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A33307	England's remembrancer a true and full narrative of those two never to be forgotten deliverances : one from the Spanish invasion in 88, the other from the hellish Powder Plot, November 5, 1605 : whereunto is added the like narrative of that signal judgment of God upon the papists by the fall of the house in Black-Fryers London upon their fifth of November, 1623 / collected for the information and benefit of each family by Sam. Clark.	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1677 (1677)	Wing C4512; ESTC R24835	49,793	136

Nineteen thousand two hundred and ninety five Souldiers and two thousand and eighty eight Gally-slaves And so confident were the Spaniards that England should pay the shot that they spared no cost for furnishing it forth with all things necessary For which end they provided of Bullets for great shot two hundred and twenty thousand Of Powder four thousand and two hundred Kintals every Kintal containing a hundred pound weight of Lead for Bullets a thousand Kintals of Match a thousand and two hundred Kintals Musquets seven thousand of Partisans and Halberts ten thousand with store of Murthering pieces double Canon and Field pieces for the Camp they had also store of Furniture for Carriages Mules and Horses so that they were sufficiently provided both for Sea and Land Bread and Bisket ready baked and Wine laid aboard for six months provision They had moreover six thousand five hundred Kintals of Bacon three thousand of Cheese besides other Flesh Rise Beans Pease Oil and Vinegar with twelve thousand Pipes of fresh Water They had also store of Torches Lamps and Lanthorns Canvas Hides and Lead to stop Leaks Whips and Butcherly Knives to murder and torment the poor English In a word the Army was thirty two thousand strong and cost the King of Spain thirty two thousand Ducats every day In this Army were five Regiments of old Spanish Souldiers of the Tertio's of Naples Sicily and the Tercera's Commanded by five Masters Del-Campo The first was Don Diego de Piementel a Knight of the Order of Saint John and Brother to the Marquess of Taveras The second Colonel was Don Francisco de Toledo Brother to the Earl of Orgas The third Don Alonzo de Luzon The fourth Don Nicholas de Illa The fifth was Augustin Mexia each Colonel having in his Regiment thirty two Companies Besides the Castilian and Portugal Bands each of them having their peculiar Commanders and Weapons The General of this mighty Army the Marquess of Sancta Cruce being now dead was Don Lodovicus Peres the Duke of Med na Sidonia of the Order of the Golden Fleece The Admiral was Don John Martinez de Richald The Marshal Don Francisco Bovadille Others were chief Counsellors for the War and Don Martin Alarcon was Vicar General for the holy unholy Inquisition in whose train were a hundred Monks and Jesuites and Cardinal Allen was appointed the Superintendent of Ecclesiastical matters throughout England who fearing to be unprovided translated Pope Sixtus his Bull into English that it might be the sooner published upon the arrival of the Spanish Fleet in this our Nation Of voluntary Adventurers there were a hundred and twenty four Noblemen and Gentlemen of all the greatest Houses in Spain hoping to be well paid with the Lands and Riches of England The Prince of Parma also in the Netherlands by the King of Spains Command built Ships and very many flat bottomed Boats each of them big enough to carry thirty Horse with Bridges fitted to them to Ship and unship the Horses He hired Mariners from East-Germany set many thousands on work to dig and deepen Rivers from Antwerp to Gaunt and to Bruges lading three hundred small Boats with Munition and Victuals Two hundred more flat-bottom'd Boats were made though not so big as the former which lay ready in the Haven of Newport besides thirty seven Ships of War at Dunkirk He prepared Piles sharpened at the nether ends headed with Iron and hooked on the sides to pile up the mouths of Rivers At Graveling he provided twenty thousand empty Casks with Cords and other furniture to make floating Bridges to stop up the Heavens beside an infinite number of Fagots He shipped likewise a great abundance of Saddles Bridles with other furniture for Horse and Horses also for Carriages with Ordance and other provisions for War Near unto Newport he had lying under the command of Camillo thirty Companies of Italians two of Walloons and eight of Burguignons every Company containing a hundred men At Dyxmew he mustered eight Companies of Netherlanders sixty of Spaniards sixty of High Dutch among which were seven hundred Fugitive English under the Command of Sir William Stanley who of all others were held in greatest contempt neither was Stanley nor the Earl of Westmoorland nor others which offered their service and counsel once heard but for their treachery to their Country barred from all access and as most unfortunate conductors worthily with detestation rejected At Conick also he quartered other four thousand and at Watene nine hundred Horse Commanded by the Marquess of Guast And to this Land-service came the Duke of Pastrana supposed to be the King of Spains base Son the Marquess of Buorgon one of the Duke Ferdinands Sons Don Vespasian Gonsago of the House of Mantua a great Souldier who had been Viceroy of Spain Don John de Medices Bastard of Florence Don Amadeus Bastard of Savoy with many others of the like quality Neither was Sixtus Quintus Pope of Rome any ways backward to shew his diligence and devotion to this intended Invasion but sent abroad his Crusado as he used to do against the Turks and Infidels wherein out of the treasure of the Church he gave plenary Indulgences and pardon of all their sins to every one that contributed his assistance hereunto and for the furtherance of this enterprise himself undertook to contribute a million of Gold the one half presently down the other half when any notable Haven in our land should be won yet with this Proviso that the Crown of England should be held as Feudatory to the See of Rome in earnest whereof he bestowed upon the King of Spain his Apostolical postolical Benediction and the Title of Defender of the Faith He sent also Cardinal Allen into the Low-Countries and renewed the Bulls of Pius the fifth and Gregory the thirteenth whereby Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated deposed from her Throne and her Subjects absolved from all allegiance to her Thus we see what preparations were made both at Sea and Land at Rome in Spain and the Netherlands for the subduing of England extirpating the Gospel and subjugating us under the yoke of Spain now let us see what provision and preparations our Queen made to dispel this black Cloud that hung over our head And truly the first thing that she did was most Christian For as when Jehosophat was threatned with the like danger 2 Chro. 20. 3. He sought the Lord and proclaimed a Fast so did She requiring all her Subjects to humble themselves by Fasting and Prayer knowing that these are the best Weapons of the Church that they by them might seek unto the Lord and say in the words of Jehosophat O Lord God art not thus God in Heaven and rulest not thou over all the Kingdoms of the Earth and in thine hand is there not power and might so that none is able to withstand thee O our God wilt thou not judge them For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us

inhabitants to keep the house where this accident fell out and to prevent tumults about it Thus through the favour of the Constables and Watch who were all my neighbours I had the more free and quiet access to view the dead bodies and to inform my self of all the material circumstances about that accident which I did the rather because the Bishop of London that then was sent to me to inform my self throughly of all the business and to send him a narration thereof under my hand whereupon I did not only view matters my self but caused Carpenters to search the Timber to take the measures both of the Timber and rooms I was also present with the Coroner and his Inquest at their examining of all circumstances about the business And the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury sending to me to come to him and to bring with me the best evidence I could I got the foreman of the Jury and four persons that were present at the Sermon and fell down with the rest but by God's providence escaped death and one that stood without the door within hearing but fell not all these I got to go along with me to Lambeth where I heard the witness which they gave to the Archbishop about this matter One that fell with the rest and escaped death was Master Gee a Preacher in Lancashire two others were a son and servant to a Citizen in Pater-Noster-Row The rest were men of good understanding able to apprehend what they saw and heard and to relate what they conceived Books Printed for and are to be sold by John Hancock at the Sign of the three Bibles in Popes-Head-Alley in Cornhill TWelve Books lately published by Mr. Thomas Brooks late Preacher of the Gospel at Margaret New-fishstreet 1. Precious Remedies against Satans Devices or Salve for Believers and Unbelievers sores being a Companion for those that are in Christ or out of Christ. 2. Heaven on Earth or A serious discourse touching a well grounded assurance of mans everlasting happiness 3. The unsearchable Riches of Christ held forth in 22. Sermons 4. Apples of Gold for Young Men and Women 5. A string of Pearls or The best things reserved till last 6. The Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod with Soveraign Antidotes against the most miserable Exigents 7. An Ark for all Gods Noahs in a stormy day 8. The Crown and Glory of Christianity in 48. Sermons on Heb. 12. 14. 9. The Privy Key of Heaven or A Discourse of Closet Prayer 10. An Heavenly Cordial for such as have had or escaped the Plague 11. A Cabinet of choice Jewels or A Box of Precious Ointment Containing special Maxims Rules and Directions in order to the clearing up of a Mans Interest in Christ and his title to all the Glory of another World 12. Londons Lamentations touching the Fire The Godly mans Ark in several Sermons to which is added Mr. Moors evidences for Heaven By Edmund Calamy B. D. at Aldermanbury Christs Communion with his Church Militant by Nicholas Lock yer Sin the Plague of Plagues by Mr. Ralph Venning A True Narrative of those two never to be forgotten Deliverances one from the Spanish Invasion in 88. the other from the Hellish Powder-Plot November 5. 1605. by Mr. Samuel Clark With Qu. Eliz. Speech The Accurate Accomptant or London Merchant Being Instructions for keeping Merchants Accompts By Tho. Brown Accomptant Short-writing the most Easie Exact Lineal and Speedy Method that hath ever been obtained By Theophilus Metcalfe Also a Book called a Schoolmaster to it Explaining all the Rules thereof A Copy-Book of the newest and most useful hands Bridges Remains Being eight choice Sermons By Mr. William Bridge of Yarmouth Vennings Remains Being the substance of many Sermons By Mr. Ralph Venning On 1 John 2. 12 13 14. A Disswasive from Conformity to the World together with a farewel Sermon By Henry Stubbs Mr. Baxter's Poor Mans Family Book Luther's 34. special and choice Sermons Comae Berenices or the Hairy Comet The Young mans Conflict with and Victory over the Devil or the Experiences of Tho. Powell begun in the fifteenth and continued till the seventeenth year of his Age. Gospel Love Heart Purity and the flourishing of the Righteous Being the last Sermons of Mr. Joseph Caryl A Word of Advice to Saints or A Choice drop of Honey from the Rock Christ. Mr. Mahews Legacy to his Children being full of good Counsel A brief Description of New York FINIS