sassination and to give a report to the prisoner, and the rest of the conspirators, what they thought the most proper place; and that accordingly they did view the place, and came home at night, and met the company, whereof | sir William Parkyns was one; and they gave as account how the place was viewed, and which was thought most proper, and then all the company agreed to it. He says indeed, thatsir William Parkyns was not one that was to execute it in his own person, but one Scudamore was to be the man employed by him; and he did say it was a thing that was very necessary to be done, and would facilitate the introduction of king James, and the bringing him back again: And there is likewise this Concurring evidence of Mr. Porter's with what I shall observe by and by, that sir William Parkyns was to procure five horses, three whereof be was to mount himself, and two he was to send captain Porter to mount; and if there were further occasion he could procure more from Mr. Lewis, gentleman of the horse to my lord Feversham; and accordingly we have produced to you two witnesses, Freeman and Turton, the one a tapster, the other an bostler that lived at the George-inn in Holborn, who give you an account that upon Friday before the first day that was designed for the assassination, there did come three horses to town, for sir William Parkyns; but it being put off upon the disappointment, they were sent out of town again. Upon the Friday afterwards, the day before the discovery, then there were four horses brought to town, and a 5th was of Mr. Lewis, which was a roan gelding.

Parkyns. Pray, Sir, will you please to observe what sort of horses they were; and particularly the height of them, that it may be known how fit they were for this business.

Sul. Gen. I will do you no wrong, sir William, if I can help it. The Jury have heard the evidence; and by and by they will hear my lord's directions: but they do say there were four brought to town, and a fifth was sent, a roan gelding; first, the witness said the horse came from Montague-house, but then presently he recollected himself, and acknowledged the mistake; and afterwards said it was from Somerset-house. So there were the five horses, three whereof sir William Parkyns was to mount, and 2 captain Porter, as he himself says; and these facts I instance in, as making a concurring evidence, and very near to two witnesses to prove this part of the conspiracy.

Then, gentlemen, captain Porter goes further, and says, that he had heard (but sir William Parkyns did not tell him so himself) that sir William Parkyns had a commission to raise a regiment of horse, and was preparing so to do, against the time of the invasion, to join with the forces that were to come from abroad. To confirm which, we have called Mr. Sweet to give you an account that he had been acquainted with sir William Parkyns for three years, and that he had often talked with him

about the king, that is, his present majesty, whom he called the prince of Orange, and the little gentleman; and about king James, whom he used to call always king; and he said the king was to land very speedily, and that he had a troop which consisted of old soldiers, and that there were several volunteers that were officers; he said he was to take a journey into Leicestershire, and accordingly he went; and when he returned back again he said, the west and the north were very well inclined to the king's interest, or to that purpose. And to strengthen his evidence we prove, that he did go accordingly into Leicestershire, and we prove it by his servant that went with him, where he met with several persons, particularly one Yarborough, and a parson; what they did transact the servant cannot prove, but he is a concurring witness to prove, that he went into Leicestershire; and we have all the reason in the world to believe that he went on that errand that he spoke of before, that is, to meet the king's friends, as he called king James. And then there is a further concurring evidence, his having a regiment, or a troop, it is not material, whether it be one or the other; and that is the matter of the arms, 4 dozen of swords, 32 carbines, 35 cases of pistols, that were hid in the garden of his house: And these arms we have traced further, he sent them from his house to Haywood's house; there he thought they would not lie safe, and therefore sir William Parkyns sends for them privately; they were to come away at night, and be brought back to his house, and they were accordingly brought back in the night to his bouse, and there they were buried; and the same person saw them taken up afterwards, which brought them to sir William Parkyns's house, and proves they were the same boxes that were buried, and which upon opening proved to be these arms, that were first sent to Haywood's and afterwards brought back to his own house.

So that this, gentlemen, is a concurring evidence both to what Sweet says, and to what Porter says; and those are the two witnesses to this part of the treason, that there was a provision of arms and men for this purpose, which he said he had a commission for.

Now, gentlemen, against all this he makes but a very small objection.

As to the matter of two witnesses to every overt-act, that has been over-ruled by the court; and as to the arms, he says he found them at his house when he first came to it; and then they were old rusty arms, but of this he gives you no manner of evidence. But if they were there when he came to the house, how came he at this time of day to hide them, and secrete them? Why might they not be as public now as they were before he came, which he has had time enough to prepare to prove since the finding of them? And he does not give you so much as any colourable reason why he so secreted them. And therefore it is a most just and violent suspicion, that they were for the purposes that the witnesses have

was to have been assassinated; he came up indeed before both the times: the first time he was told by the prisoner, he had once designed to have used him in a business; but upon second thoughts he had compassion for his family. And when he came the second time, he was first asked what condition he had left his family in, whether he had provided them money. He said, No; and there upon he was chid: and the prisoner said, he might then as well have staid at home. All these circumstances, besides the one positive evidence, savour strongly of his having a great hand in the design of assassinating the king.

But then, my lord, as to the other part; his inviting the French, and preparing to meet them, that is positively proved by two wit nesses. Captain Porter tells you, that the prisoner was at the two meetings in Leadenhallstreet, and St. James's-street, where it was expressly resolved by all that were present, and the prisoner among the rest, to send Charnock over to invite the French to invade this kingdom, and to promise to meet king James at his landing with two thousand horse. He swears, That sir William Parkyns did particularly agree to what was resolved upon at both the consults. And Sweet tells you, that he had prepared for the same design; for that sir William Parkyns told him the king would land, he had his word for it; and he himself had a troop of old soldiers. 'My troop does 'consist' (he spoke it in the present tense; for it being a doubt, sir William Parkyns did himself that right as to examine the witness again, and he repeated it as his words) My troop consists of old soldiers, or is composed of old 'soldiers;' and he was to have several volunteers that had been officers.

My lord, these two positive witnesses are evidence that goes to the same species of treason, nay, to the same design, the raising a rebellion, and the deposing the king, which is killing him in his politic capacity; I say, these two go home to the same design.

And, my lord, this evidence upon this branch of the indictment, is corroborated too by very strong circumstances. There is a journey to Leicester, which Sweet speaks of, that sir Wm. Parkyns told him he would undertake: this journey it is proved by his servants that he did undertake: that he met there with several persons, and came back and made his report to Sweet of the success of his journey, and how well disposed the king's friends were, by which naine he always meant king James; for when he spoke of our present king, he called him the Little Gentleman, or sometimes king William, and sometimes, as the witness at last said positively, the prince of Orange: but when he spoke of the king, without any thing else, he always meant king James; and besides, he spoke of a king that was beyond sea at Christmas last, which could not be king William, who was then, and had been in England so long before.

My lord, the prisoner in his defence says, that

But then captain Porter tells you farther, how the design of assassinating the king was set on foot about the latter end of January, or the beginning of February last; about which time sir George Barcley was sent over with a commission from the late king James; which seems to have given great encouragement to that party of men: For sir George Barcley, captain Porter, and sir William Parkyns, with divers others, had several meetings at the Globe tavern in Hatton-Garden, the Nag's Head tavern in Covent-Garden, the Sun tavern in the Strand, and other places. And at these meetings they entered into consideration, what was the best way to restore the late king James to the throne; and it was agreed among them, that the best means for the effecting that restoration would be to kill king William, which they resolved to undertake; and at these debates and resolutions sir William Parkyns, the prisoner at the bar, was present. Captain Porter being asked whether sir William Parkyns, at these consults, did consent to the king's murder, he said they did all agree to the assassination of the king; and sir WilJiam Parkyns said, he thought it was very necessary to be done, to facilitate the restoration of the late king.

Gentlemen, this design of assassinating the king being thus resolved upon, the next thing considered among them was, how it might be effected. There were several ways proposed: One was by an ambuscade; for the king having a house in the country by Richmond, his Majesty used to go once a week a-hunting thereabout, and to return at night; and therefore an ambuscade on that side of the water, near the house, was proposed. Then another proposal was made to fall upon the guards on this side the water, and at the same time that the king's coach was to be set upon. And these two places being proposed, there was some difference of opinion among them; whereupon it was agreed that some persons should be sent to view the ground on both sides the water, which persons were captain Porter, King that was executed, and one Knightley: And so some days before the 15th of February they did go on both sides the water, and viewed the ground, and returned in the evening to the Nag's-head tavern, according to agreement; where were met together sir George Barcley, Mr. Charnock, and the prisoner at the bar sir William Parkyns. And there they made their report of their view of the ground; upon which both the proposals were debated; and at last they did all agree that the attack should be made upon the king on this side of the water, in a lane that was between Brentford and Turnham-green; and the attack upon the guards was likewise to be made thereabouts.

Sir William Parkyns was to furnish five horses, whereof three of them were to be mounted by men of his own providing; the

other two were to be mounted by men of captain Porter's providing; Mr. Porter, Mr. Charnock, and one Rookwood were to be principally engaged in attacking the guards. The number of men agreed upon for the whole were about forty, or few more, and sir George Barcley was to have a party out of them all, of about eight; and as those others went to fall upon and charge the guards, sir George Barcley with his party of men, was to attack the king in his coach, and by shooting into the coach to kill the king and all that were with him.

The time agreed upon for putting this design in execution was on Saturday the 15th of February. That day it was expected the king would go a hunting. And two men were planted at Kensington to give notice when the king went; and upon such notice these men were to march out in small parties, and to lodge in the inns and public-houses about Brentford and Turnham Green, upon notice of the king's return from the other side of the water, and sir George Barcley was to be in readiness to set upon the coach in the lane, and the other party to attack the guards.

But this horrid design was very happily discovered, which prevented the king's going abroad on that day; and though they were disappointed for that time, yet the design was not at an end: But their resolutions continue to make the like attempt when they could have another opportunity. And for that purpose there was another meeting, as captain Porter tells you, upon the Friday following at the Sun tavern in the Strand, at which sir William Parkyns, sir George Barcley, Rookwood, and Charnock, and captain Porter, were present; and they did agree to attack the king and the guards the next day, in the same place and manner that they had formerly agreed upon. But by good providence the king had notice of it, so that he did forbear to go abroad that day; whereby these conspirators were totally disappointed of their barbarous and villainous design which they had resolved upon, and had made such preparations to compass.

It is true, captain Porter does tell you, sir William Parkyns was not to be one that should be actually present at the assassination; but he was to furnish five horses; three of them to be mounted by men of his own providing, and two by men that captain Porter was to provide. And you are told positively that captain Porter, at this last meeting, did complain that two of his horses were fallen lame, and acquainted sir William Parkyns with it; and be promised to help him to two more by the means of one Lewis that was gentleman of the horse to my lord Feversham.

Then you are told, that sir William Parkyns sent to Sweet to come to town the 11th of February, and Sweet comes to town accordingly on Wednesday the 12th of February; and then he had discourse with sir William Parkyus at his lodgings; where sir William told hun, that because of his family, he would not employ