be pleas'd your self t' advise By thinking on precedent Prophecies Sixth Henry sure in this a Prophet was And did foreseâ— what things would come to passe Whom when confined by Imprisonment King Edward Fourth o th' name to visit went With Glâ—sâ—â—â—â— Duke and Richmonds all in state 〈…〉 two did Henry ruâ—naâ—e When those four Princes in one Bason wash't Successively a smile from Henry past Which Edward spies and thereupon would know The reason that did move him thereunto Th' unhappy King as he yet smiling stands 'T is strange quoth he four Kings should wash their hands Thus in one Bason Edward presseth on To know his meaning Henry thereupon Doth thus expresse himself I was Thou art And Gloster will be But for Richmonds part He shall be speaking thus as in despite Of all that should withstand great Richmonds might What shall be shall be none shall it oppose This force the words do in themselves inclose And so it was by Conquest Richmond wonne The Crown of England and by him was done A glorious work He did in one unite Those fragrant Flowers the Red-Rose and the White And so did cease that deadly bleeding Warre 'Twixt those two Houses York and Lancaster That King renown'd did in his judgement see Another union which in time might be When Monarchs two should so in one be met As that one Monarch over both should set A Crowned King England and Scotland both Their peoples should be made by sacred Oath One King to serve and that one to obay Whose Royall Scepter should both Kingdoms sway What Henry 7. foresaw to passe is brought The union as you see is firmely wrought The Laws of God and Nations do confirme it Woe then to them who seek to overturn it Our good King Charles from Henry 7 descended Of all the Kings no one King more commended For all the vertues that a King adorn His Royall Head by Right the Crown hath worn And Rightfully it doth to Him belong This to deny none dares do such a wrong Shall then the Subjects of his Kingdoms bend Their strength His Kingdoms from his Crown to rend With England Scotland joyn'd in full consent Shall each from other be in pieces rent God made the marriage and it is a wonder What God hath joyned that man should dare to sunder Great Brittain now by her great union is A Lady Crown'd with everlasting blisse If that her King and people could agree But to uphold her peacefull unity And this to do is our good Kings desire It is the thing which he doth most require His profer'd love is by his Subjects slighted And his desires of Peace with Warre requited Division now the union dis-uniting Sets both the Kingdoms 'gainst each other fighting And both of them 'gainst their Monarchall King Do joyn their Forces and their Armies bring Into the Field Can Heathen stories tell A work that may such mischiefs paralell Then Noble Earl be touch't with some remorse And now no longer do thy self enforce By civill Warre â—o spoile thy Countreys Peace But rather cause all bloody broiles to cease Remember Richmond shall be Henry said So Richmond was Now then his Of-spring aid And boldly say our good King Charles shall be In spight of Foes Our Royall King And he Shall Rule and Reign and all his Subjects they With faith's Allegiance shall their King obey Promote but this Great Brittains joy shall then In union stand confirm'd Amen Amen Renounce Rebellion 't is thy Honours stain He runneth farre that never turns again Turn to thy King and he will turn to thee With mercy more then can deserved be Lead on the Army under thy Command No more against but with thy King to stand Thy Christian love and loyalty expresse In working thus our Kingdoms happinesse Thus what Charles Ancestors did once foresee Shall be establish't to Eternity Thou shalt by such endeavours never fear it The love of God and all good men inherit But if thou shalt this warre continue then Thou shalt abhorred be of God and Men For such a wastefull cruell warre needs must In th' issue lay this Kingdom in her durst And therein will Gods worship be interred And best of civill Government lie buried Of this Great Isle the Old Inhabitants Did paint themselves to make their countenance Seeme to beholders gastly grimme and fierce Such Cesar found us But we now are worse We then were Salvages now Christians are And this Rebellion makes us worse by farre Then rude Barbarians such wayes we know Do worst beseem such as for Christians go America when first discovered Her People though by Heathens governed Yet to their King were most obedient And mongst them was such form of Government As all could well what was their own enjoy Themselves did not as we our selves destroy O mourning Times for every honest man Men-eaters like to those of Magellan Who Viper-like no whit at all will spare Their Mothers Womb quite out to rend and teare Wilt thou be one of that base viperous brood And is to thee thy Countries spoile thy food Thou do'st thy self a Christian write why then Wilt thou in sinne out-strip those Heathen men Who serv'd their King and durst not him offend Wilt thou thy evils unto that height extend Even Heathens shall 'gainst thee in judgement rise Unlesse some better course thou do'st devise In time For what by Warre can mended be In Warre we can but our confusion see In presence of our God conjure I thee That thou thy King and native Countrey free From their sad fate So that Religion true May stand establisht to the worlds wide view And that fair Englands people as in times Of Yore may all sit underneath their vines And peacefully enjoy what is their own That King and Kingdoms blisse may still be known And bear aloft the honour of their name Cleer'd from Rebellion Christians stain and shame This to atchieve do from Rebellion cease And Nobly worâ—elâ—y King and Countreys Peace Thus shalt thou make a mends for what 's a misse And to thine Honour gain eternall blisse The third Song My Muse is now upon an Errand sent To view a Wall that gives no good content Of such bad Wallers there's too many now And one of them my Muse will shew to you MY Muse doth now Sir William Waller see Who loves to sight where Walls and Hedges be Twixt him and them he is to fight withall For then hee 'l shew himself a Souldier tall O could his wit but handsomely contrive Before him always Woods and Hills to drive Then would he with a Souldiers threatning looks Amaze his Foes and burn up watry Brooks But on plain ground if he be brought to fight He knows full soon to save himself by slight For after-ages this remember will How fast he ran away at Roundway-Hill Yet notwithstanding that his overthrow My mind to me can sundry Actions show That 't is in Warre a very Common-thing One day to loose another day
'cause they all foresee The dolefull State of Englands miserie By this accurs'd Rebellion The whole Nation With speed now Posting unto desolation If thou good Subject bee'st remove those fears That make the Land powre out such bleeding tears 'T is more then time this fearfull storm to cease And nothing can â—ffect it but a Peace A happy Peace will both Ecclipses clear And Sunne and Moon in glory shall appear Each brightly shining in their proper spheare And then they will a glorious Peace uprear When Cynthia as a Servant unto Sol With one consent a happy union shall Twixt King and Subjects make and clouds disperse That be or shall be to our Peace averse This to effect Sir William reach thy hand And for thy King with resolution stand For Peace for Peace our Gracious King doth call Peace is that precious Pearl will please us all T is that will make both Church and State to flourish Blest be each Soul the means thereto doth cherish And blest art thou Sir William Waller when With heart and mind to this thou say'st Amen Amen Amen to this Amen say I Amen say all that love His Majesty The Fourth Song My Muse doth now make hast into the North To taste a Messe of Scottish ill made Broth And dine her self with Plummery and Keale Although she makes a very hungry meale And sooth to say and not at all to jest Shee 'l tell you whom she findeth at that feast BRave Limping Lesley Rebels welcome Guest Thy rough and boistrous blast blows North North East A Wind that 's good for neither Man nor Beast And yet inclos'd in Concave of thy brest Like Eolus thou send'st it forth from thence And mak'st thereby a raging violence Which doth produce a fearfull bleeding work All to uphold thy factious Scottish Kirk And bring a proud and up-start Presbytrie To Rule and sway in Englands Monarchie And in this work to further thy intâ—nt A Factious Force from England there is sent So that the Factious in both Kingdoms are Against their King met in Rebellious Warre Working therâ— by each Kingdoms fatall fall And this to do th' art made a Generall Doth Scotlands Kyrk thy actions look upon Allowing Ill that Good may come thereon Gods word then sure is not the Rule whereby They order all their seeming Sanctity All of thy Kyrk condemn I must not dare Among them sure some Learn'd Divines there are Some that are just and good and holy men With all my heart I love and reverence them But for the most the Swing of their intent Is unto Schisme and Faction chiefly bent The Brethren of the Parity are they Which in Rebellions Warre do bear most sway And for a true religious work allow it None of the Faction dare to dis-avow it Thou of that Brother-hood a Brother art And stand'st though halting strongly on their part Say not thou art a true Religious man Thy best is but a Rebel-Puritan Thou giv'st a mocking taunt to Purity And art but pure Religions Enemy Who plainly shew'st by thy Rebellious Course Thou hast no more Religion then a Horse Did ever Pure Religion teach this thing That Subjects might raise Warre against their King For any Cause or seeming good pretence No true Religion unto such offence Doth warrant give That false one doth of Rome Unto whole Tenent thou doest closely come Thus as the Devill to the Collyer cryed Like unto Like So thou with Rome dost side I care not though thou take my words in Snuffe I will not fear to give thy Pride a Cuffe Thy self thy words thy works all rude and rough Are Bastard-like base mis-begotten stuffe But in the wisdom of thine own conceit If thou dost think praise on thy Actions wait Then must I tell thee out of Wisdoms School That thou art left more hopelesse then a Fool The wisest King that ever Scotland bred Whose judgement was with understanding fed In things Divine to cleer each rais'd-up doubt There was like him in all the world through out Not any King It was his full intent To state both Kingdoms in one Government That Scholler like King and King of Schollers He The English and the Scottish Church did see Both of one Faith and that they might agree In Discipline with fuller unity Considering our English Form was found More pure then that of Scotland and more sound His whole endeavours he did then incline That Scots might use the English Discipline And to that end our Service-book he sent To them that they therewith might be content Which if with Ours it did not full agree Upon Complaint it should amended be And rightly judging that Episcopy Was bâ—st agreeing unto Manarchy He laboured that Scotlands Church might have Their learned Bishops godly wise and grave By this one Form of Discipline he knew Both Churches should be one though they were two And might appear full strong in their defence When in them both there was no difference But that blest work most proudly was withstood By those that were the Factious Brother-hood Whose malice did mischievously contrive Their Bishops all at once away to drive And in despight our Service book they throw Out of their Church A better yet I trow Nay more I dare 'gainst any undertake Those Factious Fooles could not can ever make Scarce one so good Of one thing I am sure The Scriptures Test it will throughout endure Here now begins Rebellion forth to break And Rebels mouths most lavishly do speak Gainst Gods Annoynted and belch out this lie That he did mean to bring in Poperie A thing which never came into his thought As knowing wel what works proud Rome hath wrought Yet now he finds his factious Subjects all Are in their works Rome-like Tyrannicall And thou proud Generall a man accurst If not the worst of all yet next the worst Do'st as a Chiefe in their Society Uphold this work of damn'd Impiety And with thee joyn our English Schismaticks The bratts of Hagar full of mocking tricks Our Mother-Church you all most proudly scorn As Hagar Sarah and each Isaack born Of hâ—r blest womb each childe of promise must With you as Off-scummes out of doore be thrust None are a Church but those of your new faction Lo how you joyn with Rome in this your action And this your monstrous buiâ—ding up to reare Against your King you proudly Arms do beare For why such sonnes of Desperation Can give themselves a Dispensation Two famous Kingdoms thus confounded are By Civill most uncivill barbarous warre The secret plot which did this work contrive Got life long since though then not seen alive To Luds great Town was sent from Edens land The Contract which fast joyned hand in hand This factious Crew by Vow and Oath to make This rue-full warre which dangerously doth shake Of either Kingdom their most strong foundation And threatneth both with direfull desolation For now ye see the Scottish Covenanter His Covenant dares to English Lords preferre
And thereby Englands Subjects sworn must be Against their King O matchlesse Villanie Who takes that Oath are perjur'd every one From Faith and Truth they desperately are gone No age before produc'd so vile a thing That Subiects should be sworn against their King One thing there is our Rebels stand upon Which doth in their Rebellion lead them on The King his Oath and Oath of Subjects all Are both alike say they reciprocall And so they are both must indeed be kept But know they have a different respect The King his Oath doth take with reverend feare To God alone But Subjects they do sweare To God and to their King If Kings offend 'T is God alone that must with them contend A power above them That which is below I meane Those that their Subjects be must know They cannot move in any other sphere Then of Subjection Whence it is most cleare As God alone hath power 'ore the King So Subjects must submit in every thing Unto their lawfull Prince who power hath To punish Subjects for their breach of Faith Let Subjects know it is not in their part To say unto their King Thou wicked art Who dares speak so but such as speak not well And proudly dare against their King Rebell And most unjustly when they but surmise The King doth 'gainst his Oath some plots devise Which he ne're minded Then if Subjects all On such suspect shall from obedience fall And runne into Rebellion presently All Government is quite destroy'd thereby If Husbands chance to break their Marriage Vow Shall wives 'gainst Husbands straight Rebell think you And then again much more especially When wives are mov'd by cause-lesse Jealousie Yet Subjects of our King so moved are To take up Arms in this Rebellious Warre And thou proud Lesley makes thy self a chief In working of thy King and Countreys grief And this must still be for Religions sake That makes the Rebels such a coyle to make The Turk were he to choose Religion now He would not be Religious like to you Scotch Generall then go gang thy way along Help to uphold the Turkish Alchoran At Meca there do thou a Champion set And fight thou there for their great Mahomet And then by that thy valiant enterprize Thou mayst command the Great Turks Janizaries Or Generall be of his Timariot Force And so command three hundred thousand Horse And rise to be of some great Bashaw's might Or Beglebeg a Lord of Lords in sight Here 's Honour for thy high Ambition fit Who mayst make choice of thy Religion yet Then stay not here great Brittains Isle to spoile By mischief of thy proud Rebellions broile Thy Scottish Covenant keep among the Scots Our English Church and Common-wealth it blots With Treason 'gainst our King uprightly just Who gave himself into his Subjects trust And that so generally as none before Was known to do so in the dayes of Yore Shall Subjects then their Soveraigns trust betray And 'gainst their King foule parts of Treason play The Proverb thou dost know it loudly rings And tells the world that Scotland bears no Kings Wouldst thou of such condition England make And spoile her honour with thy Scottish rake May judgement first upon thee strongly seize And King and Kingdom of that sicknesse ease A work 's begun which with infection strong Infects both Kingdoms by Rebellions wrong And canst thou Lesley find within thy heart Such works to do and take such workers part O strang to see for I have heard thy name With Honour prais'd whereof if true the Fame Thou art a Souldier and with warlike skill Canst in a Battaile all thy ranges fill And valiantly command an Army so As where thou marchest Honour there may go And so it might in Warre when Honourable Rebellions praise is most abominable Quit then thy Honour from dishonours stain And march no longer in Rebellions train It 's much too much thou hast already done Thy self but conquer there 's a Conquest wonne Shall make thee great Great glory shall they winne Who can like Conquerers o'recome their sinne Our good King Charles Prince Charles Noble Duke Set them before thee and upon them look With heart of love The King deserves no lesse And those sweet Princes do such grace expresse As not an heart unlesse of Steel or Stone But would be mov'd to love them every one Against them all to fight Offences such Do with a mischief Gods Annointed touch And yet the Actors they themselves will stile His Majesties most Loyall Subjects while They 'r nothing lesse Their actions foul and vile Do justly them from Subjects name exile To see in this how Subjâ—cts do proceed May justly make the stoniest heart to bleed Great Brittains Self her self doth bite and sting Our sinnes our sinnes on us these judgements bring What are the English now of Mad-mans Tribe To let the Scots to them a Form prescribe Of Government in Church and Common-wealths And to enforce 't for King and Kingdom healths No Lesley no wise England will not brook What thy base Faction now hath undertook Feed then no longer thy deluding hope Nor vainly give unto thy fansie scope For if thou do'st thou wilt but fool thy self And lay thy hopes upon a broken Shelf New Covenanters Ours and You Crafty Scots All base Projectors full of cosening Plots Shall all in Gods good time from England pack And work no more our Kings and Countreys wrack To Englands Rule if Scotland please to yeeld Great Brittains Union shall be then upheld Renown'd King Charles shall from that very day With joy the Scepters of both Kingdoms sway Gods true Religion then shall firmly stand And Brittains Isle shall be a glorious Land No clouds shall then Ecclipse her glorious shine Among the Nations round about her clime Her Peace shall then her safety fortifie As City built in glorious unity Lesley behold a wish't for happinesse Which to accomplish thou thy mind addresse If thou indeed religious rightly art Religion bids thee take thy Soveraigns part And be content in Scotland to abide And take what there God doth for thee provide And never henceforth any inrode make Into this Land in Hostile way to take From Englands King and English Subjects what To thee or any of thine belongeth not Which yet I 'de have thee know thou couldst not do Did not our Bastard-English help thereto I know 't is naturall for man to erre But know that Beast-like 't is to persevere In error Then retract To King submit And do what best a Subject may befit Strive now for Peace to Peace thy self betake And let an happy Peace thy Period make In Peace to live and so in Peace to dye Will bring to thee a Peace eternally And scorn not him whose pen these lines did write His Youth could well in warlike Battaile fight The Accidence of Arms long since he knew And all the Grammer Rules of Warre did view And can dispute the learning of that Art
Even with thy self were we both set a part But now let 's both to shield our selves from evill Fight 'gainst our sinnes the World the Flesh the Devill My Muse will him a Christian subject sing That Feareth God and honoureth the King The fifth Song Now that my Muse into the North is come Shee seeks about as hearing there are some Who side with Lesley in this shamefull Warre Which honest men should from their heart abhorre My Muse in seeking one she hath found out Doth tell his name and so resolves the doubt FAirfax Farre fetcht deer bought is good men say For Ladies yet not if they strain to pay Too deer a price for all the things they buy Such Chap-men turn to Bank-rupts suddenly Bank-rupt of Grace it seems that now thou art Against thy King to take Rebellions part And such a King as England never had Who did delight to make his Subjects glad By granting what they justly should desire What more could Subjects of their King require What fury then inflames Rebellions fire And causeth Rebels proudly to aspire To such an height their Soveraign to compell To do but what themselves should say is well Although it be at once to overthrow Both King and Kingdom which the Powder-blow Intended And what that would then have wrought This now Rebellion to effect hath brought Fair England which advanc'd in glory stood Is now thrown down into a Sea of blood A Jesuite and Schismatick in evill Are both alike the Children of the Devill Thou Fairfax art the last and dost so walk That future Ages thus of thee will talk He hated Rome and yet made way to bring A Roman-like Rebellion 'gainst her King In such a Warre wilt thou with Lesley joyn And set Religion's Stamp upon thy Coyn False Coyn to make by Law is Treason held And such a work thou brought'st into the field A Princely Generall in 's * Colours had this clause Foâ— God for King for Countrey for the Laws For these to fight it is a Souldiers praise And who so fight their Honours name shall raiâ—e In future Ages unto such an height As Honour shall on their Memoriall wait But those that dye in foul Rebellions plot Their memory their name shall stinck and rot And so shall thine if still thou bearest Arms To work thereby thy Kings and Countreys harms And all good Laws to trample under Feet Is this a work for Noble Subjects meet Ignobly sure with shames reproach runne they Who will runne on in proud Rebellions way I wonder Fairfax what 't is makes thee fight What Bugbear standeth in thy judgements sight Thy King hath promised by Oath and Vow Gainst Kingdoms Laws no one thing to allow You say His Protestations Verball are 'T were well for all you not so reall were Then would you not so really intend Your Gracious King unjustly to offend For whatsoere our King his word hath past Should be performed from the first to th' last If Subjects but a Legall way would take They might be sure he wholsome Laws would make And by their Execution give them life And so prevent whatsoere should move to strife What moves thee then thy Armies on to bring In Hostile manner 'gainst so good a King A woefull thing with Lucan 't was to spye 'gainst Roman Eagle Roman Eagle flye Unto our woe our eyes are now descrying 'gainst Englands Red-crosse Englands Red-crosse flying And Andrew's Crosse to fill their Scottish Gorge Comes flying in against our Englands George And English hands with strong Rebellions might Must Andrew help against themselves to fight ' Ware England ' ware help not the Scots too much Lest that mad work produce a danger such As may effect that Anchorets Prophesie Which Polychronicon doth testifie * Both Kingdoms Forces firmly joyned may With boldnesse to the world most stoutly say Deal as thou wouldst be dealt with We not care To bid our proudest foes do what they dare Our Force by Sea about the Island round Was strength enough to keep the Inland sound By Sea and Land we now our selves destroy Which into Mourning changeth all our Joy We through the World our Honour might have born But now to th' world have made our selves a scorn And 'mong our selves we have a spoâ—le begun Which all the World 'gainst us could not have done And yet the workers of our mischief still Do all run on most desperately in ill Iâ—Fairfax mad or drunk what dulls thy sence Thou canst not see the ill of thine offence Who eats a Hemlock-root in Parsneps stead Is thereby into fits of Madnesse led What Cup of Lethe doth thy sense beguile And makes thee sleeping dye and dying smile Awake thy self rowze thy distracted senses Rebellion Treason are such vile offences As throws thee down into an horrid State That God and all Good men thy Actions hate As Alexander once was heard to say To wise Calisthenes the same I may Speak unto thee That wiseman I do hate That doth not wisely for his own estate * Wise to thy self learn thou in time to be That thou thy straying wayes may'st wisely see The fear of God best wisdom doth begin It will thee reach to see and know thy sinne In thine amisse do thou thy self not cherish Thy Judge doth say thou must repent or peâ—ish The Prodigall comes to himself again Shews they are mad that do in sinne remain The Christians Faith not with Repentance joyn'd Doth argue name of Christian falsly coyn'd Beleeve Confesse Repent and sinne forsake These Graces do a Christian rightly make Those men are truly mad which do suppose Themselves true Christians whilst they do inclose Themselves in worst of sinnes such Monsters are And so art thou in this Rebellious warre If thou 'lt be led by sacred Wisdoms lore It will thee then unto thy wits restore Thou shalt no more in fits of madnesse runne Thy madnesse hurt enough too much hath done Already 't is time those fits should stay Which to thy self and Countrey brings decay Two Kingdoms will but make a sad conclusion When both of them have wrought their own confusion Me thinks Jerusalem may cause suspition That we our selves will bring to her condition None but seditious Brethren mongst us are The causers of this most destructive warre Will valiant Fairfax chief Commander be In such a Warre And where himself may see His Countreys Ruine joyned with his own O let so vile a thing no more be known A danger when foreseen is soon prevented It may at last untimely be lamented This foule Rebellion not in time withstood 'T is vain to think of Kings and Countreys good Thy warlike Hands hast thou to sinne so sold As by them still Rebellion to uphold Is this the way bright Honours Fame to winne By thy persisting in so damn'd a sinne That Honour purchas'd is at dearest cost When Soul and Body both thereby are lost Not Honour then but foule Dishonours shame Shall wait upon the
proudly say That he will never any King obey His will is that which for a Law shall stand The greatest King must yeeld to his Command That Court whose pride unto such height is Tric't Is sure therein a very Antichrist And every one of Antichrist a Limbe Who hoyseth Sailes and doth his Tacklings trimme Like men of Warre such Actions to defend As do against his King and Countrey bend Your Preachers your seditious Preachers are The Whelps that crie up this Rebellious Warre And say if the Kings party overcome Woe to us all the Kingdom is undone And Popery then the upper-hand shall have This this deer Brâ—thren all the Papists crave Withstand them then prevent our misery Which will be wrought by Papall Tyranny Our Laws will all be then quite overturned And Christ's deer Flock with fire and Fagot burned Let all good Christians then as Scripture saith With might and main strive to defend the Faith Religions Cause is that we have in hand This to defend 'gainst King and Keâ—sar stand Gods word doth warrant that in Cases such We cannot shew our love and zeal too much Such lies they do with monstrous zeal expresse And non-sence words and that in great excâ—sse They box their Desks and Pulpits bottom stamp Are drawn awry as with Convulsions Cramp If loud and fast their lying Tales they tell Thâ—y 〈◊〉 Chuâ—ch men Prâ—â—â—h most monstrous well These are the zealous men for so they 'r call'd That have 〈◊〉 so dangerouâ—â—y â—enthrali'd These and thâ—â— followers full of zeal Igrant But all true â—nowledge and discretion want And hence it is they in their zeal desire To set and see the Kingdom all on fire Yet some thing else Rebellion goes about Which is to root our Kingdoms Honour out The many headed Beast sole Rule would have Our Honour then lies buried in that Grave A Noble people once the English were And did aloft their Honour Nobly beare And shall we now dishonourably choose New shame to get and Antient Honour loose From best to worst from Monarchy to fall To Oligarchy bafest Rule of all Brave Noble mindes in England Nobly bred O're us to Rule Let not that Hydra's head King Charles advance to 's Honours him restore And state this Kingdom as it was before With this let all most wisely be content And strive no more for change of Government Their seeking so the thing for which they sought Hath a most miserable ruine brought Upon this Land The Kingdom rent and torn Is like a City ruin'd and forlorn Those things which did her Glory best adorn Rebellion spoiles and makes of them a scorn Those two most famous Vniversities Fair Englands Beauty and her Starre-bright eyes From whence there did such glorious Lights arise As that the splendour of their glorious shine Did spread it self through every Zone and Clime In all the world Is 't not a wonderous sight To see as now that Sunne-like shining light To be Eclips't whose once most heavenly rayes Was honoured with such deserved praise Those goodly Halls and Stately Colledges The Seed-plots of the liberall Sciences The fountain-heads of every pleasant spring About whose Banks did all the Muses sing Where Schollers liv'd and some so wondrous rare As might for learning with the world compare From whence was wont into the Church to flow Those blessed means which made her glory grow And bring forth fruit of greatest dignity A Reverend Grave and Learned Ministry Who being Orthodox with Spirit bold The Truth 'gainst Romes false Doctrines did uphold But now our Church whoso but looks upon her Shall see her rob'd of all her pristine Honour And Schollers are enforc't to lay aside Their learned Books and for themselves provide As Souldiers furnished in compleat Arms To shield themselves from present threatned harms And save their lives and all their Colledge-Lands Out of the reach of Rebels spoyling hands No Heathens yet would once dare to deface Their Idol-Gods nor to the ground to raze Their Pagan Temples But we now farre worse Then they have rob'd our God and brought a curse Upon us all which may cradicate Our Kingdoms Glory and so leave her state As wholly ruin'd waste and desolate And this to do Rebell on doth not stay But runneth on even in the ready way For next the Church what did our Kingdom grace They seek to spoile and utterly deface The Innes of Chanâ—â—ry and Innes of Court Where Englands Gentry used to resort And study there that they might wisely learn All points of Law with Judgement to discern Those Houses where the Ancients ruled so As all did in a comely order go And able were a King to entertain With Honours due unto his Royall train These all our Honour greatly did augment They did in them a kind of state present Which did the glory of our Land advance Now spoyled by Obnoxious Ignorance Laws Divine Humane Civill Common all Are troden down by force Tyrannicall T is then high time we should our sinnes repent For they are cause of all our punnishment But now because a present bloody broyle The Peace of England doth destroy and spoile What may be done a Peace for to restore To King and Kingdom nothing wisht for more Why This to do I nothing will invent But what I learn by actuall president Romes self it seemes doth now desire a Peace And that all Warres in Christian world may cease Since Gregory the first Surnam'd the Great Vrban the 8th who sate in Romes high seat Of all their Bishops was the very best His like was never found among the rest And this I think of him that suâ—e he would Have been a Protestant if that he could He doubtlesse lov'd a Protestant in 's heart And would not 'gainst them take the Papists part In Germane Warres he nothing would decree On either part but wish't they might agree For whil'st they striv'd each other to confound No Peace could grow out of so bad a ground Experience taught Romes Church this Truth to know When as their Priests did seeds of Treason sow And thereby spoil'd the Protestant Estate And did Reformed Churches ruinate The Plots whereby they kept so great a coyle Themselves thereby at last did chiefly spoile A Peacefull way Romes Bishop then intended Which was of all the best to be commended In outward form the Papists well may stand With Protestants affording friendships hand Each unto other That French Cardinall Who sought a Peace most wisely to enstall In that French Kingdoms Royall Government About that work he with such wisdom went As that by him the Protestants protected Their Faiths Allegiance never was suspected For they themselves did as good Subjects bear Unto their King He had no cause to fear Them any whit at all For as was meet They ready were down at their Soveraigns Feet To lay their lives their Countreys Peace to gain For this they would themselves to th' utmost strain There now when Protestants and
Papists meet They do most lovingly each other greet If such a course mongst us were wisely taken The Sword of Warre should be no longer shaken Against our Peace Our King should Papists find As Protestants in France to bear like mind Then Protestants and Papists surely would Our King and Kingdoms Peace alike uphold And those that did attempt this way to trie They did not deal therein unfaithfully Shall I for this a Papist judged be And one that would uphold Romes Popery 'Twixt Roman Church and Poperies rule therein I know not but a difference may be seen Romes Church had once no Vniversall Power But was in Faith and Truth a Church like our Romes being of a Church not quite distruct Rome still a true Church is though much corrupt From Rome as shee 's a Church we do not sever But where she is corrupt in that we leave her The Scripture hath to us this truth revealed We Babilon would heal she 'd not be healed Come out of her Corruptions then with haste Lest staying in them we her judgements taste Romes Church that was we must thereof allow We onely shunne those vile corruptions now Which are in Rome and do that Church deface We dare not for our Souls such stuffe embrace With Papists yet in outward things we may Hold such a Peace as doth not Truth gainsay This Truth Saint Paul doth by his Doctrine reach And so indeed doth his example preach To Jewes a Jew to Greeks a Grecian Paul Would shew himself becoming all to all That he might by his sacred Ministry Gain some to Christ And why then may not I In imitation of so holy a Saint My self with those of Roman stamp acquaint When Paul himself doth thus the Church advise Have Peace with all as much as in you lies This may be done Faith kept uprightly sound For we our Faith upon Gods word do ground The sacred certain grounds of our Salvation Our Church will hold without an alteration Those Fundamentals are and must be kept Romes newer Creed by us to Rome is left But to disturb the Peace of God and King For what is but a Circumstantiall thing A Ceremony we in sober sadnesse Do utterly abhorre such factious madnesse Who for such things themselves in Faction sute A Bride-well School may best with them dispute And still the better honest minds to stay And drive from them all jealous fears away Let no man fear in Christian world to see The Papall Monarchy advanc'd to be Free Kings and Princes now so wise are grown As under Christ they know to hold their own And not admit Romes Papall Jurisdiction Which to the world hath wrought such great affliction Shall it again a work of praise be counted To mount up him by whom themselves dismounted Have been so shamefully Kings will nor be The Stirrop-holders to Romes Papacy The Pope His Asse the Emperour shall be No more brought on the stage to make up three Romes Triple-Crowned Prince shall at no rate With what is theirs nor they with his estate Once meddle He his Oare shall never thrust Into anothers boat for that 's unjust And so will prove when Judgement once comes thither When He and Rome in flames shall burn together Christ's Church to have an Vniversall Head Besides himself must not be seen nor said Pope Gregory the Great shot not beside The mark who call'd it Antichristian pride Deer Protestants then let your hopes not quaile For of great power is truth and will prevaile All Protestants in truth who tightly are Let them the Peace of God and King preferre Gods Spirit which into all Truth doth lead In Scripture for the Churches Peace doth plead And doth beseech to mark with diligence The causers of all Schism and difference And to avoid them For indeed such are The causers raisers of Rebellious Warre I would to God each Brownist Seperatist Each Anabaptist and each Familist The brats of strife and workers of Division Whose Tenets Sound Divines have in Derision Were either banish't out of Englands ground Or here to punish them some course were found Laws ready made if executed well Have Force enough their Factions to refell These have a new Division made most strange Which hath in Subjects wrought a dangerous change The Person of the King they set a side And to the Laws His Royall Power divide A strange Division whereby Subjects may Rebell against their King yet Laws obey When as the Laws do in the King subsist His Royall Person gives to them their list If Laws be none of his whose are they then The Laws of Subjects given to other men Who as themselves are Subjects and no more This is a strain of wit not known before A Constable with power is heard to say I charge you in the Kings name to obey His Laws then in his Person do subsist And those who them His Person do resist His Crown and Dignity and every thing Which doth adorn the Person of a King These are the Sophisters whose slye dispute Enwrapt the Kingdom in a Mourning Suâ—e Had five of them at first been put away It had been happy for us at this day Westminster builded was a Monument Of Regall State and power Magnificent Westminster now a Monument hath built Which staines her Glory with Rebellions guilt That Cloud dispers't a Sunne will shine upon her And her restore unto her Ancient Honour The Kings and Countreys Peace from her shall flow And make them both in glory up to grow That man or woman is too much to blame Whose heart and mind doth not desire the same If Protestants would all in one agree That true Religion might upholden be And as dâ—er Children of our holy Mother The Church of Christ in England love each other And keep the truth of Faith with full consent Submitting to our Churches Government We then might Peace enjoy and every one Be both true Christian and good Subject known And let not Fools though they Divisions see Think that mongst us no Church of Christ can be The Spouse though black yet like the tents of Keder She comely is and on the mounts of Bether * Her glorious Husband Iesus Christ is found As Roe or Hart about that Hilly ground In Christ his Church offences will fall out But woe to those by whom they 'r brought about know Christ knows his own they him their Shep heard This Church of Christ no power can overthrow In England Christ hath his beloved choice And those are they who hearken to his voice And follow him unto their last of breath And hee 'l prâ—serve them both in life and death His Church as Tirzah doth appear in sight Most beautifull her glory shining bright And as an Army terrible is shee With Banners spread Her foes will fear to see The Majesty of Her well ordered form Which threatneth them with a most fearfull storm The Captain of Iehovahs Host doth lead The Battell on He for his
Church will plead And those who will not his commands obey He all of them will in his presence slay This Church is Solomons delightfull Bed For whose defence His Warrâ—ers expert bred About it stands and will defend it well As valiants for his chosen Israel In Arms they watch their Armour shining bright Because of fears which may be in the night There Legions of Angels pitch their Tents Right glorious is the strength of that defence Which keeps the Church In it Divisions bred Shall ne're divide the Body from her Head There is a time in which her Warres shall cease The unity of Spirit in bond of Peace Shall then be kept when Subjects and their King Unto their God shall thankfull Praises sing And wouldst thou Brown be of that Heavenly Quire A better spirit must thy soul inspire Then that thou now dost breathe with For above Know that there is no roome for such as love And live in wayes of Blood and Rebels are To God and his Annointed Such are farre Out of the way to Heaven I must thee tell It is thy Case thy wayes lead swift to Hell Thy soul is sick unto the death O take Some course that may thy Soul right healthy make I once will be thy Doctor and will give Thee a Receipt which us'd will make thee live Ith'state of Grace a Christian sound and right To God-ward and thy King That when the night Of death shall come thou shalt thy Saviour see Unto thy endlesse joyes embracing thee And here because the Trade thou best dost know Is that of Wood-monger I will thee show To make a Faggot which shall do the deed And work a perfect cure in thee with speed A Faggot of full length and equall size It shall be and beyond all wordly prize Take thou Repentance Faith Hope Love with these Take Peace these to the purpose will thee please Faith joynes with Truth Hope will not them forsake Loves joynes the sticks and Peace the bond doth make Which binds the Faggot strongly up together Such Faggots make for London send them thither Lud's people move of thee to buy their wood Wood-mongers Wharf hath none that 's hall so good Full sure I am were it their hearts desire Of Faggots of this kind to make their Fire It would their cold and frozen joynts refresh And make them new and hearty joyes expresse Their Gates they 'd open and their Bells would ring And Bonefires make to entertain their King And curse the day that they seduced were Against their King and Countrey to appeare In Arms They then would learn to hate That Factious Crue which hath abus'd the state Yea they would deeply then abhorre themselves Because they have been such ungracious Elves To forward this Rebellion Such a Crime Each circumstance considered no time Before did yeeld the like Then out of hand Knock off and do not like a Rebell stand Against a King thou know'st right gracious is A King so prompt to pardon thine amisse He for his Peoples good so deerly loves The thing call'd Peace that every stone he moves To gain it Then unto thy King coms in And let Rebellion be no more thy sinne Peace is a Lady beautifull and sweet Who wooes her winnes her and doth blessings meet Which Crown the Christian heart for she doth bring That which will make us here and eversing And therefoâ—â— let all Christians undertake To follow Peace for Iesus Christ his sake The seventh Song Say not to whom for that 's already said By him to say who will not be afraid LOrd Say how well thy own bru'de Ale doth taste And thou shalt find it sharp and sowre at last When thou thy Generall and thy Colonell Fines Do reap the guerdon of black Treasons lines Say Say no more nor of Religion bost A Rebell Schismatick th' art at the most For true Religion never yet durst take Up Arms 'gainst Gods Annointed and to make Rebellion seeme to be a Lawfull thing For Subjects to rebell against their King Was this the Roundnesse of your Round-heads plot Roundly 'mong Rebbels to cast in their lot The Brooks whose streames your blotted hopes did nourish One Muskets shot spoil'd all that painted flourish And shew'd the fall of those whose foul intents Are masked up in Gospell Ornaments As Sathan shining in an Angels light Such is the glory of an Hypocrite And such is thine thy base Hypocrisie Will close thy name in endlesse infamy Woe woe be to thee thou hast brought a shame On thy Religion and Professions name Then what thou dost there 's no more shamefull thing Then let it shame and shames confusion bring As recompence upon the heads of those Rebels who are our Kings and Countreys foes To what is said who more can any say How to prevent the coming of that day When all the Sayes shall say and saying think The sowrest dreggs of their own Ale to drink It true repentance could possesse the mind Then Gods Annointed they should suâ—rly find As God himself most ready to forgive Say so so do and in so doing live Or else run on in Treasons villany And dye a death that dyes eternally FINIS * Joshua 6. 4. Seven Trumpets of Rams-Hornes Judges 7. 16. Gâ—deons 300. broken Pit hers 1 Sam. 17. 49. Young little and unarmed David with a Stone and a Slinge to overcome and slay the triple armed Gyant great Goliah Iob. 20. 6 7. * In the Reign of Edw. 2. * 41. H. 3. In the time of that mad Parliament at Oxford called The Assembly of Rebels This King Hâ—n 3. Reigned 56. yeers and saw the fall of all his Enemies And his Sonne Edw. 1. Reigned wondrous happily and by his Subjects was supplied most bountifully and never contradicted by any Parliam So may it be with our K. Charles Amen * Edward the 2. Imprisoned in Berkley Castle and there cruelly murthered and Richard the second Imprisoned in Pontefract Castle and there murthered Both these Kings were deposed by unlawfull Assemblies which were not rightly to be called Parliaments Ipsa dies mater quandoque noverca est * William of Nassaw Pro Deo Pro Rege pro Grege pro Lege * See Heylins Geography of Brittish Isles pag. 510. English men for that they wonneth them to drunkennesse to Treason and to rechlesnesse of Gods house first by Danes and then by Normans and the third time by Scots whom they holden least worth of all they shallen be overcome Then the world shall be unstable and so divers and variable that the unstablenesse of thoughts shall be betokened by many manner diversity of Cloathing * Odi Sophistam qui sibi non sapit Brownists Greenway Barrow Penry Penry flies to Scotland They will have Kings unto them subjected Kings Supremacy Two sorts of Brownists The first sort They Rule against our Church Their Reverend Fathers Their zealous Prayers They raile against Bishops The singular piety of Roman Bishops in the first 300. yeers Bishop's Subject to the Emâ—perour Boniface the Pope the first Roman Bishop that exaâ—â—d himself above all other Bishops The number of the Beast 666. made up in him How Boniface came to be Vniversall Bishop by Phocas Many Papists good Suâ—jects The Authâ—rs disaffection to Popery Our Laws of Force to keep out Popery * The false Scandall of Bishops bringing in Popery * His Majesty unjustly Scandalized for intending to bring in Popery a Though the late Roman Bishops have erred from the Truth yet the Bishops of the Church of England have stoutly defended the Truth b Our Princes have stood for it King Edward Queen Elizabeth King James King Charles Olâ—â—Romes Religion and our now-Religion all 〈◊〉 Brownists except against the Churches set Forms of Prayer And are answered Num. 10. 25. â—0 Num. 6. 22 to 27. The compilers of our Common-Prayer Book Brownists despise the Lords Prayer Barrow Brownistâ— against wholsome Ceremonies They ought not to seperate from the Church for things indifferent The second sort of Brownists Burton Bastwick Prynne Great undertakers Rebellion upon meere Iealousies The Princ's Care to keep out Popery The upholding of true Religion pretended by the Rebels but truly performed by King Charles The Rebels intent to root out Papists The Schismaticks of all three Kingdoms joyn to make up this Rebellion Scotland must begin it Rebellion in Ireland The Moneys gathered for suppressing the Rebels in Ireland converted to maintain Rebellion in England The Rebels pretend maintaining the Laws a cause of taking up Arms The Subjects Right destroyed by this Rebellion Seditious Ministers the summe of their Sermons This Rebellion would root out the honourable that the common people might rule What is to be done to restore Peace Pope Urban the 8. Protestants and Papists to live lovingly together The French Cardinall Romes Church was as ours now is * That is to say Divisions
That they should dare a seeming shâ—w to make As if they did all for Religions sake When true Religion never yet durst take Up Arms against Gods annointed and forsake The word of truth Religions onely stay Which doth command all Subjects to obay Their King And rules he ill or well They must not dare against Him to Rebell When Heathen Kings the Christian world did sway For them the Christians did most humbly pray And low obedience to their Thrones did yeeld And herein they Religions Law fulfill'd Th' Apostate Iulian had his Armies He Of Christians there might many thousands see Of force sufficient him to have depos'd Obedience yet their Christian hearts inclos'd To datelesse shame he makes himself a debter Rebelling 'gainst a Christian King none better But Christians now unto Religions shame Rebellion shrowd under Religions Name And do by this their foule and vile transgression Most fouly wrong the Protestants profession Shall Protestants such as be of thy Faction Gainst holy truth maintain each Popish Action Hast thou a Bull sent from the Roman Sea That makes thee bold to plead Rebellions plea Is this the way to keep out Popery Accurs'd is all your foule Hypocrisy A door most wide to let Romes Popery in Is opened by thy Hands The more 's thy sinne Both Church and Common-wealth to over-throw No other fruit forth from thy Root can grow Thy factious Teachers in thy mind have bred That error which hath thee so much mis-led Yes without doubt for of them there 's a swarm Whose stinging doth both King and Kingdom harm A faithfull Minister as Christ should Preach And not repugn what Christ himself doth teach Give unto God that which is Gods do this And unto Cesar give what Cesar's is Christ King of Kings in him 't is Gods Command Who are they then that dare against him stand Whos'ever shall against his mandates speak With Rod of Iron he 'l them in peeces break To give to God what 's Gods they vainly trie Who what is Cesar's Cesar doth deny For God and for my King good Subjects say And so indeed good Subject should obay And with this truth our Humane laws comply Gainst God our King his Crown and Dignity Offenders sinne Enditements fram'd are so The Guilty found from Barre to Gallows go And whether then think you should they be sent Who with full purpose of their wills intent Rob God himself when they his Churches spoile And 'gainst their King keep a Rebellious coyle In Robbing him of all his proper own By Sea and Land Ships Castles Towns all known Unto his Crown most justly to belong Offenders when endited for such wrong Must they not needs thereof be guilty found In this leâ— Law the following sentence sound The Danger such what is 't that hope doth bring But onely this the mercy of their King Our King so good and mercifull to see Shall he without all mercy used be By Subjects â—Tis a work so mercilesse No Tongue nor penne can to the full expresse And use Religions name for their excuse No heathen story can the like produce Now sure that man doth make his shot the worse Which makes Religion but his stalking Horse Earl Manchester wilt thou a gunning go Among those gunners workers of our woe What folly nay what fury makes thee then To rank thy self among the worst of men Whose foul dishonour Trump of Fame hath whirld With shames report even round about the world Although some Lords their lost Estates when viewing Will raise themselves upon their Countreys ruine 'T is not thy cause an Earls Estate thou hast And never did'st thy substance vainly waste By any loose or riotous expence No no thy breeding baâ—â—es thee that offence Yet now thou do'st a fouler sinne commit And do'st thy God thy King and self forget When impiously thou fully do'st intend In this bad Warre thy whole Estate to spend Didst thou but spend on wanton vanity Thou then should'st be but thine own Enemy But spending it upon Rebellions part To King and Countrey Enemy thou art But see thy self consult with thy own mind Who will not see then such there 's none more blind Search the Records and truth of History And learn to know and that for certainty What shew so'ere may varnish thy intent Thy actions are with high Rebellion bent Against thy King and thou shalt find them then To be against the Laws of God and Men If so thou do thy judgement then advance And be not led by impure Puritants Now though I know they Calvin do alledge And on their part his reputation pledge I will make bold in that which I have read To shew his words to no such sense will lead His Institutions Fourth Book neer the end Last Section saving one his words are penn'd Whose entrance Orthodox divinely sings The Soveraign power of annointed Kings His Song in Magistracies name he sets And willingly the name of Kings forgets Democracy 'gainst Monarchy doth stand Geneva so mis-led their Calvins hand As man might Calvin into error fall The Proverb is wise Bernard sees not all And Calvin to himself hath got this gain His vertues pride and Avarice did stain But when to change his note he doth begin A peradventure brings his matter in And of the power of three estates he speaks And thereby all the Laws divine he breaks For this I 'me sure he can no warrant bring That Subjects may bear Arms against their King For any cause what 's ever they pretend As private ones may not therein offend So no Authority of Subjects must Or can allowed be their King to thrust From lawfull Rights belonging to his Crown Kings do not grant a power to throw down Themselves nor raise they any Court so high Themselves of Kings to make no Kings thereby The power of Kings though Calvin's fourth Book speaketh i th' former part yet in the last he breaketh What he before with weighty reasons taught And they who have by him occasion â—ought To make his words with force and power be bent Gainst present state of Englands Government To King and State they proudly offer wrong A question then may stay their clamorous tongue Where is the King that rules by Tyranny That down doth trample his poor Comminalty Our good King Charles his Commons to content Hath given them a Trienniall Parliament A Royall favour never given before Should we not therefore love our King the more And those last Acts made with our Kings consent Are powerfull Objections to prevent And shew his Subjects that in Royall love He would from them all grievances remove The Commons and those trusted by them then May find just cause to rest contented men And Calvins words not spoken to his praise Can give no cause Commotions up to raise To make such Laws our King is well content As may consist with Monarchs Government And now my Lord our noble mind to move With fervency desired Peace to love Your Honour may
memory of thy Name When thou art dead Do therefore whilst alive Thy better thoughts within thy self revive Each Kingdom in it self divided is And each 'gainst other Now the Lord of Blisse Euen Truth it self hath spoken to us all No Kingdom in such case can stand but fall What hast thou done what is 't thou doest then No bâ—tter actions then the worst of men Such actions do as may thy self commend Gainst King and Countrey do no more offend Thy Countrey now which thou hast made to bleed To stanch her blood thy helping hand doth need Some healing Balme unto thy Countrey bring The Scorpions Oyl doth heale the Scorpions sting Now then resolve with all thy greatest force To stop and stay Rebellions wounding course Joyn thou with those that with our King do joyn Religion then no counterfeited Coyn Shall make to passe but lawfull money then Shall onely passe amongst us English men King Charles his Image Coyn shall lawfull make And that for currant shall his Subjects take Though now we are enforc'd by lawlesse might Some things to do as if in Laws despight And that by those who should our Laws protect Though now they do both King and Laws reject The King mongst them doth but a Cipher stand Their Will's a Law and unto their Command Both King and fellow-subjects must submit O monstrous shame for Heathens most unfit Yet to maintain such Actions most unjust They take up Arms and in their Swords do trust 'gainst God and King when such Rebellion's rais'd Curst be those tongues by whom it shall be prais'd To call ill good is an accursed thing A Curse it will at last most surely bring Who unto Peace do bend their heart and mind Shall out of doubt from God a blessing find Then Fairfax if thou truly valiant art Strike in for Peace and take thy Soveraigns part One of thy name long since in Arms I knew At Groning-Leaguer and indeed t is true He was a valiant Captain Art thou so No more against the Lords Annointed go Noâ— fight again against His Majâ—sty Nor Actor be in Englands Tragedy The Peace of Charles our Soveraign Lord the King His Crown and Dignity yea that 's the thing Which honest Subjects strongly should uphold And so in Arms of Peace their Countrey fold Fight thou for this and therein valiant be So Honour shall attend and follow thee Know Fairfax that I wish thy happinesse As thou thy self dost unto Peace addresse Peace Glory Honour these shall Crown thee then This Peace God grant unto us all Amen The sixth Song Mongst Oxen now my Muse desendeth down From Hob to Lob and so cries Whoo to Brown BRown-Bread and Onions with a Garlike-head Is Carters meat So Coridons are fed By which strong food they thereon feeding well Their breath is made to have a stinking smell So Brown hath thine what Onion is't I think Thou feed'st upon which makes thy breath to stink Is 't a Scotch Onion which Englands house withstood Though now they serve it even in Broaths of Blood It seemes it is an Onion sharp and sowre Which causeth many a thousand eyes to powre Forth teares with many a sad and grieved thought To see what sowre effects are thereby wrought But Brown art thou of that proud Browns descent Whose Schisme at first our Peace in peeces rent And of whose name the Brownists have their stile Whose foolish Sect can none but Fools beguile Yet of such Force as it hath been a terror To those who love to please themselves in error Those Greenway Barrow first did break the Ice Then Vdall did with Penry joyn advice Three first were hang'd to Scotland Penry fled And there abroad his Schisme he proudly spred The Brethren of the Scottish Parity Did joyn with him in all his Knavery So that each Kingdom to their trouble felt The share which Schisme and Faction freely dealt Amongst them And the holy Brâ—thren they Grew up together walked in one way By vow and Oath in League and Covenant knit To serve each others turn when time should fit Now Brownisme though it was by Law supprest In Corners yet it was too much profest And those though silenc'd would not silence keep But Preach at mid-night when 't was time to sleep In Woods in Cock-lofts Sellars Gravel-pits For some such place such Brethren best befits There would they pray and there full often Preach And to their Brother-hood Rebellion teach And say In cause Ecclesiasticall The King himself can have no power at all The Church is govern'd by her Ministry And herein they renounce his Majesty The King himself he must a member be Of some one Congregation and He Must Subject be unto their Church-Divine And must submit unto their Discipline So Preach the Brethren of the Parity And what is this but down-right Popery But David Salomon each following King In holy writ sufficient warrant bring That every King in his own Kingdom is Next unto Christ Supream And things amisse In Church or Common-wealth they all should be By Him reform'd Without him you may see No thing is done His Warrant His Consent Is that enables Subjects to Convent And ratifies what they conclude upon So that without him nothing can go on Priests High-Priests are by Kings prefer'd They can At pleasure place and displace any man Kings hold their Crown from God He that is King Doth in his Kingdom rule in every thing Such is His Dignity and Royall State All powers else are but subordinate To Him And Subjects ranged in their List The powers which are of God must not resist For if they do 'gainst God themselves they set And shall thereby his high displeasure get Kings take their place next under-neath their God To Him alone they must be left His Rod Is onely that which over-aweth them And not the Words nor Rodds nor Swords of men Who being Subjects onely must obey These no Commission have to over-sway Their King If Brown 'gainst this his reasons bring Hee 'l reason like a Traytor to his King And those his Priests who 'gainst this truth do Preach Do Treason and Rebellion plainly teach Mongst them too sorts of Brownists may be found Both building on the one and self same ground And both alike uphold Rebellion's Action Uprais'd by Schisme and by seditious faction The first least dangerous do separate Themselves from this our Church and dare to prate 'gainst this their Mother Nation and deny That here the being of a Church doth lye To build their Church to Amsterdam they runne But lose their labour when they thither come For why The States will not allow them there The honourable name of Church to bear They an Asse-sembly are not named Holy So well discerned is their Factions folly Some yeers there spent at last from thence they go As wise as Walthams Calf for we must know They hither come into blind Corners creep And there 's their Church
bring in Popery When they but thought in one conformity To state the Church her Peace to dignifie If Bishops all the self same thing had minded It had been well as now too late we find it Next to the Faith the Churches Peace to keep Which broken now makes thousand eyes to weep Faiths Doctrine when 't is kept uprightly sound Should outward Form the Churches Peace confound Our God you know the God of Order is Each Christian King had always power in this In his own Kingdom to determin so As all the Church might in one Order go In outward Form of Church-like Government * To which because our King his purpose bent Must your Rebellious Tongues with one Consent Say that it was his Majesties intent Again for sooth to bring in Popery In plain Terms truth to speak Rebels ye lye a Though Roman Bishops now are found to swerve From Rule of Truth must Bishops all deserve To be accompted Popes What have they don Since Reformation in our Church begun b King Edward and His Bishops they drove out Romes Popery and with resolution stout Withstood proud Râ—mes usurpt Supremaâ—iâ— And did our Churches evills remedy Our Queen Eliza with the full consent Of Englands then most happy Parliament Where all her Reverend Bishops joyntly met For they in Parliament have alwayes set King Edwards Laws confirmed and did scorn By Papall power to be overborn King Iames with his grave Bishops did comply To write 'gainst Rome and that most learnedly And in despight of Rome and Romes disdain Our Englands Church did in her Peace maintain And would not suffer any factious brain The honour of her setled Peace to stain And our King Charles and all his Bishops they Do hold their course even in the self same way Our good King and his Bishops now condemned Should rather for their care be much commended Old Rome at first with pious Bishops fil'd Our now-Religion was by them upheld Their Bishops all for first six hundred years As ours now are they were as it appears When Bishop Iewel's Challenge could not gain One Romish Bishop able to maintain Romes now-Religion in those points we fall Away from that which we do Popery call Why are our Bishops then so much despized No new Religion is by them devised The old Religion is by them revived Who never yet so vilâ—â— thing contrived As you haue done when for Religions saâ—e You do most vile Rebellion lawfull make Of Bishops Protestants I know this thing None ever prov'd a Traitor to his King Let Brownists then our Bishops let alone And know themselves for Rebels every one For what though some defects there might be found In some of them Yet firmly stands this ground A personall defect ne're takes away The Lawfulnesse of Place but still that may Be kept For this the Rule hath alwayes bin Uphold the place but take away the sin But now the place must quite unlawfull be When some defects we do in persons see Way given to this what Place can firmly stand Behold what course the Factious take in hand But which is strange as Bishops they defie So they against our Churches Prayers do crie And say the Church of Christ is much abus'd When those good Prayers of our Church are us'd The Church to give set forms of Prayer Now fic Where 's then the Spirit which immediately Inspires the Church and all her Ministry To pray to God and that effectually Know Moses did set forms of Prayer prescribe To Israels people even to every Tribe Which should be us'd when they in hand did take Their â—ourney with Gods Holy Arke to make Both at the taking up when they began Their daily March and when at even they came Unto their Resting Place Like holy forme By those by whom the Glorious Arke was born Was us'd in Prayer These Formâ—Moses gave Unto the Church Doth he deserve to have It said Fie on Him for his doing so What God allows who dare to it say no Gods word a form of blessing doth expresse And wills his Church in blessing so to blesse Then fie on those who cannot now abâ—de Set forms of Prayer but do them deride Know holy David Songs of Prayer and Praise Did form and penne that thereby he might raise The hearts of all Gods People up on high To pray unto and praise the Majesty Of our great God with Prayers and Praises fit Which might in them an holy zeal beget And then those Psalms unto the Church he sent Which there unto our God he did present Was then think you the Church of God abus'd By them by whom those holy forms were vs'd Our holy Common-Prayer-book first pen'd By those who did for Christ their blood expend Should not I think be as it is depraved By wilfull Fools who will a Masse-book have it Those that compiled it Romes Masse did hate And Englands Church in true Religion state Those then by whom that Book is now refused By them God and his Church is most abused And yet at this we need not wonder much For why their pride and arrogance is such As even that Prayer which Christ himself did make They most blasphemously in scorn do take When Barrow stood at Tyburn in a Cart Under the Gallows praying in his heart The lookers on to him did humbly say In the Lords â—rayer Sir let 's hear you pray He shal't his head and did refuse to do it And so was hang'd Their pride may bring them to it But yet there do some other things remain Which they accompt do so Religion stain As those to use they highly do disdain And would all others should with them refrain To touch such trash or neer them once to come As being Reliques of the Church of Rome In outward things who do Religion place To true Religion do a foule disgrace But what things are they that their Conscience scare O Monstrous things Such as most fearfull are I 'le shew you them and so you 'l cleerly see What terrible and fearfull things they be Our harmlesse Ceremonies do them fright Our Gesture Habit each of them a Spright And scares them Now by this you may descrie The strangenesse of their fearfull foolerie Should things indifferent Divisions make When Truth commandeth that for Christ his sake To every Ordinance of man not bent Against the Faith we be obedient The Conscience should be rul'd by Rule of faith And what I say I 'me sure the Scripture saith But factious Fools to give themselves content Have worse then Roman Souldiers basely rent The unscam'd Coat of Christ in pieces and To justifie their work in Arms they stand So that our Brown with Brownists now consents Even to dispute with cutting Arguments Browne no lesse fearfull seemes thy Cocks-comb head Then Lion Rampant in Cake Ginger bread But stay my Muse thy mark thou tak'st amisse For Browne will say that
he no Brownist is No Is he not He is as bad or worse As now appears by his Rebellious course Though Brownists from our Church do separate They cannot thereof overthrow the state So dangerously as those amongst us staying Who still appear our Churches Peace betraying Here the Triumviri which first begin To lead the way unto Rebellions sin Are Burton Bastwick and their brother Prynne The stinking Sink of honoured Lincolnes-Inne These three the Church and Common-wealth would sway All men of greatest Understanding They Would seem to see all dangers imminent And seeming ones with mischief to prevent These lay their Plot upon which ground now stands The Armies of Rebellions armed hands I know them all and for them have been sad To see that they no more discretion had In every thing that counsell is not just Which thus prescribeth To be sure mistrust Mov'd by meere jealousies the more 's their guilt They throw down Out-works where no Fort is built For what they saw they should not so have spoken The Lyon sleeps when yet his eyes are open There was a care Romes Popery to withstand Even in those things which then were tool in handâ— Yet they crie out Saile not too neer Romes Gates Lest Popery prevaile thus talk't these Mates Those that would in the way of Truth prevaile Must sailing unto Heav'n by Hells Gates saâ—â—e And yet their course in all things wisely steere As Rocks and Shelves and Sands they never feare The Churches Ship in this worlds Sea thus sailing 'gainst Rocks Shelves and Sands shall be prevailing And those that thus in sailing wisely strive At last in Heavens fair Haven shall arrive But they so ill a course like wise-ones took As on a Dangerous Rock the Ship is strook And must into a generall shipwrack fall If this Rebellious Warre continue shall In which thou Brown a great Commander art And Brownist art in taking of their part But all this while I cannot but admire What things they are these Rebels do require Is it the true Religion to uphold This to defend our King is wondrous bold His Royall person into th' Field to bring And to his Subjects say Behold your King Compleat in Arms Religion to defend And for the same his dearest blood to spend And in this Cause Prince Charles with valiant spirit Doth nobly seek true Honours fame to merit And in th' atchievement of this glorious work We may behold the Princely Duke of York This sight but seen should make Rebellion cease And move all Subjects to embrace a Peace So often offered by his Royall Grace Why should not this in every Heart take place If in this warre the Royall blood be spilt Can England ever wash away the guilt What is your ayme All Papists out to root Is this the mark whereat your minds do shoot This but suspected Papists on their Guard Would stand and so your Market might be marr'd They do not want the best Intelligence There 's not a Kingdom but they hear from thence And whatsoere against them is debated Is by some speedy means to them related And sure it is that they did understand Three Kingdoms Schismaticks joyn'd hand in hand A strong Rebellion by degrees to raise Whose first beginning should be Scotlands praise And in that work although most closely arted The Papists knew they chiefly should have smarted Have been destroyed every Mothers Child At best should be perpetually exil'd This Myne perceiv'd a Counter Myne was wrought Which to effect in Ireland first was brought Not Papists there they Schismaticks did call As here not Schismaticks were Papists all First Irelands Myne did spring and up were blown The Protestants of English Nation Thus did this bloody Warre take its beginning From Web of woe our Schismaticks were spinning For Papists Now when Ireland thus brâ—ke forth Resolved to go on by Vow and Oath Our Parliament was trusted to addresse Some present means Rebellion to suppresse And Moneys raised were to this intent That presently an Army should be sent To Ireland but then suddenly did break Rebellion forth here mongst our selves to speak The Truth contrived long before Rebellion here increasing more and more By Moneys here for Irelands cause collected An home-bred sad Rebellion was protected Which spareth no mans lively-hood nor life But strikes at all and still doth grow more riâ—e Wherein our good King Charles hath saddest share His sorrows being deep beyond compare His Royall Heart from grief to grief proceeding To see that all his Kingdoms lye a bleeding Herewith when as my mourning Muse had met Teers from my eyes my blotted Papers wet The more because Our King still offer'd Peace Yet Rebels would not from Rebellion cease What hearts have they whence do they draw their might 'gainst King so good can any subject fight But next unto pretens'd Religions cause They say they fight for to maintain the Laws Of Englands Kingdom and the Subjects Right For these they bring their Armies forth to fight O shamelesse boldnesse that dares this averre When all the Kingdoms Laws by this their Warre They overthrow so much as in them lies T' uphold the Kingdoms Laws His Majesties Great Care is known he nothing more desires The Magna Charta's that which he requires Should stand in force of Englands Laws the ground And in that Magna Charta there is found A solemn Curse which doth most sharply speak 'gainst those who shall our Laws foundation break Though not pronounc'd at our Great Courts down setting Yet still it speaks a Curse on those begetting Who shall our Kingdoms National Laws destroy And Childrens Children may that Curse enjoy But this Rebellion Subjects Right doth seek As it the former doth for both alike Are over-thrown by it The Laws maintain The Subjects Right by Law the Subjects gain Their just propriety in every thing This to uphold our just and righteousse King Commands his Judges wherein if they faile The Law doth then against themselves prevaile Faine would the King at White-Hall Palace be That thence he might his Reverend Judges see In Order each unto their Courts to passe O what a singular blessed sight it was For Christ himself doth say Kings reign by me I Judges make my Justice to decree The King and Judges out of this way kept The Kingdom is of her just Laws bereft Who are they then that Subjects Right debarre The King or those that 'gainst the King make Warre Admit some wrongs 'gainst Law the Subjects grieved Were they not by our Gracious King relieved In those last Statutes which he pleas'd to make But now for making Laws new wayes we take The Subject dares against his Soveraigns will Make Laws what Age can president such ill That lawlesse man the Antichrist of Rome Within the bounds of Law will never come Divine and Humane Laws he breaks them all And Ruleth by a power Tyrannicall He standing on high terms doth