" And in order to add to
their terrors and hardships, as well as to find some pretext for the
further cruel and inhuman acts intended, an apparently groundless and
injurious charge was suggested to the imprisoned ministers aforesaid in
the following words. "You may also mention to them, that I have reason
to _suspect_ that the commotions raised by Bulbudder have not been
without their _suggestion and abetment_, which, if proved upon them, in
addition to the _probable_ breach of their agreement, will make their
situation _very desperate_."
XXXIV. That on the receipt of the said letter, that is, on the 2d March,
the ministers aforesaid did aver, that they were not able to obtain
cash, in lieu of the jewels and other effects, but that, if the goods
were sold, and they released from their confinement, and permitted (as
they have before requested) to go abroad among their friends, they could
soon make good the deficiency; and they did absolutely deny "that they
had any hand in the commotions raised by Bulbudder, or any kind of
correspondence with him or his adherents.
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