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A95181	A true relation of some passages which passed at Madrid in the year 1623. by Prince Charles, being then in Spain prosecuting the match with the Lady Infanta. As also, severall observations of eleven ominous presages, some of them hapning in the same hear whil'st the said Prince was in Spain, the rest of them hapned from that time untill his death. With a discovery of some of the wayes which the then Popish Bishops used to bring Poperie into this nation. / By a lover of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the wellfare of this nation.	Lover of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the wellfare of this nation.	1655 (1655)	Wing T2918; Thomason E842_18; ESTC R207227	15,273	24

all the former Presages the greatest part of them bending to the head but as I said before the Lord did hide them from him And with my heart I wish that those ominbus presages which the Lord did send as forerunners of his wrath against him in his so great fall and ruin might deter all men of what condition soever to leave plotting and contriving any further tumults or sedicions tending to the shedding of any more innocent bloud in this Nation but let them plot what they will against this Government they will surely be destroyed in all their practises as it is evidently seen in the two last plots for when they thought themselves secure the childe of the Devill as I may truly say brought to the very birth see then how the Lord did frustrate their actions and with the least breath of his nostrils brake them to pieces and that in a moment as he did all the enemies of that famous Queen Elizabeth all her life as well before her coming to the Crown as after First by Bishop Bonner and his crew by setting her sister Queen Mary to take away her life and for no other cause but for professing the Gospell of Jesus Christ had not the Lord discovered it in his due time to King Philip in a warrant which the Bishops had shuffled in amongst other warrants to be signed by him for her death but the King reading the warrant refused to sign it and threw it aside but before they could bring their purposes to passe Queen Mary died and then their hopes were frustrate for she was presently Crowned Queen to the great terrour of all those that did plot her downfall for her heart was up right unto the Lord and the Lord kept her from all their plots and devises for after she came to the Crown what plots and devises did they not practise to take her life away by Pistols Poysonings Stabbings and by many other hellish practises how many lowing buls of Bashan did the Pope send against her discharging her Subjects of their alsegiance unto her animating her subjects to destroy her by any means whatsoever as it was plainly seen in the treasons of those hellish Conspiratos Lopus Campion Parry Garnat Banister Summervild Squire and the rest of that Popish rable and then by that never to be forgotten deliverance of that invincible Navy as the Spaniards called that great Armado in 88. when they made themselves sure of all this Nation and so to bring it to Idolatry for they brought with them whips of wire gagges and many other instruments of cruelty to force this whole Land to Popery But blessed be God the snare is broke and we are escaped except our sins which are innumerable do make us fall into the snare for surely our sins are even ripe unto the harvest and there wants nothing but the Lords putting in his sickle to reap us for surely the Lords patience is very much in waiting for our repentance therefore let us not defer it any longer least the Lord cast us off if we repent not all the sooner but blessed and praised be the Lord for it he brought that invincible Armado to nought for not one third part of them ever came home to Spain again and for all their malice against her she died in a good old age full of dayes riches and honour for she left all her coffers full of riches and treasure which she got from those that sought her life by making wars against them for the Lord did prosper all her undertakings which she took in hand for her heart was upright unto the Lord all her dayes as the heart of Asa king of Juda was and the Lord did keep her in store to settle the Gospell of Jesus Christ in this Nation and hath continewed it here almost 100. yeers praised be his holy name for it and grant good Lord that it may continew in this Nation so long as the Sun and Moon endureth And now let me return unto the King in his project of bringing in of Popery he had the least cause of any in the world to have any alliance at all with Papists much lesse to link himself in the affinity of marriage with them for look but back upon the Powder-plot and you shall see his Father himself and all their posterity with all the Nobility and all the chief Gentry of this Nation designed to be blown up into the aire the Lady Elizabeth his sister only excepted for they had determined to marry her to some Catholick Gentleman and so to have made her Queen but God did laugh at them and brought them to nought blessed and praised be his holy name for it But his Father and himself very well knew that all the considerable Papists in England did know of it and were ingaged in it and did contribute to it and for him to make a firm league with them the enemies of Jesus Christ was most abominable but as the Lord said unto Ezekiel Son of man turn thee and thou shalt see greater abominations then these so he yet added more to all the rest in putting forth that hellish book of sports as his Father had formerly done which book was put forth by the Counsell and advise of the then Popish Bishops long after his coming from Spain wherein he gives free liberty to the people to commit all licentiousnesse for prophaning the Lords day by dancing revelling gaming and all that the Devill could invent to the great dishonor of God and his Sabaths but it was contrived of set purpose to silence all conscientious Ministers that did seruple the reading of it as many of them did and were put from their preaching for not reading the same and also to draw the hearts of the rude multitude to himself if there should be occasion offered by any that should oppose the rise of Popery which the multitude is apt to do as the multitude of Asia did against Paul but knew no cause for what they did the whole City being in an uproar but knew not for what so this book was put forth to cause the rude multitude to rise in defence of the profain liberty which was given them by authority if there should be occasion as I said before it was one of the greatest Mr. Pieces that ever the Devill did put on foot in this Nation to draw the people to himself that ever was hatcht in hell far greater then the Powder plot for that had destroyed but the bodies of a few b●t this would have destroyed the souls of many thousands if it had continued longer It was worse then Balaams counsell for the Midianitish women to draw the children of Israel to commit folly and Idolatry but he had his reward for he was slain shortly after by the Israelites and so will all the enemies of Jesus Christ perish in all their wicked practises if they desist not in the pursuance of them Here are pregnant examples enough to make men leave their wicked practises if they will take notice of them which God of his mercy give all those hearts to do that shall read these Ominous Presages and the Lord give all men hearts to understand what it is to strive against God And my hearts desire is that the Lord would stir up the hearts of those that are in authority to put in execution that Additionall Act for the better keeping of the Lords day which is so much neglected and the Sabbath abused in the fields and Alehouses where the people do muster at play as if it were the week day yea even in the time of divine prayer to the great dishonour of God and disgrace to this City and that it may be carefully lookt into and amended he prayeth who is a lover of the Gospell of Jesus Christ and the peace and welfare of this Nation THE END

disgrace with the King for passing this sentence against them and for some other small marter which he crossed the Kings humour in and so this noble Gentleman was poy soned for no other cause but for opposing Summerset in the marriage of Essex his wife But the Lord did shew a great example upon them both but especially upon her for she died a more ●…thsome death then any woman ever died but for civilities sake I will forbear the particulars thereof But let us now leave this and speak no more of this curse but let us look up to heaven upon him that sees all the actions that are done on earth and that is the contriver of all marriages on earth both great and small and you small see how he doth frustrate the designes of all those that have plotted the downfall of the Gospell of Jesus Christ by bringing them to utter confusion in all their enter prises and I pray observe with me how in the very interim of this treaty the Lord did look down from heaven upon them and did send his thunders as messengers of his wrath to give them warning that he would meet with them and confound all their devises And in the first place be pleased to take notice that on Thursday the 30. of June 1623. whil'st the Prince was in Spain it being but two dayes after the Letter was written to the Pope for it was written the 28. day of June I. The Lord was pleased to send one great clap of Thunder which stroke away the flag and flag-staffe from the main-top-mast-head of a Ship then riding at Blackw●ll and bound for Spain with provision of fresh victuals to fetch the Prince home as live Muttons Capons and other fowls fit sot such a voyage Spain being barren of such provisions so that they could not be furnished there It was as fair a day as any hath been seen it also split the main-top-mast as own would have split an Osier twig it threw one part on one side of the Ship and the other part on the other side of the Ship it raised the main-mast down to the deck but did no other hurt to the Ship it killed two men and one woman at Croydon in the Bishop of Canterburies Diocesse in a field where they were making hay But you may object this was but an accident for thunders have done many such things the bodies being soorched and their clothes not so much as once to smell of the fire it is very true such things have hapned many times and in many places but look a little further and you shall see such other prodigious things that you will not say they were accidentall And now I beseech you consider with me whether these follow Presages be accidentall or no. II. And see what happened on the very next Thursday being the 7. of our July the Letter to the Pope being written the 8. of their July at Madrid in Spain it pleased the Lord to send many great claps of Thunder with aboundance of rain and withall so great a pillar of fire from heaven out of the South which is the due course from Spain that it reached from the heavens to the earth not as a flash of lightnings gone in the very sight but a very firme pillar of fire which I believe did amase any that did behold it It was my hap to be in the Parke neer Southwark when it fell right before me and so deterred me that I prayed that the Lord was not angry with this Nation for seeking to match with one whose Religion was not agreeable to the Gospell of Jesus Christ but one of those claps of Thunder did strike away the Crown and Vane from the top of the Gatehouse of St. James whereon the clock stood it melted a piece of the bell which house was then the Princes house at that time and he constantly kept his Court there it also struck down a Gardner and his wife in a Garden neer the Neathouse neer Westminster brak through several house in the bowling-alley neer Westminster aforesaid the man before mentioned was dead but the woman revived and was well again the body of the man was scorched but his clothes had no hurt It split wainscots chaires tables and stools in the houses aforesaid It killed also another man at Croydon the same time Surely these things cannot be accidentall when both these thunders did aime both at the head and Crown as we may see it did for the flag is as the hat on the Kings head for all Ships when they meet with any the King or States ships at Sea they strike their topsails or the flag in obedience or homage to the Admirall there is no man that not is wilfully blind but he may see that these two dayes Thunders were not accidentall but from the hand of God There is one thing more which a Heathen or an Infidell will not say was accidentall and that is this III. Old Thomas Earl of Arundell a great lover of Statues had sent for the Kings Statue in marble out of Italy it being come it was landed at a little garden house in Greenwitch which the Earl then had there his Lordship with others coming to view the Statue did very much commend the workmanship of it but while they were discoursing of it their fell three drops of bloud on the face of it no man knowing how it should come there the Earl seeing the bloud was very much moved at it they used all the means they could use to get away the bloud but could not this questionlesse was not done by accident but as the Egyptian Sorcerers said to Pharaoh in the plague of the lice This is the finger of God Yet one thing more there is remaining which I hope will give you full satisfaction that these Presages were sent by God IV. For in the same year 1623. while the Prince was in Spain for then he was but Prince promising to promote the Roman Catholick Religion both to the Pope and likewise to the King of Spain there was a Buckinghamshire man a Taylor by trade and as he said dwelt in Ailsbury he was neer upon 40. years of age and a very sober man he could not contain himself at his work in his house but must of force in the same year while the Prince was in Spain making those promises to propagate the Romish Religion in England aforesaid he did in all or most part of all the eminent streets in London in that very year curse the Romish Religion pronouncing wee to Rome woe to the Pope woe to all Papists and God confound the Pope and all Papists and all that did adhere to Popery by what name or title so ever they were called whether Dukes Marquesses Earls Lords Viscounts or of what degree soever he did constantly three or four dayes in the week all or most part of the time the Prince was in Spain come to Whitehall-gate King James being then at Whitehall for

a new set of Massing plate it was as neat a set of plate as the Pope hath any in his Chappel And Doctor Peerce the then Bishop of Bath and Wells as it was confidently spoken of and likewise written did send word to the then Bishop of Canterbury Laud and in his Letter to him did thanke God that he had not left a Lectur in all his Diocesse a thing very fit to thanke God for But I pray take notice that all these things were acted after the King came from Spain by the Bishops for the late King being in the year 1623. but Prince was sent into Spain by King James accompanied with George Duke of Buckingham and Sit Francis Cotington where after some treaty with the King of Spain concerning the Infanta whom he conceived should have been his wife the Divines of Spain opposing the match did put many rubs in the way but the chiefest of them was the unlawfulnesse of matching the daughter of Spain with an Heretick and one that they could have no assurance of that she should have the free exercise of her religion for her self and her retinew without good caution given for the same and no other caution would be excepted on but the two Port Towns of Plimouth and Dartmouth neither did they conceive it fit to have any further treary on the premises untill approbation thereof were first had and obtained from the Popes Holinesse And to that end the Prince writes his Lemer to his Holinesse wherein he gives him the style of most Holy Father and after Complements used sutable to the dignity of his Holinesse he makes known unto him the cause of his so suddain coming Spain which as he said was to gain the Lady Infanta to be his wife and withall related to his Holinesse what a dangerous consequence it would be to the Catholiques of England if the Divines of Spain should make any further scruple in opposing the match and he did also professe upon the faith of a Christian Prince that he would hazard his life and all his Kingdomes for the propagating of the Roman-Catholick Religion with other circumstances of the like nature His Holinesse answered his Highnesse Letter with the like Complemers laying before him the Valour of his noble Ancestors who hazzarded their lives and all their fortunes and all that was deer unto them in defending the Catholick saith and did not only merit unto themselves eternall glory and happinesse in heaven but gained unto themselves also and to their posterity everlasting same and renow here upon earth and then exciting him as his Ancestors had done to go forward in promoting the Catholick faith and so with is holinesse his benedict on he bequeathed his highnesse to the protect on of the Almighty Yet the Divines were not satisfyed with his Highnesse so large promises to his Holinesse but still opposed the match with might and main so that the Prince was constrained to send another writing to the King of Spain of one whole sheet of paper fully written and sent it by the hands of the Duke de Olavarce intimating what a dishonour it would be both to his person and reputation if he should not obtain the prize which he so much aimed at and which he did esteem above all the treasures in the whole world and that it would be a great hindrance to the Catholicks of England from attaining that which now they might obtain if he might not have her which his soul so much desired but he hoped that those so celebrious Divines would not put him to give such caution as was desired and as they propounded and could not be by him with honor granted especially in regard his Father had granted the Catholicks of England the free exercise of their Religion seven years before his coming into Spain and with all exciting them to consider that neither his Father nor himself had broken their words in the least title of any the capitulations that had past between them ad the Divines in not taking the word nor Oath of his Father nor of himself for performance of what had been capitulated would be a means to cause his Fathers vassals every day to raise new scruples and obstructions so that the Catholicks of England should not injoy that freedome of the exercise of their Religion which now they have and that if he might injoy her whom his soul so much desired it would be a means that none of his Fathers vassals should dare to stir And he doth also promise upon the faith of a Christion Prince that nothing in the world should make him break his word in the least jot or tittle of any that should be capittulated on but would hazzard his life and all his Kingdomes and all that was deer unto him for the promoting of the Roman Catholick Religion for he would not be joyned to one in the affinity of marriage whose Religion he should hate which promise he did faithfully keep to the ruin of himself and all his Posterity But the first foundation of his ruin and all their Posterity was laid by his Father King James for in the matter of Sir Thomas Overbury his death he did send for the Judges and gave them a strict charge to examine the matter throughly concerning the death of Sir Tho. Overbury and did imprecate Gods curse upon them if they did not discover it to the full and did upon his knees call for a curse from God and desired that God would never prosper him nor any of his Posterity if he did spare any guilty person that had a hand in that poisonous murther and the Judges having prosecuted the businesse so far that they found Sommerset and his Lady to be the chief actors in this murther for they found that Sommerset did write a friendly Letter to Sir Tho. Overbury that he would use all the wayes and means to get his inlargement that possibly he could and in that Letter he sent him a paper of Powder for him to take as being the best thing that himself took in his sicknesse Sir Thomas being then sick of Poyson sent him before but this powder which was sent in this Letter was a poyson of a lingring nature whereof with some other poyson which Mris. Turner had sent him of the like nature he died and after it was sound out there was justice done upon many of the actors where of Weston was the first then Sir Jarvis Elway the then Lieutenant of the Tower was the next that suffered and after him Mris. Turner was also hanged besides others and when it was punctually proved that Summerset and his Lady were sound to be the chief actors of this murther and that he himself had sent the poyson aforesaid the King contrary to the curse which he had formerly called from heaven upon himself and all his posterity did pandon both him and her after the Lord Coke had past sentence of death upon them and the Lord Coke was ever after in