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A76483	Mutatus polemo. The horrible strategems of the Jesuits, lately practised in England, during the Civil-Wars, and now discovered by a reclaimed Romanist: imployed before as a workman of the mission from his Holiness. Wherein the Royalist may see himself outwitted and forlorn, while the Presbyterian is closed with, and all to draw on the holy cause. A relation so particular, and with such exquisite characters of truth stampt upon it, that each of our three grand parties may here feel how each others pulses beat. Also a discovery of a plot laid for a speedy invasion. / By A.B. novice. Published by special command.	A. B., Novice.	1650 (1650)	Wing B21; Thomason E612_2; ESTC R23105	40,723	56

should I dare publikely to speak all I know of the persons of some men and their now black and dangerous actings and imployments for the restoring of not Charls but to his ancient bloudy Tyranny Suffice thee my Reader thou shalt know all in time it must first be my work at the Councell Table where I shall God willing bring in a horrible large Catalogue of more pernitiously damnably dangerous Actors then was in the year 1605. in that infernall Powder plot If ever there were such a fry of Devils in mens shapes yea in ministers too crept in to undermine a People and State judge you by that time I shall have discharged the duty of a Sound Convert and a Native English Gentleman to those Patriots and worthies whom God by most miraculous providences hath owned to be our undoubtedly lawfull Governours But Non omnes volucres Auceps non omnia lustra Venator spoliat I shall do my uttermost Return we to see what the Catholike faction are a brewing Each had their Conventicle the Cavaleer Buzzard I may say Bayard had their fools o In Oxford a place so fitly called for Newes-meeters Corner and we our p The Catholike savern so generally called Knaves Some of us resolve one thing some another all agree in this we must desert the Royall Cause and as we could get in with the Presbyter One of such a quality cryes out I le compound and goe home fight Dog fight Bear Another I 'le take the Covenant and turn Presbyter But this last sort had carryed themselves meer Amphibiums in religion and not openly known for reall Catholikes but a part of us of more hot spirits not of the laity but of some severall orders did conclude it our best way not only cleerly to relinquish our party but to engratiate our selves with the Enemy by acting some handsome piece of treachery that in time we might revive the old Catholike Cause by more able and apt Instruments then by a company of staring hare-brain'd Cavaleers who are not able to act so powerfully as those we desired to joyn Interest with nor indeed as Solomon speaks when they had a price in their hands were they able to get wisdome And for this Conjunction were there very plausible reasons laid down Say some Had the King prevailed against the People the fawning Bishops to uphold their usurped power would have stampt any Religion upon their Proselyte King that they again might have vanted in their Lawn sleeves and stoln q Pedo Episcopali grande inest mysterium Miters the number of us Catholikes being in England much inconsiderable to that of Hereticks and the King not pertinacious nor a jot solicitous of any Religion which diminishes the least tittle of his monarchical prerogative In this huddle of opinions up starts a Dominican Fa Car by name now in Calice but then known by the degree of Quartermaster Lawrence born at Hexam in Northumberland and seriously in my opinion he spake as we say veteratorie like an old Fox Truly said he I can with better conscience and more liberty fight for and converse with the Scot then the Infidel the Presbyter then the Cavaleer I have more hopes of him for a Convert which is of some religion then of him which is of none and so far quoth he may we call the King but his Party especially true Cavaleers And if we truly consider some points of the Religion and the rigidness I may not call it but the zeal of the Presbyter with its Discipline and Polity you shall find as in severall points I could plainly hold it forth and demonstrate the parallel that there is no Religion in the world does so neerly consent with the true Catholike faith as does the Scotch Presbyterie though I do not say it be super veritate fundatum as ours is Besides said he I might urge the great hopes and probability of a Presbyters conversion for unde aliquis flatus ostenditur vela dat he is subject to turn with every winde no men in the world being of more unstable mindes and r Witness the common-pr-Directory Covenanting-royall-assembly-engageing Ministers of England giddily wavering as are they which if Arguile in time does not as no doubt but he will both the Leslies and the generality of the Brethren will make good Simul ac fortuna dilapsa est devolant omnes As for their guidly Covenant it 's but a Volaticum Iusjurandum seald with butter which they will only make use of to pick a quarrell with England when they have need of one and are out of imployment which the French will soon finde a way to put them upon when the young Å¿ Prince Charles Run-away shall have once given an assurance of his real conversion to the Catholike faith then shall you see the Presbyter the only staffe we must lean upon But for the Cavaleers said he they are Duri Capitones a company of foolish obstinate Asses our hardest taske will be to yoak these * Disparibus bobus vix trahitur Vehiculum two beasts to draw our Pough they that refuse you shall see them pessum premi trodden under foot by * Quod lupus est lupulum nunquam prius est mihi visum us and the * other These and many other arguments being laid down by this Father it was instantly desired by one known at that time generally by no other name but Captain Saint Iohns and yet well known somewhere now in this Country of the order of t Sunt qui Jesu nomen praetexentes hominum animas ipsi Satanae mancipant Jesus though he then walked the streets in a Chlamys how we should speedily dispose of our selves Non ad praeteritum consul valet immo futurum The time and season required our consultations to be brief and pithy and the result was that some of the more aged of unactive bodies for military exploits but of busy spirits to set things in combustion and to augment feuds should be left behind and the rest should inveigle as many as they possibly could of the Cavalry to fall off which to effect some of our younger Novices dispersed themselves to severall petite Garrisons which were not reduced to the States obedience yea verily to almost all the Royall unsurrendred Garrisons in England for really we had enough in Oxford to furnish them besides what before they were stored with and there were few without u Jesuits and preists some some with many I dare affirm none without any Nor was it long ' ere the fruits of our Projects did appear As in the great falling off of many both Souldiers and men of eminency which we could in any way make stoop to the lure of Presbyterie and swallow the goodly godly Covenant more particularly that almost totall defection of the Wallingford Horse led off by one Beard and Pawlet in which I my self had an hand But I shall deviate too much in instancing on the

by themselves and a way made for the banner of Christ and the Standard of my Master to be in time set up in that base adjacent Heretical plot of earth Master Ca told him though our hopes were once great by our influence on the King and his party yet it would be greater then ever if we could once see a conjunction betwixt the Royalist Presbyter and both willing to accept of aide from his most Christian Majesty you shall see strange things done quoth the Agent if ever we can but bring them to shake hands though with the teeth outward which in some time though perchance also with some little difficulty we shall bring about The Royallist is sufficiently madded already for they say they will take the Turks yea the Devils side to conquer England and in time you shall see we shall work on the dissatisfactions of the Presbyter that we shall bring them to joyn with us and their enemies to overthrow their brethren and friends And now Reader I can busie thy fancy with little of this weeks work onely the great mirth of the Jovialists they are no small boys now and I le warrant you drink no small Bear New faces still appear to be listed an 't were for the Turk all is one thirty English shillings advance was then a considerable summ In three or four dayes the Agent sent a Gentleman to command our attendance at the Dukes Court when he we no sooner being come asked us whether our number did increase or decrease We assured him that we had listed thirty six more then we had advance money for which was presently delivered us But said he to the Duke how shall we provide now to keep them together from running away By doing as you do now quoth the Duke meaning by letting them have money enough belike but it was presently resolved upon that a party of Horse should scour the Country England ward and it was given out that it was onely to surprize and take up wandring English Malignants and Delinquents and to send them to the Parliament of England But the next thing put to the Question by my self was who were fittest to be chosen for the Officers of these listed men Well said quoth the Agent a thing indeed most necessary next to be consulted on for either we must pitch upon some of our own friends or at least their enemies my meaning is Catholique or Presbyter the last being as serviceable to promote our enterprizes as the first Here is a noble Gentleman quoth Master Cat one Collonel Forcer who is not onely discreet but really their enemy and your servant yet very popular amongst them for the fools have a vein still to love us how plain soever our practises appear against them he is one that by a certain interest besides Religion would be glad by any means to advantage and set forward the French Design being also not ignorant of the greatest state of affairs and doth very well know how great hopes we have for the advancement of the Catholique Cause by bringing the Cavaleer under the Lee of the Presbyter Introth you have onely anticipated me quoth the Monsieur tell him I kiss his hand and desire a word with him for had you not mentioned him I must have had some conference with him about some higher concernment And thus again we parted with Orders to return with most convenient speed which the next day we did the Colonel in our Company and after some private conference betwixt Monsieur Montril and himself we were soon dispatched and gave out among the Totterdemallions that all things were now concluded but that a Colonel General was wanting which we doubted would be a Scot if we did not solicite the Agent that we might select Officers among our selves and amongst us none so fit and faithful a Conducter as would noble Colonel Forcer be which they every one presently relished Well now approaches the second and last day of our liquorish Worlds-End Rendezvouz where after high Bravadoes how we would plunder London and torture the Roundheads at our return into England making no distinction between Independent or Presbyter when we had subdued them both it was at last generally given to understand Thar the farthest way about was our nearest way home and that we must first visit France where we should lye at Rack and Manger Free quarter in Garrison against the Spaniard till such time as a League and Amnestie could be procured betwixt the French and them and untill the difference betwixt the Independent and Presbyter did flame to the very height which we assured them would erelong so come to pass and that it would prove a very feasible business by flattering the one to destroy both But behold the grand Pa the Monsieur approaches where by reason of different languages at the first accost there was nothing but dumb shews and Serviteur tres humbles but there came a Scotch Interpreter with him who was commanded to express the Agent in this wise Gallant Sirs his Honor here hath commanded me to let you know that though he be indeed a French man yet he was ever naturally devoted to the service of great Brittains Monarch and that by the solicitation of the most renownedly vertuous Henrietta Maria their Queen his Mistress he was now imployed by his Majesty of France to agitate concerning the English affairs and in special particular for the restauration of his most distressed Majesty of England and understanding that so considerable a number of his party most gallant Genlemen and Commanders had by the cruelty of the enemy been beaten into this Kingdom for refuge and safegard things indeed fell out more successfully for his business then he could have wished for or expected because now he was not onely in a capacity to serve their Prince but the Gentlemen in their miserable exigencies and to put them into that way which must of necessity be followed for the reducing of the English Rebels He hopes he hath no cause to doubt of the aversness of any in the promotion of this business if there be any such for perchance you may not be alike zealous in a good cause it is desired that they would please to urge their reasons to shew why it may not be accounted more safe to go into France to your Prince then to return back into the jaws of your merciless enemies Your accomodation there shall befit Gentlemen of your quality and in prcoess of time you shall finde your work done to your hands by some unknown servants of yours who are now stirring up of fewdes and flinging Marrow-bones betwixt those two Curs the Presbyterian and Independent yea some there are that are invisibly acting in their very Councels and Army whom if they cannot involve into a quarrel one against the other they shall raise up some strange * The Levellers a Plot of the Jesuits spirits amongst them that shall vigorously oppose and perchance utterly confound them