Gadburies prophetical sayings: or, The fool judged out of the knave's mouth. Gadbury, John, 1627-1704. 1690 Approx. 22 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A42958 Wing G103A ESTC R11536 13798015 ocm 13798015 101861 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A42958) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 101861) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 454:38 or 1793:23) Gadburies prophetical sayings: or, The fool judged out of the knave's mouth. Gadbury, John, 1627-1704. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : port. Printed for Richard Baldwin, in the Old-Bayly., London : 1690. Caption title. In verse. Item at reel 454:38 identified as Wing G97A (number cancelled). Reproduction of original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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ALL hail , my Masters ! health and peace to you My Little Master , and my Mistress too ; That Girl , I mean , that sprung from Adam's Loins , With whom full oft I have increast my Crimes , We then were brisk : for they were pious Times . All hail , my Ghostly Fathers ! now you see Our wicked Stars , how damn'd morose they be ; They 're suff'ring Times : in which I pity you The pious Nuns , and all our holy Crew . All hail , my Brethren ! you the Starry Quacks , Dull , blind and Empty , like our Almanacks ; Arm'd with our Follies , we compleat our Fate ; We rul'd the Stars : they us in Eighty Eight : For that I 'd hence renounce to live , or be , Had my two Learned Brethren out-done me . Shifting and shuffling with his Canting Strains , His head , poor man 's supply'd , but not with brains . All hail , my Neighbours ! I to you Appeal ; You know I kept my Church , you knew my Zeal ; Till a New Faith of a more glorious strain Attack'd my Cranium , and possest my brain , Which now you see I must renounce again . All hail to Malachy ! Almost forgot , That us'd to go instead o' th' Powder-Plot . All hail , good Catholicks ! [ a sigh for that ] My Cozen Celliers : Father Teague and Nat. All hail , my Friends ! but give me leave to Cant , As God shall save me , I 'm a Protestant . Perhaps you know my Face : well , be it so , And yet I know not whither you do , or no : After such Changes I my self have known , Your Face , I may : but I scarce know my own ▪ Nay , should my Ghostly Father come , he 'd swear I 'm not the man I was the other year . I hug'd my rising Fortune in those times Of being great by a new heap of Crimes ▪ All Faith 's alike to me , so I grow fat , I am , I am — but pardon that , Can 't I be what I please without Controul , My Roman Face shews an accomplisht Soul. They call me Rogue in publick , that I 'll bear ; The plaguy thing that Nicks : I can't repair . And that 's [ Curse on my Stars which still-prevails ] Those damn'd Predictions of the Prince of - Wales . In former times when I such rubs did meet , Cat-like , I always fell upon my feet : I kept my stops , and time , and steps ; but now I dance , 't is true , but like an ancient Cow : Or like a Curteous Spaniel , when they cry Seek out ; away he runs , and so did I. Or like Dispencing Judges : Rave and tear , Act all that 's base : for Fools are void of fear ; But yet when catcht , what humble Rogues we are ! Or like a Monkey in an Antick Dress , Who in a Crab-tree would his Tricks rehearse ; The more he skips , the more he shews his Arse : even so did I. J. G's VERSES about the Prince of WALES in his Almanack for the Year 1689. Travestyed . In JANUARY . ALL hail , my Masters ! Eighty Eight is gone ; That Year of wonders , which the World so fear'd ; Yet hath produc'd ( for us to Anchor on ) A PRINCE of WALES ! the Subject of each Bard. And that thou now art mine , sweet Babe ! forgive , I 'de sing thy praises , and thy Vassal live . TRAVESTY . All hail , my Masters ! what is here to do ; A Year of Wonders dost thou call it John ? 'T was such a year , so fatal to your Crew , It hath not left you ground to anchor on . Let Chains then be their Lot , who humbly Crave , And beg to be a Little Bastard's Slave . In FEBRUARY . Angels and Stars adorn'd this Royal BIRTH , As if the Prince of Peace breath'd peace on Earth . May it to War-like Britain prove , as he Did to the World ; [ its Saviour to be ! ] Gladding the drooping Souls of Loyal Men ; And Madmen to their wits return agen . TRAVESTY . Angels and Stars ; why , what should they do there ? The man mistook , and meant the Prince o' th' Air. Jack's Prince of Peace was by a fury brought ; J●ffries , you know , saw him come reaking hot . We know his coming pleas'd the shaven Crew , And with them [ Jack ] it did rejoyce us too . In MARCH . Who says that EIGHTY EIGHT nought signifies ? Sith such a radiant fixed Star did rise In our Horizon ? Can a PRINCE be born That shall the World with Regal Acts a●●orn In future times ? and yet that fertile Year Be passive thought , wherein he did appear ? TRAVESTY . Who says that Eighty Eight nought signifies ? If any do [ though Jack himself ] he lies . It gave a Child , a new way got , and born , Poor Abdicated Creature , all mens scorn . It gave us Ease from our avowed Foe , And gave the Papists too a Cursed Blow . In APRIL . No , No! Sour Criticks ! God doth dignify The art of numbers with sweet Harmony . How many Learned Pens have deign'd to write Of things stupendious in EIGHTY EIGHT ? And so ! herein Great WALES , a Prince of bliss , Born for the Ease of tender Consciences . TRAVESTY . No , No , sour Criticks ; we cannot deny That Gadbury hath learnt to Cant and Lye ; Witness that Year with all these Lies and Tales About the Glories of his Prince of Wales . Poor harmless Babe , miscall'd a Prince of bliss ; Born for his Mother's Ease , not Consciences . In MAY Thrice happy must that SENATE prove that shall So meet their PRINCE ; for to content us all ! Alas ! mens minds and thoughts as different be , As are their faces ; like them disagree : From such a LAW our King will ever shine In future times , an English CONSTANTINE . TRAVESTY . Thrice happy must that Land and Senate be , That is from Popish Tyranny set free : Let Priests lead fools ; Let us abhor that thrall That talks of freedom , when they chain 'em all . 'T was from such Laws [ that King resolv'd to shine ] As Lewis gives ▪ and not a Constantine . In JUNE . By whose Example , Britain's after Kings May shun the Cause whence dire Rebellion springs . Nothing so surely keeps a Land in Awe As Ivory Love ; the Christians Golden Law. But Tyrant force makes people try their brains A thousand ways to break their Bonds and Chains . TRAVESTY . By whose Example must our after Kings , Shun all those Causes whence Rebellion springs ? Your Prince of Wales I know ; while your soft names Of Golden Laws , are join'd to Iron Chains . 'T was Tyrant-force made People try their Brains ▪ To Abdicate the Cause , and break their Chains . In JULY . But who doubts Ease and Quiet ? Since we have Heavens happy Earnest in a Prince so brave . Born on that Day * , we justly Celebrate The holy Feast o' th' blest Triumvirate . As if the Sacred TRINE design'd thereby , To raise Great BRITAINS Ancient PIETY . TRAVESTY . None need doubt Ease and Quiet , since we have Heavens Gift and Blessing , in a Prince so brave : Born to Restore our Peace ; 't is he alone , Shall pull Tyrannick Popish Worship down : This is the Man [ not the Welch Prince ] shall be The true Restorer of our Liberty . In AUGUST . Let 's then contend , who shall best Tribute yield To this Sweet PRINCE ! On whom our Hopes we build POETS pay Verses ! VIRGINS Innocence ! MINERVA Wisdom ! MARS brings strong defence . Each Man brings OFFERINGS proper to his Sphere , And none forget to breathe a HOLY PRAYER . TRAVESTY . Here John tells truth , In this Sweet Prince , [ said he ] Our Hopes are laid of all Felicity . Each pays his Tribute : John alone , you see , Abounds in his own Talent , Flattery ; This is his Offering , proper to his Sphere , A precious Tool to breathe a Holy Prayer . In SEPTEMBER . And let September , [ for the Mothers sake Of this bless'd Babe ] a better Name partake . The seventh Month were dull , but that we see This matchless Princess in it Born to be . Bright MODENA , who hath enrich'd our Land ; May thy great Name in this Month ever stand . TRAVESTY . And let September never be forgot , Nor Modena , not yet the Bawdy-Plot ; Nor yet Dada , who as the Story tells , Lent her his Hand , and with that Aarons Bells . When Babes by Miracles are got , as said , Farewel the ancient way of Sheets and Bed : In OCTOBER . October ! may'st thou always prove For God-like JAMES his Birth ; a Prince , whose Love Joyn'd with his Prudence , hath for us done more , Than all the REFORMATION could before . Oh! Let him Live and Reign to see this SON Of Years and Parts fit for his Fathers Throne . TRAVESTY . October did this Land a King afford , A Prince , they say , that never broke his Word ; Whose Courage , Wit , and Conduct , hath done more , Than all our Great Reformers could before . His Reign was short and sweet , but ere 't was done , The consecrated Smock produc'd a Son. In NOVEMBER . November brought forth Pious Katherine , Portugal ' s Princess ! England's Virtuous Queen , To whom , tho Heaven Children did deny ; She liv'd a hopeful Prince of WALES to see . And let me speak it to her lasting FAME , Gladly she gave the ROYAL BABE his Name . TRAVESTY . November , hang 't , that plaguy Powder-plot , Which Jack so often wilfully forgot ; Nay , last year too ; you see how good Men fails ! He thought of nothing then , but Prince of Wales . To shew you too , his spreading Christian Fame : He tells you , who did give the B. his Name . In DECEMBER . Now MVSE forbear ! This year draws to an end : In th' next , perhaps thou mayst thy Measures mend . Thou gav'st such Hopes long since , of this bless'd Birth , As warm'd each LOYAL HEART with Joy and Mirth . But positive Truth suits not with Human Skill . When that is Writ , an ANGEL guides the Quill . TRAVESTY . Now Muse forbear ! the Year draws to an end , And bid Friend John , his next Years Measures mend . Who , by his Hocus-pocus Priests and Tricks , Foretold a Prince of Wales in Eighty six . A likely Story ! for he could not say , When all his Makers were to run away , Passive Obedience Stars will not obey . Read gentle Reader : Read , and think his Crimes ; How base he is , that wrote these fulsome Lines . J. G's SAYINGS , as he hath given them himself in divers of his Writings ; shewing himself a Papist , &c. and also that he was sure Popery would stand in ENGLAND . I. MARS bodes likewise great oppositions in Councils , many Serpentine Debates ; and a probability of the loss of sundry Charters and Privileges , perhaps long since forfeired , though by the merciful forbearance of good Princes , or Governours , no advantage hath hitherto been taken of them . Moons Eclipse , Alman . 1682. An Impudent Fellow to pretend to predict the taking away Charters by an Eclipse of the Moon ▪ No , Jack , it was not the Stars , but the Popish Cabal told you so . II. If Monarchs by their Favours Cities make , And plotting Citizens those Charters break , They justly lose such Power , when dare deny Their Sovereign's Laws , and 's Pleasure disobey . 'T is prov'd a Legal Maxim , Just and Strong , Cities may Err , but Kings can do no Wrong . In Almanack 1684. III. However , Let me humbly presume to affirm , That the Stars this Year ( and several Years yet to come , nay , I hope for ever ) are at an absolute enmity with the Enemies both of Church and State , &c. Epist . Almanack 1686 This was a menace to the Protestants , to let them know that Popery would continue . — Poor deluded Fool ! IV. And ( might my Muse Prophetick prove ) I 'd swear some Royal Prince ( perhaps of Wales ) draws near . In August , 1686. Ay! was the Bawdy Plot began so soon ! V. True Science teacheth us obedience to God and the King : and to acquiesce in the Decrees and Determinations of our Holy Mother the Church . In Epist . Alman . 1688. A very good Protestant ! VI. Oh! how we ought to magnify the God of Mercies for so immense a Blessing ! so kind hath he been to us ( Papists ) out of his free and gracious Inclination , and ( as it is reasonable to believe ) to illustrate the Reign of his Royal Servant , our Gracious Sovereign ; a Prince , as God would have it , ( in whose hands are Times and Seasons ) of the Primitive Faith and Piety , by a strange Providence brought thereto , and by as strange a Courage ( which is nothing but Christian daring ) to own it ; An Argument to me demonstrative , that this Religion is not of Man , but of God. — VII . Better all Religions be Indulged , than the one Ancient Faith Excluded , Persecuted and Harassed . — What Persecution the poor Catholicks have indured ever since the time of Henry the VIII . Alman . 1688. In Prog. pag. 5. What think you , was Jack a Protestant , or not , in 1688. he says , he is so now . But a Lyar ought to have a good Memory . VIII . To Rome none need be Slaves ! 'T is Heresie Ingulphs our Souls , the True Church sets us free . In the Reply , in June . IX . But Prance , unhappy Prance ! hath so much done , As ( not to clear it , yet ) to quit Just Rome . The Reply , in October . X. Speaking of Powder Treason , he says ; If this were really a Plot of the Papists hatching ( we do not deny but there were some deluded Catholicks in it , and suffered for it ) it was the most ridiculous ( next to Oates's Plot ) that ever was heard . Reply , pag. 3. For that reason I judg Jack forgot the Fifth of November : Here 's an Impudent Advocate for a Villanous Cause and Party ! XI . This greatly Suffering Prince ( says he ) was Crowned at Westminister , Apr. 23. 1685. and there took an Oath , called the Coronation Oath , what then ? was it not of his own free Choice ? he was King of England without it . — that is not of irresistible obligation , but Prudence and Humanity that they do so . Reply , pag. 8. Ask Jack where that Law is written ; and whether it is not a part of Kings-will's Magna Charta ? XII . And well may we question that man's Loyalty to the King , that shall offer to plead for a Continuance of the Test against His Majesty's Royal Inclination . Reply , p. 11. XIII . Speaking of the Dispencing Judges ; What have they done ( says he ) that looks like the Actions of Tr●s●lian ? with whom have they Conspired ? or against whom ? what Countrys have they Injur'd ? or what single Persons have they oppressed ? Reply , pag. 10. Observe but the Fellows Impudence in this thing ; and think whither they were the greater Knaves for acting Villanies , or he for justifying them in it . XIV . On the 11th of August , T. Oats is to stand in the Pillory over against the Temple , and this every year as long as he lives . Alman . 1689. in August . I believe they were Heretical Stars that cheated Honest Jack at this rate . XV. He wished to see the Prince of Orange , and the rest of his Great Ones brought Prisoners to London , to make Speeches at Tower-hill , and Tyburn . In the Paper written for the Papists . Oh villain ! that he should desire the Ruine of that Gentleman , to whom are all stand obliged for our deliverance from the destroyers . XVI . But to demonstrate Iam no Papist ; My Adversary , for his more certain satisfaction , may if he please ; very often see me in the Abby-Church of St. Peter ' s Westminster , in the time of Divine Service , if that will convince him . Cardines Coeli , pag. 36. Quere ? Who hath seen him there in the last two or three years ? I suppose he meant well to the Church ; but his bashfulness hindred his coming to it . Sure you will not judge him a Papist for that ; will ye ? — Apostate ! ADVERTISEMENTS . OH Yes ! If any Man , Woman , or Child , in City , or Country , above ground , or under it ; or in any Abbey , Monastery , Nunnery , or any other of those Houses , can give any certain account where J. G. was married to his last Wife , and by whom ; Let them repair to Brick-Court , and they shall be well rewarded . All Persons that are desirous to be instructed in the Arts of Popery , Sedition , Rebellion , Reporting False News ; and to be furnished with Arguments against taking the Oaths of Allegiance to their present Majesties ; Let them repair to the Professor of Sedition , in Brick-court , at his usual Office , and they need not want their desire . LONDON : Printed for Richard Baldwin , in the Old-Bayly . 1690. Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A42958-e1220 * Trinity Sunday .