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A88360	An alarum to vvarre: proclamed by our royall Soveraigne, and his loyall Parliament. To subiugate the savage cruelties, and inhumane massacres acted by the nocent papists; and to vindicate the barbarous blood-shed, and impious insolencies suffered by the innocent protestants of Ireland. To which is annexed an encouragement to all his Maiesties true-hearted, and valiantly disposed subiects, here is England, who are already, or shall be hereafter engaged in this present expedition against those Romish rebells, and all that are confederate with that malignant party, there in Ireland. By J.L. Acad: Cant: in art: mag	J. L.	1642 (1642)	Wing L25; Thomason E142_6; ESTC R212740	3,964	8

AN ALARVM TO VVARRE PROCLAMED By our Royall SOVERAIGNE AND His Loyall PARLIAMENT To Subiugate the Savage cruelties and inhumane Massacres Acted by the Nocent Papists AND To vindicate the barbarous blood-shed and impious insolencies suffered by the Innocent Protestants of IRELAND To which is annexed An Encouragement to all his Maiesties true-hearted and valiantly disposed subiects here in England who are already or shall be hereafter engaged in this present Expedition against those Romish Rebells and all that are confederate with that malignant Party there in Ireland By J. L. Acad Cant in art mag LONDON Printed by H. I. 1642. AN Alarum to Warre THough the countenance of Warre be horrid and formidable to all Nations in regard of the inevitable ruine and certaine destruction which it carries along with it for nulla salus bello there 's no safety but all vastation and desolation in the time of Warre yet when the matchlesse tyranny of Popish Rebells shall exalt it selfe over the liberties consciences and lives of our deare brethren in Ireland who professe the Protestant Religion when their horrible outrages have been there committed are still perpetrated and continued to the stupifying even of Amazement it selfe to the hazard of that Kingdome and perill of this in such a case the aspect of Warre is both amiable and acceptable De nobis narratur The case is our owne Those nefarious miscreants have not only unlawfully surprized many Townes and Cities in that Island but their cursed rage hath been so implacably bent against the poore Protestants their selves being violently transported beyond all bounds of nature and humanity that they have most unmercifully and unchristianly fired divers places which they have invaded and savagely sacrificed the inhabitants to their mischievous malice and insatiate insolency Never were Tartars Turkes and Mahumetans so bloodily minded as these villaines have been Those Monsters of nature for men I will ●ot terme them have not onely sacked and pillaged wheresoever they have come but they have taken delight to torture the Protestants without any bowells of compassion They have ravished and deflowred chaste women and virgins throwne small children into R●●ers with Pitchforkes they stripped 1500 stark-naked driving them like Dogges towards Dublin drowned and killed many of them by the way cutting off Pious Protestant Ministers and their wives in pieces I tremble to speake it they have searcht Womens privities for money and in a most horrid and stupendious manner they have ript up their wombes great with childe and slaine with the sword both them and their infants Quis talia fando Temperet a lachrymis The Cruell enemie whose very mercies have been cruelties hath powred out their blood in every street and there hath been no friend to helpe them but in much mercy of late it hath pleas'd the Almighty to consider their distresse Hee will not suffer the rod of the wicked alwayes to lie upon the back of the righteous Vengeance though slow is sure And God will be ávenged for the blood of his Saints their blood being in conspectu Domini in the sight of the Lord as precious as their death Sinne has a crying voice and the effusion of innocent blood is of all other sinnes peccatum clamans It cryes alowd from the bortome of the earth to the top of heaven As the sinnes of Sodome were great and the cry of them came up before the Almighty So the Sanguinean sinne of cursed Caine cryed unto heaven to the God of Heaven for vengeanc In like manner the blood of those poore Protestants so undeservedly and lamentably spilt hath made such a clamour in the All-hearing eares of the Almightie that hee hath been graciously pleased in pitty and compassion of their manifold miseries and most grievous massacres by a coelestiall voice to speake to the heart of his deare Anointed our dread Soveraigne and to his heavenly-minded Parliament to commiserate their deplorable calamities and forthwith releive them with a powerfull heaven-prospering Army Hereupon the voice of Warre is proclaimed a statute for it by the King and the high and Honourable Assembly of Parliament hath been enacted the Commission to his Maiesties Officers to presse both land and Sea-men hath issued forth The Lord of Hosts goe along with our hosts guide and direct them in all their wayes prosper their cause grant them a propitious successe and glorious victory over his and their blood-thirsty enemies And I pray God send more auxiliary Forces to them who are already there arrived that in so iust a quarrell they may be the better co●solated and animated that the Rebells may with more facility be quelled and conquered and that the Kingdome of Ireland may be the sooner reduced to their due subiection and awfull obedience to the Crowne of England and to the lawe and ordinances made by his Maiestie and his States of both Kindomes There was never any King that had more iust and weighty cause to warre against a people at any time then his Maiestie hath against the Rebells at this time And as the cause is urgent so the expedition of it is as important There was never a more requisite necessitie of a speedy supply then at this present For the Rebellion there is so generall that it is not the force of a small Army from hence that can suppres them Though there are no spiders in the Kingdom of Ireland as many have averred maintained yet the Romish Spider hath spun so fowl a web in that faire Island that it hath need of a great beesome to sweep it out again And for the better confirmation hereof It is not only publikely rumor'd but credibly reported that neighboring Princes have taken up Arms the one of Spaine the other of France both of them at this present very potent at Sea and it is generally supposed that they are intended for Ireland to assist these Assassinates against the Protestants Thus the Hydra of the Romish Faction doth dayly multiply their Army doth encrease yet God be thanked some of their Men and Ammunition have been of late intercepted and prevented and I pray God in this particular continue his goodnesse still unto us Their Forces are very strong their Assistants and adherents for the present being potent their insolencies are grown to the utmost height of impious impudence impudent impietie They are resolved no more to be subiect to the Crowne of England and the Lawes Statutes of the Kingdome but their unreasonable demand is to have such a Vice-Roy or Gubernator as may be well accepted of by them and no other Thus as they have cast out of their hearts Christian compassion to the K. subiects so they have cast off from their necks the yoke of due subiection to the King himselfe Rebels they have proclaim'd themselves to the whole world and that in summo gradu in the highest degree of as high a nature as ever Histories have recorded or age of man can cōmemorate Never did the wildfire

of their hideous Conspiracies so circumvolve it selfe into one violent flame the actors thereof being so unanimous in their Diabolicall designes that Hellish Gunpowder-Plot of Treason onely excepted as this last yeere hath bin attempted by them 'T is not long since a Roman Priest was sent from the Pope who was landed here in England and hath cunningly and closely wrought with diverse English Catholiques amongst us to prepare themselves to put in execution such determinations and resolutions as shall be propounded to them for the defence of their Religion and ruine of our Brotestants which Priest as we are really informed h●th had frequent accesse to an expert Romanist who is very skilfull in making Gra●●does and all forns of Fire-works with whom the aforesaid Priest hath privately dealt and constantly perswaded to practise his Art and to put the same into execution against the chiefest Cities of England for the better overcomming them so soone as those dissolute and resolute Rebels had conquered Ireland landed their Forces here in England Thus you may evidently see that their exorbitant offences have bin so haynous and facinorous and their crimes are still so capi●all that that saying of the Lyrick Poet one word inverted is verified of them Audax omnia perpeti Gens Romana ruit per vetitum nefas But what mean ye O ye besotted sonnes of Insurrection Will ye through your Rebellion desperately perish Fooles mad men as ye are Quae vos dementia cepit How long will ye abuse the divine Patience What or who hath deluded bewitched you for Rebellion is as the sinne of Witchraft Hath Ambition the Pope or the Devill instigated and seduced you thereunto Or rather have not all these three bin Agents though one of them were sufficient for your confusion To these three take three more to your consideration which if they doe not worke in your hearts an impression of contrition they will serve for an addition of horror and astonishment to your wretched soules Is there not a severe Iudge above you that can condemne you Is there not a gnawing Conscience within you that wil terrifie you And lastly Is there not a tormenting Tophet below you that gapes for your obstinate Rebellion Know thus much ye unfortunate sonnes of mischiefe that as soon as ye have made up the full measure of your iniquities as the Amorites did then the Sicle of Gods Iudgement will cut you all off For God is righteous the Truth of God is eternall Hell is where it was and your damnation without contrition will be iust And now brave Souldiers that have already encounter●d with these Rebells your and our enemies and ye valiant spirits that are preparing to meet them Sun Theo in Gods Name for Gods cause go on prosper undantedly stand and couragiously fight the battells of the Lord for the defence of his people the propagation of his Gospel and preservation of his Religion If there were no other argument but the effusion of the poore Protestants blood who were worried to death by these Wolvish Rebells it were sufficient to animate you blood requires blood but there are many more mo●ives to induce you to this War Piety to God whose honor and Gospel are enteressed therein Allegiance to the King whereby ye expresse your loyall hearts to his Maiesties honour peace crowne and dignitie Love to your native Countrey for the safety of our persons and security of our present and future estates depends upon the happy successe of this war There 's no assurance of peace or tranquility without the rebells be reduced Remember 't is for Religion your King and Countrey that you fight Besides all these Providence and Prudence for your selves If ye live ye shall be sure not to loose but to get what will be worth the keeping and if ye dye yet ye have no cause to be disheartned but rather great ground to be consolated For as there is no blessednesse in this life so there is all happinesse after death 'T was the saying of a Heathen Dignum decorum est pro p●tria mori 'T is a worthy and comely thing to dye for a mans Countrey And the Roman Orator was of this opinion that there cannot come an evi●l death to a valiant man nor an untimely death to a wife man To conclude all whether ye stand or fall ye are certaine of a famous victory or a renowned death so that come what will come conquest or the losse of life an Eternity of Fame attends you on earth an immortality of glory expects you in heaven FINIS