A brief history of the times, &c. ...
L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704., L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704. Observators.
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PART I.
- CHAP. I. SIR Edmundbury Godfrey did certainly Dye a Vi∣olent Death; and William Bedloe and Miles Prance took upon them to discover the Murtherers, and the Murther. p. 1.
- II. Why and How the Pretended Murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey was made a Branch of the Pretended Plot, Exhibited by Dr. Tong, and Titus Otes, p. 8.
- III. Bedloe and Prance swore to the Plot as well as to the Murther, p. 15.
- IV. Notes upon the Transition of Bedloe's and Prance's Evidence from the Proof of the Murther, to the Witnessing of the Plot, p. 22.
- V. Notes upon certain Omissions, Enlargements, Disagreements, and Contradictions, in the Evidence of Bedloe and Prance, concerning the Plot, together with the True Reasons thereof, p. 28.
- VI. An Abstract of the Evidence that Bedloe gave concerning the Death of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. First, before the Lords House, the Lords Committees, and the King and Council. 2ly. Vpon the Try∣als of Green▪ Berry, and Hill, in the Court of Kings-Bench, with Notes upon the Whole, p. 42.
- VII. How Prance came to be Taken-up; How he was Manag'd; With the Sum of his Evidence about Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, and a General Reflexion upon the Whole, p. 51.
- VIII. The Secret History of Prance's Condition, from December 29. Page [unnumbered] 1678. to January 11. 1679. and the secret Manage of him in the Pri∣son, p. 64.
- IX. Prance's Ill Vsage, with a Brief Account of Himself; How he came to Depart from his Evidence. The Bishop of St. Asaphs Com∣mission to Examine him; and several Passages clear'd in the Pro∣ceeding, p. 74.
- X. Why this History was not published sooner. Their Ways of sup∣pressing the Truth, as in the Case of Brumwel, Walters, Gibbon, Co∣ral, &c. and of Encouraging False Witnesses, p. 92.
- XI. Notes upon Bedloe's and Prance's Evidence, compared one with Another, p. 110.
- XII. Some General Touches upon the Character of Bedloe and Prance. and their Credit in other Cases as well as This, not forgetting Titus Otes, p. 116.
- XIII. The Relation of Godfrey's Murther, as it stands in the Narratives and Tryals, is one of the most Unlikely Stories to be True, that ever was made Publique and Believed, p. 132.
- XIV. The Extreme Difficulty of Reconciling the History of the Mur∣ther at Somerset-house to the Matters of Fact, as they appear'd in the Ditch at Primrose-hill, and upon the Verdict; The Reasons of that Difficulty, and how it might have been in some measure prevented, p. 153.
- XV. Supposing the Murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey to have been a Branch of the Popish Plot, (as it was commonly reputed▪) If there was No such Plot, there was No such Murther, p. 159,
