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<P>A TRUE RELATION OF Some pa&s;&s;ages which pa&s;&s;ed at
<HI>Madrid</HI> in the year 1623. by Prince <HI>Charles,</HI> being then in
<HI>Spain</HI> pro&s;ecuting the match with the Lady <HI>Infanta. AS
ALSO,</HI> Severall Ob&s;ervations of eleven <HI>Ominous Pre&s;ages,</HI>
&s;ome of them hap|ning in the &s;ame year whil'&s;t the &s;aid Prince was in
<HI>Spain,</HI> the re&s;t of them hapned from that time untill his death. With
a di&s;covery of &s;ome of the wayes which the then Popi&s;h Bi&s;hops u&s;ed
to bring Poperie into this Nation.</P>
<P>By a lover of the Go&s;pel of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, and the well|fare
of this Nation.</P>
<P>Printed at <HI>London,</HI> 1655.</P>
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<HEAD>To the Impartial Reader.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>READER,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Had no intent ever to have put in print the&s;e Ominous
Pre&s;ages, for they have been of an ancient &s;tanding in my head; (the mo&s;t
part of them) old things being fit for nothing but to be forgotten, or at
lea&s;t laid a&s;ide. But a friend of mine knowing that I had ob&s;erved them
long agoe (&s;ome of them being of 30. years &s;tanding or more) de|&s;ired me
to give him a &s;hort brief of them, which I did, but when I had collected my
memory, and &s;aw the troubles that do dayly increa&s;e by &s;ome who delight
to fi&s;h in troubled wa|ters; and con&s;idering that there are many good
people that are not yet &s;etled in their hearts concerning the&s;e mutable
times, but do &s;till continue oppo&s;ite to the Government as now it is, and
do not once think of, or it may be never heard of any of tho&s;e &s;ad
Pre&s;ages which the Lard &s;ent to give warning to tho&s;e that would take
warning or notice of them and lay them to their hearts. I did al&s;o then
con&s;ider with my &s;elf, that if they were publi&s;hed to the view of all the
Na|tion, that they may give good &s;atisfaction to &s;ome, and might draw them
from their &s;elf-opinions, which of a long time they have had of the&s;e
mo&s;t turbulent times, &s;o that if they will but look up to God, they &s;hall
plainly &s;ee, that the hand of God is in all the actions that hath pa&s;&s;ed
untill this day; and that no one tittle of the work that the Lord hath
appointed to be done, but it &s;hall be fully effected, though men &s;trive
never &s;o much again&s;t it. Therefore I de&s;ire thee to con&s;ider well of
what thou &s;halt find written in the&s;e few lines, (for they are truth) and
were acted by tho&s;e which &s;ought to bring in Popery to this Nation, in
tho&s;e days when <PB REF="3">they had the reines in their own hands. And
certainly the&s;e Predictions are true, and were purpo&s;ely &s;ent by God to
&s;ome (though not to all) that they might take notice of them. I having long
agoe &s;poke with &s;ome that did take notice of them as well as my &s;elf (and
did look upon them as from the hand of God). And I do wi&s;h in my heart that
all tho&s;e into who&s;e hands they &s;hall come, to read them carefully and
im|print them in their hearts, and be well advi&s;ed how they do practi&s;e or
contrive any thing tending to the &s;hedding of any more innocent bloud in this
Nation; for certainly they will be found out, and them&s;elves will have as
great a &s;hare in the de&s;truction which they do practice as any of tho&s;e
&s;hall have which they &s;hall practi&s;e again&s;t, either in their lives,
Limbs, Estates, Wives, Children, and all that is deer unto them; nay which is
the greate&s;t of all, their &s;ouls will have the greate&s;t lo&s;&s;e when
they &s;hall lo&s;e heaven, with|out the great mercy of God. I will conclude
with the words of the <HI>P&s;almi&s;t, O that men would fear the Lord and
prai&s;e his holy name, for his mercie endu|reth for ever!</HI> For certainly
he will (as heretofore he hath done) overthrow the hor&s;e and his rider if
they do per&s;i&s;t in their exorbitant wayes. And I will now &s;ay with
<HI>Paul,</HI> as in an other ca&s;e, <HI>My hearts de&s;ire to God is, that
men would &s;erve the Lord with fear and trembling, and fit &s;till and &s;ee
the Lords work done in his onwn good time.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>A true Relation of &s;ome pa&s;&s;ages which pa&s;&s;ed at
<HI>Madrid</HI> in <HI>Spain,</HI> in the year 1623. by Prince
<HI>Charles,</HI> being then pro&s;ecuting the Match with the Lady
<HI>Infanta.</HI> As al&s;o &s;ome Ob&s;ervations of &s;everal <HI>Ominus
Pre&s;ages,</HI> &s;ome of them hapning the &s;ame year, 1623. the re&s;t of
them hapning from that time until his death.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Reader,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Do de&s;ire thee to con&s;ider with thy &s;elf if thou ha&s;t
hard of, or &s;een any of the&s;e ob&s;ervations following; if yea, then
whether thou did&s;t make that u&s;e of them, as was expected from Gods hands
thou &s;hould&s;t have done; for certainly they were not done in a corner, but
were &s;ent from God as forerunners of his wrath again&s;t the late King, and
all tho&s;e Popi&s;hly inclined Prelats, and other his abetters, that did
a&s;&s;i&s;t him in tho&s;e Practi&s;es and Councels, for the bringing in of
Popery into this Nati|on, as it did plainly appear by the &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters">encing of &s;o many Godly and Orthodox
Mini&s;ters, as then were put from their preaching and livings &s;ince his
coming from <HI>Spain,</HI> at which time many young Divines at receiving their
O|rders for preaching, were forbidden to read certain mens works, as M.
<HI>Perkins</HI> his works, <HI>Clarks</HI> Sermons and others, and were
likewi&s;e limited what &s;ubject, they &s;hould preach on, as the Lords
Prayer, the Belief, the Ten Commande|ments, and the like, and the better to
bring their practi&s;es to pa&s;&s;e, they did cau&s;e all. Orthodox books that
were out of print, and to be reprinted, (although the Authors of them were dead
many years before) to be brought to the Bi&s;hops Chaplains to be reviewed by
them, who were half, <PB N="2" REF="4">if not altogether Popi&s;h, or at
lea&s;t Arminians, and they to expunge, or put in any Popi&s;h tenet, which
they thought fit to put in, although tho&s;e men which wrote tho&s;e books were
men of as &s;ound judgment as any of tho&s;e that did corrupt or abu&s;e their
works, and it is very likely that if the Bi&s;hops them&s;eves were &s;o much
given to Popery they would entertain none to be their Chaplains but &s;uch as
&s;hould be as them&s;elves were, and by that means many good Mini&s;ters works
were corrupted, and them&s;elves counted Popi&s;h by all that &s;hould read
their new revi&s;ed works, which the Authors were no wayes guilty of. But you
will &s;ay that many of the Bi&s;hops were free from Popery. It is very true,
&s;ome of them were &s;o, but tho&s;e that were neare&s;t to the King in his
Councels were not, as <HI>Neal, Wren, Laud,</HI> and others were not; but mark
I pray you, 30. years before the Angels of <HI>England</HI> did begin to fall,
(which were the Bi&s;hops, as Mr. <HI>Brightman</HI> a famous Divine did call
them; and one whom the then Bi&s;hops per&s;ecuted even to the for&s;aking of
his Native Countrey) he the &s;aid <HI>Brightman</HI> did prophe&s;ie the
downfall of them to begin in the year 1639. which fell out very neer the time,
for in the year 1640. or very neer it, they were expelled the Parliament for
their mi&s;de|menors their, for many of them appeared then to be Popi&s;h.</P>
<P>And after the wars began, Bi&s;hop <HI>Wrens</HI> hou&s;e being
&s;earched, there was found in it a new &s;et of Ma&s;&s;ing plate, it was as
neat a &s;et of plate as the Pope hath any in his Chappel. And Doctor
<HI>Peerce</HI> the then Bi&s;hop of <HI>Bath</HI> and <HI>Wells</HI> (as it
was confidently &s;poken of, and likewi&s;e written, did &s;end word to the
then Bi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury (Laud)</HI> and in his Letter to him, did
thanke God that he had not left a Lectur in all his Dioce&s;&s;e, (a thing
ve|ry fit to thanke God for) But I pray take notice that all <PB N="3" REF="4">the&s;e things were acted after the King came from <HI>Spain</HI> (by
the Bi&s;hops), for the late King being in the year 1623. but Prince, was
&s;ent into <HI>Spain</HI> by King <HI>James,</HI> accompanied with
<HI>George</HI> Duke of <HI>Buckingham,</HI> and Sit <HI>Francis
Cotington,</HI> where after &s;ome treaty with the King of Spain concerning the
<HI>Infanta,</HI> (whom he con|ceived &s;hould have been his wife) the Divines
of <HI>Spain</HI> oppo&s;ing the match, did put many rubs in the way, but the
chiefe&s;t of them was the unlawfulne&s;&s;e of matching the daughter of
<HI>Spain</HI> with an Heretick, and one that they could have no a&s;&s;urance
of, that &s;he &s;hould have the free exerci&s;e of her religion, for her
&s;elf and her retinew with|out good caution given for the &s;ame, and no other
caution would be excepted on but the two Port Towns of <HI>Plimouth</HI> and
<HI>Dartmouth,</HI> neither did they conceive it fit to have any further treary
on the premi&s;es, untill ap|probation thereof were fir&s;t had and obtained
from the Popes Holine&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>And to that end the Prince writes his Lemer to his Holine&s;&s;e,
wherein he gives him the &s;tyle of mo&s;t Holy Father, and after Complements
u&s;ed &s;utable to the dig|nity of his Holine&s;&s;e, he makes known unto him
the cau&s;e of his &s;o &s;uddain coming <HI>Spain,</HI> (which as he &s;aid)
was to gain the Lady <HI>Infanta</HI> to be his wife, and with|all related to
his Holine&s;&s;e what a dangerous con&s;e|quence it would be to the
Catholiques of <HI>England,</HI> if the Divines of <HI>Spain</HI> &s;hould make
any further &s;cruple in oppo&s;ing the match; and he did al&s;o profe&s;&s;e
upon the faith of a Chri&s;tian Prince, that he would hazard his life and all
his Kingdomes, for the propagating of the <HI>Roman-Catholick</HI> Religion,
with other circum&s;tances of the like nature.</P>
<P>His Holine&s;&s;e an&s;wered his Highne&s;&s;e Letter with the
like Complemers, laying before him the Valour of his <PB N="4" REF="5">noble
Ance&s;tors, who hazzarded their lives and all their fortunes, and all that was
deer unto them in defending the Catholick &s;aith, and did not only merit unto
them&s;elves eternall glory and happine&s;&s;e in heaven, but gained unto
them&s;elves al&s;o, and to their po&s;terity, everla&s;ting &s;ame and renow
here upon earth, and then ex|citing him) as his Ance&s;tors had done) to go
forward in promoting the Catholick faith and &s;o with is holine&s;&s;e his
benedict on he bequeathed his highne&s;&s;e, to the protect on of the
Almighty.</P>
<P>Yet the Divines were not &s;atisfyed with his Highne&s;&s;e &s;o
large promi&s;es to his Holine&s;&s;e, but &s;till oppo&s;ed the match with
might and main, &s;o that the Prince was con|&s;trained to &s;end another
writing to the King of <HI>Spain,</HI> of one whole &s;heet of paper fully
written and &s;ent it by the hands of the <HI>Duke de Olavarce,</HI> intimating
what a di&s;honour it would be both to his per&s;on and reputation, if he
&s;hould not obtain the prize which he &s;o much aimed at, and which he did
e&s;teem above all the trea&s;ures in the whole world, and that it would be a
great hindrance to the Catholicks of <HI>England</HI> from attaining that which
now they might obtain, if he might not have her which his &s;oul &s;o much
de&s;ired; but he hoped that tho&s;e &s;o celebrious Divines would not put him
to give &s;uch caution as was de&s;ired, and as they propounded, and could not
be by him with honor granted, e&s;pecially in regard his Father had granted the
Catholicks of <HI>England</HI> the free exerci&s;e of their Religi|on &s;even
years before his coming into <HI>Spain,</HI> and with all exciting them to
con&s;ider that neither his Father nor him&s;elf had broken their words in the
lea&s;t title of any the capitulations that had pa&s;t between them, ad the
Divines in not taking the word nor Oath of his Father nor of him&s;elf, for
performance of what had been capitulated, would be a means to cau&s;e his 
<PB N="5" REF="5">Fathers va&s;&s;als every day to rai&s;e new &s;cruples and
ob|&s;tructions, &s;o that the Catholicks of <HI>England</HI> &s;hould not
injoy that freedome of the exerci&s;e of their Religion which now they have,
and that if he might injoy her whom his &s;oul &s;o much de&s;ired, it would be
a means that none of his Fathers va&s;&s;als &s;hould dare to &s;tir.</P>
<P>And he doth al&s;o promi&s;e upon the faith of a Chri&s;ti|on
Prince, that nothing in the world &s;hould make him break his word in the
lea&s;t jot or tittle of any that &s;hould be capittulated on, but would
hazzard his life and all his Kingdomes, and all that was deer unto him, for the
pro|moting of the Roman Catholick Religion, for he would not be joyned to one
in the affinity of marriage, who&s;e Religion he &s;hould hate, which promi&s;e
he did faith|fully keep, to the ruin of him&s;elf, and all his
Po&s;te|rity.</P>
<P>But the fir&s;t foundation of his ruin, and all their Po&s;terity,
was laid by his Father King <HI>James;</HI> for in the matter of Sir <HI>Thomas
Overbury</HI> his death, he did &s;end for the Judges and gave them a &s;trict
charge to examine the matter throughly concerning the death of Sir <HI>Tho.
Over|bury,</HI> and did imprecate Gods cur&s;e upon them if they did not
di&s;cover it to the full; and did upon his knees call for a cur&s;e from God,
and de&s;ired that God would never pro|&s;per him nor any of his Po&s;terity,
if he did &s;pare any guilty per&s;on that had a hand in that poi&s;onous
murther: and the Judges having pro&s;ecuted the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e &s;o far, that
they found <HI>Sommer&s;et</HI> and his Lady to be the chief actors in this
murther, for they found that <HI>Sommer&s;et</HI> did write a friendly Letter
to Sir <HI>Tho. Overbury,</HI> that he would u&s;e all the wayes and means to
get his inlargement that po&s;|&s;ibly he could, and in that Letter he &s;ent
him a paper of Powder for him to take, as being the be&s;t thing that
him|&s;elf <PB N="6" REF="6">took in his &s;ickne&s;&s;e, (Sir <HI>Thomas</HI>
being then &s;ick of Poy&s;on &s;ent him before) but this powder which was
&s;ent in this Letter was a poy&s;on of a lingring nature, whereof (with &s;ome
other poy&s;on which Mris. <HI>Turner</HI> had &s;ent him of the like nature)
he died, and after it was &s;ound out, there was ju&s;tice done upon many of
the actors, where of <HI>We&s;ton</HI> was the fir&s;t, then Sir <HI>Jarvis
Elway,</HI> the then Lieutenant of the Tower, was the next that &s;uffered, and
after him, Mris. <HI>Turner</HI> was al&s;o hanged, be&s;ides others; and when
it was punctually proved that <HI>Summer|&s;et</HI> and his Lady were &s;ound
to be the chief actors of this murther, and that he him&s;elf had &s;ent the
poy&s;on afore&s;aid, the King contrary to the cur&s;e which he had formerly
called from heaven upon him&s;elf and all his po&s;terity, did pandon both him
and her, after the Lord <HI>Coke</HI> had pa&s;t &s;en|tence of death upon
them, and the Lord <HI>Coke</HI> was ever after in di&s;grace with the King,
for pa&s;&s;ing this &s;entence again&s;t them, and for &s;ome other &s;mall
marter which he cro&s;&s;ed the Kings humour in; and &s;o this noble Gentleman
was poy &s;oned, for no other cau&s;e but for oppo&s;ing <HI>Summer&s;et</HI>
in the marriage of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> his wife. But the Lord did &s;hew a great
example upon them both, but e&s;pecially upon her, for &s;he died a more
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters">th&s;ome death then any woman ever
died, but for civilities &s;ake I will forbear the particulars thereof.</P>
<P>But let us now leave this, and &s;peak no more of this cur&s;e,
but let us look up to heaven upon him that &s;ees all the actions that are done
on earth, and that is the contriver of all marriages on earth both great and
&s;mall, and you &s;mall &s;ee how he doth fru&s;trate the de&s;ignes of all
tho&s;e that have plotted the downfall of the Go&s;pell of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, by
bringing them to utter confu&s;ion in all their enter pri&s;es, and I pray
ob&s;erve with me, how in the very interim of this <PB N="7" REF="6">treaty the
Lord did look down from heaven upon them, and did &s;end his thunders as
me&s;&s;engers of his wrath to give them warning, that he would meet with them
and confound all their devi&s;es.</P>
<P>And in the fir&s;t place be plea&s;ed to take notice that on
Thur&s;day the 30. of <HI>June,</HI> 1623. whil'&s;t the Prince was in
<HI>Spain,</HI> it being but two dayes after the Letter was written to the Pope
(for it was written the 28. day of <HI>June</HI>)</P>
<P N="1">I. The Lord was plea&s;ed to &s;end one great clap of
Thunder, which &s;troke away the flag and flag-&s;taffe from the
main-top-ma&s;t-head of a Ship then riding at <HI>Black|w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ll</HI> and bound for <HI>Spain</HI> with provi&s;ion of
fre&s;h victuals to fetch the Prince home: as live Muttons, Capons, and other
fowls fit &s;ot &s;uch a voyage, <HI>Spain</HI> being barren of &s;uch
provi&s;ions (&s;o that they could not be furni&s;hed there) It was as fair a
day as any hath been &s;een; it al&s;o &s;plit the main-top-ma&s;t, as own
would have &s;plit an O&s;ier twig, it threw one part on one &s;ide of the
Ship, and the other part on the other &s;ide of the Ship, it rai&s;ed the
main-ma&s;t down to the deck, but did no other hurt to the Ship; it killed two
men and one woman at <HI>Croydon</HI> in the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Canterburies</HI>
Dioce&s;&s;e, in a field where they were making hay. But you may object, this
was but an accident, for thunders have done many &s;uch things, the bodies
being &s;oorched, and their clothes not &s;o much as once to &s;mell of the
fire. it is very true, &s;uch things have hapned many times and in many places,
but look a little further and you &s;hall &s;ee &s;uch other prodigious things
that you will not &s;ay they were accidentall.</P>
<P>And now I be&s;eech you con&s;ider with me whether the&s;e follow
Pre&s;ages be accidentall or no.</P>
<P N="2">II. And &s;ee what happened on the very next Thur&s;day
being the 7. of our <HI>July,</HI> the Letter to the Pope being 
<PB N="8" REF="7">written the 8. of their <HI>July</HI> at <HI>Madrid</HI> in
<HI>Spain,</HI> it plea&s;ed, the Lord to &s;end many great: claps of Thunder,
with aboundance of rain, and withall &s;o great a pillar of fire from heaven
out of the South (which is the due cour&s;e from <HI>Spain</HI>) that it
reached from the heavens to the earth, not as a fla&s;h of lightnings gone in
the very &s;ight, but a very firme pillar of fire, which I believe did ama&s;e
any that did behold it. It was my hap to be in the Parke neer Southwark, when
it fell right before me, and &s;o deterred me, that I prayed that the Lord was
not angry with this Nation, for &s;eeking to match with one who&s;e Religion
was not agreeable to the Go&s;pell of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, but one of tho&s;e
claps of Thunder did &s;trike away the Crown and Vane from the top of the
Gatehou&s;e of St. <HI>James</HI> whereon the clock &s;tood; it melted a piece
of the bell (which hou&s;e was then the Princes hou&s;e at that time) and he
con&s;tantly kept his Court there, it al&s;o &s;truck down a Gardner and his
wife in a Garden neer the <HI>Neathou&s;e</HI> neer <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI>
&amp; brak through &s;everal hou&s;e in the bowling-alley neer
<HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> afore&s;aid, the man before mentioned was dead, but
the woman revived and was well again, the body of the man was &s;corched, but
his clothes had no hurt. It &s;plit wain&s;cots, chaires, tables and &s;tools
in the hou&s;es afore&s;aid. It killed al&s;o another man at <HI>Croydon</HI>
the &s;ame time. Surely the&s;e things cannot be accidentall, when both the&s;e
thunders did aime, both at the head and Crown as we may &s;ee it did, for the
flag is as the hat on the Kings head, for all Ships when they meet with any the
King or States &s;hips at Sea, they &s;trike their top&s;ails or the flag in
obedience or homage to the Admirall; there is no man that not is wilfully blind
but he may &s;ee that the&s;e two dayes Thunders were not accidentall, but from
the hand of God.</P>
<P><PB N="9" REF="7">There is one thing more which a Heathen or an
Infidell will not &s;ay was accidentall, and that is this:</P>
<P N="3">III. Old <HI>Thomas</HI> Earl of <HI>Arundell</HI> a great
lover of Statues, had &s;ent for the Kings Statue in marble out of
<HI>Italy;</HI> it being come it was landed at a little garden hou&s;e in
<HI>Greenwitch</HI> which the Earl then had there; his Lord|&s;hip with others
coming to view the Statue, did very much commend the workman&s;hip of it, but
while they were di&s;cour&s;ing of it, their fell three drops of bloud on the
face of it, no man knowing how it &s;hould come there; the Earl &s;eeing the
bloud was very much moved at it, they u&s;ed all the means they could u&s;e to
get away the bloud, but could not; this que&s;tionle&s;&s;e was not done by
accident, but as the <HI>Egyptian</HI> Sorcerers &s;aid to <HI>Pharaoh</HI> in
the plague of the lice, This is the finger of God.</P>
<P>Yet one thing more there is remaining which I hope will give you
full &s;atisfaction that the&s;e Pre&s;ages were &s;ent by God.</P>
<P N="4">IV. For in the &s;ame year 1623. while the Prince was in
<HI>Spain</HI> (for then he was but Prince) promi&s;ing to pro|mote the Roman
Catholick Religion, both to the Pope and likewi&s;e to the King of
<HI>Spain,</HI> there was a <HI>Buckingham&s;hire</HI> man, a Taylor by trade,
and as he &s;aid dwelt in <HI>Ail&s;bury,</HI> he was neer upon 40. years of
age, and a very &s;ober man, he could not contain him&s;elf at his work in his
hou&s;e, but mu&s;t of force in the &s;ame year while the Prince was in
<HI>Spain;</HI> making tho&s;e promi&s;es to propagate the Romi&s;h Religion in
<HI>England</HI> afore&s;aid, he did in all or mo&s;t part of all the eminent
&s;treets in <HI>London,</HI> in that very year cur&s;e the Romi&s;h Religion;
pronouncing wee to <HI>Rome,</HI> woe to the Pope, woe to all Papi&s;ts; and
God confound the Pope and all Papi&s;ts, and all that did adhere to Popery, by
what name or title &s;o ever they were called, <PB N="10" REF="8">whether
Dukes, Marque&s;&s;es, Earls, Lords, Vi&s;counts, or of what degree &s;oever;
he did con&s;tantly three or four dayes in the week all or mo&s;t part of the
time the Prince was in Spain, come to <HI>Whitehall-gate,</HI> King
<HI>James</HI> being then at <HI>Whitehall</HI> for the mo&s;t part, he did
there make a prayer of three quarters of an houre long, it was as effectu|all a
prayer as any Divine in <HI>England</HI> could make, in that prayer he prayed
that the Go&s;pell of Je&s;us Chri&s;t might &s;till continue and flouri&s;h in
this Nation, and after praying for the Go&s;pell, he again cried the&s;e woes
as formerly, and when he had made his prayer at <HI>Whitehall-gate,</HI> with
his hat under his arme all the time of his praying and journey (for &s;o he
called it his journey, as you &s;hall &s;ee by and by) he then betook him&s;elf
to march through the City, praying this prayer, and crying the&s;e woes and
cur&s;ings again&s;t Popery as afore&s;aid. He began his journey at
<HI>Whitehall-gate,</HI> and marched as far as there was any hou&s;e in
<HI>White-chappell, Ea&s;t-&s;mithfield, Shoreditch, I&s;lington,</HI> St.
<HI>Giles in the fields,</HI> the <HI>Barrough</HI> of <HI>Southwark,</HI> and
many other walkes, and in this manner he pa&s;t through all or the mo&s;t part
of all the &s;treets in <HI>London,</HI> and although he made the mo&s;t part
of his prayers at <HI>Whitehall-gate</HI> King <HI>James</HI> be|ing then
there, yet no man reproved him for it, or asked why he did &s;o, til one day
Sir <HI>Harry Spiller</HI> &s;aw him crying the&s;e woes at the upper end of
<HI>Holborn,</HI> did &s;end him to the new Bridewell neer
<HI>Clarken-well,</HI> where he remained three weeks (and then being charged as
<HI>Peter</HI> and <HI>John</HI> were by the Jewi&s;h Rabbins that he &s;hould
teach no more in that name, he was let go) but he regarding not their threats
did cry the&s;e woes a long time after, at length he went to his hou&s;e in
<HI>Buccingam&s;hire,</HI> thinking to cry the&s;e woes no more, but went to
fall to work at his trade, yet when he was at his work he had not the power to
fini&s;h it, but threw it a&s;ide and came up to <HI>London</HI> the &s;econd
time <PB N="11" REF="8">to crie the&s;e woes which he did a long time
after.</P>
<P>I did once meet him neer <HI>Bi&s;hop&s;gate-&s;treet</HI> as he
was coming back from crying the&s;e woes, where a man of his acquaintance met
him, and asked him if he would drink a cup of beer, he &s;aid he would, for
&s;aid he, I have done my journey, therefore it is evident he was &s;ent of God
to cry the&s;e woes again&s;t the Papi&s;ts, as the Lord &s;ent that man to
<HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> many years before it was de&s;troyed, and at la&s;t cryed,
Woe, woe to him&s;elf, and immediately was &s;truck dead by a clap of thunder.
It is much about 32. years &s;ince this man did cry the&s;e woes in
<HI>London;</HI> and who knowes but the Lord may very &s;peeddy purge this
Nation of all tho&s;e bla&s;phemous opinions which do now &s;warme in it, and
of all tho&s;e that do &s;eek to uphold Popery or any other fal&s;e opinions,
which this Nation is now overrun with; and I be&s;eech you to con&s;ider that
this mans crying the&s;e woes ju&s;t in the interim when the Prince was in
<HI>Spain</HI> acting again&s;t the Go&s;pell, it is nece&s;&s;ary that we
&s;hould take notice of it, and of other things of the like nature, and to the
&s;ame purpo&s;e; for afoer be was King and had mar|ried the Queen out of
<HI>France,</HI> he did entertain <HI>Signier Con</HI> the Popes Nuncio, and
one <HI>Price</HI> Superior of the Benedi|ctine Monks, a very great Polititian
and State&s;man he was, wch two men were &s;o great with <HI>Laud</HI> then
Bi&s;hop of <HI>Can|terburyh,</HI> that they had free acce&s;&s;e to him and
<HI>Windebanck</HI> at all times; and they were &s;o great with <HI>Laud</HI>
(he being a Je&s;uiticall Monke) that he gave out that he &s;hould have the
Cure of the Church in <HI>Cowen Garden.</HI> This <HI>Signier Con</HI> and this
<HI>Price</HI> had &s;o much power with <HI>Laud</HI> and <HI>Windebanck,</HI>
that they did brave the pur&s;evants which had Commi&s;&s;ions for the
apprehending of Prie&s;ts and Je&s;uns, and did threatten them to cau&s;e their
Commi&s;&s;ions to be taken from them; and <HI>Windebanck</HI> him&s;elf did
revile the <PB N="12" REF="9">Pur&s;evants, calling them Knaves, and threatning
them, that if they did ever meddle with any more Prie&s;ts and Je&s;uites, he
would make him &s;mart for it. I my &s;elf ha|ving &s;ei&s;ed a great number of
Popi&s;h books in Engli&s;h, Bi&s;hop <HI>Laud</HI> would &s;end for them to
the Regi&s;ters Office, for the high Commi&s;&s;ion Court, and the &s;ame night
would deliver them to the owners of them to be di&s;per&s;t through the Nation,
&s;o that it is evident that if the King were not Popi&s;hly inclined, yet the
chief Bi&s;hops, and the chief officers about him, were ab&s;olutely Popi&s;h.
I could name many more that were in great places about the King that were
Papi&s;ts, and known to be &s;o, by many that grie|ved to &s;ee it at that
time. But let me &s;peak a little more of this man, in all the time that he was
crying the&s;e woes, he was never &s;een to beg or receive any thing by way of
re|lief of any man, yet he wanted nothing that ever I could heare of, he
alwayes wore one &s;ute of cloth whole and &s;ound, and there is no que&s;tion
but the Lord did keep him while he was doing his work. But if there be any that
do di&s;tru&s;t the truth hereof, there be many thou&s;ands this day living in
<HI>London,</HI> that did both hear him, and &s;ee him as well as my &s;elf,
while he was doing his work.</P>
<P N="5">V. After this one of the Crownes and Vanes of the tower was
turned over the top of the &s;pindle whereon it was placed, by a very &s;mall
gale of winde, and &s;o both Crown and Vane hung at the foot of the &s;pindle
three quarters of a year of more, at which time new ones were &s;et up. The
Crown and Vane did weigh 100 weight, at le&s;t and was forelockt one to the top
of the &s;pindle with a forelock of iron; &s;urely if a greater providence then
this &s;mall gale of winde had not took it off the &s;pindle, it might have
re|mained there untill this time, but the Lord had ordered it &s;o to be, that
&s;ome (though not all) might look upon it as <PB N="13" REF="9">from the hand
of God, for many thou&s;ands did &s;ee it and did take notice of it as from the
hand of God at that time.</P>
<P N="6">VI. There is one thing more to be looked on as from the all
&s;eeing eye of heaven, which fel out very &s;trangely con|cerning the late
King. His hand and Scepter broke off from his Statue at the Exchange, and fell
down to the ground, even at charge time, to the admiration of all the
beholders, the Change being then full of Merchants and others at the &s;ame
time, and the next day it was &s;et up again, it was taken as a &s;ad Pre&s;age
by all that beheld it; yet I believe there be many that will make no account of
the&s;e remark|able pa&s;&s;ages, but will &s;light them as things not worthy
to take notice of, but my &s;imple thoughts do lead me to conceive that the
falling down of the hand and Scepter, did pre&s;age the taking of the
Government out of his hand, as is &s;een this day, and I could wi&s;h that all
tho&s;e that do &s;o &s;light the former pa&s;&s;ages, to con&s;ider better and
not to &s;light the next that follows, which is very remarkable.</P>
<P N="7">VII. There was an ancient Gentlewoman which came from
<HI>Bri&s;toll</HI> a widdow, and had been the wife of one Mr. <HI>Cary</HI> a
Woollen Drapper on the back of <HI>Bri&s;toll,</HI> this woman had &s;een many
&s;trange apparitions of the late King at &s;everall times, as his Crown all
bloudy, him&s;elf in black, and his head off, with many other &s;uch vi&s;ions
&s;he could not be quiet, untill &s;he came to <HI>London</HI> to acquaint
him|&s;elf with tho&s;e vi&s;ions which &s;he had &s;een of him, and af|ter two
years time &s;pent in &s;oliciting this Noble man, and that Noble man and
others to bring her to the King, at length the Earl of <HI>Dor&s;et</HI> (after
much importunity) brought her to the King, where &s;he told his Maje&s;ty all
that &s;he had &s;een of him, he gave her the hearing of it, but would give no
credit to what &s;he had &s;aid, but bid take her away &s;he was a merry woman;
then when &s;he had told him all that <PB N="14" REF="10">&s;he had &s;een of
him, &s;he returned to <HI>Bri&s;toll</HI> again thinking there to re&s;t her
&s;ell in peace; &s;he had not been there many dayes, but tho&s;e Vi&s;ions
appeared to her as at the fir&s;t, whereupon &s;he could not contain her&s;elf
but mu&s;t of force come up to <HI>London</HI> the &s;econd time, to acquaint
his Ma|je&s;ty with what &s;he had &s;een of him &s;ince her la&s;t being with
him at <HI>Whitehall,</HI> but before &s;he could get to <HI>London</HI> his
Maje&s;ty was gone to <HI>York,</HI> yet though &s;he was in years and a weakly
woman, and the journey long and tedious for &s;uch a one as her &s;elf to
undertake, yet &s;he mu&s;t of nece&s;&s;ity go after him to <HI>York,</HI> and
was conveyed to <HI>York</HI> in a Coach by means of a Lady, which at the
writing hereof is living neer <HI>London</HI> who can ju&s;tifie the &s;ame if
any &s;hould &s;cruple the truth hereof, and being come to <HI>York</HI> &s;he
had admit|tance to his pre&s;ence, where &s;he once again related to him all
that &s;he had &s;een of him &s;ince her la&s;t being with him at
<HI>Whitehall,</HI> with much praying and be&s;eeching him to con&s;ider what
&s;he had &s;een and &s;aid of him, but he would not harken to her, nor give
credit to what &s;he had &s;aid un|to him, for certainly the Lord had hid
the&s;e things from him, and would not let him under&s;tand them becau&s;e he
would de&s;troy him; for to that purpo&s;e the Lord did har|den the heart of
<HI>Pharaob,</HI> that he &s;hould not believe the wonders which
<HI>Mo&s;es</HI> the &s;ervant of the Lord wrought in his fight, to make his
name known to all the world, for &s;aith the Lord, <HI>Exod.</HI> 9.16. For
this cau&s;e have happoin|ted thee to &s;hew my power in thee, and to declare
my name in all the world; but the more plagues the Lord did &s;end on
<HI>Pharaob,</HI> the more his heart was hardned by them.</P>
<P>I could wi&s;h that all tho&s;e into who&s;e hands the&s;e &s;ad
Pre&s;ages &s;hall come, that they would con&s;ider with them|&s;elves that
there was more then an ordinary hand in cau|&s;ing this Gentlewoman being &s;o
antient as &s;he was to take <PB N="15" REF="10">upon her two &s;o great
journeys as the&s;e were; fir&s;t from <HI>Bristoll</HI> to <HI>London,</HI>
then to <HI>Bri&s;toll</HI> again, then to <HI>London,</HI> and &s;o to
<HI>York,</HI> and all upon her own charge; &s;urely there mu&s;t be more then
an ordinary hand in it, which did guide this woman, &s;he being &s;o ancient as
&s;he was, and no kind of di&s;temper at all in her, but in a very good temper
both in mind and words, and in her behaviour very civill, as many people in
<HI>London</HI> that did talke with her concerning the&s;e vi&s;ions can
witne&s;&s;e.</P>
<P N="8">&rindx; VIII. I have been credibly informed, that his
Highne&s;&s;e the Lord Protector that now is, being in a Gentlemans hou&s;e at
prayer in a room wherein the Kings Picture did hang, neer about the midde&s;t
of prayer the Picture fell down to the ground, which was a &s;ad pre&s;age to
the King, and now &s;eems to be a clear te&s;timony of Gods purpo&s;e to reject
him: but how hath the Lord Protector been pre&s;erved in &s;o many great
dangers as by Gods providence he hath gone through, in his own per|&s;on,
&s;ince the&s;e troubles began, and that dainger which he e&s;caped in the
Coach was not the lea&s;t, and que&s;tionle&s;&s;e the Lord hath appointed him
to be the man to Govern the Nation at this time, who can deny Gods
permi&s;&s;ive providence.</P>
<P N="9">IX. His Maje&s;ty being one day at <HI>Cau&s;am</HI> neer
<HI>Redding</HI> playing at Che&s;&s;e, he playing with the white men, the head
of the white King fell of, which was as ominous a pre&s;age as any of the
re&s;t.</P>
<P N="10">X. When the Lord <HI>Fairfax</HI> was at St.
<HI>Albons,</HI> and the generall Coun&s;ell of the Army drawing up the grand
Remon&s;trance, in order to require ju&s;tice again&s;t the King, the Sign of
the Kings-head beneath the hill from the Cro&s;&s;e, that part of the board
between the head and &s;houl|ders, was broken out of the Sign, none knowing how
it came to be &s;o, &s;o that the head and &s;houlders were &s;epara|ted 
<PB N="16" REF="11">from each other. it &s;eemed then to be an ominous thing to
what did &s;hortly befall him in pur&s;uance of that Remon&s;trance then
drawing up again&s;t him by the Army. Wherefore I would wi&s;h that altho&s;e
malignant &s;pirits that are &s;o bitter again&s;t this Government, to
con&s;ider that there is no power given unto men upon earth but by God;
therefore let them &s;it &s;till and &s;ee the Lords work done in truth and
righteou&s;ine&s;&s;e, for &s;urely the Lord will owne him &s;o far as he doth
act for the Lord, and no underhand pra|ctis &s;hall prevail again&s;t him,
mauger all the Devils in hell they &s;hall not touch him to do him harme, for
the Lord will be his Protector &s;o long as he doth act for the Lord; but if he
act not of, and for the Lord, then the Lord will bring all his actions to
nought, and it will fall to the ground of it &s;elf, as once <HI>Gamaliel</HI>
&s;aid to the Jewi&s;h Rab|bins, refrain from the&s;e men and let them alone,
for if this Coun&s;ell or this work be of men, it will come to nought, but if
it be of God you cannot overthrow it, lea&s;t happily ye be found fighters
again&s;t God, <HI>Act.</HI> 5.28, 29. And as M. <HI>Saltmar&s;h</HI> &s;aid
once in a Sermon before the Lord <HI>Fairfax,</HI> So long as you &s;erve the
Lord, he will be with you, but if you fall from the Lord, the Lord will fall
from you. Therefore to tho&s;e turbulent &s;pirits I will u&s;e our Saviour
Chri&s;ts own words to <HI>Saul</HI> going to <HI>Dama&s;cus</HI> to
per&s;ecute the people of God, It is hard for you to kick a|gain&s;t prickles.
And I do now wi&s;h that you which are &s;uch enemies again&s;t this
Government, to look up to God and lay a&s;ide your own particular
intere&s;&s;e, and if there be any thing ami&s;&s;e in your hearts, ca&s;t it
out, and leave all unto the Lord for him&s;elf to rectifie, for your plots and
devi&s;es will &s;urely come to nought.</P>
<P N="11">XI. There is one thing more yet as remarkable as the
re&s;t, When the King was at the high Court of Ju&s;tice on his Tryall, the
head of his cane fell off, he &s;topping to <PB N="17" REF="11">take it up
him&s;elf, took it as an ominous Pre&s;age unto him&s;elf, and &s;o indeed he
might have done all the former Pre&s;ages; the greate&s;t part of them bending
to the head; but as I &s;aid before, the Lord did hide them from him. And with
my heart I wi&s;h that tho&s;e ominbus pre&s;ages, which the Lord did &s;end as
forerunners of his wrath again&s;t him in his &s;o great fall and ruin, might
deter all men of what condition &s;oever to leave plotting and contriving any
further tumults or &s;edicions tending to the &s;hedding of any more innocent
bloud in this Nation; but let them plot what they will again&s;t this
Government, they will &s;urely be de&s;troyed in all their practi&s;es, as it
is evidently &s;een in the two la&s;t plots, for when they thought
them|&s;elves &s;ecure, &amp; the childe of the Devill, as I may truly &s;ay,
brought to the very birth, &s;ee then how the Lord did fru&s;trate their
actions, and with the lea&s;t breath of his no|&s;trils brake them to pieces,
and that in a moment, as he did all the enemies of that famous Queen
<HI>Elizabeth</HI> all her life, as well before her coming to the Crown as
after. Fir&s;t by Bi&s;hop <HI>Bonner</HI> and his crew, by &s;etting her
&s;i&s;ter Queen <HI>Mary</HI> to take away her life, and for no other cau&s;e,
but for profe&s;&s;ing the Go&s;pell of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, had not the Lord
di&s;covered it (in his due time) to King <HI>Philip</HI> in a warrant which
the Bi&s;hops had &s;huffled in among&s;t other warrants to be &s;igned by him
for her death, but the King reading the warrant refu&s;ed to &s;ign it, and
threw it a&s;ide, but before they could bring their purpo&s;es to pa&s;&s;e,
Queen <HI>Mary</HI> died, and then their hopes were fru&s;trate, for &s;he was
pre&s;ently Crowned Queen, to the great terrour of all tho&s;e that did plot
her downfall, for her heart was up right unto the Lord, and the Lord kept her
from all their plots and devi&s;es, for after &s;he came to the Crown, what
plots, and devi&s;es did they not practi&s;e to take her life away, by
Pi&s;tols, Poy&s;onings, Stabbings, and by many other helli&s;h 
<PB N="18" REF="12">practi&s;es, how many lowing buls of <HI>Ba&s;han</HI> did
the Pope &s;end again&s;t her, di&s;charging her Subjects of their
al&s;egi|ance unto her, animating her &s;ubjects to de&s;troy her by any means
what&s;oever, as it was plainly &s;een in the trea&s;ons of tho&s;e helli&s;h
Con&s;piratos, <HI>Lopus, Campion, Parry, Garnat, Bani&s;ter, Summervild,
Squire,</HI> and the re&s;t of that Popi&s;h rable, and then by that never to
be forgotten deliverance of that invincible Navy, as the <HI>Spaniards</HI>
called that great Armado in 88. when they made them&s;elves &s;ure of all this
Nation, and &s;o to bring it to Idolatry, for they brought with them whips of
wire, gagges, and many other in&s;truments of cruelty to force this whole Land
to Popery. But ble&s;&s;ed be God the &s;nare is broke and we are e&s;caped,
except our &s;ins which are innumerable do make us fall into the &s;nare, for
&s;urely our &s;ins are even ripe unto the harve&s;t, and there wants nothing
but the Lords putting in his &s;ickle to reap us, for &s;urely the Lords
patience is very much in waiting for our repentance, therefore let us not defer
it any longer, lea&s;t the Lord ca&s;t us off if we repent not all the
&s;ooner; but ble&s;&s;ed and prai&s;ed be the Lord for it, he brought that
in|vincible Armado to nought, for not one third part of them ever came home to
<HI>Spain</HI> again, and for all their malice a|gain&s;t her, &s;he died in a
good old age full of dayes, riches and honour, for &s;he left all her coffers
full of riches and trea&s;ure, which &s;he got from tho&s;e that &s;ought her
life, by making wars again&s;t them, for the Lord did pro&s;per all her
undertakings, which &s;he took in hand, for her heart was up|right unto the
Lord all her dayes (as the heart of <HI>A&s;a</HI> king of <HI>Juda</HI> was)
and the Lord did keep her in &s;tore to &s;ettle the Go&s;pell of Je&s;us
Chri&s;t in this Nation and hath conti|newed it here almo&s;t 100. yeers,
prai&s;ed be his holy name for it, and grant good Lord that it may continew in
this Nation &s;o long as the Sun and Moon endureth.</P>
<P>And now let me return unto the King in his project of 
<PB N="19" REF="12">bringing in of Popery, he had the lea&s;t cau&s;e of any in
the world to have any alliance at all with Papi&s;ts, much le&s;&s;e to link
him&s;elf in the affinity of marriage with them, for look but back upon the
Powder-plot and you &s;hall &s;ee his Fa|ther, him&s;elf, and all their
po&s;terity, with all the Nobility and all the chief Gentry of this Nation,
de&s;igned to be blown up into the aire, (the Lady <HI>Elizabeth</HI> his
&s;i&s;ter only excepted) for they had determined to marry her to &s;ome
Catholick Gentleman, and &s;o to have made her Queen, but God did laugh at
them, and brought them to nought, ble&s;|&s;ed and prai&s;ed be his holy name
for it.</P>
<P>But his Father and him&s;elf very well knew that all the
con&s;iderable Papi&s;ts in <HI>England</HI> did know of it, and were ingaged
in it, and did contribute to it, and for him to make a firm league with them,
the enemies of Je&s;us Chri&s;t was mo&s;t abominable; but as the Lord &s;aid
unto <HI>Ezekiel,</HI> Son of man turn thee, and thou &s;halt &s;ee greater
abominations then the&s;e: &s;o he yet added more to all the re&s;t, in putting
forth that helli&s;h book of &s;ports (as his Fa|ther had formerly done) which
book was put forth by the Coun&s;ell, and advi&s;e of the then Popi&s;h
Bi&s;hops long after his coming from <HI>Spain,</HI> wherein he gives free
liberty to the people to commit all licentiou&s;ne&s;&s;e for prophaning the
Lords day, by dancing, revelling, gaming, and all that the Devill could invent,
to the great di&s;honor of God and his Sabaths, but it was contrived of &s;et
purpo&s;e to &s;ilence all con&s;cientious Mini&s;ters that did &s;eruple the
reading of it, as many of them did) and were put from their preaching for not
reading the &s;ame, and al&s;o to draw the hearts of the rude multitude to
him&s;elf, if there &s;hould be occa&s;ion offered by any that &s;hould
oppo&s;e the ri&s;e of Popery, which the multitude is apt to do, as the
multitude of <HI>A&s;ia</HI> did again&s;t <HI>Paul,</HI> but knew no cau&s;e
for what they did, <PB N="20" REF="13">the whole City being in an uproar, but
knew not for what; &s;o this book was put forth to cau&s;e the rude multitude
to ri&s;e in defence of the profain liberty which was given them by authority
if there &s;hould be occa&s;ion as I &s;aid before, it was one of the
greate&s;t Mr. Pieces that ever the Devill did put on foot in this Nation (to
draw the people to him&s;elf) that ever was hatcht in hell, far greater then
the Powder plot, for that had de&s;troyed, but the bodies of a few b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">t this would have de&s;troyed the
&s;ouls of many thou&s;ands, if it had continued longer; It was wor&s;e then
<HI>Balaams</HI> coun|&s;ell for the <HI>Midianiti&s;h</HI> women to draw the
children of <HI>I&s;rael</HI> to commit folly and Idolatry, but he had his
reward, for he was &s;lain &s;hortly after by the <HI>I&s;raelites,</HI> and
&s;o will all the enemies of Je&s;us Chri&s;t peri&s;h in all their wicked
practi&s;es, if they de&s;i&s;t not in the pur&s;uance of them.</P>
<P>Here are pregnant examples enough to make men leave their wicked
practi&s;es, if they will take notice of them, which God of his mercy give all
tho&s;e hearts to do, that &s;hall read the&s;e Ominous Pre&s;ages, and the
Lord give all men hearts to under&s;tand what it is to &s;trive again&s;t God.
And my hearts de&s;ire is, that the Lord would &s;tir up the hearts of tho&s;e
that are in authority, to put in execution that Additionall Act for the better
keeping of the Lords day, which is &s;o much neglected, and the Sabbath
abu&s;ed in the fields and Alehou&s;es where the people do mu&s;ter, at play as
if it were the week day, yea even in the time of di|vine prayer, to the great
di&s;honour of God, and di&s;grace to this City, and that it may be carefully
lookt into and a|mended, he prayeth who is a lover of the Go&s;pell of Je&s;us
Chri&s;t, and the peace and welfare of this Nation.</P>
<TRAILER>THE END.</TRAILER>
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