas Boyer Gent. Papiſt Convict, and his Accomplices.

Moſt Humbly Sheweth,

THAT your Petitioner being a poor Weaver, held a Houſe and Land of Thomas Boyer of Dilwins in the County aforeſaid, Papiſt Convict, for ſeveral years paid him his Rent conſtantly, had never any difference with him till about Whitſuntide 1676. at which time your Petitioner with ſeveral others, was examined upon Reports ſpread in thoſe parts of Change of Government expected, and Inſurrections to be made thereupon by the Papiſts.

That after ſuch time as your Petitioner had made Oath of the particulars upon which he was examined for his Majeſtie, contained in a Paper hereunto annexed, whereupon the ſaid Boyer was committed to Priſon, and was diſcharged; he the ſaid Boyer after cauſed your ſaid Petitioner to be cauſeleſsly Arreſted at the Suit of him the ſaid Boyer, demanding only by perſons ſent to him during his Impriſonment, Submiſſion and Acknowledgement that your Petitioner had done him wrong in his ſaid Depoſition, without which he ſhould be kept in Priſon and have no diſcharge, notwithſtanding your Petitioner did tender common Bayle, which as your Petitioner was adviſed, was all the Law did require; and your Petitioner was accordingly detained in Priſon about a fortnight, till he could procure a Superſedeas from the Sheriff, (who was then in London) to his great expence and loſs of his whole ſubſistence for himſelf and Family, depending on his Labour and Trade.

That the ſaid Boyer having given out that he would Arreſt your Petitioner again, as he was credibly informed, which would have been his utter Ruine, and refuſed 16 ſhillings Rent, tendred as ſoon as Due, he was forced to ſell off the neceſſary Looms, and other Tooles and Inſtruments of his Trade to diſcharge his Debts, contracted by his Impriſonment, and to fly his Native Country, to which he ſtill is in fear to return, for Reaſons hereunto annexed. Humply Prayes

That your Honours would according to your Wiſdom provide and apply ſuch relief for your oppreſſed [Page] Petitioner, and Satisfastion for his unjuſt Impriſonment and Ruine of his Family, as may ſtand with Iuſtice and Honour of Parliament; that your Petitioner, and other his Majeſties faithful Subjects may not be deterred from Teſtifying their Knowledge on behalf of his Majeſty, when they are thereunto required, nor to bayl, aſſist and relieve one another when Malitiouſly proſecuted by Papists, as in your Petitoners Caſe. And your Petitioner ſhall Pray, &c.

The effect of Richard Greenes Depoſitions againſt Thomas Boyer may be ſeen above in the ſecond Paragraph of this Relation, which he put into the Committee with his Petition and theſe Articles.

The means by which Richard Greene hath been forced and terrifyed out of his Country by Thomas Boyer, Papiſt Convict, and his accomplices, annexed to and put into Parliament with his Petition.

1. HE arreſted the ſaid Greene without Cauſe, and detained him in Priſon, (refuſing Legal Bayl,) till he had got a Superſedeas.

2. He terrified the ſpecial Bayl he had procured, by his Agents, that he ſhrunk from him, though he knew him Innocent.

3. He terrifyed all his Neighbours, ſo that when he was to pay 16 s. his last Rent due to Boyer, for a Tenement and Land he held of him, none durſt tender it for him, nor Witneſs it, and Boyer himſelf refuſed to take it, when he tender'd it before Witneſs, that he might terrify him with pretence of a Suit.

4. He had ſo frighted the Neighbours that none would help him Reap his Crop of Rye, nor carry it for him, and was forced to get Strangers to do it, that when he had brought a Team to carry his Grain, a Threatning Meſſage was ſent to him that carryed it, that by thoſe means being in a very deſtitute condition, and in fear of his life, or ſome other miſchief to befal him; he hath been compelled ever ſince to Wander from Place to Place like a Baniſhed man, to ſeek employment for Himſelf and Wife amongſt Strangers.

The fear of this Maſſacre, and his hard uſage by his Landlord Boyer terrifyed Greene ſo, that he adviſed with his Wife to go out of England to Virginy or elſewhere, but his Wife not conſenting, he removed himſelf (aſſoon as he could) further from the ſaid Boyer, as diſtruſting his pretended kindneſs For Greene was Boyers Kinſman and had been very intimate with him till called to Witneſs againſt bim. if any riſing ſhould be, and with an intent alſo to be more free and at liberty to teſtify what he knew of this Plotted Maſſacre, when further off from him.

This was in February and March. 1676.

Dr. Tonge having laid this Foundation of a Diſcovery of this Plot, and brought it thus into Parliament with one Witneſs preſent to atteſt it; he hoped that by the Wiſdom, Induſtry and Intelligence of that Honorable Houſe, upon examination of Greene and other two Witneſſes formerly ſworn, and of the two Thomas Boyers, Maſter and Servant forementioned, ſome effectual courſe might have been taken to prevent ſuch Bloody Deſigns of the Papiſts, as were then on foot, and ſuppreſs the growth of Popery for the future, and ſo thereby to avoid the danger of ſuch Plots, Tumults and Maſſacres for the Ages to come, from which otherwiſe theſe Kingdoms can never be ſecured, as is now moſt manifeſt.

N. B. This Captain Thomas Boyer hath ſince taken the Oath of Allegiance, &c.

Albeit the Prorogation of the Parliament, which followed ſhortly after, did render this firſt Attempt of the Doctors producing this Plot into that High Court, and Propoſitions for Suppreſſing Popery ineffectual at that time; yet it much encouraged him in his Proceedings in the next Diſcovery, which he made ſhortly after, in the latter end of Iuly 1678. by Mr, Oats's Papers, and relation of the ſame Univerſal Maſſacre, in that he had given ſome Light of it to the Houſe of Commons before, and had ſome Evidence of the general Deſign, by the Teſtimony of Greene and others, whom he hoped to produce in Parliament, if he could by any means bring Mr. Oats's Papers into that High Court, and cauſed his Oath to be taken by Sir Edmund bury Godfrey for that purpoſe, in three ſeveral Depoſitions, one of 73 Articles, September 6th. and two of 81 Articles, September 28. 16 [...]8. that in Caſe he had failed of Succeſs in the Privy Council, he might have one Copy at leaſt, to produce in Parliament.

In the latter eny of December 1678. Richard Greene after he had been examined before the Secret Committee of the Houſe of Commons, was ordered to go before Sir William Scroggs, the Lord Chief Juſtice and make Affidavit of the Truth of his Information, the Tueſday following, that the Perſons Concerned, and the other Witneſſes might be ſent for, but the Parliament was Prorogued on the Munday, the day before that Tueſday appointed for his appearing before the Lord Chief Juſtice, ſo that this purpoſe was defeated, and he remains yet either not fully examined, or not ſworn to his information, and particularly not to the point of the Univerſal Maſſacre intended by the Papiſts in the long receſs of Parliament in the Summer 1676.

That Dr. Tonge hath not beenable as yet, to procure a Copy of the Affidavits or Examinations of Richard Greene, Robert Woodhouſe, and the other Witneſſes taken in Herefordſhire before the Lord Shandoes, nor the Tranſcript of them ſent up to the Privy Council as he deſired, and intreated the aſſiſtance of the Committe therein, for the greater certainty of his Narrative of this Diſcovery, and the Confirmation of the Evidence, and the refutation of the Scandals raiſed againſt both him and it. Againſt him as a Contriver or Inventer of this Plot and its Diſcovery to King and Parliament, and the Plot as his Malitious Invention.

Richard Greenes Depoſitions. Put into the Secret Committee of the Honorable, the Houſe of Commons, by Dr. Tonge in May 1679.

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RIchard Greene, late of Dilwin in the County of Hereford, Weaver; maketh Oath, that he received the relation of the following Particulars of the ſeveral Maſſacres deſigned by the Papiſts againſt his Majeſties Proteſtant Subjects, from the mouth of Captain Thomas Boyer of Luntlow in the Pariſh aforeſaid, and he verily believes the ſaid Relation to be True.

I. That in Caſe his Majeſty had dyed of the Swooning Fit he had in the latter end of the year 1675. the Papiſts had then riſen in Arms, and overturned all the Foundations of the Government with ſuch an Earthquake as hath not been in England this Hundred Years.

II. That albeit the King recovered of that which was his Third Fit, contrary to the Proverb, yet they hoped to be ready by the latter end of Summer 1676. for their Deſign.

III. That if they could not then fully accompliſh their Deſign, yet at fartheſt before the next Seſſion of Parliament, then Prorogued for 16 or 17 Months, they hoped to effect it.

IV. That in this Deſign all the Papiſts at Home and Abroad were engaged, and especially the French, and expected no aſſistance from any other Separate Party.

V. That no Proteſtants, Presbyters, Independants, &c. were to be spared.

VI. That Thomas Boyer aforeſaid, was to raiſe a Troop of Horſe for this Deſign.

VII. That this Deponent was to be at firſt examined at Hereford Aſſizes with other Witneſſes, where Iuſtice Wild put off the Tryal; And only bound the Perſon aforementioned, (viz. Boyer,) to his Good Behaviour 1676. and ſecondly, before the Houſe of Commons in June 1678. who, ſhortly after his Petition delivered into the Grand Committee of the Houſe For Suppreſſing Popery, was Prorogued: Thirdly, before the Lord Chief Iuſtice Scroggs, by Order of the Secret Committee, the laſt Seſſions of Parliament, who immediately thereupon, was firſt Prorogued, and then Diſſolved.

VIII. That he was never yet examined upon Oath ſince, though he attended the Secret Committee ſeveral times.

Richard Greene.

Juravit coram me, Iohn Hoskyns, Maſter of Chancery. May the 12th. 1679.

Advertiſements

DOctor Tonge doth hereby diſown whatever Books or Papers have hitherto been Printed or Publiſhed in his Name, as Compoſed by him; or ſeen and allowed by him to be Printed or Publiſhed, or ſhall hereafter; unleſs atteſted under his Hand; as reviſed by him from the Preſs, exept ſome Tranſlations out of French.

§

Courteous Reader,

There are in the Preſs, and will ſhortly be publiſhed, An Abridgment of Controverſies, being a brief and ſolid Confutation of Popiſh Errors, by expreſs Texts out of the Bible of their own Tranſlation.

Alſo, the History of the Turkiſh Aſfaſſins; and a Parallel of the them with the Popiſh; and other Papers of that Subject, the former long ſince tranſlated, and both now publiſhed by Dr. Tonge.

Be pleaſed to take notice alſo of that excellent Treatiſe, intituled The Hearts Sovereign, long ſince publiſhed at the Charge of the Author, Mr. Tho. Jones, late Houſhold Chaplain to his Highneſs the D. of York: in which Family he ſo vigorouſly oppoſed the Favorers and Connivers at the Growth of POPERY: of which he is able, if called, to give a good Account, That, for that cauſe he was removed from that Place, to make way for them to pervert his Highneſs's family: and ſince, hath been by their Contrivance, ruined in his Eſtate and Reputation, as he hopes to make appear if admitted to Audience.

§

Errata, For 1674/5 read 1675/6.

FINIS.

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The popish massacre as it was discovered to the honorable House of Commons, sitting in a grand committee for the suppression of popery, in the month of June 1678 at the time of the Parliaments prorogation / by Richard Greene ; or, the IV part of the present Popish Plot, farther discovered and demonstrated ; being part of Dr. Tonges collections on that subject, published for his vindication ; whereby it may appear, who were the inventers, and contrivers of this plot, and who the movers of the first discoveries of it, in which he is still a great sufferer and no plotter.

Greene, Richard, 17th cent.

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— The popish massacre as it was discovered to the honorable House of Commons, sitting in a grand committee for the suppression of popery, in the month of June 1678 at the time of the Parliaments prorogation / by Richard Greene ; or, the IV part of the present Popish Plot, farther discovered and demonstrated ; being part of Dr. Tonges collections on that subject, published for his vindication ; whereby it may appear, who were the inventers, and contrivers of this plot, and who the movers of the first discoveries of it, in which he is still a great sufferer and no plotter., Greene, Richard, 17th cent., Tonge, Ezerel, 1621-1680. Jesuits assassins. Part 4. Selections..

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