CHAPTER XIII.

First Opening of the Regalia to public Inspection--Edwards appointed Keeper--Plan formed by Blood to steal the Regalia--He visits the Tower with his pretended Wife--Means by which he contrived to become intimate with Edwards--His Arrangements for carrying his Scheme into Execution--He knocks down Edwards, and obtains Possession of the Jewels--Fortunate Chance by which his Scheme was frustrated--He is taken--Charles II. is present at his Examination--Blood contrives to obtain a Pardon, and the Gift of an Estate from the King. 201