to sell him This made him resolve on an escape to which end he had prepared a piece of Timber near the waterside on which he intended to paddle to the Ship which then lay about a League from the Shore Just as he was about to lanch his little floating board he espied a great Aligator which will devour a man at a mouthful This made him alter his resolution and resolve rather to live with inhumane Infidels than to throw himself into so imminent a danger The next day God Almighty opened the heart of the King to let the poor Englishman go He sent him in a Canoe placed betwixt a Negro's Legs with some others to guide this small Vessel for fear he should leap overboard and swim to the Ship At a distance from the Ship he haled her in the English Tongue which made those aboard much admire The Negroes gave him leave to stand up and shew himself to the Captain to whom he gave an account how four were left there and he only preserved It was some time before they could bargain though the Captain was resolved not to leave him behind Several times the Negroes padled away with their Canoe resolving not to part with him but with promises and intreaties he perswaded them back to the Ship again and they delivered him on board for 45 Copper and Iron Bars the Copper being as big as a Youths little Finger and the Iron somewhat bigger now were his Joys compleated he could hardly perswade himself but it was a Dream or Vision and that he did not really see English faces again nor imbrace English Bodies It was some time before he could throw himself at the Captains feet to acknowledge his infinite obligations to him When he came on board his Hair was very long and his Skin tawny having gone naked all the time he was there and frequently anointing himself with Palm Oyl he looked like a Tawny Moor But the Seamen aboard with Christian Hearts soon apparelled him The Master hoisted Sail for the Barbadoes where he was to stay some time but Wats earnestly desiring to see his Native Countrey got passage in the Katherine of London and by the Assistance of Heaven in a few Weeks safely arrived in the Downes and was entertained by his Uncle Mr. Richard Wats of Deal with great joy who took this Relation from his own mouth Sea Deliverances Pag. 73. 103. The unparalleld revolution in Portugal in the year 1641 is very worthy to be remembred whereby Philip the Second King of Spain lost that whole Kingdom as it were in one day with almost all the Islands Forts and Provinces thereunto belonging To give a particular account of this great Transaction it will be necessary to look a little back upon the Original causes and occasion thereof In the Year 1573. Sebastian Grandchild of King John the 3d. and Sixteenth King of Portugal Reigned in that Kingdom being about 23 years old Scarce was he well setled in his Throne having Reigned not above a year an half but Ambassadors from Muly Mahamet then turned out of his Kingdoms of Fesse and Morocco by his Uncle Abdemelech implored his Aid in the recovery of his Kingdom with promise That if he would assist him to drive out Abdemelech he would freely resign to Sebastian the Kingdom of Morocco and content himself with that of Fesse Ambition of Glory and Dominion makes Sebastian readily undertake the Enterprize sending to Philip of Spain for Assistance who promises him Ten Thousand men but sailed yet with the Forces that himself had levied he resolves couragiously to proceed To which by accident just as he was going he got some addition For Stukely an Englishman as he was going with a small Fleet of Ships and about Six Thousand Italian Souldiers to assist the Irish Rebels against Queen Elizabeth was by Tempest driven into Lisbon Whom King Sebastian with much intreaty perswades to desist from his intended design and accompany him into Barbary Thus set forth he arrives at Tangier with an Army of about Thirty Thousand men where he meets Muly Mahamet with a very small addition of Forces and much less than he expected yet he marches forward toward Abdemelech who by Letters in vain advised him to return in Peace The 2 Armies meet in the Plains of Alcazar where King Sebastian is utterly defeated himself Muly Mahamet Stukely and several persons of quality slain Three Kings fell in this field for Abdemelech was slain in the hottest of the fight This Battel was fought in August 1578 yet some have affirmed that Sebastian was not slain in this Battel but that for shame and sorrow he returned not home but wandring from one place to another was at last discovered at Venice and from thence by command of the King of Spain was carryed to Naples where he was kept three dayes in a dark and dismal Dungeon without any sustenance but a Knife and an Halter where he miserably dyed Whether this were the true Sebastian or not was not certainly known but he was so like him that the Spaniards used to say if it were not he it was the Devil in his likeness But however he being thus lost to the Portugals Henry the Cardinal third Son to Emanual the first who was Grandfather to Sebastian succeeded in the Kingdom but he being both by reason of his Age which was 67 years and his Function being a Churchman deprived of all means to give the people any hope of Issue it was the whole discourse not only of Portugal but all Christendom during the short time of his Reign who of right ought and who probably might succeed King Henry in the Kingdom There were several pretenders thereunto but Catherine Dutchess of Braganza and youngest Daughter to Don Edward sixth Son of Emanual aforementioned had the certain and undoubted Right yet Philip 2. King of Spain likewise made his claim though contrary to the Fundamental Laws of the Nation which Philip knew very well but having Power and Might on his side he little regarded Rights and Titles thinking them not strong enough against the infallible Arguments of Souldiers Arms and Money and therefore no sooner did the News of the death of King Henry arrive at the Spanish Court but the Duke of Alva was commanded with an Army of Twenty Thousand men to march to Lisbon and in the name and right of his Catholick Majesty to make conquest of that Kingdom if he found opposition But little resistance was made only Don Antonio the Bastard son of Lewes the Infante having got into Lisbon in the head of a Tumultuary Rabble rather than a well formed Army endeavoured at first to make some defence but was soon defeated and the Suburbs of Lisbon being plundered to satisfie the Souldiers the City was surrendred to him Whither soon after King Philip came and so by a mixt Title of Descent and Arms took possession of the Kingdom in 1580. Katherine Dutchess of Braganza being inforced to surrender to him all her
and Goods and put five or six Thousand pound in my pocket and yet have brought her into England I beseech your Majesty to believe that all this I have done because it should not be said to your Majesty That your Majesty had given Liberty and Trust to a Man whose end was only the Recovery of his Liberty and who had betrayed your Majesties Trust My Mutineers told me ' That if I returned for England I should be undone But I believed in your Majesties Goodness more than in all their Arguments Sure I am that I am the first that being free and able to enrich my self have imbraced Poverty and Peril and as sure I am that my Example shall make me the last But your Majesties Wisdom and Goodness I have made my Judges who have ever been and shall ever be Your Majesties most humble Vassal Walter Rawleigh Before Sir Walter made this Voyage the King commanded him upon pain of his Allegiance to give him under his hand promising on the word of a King to keep it secret the number of his Men the Burthen and Strength of his Ships together with the Countrey and River he was to enter which being done accordingly by Sir Walter That very Original Paper was found in the Spanish Governours Closet at St. Thoma so active were the Spanish Ministers that Advertisement was sent to Spain and thence to the Indies before the English Fleet got out of the Thames But now no Apology though never so perswasive could satisfie Gâ—ndamores Rage who as soon as news came of the firing St Thoma desired Audience of the King and 〈◊〉 he had but one word to say His Majesty wondering 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be delivered in one word when he came before him he only bawl'd out Pyrates Pyrates Pyrates And was therefore now resolved to sacrifice the only Favourite left of Queen Elizabeth to the Spanish Interest and who was the only Person of the Earl Essex's Enemies that died lamented and the only Man of Note left alive that had helped to beat the Spaniard in 1588. When Sir Walter was arrived at Plymouth Sir Lewes Steukly seized him and was ordered by the King to bring him to London which could add no Terror to a Person who could expect nothing less and was now forced to use all the Arts imaginable to appease Hls Majesty and defer his Anger To which intent Manowry a French Quack at Salisbury gave him several Vomits and an Artificial Composition which made him look Gastly and Dreadful full of Pimples and Blisters and deceiv'd even the Physitians themselves who could not tell what to make of his Urine though often inspected it being adulterated with a Drug in the Glass that turned it even in their hands into an earthy humor of a blackish colour and of a very Offensive Savour while he lay under this Politick disguize he penned his Dedication and Apology aforementioned when he was brought to London he was confined only to his own house but finding the Court wholly guided by Gundamore he could hope for little Mercy therefore he designed to escape into France which Sir Lewes Steukly betrayed but the Fate of Traytors pursued him and brought him to a Contemptible end to dye a poor distracted Beggar in the Isle of Lindey having for a Bag of Money falsified his Faith confirmed by the tye of the Holy Sacrament as Mr. Howel relates and also before the year came about was found clipping the same very Coin in the Kings own Palace at Whitehal which he had received for a reward of his Perfidiousness for which being condemned to be hang'd he was forced to sell himself to his Shirt to purchase his Pardon of two Knights The King being willing to Sacrifice the life of Sir Walter Rawleigh to the advancement of the peace with Spain Upon St. Simon and Judes day the Lieutenant of the Tower had a Warrant to bring his Prisoner to the King's Bench Bar in Westminster-Hall where the Attorney General demanded Execution according to the Judgment pronounced against him at Winchester The Lord Chief Justice caused the Indictment Verdict and Judgment to be read and after asked him What he could say why he should not dye according to Law His answer was That this 15 Years he had lived upon the meer mercy of the King and did now wonder h w his mercy should be now turned into Judgment he not knowing any thing wherein he had provoked His Majesties displeasure and did hope that he was clear from that Judgment by the Kings Commission in making him General of the Voyage to Guiana For as he conceived the words to his trusty and well beloved Subject c. did in themselves imply a pardon But the Attorney General told him these words were not sufficient for that purpose whereupon he desired the opinion of the Court To which the Lord Chief Justice replyed That it was no pardon in Law Then began Sir Walter to give an account of his Voyage but was interrupted by the Lord Chief Justice who told him That it was not for any offence committed there but for his first Fact that he was now called in question and thereupon told him That seeing he must prepare to dye he would not add to his affliction nor aggravate his crime knowing him to be a man full of misery but with the good Samaritane would administer Wine and Oyl for the comfort of his distressed Soul You have been said he a General and a great Commander imitate therefore that Noble Captain who thrusting himself into the midst of a battle cryed out aloud Mors me expectat ego Mortem expectabo Death expects me and I will expect Death As you should not contemn so neither should you fear death the one shews too much boldness the other no less cowardice So with some few other Instructions the Court arose and Sir Walter was committed into the hands of the Sheriff of Middlesex who presently conveyed him to the Gate-House in Westminster Yet it has been much wondred at how that old sentence which had lain dormant 16 years and upward against Sir Walter could be now made use of to take off his head afterward Considering that the then Lord Chancellor Bacon told him positively as Sir Walter was acquainting him that he could procure his pardon for a less sum of money then his Guiana preparations amounted to Sir said he the Knee-timber of your Voyage is money spare your Purse in this particular for upon my life you have a sufficient pardon for all that is passed already the King having under his Broad-Seal made you Admiral of your Fleet and given you power of Martial Law over the Officers and Souldiers It was then likewise the opinion of many Lawyers that he who by His Majesties Patent had power of Life and Death over the Kings Leige People should be esteemed or Judged Rectus in curia and free from all Old Convictions Upon Thursday October 29. 1618. This couragious Knight was brought before the
that the good of his Subjects was his only care called an Assembly of the 3 Estates of the Kingdom who being convened and the King seated in his Royal Throne the Bishop of Elvas made a Speech to them to the following purpose That one of the first Laws of Nature was the uniting men together from whence Cities and Kingdoms had their Original and by which they after defended themselves in War and maintained themselves in Peace That for this cause His Majesty had called this Assembly to consult for the better service of God defence in War and Government in Peace That there could be no service of God without Vnion in Religion no defence without Vnion amongst men no regular Government without Vnion of Councils That His Majesty did expect to be informed by his Loyal Subjects what was for the good of the State That they were to render thanks to the Almighty who had given them a King that would govern them by known Laws That His Majesty did not esteem those Tributes lawful which were paid with Tears and therefore did from that present take off from his Subjects all Taxes that had been imposed by the Kings of Spain because His Majesty was not willing to Reign over their goods nor over their heads nor over their Priviledges but over their hearts hoping that they would find out a sweet expedient to defend their Country against their Potent Enemy who threatned to make them all slaves and to destroy and annihilate their Nation That they would therefore considering his Majesties goodness and their own Honour manifest at once to the world that as never Subjects had such a gracious King so never King had such Loyal Subjects The Bishop having ended his Speech the most ancient Officer of the Chamber of Lisbon stood up and in the name of all the 3 Estates who stood up likewise returned humble thanks to His Majesty for this gracious bounty heartily professing That they did not only offer up their Goods but their Lives to His Majesties service earnestly intreating him to dispose of both as he pleased And to manifest that their Hearts and Mouths agreed in this free offer of themselves to His Majesty they presently voted that two Millions should be immediately raised by this Kingdom But the King wisely and politickly declined the imposing a Tax on his Subjects choosing rather to accept of their Benevolence which made every one strive who should offer most so that instead of the Two Millions there was in short time brought into the Treasury Four Millions of Gold Nor was this Money intended by them nor imployed to any other use then to maintain the Grandeza and Splendor of the K. and Kingdom there being no need of Money for the payment of Souldiers every one offering to serve freely and at their own charge against their vowed enemies the Spaniards Thus was this Kingdom utterly lost to the Spanish Monarchy King Alphonso the 6th lately removed from the Government and his Brother Don Pedro now Reigning and likewise Her Majesty of England Q. Katherine being the Sons and Daughter of this K. John in which Family the Government is like still to continue and never to revert back to the Spaniard who lost at this time not only Portugal but with it all they enjoyed by that Kingdom in the East-Indies the Terceâ—a Islands and other Islands in the Atlantick Sea the Kingdom of Algarve Brazile with all they had in Africa except the Town of Ceuta which was the whole that remained to the Spanish Nation of all those great Dominions Hist Portugal Pag. 61. 104. The remarkable revolutions in the Empire of China and the entire Conquest thereof by the Tartars happened in the same year 1640 As if some fatal influence had inclined most Nations to changes and distractions at that time It cannot therefore be unpleasant to give a brief account thereof The Inhabitants of China enjoyed all the pleasures of peace under the Government of their last Emperour who was the most absolute Monarch that ever ruled those vast Territories when in the year 1640 a year fatal to several States those Clouds began to gather which shortly after produced such a storm as ruined the whole Empire The name of the present Emperour was Zunchin a deceitful and unfortunate name for in the Chinese Language it signifies successful omen or Soveraign Dominion but how false a prognostick this was appeared quickly This Emperor was of a most courteous and good disposition and certainly his Subjects who enjoy'd great Plenty and all the advantages of Peace lived truly happy under so Excellent a Prince But it is not sufficient for a Prince to be Good and to govern mildly and peaceably unless he likewise takes care not to have ill Officers who make use of their Credit under him to gratifie their Private Passions and to extend their Ambition beyond all Bounds and Limits yet some Authors have branded him for Covetousness and that after a great Famine which happened in the Northern Provinces occasioned by an unheard of number of Locusts he imposed upon his Subjects as high Taxes as they paid formerly in fruitful flourishing times the former Money being all mispent and the Souldiers not paid Whereupon the number of the Mutineers daily increased who enriched themselves by Plunder and Rapine For as Semedo in his History of China intimates Rebellion is the usual Effect of Extortion and Tyranny especially where the Prince would have more from the People than they are able to give And therefore Theopompus saith he King of the Lacedemonians when his wife told him that because he had eased the People of many Taxes he would leave his Son a poorer Kingdom than he received from his Father answered Relinquo sed Diuturnius that is I shall leave him a more lasting Kingdom Happy had it been for Zunchin Emperor of China had he been of Theopompus his Mind But saith my Author though I find him charged with Covetousness yet I am not very apt to suspect him so guilty of that Vice as of another usually more fatal to Princes which is a facile Nature easie to be wrought upon by others and too inclinable to favour and indulge themselves and not willing to undergo the weight of Affairs From whence it was that though under the Reign of his Brother Thienking who preceded him in the Imperial Throne Zunchin so opposed his Darling Favourite the Eunuch Guei and all the Eunuchs his Partisans that at last he prevailed with his brother to banish them all his Court to the great Satisfaction of the whole Empire and when his Brother dying without Issue the Imperial Crown fell to him at his first taking possession thereof he so persecuted the Eunuchs who by abuse of their Authority under his Brother had made themselves abhorred by the whole Nation that Guei in despair poysoned himself yet at last this very Emperor suffered himself by the crafty insinuation of some about him contrary to his own Judgment to be
Kings Powderhouse that was out of the City but when they came thither found it all put in Water and so were disappointed In the mean time the Vice-Roy had strengthened his Guards with a Thousand Germans eight hundred Spaniards and a Thousand Italians fortifying all places about him He sent also for another Regiment of Germans from Pozzolo which the People hearing of met them slew some and took the rest Prisoners That morning also the Spanish Guard had Imprisoned two mean fellows for some Insolencies but the people set upon the Guard slew some and threatned to tear in pieces all the Spaniards in Naples if they were not released to prevent which they were set free Then the Vice-Roy sent some Lords to Massanello with an instrument wherein he granted as much as they desired the day before that is To take off all the Gabels but this satisfied not the people they would now have more and all his Officers and Nobles should oblige themselves to restore all their priviledges granted by King Ferdinand and Frederick and the Emperour Charles the fifth and also that a Law should be enacted That never any more Gabels should be imposed upon them The Vice-Roy perceiving that they still grew upon him sent amongst them the Lords that were most Popular who told them That his Excellency was ready to give them all satisfaction The people answered That by their forementioned Priviledges no New Tax was to be imposed without consent of the Pope and if any were that the City might defend their Liberties with the sword without any mark of Rebellion against their Prince and therefore they demanded the Original of those grants With which answer the Lords returned to the Vice-Roy who immediately summoned all the Councils to consider what return to make to them In the mean time New Processions were made by the Priests and the Sacrament and Reliques were laid forth in the Churches to implore the Divine Assistance in such an Exigency Then came a Lord from the Castle and brought a Copy of their Priviledges assuring them that it agreed with the Original this pleased them at first but when it was read it was found imperfect whereupon the people raged exceedingly saying That they were mocked and betrayed and that they would be revenged upon all the Nobility and taking the Duke that brought it they cast him into Prison who hardly escaped but by the intercâ—ssion of Peronne one of the Chiefs who with a Priest called Julio Genovino were joined in Assistance to Massanello The first order they made was to burn down the Houses of Sixty Persons who had been Projectors and Officers in the Custom-houses and had inriched themselves by the blood of the people This was performed so strictly that one for taking a little Towel out of those Houses was killed another for a Horse-crouper had Fifty lashes on his back and some others for small Trifles were hanged by the Command of Massanello and he that pityed the burning of those mens Houses or Goods was held no friend to the people the houses were very stately out of which they threw all sorts of Plate Dishes Stools Tables Chairs Carpets Tapestry and abundance of Money all which they carried into the Market place and burned crying out These goods are our blood and as these burn so the Souls of those Dogs that own them deserve to burn in Hell-fire In one of these Palaces besides all sorts of rich Furniture were brought out Twenty Three great Trunks which were full of Rich Cloth of Gold Tissue costly Embroideries that dazled the Eyes of the Beholders a Cabinet of Pearls and Precious Stones yet nothing was saved from the fire The Vice Roy being desirous to put an end to these Combustions and Burnings sent a Printed Instrument for abolishing all Gabels with a General Pardon which took no effect because the pardon was not so full as they desired but percieving that the Nobility in General were hated he resolved to employ two Advocates of the people committing to their care and prudence the quieting of them who told him nothing would quiet them unless the Original Charter of Priviledges granted by Charles 5 were delivered to them which he therefore ordered to be searcht out In the mean time Massanello commanded all the Merchants in the Name of the people to be ready in Arms for their service And himself went with his Train to all the Houses of the Gentry and others to search for Arms taking all they found of all sorts which were many Thousands with Nine Pieces of Ordnance Two Canons they took out of a Ship and Seven more out of another all which they planted at the mouths of Principal Streets Thus ended the second day the Sun scarce appearing on the third Morning when the enraged People ran to the house of a Rich Farmer of the Gabel upon Corn and it is incredible what a world of Goods very precious both for quantity and quality were found in his house all which they burned to Ashes only two Boxes of Gold were preserved and deposited in the King's Bank Then went they to the Palace of the Duke of Caivano who was Secretary of the Kingdom where they burned his Books Writings and Library with infinite store of Rich Moveables and Utensils Coaches Sedans Couches rare silver Vessels and Jewels of all kinds store of Curious Pictures all which were burned save some that they sent to Churches as counting them holy pieces yet burned their Rich Frames and harassed the house to the ground The fire was so great that it took hold of a Neighbouring Monastery of Nuns and burnt down a gallant Library The like Desolations were made in all houses that Massanello appointed to destruction which were many of the stateliest in all Naples In one of them was found an inestimable Wardrobe fit for a King which was all destroyed Others hid their Richest Moveables in Monasteries which were by the command of Massanello brought out and burned Whilst the People were thus revenging themselves on their supposed Adversaries by the diligence of those that were imployed the Original Charters of their Priviledges were found out which being carryed to the Vice Roy he immediately sent them word of it promising all satisfaction but they finding that delayes were made demanded to be Masters of the Tower where the great Bell hung to sound to war at any time as also of a Port which they thought might be prejudicial to them and to have the use of the Artillery and Arms of the City therein and before they could have an answer Ten Thousand of them Besieged and Assaulted the Tower forcing the Souldiers to depart leaving all their Arms behind them Then by the Command of Massanello the great Bell was rung and the Arms brought forth yet with a Protestation That they intended not to rebel but only to secure the people The Charter not yet appearing the People grew so furious that they drew forth other goods to be burnt amongst which they
Interest and Pretensions to that Crown The Nobility and People of Portugal were without doubt extreamly amazed to see themselves so suddenly surprized and made subject to a Forreign Prince and especially to a Prince of that Nation against whom they had a natural hatred and antipathy but finding themselves in a condition not able to make resistance they thought they should gain more by freely submitting to the King than to be forced to it They therefore made their humble submission which King Philip met as it were half way and condescended in the Parliament or General Assembly of Estates of that Kingdom to be sworn to these Articles or Capitulations following 1. That the said Philip King of Spain c. Should observe all the Laws Liberties Priviledges and Customs granted to the People by the former Kings of Portugal 2. That the Vice King or Governour should be always the Son Brother Vncle or Nephew of the King or else a Native of Portugal 3. That all the Chief Officers in Church or State should be bestowed upon the Natives of Portugal and not upon strangers Likewise the Governments of all Towns and Places 4. That all Countreys now belonging to the Portugals should so continue to the Commodity and benefit of the Nation 5. That the Portugal Nation should be admitted to all Offices in the Kings House as well as the Spaniards 6. That because the King could not conveniently be always in Portugal he should send the Prince to be bred up amongst them These Articles were shut up or concluded with a Blessing upon such Kings as should observe and keep them and a curse on those who should break or violate them And some Authors likewise affirm that there was another clause added to them signifying That in case which God forbid the King which then was or his Successors should not observe this Agreement or should procure a Dispensation for this Oath the Three Estates of the Kingdom might freely deny subjection and obedience to the King without being Guilty either of Perjury or Treason Though these Articles were thus sworn to and the Cardinal Albertus Archduke of Austria Son to the Emperor and Nephew to the King of Spain appointed Vice-King of Portugal King Philip durst not yet in Person leave the Kingdom for he perceived by their Murmurs and visible discontents that their submission to him proceeded more out of Fear than Love and that as he had in a moment gained that Kingdom so he should as soon lose it if he gave them but the least opportunity For that the People were highly discontented it did easily appear by their Attentive listening after Old Prophecies among which was one of an Old Hermit who told Alphonso the First King of Portugal of the great Victory he should obtain over the five Kings of the Moors and That his Posterity should reign happily Kings of Portugal but that in the sixteenth Generation his Line should fail but that God at length should have mercy again upon them and restore them Others had regard to a Letter written by St. Bernard to the same King Alphonso the Original of which is reported to have been given to the Portugal Ambassador by Lewis 13 King of France in 1641 the substance whereof was That he rendred Thanks to him for the Lands bestowed upon him and that in recompence thereof God had declared unto him that there should not fail a Native of Portugal to sit upon the Throne unless for the greatness of their Sins God would chastise them for a time but that this time of Chastisement should not last above threescore years Other Prophesies there were of this Nature and to this Effect which put the People in hope of a Deliverance and many flattered themselves that Don Sebastian was yet alive and would come and deliver them nay so foolish were some of them that though they believed him slain at the Battle of Alcazer in Barbary yet they thought he should live again and miraculously come to Redeem them But that which most of all exprest the Peoples discontents was what was publickly spoken by the Mouths of their Orators the Priests in their Pulpits who would ordinarily in their Sermons utter Speeches much to the prejudice of the Spaniards Title and in Favour of the Dutchess of Braganza nor did they spare to do so even in the presence of King Philip himself who would therefore often say That the Portuguez Clergy had made the sharpest War with him Father Lewes Alvarez a Jesuit preaching one day before the Spanish Vice-Roy took his Text Surge attolle Grabatum tuum ambula Take up thy Bed and walk and turning himself to the Vice-Roy Sir said he the meaning of this is Arise take up your pack and be gone home But above all the discontents might be observed in the Noblemens Chappels especially in the Duke of Braganza's where they were used to sing the Lamentations of Jeremiah applying all the scorn and reproach of the Israelites to themselves as Aquam nostram pecunia bibimus We have drunken our water for money c. because of the Excise laid upon Wine and other necessaries by the Spaniards And that other Servi Dominati c. 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