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A93606	A second beacon fired by Scintilla with his humble information and joynt attestation to the truth of his brethrens former declaration & catalogue, that fired the first beacon. Wherein is remembred the former actings of the papists in their secret plots: and now discovering their wicked designes to set up, advance, and cunningly to usher in popery; by introducing pictures to the Holy Bible: and by sending many young gentlewomen beyond the seas to the nunnes. Also, shewing and setting forth the misery of the whole Company of Stationers: and holding out rather a desolation to religion then a reformation; as more at large appears both in our ministers and churches, in these sad times, when blasphemy, negromancy, popery, and all heresies be printed and publiquely sold, in a most horrid manner without controll or punishment.	Sparke, Michael, d. 1653.	1652 (1652)	Wing S4818BA; Thomason E675_29; ESTC R203511	7,478	11

A SECOND BEACON FIRED by SCINTILLA WITH HIS HUMBLE INFORMATION AND JOYNT ATTESTATION To the Truth of his Brethrens former DECLARATION CATALOGVE that Fired the First BEACON Wherein is remembred the former Actings of the PAPISTS in their secret Plots And now discovering their wicked Designes to set up advance and cunningly to usher in Popery By introducing Pictures to the Holy Bible And by sending many young Gentlewomen beyond the Seas to the NUNNES ALSO Shewing and setting forth the Misery Of the whole COMPANY of STATIONERS And holding out rather a Desolation to Religion then a Reformation As more at large appears both in our Ministers and Churches in these sad times when Blasphemy Negromancy Popery and all Heresies be Printed and Publiquely Sold in a most horrid manner without controll or Punishment ACTS 19.19 LONDON Printed for the Author 1652. Obsequium Amicos Veritas Odium parit THere I left in my former Scintilla Sect. 1. and here I begin again to fire a Second Beacon The Lord grant it may give warning to our Watchmen the High and Honourable Parliament and Governours of our Commonwealth I write not for profit nor vain glory but for Truths sake which I follow so close at the Heels that I may happily be so looked back upon that I may perceive a frowning Brow an envious Heart or a malignant Eye But that which puts me on at this present is to attest a Truth and to joyne with my Brethren that set the first Beacon on fire and now by firing this Beacon there may be the more warning to find out the Plots and subtle dealing of the Enemy to the Government of our State and Reformation in Religion Had I had any notice of theirs I should have added one sheet of Paper to them for the more light But neither knowing nor hearing nor seeing any thing till it was publick I was silent Now having perused theirs I here begin to light mine Now theirs is out The first they begin with in order I shall do the same in a brief but short Compendium I shall only name and hint of some old Truths and so run up the Beacon and fire it anew that you may so perceive the Truth which this Beacons light discovers the full intentions of Papists and Popish plots to advance their Religion and to extirpate the Protestant Sect. 2. I begin with their first plotters of late years that thought to ruine at once the Protestant Religion and with an high hand then to bring in the Popish at one blow but that the Lord prevented and then I shall go on to shew their wicked intendments to this present These Plo●● were first put on by the Devill and he became a lying Spirit in bidding them go and prosper and putting into their minds these wicked Plots and into those heads that sate with their Holy Father the Pope namely of these their pillars in former time Doctor Fisher Father Parsons Father Porter Father Worington Father Palmer Father Lovet Father Fisher Doctor Bris●ow Doctor Wright Father Wood Father Lurtice Father Marfield Father Hiam Father Sweete Father Ployden Doctor Smith these were their great Plotters as Mr. Ward of Ipswich Mr. Taylor of Clapham describes for the advance of the Roman Catholique Cause and for the Plotters of the Powder Treason were these Sir Everard Digby Robert Catesby Esq Ambrose Rockwood Francis Tressam c. and so on as appears more at large November the 5. Anno 1605 in divers Books which are so well known that I need not relate them for God did let their mischief fall on their own Pate Afterward anno 1623. what flocking and running was to Masse Popery being then suffered too too much for the which many Citizens as now with others would go but to see Masse for it was as publick as in these daies and so Drew-a-ry their Priest in Black-fryers drew them awry where suddenly the House under them sunk and fell down and many Citizens and others thet went but to see as too many now do never returned but sunk suddenly down and had not time to say Lord have mercy on us of this read more in Mr. Gees Foot out of the Snare in this was no plot no powder but the Hand of God and these verses have I seen made by a reverend Divine upon the fall of these Vpward had we gone downward goes our foes False Doctrines weight fair Houses overthrowes Our English Pulpits Popish puddle bear not Our Chairs our Chambers overthrow and spare not But he whose never slumbering Eye did view The slight intendments of this damned crew Did soon pull down what they did think most sure Thy mercies Lord for ever will endure But for a Plot and all Plots to set up advance and bring in Popery let the Reader that desires to know or read more of the cunning carriage of the Popish party and their Jesuiticall plots in that learned Lawyers Books The Popish Royall Favourite 1643. Rooms Master Peece 1644. and the Hidden Works of Darknesse 1645. Who hath to his comfort by God been preserved and kept as Daniel in the Lyons Den and God that keeps Eels to live and thrive in the mud can and will preserve him safe in any place by his Providence into whose protection and under whom I know he desires to be protected But now to come closer to my brethren and to attest what they have written and to declare that which is too true concerning Popish Books and the growth of Popery and most poysoning and most Blasphemous Books as in their first Section they hint and expresse in the Catalogue at the end I hope this Honourable House wil pardon my boldnesse in all things that I shal write of that is Truth and Truth need not creep in a corner nor be ashamed to shew his face in any place especially and above where in former time his evidence hath been taken and was found Authentick And now in regard our Honourable Parliament have made a greater profession for Reformation then any heretofore and have by Declarations declared in that kinde their exceeding care in demolishing Images Pictures in windowes and burning some Books that have been Popish and Erroneous and also some few Blasphemous and Scandalous Books yet so many pass and such multitudes printed and those that vent and preferre them so slenderly punished or not at all almost suffer that I cannot forbear b●t could have wished I had been worthy to know of that my Brethren have done that I might have been worthy to have joyned with them But Via Recta in omni Tempore est Bona now I say they have moved me to prosecute the Truth for the proof of this and in it I shall be so brief as may be for I intend not to reap up the whole Rable of Deformation but help on to bring one stone to begin a Reformation and thus I proceed I pray take notice I am a Stationer and a wholesaleman and I so professe my self

Sect. 4. and have dealt in Books above 40 years for my self my first master when I was Apprentice dealt much in Popish Books and in the first year of King James reign spent his time in Stafford-shire at Worly-hall in binding vending and putting to sale Popish Books Pictures Beads and such Trash there I learned to abhorre Popery by seeing the grosse ignorance of many amongst them and ever since have made observation of their deceitfull and double dealing and the more in regard of the death of a loving friend that left me so interested with a Papist by which I did more and more observe their fraud But this I leave and to the former onely I adde this by way of observation In my Trading to divers parts I found how all my Chapmen were addicted and dealing with some in Worcester c. amongst the rest with one Francis Ash a Book-binder and ingenious fellow an excellent Workman a strong and secret Papist This man had from time to time written to me for divers Popish Books and I alwayes either put it by or evaded to furnish his Letter in that sort and he being an excellent Workman I employed him and got some friends to do the like for he grew so famous in Bristoll Glocester Shrewsbury Hereford and many places especially with all the Papists in Worcestershire and having got intimation with most of the greatest Papists was in a manner Agent for them got good sums of money and was greatly preferred of all for Popish Books Pictures and the like and found an extraordinary Trade especially to joyn pictures to the English Bible in 8 vo which pictures he had from Mr. Robert Peake who after went to Basing-house so that Mr. Ash after took a voyage to France for Popish Books and pictures for the Bible which the Papists so much extolled so that now the Papists of late will have Bibles in English and the Po●● cannot avoid it but so that all their sorts must have pictures and I fear Popish notes and by this means Ash grew into an extraordinary way to get Trade I am credibly informed there that in France he dealt for the pictures of all the Popish sorts and the most excellent as of Vandikes Draft and there bargained with an excellent workman Mr. Hollard to ingrave and cut them and gave a piece of money in hand to begin withall and they there were begun and divers proffers made of them since But after Ash came home having by Papists got a good considerable summe of money in his hand and the King coming to Worcester and the Parliament besieging it Ash fearing to be plundered flung the said money into a House of Office amongst the filth and after that Worcester was taken by the Parliaments Forces about 14 dayes he would trust none but himself who breaking open the House of Office undertook to sift his Gold and Silver from the filth by reason of which noysome smell he was suffocated and as I may say poysoned and soon after dyed That this is true many in Worcester can affirm But know this that Mr. Ho●●● goes on and is come out of France and lives in Covent-garden and at work on the pieces whereof about fourteen are finished Now Honourable Worthies look to have Popish notes to the Popish pictures and where you heretofore put pictures out of windowes from sight of your Eyes now look to have them in your Bibles to set in the Heart and so to have Popery rooted in you for if you will not come to them the Jesuites have a plot to come to you Honourable Worthies look in time how people swarme to Masses and the Gentry do send their daughters to make Nuns Look with your eyes hear with your Ears pity with your Hearts and consider O consider the grievous complaint and not without cause True Religion is corrupted and the misery of poor perishing Stationers overthrown and how every Pedler Hawker running Mercury now hath got the trade of Bibles Popish Blasphemous Conjuring Hereticall impious and slanderous Books and Libels to the dishonour of God scandall of Religion the decay of Piety and the disgrace of your Government Doe you not see Right Honourable Governours of our State you cannot chuse but see and bear a●● know how this spreading Gangreen runs quiet and vent blasphemous helish and horrid Books I shall not stand to Catalogue all for so I should muster an Army of them only I will name one instar onmium which is that Fiery flying Roll of Copps where heterms the Holy Bible the Scripturian Whore Was not one hanged in Qu. Elizabeths dayes for a Book not like that Have not I of late seen many Books that had they been published in the Bishops dayes how had a man suffered I know and with grief I speak it I heard an Anabaptist as he professeth himself affirm it to my face when I told him I marvelled he would print such a Book as he had then printed and how he could in conscience publish a Book so erroneous his answer was in these plain ungodly termes he got by it and well too I told him although a man got never so much yet he should have a care what he Printed his reply was thus if the Devill himself should give him or bring him a Book that he was sure to get by he would print it so I left him to be the Devils Stationer for I know none will desire that place yet too many now vend Books for him Oh you High and Worthy Members of the House you that sit at the Stern you are or at least should be the Watchmen of our Common-wealth as I doubt not but you will look to the swarmes of Ladies daughters and young Gentlewomen hurryed beyond the Seas to be Nuns Next look into Pauls Churchyard how many have lived bravely kept good houses invited entertained Clergy Gentry and all sorts to their Tables were able to give entertainment to men of learning men of parts knowing-men travellers strangers of most Christian Nations and able to entertain and welcome any and to give liberally to the poor and who so well respected in Court City or Countrey as Stationers knowing men honest men pious men men in name and fame of credit and happy were the strangers that travelled these parts that knew Stationers and now now now poor honest Stationer where 's thy glory where 's thy fame where 's thy plenty Alas alas in penury where as yearly came a hundred or at least eighty great Dryfats from beyond the seas with Books now four or five Dryfats serves where multitudes of people and no mean ones and all like Bees brought Honey to their Hive now it may be comes a Drone a Waspe it may be a Spider and all to suck from them I dare 〈◊〉 and I have heard it and from honest Stationers that have had brave plentifull Ware-houses full Shops excellently stored and able to fit any Customer and these have told me and I