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He saith, that my lord avowed the contrary, and 

 that my lord said, he would call them to an honour 

 able trial, and not use the sword. 



Being demanded, whether my lord thought his 

 enemies to be Spanish, &quot; bona fide,&quot; or no ? He saith, 

 that he never heard any such speech ; and if my 

 lord used any such, it came into his head on the 

 sudden. 



Being demanded, what party my lord had in 

 London 1 He saith, that the sheriff Smith was his 

 hope, as he thinketh. 



Being demanded, whether my lord promised 

 liberty of catholic religion ? He saith, that Sir 

 Christopher Blunt did give hope of it. 



JOHN DAVIS. 



Exam, per NOTTINGHAM, 

 Ro. CECIL, 

 J. HERBERT. 



The first confession of Sir CHARLES DAVERS, taken the 

 18th of February, anno 1600, before Sir THOMAS 

 EGERTON, lord Keeper of the great seal ; the lord 

 BUCKHURST, lord High Treasurer ; the earl of 

 NOTTINGHAM, the lord High Admiral ; lord HUNS- 

 DON, lord Chamberlain ; and Sir ROBERT CECIL, 

 principal Secretary. 



HE confesseth, that before Christmas the earl of 

 Essex had bethought himself, how he might secure 

 his access unto the queen in such sort as he might 

 not be resisted ; but no resolution determinately 



