THE SEVEN WOMEN CONFESSORS, OR A DISCOVERY OF THE Seven white Devils which lived at Queen-street in Coven-Garden.  
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Katherine Wells,  
Susan Baker,  
Anne Parker,  
Katherine Smith,  
Elinor Hall,  
Mary jones,  
Dorothy Marsh.    
WHOSE ARTICLES ARE HEREIN DECLARED, AND their mad pranks presented to the view of the World.  
DISCOVERED By john Stockden a Yeoman. Jan. 22. 1641.  
London. Printed for john Smith.   

THE SEVEN WOMEN Confessors. OR, A DISCOVERY OF THE SEVEN WHITE Devils, which lived at Queen-street in Coven-garden.  
ROman Papists are daily complained of, their names of late have been so odious unto each Protestant, that they cry up and down England, down with them down with them.  
Nor is their cry unjust, so many distractions by them being caused, jesuits, Priests, and Friars, were once in England, as plenty as Patientees, Promoters, or double feed Attorn●ies. At which, was very much murmuring, many just reasons being given to the Parliament how prejudicial their staying would be to the kingdom.  
Whereupon the Honourable Court of Parliament took it into their wise considerations, and one of the first things which they established was their banishment, against the time specified in the Proclamation, and those which were found slack in obeying the aforesaid Proclamation, were to suffer according to the Laws of England: some were supposed to fly away, but many were known to be left behind, whereof one is executed, and eight at this time are prisoners in Newgate. Not one of them being uncondemned: one of which was tried upon Monday being the 17. day of Jan. who being called to the Bar, he was asked whither he were a Jesuit or no: at which he seemed to answer with a push, why was I b●ought ●i her else; yes, I confess to you all, that I have been a Jesuit above thirty years, and say unto you all, I think in my conscience that there is no such law, is to condemn a man for his conscience.  
Whereupon a Jury was called, who sat upon him, guilty of death: whereupon he was condemned to be drawn, hanged and quartered, at which he seemed not so much as to change his countenance, hoping to be reprieved as the rest before were.  
But leaving him to his fortunes: by all good women's favours, I will treat of a late Discovery of some women Confessors, whose title although it be rude, yet is this Relation true.  
Some certain women belonging to the Popish crew, perceiving that jesuits, Priests, nor F●yers did dare publicly to show their faces, impudently resolved to supply their places, and privately proclaimed themselves Confessors, ordained by Father Cyprian, their abode was in Queen-street at Coven-garden.  
Unto whom did daily many assemblet hemselves, not only for absolution, but distraction.  
Their Names are these: 

Katherine Wells,  
Susan Baker,  
Anne Parker,  
Katherine Smith,  
Elinor Hall,  
Maior jones,  
Dorathie Marsh.    
The manner of their absolution was thus. He or she which came to be confessed, brought a piece of silver in hand, which was paid as an offering to the chief Matron Katherine Wells, then of all the seven might he choose his Confessor, which goes presently into a room with them or her, but this by the way must be made known, that amongst these seven female Confessors was there but one old woman, which was Mistress Wells, the other young and handsome.  
Either of which being privately confessing one, it was ten to one (unless she knew him well) if she did not make him confess that his purse was gone: and to come thither to complain for it, no man durst, for fear of a good-Fridays whipping out of Lent; for why, each of them were sworn to keep these Articles.  
I. FIrst, never to declare any thing to Heretics, which belong to their sacred Order.  
II. Secondly, never again to come unto them, unless in the dark.  
III. Thirdly, that he should not question their holy Authority.  
IU. Fourthly, that wickedness was never committed in that house.  
V. Fiftly, to confess all things to them, nothing being hid.  
VI Sixtly, never to be confessed, by any man afterwards.  
And lastly, if it were his fortune to ingonder with any of the female Confessors, not to tell it to any of the rest.  
And so the Pope must help him: by which way they stuff their purses with gold, and their bellies with children, and then did they against their wills forsake their cheating Nunnery, the chief cause being discovered, by John Stockden, a plain Country fellow, who was willing to have a wench, but not to swear to their Articles.  
FINIS.