THE ⟨NEW⟩ INTERPRETER.
Quest. WHat is the King?
A. A Charles Stuart.
Q. What is C. R.
A. King of Great Brittaine, as much as of France, or Ireland.
Q. What is the Queene?
A. A Subject, an Incendiarie, an over active Lady.
Q. The Prince?
A. A Heire apparent of the time being.
Q. The Lords and Commons?
A. The Parliament.
Q. The Parliament?
A. A perpetuall Senate, an omnipotent Counsell, an Oracle, an Ephod.
Q. TheBishops?
A. Popes, Antichrists.
Q. Prince Rupert?
A. A plundering Coward, a Witch, an Icubus, a Devill.
Q. The Earle of Essex?
A. His Excellency, the Lord of Hosts.
Q. The Lord Say?
A. A perpetuall Dictator.
Q. Cavaleeres?
A. Rogues, Rattle-heads, Dammees, Canibals, English Midianites.
Q. Round-heads?
A. Zelots, Reformers, men of gifts, Saints [...]
Q. Loyall Subjects?
A. Malignants, Delinquents, Prelaticall party, popish affected, enemies to the State.
Q. Traytors and Rebels?
A. Confiding men, true Patryots Confessors, Martyrs.
Q. The five Members?
A. Lovers of vertue, maintainers of the Gospell, Zealous for the publique good, the Worthies of our Age.
Q. Royall Prerogative?
A. Very and empty nothing.
Q. The Kings Proclamations?
A. Printed papers, Ballads, Libels.
Q. His Posse Regni?
A. The new Militia.
Q. His Army?
A. The Enemy.
Q. He must and shall,
A. Answer their humble Petition.
Q. Votes and Ordinances?
A. The Lawes of the Land, unknowne, deepe, fundamentall.
Q. The Essence of a Parliament?
A. Choyce Committees.
Q. The Protestant Religion by Law established?
A. Popery, Superstition, Idolatry.
Q. Brownisme and Anabaptisme?
A. Protestant Religion, reformed, refined.
Q. The Common Prayer Booke?
A. A Messe of Pottage, the Masse in English.
Q. The Paternoster?
A. A forme of absolute Petitions, a Popish Innovasion.
Q. The Creed?
A. In one Article to be expunged.
Q. The Commandements?
A. Impossible precepts, nothing to us.
Q. A free Synod?
A. A Convocation of Downings, Burgisses, Calamies, Cases, Woodcocks, Peters, Evans, & c.
Q. Arbitrary Government?
A. Legistative power.
Q. Freedom of Votes?
A. Breach of Priviledges.
Q. Such a one shall bee?
A. Free Election of Members..
Q. Frctious Spirits?
A. The representative Body.
Q. Catch that catch can?
A. Proprietie of Subjects.
Q. Arme, arme?
A. The peace of the Common-wealth.
Q. Kill and slay?
A. The Libertie of the Subject.
Q. The [...] Fortifications?
A. Workes to keepe out Prince Ruperts Dog.
Q. Faigned Treasons?
A. Emminent dangers.
Q. Seditious Sermons?
A. Purity of the Gospell.
Q. Lying Pamphlets?
A. True and perfect Diurnals, remarkable passes for all that desire to be truely informed. The Kingdomes weekely Intelligence sent abroad to prevent mis-informations.
Q. Feares and Jealousies?
A. A pretence to pick a quarrell and then to cut the throats of all Malignants.
Q. Tumults and uproares?
A. Forcible motives.
Q. A great Gun?
A. The mostconvincing argument.
Q. Imprisoning and banishing?
A. Securing of persons.
Q. Plundering and Stealing?
A. Disarming, Leavying benevolences and contributions, distresses, assesments, the Gentlemen Souldiers visits.
Q. Accommodation?
A. Nineteene Propositions and disbanding.
Q. Change of Government in the Church and State?
A. The great Worke, the thorow Reformation, setting up Christ upon his Throne.