A trance, or, Newes from Hell brought fresh to towne by Mercurius Acheronticus.
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             A trance, or, Newes from Hell brought fresh to towne by Mercurius Acheronticus.
             Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
          
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             [s.n.],
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             1649.
          
           
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           A
           TRANCE
           :
           OR
           ,
           Newes
           from
           Hell
           ,
           Brought
           fresh
           to
           TOVVNE
           BY
           
             Mercurius
             Acheronticus
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           
             Ann
             :
             Dom.
          
           1649.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           Paraenesis
           Angliae
           .
        
         
           
             O
             England
             ,
             England
          
           If
           thou
           bee'st
           not
           given
           quite
           over
           to
           a
           reprobate
           sense
           ;
           If
           the
           least
           sparke
           of
           
             Grace
             ,
          
           the
           least
           ray
           of
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           be
           yet
           remaining
           in
           Thee
           ,
           be
           warn'd
           ,
           be
           warn'd
           by
           this
           
             Trance
             ,
          
           by
           the
           dreadfull
           objects
           ,
           the
           hideous
           and
           horrid
           apparitions
           thereof
           :
           If
           no
           
             temporall
          
           respects
           can
           win
           Thee
           ,
           let
           the
           apprehensions
           of
           
             eternall
          
           ruin
           work
           upon
           Thee
           :
           If
           the
           hopes
           of
           Heaven
           cannot
           prevail
           with
           Thee
           ,
           let
           the
           torments
           of
           Hell
           deterr
           Thee
           ,
           which
           are
           represented
           to
           the
           very
           life
           unto
           Thee
           in
           this
           ensuing
           Vision
           .
           Be
           not
           accessary
           to
           thy
           owne
           
             destruction
             ,
          
           to
           thy
           own
           
             damnation
             ;
          
           Let
           not
           thy
           children
           be
           deluded
           any
           longer
           with
           chymeras
           of
           more
           liberty
           ,
           and
           advancement
           of
           common
           good
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           
             To
             love
             one's
             Countrey
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           specious
           pretence
           of
           all
           these
           insurrections
           )
           is
           a
           commendable
           thing
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           but
           a
           
             Pagan
          
           precept
           ;
           
             To
             feare
             God
             ,
             to
             honour
             his
             Priests
             ,
             to
             give
          
           Caesar
           
             his
             due
             ,
             not
             to
             do
             evill
             that
             good
             may
             come
             of
             it
             ,
          
           these
           are
           all
           
             Christian
          
           precepts
           ,
           and
           
             Scripture
          
           principles
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           Author
           was
           in
           a
           
             Trance
             ,
          
           so
           sure
           thou
           art
           in
           a
           
             fit
          
           of
           
             madnes
             :
          
           Poor
           thing
           ,
           thou
           want'st
           a
           
             Physitian
          
           to
           cure
           thee
           ,
           rather
           than
           a
           
             Divine
          
           to
           confute
           thee
           :
           Return
           then
           ,
           O
           return
           to
           thy
           wits
           ,
           to
           thy
           old
           English
           temper
           again
           ,
           els
           't
           is
           high
           time
           for
           Thee
           to
           make
           thy
           last
           Will
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Bell
           should
           ring
           out
           to
           invite
           thy
           Neighbours
           to
           the
           funerall
           of
           thy
           
             Liberty
             ;
          
           And
           because
           I
           have
           already
           half
           promis'd
           ,
           I
           will
           lay
           this
           
             Epitaph
          
           upon
           Thee
           :
        
         
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           TO
           ENGLANDS
           Imperiall
           Chamber
           ,
           THE
           Renowned
           City
           of
           LONDON
           :
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           the
           Sheriffs
           ,
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           Common-Councell
           ,
           the
           Noble
           Company
           of
           Merchant-Adventurers
           ,
           and
           Home-Corporations
           ;
           to
           all
           the
           hopefull
           Apprentices
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Inhabitants
           ,
           Inmates
           ,
           or
           Aliens
           ,
           within
           the
           said
           spacious
           City
           and
           Suburbs
           ,
           is
           addressed
           what
           followeth
           .
        
         
           Perditio
           tua
           ex
           Te
           ,
           L
           :
        
         
           
             O
             
               London
               ,
            
             understand
             thy
             woe
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             art
             thy
             
               Self
            
             thy
             greatest
             
               Foe
               ;
            
          
           
             Be
             warn'd
             ,
             be
             wise
             ,
             prevent
             the
             Fates
             ,
          
           
             Destruction
             bounceth
             at
             thy
             gates
             ,
          
           
             And
             know
             ,
             There
             is
             no
             earthly
             thing
          
           
             Can
             make
             thee
             happy
             ,
             but
             thy
             
               King
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Think
             with
             what
             Honour
             the
             first
             dagger
             came
          
           
             Into
             thy
             Shield
             ,
             the
             Times
             are
             now
             the
             same
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           TRANCE
           .
        
         
           The
           Proeme
           .
        
         
           SVch
           is
           the
           force
           of
           Fancy
           ,
           so
           large
           is
           the
           reach
           ,
           so
           boundlesse
           is
           the
           prerogative
           of
           humane
           
             Imagination
             ,
          
           that
           though
           the
           small
           concave
           of
           a
           scull
           some
           two
           or
           three
           spans
           compasse
           be
           her
           ordinary
           and
           naturall
           habitation
           ,
           yet
           the
           whole
           Globe
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           nor
           all
           the
           elementary
           world
           can
           totally
           confine
           her
           ,
           but
           she
           will
           at
           pleasure
           clime
           up
           to
           the
           skies
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           scale
           of
           the
           Starrs
           to
           conduct
           her
           to
           the
           Empyrean
           Heaven
           ;
           Thence
           she
           can
           descend
           in
           a
           trice
           to
           the
           great
           Abysse
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           survey
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           darknesse
           ;
           And
           though
           it
           be
           a
           maxime
           among
           Divines
           that
           
             ab
             Orconulla
             redemptio
             ,
          
           there
           's
           no
           return
           out
           of
           Hell
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           passage
           back
           thence
           is
           irremeable
           ,
           yet
           the
           Imagination
           of
           man
           hath
           this
           privilege
           ,
           that
           she
           can
           make
           egresses
           and
           regresses
           ,
           she
           can
           enter
           ,
           and
           come
           off
           cleer
           thence
           when
           she
           list
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           if
           need
           be
           in
           an
           
             instant
             ;
          
           wherein
           she
           seemes
           to
           partake
           of
           that
           admired
           quality
           which
           is
           inherent
           in
           that
           most
           comfortable
           creature
           the
           
             Light
             ,
          
           who
           is
           held
           the
           soveraign
           of
           all
           sensible
           qualities
           among
           the
           Philosophers
           ,
           and
           to
           come
           neerest
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           creature
           requires
           but
           an
           instantaneous
           moment
           and
           point
           of
           
           time
           to
           performe
           his
           office
           of
           illumination
           ,
           and
           dilate
           himself
           throughout
           the
           Hemisphear
           ▪
           whence
           some
           inferre
           that
           he
           is
           not
           corporeall
           ,
           in
           regard
           it
           is
           an
           unquestioned
           principle
           in
           nature
           that
           all
           
             bodies
             require
             a
             succession
             of
             time
             in
             their
             motion
             :
          
           but
           there
           is
           this
           difference
           twixt
           the
           
             Imagination
          
           and
           
             Light
             ,
          
           that
           there
           be
           some
           places
           whereinto
           Light
           cannot
           enter
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Vnivers
           so
           impervious
           ,
           where
           the
           Imagination
           may
           not
           make
           his
           accesses
           and
           recesses
           at
           pleasure
           ;
           as
           will
           appeare
           by
           the
           following
           example
           .
        
         
           IT
           fortun'd
           very
           lately
           that
           I
           was
           in
           a
           
             Trance
             ,
          
           a
           strange
           kind
           of
           Extasie
           surpriz'd
           me
           on
           a
           sudden
           ,
           which
           lasted
           a
           good
           while
           ;
           during
           the
           time
           ,
           me
           thought
           I
           was
           transported
           to
           the
           remotest
           place
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           greatest
           distance
           that
           possibly
           could
           be
           from
           Heaven
           ;
           me
           thought
           I
           was
           in
           
             Hell
             ,
          
           in
           
             Hell
             ,
          
           God
           blesse
           us
           ,
           among
           the
           Devils
           ,
           and
           damned
           Spirits
           ;
           I
           had
           neither
           that
           golden
           branch
           ,
           nor
           the
           help
           of
           a
           
             Sybilla
             Cumana
          
           to
           conduct
           me
           up
           and
           down
           as
           the
           Trojan
           Prince
           had
           ,
           but
           me
           thought
           a
           Spirit
           did
           lead
           me
           gently
           and
           softly
           all
           along
           till
           I
           came
           to
           
             Plutoes
          
           Palace
           ,
           where
           a
           speciall
           Counsell
           was
           held
           to
           take
           a
           strict
           examination
           what
           service
           the
           three
           Furies
           ,
           
             Alecto
             ,
             Tisyphone
             ,
          
           and
           
             Megaera
             ,
          
           with
           other
           inferiour
           Fiends
           that
           were
           their
           Assistants
           ,
           had
           done
           on
           Earth
           ,
           towards
           the
           advancement
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           darknes
           ,
           since
           their
           last
           
             mission
          
           thither
           ,
           which
           was
           presently
           upon
           the
           apparance
           of
           the
           last
           blazing
           Star
           in
           the
           yeare
           1618.
           
           Pluto
           vouchsafed
           to
           be
           present
           and
           preside
           at
           this
           Counsell
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           
             Chaireman
          
           himself
           ,
           to
           which
           purpose
           he
           had
           a
           strong
           Legion
           of
           
             Cacodaemons
          
           for
           his
           guard
           ,
           but
           the
           businesse
           was
           prepared
           and
           facilitated
           for
           his
           hearing
           before
           hand
           by
           a
           
             Committee
          
           appointed
           of
           purpose
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           whence
           I
           inferred
           that
           
             Committees
          
           were
           first
           hatcht
           in
           Hell
           ,
           especially
           some
           of
           those
           that
           we
           have
           now
           adaies
           .
           The
           three
           ghastly
           daughters
           of
           Night
           appeard
           with
           dreadfull
           fiery
           countenances
           before
           Puto
           ,
           in
           lieu
           of
           aire
           they
           
           evaporated
           huge
           flakes
           of
           fire
           ,
           which
           they
           tooke
           in
           ,
           and
           let
           out
           with
           the
           accents
           of
           their
           words
           ,
           huge
           bunches
           of
           Snakes
           with
           their
           tailes
           rooted
           in
           their
           sculls
           hung
           dangling
           and
           waving
           about
           their
           heads
           like
           dischevelld
           haire
           :
           A
           furious
           contestation
           fell
           between
           them
           who
           should
           be
           Proloquutrix
           ,
           but
           in
           regard
           that
           
             Alecto
          
           and
           
             Tisyphone
          
           had
           given
           an
           account
           of
           their
           former
           missions
           ,
           the
           one
           of
           the
           
             League
          
           in
           France
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           the
           
             revolt
          
           of
           the
           Hollander
           ,
           it
           came
           now
           in
           due
           turn
           that
           
             Megaera
          
           should
           have
           the
           priority
           of
           speech
           ,
           so
           the
           youngest
           of
           the
           
             Tartarian
          
           Girls
           began
           as
           followes
           ;
        
         
           May
           your
           high
           
             Acherontic
          
           Majestie
           vouchsafe
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           since
           the
           last
           happy
           Comet
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Parallax
           was
           found
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Heaven
           ,
           appeard
           ,
           we
           have
           for
           30
           yeares
           together
           been
           more
           active
           ,
           and
           more
           eager
           in
           your
           Majesties
           service
           than
           ever
           we
           were
           ;
           We
           have
           incited
           the
           affections
           of
           the
           foolish
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           earth
           to
           war
           ,
           and
           to
           worry
           one
           another
           like
           Wolves
           in
           most
           places
           ;
           To
           effect
           which
           our
           practice
           hath
           been
           to
           bring
           the
           
             beggerliest
          
           and
           
             toughest
          
           people
           upon
           the
           
             richest
          
           and
           
             softest
             ;
          
           We
           brought
           the
           
             Swead
          
           upon
           the
           
             German
             ,
          
           the
           
             Catalan
          
           upon
           the
           
             Castillian
             ,
          
           the
           
             Tartar
          
           upon
           the
           
             Chinois
             ,
          
           the
           
             Scot
          
           upon
           the
           
             English
             ,
          
           and
           now
           lastly
           ,
           the
           
             Turke
          
           upon
           the
           
             Venetian
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Cosaque
          
           upon
           the
           
             Pole
             ;
          
           We
           have
           continued
           a
           lingring
           bloudy
           war
           in
           
             Germany
          
           for
           thirty
           yeares
           together
           ,
           which
           entangled
           into
           it
           most
           of
           the
           neighbouring
           States
           ;
           We
           have
           thrust
           divers
           Princes
           out
           of
           their
           ancient
           Inheritances
           ,
           among
           others
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Lorain
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Palsgrave
          
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ;
          
           We
           brought
           two
           Grand
           Turks
           to
           be
           strangled
           which
           never
           happened
           before
           ;
           We
           have
           often
           puzzled
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           we
           have
           made
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Spaine
          
           and
           
             France
             ,
          
           though
           Brothers
           to
           bandy
           so
           fierce
           one
           against
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           one
           had
           been
           an
           Infidell
           ,
           the
           other
           a
           Jew
           ;
           But
           Sir
           ,
           the
           most
           advantagious
           and
           signall
           services
           we
           have
           done
           to
           your
           infernall
           Majestie
           have
           been
           in
           the
           Iles
           of
           great
           
             Britaine
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             :
          
           For
           whereas
           we
           divided
           our selves
           before
           ,
           and
           went
           singly
           among
           
           other
           people
           ,
           we
           went
           jointly
           thither
           all
           three
           ,
           because
           we
           might
           be
           sure
           to
           bring
           our
           ends
           home
           to
           our
           aime
           .
           The
           Nation
           fittest
           for
           us
           to
           work
           first
           upon
           was
           the
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           who
           have
           been
           so
           obedient
           to
           their
           Kings
           ,
           that
           of
           above
           a
           hundred
           they
           brag
           of
           ,
           scarce
           two
           parts
           of
           three
           dyed
           in
           their
           beds
           ;
           We
           did
           suscitate
           them
           first
           against
           their
           native
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           appeare
           in
           a
           daring
           hostile
           manner
           before
           him
           upon
           the
           borders
           ;
           At
           which
           time
           it
           cost
           us
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           labour
           so
           to
           besot
           the
           English
           ,
           to
           abase
           their
           courage
           ,
           and
           entangle
           them
           with
           Factions
           (
           having
           sure
           confidents
           among
           them
           to
           that
           end
           )
           that
           they
           durst
           not
           present
           them
           battell
           ,
           and
           this
           Sir
           was
           an
           important
           peece
           of
           service
           ,
           for
           had
           they
           fought
           then
           ,
           or
           had
           they
           been
           sensible
           afterwards
           of
           the
           Nationall
           dishonor
           they
           received
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           their
           King
           being
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           and
           consequently
           had
           they
           stucke
           to
           him
           afterwards
           to
           have
           vindicated
           it
           ,
           all
           those
           Wars
           we
           have
           fomented
           since
           might
           have
           been
           prevented
           :
           We
           shortly
           after
           transmitted
           the
           same
           Spirit
           of
           Insurrection
           into
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           who
           being
           encouraged
           by
           the
           good
           successes
           the
           
             Scot
          
           had
           (
           for
           he
           had
           what
           he
           list
           ,
           yet
           could
           he
           not
           sit
           quiet
           )
           and
           the
           
             Irish
          
           Commissioners
           being
           but
           harshly
           entertained
           by
           this
           English
           Parlement
           who
           intended
           to
           send
           over
           a
           Deputy
           that
           should
           pinch
           them
           more
           than
           they
           were
           before
           in
           their
           consciences
           ,
           besides
           in
           that
           they
           revoked
           that
           leave
           which
           the
           King
           had
           granted
           under
           hand
           and
           seale
           to
           the
           Spanish
           Ambassadors
           to
           have
           some
           part
           of
           
             Straffords
          
           Army
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           (
           which
           were
           our
           prime
           instruments
           for
           the
           Rebellion
           )
           to
           go
           for
           
             Spaine
             ,
          
           with
           other
           incentives
           ,
           we
           stird
           the
           
             Irish
          
           also
           to
           rise
           in
           bloud
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           to
           some
           purpose
           .
           Then
           came
           we
           to
           worke
           upon
           the
           
             English
             ,
          
           whom
           we
           found
           as
           fit
           to
           receive
           our
           impression
           as
           Flax
           is
           to
           take
           fire
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           long
           surfet
           of
           peace
           and
           plenty
           .
           We
           broke
           up
           one
           Parlement
           because
           most
           of
           the
           Members
           thereof
           were
           not
           for
           our
           turn
           ;
           The
           first
           thing
           we
           did
           in
           
             this
          
           Parlement
           was
           to
           indue
           them
           with
           a
           faculty
           to
           create
           feares
           and
           jealousies
           whereof
           we
           have
           made
           excellent
           use
           ,
           and
           
           although
           all
           those
           feares
           and
           jealousies
           appeare
           since
           to
           the
           common
           people
           ,
           and
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           more
           plain
           than
           their
           nose
           on
           their
           faces
           to
           be
           but
           forgeries
           ,
           yet
           we
           have
           so
           infatuated
           their
           intellectualls
           that
           we
           make
           them
           still
           adore
           the
           Iuventors
           of
           them
           .
           And
           to
           give
           your
           
             Stygian
          
           Majestie
           among
           divers
           others
           one
           more
           pregnant
           and
           undeniable
           demonstration
           what
           footing
           you
           have
           got
           you
           in
           that
           Island
           ,
           we
           have
           within
           these
           few
           yeares
           raised
           more
           
             Pythonesses
          
           (
           which
           the
           vulgar
           call
           witches
           there
           )
           than
           ever
           were
           in
           that
           Island
           since
           your
           Majesty
           tempted
           
             Eve
             :
          
           And
           we
           enabled
           our
           
             Pythonesses
          
           to
           send
           their
           Imps
           abroad
           in
           pursuit
           of
           your
           service
           .
           We
           stood
           at
           the
           Kings
           elbo
           when
           he
           passed
           that
           happy
           
             Act
             of
             continuance
             ,
          
           and
           and
           a
           
             Scot
          
           was
           our
           cheifest
           engine
           to
           work
           that
           ;
           The
           City
           of
           
             London
          
           stood
           us
           also
           in
           excellent
           stead
           to
           bring
           our
           designes
           about
           ;
           We
           made
           the
           riff-raff
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           as
           
             V.
          
           with
           his
           Myrmydons
           ,
           and
           
             B.
          
           with
           his
           bandogs
           (
           for
           so
           they
           called
           the
           rakells
           they
           had
           raised
           )
           to
           
             rabble
          
           the
           King
           out
           of
           Town
           ;
           We
           brought
           also
           into
           
             London
          
           the
           silly
           Swaines
           of
           the
           Countrey
           in
           whole
           swarmes
           upon
           they
           knew
           not
           what
           ;
           VVe
           were
           in
           
             KInton
          
           field
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           youthfull
           Generall
           of
           the
           Kings
           Cavalry
           
             de
             gayeté
             de
             coeur
          
           to
           pursue
           the
           Parlements
           Cavalry
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           the
           day
           was
           lost
           by
           it
           ,
           whereas
           if
           he
           had
           stuck
           Glose
           to
           the
           Infantry
           the
           businesse
           had
           been
           dispatch'd
           then
           on
           the
           Kings
           side
           ,
           and
           so
           your
           Majesties
           service
           since
           had
           been
           frustrated
           ;
           VVe
           were
           at
           
             Marston
          
           Moore
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           same
           Generall
           so
           impatient
           that
           he
           could
           not
           forbeare
           fighting
           till
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           else
           he
           had
           taken
           all
           the
           Roundhead
           Army
           in
           a
           pound
           ;
           VVe
           took
           great
           paines
           at
           
             Leycester
          
           that
           the
           King
           should
           not
           march
           Northward
           ,
           but
           fortifie
           the
           place
           and
           go
           backe
           to
           
             Naseby
          
           where
           we
           had
           our
           Imps
           that
           bestird
           themselves
           notably
           ;
           VVe
           so
           manag'd
           the
           businesse
           afterwards
           that
           we
           made
           the
           King
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           a
           profest
           enemy
           to
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           go
           disguis'd
           in
           a
           Servingmans
           habit
           to
           his
           Countrey-men
           the
           
             Scots
             ,
          
           and
           we
           prevail'd
           so
           far
           with
           them
           that
           they
           
           delivered
           him
           over
           as
           a
           Sacrifice
           ,
           and
           betraid
           him
           like
           
             Iudas
          
           to
           the
           English
           who
           have
           crucified
           ever
           since
           like
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           by
           tossing
           ,
           and
           tumbling
           him
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           and
           by
           compulsory
           meanes
           to
           work
           upon
           His
           conscience
           ,
           and
           stretching
           it
           upon
           the
           tenter
           ;
           VVe
           made
           
             Pembrock
          
           Castle
           ,
           and
           
             Colchester
             ,
          
           with
           other
           single
           (
           or
           rather
           simple
           )
           Counties
           to
           rise
           of
           purpose
           to
           betray
           themselves
           :
           In
           summe
           ,
           we
           have
           reduced
           that
           Kingdom
           to
           a
           new
           conformity
           with
           this
           of
           your
           Majesties
           ,
           to
           a
           sweet
           Chaos
           of
           all
           confusion
           ,
           we
           have
           brought
           the
           sway
           solely
           into
           the
           common
           peoples
           hands
           ;
           And
           never
           did
           common
           people
           more
           truly
           act
           the
           part
           ,
           and
           discover
           the
           genious
           of
           a
           common
           people
           more
           lively
           ,
           whose
           nature
           is
           still
           thursting
           after
           novelties
           and
           Utopian
           reformations
           ,
           though
           they
           foole
           themselves
           thereby
           into
           a
           baser
           kind
           of
           slavery
           ,
           finding
           when
           't
           is
           too
           late
           those
           sprecious
           idaeas
           ,
           and
           confused
           formes
           of
           Government
           they
           apprehended
           before
           ,
           and
           hugg'd
           in
           their
           own
           conceits
           to
           be
           meet
           absurdities
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           to
           the
           application
           and
           practice
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           Sir
           ,
           the
           most
           advantagious
           instruments
           we
           have
           used
           to
           bring
           all
           this
           about
           ,
           have
           been
           the
           
             Pulpit
          
           and
           the
           
             Presse
             ;
          
           by
           these
           we
           diffus'd
           those
           surmises
           and
           suppositious
           feares
           formerly
           spoken
           of
           ,
           to
           intoxicate
           the
           braines
           of
           the
           people
           :
           In
           stead
           of
           
             Lights
          
           we
           put
           
             Firebrands
          
           into
           their
           Churches
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           we
           did
           dictate
           unto
           them
           ,
           did
           bawle
           out
           nothing
           but
           Sedition
           and
           Bloud
           ,
           we
           have
           made
           some
           of
           them
           to
           bring
           divers
           to
           have
           as
           good
           an
           opinion
           of
           the
           
             Alchoran
          
           as
           of
           their
           Liturgie
           ;
           we
           have
           made
           secular
           
             Ordinances
          
           to
           batter
           down
           all
           ancient
           Ecclesiastick
           
             Canons
             ;
          
           we
           have
           made
           them
           to
           unsaint
           all
           those
           whom
           they
           call
           Apostles
           in
           heaven
           ,
           and
           to
           rob
           their
           Churches
           on
           earth
           ;
           we
           have
           made
           them
           put
           division
           twixt
           the
           
             Trinity
          
           it self
           ;
           we
           have
           made
           their
           Pulpiteers
           to
           preach
           the
           Law
           and
           
             your
             Kingdome
          
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           the
           Gospell
           and
           Heaven
           in
           the
           Chamber
           ;
           we
           have
           brought
           them
           to
           keep
           their
           
             Fast
          
           day
           more
           solemnly
           then
           the
           
             Sabboth
             ,
          
           upon
           which
           ,
           we
           have
           made
           them
           not
           only
           to
           sit
           in
           Counsell
           ,
           but
           to
           put
           in
           execution
           all
           
           designs
           of
           bloud
           .
           But
           the
           main
           ,
           and
           most
           materiall
           thing
           we
           have
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           was
           
             spirituall
             pride
             ,
          
           your
           Majesties
           old
           acquaintance
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           infused
           into
           the
           mind
           of
           every
           Mecanique
           and
           Countrey
           Swaine
           ,
           who
           will
           boldly
           now
           undertake
           to
           expound
           any
           Text
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           New
           or
           Ol
           ,
           dupon
           the
           warrant
           of
           their
           owne
           braines
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           light
           of
           their
           own
           fires
           ;
           Insomuch
           that
           we
           have
           made
           that
           Book
           which
           they
           call
           the
           
             Bible
             ,
          
           that
           was
           ordained
           first
           for
           their
           
             Salvation
             ,
          
           to
           be
           the
           chiefest
           Instrument
           of
           their
           
             Damnation
          
           VVe
           have
           brought
           these
           Exotic
           words
           ,
           
             Plundering
          
           and
           
             Storming
             ,
          
           which
           were
           never
           known
           among
           them
           before
           ,
           and
           that
           once
           abominable
           word
           ,
           
             Excise
             ,
          
           to
           be
           now
           familiar
           among
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           made
           all
           three
           free
           Denizons
           ,
           and
           legitimated
           among
           them
           ;
           VVe
           have
           rais'd
           an
           Army
           of
           the
           dreggs
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           though
           of
           precious
           stuffe
           to
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           so
           puffed
           them
           with
           the
           pride
           of
           their
           good
           successes
           ,
           and
           so
           flesh'd
           them
           in
           Bloud
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           no
           more
           tender
           of
           a
           mans
           or
           womans
           life
           then
           they
           are
           of
           a
           dog
           or
           a
           cats
           ;
           We
           have
           made
           those
           that
           came
           Petitioners
           for
           Peace
           to
           be
           
             murthered
             ,
          
           and
           those
           that
           came
           for
           VVar
           to
           be
           thanked
           and
           
             hugged
             ;
          
           VVe
           have
           reduced
           them
           to
           such
           slavery
           as
           to
           make
           the
           very
           countenances
           of
           men
           to
           be
           commented
           upon
           ,
           and
           their
           very
           thoughts
           to
           be
           plundred
           ;
           We
           have
           made
           the
           mother
           to
           betray
           her
           child
           ,
           the
           child
           the
           father
           ,
           the
           husband
           his
           wife
           ,
           the
           servant
           his
           master
           ;
           VVe
           have
           brought
           a
           perfect
           tyranny
           ore
           their
           very
           
             soules
          
           and
           
             bodies
             ;
          
           upon
           the
           one
           ,
           by
           tedious
           and
           endlesse
           imprisonment
           ,
           with
           the
           forfeiture
           of
           all
           their
           livelihoods
           before
           conviction
           or
           charge
           ;
           upon
           the
           other
           ,
           by
           forcing
           them
           to
           swallow
           contradictory
           Oaths
           .
           On
           that
           foolish
           superstitious
           day
           call'd
           
             Christmas
             ,
          
           with
           other
           Festivalls
           ,
           we
           have
           brought
           them
           to
           shut
           up
           their
           Churches
           ,
           and
           open
           their
           shops
           ,
           so
           that
           in
           time
           they
           will
           forget
           the
           very
           memory
           of
           their
           Saviours
           Incarnation
           ;
           We
           have
           brought
           them
           to
           have
           as
           little
           reverence
           of
           their
           
             Temples
          
           as
           of
           their
           
             Tap-houses
             ,
          
           and
           to
           hold
           the
           
             Church
          
           to
           be
           but
           a
           Charnell-house
           
           of
           rotten
           bones
           ;
           and
           though
           they
           cringe
           ,
           and
           knee
           ,
           and
           stand
           bare
           before
           any
           wrangling
           Bench
           of
           Common
           Pleas
           ,
           yet
           we
           have
           so
           stiffned
           their
           
             joints
             ,
          
           and
           made
           their
           
             heads
          
           so
           tender
           in
           that
           which
           they
           call
           Gods
           House
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           neither
           
             bow
          
           the
           one
           there
           ,
           nor
           scarce
           
             uncover
          
           the
           other
           ;
           We
           have
           fil'd
           lately
           the
           Tribunals
           in
           
             Westminster
          
           Hall
           with
           Favourers
           of
           your
           Cause
           ,
           which
           makes
           some
           of
           them
           look
           rather
           like
           
             Iuglers
          
           than
           
             Iudges
             ;
          
           We
           have
           made
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           Law
           to
           be
           term'd
           but
           Formalities
           ;
           We
           have
           caus'd
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           to
           be
           torne
           to
           a
           thousand
           flitters
           ,
           and
           stretched
           the
           privilege
           of
           the
           Commons
           so
           wide
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           swallowed
           up
           all
           other
           ;
           We
           have
           grub'd
           up
           and
           cast
           away
           those
           hopefull
           Plants
           that
           grew
           in
           their
           two
           
             Seminaries
          
           of
           Learning
           ,
           and
           set
           in
           their
           room
           grafts
           of
           our
           own
           choice
           .
           And
           Sir
           ,
           your
           precious
           children
           ,
           and
           our
           deare
           brethren
           ,
           the
           Angels
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           have
           comported
           themselves
           notably
           for
           the
           improvement
           of
           your
           Majesties
           service
           in
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           into
           whom
           we
           have
           infus'd
           such
           principles
           that
           
             Machiavill
          
           himself
           were
           he
           alive
           there
           ,
           would
           be
           accounted
           a
           Baby
           in
           comparison
           of
           them
           .
           Among
           divers
           other
           wholsome
           maximes
           ,
           we
           have
           instill'd
           this
           into
           their
           braines
           ,
           that
           
             Villanies
             must
             be
             supported
             by
             Villaines
             ,
             and
             mischief
             cannot
             be
             safe
             but
             by
             attempting
             greater
             ;
          
           We
           have
           made
           the
           wealth
           of
           Town
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           of
           poore
           and
           rich
           ,
           to
           glitter
           in
           Plunder
           upon
           their
           backs
           ;
           We
           make
           them
           to
           command
           Free-quarter
           of
           those
           who
           who
           were
           fitter
           to
           aske
           
             them
          
           Almes
           ;
           We
           have
           made
           them
           to
           rifle
           the
           Monuments
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           to
           rob
           the
           Lazaretto
           ,
           to
           strip
           the
           Orphane
           and
           Widow
           ,
           to
           violate
           and
           pillage
           all
           things
           that
           were
           dedicated
           to
           God
           ;
           We
           have
           made
           them
           wreek
           their
           revenge
           upon
           the
           very
           vegetables
           ,
           to
           make
           socks
           of
           Surplices
           ,
           to
           water
           their
           beasts
           at
           the
           Font
           ,
           to
           feed
           them
           on
           the
           Communion
           Table
           ,
           and
           to
           terme
           the
           thing
           they
           call
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           a
           Two
           penny
           Banquet
           :
           Sir
           ,
           we
           have
           turn'd
           supposed
           
             Superstition
          
           to
           absolute
           
             Prophanesse
             ,
          
           Government
           to
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           Freedome
           to
           pure
           Slavery
           ;
           We
           have
           brought
           their
           King
           to
           live
           
           in
           a
           manner
           upon
           Charity
           ,
           and
           His
           Queen
           to
           beg
           of
           the
           French
           Friers
           ,
           and
           His
           Children
           to
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           Runnagates
           up
           and
           downe
           the
           world
           ;
           We
           have
           so
           intoxicated
           that
           deare
           Daughter
           of
           yours
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           that
           she
           knowes
           not
           which
           way
           to
           turn
           her self
           ;
           And
           whereas
           her
           Apprentices
           did
           rise
           up
           like
           
             Tigers
          
           against
           their
           King
           ,
           they
           are
           now
           become
           as
           so
           many
           silly
           
             Sheepe
          
           against
           our
           Army
           ;
           We
           have
           puzzled
           them
           with
           such
           vertiginous
           fancies
           and
           feares
           among
           themselves
           ,
           that
           one
           neighbour
           dare
           not
           trust
           the
           other
           .
           To
           conclude
           Sir
           ,
           we
           have
           eclips'd
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           we
           have
           made
           them
           by
           all
           people
           far
           and
           near
           that
           ever
           had
           knowledge
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           pittied
           by
           some
           ,
           to
           be
           derided
           by
           others
           ,
           to
           be
           scorn'd
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           to
           become
           the
           very
           taile
           of
           all
           Nations
           ;
           In
           fine
           Sir
           ,
           we
           have
           brought
           that
           Kingdom
           to
           such
           a
           passe
           of
           confusion
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           fit
           place
           only
           for
           your
           Imperial
           
             Phlegetontic
          
           Majesty
           to
           inhabit
           ;
           And
           Sir
           ,
           there
           's
           never
           a
           Crosse
           now
           there
           fright
           you
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           upon
           their
           Coines
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           wheron
           they
           leave
           Crosses
           to
           be
           still
           in
           honour
           of
           your
           
             Plutonian
          
           Highnesse
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           
             Dis
             ,
          
           and
           God
           of
           riches
           .
        
         
           
             Megaera
          
           having
           thus
           given
           up
           her
           account
           in
           behalf
           of
           her self
           and
           her
           two
           Sisters
           ,
           they
           all
           bowed
           their
           snaky
           heads
           down
           to
           their
           feet
           ,
           which
           were
           toed
           with
           Scorpions
           ,
           before
           the
           black
           Throne
           of
           
             Pluto
             ,
          
           who
           giving
           a
           humme
           that
           made
           all
           Hell
           to
           tremble
           ,
           answered
           thus
           :
        
         
           MY
           pretious
           and
           most
           trusty
           
             Tartarean
          
           Daughters
           ,
           we
           highly
           approve
           of
           the
           supererogatory
           service
           you
           have
           done
           us
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           the
           Stygian
           Empire
           upon
           earth
           ,
           and
           specially
           in
           great
           
             Brittany
             :
          
           we
           have
           sued
           a
           long
           time
           to
           have
           a
           Lease
           of
           that
           Iland
           (
           touching
           
             Scotland
          
           we
           have
           no
           mind
           to
           go
           thither
           our self
           )
           and
           we
           hope
           to
           obtaine
           it
           ;
           therefore
           when
           you
           have
           visited
           those
           of
           that
           Nation
           whom
           you
           have
           sent
           hither
           already
           to
           people
           this
           
             P●t
             ,
          
           I
           would
           have
           you
           returne
           thither
           ,
           and
           prepare
           that
           place
           for
           one
           of
           my
           principall
           habitations
           :
           The
           proper'st
           instrument
           you
           are
           to
           employ
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Army
             ,
          
           and
           
           you
           must
           continue
           to
           infuse
           such
           principles
           into
           their
           heads
           ,
           that
           they
           never
           desist
           till
           they
           have
           quite
           thrust
           out
           
             Religionem
             ex
             solo
             ,
             Regem
             ex
             solio
             ,
          
           and
           
             Dominium
             ex
             salo
             .
          
           
             
               Nec
               sic
               recedant
               odia
               ,
               vivaces
               agat
            
             
               Violentus
               iras
               animus
               ,
               &
               saevus
               furor
            
             
               Eterna
               bella
               pace
               sublata
               gerat
               .
            
          
        
         
           Make
           Rebell
           to
           fight
           against
           Rebell
           ,
           Independant
           against
           Presbyterian
           ,
           London
           against
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           all
           against
           the
           
             Cavalier
             ,
          
           till
           that
           Nation
           be
           wholly
           extinguish'd
           ,
           that
           one
           may
           not
           be
           left
           to
           pisse
           against
           a
           wall
           ;
           Let
           them
           never
           rest
           till
           they
           have
           made
           an
           end
           of
           the
           King
           who
           is
           our
           greatest
           enemy
           ;
           Let
           those
           Idolatrous
           
             Bishops
          
           which
           in
           that
           idle
           legend
           their
           
             Gospell
          
           are
           call'd
           
             Angells
             ,
          
           be
           utterly
           extirpated
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           name
           of
           them
           banish'd
           for
           ever
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Tarquins
          
           were
           once
           at
           
             Rome
             ;
          
           Let
           not
           a
           Church
           or
           Chappell
           ,
           or
           any
           consecrated
           place
           stand
           in
           the
           whole
           Isle
           ,
           I
           intend
           to
           have
           a
           new
           Almanack
           of
           Saints
           made
           at
           my
           comming
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           some
           Star-gazers
           there
           already
           fit
           for
           my
           purpose
           ;
           make
           haste
           ,
           for
           feare
           a
           peace
           be
           shuffled
           up
           on
           a
           sudden
           ,
           and
           acquit
           your selves
           of
           your
           duties
           ,
           and
           I
           may
           chance
           get
           you
           
             Scotland
          
           for
           your
           reward
           .
        
         
           The
           three
           Furies
           with
           a
           most
           profound
           reverence
           replied
           ,
           May
           it
           please
           your
           Majestie
           ,
           your
           Ferriman
           
             Charon
          
           is
           hourely
           so
           pester'd
           with
           such
           multitudes
           of
           English
           and
           Scots
           Round-heads
           ,
           that
           we
           were
           forced
           to
           stay
           a
           long
           time
           ere
           we
           could
           get
           a
           passage
           hither
           ,
           and
           we
           feare
           we
           shall
           be
           so
           hindred
           againe
           ;
           therefore
           we
           most
           humbly
           desire
           for
           our
           expedition
           ,
           that
           your
           Highnesse
           would
           vouchsafe
           to
           give
           us
           a
           speciall
           warrant
           to
           be
           serv'd
           first
           with
           a
           
             non
             obstante
          
           when
           we
           come
           to
           the
           bankes
           of
           
             Styx
             .
          
           You
           shall
           deare
           Daughters
           ,
           saith
           
             Pluto
             ,
          
           and
           my
           warrant
           shall
           be
           adressed
           to
           a
           new
           Journey-man
           ,
           an
           English
           Tarpaling
           that
           came
           thither
           lately
           to
           serve
           
             Charon
             ,
          
           upon
           whom
           I
           will
           lay
           my
           commands
           of
           purpose
           to
           attend
           you
           upon
           all
           occasions
           .
        
         
           Having
           all
           this
           while
           listned
           unto
           what
           passed
           'twixt
           
             Pluto
             and
             his
             Furies
             ,
          
           my
           Spirit
           lead
           me
           up
           and
           downe
           Hell
           to
           see
           
           the
           various
           sorts
           of
           torments
           that
           are
           there
           ,
           which
           indeed
           are
           innumerable
           :
           the
           first
           I
           beheld
           was
           
             Ixion
             ,
          
           tied
           with
           vipers
           to
           a
           wheele
           ,
           and
           whirld
           about
           perpetually
           ,
           I
           might
           perceive
           a
           multitude
           of
           lesser
           wheeles
           newly
           made
           thereabouts
           ,
           whereunto
           great
           numbers
           of
           English
           ,
           and
           divers
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           were
           bound
           ;
           hard
           by
           I
           might
           discerne
           a
           huge
           company
           of
           windmils
           ,
           and
           bodies
           tied
           with
           ugly
           Snakes
           at
           every
           wing
           ,
           turning
           round
           perpetually
           ;
           a
           little
           further
           there
           were
           a
           great
           many
           broken
           by
           millstones
           ,
           who
           were
           whirld
           with
           them
           perpetually
           about
           ;
           in
           another
           place
           I
           might
           perceive
           black
           whirlepooles
           full
           of
           tormented
           soules
           turning
           incessantly
           about
           :
           I
           asked
           what
           might
           be
           the
           reason
           of
           so
           many
           whirling
           tortures
           ,
           my
           good
           Spirit
           answered
           ,
           all
           these
           except
           
             Ixions
          
           wheele
           are
           new
           torments
           appointed
           for
           english
           
             Roundheads
             ,
          
           who
           have
           destroy'd
           from
           foundation
           to
           top
           ,
           all
           Government
           both
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           and
           as
           their
           brains
           turn'd
           round
           there
           ,
           after
           every
           wind
           of
           Doctrin
           ,
           so
           their
           souls
           turn
           here
           in
           perpetuall
           paines
           of
           rotation
           :
           A
           little
           further
           I
           spied
           
             Prometheus
          
           removed
           thither
           from
           
             Caucasis
             ,
          
           with
           a
           ravenous
           Vulture
           tearing
           and
           feeding
           upon
           his
           Liver
           ,
           which
           as
           one
           part
           was
           eaten
           ,
           renewed
           presently
           after
           ,
           and
           abundance
           of
           new
           commers
           were
           tormented
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           these
           I
           was
           told
           were
           English
           men
           also
           that
           are
           punished
           like
           
             Prometheus
             ,
          
           because
           as
           he
           is
           tortured
           so
           for
           stealing
           fire
           from
           heaven
           ,
           so
           those
           
             fierie
             Zelots
          
           of
           
             England
          
           would
           presumptuously
           pry
           into
           the
           secret
           ,
           and
           Cabinet
           Counsels
           of
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           dive
           into
           those
           high
           points
           of
           Predestination
           ,
           Election
           ,
           and
           Reprobation
           ,
           being
           not
           contented
           
             sapere
             ad
             sobrietatem
             ,
          
           but
           expect
           ever
           and
           anon
           to
           have
           new
           lights
           and
           flashes
           of
           illuminations
           .
           Then
           came
           I
           to
           the
           bottomlesse
           tub
           which
           
             Danaus
          
           Daughters
           were
           a
           filling
           ,
           a
           numberlesse
           company
           of
           other
           such
           tubs
           were
           there
           ,
           and
           English
           women
           and
           men
           were
           incessantly
           labouring
           to
           fill
           them
           up
           with
           the
           stenchy
           black
           waters
           of
           
             Acheron
             :
          
           Those
           I
           was
           told
           were
           those
           over-curious
           people
           in
           
             England
          
           which
           would
           be
           never
           satisfied
           with
           
           Christian
           Knowledge
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           other
           devotion
           then
           to
           be
           
             alwaies
             learning
             and
             never
             comming
             to
             the
             Truth
             ,
          
           as
           these
           restlesse
           fillers
           never
           come
           to
           the
           bottome
           ;
           Then
           I
           beheld
           the
           most
           horrid
           tortures
           of
           those
           Giants
           that
           would
           have
           thust
           
             Iove
          
           out
           of
           heaven
           ,
           and
           a
           world
           of
           English
           among
           them
           ,
           who
           partaked
           of
           the
           same
           punishments
           ,
           because
           they
           had
           conspired
           upon
           earth
           to
           dethrone
           their
           lawfull
           King
           ;
           Not
           far
           further
           I
           might
           espie
           glowing
           fiery
           tubs
           made
           Pulpit
           like
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           told
           they
           were
           prepared
           for
           those
           profane
           and
           presumptuous
           Mecanicks
           and
           other
           Lay
           men
           ,
           who
           use
           to
           preach
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           abuse
           the
           Sacred
           Oracles
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           
             Vzza
          
           was
           not
           far
           off
           tormented
           there
           for
           being
           so
           bold
           with
           the
           
             Arke
             ;
          
           A
           little
           thereabouts
           I
           saw
           hoopes
           of
           Iron
           were
           made
           
             Garter-like
          
           ,
           of
           hot
           glowing
           steele
           ,
           these
           I
           was
           told
           were
           designed
           for
           those
           perjured
           Knights
           of
           St
           
             George
          
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           to
           weare
           upon
           their
           legs
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           thither
           for
           breaking
           in
           the
           late
           war
           that
           solemn
           Oath
           they
           had
           taken
           at
           their
           instalement
           ,
           to
           
             defend
             the
             honour
             and
             quarrells
             ,
             the
             rights
             and
             dignities
             of
             their
             Soveraigne
             ;
          
           A
           little
           distant
           I
           might
           see
           divers
           brasse
           hoopes
           glowing
           with
           fire
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           scarfe-like
           ,
           I
           was
           told
           they
           were
           ordained
           for
           those
           Knights
           of
           the
           
             Bath
          
           to
           weare
           for
           Ribbands
           next
           their
           skins
           when
           they
           came
           thither
           ,
           for
           infringing
           that
           Sacred
           Oath
           they
           made
           at
           their
           Election
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           
             To
             love
             their
             Soveraigne
             above
             all
             Earthly
             creatures
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             right
             and
             dignity
             to
             live
             and
             die
             ;
          
           A
           little
           beyond
           I
           saw
           a
           
             Copper
          
           Table
           ,
           with
           Chaires
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           all
           
             candent
             hot
             ,
          
           I
           was
           told
           those
           were
           for
           perjured
           English
           privy
           Concellors
           ,
           who
           had
           bro●k
           their
           Oath
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           they
           took
           
             to
             be
             true
             and
             faithfull
             servants
             unto
             Him
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             knew
             or
             understood
             any
             manner
             of
             thing
             to
             be
             attempted
             ,
             done
             ,
             or
             spoken
             against
             His
             Majesties
             Person
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             Crown
             ,
             or
             Dignity
             ,
             they
             swore
             to
             let
             and
             withstand
             the
             same
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             their
             power
             ,
             and
             cause
             it
             to
             be
             revealed
             ,
             either
             to
             himself
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             of
             his
             Privy
             Councell
             ;
          
           Some
           few
           paces
           off
           I
           might
           descry
           a
           little
           
             round
          
           place
           like
           a
           Porters
           Lodgeat
           Court
           with
           a
           Fane
           
           on
           the
           top
           of
           it
           ,
           where
           was
           a
           new
           kind
           of
           exquisite
           torment
           provided
           ,
           but
           I
           could
           not
           discerne
           it
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           smoake
           ;
           for
           once
           a
           Secretary
           of
           State
           and
           his
           Son
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           who
           though
           they
           were
           of
           differing
           opinions
           in
           every
           thing
           else
           ,
           yet
           jump'd
           in
           this
           ,
           to
           destroy
           their
           King
           and
           Countrey
           ;
           Hard
           by
           ,
           I
           saw
           a
           little
           furnace
           so
           candent
           glowing
           hot
           that
           it
           look'd
           of
           the
           colour
           of
           a
           Rubie
           or
           
             Carbuncle
             ,
          
           I
           was
           told
           that
           was
           to
           clap
           in
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Kings
           Jewell-house
           when
           he
           comes
           thither
           ,
           for
           being
           so
           perfidious
           and
           so
           perjurious
           to
           his
           Master
           ;
           I
           asked
           whether
           there
           were
           any
           other
           infernall
           tortures
           besides
           
             fire
             ,
          
           yes
           I
           was
           answered
           ,
           for
           to
           speake
           of
           fire
           to
           a
           people
           habituated
           to
           a
           cold
           clime
           ,
           were
           not
           only
           to
           make
           them
           to
           slight
           Hell
           ,
           but
           to
           invite
           them
           to
           come
           to
           it
           ;
           So
           my
           Spirit
           brought
           me
           Northward
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           shew'd
           me
           a
           huge
           lough
           ,
           where
           there
           were
           
             frosted
          
           mountaines
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           and
           I
           might
           discover
           among
           them
           a
           world
           of
           
             Blewcaps
          
           lying
           in
           beds
           of
           Ice
           with
           their
           noses
           and
           toes
           nipt
           ,
           the
           icesicles
           stucke
           to
           their
           fingers
           ends
           like
           hornes
           ,
           and
           a
           bleak
           hispid
           wind
           blew
           incessantly
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           made
           the
           most
           pitious
           noise
           that
           me
           thought
           I
           heard
           in
           all
           Hell
           ;
           for
           they
           wawld
           ,
           screechd
           ,
           and
           howld
           out
           ever
           and
           anone
           this
           note
           ,
           
             Weae
             is
             me
             ,
             wea
             is
             me
             ,
             that
             ever
             I
             betrayd
             my
             gid
             King
             .
          
        
         
           Among
           all
           these
           damned
           soules
           ,
           I
           desired
           to
           see
           what
           punishment
           an
           
             Atheist
          
           had
           :
           my
           Spirit
           answered
           me
           ,
           there
           were
           no
           Athiests
           in
           Hell
           at
           all
           ,
           they
           were
           so
           on
           earth
           before
           they
           came
           hither
           ,
           and
           here
           they
           sensibly
           find
           and
           acknowledge
           there
           is
           a
           God
           by
           his
           
             Iustice
             and
             Iudgement
             :
          
           For
           there
           is
           here
           
             paena
             sensus
             ,
          
           and
           
             paena
             damni
             ;
          
           the
           outward
           torments
           you
           behold
           is
           not
           so
           grievous
           as
           the
           inferiour
           regrets
           and
           agonies
           the
           soules
           have
           to
           have
           lost
           Heaven
           ,
           whereof
           they
           were
           once
           capable
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           eternally
           forsaken
           by
           their
           Creator
           ;
           adde
           hereunto
           that
           they
           know
           these
           torments
           to
           be
           endlesse
           ,
           easelesse
           ,
           and
           remedilesse
           :
           Besides
           these
           qualities
           that
           are
           incident
           to
           the
           damned
           soules
           ,
           they
           have
           neither
           
             patience
          
           towards
           themselves
           in
           their
           owne
           
           suffrances
           ,
           nor
           
             pitty
          
           towards
           others
           ,
           but
           their
           nature
           is
           so
           accursed
           ,
           that
           they
           wish
           their
           neighbors
           torments
           to
           be
           greater
           then
           their
           own
           :
           Besides
           ,
           their
           torments
           never
           lessen
           either
           by
           tract
           of
           time
           or
           degree
           of
           sence
           ,
           but
           they
           persever
           alwaies
           the
           same
           ;
           they
           are
           still
           fresh
           ,
           and
           the
           soule
           able
           to
           beare
           them
           .
           I
           saw
           that
           
             everlasting
             Villaine
          
           who
           committed
           the
           first
           Sacrilege
           we
           read
           of
           ,
           by
           burning
           
             Dianas
          
           Temple
           ,
           and
           his
           torments
           were
           as
           fresh
           and
           violent
           upon
           him
           as
           they
           were
           the
           first
           day
           he
           was
           thrown
           in
           thither
           ;
           
             Iudas
          
           was
           in
           the
           same
           degree
           and
           strength
           of
           torture
           as
           the
           first
           moment
           he
           fell
           thither
           ;
           
             Iack
             Cade
             ,
             Wat
             Tyler
             ,
             Iack
             Straw
             Kit
             the
             Tanner
          
           did
           fry
           there
           as
           fresh
           as
           they
           did
           that
           instant
           they
           were
           cast
           thither
           :
           Amongst
           whom
           it
           made
           my
           heart
           to
           melt
           within
           me
           to
           see
           some
           of
           their
           new-com'd
           Countreymen
           amongst
           them
           ,
           whereof
           I
           knew
           divers
           :
           And
           though
           
             Society
          
           useth
           to
           be
           some
           
             solace
          
           to
           men
           in
           misery
           ,
           yet
           they
           conceived
           no
           comfort
           at
           all
           by
           these
           fresh
           companions
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           high
           time
           for
           us
           now
           said
           my
           good
           guiding
           Angell
           to
           be
           gone
           to
           the
           other
           world
           ,
           so
           we
           directed
           our
           course
           towards
           the
           Ferry
           upon
           
             Styx
             ;
          
           Lord
           ,
           what
           varities
           of
           lurid
           ,
           and
           ugly
           squalid
           countenances
           did
           I
           behold
           as
           I
           passed
           !
           There
           was
           one
           sort
           of
           torment
           I
           had
           not
           seene
           before
           ,
           there
           were
           divers
           that
           hung
           by
           their
           tongues
           upon
           posts
           up
           and
           down
           ;
           I
           asked
           what
           they
           were
           ,
           answer
           was
           made
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           English
           Divines
           ,
           and
           Lawyers
           ,
           who
           against
           their
           
             Knowledge
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           their
           
             Consciences
             ,
          
           did
           seduce
           the
           ignorant
           people
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           the
           late
           Civill
           Warre
           .
           A
           little
           further
           I
           might
           see
           abundance
           of
           
             Committee-men
          
           and
           others
           ,
           slopping
           up
           drops
           of
           moulten
           lead
           in
           lieu
           of
           French-barley
           broath
           ,
           with
           a
           rabble
           of
           Apprentices
           
           sweeping
           the
           gutters
           of
           Hell
           ,
           with
           brooms
           tufted
           with
           Addars
           and
           Snakes
           ,
           because
           they
           resorting
           to
           the
           Wars
           ,
           had
           thereby
           broke
           their
           Indentures
           with
           their
           Masters
           ,
           and
           their
           Oaths
           of
           Supremacy
           to
           their
           Prince
           .
        
         
           Passing
           then
           along
           towards
           the
           Ferry
           ,
           a
           world
           of
           hideous
           shapes
           presented
           themselves
           unto
           me
           ;
           there
           I
           saw
           
             Corroding
             cares
             ,
             panick
             feares
             ,
             pining
             grief
             ,
             lethargy
             ,
             sleep
             ,
             ugly
             rebellion
             ,
             revengefull
             malice
             ,
             snakie
             discord
             ,
             and
             spirituall
             pride
             ,
          
           the
           sin
           that
           first
           peopled
           Hell
           :
           Couches
           of
           Toads
           ,
           Adders
           ,
           and
           Scorpions
           in
           a
           corner
           hard
           by
           ,
           I
           ask'd
           for
           whom
           they
           were
           prepared
           ,
           I
           was
           answered
           ,
           for
           some
           English
           
             Evangelizing
             ,
             Anabaptisticall
             ,
             and
             Legislative
             Ladies
             ,
          
           which
           make
           writing
           of
           Notes
           at
           Sermons
           ,
           and
           Religion
           a
           meere
           vaile
           to
           cover
           their
           hypocrisie
           ;
           So
           having
           me
           thought
           by
           a
           miraculous
           providence
           charm'd
           
             Cerberus
          
           by
           pointing
           at
           him
           with
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Crosse
           upon
           the
           fingers
           ,
           we
           passed
           quietly
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           being
           come
           to
           the
           Ferry
           ,
           I
           found
           true
           what
           
             Pluto
          
           had
           said
           before
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           new
           English
           
             Tarpaulin
          
           entertained
           by
           
             Charon
             ,
          
           but
           he
           was
           in
           a
           most
           cruell
           torture
           ,
           for
           his
           body
           was
           covered
           thicke
           all
           over
           with
           Pitch
           and
           Tarre
           ,
           which
           burnt
           and
           flam'd
           round
           about
           him
           :
           And
           here
           the
           
             Trance
          
           left
           me
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           come
           out
           of
           this
           sad
           swound
           ,
           I
           began
           by
           a
           serious
           recollection
           of
           my self
           to
           recall
           to
           my
           thoughts
           those
           dismall
           and
           dreadfull
           objects
           that
           had
           appeared
           unto
           me
           ;
           for
           though
           I
           was
           in
           Hell
           I
           did
           not
           taste
           of
           
             Lethe
          
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           did
           not
           forget
           any
           thing
           that
           I
           had
           seen
           ;
           all
           things
           seem'd
           to
           appeare
           unto
           me
           so
           really
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           had
           been
           of
           that
           opinion
           (
           wherof
           many
           have
           been
           )
           that
           Devills
           are
           
             nothing
             else
             but
             the
             ill
             affections
             ,
             the
             exorbitant
             passions
             ,
             and
             perturbances
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
          
           it
           had
           been
           able
           
           to
           have
           convinced
           me
           .
           The
           Reader
           may
           easily
           imagine
           what
           apprehensions
           of
           horror
           these
           apparitions
           left
           in
           my
           braine
           :
           For
           as
           a
           River
           being
           by
           an
           inundation
           swell'd
           out
           of
           her
           wonted
           Channell
           leaves
           along
           the
           neighbouring
           Medowes
           seggs
           and
           sands
           ,
           and
           much
           riff-raff
           stuffe
           behind
           her
           upon
           her
           return
           to
           her
           former
           bed
           ;
           So
           did
           this
           
             Extasis
             ,
          
           with
           that
           deluge
           of
           objects
           wherewith
           it
           overwhelm'd
           my
           braine
           ,
           leave
           behind
           it
           blacke
           sudds
           ,
           and
           gastly
           thoughts
           with
           in
           me
           ,
           which
           have
           done
           me
           no
           hurt
           I
           thank
           God
           for
           it
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           true
           rule
           that
           
             Malum
             cognitum
             facilius
             evitatur
             :
          
           And
           I
           wish
           they
           may
           produce
           the
           same
           effects
           in
           the
           Reader
           as
           they
           did
           in
           the
           Author
           .
           VVe
           find
           in
           the
           Sacred
           Oracles
           that
           
             Dives
          
           in
           his
           discourse
           from
           Hell
           with
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           wish'd
           that
           some
           body
           might
           be
           sent
           from
           the
           dead
           to
           informe
           and
           reclaime
           his
           Brothers
           upon
           earth
           ,
           because
           the
           words
           of
           a
           
             dead
             man
          
           would
           gaine
           more
           credit
           with
           them
           then
           any
           others
           .
           Let
           the
           Readers
           of
           this
           
             Trance
          
           make
           account
           that
           the
           Author
           was
           
             such
             a
             one
             ;
          
           for
           he
           hath
           been
           
             buried
          
           many
           years
           ,
           and
           so
           let
           it
           work
           within
           him
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .