House, Paget enter'd into Speech and Difcourfe with him of divers Matters; and at the laft, among other Things, he began to be inquifitive of the Strength and Fortification of Portsmouth, and what Forces and Strength her Majefty had in the other Parts Westward.

Paget broke out, and declared to him, that foreign Princes would feek Revenge against her Majefty of the Wrongs by her done unto them, and would take fuch Time and Opportunity as might beft ferve them for that Purpose; and faid, that thofe Princes difdain'd to fee the Scottish Queen fo kept and used here as fhe was, and would use all their Forces for her Delivery. That the Duke of Guife would be a Dealer therein; and that the Earl of Northumberland would be an Affiftant unto them; willing Shelley, whatsoever should happen, to follow the Earl of Nothumberland; affirming, that there was not a Nobleman in England of Conduct and Government like to the faid Earl: Saying further, that the Earl of Northumberland was affected to the Scottish Queen, and would do what he could for her Advancement.

That the Duke of Guife had Forces in a Readiness to be employed for the altering of the State of Religion here in England, and to fet the Scottish Queen at Liberty.

Shelley gathered by these, and other Speeches which paffed between him and Paget, that Paget had dealt with the Earl as a chief Party, and a Man forward in these Actions; and Paget confeffed that he came over to break, and deal in these Matters.

Paget delivered further, that the Catholicks would all join for fo good a Purpose; for that it would be a Means to reform Religion.

He said, the Stir fhould be in the North Parts, because Suffex was not convenient, as well for that there were no fafe Landing Places, as for that it was fo near London, where the Queen's Majefty would be ready to refift them; and that whenfoever any Stir fhould be, the Earl of Northumberland would not ftay in Suffex, but would go into the North Parts.

When Master Attorney-General had in this Sort laid down the Particularities of the Treafons and traiterous Practices of the Confederates for this purposed Invafion, then Thomas Edgerton, Efq; her Majefty's Solicitor, to prove the Earl guilty of thefe Treafons by the Circumftances of his own Proceedings, fhewed, that the Earl, knowing how far himself was touch'd with the faid Treafons, and in what Degree of Danger he ftood if they should have been reveal'd, found his only Hope of Safety to confist in the cunning concealing of them; and therefore he endeavoured to cover them by all the poffible Means he could devife.

And first, by conveying away of the Lord Paget, a Man not only privy to the Practices and Treafons handled by Francis Throckmorton, but also to the Treafons of his Brother Charles; wherein the Earl and the Lord Paget were doubtless both Confederates with Charles, made acquainted by him

with the Causes of his coming over, as principal Men with whom he deals in thofe Matters at Petworth.

The Occafion that provoked the Earl to convey away the Lord Paget, grew upon the Apprehenfion of Throckmorton, who being committed to the Tower, and charged with high Matters, was in Cafe to be dealt witha! by Way of Extremity, to be made to confefs the Treafons charged upon him; in revealing whereof, Charles Paget's coming to Petworth, and the Caufe of his Repair thither could not be concealed.

No Man at this Time within the Realm could accufe the Earl of thefe Confederacies, but the Lord Paget only, who ftood in Danger to be dif cover'd by Francis Throckmorton: The Safety therefore of the Earl rested altogether upon the Lord Paget's departing out of the Realm, which was. procur'd by the Earl with fo great Expedition, as that Throckmorton being committed to the Tower about the feventh Day of November 1583, the Earl made Means the twelfth Day to have the Lord Paget provided of fhipping, in all Hafte by William Shelley; wherein the Earl ufed fuch importunate Intreaty, and fent fo often to haften the Preparation of the Ship, that the fame was provided, and the Lord Paget embark'd by the twenty-third Day of the fame Month following, or thereabouts.

The Departure of the Lord Paget was foon after discover'd, and how, and by whom he was conveyed away: Her Majefty, upon good Cause taking Offence thereat, the Earl, being then at London, had Notice thereof, and of the Confeffions of Throckmorton (who began to discover the Treafons) camepresently down to Petworth, fent immediately for William Shelley, who coming to him to Petworth the next Day about Dinner-Time, met the Earl in a dining Parlour, ready to go to his Dinner. The Earl took Shelley afide into a Chamber, and as a Man greatly distracted and troubled in Mind, entered into these Speeches: Alas! I am a Man caft away; and Shelley denanding what he meant by thofe Speeches, the Earl answered, The Actions I have entered into, I fear, will be my utter Undoing; aud thereupon defired Shelley to keep his Counfel, and to discover no more of him than he must needs.

The Earl, morever, at this Meeting, intreated William Shelley to convey away all fuch as he knew to have been employed, and were privy to the Lord Paget's going away, and of Charles Paget's coming over, which was accordingly performed by Shelley: And the Earl, for his Part, conveyed away a principal Man of his own, whom he had often ufed in Meffages into France, and had been of Truft appointed by the Earl, to attend on Charles Paget, all the Time of his Stay at Connigar Lodge.

Mafter Solicitor, pursuing the Matters that made the Earl's Practices and Devifes for the concealing of his Treafons manifeft, declared further, that after the Earl and Shelley had obtained fome Liberty in the Tower after their first Reftraint, the Earl found Means to have Intelligence with Shelley, and was advertised from him of all that he had confeffed in his first Examinations

Examinations, taken before they were laft reftrain'd: Sithens which Time, the Earl, by corrupting of his Keeper, hath practifed to have continual Advertisements as before, as well of Things done within the Tower as Abroad; infomuch as by his faid Keeper, he had fent and conveyed twelve several Letters out of the Tower, within the Space of nine or ten Weeks, and one of thofe on Sunday the twentieth Day of June in the Morning, when he murdered himself the Night following.

By the fame Corruption of his Keepers, he fent alfo a Meffage to William Shelley, by a Maid-Servant in the Tower, by the which he required him to stand to his first Confeffions, and to go no further; for fo it would be best for him, and he should keep himself out of Danger. Whereunto Shelley return'd Answer, by the fame Meffenger, that he could hold out no longer, that he had concealed the Matters as long as he could, and willed the Earl to confider, that there was a great Difference between the Earl's Eftate and his; for that the Earl, in refpect of his Nobility, was not in Danger to be dealt withal in fuch fuch Sort as he the faid Shelley was like to be, being but a private Gentleman, and therefore to be used with all Extremity to be made to confefs the Truth: Wherefore he advised the Earl to deal plainly, and to remember what Speeches had paffed at his House at Petworth, when Charles Paget came laft thither.

James Price, by the fame Corruption of the Earl's Keeper, came to William Shelley on the Friday or Saturday before Trinity-Sunday last, and told him, that the Earl was very defirous to understand how far he had gone in his Confeffions: And at Price's Inftance, Shelley did fet down in Writing the Effect of the faid Confeffions, and fent the fame to the said Earl, who, upon the Sight thereof, perceiving the Treafons revealed and difcovered, and knowing thereby how heinous his Offences were, fearing the Juftice and Severity of the Laws, and also the Ruin and Overthrow of his Houfe, fell into Defperation, and fo to the Deftruction of himself; for Confirmation whereof, it was confeffed by one Jaques Pantins, a Groom of the Earl's Chamber, who had attended on the Earl in the Tower, by the Space of ten Weeks before his Death, that he had heard the Earl often fay, that Master Shelley was no faithful Friend unto him, and that he had confeffed fuch Things as were fufficient to overthrow them both: That he was undone by Shelley's Accufations, affirming, that the Earl began to defpair of himself, often with Tears lamenting his Caufe, which the Earl faid to proceed only of the Remembrance of his Wife and Children; faying further, that fuch Matters were laid to his Charge, that he expected no Favour; but to be brought to his Trial, and then he was but a loft Man; repeating often that Shelley had undone him, and ftill miftrufting his Caufe, wifhed for Death.

Herewith Mafter Solicitor concluded; and then Sir Roger Manwood, Knight, Lord Chief Baron of her Majefty's Exchequer, entered into the Description of the Earl's Death, and in what Sort he had murder'd himfelf; fhewing first, how the fame had been found by a very fubftantial Jury,

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chofen among the beft Commoners of the City, empannell'd by the Coroner, upon the View of the Body, and diligent Enquiry by all due Means had according to the Law, and declared, That, upon the Discovery of the Intelligence conveyed between the Earl and Shelley, it was thought neceffary, for the Benefit of her Majefty's Service, by fuch of her Highnefs's most honourable Privy Council, as were appointed Commiffioners, to examine the Course of these Treasons; that Jaques Pantins, attending upon the Earl, and the Earl's corrupt Keepers fhould be removed: Whereupon Thomas Bailiff, Gentleman, fent to attend on the Earl of Northumberland, upon the removing of Palmer and Jaques Pantins from about the faid Earl (who from the Beginning of his last Restraint attended on him) for the Reafons laftly before-mentioned, was by the Lieutenant of the Tower, on the Sunday, about Two of the Clock in the Afternoon (being the twentieth of June) fhut up with the Earl, as appointed to remain with him, and ferve him in the Prifon for a Time, until Palmer, Pantins, and Price, then committed close Prisoners, might be examined how the Earl came by fuch Intelligences as were discovered to have paffed between the Earl and Shelley, and between the Earl and others. Bailiff ferved the Earl at his Supper, brought him to his Bed about nine of the Clock; and after fome Services done by the Earl's Commandment, departed from the Earl to an outer Chamber, where he lay Part of that Night: And being come into his Chamber, the Earl rofe out of his Bed, and came to the Chamber-Door, and bolted the fame unto him in the inner Side, faying to Bailiff, he could not fleep unless his Door were faft. About Twelve of the Clock at Midnight, Bailiff being in a Slumber, heard a great Noife, feeming unto him to be the falling of fome Door, or rather a Piece of the Houfe: The Noife was fo fudden and fo great, that he started out of his Bed, and crying unto the Earl with a loud Voice, faid, My Lord, know you what this is? The Earl not answering, Bailiff cried, and knocked still at the Earl's Door, faying, My Lord, how do you? But finding that the Earl made no Anfwer, continued his Crying and Calling, untill an old Man that lay without fpake to him, faying, Gentleman, fhall I call the Watch, feeing he will not fpeak? Yea, quoth Bailiff, for God's Sake. Then did the old Man rife, and called one of the Watch, whom Bailiff intreated, with all poffible Speed to call Master Lieutenant unto him. In the mean Time, Bailiff heard the Earl give a long and moft grievous Groan, and after that, gave a fecond Groan; and then the Lieutenant being come called to the Earl, who not answering, Bailiff cried to the Lieutenant to break open the Earl's Chamber-Door, bolted unto him on the inner Side, which was done, and then they found the Earl dead in his Bed, and by his Bed-Side a Dagger, wherewith he had killed himself.

Sir Owen Hopton, Knight, examined upon his Oath, affirmed, that on Sunday laft at Night, lefs than a Quarter of an Hour before One of the

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Clock after Midnight, he was called up by the Watch to come to the Earl of Northumberland, who had been called unto by Mafter Bailiff his Keeper, and would not fpeak (as the Watch told him :) Whereupon the faid Sir Owen went presently to the Earl's Lodging, opened the outer Doors till he came to the Chamber where Mafter Bailiff lay, which was next to the Earl's Bed-Chamber. Bailiff faid to this Examinate as he came in, that he was wakened with a Noife as it were of a Door, or fome great Thing falling, and that he had called on the Earl, and could have no Answer: And this Examinate going to the Earl's Chamber-Door, finding the fame bolted faft on the other Side, within the Earl's Lodging, fo as he could not go into the Earl, this Examinate called on the Earl, telling him the Lieutenant was there, and prayed his Lordship to open the Door: But this Examinate having no Anfwer made unto him, and finding the Door faft bolted on the inner Side of the Earl's Chamber with a ftrong Iron Bolt, fo as they could not enter into the fame out of the Lodging where the said Bailiff lay, without breaking up the Chamber-Door, caufed the Warders who were with this Examinate, to thrust in their Halberds, and to wreft the Door thereby, as much as they could, and withal to run at the Door with their Feet, and with Violence to thruft it open, which they did accordingly. And when this Exanimate came into the Chamber, in turning up the Sheets he perceived them to be blooded; and then fearching further, found the Wound, which was very near the Pap, not thinking at the first Sight, but that it had been done with a Knife. This Examinate went thereupon prefently to write to the Court, and took the Warders into the outer Chamber, and left them there until he returned, bolting the Door of the Earl's Bedchamber on the Outfide; and as foon as this Examinate returned from writing of his Letter to the Court, he fearched about the Chamber, and found a Dagger on the Floor, about three Feet from the Bed, near unto a Table, that had a Green Cloth on it, which did fomewhat fhadow the Dagger: And after, turning down the Bed-cloaths, found the Box, in the which the Powder and Pellets were, on the Bed under the Coverlet; and faith, that the Chamber, where the Earl lay, hath no other Door but that one Door which was broken open as aforefaid, fave one Door, that went into a Privy, which hath no Manner of Paffage out of it; and that the Earl's Lodging Chamber, and the entering to the Privy, are both walled round about with a Stone Wall, and a Brick Wall; and that there is no Door or Paffage out of or from the faid Earl's Bed-chamber or Privy, but that only Door which was broken open by the Appointment of this Examinate. The Warders that were with this Examinate at the Entry into the Prison, and the breaking up of the Earl's Chamber-Door, and the doing of the other Things aforefaid, were Michael Sibley, Anthony Davis, William Ryland, and John Potter, and one John Pinner, this Examinate's Servant, was there alfo.

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