§. 1. The ingre­dients where­of Mercurius Aulicus is composed.THough I thought it beneath my pen to dip into the lies, and follies, and Calumnies of such an Oxford Pamphlet, yet because I was infor­med it was not the Act of one, but many: viz. Derkenhead the Scribe, [...] Nicholas the Informer, George Digby the contriver, and an assessement of Wits is laid upon every Colledge, and paid weekly for the continuation of this thing called Mercurius Aulicus, upon these considera­tions, and to vindicate the Honour of a Parliament, I tooke my pen, I have discovered the Lies, forgeries, insolencies, impieties, prophanations, blasphe­mies, Popery of the two sheets, and now I have done; and you most excel­lent Senators, that you may see how justly I replyed, and how unjustly ye are calumniated, I have summed up his last abused printed at Oxford, formerly an Vniversity, now a Garrison of Popery, His Majesties own Royall Court for the recreation of their Nobility, and Gentry, and Clergy, and other Liege People.

• 1. Rebells at Westminster.
• 2. Pretended houses.
• 3. East-Indian Legislatours.
• 4. Turkes.
• 5. Pretended Houses.
• 6. Pretended Houses.
• 7. A groundlesse horrid Rebellion.
• 8. The Frauds and Pretences of the Rebells at Westminster.
• 9. Their bloudy League at London.
• 10. Forswearers of all peace.
• 11. Faction.
• 12. Rebells.
• 13. Rebells.
• 14. Rebels.
• 15. Rebels.
• 16. Rebels in England.
• 17. Brownists.
• 18. Anabaptists.
• 19. An Order of the House to the eternall shame of the Rebels at VVestminster.
• 20. Pretended House of Commons.
• 21. Pretended Houses.
• 22. The pretended two Houses.
• 23. The Faction.
• 24. The Rebels at VVestminster.
• 25. Faction and Pretended Houses.

[Page 122] §. 3.Reader this is a just account of the first shect of that idle, scurrilous, ridicu­lous, treasonable, insolent Pamphlet, do you thinke this is written in defence of the priviledges of Parliament? Are not here a reasonable company of abuses to be in the Preamble of the Pamphlet? What will these act abroad amongst a credulous and seduced people, especially so religiously, and devoutly begun upon Sundayes, but I cannot stirre till I Petition his Majestie.

§. 4. Britanicus Petition to the King.The Humble Petition of Britanicus to his Majestie.

MAy it please your Majestie, after so much bloodshed of your owne Sub­jects, after so many plundrings by your Royall Nephewes, be pleased to remember your [...] and [...] of your care and respect to your two Houses, that they should be as dear to you, as your honour and [...], be pleased to [...] you called them your Parliament in your late Treaty, and now there is a Pamphlet, a thing, a [...] of sheets, a Mercurius Aulicus, abuses, rails, miscalls your Majesties Supreame Court, and your [...] too, in your politicall [...]: I beseech your Majesty if those Declarations or Protestati­ons were of your Majesties own making, remember them and your Royall ob­ligations, if not, ‘Your Petitioners shall ever pray, &c.’

§. 5. Small [...] to obtaine his Petition, and [...] reason.This is my Petition to his [...], but there are so many [...] Counsellers about him, I despaire of prevailing, when his great Councell the Parliament cannot be heard; nay now when Davis the Barbar is turnd privy Councellor too, I never look to see his Majestie trimmed hereafter for the Protestant Reli­gion, for I am informed that fellow shaves with Popish Rasors, and cuts with [...] Sissars, and washes in holy water, there are diverse bottles come [...] to the Court sent from his holinesse own Barbour.

§. 6. The power that is given to the East­Indian Mer­chants. Aulicus tells us, that the Parliament hath given power to the East-Indian. Merchants to impose new Laws; Aulicus, is not this a more precious Act to keep up Trading, then to plunder it, and to give power for Laws, then to take away all power and Laws too, as your Party, in all places they come, do; nor do they give power to them to impose Laws, but to contrive and suggest, as no Councell, [...] estate in the world but will take hints at Inferiours, especially those that are [...] and knowing men; but I must tell you, that the Mer­chants, though they trade in East India, yet their Factors say that the Indians are better to trade with, and converse with, then your [...], and have lesse Barbarisme and inhumanity.

§. 7. Assembly to write to For­raign States.He tells us of the Parliament that [...] ordered the Assembly to write Letters to stirre up the Netherlands, and other parts in the Cause: Aulicus it is time I thinke, had they not need to write to [...] States, and all the Reformed Churches, when you at Oxford have sent your Mendicant Epistles to the Pope and Cardinall, and are at this time electing Doctor Cousins [...] [...]-flamen to go a pilgrimage to the Monasteries, and Priories, and Popish States for their assistance and Contributions, you have sent old Goring the Publican into Hol­land, [Page 123] and so to France, he is excellent at an Ambassage of Monopolizing, and a very worthy Patriot at a Project of soape or Salt-peeter.

§. 8. Lord Ormonds VVarrants.He tels us of the Lord of Ormonds Warrants for transporting the Regi­ment: Reader this is Ormond the Apostate, who was hired from the Parlia­ment and Protestant Cause with the title of a [...], this is he that fought very well, till he got his Iewell, and for the other Diamond the Parliament might have bought him againe.

§. 9. Ormonds oath to them that come over.He tells us of the oath that Ormond administers to all that comes over; [...] you must know that is the old pollicie still, to sweare them for the Protestant Religion; and it is resolved on at the Cabinet or [...] in the Queenes Closet, that Popery be not named yet, till the Protestants be a little more cut of their wits, which they hope will be soone effected by companying together, and ha­ving Churches together, and by bringing the Masse and the Common-prayer a little better acquainted, but the oath begins.

§. 10. The oath.I. A. B. resting fully assured; viz. (that his Majestie will ruine his King­dome of Ireland and England with running these courses) I will [...] the true Protestant Religion established in the Church of England, viz (in York Minister, or Saint Maries in Oxford, or any such reformed [...] all:) against all the Forces now under the conduct of the Earle of Essex: viz. (because they fight for the Protestant Religion, and Laws, and Liberties:) and I will do my utmost to procure the Peace and quietnesse of the Kingdome of England: viz. (by [...] obbing, fighting, pillaging, and plundering, killing, and destroying)

§. 11. One of Auli­cus his victo­ries.He tells us of a Victory they had upon us at Stafford: and Reader, it was thus; they had two Troopes to charge us, and we took the most of them: and yet Aulicus has the conceit they had the day, and we their men and horses; I know not how to distinguish upon dayes and victories, but I think it is not usuall to conquer, and be routed both at a time, but this is not the first victory they have given thanks for, witnesse Edgehill and Newbury, two places in which they were soundly beaten into a day of thanksgiving.

§. 12. Sir VVilliam Breretons Letter.He tells us of Sir William Breretons Letter to the Irish Commanders to leave fighting, and expounds every line ofit as he did a Chapter in the [...], where he took his Text it seems last Sunday in [...] sorenoon, and expoun­ded Sir William Breretons Epistle in the afternoone, and so he divided the Sabbath.

He tels us of the Letter which the Irish Commanders returned to Sir Williams.

§. 13. The Answer to Sir VVilli­ams Letter. Gentlemen we were not engaged to the service of Ireland otherwise then by the Kings Commission: no, did you fight neither for God, nor your Countrey? the service we have done; in leaving the Kingdome of Ireland to the mercilesle bloudy Rebels, and making a base, dishonourable, and irreligious Peace: envy it selfe dares not extenuate, why do you threaten her? it is pitty such deserving Gentlemen were not landed in a richer Teritory then Wales: and though we are very sensible, of the good plunder in England, and of every thing but Po­pery: how worthily we have carried our selves, in comming [...] from fighting [Page 124] against the [...] in Ireland, to fight for them in England: by your preteneded Parliament, a very old title; Aulicus taught you [...] yet we are not returned hi­ther without his Majesties speciall Commission: we are more sorry to heare his Majesty hath such a hand in it, you doe well to confesse the truth: If you have the like Commission [...] the King: no, we should be sorry we had, nor could we ever get so near him for evill Counsellors, that have stood in the way: we shall Treat with you: you are good at [...], you came lately from a bloody pa­cification in Ireland, and the drops of so much innocent bloud sticks upon your cloathes yet, otherwise you must give us leave: What to doe, to murder his Ma­jesties Subjects, to bring in Popery and [...] to carry our selves like [...] and Loyall Subjects, in killing and plundring

• Michael Earnele, Francis Butler.
• Richard Gibson, Edward Hamond.
• George [...].

These are the names, if any man can charge them with more then I have done.

§. 14. [...], if I say no more to thee at this time, thank the [...] of Master Pym.

§. 15. Glocester newes.The Intelligence.

I Shall begin at Glocester with news, that very place where Colonell Massey [...] against the whole Army, against all their shot, and oathes, and execrations, that very place where his Excellency arrived with no lesse honour then he returned, it being [...] a question, whether of his Lawrels were the best, that of Glocester, or that of Newbury: Not farre from this City, at Newnam, Colonell Sir Iohn Winter would needs set up a new Government, and had some Forces from the Lord Herbert, as many as he could well spare, to be bea­ten at one time; but Colonell Massey, I meane that same Colonell that was attended by his Majesties Army so long, went with a Party from his Garrison, and dissolved Sir Iohn Winters Government, and dis-garrisoned his Army Royal, and his plundered cattell, so as they all run away, crying, all was lost, after Sir Iohns owne example: but I conjecture the cause was, for that Colonel Winter was of too cold a constitution for Colonell Masseys hot Alarme: but that which is strangest in that defeat, Sir Iohn run away, and yet left Winter behinde him.

I should tel you more Intelligence, but I am not able at this time to write beyond Master Pym, and this Elegie I shal sacrifice to his Hearse.

§. 1. Though I thought it beneath my penne to dip into the lies, [...], and Calumnies of such a foolish London pamphlet, yet be­cause I was informed, it was [...] the [...] of one but many, which for a while made mee think this monster-piece of vanitie was the abortive issue of Mr Saltmarsh the Scribe, 'till I remembred he had spent more then all his own Wit upon his Epigram­matasacra: the Close-Committy the Informer, till I considered that it stood not with the Policy of their State, that they should informe any but the Close-Committee of thē Common-coun­cell, that should inform Captain Ven, that should inform the Prentises and Butchers when 'twas fit to make a tumult at [...], and the Brownists when at Westminster, and also the Woe­men and Schoole-boyes to petition against Popery & evill Coun­sellors; Tom May the Contriver and chiefe Engineer, but that I thought he was better at Translation then Invention) and e­specially because I heard an assessement of [...] was laid upon the Synod, and every Lecturer, and private conventicler, from Mr Marshall at Margarets to Green the Feltmaker in the Tub, and paid wéekly for the continuation of this thing called [...] Britanicus, upon these considerations, and not to vindicate Aulicus, (who is only unhappy in that he must weekly write to [Page] their capacity who have no more Brains then Britanicus) I re­solved to take [...] Pen, [...] discover the Fooleries, [...], [...], [...], [...], [...], [...], Brow­nism, [...] of the one sheet; and now I have done, and you most worthy Patriots and Noble [...], whose valour and loyalty are the constant [...] of Aulicus, that you may see how [...] reply, and how uniustly you and Anlicus are calumnia­ted, I have summed [...] last [...] abuses, painted at [...] ( [...] a scene of Loyalty, and never tainted till now [...] was betraid into a Garrison of [...] and tame Citizens, that are their own Masters and their own Slaves) wherein once [...] [...] Palace, al waies open for the free [...] all Petitioners, and His Great Councell of [...], and [...], and a safe harbour for His Liege People, [...] of Coblers and Prentises, prodigious Covenants, and [...] of Taxes for the propagation of Rebellion, forced all Ho­nest [...] thence.

§. 2. A catalogue of the abuses, [...], calumnies, traitereous and Rebellious speeches against His sacred Majesty, the Nobili­ly, Gentry, and other Liege People this last Week, by which 'tis evident the Authors (for they stile themselves your Petitio­ners, pa. 122) are rather a lunto of Belins-gate Oyster wives, (whose daughters write short hand, and frequent M. Calamy, Case, Peeters, to furnish out the rayling Conventicle with san­ctfied Blasphemies, Treasons, Forgeries, hot from the Pulpit) then any that favoured of the ingenuity and education of a Schol­ler, or a Souldier.

• 1. Secretary Nicholas the Informer, George Digby con­triver of the Lyes, [...], and Calumntes of an Drford Pam, phlet.
• 2. Lyes, forgeries, insolencies, impieties, prophanations, blasphemies of the two sheets.
• 3. Drford formerly a University now a Garrison of Po­pery.
• 4. [...], Scurrilous, ridiculous, treasonable, insolent Pam­phlet.
• 5. Credulous and seduced People to belive Aulicus.
• [Page]6.
  If the Parlia­ment are offen­ded at any thing in Aquaticus, let them consi­der what tis to suffer such trea­sonable blas­phemies against the Lords A­nointed to be priated accord­ing to Order.
  Your Dasesties so much bloodshed of your own Subjects.
• 7. So many Plunderings by Your Royall nephews.
• 8. If your Declarations and Protestations were of your Da­jesties own making,
• 9. Evill Councellors about his Dajesty.
• 10. His Majesty not [...] for the Protessant Religion.
• 11. Irimd with Popish [...], consecrated sissars, and ho­ly water.
• 12. [...] bottles of it sent to Court from his holinesse own Barber.
• 13. Indians have lesse Barbarisine and inhumanity then his Maajestes best Subjects.
• 14. Mendicant Epistles sent to the Pope and Cardinalls.
• 15. Doctor Couns the Arch flamin sent to Popish States for assistance.
• 16. [...] the Publican excellent at monopolizing, a Pro­jector.
• 17. Drmond the Apostate.

1. Truths, God blesse us.

Tis high time for the Parliament, and they had never more need to write for helpe to forraigne States.

2. Politique [...].

No Councell nor estate in the World but will take hints at inferiours, especially those that are scientificall and knowing men.

3. Politique discourses.

As that of the Cast India Merchants, farre beyond Sir Pol. Onyons, and Tar. Paulin.

4. Subtill distinctions.

Of His Majesties Royall Person from His politicall capacity, which savours of the subtill Logick of Goodwin the Socinian, creature to my Lord Say.

5. Grosse forgeries beyond that of the Danish fleet, and the mens Training under ground.

As the intelligence from [...].

[Page]6. Imitations of Aulicus.

As the descanting and Paraphrase on the Irish Oath, and the Commanders letter.

7. Iests, halfe-jefts, Puns, clinches, and Quibbles.

I dare throw Winter or Summer with you that there's none of these in the whole book.

8. Downeright Popery.

The Canonization of Mr. Pym before his going into Purgatory, and sacrificing at his hearse.

9. Good Popery.

As [...] Pyms Clegy.

To which adde three tales of a Tub, or three blew beanes in a bladder, and you have the ingredients of the last weeks Brita­nicus.

§. 3. And Reader this is the just account of the one shéet, of that idle, scurrilous, treasonable, insolent Pamphlet, doe you think this was written to procure the peace of the Kingdome in de­fence of His Majesties Honour and Prerogative, and to make Him the gloriousest Prince in Christendome. Are not here a treasona­ble company of abuses, and in the substance of the Pamphlet? What will these act at home amongst a credulous and seduced people, especially so Religiously Lectured and Trained to Rebel­lion upon Sundaies? But I cannot [...] till I Petition the New Assembly.

§. 4. [...] [...]. Petition to the New­Assembly. The humble Petition of Aquaticus to A NEW AS­SEMBLY, prophetically Anagrammatized and called at their Anabaptisme in the River of Bowe
MANY BLEW ASSES.

MAy it please you, Religions, learned, and reverend Men, fathers, and brethren (I cry your fatherhoods mercy, if I miscall you, I had the title from Fr: Cheynells discovery, one of the mad Fathers of your fraternity) after so long sitting to no purpose; So many Sermons and discourses writ in defence of this present Rebellion, after so many encouragements of the Brownists in all their wild plunderings, after so long [...] to the prayers and prayers, and sighes and prayers, and prayers and [Page] Sermons of the Lady [...], against the finall falling away of her Knight, be pleased to remember your so often taken oaths of Al­legiance and Supremacy, not to be dispensed with all even by pope Calamy and pope Burges, and be sure to take into your mis­understanding the established protestant Religion, and because you intend to alter the Articles of the Church of England, be sure first you send to your Deacon, Sir Harry Vaine the younger, to treat with the Reformed Churches, that this may be done, the Harmony of consessions not withstanding. And because you intend to banish the Common prayer Book out of England, because 'tis popishly affected, you were best also silence the use of the Lords prayer, for the same reason, because 'tis found in the Masse-book and Ladies Psalter, besides 'tis a set forme of prayer, and therefore a stinter of the spirit; and besides you and your disciples are re­solved never to forget trespasses, nor remember benefits. And since you are upon the correcting the Creed, for the cause sake which might be much prejudiced by the Opinion that there's a Hell, let the article of Christs descent for the word Hell's sake be strook out. Furthermore (because the lesuits make great use of your Schismes and Factions, saying, that you have more Factions, then Conventicles, more Religions then men) be pleased in the next place to undertake the reconciliation of the Presbyterians and Independents, the Sabbatarians and Covenanters, with the Anti­nomians and Libertines, the rigid Calvinists with the Socinians, the protestation and Covenant with the oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and last of all your selves with your selves, a work of very easy Taske, especially when the Houses shall recover their power from the Common-councell. Furthermore, I be­seech you justifie your selves from the scandall of the Papists, who say, our Religion is but meerly Parliamentary, and subject to translation, for some politick turne, every third yeare, and for proof, they urge the Lay Elders of the House of Commons, a ru­ling part of your Conventicle, and that you dare not think of any Religion, but what they shall dictate to you. Next I desire you to neglect the true staring of the question of [...], and to consider whether this everlasting Parliament may not be rather proved to be jure divino, from the example of the Iewish or LXX San­hedrim, then this present Rebellion justified by the example of [Page] David; and that you would also furnish the Brethren, and the [...] of the Philistim-writers against Dr Fearne with better argu­ments and answers, or else wholly to suppresse them (for this is the Iesuites policy, whose foot-steps you follow, though you goe back wards) lest the people reading the Doctors arguments, though mangled and abused in their Pamphlets, should at last be undeceived. Lastly, I desire you to state the question affirmative­ly, that the same person may be a Clergy-man and Lay-man at the same time, because otherwise me thinkes Mr Marshall and Mr Nye, could not be admitted of the Close Committee, nor em­ployed in Embassage to Farraigne States, because a late act this Parliament, forbids Clergy men to intermedle in secular affaires, and if they were Lay-men only, me thinks your grave Father­hoods would exclude them the pulpit at Margarets.

And because you are never like to find Scripture or Reason or Fathers to perswade your Religion, I beseech you to consider of setting the Inquisition up in London, which is already made feasi­ble by the mercifull dealing of the Committee for Religion. Mr. Burton is able to justifie it from Scripture, and Mr Prinne will establish it by Law, and Mr St Iohns shew a President for it, out of the Records in Lowlards Tower. And because you are not to determine any thing, but what is resolved at the Close Com­mittee, and they, at this present have more weighty affaires to consider of then Religion, be pleased at this your leasure (because you have little else to doe, and you must not go forward with the notes upon the Bible) to write a weekly comment upon Brita­nicus, that men may the better understand his hidden wit, or else instead of confuting the lesuits, pray undertake in his behalf the confutation of Aquaticus.

And because studying and long prayers, especially disputati­ons in Moode and figure, will extreamly wast your spirits, and haften your death, to the eternall losse of ignorance and Faction, the parents of this zealous Rebellion, be pleased to take a Dose of this Cordiall Fasting. It will preserve your braine and lungs, and keep you from the danger of the Plague plaister, or the in­fection of an Answer from Oxford to your grave determinations. Pray send the Bill to Mr Pyms Apothecary, who will very care­fully compound it.

• [Page]Of Sir Harry Vanes Memory.
• Of Hollands gratitude.
• Of Martines Continence.
• Of Wallers Valour.
• Of the Close Committees honesty. 2 graines. ana.
• One good look from Mr Perd.

• Two arguments at Law of Sergeant Wilde owne making.
• Two ounces of the shavings of his Excellencies Hornes, and an ounce and halfe of the fat of his black Calfe at Chartley.
• 1 Scruple of conscience of Mr Marshall.
• 1 Headfull of jealousies of Say and Seale.
• 1 Heartfull of feares of Nath: Fiennes.
• 1 Pound of the City slavery, and halfe a dram of your owne Di­vinity and Logick, ana:
• 3 Gallons of Orphans and Widdowesteares.

Boyle all these the length of a Fast Sermon at Margarets in Balneo, close stop'd with a past made of Pembrookes discretion. Your firing by no meanes must be of New castle Coale, ('twill send all up in Fumo) but of Char-cole made out of the Parlia­ments owne woods in their politick capacity. Let it be con­stantly blowed with the curses of the Excise. And if any one beleeve the Apostacy of the Saints, and therefore doubts his owne standing to the Cause, you may infuse three drams of Dr Burges his falling from the Sence, and also grace of the House till his late submission. You may take a spoonfull of it Fasting, to the enfla­ming of your zeale, aswell as the pŕeserving of your health, which I beseech your grave Fatherhoods to have especiall care of, and

Your Petitioner shall ever pray, &c.

§. 5. Small hopes to abtaine his Petition, and the reason. This is my petition to the Synod, (a little longer I confesse then Britanicus his, but his was made for the Court, and mine for the Round-heads, who love all long, but their haire, especially long eares, that may have wherewithall to suffer Martyrdome, [Page] long meales, long graces to help digestion, but there are so many of the Committee for Religion, that watch over them, that [...], spaire of [...], when the great serviceable Rabbie of the [...] cannot be heard; [...], now when Sir Benjamin Rud­yeard is turn'd Assembly man too, I never look to sée our Church [...] according to the ancient Primitive Form of Doctrine and discipline, which is the same with the [...] Religion her established. [...] I am informed that Gentleman [...] Par­sons [...] with Brownisticall [...], and cuts Episcopacy with sanctified-presbyterian [...], and [...] in holy water of the lake Lemannus. There are [...] bottles come lately to the new Assembly, and more are dayly expected from the Close Commit­tees own [...], for the shaving from the face of the Church those superfluous excrements of Cathedrall Lands; height Moun­sieur Salmasius, if the Schollers spell his name right.

§. 6. The power that is given to Marshall and Nye. Aquaticus tells you, that the Parliament did give power to Marshall, and Nye, to contract with the Scots by new Covenants for the ruine of the English Nation, if God prevent not. For shal we thinke the Scots are such fools, if they conquer, to return back againe to their Whig and Scotch porredge, Frost and snow (and little wood) from good fetherbeds, gallant houses, English beef, ale, and broad-cloth? No, Britanicus, if that day once come, the Brotherhood shall find their Brethren of Scotland will be the Elders, and carry away the Land. And is not this a more treasonable Act to destroy Trading, advance Plundering, and ru­ine the whole Nation, only to secure the five Members (which yet you see cannot escape Gods vengeance) from a legall tryall, rather then that of furthering an honest modest petition for peace? Is not this to give power for licence, and to take away all power and Lawes too, as your party in all places where they come doe; [...] they only give power to them to impose new Covenants to another Nation, but to contrive and suggest them, as no Coun­cell [...] in the world ever did to such contemptible infe­riours, especially to those that are so little Scientificall [...] know­ing men. But I must-tell my Merchants of London, though they [...] greedily trade into Scotland for the present, whatsoever their [Page] [...] and Lecturers tell them, the Cavaliers are farre better to trade with and converse with then your Round heads, and have a thousand times lesse barbarisme and inhumanity. But they will beleeve this too lat.

§. 7. He tells you of the Parliament that hath ordered the Assem­bly, that have odrered their Deacon, Sir Harry [...] to carry Letters to Zurick, and to [...] up the [...] and other parts, that in case the Synod should be dissolved they may have a place assigned them to sit in safety, to determine of rules that shall never guide the Brownists and Anabaptists two dayes to­gether. And it seems 'tis high time; when they have sent their [...] (by their two Legats a Latere) to the Fa­mily of Love, their Brethren in Scotland, when old Fines the Publican who hath sate so long at the Receipt of Custome ( so ex­cellent at the contriving and managing a Rebellion, as also at an [...] of more contribution to the common Councell, and a very worthy Patriot at a Project of Publick Faith, Land in Ireland, Newcastle Coles and Excise) now begins as much to despaire of the successe of the Cause, as of freeing Nath: Fiennes, or getting Goodwin, that Arch-Socinian to be admitted into the New Assembly,

§. 8. Lord Lessyes Warrants. He tells you of Leslyes Warrants for transporting his fellow Rebells: Reader this is Lesly the same man still, who though he were honoured by His Majesty with the title of an Carle, most unlike a Souldier and a Gentleman basely and ingratefully drawes his sword against his Prince, to whom he was so obliged for his favour, and Pardon.

§. 9. Leslyes Cove­nant to them that come in­to England. He tells you of the Covenant Lesly administers to all that come over: for you must know it was the old policy still to swear them for the [...] Religion; and it was long since [...] on at the Cabinet [...] in Sir Gilbert Gerards Parlour at Har­row oth' Hill, that Brownisme be not named yet, till the [...] be a little more out of their [...], by companying together and having Conventicles together, (where the Candle some­times most unfortunately is put out,) and by bringing extempo­rary nonsense and Blasphemy in fashion, to the dishonour of all [Page] Religion, and the contempt of Common-Prayer, but the Cove­nant begins.

§. 10. [...] I (Ananias Bodkin) resting fully assured that His Majesty labours to preserve His two Kingdoms of England and Ire­land from ruine, by Lawfull and [...] courses) will endeavour to overthrow the true Protestant Religion established in the Church of England, (to let up a new nothing not yet hatched at the Close Committee, nor yet thought of by the assemlly, or any Reformed Lecturer) against all the forces now raised by Commission from his Majesty (because they fight for the true Protestant Religion Lawes and Liberties) and I will doe my utmost to destroy the Peace and quietnesse of this Kingdome of England, by robbing, fireing, pillaging, plundring, killing and destroying.

§. 11. Aquaticus [...] a great Victory Sir William Waller had upon us at Basing house, whence he carried no lesle then forty or fifty carts of our Wounded prisoners in Triumph, and no lesse then foure or five hundred more dead. Which made the Trained Bands so willing to returne home, that they might pro­claime the cowardise of the Cavaliers, and the Valour of Sir Wil­liam with weeping eyes to their Wives and Children. And yet Aulicus conceits that they had the day, though you carried home the men in Carts. I know not how to distinguish upon daies and [...], but I think it is not usuall to conquer and be rou­ted both at a time, but this is not the first Victory they have given thankes for, witnesse Edge-hill, Brainceford, and [...], three places in which they were [...] beaten into a day of [...].

§. 12. Sir William [...] Letter. He tells you of wise Sir William [...] Letter to the Irish Commanders to leave fighting, and erpounded it as seri­ously as the Assembly will doe the Covenant, or M. Marshall did this piece of Scripture, The good man is perished out of the earth, at the hideing of [...] Pym, where he did not as he ought, divide the [...] Scripture from the Apochrypha, but tyed the Text and Sermon both together, which was no Sabbaths exercise to the Auditors patience.

§. 13. Deest the an­swer of the Irish comman­ders. [Page] He tells you of the Letters which the Irish commanders re­turned to Sir William, which because Britanicus hath printed according to Sir Williams Copy which he sent to the Parliament, and not according to that which was sent to Sir William, I shall forbeare to trouble my selfe and the Reader, by making the man here eat his own words. This piece is so extreame dull and hea­vk, that tis a taske unfit for a Schooleboy to reply to. But you must pitty the mans heavinesse, for alas he tells us, his Wit run all out at his eyes and nose, at the Funerall of V. Pym.

§. 14.And therefore Reader, if I trouble thee not with this piece of Britanicus, thank the Funeralls of V. Pym. But yet I am sorry, I must tell you, the poore fellow had so good an excuse to be dull and heavy; and though I cannot make Elegies, yet I pitty poore Iohn Pym, that he fell not by the hand of Iustice, because more (saies the Help to Discourse, a book I commend to your carefull perusall) goe to heaven from the Gallowes then the Church-yard, and now for our Intelligence a little truer then Britaxicus his.

§. 15. Glocester newes. I shall begin at Glocester with news, that very place whence his Excellency with his whole army run away with no lesse dis­honour then he came thither with Feare, it being yet a question whether of his Lawrells were the best, that of Glocester or that of Pewbury, or Edgehill, or Brainceford, or Oxford, where he was well Tamed (there's a Pun halfe a dram better then yours upon Sir Iohn Winter.) Pot farre from this City, yet without the distance of a Mile (for within that compasse through the mercilesse oppression and cruell plundering of the Rebells in the Towne, the [...] were forced to burne downe their own houses) are Quartered on one side 16. or 1800. old Irish Soul­diers, on the other side, the Loyall Welsh, and elsewhere the op­pressed inhabitants of the County of Glocester, who arc all resol­ved to be revenged for the cruelty of that Rebellious City, which will put Masser, now a Factor for Rebellion, there to his Familiar Epistles, and humble supplications to his Excellency before Win­ters done. For Sir Iohn is resolved to stay behind in despight of all [...] hot allarmes.

§. 16.Reader this tale upon Sir Iohn was framed at the Staple of [Page] Newes, to bring in the Quibble of Winter, and so I leave my pret­ty Wit-Harmophrodite made up of Orator and Poet, to sacrifice his Elegy at the Hearse of John Pym. But Sir before you go to your devotions, you must tell me whether he was Canonized by the New Assembly (for some doubt whether a Synod has that power) or Pope Marshall. And I shall tell you in requitall that you must sacrifice no lame things, and shall therefore advise you to send your third Verse,

He passed gravely hence, even to M. Iohn Sedgiwicke, the number of whose fingers will make it commensurate. And so having cost my Reader halfe an hower, and my selfe an afternoone (my little City Poet) I leave you as I found you, fit only to write Verses on the Death of Mr PYM.