A TRUE RELATION OF THE MOST WISE AND WORTHY SPEECH Made by Captain VENUS, one of the Burgesses of the PARLIAMENT to the Apprentices of London; who risen in Cheapside upon the Combustion at Westminster on Wednesday last at night, December the 29. 1641.  
AS ALSO The Randevowes they had that night at the Counter in Woodstreet.  
WITH A Description of the estate of Jreland at this present time.  
LONDON: Printed for R. H. 1641.   

CAPTAIN VENUS HIS SPEECH TO THE APPRENTICES OF LONDON.  
THE Apprentices waiting three days at the Parliament House, without giving affront or ill Language to any; they did only with a full Consent, Cry down Bishops and Popish Lords.  
But coming scattering home by slender Companies, were set upon by divers Caviliers, who did cut many, and misused most with base Language, not only Apprentices but men of good rank and quality (calling them Ram-headed Rogues) to the great disparaging and disheartening of them in their Trades and Callings; for by this means many Tradesmen have shut up Shops, and given over their Trades, because they are so abused: And the adverse party, Papists and their Adherents, greatly countenanced and encouraged; which makes them so bold and insolent, that they care not what outrages they commit against honest men of good report, and the King's loyal and good Subjects, and without some speedy redress, and suppressing of them by the good Laws of the Land against such as do so insolently fall upon the King's Majesty's Subjects without cause, there is like to be many thousand lives spilt and taken away.  
The Apprentices being many of them committed, and the other countenanced, made the Apprentices to swell in blood, to the adventure of the loss of their lives, met on Wednesday night last, to the number of two thousand with Clubs, Swords, Halberds, and were resolved to go to the White Lion; and others cried out, to my Lord Majors: but by the providence of God, and the grave wisdom of Captain Venus, they were prevented by the grave Speech that followeth.  Gent. Let me entreat you to be at peace and quietness, and return every one to his own habitation, and you shall find we will be as ready to do any favour for you, and relieve you in any of your just grievances, as you can or shall yourselves, and as you show your willingness to us, so shall we with our lives be willing and ready to help you: therefore pray departed every man to his own home in peace, that it may not be said of you, they are rude and tumultuous, but that you may show yourselves to be discreet in all your affairs, to the advancing of the cause you have in hand; and refer the cause to us which will be ready to support you to our powers in all that shall be just. 
Then some cried out, But what should they do for the Brethren that were committed by my L. Mayor, and at Westminster, before they shall suffer we will spend all our lives. The Captain made answer, That for those that were committed at Westminster, he and another was appointed by the House to release them all, and we did so the same night before we came from Westminster. And if my L. Maior hath committed any, I will warrant you, if you will be quiet, and take my word, they shall be released evercie one. And as soon as I have refreshed myself, I will go to my L. Mayor, and have them discharged; but do you by no means go, but return home: So they all cried, Home, home, home, with a mighty noise. Then the mayor part went away, but some of them remained there which would not be satisfied, but went down to the Counter in Woodstreet, where they were withstood by the Officers thereto belonging, with swords and half pikes, but some rushed in upon them, and got away one of the half pikes from one of them, and then went up into Cheap side again, but could not rest satisfied, but down they went again, and the door being shut against them, they broke it, and broke the windows. After this, the Keeper of the Counter let some of them come in, and search for them in every Ward, and questioned the prisoners whether there was any or no, but they found none there, And therefore went away.  
There are many Volenteers agoing out, but it is to be feared, that there are many of them Papists, who will be more ready to help the Papists against the King, than the King against the Papists. But I hope the Lord will defeat their designs, and bring their evil ways upon their own heads, if there be any that seeks the destruction of this Land.  
Ireland is in a very bad estate, and in much fear and trouble of the loss of Dublin, but there is yet hopes if there be but present help and aid against the Rebels, which is the desire of all true Subjects, the going forward of the happy design.  
Thus Courteous Reader, you have had the full occurrant of the passages, and in what a miserable estate we are brought unto by Papists and Atheists, who swarm like the frogs of Egypt over the whole Land, and not likely to be swept away, till the Lord in mercy to his people, sweep them into the Red sea of their own blood, into the depth of which the Lord bring all the enemies of his Gospel.  
And so I salute you with kind farewell.  
FINIS.