THE REBELLION IN COVEN GARDEN.  
OR, The Rumour of Treachery intended against the City-Being the cause of the Arising of the Train-Bands upon Twelfth day at night.  
With a Relation of the Kings love shewed both to the Parliament and City of London.  
 woodcut of two men dueling with swords  
Printed for Thomas Bates, dwelling in Old bailie. 1642.   

THE REBELLION IN COVEN GARDEN.  
WIse Philosophers considering of the nature of man, and namely, the far reach and infinite compass of the works of the mind, they were forced to confess that man was scarce able to know himself, from whence arose this saying, Maximum miraculum est homo, said maximum miraculum est sapiens homo, Man in himself as he is man, is a great miracle, but a wise, understanding, religious man is a miracle of miracles. But whence is such a man to be found, the Poet will tell you. 
Haud sapiens è millibus unus.  
You shall scarce find a wise man amongst a thousand.  And yet in these our times never too much to be lamented, he is accounted as the ipse onely wise man which will but affirm the words of his factious neighbour to be true, although they tend almost to the destruction of a kingdom.  
Tush, wisemen now are plenty, you shall find them almost in every Tub, but such wisdom leads not to the summum bonum, true felicity. Having now opened a gate not hindered by a percullis, give me licence without Musket shot to enter into the City.  
Vpon Thursday being the sixth of Ian●ary, about the midst of the night, great cry was up and down the City, as if some foreign enemy had been coming presently to assault it; whereupon the Drums presently beat up, and Train-Bands commanded to arise to their arms, who being not long before so much overcome by sleep, that they scarce knew the place where their legs were But at length hearing the thundering of Drums, they committed themselves to the protection of a brace of Bullets, and so out they came, commanding their wives to hang Lanterns out, that each man might know the way to his own house again.  
In a short time they were all ready either to defend or offend: the cause of which preparation was briefly thus.  
In the Common Garden were divers Gentlemen merrily drinking healths, and had in company with them three Drummers, who did strike up every time a health was pledged. These sparkish Gentlemen did drink so long healths, that at the length their brains began to be sick, and they( like some others) went about to do one another mischief they knew not wherefore, the wine did so much inflame their bloods, that their sole desires were to open one anothers veins: Whereupon they drew their swords, and pell mell at it they went. The clashing of whose Swords being heard into the street, speedy news was carried to the City, that the Rebels of Coven Garden were coming to assault the City, which was the cause of their speedy arising: the Percullis of each Gate being let down, onely to rescue of a few drunken men swaggering amongst themselves, who were supposed to go into Rebellion.  
Whereby we may gather, that the wifest men may sometimes be deceived: the Train Bands waited until morning, without any opposition. Also there were certain horses which were prepared for Ireland, but the City was fearful lest they should have been that night employed against them, but there was no such matter, nor by the assistance of God never shall be, he being feared, and the King obeied. The King obeied, I say, who hath been so just and gracious a sovereign towards his Subjects: Wherefore I pray that as the King hath dealt royally by his Subjects, that his Subiects deal not disloyally with him, denying him that when and desires, whereas if he please he may command. Regum est, Parcere subjectis, & debellare superbos. As it is the part of a King to show clemency to his loyal Subiects, so is it likewise to curb the insolency of the insulting foes.  
Were eloquent Cicero now living, he might have as just cause as he had before, to cry out, O Tempora O mores.  
Let but England consider aright, and it must confess, that never kingdom was blessed with a more peaceable King: and again I really believe that never more perplexed in governing a kingdom then he hath been.  
What King could have given more privilege to a Parliament than He? and what Kings patience was ever more abused then his? O terrify not the Princely lion too much, for then will his wrath be hard to be appeased: Remember the word of the Psalmist, Touch not my Anointed, that is to do him no either by word or dead, and then the sequel is, nor do my Prophets any harm. Mark that you that are given to cavil at the clergy, and delight in nothing more but to rob Levi of his.  
All you which are of the house of the Lord pray for King CHARLES, stand up in his cause, but let them be clothed with shane and confusion which are against him. This is the prayer of him which is neither Papist, nor Separatist, but fears God being a Protestant, and vows to obey King CHARLES as a subject.  
FINIS.