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A95952	Brittish lightning or suddaine tumults, in England, Scotland and Ireland; to warne the united Provinces to understand the dangers, and the causes thereof: to defend those amongest us, from being partakers of their plagues. Cujus aures clausæ sunt veritati, ut ab amico verum audire nequeat, hujus salus desperanda est. The safety of that man, is hopelesse, we, may feare, that stopps his eares against his friend, and will the truth not heare. Mors est servitute potior. Grim-death's fierce pangs, are rather to be sought; than that we should to Babels-yoke, be brought. VVritten first in lowe-dutch by G. L. V. and translated for the benefit of Brittaine.; Britannischen blixem. English	G. L. V.	1643 (1643)	Wing V5; Thomason E96_21; ESTC R20598	42,972	73

offence of the Comunalty and that by false reports brought to his Highnesse against them who unwittingly and without his fault is therby ill thought of in all places as if he where a patron of such vile persons which we must notwithstanding judge to be far from his princelike disposition But tell me what is there more fallen out in the Parliament E. Continual Requests of the inhabitants ful of complaints against the Kings Courtiers concerning the great oppression which they have used over the people in Monopolies and unjust impositions whereby they have drawn millions from the comunalty part for the King but most for themselves wherof many that sate in the Parliament are found guilty which were presently put out of their commissions and places as well in the Higher as the Lower house whereby the Parliament was more and more refined which being disanulled and declared to be unlawfull to the great content of the common alty who thereby have gotten more affection to the Parliament and given them the more incouragement to proceed in the Reformation so that they themselves have caused the Earl of Strafford to be apprehended made his proces and proved that he had brought the King to many bad enterprises made him break his covenant with the Scots tyrannized over the Irish as was daily confirmed by a thousand abominable instances out of Ireland held the Dominion for himself compelled the Parliament of Ireland to graunt great summes of money and men to imploy against the Scots and other criminall causes more for which they have with an enforced consent from the king who would willingly have saved him beheaded him and so made him an example whereupon yet more that were also guilty are fled N. This was a great resolution of the Parliament and I wonder exceedingly how they could bring the King to consent unto that seeing I have alwaies understood that he was one of the principallest instruments by whom the King hath brought out his designes having promised to maintein him E. The King hath done much for him taking all his guiltinesses upon himself by practises hath sought to get him out of the Tower but the stream was too great against him as wel of the Parliamēt who manifested unto the King by many learned lawyers that he was worthy of death as also of the people that by force would have him out of the way so that the King must although exceedingly constrained consent thereunto but he did not subscribe the sentence himself but caused it to be done by others N. There cometh to my minde the Marriage of the young Prince tel me once how it went about that for he was in England when the Deputy of Ireland was executed I think I have heard some say that it was thought that the young Prince would have made intercession for him to the Parliament but I understood that he did it not least he should thereby gain the hatred of the people which should be discommodious for him E. Concerning the Marriage of your Prince it was first set on foot by the Queen Mary being in the Hague to make her acceptable but many judged that she meant it not for being in England it was opposed by her faction as also by the Bishops and most of the Courtiers and great ones which are yet by the King but the Parliament did exceedingly presse it forward to hinder her that she should not go to Spain from whence she was solicited by many Ambassadours one after an other but to marry with a Reformed Lord who presently coming into England was gracious and welcome to the inhabitants so that in the end that Marriage was solemnised made sure to the great content of the good inhabitants in England who have judged that it would be a faster bond to maintain rhe true Religion resist the Popish faction and binde the king faster to the Parliament but I hear that many amongst you have bin much troubled about that Match N. I know nothing of that all have accounted it also a good Marriage for our state thereby to make yet a neerer friendship with England which is of one faith with us Onely some are troubled least by this Marriage all the corruption pride vanity and ungodlinesse of the English Court coming over with her should break in upon us seeing that our nation at this time is exceedingly inclined to pompe and novelties to the ruine of many E. No that is not it which I have heard but I have understood that some were jealous of this great Marriage because they thought it might be an alurement to the young Prince to affect the Sovereignty of the Provinces whereunto his Father in law and his Uncle the King of France should help him N. Those are but evill aspersions like those wherwith Prince Maurice was accused by the Arminians for therewith our Prince should win nothing but loose much for he hath now more to say than any Duke of Gelderland or Earle of Holland or Zeeland ever had disposing of all places and offices in the state and Camp by which meanes every one reverenceth him and seeketh to doe him all manner of service without having any burthen of warr to beare or to have his head troubled from whence the money should come to manteyne the warr he lets the States take care for that so that it is not to be thought that there is one hair on the Princes head that thinks therupon Besides his Prince like Excellency hath been brought up in this land and knoweth the nature of our Netherlanders who should not be brought under any Soveraigne every one would rather adventure his life and goods as they have done now these sixty or seventy years than that they should let go their liberty or stand under the absolute goverment of one Sovereigne Should that be ever attempted it would prove the ruine of the land therefore it is not to be thought that the King of France or England would lend any assistance thereunto although the Prince should desire it How dangerous it is to entertain Soveraingty hath bin well to be seen in the King of Bohemia the English nation hath yet too great a feeling thereof than that they should attempt the like again in any of theirs and therefore entertein not such callumnies let us leave this and return again to the English affaires What more hath since that passed there E. After that both the English and Scots leager was cashiered the King went into Scotland where he disburthened the Scots and pronounced them free from rebellion confirmed all the Acts of the Parliament and the resolution of the Synod and declared that they were falsly accused by him whereupon there was made a new covenant betwixt the King and them as also with England to the great joy of both the Nations who therupon have performed solemne thanksgiving in both the Ki●gdoms that GOD the LORD hath brought to shame the evill counsillers about the King who alwayes incensed him thereby

to cause war between the two Kingdomes that so by the help of the papists and the force without as they perswaded themselves they might be master of the King and the two Kingdomes to root out the true Religion and bring in popery but GOD be thanked that hath made the King to see how shamefully they have possessed him against Scotland that he himself before the whold world must callin and nullifie all his poclamations against the Scots as having unjustly proceeded against them N. So knoweth GOD how to bring the Counsils of the wicked to shame GOD preserve the King that he may no more hearken to those bad instruments that he come into no greater danger which I exceedingly fear for I have heard that most of his bad Counsillers are yet with him those that are fled for their misdeeds do yet hold correspondence with the King and especially with the Queen who is a papist and hath many Jesuits about her who together will never rest but alwayes stir to bring in the popish Religion and to incense the King thereunto who is kind and hearkeneth much to the Queen what think you thereof E This troubleth many amongst us also exceedingly so much the more because it hath appeared to the Parliament that the Queen by an Act in her name subscribed by the Secretary which is fled to France hath ordained a fasting-day amongst the Papists to pray to the Saints that the great designe which was in hand for the favour of the Catholikes might prosper from whence may be easily gathered that she hath knowledge of all those bad designes N. Yea is it so Then shall you quickly see though so long as the king is among the Scots who open his eyes it now goeth well with him that he shall be soon otherwise led when he shall return into England to the Queen and his bad counsellers for if they knew how to make the king unfaithful and to break his kingly word in that first agreement made between him the Scots wherupon the Scots layed down their Arms and surrendered the Castels and Forts in Scotland to the king they wil know how to do it yet once more as is to be feared But tell me have I not heard that there are now and then many treasons discovered E. You must not have so bad a conceipt of our king but that there are divers treasons discovered is true both before the kings goeing into Scotland in the time of his being there and also since his return thence unto London and especially there is discovered by some intercepted letters written out of Scotland to London a treason against the principallest Lords of Scotland by some great ones in Scotland as also against the eminentest gentlemen of the English Parliament whereupon the papists in all quarters should instantly have stood up mastered the Tower of London and in all parts over run the strong holds and then have massacred those of the Religion according to the example of the murther in Parice N. O horrible designe if it were so but were these not counterfeit letters by that means to make the communalty more inraged and to stick closer to the Parliament E. Oh that it had been so that they were but shadows flourishes yet many things that followed therupon do demonstrate that it was but all too surely intended for there are many great ones before this apprehended in Scotland which had intended to have massachred some of the greatest as was discovered by some who themselves should have had a hand in it for whom the King did intercede before his departure out of the Scots Parliament which did also pardon them where of they shall in time feele the smart In England a french Cooke hath confessed that he had undertaken to poyson all the meate at a certaine feast where all the principallest gentlemen of the English Parliament should have been by that meanes to have murdered them N. O wonder full worke of God that discovereth such hellish designes these come no other wise than out of the bosomes of the Iesuits who after the example of their father the devill are murderers of men Trulie out of these instances it sufficiently appeareth that the traitors were in the knot but should there be any thing of that that the papists if this murder had succeeded should have betaken themselves to Armes E. There is nothing more sure for so soone as the treason in Scotland was discovered then did the Papists of Scotland stir up the English to proceede nevertheles with the designe as also the Ireish did revolt at the same time who as is probable had no certaine intelligence of the ill successe which the designe in England and Scotland had and therfore went they forward with the concluded work as also certain of the chief in this rebellion being taken prisoners have confessed that there was intelligence concerning this point between the papists in Ireland England and Scotlaed that with the knowledge of the Queen whose leager they have openly professed themselves to be so that the effects have shewed that while the King was busie in England and Scotland with deep protestations declarations and remonstrances to manifest his zeal for the reformed Religion against the Papists whom he hath caused to depart from his court and from about London with giving out sharp Proclamations against them to make all the world believe that he meant it In the mean time not withstanding that the Queen and the Minions and counsillers of the king were busie to raise up strengthen and arm the papists against the Religion Parliament and good inhabitants of England which made many to fear that such a thing is not come to passe without the kings knowledge though it be not to be believed that a king should play so with his fidelity certainly God would not suffer such things unpunished N. A crafty country clown would judge if that the king had no hand therin he would not retein such servāts by him as were found guilty of such mischiefs but punish them as traytors to justifie himself but is there nothing come to pass whence we may wel perceive that the king is no longer in the Scottish aire but hath forgotten all his fair conclusion in Scotland E. There are sure enough heavy things come to pass wherinto the king hath suffered himself to be led which give great suspition that the king is yet ruled by the malignants for the king hath suffered himself to be so far carried away by his bad counsill that he went with armed men to the Parliament and that as his servants themselves have confessed to fall upon the Parliament Lords whereby the king did put himself in the greatest danger to cause a common massachre had not GOD himself wonderfully prevented it for which the king hath yet thanked GOD afterward for through but one unadvised word from the King those blood-hounds should have fallen on as they alreadie began to justle and strike

Brittish LIGHTNING OR Suddaine tumults in England Scotland and Ireland to warne the united Provinces to understand the dangers and the causes thereof to defend those amongest us from being partakers of their plagues Cujus aures clausae sunt veritati ut ab amico verum audire nequeat hujus salus desperanda est The safety of that man is hopelesse we may feare That stopps his eares against his friend and will the truth not heare Mors est servitute potior Grim-death's fierce pangs are rather to be sought Than that we should to Babels-yoke be brought VVritten first in lowe-dutch by G. L. V. and translated for the benefit of Brittaine Printed in the yeare 1643. The Translator to all his loving Countriemen EXperience teacheth that a skilfull physitian standing by beholding a patient and asking him of his paines and order of his bodie findeth the nature of the disease sooner than the partye himselfe that groaneth vnder the burden of it The same we finde often times in cases Ecclesiasticall and Politicall we can sooner see an others blemish than our owne imperfections The reason is becaus mankind is generallie negligent in self-examination I must ingenuously confesse I can not say so of the author of this dialogue the verie cause of his publishing it witnesseth the contrarie and proveth him what soever he be by calling a feeling member of his owne bodie and a good freind to his neighbours For though I have sene manie excellent remonstrances resolutions of questions c published by the High court of Parlament in England whom I take to be vnder God the Physitian of the land and their well-willers which have most exactly layd out the sicknesse of their body with the causes and cure which must have the preheminence yet so soone as I first began to read this considering that it is the worke of a stranger and composed in a method and style most pleasing to some capacities I thought it might helpe to the information of my poore Countriemen in the estate of their bodie politicke that knowing their disease they might being humbled for their sin which is the cause flye unto him for cure who changeth the times and seasons shaketh the mountaines and maketh the earth to tremble and the great ones to hide them selves when he is angrie who maketh the warres to cease and sendeth peace into the habitation of the righteous If in the publishing hereof I shall doe my Country anie profitable service I shal be bound to give God thankes for his mercie and the acceptation of it shal be my reward In the meane time whither this profit or no my prayers shal be incessantly to the Lord that England may not be a seate of warre but that therein may flourish the Gospell of peace which bringeth downe the loftie spirits of men making the wolfe to dwell with the lambe the leopard to lye down with the kid and the calse and the young lyon and the fatling together and a little child to lead them c. Isa 11 6. yea causeth them to beat their swordes into plowshares and their speares into pruning hookes Isa 2. 4. c and that he who is the King of Kings Lord of Lords by whom Kings raign Princes Rev. 19 16 Pro. 8 15 Pro. 24 1 decree Justice who hath their hearts in his hand turning them as the rivers of water which way soever it pleaseth him would be pleased to make the King a nursing father and the Queen a nursing mother unto Isa 49 23. his Israel Holland this 20 of the first moneth according to our new computation 1643. The AUTHOR To the READER MY Lords and you the honest Inhabitants of the united Provinces That star with a tail seen in the year 1618. was a warning and type of a rod that should come over all Christendome whereupon followed those bloody effects those horrible warrs lamentable wastings barbarous destructions of countreys and cities the ruine of so many costly buildings of so many gentle men so many inhabitants men and women young and old in Germanie And ô that we could yet see the end the bottome of the cup of indignation but the rodd flourisheth still the destroyer is yet busie the hand of God is stretched out still there is yet too much chaffe to hang away the fanne the silver is yet too unclean to blow out the refyneing fire The inhabitants and those that are fled from Germany must by the weight of their miseries and plagues be brought to a better minde to farther reformation to a greater feeling of and sorrow for their past and present sins before there can be any hope that the rod of Gods wrath wherewith they are now oppressed shall be cast into the fire That earthquake not long since felt in the year 1640. was a token of great commotions and mighty shakings of the Kingdomes of the earth for a little before and shortly thereupon was concluded the revolt of Cathalonia the falling-off of Portugale the stirres in Scotland the rebellion of the Ireish those civill uncivill warres great alterations unexpected tumults in England amongst which none more neare none more fearfull and dangerous to us than the rebellion of Ireland which had its originall and rize in England from the great ones from the Papists from the enemies of our religion and state seconded by our deadly enemie the King of Spaine plotted by the Jesuits executed by the barbarous Ireish who are already growne such profitiens in the schole of those murdering Iesuits that they according to their disposition and counsell strive for the prize who can invent the cruellest manner of torments for the Protestants cutting of their privie-members eares fingers handes boareing out their eyes stripping some wives naked and that in the presence of their husbandes and bruitishly abuseing others ripping infants out of their mothers wombe and presently dashing them against the stones exerciseing many other cruelties which are published and dispersed farre and neere in print to the amasement of all men upon our fellow-members that are of the same covenant and faith with us Doe not then these miseries touch us which are executed on our bodie and that so neere yea the civill warres in England are yet more dangerous for us where the friends members citizens inhabitants subjects of one Kingdome professors of one faith Manasse and Ephraim strive one against an other They there are our confederates bretheren friends antient assistants neerest neighbours There wrestleth the King against his subjects the head against the members the master against his servants There the defender is become a Spoiller the Sheepherd a destroyer Eden an Adamah Cunaan a wildernes There a long-lasting misse-used peace is changed into an unexpected wasting warre There may we now see worne in the place of plush velvet silkes sattines costly apparrell chaines of gold and pearle harnasse swordes bandaleers musquets There may we beare now in stead of Luxurious wantonnesse danceing masking viols fluits harpes

shall be maintained the Inhabitants defended and brought into their former rest the lawes and priviledges established reformation in Church and common wealth shall powerfully proceede to the adorning of the State Our common weal shall be by that means secured and the malignants restrained Let no man then contribute to the suppressing of the Parliament especially let not us Netherlanders for the foundation of their warre and ours is all one they have maintained us therein with their goods and blouds we must not helpe to suppresse them els God shall suppresse us the inhabitants would protest against us before God and the world and God would see and search it Let us not imploy those soldiers which are in our service to help the papists there to suppresse both them and us Let us not transport the armes of the land and leave our selves naked for that is our Capitall Let no Inhabitant to satisfie his covetousnes further or assist them for shall we not then put a knife into their handes to cut our owne throats But be well informed concerning the drift of the King and Parliament and then you shall quickly see whose side you must take that you shall finde in this Brittish Lightning which sheweth the unexpected and suddaine tumults of the Kingdomes with the causes thereof Read with consideration and judge right The Brittish Lightning or suddaine tumults in England Scotland and Ireland for a warning to the United Provinces Englishman Netherlander N. WElcome Sir when came you from England E. I came thence but just now as you see I have my travelling clothes yet on N. I am glad I have met you here I have a long time expected your coming that I might once heare how all things go E. How should it goe bad enough there is no Kingdome more miserable than ours it stands all in confusion N. How can that be for 't is but a little while since that all your Kingdomes were alone at peace when the whole world was at wars I have also heard that you have had the negotiation of all kingdomes states in your havens whereby everie one among you became rich and wealthy E. 'T is so we sate as it were in Abrahams bosome dwelling among our owne people had good things under our fig tree we ate the fat we dranke the sweete knew of no evill yea we feared no mischance not knowing from whence it should come upon us seing that we dwell in Ilands that have the sea the sand the rockes our ships Saylers for our defence whereby we became a carelesse people N. I have also alwayes heard the same therfore I wond'red so much when you told me that your kingdome was the most miserable of all kingdomes when notwithstanding all Kingdomes in Germanie France and elsewhere are in exceeding bloody warres to the ruine of many thousand soules E. You are in the right that Christendome is in a lamentable condition where the blood of men is spilt like water so that many countries cities and towns are wasted burnt and destroyed yet their warre is not to be compared with this of ours N. How have you warres from whence is it come upon you you are alwayes provided in peace with all Kingdomes I have heard of no breach and how can any man come with soldiers into your land seing you are so mighty within both in men and ships This is very strange newes to me E. Well! but how can that be that you have not heard of our warres when the flame thereof is gone up into heaven and the sound thereof to all parts of the earth have you no better intelligence yes we are at wars but not against our enemies without but within it is a civill warre that scourgeth us which is the most miserable for 't is neere us the one Kingdome against the other the father against the son one citizen against the other N. What doe I heare mine heart trembleth Are you come into our place where we were once when here in our land the one city stood up against the other the one province against the other each using soldiers and guards against the other so that our land our church our liberty hung on a silken thred yea we should have consumed one an other had not Gods blessing and the wise and couragious counsell of Prince Maurice prevented it Oh! I bemoane with weeping eyes those that are in such a condition E. Yea our flourishing Kingdom is now in the highest disunion 't is Ephraim against Manasseh Manasseh against Ephraim we heare of nothing but warres and rumours of warres All trading traffique and prosperity stands still Citizens are turned soldiers in all places you may see the houses provided with armes every one standing as it were sentinel not knowing from whence they should expect their enemies for the one brother the one Citizen doth not trust the other N. But how freind Come you with such tydings my heart bleeds to heare it who should ever have thought it how speedily can the Lord GOD raise an adder out of our owne bosomes that shall eate us up Why doe men then gape after present friends strength rivers aliance mighty people for men may have all these and yet notwithstanding fall into the greatest calamities E. You say well for but three yeares agoe there was not the least appearance of any unquietnesse When the servants of God forewarned us of the plagues that hung over our heads every one asked from whence they should come Such preachers as spake of heavie tydings of great punishments that should come upon the Kingdome were accounted for raylers loggerheads melancholly persons puritans whose words the land was not able to beare N. Oh friend it goes just so also amongst us When our teachers warn us and foretel us as they many times doe that our quietnes shall be turned into unquietnes our mirth into sadnes our riches into poverty our blessing into a curse that there are heavy plagues hanging over our heads that we shall not escape the tempest of Gods wrath but as is to be feared we not taking example by the punishments of others shall drinke out the dregs of the cup of Gods indignation then they make a jest of it no man believes it accounts it an impossible thing as long as we have so many valiant soldiers both by sea land stand in such alliance have such a Generall But as you told us concerning England so maie they well lay it to heart for it was a great deale more unlikely to come on you than upon us but tell me I pray how came you into this warre how began it first who and what were the causes thereof E. That can not so Suddainly be related but if you please to accompanie me to my lodging where I may shift and refresh my self a little I shall willingly spend an houre with you for I perceive you have compassion on our estate therfore I will presently lay open all