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A40457 The vnkinde desertor of loyall men and true frinds [sic] French, Nicholas, 1604-1678. 1676 (1676) Wing F2183; ESTC R18403 96,064 260

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exspect from you in due time for my light in the triangle cannot be exstinguished But my lord may not innocent benjamen alone nor frindly Ruben onely but even Symeon and Levi and their complices against you heretofore have cause to blesse God for you here after may they all find in effect that you have the bowells of Ioseph to forgive and compassion at them and his power to deliver them and his faith to beleeve that God permitted their evil against you even in for●ing you twice away from them of purpose to preserve you for their good and that you might returne even this second time their great deliverer Prop●tious heaven and your owne good Genius my lord s●cond my wis●es and may your faith-full beleever see with his owne eyes the full accomplishment that ● may employ all his dayes after and all his labours in consecratnig to posterity your name with this Flogium of Ioseph the saviour of his brethren and of his country and of all the People and these are the harty wishes of my lord your Exc●llencies most humble and most devoted servant P. VV. Here is a glorious perciose of that famous letter good God what a faire flourish wee have here of magnificent woords and even nothing but woords vowes and dreaming wishes that will take effect at once with the Velleities of the damned soules of hell first he infinuats the great wisedom of Ormond in the house and counsells of the king and would make vs beleeve he will appeare like an other Ioseph and by the best of advises preserve the best of Princes our gratious king and all his people of soe many different nations of the Brittish monarchy soe as the very Brittish crowne is againe like to suffer an other fatal knock i● Ormond's divine counsells and adviles doe not prevent it what man can read these Magnalia without gearing at this fryar's folly he then say's may the catholicks of Irland in particular owe you a great diliverance as I can not but confidently exspect from you in good time for my light in the triangle can not be exstinguished Certainly the man have been in a pleasant humour and some jouiall exstasie when he wro●e these things but I see the spirit of prophesie forsooke this friar long agoe and nothing I am sory for it fell out according his proguostication for Ormond did quite deceave him in his hopes and astrean predictions and his false light in the triangle if ever it was in the triangle is shamefully put out for the people of Irland in stead of this hopefull deliverance owe to Ormond their downfall and vtter destruction He then speaks of beloved Benjamen of frindly Ruben as likewise of Symeon and Levi and their complices against Ioseph giving therby to vnderstand that the Catholicks sould Ormond as Ioseph'● brethren sould him to the Egyptians which is as great a lye as could be framed by a diabolick mind wheras Ormond if he did not sell the nation as Clarendo the Chanchelour did he hath at leastwise betrayed them in trust pray good F name the marchand to whome wee sould your Ormond tell the price wee had for selling him name the country he was transported vnto Now he comes to the bowells of Ioseph in Ormond O the mercifull bowells of Ormond in compassionating his countrymen It is true he had great power to doe vs good but turned that power to destruction carryed away by a spirit of rancor and revenge whereas you say wee forced Ormond away out of the country it is a shamfull lye but he himselfe withdrew in as much as he could doe noe good to the countrie as above said next you tell us he will become the great deliverer of his countrie O the great deliverer Ormond of his countrie and countriemen of the Catholicks of Irland noble Ormond that brought them out of chaines and bondage that defended them faith-fully against Orery Montrath and the rest of that rabelment of rebells when they had a contest before king and counsel that consoled them in their extremities delivered them from hunger and famin that represented to the king their loyalty and affection and made good to them the Articles of 48. O wonderfull deliverer of the nation Ormond the lying friar perclosed his letter with this great elogium and prayer That Ormond may prove a Ioseph and saviour of his brethren and of his Countrie and of all the people Change your stile idle and vaine friar writ truth once in your life and tell ●he world that thy Ormond hath not been a Ioseph nor saviour but the ruine looser and destroyer of his brethren and countrie and of all the people You may as wel prove crueltie to be mercy Hehogahalus was a Cato ●ticensis or a Pho●ion of Athens and that Messalina wife to Cla●dius was a vestal nun as that Ormond was a Ioseph to the Irish Let who please compare Ormond with Ioseph and then judge this friar apostatizing from all pietie and his order a lyar in calling Ormond a Ioseph Ioseph in Putiphar's house was faithfull to his maister contenent and vertuous Ioseph in prilon was patient obedient to Gods will and beloved of all Ioseph in the court and governement of Egypt was wise just humble and in noe way proud or arrogant if Ormond hath those vertues let those that know him tell vs. Ioseph was of soe great wisedom and providence as he prevented seaven yeares famin by gathering corne in time of plenty and selling it in time of scarsity and hunger to the people thereby preserving them all from starving wherefore Pharo called Ioseph the saviour of the world surely the friar cannot stile Ormond saviour of Irland or of the Irish in this sense he preserved none of them from famin but starved thousands of them by taking away their lands estates and bread this his crvel tyrannie and oppression of the poore makes them strick the gates of heaven with grones and ●ighes and cryes they all say aloud O Ormond cruel man thou hast taken away the pleadge of thy brethren without cause and th● naked thou has● spoiled of cloathes widdowes thou ha●● sent away ●mp●ie and the armes of pupills thou hast broken in peeces Iob. ● 22. Those are flatering friar the workes of mercy Ormond thy Ioseph have done the Catholicks of Irland this is the tenderness of his mercifull bowells towards them those are the effects of his great affection and care of them and all this being soe speake fa VVailsh truth and shame the divel what hath thy Ormond to doe with Ioseph thy Ormond I say a man of whome it is generally spoken and beleeved could never forgiven any thing that looked like an offence or injurie done him wheras mercy was the greatest vertue in Ioseph and his remitting and forgiving the injuries done him by his brethren who sold him over to the Egyptians CHAPTER X. Evident proofes of Ormonds deserting the Catholicks cheefly drawen out of his owne letter to Orery FRom the