[371] Stowe MSS. 168, 54. [372] This version of the deposition is interesting as being a form intermediate between the draft of November 8th and the finished document of November 17th. The passages cancelled in the former are simply omitted without any attempt to complete the sense of the passages in which they occurred. Those "ticked off" are retained. [373] Stowe MSS. 168, 58. [374] _I.e._, the Archduke Albert, and his consort the Infanta, daughter of Philip II., who, as governors of the Low Countries, were usually so designated. [375] "Nous avons bien voulu aussy par ces presentes, nous mesmes vous asseurer que ce qu'il [Edmondes] vous en a desja declaré, est fondé sur tout verité; et vous dire en oultre, que ces meschantes Creatures d'Owen et Baldouin, gens de mesme farine, ont eu aussi leur part en particulier a ceste malheureuse conspiration de Pouldre."--_Phillipps' MS._ 6297, f. 129. [376] Stowe, 168, 65. [377] Winwood, ii. 183. [378] _Dom. James I._ xix. 94. [379] 3^o _Jac. I._ c. 3. On the 21st of June following, Salisbury forwarded to Edmondes a fresh copy of this Act, "because in the former there was a great error committed in the printing." (Phillipps, f. 157.) It would be highly interesting to know what the first version was. In that now extant it is only said regarding Owen, that inasmuch as he obstinately keeps beyond the seas, he cannot be arraigned, nor can evidence and proofs be produced against him. (_Statutes at large._) [380] Stowe, 168, 76; Phillipps, f. 141. [381] Edmondes to Salisbury, January 23rd, 1605(6). P.R.O., Flanders, 38. [382] April 19th, 1606, _ibid._ [383] Edmondes to Salisbury, April 5th, 1606, _ibid._ [384] Phillipps, f. 150. [385] Phillipps, f. 152. [386] _Dom. James I._ xx. 52. [387] This is obvious from a marginal note in Coke's own hand, arguing that Owen must be guilty in this instance, as he has been guilty on former occasions, and "Qui semel malus est semper præsumitur esse malus in eodem genere mali." [388] It will be noticed that the confession of Faukes cited against Owen is dated two months after he had first been declared to be proved guilty by Faukes' testimony. [389] These are dated November 5th, 6th [bis], 7th, 8th [the "draft"], 9th, 16th, 17th, January 9th, 20th, 26th. [390] Thus, to confine ourselves to the confession of January 20th, with which we are particularly concerned, we have the following variations: _Tanner transcript._ "At my going over M^r Catesby charged me two things more: the one to desire of Baldwin & M^r Owen to deal with the Marquis [Spinola] to send over the regiment of which he [Catesby] expected to have been Lieutenant Colonel under Sir Charles [Percy].... He wished me secondly to be earnest with Baldwin to deal with the Marquis to give the said M^r Catesby order for a Company of Horse, thinking by that means to have opportunity to buy Horses and Arms without suspition."