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An account of the burning of the Pope at Temple-Bar in London, November 17. 1769.
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Wing A257A; ESTC R173145
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An Account of the Burning the Pope at Temple-Bar in London November 17. 1679. THE horrid Designs and Contrivances of the Papists for many years last past for rooting out the Protestant Religion from under Heaven in this Kingdom as well as in all the Protestant Countries in Europe has raised such a just indignation in the breast of every good Christian and True Englishman That the people of this Nation have upon all occasions endeavoured to discover their generous Detestation of those cursed Invaders of their Religion and Civil Liberties but never more apparently then upon the 17th of November 1679. that being the day on which the unfortunate Queen Mary died and that Glorious Princess Queen Elizabeth that True Defender of the Christian Protestant Faith ascended the English Throne and thereby dispelled those thick Clouds of Egyptian Popish Darkness which had so long over-spread these Kingdoms Upon the said 17th of November the Bells began to ring about Three a Clock in the Morning in the City of London and several Honourable and Worthy Gentlemen belonging to the Temple as well as the City remembering the burning both of London and the Temple which was apparently Executed by Popish Villany were pleased to be at the charge of an Extraordinary Triumph in commemoration of that blessed Protestant Queen which was as follows In the Evening of the said day all things being prepared the Solemn Procession began from Moregate and so to Bishops-gate-street and down Hounsditch to Aldgate through Leaden-Hall-street Cornhil by the Royal Exchange through Cheapside to Temple-Bar in Order following 1. First marched six Whifflers in Pioneer Caps and Red Wastcoats 2. A Bellman ringing his Bell and with a dolesome voice crying al the way Remember Justice Godfrey 3. A dead Body representing Justice Godfrey in the habit he usually wore and the Crevat wherewith he waâ— murdered about his Neck with spots of Blood on his Wrists Breasts and Shirt and White Gloves on his Hands his Face pale and wan riding upon a White Horse and one of his Murderers behind him to keep him from falling in the same manner as he was carried to Primrose Hill 4. A Priest came next in a Surplice and Cope Imbroidered with Dead mens Sculls and Bones and Skeletons who gave out Pardons very plentifully to all that would murder Protestants and proclaiming it Meritorious 5. A Priest alone with a large Silver Cross 6. Four Câ—â—melite Fryars in White and Black Habits 7. Four Grey Fryars in their proper Habits 8. Six Jesuâ—â—s carrying bloody Daggers 9. Four wind Muâ—â—ck called the Waits playing all the way 10. Four Bishops in Purple with Lawn sleeves and Golden Crosses on their Breasts and Crosier Staves in their hands 11. Four other Bishops in their Pontificalibus with Surplices and Rich imbroidered Copes and Golden Miters on their Heads 12. Six Cardinals in Searlet Robes and Caps 13. Then followed the Popes Chief Physician with Jesuits powder in one hand and an Urinal in the other 14. Two Priests in Surplices with Two Golden Crosses Lastly The Pope in a Glorious Pageant or Chair of State covered with Scarlet the Chair being richly Embroidered and bedeckt with Golden Balls and Crosses at his Feet was a Cushion of State and Two Boys sate on each side the Pope in Surplices with White Silk Banners painted with Red Crosses and bloody Consecrated Daggers for murdering Protestant Kings and Princes with an Incense Pot before them Censing his Holiness The Pope was arrayed in a rich Scarlet Gown lined through with Ermines and adorned with Gold and Silver Lace with a Triple Crown on his Head and a Glorious Collar of Gold and precious stones about his neck and St. Peters Keys a great quantity of Beads Agnus Dei's and other Catholick Trumpery about him At his Back stood the Divel His Holiness Privy Councillor Hugging and Whispering him all the way and oftentimes instructing him aloud to destroy His Majesty to contrive a pretended Presbyterian Plot and to fire the City again to which purpose he held an Infernal Torch in his hand The whole Procession was attended with an Hundred and Fifty Torches and Flambeaus by Order but there were so many came in Voluntiers as made the number to be several Thousands Never were the Balconies Windows and Houses more filled nor the Streets more thronged with multitudes of People all expressing their Abhorrence of Popery with continual Shouts and Acclamations so that in the whole progress of their procession by a modest computation it is judged there could not be less then Two Hundred Thousand Spectators Thus with a slow and solemn state in some hours they arrived at Temple-bar where all the Houses seemed to be converted into Heaps of Men Women and Children who were diverted with variety of Excellent Fireworks It is known that Temple-bar since its rebuilding is adorned with Four stately Statues of stone Two on each side the Gate Those toward the City Representing Queen Elizabeth and King James and the other Two toward the Strand King Charles the First and our present Gracious Sovereign Now in regard of the day the Statue of Queen Elizabeth was adorned with a Crown of gilded Lawrel on her Head and in her hand a Golden sheild with this Motto inscribed thereon The Protestant Religion Magna Charta several lighted Torches were placed before her and the Pope being brought up near the Gate the Song following was sing in parts between one who represented the English Cardinal Howard and another the People of England Cardinal Howard From York to London Town we come to talk of Popish Ire To Reconcile you all to Rome And prevent Smithfield Fire The People Answer Cease Cease thou Norfolk Cardinal See yonder stands Queen Bess Who sav'd our Souls from Popish Thrall O Queen Bess Queen Bess Queen Bess Your Popish Plot and Smithfield Threat We do not fear at all For Loe beneath Queen Besses feet You fall you fall you fall Now God preserve Great CHARLES our King And eke all Honest men And Traytors all to Justice bring Amen Amen Amen Then having entertained the thronging Spectators for some time with the Ingenious Fire-works a very great Bonefire was prepared at the Inner-Temple-Gate and his Holiness after some Complements and Reluctancies was decently tumbled into the Flames the Devil who till then had faithfully Accompanied him left his Holiness in the Lurch and laughing gave him up to his Deserved Fate This last Act of his Holiness Tragedy was attended with such a prodigious Shout of the joyful Spectators that it might be heard far beyond Sommerset-House and we hope the sound thereof will reach all Europe The same Evening there were Bonfires in most streets of London and universal Acclamations Long live King Charles and let Popery perish and Papists with their Plots and Counter-Plots be for ever Confounded as they have hitherto been To which every honest English Man will readily say Amen The Discovery of the Popish Plot J Hulitt sculp Spaina mea Maria mater Anglicana â—ra Iuâ—â—i est eclesia Vanitas Romana incrâ—ia noviera Familia mea Maria 〈◊〉 Fixus adversa Sperno Heere to the Church one of her yongest Sonnes Prostrate presents these Lucubrations Hee Feares not her harsh Censure for hee knowes Mothers are kind and shee the best of those Her Benediction if shee please to give T'evill make the Authour and his Lynes to Live Then though Rome Curse t' shall never trouble him Though Rome be Eball here 's his Gerizim