The Parliaments calendar OF BLACK SAINTS: Or a New Discovery of PLOTS & TREASONS, against our Religion, laws, and Lives, by the Popish Faction: and the Conspirators Convicted, Arraigned, and Condemned, according to their several Crimes.  
With a thankful Remembrance of the many Victories it hath pleased the Almighty to confer upon these Renowned Generalls,( VIZ. His excellency the E. of Essex, L. general, The Earl of Warwick, Lord admiral, The Earl of Manchester, the Lord Fairefax, Sir William Waller, colonel Massey, lief. Gen. cronwell, and others) against Malignants, Atheists and Papists.  
Published according to Order.  
LONDON, Printed for G. Bishop, August 24. 1644.   

The Parliaments calendar, OF Black SAINTS.  
TO begin this calendar, I must( though unwillingly) take one Rule from His majesty, who when he intended to begin this unnatural war, first went a distance from his Parliament, so I from my Subject, he as far as York, and I as Buckingham, he but to Hull, and I as far as Hell: he to raise an Army to destroy His great and faithful council the Parliament; and I ●o Muster up an Army of Plots, and bring them home to your understandings, that would have destroyed both you and yours.  
crier, call Buckingham to the Bar: Hold up thy hand; Buckingham, Thou art Arraigned( by the Name of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, &c.) of High Treason against God, thy King, and Country, For that thou tray●●rously( against the Laws of thy Country) didst hold Confederacy with jesuits, and other notorious Papists, first in spain, afterwards in France, for subverting the Protestant Religion, and planting Popery in this kingdom, and to that end, didst further all their Popish designs in England, by an uncontrolled Power. That( the better to ripen thy Treasons) by the help of Dr. Lamb, thy learned Physician, thou didst remove some great Personages out of the way, an the Duke of Lenox & Richmond, King JAMES of blessed Memory, and some others, who were likely to cross thee in this thy wicked purpose. That thou traitorously de●●gnedst Thousands of Protestants as a prey to the wicked Papists, both at Rochell, the Isle of Ree, and Cades Voyage, the beetter to work thyself into the good opinions of thy vowed friends the Roman catholics. What sayest thou Buckingham, Guilty, or not guilty. Buck. Guilty. Take him Felto●.  
crier, Call Canterbury to the Bar: Pray stand off; his Little Grace will show more glorious. Thou art Arraigned of High Treason, by the name of William Laud▪ late Arch-bishop of Canterbury, and Metropolit●n of all England; For that thou traitorously, and against the laws of God and thy country, didst seek pollitickly to Alter Religion, alter the laws of the Land, Alter the Judges, and cause the inferior Clergy to Alter their Preaching, Alter their Writings, Alter their Postures, Alter the Communion Table, Alter the Service Book, Alter their Habits, Alter their Titles, and all this to Alter the protestant Religion▪ That the better to strengthen and support thy treacherous design, thou didst instruct his majesty to impose strange Taxations, and Monopolies, Knighthoods, shipmoney, New Corporation, soap, Tobacco, rags, Maribones, Rat-traps, and twenty more pretty inventions( for one of thy Place and Coat) to put upon the poor abused people. That thou gavest command to thy Chaplains, in their licencing of Books, to cross out all invectives against thy dear Mother the Church of Rome, and the Authors to be marked out for the High Commission, and so suspended. That thou puttest down Lectures, and caused the Declaration for Sports on the Lords day, ●o be cast as a stumbling block to entrap godly Ministers, who refused to red the same, and to make shipwreck of good Consciences: Sunday must not be called Sabbath; White, Pocklington and others employed by thee to writ for that purpose. That thy Will became a Law, and any that opposed the same, became a Sacrifice to thy Tyranny, as Mr. Burton, Mr. Prynne, and Dr. Bastwick, &c. That the Book of the Inquisition, the Introduction to a Devout Life, The Epistle of Jesus Christ to a Devout soul, full fraught with Popery, by thee licenced, by thy Authority Printed, and publicly suffer●d to be sold, and commended to thy friends both by thy chaplains and thyself. That thou hast occasisioned the breaking up of Parliaments, when Traytors and other offenders( of thy own stamp) have been questioned, and the justest Acts in Agitation. That thou didst cause the Masse-book● lately commended to thee by the Pope, to be sent to Scotland, and a sword with it, That if the keys would not prevail, the Sword should. That thy Romish palate was so queasy, thou couldst relish nothing better then the Blood of the Saints, thy Wolvish stomach so sharp, that Tips of Ears must be cooked for thee; Protestants fried, others strangled, and some so sowc'd and pickled in the High Commission, that( like Issachars ass) they have ever since lay groaning under two heavy burdens of thy Pride and tyranny. No question but thou art guilty of all these Crimes objected against thee, and many more; but I leave thy sentence to those, that ere long will save me the labour, and deliver thee to the hands of deserved Justice.  
Call Strafford, crier, Thomas Earl of Strafford, hold up thy hand, but I had forgot myself, thou art but his Ghost, he hath been Arraigned already, justly condemned and Executed, and his Crimes yet fresh in our memories, therefore call another, crier?  
Cottington? Cottington? Cottington: Thou art an old Spanish Fox, that hast had much familiarity with our Roman goose, that have hatched m●ny eggs into Plots against the Parliament, which have proved delicate Gosslings in her majesties eye; thou art a prime member of the Cabinet counsel, and a junto Fac totum, and well deseru'st this sentence, Take him Gregory.  
Call Digby Jaylor: Digby stand to the Bar: Thou hast been a rare Champion for the Protestant Religion, because thou couldst not effect thy business of the Fourth of January, thou desirest His majesty to provide for his safety, and betake himself to some strong hold, wh●'st Beloved Jermyn and thyself provide Arms to ruin your country: They entitle thee the Close Lanthorn-bearer o' the Court, and indeed it fit's thy Honor right, that hast so rightly followed thy Predecessors steps; a right Faux indeed, only the worse traitor of the two, and shalt partake of the same Justice that thy Ancestor Digby did? Take him DERRICK.  
Newcastle, stand to the Bar: Thou art Araign'd upon a black business, by the Name of Collier, that hast made many poor people( in the City of London chafe themselves hot at thee, and wish thy Honor choked with Cole-dust; the devil and thee are sure of one complexion, only thou the blackest? His majesty made thee marquis; but he made thee traitor, that( at last) will not let thee want firing: Though thou out-run'st thy Country, thou canst hardly out-run him. Burn him soundly Jaylor, then take him Hangman.  
What have we here, another Canterbury? O 'tis the Archbishop of York, a Martiall Priest, another Black one, God bless us, little inferior to his former brethren in mischief; one of Buckingham's Chaplains, who preferred him to be Lord Keeper, because the Prelate should mary his cracked niece, and being urged with his promise, demanded of the Duke, if he had provided her a Husband: D'ye think he'd mary, that loved a Whore so well, though a Babylonish one? Thou carriest the cross in this holy War, and cursest the Parliament with Bell, Book and Candle. But expect no more to be Archbishop of York, Fighters must not be Bishops. And though it be a disparagement to thy Function, I cannot help thee: Take him Derrick.  
Call derby to the Bar: A Strange Name, a Strange man, and has as Strange a Title, King in Man, not of Man: But 'tis strange indeed, that the good old Gentleman his father should hatch up a bide to pick out his own eyes; his Auncestrie began at a three, let him take heed it end not there; but the Grey mere's the better horse, which makes her ware the Breeches▪ and her Strange Lord a Wooden Dagger, yet made a shift( with a borrowed weapon) to murder an Acquaintance at Boston, in could blood. Look to him Jaylor.  
G●ring, hold up thy hand: Jaylor look in't, sure he has been burnt already: but if he had been hanged for the first fault, he had ne're committed the second; he was Governor of Portsmouth, but betrayed his trust, and fled beyond Sea, where let him remain till he be trsus't higher. Take him Greg.  
Hopton, hold up thy hand; Thou art a Lord of the last Edition, newly come forth; yet but a cowardly Lord, to be beat by a Knight, Valiant Sir William Waller made thee Hop away, and out-run thy Honour, as thou wilt thy Country, unless Justice stop thy passage with a halter, for all thy good service done his majesty in the West. Take him Derrick.  
Call Hastings, alias Rob-carrier, You are all Hastings indeed, hasty to do mischief, hasty to rob, fire houses, and do all maner of villainies, that can invent plots, and bring them hastily into action. Thou art a right Hastings, thieves must be hasty men for fear of Justice, and thou desirest but one morning to undo many poor Carriers, steal Broadclothes, Cheese, nay, no commodity comes amiss to thee, unless it be the commodity of hemp, that in the end will make as hasty a dipatch of thee.  
Call capel the Cow-stealer, one of his majesties doughty nobility: His good old father killed Cowes for the poor; but I know no reason that his son should love Cow-beefe ever the better for that, being one that hath been cowed often enough by the Parliament Forces; the King made him Baron of Haddum; indeed the poor Country men, when they miss their Cowes, may quickly guess who Had 'em or having lost their Calves, who Had ' um? not Much-Hadum, nor Little-Hadum, but capel had 'em; He takes them by the Title of his Nobility, being Baron of Had 'em; but because I am thy countryman, I give thee good counsel, Hastings and thee may hang one another, and so hastily couzen Gregory▪ and rid the Parliament of a further trouble.  
Call Lunsford, The Ringleader of roisters, Sir William Balsore was a Protestant, and not to be trusted with the Leivtenantship of the Tower, and honest in the business concerning my Lord Lond●n, and could not be corrupted, Lunsford as right as L●gge, that should have been▪ governor of Hull, hell a fitter place for him. Two rare Members to betray a kingdom. A rare plot, if rightly considered. It behoved them when they were in Scotland with his majesty to make a party there, which made his majesty lavish in conferring Honours, then set Ireland in an uproar, blind the city of London, persuade his majesty to come with a company of roisters to take away the 5. Members, raise tumults about Westminster, and then the work's as good as done: But hold a little Lunsford, not too hasty. The Militia is a great obstacle; but do but persuade his majesty he is in apparent danger, remove him from the Parliament, and let me alone,( quoth Digby:) Is not this excellent Harry? Then thee and I will over into Holland, pawn the Jewels of the crown; nay and her majesty too, before wee'l want arms to be revenged of these precise roundheads; O! Rare policy. Then I beseech your majesty provide for your safety, get you into some strong Hold: Hull is an excellent place for that purpose. This Lunsford, leg, Aston, Hurry, and Skellum Greenvile, shall be Prince Ruperts privy council, when he is King of Ireland. O! they be men of Mettle, after thine own heart Prince, men of Blood all, that care no more for killing Godly Ministers, or murdering his Majesties best Subiects, then other Cavaliers do for killing lice under a hedge.  
These are they that have caused his majesty to go to the brokers, mortgage all; they have mortgaged all too: mortgaged their Estates, mortgaged their Salvation, mortgaged their souls and bodies, till at last they have sold them out-right to do mischief, and so must expect( without speedy repentance) to be Arrested, and committed close prisoners to the bottomless pit.  
These can subvert kingdoms, burn whole towns, steal, Ravish, Kill, and say, The King and queen will have it so: These are the black Saints in our calendar, that have made a hodge-podge of the true Religion and popery, that Reverence the shadow more then the substance, Ceremonies, more then the pure Gospel, or God himself: These make a God of Crucifixes, Altars, Tapers, Caps, Coaps, Susplices, Organ-pipes, fiddlers, Saints dayes, Feasts, Wakes, May-poles, and Morris-dancers; a pleasant religion sure, and very acceptable. These can Swear, Roar, Whore and be drunk, and cry, For God and the King.  
God a mercy old Bishops, you have preached faire, and bettered your flock exceedingly; you have taught them well to fear God and honour the King, that move the King to dishonour God: But do you depend upon human authority, and be as safe as thieves in a mill: He whose authority is on our side, is greater, to whose voice all the devils in hell shall stoop, much more the silly arm of sinful flesh; 'Twas time for the Parliament to look about, and use all the means they could( as blessed be God▪ they have not been backward) to charm these Vipers, which if they had not done in time, would have made all our hearts to ache, and when too late, to blame our own selves: Gods cause must and will prevail, ma●gre the malice of all that oppose it: or such a Judgement must over-take this land, that would have caused all our ears to tingle, and made us a Byword, and reproach to all Nations.  
IF the Lord had not been on our sides,( may wee say as well as Israel) they had long ere this swallowed up both us, and with us our chiefest glory. How did the Lord deliver us at Edge-hill under that Worthy of Isra●l, and Deliverer of the Children of God, Our Noble general the earl of Essex: By Sir William Waller, a glorious Victory over the Lord Hoptons forces, who were utterly Routed? How hath the Arm of the Lord been seen in that Renowned earl of Manchester, the thrice Noble Earl● of leaven general of the Scotrish forces, and the valiant Lord Fairefax? How did that brave lieutenant general cronwell behave himself in battle against that Bloody Prince Rupert, when he was utterly Routed, and a glorious Victory obtained? How was york brought to the obedience of King and Parliament? How many victories by Sea; and how many Prizes have been taken by our Noble Lord admiral, towards the vast expense in these wars? How hath Gloc●ster held out all this time: and that truly Noble Gentleman colonel Massey heaped victory upon victory. The Lord hath done all this, and much more for us: O let us she● ourselves thankful unto him, and praise his holy Name, for all his loving kindness: The same Lord open the eyes of our Enemies, that they may see what confusion they have brought both upon themselves, and his majesty, ●nd made read with blood two flourishing kingdoms, and would do the like to the third; but I hearty desire of almighty God that they may repent, and become new men, if not; still we beseech thee confounded all their devices, hell-hatch'd plots, and destructive purposes against us, and the Regiments of thy son Iesus Christ: O Lord for thy sons sake, for the love thou bearest to thy poor people, open the eyes of his majesty, that he beholding their godless practices and impieties to his people, may b●th del●ver himself, his Children, and his three languishing kingdoms from utter destruction, and deliver up Traitors to deserved Justice, that he may once more move in his proper O●be, the Parliament of England in his full Glory and Lustre. That so God may tu●ne away the fearful Judgements that threa●●n us, for not punishing them, that mourn for the Desolation of Sion, and spoil and make havoc of the Lords Inheritance.  
Amen.  
FINIS.