HOw? given his Soul to the Devil? turn'd a Doctor Faustus?

So says the Infallible Obser­vator, No. 61. which I rather be­lieve then a Geneva Bible, and he tells you the Condi­tion too, as punctually as if he had been a witness to the Contract.

This is wholly extraordinary; but what If there should be no more Truth in this, than there [Page 2] was in another of his Observations, not long since of Doctor Oats lying all along upon the High Altar at St. Omers, and saying he was taking his Leave of Je­sus Christ, 'tis true, Monsieur Observator does not tell the Story so much at large as the Jesuit that first in­vented it, but yet he fairly hints it as a great Truth: for with the Vomits of the Jesuits he stuffs his Pa­pers, and from their Topicks has for these two years Ridicul'd the Popish Plot.

Well; If Care have so Mortgag'd himself; I'le warrant you old Nick has taken possession, for I am sure Care has often broke the Condition specified, and told some unlucky Truths; therefore though I am not Guilty of much good meaning to the Wretch, yet for the Honour of holy Church, that a miracle may be wrought, I would Recommend a Receipt for him.

VVhat to drive the Devil out?

Yes; On my word 'tis as easily done as to Cure an Ague with Jesuits Powder, in a Book Inti­tuled Flagellum Demonum (the Devils Scourge) wrot by the Reverend Father Jerome Mengus, a Fryar Minorite, Printed WITH ALLOWANCE (Sir) at Lions Anno 1614, you have a hundred of these Divel-Driving-Medicines, each with its Pro­batum.

Prethee, lets have one of them.

Why p. 51. There is this that follows; but pray mind the Crossings. ‘I Conjure thee O Devil, by what names soever thou art called, by the living ✚ God and by these Holy Names of God, That at my Com­mand from this Creature of God N. thou do without delay depart, putting him to no pain, nor doing him any damage, and without the Hurt of any person ✚ Hel, ✚ Heloym, ✚ Adonay, ✚ Saday, ✚ Soter, ✚ E­manuel, [Page 3] ✚ Tetragrammaton, ✚ Alpha and Omega, ✚ Agyos, ✚ Yschyros, ✚ Otheos, ✚ Athanatos, ✚ Ag­la, ✚ Jehova, ✚ Homousion, ✚ Ya, ✚ Jesus, ✚ Christus, ✚ Messias, ✚ Eloa, ✚ Eheye ✚. Again, I Conjure thee by the Blessed Virgin Mary, and by all the Court of Heaven, and by all things wherewith thou maist be bound, That forthwith thou shew thy self, O thou Malignant Spirit, and answer me touching what­ever I shall Interrogate thee.’

Nay, If this won't do, I know not what will,—But without Fooling, I believe there may be no need of your Catholick Exorcism, for I am told Care defies the Divel and L'Estrange, and all their Works, and lives in the Peace of God and the King. That he ever said L'Estrange had a hand in the Burning of London, or that he removed his Books and Papers, &c. is utterly false; and the small Eves-droping Tongue-pads that inform'd the Ob­servator, abused him, 'Twas well there was other Company that remembred Cares Words, and the occasion; and 'twas a kindness that the Youths did not Swear Treason against him when their hand was in, Care does not use to keep Boys Company, but they (having it seems a design) obtruded them­selves, and began to Quote L'Estrange, of whom Care gave a due Character, that he was a very In­genious Fellow, but he fear'd, abused those good parts, God had lent him; to the prejudice of the King (by raising Causless Jealousies) and of the Prote­stant Religion: after which a story was told, that it was reported, a certain Blade near Puddle-Dock, that before the Fire caused some Hay (not Books or Papers) that was ordered in thither, to be carryed to Holburn; but not a word of L'Estrange's being the [Page 4] man, for on the contrary Tradition delivers it to be an old Fellow, that was at that time Stallion to a woman thereabouts. L'Estrange, 'tis like might have been mentioned in the foregoing Chat, and so had the Pope, and the French King; but Care did not charge any of them to have any hand in the Fire; and to tell you the Truth, though Care does not imagine the Gentleman to be a Fire-Ball flinger in 1666. yet there are an hundred thousand good Loyal Subjects, that believe him to be a Pamphlet-Incendiary.

You Whigs will be tatling, but you see what a Prophesie the Observator has about Juries.

Truely a very pretty Reflection on the Honour and Justice of the Nation, as if all the Po­pish Traitors had been Convicted Blindfold. For he that Prophesies of a thing as a Rarity, supposes no such matter has commonly been before.