A Terrible plot against London and VVestminster discovered shewing how Colonell Lunsford, the papist, that should have bin lieutentant in the Tower : should in a conspiracy among the Jesuites and other papist have blowne up the city of London : placing the pieces of ordinance against it : also how the papists with their forces should have risen against Westminster and burnt down the parliament house : likewise how by this conspiracy the Arch-bishop of Canterbury should have beene transported into France : and how Bishop Wren with many other bishops & popish doctors should have bin conducted with him thither : where Canterbury should have bin sainted and Wren made cardinall : with an exact relation of the chiefe cause of the apprentices rising in armes to defend the city of London from their treachery : describing most succinctly the singular mercy of God towards us in defending this kingdome from the manifold plots of the papists and their treacherous conspiracies. 1642 Approx. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2003-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A64420 Wing T774 ESTC R9185 12532043 ocm 12532043 62781

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 eng Laud, William, 1573-1645. Lunsford, Thomas, -- Sir, 1610?-1653? Wren, Matthew, 1585-1667. Catholics -- England. London (England) -- History. Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649. 2002-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-03 Sampled and proofread 2002-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

A TERRIBLE PLOT AGAINST LONDON AND VVESTMINSTER Discovered. Shewing how Colonell Lunsford the Papist, that should have bin Lieutenant in the Tower, should in a Conspiracy among the Jesuites and other Papists have blowne up the City of London, placing the pieces of Ordinance against it. Also how the papists with their forces should have risen against Westminster, and burnt downe the parliament house. Likewise how by this conspiracy the Arch-bishop of Canterbury should have beene transported into France, and how Bishop Wren with many other Bishops & popish Doctors should have bin conducted with him thither, where Canterbury should have bin Sainted, and Wren made Cardinall. With an exact Relation of the chiefe Cause of the Apprentices rising in Armes to defend the City of London from their treachery. Describing most succinctly the singular mercy of God towards Us in defending this Kingdome from the manifold Plots of the Papists and their Treacherous Conspiracies.

LONDON, Printed for IOHN GREENSMITH, 1642.
A Terrible PLOT Against the City of London and Westminster.

THe papists have envied the prosperity of this Kingdome a long time, and have daily studied to kindle a fire of dissension, and distraction among the true protestants, and have diligently plotted to bring the whole State of this Nation to a destructive ruine. Their Councels have bin alwayes imployed to advance the court of rome, and their popish Hierarchy, and as their Councels have bin conjoyned to depopulate this Realme, so their actions have beene sputred forward to a greater instigation thereof. Wherefore to bring their nefarious intentions, and intestine conspiracy to some ripenesse, & maturity of perfection, they have oftentimes intruded themselves to become the Kings favorites: that so by this meanes being advanced to places of great dignity, and high command in this Kingdome, they might more easily execute their Plots (which they have a long time hatched against us) and with greater felicity, Sir William Balfour Lieutenant of the tower, having with great fidelity, faithfulnesse of affection, and reall zeale to the publique good and accommodation of this city of London, performed his Office very faithfully, being a constant enemy to the papists, and their adherents, had some occasion of necessity to goe into Ireland, having a great estate there, and in great danger to lose it, if he did any longer procrastinate the time: as soone therefore as he was prepared to go, Col: Lunsford hearing of it, and obtaining the letters of many popish Lords, hee presented himselfe unto the King, as a very true and loyall subject to his Majesty and the State: and thus by great conivance he was elected to be Lientenant of the tower, although indeed hee was a great Signior of the Papists, stigmatized with the Papall Piploma, and a second Faux or Executioner of their popish designs. Hereupon the Jesuits and papists having their Romish Captaines, and chiefe Conduct in so great a Command of the City of London, did immediatly convocate their Hell-nourished Councels, and assembled themselves together at a publicke Masse, every one striving to defend the Popes premacy, to inlarge his Kingdome, and by all possible means to subvert and supplant this famous City of London, wherefore their resolutions were thus moulded, when as Col: Lunsford should have free liberty, and immunity in the Tower, divers of the Guard should be feed and suborned, having great sums of money given them to conceale, and manage their Councels, and about the dead time of the night they should place the Ordinance lower, and being charged should incontinently blow up the City.

About which time of the night the other papists would provide a sudden Army, and sufficient number of men to set Westminster and the Parliament house on fire, and at the very same time they would provide shipping for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Wren, and many other popish Doctors, who should have bin all transported into Spaine, where the one should have bin made a Cardinall, & the other Sainted. Their designe was sealed with an Oath, that every one shovld be constant to Rome, and put this new-hatcht conspiracie into execution, with all possible care and expedition. Whereupon eight of the Guard were sworne to their machination, the Ordinance were in agitation to be suddenly placed lower in the Tower against the City, and shipping was in great preparation for the Arch prelate, and the other popish affected Doctors.

But marke the successelesse event of their wicked intentions, and nefarious imaginations, and consider the miraculous providence of the mighty and Almighty God, who delivered us from their cruell hands. The Apprentices having great suspition (as indeed they had great cause) of some treacherous plot which hereby might insue upon the City, did forthwith rise, and presented themselves unto the Parliament, totally and universally petitioning against the papists, and the Col: that was a papist in the Tower, shewing that great danger the city was in, Thus they went to Westminster to the parliament house 3 or 4 dayes together, and vvere then unanimously resolved to pull him out of the Tovver, vvhich induced the King and Parliament immediatly to displace him.

Thus we see how all the plots of the papists are brought to nought, and how miraculously God hath preserved us from all their conspiracies & impious machinations: whose malicious envie hath bin alwayes kindled against us, yet notwithstanding the flame of their sin-aspiring thoughts have bin quenched they have divers times came upon us like great Goliah threatning our perpetuall destruction, yet we like little David, have alwayes become victorious, witnesse that formidable Armado in 88. when like ravenous wolves they thought to have devoured us, to the utter demolition of this whole kingdome, yet by the divine providence assisting us, their whole Navie was dissipated, their forces disjected, and repelled. Witnesse againe that Hell-begotten Plot of Gun-powder treason, when the King, Peers, and Commons of this Land had bin all blowne up with a stupendious sufflation to the eternall ruine of this whole Nation: yet by Gods supreame omnipotencie, when this Realme was almost at the last gaspe, when the divellish Plot was almost come to the last period, and execution thereof, their conspiracy was miraculously discovered, themselves apprehended, their Plot blasted, and the Actors therof condemned, witnesse their open rebellion in Ireland at this time, where they reigne in trecheries and conspiracies, whose disloyalty denyes obedience to the Kings Imperiall Crovvne and Royall dignity, who wash their hands daily in the bloud of Protestants, and study with their cruelty to make a Sepulchre for the holy Gospell: but, we hope as all their former trecheries have beene confounded, so this especially will suddenly be.

And finally witnesse those daily plots, which are found out amongst us here in England, the Authors of all which have bin the Papists; who have most nefariously conspired against this Kingdome, at sundry times, yet by Gods providence all hath come to naught, and this last amongst the other especially against this famous City of London & Westminster have beene confounded.

God grant that we may still bee preserved and defended from all their plots, Trecheries, and Conspiracies,

Amen. FINIS.