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sir John Davis, and sir Ferdinando Gorge. Of which 

 number, though sir Christopher Blunt were not at 

 the council held at Drury-house, no more than Essex 

 himself was ; yet he was privy to that which passed. 

 Sir Ferdinando Gorge being prisoner in the Gate 

 house, near the place of trial, was, at the request of 

 the earl of Essex, brought thither, and avouched 

 &quot; viva voce&quot; his confession in all things. 



And these four proved all particularities of sur 

 prising the court, and the manner of putting the 

 same in execution, and the distributing and naming 

 of the principal persons and actors to their several 

 charges ; and the calling of my lord s pretended ene 

 mies to trial for their lives, and the summoning of a 

 parliament, and the altering of the government. 

 And sir Christopher Blunt, and sir John Davis from 

 sir Christopher Blunt, did speak to the point of bring, 

 ing in a toleration of the catholic religion. 



For the overt rebellion in the city itself, it was likewise 

 opened, according to the former narration, and di 

 vided itself naturally into three parts. 



FIRST, the imprisonment of the counsellors, bring 

 ing her majesty s royal commandment to them, upon 

 their allegiance to disperse their forces. Secondly, 

 the entering the city, and the stirring of the people 

 to rise, as well by provoking them to arm, as by giv 

 ing forth the slanders that the realm was sold to the 

 Spaniard, and the assailing of the queen s forces at 

 Ludgate. And thirdly, the resistance and keeping 



