“Whereupon the said _Lincolne_, went unto one Dr. _Bell_, or _Bele_, a Canon of the aforesaid _Spital_, that was appointed likewise to preach upon _Tuesday_ in _Easter_ Week, at the same _Spital_, whom he persuaded to read his said Bill in his Pulpit. Which Bill contained (in effect) the Grievances that many found from Strangers, for taking the Livings away from Artificers and the Intercourse from Merchants, the Redress whereof must come from the Commons united together; for, as the Hurt touched all Men, so must all set to their helping Hands: Which Letter he read, or the chief Part thereof, comprehending much seditious Matter, and then he began with this Sentence; _Cœlum Cœli Domino, Terrain autem dedit Filiis Hominum_, i. e., _The Heavens to the Lord of Heaven, but the Earth he hath given to the children of Men_: And upon this Text he shewed how this Land was given to _Englishmen_, and, as Birds defend their Nests, so ought _Englishmen_ to cherish and maintain themselves, and to hurt and grieve Aliens for Respect of their Commonwealth: And on this Text, _Pugna pro Patria_, i. e., _Fight for your Country_, he brought in, how (by God’s Law) it was lawful to fight for their Country, and thus he subtilly moved the People to oppose Strangers. By this Sermon, many a light-headed Person took Courage, and spoke openly against them: And by chance there had been divers ill Things of late done by Strangers, in and about the City of _London_, which kindled the People’s Rancour the more furiously against them. “The twenty-eighth Day of _April_, divers young Men of the City picked Quarrels with certain Strangers, as they passed along the Streets: Some they smote and buffeted, and some they threw into the Channel; for which the Lord Mayor sent some of the _Englishmen_ to prison, as _Stephen Studley_, Skinner, _Stevenson Betts_, and others. “Then suddenly rose a secret Rumour, and no Man could tell how it began, that on _May-Day_, next following, the City would slay all the Aliens, insomuch that divers Strangers fled out of the City. “This Rumour came to the Knowledge of the King’s Council; whereupon the Lord Cardinal sent for the Mayor, and other of the Council of the City, giving them to understand what he had heard. “The Lord-Mayor, as one ignorant of the Matter, told the Cardinal, that he doubted not so to govern the City, but that Peace should be obtained. “The Cardinal willed him so to do, and to take heed, that, if any riotous Attempt were intended, he should by good Policy prevent it.