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A83974	Englands monument of mercies in her miraculous preservations from manifold plots, conspiracies, contrivances and attempts of forraigne and home-bred treacherous enemies, against the Parliament, kingdome, and purity of religion: discovering the time, persons and places of these attempts; with all their most remarkable proceedings. Published purposely to raise up the hearts of all the faithfull in the kingdome, unto a continued thankfulnesse unto God.		1646 (1646)	Wing E2998; Thomason 669.f.10[85]; ESTC R210633	8,426	2

what they would do for the Catholike cause to further which designe a Letter was f●amed from the King to the privy Councel of Scotland who returned answer they desired the King to return to his Parliament and they would do their utmost indeavour for the good of this Kingdome 22 Another designe by casting aspersions on the Parliament concerning vast sums of money to be pu●loyned from the publike and bestowed on private persons as 10000 l. to the E. of Holland 6000 to M. Pym and other persons in places of publike trust 23 The E. of Northumberland being Admirall of the Seas is disp●ced by the King and Sir Iohn Penington plac●d in his roome upon this the Parliament made the E. of Warwick Admirall but the King demanded of his Honour to deliver up his place to Sir Io. Penington on pain of high treason but this honourable Patriot with the advice of Parliament faithfully prosecutes his duty 24 Divers Letters intercepted by the Earle of Warwicke one to Capt. Slingsby desiring him rather then to discover the designe to die a Martyr in His Majesties cause 25 Beck with a P●pist with his confederates would have fired Holl in foure places and then the Kings Forces were to assault the town the signs to bee given to those that would have fi●ed the town was when they saw fire on Beverl● Minster but this was timely discovered by an Officer of the town who was sollicited by Beckwith for to act the same 26 Neutrality plotted in Yorkshire to stand neither for King nor Parliament whereby many honourable persons had ben betraid had not the Parliament declared against them 27 A ship laden with ammunition sent by the Q een was taken at Yarmouth by Captaine Iohnson with 400 barrells of powder 10 piece of Ordnance 50 Commanders many souldiers with Letters one especially from the Queen concerning the designe 28 In the middest of October a plot was invented to blow up the L. Generals Magazine by a Scotch man one David Alexander under Sir Iohn Meldrum he confest he was to have 500 l. that Sir Iohn Culpepper had given him 10 l. and the rest he was to have from a great person whom he refused to name 29 This was that Alexander who was formerly set on by Sir Iohn Hinderson to kill Sir Iohn Hinderson for a sum of money to kill Sir Iohn Hotham Alexander said it was the work of a butcher and not of a souldier 30 The designe of Sir Faithlesse Fortescues revolt at Edge-hil who ran away to the King with his whole troupe and immediately charged on the Parliaments Forces 31 A base plot acted at Brainford under a pretence of a Treaty for peace Prince Rebell thinking to archieve his designe our Forces being unprovided to march to London but let the reward of trechery and the valour of London Apprentices never be forgotten 32 A plot contrived by the Kings party for electing of new high Sheriffs the most of them being either Papists or Commissioners of Array or Deliquents but the Parliament declared by the Lawes of the Kingdome that they were not lawfully deputed to their places and by vote disabled them 33 A designe at Oxford to proceed against the Parliaments Officers and Souldiers as Traytors using them worse then the Turks would have done whereupon the Parliament declared the same Lawes here against them which by Gods mercy prevented the same 34 Sir W. Waller having entred Chichester a train of powder was laid from his lodging to part of the magazine but by diligent search prevented Anno 1643. 35 A designe against the City of London by some malignants in and about the same preferring a Petition to His Majesty at Oxford from two Aldermen and 4 Commoners to returne to the City in reply to which the King sent his messenger Capt. Herne and a speciall Common-hall was called Herne read his message and but one man appeared of the Malignant party the rest crying out they would live die with the Parliament 36 A Letter by the procurement of the City malignants dated Jan. 17. to the Citizens of London ordered that all sorts should heare it at severall Halls but the Letter being found of dangerous consequence was not suffered to be read 37 A conspiracie to betray Bristol to P. Rupert the manner thus Rupert with 4000 horse and 2000 foot were to be ready on Durdan Downes directed by Robert Yeoman Iohn Butcher and their assistants Butcher ordered a company of rude fellowes to be about the gates to let in the enemy and to give notice by the tolling of a bell when they were ready the conspirators their abettors were distinguished from the rest by a white riban in their hats using the word Charles but this being discovered not above two houres before the time of action by a poore boy Ruperts designe was frustrate 38 A villan of the Lord Roberts his Regiment who fled to the enemy was hired to blow up the L. Generals magazine and confest that he was to have 5. l. for doing it but was only hanged for it 39 London assayed to be betrayed by petitioning for peace to surprize the City and to let in the Kings Army 4000 were to be within 15 miles the same night the plot was to bee acted The actors were some members of both Houses others of the Court and City Crispe Royden Brown and Binion were to hold correspondency with both Armies the Commission of Array was to be put in execution and 17 Citizens to be of a Councell of war to execute martiall law Royden and Challenor to be the chief Waller and Tomkins were great actors their designe was to seize upon the magazine they wearing white ribans their meeting place was to be at Black-heath the parties to be seized on were the L. Say L. Wharton M. Pym M. Strode the L. Mayor the Committee for the Militia and divers others specified in their Commission M. Hern M. Hamden and the Lady Aube●y brought the Commission This plot was by Gods providence brought to light and the two chiefest Actors Tomkins and Challenor were executed 40 Hull indeavoured to be betraid by Sir Iohn Hotham Capt. Hotham and Sir Edward Roads this was discovered by M. Ripley who surprized the Block-houses castle and all the Commanders the maine Guard and all the Ordnance and sent presently to apprehend Sir Iohn who escaped out of the town but was pursued and apprehended Sir Edward Roads and Cap. Hotham were also taken and Sir Iohn and his son executed 41 A plot to betray Lincoln by two Captains belonging to Hull who attempted to let in Forces for the Qoeen who let in about 60. but the City being informed of the plot seized on these two Commanders and at 12 a clock at night thought to seize on the magazine they were discovered by a Canoneer who discharged at them the towne rose and put them all to the sword except the two Commanders Cap. Alison Capt. VVilliamson and some other of quality 42

ENGLANDS MONUMENT OF MERCIES IN HER MIRACVLOVS PRESERVATIONS FROM Manifold Plots Conspiracies Contrivances and attempts of forraigne and home-bred treacherous Enemies against the Parliament Kingdome and purity of Religion Discovering the Time Persons and places of these attempts with all their most remarkable proceedings Published purposely to raise up the hearts of all the faithfull in the Kingdome unto a continued Thankfulnesse unto GOD. W Laud A.B. of Canterbury Debuty of Ireland Prince Rupert Earle of Newcastle Sr. Bazill Brooke Lord Digbie Lady Aubignye Lord Iarmin Earle of Montross Anno 1641. 1 A Great plot to bring the English Army in the North against the Parliament and to advance this designe the Deputy of Ireland attempted his escape out of the Tower promising Sir William Balfoure 20000. l. and to marrie his son to his daughter but Sir Williams loyalty appeared above trecherie The chief Actors in this designe were Sir John Suckling Captain Chidley and Col. Goring who should be Lievtenant-Generall indeavouring to get Portsmouth into their hands and the Earl of Newcastle should have met them with 1000. horse and to further this designe the Bishops profered to maintain 1000. horse 2 Another wicked designe was to make the Scots Army n●w●e●s by many wicked suggestions but this designe prevailed not 3 The breaking forth of the rebellion in Ireland which had beene all lost in a moment had not the Lo●d miraculously delivered Dublin but the evening before by a Messengers escape who was rewarded by the Pa●liament And here note that after this Rebellion had beene broke forth foure moneths to the losse of many thousand Protestants lives yet but 14 Proclamations must be printed to proclaime them Rebells with S cretary Nicholas his hand for the Printers discharge 4 The L. Cottingtons being made high Constable of the Tower who did not a little trouble the City by planting Ordnance against it but by their care this was frustra●e 5 Cottington being displaced by the importunity of the Parliament to His Majesty one as bad as he a prisoner in Newgate not long before fitter for Newgate then the Tower Col. Lunsford who with great difficul●● by the City Parliament importuning His Majesty was at last displaced likewi●e 6 Sir Iohn Byron was put in by His Majesty who was somthing better then the former yet this crused suspition in the person and therefore the City petitioned that he might be removed also 7 In November a divellish plot to have murdered many of the Nobility with the Members of the House of Commons and some Members of the upper House many of the Papists conspired to set upon some of the strong holds in Cheshire Lancashire and the parts adjacent the plot being so contrived that at the same time the City of London should have been surprized and all the Protestants throats cut the maine plotter of this designe was the Earle of Worcester who was to supply them with Forces and two Jesuites Father Andrews and Father Iones who were apprehended according to an Order of Parliament that all those that should discover any Popish Priests or Jesuites and cause them to be apprehended should be rewarded by the Parliament Subscribed Novemb. 15 Io. Brown Cler. Parliament 8 The Popish Lords and Prelates fitting in Parliament interrupting Parliamentary proceedings being petitioned against the Petitioners were affronted by Col. Lunsford in Westminster Hall being assisted by Ruffianl●e Courtiers from White-Hall 9 The Bishops petition the King to protest against the Parliaments proceedings but the Parliament voted 12 Bishops guilty of high Treason for endeavouring to subvert the fundamentall Lawes of the Kingdome ten of which wer committed 10 The taxing and demanding of the five Members by the King coming in an hostile way to the Parliament and accusing them of high treason J●n 4. 11 The Malignants petition against the Militia of London Binion a Silkman being the chief but another Petition being framed against the former the former was censured to be burnt by the common hangman Binion fined 3000 l. and two yeares imprisonment for his insolency 12 Malignant spirits discover themselves in a Kentish Petition framed by Sir Edward Deering who for publishing that and other things was cast out of the House imprisoned in the Tower his booke burnt and the Petitioners returned with much disgrace 13 The King and Prince depart from London attended by divers Cavaliers to York who in a hostile way go to demand Hull which caused the Parliament to put the Militia in execution in most parts of the Kingdome Anno 1642. 14 A trecherous conspiracie of the Archbishop of Yorke against the Parliament in providing 150 armes with many pistolls muskets and ammunition for military affaires intending to riase a party but his designe was frustrate 15 A dangerous plot against the City of York whereby it should have been betrayed by causing of an insurrection to the amazement of the Governour the rude Apprentices running in the streets and throwing up their hats crying For the King for the King and then in the middest of the night following the Watch hearing a cry Horse Horse Armes Armes 16 A plot against Sir Iohn Hotham in the time of his fidelity and the inhabitants of Hull the designe being to fire the houses next the Fort and thereby overcome the town which they did performe but were prevented 17 The Cavaliers plots against the Parliament and sharing out the city in severall proportions beforehand which confirmed the relation from Roterdam which was to this effect that divers gentlemen and others in Roterdam resolved to come for England whereupon two ships were provided with guns of 12 foot long which shot bullets of 44. pound waight the furthering of this designe was the pawning the Jewels in which M. Webster a Merchant in Amsterdam was a great assistant P. Rupert proved a buyer to carie horse for England and Iacob Lightfoot a Merchant brought 15000 waight of powder for England and for their encouragement Iermyn sent to Roterdam 40000. gilders to be delivered to P. Rupert P. Maurice L. Devinant L. Digby Oneale Hide and divers others 18 Sir Richard Gurney L. Mayor of London proclaiming the Commission of Array in affront to the Parliament is imprisoned for the same 19 A bloudy plot attempted against Sir Thomas Fairfax Sir W. Brereton Sir Tho. Middleton Sir William Fairfax Col. Ashton Col. Mitton Col. Moore and divers more Officers in the Parliaments Army in false accusations laid against them before the Judges at the Assizes at Chester where they were arraigned of high treason for taking up armes for the Parliament the Kings Atturney was prosecutor and the Jury making oath against them in Court but God delivered them out of their hands and some of them lie in hold for the same fact 20 The Catholike cause is advanced and many Papists that would take the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacie are the greatest in the Kings favour and have power from him to exercise their Religion 21 The fifting of the Scots