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A86106	The arch-cheate, or the cheate of cheats: or a notable discovery of some parts of the mystery of iniquitie, plainely shewing that this is the prelates warre, managed under the Kings name, only to advance the hierarchie above the temporality, yet leave them some externalls to deceive all sides, and all sorts, a choice peece of gullery trimely [sic] set out. ...	S. H.	1644 (1644)	Wing H116; Thomason E257_5; ESTC R210041	8,287	8

* raile of all their adversaries from accesse or prepare antidores against by threatnings so by keeping them at distance as with a●ile● their poyson as against beliefe infidelity and villefie with names to contemptablenesse 20. But with the people they magnifie an implicit faith believe as the Church believes the trumpe of Cheats c. 21. Mountaine promises are made of Iustice libertie lawes and Religion but not a dust or graine made good except jering as Children and Fooles for their easie credulity It s glory to betray any way disglory to be betrayed 22. If Robbing murchering ravashing yea all kind of injustice be justice than none more just more faithfull in performance twise twelve to the dussen 23 Quarrells are pict pretences found on purpose to rout out all oposers either Religious or Morralists 24. It is easie to finde a staffe to beat a Dogge with the quarrelsome It s as easie to finde a Dogge for a staffe 25. Other pretences are found to raise Armes any thing is just with the powerfull any thing seemes soe with the simple 26. Some on hopes promises preferments rewards offices and others a licentious Nobles Gentry Commons all sorts comply libertine course of life others errors of judgment Scruples of conscience opinion pretences of one kind or other Most a fooles paradice here or a ports Elizium hereafter 28. What should I say it asketh an eternity to rectifie all these giddie braines 29. If they be not Traitors Rebells Murtherers Theeves and punshable as such here and damnable hereafter who are on the offensive side and sight against Religion the liberty of the people and priveledges of Parliament all established by law The name of a King is so dazeling that it prostrates all behoulders except Bell whom Danill must prostrate 30. Beautie in Heaven and Earth this grace doth win ●gnoto It supplyes rigour and it lessens sinne c. 31. Souldiers are raised why Iohn for the King so all and who nor they see none other they spie not Hocus under the Board nor that Ioabs hand is in all this they are light Angells but not Angells of light 32. If monyes be wanting then Nimrod like that mighty hunter plundring robbing whole Countries Counties to mount their Babell battlements paralell with those of Heaven is lawfull and under the name of warring to perpetrat any villany is excellent villany if any villany be ●xcellent 33. That which even now was a hanging matter to doe is now a hanging matter not to doe Thus a moment can Invert pervert circularly For themselves in the Kings name 34. Out goes Summons Proclamations Threats c. to amate awe c. Trained Bands comes in as if to the Goulden Septer poore folkes Hocus is to hard for you it s to the Crosiers staffe which like Muses rod hath champt up the Septer and now begines with its cammocke nose to catch hold of them as did the bush of Ablahams Ram they are plundered they fleed of their fleeces as of Horse Armes Iudas is no Iudas to this Judas money and sent away like a pilde sheepe or as a Dogge with his tailo clapt betwixt his leggs 35. Horse Armes money throng in as if to homage it to the burnished throne which so dazeleth and a stoninisheth all behoulders that they spie not lurking Hocus the Iudas who for thirty pence will fell his Master and all his Desciples grinning like a Satier or as Mosse his Mare simpered when she eat thistles to see of the wise these s● infatuated fooles purchase themselves halters manacles fetters at so deare a He cannot helpe it He is their Prisoner Jeering Hocus ●ate and like Salom us fooles goe to the Stocks for correction 36. If the Throne conquer yet Hocus is victor who sliely conveyes away the throne and sets his tressells in the place nimbly over layning them wiith a watchet covering imbrodered with goulden Floure deuces and as nimbly claps a Miter the●eon instaed of a Crown all so dexterously handled as unespied of any but Glorious Titles c. the wise * Bribes are promised in the Kings name to betray thus that Fort Castle c. and it s all by these Traitors for themselves they rob to pay the bribe or paies it and 10. times more out of the places delivered up to them ❧ Virtue that is power is gon from me For you shall he kept under like beasts by the sword and with implicit factions Law but will and that of batbarous villanes Sophia whose intentions discovers the cloven head of the Miter just like that of the Divels foote out she cries of the cheat Oh you fooles how long will you continue in your follie but all in vaine as I doe heare for fooles though brayed in Morters will not forsake their folly nor will deafe Adders heare charme you never so wisely 37. Now they soveragnize it yet the Kings name colours all still I and now he beginnes to colour it also with anger and shame to se the gullery but * noe force patience perforce he is as fast as Mars and Venus in Vulcans weary net the more hee spraules and kickes the more he is intangled * at this slie * Mercury laughs a maine but unespsed of any but only the wise * Sophia who still carries out but is not heard Oh you fooles c. 38. Yet ex●ernalls are allowed as gay as the Chamblet ribbonds Hocus pulls out of his mouth to delude the fillie Spectators 39. So have I seene at Childrens festivalls the gaudie King and Queene followed by an awfull blacke Coat neither crowned nor Robed yet well maced who cold at pleasure though a pawne give Checke mate to both Rex et Regina inbeati 41. Great matters are promised hoped for as a● * but who shall now force to performance they are Atheists yea worse not Moralists not any Bonds Oathes lies will hold any more then Samsons Hairlaces fillets or head-bands c. you challenge them of this and that c except ●ave exclaime what care they they know you not how now away avant your workers of Iniquity 42. Helpe o King a railes not how can I saith he seeing that the Lord Prelat pleaseth not to looke upon either of us 43. Is not this fine that you have unkinged your King and enslaved yourselves and your posterities to the forked Miter instead of the arched Crowne and must now aske and wait for what was once your owne but it may be never shall bee 44. All are their Prisoners and Captives from the throne to the cottage not Kings The Government of Spain and France is in the Hierarchie their 〈◊〉 is not the Kings not Nobles not Gentry not any are free but lie at their mercy for favours or frowns 45. And now are the commons of England putting on Canvis Breeches and woodden shooes and the Peeres are but so ad placitum the Gentry and are but Gentiles an● aliants to the Common-weale o●

The Arch Cheate or the Cheate of Cheats OR A notable discovery of some parts of the mystery of iniquitie plainely shewing that this is the Prelates Warre managed under the Kings Name only to advance the Hierarchie above the temporality yet leave them some externalls to deceive all sides and all sorts a choice peece of gullery trimely set out Cause we are more for the Senses then Sense Thus our conceptions we doe commence P. The Puppets F. A fellow pointing C. All sorts of common people H. The countrey Husband-man or Farmer B. The Prelate ordering of all K. The King N. Nobles S. The Shark or Cavaleer inforcing the Damsell The voting Puppets each eye descries But it s 1 The Wise see further then with eyes Sophia hath the seing ey●s 2 Common understandings reach not things things out reach them Plebeians move in lowest Sphere But its wisdome mouts the highest career The 3 To the Sects and the rude people all is attributed Puppets seemingly do braule But its Mercuriall 4 But its the crafty Prelates and their Athisticall Faction under severall species pretences sets all together by the eares Hocus governs all Though 5 Wisdome not craft should governe Pallas should whose dues 6 All excellencies belonging to wisdom and the wise the golden ball But the goddesse 7 In a threatning way and in time of remedy Instice shall be told of all her prankes Astrea shall know all London printed for M. W. at Grays-Inne Gate October 4. 1644. Courteous Reader here is but a little Poetrie and yet its lame of its fee●● Not to faile when all faile were to be singular which is the greatest failing let thy ingenuitie relieve it for it s thy only strength to beare with its weaknesse and it s therefore weake to trie thy strength and it hath therefore failed that it might not faile S. H. The Arch Cheate OR The Cheate of Cheates OR A notable Discoverie of some parts of the Mystery of Iniquity plainely shewing that this is the Prelates War mannaged under the Kings name only to advance the Hierarchy above the Temporality Yet leave them some externalls to deceive all sides and all sorts a choise peece of Gullery trimely set out Writ at the beginning of these troubles but occasionally confind till now THere is a Crew which * In their ay●es and in●entions are Athists also crowes and crownes themselves with Rose-Buddes of bewtie sweetnesse and delight of with the Prelates and popishly affected irreligious religious men are chiefe who ayming at greatnesse and all kinde of licentiousnesse c. and withall to advance thereto nimbly also without toyle yea to Soveranize and King themselves and governe kingdomes doe breake through all lawes Devine Humane Morall Rationall c. to attaine thereto 2. This to bring about they finde lies in the interressing themselves into the favours and good opinions of Princes under the pretence of amplifying their greatnesse and Prerogatives c. next by gaining all the powers into their hand as for the emptie titular titles and some externalls they leave them to the temporall * Laike Kings and Peeres to collour the businesse that the Cheat may not 1. Thus they render them in contempt be seene c. 3. Their owne names will not carry it they wanting Law Right Title and opinion c. 4. Besides they must not appeare in the action but lie close snugge and close hid as doth in shewes the lurking spirit that guideth the oculer motions which 2. As in Puppet playes or other motions under neath guides all The Kings Name Hand Person c. dec●ave● and conquers the Kingdome IGNOTO are onely seene to act all and all to them is attributed but cunning Hocus playes his prankes under boord 5. With Princes then they tamper who have law right and title on their side and opinion too that foolish goddesse and goddesse of fooles their names they advance magnifie yea deifie c. but prostrate prerogative c. 6. It takes Herod-like with some too much with all to their falls 7. More Princes fall in Court by Flatterrers charmes Then in the field by the Aversaries armes c. 8. On they goe and pinacle Princes with Prerogatives about God but sure they will be to mount with them as did the Devill with our Saviour and then 3. Their prophane Hierarchie on with condition of his dismounting prostration and 3 worshipping beastly monsters with seaven Heads and tenne Hornes they will doe wonders if not 4. The riches powers and honours of Kingdomes done before they come why they will give him all the 4 Kingdomes of the Earth and subdue the 5 Nations to him with an Iron Rod or rather than faile 6 with a flaile 9. Great is the Temple of the goddesse Diana but were it not for her silver 5. England Scotland Ireland Puppetts the godlesse gods and her Temple might goe fiddle so might Prerogatives c. 6. Any way 10. These gracelesse youngsters 7 gracious yet with Princes and are seemingly 7. Ignorant of their Rogery very officious to accommodate them with Honour Greatnesse Majestie c. 11. A Golden baite but the forked hooke appeares not 12. By this they attaine to be their Counsellors and next the betrust of places of command and power which was the white they aymed at as the onely way to King themselves and depose Princes oppose others 13. These they bestow into hands of their owne faction such as can flatter and abuse Princes out of their prerogatives as well as themselves Birds of a Feather 14. Now who but these are the only men with 8 Kings I and Queens to 8. Ignorant ●● afore of their Rogery Oh they are wilie Mercuries and have curious blandishments to insinuate in●o and infatuate all sorts and fatten themselves c. 15. Well Princes conceive the power in their owne hands but P. O. for that it s the 9 Prelates prize of which he must not know any thing till their ends bee 9. Or the Priests bit 1 Sam. 2. 13 14. compassed 16. As for him he may goe 10 sleep sport hunt or tennis it they will order matters well enough for his greatnesse and renowne if ill enough bee well enough 10. Out geerers of Prince● so all sorts c. 17. The Popish government under the cheating name of Religion they mainly ayme at but mum not a word of either not intentions but pranct up pretentions like gaudy Dianah must gadde abroad to bewitch the foolish Sechemites but Simeon and Levi brothers of iniquity drive on their designes like furious Jehu to circumvent the credulous Sechemites with universall Ruine The wicked Layty and Clergy of all sorts 18. The Kings name still carries out all things but he is kept ignorant of whatsoever is oftensive to his nature or disposition or else they doe palliate it with pretexes qualifications c. 19. They