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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64182	Mercurius infernalis; or Orderlesse orders, votes, ordinances, and commands from Hell established by a close committee of the Divell and his angells. Done neither by day, night, nor order, because neither time, place, person or order is to be observed in the infernall kingdome. The copy of this was found in a chink or cranny of a wall in Frier-Bacons study, By John Taylor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1644 (1644)	Wing T482; ESTC R222140	4,594	9

MERCVRIVS INFERNALIS OR ORDERLESSE ORDERS Votes Ordinances and Commands from Hell established by a close Committee of the Divell and his Angells DONE Neither by Day Night nor Order because neither Time Place Person or Order is to be observed in the Infernall KINGDOME THE Copy of this was found in a Chink or Cranny of a Wall in Frier-Bacons Study By JOHN TAYLOR Printed in the Yeare 1644. MERCVRIVS INFERNALIS Or orderlesse Orders c. WEE Sultan Sathan Great Emperour of Erebus Barathrum Averuus Acheron Stix and Phlegeton King of Gehenna Cocytus Dis Tophet and Tartarus Lord of the Infernall Cimmerian Abyss profundity of the Sulphurous Limbo Lethe and the Stigian Lakes did long since with the advice of our States and Committees Aslembled for the enlarging of our Kingdomes and Territories and the amplifying of our greatnesse and renowne cause these our Commands to be put in speedy Execution Whereas our Trusty Agents Messengers Scouts and others our ingenious and vigilant servants have by our Instigations and Commands done us great and acceptable Services in Germany for these 24. yeares insomuch that that goodly Empire is wasted with Wars Bloudshed Famine and desolation and for that the Kingdomes of Great Brittain and Ireland have been these many yeares in such a happy condition of Peace plenty and all other blessings to the Envy and admiration of all Nations and to our great griefe and Sorrow for we could not but with shame and astonishment wonder that those Countries and Regions onely enjoyed the fruition of Tranquillity whil'st most of the Nations of the world were fil'd with rapine mischeife murther and confusion so that it was a common speech amongst them in derision of our profound ancient policy and wisedome to say The Diuell 's an Asse which abuses and calumnies coming to the eares of our Infernall Hell-hood we in vindication of our honour thought it high time to bestirre our selfe to worke some vengeance on those refractory people by sowing and dispersing divisions amongst them in their Churches and Rebellion to their King For the Government which they kept both Ecclesiasticall and Civill was so greivous unto us that since our first fall from Heaven we had never any thing that tormented us more In serious consideration of the Premisses we with the advice of our Trusty Councellours Iudges Namely Caine Corah Dathan Abiram Pharaoh Achitophell Rabshekah Iudas Cataline Sylla Marius Nero Caligula Domitian Helliogabalus Minos Eacus Radamanthus Machiavell Faux Ravillac and many of the Turkish Iewish Anabaptisticall Brownisticall and Iesuiticall Clergy we did 3. yeares past order and ordaine for the breach of the peace in the aforesaid Kingdoms of great Brittaine and Ireland these plots policies and projects following First we order that some of our cunningest Divels should be sent by our Authority into those parts who should take upon them the shapes and habites of sincere religious persons and insinuate themselves first amongst foolish women and silly Tradesmen with huge multitudes of the off-scum rabble of the people These were all to be perswaded to despise scorne contemne the true setled religion amongst them To deride and hate all order decency and Christian conformity either to the Church Church-Government or Governours To demolish and deface all manner of ornaments or any thing of Laudable memory either of Patriarkes Prophets Apostles or of our greatest Conquerour and Enemy Jesus Christ All these things were effectually done according to our command and for the further encrease of our Kingdom of Darknesse we have caused our deadly foes the Orthodox preachers to be degraded dismist banished impoverished imprisoned despised disgraced starv'd and murtherd that spake so boldly and frequently against us and our adherents And in their roomes we have placed Hypocrites of our owne moulding and stamping who do perswade the people vehemently to our service and liking and most violently against their Soveraigne in Rebellion Secondly we ordered that because the King was our greatest and Inveterate opposite upon Earth our new pulpit-men should preach nothing but Sedition contention and disobedience against him and that it should be the losse of their places and Liberty to speak truth to mention the Beleife or Christian Faith to read the Lords Prayer or repeat the ten Commandements to the end they shall forget to beleive in God or put any confidence in the King by which two principles or Maximes there are many thousands come to us which we did not so suddainly expect for though we seldome speak truth yet we must acknowledge that those late good Members at Westminster have done us more service in so short a time then all the Rebels their predecessors and our deare sonns have done since the Creation of the world We our selfe are endued with much Learning for we have so much schollarship that we know and understand all the Speeches Tongues and Languages in the Vniverse and Vniversities and we must with admiration stand amazed at the Loyalty Integrity Ingenuity and policy of those our trusty Agents that with such expedition could so soone and so much ruinate their owne Country and so Eclipse the Protestant Religion which we most hate that we could not have devised to have given and granted them a Commission that could have so large an extent as they have stretched their politicall power We confesse that though we were the first Rebell and the most ancient father of Rebellion we began it in Heaven for the which we were throwne down to Hell we practised it on poor Adam his Consort in Paradise we have not nor will not be negligent to infuse it into all their posterity yet we must acknowledge that our self and all the rest of you assembled here our trusty Councellours neither could or ever did accomplish so great a service as the doing these pleasing mischeifes to the Church and Kingdoms of great Brittaine and Ireland in which meritorious work they have so far out gone us and all former precedents that we must confesse old age hath brought us to dotage and all the Rebells and Traitors since Time began were but slight witted shallow pated fellows to these our sonnes of England Scotland and Jreland which though we know they cannot continue and that they must faile and fall in the end yet by our inspirations they will go on and where they cannot conquer and overcome they shall attempt to do mischeife First beyond our capacity or knowledge the most part of the Members had the subtilty to inforce and affright their Tenants and other people to spend their voyces for them in their election to be Parliament-men Secondly many who feared them not were bribed to come their selves and bring their friends to cry alowd and make a wicked musicall noise with bawling out the names of Pym Haslerigge with the rest of our sons the Members Thirdly some were guld foold and flatterd to extend their Stentorian voices not knowing why wherefore or for whom And the first businesse of these politicians was