[210] 7 State Trials 238–240.
[211] Bedloe’s evidence. Ibid. 242, 243.
[212] Ibid. 241, 245.
[213] Ibid. 246–249.
[214] Ibid. 249. North, Examen 250, 251. North’s account is as usual highly coloured, and contains at least one untrue statement.
[215] Bedloe’s deposition before the Lords’ committee. L.J. November 12, xiii. 350, 351.
[216] 7 State Trials 237.
[217] See below in Trials for Treason.
[218] Burnet ii. 191. 7 State Trials 183. True Narrative and Discovery 20. Brief Hist. iii. 52, 53, 65. L’Estrange alone gives the words. The fact that Prance was questioned about the periwig makes it probable that they are more or less correct. L’Estrange also says that the meeting was prearranged by Bedloe and Sir William Waller. Reasons for disbelieving this will appear later.
[219] House of Lords MSS. 51.