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plot or evade a cursed Plott almost ripe for Execution which
may prove fatal to this Province in general: I would not have
it thought that I absent myself to conceal any part of the Plott,
for God knows I am in a Disposition to make a full discov-
ery, if I dare to appear, but I apprehend my Life is in danger
both from the Court of Justice, and from those who employed
me in this hellish fact: If these Obstacles can be removed,
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and I can be assured of a free general Pardon for my past
Offences, and Protection against those that made me commit
them, by Advertisements set up at Marlborough & publick
Places adjacent thereto, I will then appear and make a full dis-
covery of the whole Plott: There is two Men in Goal in this
Provice that would have discovered this Plot long ago, but
their unhappy Circumstances confining them with those who
are Zealous for the Catholick Cause, they are obliged to keep
it a secret for the Preservation of their Lives: I can add no
more but must absent myself, till the Storm be overpast that
threatens the unfortunate
Decemr IIth 1747. Z: L:
To his Excellency Samuel Ogle Esqr
May it please your Excellency
The Reason that those Criminal Letters were inclosed &
directed to you was to keep them a secret 'till Measures were
taken for apprehending the Conspirators.
To
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This
Sir
How amiable is every Hour of your Conduct, and how
great is your Zeal for the Catholick Cause, which so mani-
festly appears in the Management of the glorious Enterprize
now in hand; which you have carried on with so much Pru-
dence and Conduct, that you have almost brought it to Per-
fection, which could not have been done without Virtues
hardly to be imagined, but It is your Discretion Affability and
Gentleness, are the attractive Loadstone, that has drawn the
hearts of such a Number of People to espouse this glorious
Cause, and to contribute so bountifully towards compleating
the Magazine. Go on, Noble Sir, in this great Work, that as
you by your Zeal, Direction and Constancy have hitherto
mastered all Difficulties, and overcome Impossibilities that
presented themselves in the Enterprize, so you may in the
End obtain a glorious Triumph over the Enemies of Our holy
Religion: Then will the Glory be ascrib'd to none but you, to
whom It will be most justly due: It now remains to return
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