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A52943 New news from Bedlam, or, More work for Towzer and his brother Ravanscroft alias hocus pocus whipt and script, or, A ra-ree new fashion cupping glass most humbly represented to the observator : wherein the various shapes ... / by Theophilus Rationalis ... Rationalis, Theophilus. 1682 (1682) Wing N685; ESTC R34539 58,114 106

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the day of Doom Upon which day we must surrender all Both Bag and Baggage and our Capitol Now we command you straitway hence to go And ship your selves unto our Sweedish Foe VVhen Martin Luther did our Church affright To make our Lambs to him turn Proselite By Arguments drawn from his furious Pen Just like a Frantick shut up in his Den VVhere you come there be sure you make no Bones Of any thing but only of your Stones Pray have a Care whereby you may advance Our Church our Empire and Intreague with France And while you 're there their idle Consubstance Do what you can to turn the Tide to Trans This having done we do command you more From thence you Sail unto great Britain's shore VVhen once ariv'd within Our Port of Dover Read once again your new Commission over Observe it well therein are weighty Points Enough to fix and settle all our Joynts VVhich have been straind ' ere since that cursed time Bold Harry's Cod-piece did our Church decline From thence straightway advance into that Town VVhich bids defiance to our Triple Crown Dam her and sink her by what means you can Murders Massacres Fires and that Man VVho is her head and bids us bold Defiance And upon whom we can have no Reliance Be sure you strike him to his very Life This will put all things out of Doubt and Strife The Towns our own if he were once but dead VVee 'd bring ourselves there straitway into Bed If this you do Return unto your home You shall be Pillars in our Church of ROME Or if you will you shall have Coleman's Fate Saints after Death now Pillars in our State This we do Promise In our own great Name If not perform'd ne'r take our Words again Witness our self and all Saint Peter's Fry Upon the day of his Nativity Now standing by us near our Royal Throne We like their Heads But love to reign alone And signed be our chiefest Scribe of State Our Ink-horn-Lord who is our constant Mate Signed Seignior Don John Alonzo Furioso de Lucifero principal Secretary of State to his infallible Highness and true Successor of S. Peter and supream head of Christ's holy Catholick Church over all Kings Princes and Potentates whatsoever until the general Resurrection Pocus Come let 's not miss one hair's bredth of our large Instructions but however I had rather be a Pillar in the Church of Rome durante vita than to be a Canonizd Saint in the Church of Rome post mortem for taking a running Jump from Tiber to Tiburn for the good of the Good Old Cause Hocus I believe you without swearing for to tell you the Truth by J I am of the same Judgment to a Cows thumb and though here and there one hot spirited Zealot for the Catholick Cause may be so far transported as to venture his Neck yet you know how our-Superiours at home do put them in their Ignoramus Calender for a Company of Goose-caps Cocks-combs and Jack-puddings upon that accompt Pocus They do so and you may remember before we came away how many they had lately of Saint Coleman's Disciples put in there upon the Accomt aforesaid And how did they almost split themselves with laughing when they read their Confessions That THEY all dyed Innocent and That it was like in a short-time to pass for currant That Sir Edmund bury Godfrey was Felo de se when they themselves in a Consultation in our own Colledge had laid a Platform although in some things as to the whole of their Design it proves unsuecessful Hocus Had not some of our St. Omers Beagles and deep-mouth'd Hounds run upon a false scent and in stead of pursuing the wild Bores had not fallen upon and worried the innocent sheep we had done our Business especially before this time but hinc illae Lachrimae and we must be contented to make the best of a bad Market But yet tempora mutantur c. and we may yet make an after-game of it if we can but play our Cards closely Pocus Come Olbion daies The Cocks will bravely crow And like bold Ridens Gape A Raree show In those brave times the Birds will sweetly sing And we may hope to have a glorious Spring The Seed is sown The Corn begins to mount Come wee 'l attempt To be Lords Paramount Jocus I 'le do my best to serve the Church and Pope But I l'e beware of Coleman's twisted Rope Pocus To serve Don Seignior I 'le do what I can But I 'le beware of Harris's Trepan Come le ts be Wise and sometimes be Merry Not always Plotting sometimes let 's drink Sherry For to revive Us when we are in Durnps Least that the WHIGS should turn up still for Trumps And not Our Church which they proclame is Evil But if we can we 'l Post 'um to the Devil Hocus Sometimes le ts use that Modest Recreation Like Our Superiours in their long Vacation VVhen Dead FLESH is forbid they take in Store Of Living LAMBS which they do Love like ORE You may remember under Our great Hill In Fasting Times They had such Lambs at VVill And told those still which sometimes brought them Chink That at such things St. Peter he would Wink And when Confession of those Sins were made They might begin a new Score on that Trade This they do tell Us is no Mortal Sin Therefore sometimes le ts Play at in and in Pocus With all my Heart true Trout I 'le follow Thee But lets bewar still of the Gallow-Tree Hocus Ne'r question that we won't proceed so far Though we are now St. Peters Men of War Yet being now beyond his Reach we may Do sometimes like him who once ran astray And rather than be Martyrs for Our Church Wee 'l leave both POPE and Peter in the lurch Pocus Come now after we have taken a Nap or two le ts take Post for London with all Our Letters Credential to those Gentlemen at the Wild-house which have been there so long upon the Accompt Courant And I have one Letter in particular to Heraclitus Ridens to Draw the PO ES Picture in small for one of Our Superiours you know who I mean That Senior Sophister in Our Colledge who doth intend to present it to his Holiness for his next New-Years-Gift in hopes of a Fools Cap now there are so many Vacancies Hocus I know he can do it to the Life for before I went to Rome he was esteemed the best Limner in England upon that accompt and his name as I remember was Mr. but Mum for that Pocus Come Brother Hocus surge surge Diluculo surgere Saluberrimum est Our Horses are just ready and we shall reach London in good time Come Drawer and Chamberlain bring us a Bill Drawer Here is a Bill Sirs in the whole 21 s. 6 d. Besides the Oat-stealers Bill for the Hire of Your Horses he will give you an Account of it Hocus There is a Guiny for