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The Information of Francisco de Faria, Delivered at the Bar of the House of Commons. Printed by John Bill Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, the Printers to the King. London 1680. English. Testimony of Francisco de Faria, son of a Belgian Jew, delivered in the British House of Commons in 1680 as part of an investigation of a plot against Catholics known as the "Popish Plot" (allegations of a Catholic conspiracy to assassinate the King of England that spread in the years 1678-1681). According to the testimony, Francisco de Faria arrived in London to serve as the interpreter of the Portuguese ambassador after being recruited by a group of Catholics (among them nuns and a Jesuit monk) whom he met in Antwerp; during his work with the Portuguese ambassador he was given the mission to assassinate two key figures in spreading the plot. [4], 12 pp, 28.5 cm. Bound in a new Bristol cover. Good condition. Some stains and small tears at margins of leaves.