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A36532 A Dreame, or, Nevves from Hell with a relation of the great god Pluto suddenly falling sicke by reason of this present parliament. 1641 (1641) Wing D2156; ESTC R29803 6,475 16

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and you my beloved Doctors in endeavouring to performe your best skill to recover my former health as also you my dearest children whose Sanctity we reverence whose persons we adore whose policies we wonder at whose power we muse at whose invincible Stratagems we stand amazed at and whose Wisdomes we admire neither can we but in the first place extoll applaud and highly commend you for your extraordinary care in advancing our infernall Dominions And we are also pleased of our infernall grace and favour to take notice of your great service done in working the dissolution of the last Parliament by which meanes nothing was effected for the good of the Hereticks either concerning the church or common wealth but thereby the Nobles of England were male-content the Gentry discouraged the Commons divided the number of our servants the Roman Catholikes infinitly encreased and the whole Realme of England mightily oppressed so as the successe of our designe was thereby no waies hindered Now my wel-beloved children servants Iourney-men subjects Allies all my well-willers whom soever if you could by any Device Stratagem Policy Money Friendship or any other delusive or sinister means study to dissolve or break up this present Parljament which would be the onely way as we conceive in our Diabolicall Princely Wisdome to breake the bond of peace vnity amongst them and thereby to move God to leave them to themselves you should not onely be enrolled in our everlasting Kalendar for our dearest children and Subjects but also be placed neere us in our favour for ever and then also to our great comfort our infernall Stratagem might speedily be executed vpon them our Kingdome mightily encreased and enlarged Therefore all you my deare children subjects attendants and Allyes who are willing to doe your best endeavours for the performing of this Enterprize we require you to be ready to take the Oath ex officio to lay your hands vpon the Book Whereupon with a generall acclamation consent they all promised to doe what possible in them lay to performe his request and affirmed that they all were willing to consēt to his demand therepon they layd their hands vpon the Booke Then Pluto causing his principall attendants to raise him a little higher on his Pillow proceeded on this manner You my loving Subjects who have stept aside and made your legges your best protection you also that are vnder the command of the Black Rod and you that much feare you shall be questioned this present Parliament and you my Iourneymen Patentees and the rest of my loving Subjects here present are you all willing to take the oath aforesaid for the breaking vp of this Parliament then they all cryed with one voice Willing most willing long live your Hellish Majestie I beleeve you said Pluto take your hands from the Booke I dare take your bare words Whereupon Pluto's great Counsell was called before his infernall Highnesse and being assembled together they all cōcluded that forthwith a Proclamation should be sent abroad into all places in great Pluto's name the tenour whereof followeth TO the Pope our right Trusty and welbeloved Sonne and all the Iesuiticall Rabble our adopted Children to the Spaniard Italian French Dutch or what Nation people or in what parts soever this shall come these are to give notice that whosoever can by any fraud friendship money or any other means whatsoever dissolve breake vp this present Parliament That thereby great Pluto may recover not onely his former health but that his Kingdomes and Dominions may also be enlarged he sh●ll for so memorable an Act be seated in place of Iudicature with his chiefe Iustice Rhadamantus or next to Pluto himselfe and forthwith be made Vice-Roy of Hell prince of this world Arch-Duke of Styx Acheron Phlegeton Marquesse of Coeytus and Lethe and sole Commander vnder him of all Infernall Spirits and Furies And herevnto we the sayd Grand Pluto have set our Hand and Seale Royall in the presence of all our Children Friends and servants aforenamed This being proclaimed with thundring Drums and sound of Trumpets awaked the honest Country-man who having seen and observed in his Dreame all these passages and occurrents lay for a while as it were in a trance trembling and in a great extasie at last recollecting his senses he arose and going from his chamber to goe about his businesse he met by chance with two of his owne Countrey-men who had beene a long time encombred with Law-suites vnto whom he related this his Dreame with all the passages aforesaid whereat they wondering and much astonished desired him to deliver vnto them a Copie thereof in writing which he promised and performed the next day following FINIS