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Show A true Re·rh ort 0'J'1 ' Doctor Lopez hiJ Treafo-n · -.--. . • 11 CounfeUer of the King of spam, 1n 1 I chriftofer~ lld~ro_, a prHlClp~o ez. was ~on, to the King of spai~t: spain: Stgnlfymg' tdhat p .~ e his Comrnandement; And re-d h t he was rea y to recelV . r f An t a ' fi h f: chriflophero Mora ln anl wer to one o .ceived a Le!ter,ho(f; t :da~~to Lopez.. In th; mean time, Lop~z, thefe, whtch ; ewbl e ) of a heavy wit,yet,indeed,fub uk though a Man (m fern. a:;c. 'PraCtife. And befides' as wily, as of himfelf, as one traWt ~~ld make him; Thought to prov~de . Fear, and Covetoufne e, co t uched before ) as many fbrtmg for himfe1f, (as was p~tly fd devife. If a~y of thefe Matter~=> Holes, and Evafi~n~., as ~ cdfi ft he to~k his time, to caft foah, fhould come to Ltg t. n ff.r ? her Ma ·eft as a~king her tht fome generallhwohrds, a fa: o m' tt_goht not by de~;ived? Whereof her fr' . J¥ et era Decetver h d ~e ton ' . . . h fe words tended to fuc en ' as to Majefty, (~ot tma~uun~]t \n this w;etchcd Confpiracy; But, o warranthlm, cooura y, llDifpofition bentrointegrity,and h ·re ofherown natura ' N h h hr t. erw~ ' d D'll'ke and Difallowance. ext e t _oug ' Stncenty,) uttere 1 1M' fiery in demanding the precJfe fum he had wrought a great. Y . fr 'with the fum of Ailignation, or ofsoo?o. CYowN:r, agreem~ J~ Idly and in th~t, grofitly, imagif? onatton,fr~m~ DonAnto;t~~ iliould accept the fa~e fum, he .mng; That~ ~fterwarJe good by th~ King of sp.1in~ul regard, he ,mought excu e tt,as rna ur Don Antonio: Whereupen, the delifred, to follow? a~d favo tied not to fee him a Loofer. ThirdKing of spain, was, In ono~~ r~r~~ when he was appofed,upon ly, in his ~onferrences, Wlth Fer be ~ou1d poyfon her llftt}~jiy' the particular manner • ?W 8 0 • Knowing that her 111a- ~e purpofely, nam:dr~n~o;~~'the{:fo;e, thinking> that would ;per.fotyv' e naenv hetg'rluh. f peot~tn ~,J. f!r his Jufrification, ifThings iliould come ·m any Q1!1l etfhhiosn ~ hile defirous aft1er his. prey, w_ hr ~c h h e ha d ·m But~ a d He dix:l infl:antly importune Ferrera, for the an-hope. devofu hr"e 1, ft. Di.f patc h • F.t n1,~4.m g ·the Delay ftrang·e ' andre- t!twereantt?ngg,,o t he t ps rao tef r ~ ( 10 ns,' ofhislteadineffe,tGdotheService,it he were affured of hts Money.£ G d. Avila into Engla11d> thi~ Now before the ~eturn, o ome~e Intelli enc«, with the£Steven Ferrera, w~s difcov.ereld, tofhh~s Traffiquge and Overtures:> ·Butfo asthepartJcuar,o ' d nemy' ' On 1 . ~ d there was great account rna ~' appeared not. e Y lt eeme ' he was corn1nitted to Pn-ofthat he manage?; dAnd thed~~£~~~nd brought Let(.ers,onely, foo.Soon after,arn,ve Gomez fF~ancejeo de T horu; Becaufe~ from Manuel L011:Jf, by the Name, o b other fide had a contra( as it feemeth,) the great perfo~s,od t e : t; by f o ba fe a . ry difpofition, to Lop~£>; And l~ke not~ :~ ~~lfr :~and employ . Meffenger ' but contmued thetr Courfcde, ~ ed till they , Manuel Louys hir n fce If.' wh o, I· n likelyhoo , wa. s retWaJOh kh' was not mought receive, a full Conclufion, from spa~n; hendecl' till about two moneths, after. This Gomez, was a ppre a~ A true R.e~ort of' Doctor Lopez hiJ Treajbn. at his Landing; And about him, were found the Letters afore~ faid, written in Jargon, or Verbail Cyphar, but yet fomewhat fufpicious, ia thefe words; Thh Bearer will tell ;ou, the prire, in rvhich your rcarles are e.fteemed, and in what refolution, we r,ejt, abo1tt a little Jl,f;u/z, and Amber"> which I am determined to IJII.y. Which \\' ords, the faid Jl..ftmuelLouys, afterward-s~ voluntatily confefied, to be defciphered, in this fort; That by the AUowance of the Pcarles, he meant) that the Connt de F11.entes, and the Secretary, did gladly ·accept the Offer of Lopez, to poyfon the ff2..1_!eoz, lignified by Ferrera ·s Letter; And for the Provifion, of Amber, and lVJmk., it was meant_, that the COIInt, looke,d fhordy, for a Refoiution from the King of spain: concerning a Matterofimportance; Which was, For b~trning of the !f!.!!eens ships, and another Point, tend:ng to the fatisfacrion, of their Vindicative Humour. But while the fenfe, of this former Letter, refred at~biguous; And· that, no direct parricular, was confefied, by Ferrer .J; Nor fufficient Light given, to ground,_ any rigorous examination, ot him; Cometh over ·Mamsel L011JS, with the Refolution from spaitz: Who firfr underfianding,of Fcrrerd,s Refrrai~ t ; and therefore doubting, how far things were difcoverecl, to fhadow the matter, like a cunning Companion, ga\re advenif~ment, of an Intent he had, to do {ervice, and hereupon obtained a Pafport. But after his comming in, he nude no halt, to reveal any thing, but thought to dally,and abufe> in fome otht:.r fort. "pd while th~ Light was thus in the Clouds, there was alfo intercepted, a .little Tick_et, which Ferrera, in Prifon.,had found meanes, to write, in care to conceal~ Lopez, and to keep him out of danger, to give a Caveat of flaying all further Anfwers, and Ad verrifements,. in thefe Caufes. Whereupon, Lopez was fidl: called in ~Iefl: ion. But in Conclulion) this matter beiJJg with all Affiduity, and Pollicy, more and more, pierced, and mineq into;, Firfr, there was won, from Manuel LQ11:Js, his Letter.r, from the Count de FHentes, and Secretary ']uara, to Ferrera; In both which 1 mention is made, of the &_~ee11s Death. In that of the Counts, under the Term, of a Commijfion; And in that of the Secret'.:l.ries, under the Term, of the Great Service, whereof !hould arife:! an univer ... fall Batejlt, to the whole 1Vorld. Alfo the Letters of Credit, written by Gon'kalo Gomez; One to Pedro de Carrera; And the other, ·to }tan Pallacio, to take up, a ft1m of Money, by Emanuel LouysJ by the foreGid falfe Name, of Fr. de Thores; Letters fo large, and in a manner, without Limi-tation, as any fum, by venue thereof, monght be taken up. Which Letters, were delivered, to Louys, by the Count de F1~enter own hands, with direaions, to fhew them to .Lopez, for his affurance. A matter, of Gods fecret working, in fraying the fame; For thereupon, refred only, the Execution, of the Fact of Lopez. Upon fo narrow a point, conlifred the fafety, ofher Majeflies Life ; already, fold by Avarice., to MalJice, |