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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86602	A black-smith and no Jesuite or, a true relation how I VVilliam Houlbrook black-smith of Marleborough was betray'd by Cornet George Joyce, who carried the King prisoner from Holmby; and of the unjust imprisoning of me: and my several examination: before Bradshaw, and his bloody crew: with my answers unto all of them, as you may read in the following discourse. Written in the time of my imprisonment, and now put to publick view.	Houlbrook, William.	1660 (1660)	Wing H2939; Thomason E2138_2; ESTC R208362	31,494	104

A BLACK-SMITH AND NO JESVITE OR A True relation how I VVilliam Houlbrook Black-smith of Marleborough was betray'd by Cornet George Joyce who carried the King prisoner from Holmby and of the unjust imprisoning of me And my several examination before Bradshaw and his bloody Crew With my Answers unto all of them as you may read in the following Discourse Written in the time of my imprisonment and now put to publick view Luke 21.14 15. Settle it therefore in your hearts not what ye shall answer for I will give you wisdom which all your adversaries shall not gainsay LONDON Printed for the Author and are to be sould by Francis Lash next door to the Pauls-head Tavern at Pauls-Chain 1660. To the Right Worshipful Henry Hungerford and Ieffery Daniel Esquires Burgesses for the Town of Marleborough Worthy Sirs YOU have here presented the result of a few melancholy nights spun out in recollecting what the minds Intelligencer had recorded from the single eyed Cyclopean cruelty and unthought of heat in framing Chariots and hammering out thunder-bolts and other engines for Mars Verily did not Zeal burn within me as impatient of concealing such fire-brands I should not dare thus boldly to scriblle and grate your now serene sedate spirits with such an ignoble pedantick story of Royalty ravished with the disguised wild-fire of Aristocrasie which heaven only knows how many heads of this Kingdom it might have blown off had they not as wanting sufficiencie of the fool to act the knave artificially being too confident of effecting their designs in due time discovered their dark Lanthorn Honoured Sirs The noble respect you were wont to manifest towards all industrious atchievements as also some friends did incite me not to to defer the divulging this though rude rustick incomposed Table-talk hath imboldned me to crave for it a shelter under the shadow of your benigne wings from the contagious breath of heated tongues I am far from presuming to delineate these Monsters so as to undertake to derive their Pedegree to fadom their bottomless profundity or calculate the knaverie simplicitie instability or independencie either of their lives or actions but yet I have adventured in Loyalty to my Soveraign obedience to your selves respect to my friends and fidelitie unto all to present you a true though not so artificial survey of a single plot which had almost been unwittingly purchased of the intending usurping Landlords had not their Achitophel-like Counsels been soon defeated and they soon after confounded in their own devices for which Divine Providence and a continuance thereof is and I hope ever shall be the daily prayer of him who devotes himself to fear God honour the King and unfeignedly to serve you William Houlbrook THE EPISTLE TO THE Reader CHristian Reader it was not my thoughts to ever appear in Print nor do I now in any vain-glory or to expect any praise from men but being moved by some Friends and having most part of it written by me ever since I was in Newgate and having witnesses in the Countrey that knew how it was acted I have thought good not to pass it over with silence for it is not for any private ends that I do it but that the world may know what bloody men we have had in this Nation that went under the Notion of Religions men when indeed they were Devils as witness that blasphemous Petition of Praise-God Barebones for which he had the thanks of the Devils Imps to have Church and State ruined but there be many other Presidents of as great a nature and therefore I shall not name them here but we have had such wicked Governments that no man did dare to speak his conscience Seeing now it is Gods Love and mercy to settle us in our ancient form of Government of King Lords and Commons let us submit thereto according to our duty For we all see the danger in rejecting the Lords Anointed and to what great extremities these poor Nations were brought into by endeavouring to ruine one another I desire all persons that shall find fault with me to examine their own selves and not to look too much abroad and all people to obey their King and all Souldiers to remember our Saviour Christs Command and in their doing so we shall live a peaceable and quiet life according to Gods Command and shall never be brought under such bloody men again So leaving thee to the ensuing Discourse I rest Thine to serve thee William Houlbrook A BLACK-SMITH And no Jesuite Or The Smith of MARLEBOROVGH THE twenty eight of July 1659. Cornet Joyce Cornet Smale Quartermaster Tynne Mr. Waldron and Corporal Carter came to Marleborough with about twenty Souldiers which Souldiers quartered at the George at the towns end but Cornet Joyce and the rest of his Confederates went into the Town Joyce quartering at the White-hart and the rest at the Angel having thus dispersed themselves I was sent for to shooe Cornet Smale's horse which I did being called into the Chamber to receive my due I went not suspecting any designe but after payment Tynne Waldron Smale and Carter were exceeding inquisitive concerning news I told them I could not inform them of any being from home till last night at Sarum Assises What news there I made answer great complaints of bad trading and great Taxes and the poor ready to famish Tynne Is it so said Tynne now thou shalt see honest Smith that in a short time things will alter for thou shalt see the Rump turned out Smith Say you so sir truly I am very glad of that for then I shall have some work and likewise all other tradesmen Smale Truly honest Smith I see thou art right for I have lost all that I had for being for the King Smith Sir be of good comfort for a good Conscience goes beyond riches and no doubt but God will raise you up again Then they asked me what friends the King had thereabouts I said there are many that would be glad to see better times Tynne But honest Smith dost thou know of any who have sent any thing to carry on our Kings Interest thou needs not be a fraid said he for we are as faithfull true subjects to the King as any persons can be then they all said we have lost our estates we have ventured our lives and therefore thou needest not doubt or fear us Smith No for my part I have no cause then they call'd for Beer and did drink the Kings health and I pledged them then they said the Rump was Cheaters and my answer was they said true enough for they had not only cheated the King of his right but many thousands more Tynne It is very true indeed for these Members which sit now at Westminster have Cheated me of a brave estate Waldron And so also have they of mine and I would not for fourty pounds but that I had known thee for thou mayest do us a great deal of good to help on our Interest

there were many such in that place Brad. Why do you not answer Smith My Lord Newgate is prepared for such persons and I wonder my Lord Joyce hath not been sent thither all this time at which some of them smiled which made me rejoyce Bradshaw Come we are willing to shew you mercie Smith Are you so my Lord then blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy it is Christs own Sermon my Lord. Bradshaw Well we see you are but ill beloved in the Countrie where you live for there 's but few few friends as speak for you in this your time of adversitie Smith I am as ill beloved in the Countrie as you are my Lord. Brad. Upon the same account as I am Smith I do not know that my Lord it is for being faithful to the Common-wealth At which the Council fell a laughing Brad. I believe that I am beloved ill enough thou saist right in that come what security hast for thou must be bound in a Bond of two hundred pound Smith No less my Lord I was never worth so much in my life Bradshaw What securitie hast thou Smith If you will have two substantial men there is the Lord Strickland and another Lord. Brad. What no meaner persons it seems you are beloved my merrie blade two meaner persons shall serve Smith Then there is a Major and a Captain my Lord. Brad. Meaner persons than they will serve Smith Then here is a Cook and a Coachman my Lord. Then he spoke to the Clerk who proved my good frind Brad. What is this Cook Clerk A verie honest man my Lord he lives but at Chairing-cross Brad. Let him be one then what 's the name of the other Smith I shall desire to speak with him first my Lord. Brad. Take the Cook now while he is here and let him go on his Paroll till he bring the other Clerk Yes my Lord. Smith Pray my Lord as you say you are merciful to me I desire it may extend a little farther Brad. What is that you would have Smith I would have my fees abated my Lord for I am but a poor Black-smith and have nothing but what I earn by the sweat of my brows and I have paid much monie alreadie Brad. ☞ If you will not pay your fees that are due to the Keepers you must lie there and rot for me you may thank God we give you your libertie Smith If it must be so my Lord I cannot help it So when the Cook had signed the Bond who was my verie good friend in my extremitie whom I am ever bound to pray for Door keeper Come Smith you must come in Smith Yes I am a coming Brad. Come you must take the Engagement Smith What is that my Lord I never took ame Brad. If you mean to have your libertie you must take one now Smith Pray let me hear what it is my L●●d first because I shall make conscience of what I take Bradshaw You shall The Clerk read the Engagement You shall be true and faithful unto the Common-wealth of England as it is now established without King single Person or House of Lords And you shall be ready upon all Summons that shall be sent from the Parliament or Council of State to make you personal appearance before them And you shall not Act nor encourage any one to Act against this Government Bradshaw What say you to this Smith Smith I conceive my Lord that the Contents of the words is that I must be true and faithful to you as long as you are our Governours and so I do not act against you it matters not who do I shall be very faithfull my Lord. Brad. I wish you be Smith My Lord you may know the tree by his fruits and me by my actions Then the keepers had me away again to Newgate until I had payed my fees so I sent to some freinds and borrowed the money so I paid them their due as they said which was one shilling for the coach to White-hall and one shilling the keeper for going with me one shilling up again and three shillings 6 d. a week for my lodging with many other such like unreasonable prizes that it cost me eleven pound in all although I had great relief from my freinds in City and Country Then I went to the Coachman for him also to engage for me whose name was Edmund Poynes who went along with me and signed the bond and as we were coming from the Council we met with Cornet Smale Smale What are you at Libertie if you are at Liberty and will not bring these persons in as you have peached it will make all the faithful friends of the Parliament forsake them Smith It is you that have peached them sir not I it would be happie for the Parliament if they were freed from such servants as you are Away I went from them Now Christian Reader thou maist finde what persons these have been by this true Relation from first to last Then I went home in Esquire Riches Coach of Sunning who was my verie good friend and when I came home there I heard what Joyce and his Crew had done when I was in prison First they went to the high Sheriffe and said Ioyce Why do you not raise your troop Sheriff because I had no order Ioyce I have then And shewed his order but his Commission was out seven or eight daies before he came there so that the Sheriff escaped the snare then Smale went to the Sheriff and told him that I had peacht him of great crimes and wished him to send for Joyce for he was very sorry he should be brought into trouble Joah like pretending love yet meaning to murder him Then Joyce plaid upon Mr. Rashly and desired him to drink the Kings health for he had lost all for being for the King but his wife knowing him by that means he escaped the snare then they went to Mr. Web Minister of Ogbourn and said if he would do any good for the King this was his time for they were his Agents but by Gods providence that good man escaped the snare then they went to Mr. Hunt of VVick by Marleborough and said they were Farmers knowing him to be for the King and suffering much for him they plaid upon him but he escaped the snare Then Tynne came from the Angel to the Hart pretended himself to be for the Parliament and I think he was for the Devil Ioyce pretended to be for the King so Tynne took Ioyce prisoner and Ioyce cried out he was undone for the Round-heads had taken him prisoner and desired the servants to rescue him from them but the servants by Gods providence did not but the Chamberlain told Tynne if he would lie with Ioyce he would make a bed for them together but Tynne said Ioyce look'd like an honest man therefore he would crust him to lie by himself for he did believe he would be forth coming But to reveal all the Actions that were done it would be too long so after I came from London down came that bloody Villain Smale who laboured so hard to have me murtherd because I would not bring these Noble men into trouble he came to the White Hart and told Mr. Rashly that I had peach't him and Capt. Burgess of great crimes at the Council but the Clerk being a friend of his he caused him to strike their names out when he did all he could to bring them into trouble and threatned me I should be hang'd if I did not bring them in and yet all this did he because they should not mistrust him that he had any hand in the bringing of them in and Iudas like pretending to love them yet endeavoured to betray them in setting down what they pleased and bringing me to swear that all was true to carrie on a fair shew amongst men as if they were innocent and bore them no ill and when they came to London they must be believed and not I if I had twenty witnesses it must go against me And if this be the good old Cause as the Rump have cried out so for to bring so much innocent blood on the Nation when there hath been so much spilt already I must say with the Letany good Lord deliver us from such men Thus I have made known according to my weak abilitie what misery I have gone through and what ado I had to keep a good conscience amongst them that did long for blood If God had not been with me I had never been able to escape with life for Ioyce would have sworn through an inch-board as the Proverb is but he would have brought these Noble men to Ruin and then we should have had a Thanks-giving day throughout the Nation for joy as if God was the Author of their bloodie and traiterous actions and Ioyce might damn his soul by lying because he was for a Common-wealth but I must not which was my happiness Let all the world judge what they were Now Christian Reader as God hath been pleased in much mercy to look down upon these three poor Nations to bring us under that ancient form of Government of King Lords and Commons let us seek unto God by prayer for a blessing on our gracious Soveraign Lord King Charls the second to submit and obey him which is our dutie and then we shall have hopes of being setled in peace after so manie years distraction And now Christian Reader I have shewed thee how Ioyce and the rest endeavoured to ruine verie many of the Nobilitie and Gentrie in this Nation as afore-mentioned by their false informations to gain their Estates and how they appeared like Angels when indeed no better then Devils and I have made known to thee what persons they were and how these Villains worked upon me at first and their Actions to the last yet by the providence of God I was delivered from them and kept a good conscience which is my comfort Therefore from such bloody men God keep all good people which is and shall be the daily prayer of him Who is thine to serve thee William Houlbrook To God be all the Glory Amen FINIS