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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89338	Englands warning-piece: shewing the nature, danger, and ill effects of civill-warre, and of those nations which have bin infested with it, described. Very necessary for these times wherein we are in so great feare and imminent danger of civill dissention. With a true relation of the miseries and distractions of Germany, France, Ireland, and Spaine. Also the sudden death of the Queen Mother of France. By Thomas Morton.	Morton, Thomas, 17th cent.	1642 (1642)	Wing M2837; Thomason E109_14; ESTC R7397	5,522	8

ENGLANDS WARNING-PIECE Shewing The Nature Danger and ill Effects OF CIVILL-WARRE And of those NATIONS which have bin infested with it described Very necessary for these Times wherein we are in so great feare and imminent danger of Civill Dissention WITH A true Relation of the Miseries and Distractions of Germany France Ireland and Spaine Also the sudden Death of the Queene Mother of FRANCE By THOMAS MORTON LONDON Printed by T. FAVVCET Aug. 5. 1642. NEver hath any Kingdome or Countrey been blest with so flourishing an estate and such a blessed condition the security of whose Peace and the durance of whose happinesse hath alwayes preserved them both from the hostility of a forraigne Foe and the annoyance of an intestine Enemy nay which is more let us unfold all the secrets of Antiquity and J beleeve it will be very difficult to any one Prince whose Raigne if it were of any considerable number of yeares hath proved so fortunate as to be totally free from home-bred Conspirators or forraigne Enemies But if ever any State hath injoyed Peace security and Liberty it hath bin that of England if ever any Church hath attained to Uniformity Sincerity and Truth it hath been the Church of England this having bin long free from the blindnesse of Ignorance the erroneousnesse of Heresie and the folly of Superstition that from the cruelty of Warre the mischiefe of danger and the unsufferable irksomnesse of Slavery So that the State being blest in pious Princes and loyall Subjects the Church in learned Teachers and religious People they were both in themselves happie and of others admired so much doth the Unity of a Nation conduce to the tranquility thereof But never is the Devill more busie then when he sees how hard his labour is many wayes did that Machiavill use to unty that Gordian knot first he tryes his skill abroad and from Spaine he brings us Enemies to fright us out of our so long in●oyed Security But by the indulgent Providence of God and the never-yeelding valour of our Sea Captaines they did once againe by sad experience find what mettle the English were made of and what Noble blood flowed in their full veynes For no sooner had they given Battell but they were conquered no sooner had they approached our English Coasts but they were all scattered and brought to the worst of misfortunes to intreat us for Succour whose Destruction they had before threatned and were come to performe their promise made in as ill a time as with bad successe performed For in stead of Misery they brought us Happinesse in stead of Poverty the treasure of their owne Spoiles in the place of Ignominy the glorious names of Vndanted Souldiers Since this Plot was defeated the next must be more subtile and come even from our owne bowels Suis est ipsa viribus rue● we must be our owne Enemie● or else never miserable then must the State be vexed with unheard of Taxes and griping Monopolies and the Church too that it might share in the others m●series with usurping Rulers and proud Governours starving the Soules of the flocke to pamper their owne bodies leaving out the chiefe points of Religion while they fast●n upon us unnecessity Ceremonies Th s had better successe then the form r and for some time to the g iefe of the Subjects did continue but straight the cause of both diseases being by skilfull Physitians look'd into the Cure was found out and prescribed which Physitians were this present Parliament who have happily begun to remedy those over growne Diseases and have because some would admit of no other Cure cut them off But now that Enemy to Peace hath us d the utmost of his skill and by his base Enemies the Malignant Spirits lest this happie meanes should proceed hath set a differen●e betwixt the King and Parliament seeking to make that our Misery which was sought out for our Remedy but the continuance of Gods Providence and the industrious care of this Honourable Parliament will I hope ere long consound his devices and be a happie meanes whereby we may recover our former Glory Peace and Felicity in the meane time let us confide in their Wisdome and not rashly goe about to gaine those Good ends by so bad a Medium as that of Civill warre For wee must not expect that the happinesse which after it may be injoyed which is doubtfull will countervaile the Miseries that in the attayning of it we shall certainly indure that therefore wee may the more ab●o●re it and use all meanes to prevent it I shall according to my ability set downe the Nature danger and cause of it and the meanes to avoyd it How miserable that Nation is which is intangled with any kind of Warre we m●y easily see if we looke backe into the former ages and into the lam●ntable conditions of those Countries which have beene the Stages of that Tragedy Ancient writers doe abundantly restifie by their full descriptions how flourishing rich stately and Victorious that great City of Troy had before the subversion of it alwaies been but by the savage cruelty of a 〈◊〉 warre it was made so miserable that it was neither great nor yet a City but a ruinous heape of stones an unhappy signe of what it had been and as saith the Poet Versa est intinere To come nearer how great and glorious how happy and peaceable how feared and admired have the Jewes beene whose Character it once was to be Gods peculiar People their Territories were as large their Walls as high their Pallaces as stately as any Nations in the whole Vniverse nay their Temple alone such was the beauty of it such the riches would have bought many a whole Kingdome and yet what miseries did they many years together endure in their long siege for want of Food for want of water for want of all things and all this for the want of this one thing Peace their Cities and Temples were burn'd to Ashes themse●ves taken Captives and miserably butchered nay they were scorned of other Nations to whom they had once been a terrour for that so poorely were they esteemed no lesse then 30 Iewes were sold for one peny these were forraigne Warres To come nearer yet to what a lamentable estate is all Germany reduced what miseries hath it endured Nay what hath it not endured by forraign and home bred enemies together Let us consider what civill Warres have wrought in them and to them must we needs be compared if amongst us as amongst them there have civill dissentions should arise Nay let us come so neare as to our selves to those at least which should be as deare unto us as our selves our poore distressed brethren in Ireland whose manifest wrongs and grievous calamities doe cry to Heaven for vengeance against those enemies to peace and Religion the most wicked Papists of whose cruelty Idolatry and Antichristian Impiety what Nation is there that is not sensible A people so execrably cruell that