an Apartment in the Tower of London. /

John Preftall, Humfrey Barwycke, Edwarde Coiyn, and others, to the number of feven in the whole, by commiflion of oyer and terminer, dated vicefimo fecundo Die Febmarii anno quinto Reginae, were arrayned upon an indytemente of treafon found in Surry, the force whereof hereafter folio weth. Firfte, it is conteyned, that the fame Arthur Pole, and others named in the fame indytemente, as falfe traytors and rebells agenfte the queen's majefty, did compaiTe, imagyne, and goe aboute not onlye to depryve and depofe the queen, but alfb her death and deftruc- tion ; and to fette upp and make the Skottyme queen queen of this realme. And to bringe the fame to pafle, they confpired to raife and make infurreclion and warre within this realme againfte the queen. And for the further bringing of the fame to pafle, they agreed amongft themfelves to depart this realme into Flanders^ and from thence into France. And at their arrivall in Flanders they fhoulde publifh the feyd Ar- thur Pole to be duke of Clarence. And then ihould fend their letters unto the queen mother, the king of Navarre, and the duke of Guyfe, Signifying the arrival of the duke of Clarence in Flanders, and to requeft ayd, acceptation, and adherence unto their fayd intents. And to be better accepted in the faid realm of Fraunce for the bringing of their fayd traterous intents to effecte, the feyd Arthur Pole and his fayd complyces devyfed, that fo foone as they came into the realme of Fraunce, they ihould treate with the fayd duke of Guyfe, the open enemy unto the queen arid her realme, for mar- ryage betwene the feyd Skottyme queen and Edmonde Pole, bro- ther to the fayd Arthur. And to bring in an army of 5,000 men of the enemyes of our fayd queen, from the feyd duke of Guyfe, and with the fame armye in Maye next after to arrive in Wales, and there to proclaim the feyd Skottyfh queen to be queen of Eng- land : and afterwards from the parte of Wales to come into this X 3 realm,