2 6o Mr. NEACAP Vol. of the and empty Tubs into the Streets to hinder the Horfe * ; of a wonderful and amazing Defign of blowing up the Thames, to drown the City t ; of an Army of Papifizs training under ground ; of a Plaifter taken from a Plague-Sore, fent to Mr.Pyrn in a Letter, into the Houfe Commons ; that he being taken with it, it might fpread over the whole Houle, and endanger all the Members, who (God knows) were infested with a worfe Plague long be- fore, which infected the whole Houfe, and fpread its direful Efedts over the whole Nation. 'Twould be endlefs to multiply ** Particulars, for all our Hiftorians are filled with this kind of Religious dealing with the King, and his Friends: and 'tis fufficient to obferve with Mr. Wagflaff tt, That there are Ten Thoufand more ; and to re- peat half of them, would fill a Volume. 'Tis enough to obferve in fhort, that that curled Re- a bellion was begotten by Lyes ; that it was born a with Lyes ; that it was brought up, nouriíhed, fed, and maintain'd by Lyes and Perjury, and at laft it died with a Lye in its mouth.' Neal, p. 441. This gave rife to a Motion for the Continuance of the prefent Parliament, till theyJbould dfolve themfelves; which was prefently turned into a fhort Bill, andpafs'd both Houfes with very little Op.. pojition, as the only Expedient that cou'd be thought of tofupport Publick Credit . it enacîs, That this prefent * Echard`s Hiftory of England, Vol. II. p. 288. Dr. Hailing- aorth's fecund Defenceof King Charles the Firft, againft Ludlow, p, 49 f Echare!, Ibid. Nafn's Co!leetions, Vol. II. p. 496. A Damnable Treafon, by a contagious Flaifter of a Plague-Sore, wrapt up in a Letter, and feat to Mr. Pym, 164r. Penes me. * Perfecutio Undecima, or the Church's Eleventh Perfecu- tion, Printed 1648. reprinted t68í. p. 33. Mr.Wagflajf's Vin- dication of King Charles the Martyr, proving that he was Author of E,arav Baca? U, p. 124. ft Wagfiaf , I bid. Parliament
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