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A95952	Brittish lightning or suddaine tumults, in England, Scotland and Ireland; to warne the united Provinces to understand the dangers, and the causes thereof: to defend those amongest us, from being partakers of their plagues. Cujus aures clausæ sunt veritati, ut ab amico verum audire nequeat, hujus salus desperanda est. The safety of that man, is hopelesse, we, may feare, that stopps his eares against his friend, and will the truth not heare. Mors est servitute potior. Grim-death's fierce pangs, are rather to be sought; than that we should to Babels-yoke, be brought. VVritten first in lowe-dutch by G. L. V. and translated for the benefit of Brittaine.; Britannischen blixem. English	G. L. V.	1643 (1643)	Wing V5; Thomason E96_21; ESTC R20598	42,972	73

Brittish LIGHTNING OR Suddaine tumults in England Scotland and Ireland to warne the united Provinces to understand the dangers and the causes thereof to defend those amongest us from being partakers of their plagues Cujus aures clausae sunt veritati ut ab amico verum audire nequeat hujus salus desperanda est The safety of that man is hopelesse we may feare That stopps his eares against his friend and will the truth not heare Mors est servitute potior Grim-death's fierce pangs are rather to be sought Than that we should to Babels-yoke be brought VVritten first in lowe-dutch by G. L. V. and translated for the benefit of Brittaine Printed in the yeare 1643. The Translator to all his loving Countriemen EXperience teacheth that a skilfull physitian standing by beholding a patient and asking him of his paines and order of his bodie findeth the nature of the disease sooner than the partye himselfe that groaneth vnder the burden of it The same we finde often times in cases Ecclesiasticall and Politicall we can sooner see an others blemish than our owne imperfections The reason is becaus mankind is generallie negligent in self-examination I must ingenuously confesse I can not say so of the author of this dialogue the verie cause of his publishing it witnesseth the contrarie and proveth him what soever he be by calling a feeling member of his owne bodie and a good freind to his neighbours For though I have sene manie excellent remonstrances resolutions of questions c published by the High court of Parlament in England whom I take to be vnder God the Physitian of the land and their well-willers which have most exactly layd out the sicknesse of their body with the causes and cure which must have the preheminence yet so soone as I first began to read this considering that it is the worke of a stranger and composed in a method and style most pleasing to some capacities I thought it might helpe to the information of my poore Countriemen in the estate of their bodie politicke that knowing their disease they might being humbled for their sin which is the cause flye unto him for cure who changeth the times and seasons shaketh the mountaines and maketh the earth to tremble and the great ones to hide them selves when he is angrie who maketh the warres to cease and sendeth peace into the habitation of the righteous If in the publishing hereof I shall doe my Country anie profitable service I shal be bound to give God thankes for his mercie and the acceptation of it shal be my reward In the meane time whither this profit or no my prayers shal be incessantly to the Lord that England may not be a seate of warre but that therein may flourish the Gospell of peace which bringeth downe the loftie spirits of men making the wolfe to dwell with the lambe the leopard to lye down with the kid and the calse and the young lyon and the fatling together and a little child to lead them c. Isa 11 6. yea causeth them to beat their swordes into plowshares and their speares into pruning hookes Isa 2. 4. c and that he who is the King of Kings Lord of Lords by whom Kings raign Princes Rev. 19 16 Pro. 8 15 Pro. 24 1 decree Justice who hath their hearts in his hand turning them as the rivers of water which way soever it pleaseth him would be pleased to make the King a nursing father and the Queen a nursing mother unto Isa 49 23. his Israel Holland this 20 of the first moneth according to our new computation 1643. The AUTHOR To the READER MY Lords and you the honest Inhabitants of the united Provinces That star with a tail seen in the year 1618. was a warning and type of a rod that should come over all Christendome whereupon followed those bloody effects those horrible warrs lamentable wastings barbarous destructions of countreys and cities the ruine of so many costly buildings of so many gentle men so many inhabitants men and women young and old in Germanie And ô that we could yet see the end the bottome of the cup of indignation but the rodd flourisheth still the destroyer is yet busie the hand of God is stretched out still there is yet too much chaffe to hang away the fanne the silver is yet too unclean to blow out the refyneing fire The inhabitants and those that are fled from Germany must by the weight of their miseries and plagues be brought to a better minde to farther reformation to a greater feeling of and sorrow for their past and present sins before there can be any hope that the rod of Gods wrath wherewith they are now oppressed shall be cast into the fire That earthquake not long since felt in the year 1640. was a token of great commotions and mighty shakings of the Kingdomes of the earth for a little before and shortly thereupon was concluded the revolt of Cathalonia the falling-off of Portugale the stirres in Scotland the rebellion of the Ireish those civill uncivill warres great alterations unexpected tumults in England amongst which none more neare none more fearfull and dangerous to us than the rebellion of Ireland which had its originall and rize in England from the great ones from the Papists from the enemies of our religion and state seconded by our deadly enemie the King of Spaine plotted by the Jesuits executed by the barbarous Ireish who are already growne such profitiens in the schole of those murdering Iesuits that they according to their disposition and counsell strive for the prize who can invent the cruellest manner of torments for the Protestants cutting of their privie-members eares fingers handes boareing out their eyes stripping some wives naked and that in the presence of their husbandes and bruitishly abuseing others ripping infants out of their mothers wombe and presently dashing them against the stones exerciseing many other cruelties which are published and dispersed farre and neere in print to the amasement of all men upon our fellow-members that are of the same covenant and faith with us Doe not then these miseries touch us which are executed on our bodie and that so neere yea the civill warres in England are yet more dangerous for us where the friends members citizens inhabitants subjects of one Kingdome professors of one faith Manasse and Ephraim strive one against an other They there are our confederates bretheren friends antient assistants neerest neighbours There wrestleth the King against his subjects the head against the members the master against his servants There the defender is become a Spoiller the Sheepherd a destroyer Eden an Adamah Cunaan a wildernes There a long-lasting misse-used peace is changed into an unexpected wasting warre There may we now see worne in the place of plush velvet silkes sattines costly apparrell chaines of gold and pearle harnasse swordes bandaleers musquets There may we beare now in stead of Luxurious wantonnesse danceing masking viols fluits harpes

in rest E. Our fear is not without reason for now of late souldiers and officers which are and remain in the service of the Land and hold their gages here with much ammunition out of the Magazines of the land have bin sent to the King at the request of the Queen with knowledge of those from where the man is now lost What is this els but to give the knife to cut our own throats yours for which we have cause to protest before God and the world and call for vengeance thereupon This exceedingly distracted our Nation that they have not so much favour shewed them as the Scots with whom they have not so handled N. If it be so you have reason to be distracted we have also as great cause for in so doing we disfurnish our selves of amunition and men that we might be the more easily fallen upon To do so is the head and if the commons should know it it would not go wel with them I cannot receave it that the governours would trouble themselves herewith for though there were many slaves among the Lords yet there be many good cities that would take it upon them E. You judge well for they of Holland take it exceedingly on them have well received the messengers of the Parliament at their intreaty have arrested divers ships with amunition that would go to the King notwithstanding the deep protestations of the Queen against it they also will that those shall be sought for that have sent away the former amunition without their knowledge yea they presse this point so far that they have sent a message to them of Zealand to be one with them in this point and other points tending to the maintainance of the freedom of the Land which is there also exceedingly wel taken up and concluded to the conten●ment of those of Holland although it were there stoutly strugled against God graunt that the Provinces may understand it so likewise N. Sir whence heard you all this you must have listned with a curious ear you tell me here choice tydings God must be praised for the zeal of the honorable States of Holland this is a token that there must be yet many good Lords there God make their nomber tenfold more and so incourage them that neither by promises nor deceipts they may be won to desist from this good begun work their reward shall be with God and all good inhabitants shal carry them upon their hands and with them adventure all for the freedom E. We doubt not of the affection of the Commons but they know not many times that their safety dependeth upon ours and that this doing is not for us alone but for them also But the Governours see this well and therefore we hope that they shall be for us as for themselves as it is also very needfull for the Queen doth not cease to be on his Highnes ear to ingage himself and assist her with men and mony for the Marriage sake yea she regardeth not to write to the King that the Prince hath afforded her all help in this thing already which must be receaved with discretion for she can write that to animate the King although there be nothing of it such practises go through the world she pawneth still daily the Iewels of the Kingdom knoweth how to send officers privately with amunition to the King which by little and little through the wonderfull providence of GOD falleth into the Parliaments hand by which all her designes are discovered like as GOD from time to time hath brought to light all enterprises against the Parliament GOD graunt it may be alwayes so N. All good men are with his Highnes exceedingly perplexed who by this Marriage is in a great streyt on the one side he would willingly give content to the Queen and the King being so neer bound unto them by aliance in regard of his son on the other side the best governours and body of the inhabitants incline to the Parliament whose good wil doth most concern his Highnes for therwith he must keep house God give his Highnes wisdom that he sail not against the stream to ingage himself farther with them that no farther diseases or unquietnes come upon us and England But tell me how it goeth forward with the Kings matters E. I have gotten even now a Letter from England that the Earle of Essex with the Leager is marched towards the King first to desire his Majesty by request to be pleased to joyn himself to his Parliament and in case of refusall to see if he can free his Majesty from his bad counsillers with so little blood shed as he can N. But I hear that the King hath also a mighty leager besides that he gets the Papists dayly to his assistance yea that he himself hath called them to aide him Tell me once what there is concerning that for that should manifestly oppugne all his former deep protestations wherein he hath many times cal'd God to witnesse and thereby should before GOD and the whole world make himself a perjured person justifie the Parliament in their proceedings and let every one see that they intend nothing but the suppression of the freedoms of the kingdom and the Religion E. That is certain that the papists who were disarmed by order from the Parliament have at their request received expresse order from his Majesty to arme themselves for his and their own defence N. But we wonder that the Parliament hath so long delayed they might long before this time have more easily beset the King when he had but 2. or 300. men with him now it will cost much blood spoil England E. The Parliament have taken the mildest way and alwayes hoped by humble messages supplications and high presentations to the King to mollifie him open his eies and bring him again unto them Now they can manifest to all the common people and before the whole World that they are brought by the greatest necessity to the last remedy of open war against their King and are free from all the innocent blood N. The Parliament sheweth themselves to be right fathers of their country that seek to content their inhabitants so much as they can GOD give them wisdom and courage to do all things according to justice and right in sincerity before GOD for his holy truth to the rooting out of papacy and then they need not fear but GOD will further his own cause E. This the Parliament Lords of both Houses have professed with high and deep oaths and all their actions also manifest the same But they about the King shew that they have sworn the destruction of the whole Kingdome for they do nothing but pilledge and steal and especially from the best inhabitants and such as are known and commended for their godlinesse whom they have upon a roll not to passe by their houses before that like a company of ungodly persons they have turned all things upside down

and like barbarous men have handled the men and women and children So that 't is to be feared if these blood thirsty persons should once get the upper hand and effect their designe there would follow as bloody dayes as in the time of Mary N. In truth the estate of your kingdome and church is exceeding pittifull it is wholy a popish work the LORD go forth with the Parliaments Leager bring to shame such blood thirsty men have you not heard whither any thing hath passed between the two Leaguers E. I got even now writings that the 2 Leaguers are on each other that there hath bin a fierce battail yea with great advantage for the King seing that 2. Regiments of the Parliament presently took flight but the Earle of Essex with some other assistance fell on with new courage and have after a bloody fight put the kings folk to a retreat and with honor and advantage kept the field so that on the kings side well 3000. and amongst them many great ones were slaine and on the Parliaments side but about 400. God the Lord fought for them N. This was a bloody beginning God stay this fury heale the wound appease the quarrels and change the wa●r into peace E. There is little signe of it for the King seemeth rather to be a king of a pillaged people wasted country than that he should study to agree with the Parliament to the reforming of the Kingdome yea since this battail his folke and especially Prince Robert have to the great distast of the English who have bin so tender hearted of their troubles more and more inraged plundered Banbury and some other places and used the people most shamefully and so they approached close towards the city of London with their leaguer there to share the best boote if they could but get it N. There must then needs have been great feare in London E. You may wel thinke that but there was good order held in all places within and without the Citie watch set at all passages and ordnance planted besides this the Earle of Warwicke is on foot with a new leager to joyne with the Earle of Essex and then apparantly to fall againe upon the kings leaguer God graunt that we may heare good newes I must goe about my businesse we must breake off till a better oppertunitie N. One word more is there no more hope af an accommodation E. Those that now speake of an agreement in the Parliament are fearfull hearted men and it may be also many of them not true hearted enough the busines is goen too farr not with standing seing many have good hope to bring the king to a good agreemēt therfore the good members of both houses to give unto his Majestie full measure have againe nominated certaine persons to deliver a request to his Majestie tending to peace and agreement and ther upon some intercessons begun but they in the meane time fell upon the Parliaments troopes and occasioned new blood shed contrary to all protestations and so all proved fruitelesse and now all things are made ready in London to adventure the utmost for the religion and libertie The people are full of courage alla like willing to pawne their lives upon it and a new bloudy battaile is spoken of the Lord fight for his E. Well is the cause so exceeding pittifull how shall we answere it before God that we take no more compassion upon you God shall see and search it that we are now so carelesse knowing nothing but of divellish masking ungodly and wanton ballades and daunces superfluous meals wherwith we dayly pamper our selvs as on afeast day and the queene of England with our greatones cā make themselves merry with these in this time of sorrow as if this misery concerned thē not how can it goe well with them and us is it now your turne it can quickly be ours my heart is so overwhelmed with sorrow that I can scarce speake any more I thanke you for your friendly communication I shal pray to God for England that he will spare that glorious Kingdome discover the malignants open the eyes of the King and also of all our states men that we may either remaine neutrall or chuse the right partie Fare well my good friend If you heare any more newes I pray make me partaker thereof FINIS