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The indictment was then read, which was in effect as follows:
"That he did conspire and go about to deprive the king of his government; to raise up sedition within the realm; to alter religion, to bring in the Roman superstition, and to procure foreign enemies to invade the kingdom. That the Lord Cobham, the ninth of June last, did meet with the said Sir Walter Raleigh in Durham-house, in the parish of St. Martins in the Fields, and then and there had conference with him, how to advance Arabella Stewart to the crown and the royal throne of this kingdom; and that then and there it was agreed, that Cobham should treat with Aremberg, ambassador from the Archduke of Austria, to obtain of him 600,000 crowns, to bring to pass their intended treasons. It was agreed that Cobham should go to the Archduke Albert, to procure him to advance the pretended title of Arabella: from thence knowing that Albert had not sufficient means to maintain his own army in the Low-countries, Cobham should go to Spain to procure the king to assist and further her pretended title.
"It waw agreed, the better to effect all this conspiracy, that Arabella should write three letters, one to the Archduke, another to the King of Spain, and another to the Duke of Savoy, and promise three things: first, to establish firm peace between England and Spain. Seeondly, to tolerate the Popish and Roman superstition, Thirdly, to be ruled by them in contracting of her marriage.
"And for the effecting these traitorous purposes, Cobham should return by the Isle of Jersey, and should find Sir Waiter Raleigh Captain of the said Isle there, and take counsel of Raleigh for the distributing of the aforesaid crowns, as the occasion or discontentment of the subjects should give cause and way.
"And further, that Cobham and his brother Brook met on the 9th of June last, and Cobham told Brook all these treasons: to the which treasons Brook gave his assent, and did join himself to all these; and after, on the Thursday following, Cobham and Brook did speak these words: 'That there would never be a good world in England, till the king (meaning our sovereign lord) and his cubs (meaning his royal issue) were taken away."
"And the more to disable and deprive the king of his crown, and to confirm the said Cobham in his intents, Raleigh did publish a book, falsely written against the most just and royal title of the king, knowing the said book to be written against the just title of the king; which book Cobham afterwards received of him. Further, for the better effecting these traitorous purposes, and to establish the said Brook in his intent, the said Cobham did deliver the said book unto him on the 14th of June. And further, the said Cobham, on the 16th of June, for accomplishment of the said conference, and by the traitorous instigation of Raleigh, did move Brook to incite Arabella to write to the forenamed princes, to procure them to advance her title; and that she, after she had