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<P>TRVE NEWES FROM NORVVICH: Being a certaine Relation how that the Ca|thedrall Blades of <HI>Norwich</HI> (on the 22. of <HI>February</HI> 1641. being Shrove tue&s;day, did put them|&s;elves into a po&s;ture of defence, becau&s;e that the Apprenti&s;es of <HI>Norwich</HI> (as they imagined) would have pulled down their Organs.</P>
<P>In which Relation the fooli&s;hne&s;&s;e of the&s;e Cathedrall men are to be under&s;tood, and de&s;erve to be laughed at for this their &s;illy enterpri&s;e; there being no &s;uch cau&s;e to move them thereunto.</P>
<P>Written by <HI>T. L.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Benjamin Allen,</HI> and <HI>I. B.</HI> 1641</P>
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<HEAD>To the kinde Reader.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Curteous Reader,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>I</HI> Was loath for to divulge this Relation, but that I had two enforce|ments to excite me thereunto.</P>
<P>The fir&s;t rea&s;on was the truth of it,<MILESTONE N="1"> therefore I neither de&s;ire, nor de&s;erve to be accounted with the lying libelling Pamphliters; becau&s;e of the truth of this Relation, I expect not to be thought a lyar; and this was one rea&s;on that did move me thereunto to publi&s;h this paper to the publique view of this cen&s;uring age.</P>
<P>I put it forth to declare to the world the &s;illyne&s;&s;e of the&s;e Cathedrall Blades:<MILESTONE N="2"> It is a &s;igne that they have no law for the maintenance of their Pipes, that are &s;o afraid of the pulling of them downe by Boyes; if they had law for the maintenance of the, they would by that law cau&s;e the offendors to be puni&s;hed, but they cannot puni&s;h the offen|dors, becau&s;e they have no law for the upholding of them; but grant they have a law, yet it is &s;uch a one as I hope will be aboli&s;hed, for I hope the Parliament will cau&s;e them to be pulled downe, becau&s;e they are the occa&s;ion of much evill, which &s;hall be to the comfort of many a one in <HI>Norwich,</HI> for<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">The Ca|thedrall Courts.</NOTE> they have beene the cau&s;e of many a &s;orrow|full heart in <HI>Norwich;</HI> and hath beene a trouble to the Author of this en&s;uing Di&s;cour&s;e:</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Who is Thine to command T. L.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>True Newes from <HI>NORWICH.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_THere being a rumour that the Apprenti&s;es of <HI>Norwich</HI> would pull downe the Rayles of the great Church, (<HI>Chri&s;ts-Church</HI> they call it) but there is but a little of Chri&s;t taught, and le&s;&s;e practi&s;ed. But as I &s;aid, there was a talke that the Ap|prenti&s;es of <HI>Norwich</HI> would pull downe the Rayles, and the Organs; therefore there was forthwith a Convocati|on called, wherein was debated by the<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Unnece&s;|&s;ary mem|bers, &s;o &s;ay the Parlia|ment.</NOTE> Deane and Chap|ters, whether or no the Rayles &s;hould be pulled downe; and the Convocation of Deane and Prebends thought fit that the Rayles &s;hould bee pull'd downe, for feare lea&s;t when the Apprenti&s;es came, Organs and all &s;hould goe to wracke; therefore it was thus ordered.</P>
<P>That the Rayles &s;hould be pull'd downe, and &s;o they were, but the Organs &s;tood &s;till: The Apprenti&s;es of <HI>Norwich</HI> not being content with that, they threatned to have a bout with the Organs, upon Shrove-tue&s;day that was &s;uddenly after to follow, but had no &s;uch intent, on|ly to skarre the fooles.</P>
<P>The Cathedrall Blades upon this did forthwith pro|vide great &s;tore of Par&s;ons and Prie&s;ts,<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">There was about 500.</NOTE> to be in a readi|ne&s;&s;e again&s;t that day, to re&s;i&s;t the rebellious Puritans, as they term'd them; the matter was no &s;ooner propounded, but it was pre&s;ently put in agitation, and the gates of the great Cathedrall were &s;hut for two dayes. Shrove tue&s;day being come, they began to put them&s;elves into a po&s;ture of defence, at the command of the Convocation of the Deane and Prebends of the Cathedrall Church, as fol|loweth.</P>
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Fir&s;t,<MILESTONE N="1"> there was the Prebenders in order &s;et, and to give their grave advi&s;e, they were pre&s;ent to helpe at a pinch, when there was no need of them, nor their coun&s;ell: I think it had been better for their commendations to have beene at their &s;tudies, to prepare them&s;elves to preach this Lent, but I beleeve their Sermons were not then to get <HI>extempore,</HI> for they cannot preach a Sermon unle&s;&s;e their bookes be before them, which is Doctor-like for|&s;ooth, and therefore a &s;hort warning might &s;erve their turnes; for &s;ome of them cannot, and the re&s;t will not preach <HI>extempore,</HI> but mu&s;t be mute like a&s;&s;es; or el&s;e do as a Prie&s;t that I heard of did, when hee had forgot his booke, he told them he would reade a chapter of <HI>Iob,</HI> that &s;hould bee worth two of his Sermons, and I thinke it would be worth twenty of our Prie&s;ts Sermons: thus they &s;tood then.</P>
<P>In the &s;econd place there were in order &s;et the Cano|niers,<MILESTONE N="2"> I meane the &s;inging-men, and they were ready to helpe at a pinch if need be, they mu&s;t blow the Rebels a|way, as they termed them, with their profound &s;ounding roaring voyces: They &s;tood centinell in their Canoni|call coats, a body would thinke they &s;hould have beene at their Engli&s;h ma&s;&s;e, to call to the Pope for a Bull, to roare again&s;t the Apprenti&s;es, and to have conjured the Rebels away, as they doe in the Letany: me-thinks this, if any thing might have done good, but alas, they were &s;o afraid that they could not pray that day, and if they did, it was but faintly, for they had done their Engli&s;h &s;ing|ing-ma&s;&s;e that day, before they u&s;e to begin at other times: thus all day they &s;tood centinell to keep the Pipes, when there was no body had any intent to pull them downe.</P>
<P>There was thirdly the Quiri&s;ters,<MILESTONE N="3"> who are much like to the other, but of a lower degree, who gave their atten|dance:
<PB N="5" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 22 -->one of which &s;aid, that he had beene to doe his du|ty: that is, he had been at &s;inging Service, that they there u&s;e, and now &s;ayes he, I am come to doe my duty to keep the Organs; and there he, with the re&s;t, &s;tood like a com|pany of fooles, to keepe them from danger, which none that I doe know, had any minde to hurt.</P>
<P>And &s;ayes<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">His name is <HI>Atkins.</HI></NOTE> another, what rogues are the&s;e that dare offer to pull downe the Organs; for &s;ayes he, if I doe but goe into Church and &s;ay my prayers, and heare the Or|gans goe, they make the water runne downe my cheeks, they are &s;o good and &s;o &s;weet a mu&s;ick. Thus good Rea|der, thou mai&s;t &s;ee how the&s;e men are rock'd and lull'd a|&s;leep by this mu&s;icke, which have indeed lull'd many one a&s;leep in ignorance. There is one <HI>Trew</HI> that is a con&s;tant hearer of this mu&s;icall Ma&s;&s;e; and he &s;aith, that he fin|deth great comfort by it, how will he doe when it be put downe? as I hope it will ere long: Thus are many lull'd a&s;leep in Romi&s;h ignorance, (as the Papi&s;ts &s;ay) the mo|ther of devotion, which is I thinke all the devotion that many (if not all of them) u&s;e; and the&s;e are the effects that the Pipes produce.</P>
<P>In the fourth place there were the Mu&s;quetiers,<MILESTONE N="4"> ready charged with bullets; and<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">His name was <HI>Nicho|las Trew.</HI></NOTE> one of them had in his Mu&s;|ket a bullet &s;plit in parts for to &s;hoot the Apprenti&s;es when they come (&s;ay they:) Thus they &s;tood all the day long &s;hooting, and threatning the Rebels that dare come to pull downe their Organs, when as the Apprenti&s;es had no intent to come, but were at home about their ma&s;ters occa&s;ions; and did not intend to foule their fingers about &s;uch a company of rake-&s;hames: and thus they &s;tood like &s;o many Abraham Ninnies, doing nothing but tell how many Crowes flew over the pinacle.</P>
<P>And in the fift place there was the Holbardiers,<MILESTONE N="5"> they kept centinell, expecting to runne their Holbards in any
<PB N="6" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 23 -->bodies belly that dare offer to come and commit any in|jury again&s;t the Pipes: they did examine every body that came to Church, and not &s;o much as a little boy &s;hould pa&s;&s;e, but that they would know whether he were any of tho&s;e that did intend to pull downe the Organs: In&s;o|much that one being taken, was carried before their Re|verend Deame, and be examining him, the man told the Deane, that the Rayles, and Pipes, and other Innovati|ous, was again&s;t the Prote&s;tation; and he had &s;worne a|gain&s;t all Innovations, and he would pull them downe where-ever he &s;aw them, for &s;o he was bound to doe by the Prote&s;tation that he had taken. The Deane hearing the&s;e and many other words come brom him, he bade him goe his way, he was a Puritan, he would not meddle with him; and I pray what was the rea&s;on, becau&s;e he had no power: I beleeve his will was good, had he had power as well as de&s;ire, he would have put him to puni&s;hment enough. And another fooli&s;h fellow they tooke, (take notice that be was an Idiot) and &s;ent to the Ju&s;tices, and &s;o hee was &s;ent to Bridewell, but they were glad to take him out a|gaine; had he had wit enough, he might have made his accu&s;ers &s;mart for it. It &s;eemes he had a minde to goe into Church, (as a many fooles had be&s;ides he) and they would not let him goe; and &s;aid bee would come 400 &s;trong and pull downe their Pipes, and upon this they &s;ent him to Bridewell: thus the Holbard-men &s;tood in a po&s;ture of defence to carry this fellow to Bridewell, and &s;o one foole carried another.</P>
<P>And in the &s;ixth and la&s;t place there was about the number of 500 per&s;ons,<MILESTONE N="6"> armed with &s;words and pi&s;tolls, and other weapons, to bee upon the bratts of any that &s;hould come again&s;t their Pipes; they watcht and warded with a pot and a pipe under their no&s;es, while &s;ome of them were as fort as beggars; in&s;omuch as one <HI>Trew</HI> by
<PB N="7" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 23 -->name, (though not by nature) &s;aid, if 500 come we will kill 2000 of them; and to that end he &s;aid, come fellow Souldiers we will &s;lay them all, and &s;o he pull'd out his pi&s;toll, and &s;aid hee would kill one if hee could: I have &s;uch a good opinion of him, that I thinke the foole had more wit than to thinke that 200 of 500 could be &s;laine; but he was drunke, and this 2000 was the rea&s;on of his &s;o fooli&s;h a &s;peech; he and others were &s;o intoxicated with &s;trong Ale that was to be &s;ould at the great Cathedrall, that they could not tell what they &s;aid or did. Thus good Reader, thou mai&s;t &s;ee the folly of the&s;e Pipe-mongers, that &s;hould prepare &s;uch a multitude of people, to bee there a whole day for nothing.</P>
<P>If the Deane and Prebends had been &s;tudying, the Ca|noniers a &s;inging, the Quiri&s;ters a chanting, the Mu&s;que|tiers about their callings, the Holbardiers about their bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and their pi&s;toll-blades about their occa&s;ions, it had been a little better for their prai&s;e; for now I hope by this &s;mall paper their fooli&s;hne&s;&s;e &s;hall be divulged to the uttermo&s;t parts of this Kingdome, that all the peo|ple may laugh at the &s;illyne&s;&s;e of the Cathedrall Blades, and the Epi&s;copall Abettors. Oh how loath they are to part with their Diana's, their Altars, Images, Cruci|fixes, Coapes, Surplices, and Romi&s;h Ve&s;tments; no, (as &s;ome of them &s;aid) they would rather lo&s;e their lives then their Organs, &s;o fa&s;t they are glewed to their Pipes and Popi&s;h trinkets.</P>
<P>It is a &s;aying as true as ancient, that there is nothing &s;o bad, but &s;ome good may be gotten from it; no flower &s;o bad, but that the Bee will get &s;ome honey from it: &s;o not &s;o much but from this fooli&s;h practi&s;e, and &s;imple tractate, there may be &s;ome good got.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t we may hereby &s;ee the pre&s;umption of the&s;e Ca|thedrall men,<MILESTONE N="1"> that they dare put them&s;elves in a po&s;ture
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<P>Wee may &s;ee the fearefulne&s;&s;e of the&s;e men who are afraid of their friends when none are neare them,<MILESTONE N="2"> (their foes I would have &s;aid) for they doe draw foes upon them by the late tyranny that they u&s;ed in the Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Courts, which now (thanks be to God) are quite aboli|&s;hed, and in Gods good time I hope the Parliament will take away all the Bi&s;hops, Deanes and Chapters, the which they have voted to be unnece&s;&s;ary members, both to Church and State, to God and the King; who&s;e heart I pray God to encline to his faithfull Parliament.</P>
<L>Want of re&s;i&s;tance makes the Enemie bould,</L>
<L>For if they'd had their Canons, none might have them controul'd</L>
<L>Their wrong u&s;urped power, above the reach</L>
<L>Of <HI>Iure Divino;</HI> for which &s;o much they teach:</L>
<L>But if they had their power from Divine right,</L>
<L>Surely it is to preach, and not to fight.</L>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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