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A77544 Britains triumphs, or, A brief history of the warres and other state-affairs of Great Britain from the death of the king, to the third year of the government of the Lord Protector. 1656 (1656) Wing B4813; ESTC R212596 68,460 193

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Britains Triumphs OR A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WARRES AND OTHER STATE-AFFAIRS OF Great Britain From the Death of the late KING to the third year of the Government of the LORD PROTECTOR Vide quam repentè tempus res mutat humanas Tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis LONDON Printed for Edward Farnham and are to be sold at his Shop in Popes-head-Alley neer Cornhill 1656. that have hapned in this little corner of the Earth for these five years last past which although peradventure they may be imbased by the course and mean allay of this impolisht dresse yet in this as in all other Histories you may find some things which may aut prodesse aut delectare either profit or delight thee One wisely and truely calls History the faithfull preserver of things past and the certain Prophet of things to come First here is related the Fall of one of the mightiest Monarchs in Europe and in him of Monarchy it self with the severall designs and transactions that were set on foot for the instating of his Sonne in the Throne and the fruitlesse events thereof The Conquest of Scotland The Reducing os Ireland The Revolt of the Carybe Islands and the reducing thereof and of the Islands of Scilly Jersey and Man The Breach between England and the Vnited Provinces and all the memorable Sea-fights that ensued thereupon The Dissolution of the commonly called everlasting Parliament The Calling another Assembly or Parliament with the manner and cause of the dissolution thereof The Lord Generall made Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England c. the Solemnities used therein his Reception and Entertainment in the City of London Other things of lesse moment are interwoven and promiscuously mingled up and down the Book as the nature thereof requireth And further finding thy kind acceptance of the first Impression it hath enboldened me to bring down the Story of all the Warres and other memorable things of Britain to the third year of the Protector all which as to matter and form I leave to thy Impartiall judgement there to be arraigned and condemned according to the nature of the offence and withall I request thee that with patience thou wilt passe by such faults as have escaped the Presse whether verball syllabicall or literall and so farewell A COMPENDIOUS NARRATIVE of the most Important Affairs of Great Britain from the death of the late KING to the third year of the Government of his Highness the Lord Protector AS to the external Causes of the many evils and miseries wherewith this Nation hath been afflicted for these few years past much might be said but the chief I have reduc'd to the following Heads The first and generall Cause was the Sins of the People who taking a surfet of ease plenty and pleasure and growing wanton thereby gazed after novelty that magneticall attraction of the Plebeian rout and as discontented with their present condition sought felicity in things they wanted Malv Rom. and were still unsatisfied even in the accomplishment thereof whence is occasioned the hatred of tranquillity the desire of motion the loathing of present things and seeking after future Another principal Cause was the lamentable corruptions of the Court not inferior in vice to the most infamous Court in Europe not excelling in any thing that might be called vertuous but inur'd themselves to a soft and luxurious life abounding in all manner of voluptuous and effeminate pleasures rejecting the more noble dictates of nature and grace not atchieving any one enterprize that might render them either feared abroad or loved at home but still wanting fuell for the fire of their prodigality daily invented some new and indirect courses and wayes to torment the people whose jealousies and fears encreasing with their grievances brought forth a most bloudy and intestine warre which ended not but in the subversion of Church and State as then established viz. Episcopacy and Monarchy the head of both being cut off and the bodies discomfited And though the King was judged to be the Patron of those many innovations and miscarriages that befell the Church and Common-wealth yet I am fully perswaded they proceeded not from the depravedness of his will but the flexibility of his nature overwhelm'd by his pernicious Councell by which he seem'd of a lesser magnitude then otherwise he would have done yet was he not the worst although the most unfortunate of Princes and in him ended Monarchy but not the miseries of these Nations for after some years civil and yet unnaturall warre betwixt King and Parliament they at length terminated in the vanquishing of his Armies the surprizall captivity and death of his person upon a scaffold before his Palace of White-Hall Jan. 30th 1648. The third and last Cause which I shall mention though not the least was the Pride Avarice Ambition and slothfulnesse of the Clergy who not only starv'd their flocks by withholding the spirituall food of their souls but also tormented their bodies by exhausting and sucking their bodily substance insomuch that the Nation groaned under the burden of their abominable corruptions who should have been the examples and leading-cards of piety and sanctity yet did the popular fury contribute more to the confusion of their Hierarchy then all their Crime put together nor were they cry'd down with more heat then afterwards cry'd up verifying that of the Poet Quid populi tibi voce places Mori Epigr saepe optima caecus Dat vitio temerè deteriora probat Having now hinted out unto you the Causes of our Warres and the distractions that followed the beginning progresse and conclusion thereof to the beheading of the King being accurately and briefly described by another hand I shall proceed to that which remains May 's Brev. No sooner was this mighty Prince bereaved of his life and dignity in such sort as is before related bnt Monarchy the darling of the multitude was voted chargeable unnecessary and uselesse and the Government was resolved into that of a Common-wealth Yet this mutation hapned-not for want of such as by a lineall descent and according to the usage of this Nation might pretend a Title to the Crown for there was a plentifull Issue of the late King both Male and Female then surviving but from some other politicall reasons best known to the then swaying Powers the which added and ministred hopes equal to the discontents of the people Now Charles though eldest Son of the late King inherited little save the misfortunes of his Father and what else he could chaulk out with his Sword yet his greatest hopes and expectations were from Ireland where the severall factions united proclaimed him King and bent their whole strength against the Interest of the Commonwealth of England and in short space became so formidable and prevail'd so much that they possest all the strong holds of that Country Dublin and Londonderry excepted both which were straitly besieged the former by an Army of 22000.