LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SAXCROFT. 25 



another place. One of the conspirators, Black- 

 head, contrived to introduce this paper into the 

 Bishop of Rochester's house, at Bromley, and 

 there to place it within a flowerpot in his par- 

 lour. 



Information was, without loss of time, con- 

 veyed to the Privy Council, of the pretended 

 plot against the government; and an order was 

 accordingly issued for the arrest of the Bishop 

 of Rochester. " It was," says the Bishop, '' on 

 Saturday, May 7th of this present year, 1692, 

 in the evening, as I was walking in the orchard 

 at Bromley, meditating on something I in- 

 tended to preach th^ next day, that I saw a 

 coach and four horses stop at the outer gate, 

 out of which two persons alighted. Immedi- 

 ately I went towards them, believing they were 

 some of my friends, coming to give me a visit. 

 By the time I was got to the gate, they were 

 entered into the hall; but seeing me hastening 

 towards them, they turned and met me about 

 the middle of the court. The chief of them, 

 perceiving me to look wistly on them, as being 

 altogether strangers to me, said, My Lord, per- 

 haps you do not know me: I am clerk of the 

 council, and here is one of the messengers : I 

 am sorry I am sent on this message, but I am 

 come to arrest you on a suspicion of high trea- 

 son. 



