A true narrative of the horrid hellish popish-plot To the tune of Packington's Pound, the second part. A true narrative of the horrid hellish popish-plot. Part 2. Gadbury, John, 1627-1704. 1682 Approx. 14 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). A41361 Wing G100 ESTC R213337 99825754 99825754 30141 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. A41361) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 30141) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1793:22) A true narrative of the horrid hellish popish-plot To the tune of Packington's Pound, the second part. A true narrative of the horrid hellish popish-plot. Part 2. Gadbury, John, 1627-1704. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill., engr. s.n., [S.l. : 1682] By John Gadbury. Place of publication from Wing. Verse - "The plot being thus subtly contriv'd as you hear". Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library. 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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From Poperie to save this Nation A Doctor ventures his Damnation cartoon panel K So help me God — inset cartoon panel Their Witnesses did not agree . Mar. 4. Commits Idolatry , for our sakes And of false Oaths noe scruple makes . cartoon panel L M Taisborough hides Armes , in open Roomes A Knight in his Fore Fathers Tombes . cartoon panel N Fough — I Smell Gunpouder . An other where noe man woud thinke Gunpowder hides , in filthy sinke . cartoon panel O Something for a poor Scholar . Get you gone and be hang'd . The Popes Cheife Agent was soe poor He Begd an Almes at Pickerin's dore . cartoon panel P How are we cros'd . My Flint was loose And my Silver Bullet's lost . Pickerin had Kild the King , noe doubt But Bullets lost , and Flint dropt out cartoon panel Iohannes Paulus de Oliva One and Twenty And Powder too , was very scarse For w. ch Old Whitebread Whips his Arse . cartoon panel Q How dare you — Oh hold Turns another in my Coate . Our Doctor he does cudgell basely And dare you ( says he ) to my face lye . cartoon panel Describe Don Iohn . A tall black man — Since naught but blowes is to be got Wise Oates discovers Iesuits Plot. cartoon panel R S God forbid I shoud accuse him . — I know him not . His Eyes are dim , by Candle light And growing faint , does not swear right . cartoon panel T Which hand will you have They life and mony , Al refuse — The fatal Rope , they freely choose . cartoon panel We are Innocent God bless y e King. And forgive our Enemies And to be cut into fowr Quarters — Cause they 'd be Canoniz'd for Martirs . Some Notes on the Picture to prevent Popish Cavils . I. Be not scandaliz'd at a word or two of Latine ; 'T is only to shew the folly of the Papists , who pray in an unknown Tongue . K. This is not meant of any Oath against the Papists , but of their wicked Oath of Secrecy ; which though the Doctor often took , yet we may charitably believe he never did intend to keep it ; since he positively assures us he did but counterfeit : He only seemed to be a Papist , but was all the while a True-Protestant in his Heart . See L. Staf. Tryal p. 123. L. Arms for 5 or 600 Men were hid in his Parlour ; yet by Art Magick were invisible to the Gentlemen of the Country , who often dined with him in the same Room . See his Tryal . M. Sir H. T 's . Vault was search'd for Arms , and Coffins opened ; but all the Arms they had hidden there were turn'd to Bones . N. Sir R. T 's . Sink was searched for Arms and Gunpowder ; yet nor so much as one Black-Bill could ever be found there , nor in any other place . O. See Wakeman's Tryal , p. 73. P. Grove , that he might be sure to give an Incurable Wound , did traiterously and maliciously champ a Silver Bullet with his poysonous Teeth . See his Tryal , p. 24 , & 81. Q. Either another man in such a Coat , or else ( as some believe ) the Devil in his likeness , went often to Court , and occasion'd this unlucky mistake , which was the cause of his being beaten . See the Jesuits Tryal p. 16 , 17. Many may perhaps wonder , that the crafty Jesuits would suffer him to be in such a miserable beggerly Condition ; and much more , that they would beat and abuse one , whom they had trusted with Secrets of so high a nature . But we can easily answer this , and an hundred other seeming Improbabilites , only by saying , They were infatuated . R. See Coleman's Tryal , p. 30. S. Wakeman's Try. p. 55 , & 82 , T. Langhorn's Memoirs , p. 6. A True Narrative of the Horrid Hellish Popish-Plot . To the Tune of PACKINGTON'S POUND . The Second Part. The Contents of the Second PART . Of Arms under-ground for Horse and for Foot ; The KING almost Kill'd , but Gun wiill not shoot , For which Pick'ring is whipt . All of them swear To be true to the PLOT ; yet Oats , not for Fear Nor Revenge , ( though turn'd away , and well hang'd ) Discovers them all ; The Jesuits are Hang'd . I. THe PLOT being thus subtly contriv'd as you hear , To God knows how many this ( 1 ) Secret th'impart , Some famous for Cheats , yet their Faith they don't fear ; To tye a Knave fast they had found a new Art. They ( 2 ) swore on a Book , And ( 3 ) Sacrament took ; But you 'l find , if into their grave Authors you look , Forswearing's no Sin , ( as ( 4 ) Recorder well notes ) Nor Treason , Rebellion , nor Cutting of Throats . The truth of my Story if any man doubt , W' have Witnesses ready to Swear it all out . II. STill blinded with Zeal , and inveigl'd by Hope , Store of Arms they provide for Fight and Defence , Three Lords must command , as Vice-Roys of the Pope , And all over England they raise ( 5 ) Peter-pence . Their Letters they send By ( 6 ) Bedlow their Friend , Or else by the ( 7 ) Post , to shew what the intend . Some hundreds ( 8 ) Oats saw , which the Jesuits did write , 'T is a wonder not One of them e're came to light . The Truth of my Story , &c. III. POunds Two hundred thousand to ( 9 ) Ireland they sent ; Fifteen thousand to ( 10 ) Wakeman sor Potions and Pills ; Forty thousand in Fire-works we guess that they spent ; And , Item , Ten thousand to pay for Black-Bills ; Fifteen hundred more ( 11 ) Grove should have they swore ; Four Gentlemen Ruffians deserved ( 12 ) Fourscore ; Pious Pickering they knew was of Masses more fond , And for ( 13 ) Thirty thousand they gave him a Bond. The truth of my Story , &c. IV. THese two , to Kill the King by fair promises won , Had watch'd now some ( 14 ) years in St. James ▪ s Park ; And Pick'ring , who never yet ( 15 ) shot off a Gun , Was about to take aim , for he had a fair Mark : Just going to begin't , He ( 16 ) missed his Flint , And looking in Pa● , there was ( 17 ) no Powder in 't ; For which he their Pardon does humbly bese●ch , Yet had ( 18 ) thirty good lashes upon his bare Breech . The truth of my Story , &c. V. BUt a sa●der mischance to their PLOT did befall , For Oa , their main Engine , fail'd when it came to 't ; No marval indeed if he cuzen'd 'em all , Who turn'● him a ( 19 ) begging , and ( 20 ) beat him to boot : He wheeling about , Th' whole Party did rout , And from lurking holes did so ferret 'em out ; Till running himself blind , h● none of them ( 21 ) knew , And fainting at ( 22 ) Council , he cou'd not swear true . The truth of my Story , &c. VI. TO co●fort our Doctor , brave Be●loe's brought in , A m●re Credible Witness was not above ground ; He vows ●nd protests , though a Rogue he had been , He wou'd now not swear false for Five hundred p●und : And why shou'd we fear They falsly wou'd swear , To damn ●heir own ( 23 ) Souls , and to lose by it here . Poor Oat , who before had no Peny in Purse , Discov'ri●g the PLOT , was Seven hundred pound ( 24 ) worse Th●●ruth of my Story , &c. VII . TWo ●itnesses more were let loose from the Jayl , Thogh ( 25 ) One 't is confest did run back from his word ; ( In danger of Life a good man may be frail ) And th' ( 26 ) Other they slander for Cheating his Lord. T' every one of these men The Jesuits brought ( 27 ) Ten , To dispro●e 'em in Time and in Place ; but what then ? One Circ●mstance lately was sworn most clear By a ( 28 ) Man who in hopes has Five hundred a year . T●e truth of my Story , &c. VIII . ANd then we are told , We must always suppose , To murder the King a Great PLOT there has been ; And who to contrive it so likely as those Who Murder and Treason do hold for no Sin. Things being thus plain , To plead was in vain ; The Jury ( instructed again and again ) Did find them all Guilty , and to shew 't was well done , The People gave a Shout for Victory won . The Truth of my Story if any man doubt , W' have Witnesses ready to Swear it all out . IX . T Is strange how th●se Jesuits , so subtle and wise , Shou'd all by the Pope be so basely trepan'd , To Hang with much comfort when he shall advise , And go to the Devil too at his command . He may give them leave , To Lye and Dece●ve ; But what when the Rope do's of Life them bereave ? Can his Holiness , think you , dispense with that pain , Or by his Indulgences raise them again ? The truth of my Story if any man doubt , W' have Witnesses ready to Swear it all out . X. Yet ( like Madmen ) of Life a Contempt they express , And of their own happiness careless appear . For Life and for Money not one would confess ; Th' had rather be Damn'd , than be Rich and live here . But surely they rav'd , When God they out-brav'd , And thought to renounce him the way to be sav'd ; With Lyes in their mouths go to Heaven in a string ; So prosper all Traytors , and GOD save the KING . The truth of my Story if any man doubt , W' have Witnesses ready to Swear it all out . Concordat cum Recordo . Cl. Par. FINIS . I do imagine some will say there never was such another strange Ballad , with marginal Notes and Quotations . But I answer , there never was such another Plot , and I am affraid , that if I did not cite very good Authors , and bring Witnesses of untainted Reputation , the next Generation might be so far deluded by Popish Shams , as not to believe it . Authors Quoted . ( 1 ) As it appears in the several Tryals . ( 2 ) Ireland's Tryal , p. 23. ( 3 ) Hill's Tryal , p. 32 , ( 4 ) See his Speech in Ireland's Tryal , p , 81. ( 5 ) The same Tryal , p. 30. ( 6 ) Jesuits Tryal , p. 33. ( 7 ) The same , p. 29. ( 8 ) Oats's Narrat . all along . ( 9 ) See Coleman's Try. p. 23. ( 10 ) The same , page 40. ( 11 ) The same again , p. 21. ( 12 ) The same , p. 24. ( 13 ) The same again , p. 21. ( 14 ) Ireland's Tryal , p. 24. ( 15 ) The same , p. 25. ( 16 ) The same again , p. 24. ( 17 ) See Jesuits Tryal , p. 33. ( 18 ) Ireland's Tryal , p. 24. ( 19 ) Wakeman's Tryal , p. 73. ( 20 ) Jesuits Tryal , p. 91. ( 21 ) Wakeman's Tryal , p. 30 , & 55. As also Coleman's Tryal , p. 30. ( 22 ) The same again . ( 23 ) Wakeman's Tryal , p. 40. ( 24 ) Thus Oats and Bedloe affirm in Langhorn's Tryal . ( 25 ) Mr. Prance . ( 25 ) Mr. Dugdale . ( 26 ) Jesuits Tryal all along . ( 27 ) viz. To prove that Ireland was not in Town Aug. 19. See Wakeman's Tryal , p. 22. ( 28 ) Mr. Jenison . See th' Authors I quote ; there 's Witnesses plenty , Approv'd by a — Nemine Contradicente . Yet Juries ( for tender Conscience so famous . ) To save a True-Protestant , write Ignoramus .