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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49346	The loyal city of Bristol vindicated from Amsterdamism, or Devil's-borough, two appellatives occasioned by the over credulous, who have taken it for granted, that the schismaticks and hereticks of all sorts were more numerous than the truly loyal, orthodox, and liege people there. But at a late tryal of skill, managed by the more vigilant, and worthy angel-guardian of that city, the point has been lately clear'd, and the church-men for an Earl have out voted the fanaticks for a knight, though to little purpose: for they have rallied again, since the dissolution, to fetch in the same persons. But who? or what? and how equipp'd this ensuing letter (to an utopian prelate) will fully inform you.		1681 (1681)	Wing L3340; ESTC R224122	4,047	14

The LOYAL City of Bristol Vindicated from Amsterdamnism or Devil's-borough Two Appellatives Occasioned by the over credulous who have hitherto taken it for granted that the Schismaticks and Hereticks of all Sorts were more numerous than the truly Loyal Orthodox and Liege people there BUT AT A late Tryal of skill managed by the more Vigilant and Worthy Angel-Guardian of that City the point has been lately clear'd and the Church-men for an Earl have out voted the Fanaticks for a Knight though to little purpose For they have rallied again since the Dissolution to fetch in the same Persons But Who or What and how Equipp'd this ensuing Letter to an Vtopian Prelate will fully inform you Quisquis medium defugit iter Stabili nunquam tramite curret Senec. Trag. SED Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas Printed for J. Davies 1681. THE EPISTLE TO THE READER THIS ensuing Description of the Hogan-Mogan Herd a hotch-potch of all Sects and Factions that lately fetch'd in none of the best Friends you may imagine the King or the Church had to stand as Members in Parliament for this City was Writ by an Eye-witness of it one that heard the bleating of the Calves as plain as the Inhabitants of Dan and Bethel did those of Jeroboam's when driven through their Streets And the Description was design'd only to turn the Fanatick zeal here into Ridicule to shame the more tender of their reputation if any amongst them for ever appearing again in such Cabals and to make the Royal party Merry But the fallen Angels with their Luciferian Crew have falsly magnified the Qualities and Quantities of such Cattel what tho' I pray ye says my beloved Hudibras Extreams of Glory and of Shame Like East and West become the same No Indian Prince has to his Palace More Followers than a Thief to th' Gallows And their beloved Benjamin who was justly punished in the offending parts when his Ears were nail'd to the Pillory for hearing such Reports and obtruding them upon the People and the Pro. Dom. Intelligencers have dispersed the same Fables and the old Nick-nam'd Protestant Coffee-houses for sure the Devil was their Godfather every where swarm with Diabolical Presbyterianisms of this Sort and the late Eleven famous Lyars of Bristol also who were presented by the Worthy Couragious and Loyal Grand-Jury here at the Quarter-Sessions the twenty sixth day of April last for endeavouring to impose upon the Wisdom of the Nation by exhibiting a scandalous false malicious Petition at the late Assembly of the House of Commons in Oxford to corroborate the forerunning Lyes essential to this their Supplication against our Loyal Members legally elected by the Majority of more than Three hundred Voices have strenuously out-thrown their Brother Lyars a Bar and a half in this their plausible piece of Forgery These and several other notorious Vntruths tending to the eternal dishonour of our Loyal City being spread abroad we thought it was necessary to contradict them by publishing this Dormant Letter which every one that took notice of the reception of the laps'd Member can testifie tells nothing in the main but matter of fact and will I doubt not pleasantly enough entertain the Gentle Readers especially those that love the King and the Church as she is now govern'd by his Royal self and his Laws and for any body else we declare by these presents that we care no more for them than as we have cause to believe does the Utopian Describer of this riotous and wretched Ribble-Rable to the Prelate of his own Country Farewell G. J. cum multis aliis C. B. cum multis aliis Bristol May the 5th 1681. A LETER to the BISHOP OF UTOPIA Bristol February the 9 th 1680. My dearest Lord AFter all the Presbyterian Lyes of your departure I am overjoyed to hear your Lordship is still well amongst us in the Land of the living for the King and the Churches sake and could wish for my own that my Body was alwaies as near you as my Soul is some times for that has Wings and flies frequently to Vtopia to see the Angel of the Church there leaving its body tenantless till she requites her prior Mansion with news from thence of Love and Charity Humility and Obedience reverential Awe and Dread of her ineffable Creator Honour and Loyalty to her King and Contempt of those fluid Atoms whose restless Vibrations disturb the Vessel which contains them Of those fiery Meteors those Ignes Fatui in the Region that never keep their Stations that disparage the Element they move in and amuse the Insipid here below on whom alone they have Influence leading them out of the sure paths they are appointed to walk in by meer Chymaerical jealousies and fears which they call Portensions and Prodigies to actuate the Mobile into Sedition Of those Airy Spirits the Protei of Shapes and Colours whose Prince is Beelzebub that can appear as an Angel of Light to gull its simple Inhabitants that are Captivated by false glitterings and dazled by the glare of those Lambent flames about which they grow Gay and Splendid hover and sport believing themselves to be the happy Finders of the new Light which the Seekers have been so long in quest on till at length like the Busie-bodies that dared too near the Ark their Wings are scorched with their over-curious and insolent approaches by which they are made helpless to themselves and consequently a prey to their Enemies Of those Earthly Inhabitants the Ephori the Tribunes of the People the Democratical Rabble which are given to change even their Principles for gain their Religion for Interest their Church for a Conventicle their whole King for scarce half a House of Commons and their Kingdom for a Common-wealth The contempt of these men my Lord thus Principl'd made me stay at home the other day when a Cavalcade of Fanatical Porters and other Mercenary Fellows mounted on Halliers and Colliers Horses rod out to fetch in a rotten Member who 't is hoped will scarce hold together till it meets the Body at Oxford But what should such an old Logerheaded Dunce doe at a Vniversity I pray'e Since that here has been a more numerous but equally splendid Regiment of Dragoons to fetch in and consequently to disgrace our worthy Recorder here was Colonel Tagg Major Ragg and Captain Bobb in short Tagg Ragg and Bobb did each lead up a Squadron All that could suck an Egg of the Cockatrice all that were hatch'd from these Eggs and brooded under the Presbyterian Petticoats all that could peep and all that could run of that race cheated their respective Masters of their Service the while and footed it to mend the Muck-heap All that could beg and all that could borrow a Chephall and had the wit or courage to mount him assisted to grace the Ceremony Nay one zealous Brother of the Saddle stole a Horse for the Service to ride amongst 'em and as I hope to live my Lord had as