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An extraordinary express sent from Pasquin at Rome, to all the princes and potentates of Europe.
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Wing E3931A; ESTC R219788
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to thy good fortune XXXI The Cantons of Switzerland being amaz'd at the suddain change that happen'd in their neighbourhood deputed soveral persons on the behalf of the Helvetian States to be inform'd by the Oracle of future contingencies who being arriv'd at the Sacred Den spake to this effect We have seen a great light in our Neighbourhood and have rejoyc'd in the brightness thereof The recalling of the Vaudois and the Declaration of the Duke of Savoye in favour of the Emperor and his Allies hath caus'd our heart to leap for joy moreover we never receiv'd so many caresses from France only to perswade us to remayn neuter but they do not as yet offer to demolish the Fortress of Hunninguen however if they do not set about it speedily we shall open a passage for the Germans thô as yet we divide a little spot of ground with the King of France but forasmuch as there is nothing now to be fear'd and since he can no longer bite if he do not himself begin to dismantle this Place we will apply our Batteries thereto We are in good earnest brave Switzers and will not be mock't for the future they must now deal plainly with us and set their hand to the work their Louys d'Ors are good but somewhat more must be done at this time since ours are now more currant money for by the vertue of hocus pocus Monsieur Amelot takes us for Block-heads and thinks to gull us as he hath done heretofore but we have no mind to let slip this opportunity and we will act our part before the Farce be ended We are heavy and corpulent therefore we march stowly In the mean time what shall we do THE ORACLE Follow the light that goes before you XXXII The Republic of Genoa being very glad to see so many dogs set on the wolf and all the Powers of Europe combin'd against France the most formidable enemy that she ever had sent to consult the Oracle to know what ought to be done in this conjuncture saying The whole World hath seen the submission that we have been forc'd to make to the King of France after he had bombarded our City we have been constrain'd to kiss the rod with which we were scourg'd without murmuring and the Senate hath been oblig'd to go in a body to Versailles to thank the King for his great justice but we hope that the time is now come wherein Heaven will avenge us on them and that the Allies will cause reparation to be made for the Dammage that we have sustain'd What means shall we now use to take some satisfaction our selves of our conceal'd enemy THE ORACLE Let not thine inhabitants furnish him with armes to beat thee XXXIII The late King James being oblig'd to abandon his Kingdoms a second time and to depart out of Ireland and not knowing what Saint to invocate nor of what materials to make weapons in France where the unfortunate are not at all welcome went very mournfully to consult the Oracle and said I now acknowledge my fault and that my misfortunes have had their original only from the wicked instigations of the Queen my Wife and her pernicious Counsels that induc'd me to seek for means to make my self absolute by vertue of an Arbitrary power independant of the Statutes of the Realm and authority of Parliaments and to abolish the Test and Penal Laws This model came from France and hath lead me to the precipice and to this unhappy Labyrinth My People could not endure neither an alteration in Religion nor in the Succession of the Crown but sent for a Competitor who easily got possession of my Kingdoms without hopes that I shall ever be able to reenter therein as long as he shall live The greatest part of my Subjects have forsaken me and my Friends durst not so much as lift up their head My Forces have abandon'd me and they of my own Family have turn'd their backs on me Thus am I left destitute in the hands of the French reduc'd to the necessity of imploring their aid and of making a most lamentable figure not knowing whither to betake my self when the King of France shall be weary of me Alass will my banishment from my Kingdoms continue much longer THE ORACLE Until thy Successor shall have a mind to abrogate the Laws as thou hast done XXXIV The Queen Jacomina having seen with much consternation the return of the King her Husband to Saint Germain went accompanied with Father Peters and the little Urchin her Son to the Temple of the Oracle to know the reason thereof and spake thus I have been alwaies very exact in my devotions to our Lady of Loretto and have made many vowes to her to the end that I might re-enter into my Kingdom nevertheless we are so far from approaching it by the way of Ireland as the King of France vainly promis'd that we are now driven back farther than ever by the retreat of the King who hath been totally defeated feated with his Army at the first shock of our enemies Whence to so many misfortunes proceed that have happen'd to us in this World THE ORACLE From thy self XXXV Father Peters having entreated the Queen to permit him to speak in his turn said I have incessantly labour'd day and night for the good of the Society and considering that a Prince of Wales created by our hand might hereafter be a very powerful instrument for the propagation of the Catholic Faith and the encreasing of our Revenues in England our good Lady of Loretto hath by a miracle brought this Prince to light which was very necessary to protect us after the King's death none but the Society know the depth of this Mystery but in the mean time some spiteful person dis-affected to our interest having discover'd the mine brought the storm on the King's person and all the Royal Family and at the same time on our Holy Society thus to avoid exposing our selves to the mercy of the Conqueror we were compell'd to follow the fortune of the King and Royal Family by retiring into a place of safety to the end that by our Prayers we might be able to merit our return into England as soon as possibly it can be effected for the consolation of the party that we have left there and which impatiently expects our coming Shall we be speedily re-establish'd for we are all ready to repass the Sea THE ORACLE Immediately send for all that thou hast left there XXXVI The Cardinal of Fustemberg having lost all hopes of obtaining the Electorate and having turn'd that Arch-Bishopric into an Abbacy went full of despair to consult the Oracle and said I have foolishly neglected the opportunity of advancing my fortune having voluntarily renounc'd my right of Coadjutorship to the Arch-Bishopric of Colen I have converted the money that I receiv'd from France to procure me friends to a very different use and not doubting but that I should certainly accomplish my design I
spent it in treating my dear Niece who by her fond caresses caus'd me to imitate the Crow in the Fable and that which torments me most of all is that the matter is irrecoverable since the Holy See hath again ratified all that was done in this affair and that my Competitor is younger than I Thus my fortune is limitted within the narrow bounds of the Abbey of Saint Germain However the King gives me hopes of obtaining an Arch-Bishopric in his Kingdom to sweeten the remorse that I might have for betraying my own lawful Soveraign but I cannot relye upon it The fear of some foul and unexpected chastisement caus'd me to withdraw from Rome incognito to take shelter under the Culverins of the great Lewes but in regard that the unfortunate are never welcome at the French Court I can make but a sorry figure and it will be yet so much the worse if the Emperor and his Allies should gain any considerable advantages over France for then I might serve as a Victime to a Peace not knowing whither to flye since all Europe only desires my ruin Thus on whatsoever side I turn I can see nothing but crosses and tribulation ready to attend me I am come therefore to know my destiny THE ORACLE It will follow the fortune of thy new Master XXXVII The King of Siam being disengag'd from the French and the Jesuits went to consult the Oracle and said my Predecessor was much addicted to the French that were brought to Siam by the Jesuits who having made themselves in a manner necessary by the profession of the Mathematics and Astrology with the study whereof they had amus'd him soon insinuated themselves into his favour and by that means got possession of the most principal Places in his Dominions with a prospect of becoming at length Masters of the whole Kingdom designing to set one of their own Creatures on the Throne and to seize on our Golden Gods that attract all their admiration neither would they have preach'd there Religion here but to that end however having perceiv'd their subtilty with the advice of my chief Mandarins I got rid of them as also of their principal abetters and adherents After the King's Death I took possession of the Kingdom lest it should fall together with our Gods into the hands of the French I am not ignorant that their King will make pretensions against me but I fear him not as long as I can maintain an Alliance and good correspondence with the Hollanders my neighbours at least if they do not come to demand the presents that they gave to my Predecessor and to Constantius his chief Minister of State who was the instrument of all their designs and the wheel that set the engine of the Jesuits on motion but the first that shall presume to enter into my Kingdom I will deliver as a prey to the wild Beasts for I can no longer suffer such vermin in my Dominions THE ORACLE Be alwaies Master XXXVIII The Republic of Geneva being deliver'd from those terrible alarms that the King of France continually caus'd in their neighbourhood on the occasion of the marching of that vast number of the enemies against whom he is now engag'd and of the great War in which he is involv'd sent two Syndics to consult the Oracle in the name of the whole City who spake after this manner Our condition being alter'd and the tempestuous Storm having pass'd over our Heads he that so lately threatn'd us begins now to caress us thus we breath in a clear and wholsom air and we may certainly affirm that King William is a great Physitian and that his most efficacious remedies operate at a very great distance but for asmuch as in all distempers relapses are very dangerous by what means shall we preserve the good health that we now enjoy THE ORACLE By the vertue of Spiritus Angliae XXXIX The City of Hambourgh being oblig'd to publish the Emperor's Avocatoria was not a little disgusted and in this perplexity sent two Licenciats to consult the Oracle who spake in the name of their Principals saying We hoped that all our neighbours being engag'd in War we might have monopoliz'd the greatest part of their Traffic by the means of a neutrality but since jealousy often creates violence insomuch that we have found an embrago laid on all our Vessels in England with the Emperor's consent we have been compell'd to submit to the Avocatoria and to cause the French Resident to depart from our Tertitories but the King may clearly see that we have been constrain'd thereto to avoid the ruin of our inhabitants for the King of England who knows not how to dally persists in obligng us to observe the Avocatoria Thus we are perplex'd being depriv'd of our Commerce with France and not knowing what party to adhere unto in this Conjuncture THE ORACLE Follow the strongest XL. The Princes of the House of Lunembourg spake thus to the Oracle We have had no regard to all the offers of France and they could not hinder us from cleving to the interest of the common Cause of Europe and from furnishing our Allies with Troops notwithstanding the vast summes of money offer'd to us by the most Christian King to prevent it but we have no mind to be harrass'd we would act as we think fit and be Masters of our own Forces we would willingly assist our Allies and especially the King of England for whose valour we have a particular esteem as our Friend and true Ally and we are ready to concur in any thing to the utmost of our Power that may tend to his satisfaction THE ORACLE Glory and Victory flye before him and Heaven is his Protector XLI The Marquess de Gastanaga Governor of the Spanish Neitherlands after the Battel of Fleury fearing lest the enemies might invade Flanders went immediately to consult the Oracle and said May the Heavens protect us in this Conjuncture for if the Hollanders should retreat my Master's Countrey is lost and if the French should enter therein they would spare neither Virgin nor Saint nor the most Sacred Relicks I have caus'd several Masses to be celebrated and have made several vows for the prosperity of the King's Aâ—ms but I hope that when the King of Great Britain shall come he will defend us from all disasters with the aid of our good Lady of Hal. THE ORACLE Help thy self and the Gods shall assist thee XLII The Prince of Waldeck after the same Battel of Fleury was also very glad of an oppertunity to consult the Oracle on this occasion saying I have been unfortunate in the last Battel althô at the same time the French have no reason to boast I did what I could nevertheless I know that I am not respected by the People Men give Battel but the event comes from Heaven whence then proceeds my misfortune THE ORACLE Consult thy strength and thy age and be a friend to Spies XLIII The Kingdom of Algers sent two