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A47830) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 32699) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1927:13) The committee; or popery in masquerade L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. printed by Mary Clark, for Henry Brome, at the Gun in St. Paul's Church-yard, London : 1681. Attributed to L'Estrange by Wing. Text printed in four columns. Upper half of the sheet is an engraved allegorical plate, attacking Commonwealth Parliamentarians, the Solemn League and Covenant, the regicides, and various dissenting sects. Reproduction of the original in the British 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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Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688 -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. 2003-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-12 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2004-02 John Latta Sampled and proofread 2004-02 John Latta Text and markup reviewed and edited 2004-04 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE COMMITTEE or Popery in Masquerade . THE EXPLANATION . BEhold Here , in This Piece , the Plague , the Fate Of a Seditious Schism in Church , and State : Its Rise , and Progress ; with the dire Event Of a Blind Zeal , and a Pack'd Parliament . It was This Medly that Confounded All ; This damn'd Concert of Folly and Cabal , That Ruin'd us : For ye must know , that Fools Are but State-Engins ; Politicians Tools Ground to an Edg , to Hack , and Hew it out ; Till by Dull Sots Knaves Ends are brought about . Think on 't , my Masters ; and if e're ye see This Game play'd o're again , then Think of Me. You 'l say This Print's a Satyr . Against Whom ? Those that Crown'd Holy Charles with Martyrdom . By the same rule the Scripture you 'l Traduce , For saying Christ was Crucifi'd by th' Iews : Nay , and their Treasons too agreed in This ; By Pharisees Betray'd ; and with a Kiss : Conscience , the Cry ; Emanuel was the Word ; The Cause , the Gospel , but the Plea , the Sword. [ A ] Now lay your Ear close to that Nest of Heads . Look , don't ye see a Streaming Ray , that sheds A Light from the Cabal down to the Table ; T' inspire , and Push on an Enthusiast Rabble ? In That Box sits a Iunto in Debate , Upon their Sovereigns and Three Kingdoms Fate : They 're Hot , and Loud enough . Attend 'um pray'e , From point to point ; and tell us what they say . Is it Resolv'd then that the King must Down ? Not for a World ; we 'l only take his Crown : He shall have Caps , and Knees still ; and the Fame Of a fair Title , and Imperial Name : But for the Sword ; the Power of War , and Peace ; Life and Death ; and such Fooleries as These ; We 'l beg These Boons our selves : And Then , in Course , What cannot be Obtain'd by Prayer , we 'l Force . It rests , now , only ; by what Arts and Friends , Methods , and Instruments , to gain These Ends. First , make the People Sure ; and That must be By Pleas for Conscience , Common Liberty : By which Means , we secure a Popular Voice For Knights and Burgesses , in the Next Choice . If we can get an Act , Then , to Sit on Till we Dissolve our Selves , the work 's Half-done . In the mean while , the Pulpits , and the Presses Must ring of Popery , Grievances , Addresses , Plots of all Sorts , Invasions , Massacres , Troops under Ground , Plague-Plaisters , Cavaliers : Till , Mad with Spite and Iealousie , the Nation Cry out , as One Man , for a Reformation . Having thus gain'd the Rabble ; it must be our Next Part , the Common-Council to secure : And then ; let King , Law , Church , and Court-Cabal Vnite , and do their Worst ; we 'l Stand 'em All. Our Design 's This ; to Change the Government ; Set up our Selves ; and do 't by a Parliament . And This t' effect needs only Resolution ; We 'l leave the Tumults to do Execution . The Popish Lords must Out , Bishops must Down ; Strafford must Dye ; and Then , have at the Crown . We will not leave the King , One Minister ; The House , One Member ; but what We Prefer : No nor the Church , One Levite ; Down they go : We , and the 'Prentices will have it so . [ B ] This was scarce sooner Said , than the thing Done : For up starts Little Isaac , in the Room Of Loyal Gourney , with a Sword in 's hand ; The Ensign of his New-usurpt Command : Out of his Mouth , a Label , to be True To the Design of the Caballing Crew : [ C ] His Holiness at 's Elbow ; Heart'ning on , A Motly Schism ; Half-Pope , Half-Puritan ; Who , while they talk of Vnion , bawl at Rome ; Revolt , and set up Popery at Home . [ D ] Now , bring your Eye down to the Board ; and see Th' Agreement of that Blest Fraternity : Cov'nanters All ; and by That Holy Band Sworn En'mies to th' Establisht Law o' th' Land. These are the Men that Plague all Parliaments For the Impossible Expedients Of making Protestant Dissenters , One , By Acts of Grace , or Comprehension : When by their very Principles , each other Thinks himself bound to Persecute his Brother . They never Did , they never Can Unite In any one Point , but t' o'rethrow the Right : Nor is 't at all th' Intent of Their Debate To fix Religion , but t' embroil the State ; Ill Accidents and Humours to improve , Under the fair Pretexts of Peace , and Love ; To serve the Turn of an Vsurping Power . But read the Minutes , and They 'l tell ye More . [ E ] Take a view , next , of the Petitioners . But why , ( you 'l say ) like Beasts to th' Ark in Pairs ? Not to expose the Quaker , and the Maid , ( By Lust to those Brutalities betray'd ) As if those two Sects more addicted stood To Mares , and Whelps , than other Flesh and Blood : No , But they 're coupled Here , only to tell The Harmony of their Reforming Zeal . [ F ] Now wash your Eyes , and see their Secretarius Of Vncouth Visage ; Manners most Nefarious ; Plac'd betwixt Pot and Pipe , with Pen and Paper ; To shew that he can Scribble , Tope , and Vapour : Beside him , ( craving Blessing ) a Sweet Babby ; ( Save it ! ) the very Image of the Daddy ! He deals in Sonnets , Articles , takes Notes , Frames Histories , Impeachments , enters Votes , Draws Narratives , ( for Four Pound ) very well ; But then 't is Forty more , to Pass the Seal . Beside his Faculty , at a Dry Bob , That brings him many a comfortable Job . [ G ] Mark , Now , Those Club-men ; That Tumultuous Rout Crown , Bible , Magna Charta , under Foot ! Those Banners , Trophies ; and the Execrable Rage , and Transports of an Incensed Rabble ! Here , the Three States in Chains ; and There , the Head Of a Good King , by Rebels Murthered . And all this while , the Creatures of Those Knaves , That blew the Coal , themselves , the greatest Slaves . What Devil could make Men Mad , to This Degree ? Only mistaken Zeal , and Iealousie . Liberty , Conscience , Popery , the Pretence ; Rapine , Blood , Sacriledge , the Consequence . [ H ] Let 's Cross the way , Now , to the Doctors Side . 'T is a good , pretty Girl , that holds his Head ! What 's his Disease , Sweet-heart ? Nay , That 's a Question ; His Stomach 's Foul , perhaps , 't is Ill Digestion ; But 't is a mercy , 't comes so finely away : Here 's Canons , Surplices , Apocrypha ! Look what a Lump there lies of Common-Prayer . Ay , but the Cross in Baptism , that lies There : O , how he Reacht ; and still , as I provok'd him , He 'd Heave for Life ; 't was Ten to One 't had Choakt him ! Nay verily ; This Stuff , in Holder-forth , May be as much as a man's Life is worth . How Do ye Sir ? Why somewhat more at Ease , Since I 've Discharg'd these Legal Crudities . But if your Stomach be so extremely Nice ; What Course d' ye take ? O , I have Good Advice : All the Dissenting Protestant-Divines ; There 's not a man in the whole Club , but Joyns . This Pect'ral , ●ou must know , keeps me alive ; Sequester'd Livings are Preservative ! But for the Sovereign Remedy of all , The Only , never-failing Cordial ; There 't is upon That Shelf : That Composition Th' Assembly Took , it self , in my Condition . The Tears of Widows , Orphans Hearts , and Blood They made their daily Drink , their daily Food : Behold our Christian Cannibal's Oblation , To auspicate their Moloch Reformation . [ I ] Well! But what means This Excremental Swarm Of Humane Insects ? How they Fret , and Storm ; Grin at the Vomit ; and yet for all this Pother ; At the same Time , lie teizing one another . Alas ! 'T is too , too true , you 've hit my Grief : And there 's no Help , no Help for 't ; no Relief . While They joyn'd Hands with Vs , against the Crown , And Church ; How sweetly the Lords Work went on ! But when we came to plant our Directory , ' Bless me , what Freaks they play'd ! you know the Story . Oh! of themselves , they 're e'en a Vip'rous Brood ; Begot in Discord , and brought up with Blood. 'T was We that gave 'em Life , Credit , and Name , Till the Vngrateful Brats devour'd their Dam. What could ye look for else ? For 't is Dominion , That you do all contend for , not Opinion . If you 'l have any Government ; then say , Which Party shall Command , and which Obey . Power is the thing ye both Affect , and Hate , Every one would , ye Cannot , All be Great . This is , in short , the Sum of the Contest ; Still He that 's Up , 's an Eye-sore to the Rest. Presbytery breeds Worms : This Maggot-Fry Is but the Spawn of Lawless Liberty . License , is like a Sea-Breach to your Grounds ; Suffer but One Flaw , the whole Country Drowns . LONDON : Printed by Mary Clark , for Henry Brome , at the Gun in St. Paul's Church-yard , 1681.