Two letters one from John Audland, a Quaker, to William Prynne, the other, William Prynnes answer / by the author of Hudibras.

THE ANSWER OF William Prynne.

John Audland,

THou Quaking Quack, Jesuitical Romish Franciscan Frog, See my Quaker unmasked, pag. 1. 13. Thou that art the Devils dice-box which he SHAKES, Rattles, wags, to gull, cheat, delude, and seduce the intoxicated giddy-headed, English Nation. Thou that art sick of thy Church, and hast catch'd thy Religion like a Palsey, Epilepsy, Ague, and art taken with Tertian, Quartan, Quotidian cold fits, at thy Super∣stious, Idolatrous Jesuitical Meetings, Assemblies, Conventicles. See my Healths Sickness, p. 150. The Northern blast, pa. 90. The Pope cros∣sing the Cudgels, p. 297. Whereas thou saist I have no Eares, &c. therein thou shewest that thou hast no Light, Reason, understand∣ing, For as a house is judged to be a house in Law as long as any part thereof is standing, and a light piece of Gold is good and lawful En∣glish Coyn, currant with allowance, although it be clip'd, filed, wa∣shed or worn; even so are my Eares, legal, warrantable, and suffici∣ent Eares, and good in Law, however they have been clip'd; pared, crop'd circumcised, and I have a better Title to the Remainders then thou hast to thine, for they have been twice adjudged to me by the Laws of the Land, which thine never were. For those parcels, scraps, shreds, that I was deprived of, did but confirm my Right to those that are (see my own Abridgement at large, pag. 29. Lisle upon Gerrard, pa. 26. The Legality of Treason, in two parts, S. G. upon both, pag. 666) left, for exceptio firmat legem in casibus non exceptis.

This shews that the light within thee, of which thou dost vapour, brag, vaunt, and extol thy self so much, is but a kind of dusky Owl-light,

a trembling, twinckling, stincking stuff, which thou carriest in thy Paunch, Guts, Bowel, as an Ox, Bull or Cow doth Tallow to make Candles of, or the Cattle of Lincoln shire do the Fewel of the Countrey, and thou knowest who it was that looked over Lincoln, and cryed, All's mine, as he will in time do over ye Quakers, Frogs, Vipers, See my Hidden works of darkness, p. 400. A Looking glass for a blind guide, p. 79. Fryers a Fry of Frogs, p. 220 &c.

Whereas thou sayst, urgest, and objectest, that I would have made an Act of Parliament, therein thou art mistaken, deceived and de∣luded, for I would rather have marred, spoyled and perverted one ac∣cording to the sense, judgement and opinion of the House (and ejus est interpretari eujus est condere, see Bra••on) by putting in, adding and in∣certing some thing or things of my own invention, wit, contrivance, that had not passed their Votes, and puting out, eracing, and expun∣ging other things, which had, which cannot be said, held, or judged to be a breach of Law, because it was before it was made one, and if it had been so, yet it would have proved no great crime, fault, offence, for exchange (thou knowest) is no robbery. See The foot out of the snare, pag. 53. Prynnes Principles, p. 200. which is more then you can say, produce, or alledge for your selves, who are a generation, Spawn, Lit er of Vipers, Frogs, Serpents, so obstinate, peremptory, incorri∣gib e, that you break the Act of Parliament, at the same time that it is put in Execution against you, like unto a Cut purse that picks a Pocket when he is going to be hang'd, for you croud, thrust and intrude your selves into Prisons by shoales, that you may in defyance of Law, Go∣vernment, Authority, meet more then five together, although it be in the Goale. See my Sword of Christian Magistracy suppressed, p. 550. The Sectary dissected, p. 82.

Whereas thou saist I write in the stile, form, language of a Convey∣ance, therein I do according to my Profession, Calling, Vocation, and if thou hadst done so too, thou hadst been but a Mechanick still, and hadst not ordain'd thy self a Hedge-Sir Iohn of an Orderless Order and unruly rule, the Original, Rise, or beginning, whereof is as uncertain as the Head or Heads of Nile, or the hatching of Woodcocks, for no body can cell from whence it came, (See, Truth Triumphing, pag. 79. The Jesuite a lebusite, p. 904.) a Church, or rather Chappel indeed, that is built upon a Quaking Dog (mark that) or flat quick sand, with∣out supertor or inferior in it, like the Knights of King Arthurs (See the Seaven Champions of Christendome) Round Table, or the Serpent Am∣phisbaena (of which, see Pliny (that has a head at both ends.

Mahomet the false Prophet of the Turks, was the first Prophet, Pa∣triarch, Founder of the Quakers. For he had trembling trances, and frantick fits of the Falling sickness, in which he had Revelations, dreams, Visions whisper'd into his ear by a Dove Pidgeon or Widge∣on, that he had instructed and taught, used to pick seeds out of his ear or ears; which seeds, are the seeds of your Church as well as his, for they produce the very same fruits, effects, workings in both, and both equally hope to be saved by him. And hence it is, that all your wishes, longings, desires are in the Turks overrunning of Chri∣stendome;

for as both they and you account Fooles, Ideots, Mad men, Saints; you do not doubt but to pass easily for such with them, for your great abilities in those gifts. And therefore as your Brethren the aforesaid Turkish Mahometan Fanaticks, devote, destine, damne, themselves to destruction, meerly to tire, weary, make work for, and put a stop to the Christians in their Wars: and fill up Ditches, grafts, trenches with their bodies, carcases, outward men for their fellow Mussel men to march over; even so ye also think to weary out the Officers of Justice, with your numberless numbers, and render your selves as hard to be cast out as Legion the Devil incorporate did, of whom ye are a Type. See The Stationers Beacon fired, p. 1000. The Sectary in Sippets, pa. 202.

By all which, it appears that ye have a Turk as well as a Pope in your bellies, and that ye delight in Persecution, in affliction, Tribula∣tion, as some old extravagent fantastick fornicators, find a pleasure in being whip'd, and out of these sores ingender one another, by aequivo∣cal generation, as Flyes blows Maggots, which afterwards become Flys and blow others. See my Romes Masterpiece, p. 808. Settle brain for a Sectary, p. 9. A siringe for a sore sinner, p. 78.

That you are Jesuitical, Romish Franciscan Frogs, Witches, Sorce∣rers, appears in that ye meet to quake, tremble, quiver, and converse with your Spirits, lmps, Familiars; and that ye came from Rome out of the North, from whence evil and destruction cometh, as I have pro∣ved, cleared, demonstrated, and evinced in my Quaker unmask'd, p. 84. Lights Darkness, p. 26. For as the Needle in the Marriners Compass Trembles (mark that) and points to the North, even so do ye, ye trem∣bling Quivering, Shivering Quakers. And as Witches are most fre∣quent in me North, and the colder a Climate is, the apter are the Inha∣bitants thereof (see my first answer to thyself) to quake, &c. It follows that Quakers and Witches are of the growth of the same place, and both of the same Nature, quality, and condition; For as Witches swim upon the water like light scum, even so are Quakers, the scum of the earth, that shake themselves like water-dogs when they come out of a Pond (see my Popish Royal Favorite, p. 800. Sweet sips of Soul-Savingness, p. 53. Lastly, as witches liquor their staves, and fly through the Air; even so do Quakers liquor their throats with inchant∣ed Potions, and gape to suck in the air that it may fly through them, & blow the light within them; (see Emmot and Gilpin, pa. 7. Alderman∣bury bottle opened, p. 20.) at their Exorcisms rather then Exercises of Devotion. Whereas thou saist I was branded, burnt or Stigmatiz'd in the Cheeks, tis true, I was so, nor am I at all asham'd of, sorry for, or abashed thereat, but rather set a greater value on my self therefore, as I beleive I have very good reason, cause, consideration to do, for I was only us'd like a sealed measure, burnt, branded for being true. See my Verses written on this occasion in the Tower of London, in haec verba.

Of this Opinion William Prynn was the Sixt day of March six hundred thirty three.

Nor was it improper, unfit, or unbecoming a man of my Profession, cloath, vocation, that is, to measure equal Law right, Justice between

man and man. See Truth Triumphing, p. 10. The Pricking Provender of P••••lacy, p. 907.

As for the Jesuites, who thou faist made use of the scraps of my Ears, to bewitch the Quakers, &c. If they did so, it was no fault of mine, nor am I bound to answer for it; for when the aforesaid pa∣rings, scraps, shred, were sever'd from my freehold, they were no longer mine, nor am I to be accountable for the evil administration of them, when they were out of my power, charge, cuition. But if they had been in my own possession, and the Jesuites had stollen them to be∣witch the Quakers to listen to their enchantments: It is not Just that I should answer for their Ears and my own too. See Speculum Iesact. p. 95. I be frantick Franciscan, p. 700. A hole pick'd in the Popes coat, p. 30. Whereas thou saist the Brethren; Godly &c, rode out with the sist∣ers helpers &c. I do confess, thank, acknowledge their loving kindness therein; And if they did evil in sticking Rosemary and Bayes upon their Vessels, bodyes, outward Folkes, as thou saist against the doctrine and discipline of the Presbyterian Church: It is no more then the Members, Tooles, Limbs of the Devil and thy Synagouge did to the Pa••••iarch Patron, and Founder of their Order Iames Nayler, whom they exalted above his brethren upon an Ass, and ran bare before both, against the Fundamental, known establish'd Rule, Canon, Constituti∣on of their disorderly Order. See The Buckle of the Canonical Girdle, turn'd behind, p. 63. The Quaker Quash'd, p. 4.

Whereas thou saist my works are bound up in Hatcases, &c. If thou wouldst but buy one of those, and put thy hat therein, it would operate upon, and instill into thy Noddle, sconce Logger head more se se, reason, understanding; and teach thee better manners then to keep iron before a Court of Justice: by which thou dost but shew, declare, demonstrate, that thou hast a Crack, Flaw, soft place in thy Scull; and in that respect art very careful to keep it warm, least thy sickly brains (if thou hast any) should take cold. And as for those Chandlers and Haberdashers of small wares &c. which thou saist have undertaken to oppose, answer, confute me.

Verily they will find it a harder task then they are aware of, for I have already written, Printed, published, 160 odd Works, Books, Labours; and before they have done with those, do not doubt to have as many more in a readiness, and to find imployment, work, business, enough for them all; as long a Church and State can furnish, store, supply me with subject, matter. Provided I may have process enough to carry on the work; and can but procure, induce, engage our Presby∣terian brethren the Nonconformists to help, aid, and assist me, which (it being so much for their ow advantage, interest, concernment, and they having at present nothing else to do) I do not doubt to obtain.

Will. Prynne.