and determined of all King
James' agents.' He is said to have been the chief instigator of the
Montgomery plot in 1690, and whilst in Scotland was arrested. 10 and 11
December of that year he was severely tortured under a special order of
William III, but nothing could be extracted from him. This is the last
occasion on which torture was applied in Scotland. After being treated
with harshest cruelty by William III, Payne was finally released from
prison in December, 1700, or January, 1701, as the Duke of Queensbury,
recognizing the serious illegalities of the whole business, urgently
advised his liberation. Payne died in 1710. As Macaulay consistently
confounds him with a certain Edward Neville, S.J., the statements of
this historian with reference to Henry Neville Payne must be entirely
disregarded.

p. 72 _The Fair Jilt._ Editio princeps, 'London. Printed by _R. Holt_
for _Will. Canning_, at his Shop in the _Temple-Cloysters_' (1688),
'Licensed 17 April, 1688. _Ric. Pocock_', has as title: _The Fair Jilt;
or, The History of Prince Tarquin and Miranda_. As half-title it prints:
_The Fair Hypocrite; or, The Amours of Prince Tarquin and Miranda_. All
subsequent editions, however, give: _The Fair Jilt; or, The Amours of
Prince Tarquin and Miranda_. The Dedication only occurs in the first
edition.

p. 73 _Scrutore._ Escritoire, cf. Sir T. Herbert, _Trav._ (1677): 'There
they sell . . . Scrutores or Cabinets of Mother of Pearl.'

p. 75 _Canonesses, Begines, Quests, Swart-Sisters and Jesuitesses._
_Canonesses_ are very ancient in history. The most important
Congregations are the Sepulchrines or Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre,
and the Lateran Canonesses. There was an old community of French
Hospitaller Canonesses of Saint-Esprit. Thomassin tells us that the
Beguines were canonesses, and that their name is derived from S. Begghe
(_ob._ 689), who founded the Canonesses of Andenne. There are also
Chapters of secular canonesses, nearly all Benedictine in origin. Many
of these only admitted ladies of the highest rank. The French Revolution
swept away a great number of these institutions, and some were
suppressed by Joseph II of Austria. Premonstratensian (white) Canonesses
were common in Belgium.

_Begines._ Either founded by S. Begghe, or their name is derived from
Lambert de Begue, a priest of Liege, in 1177. Some place their
foundation at the beginning of the eleventh century in the Netherlands
or Germany. After three ye