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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03115	Popish pietie, or The first part of the historie of that horrible and barbarous conspiracie, commonly called the powder-treason nefariously plotted against Iames King of great Britaine, Prince Henrie, and the whole state of that realme assembled in Parliament; and happily disc[ou]ered, disappointed, and frustrated by the powerfull and sole arme of the Almightie, the fifth of Nouember, anno 1605. Written first in Latin verse by F. H. [...] in physicke: and translated into [En]glish by A.P.; Pietas pontificia. English	Herring, Francis, d. 1628.; A. P., fl. 1610.	1610 (1610)	STC 13246; ESTC S119034	15,892	51

To make the end and issue fortunate So well apaid and well rewarded too She sends him backe with new charge what to do 28 Hee 's quicke enough in speeding his retire And bawkes not old acquaintance by the way But visits Austria's court where that graue Sire Is Lord and ruler who 't is hard to say Whether he be a Priest of holy quire Or souldier fierce in fight his foes to fray He straight assembles th' English vagrants there Who wish for change and harme to this land here 29 Monsters of men that take delight to fish In troubled waters and tempestuous seas They see him forward answering to their wish They spurre and pricke him on and each of these Giues his aduice though all not worth a rish They lode him home such lode he thought an ease With new inuentions trickes and subtill wiles And teach him knauery cloakt by knauish guiles 30 He backe returnes serues his old master still And tels him all that hapned and withall They must make hast their purpose to fulfill For hee 's prepar'd and ready at a call With all the weapons that the wit and skill Of Italy for fraud renown'd of all Or yet the kingdome of that fiend of hell Could yeeld he knew them all exceeding well 31 Now settle they to worke and to begin Among their wicked conforts counsell take Each man in order giues his verdit in Which way may most for their aduantage make Go kill the King saith one passe not a pin To thrust him thorough for thy countries sake Brasutus-like let nothing hinder thee Vntill thy purpose fully acted be 32 Another thinkes it best in subtill shew Of friendly entertainment of the King To watch a time when he should weary grow By heate or hunting sport and then to bring Him to the place where he to rest should go And there then act this cruell cursed thing When sweet sound sleepe possest him as he lay To throttle him and take his life away 33 It strikes a horror to my very heart To tell the storie of their diuellish plot My tongue as loth herein to beare a part Cleaues to my iawes and willing opens not And do these country-killers neuer start Nor feare at all that haue these things begot Nay act at least intend these cursed deeds Fit fruites to come from such accursed weeds 34 A hotchpot they and mingle mangle make Of things diuine and humane all is one They make no difference yea the oathes they take And leagues of friendship which not those alone That Christians were but heathens neuer brake But alwayes kept inuiolate yet none Of these these wicked monsters care to keepe Though oathes and faith be sounded ne'er so deepe 35 〈◊〉 heard each mans tale and hearing all You misse the marke said he for all your skill To pettie matters fits not vs to fall But roote and branches at one blow to spill Say that we kill the King yet after shall His noble heire Prince Henry reigne who will Sharply no doubt reuenge himselfe on those By whom his fathers death vntimely growes 36 We know he is a Prince of vertue great Exceeding toward of great forwardnesse Therefore if he enioy his fathers seate Our danger will be rather more then lesse And therefore we must cast to worke a feate To helpe our selues this matter to redresse For if we suffer him to liue and grow His life will worke our dismall ouerthrow 37 So vse small seeds to rise to great increase The litle Hart at first vnweaponed Small sprigs at first sprouts out and doth not cease Till he grow captaine all the rest to leade His fellowes like himselfe horne-headed beasts Small sparks of fire haue much endangered Whole cities by neglect of carefull heed Suffering one fire another fire to feed 38 This litle Henry makes me call to mind Henry the eight that mightie potent King Who first our holy Father as we find With deadly wounds so mightily did sting Henry that fatall name to all our kind I do abhorre as an vnhappie thing Thus stands my mind this stocke hereticall Plucke vp at once that all at once may fall 39 This may be thus neare Percies lodging stands That ancient house where Englands Nobles all And all the chiefe estates of Brittaines lands Do sit in counsell when the King doth call That haue the kingdomes causes in their hands And order all things that in question fall And the first day of custome vsually The States meete there in great solemnitie 40 The King the Queene the Prince will all be there With mightie pompe attended royally All in their robes all glittering bright and cleare Their garments all beset most sumptuously With gold and precious stones and farre and neare The people throng and flocke exceedingly And fill the streets to see the gallant show All these at once 't were braue to ouerthrow 41 This may be easly done for t is not hard Vnder that ancient house of Parliament To place a fier which with good regard Set for the purpose whereunto t is bent Will send both them and th' house to heauenward For fire to mercie will no whit relent So while the King is speaking Nobles still One blast of powder all at once shall kill 42 And make them flie aloft into the skie Here Catesby ends the rest applauded well What he had said and praisd it mightily Of all their plots this plot did beare the bell Then Faulkes thus seconds him Surely quoth he Thy counsel 's good and doth the rest excell So shall the house which wrought the Pope such woe Be well rewarded with this worthy blow 43 So shall we counted be in time to come The men that did the Catholicke cause restore So by our holy mother Church at home As Saints we shall be canoniz'd therefore So shall they beare the iust reuenge and doome Their sinnes deserue by making lawes so sort Vniustly too brewing their hands in bloud Of holy men religious Saints and good 44 They by our wealth and spoiles are growne too gre●● And proud withall t is time they had a fall And neuer was inuented such a feate To worke their vtter ouerthrow withall Henceforth some choice yong men to worke are set And sworne by oath both ioynt and seuerall Some dig and delue the earth and wals of stone To vndermine at last the royall throne 45 Some flie abroad and get more companie To ioyne with them and wish them at the day That should amongst themselues appointed be To be all readie arm'd that so they may Vpon a sodaine spoile their enemie And vnawares may sweepe them all away And rid the land cleane of this hatefull kind That not so much as one be left behind 46 In Percies house the diggers first begin Which bordred neare the house of Parliament And there they dig deepe hollow trenches in Vntill by mining caues so farre they went That they at last such ground thereby did win That they vnbared to fit