The Bishops downefall, or, The prelats snare briefly discovering them to have been the sole authours of all our miseries both in church and state, the fomenters of all the ielousies betwixt the King and his sujects [sic] : and the supposed evill counsellours who have brought this heavy accusation upon those worthy members of the House of Commons : a poeme, humbly dedicated to this honourable city, which by sad experience have found the same to be true : whereunto is added a hearty exhortation to all good Christians to joyne in prayer, that God would be pleased to heale all the breaches, these enemies of our church have made and to restore a happy union betwixt the King and his people / by E. E. gentleman.

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Imperfect : Imprint cropped. Halkett & Laing attribute this poem to Edmund Elys, but question the authorship. It may be by the father of Elys, who is mentioned in Dict. Nat. Biog. under his son's biography. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library.