which was soon silenced by my victorious

army.

Q. Was it not supposed afterwards that your profession of attachment to the prisoner's government was not sincere, and that you relapsed again into heresy?

A. It was. Having re-established tranquillity among my people, I caused an edict to be proclaimed, to secure my old friends the Protestants the free exercise of their religion, which decree is known as the Edict of Nantes. The prisoner was much offended at this, and afterwards I was assassinated in the streets of Paris, by one of his domestic servants, one Ravilliac, a Friar, in the year 1610. A corpse was interred which all France was given to understand was mine, and from the report of this, the prisoner supposed I was really dead.

James I. King of England, sworn.

Q. Have you any knowledge of the prisoner at the bar as Pope of Rome?

A. I have.

Q. By what name was he called when you knew him?

A. By several; but when he was called Pope Clement IX. I took the most notice of him.

Q. Did he not publish a Bull against you previous to your being crowned King of England, with intent to deprive you of your right to the throne?

A. He did. He well knew that when I came to the throne, I would never allow Popery to be encouraged in England, and that I would oppose his rebellious arms when I was established. He therefore issued out a Bull to exclude me from my right to the crown, and commanded all the English Romanists to do their utmost to keep out the Scottish heretic, as he called me: And that I might not in any wise be admitted to the kingdom of England, unless I would be reconciled to his supremacy, receive my crown from his hands, and conform myself and all my subjects to the Popish religion.

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Q. Did he publish this Bull or rebellious proclamation in the presumed title of Vicar of Christ, and Prince over all Nations?

A. He did. He always acted in that character before and after I came to the throne. The generality, if not all of his Bulls, are issued forth in direct conformity to and with the injunctions and decisions of his conventions of rebels, called General Councils, of which the prisoner is chairman.

Q. When did you begin your reign in Eng land?

A. In the month of March, in the year of our Lord 1603. But his Bull was published full two years before.

Q. Was there not a scheme laid by a con

*Carte's Ormond, vol. i. p. 33.

siderable number of traitors belonging to the society that is headed by the prisoner, to destroy you and both houses of Parliament by gunpowder, soon after you came to the throne?

A. There was. It will long be remembered by Protestants, and is known in history as the Gunpowder Plot.

I had ordered both houses of Parliament to assemble on the 5th of November, in the year 1605. The Queen also and Prince of Wales were expected to be present, and I, agreeable to my duty to deliver a speech from the throne. Under the Parliament house was a vault, into which they had conveyed thirty-six barrels of gunpowder, which were carefully concealed under faggots and piles of wood. This horrid conspiracy was kept a secret for near eighteen months, the conspirators being all sworn with what is called a sacramental oath. However, the kind providence of our most gracious Sovereign defeated their dark, diabolical designs, in such a visible manner, as to make it evident that the Lord reigned.

About ten days before the long wished for meeting of Parliament, I received notice of the malicious plot, but search was purposely delayed till the night immediately preceding the assembly. A magistrate then with proper officers entered the vault, and found there one Guy Fawkes, who had just finished all his horrid preparations, with matches and every

thing proper in his pocket to set fire to the train. He was immediately seized, when his countenance betrayed the savage disposition of his heart. He afterwards regretted that he had lost the opportunity of destroying so many heretics and made a full discovery. He with a number of other conspirators were executed in different parts of England, among whom was a particular emissary of the prisoner, one Garnet, a Jesuit; and so deluded were other rebels who survived him, that they fancied miracles wrought by his blood, and in Spain he is considered a martyr. I have very briefly related their destructive plot, and the merciful deliverance of Almighty God. But, from which, it must evidently appear, that the prisoner's orders were obeyed by such as were connected with him in England, and that agreeable to his Bull, they did their utmost to deprive me of my throne, when they planned the destruction of my person, family,

and Protestant Parliament.

Cross-Examined by Counsellor Quibble. Q. Are you sure, that the prisoner at the bar was concerned in this plot, or that it was a popish plot?

A. I am certain that he was the ringleader of the conspirators, and that Roman Catholics only were concerned in it.

Q. You know that reports are very contradictory respecting the manner of its being

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discovered. Some say that a Roman Cathopeer, (Lord Mounteagle) received a letter desiring him to shift off his attendance in parliament, and who not being able to explain its contents brought it to you. Others that .Henry IV. King of France communicated it to you, and many deny that the prisoner knew any thing of it. Can you tell by what channel you received the information?

A. The channel through which I received the intelligence cannot invalidate the fact. The prisoner published his orders to the Roman Catholics in England, and commanded them to do their utmost to deprive me.

What

was done was agreeable to his orders. They who did it were all his own servants, and before their execution they confessed their guilt.

Charles VI. Emperor of Germany, sworn. Q. Look at the prisoner at the bar. Have you any knowledge of him?

A. I have. I recollect him by the name of Pope Clement XI. and several other titles.

Q. Did he ever presume as the Vicar of Christ, to make void and of no effect, any covenants or treaties which you made as Emperor of Germany?

A. He did.

Q. Will you relate to the Court what treaty he declared null and void, which you had confirmed?

A. After much human blood had been spilt