Citt. By good luck we have 'um all about us, that can any way concern this Question. And look ye here now.
Reflexions upon L'Estrange.
First, He calls his Abridgement of the Tryals, The History of the Plot, without mentioning one word of the Original Contrivance, the Preparatives, manner of Discovery, and other Remarkables essential to a History.
2. He omits Staly's and Reading's Tryals, which yet sure had Relation to the Plot.
3. In his Epistle, he seems to drown the Popish Plot with suggestions of an Imaginary One of the Protestants.
4. The amusing People with such Stories, is notoriously a Part of the Grand Popish Designe.
5. Whereas he tells us, that not one Material Point is omitted, most Readers cannot finde the substantial part of Mr. Bedloes Evidence against Wakeman, (P. 46 of the Tryall) So much as hinted at: Not to mention the gross shuffles, and Omissions in Pag. 77, and elsewhere.
6. He charges the Printed Tryals (in his FREEBORN SUBIECT P. 15.) with many Gross Incoherences, and very Material mistakes; yet Instances but One, and corrected too, as an Erratum.
7. When Our Posterity shall urge these Tryals for proof against Papists, how easily may the subtle Villains stop their Mouths, by alledging from this Authour that no heed is to be given to the said Tryals; (being so publickly own'd by a Person of his Note, and Late Qualification) to be guilty of so many, and such very Material Mistakes.
The Fore going Reflections Answer'd.