A
True
account
of
the
Discovery
of
a
Barbarous
and
Bloody
PLOT
lately
carried
on
by
the
JESVITS
in
Ireland
.
&c.
SIR
,
THE
Massacres
and
Murders
committed
by
the
Instigation
and
Incitement
of
Popish
Priests
and
Jesuits
,
are
so
many
,
so
barbarous
and
Horrid
;
that
they
cannot
but
minister
Astonishment
to
any
sober
Christian
that
lays
them
to
heart
.
For
who
can
consider
without
amazement
and
confusion
,
that
they
that
stile
themselves
the
Society
(
and
would
be
esteemed
the
followers
)
of
the
ever
Blessed
Jesus
,
who
is
the
Prince
of
Peace
,
should
be
the
only
Boutefeus
,
and
Authors
of
Strife
and
Contention
in
every
place
,
where
once
they
get
but
footing
?
And
the
Prime
instigators
,
Contrivers
and
Actors
of
all
those
Bloody
Massacres
and
Butcherly
Cruelties
that
have
been
perpetrated
upon
the
Stage
of
the
Word
,
on
the
account
of
Religion
,
since
the
days
of
Ignatius
Loyola
their
first
Founder
?
Can
any
man
chuse
but
be
confounded
,
to
think
that
those
men
should
take
upon
themselves
the
Title
of
Christians
,
all
whose
practices
are
so
diametrically
opposite
to
the
Precepts
of
true
Christianity
?
Christianity
commands
us
to
bless
them
that
curse
us
;
but
these
men
curse
even
those
princes
,
under
whose
Government
they
draw
their
Breath
:
Christianity
commands
us
to
return
good
for
evil
;
but
these
men
return
evil
for
good
:
Christianity
commands
to
pray
for
them
that
despitefully
use
us
,
but
these
men
have
despitefully
used
and
barbarously
Murdered
those
that
never
harm'd
them
.
Again
,
the
precepts
of
Christianity
enjoyns
us
to
provoke
one
another
to
love
,
and
to
good
works
;
but
these
Sons
of
Satan
(
for
his
work
,
they
do
,
and
therefore
his
Children
they
are
)
provoke
their
simple
and
deluded
Proselytes
to
Murder
,
Treason
,
and
Rebellion
;
which
last
Instance
they
have
too
evidently
made
appear
.
I
doubt
not
,
Sir
,
but
you
remember
,
that
about
the
year
1663
,
there
was
a
discovery
of
a
certain
Design
against
the
Life
of
our
Lord
Lieutenant
(
which
was
then
his
Grace
the
Duke
of
Ormond
,
as
you
know
he
is
now
)
&
the
subversion
of
the
Government
,
and
Firing
the
Castle
and
City
of
Dublin
,
&c.
And
for
this
,
one
Collonel
Jephson
and
some
others
were
Arraign'd
condemn'd
,
and
executed
here
.
This
Jephson
had
a
Son
(
whose
name
was
Joseph
Jephson
)
who
was
sometimes
after
his
Fathers
death
put
an
,
Apprentice
here
in
Dublin
,
where
he
was
brought
up
in
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
had
his
Education
in
a
Civil
Family
.
This
Person
the
Jesuits
resolved
to
make
a
Proselyte
to
the
Roman
Church
,
and
then
doubted
not
but
he
would
be
fit
for
their
purpose
,
and
that
they
might
the
more
easily
gain
upon
him
;
they
first
screw'd
themselves
into
his
acquaintance
,
and
pretended
a
great
deal
of
Love
and
kindness
to
him
;
by
which
means
he
entertain'd
a
good
opinion
of
them
:
and
the
more
to
indeer
their
acquaintance
to
him
,
and
ingratiate
themselves
with
him
,
they
also
offered
to
help
him
to
a
Wife
;
which
was
indeed
the
only
way
to
gain
him
:
And
these
Factors
for
Hell
had
provided
one
for
him
,
against
whose
Wealth
and
Beauty
he
could
make
no
Exceptions
and
therefore
readily
accepts
of
the
Match
.
And
now
when
Jephson
thought
upon
nothing
but
being
Married
,
there
was
a
difficulty
started
that
he
was
not
a
ware
of
,
which
was
;
that
this
Gentlewoman
had
made
a
Vow
never
to
Marry
any
person
but
a
Roman
Catholick
;
and
therefore
he
must
either
lose
his
Love
or
Change
his
Religion
:
In
this
doubtful
case
he
repairs
to
his
old
Friends
(
the
Iesuites
)
and
tells
them
what
Obstructions
he
met
with
,
and
desires
their
advice
;
which
you
may
easily
guess
,
was
to
change
his
Religion
:
For
now
they
open
themselves
to
him
,
and
tell
him
that
the
Salvation
of
his
Soul
was
as
well
concerned
therein
,
as
the
obtaining
of
his
Mistriss
;
and
therefore
advised
him
to
hesitate
no
longer
about
it
;
giving
him
several
other
reasons
to
sway
him
to
take
their
advice
but
whether
it
were
the
force
of
their
Reasons
,
or
the
desire
of
obtaining
his
Mistris
,
that
prevailed
with
him
most
,
I
am
not
able
to
determine
,
though
I
rather
think
it
was
the
latter
:
However
it
was
,
he
renounces
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
declares
himself
a
Papist
;
and
now
the
Gentlewoman
may
Marry
him
,
and
yet
not
break
her
,
Vow
:
In
expectation
whereof
,
he
addresses
himself
to
her
,
and
gives
her
an
account
of
his
Conversion
,
(
as
he
term'd
it
.
)
But
the
yong
man
found
himself
extreamly
deceiv'd
,
for
their
arose
another
Remora
much
more
insuperable
than
the
former
.
For
he
having
declar'd
himself
a
Papist
,
they
now
thought
themselves
sure
of
him
,
and
were
resolved
in
the
first
place
to
have
their
designs
upon
him
;
and
now
an
opportunity
,
as
they
thought
,
presented
it self
.
For
you
must
know
the
Jesuits
in
Ireland
are
carrying
on
the
same
design
as
those
in
England
;
and
because
the
Killing
of
the
Lord
Lieutenant
(
which
't
is
strongly
presumed
they
design'd
)
was
a
difficult
and
hazardous
undertaking
,
they
agreed
to
make
this
Novice
Jephson
the
Instrument
of
it
;
a
Young
and
Rich
Wife
they
knew
was
the
Bait
that
drew
him
to
change
his
Religion
;
and
they
were
resolved
upon
the
same
account
to
draw
him
in
to
commit
this
Execrable
Murder
.
And
therefore
when
Jephson
urged
that
he
might
be
Married
,
seeing
he
was
become
a
Romanist
,
they
told
him
that
he
was
too
hasty
:
For
he
must
first
do
something
to
assure
her
of
the
truth
of
his
Conversion
.
They
told
him
that
he
had
done
very
well
to
come
into
the
Bosom
of
the
Mother
Church
,
out
of
which
there
was
no
Salvation
;
but
yet
till
he
had
done
some
noble
and
Meritorious
Act
to
confirm
his
Faith
,
they
should
hardly
believe
his
Conversion
to
be
real
.
They
told
him
also
,
that
now
there
was
an
opportunity
presented
it self
,
wherin
he
might
do
God
and
the
Church
very
great
Service
,
and
save
his
own
Soul
besides
;
and
that
was
,
in
avenging
his
Fathers
Blood
upon
the
Duke
of
Ormond
:
Adding
,
that
God
and
Nature
seem'd
to
have
ordained
him
for
that
very
work
;
and
that
his
Father
must
expect
no
Redemption
from
Purgatory
,
nor
himself
any
hopes
of
obtaining
his
mistress
,
till
he
had
effected
it
;
(
this
is
confidently
reported
to
have
been
the
method
of
the
proceedings
.
)
Though
this
proposal
did
at
first
startle
the
Young
man
;
yet
either
overcome
by
their
perswasions
,
or
out
of
a
desire
of
Revenge
,
or
(
which
I
rather
think
)
in
hopes
to
obtain
his
Mistris
,
he
resolves
upon
this
desperate
Attempt
;
which
was
to
be
done
,
as
't
is
said
either
by
Shooting
the
Duke
out
of
a
Garret
window
,
as
he
went
to
Christ-Church
,
or
in
the
Crowd
going
back
▪
or
in
his
Closet
,
or
by
Dogging
him
when
he
went
privatly
abroad
,
and
then
to
dispach
him
by
Shot
,
with
a
Horse
well
Mounted
to
bring
him
off
.
But
after
the
heat
of
his
first
Resolution
was
a
little
over
,
the
hazard
and
difficutly
of
the
Attempt
did
somewhat
discourage
him
;
and
then
it
pleased
God
to
open
his
Conscience
,
(
which
was
not
yet
quite
seared
,
)
and
let
him
see
his
own
rashness
in
undertaking
to
commit
so
Execrable
a
Wickedness
,
and
the
subtil
Delusions
of
the
Jesuits
in
alluring
him
thereto
.
In
this
perplexity
of
Spirit
,
full
of
Grief
and
Distraction
,
he
applyed
himself
to
a
worthy
Magistrate
of
this
City
,
to
whom
he
discovered
what
I
have
here
acquainted
you
with
.
Adding
,
that
the
names
of
the
Jesuits
which
put
him
a
upon
it
,
were
Pluncket
and
Pourn
;
whereupon
they
were
immediatly
seized
upon
,
and
carried
to
Prison
in
order
to
their
Tryals
.
I
hope
Sir
,
this
Letter
will
not
seem
troublesom
to
you
,
since
by
it
we
may
see
,
that
let
men
lay
their
wicked
designs
as
deep
as
Hell
,
yet
our
gracious
God
(
to
whose
all
seeing
eye
nothing
can
be
hid
)
dayly
discovers
them
,
and
brings
to
light
these
hidden
works
of
darkness
;
I
hope
God
will
preserve
our
King
,
Church
and
State
,
and
cause
all
wicked
contrivers
of
Mischief
to
be
taken
and
snar'd
in
the
works
of
their
own
hands
.
This
is
the
dayly
Prayer
of
Sir
.
Your
most
Humble
and
most
Oblidged
Friend
and
Servant
N.
A.
Dublin
,
Jan.
10th
.
1678.