THE kingdom's MONSTER Vncloaked from Heaven: The Popish Conspirators, Malignant Plotters, and cruel Irish, in one Body to destroy kingdom, Religion and laws: But under colour to defend them, especially the Irish, who having destroyed the Protestants There, fly hither to defend the Protestant Religion Here.  

PaPist Conspirators Mallignant. plotters Against against Church parliament Kingdom city   

O England look upon this monstrous Thing,  
That would our kingdom unto ruin bring,  
'Tis framed and composed of three parts  
Which are all joined both in heads and hearts:  
Do not behold it with a careless eye,  
This Monster brings this Land to misery:  
This Monster following its forefather's hate,  
Seeks to destroy the kingdom and the State:  
While Church and Kingdom should oppressed lie  
Subjected to their blinded Popery:  
Long time it walked muffled in a cloak  
Till Straffords head was cut off, than it broke  
Out of the cloud, but Heavens holy hands  
Hath now uncloaked it, so that now it stands  
In a full figure as this Picture here  
Doth make it lively to your view appear,  
And in fit Emblems to your sight presents  
His shape, his postures, and his black intents▪  
So that if you behold it round about  
You shall see how this Monster is set out;  
His Spanish ruff, and Jacket show him here  
To be half Papist, and half Cavalier;  
His left side Popish is, which on his breast  
Is by the figure of the cross expressed;  
Besides his Beads and Popish pardon be  
Emblems that speak his love to Papistry:  
So on the left side Popish heads are got  
Together ready to conspire and plot  
Unfathomed mischief, and lest they should want  
Brain to be wicked, and should so be scant  
Of knowledge how they might undo this land,  
Plotting malignant heads against them stand:  
The winged cluster of heads do discover  
That Papists Rebels from Ireland fly over:  
These to make strong their party, do combine  
While in one body they together join,  
Which in this Monster of the times expressed,  
And to show that there lodges in his breast  
Nothing but cruelty, while 'tis his desire  
To kill the Protestants, and their houses fire:  
His double hands a sword, a knife contains▪  
A match, a Poleaxe, and a torch that flames;  
Thus armed you may ask what he means to do,  
Alas! his daily actions this do show;  
He doth intend to change the church's coat,  
That mass may be sung through a friar's throat▪  
And that the Protestants true Church may grow  
Catholic, and unto the Pope may owe  
Supremacy, while Popery that hath been  
Long purged out, may be brought in again▪  
In hope whereof, they oppose the Parliament,  
Which Papists once to blow up did consent,  
As here the match in hand doth represent,  
While the black fiend did further their intent▪  
Besides this monstrous Body here compact  
Of Papists, Irish and malignant's act  
Most horrid cruelties where they do approach,  
Set out here by the sword in hand and torch;  
Firing both Towns & houses where they come,  
As they of late to Brimidgham have done;  
And like unthankful wretches have no pity  
Neither upon this kingdom nor this City,  
But Nero like would laugh while it did burn,  
And would massacre such as would not turn  
To their Religion, robbing them of life,  
Described by the hand armed with a knife:  
Thus under sword and fire this kingdoms lies  
Bleeding, and is this monster's sacrifice;  
While Papists, Irish, and Malignants are  
Drawn all into the body of a war,  
Who breath destruction, and would ruinate  
Church, kingdom, City, Parliament, and State,  
Therefore this Picture here set out may be  
Called the kingdom's Map of misery.  
But there's a God that will at last regard  
Our sufferings, and give them their just reward▪  
Let them take heed, here on the side we see't.  
They and the gallows at the last shall meet.   
FINIS.   

Printed in the Year, 1643.