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A71130	A Collection of letters and other writings relating to the horrid Popish plott printed from the originals in the hands of George Treby ...	Treby, George, Sir, 1644?-1700.	1681 (1681)	Wing T2102; Wing T2104; ESTC R16576	109,828	128

aut aliis quomodocumque sanctae sedi Episcopis reservatis absolvendi Sacramenta quaecunque excepta confirmatione ordinatione admitrandi in votis exceptis castitatis Religionis Juramentis cum Justa causa subest dispensandi sicut etiam in observatione Jejuniorum aliisque Legibus Ecclesiasticis neo non in irregularitatibus quibus Libet ex delicto occulto provenientibus aliisque omnibus quibuscumque casibus in quibus summus Pontifex dispensare potest Libros prohibitos legendi Haereticos in graemium Ecclesiae recepiendi dummodo errores suos haereses schismata coram notario testibus publice vel privatim detestati fuerint abjuraverint anathematisaverint injuncta eis pro modo culpae poenitentia salutari Denique omnia dicendi gerendi decernendi exequendi quae ad munas Missionariorum magnorum poenitentiariorum pertinet in quorum omnium singulorum fidem praesentes litteras manu nostra signavimus ac sigilli nostri appositione voluimus communiri Datum parisiis die vigesima Maij millesimo sexcentisimo sexagesimo octavo pn'tus ejusdem S.D.N. Papae anno primo L. Cardinalis de Vendosme Leg. Locus Sigilli De Bontils Auditor Secretarius Legationis English'd as followeth LEWIS of Vendosme Cardinal Deacon of Sancta Maria in Portico Legate a Latere from our Holy Lord CLEMENT the Ninth by the Divine Providence Pope and from the Apostolic See to the most Serene Lord LEWIS the most Christian King of France and Navarre and to his whole Kingdom and all his Provinces Dominions Cities Towns Lands and places belonging to the said King and adjacent to his said Kingdom and to all other places where We shall happen to come To Our dearly beloved Sons in Christ the Canons Regular of St. Augustine of the Gallican Congregation for the Conversion of Infidels Hereticks and Schismaticks Greeting in the Lord and Eternal Benediction We fully confiding in your Piety Charity Prudence Integrity Knowledge and Experience and hoping that what we have thought fit to intrust unto you you will carefully and faithfully manage and administer Have therefore made and constituted make and constitute you of Our knowledge and free and meer motion great Missi●naries and Apostolical Penitentiaries And we have granted and do grant unto you full Power of Preaching the Divine Word and of bearing Sacramentally the Confessions of all Penitents and to impart unto them the benefit of Absolution from all Cases and Censures and of Absolving from all things in any manner reserved unto the Holy See or unto Bishops of Administring all Sacraments except Confirmation and Ordination and of dispensing with Vows except those of Chastity and Religion and with Oaths where there is just cause as also with the Observation of Fasts and other Ecclesiastical Laws and all Irregular 〈◊〉 whatsoever proceeding from a hidden sin and all other Cases whatsoever where the Pope can Dispense And of reading forbidden Books and receiving Hereticks into the bosom of the Church provided they do detest abjure and anathemarize their Errors Heresies and Schisms before Witnesses Publickly or Privately enjoyning unto them a salutary Penance according to the measure of the fault Lastly of saying doing decreeing and performing all things belonging to the Office of Missionaries and great Penitentiaries In Testimony whereof We have Signed these present Letters with Our Hand and Sealed them with Our Seal Given at Paris the 20th of May 1663. and in the first Year of Our said Holy Lord. L. Cardinalis de Vendosme Legatus De Bontils Auditor Secretarius Legationis The place of the Seal An Instrument constituting Benedict Stapilton Prior of Canterbury NOS Fr. Augustinus Hungate Praesbiter Monachus Ordinis S. Benedicti Congregationis Anglicanae ejusdem ordinis Praeses Generalis c. Reverendo in Christo Patri ac confratri nostro Patri Benedicto Stapilton ejusdem congregationis Praesbitero Monacho Electo Priori Cathedralis Ecclesiae Cantuariensis salutem in Christo sempiternam Visa Electione personae Reverentiae tuae in Priorem praedictae Ecclesiae conventusque Cathedralis Cantuariensis Canonice legittime celebrata acceptaque de more obedientia Reverentiae tuae nobis successoribus nostris promissa in scriptis exhibita facta quoque per Reverentiam tuam publica Catholicae fidei professione juxta sacri Tridentini Concilii Canones Bullam Pii Quarti Pontificis Maximi Authoritate S ae Sedis Apostolicae necnon Cap'li nostri G'ralis qua utraque hac in parte fungimur Reverendam delectam nobis sraternitatem tuam Reverende in Christo Pater Benedicte Stap●lton in dicto Prioris Cathedralis Officio ac dignitate tenore presentium Confirmamus Mandantes prout per presentes pariter mandamus Conventui Cathedralis Ecclesiae Cantuariensis praefatae omnibusque ac singulis monachis quatenus Reverendam Paternitatem tuam pro vero Priore suo Cathedrali legitimoque suo Superiore ac Praelato regulari recipiant habeant agnoscant eidem reverenter juxta constitutiones nostras obsequantur In quorum fidem has confirmationis literas nomine nostro Secretariisque nostri subscriptas Sigillo magno Sanctae Congregationis nostrae munitas expediri jussimus Datum Londini 14 Maii. Anno Domini 1666. Fr. Aug. Hungate Praeses Gralis De mandato admodum R. Praesidis Fr. Gulielmus a Sancto Benedicto Secretarius Praesidii Locus Sigilli Englished as followeth WE Fr. Augustine Hungate Priest and Monk of the English Congregation of the Order of St. Bennet and general President of the same Order c. To the Reverend Father in Christ and our fellow Brother Father Benedict Stapilton Priest and Monk of the same Order Elected Prior of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury do wish Eternal Happiness in Christ Having seen Testimonial Letters wherein your Reverence is declared to be Lawfully and Canonically chosen Prior of the said Church and Convent of the Cathedral of Canterbury and having according to form and custom received the Obedience which your Reverence hath exhibited in Writing and promised to us and our Successors And your Reverence having also made a publick Confession of the Catholick Faith according to the Canons of the Council of Trent and the Bull of Pope Pius the IV. We by the Authority of the holy Apostolical See as also of our general Chapter whose power we in this execute and whose place we discharge do by these presents confirm you the Reverend Father in Christ Benedict Stapilton in the Office and Dignity of Prior of the said Cathedral and we do by these our Authentick Letters charge and require the Convent of the aforesaid Church of Canterbury and all and several the Monks thereof that they receive esteem and acknowledge your Reverence for the true Prior of that Cathedral and as their lawful Superior and regular Prelate and that with all Humility and Reverence they obey you according to the Constitutions of our Order In Testimony whereof we have subscribed these Letters with our own Name and have caused them to be subscribed by our Secretary and have also commanded that they be Sealed with the great Seal of our Holy Order Dated at London May 14. 1666. Fr. Augustine Hungate President General By the Command of the most reverend President Fr. William St. Bennet Secretary of the President The place of the Seal FINIS

Catholicks of England but the Internuntio hath testified no less in doing Justice to the Merits of Cardinal Norfolk which he mentioned in his Letter of the 6th of July Since we have reason to attribute his success to the just or favourable character that the Internuntio hath given of him I do not at all apprehend that the Internuntio repenteth himself of the good offices that he hath done him but that he will finde them recompenced by the satisfaction which he will receive in his Friendship As for Monsieur Clement the Duke I believe that he hath already found the effects of your Prayers and that he hath almost surmounted all the Difficulties which have opposed his Establishment The face of his Affairs are well changed for we now passionately wish to see the coming on of the Parliament which we so much feared before And while it was held doubtful whether it ought to meet or no we employed all our Power to bring it on which point we have gained but within these few days And for my part I no ways doubt but that we shall receive as much good by it as we apprehended ill provided that the Duke fail not in the execution of the good Resolutions which he hath taken There is but one thing to be feared whereof I have a very great apprehension that can hinder the success of our Designes which is a Division amongst the Catholicks themselves which hath already broke out at Paris amongst some Catholicks of England touching some difference of Opinions in their Debates I finde that some of them have sent their Complaints to Rome to have their Antagonist condemned I have an intimate Acquaintance with the Person complained of and I dare affirm he hath made twice as many Catholicks in England of those which were none before as any other person of his Quality and that he is as well inclined towards the Pope and his whole Family as the best of his Accusers And I assure you he hath many Friends here of the First Rank of Catholicks who would not engage in his Affairs if they did not believe that he marched steadily towards the common end Although he affecteth sometimes to express himself somewhat different from some of his Brothers As for me I believe there is too much passion on both sides and if it shall fall out that his Enemies prevail against him and procure his Condemnation at Rome I am afraid that divers others will take occasion from thence to fall upon many Catholicks before the Parliament desiring its friendship about some extravagant Propositions concerning the Authority of the Pope to which the other Catholicks cannot submit which will give occasion to the Parliament to accord their conjunction to those who require it upon the Conditions before-mentioned that is Conditions prejudicial to the Authority of the Pope by the hatred which they bear to all the Religion of the Catholicks because they may persecute the rest of them with more appearance of Justice and ruine the one half of them more easily than the whole body at once So that it seemeth to me that although the Religion should be much more severely dealt with by reason of their Complaint than now it is it would be very improper in the present Conjuncture of our Affairs to make any division betwixt the Catholicks of England upon any occasion whatsoever But for my part I do not perceive any prejudice that can befal the Religion from any of those things against which some persons seem to be so furiously enraged because to my apprehension there is nothing contained in them but what hath heretofore been maintained by Men of Worth and Honesty with the general approbation of the whole world and particularly by D. Elizalde a Spaniard in his Book Intituled De forma verae Religionis quaerendae inveniendae If you do not understand the Subject of this Letter our Friend from whose Hand you shall receive it will inform you and let you know the persons and all the matters which have passed betwixt them and when you shall be fully possessed of them and shall possibly come to be of my opinion that it is necessary to prevent all differences betwixt the Catholicks of England in this present Conjuncture I hope you will contribute your utmost endeavour to prevent the Condemnation of Rome in any thing that may occasion a Breach amongst the Catholicks of England I very well know that the Duke will hold himself much obliged by those who shall concern themselves in the pacification of this disorder from whence we dread so much mischief And that the Emperour and the Internuntio cannot perform an Office more grateful to him than to prevent the Pope or any of his Family to embark themselves in the Affair which would raise some dispute amongst us I beg your pardon for the trouble I have given you upon this Subject but knowing your goodness and weighing the importance of the Affair wherein I have taken the liberty to beg your assistance I doubt not but you will pardon SIR A Letter seiz'd at Mr. Coleman's directed A Monsieur Monsieur le Point proche de Charing-Cross a Londres pour fair tenir a Monsieur James Clark September 28 1678. PARIS I Had yours of the 12th instant last night our Posts these three last came in late my Friend being with the Crowd it 's impossible for me to reach him now but last night he sent me the Friend I mentioned to tell me that this Peace has broke all our Measures at present here so that to write to our Friend at present is useless notwithstanding he had proposed all things in very good order had the Courier brought Peace in his mouth which stop'd his as to our last designe so that now they pretending here the Peace being made they have no need of us so that by consequence they won't seek us as they would if the Peace had been still opposed But in a word to put our Traffique afoot it 's absolutely necessary that my friend come speedily over to you and to converse with you and our other friend because his Measures are so well taken in Italy that we can't miss to establish this Commodity better from those parts than from any here at present thô hereafter we may finde means and helps from hence too But it 's most certain now is the time or never to put things in order to establish it with you for reasons which you may very well guess and whatever my friend or th' other friend in the crowd can write will signifie nothing So whatever we say by Letter will be always imperfect and want explanation so that to clear all doubts and for better Secrecy too it 's absolutely necessary that our friend comes to you and to that intent in terms as obscure as you please It 's necessary that our friend with you desires our friend at the Crowd here to give liberty to my friend with him to come over to