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Together 10 folio volumes, including 1 duplicate, all disbound and each housed in a separate cloth folder.

The Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy concocted by Titus Oates that gripped England in anti-Catholic hysteria between 1678 and 1681. Oates alleged that there existed an extensive Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Charles II, accusations that led to the execution of at least 15 men and precipitated the Exclusion Bill Crisis. Eventually Oates' intricate web of accusations fell apart, leading to his arrest and conviction for perjury.

Includes:

• The Tryal and Condemnation of Edw. Fitz-Harris, Esq; for High-Treason...As Also the Tryal and Condemnation of Dr. Oliver Plunket. [iii], 103, [1] pp. London: Francis Tyoton and Thomas Basset, 1681.
• The Tryal of William Stayley, Goldsmith; For Speaking Treasonable Words Against His Most Sacred Majesty... 10 pp. London: Robert Pawlet, 1678.
• The Examination of Edw. Fitzharris, Relating to the Popish Plot. 18 pp. London: Thomas Fox, 1681. Along with a single sheet titled 'The Confession of Edward Fitz-Harys. London: S. Carr, 1681.
• The Tryals of Robert Green, Henry Berry, & Lawrence Hill, For the Murder of Sr. Edmondbury Godfrey. [iii], 92 pp. London: Robert Pawlet, 1679.
• [Another copy of preceding]
• The Tryals and Condemnation of Lionel Anderson, alias Munson, William Russel, alias Napper, Charles Parris, alias Parry, Henry Starkey, James Corker, and William Marshal, for High Treason, as Romish Priests. [ii], 53 pp. London: Thomas Collins and John Starkey, 1680.
• The Tryals of William Ireland, Thomas Pickering, and John Grove; for Conspiring to Murder the King... [iii], 84 pp. London: Robert Pawlet, 1678.
• The Tryals of Sir George Wakeman Barronet. William Marshall, William Rumley, and James Corker, Benedictine Monks. For High Treason, for Conspiring the Death of the King. [ii], 84 pp. London: H. Hills, T. Parkhurst, et al., 1679.
• The Tryal of Richard Langhorn, Esq. Councellor at Low: For Conspiring the Death of the King. [ii], 68, [1] pp. London: H. Hills, T. Parkhurst, et al., 1679.
• The Tryal of Edward Coleman, Gent. For Conspiring the Death of the King. [ii], 104 pp. London: Robert Pawlet, 1678.