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A47616
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The Scots scovts discoveries by their London intelligencer, and presented to the Lords of the covenant of Scotland, 1639.
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1642
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Wing L10; ESTC R16797
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men by reason of their pastorall protection clap in with all the good matches about London That my countrey man Con the Popes Legate is fallen lame of late and is writing an invective against Abernathy for discovering his comming into England hee saith that if these troubles had not beene hee had got as much money in seven yeares as with the helpe of a Letter or two from the Court to the Conclave of Cardinals would have made him Pope and then if you had not yeelded to the King on any conditions he would have curst you with Bell Book and Candle That the seven Champions of Christendome are now this criticall yeare all up in Armes St. Anthony is inchanted by the Pope in S. Angelo S. Iames and S. Dennis are this summer to try their strengths in a simple combat And S. George S. David and S. Patrick are all ryding into Scotland against S. Andrew but the quarrell against him is unknowne some say because he will not wait upon S. George his Ceremonies but others say it s because hee dare maintaine that there was neither Pope nor Prelate in the Primitive Church That one Baker the Bishop of Londons Chaplaine being one morning desired to present a Petition from a Minister to his Lord for a Prebends place carried the matter so craftily that he had it for himselfe together with the Ministers curse for cozening of him but to prevent that the Bishop gave him his blessing yet it did him no good for ere night he was so puft up with pride and grown so great that the weight of his body broke his legge and so laid him and his honour in the dust yet theer be some that attribute this accident to another thing for they say that this Baker was so over-joyed with the death of some good Divines and the going away with others that he made verses of them and the same day hee made them hee broke his legge and his verses were answered the next day following Dike is dead Davis is fled And Symmons is run away Carter is flying Stanton is dying And Good wyn is left to pray Carter is at hand Baker cannot stand VVith a fall he hath broke his legge Our Bishops are flying their cause is a dying And the Scots will make them begge That when the King lay at New castle Fleetwoods newes came fleeting to London with as many lyes as lines in it but that 's no matter Colonels may lye by commission It tels us of your Iron Flailes Harrowes Knives and the like taken going to you from Sheffeild and threatens to beate you with your owne weapons Now as for your men he never mentions them because he meanes not to meddle with them But when hee comes to relate the valour of your women he cryes out the Lord bee mercifull unto us for wee shall have a bloody busines of it yet hee declares his resolution is to fly in their faces and concludes with a Protestation that his father may tell it for truth That albeit you were offended with that Proclamation which termes you people of broken fortunes They have made another against you its just like Ianus in the head and in the body like a Scorpion with a sting in his tayle For first you are pardoned if you subscribe Jgnoramus but if you doe not you are condemned before you are convicted and your trayterous obstinacies are to be cured with the sharpe sword of Iustice which being put into the hands of Papists they sweare by Peters Keyes Pauls sword shall be put in practise The body of the Proclamation breeds a Scorpion in your bosome to devoure you First your debtors must pay your money to His Majesty who because hee can give no lawfull discharge will give them a good share back againe Next all your lands are given away to such as will fight for them Lastly your tenants must pay you no more rents for His Majesty will turne Land-lord and let them their lands for a third part abatement of their old rent and promises to put them in possession before Pentecost next unlesse you prevent it That there was some whispering newes about the towne of a dissention betweene the spirituall Lords whereupon a great Politician had drawne His Majesty to command all the temporall Lords attendance purposely to be revenged on the Nobility whilst others lye lurking at home laughing in their sleeves to see how they made their enemies take up Armes to defend their quarrell In which if any of the Nobility and Gentry be slain their sonnes may prove Wards and so bring in much money to maintaine the wars That if the Prelates project succeed well t is thought Wren and VVarner should have the keeping of the great and little seales and London now like John hold my staffe being Treasurer the Clergy will have a golden time of it but let them remember this Admonition That spirituall pride brings temporall war And temporall warre brings peace That Lords and Lawyers end the jar And Prelates pride must cease That there is a new counsell Table erected at London where the Catholick Lords Knights and Superiours of the Roman Clergy meet to consult upon fitting meanes for raysing of money towards maintenance of this holy warre which they hope will either procure a dissolution of your Religion or a tolleration of their owne At this meeting divers motives and advises were drawne up for certaine Priests to move the Catholikes to contribute in a large manner towards the maintenance of those warres to the 8. 9. 10. part at least of their Annuall meanes according to the true and just value for which besides the benefit which may redound to them by their Religion the King hath called in his Commission against Recusants The Queene hath undertaken to secure all those as shall be Contributors herein and the Pope hath promised that no man which dies in this quarrell shall ever come in Purgatory That these advises and motives being discovered the Pope hath written to his Nuncio not to be too forward untill they see time for feare of discovery nor to let the Laity know too much of the Provincials minds lest they fall off nor that the Catholikes bestow so much on the society of Iesuits as other the Orders can have no part That there is a Feast of fancies at London free for any man that hath a mind to it The first dish is a Redshanks sermon instead of a sallad the second a pickl'd Projector the next a piping hot pigge and next a handsome hogge there was a red Deere Pye but that 's past instead of that they meane to have a Bishops head and bacon which will serve for a grand dish and albeit it bee somewhat out of fashion yet it is like to be in season Their bread is Bishops Bisket and Burtons bayte Their drinke is Britain's teares their dyning Roome the Castle of care Their attendants Tom Tell-troth and Bastwicks younger brother Their Musick hath for Tenour