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THE Manner how this PLOT was discovered.
COlonell Morton marching before the protestant Army, and the two other Lords bringing on their forces with pu∣issant courage, they being come within the space of sixe miles of Dublin, Colonel Morton feeling the ground quiver under his feet, it seeming like dry ground, caused the Army to stand, and said, that hee feared that there was trechery intended against them, he therefore immediatly took one of their strongest pikes, and thrust it into the ground, to see whether it were hollow or not, the pike running in with such great force, and hee laying no strength to it, immediatly caused some of his souldiers to dig, to see what plot there was intended against them, and digging a yard deepe they espyed a vault, and great store of gun-pow∣der, whereupon the aforesaid Colonell caused them to retreat back, fearing that they had come too far, but not knowing how to discover the same: unlesse that some man would venture his life to goe in: where presently a young man stept forth, and spake to them as followeth. Noble Captain, to do you and my Country good, I will venture my life to find out this hellish plot, then they let him down, who presently espyed 6 men, they immediatly questioning of him, he answer'd