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             Popish
             Treachery
          
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           Short
           and
           New
           Account
           OF
           THE
           Horrid
           Cruelties
           Exercised
           on
           the
           PROTESTANTS
           IN
           FRANCE
           .
           Being
           a
           true
           Prospect
           of
           what
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           the
           most
           solemn
           Promises
           of
           Roman
           Catholick
           Princes
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           Letter
           from
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           to
           one
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           made
           English
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Richard
             Baldwin
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Old-Baily
           .
           MDCLXXXIX
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             POPISH
             TREACHERY
          
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           Short
           and
           New
           Account
           OF
           THE
           HORRID
           CRUELTIES
           Exercised
           in
           France
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
         
         
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           Preface
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           long
           since
           this
           Letter
           was
           writ
           to
           me
           by
           a
           French
           Gentleman
           ,
           at
           my
           Request
           ,
           and
           for
           my
           particular
           Satisfaction
           ;
           who
           as
           he
           is
           a
           Person
           of
           much
           Worth
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           has
           been
           an
           Eye-witness
           of
           most
           of
           the
           things
           whereof
           he
           speaks
           ,
           so
           the
           readier
           Faith
           and
           greater
           Credit
           ought
           to
           be
           given
           to
           them
           .
           But
           his
           Testimony
           alone
           need
           not
           to
           be
           rely'd
           on
           for
           the
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           he
           here
           relates
           ,
           
           there
           are
           thousands
           of
           other
           
             French
             Protestants
          
           ,
           now
           in
           England
           ,
           that
           confirm
           the
           truth
           of
           all
           ;
           and
           who
           having
           felt
           the
           smart
           of
           a
           severe
           Persecution
           in
           France
           ,
           are
           fled
           from
           thence
           to
           avoid
           the
           extream
           Fury
           and
           insupportable
           Violence
           thereof
           .
           Now
           the
           unquestionable
           Evidence
           I
           have
           for
           the
           certainty
           of
           what
           is
           advanced
           in
           the
           following
           Account
           ,
           and
           the
           desire
           of
           many
           to
           see
           it
           Published
           in
           English
           ,
           has
           made
           me
           consent
           so
           to
           expose
           it
           ,
           hoping
           it
           may
           give
           some
           seasonable
           Information
           ,
           and
           Satisfaction
           ,
           to
           our
           People
           .
        
         
           For
           though
           most
           of
           them
           may
           have
           heard
           much
           talk
           of
           a
           Persecution
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           have
           Generously
           and
           Bountifully
           contributed
           
           their
           Charity
           towards
           the
           Relief
           of
           those
           Miserable
           Persecuted
           
             French
             Protestants
          
           ,
           who
           are
           come
           hither
           for
           Refuge
           and
           Succour
           ,
           yet
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           that
           very
           few
           of
           them
           know
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           Cruel
           manner
           wherewith
           the
           Barbarous
           and
           Inhuman
           Papists
           have
           pursued
           that
           Persecution
           ;
           this
           is
           what
           they
           will
           find
           set
           down
           in
           short
           ,
           in
           the
           little
           Relation
           here
           presented
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           may
           there
           see
           a
           Notorious
           Example
           of
           the
           base
           Treachery
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Cruelties
           which
           it
           holds
           ,
           as
           a
           Point
           of
           Religion
           ,
           to
           make
           Protestants
           suffer
           ;
           over
           whom
           it
           pretends
           to
           have
           a
           Soveraign
           and
           Absolute
           Dominion
           .
           So
           this
           little
           History
           not
           being
           perplex'd
           
           and
           embarressed
           with
           numerous
           and
           tedious
           Circumstances
           ,
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           may
           thereby
           easily
           inform
           themselves
           of
           this
           Persecution
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           we
           ordinarily
           desire
           to
           know
           of
           such
           Events
           .
           And
           besides
           that
           Charity
           of
           our
           poor
           Persecuted
           Brethren
           and
           Fellow
           Protestants
           makes
           us
           concern'd
           therein
           ,
           as
           being
           equally
           Objects
           of
           the
           Hatred
           and
           Oppression
           of
           Popery
           ,
           so
           it
           may
           serve
           to
           prompt
           us
           to
           some
           Reflections
           for
           our
           own
           Interest
           :
           
             Nam
             tua
             res
             agitur
             parces
             cum
             proximus
             ardet
             .
          
           When
           our
           Neighbours
           House
           is
           on
           Fire
           ,
           it
           behooves
           us
           to
           take
           Care
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           all
           Lawful
           and
           Convenient
           means
           to
           Preserve
           it
           from
           
           the
           Rage
           and
           Fury
           of
           a
           
             Merciless
             Enemy
          
           .
           Such
           has
           Popery
           ever
           been
           to
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           from
           it
           ,
           Good
           Lord
           still
           Deliver
           England
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Ppoish
           Treachery
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           Short
           and
           New
           Account
           OF
           THE
           HORRID
           CRVELTIES
           Exercised
           on
           the
           PROTESTANTS
           IN
           FRANCE
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Cannot
           but
           wonder
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           you
           ,
           that
           no
           History
           of
           the
           Persecution
           of
           the
           French
           Protestants
           ,
           has
           yet
           appeared
           in
           your
           Language
           :
           'T
           is
           to
           be
           wished
           it
           were
           
           well
           known
           to
           all
           people
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           there
           see
           Popery
           in
           its
           true
           Colours
           ,
           and
           be
           taught
           by
           that
           great
           Example
           ,
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           the
           promises
           it
           makes
           ,
           are
           but
           Lyes
           and
           Snares
           ,
           to
           deceive
           the
           honest
           Faith
           and
           good
           Nature
           of
           other
           Men.
           They
           would
           there
           see
           ,
           likewise
           ,
           how
           by
           little
           and
           little
           it
           advanceth
           its
           Affairs
           ,
           still
           swearing
           that
           it
           has
           no
           design
           to
           proceed
           any
           further
           ;
           and
           how
           it
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           adds
           Inhumanity
           to
           Perfidiousness
           ,
           when
           it
           has
           once
           got
           to
           be
           uppermost
           :
           But
           we
           had
           enough
           to
           convince
           us
           of
           the
           Treacherous
           and
           Bloody
           Spirit
           of
           Popery
           ,
           without
           the
           History
           of
           this
           late
           Persecution
           .
           The
           Massacre
           of
           the
           Waldenses
           so
           often
           reiterated
           :
           The
           general
           Massacre
           of
           the
           Protestants
           all
           over
           Europe
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Reformation
           :
           The
           Persecution
           and
           Massacre
           of
           the
           Low-Countries
           ,
           under
           Philip
           the
           Second
           :
           The
           Massacre
           of
           St.
           Bartholomew
           in
           France
           :
           The
           Gun-powder
           Treason
           in
           England
           :
           The
           Massacre
           of
           Ireland
           :
           The
           last
           Persecution
           of
           Hungary
           ;
           and
           the
           late
           one
           of
           the
           Valleys
           
           of
           Piedmont
           ,
           shew
           sufficiently
           ,
           how
           that
           Communion
           thirsts
           after
           the
           Blood
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           is
           Ingenious
           in
           satiating
           it self
           therewith
           ,
           from
           time
           to
           time
           .
           However
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           since
           you
           desire
           it
           ,
           I
           will
           here
           draw
           you
           a
           short
           Scheme
           of
           that
           great
           Persecution
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           an
           Eternal
           Advertisement
           to
           all
           Protestants
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           Popery
           spares
           neither
           Oaths
           nor
           Promises
           to
           delude
           them
           ,
           and
           sticks
           at
           no
           Frauds
           nor
           Violences
           to
           obliterate
           them
           totally
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ,
           from
           off
           the
           face
           the
           Earth
           .
           And
           this
           Relation
           I
           am
           now
           going
           to
           make
           you
           ,
           will
           be
           so
           much
           the
           more
           faithful
           ,
           as
           that
           I
           shall
           say
           nothing
           therein
           ,
           but
           what
           my
           own
           Eyes
           have
           seen
           ,
           or
           what
           I
           other
           ways
           know
           for
           certain
           Truth
           .
        
         
           The
           Protestants
           of
           France
           ,
           liv'd
           under
           the
           Faith
           of
           many
           Edicts
           ,
           which
           promised
           them
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           equal
           Priviledges
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           French
           ;
           the
           most
           considerable
           of
           their
           Edicts
           was
           that
           of
           
             Nantes
             .
             Henry
          
           the
           Fourth
           ,
           Grandfather
           of
           His
           present
           Majesty
           ,
           having
           by
           
           their
           Assistance
           and
           Fidelity
           ,
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           League
           which
           the
           Papists
           had
           made
           ,
           to
           hinder
           him
           from
           getting
           into
           the
           Throne
           ,
           was
           desirous
           to
           recompence
           the
           Blood
           and
           Lives
           which
           the
           Hugonots
           had
           expended
           for
           his
           Service
           ;
           and
           he
           did
           it
           by
           that
           famous
           Edict
           which
           gave
           them
           the
           same
           Priviledges
           as
           his
           other
           Subjects
           enjoy'd
           ,
           and
           he
           granted
           it
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           for
           ever
           ,
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           PERPETVAL
           and
           IRREVOCABLE
           ;
           so
           it
           was
           ,
           as
           a
           Law
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           which
           was
           confirm'd
           by
           the
           Kings
           ,
           at
           their
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           has
           been
           expressly
           so
           ,
           by
           many
           Edicts
           of
           Lewis
           the
           13th
           ,
           and
           of
           Lewis
           the
           14th
           ,
           now
           Reigning
           .
        
         
           When
           this
           King
           came
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           he
           was
           very
           Young
           ;
           the
           Prince
           of
           Conde
           stirr'd
           up
           Civil
           Wars
           to
           ravish
           it
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Papists
           sided
           with
           him
           ,
           but
           the
           Protestants
           were
           all
           of
           a
           constant
           and
           uncorrupted
           Fidelity
           to
           their
           Soveraign
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           made
           all
           the
           Prince's
           Designs
           prove
           Abortive
           ,
           and
           preserv'd
           the
           Scepter
           to
           him
           that
           yet
           bears
           it
           .
           
           After
           which
           ,
           he
           gave
           them
           a
           publick
           Declaration
           of
           his
           acknowledgment
           ,
           and
           assur'd
           them
           of
           his
           favour
           and
           protection
           ,
           during
           his
           whole
           Reign
           ;
           but
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           he
           gave
           this
           publick
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           other
           private
           ones
           to
           particulalar
           persons
           ,
           he
           even
           then
           began
           to
           form
           a
           design
           of
           ruining
           those
           who
           had
           saved
           him
           :
           He
           made
           reflection
           ,
           that
           since
           ,
           by
           their
           means
           ,
           he
           had
           been
           settled
           in
           his
           Throne
           ,
           they
           might
           ,
           in
           an
           other
           occasion
           ,
           shake
           him
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           upon
           this
           reflection
           it
           was
           that
           he
           resolved
           to
           ruine
           them
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           in
           effect
           done
           .
        
         
           At
           first
           ,
           he
           began
           with
           retrenching
           ,
           by
           degrees
           ,
           all
           the
           Hugonots
           from
           his
           House
           ,
           who
           had
           any
           Imployment
           therein
           ,
           and
           the
           which
           he
           had
           given
           them
           as
           a
           recompence
           of
           their
           faithful
           service
           to
           him
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           a
           Souldier
           in
           his
           whole
           Guards
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           of
           his
           own
           Religion
           :
           Merit
           was
           no
           longer
           consider'd
           in
           their
           persons
           ;
           he
           no
           more
           advanc'd
           any
           of
           them
           to
           the
           places
           of
           Trust
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           he
           put
           
           out
           those
           he
           had
           formerly
           preferred
           thereto
           ;
           and
           he
           set
           forth
           divers
           Declarations
           ,
           prohibiting
           them
           all
           kind
           of
           Offices
           ,
           Arts
           and
           Trades
           ,
           so
           that
           none
           but
           Papists
           could
           exercise
           ,
           or
           profess
           any
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           ,
           vast
           numbers
           of
           Protestants
           were
           reduc'd
           to
           inevitable
           misery
           .
        
         
           He
           took
           their
           Colledges
           and
           Schools
           away
           from
           them
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           had
           no
           Master
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           to
           teach
           their
           Children
           either
           to
           Read
           or
           Write
           .
           When
           he
           had
           done
           that
           ,
           he
           then
           sent
           Troops
           of
           Missionaries
           into
           all
           the
           Towns
           ,
           to
           gain
           ,
           as
           many
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           by
           cunning
           Tricks
           ,
           or
           price
           of
           Money
           ;
           and
           't
           was
           a
           strange
           thing
           to
           see
           the
           shameful
           Commerce
           this
           people
           made
           ,
           of
           buying
           those
           whom
           extream
           poverty
           oblig'd
           to
           sell
           themselves
           .
           The
           misery
           was
           so
           great
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           forc'd
           to
           turn
           Papists
           ;
           sometimes
           for
           ten
           Crowns
           ,
           sometimes
           for
           five
           ,
           sometimes
           for
           two
           ,
           sometimes
           for
           a
           great
           deal
           less
           .
           These
           Missionaries
           walk'd
           about
           ,
           every
           where
           ,
           with
           Baggs
           of
           money
           in
           their
           Hands
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           space
           of
           two
           
           years
           together
           ,
           one
           saw
           hardly
           any
           other
           Traders
           stirring
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           but
           these
           Dealers
           for
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           bought
           them
           according
           to
           their
           Profession
           ,
           and
           the
           number
           of
           their
           Families
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           Pensions
           ,
           or
           Imployments
           were
           given
           to
           those
           ,
           of
           any
           consideration
           ,
           who
           would
           turn
           Papists
           .
           The
           King
           ,
           by
           a
           Declaration
           ,
           gave
           liberty
           to
           Children
           ,
           at
           seven
           years
           of
           Age
           ,
           to
           choose
           a
           Religion
           ;
           and
           the
           Fathers
           of
           such
           Children
           as
           became
           Papists
           ,
           were
           forced
           to
           give
           them
           yearly
           Pensions
           ,
           and
           always
           more
           than
           what
           they
           were
           well
           able
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           they
           seduced
           abundance
           of
           the
           younger
           sort
           ,
           bringing
           mourning
           and
           desolation
           into
           many
           Families
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           the
           time
           they
           utterly
           ruin'd
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           ,
           they
           forbad
           their
           Minister
           to
           speak
           any
           thing
           of
           Controversie
           ,
           or
           of
           what
           pass'd
           against
           them
           ;
           upon
           which
           prohibition
           ,
           and
           divers
           others
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           ,
           they
           daily
           made
           them
           say
           things
           
           that
           had
           never
           entred
           into
           their
           thoughts
           :
           They
           hired
           false
           Witnesses
           to
           depose
           against
           them
           ,
           who
           were
           often
           reduc'd
           to
           avow
           their
           lying
           Testimonies
           ;
           and
           't
           was
           frequently
           prov'd
           too
           ,
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           had
           suborn'd
           them
           .
           But
           as
           their
           ruine
           was
           absolutely
           sworn
           ,
           so
           nothing
           satisfy'd
           them
           ;
           their
           Estates
           were
           confiscated
           ,
           their
           persons
           cast
           into
           prison
           ,
           banish'd
           ,
           or
           condemn'd
           to
           some
           other
           shameful
           disgrace
           .
           There
           was
           no
           safety
           for
           any
           ,
           they
           found
           ways
           to
           bring
           the
           most
           moderate
           into
           trouble
           ,
           and
           especially
           ,
           to
           destroy
           those
           who
           were
           capable
           of
           giving
           some
           good
           Example
           to
           others
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           degrees
           of
           the
           Desolations
           of
           this
           people
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           tears
           they
           have
           been
           made
           to
           shed
           for
           about
           twenty
           five
           years
           last
           past
           ;
           during
           which
           time
           ,
           no
           body
           possess'd
           in
           peace
           what
           they
           had
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           were
           in
           perpetual
           inquietudes
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           Children
           .
           But
           these
           were
           only
           the
           beginnings
           of
           their
           Misery
           ,
           and
           the
           Essays
           of
           Popish
           fury
           and
           perfidiousness
           :
           Whilst
           on
           one
           
           hand
           they
           persecuted
           some
           ,
           they
           assured
           others
           that
           the
           King
           had
           no
           design
           against
           their
           Liberty
           .
           In
           almost
           all
           the
           Edicts
           which
           His
           Majesty
           set
           forth
           ,
           he
           inserted
           some
           Article
           to
           lull
           them
           asleep
           :
           He
           said
           ,
           that
           not
           one
           Tittle
           of
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           should
           be
           violated
           :
           And
           he
           insinuated
           ,
           that
           his
           intention
           was
           only
           to
           interdict
           the
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           stop
           there
           .
        
         
           The
           Elector
           of
           Brandenburgh
           having
           had
           the
           bounty
           to
           intercede
           for
           them
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           France
           gave
           him
           an
           Answer
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           many
           of
           the
           Protestants
           Writings
           ;
           by
           which
           he
           assur'd
           His
           Highness
           ,
           That
           so
           long
           as
           he
           liv'd
           ,
           no
           wrong
           should
           be
           done
           to
           his
           Subjects
           of
           the
           Reform'd
           Religion
           ;
           that
           he
           acknowledged
           them
           for
           good
           ones
           ,
           and
           would
           maintain
           them
           in
           all
           their
           Priviledges
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           he
           had
           taken
           from
           them
           many
           of
           these
           priviledges
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           remarkable
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           he
           wrote
           this
           Letter
           to
           his
           Highness
           of
           Brandenburgh
           ,
           he
           in
           the
           very
           self
           same
           instant
           caused
           many
           of
           their
           Temples
           to
           be
           Demolish'd
           ,
           and
           
           others
           to
           be
           shut
           up
           ;
           put
           the
           Ministers
           into
           Prison
           ;
           oppressed
           private
           persons
           with
           heavy
           Injustices
           ;
           and
           made
           those
           to
           mourn
           bitterly
           whom
           he
           said
           he
           would
           protect
           .
           He
           began
           a
           thing
           too
           ,
           which
           had
           never
           been
           heard
           of
           in
           any
           Age
           ,
           not
           even
           in
           the
           Savagest
           Nations
           ,
           or
           the
           most
           remote
           from
           Christianity
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           He
           made
           Children
           to
           be
           taken
           from
           their
           Fathers
           and
           Mothers
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           put
           into
           Convents
           ,
           with
           a
           strict
           charge
           not
           to
           let
           their
           Parents
           see
           them
           ,
           not
           excepting
           even
           persons
           of
           the
           highest
           Birth
           ,
           and
           of
           Families
           to
           which
           he
           had
           obligations
           that
           ought
           never
           to
           have
           been
           forgotten
           by
           him
           .
           He
           took
           away
           seven
           from
           the
           Duke
           
             de
             la
             Force
          
           ,
           an
           Ancient
           Duke
           and
           Peer
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           Eldest
           not
           being
           then
           Twelve
           Years
           old
           .
           He
           did
           the
           like
           by
           all
           those
           of
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Roy
          
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           some
           time
           before
           permitted
           to
           go
           and
           serve
           the
           King
           of
           Denmark
           ,
           in
           Quality
           of
           General
           of
           his
           Armies
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           he
           promised
           to
           protect
           the
           Hugonots
           ,
           
           he
           even
           then
           did
           all
           he
           could
           to
           ruine
           them
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           nothing
           but
           Sighs
           and
           Tears
           amongst
           them
           :
           One
           saw
           every
           where
           Souls
           afflicted
           to
           the
           very
           Grave
           ;
           some
           bewailing
           the
           loss
           of
           their
           Pastors
           and
           Temples
           ;
           others
           the
           dispersion
           and
           ruine
           of
           their
           Families
           ;
           others
           the
           carrying
           away
           of
           their
           Children
           ;
           and
           others
           trembled
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           of
           greater
           Misfortunes
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           do
           but
           mark
           now
           how
           far
           their
           Fraud
           and
           Cruelty
           went
           ;
           that
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           was
           Revoked
           which
           they
           had
           so
           often
           promis'd
           ,
           and
           so
           often
           sworn
           should
           be
           inviolably
           observ'd
           ;
           and
           this
           Fence
           being
           quite
           broke
           down
           ,
           all
           that
           great
           people
           was
           abandon'd
           to
           the
           Rage
           and
           Fury
           of
           the
           Souldiers
           .
           But
           ,
           what
           is
           yet
           more
           notorious
           ,
           to
           push
           on
           the
           Cheat
           as
           far
           as
           the
           fraudulent
           Wit
           of
           Man
           could
           carry
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           Act
           for
           Cessation
           of
           the
           forementioned
           Edict
           ,
           this
           King
           declared
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           desirous
           that
           all
           people
           should
           live
           quietly
           in
           their
           Families
           ;
           and
           that
           
           the
           Exercise
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           being
           interdicted
           ,
           every
           one
           might
           live
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           House
           ,
           as
           he
           pleas'd
           .
           But
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           His
           Majesty
           solemnly
           Swore
           this
           promise
           ,
           he
           sent
           his
           Armies
           to
           surprize
           the
           Protestants
           in
           their
           Towns
           and
           Houses
           ,
           with
           orders
           ,
           to
           Plunder
           ,
           Burn
           ,
           Demolish
           ,
           Beat
           ,
           and
           in
           short
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           suffer
           all
           manner
           of
           Evils
           could
           be
           devis'd
           ,
           Death
           only
           excepted
           ;
           which
           in
           this
           circumstance
           would
           have
           been
           look'd
           on
           as
           a
           great
           Happiness
           .
           The
           King
           Usurp'd
           the
           Throne
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           took
           upon
           him
           the
           Empire
           over
           the
           Conscience
           ;
           and
           in
           his
           Name
           whole
           Towns
           were
           summon'd
           ,
           by
           puissant
           Armies
           ,
           to
           turn
           Papists
           ,
           and
           upon
           refusal
           ,
           they
           were
           abandon'd
           to
           pillage
           and
           ruine
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           same
           Fury
           as
           Enemy
           Towns
           are
           wont
           to
           be
           when
           taken
           by
           Storm
           .
           They
           seiz'd
           on
           all
           the
           Avenues
           ,
           and
           brought
           back
           those
           to
           the
           persecutors
           ,
           who
           had
           escaped
           out
           of
           their
           hands
           :
           They
           beat
           ,
           ransack'd
           ,
           violated
           ,
           and
           made
           this
           people
           suffer
           a
           thousand
           Evils
           ,
           without
           distinction
           either
           of
           
           Age
           ,
           Sex
           ,
           or
           Quality
           ,
           from
           the
           oldest
           to
           the
           youngest
           ,
           Male
           and
           Female
           ,
           Noble
           ,
           or
           Ignoble
           ,
           all
           were
           equally
           at
           the
           discretion
           of
           the
           Souldiers
           :
           Blasphemies
           ,
           Impieties
           and
           Blows
           ,
           were
           the
           Arguments
           of
           this
           Infernal
           Mission
           ;
           and
           one
           may
           say
           ,
           without
           exaggeration
           ,
           that
           Hell
           seem'd
           to
           be
           let
           loose
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Devils
           were
           come
           to
           Preach
           up
           Popery
           on
           the
           Earth
           .
           Alas
           !
           Who
           can
           reckon
           the
           Tears
           were
           shed
           in
           this
           sad
           occasion
           ?
           God
           alone
           knows
           their
           number
           ,
           who
           doubtless
           has
           counted
           and
           gather'd
           them
           all
           into
           his
           Bosom
           .
           The
           Air
           ecchoed
           every
           where
           with
           grievous
           Lamentations
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           ,
           nothing
           more
           pittiful
           could
           be
           heard
           ,
           than
           the
           Crys
           and
           Groans
           of
           this
           people
           ,
           whilst
           they
           were
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           their
           tormentors
           .
        
         
           They
           dragg'd
           many
           of
           these
           poor
           Creatures
           into
           the
           Popish
           Churches
           by
           the
           Feet
           ,
           by
           the
           hair
           of
           the
           Head
           ,
           or
           by
           Ropes
           tied
           about
           their
           Necks
           ;
           they
           hang'd
           them
           up
           at
           the
           tops
           of
           Rooms
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           the
           Windows
           ,
           by
           their
           Heels
           ,
           or
           by
           their
           Hands
           ▪
           
           they
           plung'd
           them
           into
           deep
           Wells
           ,
           and
           stinking
           Mires
           ,
           with
           Toads
           and
           Serpents
           ,
           where
           they
           left
           them
           according
           to
           the
           time
           of
           their
           Constancy
           ;
           they
           lighted
           great
           Fires
           ,
           and
           Roasted
           some
           till
           they
           had
           changed
           their
           Religion
           ;
           if
           their
           patience
           was
           longer
           than
           the
           Cruelty
           of
           their
           Persecutors
           ,
           then
           they
           basted
           their
           Naked
           Legs
           with
           scalding
           Grease
           ,
           or
           boyling
           Oyl
           .
           Others
           they
           made
           to
           hold
           red
           hot
           Coals
           in
           their
           Hands
           ;
           burnt
           the
           soals
           of
           their
           Feet
           ;
           tore
           the
           Hair
           from
           their
           Beards
           ,
           and
           the
           Nails
           from
           their
           Fingers
           ,
           and
           Toes
           by
           the
           very
           Roots
           ;
           larded
           their
           flesh
           all
           over
           with
           Pins
           ,
           and
           thrash'd
           them
           with
           Sticks
           till
           they
           left
           them
           for
           Dead
           .
           If
           they
           were
           Sick
           ,
           they
           beat
           Drums
           ,
           and
           sounded
           Trumpets
           ,
           Night
           and
           Day
           ,
           in
           their
           Ears
           ,
           for
           't
           was
           a
           general
           Rule
           to
           hinder
           them
           from
           sleeping
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           them
           in
           different
           Postures
           ;
           sometimes
           standing
           upon
           one
           Leg
           ,
           holding
           up
           a
           Hand
           in
           the
           Air
           ;
           sometimes
           down
           on
           their
           Knees
           ,
           doing
           the
           like
           ,
           &c.
           
           If
           they
           changed
           Postures
           ,
           through
           weariness
           ,
           then
           
           they
           pinch'd
           and
           cudgell'd
           them
           till
           they
           were
           Black
           and
           Blue
           .
           Sometimes
           they
           tied
           all
           the
           people
           of
           a
           Family
           in
           a
           Room
           together
           ,
           and
           in
           sight
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           they
           beat
           and
           bruis'd
           the
           Men
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           Women
           suffer
           a
           thousand
           indignities
           .
           They
           would
           often
           carry
           them
           separately
           into
           Chambers
           ,
           to
           torment
           them
           ,
           but
           so
           as
           they
           might
           hear
           each
           others
           crys
           ;
           and
           every
           one
           in
           suffering
           ,
           suffer'd
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Family
           ,
           which
           they
           either
           saw
           in
           torments
           ,
           or
           heard
           the
           crys
           thereof
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           let
           any
           man
           but
           fancy
           to
           himself
           ,
           what
           vast
           numbers
           of
           Soulders
           ,
           brutal
           ,
           and
           let
           loose
           ,
           are
           capable
           to
           invent
           and
           act
           in
           all
           manner
           of
           mischief
           and
           cruelty
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           have
           an
           Idea
           of
           the
           method
           whereby
           the
           Protestants
           of
           France
           have
           been
           taught
           to
           become
           
             Papists
             .
             O
             Tempora
             !
             O
             Mores
             !
          
        
         
           This
           great
           Fury
           made
           those
           that
           could
           save
           themselves
           ,
           fly
           into
           the
           Woods
           ,
           Mountains
           and
           Caves
           ;
           they
           wandred
           in
           the
           Fields
           ,
           exposed
           to
           all
           the
           injuries
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           not
           having
           wherewith
           to
           live
           ,
           or
           
           to
           cover
           themselves
           ;
           and
           not
           daring
           to
           stir
           but
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           falling
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           Old
           and
           Young
           ,
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           all
           wandred
           in
           the
           Desarts
           ;
           and
           all
           these
           were
           but
           some
           Members
           of
           sad
           Families
           ,
           Fathers
           without
           Children
           ,
           and
           Children
           without
           Fathers
           ;
           Wives
           without
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           and
           Husbands
           without
           their
           Wives
           ;
           a
           doleful
           spectacle
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           to
           the
           Eyes
           of
           Men.
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           the
           fury
           was
           so
           excessive
           that
           the
           Sea-Ports
           were
           every
           where
           shut
           for
           to
           hinder
           their
           flight
           ,
           and
           above
           100000
           Souldiers
           imployed
           to
           stop
           their
           passage
           on
           the
           Frontiers
           ,
           besides
           all
           the
           Peasants
           whom
           they
           had
           made
           ,
           and
           the
           Priests
           enjoyn'd
           ,
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           against
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           was
           by
           great
           good
           Providence
           ,
           if
           any
           could
           save
           themselves
           amidst
           so
           many
           Obstacles
           :
           And
           I
           don't
           believe
           there
           was
           one
           in
           forty
           but
           what
           was
           taken
           ,
           after
           having
           gone
           ,
           sometimes
           two
           or
           three
           hundred
           Leagues
           ,
           with
           all
           sort
           of
           misery
           and
           difficulty
           .
           The
           Prisons
           were
           all
           full
           of
           these
           poor
           Fugitives
           ,
           
           and
           if
           any
           of
           them
           had
           ever
           changed
           their
           Religion
           before
           ,
           they
           were
           sent
           to
           the
           Galleys
           ;
           a
           punishment
           in
           France
           ,
           more
           Ignominious
           and
           Cruel
           than
           any
           Death
           .
           One
           saw
           every
           where
           ,
           in
           the
           Provinces
           ,
           the
           Chains
           of
           these
           Confessors
           ,
           which
           they
           dragg'd
           along
           from
           one
           end
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           the
           other
           :
           
             Tantaene
             Animis
             coelestibus
             irae
          
           .
           The
           Women
           were
           Shav'd
           ,
           and
           carry'd
           away
           to
           Convents
           ;
           nor
           were
           they
           put
           in
           there
           many
           times
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           first
           been
           at
           the
           mercy
           of
           certain
           people
           ▪
           worse
           than
           the
           very
           Dragoons
           ,
           and
           who
           made
           them
           suffer
           things
           that
           modesty
           and
           civility
           permit
           me
           not
           to
           name
           :
           I
           shall
           only
           say
           that
           they
           shut
           several
           of
           them
           up
           for
           many
           months
           together
           ,
           with
           Murderers
           and
           Highway
           Men
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           Cattle
           .
           Some
           were
           cast
           into
           deep
           Dungeons
           where
           they
           never
           saw
           day-light
           ,
           and
           they
           cloath'd
           them
           with
           filthy
           Raggs
           ,
           taken
           from
           the
           noisom
           Carkases
           of
           Dead
           persons
           ,
           which
           they
           stripp'd
           before
           their
           Faces
           .
           But
           the
           height
           of
           all
           Evils
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           had
           never
           entred
           into
           the
           
           heart
           of
           the
           wickedest
           of
           all
           the
           men
           History
           tells
           us
           of
           ,
           was
           the
           sending
           whole
           Vessels
           full
           of
           them
           to
           the
           New
           World
           ,
           to
           be
           sold
           to
           the
           Savages
           there
           ;
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           Young
           and
           Old
           ,
           Noble
           or
           others
           ,
           all
           were
           treated
           equally
           alike
           .
        
         
           In
           some
           places
           they
           made
           Assemblies
           to
           pray
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           there
           the
           Dragoons
           Massacred
           all
           they
           could
           light
           on
           ,
           burnt
           the
           Houses
           to
           which
           the
           Fugitives
           retir'd
           ,
           and
           those
           poor
           creatures
           with
           them
           .
           Some
           they
           hang'd
           up
           on
           Trees
           ,
           and
           others
           they
           precipitated
           from
           the
           tops
           of
           high
           Rocks
           ,
           and
           they
           broke
           those
           on
           the
           Wheel
           ,
           limb
           after
           limb
           ,
           whom
           they
           called
           the
           heads
           of
           these
           Assemblies
           .
           But
           it
           would
           be
           endless
           to
           particularize
           all
           the
           various
           Tortures
           ,
           and
           unheard
           of
           Cruelties
           ,
           which
           the
           Papists
           practic'd
           upon
           the
           Protestants
           in
           France
           ,
           for
           to
           force
           them
           to
           abjure
           their
           Religion
           :
           I
           will
           only
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           carry'd
           them
           to
           all
           the
           excess
           of
           Fury
           and
           Inhumanity
           that
           the
           Devils
           themselves
           were
           capable
           to
           inspire
           .
           So
           that
           considering
           this
           Persecution
           in
           all
           its
           circumstances
           ,
           
           it
           may
           well
           be
           reckon'd
           the
           greatest
           and
           blackest
           that
           ever
           was
           amongst
           Christians
           in
           any
           Age.
           
        
         
           After
           they
           had
           in
           this
           manner
           dispersed
           so
           many
           Families
           ,
           ruined
           so
           many
           Houses
           ,
           made
           so
           many
           Tears
           to
           be
           shed
           ,
           and
           caus'd
           a
           general
           Desolation
           ,
           they
           at
           length
           made
           a
           publick
           Spectacle
           and
           Divertisement
           thereof
           .
           The
           Kings
           Players
           Acted
           for
           many
           months
           together
           in
           Paris
           ,
           a
           Comedy
           ,
           call'd
           ,
           
             Merlin
             Dragoon
          
           ;
           in
           which
           the
           Persecutors
           and
           the
           Persecuted
           were
           the
           Persons
           Represented
           ,
           and
           the
           Court
           and
           People
           went
           in
           Crowds
           to
           laugh
           and
           divert
           themselves
           ,
           at
           the
           Oppressions
           and
           Torments
           which
           the
           Protestants
           had
           suffer'd
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           rest
           ,
           you
           may
           judge
           what
           share
           Piety
           had
           in
           that
           VVork
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           though
           all
           these
           Frauds
           ,
           Violencies
           and
           Cruelties
           ,
           and
           infinite
           numbers
           more
           have
           been
           acted
           towards
           the
           Protestants
           of
           France
           ,
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           before
           Millions
           of
           Eye-witnesses
           ,
           and
           are
           known
           to
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Europe
           ;
           yet
           
           some
           are
           so
           unreasonably
           incredulous
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           be
           perswaded
           there
           has
           been
           any
           Persecution
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           others
           have
           been
           so
           disingeniously
           confident
           ,
           as
           to
           maintain
           in
           their
           Oral
           and
           printed
           Discourses
           ,
           that
           there
           has
           been
           none
           .
           Amongst
           these
           latter
           ,
           is
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Meaux
           ,
           Monsieur
           Varillas
           ,
           Father
           Thomasin
           ,
           Monsieur
           
             Brueis
             ,
             &c.
          
           persons
           of
           great
           Parts
           and
           Learning
           ,
           though
           of
           very
           little
           Candour
           and
           Integrity
           .
           Nor
           indeed
           ,
           is
           it
           any
           wonder
           to
           find
           such
           Sons
           and
           Champions
           of
           Popery
           ,
           deficient
           in
           those
           laudable
           and
           Christian
           Virtues
           ▪
           since
           't
           is
           very
           difficult
           ,
           nay
           ,
           almost
           impossible
           ,
           for
           a
           man
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           his
           Principles
           Vitiated
           ,
           and
           his
           Morals
           Depraved
           by
           her
           ;
           so
           different
           are
           the
           Maxims
           and
           Doctrines
           she
           imposes
           ,
           from
           those
           which
           our
           Saviour
           teacheth
           us
           in
           his
           Holy
           Gospel
           .
           But
           that
           which
           the
           Ingenious
           Author
           of
           the
           Apolog.
           Hist
           .
           urges
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           late
           Persecution
           against
           the
           assertions
           of
           Monsieur
           Brueis
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           ,
           
           seems
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           the
           unprejudic'd
           World
           of
           the
           reality
           thereof
           ,
           and
           to
           invalidate
           those
           Gentlemens
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           whatsoever
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           Above
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           persons
           ,
           
           says
           he
           ,
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           of
           all
           Ages
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           conditions
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           which
           lived
           very
           well
           ,
           at
           their
           ease
           ,
           in
           their
           own
           Houses
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           possess'd
           rich
           Inheritances
           ,
           considerable
           Imploys
           ,
           fair
           Revenues
           ,
           some
           to
           the
           value
           of
           three
           and
           four
           thousand
           pounds
           
             per
             Annum
          
           .
           These
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           have
           left
           all
           ,
           and
           are
           most
           of
           them
           gone
           out
           of
           France
           ,
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           quite
           Naked
           .
           They
           have
           not
           only
           quitted
           their
           Houses
           and
           Estates
           ,
           abandon'd
           their
           Country
           ,
           their
           Friends
           ,
           their
           Parents
           ,
           Relations
           of
           all
           kinds
           ,
           those
           that
           were
           nearest
           and
           dearest
           to
           them
           ;
           they
           have
           broke
           all
           the
           ties
           of
           Nature
           and
           Consanguinity
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           most
           tender
           Affection
           ;
           they
           have
           separated
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           so
           say
           ,
           from
           a
           part
           of
           themselves
           ,
           from
           their
           own
           
           Bowels
           .
           In
           this
           cruel
           separation
           ,
           they
           have
           gone
           away
           from
           all
           they
           had
           most
           near
           and
           dear
           to
           them
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           at
           the
           price
           of
           their
           Liberties
           and
           their
           Lives
           .
           They
           have
           done
           it
           to
           go
           and
           wander
           in
           unknown
           Countries
           ,
           in
           Climates
           extreamly
           different
           from
           those
           where
           they
           had
           receiv'd
           their
           Births
           ,
           without
           having
           any
           thing
           certain
           ,
           without
           hoping
           for
           any
           other
           subsistance
           there
           ,
           than
           what
           they
           could
           gather
           from
           the
           charity
           of
           strangers
           .
           If
           this
           be
           not
           the
           effect
           of
           a
           violent
           Persecution
           ,
           what
           is
           then
           that
           madness
           which
           has
           got
           into
           the
           minds
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           take
           so
           unparellell'd
           a
           Resolution
           ?
           How
           has
           this
           Fury
           communicated
           it self
           to
           so
           many
           people
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           who
           lived
           very
           far
           asunder
           ,
           and
           who
           had
           never
           known
           ,
           or
           seen
           one
           another
           ?
           How
           has
           it
           gain'd
           ,
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ,
           all
           the
           Provinces
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Kingdom
           as
           France
           is
           ,
           and
           in
           those
           Provinces
           ,
           almost
           all
           who
           were
           ,
           or
           had
           been
           of
           the
           Reform'd
           Religion
           ,
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           Young
           and
           Old
           ,
           Rich
           and
           Poor
           ,
           Noble
           and
           Ignoble
           ?
           Let
           
           Monsieur
           Brueis
           now
           explain
           to
           us
           a
           little
           this
           unheard
           of
           Prodigy
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           perswade
           us
           that
           there
           has
           been
           no
           Persecution
           in
           France
           .
        
         
           But
           whatsoever
           men
           are
           pleased
           to
           say
           ,
           
           and
           think
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           may
           with
           truth
           affirm
           ,
           that
           above
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           of
           the
           Kings
           most
           faithful
           Subjects
           have
           voluntarily
           Banished
           themselves
           from
           his
           Kingdom
           to
           fly
           the
           Persecution
           ;
           not
           to
           speak
           of
           many
           thousand
           others
           ,
           persons
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           have
           been
           condemned
           to
           the
           last
           punishments
           by
           the
           Judges
           ;
           others
           have
           been
           Massacred
           by
           the
           Souldiers
           ;
           others
           have
           died
           in
           the
           Galleys
           ,
           others
           have
           been
           shut
           up
           in
           Convents
           ;
           and
           others
           been
           embark'd
           and
           sent
           for
           America
           .
           New
           Declarations
           more
           severe
           than
           the
           former
           are
           daily
           publish'd
           ;
           fresh
           Orders
           are
           given
           for
           the
           Guard
           of
           the
           Frontiers
           ;
           the
           new
           Converts
           are
           forc'd
           ,
           with
           greater
           rigour
           than
           ever
           ,
           to
           go
           to
           Mass
           ,
           to
           Confess
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           the
           Communion
           .
           They
           continue
           to
           fill
           the
           Convents
           ,
           Prisons
           and
           Galleys
           with
           Confessors
           ;
           
           and
           they
           empty
           them
           from
           time
           to
           time
           by
           new
           Embarkments
           for
           America
           .
           There
           where
           the
           Assemblies
           continue
           ,
           there
           they
           continue
           to
           Massacre
           them
           .
           The
           Dragoons
           perform
           their
           Mission
           with
           the
           same
           Zeal
           still
           ;
           and
           the
           Judges
           cease
           not
           giving
           the
           same
           sights
           to
           the
           people
           of
           Bodies
           drawn
           about
           on
           Sledges
           ,
           and
           cast
           Dead
           upon
           the
           common
           Highways
           ;
           and
           of
           Martyrs
           conducted
           to
           punishment
           ,
           and
           ending
           their
           Lives
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           Executioners
           .
        
         
           Such
           is
           now
           the
           face
           of
           France
           :
           
           Such
           is
           the
           Concord
           and
           the
           Union
           that
           reigns
           at
           present
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           :
           Such
           is
           the
           calm
           which
           the
           Church
           enjoys
           ,
           and
           that
           happy
           Peace
           which
           the
           King
           has
           given
           it
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           style
           of
           Monsieur
           Brueis
           .
           What
           Concord
           ,
           O
           God!
           What
           Union
           !
           What
           Calm
           !
           What
           Peace
           !
           Truly
           no
           Patience
           is
           proof
           against
           the
           base
           dishonesty
           of
           this
           Declaimer
           .
           Who
           can
           suffer
           such
           like
           impudence
           ?
           But
           above
           all
           ,
           who
           can
           without
           indignation
           read
           what
           he
           says
           in
           another
           place
           in
           the
           same
           Spirit
           ?
           
           
             We
             see
             now
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Wise
             Conduct
             of
             this
             Great
             Prince
             has
             brought
             again
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             fairest
             days
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Yes
           ,
           these
           are
           ,
           we
           know
           it
           but
           too
           well
           ;
           these
           are
           the
           fairest
           days
           ,
           not
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           God
           forbid
           !
           But
           of
           Popery
           ,
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ;
           that
           cruel
           Babylon
           ,
           which
           is
           never
           so
           satisfied
           ,
           as
           when
           she
           can
           make
           her self
           Drunk
           with
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Saints
           and
           Martyrs
           of
           Jesus
           ;
           looks
           on
           such
           Days
           ,
           as
           her
           Days
           of
           Festival
           ,
           as
           her
           Days
           of
           Triumph
           .
           So
           it
           was
           that
           she
           heretofore
           look'd
           on
           that
           sad
           and
           dreadful
           Night
           of
           St.
           Bartholomew
           ,
           wherein
           many
           thousand
           Protestants
           were
           Massacred
           by
           the
           Papists
           in
           times
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           in
           cold
           Blood
           :
           One
           of
           her
           Orators
           made
           the
           Encomium
           thereof
           ,
           with
           a
           thousand
           Transports
           of
           Admiration
           and
           Joy
           ,
           in
           a
           Speech
           which
           he
           pronounced
           before
           Pope
           Gregory
           the
           XIII
           .
           
           
             O!
             Memorable
             Night
          
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             and
             Worthy
             to
             be
             Ingrav'd
             in
             large
             Characters
             
             in
             History
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             That
             same
             Night
             ,
             I
             think
             the
             Stars
             appear'd
             more
             Bright
             and
             Glorious
             than
             ordinary
             ;
             and
             the
             River
          
           Sene
           
             had
             swelld
             its
             Waters
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             hurry
             away
             with
             a
             greater
             rapidness
             ,
             the
             dead
             Bodies
             of
             those
             Impure
             Persons
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             of
             the
             Reform'd
             ,
             and
             discharge
             it self
             the
             sooner
             of
             them
             into
             the
             Sea.
             O!
             Thrice
             happy
             Women
             ,
          
           Katharine
           ,
           
             Mother
             of
             the
             King
          
           !
           &c.
           
             O!
             Happy
             Brothers
             of
             the
             King
             !
          
           &c.
           
             O!
             Day
             ,
             in
             fine
             ,
             full
             of
             Joy
             and
             Pleasantness
             ,
             wherein
             you
             ,
             Holy
             Father
             ,
             having
             receiv'd
             this
             News
             ,
             you
             assisted
             on
             foot
             at
             the
             Processions
             you
             had
             order'd
             ,
             for
             the
             rendring
             thanks
             for
             it
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             St.
          
           Lewis
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             What
             more
             agreeable
             News
             could
             have
             been
             told
             you
             ?
             And
             we
             ,
             what
             Happier
             beginning
             could
             we
             have
             wish'd
             for
             of
             your
             Popedom
             ?
          
        
         
           Let
           any
           one
           judge
           by
           these
           Words
           ,
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           of
           her
           Soveraign
           High
           Priest
           ;
           and
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Impure
           
           and
           Cruel
           Babylon
           ,
           rather
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           now
           conclude
           ,
           because
           I
           propos'd
           to
           my self
           to
           give
           you
           but
           a
           little
           Abridgment
           ,
           and
           an
           Idea
           ,
           only
           of
           this
           great
           Persecution
           ;
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           he
           ,
           to
           whom
           Vengeance
           belongs
           ,
           will
           sooner
           or
           later
           Revenge
           so
           many
           Evils
           .
           
             Lento
             quidem
             gradu
             Divina
             procedit
             ira
             ,
             sed
             tarditatem
             Supplicii
             gravitate
             compensat
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vengeance
             doth
             surely
             ,
             tho'
             but
             slowly
             tread
             ,
          
           
             And
             strikes
             with
             Iron
             ,
             tho'
             it
             walks
             with
             Lead
             .
          
        
         
           You
           see
           ,
           in
           this
           Relation
           ,
           the
           Impostures
           and
           Treacheries
           of
           Popery
           ,
           as
           to
           its
           Oaths
           and
           Promises
           ;
           to
           which
           no
           credit
           ought
           ever
           to
           be
           given
           ,
           because
           it
           certainly
           never
           Swears
           and
           Promises
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           Perjur'd
           ,
           and
           to
           break
           its
           Word
           upon
           the
           first
           occasion
           .
           
           You
           likewise
           see
           here
           the
           degrees
           of
           its
           Cruelties
           ,
           and
           how
           by
           little
           and
           little
           it
           advances
           them
           ,
           till
           it
           at
           length
           comes
           to
           the
           Effusion
           of
           Blood
           ,
           and
           to
           open
           Violence
           Farewel
           .
           I
           am
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           Your
           very
           Humble
           and
           Obedient
           Servant
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A55466-e470
           
             
               Apologetick
               Hist
            
             .
             p
             388
             p.
             399.
             
             Tome
             2d
             .
          
           
             Apologetick
             Hist
             .
             Tome
             2d
             .
             
               p.
               388.
               389.
            
             
          
           
             Apolog.
             Hist
             .
             p
             394.
             &
             395
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Murat
             .
             Orat.
             22.
             pro
             Caro.