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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08944	A briefe dissection of Germaines affliction with warre, pestilence, and famine; and other deducable miseries, lachrimable to speak of; more lamentable to partake of. Sent as a (friendly) monitor to England, warning her to beware of, (generally) ingratitude, and security; as also (particularly) other greevous sinnes, the weight whereof Germany hath a long time felt, and at this present doth (and England may feare to) feele. Written from approv'd intelligence, by M. Parker.	M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656?	1638 (1638)	STC 19222; ESTC S119361	8,102	25

A briefe dissection OF Germaines Affliction With Warre Pestilence and Famine and other deducable miseries Lachrimable to speak of more lamentable to partake of Sent as a friendly monitor to England warning her to beware of Generally Ingratitude and Security as also Particularly Other greevous sinnes the weight whereof Germany hath a long time felt and at this present doth and England may feare to feele Written from approv'd intelligence by M. Parker Luk. 13.3 Except yee repent yee shall all likewise perish Printed 〈◊〉 London by T. Cotes for Francis Grove dwelling on Snow hill neere the Sarazens head 1638. To the tender hearted Reader REader should this insuing discourse happen to be reade or heard by the most adamantine heart in the world I perswade my selfe it would like Goats blood dissolve it For here in this small volume is briefly disected or anatomized the largest subject of misery that the lanthorne of time ever shewed to the world It is a lamentable tragedy so lamentable that the like all precedent times were ignorant of Germany is the Stage the Actors are mercilesse extortioners bloody homicides luxurious ravishers sacrilegious robbers and spoylers of Churches and other holy places Canibalian man-eaters and their attendants And because no play is held compleat unlesse some womens parts be in it behold here are Virgins ravished and murthered women eating their owne children nay one woman devouring another The Scenes are Warre Famine and Pestilence with other miserable calamities deduced or derived from thence the spectators or audience are men who have seene their houses rob'd their wives and daughters carnally abused in their owne sight their young sucking babes dashed against the walls by the heeles or thrust upon speare points Nay some of them also eaten by barbarous Croats Women likewise that have beheld their loving husbands some miserably tortured to death others shamefully abused and even gelt in their enforced presence others have had their noses and eares cut off to make hat-bands for the deriding tormentors Now loving Countrymen heare me this hath long beene and yet is the case of afflicted Germany that it never may be our owne case let us pitty hers and leave off those sinnes which have drawne these plagues upon her though we by Gods mercy are yet spared that still we may and that our mercifull Lord will continue his blessings health peace and plenty among us is the daily prayer of Martin Parker A BRIEFE DISECTION OF GERMANIES AFFLICTION 1. THis Paper white before hath reason just In Sable weeds these lines it selfe to dresse For what may here be read if we may trust Old Natures doctrine shewes such heavinesse That sencelesse things may mourne why should no● the● White Paper mourne that beares black deeds of men 2. Such strange unheard of mischiefes miseries Disasters Murder Sacriledge and Rape That he who reads or heares it with dry eyes Shall passe o're what the Writer could not scape These are the Sceanes of this sad Tragedy These make my Paper mourne and so doe I 3. Germany Soveraigne of th' Europian part ●eate of the Sacred Christian Empire hath ●ull twenty late past yeares bin pearc'd toth'heart ●nd still destruction keepes his beaten path Nor will be stopt O that my prayers could stay His journey I 'd and so will ever pray 4. Millions of millions in these forenam'd yeares On either part hath fallen by the sword By too well proov'd experience this appeares Time in his brazen booke doth all record O pitty 't is that Christians thus should spill The blood of Christians but alas they will 5. We have a saying that 's more true then old He best knowes where the shooe wrings that does wear 't ●o we who here injoy even what we would And have no warre among 's nor doe we fear 't Cannot discerne aright the direfull plight Which th' Commons suffer under warres affright 6. Let 's with their least of miseries begin ●magine now a man o're night with wealth Great store which toile and care hath brought him in And that his wife and children all 's in health See him ere morne behold the rape of 's wife And daughter first then with his goods lose life 7. The cruell Souldiers void of all remorse Take share of each mans labour at command And what 's deny'd or hid they will by force Of horrid tortures purchase out of hand The Commons though in substance equilent To be the Souldiers slaves must rest content 8. Rest content said I there 's two golden words Which every man would happy be to finde True at his wish but restlesse warre affords Rest nor content to any none in minde Can be secure of what they doe possesse Where Souldiers can they take all more and lesse 9. Yet don't mistake me I 'me not generall In censuring of Souldiers for I know Some whose due praise for valour is not small Who in the martiall course will mercy show But Germany hath had and still retaines An army whom the devill their captaine traines 10. These are the Crabats crabbed curres indeed Vulgarly called Croats barbarous slaves These like to Canibals on babes will feede No quarter they le allow to him that craves I quake to set the deeds downe with my pen Done by these fiends of hell it he shape of men 11. Of other Nations that have such hard hearts Great numbers be yet all are Croats nam'd Because in barbarisme they take their parts By such as these true honour is defam'd He who from Mars is borne Legitimate In loving honour tyranny doth hate 12. These salvage not true Souldiers neither care For God nor man nor devill where the gaine The conquest neither age nor sex they spare To kneele or begge with teares to them 's in vaine The lives of women men and infants sweete They weigh no more then wormes under their feet 13. No Pagan Turke Tartarian nor Iew ' Mongst all their Tyrannies ' gainst Christians us'd Such Stratagemes of villany ere knew Both Male and Female they have so abus'd 'T is terrible and odious to unfold What hath by them beene done to young and old 14. Some have with match or cord so hard beene ty'd That from eares eyes and nose the blood did spring From many of them as t is testify'd Their eyes have started out O horrid sinne Some flead off skins alive as Butchers will Doe to those Sheep or Oxen which they kill 15. Others with chisels had their faces plaind From th'fingers ends the blood from some did start To eate their excrements some were constraind Thus every one did strive to act his part In cruelty all others to excell Thereby to gaine a place of note in hell 16. But one thing more is to be wonderd at Then all the rest O note this hellish art A Reverend Channon tortur'd with a cat Fix'd to his naked belly ne're to start Till man and cat through horrid paine and hunger Yeelded to death when they could live no longer 17. Some