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releif, and to prepare minutes, and procure records, vouchers, and 

 attestations, for the compiling of an exact history of the Waldenses. 



That negociation being ended, and having exposed an account at 

 my return of the whole transaction to a select committee of gentle- 

 men who were appoynted by Cromwell to examine particulars and 

 make their report, as appears by their certificat marked (A)*, regis- 

 tered in the council books, of which I have the original, I was ad- 

 mitted into the most intimat affayrs of state ; where I had frequent 

 opportunities of taking a clear view of all proceedings from 41 to 

 56, and so forwards for severall years. 



Amongst other intrigues, I was an ey and ear witnes of Dr. He- 

 wet's being inhumanely trepann'd to death (together with several 

 other persons of quality) by Thurlo and his agents. For instance, 

 one Dr. Corkor was sent by Thurlo to Dr. Hewet to advise him and 

 desire him on the behalf of the royalists, to send to Bruxels for 

 blank commissions from Charles 2nd. And when those commissioners 

 were come, was ordered to desire to bee employed by him to di- 

 sperse part of them into several counties and to keep the rest by him, 

 which done he was seized on, together with those commissions, and 

 condemned by a High Court of Justice, and at last cruelly executed. 



I was likewise privy to a design which was carried on by Sir 

 Richard Willis (whom Charles II. trusted with all his affayrs in 

 England) from a year before Cromwell's death to the rising of Sir 

 George Booth (afterwards L. Delamar) for giving up the person 

 of his majesty. At which time, the said Sir Richard Willis, by the 

 appointment of Secretary Scott, and one person more (Thurlo being 

 now out of employment) hired a great house called Weston Hanger, 

 in Kent, moated about, and situated for the purpose, and then ad- 

 vised and pressed Charles II. with all diligence to come for England, 

 and reside in that house for the better encouragement of those who 

 should rise in arms for his restauration. 



To this proposition the king readily consented, and the day of his 

 setting out from Bruxels (as I remember) was appoynted, and notice 

 thereof being given to Scott by Sir R. Willis, there were several 

 thousands of chosen men arm'd cap-a-pe, who had instructions to 

 place themselves round about in woods and as privately as was pos- 

 sible, and upon the watchword given that the king was enter'd into 

 the said house, to rush in and murder him and all his followers in a 

 hurry, so as it might never be known by whose hand he fell, which 

 was thought by the contrivers a much better method than formally 

 to bring him to a tryal before a High Court of Justice, as they had 

 don his father. 



Now the horror of this and such like designs to support an usurped 

 government, and fearing to have the king's blood layd another day 

 in foro divino to my charge, (there being no person but myself, 

 and the contrivers, and the cheif of those who were to act it, privy 

 to it) ; and calling to remembrance Hushai's behaviour towards 



* This paper marked (A) and entitled "Certificate of the committee for Piemont 

 concerning Mr. Morland's negociations for the protestants of the valleys," is pre- 

 served in the same volume, and is apparently the only one now remaining. 



