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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01306	An abstract of the bloody massacre in Ireland. Acted by the instigation of the Jesuits, priests, and friars, who were chief promoters of those horrible murthers; prodigious cruelties, barbarous villanies, and inhumane practices, executed by the Irish Papists upon the English Protestants, in the year 1641. And intended to have been acted over again, on Sabbath Day, December the 9th 1688. But by the wonderful providence of God was prevented.		1700 (1700)	Wing A124BA_1700; ESTC R229464	11,319	25

AN ABSTRACT OF THE Bloody Massacre IN IRELAND Acted by the instigation of the Jesuits Priests and Friars who were chief Promoters of those horrible Murthers Prodigious Cruelties barbarous Villanies and inhumane Practices executed by the Irish Papists upon the English Protestants in the Year 1641. And intended to have been acted over again on Sabbath Day December the 9th 1688. But by the wonderful Providence of God was prevented To the Haters of Popery by what Names or Titles soever dignified or distinguished THus 't was of old when Israel felt the Rod When they obey'd their Kings and not their God When they went whoring after other Lovers To worship Idols in new Planted Groves They made their Gods of Silver Wood and Stone And bow'd and worship'd them when they had done And to compleat their Sins in every way They made 'em things call'd Priests Priests did Isay A crew of Villants more prophane then they Hence sprung that Romish Crew first spawn'd in hell Who now in Viee their Pedagogues excell Their Church consists of vicious Popes the rest Are whoring Nuns and bawdy buggering Priests A Noble Church dawb'd with Religious Paint Each Priest's a Stalion every Rogue 's a Saint Come you that loath this Brood this Murdering Crew Your Predecessors well their mercies knew Take Courage now and be both bold and wise Stand for your Laws Religion Liberties You have the Odds the Law is still your own They 're but your Traitors therefore pull 'em down They struck with Fear seek to destroy your Laws They 're raving mad you see they fix their Paws Because from them they fear their fatal Fall And by those Laws they know you 'll hang 'em all Then keep your Laws the Penal and the rest And give your Lives up e're you give the Test And thou great Church of England hold thy own Force you they may otherwise give up none Robbers and Thieves must count for what thiy've done Let all thy mighty Pillars now appear Zealous and brave void both of Hate and Fear That Popish Fops may Grin Lye Cheat and Whine And curse their Faith while all admire thine And thou brave Oxford Cambridge and the rest Great Hough and Fairfax that durst Beard the beast Let all the Just with Thanks record their Name O standing Pillars of Immortal Fame Let God arise and his Enemies Perish The Hierogliphick being a Synopsis of the whole Year by way of Conclusion COme Painter take a Prospect from this Hill And on a well-spread Canvas shew thy Skill Draw all in Colours as they shall appear And as they in Merit place 'em there Draw as the Heraulds do a spacious Field And as directed so let them be fill'd First Draw a Popish Army brisk and gay Fighting and beat destroy'd and run away Then draw a Hearse and let it stand in view The Mourners more far more then they 're in shew Cursing their Fate their Stars and in this Fear Shew if thou can'st how these damn'd Sots prepare To run or stay and Sculk in Holes alone By them this Motto Gallows claim thy own Now to the Life let thy brick pencil shew Distinctly who they are and what 's their due Now draw a Croud of priests prepar'd to run Like broken Mirchants when their stocks are gone Some howling out their prayers forget and say Save us St. Ketch are all our Saints away Draw 'em in Hurry running to and fro Posting to Dover Portsmouth Tyburn too Next draw a Crow'd of Lords this Label by The Great Design is lost Alas they cry who 'd serve a Cause of such curst destiny Now draw Four Priests shew how they Rome adore And each Man's Scarf hang to be seen before T●● brace of Bishops fallen to dispair Arm'd Cap-a-Pe but going God knows where Now shew the Judges and with them thy Skill That all who see it done may say 't is well In Caps and Gowns as they in order sate 'Twixt Heaven and Earth do thou 'em elevate Their Learned Noddles can dispence with that Now draw the little Rogues the Scoundrel Crew Knights Knaves and Beggars they must have their due Gadbury Butler Ay and Roger too Amidst this Croud on a fit Spot of Land To crown the work let a large Gallows stand All Trembling by arm'd with Guilt and Fears Kneel to this Image and pour out their Prayers And then dye by Association An Abstract of the bloody Massacre in Ireland by the Instigation of the Jesuits Priests and Friars c. WHen their Plots were ripe for Execution we find their first Proceedings against the English various some of the Irish only stripping and expelling them others murthering Men Women and Children without Mercy all resolving universally to root out all the Protestants out of Ireland so deeply malicious were they against the English Protestants that they would not so much as endure the sound of their Language The Priests gave the Sacrament unto divers of the Irish upon condition they should neither spare Man Woman nor Child of the Protestants One Halligan a Priest read an Excommunication against all those that from henceforth should relieve or harbour any English Scotish or Welch-man or give them Alms whereby many were famished to death The Friars exhorted them with Tears not to spare any of the English they boasted that when they had destroyed them in Ireland they would go over into England and not leave the Memorial of an English Man under Heaven They openly professed that they held it as lawful to kill a Protestant as to kill a Dog One of their Priests said That it was no more pity to take their Lives from them then it is to take a Bone out of a dogs Mouth The Day before this Massacre began the Priests gave the People a Dismiss at Mass with liberty to go out and take Possession of all their Lands as also to strip rob and despoil them of all their Goods and Cattle the Protestants being as they told them worse then Dogs for they were Devils and therefore the Killing of such was a Meritorious Act and a rare Preservative against the Pains of Purgatory and this causeth some of these Murtherers to boast after they had slain many of the English that they knew that if they should die presently they should go straight to Heaven The Irish when the Massacre began perswaded many of their Protestants Neighbours to bring their Goods to them and they would secure them and hereby they got abundance peaceably into their Hands whereof they cheated the Protestants refusing to restore them again yet so confident were the Protestants at first of them that they gave them Inventories of all they had and digged up their best things that were hidden in the Ground and deposited them into their Custody They also got much into their Hands by fair Promises deep Oaths and Engagements that if they would deliver them their Goods they would suffer them with their Wives and Children quietly to depart the Countrey and when