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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86399	The history of the life and death of Hugh Peters that arch-traytor, from his cradell to the gallowes. With a map of his prophane jests, cruell actions, and wicked counsels. Published as a warning piece to all traytors. At the time of our late Sacred Kings tryall, this was the villains text to animate their Roman president & the jeshish court for the speedy horrid murder. Bind your kings in chaines or iron and your nobles in fetters.		1661 (1661)	Wing H2167; Thomason E1055_2; ESTC R207990	5,871	15

New England WEll then this contentious Hypocrite Seduc't a young Gentlemans daughter to Marry with him And not long he lived with her but the Spirit of Cavalation struck in betwixt them Then did he act Richard the 3 .d T is true hee did not breake her Necke but he sent her to Virginiae to be made a Slave on And went himselfe to new-New-England wherein hee continued three yeares till the very Natives were faine to give him Money to be rid of him Then to England hee came againe as the Proverb is An Ill hearbe growes any where And just as the Warr's was broke out in Flames this Atheist came again to lay more Fuell to the fire Presently strucke into the Army got preferment Chaplin to the Lord Brookes his Regiment At which time Newes was Novelties and none could declare more in a private Alehouse then Hee could in a publique Pulpit The ignotant did praise him the learned despise him So that hee was like the Fox when once hee was well knowne Hee was faine to quit his Burough Even so hee qickly departed from Brookes and fell into Fairfax Army and there hee preacht the Souldiers into so much obedience that they were ready to stone him away Then he bethought himselfe whose Pallat he could please best that if any Devill was on Earth he would find him For Townes nor Cities would not entertaine him he knew the Sea or A●my must so stricke into Oliver Cromwell then Lieutenants Generall where now wee will hunt him like a Fox by the Smell CHAP. 5. How Peters got his Preferment with his Master Noll and his going with him into Ireland NOw Reader observe that no sooner had his Master and hee disputed but they were Haile-Fellow well met trim tram like Master like Man Now Oliver was subtile and of the same kind Peters was for in a Moneths time hee found out what Peeters was and Peeters what he was so they became unto one another as plyable as a clacke to a Mill-Wheele And Oliver made him not only his Chaplin but his privy Counsellour Varsooth Tooke him over to Ireland with him For Oliver knew he was a Servant fit for his turne and Peeters knew hee was a Master for his So a little before Tredath fight Peters preacht to Oliver in the Camp and quoted his Text in the 45. Psalm and part of the sixt verse Thy arrowes are very sharpe and the People shall be subdued unto thee For truly said hee Ichu destroyed the house of Ahab King of Israell even to that which pist against the Wall for it was the work of the Lord and thou which art going to doe this mighty worke behave thy selfe like Maccabees who slew of the Philistins in one day threescore and ten thousand Therefore smite them to the Earth and leave not one alive The Tyrant did as the Traytour had said and turn'd the City into streames of blood So this was his seventh horrid Act of Villany From thence to England came againe Because many men to loose their Estates and this Hypocriticall Peeters was the first that transformed the Word from Malignant to Delinquent So after a great deale of Mischiefe the Parliament were willing to bee ridde of them sent them to Scotland In which Travell two Soldiers being short of money knockt a Goose in the Head besides having done some small affront to Peeters before Saying hee was their holy divine Prophet Which in troth they wronged him He caus'd them to be hang'd for 't But Dunbar in Scotland Edenborough Fife and Sterling For all his good deeds there wee 'l give him in to the Bargaine And discourse of their horrid and detestable Plots in Counsell at the Castle of Windsor lastly at Ware In which wee will shew the very essence of his Roguery Villany Iests and Mischiefe CHAP. 6. How Peters and his Master Noll sate in Counsell at Windsor and Ware to contrive the Murder of the King and dissolution of the Parliament thereby to assume the Power IN Windsor hee and his Master sate three Nights together up to contrive for and how to usurpe the Government The King being then at Holmby by Peeters advice they pitcht upon a perfidious il-borne brat one Ioyce to secure the King Who did accordingly after which they with-drew to Ware where at distance from the Army in a Field by their selves Concluded the King to bee Murdered the Parliament interupted and Oliver to raigne Potentate as hee confest when hee lay sicke at Plimouth Which was all accordingly done but when the House was interrupted so many as were Secluded were put in Hell at Westminster in which place Peters stood with his Pen and Inke ro take a list how many they were after preached a Sermon at St. Albones stouping in the Pulpit like an Actor in a play which a great one in m●schiefe said he had been in Hell and there had seene a great many Parliament men still blinding the people only to advance his Masters interest Which being done and all things accomplished hee was invested in his throne of wickednesse yet he would flout his Master jeere his Competitors object to all For in the Pulpit at White-Hall some persons being in the Chappell he did not affect Heason was under the Gallery Peters said there sate a blind Cobler had more grace in his face then any of them all At another time his Master askt him what Colledge he received his Education in he said in Brazen-Nos'd Colledge His Master suppos'd he had jeer'd him of his Nose said he was a Brazen nos'd fellow to answer him so At another time in St. Iames his Parke being his Master in a Coach and hee on Horse-back it chanc't to raine whereby his Master sent him his owne Coat to preserve him from the shower Peters sent him word again he would not be in his Coat for 500. l. See how the Traytor himselfe did hint at the unworthiness of his Masters cause Another time his Masters Son Richard himselfe and another Gentleman to the number of three were at the Devill Taverne at Temple bar fifteen Shillings being to pay faith Richard would pay but his club what but your club said Peters Come hang it I 'le pay my 3. Crownes that 's more spent in an houre then your Father could get easily in seaven yeares but suddenly after Noll posted away Richard defeated and Peters faine to shift for himselfe CHAP. 7. How Peters after the Decease of his wretched Master and the totall Defeat of all his wicked Rabble was faine to shift for himselfe his narrow Escapes and Apprehension with his going to Triall and from thence to the Gallowes NOw this miserable Catiffe was in a worse condition then ever was Caine for sleying his Brother Abell then was he faine to shuffle and cut and try his wits to the purpose for hee knew the Game stood upon his Life but perceiving the game to be dangerous resolved the best way to play least in sight which hee did for a certaine while but being closely pursued and chased he was constrained to take hold in South-warke his dables being discovered a Messenger was sent to apprehend him but hee like a Fox did soone quit his Borough and so mist for that time but not long after he was taken and secured though strongly denyed he was not Peters questionless a Fox if that he could speake to quit himselfe from Death would sweare hee was a Lambe But Peters guilt and erroneous actions could not appeare in the coat of Innocency so forthwith was brought to the Tower and a while after to Newgate and at the Old Baily tooke faire tryall before the Iudges who gave him Sentence to be drawne from thence on a Sledge to Charing-Crosse to be Hang'd drawne and Quartered which was done and now his quarters hangs on the Gates and his Head on London-Bridge where wee will leave them to the Readers judgment whether hee was more honoured in a Tyrants counsell or on the Gibbet at Charing-crosse So farewell to an unparalled Traytor never to be forgotten in the rolls of Infamie Good Sir forbeare who ere you are that laugh J needs must write Hugh Peters Epitaph J cannot say the Body lyeth here But point unto the Gates his Limbs are there The Epitaph IN stead of saying in this place doth Lie I now must say upon the Gates on high There hangs Hugh Peters Limbs a Traytor that Rebellion it selfe did stand amazed at To see such Confidence in mortall Man Hard Natur'd like unto a Flinty stone Tuter'd in Cruell barbarous Tyrannie Like to the Imps in Hell are wont to be Hot seared Conscience to himselfe alone Sprung from Mount Aetna's horrid burning Zone High piece of baseness that presum'd to tell Newses in Pulpits as if he 'd come from Hell No question of it for 't is Certainly None trod such steps none knew it so well as he Hee being Pluto's Chaplin needs could bring Tydings from Hell to act against his King Grand piece of Impudence that durst to bee Plung'd in that barbarons horrid Villanie Like to an Impious base prophane relector When hee was Chaplin to his Lord Protector Numerous more l●ke this J should rela●e Which hee did act aga●nst the Church and State For which the Ground did thinke him farre unfit His Dusty reliques should compare with it The Earth did scorne his Corpes though in a tombe Should have a burying place within her wombe Hold Muse bee silent for thou hast done faire And leave him on the Gates to Fowles of th' ayre Who scorne for to approach his filthy Tombe But what the Traytor hee have done T. H.