[261] Father Gerard (p. 98) tells us of one Thomas Coe, who wrote on Dec. 20, 1605, telling him that he had forwarded to the King 'the primary intelligence of these late treasons.' If this claim was justified, why do we not find Coe's name, either amongst the State Papers or on the Patent Rolls, as recipient of some favour from the Crown? A still more indefensible argument of Father Gerard's is one in which a letter written to Sir Everard Digby about an otter hunt is held (p. 103) to show the existence of Government espionage, because though written before Digby was acquainted with the plot it is endorsed, 'Letter written to Sir Everard Digby--Powder Treason.' Any letter in Digby's possession would be likely to be endorsed in this way whatever its contents might have been. [262] _Gerard_, pp. 95, 96. [263] _Gerard_, p. 106. [264] Salisbury to Edmondes, Oct. 17, 1605.--_Stowe MSS._ 168, fol. 181. [265] See _History of England_, 1603-1642, i. 238, 243. [266] Garnet's Declaration, March 9, 1606.--_Hist. Rev._ July, 1888, p. 513. [267] Father Gerard gives a facsimile, p. 199. [268] _Harl. MSS._ 360, fol. 112 b. [269] See p. 128. [270] As in the case of the merchant who refused to pay the imposition on currants, 'Bate' and 'Bates' were considered interchangeable. [271] _G. P. B._, No. 145. The words in italics are added in a different hand. Dunbar's name does not occur in the list of Commissioners at p. 24. [272] See p. 41. [273] _Gerard_, p. 179. I do not think his argument on this point conclusive, but obviously it would be useless to forge a document unless it was to be used in evidence. [274] _Harl. MSS._ 360, fol. 96. [275] _Gerard_, p. 170. [276] Salisbury's Minute to Favat, Dec. 4, 1605.--_Add. MSS._ 6178, fol. 98. [277] _Gerard_, p. 181. [278] An _alias_ for Garnet. [279] Salisbury to Edmondes, March 8, 1606.--_Stowe MSS._ 168, fol. 366. [280] _Harl. MSS._ 360, fol. 117. [281] _Ib._ fol. 113. [282] _Add. MSS._ 21203, fol. 38 b. [283] _A true and perfect relation._ Sig. G., 2, _verso_. [284] _Ib._, Sig. K., 3. [285] Morris's _Condition of Catholics_, 210. A Latin translation of part of the letter was printed in 1610, by Eudæmon Joannes, _Ad actionem proditoriam, &c._, p. 6. [286] _G. P. B._, No. 166. [287] See the express words ascribed to Bates at p. 180. [288] See p. 190. [289] Sir E. Digby's Papers, No. 9, published at the end of Bishop Barlow's reprint of _The Gunpowder Treason_. [290] The Saturday or Sunday after the octave of Corpus Christi, _i.e._, June 8 or 9, old style, which seems to have been used, as the same day is described as being about the beginning of Trinity Term, which began on May 31. [291] Garnet's Declaration, March 9.--_Hist. Rev._, July 1888 pp. 510-517. [292] The letter is printed in Tierney's _Dodd_, iv. App. cix., where there is an argument in a note to show that the part from which I am about to quote came from a later letter. For my purpose the date is immaterial.