Copy of the Welsh Sermon

A satirical mock sermon delivered in 1646, written in the voice of a caricatured Welsh parson addressing Princes Rupert and Maurice as they departed England following the Royalist defeat in the Civil War. Drawing its text from 2 Esdras, the piece blends biting political commentary with comic Welsh dialect humor, rebuking the princes for their plundering of England and Wales. A rare window into popular Protestant sentiment and wartime pamphlet culture in the English Civil War era.