▁a ▁" re formed " ▁Catholic ▁plot ter , ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁taken ▁to ▁Som erset ▁House ▁on ▁the ▁night ▁of ▁ 1 4 ▁October ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁body ▁of ▁God f rey ▁( although ▁on ▁the ▁previous ▁day ▁he ▁had ▁claimed ▁just ▁the ▁opposite ). ▁He ▁said ▁he ▁had ▁seen ▁two ▁men , ▁including ▁Samuel ▁At kins , ▁secretary ▁to ▁Samuel ▁P ep ys . ▁At kins ▁was ▁arrested ▁but ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁prove ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁on ▁a ▁y acht ▁at ▁Green wich ▁( and ▁extremely ▁dr unk ) ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁and ▁the ▁Court ▁directed ▁an ▁acqu itt al . ▁Bed lo e ▁claimed ▁that ▁Catholic ▁plot ters ▁had ▁killed ▁God f rey ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁ste al ▁his ▁papers ▁about ▁the ▁depos itions ▁( note ▁that ▁the ▁witness es ▁whose ▁words ▁had ▁been ▁recorded ▁were ▁still ▁alive ). ▁He ▁changed ▁his ▁story ▁several ▁times ▁afterwards ▁but ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁L ords ▁retained ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁witness . ▁Perhaps ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁prompt ing ▁he ▁named ▁John ▁Bel asy se , ▁ 1 st ▁Baron ▁Bel asy se , ▁as ▁the ▁master mind ▁behind ▁the ▁murder . ▁The ▁King , ▁who ▁was ▁increasing ly ▁s cept ical ▁about ▁the ▁reality ▁of ▁the ▁Plot , ▁burst ▁out ▁la ughing ▁at ▁the ▁notion , ▁pointing ▁out ▁that ▁Bel asy se ▁was ▁so ▁aff lic ted ▁with ▁g out ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁hardly ▁stand ▁up . ▁ ▁Mil es ▁P rance ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 1 ▁December , ▁Mil