(William), who assumed the title of Captain, was an infamous adventurer of low birth, who had travelled over a great part of Europe under different names and disguises, and had passed among several ignorant persons for a man of rank and fortune. Encouraged by the success of Oats, he turned evidence, gave an account of Godfrey's murder, and added many circumstances to the narrative of the former. These villains had the boldness to accuse the Queen of entering into a conspiracy against the King's life. A reward of was voted to Bedloe by the Commons. He is said to have affected the reality of the plot on his deathbed; but it abounds with absurdity, contradiction, and perjury; and still remains one of the greatest problems in the British annals. He died at Bristol 20th August 1680. Giles Jacob informs us, that he was author of a play called *The Excommunicated Prince, or the False Relict*, 1679. The printer of it having, without the author's knowledge, added a second title, and called it *The Popish Plot in a Play*, greatly excited the curiosity of the public, who were however much disappointed when they found the plan of the piece to be founded on a quite different story. Anth. a Wood will not allow the Captain the merit of this play; but affirms that it was written partly, if not entirely, by one Tho. Walter, M. A. of Jesus College, Oxford.