in a Circulation That all the fixt Stars are Suns That all the Planets are other worlds That Motion is the Creator of all things at least of all formes That Death is only a privation of Motion as Darknesse is a privation of Light That the Soule is a thing and nothing This motion which this Noble Lord made was enacted by the whole Parliament with much applause When he was set down my Lord Reason rose and thus spake My Lord I should thinke in my judgement that it would be beneficiall to the Common-wealth that there should be a Statute made against all false Coyne as dissembling tears and hollow sighs flattering words and feigning smiles But upon this Speech rose up one of the Lords and thus spake My Lord THe Propositions of this Lord are very dangerous for if this great Councell of Parliament should goe about to call in all false Coyne which is minted they must call in all which is in the Kingdome to make a triall of the currantnesse which would discontent most therein For why the stamp is so lively and artificially imprinted therein as it is impossible for the right to bee knowne from the false Further my Lord these Coynes are so cunningly mixt with Alehemy as the difference would hardly he knowne if they were now melted With that rose up one of the Judges and said thus My Lord IT is an ancient Law belonging to this Kingdome to make it death for any to clip currant Coyne with Hypocrisie or to mixe falshood with slander and if this abuse should be winckt at there would be no commerce with this Kingdom and Truth The Lord Reason rose up againe and said thus My Lord THere is another abuse in this Kingdom which is there are many Luxurious Palats as they doe destroy the strength of the Stomack and quench out the naturall heate therein making it so weake by reason of ill digestion never giving so much time as to make a good concoction to breed new bloud as there is like if speedy order be not taken to prevent it may come a Dearth of Flesh over all the Kingdom of the Body Upon this Judge Taste rose up and thus spake My Lord THere was never any Lawes made in all the former Kings reigne that there should be a perpetuall abstinency but only in time of Lent when the pennance of Physick was taken For if the stomack should eate sparingly and not such things as the Appetite doth desire the Body of the Kingdom would grow weak and faint and all Industry would cease for the Legs would never be able to goe nor the Hands to worke nor the Armes to 〈◊〉 the Complexion would grow pale the Skin rough the Liver dry and all the parts of the Kingdom would grow unfit for use that if a warre of sicknesse should come they would never be able to defend themselves The same Lord Reason rose up and said thus My Lord THere is another great abuse which is in Articulate and Vocall sounds or tone of the Voyces for most when they read do so whine raising their Notes upon the Peg of the Tongue so high as they crack the strings of Sense or else the singers of words play so fast as they keep no stops or else so slow as they make more stops then they should which make it preposterous Truly my Lord if these be not rectified all the Nobles of understanding wil be ruinated and affronted with a seeming Non-Sense This was disputed hard on before it would be pass'd but at last it was After this Dispute there was a Lord rose up and said thus My Lord WEE spend here our time to rectifie the Errours that are committed in the Kingdome amongst our selves and not considering the danger we live in from forraigne enemies abroad which are Rhyming 〈◊〉 who make continuall inrodes stealing all our Cattle of Fancies and plunder us of our best and richest conceipts which if we doe not provide Armes of Rhethoricke to exclaime against them they may chance to usurp the Crowne of Wit and make themselves Heires to that they were never borne to Wherefore my Lord let us joyne to set up Forts of Satyrs and there plant Cannons of Scorne from thence to shoot Bullets of Scoffes to strike them dead with shame To this all the House assented In the meane time the lower House were busily imployed with affaires too about Naturalizing a Gentleman For one of the Members said Master Speaker THere is a Gentleman one Mr. Friendship desires to be Naturaliz'd by the Parliament Another Member rose and said thus Master Speaker IN my sense it is very prejudiciall to Naturalize Strangers for why should Strangers receive the same Priviledges with the Natives and to be made capable to inherit our Lands unlesse we could cut off the Entayles of Affection which are tyed to their Native Country the Kingdome of Parents or the Islands of Children or the Provinces of Brethren and Kindred otherwise it is likely they will turne Rebels if a warre chance to be with this Kingdome and that where they were borne With that the former Gentleman rose up and said Master Speaker I Would not preferre this Gentlemans suite had he been borne in the Land of Obligation Civilities or Courtesies but he was borne in the Land of Sympathy whereunto this Kingdome hath a relation by reason our King hath a right therein and ought to have the power thereof by the Lawes of Justice for his Mother Queene 〈◊〉 was Daughter to the Sympathian King so that this Gentleman Master Friendship in Justice is a naturall Subject to our King although not a Citizen in the Common-wealth Hereupon the House was divided some gave their Voyces for Him others against Him but when they came to be numbred he had most Voices on his side for he had been so industrious in Petitioning every particular Member before hand that he made himselfe many friends some out of favour to himselfe others for the good will to those that favoured him so that one way or other it was sent up to the upper House where my Lord Reason spoke so well in his behalfe as the Act passed for him After this there was a Member rose and said Master Speaker THere are in the Kingdome some grievances which ought to be reform'd which is to make an Act That all the High Wayes and common Rodes should be mended and kept in repaire For in some Mouths the Teeth are so foule and rotten and such deep holes as great peeces of meat tumble downe into the Saw-pits of the Maw without chewing The next is that many Nose-bridges are ready to fall downe by reason the great French Pox doth travell so often over them as they crack the very foundation thereof The third is That the Stomack is so often over-flowed with Drink by rea'on the Throat sluces are so wide as the Kingdome is not only much impaired thereby making obstructions by reason there passes oft-times much mud of Meat with
number'd verse their pastport is But those that strive this happy place to seek Is but to goe to bed and fall asleep Yet what a stir doe Poets make when they By their wit Mercury those soules convey But what cannot the God-head Wit create Whose Fancies are both Destiny and Fate And Fame the thread which long and short they spin The World as Flax unto their Distaffe bring This Distaffe spins fine canvas of conceit Wherein the Sense is woven even and strait But if in knots and snarles intangled be The thread of Fame doth run unevenly Those that care not to live in Poets verse Let them lye dead upon Oblivions Hearse A Description of Shepherds and Shepherdesses THe Shepherdesses which great Flocks doe keep Are dabl'd high with dew following their Sheep Milking their Ewes their hands doe dirty make For being wet dirt from their Duggs doe take The Sun doth scorch the skin it yellow growes Their eyes are red lips dry with wind that blowes Their Shepherds sit on mountains top that 's high Yet on their feeding sheep doe cast an eye Which to the mounts steep sides they hanging feed On short moyst grasse not suffer'd to beare seed Their feet though small strong are their sinews string Which make them fast to rocks mountains cling The while the Shepherds leggs hang dangling down And sets his breech upon the hills high crown Like to a tanned Hide so was his skin No melting heat or numming cold gets in And with a voyce that 's harsh against his throat He straines to sing yet knowes not any Note And yawning lazie lyes upon his side Or strait upon his back with armes spred wide Or snorting sleeps and dreames of Joan their Maid Or of Hobgoblin wakes as being afraid Motion in their dull braines doth plow and sow Not Plant and set as skilfull Gardners doe Or takes his Knife new ground that half was broke And whittles sticks to pin up his sheep-coat Or cuts some holes in straw to Pipe thereon Some tunes that pleaseth Joan his Love at home Thus rustick Clownes are pleas'd to spend their times And not as Poets faine in Sonnets Rhimes Making great Kings and Princes Pastures keep And beauteous Ladies driving flocks of sheep Dancing 'bout May-poles in a rustick sort When Ladies scorne to dance without a Court. For they their Loves would hate if they should come With leather Jerkins breeches made of Thrum And Buskings made of Freeze that 's course and strong With clouted Shooes tyed with a leather thong Those that are nicely bred fine cloaths still love A white hand sluttish seemes in dirty Glove A Shepherds imployment is too meane an Allegory for Noble Ladies TO cover Noble Lovers in Shepherds weeds Of high descent too humble thoughts it breeds Like Gods when they to Men descend down low Take off the reverence and respect we owe. Then make such persons like faire Nymphs to be who 're cloath'd with beauty bred with modesty Their tresses long hang on their shoulders white Which when they move doe give the Gods delight Their Quiver Hearts of men which fast are ty'd And 〈◊〉 of quick flying eyes beside Buskings that 's buckl'd close with plates of gold Which from base wayes their legs with strength doe hold Men Champions Knights which Honour high doe prize Above the tempting of alluring eyes That seeke to kill or at the least to binde All evil Passions in a wandring minde To take those Castles kept by scandals strong That have by errours been inchanted long Destroying monstrous Vice which Vertues eate These Lovers worthy are of praises great So will high Fame aloud those praises sing Cupid those Lovers shall to Hymen bring At Honours Altar joyne both hearts and hands The Gods will seale those Matrimoniall bands Between Shame and Dishonour DIshonour in the house of Shame doth dwell The way is broad and open is as Hell Yet Porter have which Basenesse some doe call And Idlenesse as usher of the Hall The house with dark forgetfulnesse is hung And round about Ingratitude is flung Boldnesse for Windowes which out-face the Light Dissembling as Curtaines drawne with spight VVith Covetousnesse all gilded are the roofes The Weather-cock Inconstancy still moves Pillars of Obstinacies as firmly stands Carved with Perjury by cunning hands And Lust on beds of Luxury doe lye VVhere Chamberlaines of Jealousies out-spy Gardens of riot where the wanton walkes Lascivious Arbours where Obscenenesse talks Store-houses of Theft ill gotten goods lyes in A secret doore bolted with a false pin Bake-house ill Consciences mould and make False hearts as Oven hot those hard doe bake Brew-houses where ill designes are tunned up VVith their light Graines false Measures and corrupt Cellars of Drunkennesse barrels stomacks made And mouthes for Taps where spue for drink out-wades Kitchens of slander where good names they burne Spits of revenge on which ill deeds doe turne The Slaughter-roome of horrid Murder built A Knife of Cruelty by which bloud is spilt In Matrimonial bonds dishonour's linkt With Infamy which is as black as inke The Temple of Honour HOnours brave Temple is built both high and wide VVhose walls are of clear glasse on every side VVhere actions of all sorts are perfect seen VVhere Truth as Priest approves which worthy'st been And on the Altar of the world them layes And offers them with sacrificing praise VVhich offerings are so clean without a speck As Honours God-head cannot them reject As pious Tears with thoughts most chaste and pure And patient minds afflictions to indure Wise-mens brains which bring things to good effect A helping hand without a bribe suspect A tongue which Truth in Eloquence doth dresse And Lippes which worthy praises do expresse Eyes that pry out and spie examples good Feet that in wayes of mischiefe never stood Haire from heads that shav'd for holy vow Which as a witnesse blessing gods allow Breasts from whence proceed all good desires Which lock up secrets if that need requires And hearts from whence clear springs of love do rise Where loyall courage in the bottome lyes Besides here 's spleen' s which never malice bore And shoulders with distressed burthens wore An humble knee that bows to ruling powers And hands of Bounty which on misery showers Kings Crowns which rul'd with Justice Love and Peace VVhose power serv'd from slavery to release Here speculations from much Musing grow Which Reasons proof and Times experience shew Witty inventions which men profit bring Inspiring verse which Poets to gods sing White innocence as Girdles Virgins wear That onely Hymen from their waste doth tear And Hymens Torches which burn bright and clear Shew jealousie and falshood nere came neere Garlands of Laureil which keep ever green Which for the best of Poets Crownes have been The Olive branch which embleame is of peace There offer'd is for the worlds good increase Mirtle for Lovers constant which are true Then for Misfortunes lay the bitter Rue Sighs which from deep compassion
take or leave which way to goe Experiments to shun or to apply Either for health or peace or what to fly And Sympathies which keep the world unite Aversions otherwise would ruine quite This Will and Testament she left behind And as her Deed of Gift left to Mankinde Mourning she gave to all her friends to weare And did appoint that foure her Hearse should beare Love at the head did hold the Winding-sheet On each side Care and Feare Sorrow the feet This sheet at every corner fast was ty'd Made of Oblivion strong and very wide Naturall affections in mourning clad Went next the Hearse with griefe distracted mad Did tear their hair scracht face and hands did wring And from their eyes fountaines of tears did spring For Truth said they did alwayes with us live But now she 's dead no Truth that we can give After came Kings which all good Lawes did make And power us'd for Truth and Vertues sake Next them came Honour in Garments black and long With blubber'd face and her head down hung Who wisht to dye for life was now a paine Since Truth was dead honour no more could gaine Next these Lovers with faces pale as Death With shame-fast eyes quick Pulse and shortned breath And in each hand a bleeding heart did bring Which hearts within the grave of truth did fling And ever since Lovers inconstant prove They more profession give then reall love Next them came Counsellours of all degrees From Courts and Countries and chiefe Cities Their wise heads were a guard and a strong wall So long as Truth did live amongst them all All sorts of Trades-men using not to swear So long as Truth not Oaths sold 〈◊〉 their ware Physitians came who try new wayes for skil And for Experience sake doe many kil But doe use Simples good which Nature sent To strengthen man and sicknesse to prevent Some Judges were no wrangling Lawyers base For Truth alive did plead decide each case Widowes that to their Husbands kind had swore That when they dyed would never marry more At last the Clergy came who taught Truths way And how men in devotion ought to pray By Morall Lawes the lives of men direct Perswade to peace and Governours respect They wept for grief as Prophets did fore-tell That all the world with fals-hood would rebell Faction will come say they and beare great sway And bribes the Innocent shall all betray Controversies within the Church shall rise And Heresies shall beare away the prize Instead of Peace the Priests shall discords preach And high Rebellion in their doctrines teach Then shall men learn the Laws for to explain Which learning only serves for Lawyers gain For they doe make and spread them in a Net To catch in Clients and their money get The Laws which Wise-men made to keep the peace Serve only now for quarrels to increase All those that sit in Honours stately throne Are counterfeits not any perfect known They put on vizards of an honest face But all their Acts unworthy are and base Friendship in words and complements will live Not one nights lodging in the heart shall give Lovers shall dye for Lust yet love not one And Vertue unregarded sit alone Now Truth is dead no goodnesse here shal dwell But with disorder make each place a Hell With that they all shriekt out lament and cry To Nature for to end their misery And now this Iron Age's so rusty grown That all the Hearts are turn'd to hard flint-stone FINIS THE ANIMALL PARLIAMENT THe Soul called a Parliament in his Animal Kingdom which Parliament consisteth of three parts the Soul the Body and the Thoughts which are Will Imaginations and Passions The Soul is the King the Nobility are the Spirits the Commonalty are the Humours and Appetites The Head is the upper House of Parliament where at the upper end of the said House sits the Soul King in a Kernel of the Braine like to a Chaire of State by himselfe alone and his Nobility round about him The two Arch-Bishops Admiration and Adoration the rest are Apprehension Resentment and Astonishment The Judges are the Five Senses and the Wooll-sacks they sit on are Sight Sound Sent Tast Touch. The Master of the Black Rod is Ignorance understanding the Lord Keeper is alwayes Speaker The Clerke that writes downe all is Memory The lower House of Parliament is the Heart the Knights and Burgesses are Passions and Affections The Speaker is Love The Clerke that writes downe all is Fear The Serjeant is Dislike The severall Writs that are sent out by this Parliament are sent out by the Nerves into every part of this Animall Kingdom and the Muscles execute the power and Authority of those Writs upon the Members of the Common-wealth The lower House presents their Grievances or their desires to the upper House the Braine by the Arteries When they were all set in order and a dead silence through all the House the King made a Speech to the Assembly after this manner following The Kings Speech THe reason why I called this Parliament is not only to rectifie the riotous disorders made by Vanity and to repeale the Lawes of erroneous opinions made in the minde and to cut off the entayles of evil Consciences but to raise Foure Subsidies of Justice Prudence Fortitude and Temperance whereby I may be able to defend you from the allurements of the World as Riehes Honour and Beauty and to beat out incroaching falshoods which make inrodes and doe carry away the innocency of Truth and to quench the rebellion of superfluous words but also to make and enact strict Lawes to a good Life in which I make no question but every one which are in my Parliament will be willing to consent and be industrious thereunto the rest I leave to my Keeper understanding to informe you further of After the King had thus spoken the Keeper made another Speech as followeth The Lord Keepers Speech who is Speaker My Noble Lords YOu may know by the calling of this Parliament not only the wisdome of our gracious King in desiring your aide and assistance in the beginning of danger before the fire growes too violent for your help to quench out but his love and tender regard of your safety Besides he hath shewed the unwillingnesse he hath to oppresse and burthen his good Subjects with heavie Taxes before palpable necessity requires them for he hath not called you upon suppositions and feares but upon visible truths neither was it Imprudence in staying so long for it is as imprudent to disturbe a peaceable Common-wealth with doubts of what may come as to be so negligent to let a threatning ruine run without opposition Thus is our gracious Soveraigne wise in chusing his time valiant in not fearing his enemies carefull in calling the help and advice of his Parliament and most bountifull in that he requires not these Subsidies to spend in his particular delights but for the good and benefit of the
Common-wealth and safety of his Subjects Wherefore if any be obstinate in opposing or seemes to murmure thereat he is not worthy to be a Citizen thereof and ought to be cast out as a corrupt member therein After he had ended his speech he sits down in his place and then rose up the Lord of Objection and thus spake The Lord of Objections Speech My Lord ALL that your Lordship spoke is true and therein you have shewed your selfe a Loyall Subject and a faithfull Servants and I make no question but every Member in the House will not only give their Estates but spend their Lives for their King and Country Yet let me tell your Lordship that I do beleeve the Parliament will never be able to raise a Subsidy of Justice from the Commonalty it is too strict a demand as it is impossible for us to satisfie the Kings desire unlesse the Commons were richer in Equity But if our gracious Soveraigne will take a Subsidy of Faith in lieu of it I dare say it may be easily got raising it upon the Clergy who are rich therein After he had spoke rose up the Bishop of Resentment and said The Bishop's Speech My Lord IT may be easily perceived that this Lords desire is that the King should lay the heaviest Subsidy upon the Church not but that I dare say so much for the 〈◊〉 Body as they would be as willing to assist the King in his Warres as any of his Lay Subjects yet what the Clergy have belongs to the Gods and what they take from us they take from them After him spoke the Bishop of Adoration The Bishop of Adoration's Speech My Lord OUr Brother hath told you the truth that Faith is not to be given from the Gods but my Lord to shew our willingnesse and readinesse to the Kings service we will give his Majesty a Subsidy of Prayers which are the effects of Faith The King and the rest of the Lords approved of it and sent a Writ of it through the Arteries to the lower House the Heart for her approbat ion which one of the Judges delivered to Master Speaker then the Speaker taking the report said Gentlemen This Message is to let you know That the Episcopall Body hath offered the King a Subsidy of Prayer to helpe him in his Warres if you agree to it With that rose up a Gentleman and said The Gentlemans Speech Master Speaker THe Clergy are able to give the King more then one Subsidy if they will being so rich as they have ingrossed all the Consciences in the Kingdome building great Colledges of Factions there-with and these Colledges doe not only disturbe the Common-wealth but impoverish it very much for all that are bred therein imploy all their time so in Speculations as there is no time left for honest and industrious practise besides their Tythes are so great which they have out of Yen as their poor Parishioners have almost none left after their proportions are taken out to serve their owne use and maintenance Upon this Speech a Gentleman one Master Zeale rose up and thus spake Master Speaker ALthough the Clergy are Masters and Rulers of Consciences or should be so yet they are to imploy them to no other use but to the service of the Gods But I feare we of the Layety strivo to usurpe that authority to our owne worldly ends or else we should never have those large Consciences as to lay the Burthen from our owne shoulders on theirs but to doe as wee should be done unto let us take their charitable assistance with thankes Most of the House were of this Gentlemans opinion and voted an acceptance and sending up to the upper House that Subsidy was passed After that was agreed there was a Rationall Lord that thus 〈◊〉 My Lord THere were some Opinions which were passed in former times when the Parliament of Errours 〈◊〉 in the yeare of Ignorance one thousand eight hundred and two That none must be thought States-man but those which were formall That all that are bold must be thought wise That those which have new and strange Fantasmes must be thought the only men of knowledge That none must be thought Wits but Buffoanes 〈◊〉 none must be thought learned but Sophisterian Disputants That all that are not debanch'd must be thought unsociable That all that doe not flutter must be thought uncivil That all which tell severe truths must be thought rude and ill-natur'd That all that are not Fantasticall must be thought Clownish and ill-bred That all must be thought Cowards that are not quarrelsome That none must be thought valiant but those that kill or be killed That none must be thought bountifull but those that are prodigall That none must be thought good Masters but those that let their servants cousen them That none must be esteemed but those that are rich That none must be beloved but those that are powerfull That none must be respected but those that have outward honour That none must be thought religious but those that are superstitious That none must be thought constant but those that are stubborne That none are patient but those that suffer affronts of scorne That none are thristy but those that are sluttish That none are chast but those that are not beautifull That no man must be seene abroad with his owne Wife left he bee thought jealous That Blushing must be thought a Crime proceeding from guiltinesse That none must be thought merry but those that laugh That none must be thought sad but those that cry That all poors men must be thought fooles That all Citizens must be thought 〈◊〉 That none must be thought good Lawyers and Doctors but those which will take great Fees That all duty and submission belongs so power not to vertue That all must have ill back after much mirth That all those that marry on Tuesdayes and Thursdayes shal be happy That a mans Fortune can be told in the palme of his hand That the falling of Salt portends misfortune Those that begin journies upon a Wednesday shall 〈◊〉 through much danger That all women that are poore old and ill-favoured must be thought Witches and be burnt for the same That the bouling of a Dog or the or oaking of Ravens fore-tell a friends death These ought to be repealed and new ones enacted in their roome That all those that have got the power though unjustly ought to be obeyed without reluctancy That all light is in the Eye not in the Sun That all Colours are a Perturb'd Light and so are reflections rather an inherent quality or substance That all Sound Sent Sight is created in the Braine That no Beast hath remembrance numeration or curiosity That all passions are made in the Head not in the Heart That the Soul is a Kernel in the Braine That all the old Philosophers were fooles and knew little That the Moderne Philosophers have committed no Errours That there are six primitive Passions That the bloud goeth