Englands Ioyalty, IN Ioyfull expressions, for the City of Londons safety, being a true and reall Relation of many most remarkable passages which have been lately divulged by one D. Peake Vicar of Tenterden in Kent, and Parson of Ancridge in the same Countie.
Who did speak dangerous words against the Parliament, the Lord Maior and Aldermen of this City of London, and now presented to the consideration of the Honourable House of COMMONS in PARLIAMENT.
Discovered by Master Minis his late Curate there, and now under Master Matthew Milward, of Great Saint Hellens in London.
LONDON, Printed by R.H. for I.H. at his house in the Old-Bayley. 1641.
THis Doctour Peake being ingrafted into my Lords Grace of Canterburies favour: he was fortthwith advanced to promotion, being made one of his Majesties Chaplaines in Ordinary, a Prebend of Canterbury, and tvvo other spirituall Promotions, the one being the Vicarage of Tenderden, in the County of Kent, and the other the Parsonage of Ancridge, some seven miles from thence distant, and both these of a very good yearly value, he himselfe very seldome preaching, and then after the Arminian garbe, he allowing but a small stipend to his Curate, whose chance then to be, was Master Minis, till better promotion should befall him.
About some fourteen weekes since the said Master Minis, being at dinner with [Page 2]Doctour Peake and his Wife; Doctour Peakes Wives Father, and another Widow-woman, by name Mistris Gee, the Wife of the late Minister of Tenterden, when after dinner the Doctour falling into discouse with his Wives father, uttered many base and scandalous speeches against the State, concerning the death of the late Earle of Strafford, and then fell to discourse of the Parliament, and the trained Bands of the City, his Wife said they were a company of cowardly fellowes, and he replied, that a Company of five hundred good Souldiers out of Ireland would quickely vanquish them all, and put them to flight, and said moreover, that it were a good deed to take the Lord Maior, the Sheriffes, and some of the Aldermen, with others of good ranke and quality, and hange them up at their owne doores, the rest would soon be brought to subjection.
O the inveterate, malitious, and cancred rotten heart of this ungodly Doctour! so uncharitable, to wish evill to that honourable [Page 3]City, where he had his first well-being, in supplying a Lecture in Saint Bartholomews Church behinde the Exchange in London, Doctour Grant being the now Minister thereof. I beseech Almighty God to make this hollow-hearted, evill-thoughted Doctour to be brought to deserved punishment.
His Wives father out of base disposition and venomous heart, vvished vvith great violence and passion, that the City of London vvere burnt, and some of the Parliament taken and hanged: but marke the just judgement of God upon this wicked miscreant, for that afternoon he went to his ovvne house some seven miles from thence and the next day died suddenly, the Doctor hearing of these traiterous speeches never rebuked him therefore.
These and such like wicked and traiterous speeches were taken notice of by Master Minis, and by him upon the faith of a Minister, are ready by oath to be maintained against the said Doctour to the House of [Page 4]Commons in Parliament, who no doubt will speedily send for the said Doctour, and according to his demerits make him an example for all such ill-affected people to Church and State to take warning by.
The said Master Minis doth also testifie, that formerly he hath been an instrument of the apprehension of divers Priests and lesuites, which the Lords Grace of Canterbury did under a colour send his Warrant for, and they were the next day released, which Master Minis taking notice of, he went to Croydon, the Archbishop then lying there, and told his Grace of the same, who answered him, they had the Queenes protection, and that he could not stay any of them, that were by her protected: this was all he had for his paines and care in seeking to discover such; onely his dinner there, and a twenty shillings peece to stop his mouth as the Bishop then thought. But now thankes be given to the Almighty God, the times are altered, and the honourable Parliament have made good and wholesome orders, for [Page 5]the apprehending of Priests and Iesuits, with promises to all such as shall be the meanes of discovering of them, or any such.
THe aforementioned Relation was exactly taken from Master Minos owne mouth, by the testification of many sufficient witnesses, and now published to the common spectacle of the world, to demonstrate unto all the treacherous and Antichristian exoptations of the Conterburian Doctour: but I hope the Parliament will take these invective aspersions of such railing Rabshakehs into their grave and judicious considerations; and I fear that the same curses which they wish against this renowned City will light shortly on their owne heads; while my daily and continuall prayers shall be, that God of his Almighty Omnipotence would preserve and defend this City and noble Parliament, to the extirpation of all such hereticall Doctours, and the flourishing estate of this whole Kingdome.