Catalogue description Further examination of JOHN COPLEY.

--Examination of John Copley before the Attorney and Solicitor-General, in Mr. Attorney's chamber in Gray's Inn.--First met Mr. Cotton in April last on a Wednesday before May-day, in the afternoon, at Brittaine's Burse, where he spoke only of a gold tablet which Cotton would have bought of him. The next time they met was on May-day morning at Mr. Cotton's lodging in Fleet Street, when he offered him the tablet, but the other said he had no money at that time to buy it. Asked him whether he had seen or heard of a book which applied the places in the Apocalypse touching Antichrist, not to the Church of Rome but to the Church of England, to which Cotton said that he had neither seen nor heard of such a book. Amongst other talk, he told Cotton of a sealed box found at the Chapel door in the Court (which examinate had heard of from Mr. Fenn, his Majesty's porter). Cotton asked of its contents, (of which examinate could inform him nothing) and what had become of it, to which he answered that it was referred to the Lords of the Council.

Cotton also asked examinate whether there were no means by money to be freed from molestation by the pursuivants, saying that he would be content to pay 20l. for it, to which examinate replied that he knew no means but by conformity. Signed by deponent.

Also by Sir Francis Bacon and Sir Henry Yelverton.