HO, ho, ho, are you angry Mr. Parliament, because I will no longer assist you, I that created you am forbidden by him that created me to act in you any longer, you know what an helper I have been unto you this seven yeares, by me you first tooke up Armes against your gracious King, by me deluded the people with a vaine hope of Reformation, when your in­tentions even from the beginning, were for the ruine of the King, Church and Kingdome, by me you entred into Cove­nant with Death, & hell by; me you have practised al manner of cruelties and oppression, and by me it was that you were pre­valent against your Soveraigne; he that threw me downe [Page 2]from Heaven for conspiring against him, permitted me to be the Patron, and Protector, of your Rebellion, and by my means it was that you had the impious boldnesse, to imprison your Soveraigne Lord King CHARLES, in the Isle of Wight, by me it was, that you Cashierd your Covenant and so became at en­mity with the Scots, but not by me, but the Almighty 'tis, that you are now falling from all your greatnesse, why should you blame me then, as I deserted you; the world can witnesse I have served faithfully, and been as true a Devill to your trust as Harry Martin, or the Traytor Say. What ho Belphegor, thou hast ever been a willing friend to flie abroad with any, Messenger, sent by the Parliament to cease upon the persons of all those Wrot for the King, whose Pens did stab Rebellion to the heart, who still are constant to their Principles, and dare call Rebells, Rebells, thou often hast accompanied the State spies, those hounds that hunt the Souls of Royalists such as my faithfull, and my dearest sonnes the Sanguine Lewis, and the pale face Leechman, two Rogues, whose like Slavonia ne er bred; flie thou my prettie Devill, and call hither, my fellow Vilaine Mr. Parliament.

I goe Sir.

I meane to call a Parliament in Hell, but I shall not need to hunt about my teritories to summon Members, from each corporation, the upper House and lower House at Westminster shall be law-makers for me, I have found that they in poli­cie, exceed me farre, yea Aeacus Minos and Rhad a man thus, and all his powers of Hell, that are beside.

Great Sir, I have perform'd my Embasie, but Mr. Parlia­ment is so imploid, he saith, he cannot see your Divellship.

His cannot is his will not; am I growne fearefull to him, are we not still all of one house, one counsell, he cannot stand two daies if I forsake him, I hope hee I not turne honest now at [Page 3]last, and so deceive my expectation, no Devill, no Parliament, is a sure maxime, or is it so, that he himselfe deludes and hopes to rule without my suffrage, poore foole thou hast experience that without me, thou canst not frame a Declaration, for to amuze the peoples minds, that so while they are all astonished, thou mayst with more facility be wicked; thou canst not plunder any man of his goods because he's faithfull to his God, and King, and turne his Wife and Children out a begg­ing, except I goe before thee, and prepare thy way, nor canst thou murther a Burleigh, Tomkins or a Challenour, a reverend Bishop, or a glorious Statesman, except I enter and possesse thy brest, egging thee on to purchase thine owne ruine; thy King had nere been made a prisoner, or the slave Hammond been his dogged lailer, but that I sate in counsell with the Agitators, who rul'd the roast at Windsor; tell me Belphegor what was his excuse?

He told me Sir, that he was very busie in plotting how to keep his head on's sholuders how still to keep his name up with the people which he was almost in dispaire to doe, for that the vulgar, now did he deadly hate him and discovered all his plots, and Stratagems, and ready were each day for to devour him alleadging he had forfeited his being. and broke all Lawes, both Morrall and Devine; he also was raging most furiously, for that by letters he hadgiven to know that all Welshmen were in armes against him conducted by one Butler, Poyer and Powell, that Barwick and Corlila, were ceased one, by Sir Marmaduke Lang­dale, and Sir Thomas Glemham and that his brother Iocker had deserted him, and is on his March with thirty thousand men, with an intention for to whip him soundly because he hath not kept his Covenant; that all the Kingdomes of the earth were banding, and vowed to worke his ruine but he commanded me, for to remember his deare love unto you, which I perceive was onely seemingly, for to himselfe he mutterd that his distrust of God and trusting you had been his ruine.

Is he so soone reclaimd, Ile soone alter his temper; What ho Attophilax, thou art the strongest Devill hell affords, hast thou to Westminster, there shall thou finde my brother Parliament, with his Committees and his Clerkes about him, Hunscot, and Lewis, [Page 4]Leechman, and all the Rogues, together in one knot, tell him I needs must speake with him, and consult about those affaires neerly concern us both, if he refuse to come force him along, thou knowest.

I flie Sir.

Prithee Belphegor, tell me, thou flyest about the earth on all occasions, what is the newes amongst mortals.

With swift Vellocity, proper to spirits, and aeriall formes, I doe intrude into all companies, sometimes I am amongst Iudges when they sit upon the bench, I heare from them, that are male content, sorry but dare not shew it (being over­aw'd by your brother Parliament) while they must sit and passe their doome on man, and hang up those for Traytors love the King, onely because Traytors, will have it so, J am sometimes amongst Churchmen, or if you will the Synod, who doe confesse themselves dam'nd Hypocrites, a Convoca­tion call'd by Rebells, to back their most usurped temporall swords, with that is spirituall, who sell Religion for foure shil­lings a day; frame Directories, Articles, and Catechismes, to foole the people into new opinions, who have reform'd no error, but have broacht; more then the Ephesian Counsell, who pull'd the Bishops out othe' Saddle, that they might mount on horse-back, and have cried downe Plurality of Livings, that they might get by the hand; I am sometimes amongst the rurall swaines, who mutter as they thrash, that all is nought and that the slaves at Westminster have undone them, have sheared them nearer then their sheep, yet will not bestow so much tarre upon them, as will preserve their buttocks from the flies, J have been—

O my deate friend, what is the reason now that thee and I [Page 5]are thus estranged, we that have been so mightily familiar and have done no hing without joynt consent, who mutually ought to affect each other, and both tryumph, as ruiners of Nations, without our amity no mischiefs currant, why art thou now averse.

I tell thee brother, I am now aspotent, and can without thee be as devillish, as when thy selfe wert most my friend, I now am my Crafts-master, and know how, to be as envious bloody, and barbarous, as thou thy selfe-canst possibly invent, I can out-doe thee Lucifer my master, and had not the strong arme of Fate, Crusht me too hard now at my height of fortunes, I had been called Apollyon, and not thee.

How foolishly thou arguest, God or the Devill must have power o're al men, have I raised thee unto this height of glory, while for the sinnes of England, God hath suffered me to call thee, as a Parliament, and to thee have I given all my power, taught thee to lie, dissemble, & to cheat a Nation of their Birth­right; the knowne Law, have I perswaded the deluded vul­gar, to hearken to thy poisonous Rhetorick and to believe thou meanest for to Reforme, and building on that weake founda­tion, to bring their Plate, Covne, and all their treasure, and throw it at thy feet; have I infus'd contentious spirits into them, which stird them up to Faction, and Rebellion, that so the father hath destroyed his child, and children hand to hand have slaine their fathers, so that the ground hath been water­ed with Blood, as with raine while thou hast laine at home and tane thine ease, fed high to strengthen lust, and fill'd thy baggs brim full with gold, extorted from the wretched blinded people, have I constrained the Blew Capt swads of Scotland, to joyne with thee in a most bloody League, a Covenant which I my selfe compil'd, and put to it my best invention, who ayd­ed thee in all thy base attempts, and have I no more thanks for all my paine, yet doe thy worst, I needs must have thy soule [Page 4]that is my owne, by contract, and 'twas for that that all this while I ayded thee.

I doe acknowledge thee my only Patron all my Thankesgi­ving dayes, for severall Victeries, were wholly set apart to sing thy Praises, no Indian ever worshipt thy black Diety, with such obsequious hearty adoration as I have done this seaven yeares; all those dayes I ordained for humiliation, were kept at such times when thy power forsooke me, and that I found thou didst not fight in Person, joyning with my part-takers against the King, and to conclude all Honours, Victories, all the vast Treasure and the numerous mischiefes, that I got, or have per­formed this 7 yeares have been wholly by thee, but now I find thy power is limitted, and that the Almighty hath tane away thy strength, so that my enemies increase upon me, and all men seeke to worke my fall from East, from West, the gellid No, and South, inevitable mischiefs come against me, wherefore I would faine devest my selfe, and would esteeme it a chief hap­pinesse, if I could to resigne my usurped power, as to scape with my life, and with my money, this I have hope to doe; and therefore I have Voted for a King, and that the Govern­ment of the English Nation, by King, Lords, and Commons as of old, and could I also but escape thy clurches.

O thou most wretched fool, 'tis as impossible for thee toscape the everliving force of Stygian fire, as it is for me once more to visit heaven and thy body is for dogs, thy soule for hell, God will no longer let the English Nation bee slave to thy Com­mand, their ancient Discipline must bee restor'd, and they yet once more happie, each of you take a limbe my masters De­vils, I'le beare the rest my self ho, ho, ho, answer me Belphe­gor▪ Artophilax answer him.