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The narrative of Lawrence Mowbray of Leeds, : in the county of York, gent. Concerning the bloody popish conspiracy against the life of His Sacred Majesty, the government, and the Protestant religion. Wherein is contained I. His knowledge of the said design, from the very first in the year 1676. ... II. How far Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Sir Miles Stapleton, &c. are engaged in the design of killing the King, and firing the cities of London and York, ... III. An account of the assemblings of many popish priests and Jesuits at Father Rishton's chamber, ... IV. A discovery of the erecting a nunnery at Dolebank in Yorkshire, ... V. A manifestation of the papists fraudulent conveying of their estates, himself being privy to some of them. VI. A probable opinion concerning the Jesuits, ... With other considerable matters relating to the plot. Together with an account of the endeavours that were used to stifle his evidence, by making an attempt upon his life in Leicester-Fields