THE LAND-TEMPEST: OR, A PAPER-PELLET; Or, much in a Mouthful; or, a long Answer To a short Question; Containing an Abstract, Epitome, or Effects of the woes of these Wars. By (W. P.) a plundered Preacher in the County of GLOUCESTER. June 25 1644 Experta loquor. Difficile est invenire, facile est addere inventis. — Brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio.— Obscurus fio, Cur? ovia, tam brevis esse laboro. Some words are hard in this to understand, Because I haste with th'wars I have in hand. No heart can think upon these things worthily; (for) it is a Tempest, which no man can see, Ecclus. 16.20, 21. Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know, for whose sake this evil is come upon us, Jon. 1.7. Question. What is War? Answer. It is a Tempest. BY musing on Jonah's Tempest on the sea, we may take occasion to meditate on our Tempest on the land. Yet great difference between that and our Tempest. That was one-sinner-following, one ship-indangering, a Little-wares-losing, a few Mariners affrighting Tem. But this Tempest astonisheth all our Land and Sea-Passengers, all our Sea Sailors, i. All our Parliament-Pilots, all the whole three kingdoms Inhabitants whatsoever. That Tempest turned the causer into the belly of the Whale. This will tumble the causers (without their converting) into the bottom of hell. That is marvellous in our cars, this in our eyes. That was great, grievous, horrid, hideous. But this Tempest, one thousand six hundred forty & three, is a far greater Tempest, than ever yet we did see. It is An All-Acts & statutes-strict-sifting Tempest. Lawvers search all their books touching the King's Prerogative & the Parliaments privileges An Academick-altring Temp. changing an Act into artillery, arts into arms, pens into Pikes, Postils into Pistols, Doctrines into Drums, Back-hoods into Buff, square-caps into round, Headpieces. gowns into Guns, Goose-quills into Gauntlets, books into bullets. It is an Artist over-arting, an armor-shining, an armes-for-seeking, Half-Crowns. i. a George on horse-back-satisfying Temp. A Letters-for-looking, Silver. i 2 Mint-letter-meaning Temp. It is a Beer-brewing, a Beer-broaching, a Beer-wanting, a Beer-wasting a Bread-begging, a Bed-abandoning, a Bullet-blowing, a Brain-beating, a Back-bruising, a Bone-breaking, a Body-wounding, a blood-brewing, a Blood-thirsting, a Blood-shewing, a Bloodshedding a Blood-showring, a Building-unbeautifying, a Beauti-blemishing, a Bulwark-rearing, a Breath-stopping Tem. It is an Eye-bedewing, an Eye-soring, an Eye-dazling, an Eye-dimming, an Eare-dulling, an Eare-deafning, Ma … their 〈◊〉 at the … sing of … egg 〈◊〉 G … The … thou 〈◊〉 pl … b … of S … D … an Hand-off-chopping Temp. It it an Ox-waiting, an Ox-wearying, an Ox-quick-drawing, an Ox-quite-away driving Tempest. It is an Horse-hurrying, an Horse-unhiring, an Horse-housing, His O … drive 〈◊〉 wa … L. 〈◊〉 W … both 〈◊〉 Wa … shall b● pri … the P … mers 〈◊〉 per … an Horse-hiding, a Horse-catching, a Hors-stealing, a Horse-killing Temp. It is a Carrier-crossing, a Carrier-ceasing, a Carrier-crying, a Carrier-cursing, a Broad-Cloth-coveting, a Cloth-carrying, a Cloth-renting, another mans-Cloth-wearing Tem. It is a Linnen-looking, a Linnen-loving, a Linen loading, 10 p … she … le● it 〈◊〉 my 〈◊〉 a Linnen-losing, a Linnen-lacking. A Clothiers-dis-imploying, a Clothiers-distressing, a Clothiers-much-crushing, a Clothiers, - attaching a Clothiers-out-hunting Tempest. It is a self-seeking, a selfe-soothing, a Neighbour-neglecting, a selfe-commending, anotherman-censuring, another man-slighting, another man-condemning, A blind Buzzards-nothing seeing, Then men 〈◊〉 cross 〈◊〉 the Law 〈◊〉 Nature, … ton, ●●ason, and religion. a crooked-Canker-worm-crawling A Weapon-weilding, a Thunder-bolt-darting, a Watchman-blinding, a way-man-blending, a Pilgrime-wandring Tempest. It is a Plaintifes-complaining, a Tide-turning, an Atturney-tormenting, a Term-unterming, a Criers-mouth-muzling, a Justice-out-justling, a Judge-disrobing, a Jury unpanneling Tempest. It is a Newes-enquiring, a Lie-broaching, a Day-stealing, a Theft-professing, a Plunder-producing, a Pleasure-down-pulling, a Brownist-bewraying, an omniscious-ignorance-tub-out-teaching, a Jesuit-projecting, a Projects-pursuing; a Sectaries Sugar-sweetning, a Papists embracing, a Pope-best-pleasing Tempest. It is a Wiseman's be fooling, an After-wit-buying, a Wit-tenter-stretching, a Body and Mind-anatomizing, a Fast-binding, a Few-friends-finding, a Feare-feeding, a Faith-wavering, a Conscience-shipwracking Tempest. It is a Love-banishing, a Peace-forbidding, a Friend-parting, a Foe-raising, a beast-but chering, a Sheep-slaughtering, a Father-killing, a Children-howling Tempest. It is an House-emptying, a Home-unhoming, a Head-hiding, a Head-cleaving, an Heart-aking, a hard-heart-relenting, a Flint-heart-opening, an Earth-groaning, a Maker-provoking, a Sleeper-summoning, a Soule-dutie-slack ening, a Soul-sadding Tempest. It is a Flock-scattering, a Church-unpeopling, a Sinner affrighting, a Sin-scourging, a Tear-trickling, a Truth-trying, a From-truth-straying, a Downe-truth-treading, a Prayer-for-praying, 10.1.6. a Preacher-fearing, When men say they are on the one side, when they are on the other. a Text-wresting, a Preacher-tongue-tying, a Tell-troth-tongue-clipping Tempest. It is a Clock-telling, a Print-employing, a Plate-melting, I save up wa●●ing at 〈◊〉 Bridge …, the whose night, (where Pr. Rupert then quartered) and there had liberty to tell the hours of the night. an All-metall-molting, an Hypocrites unmasking, a Powder-plotting, an * Acts 27.14. Euroclydontizing, i. a quiet-sayling-opposing Tempest, a Ship-tossing, a Ship-tearing, i. a State-staggering, a Realm-reeling, a Religion-unliganding Tempest. It is a Jehovahs-great-wonders-working-by Tempest, making the Land like Moses Bush, burning and yet not consumed, turning men's Insides outward, fetching darkness out of light for the present, and light out of darkness for the future time; changing wine into water for present humiliation, and water into wine for future exultation. It is a London-coin-licking, a Leaden-hall unloading, a Blackwell-hall-mourning, a Lady-lap-leaving, a Lazie-bones-loving, Such Soldiers as follow toe Camp only for case, idleness. pay, profit. a Friend-fare-well not bidding, a Feather-plucking, i. a naked-bare-making, a Faint-heart-complying, a Flatterers-non-gain-saying Tempest. It is a well-known-unknowing, i. a Familiar-estranging, an unwelcome-welcoming, a Four-quarters-quartering, a Pool-dragging, My W … drawn 〈◊〉 and Pod … dragged a●● raked, 〈◊〉 my … come g … to search for brass 〈◊〉 pewter, which the● found, 〈◊〉 for plate, which I was 〈◊〉 owner of a Well-diving, a Water-drinking, a worse-deserving, a Protection-unprotecting, i. a promise-not-performing Tempest. It is a Leaders misleading, a Day-darkening, a Night-enlightning, a Sun-clouding, a Moon-eclipsing, a Light-lessening, a Darknesse-inducing, a danger-drawing, a Doubt-infolding, a Doubledealing, a Dearth-breeding, a Famine-forcing, a Death-desiring, a Death-deserving, a Death-bringing, a Death-worsting, i. a pain worse than death causing Tempest. It is a Calm-shunning, a Cannon-roring, a City-quelling, a Cross-coveting, a God-Dammee-wishing, i. a Curse-for-calling Tempest. It is a Souldiers-sword-selling, a Souldiers-solace-seeming, a Souldiers-certain sorrowing, a Souldiers-siune more sinfully-sinful-shewing Tempest. It is a Captain-up-calling, Cowing, Conquering, a Colonell-conflicting, captiving, overcoming a King-Caring, fearing, fretting-flying Tempest. It is a Bishops-unhierarching, a Court-crossing, a Country consounding, a Harlot-haunting, a Wo-men-mourning, a Wife-ravishing, a Widow-making, a Wo-working, a Wealth-wasting, a Harvest-hindring, a Corn-consuming Tempest. It is a Lawyers-labyrinthing, a Schollers-unschooling, a Land-lords-losing, a Tenants-pooring, a Poore-famishing, a Plough-staying, a Shop-shutting, a Tradesmans-tyring, a Peer-apalling, a Parliament-puzling, a Prison-stuffing, a Patience-proving Tempest. It is a People-pillaging, a Poor-spoyling, a Rich-robbing, a Robbery-rejoycing, an Oaths-out-ratling, … aine … ings, a … after 〈◊〉 a Sow … used 〈◊〉, and … hless … nigh in ●…a●ters 〈◊〉 the ●lay a … Glou …. … e be … ed 〈◊〉 Au … 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, an against Roundheads all-railling tempest. It is a Begger-boasting, a Wilde-Boare-bristling, a Rude, Revelling, Rousting, Ruffling, Rifling, i. a Ruffian-by overruling, a Slave-by overmastring tempest. It is an All-Common-causing, an on-All-sides Ruing, a Debt-denying, a Lawdown-laying, a Countrey-counsell-down-crying, a Nation-nulling, a Non-like-noy-sing, a No-bound-limiting, a No-person-sparing, a Non-such-looked-for, an Antipodes-walking, When the one Army at the siege mined, and the other countermined. i. an under-ground-working; a Liberty-restraining, a Ship money-surpassing, an in Payments-all-away-paying, an Un-civill-civill-unnaturalizing tempest. It is a Laodicean like-luke-warming, a Professor-key-colding, a Holiness-hooding, a Waylay, a Hatred-hatching, a Mischief-watching, a Malice-manifesting, a Misery-multiplying, a Mony-for-mining, a Member-maiming, a Manners-infecting, a Mercy-loathing, a Mirth-menacing, a Maid-deflowring, a Market-marring, a Mariners-ama-zing, a Minister-mocking, Misusing, Moving, a Men-dog-like-driving, a Men-madding, a Men-mowing, i. a Men-murthering tempest. It is an Aftertimes recording, an Actors-name-eternizing, a Weather-cock-like-winding, i. a Turn-coat-discovering, a Topsie-turvie-things-turning, a Publike-Post-fixing, i. a Proditors-proclaiming tempest. It is a Wild-fire-spetting, a Bloody-minded-sporting, a Right-expelling, a Wrong-compelling, a Revenge-renewing, a Rapine-unregarding, a Reason-rejecting, a Rest-refusing, i. a sleep-not-suffering, a Refuge-concealing, a Rock-rending, a Rod-reaching, a Sword-unsheathing tempest. It is a Shepherd and Sheep, an Husband and Wife, an Head and Members, i. a Prince, and People-dividing tempest. It is a malignantizing, i. an All-malignants-making tempest. It is a Land-shaking, a King-dome-quaking, a Grief-lasting, a Gold-gaping, a Grave-filling, a Gospel-gagging, a God-grieving, a Devill-delighting, a Diseases-procuring, a Death-bell-tolling, an Alarum-to Judgement-ringing tempest. It is a Forainers-mouth-watering, a Welch-mens-cause-weeeping, The 〈◊〉 test p … the G … son at Hei … nigh G … cester, t … by Sir W●●●●●● Waller, were Welster an Irelands-weakning, a Scotlands-warnning, a New-Englands-condoling, an Old-Englands-de-stroying, an Heaven-daring, an Hel-hastening, a Thunder-out-sounding, a Tongue-unutterable, a Pen-inexpressable, an Allthe worlds-won-dering, an All-former-unparalleling, i. an All-Tempest-exceeding- Tempest. Lector, Tu, si quid novisti rectius istis, Candidus imperti, si non, his utere mecum. King Reader, if thou knowst, How better to express, These present woes of wars, In Prose, or else in verse; Then show thy wit and will, Reveal the same to me; If that thou wilt not do, Then like this help to thee. Know that the truth of most, In this Pellet-Paper, Is knowingly known, To this present Relater. Ob. Word's are but wind. Sol. But this is such a tempestuous wind that hath overturned many trees, turrets, towers, walls, houses, men and beasts; and yet it rageth still. Jon. 1. No man knowing when the calm will be. Vers. 13. The Mariners have rowed hard to bring the Ship to land, but it cannot be: for the Sea worketh, and is tempestuous against them. Vers. 5. The greatest part of the wares in the Ship are cast into the Sea, to lighten the Ship; but this tempest is so mighty still, that the ship is like to be broken. Vers. 12. We know, that for some Jonah's sake, this tempest is still upon us; O Lord think on us, that we perish not. O that the many Jonah's of Ignorance, Atheism, profaneness, Popery, Faction, Neutrality, Ambodexterisme, were commanded to be cast overboard, that the calm might be as great as is yet the storm. Mat. 8.16. That all men, in sign of thankfulness, might learn to know, fear, love, and serve that Man-God, whom winds and waves, men and devils, heaven and earth do obey. Vers. 26. Surge Domine, Impera Ventis & Mari; Talem Tranquillitatem Da, Domine. Amen. This is Printed according to Order. Printed for Nicholas Vavosour, and are to be sold at his Shop in the Inner Temple, 1644.