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<P>A TRUE ACCOUNT, Set up out the informations, in|tercepted Letters, and others authentiq In&s;truments, concerning the horrid Con&s;piracy, again&s;t the Life of his Sacred Maje&s;ty, WILLIAM the III. King of England, Scotland, France &amp; Yreland, &amp;c. &s;et|ting forth by whom it was contrived, how it was to bee carryed on, &amp; the manner of its Di&s;covery, Trial, Sentence, and Execution.</P>
<P>Printed ad the HAGHE, By JACOBUS SCHELTUS, Ordinary Printer of the Kings Maje&s;ty. 1692.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>A TRUE ACCOUNT,</HI> Set up out the informations, intercepted Letters, and others authentiqs In&s;truments, concerning the horrid Con&s;pi|racy, again&s;t the Life of his Sacred Maje&s;ty <HI>WILLIAM</HI> the <HI>III.</HI> King of England, Scotland, France &amp; Yreland, &amp;c. &s;et|ting forth by whom it was contrivid, how it was to bee car|ryedon, &amp; the manner of its Di&s;couvery, Trial, Sentence, and Execution.</HEAD>
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<P>_SOme of the Mini&s;ters in the highe&s;t Employments, &amp; of the greate&s;t credit in the French Court, having formed a De&s;igne to a&s;&s;a&s;|&s;inate His Maj. of Great Britaine, they made choi&ccedil;e of one Bartholomew de Liniere, Knight, Sieur de Grandvall, as their in&s;trument to manage the enterpri|ze, to find out Per&s;ons fitt to bee employed in it, to engage them by promi&s;es of great rewards, as al&s;o to bee ayding &amp; a&s;&s;i|&s;ting in his owne per&s;on.</P>
<P>The &s;aid Grandvall being informed that one Anthony Du Mont had been already engaged in this de&s;igne, in the life time of the late Marquis of Louvois, hee propo&s;ed it to him again, to Execute the &s;ame, by order of the Marquis of Barbe&s;ieux &amp; &s;ome others, wher upon &s;everall Projects were drawn up, &s;ever|all petitions deliver'd, and many Conferences were held, and at la&s;t the Re&s;olution was taken to bring it to effect the la&s;t Cam|pagne 1691. But the providence of God having disappointed them, yet not with&s;tanding they did not lett fall the pro&s;ecution of their horrid De&s;igne. But Grandvall was employed to write frequently to Du Mont (who was retired to Hanover) to &s;tirr him up to another attempt this Campagne, which at la&s;t they agreed upon.</P>
<P>One Leefdale coming to Paris about that time, Grandvall
<PB N="4" REF="3">making an acquaintance with him, di&s;coverd to him the &s;aid de|&s;igne, which Leefdale &s;hewed a willingnes to bee concernd in. But &s;oone after gave notice of it by Letters to his Relations in Holland, that they might inform his Maje&s;ty. And the like Di&s;co|very was made by Du Mont to his Highne&s;s the Duke of Cell, who acquainted his Maj. with it, about the &s;ame time, that hee re|ceived the other account.</P>
<P>In the mean time Grandvall having appointed Du Mont a rendezvous at Uden, in the country of Rave&s;teyn, in order to &s;peak with him and Leefdale, to communicate him the me&s;ures, taken about the de&s;igne, and afterwards to goe to the execution. Hee &s;ett out from Paris, in company with Leefdale, pa&s;&s;ing through Bruxells, where hee communicated his De&s;igne to one John d'Amours, who was formerly a Dome&s;tick Servant to Leefdales Father, from thence they went to Antwerp, &amp; &s;o to Eyndhoven, where Grandval was &s;eized &amp; carryed to Boisle Duc.</P>
<P>His Maj. directing the examination to bee taken there, Leef|dale was fir&s;t examin'd, who declared with great Exactnes all the circum&s;tances of the De&s;igne, but it is not nece&s;&s;ary to mention more of them here, then that Grandvall told him, the King of Great Britaine was look'd upon as the onely ob&s;tacle to the French Kings De&s;igns. That Grandvall had &s;ent to Du Mont la&s;t Winter above 200. Pi&s;toles to keep him firme to the bu&s;ine&s;s. That whil&s;t they were at Mons, a report being &s;pread of &s;ome di&s;orders in Schotland, which would oblige his Maj. to cro&s;s the &s;ea again, Grandvall fearing it might happen before hee could Execute his De&s;igne, &s;poke to Leefdale in the&s;e words, Dear Friend, wee are like to loo&s;e our Fortunes, I beg of you, that wee may go away immediately.</P>
<P>John d'Amours being next Examind, depo&s;ed that Grandvall told him att Bruxells, he had a Great bu&s;ine&s;s to do, which had miscarryed the la&s;t year. And they two falling into a di&s;cour&s;e
<PB N="5" REF="3">about his Maj., John d'Amours asked Grandvall, if hee had any thing to &s;ay to the King, yes, an&s;werd hee, to break his neck. John d'Amours repre&s;enting to him the difficultys that might attend &s;uch an attempt, Grandval replyed, I have gi|ven my word to Mon&s;r Barbe&s;ieux, &amp; I'le do it.</P>
<P>D'Amours adds further that going one day with Grandval &amp; Leefdale by the Je&s;uits Church att Bruxells; Grandvall &s;aid, lett Us go in, &amp; &s;ay a Pater no&s;ter or two, that God would bles our undertaking, and accordingly, they went into the Church</P>
<P>Du Mont having been Examined &s;ince, has owned the fact in all its circum&s;tances, adding &s;everall other particulars (vi&z;t.) that Madame Maintenon was acquainted with the De&s;igne, and that Grandvall in one of his Letters &s;end to him, u&s;ed this ex|pre&s;&s;ion, that hee would accommodate the matter by the means of Madame Maintenon. That Grandvall told him, the bu&s;i|ne&s;s &s;ucceeding, hee (&s;peaking of him &s;elfs) &s;hould have an ample recompen&s;e, even to bee a Duke. That whil&s;t hee was at Hanavor, hee imparted the De&s;igne to Mon&s;r. Bidal (alias Hasfelt) who was at that time the French Kings Mini&s;ter in that Court, that hee &s;hewd to the &s;aid Mon&s;r. Bidall all the Letters, hee writt to Mon&s;r. Barbe&s;ieux &amp; Grandvall, as al&s;o the an&s;wers hee received from them, that the &s;aid Bidall approved the De&s;igne, &s;aying it would bee a very good bu&s;ine&s;s, if it could bee brougt to pa&s;&s;e; and that Biddall lent him 50 Crowns at Hanover.</P>
<P>Du Mont adds further, that hee was intimately acquainted with one Muller an Agent for Bidall, that the &s;aid Muller told him as a great Secret, that Bidall had &s;ent him &s;everal times to Holland with di&s;patches, that came from France, for Mon&s;r. Moreau, Envoy to the King of Poland; That hee always gave tho&s;e Packetts, in to Mr. Moreaus owne hand, &amp; Mon&s;r. Mo|reau gave him the an&s;wers to them in like manner, and that thus by the help of Mon&s;r. Bidall &amp; Mon&s;r. Moreau, the Court of France manag'd their choi&ccedil;e&s;t corre&s;pondence in Holland.</P>
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<P>At la&s;t Grandval was examind who perceiving that to matter was di&s;cover'd, and that his owne Letters could bee produced to convict him, he Ingenuou&s;ly confe&s;&s;ed all the circum&s;tances of the De&s;igne, as they are particularized in the Sentence.</P>
<P>After which Grandvall being brought to the Army, hee was putt upon his tryall before a Grand Court Martiall con&s;i&s;ting of Generall Officiers, wher hee appear'd &s;everall times, together with the Wittne&s;&s;es above mention'd, who not onely per&s;i&s;ted in what they had already depo&s;ed, but added many other particulars and circum&s;tances, of which ther were very few, that Grandval did not agree to, and that freely, without putting him upon, or &s;o much as naming the Rack to him, either before, or after Sentence.</P>
<P>Grandvall during his Impri&s;onnement drew up two petitions to bee pre&s;ented to his Maje&s;ty, all written with his owne hand, in which hee &s;ays, <HI>that as to the before mention'd De&s;igne, hee acted in it, but in obedience to the ordres hee had received from Mon&s;r. Barbe&s;ieux &amp; Mon&s;r. Chanlais, that du Mont was guilty, that Leefdale was guilty, &amp; that hee (Grandvall) was guilty, &s;ince every one that con&s;pires again&s;t a Cowned Head, is worthy of death, acknowledging his owne fault.</HI></P>
<P>The Judges after this having mett &s;everall times, at la&s;t gave their Sentence the 11 of Augu&s;t, in per&s;uance of which Sentence Grandvall being acqainted that he was to dye the 13 of Augu&s;t. He did give all the marks of a true repentance of his crimes, and the &s;ame morning before he went to execution he writt in the pre&s;ence of the Fi&s;cal, the Mini&s;ters and two other Per&s;ons this following Letter.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE>From the Camp at Hall <DATE><HI>13</HI> Augu&s;t <HI>1692.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>Madam,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Pray you to goo to the Arch Bi&s;hop of Rheims, with Mon&s;r. Tourduil, and to let the &s;aid Arch Bi&s;hop know that it ko&s;ts
<PB N="7" REF="4">me my life, for haveing obeyd the orders of Mon&s;ieur de Barbe|&s;ieux, which is the favour de&s;ired of you by.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Servant, DE GRANDVALL.</SIGNED>
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<P>Speak to the Marquis d'Ar&s;y, that he take care y be prayd for.</P>
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<TRAILER>To Madam Jur&eacute;, in the Trenelle Street, over again&s;t the Street of the two Crowns, near the Hotell of Soi&s;&s;ons, Att Paris.</TRAILER>
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<P>Upon the occa&s;ion of this Letter it wil not be improper, to take notice of a pa&s;&s;age that happened &s;ome dayes before Grand|vals condemnation vitz:; one di&s;cour&s;ing with the Chevallier Grandvall in Pri&s;on, and ob&s;erving he &s;ought to ju&s;tify him&s;elfe upon the orders he had received from the Marquis of Barbe&s;ieux, he told him, tho that was in it&s;elfe a very weak excu&s;e for being en|gaged in &s;o ba&s;e an action, yet &s;till it might prove &s;o much the wor|&s;e, as that it was like enough, Mon&s;ieur Barbe&s;ieux would di&s;ow|ne that he gave any &s;uch orders, or that he was any way concern'd with him in a Bu&s;ine&s;s of this nature: to which Grandvall replyed, let him deny what he plea&s;es; yet if I were put upon it, I would make it appear very plaine, for I have an original Paper under Mon&s;ieur Barbe&s;ieux owne hand, which I have lodged whith a Friend of mine, who wil not part with it, to anyone but my &s;elfe and nobody el&s;e knows, with whom I have entru&s;ted it. About el|leven of the clock in the morningh was the &s;aid Grandval drawn on a hedge to the place of execution, where the Sentence was read, and the prayer done in the Fren&s;ch Tongue, which he liked to hear very earn&s;tly, and afterwards did the executors their work, in order to the Sentence.</P>
<CLOSER><HI>God ble&s;s King</HI> WILLIAM <HI>and Queen</HI> MARY.</CLOSER>
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<HEAD>SENTENCE Of the CHEVALLIER the GRANDVAL.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas Bartholomew de Liniere, Knight, Sieur de Grandvall, Borne at Liniere in Picardy, aged about 43 years, &amp; now a pri&s;on|ner, hath confe&s;&s;ed before the Grand Court Mar|tiall without any con&s;traints by pain or being in irons. And it further appearing to the &s;aid Court Martiall, that the late Marquis de Louvois in his Lifeti|me Secretary of State to the French King in the year 1691 enter'd into an agreement with one Anthony du Mont, about the mur|ther of his Maje&s;ty William the III. King of Great Britaine, &amp;c. And that the &s;aid du Mont had framed a project &s;etting forth in wat manner that de&s;igne might bee executed. That hee delivered the &s;aid project, to the &s;aid Marquis of Louvois. That the Pri|&s;oner &s;ome time before the Marquis of Louvois death, a&s;king his leave to go &s;ome where el&s;e, was order'd by the &s;aid Marquis not to go away, for that hee had &s;ome bu&s;ine&s;s of con&s;equence to em|ploy him in, which the pri&s;oner &s;uppo&s;es to have &s;ome relation to the &s;aid De&s;ign, but the Marquis of Louvois dying &s;ome time af|ter, ther was no further progre&s;s then made in the &s;aid De&s;igne. That the Marquis of Barbe&s;ieux &s;on to the &s;aid Marquis of Lou|vois, as al&s;o Secretary of State to the French King having five days after his Fathers death, found the &s;aid project together with a warrant for 30 Pi&s;toles to bee payd to the &s;aid du Mont among his Fathers Papers, the &s;aid De&s;igne was revived again, &amp; the 30 Pi&s;toles were payd accodingly; that the Pri&s;oner contracted an acquaintance with du Mont at Mon&s;ieur Rebenacs Hou&s;e, where Mon&s;ieur Paparel, Pay-ma&s;ter General to the French
<PB N="10" REF="6">Kings Armyes, &s;aying one day to Mon&s;ieur Rebenac (the Pri&s;o|ner being pre&s;ent) that if they had a mind to &s;eize the King of Eng|land, du Mont would bee a fitt Per&s;on for it, du Mont replyed with execrations, that hee would carry of his Maje&s;ty alive, or dead, as hee had promi&s;ed to Mon&s;ieur de Louvois. That du Mont having delivred the &s;ame, or the like project to Mon&s;ieur de Barbe&s;ieux, the Pri&s;oner to promote the &s;aid De&s;igne had &s;e|veral conferences with Mon&s;ieur Barbe&s;ieux &amp; Mon&s;ieur Paparel, in one of which, Mon&s;ieur Barbe&s;ieux told the Pri&s;oner, that hee &s;u&s;pected, his Father was poy&s;on'd, by order of the P. of Orange (meaning his pre&s;ent Maje&s;ty of Great Britaine) and ther|fore hee would be reveng'd on him. That Mon&s;r. Barbe&s;ieux told the Pri&s;oner in another conference, that hee &s;hould give du Mont notice, that his Maje&s;ty of Great Britaine wore a Coat of Maile, which the pri&s;oner acquainting du Mont with, hee an&s;|werd ther upon, it is no matter, I'le kill him for all that. That Barbe&s;ieux had &s;aid further, hee would not &s;peak him&s;elf with du Mont, fearing hee might bee taken Pri&s;oner, and if hee &s;hould happen then to name him, it might make a great breach in his fortune. That the Pri&s;oner was engaged wit one Parker a Colonel belonging to the late King James, to put the &s;aid De&s;igne in execu|tion, and that Parker had thold him, hee had formed the &s;aid De|&s;ign with the late Marquis of Louvois. That at la&s;t the Pri&s;oner with the &s;aid Barbe&s;ieux, Paparel, Parker &amp; du Mont agreed upon the manner of executing the &s;aid de&s;igne: vi&z;t: that the Pri&s;oner &amp; Parker &s;hould meet att the Grand Guard of the Duke of Lux|embourgs Army, where they were to have 1500. Hor&s;e, that Du Mont &s;hould go to the King of Englands Army, &amp; watch the time, when his Maje&s;ty went to vi&s;itt the Grand Guard, and att the &s;ame time hee was to &s;hoot His Maje&s;ty; that the Pri&s;oner &amp; Parker with 1500. Hor&s;e were to re&s;cue &amp; bring him of, the &s;aid Du Mont geving timely notice to the Pri&s;oner of the Inten|ded Execution. That Mon&s;r. Barbe&s;ieux giving the Pri&s;oner
<PB N="11" REF="6">orders to accompany Du Mont to Menin, hee gave him at the &s;ame time an order to the Duke of Luxemburg, for furnishing the Pri&s;oner with &s;uch a Detachment of Hor&s;e, as hee &s;hould re|quire &amp; think nece&s;&s;ary for Executing the De&s;igne. That the Pri&s;oner by Mon&s;r. Barbe&s;ieux order received of Mon&s;r. Paparell 80. Lewis d'Or. And in pur&s;uance of Mr. Barbe&s;ieux directions he gave to Du Mont 55. Lewis d'Or, out of that &s;um, vi&z;t 15. Pi&s;tolls in &s;pecie &amp; &agrave; Bill of Enchange for 460. Livres French Mony, to bee payd at Ghent: That the Pri&s;oner accordingly left Paris, the 11. of Sept. 1691. &amp; went po&s;t with Du Mont to Menin, that hee defrayd the whole charge of the Journy, that Du Mont acquainted him on the way that Mon&s;r. Barbe&s;ieux had promi&s;ed him an annuall revenue of 20000. livres, &amp; to make him a Knight of the Order of St. Lazarus, in ca&s;e the de&s;ign took effect. That the Pri&s;oner, coming to Menin, went to the Governor Mon&s;r Pertuis, as hee had been directed by Mon&s;r. Barbe&s;ieux, and obtaind of him a Pa&s;&s;eport for Du Mont, who parted im|mediately for Ghent, promiting the Pri&s;oner, that according to their agreement, hee would &s;end to him att the Grand Guard. That the Pri&s;oner ther upon went to the Duke of Luxemburgs Army, and hee and Parker continued att the head of the Grand Guard till the day before the rencontre at Leuze without hearing from Du Mont. That Du Mont going to Hanover, the Pri&s;o|ner had kept a con&s;tant corre&s;pondence with him, about Execu|ting the &s;ame de&s;igne at &s;ome other opportunity, that the Pri|&s;oner communicated what Letters hee received from Du Mont, to Mr. Barbe&s;ieux, who gave him directions wat an&s;wers hee &s;hould returne. That the Pri&s;oner re&s;olved with Mon&s;ieur Barbe&s;ieux, that the De&s;igne &s;hould bee Executed this Campagne Anno 1692. which had failed the la&s;t, that the Pri&s;oner had ta|ken &s;ome mea&s;ures concerning the &s;ame with Mon&s;r Chanlais Quarter-ma&s;ter Generall to the French King. In the mean time one Frederick Aelbregt Leefdael, heretofore Cap. Lt. of a troop
<PB N="12" REF="7">of Dragoons in the &s;ervice of the High &amp; Mighty States General of the United Provinces coming to Paris, was brought acquain|ted with the Pri&s;oner by the means of one Sterck. That the Pri|&s;oner having contracted an intimate familiarity with the &s;aid Leef|dale, di&s;cover'd the &s;aid De&s;igne to him towards the latter end of March la&s;t 1692, telling him that an Officer who woul ingratiate him&s;elf in the Kings favour mu&s;t venture at &s;omething of con&s;e|quence. That hee the Pri&s;oner had concerted the execution of a De&s;igne upon which his fortune depended, that it was indeed a matter not without hazard, but the greater the difficultys were, the more would bee the Honour, encouraging Leefdale to bee concern'd in it. And the &s;aid Leefdale shewing a readyne&s;s to com|ply with him, the pri&s;oner open'd him&s;elf with greater freedome, &amp; told him that hee was engaged la&s;t Campagne with one Du Mont to a&s;&s;a&s;&s;inate the King of great Britain, but it had no effect by rea&s;on of his Maje&s;t. leaving the Army &s;o Soone, but it was re&s;olved again to putt the &s;ame in execution this year. That Du Mont by many repeated Oaths had &s;worne hee would do it, &amp; hee the pri&s;oner feared, that if hee were not pre&s;ent, Du Mont would not &s;o exactly ob&s;erve his orders, and therfore hee was re|&s;olved to go along with Du Mont, a&s;king Leefdale. If hee would bee of the party, who an&s;wering that hee would the pri&s;oner dis|cour&s;d to him at large of all particulars concerning the de&s;igne, and afterwards brought him to Mr. Barbe&s;ieux &amp; Chanlais. That Chanlais in one of the conferences held upon that &s;ubject, told Leefdale, the Pri&s;oner being by, that a great reward &s;hould bee given him, the bu&s;ine&s;s &s;ucceeding, that Barbe&s;ieux &amp; Paparell had both of them knowledge of the promi&s;ed reward. That hee the Pri&s;oner with the &s;aid Leefdale, &amp; Colonell Parker went to St Germain on the 16 of April 1692, to &s;peak with the late King James about the &s;aid De&s;igne, who had knowledge of it, &amp; to take leave of him, before they began their Journy, that the Pri|&s;oner had Audience at the &s;ame time of the &s;aid King James, the
<PB N="13" REF="7">late Queen being pre&s;ent King James telling him, Parker has gi|ven me an account of the bu&s;ine&s;s, if you, &amp; the other Officers do me this &s;ervice, you &s;al never want. And Parker, the pri&s;o|ner &amp; Leefdale enterd into a di&s;cour&s;e about this De&s;igne. That du Monts Wife deliverd to Mr. Barbe&s;ieux &s;everal Letters, which &s;he received from her Hu&s;band whil&s;t hee was at Hanover, and the Pri&s;oner continuing his corre&s;pondence with him at the &s;aid time, hee engaged du Mont by Letters, &amp; &s;pecialy tho&s;e dated the 20 &amp; 25 of April &amp; the 12 of May la&s;t, to kome from Hanover to a Rendevous at Uden, in the Country of Rave&s;teyn, in order to take a finall re&s;olution with the &s;aid Pri&s;oner &amp; Leefdale, concer|ning the manner of executing the De&s;igne, the Pri&s;oner pre&s;|&s;ing du Mont to ha&s;ten his journy for fear the King of Engeland &s;hould have occa&s;ion to repa&s;s the &s;ea, the pri&s;oner adding withall, that hee &s;hould bee mad, if hee fail'd in his bu&s;ine&s;s. That the Pri&s;oner with Chanlais &amp; Leefdale were agreed in what manner the A&s;&s;a&s;&s;inate should bee committed on the Per&s;on, of his Maj: vi&z;t: that when the King should ride along the Lines, or should go out to take any vieuw, or when the Army should de|camp, that du Mont shouldly in ambu&s;cade, and when his Maj: should pas within 100 paces of him, he should rhen fire upon the King, that Chanlais (to whom notice was to bee given before of the time) should bee with 3000 Hor&s;e at the D. of Luxemburgs Grand guard, that the Pri&s;oner had told Leefdale their would bee no danger for hem &s;ince, du Mont had a &s;ecret to charme peoples eyes, and at all adventures they two would keep with tho&s;e, who followed the King, and when every body was pur&s;uing after du Mont, they &s;hould have time to e&s;cape &amp; &s;ave them &s;elves, &amp; carry the account to Mr. Chanlais, and it little concernd them, whither du Mont &s;hould bee taken or not, provided they could e&s;cape them &s;elves. That the Pri&s;oner &amp; Leefdale received their la&s;t orders from Chanlais, who told them hee was going
<PB N="14" REF="8">to Mons, &amp; that they &s;hould &s;tay for him there. That the Pri&s;oner &amp; Leefdale went from Paris the 17 of Apr: la&s;t and arrived a few days after att Mons, having wayted &s;ome time for Mr. Chanlais arrivall and finding hee did not come, they re|&s;olved to go forward to the rendevouz by the Way of Bruxells: That the Pri&s;oner as they were travelling on the way told Leefda|le, that their de&s;igne taking Place, the alliance among the Confoederate Princes would bee broken, that the Princes con|cern'd would each of them recall their Troopes and the Country being thereby left without Soldiers, the King of France would easely make him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of it. And K: James would bee re|&s;tored again: That the Pri&s;oner with Leefdale went to the Maye|ry of Boi&s;leduc, &amp; was apprehended att Eyndhoven. And whe|reas this horrid de&s;ign is contrary to the Laws of God, of Nature, and of all Nations, and ought for the deterring of others, from the like machinations to be puni&s;hed with the greate&s;t rigour. The &s;aid Court Martial, having with mature deliberation, exa|min'd &amp; con&s;idered the whole matter, have thought fit to Judge &amp; declare, as they doe hereby declare, the Pri&s;oner to bee guilty of high trea&s;on, and doe condemn him to be drawn on a Hedge to the Place of Execution, there to be hangd en a Gallows, to be cut donn before he be dead, his Body to be opened, and his Bo|wells to be taken out, and burnt; his head to be &s;et upon a Pole, his Body to be quarterd, and the four quarters to be hung up where his Maj: shall think fit; and doe further declare all his E&s;tate to be confi&s;cated, and condemn him to bear the Charges and Co&s;ts of this Tryall. Given and pronounced in the Head-Quarters of the Army, under the Command of his Maj: of Great Brittain, by the Earl of Athlone, Gen: of the Hor&s;e, Prae&s;ident; the Lt: Gen: van Scravenmoere, and Lt: Gener: Talma&s;h, the Marquis de la Fore&s;t, the Heer van Weede, Comte Noyells, and the Heer Zobel, Majors Gen:, and the Brigadiers Churchill &amp; Ram|&s;ey,
<PB N="15" REF="8">Cornelius van Wouw, and Richard Uthwayt, Judges Advo|cates.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>A&s;&s;i&s;ting at Lembeek <DATE>the 11 of Aug: 1692.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Signed, <HI>Athlone.</HI></SIGNED> And lower, <SIGNED>By Ord: of the Court Martial. <HI>Thomas du Val.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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