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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92020	The routing of the Ranters being a full relation of their uncivil carriages, and blasphemous words and actions at their mad meetings, their several kind of musick, dances, and ryotings, and their belief and opinions concerning heaven and hell. With their examinations taken before a justice of peace, and a letter or summons sent to their sisters or fellow creatures in the name of the Divel, requiring them to meet Belzebub, Lucifer, Pluto, and twenty more of the infernall spirits at the time and place appointed. Also, a true description how they may be known in al companies and the names of the chief ring-leaders of this new generation that excell all others in wickednesse.		1650 (1650)	Wing R2055; Thomason E616_9; ESTC R203427	6,076	9

THE ROVTING OF THE RANTERS Being a full Relation of their uncivil carriages and blasphemous words and actions at their mad meetings their several kind of musick dances and ryotings and their belief and opinions concerning heaven and hell With their examinations taken before a Justice of Peace and a Letter or Summons sent to their sisters or fellow creatures in the name of the Divel requiring them to meet Belzebub Lucifer Pluto and twenty more of the infernall spirits at the time and place appointed Also a true description how they may be known in al companies and the names of the chief Ring-leaders of this new generation that excell all others in wickednesse Published by Authority and Printed by K. A. The Ranters Ranting OR A A true Relation of a sort of People called Ranters with some of their abominable and wicked carriages and behaviour at their private meetings J Shall in the first place give you my friends a brief Character of a sort of people whereof you desire satisfaction newly sprung up among us called Ranters alius Coppanits or Claxtonians tht most vile and abhominable Apostates that we ever read or heard of carrying about them the lively image of Satan in his Serpentine colours of seducing and drawing men and women to commitall manner of mad and desperate wickednesse as the Apostle saith with greedinesse I cannot term these persons to be of any Sect for that I do not learn either in profession or practise they do any thing that hath the least stamp or tincture of that which may be rightly called religion For to rip open and make known to the world the abominable words and practises of these people would fill up more paper then I have allotted hereunto and to repeat many things which I am confident might be said without wronging the truth would make your ears tingle to hear and my self blush to think or write yet it is conceived usefull and profitable to many that some of their deeds of darknesse should be brought forth into the light to the end that such as are weak and apt to be drawn aside by every wind of vanity may be deterred from coming into such company and with such a one not to eat for if the Apostle forbids the Centiles Christians not to eat with the heathens of that time surely the same precept extends to the restraining men that have any spark of goodnesse from accompanying themselves with such as are far worse than any heathen or infidels we read of then or have heard of since being such as quite contrary to the rule of St. Paul delight not onely in gluttony and drunkennesse chambering and wantonnesse and the like but deride the holy Scriptures deny Christ blaspheming and as it were spit in the face of God himself for one of them being discoursing at the Spittle said that he knew not any difference betwixt God and the Divell and being then asked what he thought of the Divell he answered that it was an old woman stuffed with parsly to be short I am credibly informed that some of these deny the immortality of the soul and so holding forth an opinion that there is neither heaven nor hell it is no wonder that they should fall into all kind of vices that they commit iniquity by a law The chief Ringleaders of this viperous generation are one Copp and Claxton of whom I shall say more hereafter Copp is in Newgate the other is also a prisoner this Copp being lately brought before a Committee to be examined feigned himself mad used strange kind of uncouth behaviour throwing nutshels and other things about the room and talked to himself when questions were put to him which some thought to be Gods just judgement upon him and others were of opinion that as David in another case he meerly acted the part which at length will no way stand him in stead Having given you a general description of them I shal in the next place come to speak of some of their particular meetings the first that I have heard of to be frequented by this brutish sort of people was about Shoemakers Alley where after a while notice was taken and some discovery made by such as had been amongst them rather to observe their vanities than to be imitaters of their vices which caused them shortly after to remove to another place This time of meeting began about four of the clock in the afternoon and was continued by some until niae or ten of the clock the next day which time was spent in drunkenness uncleanness blasphemous words filthy songs and mixt dances of men and women stark naked Not long after they had another place of meeting about White-Chappel where after a time they were discovered by the Officers of the place who with a guard repaired to the house where they were and to the end that none might make an escape the business was carried with such secrecie that it was not known to others till they came to the door where these monsters of mankind were associated which the Officers had no sooner entred but they found some of these lascivious beasts openly satisfying their lusts Amongst this company was that Claxton before mentioned who with undanted boldness and audacious carriage spake to the Officers that came with authoritie to apprehend them to this effect Gentlemen I perceive you are come to seize on us your fellow creatures for what cause I know not I pray use not any violence or terrifie and affright those of our fellow creatures here that are of a weak and tender constitution if we have offended the Law we shall readily and willingly submit to be tried by it And taking up his cloak he said Gentlemen I will not leave you I am ready to go along with you And sorth he went with the first and as the others were comming forth about thirty in number he framed an excuse to return back again into the house pretending that he had left something of great use behind him and so escaped away at a back door but is re-taken and at this day in prison I cannot learn that in any of their meetings they have used exhortations except such as tend onely to the making of a derision and scoffe at all that is commended in the holy and sacred Scriptures to be good and holy despising the word and ordinances when they hear them spoken of and their Ring-leader Copp when he was fitter to have gone to bed and slept than to have spoken in a publick place bestowed an hours time in belching forth imprecations curses and other such like stuffe as is not fit to be once named amongst Christirns and when he perceived that he should be called to answer for the wicked blasphemies that he had uttered at sundry times he took two of his she-Disciples and went to the Citie of Coventrie where it was soon dispersed abroad that he commonly lay in bed with two women at a time whereof he being soberly admonished