now, but that I cannot; Is it possible that that invincible Conqueror
Cromwel should be overcome who the Devil can beleeve
it? may then I see there is no trust in Horse-flesh, since the
Irish Papists are turn'd Jews, and begin to Sacrifice Bulls again;
Would I were but the Priests Boy to strike in with my Fle[unr]
book (since Mollis gon to the Pot) to fetch up a Joynt of the
Bull of Ely to present to the Juncto , or their Devils Councel of
State for a Breakfast, it may be they would forgive me the Ten
pounds I am indebted to them (by their late Act) for Writing
this Pamphlet against their pretended Authority: or Remit me
of my Forty day'es imprisonment for non-payment of the same. Is
not Lilly now a Witch or a Cunning-man, that forewarned his
Excellence of his Fate and receiving a Wound? how good had
it been, if he hid tane his Counsel and staid at home? but
questionless he was Ripe for the Devil, and could not prevent
his Fate, as appears by the proverb,
He needs must go, when Devils do him drive,
When Rebels fall, then Loyalty doth thrive.
The News from Ireland is now forbidden so much as to be
peep'd into by the juncto the post that brought Letters sworn
into Secrecy, and the Letters buried in the Grave of Oblivion:
Order likewise gon to Sea-ports to swear all that come over
Secrecy; yet all will not do: faith they may e'ne hang up their
Harps and themselves too: for they have lost their other Instruments:
That wonderful Miracle Ene almost as great as the
Resurrection from the dead, is now beshitt: their intended Feasting-Day,
turn'd into a D[unr] Howlong Wo, and Lamentation:
and that God (who hates al[unr] dealing) hath justly
delivered : them up as [unr] Prey, to those they thought they
had destroyed : this tis to reckon their Chickins before they
be hatch'd : suddenly (when they thought themselves Cocksure,
and like the Devil Cry'd Alls mine:) theiul Destruction
ariseth, after they had wrought home all-their Mischiefs,
and were Ripe for Hell then unexpectedly (in Cromwels furious
Carrier, When all fled before them) Vengeance over-takes
him and destroyers their Army, kills 6000 on the place, and
has the exaction upon; them twenty miles together.
The manner of it thus, : After these bloudy Monsters had