Pyrotechnica Loyolana Ignatian Fire-works

This state also lacks a title-page. I'm currently looking at the copy at shelfmark G.19581, and I've already looked at 105.d.61. Fortunately, this copy has some redeeming qualities, including the name of Francis Leighton on either side of both "initial" pages.


The following poem follows the letter "To the Reader," but describes the Frontispiece:

WOnder of-Babes, Wiſe Child, he knew his Sire
To be ſome Helliſh Flame, or God of Fire ;
And therefore would be call'd, Ignatius,
Who (ſome have fancy'd) was begotten thus :
A ſpark of Fire from Vulcans Anvile fell,
As he was dealing by-blows in his Cell :
And thence (prodigious Baby) he became
The fie'ry St. Ignatius by Name.
Nor let the Romaniſts ſo tetchy be,
Their Saint is by-blow'd in his Pedigree ;
For's Mother was the Whore of Babylon,
( With whom Jane Shore compar'd, 'tis ten to one
Chast Ginny writes her ſelf a Maid. ) But ſtay,
And ſoft awhile good Father Loyala ;
I fain would be inform'd by you, what ayles
Theſe Foxes to wear Fire-brands in their tayles?
What, did you teach theſe Cubs the World to burn,
Or to Embottle LONDON in its Urne ?
Are Hugonots as rank Philiſtins grown,
(With you) as dwelt in Gath, or Askelon;
That their ſhocks may not ſtand till Chriſt ſhall come,
( Lord of the Harvest) to fetch Harveſt home?
Bold Wretches; muſt your Fire thus Antidate
The gen'ral Doom, and give the World it's Fate ?
Muſt Hells Edict (to blend this Globe with fire)
Be done at your grave nods, when you require?
If Earth and Hell be thus at your devoires,
What means your Legends, Calendars, Memoires
To call great Donn's but Saints? Though mortal Clods
On Earth; In Hell, yet they may paſs for Gods.
And then if ſo, your Agents do ſpeak ſenſe
For Colliars faith, and blind obedience.
This is the knack of Rule, Reaſon of State
I'th'Papal Monarchy : What e're ſome prate.
Faux therefore, by his Ghostly Father, ſent
To blow up Prince, and Peeres, and Parliament ;
He never ask'd why ſo ? but pray, why not ?
And ſo was sacramented for that Plot;
And falls to digging in his hired Cell,
As if reſolv'd to go next way to Hell.
Or can we think that Hubert with his Fellows
Did ever ask Pope Æo'lus (with his Bellows)
Why LONDON muſt be burnt ? (what if th' Old Man
Did want his Niece or elſe his warming pan : )
Sure Londons flames might ſtand him in ſome ſtead,
That he (poor wretch) might go warm to his bed.
Beſides the heat o'th' warming pan was dull
to him, who love's a fire will roaſt a Bull :
But ah! poor Citizens, could you not make,
A ſecond Deluge for your Cities ſake,
To quench thoſe Flames with tears, nor club at laſt
In ſighs and groans for one great Counter-blaſt,
 Againſt the Popes long bellows : Once your Name
(Whilſt your Troy ſtood) was Trojans  Sons of Fame ;
Yet weep no more, you'l [sic] ſee a Phœnix Riſe
From Londons flames, which the world will prize,
Court, and admire for beauty. But let Rome
By fire from Heav'n expect her fatal Doom :
Then ſhall the eyes of Saints both gaze and feast
At once; upon this roaſting of the Beaſt.
Heav'n ſhall be fill'd with Alelujahs then,
Yea, the whole world ſhall ring with one,      A M E N.

Okay, I've finally gotten a hold of an illustrated copy, 800.k.20.(1.)

There's a lot of Latin and Greek on the illustration. I'll try to describe it as well as I can and connect it to its related section of the poem, in an order proceeding from left-to-right, top-to-bottom.

	The image	The text	The description
London burning	London burns. On the London skyline, churches are especially prominent. People float in nine boats on the river. Across the river, two huddles of approx. six people stand in semi-circles. They are dressed in hats and cloaks	To the right of the leftmost group is the text "Fuimus Troes | et higens gloria" [? and past glory] To the right of the rightmost group is the text "fuit Ilium Britonum." [Troy was of Britain.]	But ah! poor Citizens, could you not make,A ſecond Deluge for your Cities ſake, To quench thoſe Flames with tears, nor club at laſt In ſighs and groans for one great Counter-blaſt,  Againſt the Popes long bellows : Once your Name (Whilſt your Troy ſtood) was Trojans  Sons of Fame
Phoenix rising	A massive bird raises its wings above flames on a roof. A three-story house seems to burn.	Above illustration: "Combusta reſurget." [Burnt, rise.]	Yet weep no more, you'l [sic] ſee a Phœnix Riſe From Londons flames, which the world will prize, Court, and admire for beauty.
Rome burns	Rome's skyline darkened under flames. St. Paul's stands out in the skyline.	Below illustration: "Suis et ipſa Roma ignib..." [destroyed]	But let Rome By fire from Heav'n expect her fatal Doom : Then ſhall the eyes of Saints both gaze and feast At once; upon this roaſting of the Beaſt. Heav'n ſhall be fill'd with Alelujahs then, Yea, the whole world ſhall ring with one,      A M E N.
Jesuits conspire	Four pairs of plotters hunch over a model of the globe. In each pair, one wears a Jesuit's hat and one wears a brimmed hat. Five hold tokens that resemble the sun over the surface. The globe has latitude and tropics marked, but the other lines do not resemble geography.	Around the frame of a globe: "In omnem terram exivit Sonus Neguitice ipſopum." [The Sound has gone forth into all the earth...?] On the surface of the globe, three phrases in Greek Below the Jesuits: "Hi regnorum Proditores | Atque Legnm Fraudatores,| Reges volant Jugulare ;| Et ſic plebem ſubjugare." ][These realms betray and these laws fraudulent Kings fly  killing and so conquer the People.]	What, did you teach theſe Cubs the World to burn, Or to Embottle LONDON in its Urne ? Are Hugonots as rank Philiſtins grown, (With you) as dwelt in Gath, or Askelon; That their ſhocks may not ſtand till Chriſt ſhall come, ( Lord of the Harvest) to fetch Harveſt home?
Pope Æo'lus	A Pope seated in profile. He wears a triple-crown and holds a large bellows pointed upwards. The bellows blast a semi-visible wind onto London.	Over the bellow-blast, upside-down: "Dÿ Scil. Inferi ! cœptis aſpirate meis." [That is God. Hell favors a breath of it.]	Or can we think that Hubert with his Fellows Did ever ask Pope Æo'lus (with his Bellows) Why LONDON muſt be burnt ?
Invisible power	A house in two parts with men in the doorway arch. The house has a smokestack and a three windows. In a large dark arch, two men stand near two barrels. The barrels seem to be full of sun-shaped tokens. One man wears a brimmed hat, and the other wears a Jesuit's hat.	The house is labelled below the windows "Arcana Imperii." [Invisible power] The men are labelled [destroyed] "es Jeſu Jundator Ign. Loyola"	And then if ſo, your Agents do ſpeak ſenſe For Colliars faith, and blind obedience. This is the knack of Rule, Reaſon of State I'th'Papal Monarchy
Powder plot	A man stands in front of a building. The building has a grooved roof, one circular window, and is cross-hatched in a way that suggests bricks. The man is wearing a cloak and a brimmed hat. He is holding forth an object towards the doorway arch. Inside the doorway are three sealed barrels.	Immediately below the man near the barrels: "G. Faux | Rex Anglorum eſt documento | Cum Magnatum Parlamento | Unoque ictu deſtinati | Nero, Rex, Regina, nati." [Guy Fawkes, proven with a single blow the Parliament-appointed Nero, King, Queen, born.]	Faux therefore, by his Ghostly Father, ſent To blow up Prince, and Peeres, and Parliament ; He never ask'd why ſo ? but pray, why not ? And ſo was sacramented for that Plot; And falls to digging in his hired Cell, As if reſolv'd to go next way to Hell.
Obedient foxes	A man in a Jesuit's hat with four foxes around. The man's back faces the viewer. He points his left index finger up and his right index finger down and to the right. The foxes are in pairs: two to the left, two to the right. Each fox has its paws raised as though leaping forward. Each fox has a stick through its tail.	To the right of the man directing the foxes: "Obedientia c œ c a" [Obedience begun in the heat.]	But ſtay, And ſoft awhile good Father Loyala ; I fain would be inform'd by you, what ayles Theſe Foxes to wear Fire-brands in their tayles?
Loyal servants	Two men stand in front of a geometric structure. The structure has a quadrilateral outside and a Y-shaped frame inside. The left man wears a brimmed hat. He is handing a sun-shaped token to the man on the right, who wears a Jesuit's hat.	Below the left man: "Hubert"; Below the right man: "P: H:"	Or can we think that Hubert with his Fellows Did ever ask Pope Æo'lus (with his Bellows) Why LONDON muſt be burnt

I'm interested in the contrast between the order of images and the order of the poem. I'll have to come back and reconsider this.

800.k.20.(1.) has been bound, as the shelfmark suggests, with several other anti-Jesuit tracts.  In Pyrotechnica Loyolana [The Fiery Jesuits], the page marking between 55 and 57 has been corrected in pencil from 46 to 56. The final leaf is mutilated, lacking a relatively rectangular portion of the top-outer corner. After that is The Jesuits Manner of Consecrating, whose title page is signed (in pencil) "K. Hoshimanns Reſ." Next is The Horrible, Direful, Prodigious, and Diabolical Practice of the Jesuits Discovered, also signed "K" on the title-page in pencil. After that is The Jeſuits Plea, then A Short Narrative of the Diſcovery of a College of Jeſuits. A Short Narrative is signed on the title page, "K Croft (Je.)" All of the later tracts are cut smaller, but unevenly so that measurement might not be worth it.