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<P>A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF <HI>The late Treacherous and Horrid</HI> DESIGNE, Which by the great Ble&s;&s;ing and e&s;peciall Pro|vidence of God hath been lately di&s;covered:</P>
<P>And for which, Publike Thank&s;giving is by Order of both Hou&s;es of Parliament appointed on Thur&s;day the 15. of June, 1643.</P>
<P><HI>Together with a true Copie of the Commi&s;sion under the great Seal, &s;ent from</HI> Oxford, <HI>to &s;everall per&s;ons in the Citie of</HI> LONDON.</P>
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<P><HI>ORdered by the Commons in Parliament, That this</HI> Nar|ration <HI>and</HI> Commi&s;&s;ion <HI>be read in all Churches and Chappels, in the Cities of</HI> London <HI>and</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter, <HI>and Suburbs thereof, on the day above&s;aid.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. El&s;ynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON: Printed for <HI>Edward Husbands,</HI> and are to be &s;old at his Shop in the Middle Temple. June 15.</P>
<P>MDCXLIII.</P>
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<HEAD>&leaf; A brief Narrative of the late Treacherous and horrid De&s;igne.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter a continuall &s;ucce&s;&s;ion of &s;e|cret Con&s;piracies and open Vio|lences, Plotted and Attempted again&s;t <HI>The true Prote&s;tant Reli|gion, Lawes and Liberties of this Kingdom,</HI> there hath of late ri&s;en up, under the plau&s;ible Pretences of <HI>Moderation</HI> and <HI>Peace,</HI> a mo&s;t dangerous and wic|ked Plot of divers Per&s;ons, to joyn them&s;elves with the Armies rai&s;ed by the King, and to de&s;troy the Forces rai&s;ed by the Lords and Commons in Par|liament, to &s;urpri&s;e the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter</HI> with the Suburbs, and by Arms to force the Parliament; and in a word, <HI>To have delivered up Re|ligion, Parliament, Citie and Kingdom,</HI> into the meer
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will and plea&s;ure of the King, now in the hands of mo&s;t de&s;perate and pernicious Councellors.</P>
<P>Towards the effecting whereof;</P>
<P>There was framed a mixture and conjunction of Per&s;ons of &s;everall qualities, &s;ome whereof were of both Hou&s;es of Parliament; others of the Court and of the Citie, who were in their re&s;pective Places and Imployments to form and perfect this Work, rai&s;ed out of the A&s;hes of the late Petition of <HI>London</HI> for Peace.</P>
<P>The Method ob&s;erved by them for the Conduct and carrying on their De&s;igne, was fir&s;t for &s;everall per&s;ons in the City, to di&s;po&s;e of them&s;elves into a Committee, being tho&s;e who had been Principall Movers and Fomentors of that Petition.</P>
<P>The part which this Committe was chiefly to act, was;</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, To hold intelligence with both Armies, Court, and Parliament.</P>
<P>Secondly, To take a generall &s;urvey of the Affe|ctions and numbers of per&s;ons, within the &s;everall Wards and Pari&s;hes of the City and places adjacent, by the Weekly Bill of Mortality, under three Ranks; of, <HI>Right men,</HI> (or the Kings Party) of, <HI>Aver&s;e men</HI> (or the well affected to the Parliament) of, <HI>Moderate men,</HI> (or Neutrals) as they called them.</P>
<P>Thirdly, To con&s;ider of Arms, Ammunition, and all other Provi&s;ions of War requi&s;ite thereunto.</P>
<P>Fourthly, Out of them&s;elves to appoint &s;ome &s;e|lect per&s;ons to treat with Ma&s;ter <HI>Waller</HI> and Ma&s;ter <HI>Tompkins,</HI> with relation to the Citie, Court, and
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Parliament, as al&s;o with <HI>Cri&s;pe, Roydon, Broome</HI> and <HI>Benion,</HI> then at <HI>Oxford.</HI></P>
<P>Ma&s;ter <HI>Wallers</HI> part in this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e was;</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, To ingage a con&s;iderable Partie of the Lords and Commons in the De&s;igne.</P>
<P>2. To be the means of conveying all Councells, Re&s;olutions, and Intelligences between the &s;aid party of Lords and Commons, and the Committee of the Citie.</P>
<P>Ma&s;ter <HI>Tompkins</HI> was not only an A&s;&s;i&s;tant to Ma|&s;ter <HI>Waller</HI> in the premi&s;&s;es, but an In&s;trument to convey by <HI>Hazel,</HI> and others, the particulars of their proceedings to the Court by addre&s;&s;e princi|pally to the Lord <HI>Faulkland,</HI> and to receive from Court directions, Powers, and Commands, for the compleating of the work. For preventing di&s;co|very, Prote&s;tations of &s;ecrecy were taken by them to this effect, <HI>As they were Christians, not to di&s;clo&s;e it.</HI> Secondly, <HI>No man to indeavour the ingaging above two, whereby no one man could impeach many.</HI></P>
<P>The part which was acted from the Court was,</P>
<P>1. By Ma&s;ter <HI>Herne,</HI> Ma&s;ter <HI>Alexander Hampden,</HI> and others imployed upon Me&s;&s;ages from the King to the Parliament, under pretence of Treaties for Peace, to convey their directions, incouragements, and Councells unto their Partie in <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P>2. To give Power and Authoritie by Commi&s;&s;i|ons under the great Seal, by Warrants under the Kings Hand; and otherwi&s;e for &s;etling of a Coun|cell of Warre; naming of Generalls (and other Officers). Execution of Mar&s;hall Law; Rai&s;ing of
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Moneyes, and Provi&s;ion of Arms and other nece&s;|&s;aries.</P>
<P>3. For the di&s;po&s;ing of &s;ome part of the Kings forces at <HI>Oxford,</HI> to be neer the Citie, and in ready|ne&s;&s;e to a&s;&s;i&s;t the Partie here, as cau&s;e &s;hould re|quire.</P>
<P>The &s;teps and degrees to bring this into Action were.</P>
<P>1. A Commi&s;&s;ion under the great Seal brought from <HI>Oxford,</HI> about a fortnight ago, by the Lady <HI>Aubigny,</HI> with the Authorities afore&s;aid, thereby inabling and commanding them by force of Arms to de&s;troy, kill, and &s;lay, the forces rai&s;ed by the Parliament, and their Adherents as Traitors, and Rebels.</P>
<P>2. Severall Propo&s;itions, mo&s;t of them agreed, and re&s;olved by Ma&s;ter <HI>Waller,</HI> in behalf of the &s;aid Partie of the Lords and Commons, and the Com|mittee of the Citie, in behalf of the Partie depen|ding upon them, for the more ready and orderly execution of the de&s;igne. As fir&s;t, <HI>Concerning the number of men Armed.</HI> Secondly, <HI>The places where Magazines were laid, The places for Randevouz, and for retreat upon occa&s;ion, The Colours, the Marks and Tokens for di&s;tinction from others, The &s;trength to be relyed on within the Walls, and without, What to be done with the Tower, Where the chief Commanders affected to the Parliament dwelt, The time of executing the de|&s;igne.</HI></P>
<P>3. A Declaration was framed by them under
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pretence of a&s;&s;erting and maintaining the heads of the Prote&s;tation, thereby the better to Colour their mi&s;chievous intentions to the people.</P>
<P>4. A Me&s;&s;age was &s;ent to <HI>Oxford,</HI> on Saturday was fortnight to acquaint the Lord <HI>Faulkland</HI> by <HI>Hazel,</HI> that the de&s;igne was come to good perfecti|on, unto which, An&s;wer was returned, <HI>That they &s;hould ha&s;ten it with all &s;peed.</HI></P>
<P>The particulars of the de&s;igne it &s;elf were.</P>
<P>1. To &s;eize into their cu&s;todie the Kings Chil|dren.</P>
<P>2. To &s;eize &s;everall Members of both Hou&s;es, the Lord Major, and Committee of the <HI>Militia,</HI> under pretence of bringing them to a legall Tryall.</P>
<P>3. To &s;eize upon the out-Works, Forts, Tower of <HI>London,</HI> Magazines, Gates, and other places of Importance in the Citie.</P>
<P>4. To let in the Kings forces to &s;urpri&s;e the City, and to de&s;troy all tho&s;e that &s;hould oppo&s;e them by Authoritie of the Parliament.</P>
<P>5. By force of Arms to re&s;i&s;t all Payments im|po&s;ed by Authoritie of the Hou&s;es of Parliament rai&s;ed for the &s;upport of the Armies imployed for their ju&s;t defence, and pre&s;ervation of the true Pro|te&s;tant Religion, and Liberties of the Subject; To &s;u&s;pend, if not alter, the whole Government of the Citie, and with a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the Kings force to awe and ma&s;ter the Parliament.</P>
<P><PB N="6" REF="5">All which hath been made appear to both Hou&s;es of Parliament, by the Examinations and Confe&s;&s;ions of Ma&s;ter <HI>Waller,</HI> Ma&s;ter <HI>Tompkins,</HI> Ma&s;ter <HI>Challenor,</HI> Ma&s;ter <HI>Hazel,</HI> and other per&s;ons, principall Actors in the &s;ame now under re&s;traint; The publication of the evidence being deferred till after their Tryall.</P>
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<HEAD>A true Copy of the COMMISSION UNDER <HI>The GREAT SEAL,</HI> Sent from <HI>Oxford</HI> to &s;everall Per&s;ons in the City of LONDON.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>Charles Rex.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P><HI>_CHARLES,</HI> by the grace of GOD, King of <HI>England, France</HI> &amp; <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. To our tru&s;ty and well-beloved, Sir <HI>Ni|cholas Crisp,</HI> Sir <HI>George Stroude,</HI> Knights, Sir <HI>Tho: Gardener</HI> Knight, Recorder of <HI>London,</HI> Sir <HI>George Binion,</HI> Knight&punc; <HI>Richard Edes</HI> and
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<HI>Marmaduke Royden</HI> E&s;quires, <HI>Tho: Broom</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR>, <HI>Peter Paggon, Charles Ginnings,</HI> Sir <HI>Edw: Carlton, Robert Abbot, Andrew King, Will: White, Steven Boulton, Robert Alden, Edmund Fo&s;ter, Tho: Blink|horn&punc;</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> Gentlemen; and to all &s;uch other per&s;on and per&s;ons, as according to the true intent and purport of the&s;e pre&s;ents, &s;hall be nominated; and appointed to be Ge|neralls, Colonells, Lieutenant-Colonells, Sergeant-Majors, or other Officers, or of Our Councell of War, Greeting;</P>
<P>Whereas in Our cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> and Suburbs thereof, our Borough of <HI>Southwark</HI> and county of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> there are rai&s;ed and continued great number of Mili|tary Forces, both Hor&s;e and Foot, who un|der the command of ROBERT&punc; Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> as their Generall, and under the con|duct of divers others, pretending to derive their Authority from the two Hou&s;es of Parliament, have Traiterou&s;ly levied War, and rebelled again&s;t Vs their naturall Leige Lord, and many of our Subjects have been feduced by fal&s;e informations, by the pra|cti&s;e of a few, who have been the contrivers
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of the mi&s;chievous plots, and have joyned with them, either in per&s;on, or by ayding of them with men, money, hor&s;es, or other things, and many of our good and loyall &s;ub|jects over-awed by the power of the Rebells, have been enforced to contribute to them for the maintenance of this unnaturall War, and others refu&s;ing have beene Plundered, and robbed of their e&s;tates, and &s;ome committed to &s;everall Pri&s;ons, and other barbarou&s;ly u&s;ed contrary to the liberty of free-born men, the laws of the Land, and contrary to all hu|manity, of which injuries and calamities fal|ling upon our good Subjects, wee are very &s;en&s;ible, and are de&s;irous to give relief to our good Subjects by all the be&s;t meanes we can, and to re&s;i&s;t the violence and in&s;olencie of the Rebels and their adherents, We having no other end therein but to pre&s;erve the true Prote&s;tant Religion in the integrity and pu|rity thereof; to maintaine the Laws of the Land, and the liberty of per&s;ons, and the pro|perty of the e&s;tates of our &s;ubjects, and the ju&s;t priviledges of Parliament. Wee have thought fit for our better &s;ervice, to &s;ettle a
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Councell of War in or about Our City of <HI>London,</HI> who may take the&s;e things into their &s;ad con&s;iderations which may conduce be&s;t to this end, and to have &s;uch Commanders and Officers &s;etled in the places afore&s;aid, which may both rai&s;e, governe, and lead &s;uch forces as may be rai&s;ed there.</P>
<P>Know ye therefore, that we repo&s;ing &s;pe|ciall tru&s;t and confidence in your fidelities, indu&s;tries, and good di&s;cretions; have made choi&s;e of, nominated and appointed you to be Our Councell of War for the &s;aid cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter;</HI> and Suburbs thereof, Our &s;aid county of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> and Borough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> and do hereby give and grant authority to you; or any four of you, to make choi&s;e of &s;uch other able and di&s;creet per&s;ons as you &s;hall think fit to nominate under the Hands and Seal of any four of you, which with your &s;elves &s;hall make up in all the number of Twenty one and no more; And We do give and grant to you, or any four of you, power and authority at &s;uch times, and in &s;uch places as you &s;hall think convenient, to a&s;&s;emble and meet to|gether,
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and there to con&s;ult, advi&s;e, and re|&s;olve of all &s;uch things, and of &s;uch wayes and means as you or any four of you &s;hall think fitte&s;t, for the rai&s;ing of Forces both of Hor&s;e and Foot, either of the Inhabitants of the &s;aid <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ities, county, and Borough, or any the adjacent counties or other places, who will voluntarily a&s;&s;ociate them&s;elves to that purpo&s;e, and the&s;e Forces to Arm, Mu&s;ter, Conduct, Order, Lead, and Govern in the places afore&s;aid, or in any the counties adja|cent or el&s;where, in &s;uch manner as you your &s;elves, or &s;uch other able and fit per&s;ons, as you or any four of you &s;hall to that purpo&s;e appoint, according to the&s;e pre|&s;ents &s;hall think fit; And the better to <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="blotted" EXTENT="1 letter">ffect this Our Service, We do further give and grant to you or any four of you power and authority under your Hands and Seals, to make choi&s;e of and appoint &s;uch a fit per&s;on as you &s;hal think meet to be Captain Generall of all the&s;e Forces thus to be rai&s;ed, and &s;uch other per&s;ons as you or any four of you &s;hall in like maner make choi&s;e of &amp; appoint to be Colonels, Lieutena~t Colon: &amp; Sergeant Ma|jors,
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over the forces in &s;uch maner &amp; in &s;uch places as you &s;hall &s;o appoint&punc; who by vertue thereof, and by vertue of the&s;e pre&s;ents &s;hall have power and authority to do, execute, and performe all &s;uch things, which to the&s;e &s;e|verall offices and imployments, according to the law martiall do belong; and we do here|by promi&s;e and grant, that withall conveni|ent &s;peed after we &s;hall have notice from you or any 4 of you, under your hands and &s;eales of your nomination, of any per&s;on or per|&s;ons who&s;e &s;everall places we &s;hall grant &amp; confirme unto them and every of them re&s;pe|ctively, tho&s;e &s;everall places to which you have &s;o nominated them as a fore&s;aid, under our great Seale of <HI>England,</HI> or otherwi&s;e as &s;hall be rea&s;onably devi&s;ed and required of us. And We do further by the&s;e pre&s;ents give and grant unto you full power and authori|ty by all &s;uch good wayes as you, or any 4 of you under your hands &s;hall agree up|on to rai&s;e mony for the clothing, arming, furni&s;hing, and paying of all &s;uch &s;ouldiers as &s;hall be thus rai&s;ed, and for the providing of all ammunition and other nece&s;&s;aries for
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the war; all which mony upon a ju&s;t account we do for us, our Heirs, and &s;ucce&s;&s;ors, pro|mi&s;e, grant and agree&punc; well and truly to re|pay &s;o &s;oon as we &s;hall be inabled thereunto, and in the meane time to &s;ecure the &s;ame to tho&s;e who for our &s;ervice and by your medi|tation and indu&s;try &s;hall lend or disbur&s;e the &s;ame; and we do further by the&s;e pre&s;ents grant that &s;uch Generals, Colonels, Leivte|nant Colonells, and other officers &s;o by you nominated as afore&s;aid &s;hall have full pow|er and authority by vertue of the pre&s;ents to lead and order the &s;ouldiers &s;everally under their charges, and with them to fight again&s;t our enemies and Rebels, and them to &s;lay &amp; de&s;troy, or them to &s;ave according to the law martiall, or cour&s;e of war; For the doing of all which, this &s;hall be to you, them, and e|very of them a &s;ufficient warrant, willing &amp; commanding all &s;uch officers and &s;ouldiers, which by vertue hereof you &s;hall retain, to obey readily to receive &amp; accompli&s;h your directions, commands, and &s;ummons in all things hereto appertaining or nece&s;&s;ary to be done; as al&s;o all Majors, Sheriffs, ju&s;tices of
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peace, Commi&s;&s;ioners of Array, and all o|ther our officers and loving &s;ubjects to be ay|ding &amp; as&s;i&s;ting both to you and to all &s;uch officers &amp; other per&s;ons whom you &s;hall appoint under any four of your hands and &s;eales, for the furthering and advancement of this our e&s;peciall &s;ervice, for which this &s;hall be to you, to them, and every of them a &s;uffi|cient warrant. In witne&s;&s;e whereof We have cau&s;ed the&s;e our Letters to be made Patents. Witnes Our Self at <HI>Oxford</HI> the 16 day of <HI>March,</HI> in the eighteenth year of our Raigne.</P>
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