Excerpt from A True Narrative and Discovery of Several Very Remarkable Passages Relating to the Horrid Popish Plot: As They Fell Within the Knowledge of Mr. Miles Prance of Covent-Garden, Goldsmith The matters herein ddiovwrd are of a variana, hut all (y. Them of a moit'hlack and Wllainons nat111 e: jhme relate to the (plot 111 general, wherein you may perceive how fizr the dejign was firead, and how no [111111 Numhcr (to my knowledge) were 1111191 thereunto, and certamly the pofim muff he mofl virulent at the root when [0 many little twiggs were therewith infescied. Ion will find here (he/ides what hath he'i'n al ready dniorercd and proved by othe15) notice of a cmfed hand that din-ft re/olre to attempt the Sac frince, who lie/ides the Dignity, and the dread the Lords Anointed, carrier 111 Hes Perfon [itch charms of Sweet nefs, goodneft, Clemency and Indulgence, as 111ight/ztcurel1imfrom vio Ience even among]? Eleathenr and Savages, hut no Quality or Innocence is Armour ofproof again/l no Virtue fnfficient to (guard any from the A/fizflinations 'd]e/11ited (koman - Catholick. And certainly the hlurther if that Loyal protefiant-nfacgiflrate, Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, mat a thing /a hellz/h 111 it felj, and yet thr Gods Over-ruling (providence, [0 very confiderahle in its influence: to this poor Nations pre/lzrvation, That I am confident it will he 110 mean fatia fafiion to all good 'protefiants to he afcertained of all (01271 the [made/l) Circumfiances relating thereunto; which as far ao came within my knowledge, I have here freely and fiithfully [ct fbrth, without adding a word beyond the Ti'uth, out of prejudice, or any fini/ier end 5 or con tealing any thing fbr my own Reputation; For though to commit Sin he the greatejl of Ihame, yet ingenuoufly and penitently to confefs it, to the glory of God, and warning of our Neghhour, {a no disgrace, hat the greatefi Honour, and the beflfe'i'vice a feduced Criminal can he capa hle of, or ahle to perform. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.