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A56192	The Popish royall favourite: or, a full discovery of His Majesties extraordinary favours to, and protections of notorious papists, priestes, Jesuites, against all prosecutions and penalties of the laws enacted against them notwithstanding his many royall proclamations, declarations, and protestations to the contrary: as likewise of a most desperate long prosecuted designe to set up popery, and extirpate the Protestant religion by degrees, in this our kealme [sic] of England, and all His Majesties dominions. Manifested by sundry letters of grace, warrants, writings under the Kings own signe-manuall, privy-signet, his privy-councels, and Secretary Windebanks hands and seals, by divers orders and proceedings in open sessions at Newgate, in the Kings Bench, and elsewhere ... Collected and published by authority of Parliament: by William Prynne, of Lincolns Inne, Esquire.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1643 (1643)	Wing P4039A; ESTC R220569	95,274	89

in Spaine in many Languages discovers to us the very Root of all our present warres in which his Majesty hath sustained many incommodities hazarded both his estate life and Realms fully resolves us what Protection of the Protestant Religion we must now expect from himselfe and that Armed Catholick party to which he adheares and more he here resolves to suffer but one Religion to wit the Roman Catholike only in his Realms intimating our Reformed Religion to be but Novelty and Faction against the Roman Catholike faith I have seene a Coppy of these Letters in English long since the Kings letter who perchance writ two of this nature being some what different from the French in some expressions though not in substance Now that such Letters really pasted betweene the King and Pope during his abode in Spaine appeares not onely by divers ancient Printed Copies of it in sundry Languages but is also thus expressely attested by Master Iames Howell an attendant upon his Majestie in that expedition no friend to Parliaments but a Malignant now in custodie in his Vocall Forrest dedicated to the King himselfe the Queene and Prince Printed at London 1640. p. 128. The Holy Sire the Pope who was so great a friend to the intended alliance who had formerly writ unto and sent to visite Prince Rocalino Charles was taken away by the hand of Fate c. Moreover his booke farther informeth us p. 124. That Chenandra Olivares the chiefe Ingrosser of the Olives the King of Spaines favours welcomming the Prince into Spaine said That he doubted not but he came thither to be of their Religion And p. 134. The common voyce among those of Elaiana Spaine was that Prince Rocalino Charles came thither to make himselfe a Christian. But that which is most observable is this passage concerning the Articles in favour of Papists agreed on and sworne to by King Iames and his Majestie by the Popes sollicitation upon the Spanish Treaty p. 125. 126. 127. when Rocalino Prince Charles arrived matters were brought to that perfection by the strenuous negotiation of Sophronio that there wanted nothing for the consummation of all things but a dispensation from Petropolis Rome which at last came and before that time Rocalino Charl●s was not admitted to speake with the Lady Amira in quality of a sutor but a Prince Now the said Dispensation came clogged with an unhappy unexpected clause thrust in of purpose as it appeares to retard the proceedings of things which was That whereas there were certaine Articles condescended unto by Druina's Monarke King Iames in Fauour of the Petropolitans Papists that were in that Kingdome and other Crownes under his Dominion the great Arch-flamin the Pope demanded caution for the performance of them The Royall Oake answered that he could give no other caution then his Word and Oath and Recalino Prince Charles should doe the like which should be confirmed by his Councell of State and exemplified under Druinas Englands broad Seale but this would not satisfie unlesse some Petropolitan Soveraigne Prince should ingage himselfe for them Hereupon all matters were like to goe off the hinges and a buzze went abroad that Rocalino intended to get away covertly In these traverses Chenandra steps forth and said there were three wayes to conclude this businesse two good and one bad the first good way was That Prince Rocalino Charles Should become a Petropolitan Papist The second was That as Elaiana Spaine was obliged to him for his free comming thither so she might as freely deliver to him the Lady Amira trusting him without further condition The ill way was not to trust Rocalino at all with any thing but binde him as fast as they could Whiles matters were thus a canvasing and gathering ill blood Elaianas Spaines King stepped up and proffered to engage himselfe by Oath for the satisfaction of the great Arch flamine but with this proviso that he must first consult with his Ghostly Fathers whether he might doe it Salua Conscientia or no. Hereupon the businesse was referred to a Committe of the learnedst Yewes Bishops Divines and the State of the Question was Whether the Oliue might with safety of conscence take an Oath in behalfe of Druinas Monarke and Rocalino for performance of such and such Articles that were agreed upon in fauour of the Pepotrolitans throughout the Kingdomes of the Royall Oake This Assembly long demurr'd and dwelt upon the Question and after a long pr●●raction of time they concluded at last affirmatively and in case the Oake failed to execute what was stipulated the Olive was to vindicate his Oath and right himselfe By the Sword This difficulty being surmounted there was exceeding great joy and all the Capitulations were interchangeably sworne unto Both by the Oake and Olive and as Chenandra said in Elaiana so the Royall Oake himselfe was so confident that he said All the Devills in hell could not now breake the match whereto a blunt facetious Knight being by answered That there was never a Devill now left in hell for they were all gone to Spaine to helpe make up the match By all these observable passages dedicated so lately to the King himselfe by one of his owne servants who was privie to them it is apparent that not onely Letters passed betweene the King and Pope whilst he continued in Spaine but likewise That Articles in favour of Papists throughout England and all his Majesties Dominions even such as the Pope himselfe approved were at the Popes request condescended unto by King Iames and caution offered and given to the Pope for the performance of them even by King Iames King Charles and the King of Spaines regall words Seales Oathes That these Articles were to be confirmed by the Privie Councell of State and exemplied under the Great Seale of England And that the maine end the Pope and Papists aymed at in this Spanish match was the seducing of the King and Realme to the Romish Religion and reducing of them to their ancient Vassallage to the Sea of Rome which will bee more apparent if we adde to this that Hugh Simple a Scottish Iesuite being in the Court of Spaine when the King was there gave up divers Petitions and Advertisements to the King and Councell of Spaine that they should not conclude any match with England unlesse there should be erected in each Vniversity under our Kings Dominions a Colledge of Iesuites for the training up of youth in the Roman faith and Doctrine which Advertisements he printed with his Name subscribed and delivered to his friends in Court as Iames Wadsworth then present● whose father was Tutor to Donna Maria the Spanish Lady and taught her English hath published in his English Spanish Pilgrim ch 3. p. 30. 31. It is very observable how King Iames to make the better way for the Popish Spanish Match to comply with Spaine and expresse his favour and affection to those of the Romish Religion

verbatim therewith therefore needlesse to recite onely I shall adde this one Warrant more of the Kings running in a more legall forme CHarles by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To the Keeper of the prison of Clinke in the Borough of Southwarke in the County of Surry and to all Maiors Sheriffs and Justices of Peace and to all others to whom it shall or may appertaine Greeting Whereas intercesion hath been made unto us by the Marshall of Bassampire Ambassadour extraordinary from the Christian King our deare Brother that out of our grace and goodnesse we would be pleased to release from imprisonment the body of Ioseph Pater a Romish Catholike remaining in the said prison of the Clinke know you that we being willing to gratifie the said Marshall De Bassam pire in granting unto him this his request on the behalfe of the said prisoner have given and granted and by these presents doe give and grant unto the said Keeper of the prison of the Clinke and to you the said Maior Sheriffs and Iustices of peace foresaid whom it may concerne full power warrant and authority to enlarge and discharge the body of the said Ioseph Pater of his imprisonment out of the said prison before mentioned if for Recusancy onely and for no other cause he stand committed And this presents or the inrolment thereof shall be as well unto you the Keeper of the said prison of the Clinke for discharging and enlarging of the said prisoner as unto you the said Maiors Sheriffs and Iustices of Peace for suffering him to walke abroad at large a sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalfe Given under our Signet at our palace of Westminster the eight day of Ianuary in the second yeare of our Raigne Exa per Ro. Heath May it please your most Excellent Maiesty This conteineth a Warrant for the enlarging of Ioseph Pater a Romish Catholike now prisoner in the Clinke at the intercession of Marshall De Bassampire Ambassadour extraordinary from the French King Signified to be your Maiesties Pleasure by the Lord Conway Rob. Heath For releasments of Priests by the Privy Councels Warrants take these three presidents in stead of many The very originall Warrants under the Seale of the Privy Councell being now in the Recorders of Londons hands WHereas Iasper Loberi● was formerly committed to your custody to remain prisoner under your charge till further order these are to will require you forthwith to discharge set at liberty the aforesaid Iasper Loberie from his imprisonment for which this together with a certificate under the clerk of the Councels hand that the said Loberie hath given security according to an Order of this Board shall be your sufficient Warrant Dated at Whitehall the 15. of Iune 132. Thomas Coventry C. S. Arundell and Surry Rich. Ebor. Manchester Wentworth I. Coke Wimbleton Francis Windebank To the Keeper of the Clink or his Deputy At Whitehall the 18 of December 1633. present Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of Yorke Lord Privy Seale Lord High-chamberlain Earle of Salisbury Earle of Kelly Lord Viscount Wimbleton Lord Cottington Lord Newburgh M r Treasurer M r. Secretary Coke M r. Secretary Windebanke VVHereas a petition was this day presented to the Board by Robert Hais prisoner in the New-prison shewing that the petitioner is much impoverished in his Estate by his long imprisonment and is now grwne so weake through infirmities that unlesse by their Lordships favour he may enjoy the benefit of fresh ayre for the recovery of his health his life is in great danger And therefore made humble suite to be discharged from prison for preservation of his li●e as aforesaid upon good security to attend the Board within ten dayes after notice in that behalfe Forasmuch as his petition was recommended to the Board BY THE QUEENES MAJESTY their Lordships doe thinke fit and order that the said Hais first giving good security to attend the Board within ten daies after notice given as aforesaid shall be discharged from his imprisonment and enjoy his liberty without molestation or trouble of any Messengers or other his Maiesties Officers whatsoever Where of the Keeper of the said prison and all other whom it may concerne are to take notice Ex. Wil. Becher THese are to will and command you to set at fulliberty the person of William Waglrave formerly committed to your custody and for your so doing this shall be your warrant Dated at Star-chamber the last of lanuary 1643. Wil. Cant. Thomas Coventry C.S. Arundel and Surry Salisbury R. Ebor H. Manchester Pembrooke and Montgomery To the Keeper of the Clinke and New-prison or his Deputy These three persons were committed for Priests and discharged as such though not expressed in these Warrants the better to colour the businesse Note that the Archbishops hands of Canterbury and Yorke are first subscribed to the two latter of them but Yorkes to the first in Canterburies absence whose hands I dare say are to no Warrant for such a discharge of any Puritan or Orthodox Protestant Many more Warrants of this nature from the Privy-Counsell might be produced which for brevity I omit Secretary Windebankes Warrants for releasing of Priests are almost infinite I shall touch onely upon some few now remaining in the Recorder of Londons hands who was to draw up his impeachment before he fled into France VVHereas William Waller was comitted unto your charge for Recusancy and for suspi●ion of being a Priest these are strictly to charge and command you in His Majesties name upon the sight hereof forthwith to set him at liberty and I do likewise hereby require you to deliver unto him his apparell and other necessaries left in his Chamber when you gave him leave to go abroad at THE QUEENES MAIESTIES DESIRE he paying unto you onely the ordinary Fees due by Law for the release of any prisoner from your charge and custody And this shall be your sufficient discharge in this behalf Dated the ninth day of Octob. 1632. Fran. Windebank To Robert Davison keeper of the Clink in Southwark or to his Deputy there THese are to Will and require you forthwith upon sight hereof to enlarge and set at liberty the body of Henry Moore now prisoner in your custody for which this shall be your warrant Dated at Westminster 1 Decemb. 1633. Fran. Windebank To Robert Davison keeper of the new prison in Maiden-lane London This Moore was committed for a Priest The King himself by this Warrant under his own hand committed one Edward Moore a Priest to the Clink for a notable misdemeanour done in his Court. Charles R. WE will and command you to receive into your custody the body of Edward Moore and him to keep and detaine in safe and sure custody untill you receive our further pleasure concerning him for which this shall be your Warrant Given at our Honour at Hampton-Court this 19 th day of Decemb. 1629. in

a Writ of Error in the Kings Bench to reverse this ancient Indictment upon which the Marquesse was outlawed and his Attorney Generall Sir Iohn Bankes assigned severall Errors to reverse the Kings owne suite and proceedings against this Grand Papist who had no meanes to avoyd it And because that learned stout upright Iudge Sir George Crooke did often declare his opinion in Court That the King could not bring a Writ of Errour to reverse his owne Iudgement given for him that it was both a dammage and dishonour to the King and a meere deluding of this Statute to admit of such an unheard of Writ as this The Attorney Generall averred in open Court THAT THE WRIT WAS BROVGHT BY SPECIALL WARRANT AND COMMAND OF THE KING Whereupon afterwards in Trin●ty Terme 14 Carol● the Indictment was quashed by Iudge Bramston Iones and Berkely upon this Writ much against the good will and opinion of Iudge Crooke and that upon these two ●rivolous Errours First because the Iudgement was that the Marquesse forisfiat 20● where it ought to be forisfaciat Secondly because that in the entry of the Iudgement this word Capiatur was omitted And Iudge Ioanes said that for want of Addition or other errour in sait the King shall not reverse an Indictment on this Act but otherwise it was of an Error in Law But I feare the greatest Error in this Case was in the King and these Iudges in opening such an illegall gap for Popish Recusants wholy to evade this Law penned with as much care and judgement as possible upon the horrid Popish plot of the Gunpowder Treason which would have blowne up this Parliament The record of this notorious case and the Iudgement given upon it is extant in the Crowne Office In few words the Papists have lately gained such an high opinion in his Majesties judgement and affections that he not onely ●tiles them his Loyall dutifull trusty and wel-beloved Subjects in all his forementioned letters of Grace but even now principally relies upon their forces contributions as his best and faithfullest Subjects and Guard insomuch that divers of our Prelaticall Clergy have cryed them up in their Pulpits as well at the King and others in Court for his Majesties best and most bountifull Leiges witnesse the speech of Iohn Wells Parson or Shimplin in Suffolke sequestred by the Parliament who affirmed THAT THE PAPISTS WERE THE KINGS BEST SVBIECTS And of Iohn Squire Vicar of Shorditch who in his last Printed Sermons stiles himself Iohn Squire Priest sequestred for that he hath publikely Preached in his Sermons That the Papists are the kings best Subiects for their lo●alty and for their liberality many of them like Arauna having given like Kings to the King and for their patience that enduring very many grievances under his Majestie they had buried them all in oblivion exhorting that none should come to the Sacrament unlesse they were so affected to his Maiestie as the Papists were And comparing his Majestie to the man that went from Hierusalem to Ieriche who fell among theeves that wounded him in his Honour robbed him of his Castles and hearts of his people he said that the Priest passing by was the Protestant the forward Professor the Levite but the Papist was the good Samaritan Especially the Irish Papist and that the Subjects and all they have are at the Kings Command From all these Premises compared with the Plot and conspiracy of the Pop● Jesuites Papists of all sorts against our Religion discovered in Romes Master-peece the Rise and Progresse of the Irish Rebellion The Articles of Pacification made with the Irish Rebels there stiled neither Rebels nor Traytors but his Majesties Good Roman Catholicke Subiects authorised by Commissions from his Majesty under the great Seale now at last if not at first to take up Armes against all Protestants who shall not submit to this strange Pacification there after the bloody slaughter and butchery of above an hundred and forty thousand Innocent Protestant whose blood must passe altogether unrevenged by the hands of Royall publick justice and by speciall Commissions as we are most certainely informed a very probable argument they had not onely pretended but reall Commissions from the King at first for what they acted against the Protestants in Ireland are now sent for over into England where thousands of them are lately arrived and more daily expected to sight against the Parliament and Massacre English Protestants in their owne Countrey as freely as they did in Ireland his Majestie making base Irish monies currant in England by speciall Proclamation in favour of the Irish rebels to be transported and made current good Subjects here to murther us the late intercepted Bull with other Papers and Commissions newly intercepted and ordered to be forthwith published in Print By all these our whole 3. Kingdomes if not the very blindest and most incredulous Malignants unlesse given over to a reprobate sence must of necessity now see and acknowledge that there is and hath bin all his Majesties Reigne till this instant a most strong cunning desperate confederacie prosecuted wherin the Queens Majestie hath bin cheife to set up Popery in perfection and extirpate the Protestant party Religion in all his Majesties Dominions which plot now visibly appeares above ground and is almost ripened to perfection unlesse Gods owne Almighty Power and our unanimous vigilant strenu●us opposition prevent its finall accomplishment For my owne particular I many yeeres since through Gods goodnesse to me by many infallible Symptomes clearely discovered and to my power publikely detected oppugned this prevalent growing confederacie in sundry Printed Bookes especially in my Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans estate Anti-Arminianisme Dr. Cosens his Cozening Devotions Lame Giles his ●altings The Vubishoping of Timothy and Titus The Antipathy of the English Prelacy to unity and Minarchy A Looking-glasse for Lordly Prelates but especially in my Quench Coale written in the Tower of London for which good publicke service what a strange ingrate requitall I received from the pretended Fathers of our Church and defendors of our faith is too well knowne to the world During my Imprisonment in the Tower I met with some more speciall passages in Popish writers which much confirmed me in the reality of this Conspiracie against our Religion and to re-establish Popery which because then unobvious and unknown to most I had an intention to have published as I could gaine oportunity but my close Imprisonment there and Exile into Wales and Iersie prevented this designe Wherefore I shall for a close of this Narration present you now with what I then intended The first was these ensuing letters of the Pope to the King when Prince of Wales and in Spaine and of the King to the Pope in answer thereof recorded by Andrew de Chesue Chronographer to the King of France in his History of England Scotland and Ireland l. 22. f. 1162. Printed at Paris Cum Privilegio the last Edition p. 509. 510

with his hand at Madrit in the same manner as King Iames did at Westminster as this Mercury assures us and I presume his Majesties own conscience and followers can attest Before I proceed further I shall desire thee kinde Reader whosoever thou art especially if an English Scotish or Irish Protestant to pause a while and mo●● seriously to ponder these premised Passages Articles Oaths worthy thy most serious consideration if not thy admiration and when thou hast so done then let me propound these few Queres to thee from them to the Honourable House of Parliament too First Whether the heart of Kings as well as of other persons be not unsearchable yea deceitfull above all things and desperately wicked So as no man can truly know or discerne it as Prov. 23. 3. Ier. 17. 9. resolve past all dispute Secondly Whether King Iames were really so zealous a Protestant and Anti-Papist as the ignorant world reputed him especially in his declining age Thirdly Whether those who have willingly without any compulsion and for ought appeares cordially entred into such Romish Alliances Articles Covenants Oaths can be ever sincerely affected to the Protestant Party or Religion or really opposite to Popery or Papists notwithstanding all outward Protestations Proclamations or flourishes to the contrary to blinde the over credulous vulgar ignorant of the Premises Fourthly Whether his Majesty having thus twice taken two solemn Oathes at least upon both his Treaties of Marriage with Spaine and France of which more anon to protect and maintaine to the utmost throughout his Dominions the Roman Catholikes Church and Religion yea to suspend and abrogate all Lawes against them and that before ever he made any Promise or Declaration at all to maintain the Protestant Religion whether he be not thereby now farre more deeply engaged by vertue of these Oathes and Articles to protect favour and defend the Romish Catholike Faith then the Protestant and his Romish Catholike Subjects in all his Dominions then his Protestant Lieges having never entred into any such Solemn Articles Oathes and Covenants unlesse lately in Scotland much against his will with which his Holinesse of Rome will easily dispence being quite contrary to his primitive Articles to defend and propagate the Protestants and Protestant Religion as he hath done to defend Popery and his Popish Subjects Fifthly Whether all the premised Letters of Grace Protection Indulgences to Priests Iesuites and Popish Recusants be not the reall results and effects of these Oathes and Articles and of the ensuing Articles and match with France as the French Mercury Tom. 9. An. 1624. p. 28. 29. expresly resolves Sixthly Whether the true and reall designe of the Pope the Realmes of Spain and France and all Promoters of these matches Articles were not to re-establish Popery in its perfection and extirpate the Protestant Religion throughout all his Majesties Realmes by meanes and vertue of them by degrees Seventhly Whether his Majesty doth not hold himselfe now bound in conscience by vertue of these Oathes and Articles what ever his outward protestations and pretences be to side with his Roman Catholike Subjects both in England Ireland Scotland and Arm them against his Protestant Subjects and Parliaments in all three Kingdomes of purpose to make good these his Oathes and Articles and to protect them against the due execution of all antient Lawes already enacted and all other new Lawes and prosecutions now really intended against them in England Scotland contrary to these his Oathes and Articles And whether this be not the very true and proper cause of all his former and present Wars Proclamations Declarations Remonstrances against the Scots the former the present Parliament yea the very ground why he proclaimes them Traytors Rebels no Parliamment but a faction c. Why he brake up all the former Parliaments since his raign by discontinuances and endeavours to dissolve and cut off this by the sword of Papists and Atheists against the very Act of Parliament so lately assented to by himselfe And whether upon this ground he would not rather his Parliament his Protestant Subjects Kingdomes should now perish then his Catholikes Subjects or their Religion suffer or miscarry as he descernes they are like to doe if the Parliament should prevaile of continue Eightly Whether these Oathes and Articles bee not the reall ground of the late horrid Irish conspiracy massacre Rebellion Pacification Toleration and his Majesties connivance at if not approbation of these horrid bloody execrable practises of the extraordinary favours lately indulged to those cursed barbarous Rebels by his Majesty and his most gracious entertainement of them not only into his Royall favour but Court Army and Realme of England as his securest Life-Guard Ninthly whether it be not then high time for the Parliament and all the Protestants throughout his Dominions to look about them and enter into solemn Protestations Covenants Engagements mutually to defend themselves their Religion Lawes Liberties Lives Estates when they are thus endangered by the Popish party and the King himselfe to omit the Queen by Oath and Articles is thus confederated with and engaged to protect them and their Religion to the uttermost Tenthly Whether these Oathes and Articles considered it can possibly bee believed that his Majesty ever took up Armes and joyned with Papists to maintain the Protestant Religion Or that if his Majesty by force of Armes should prevaile against the Parliament or Protestant party there be or can bee any probability or possibility in humane reason left us to believe or conceive that the Protestant Subjects should ever freely enjoy the Profession of their reformed Religion just Rights Lawes Liberties Estates or Lives or Papists be prohibited the free publike toleration and open practice of their Antichristian-Religion And whether then it will not inevitably follow by vertue of these Oaths and Articles that all Lawes whatsoever now in force against the Pope Popery Papists shall and must be presently repealed even by a packed or forced Parliament and a publike toleration at least of Popery if not totall suppression of the Protestant Religion settled by Parliament and all attempts to draw the Queen or any else from Popery be prohibited by Oath to all Protestants under paine of High Treason without any restraint at all on Papists not to endeavour to seduce the King and all his Subjects by all the wayes and arts that may be This being the very purport of the premised Letter the Spanish Oath Articles and of the French here following If any after the perusall of all these Letters Articles Oathes Queres will still be wilfully blinde or secure let them be so at their own utmost perill and if they suffer perish through their folly let them thank themselves I have freed my own soule though theirs miscarry through their own sottishnesse or incredulity This Spanish Match after it had been in a manner fully concluded on all hands unexpectedly breaking off in a moment to the exceeding dejection of

on it but likewise by a little English Booke then published in print by the Iesuits intituled The Iubilee of the Iesuites one copie whereof Thomas Chaude receiving from a woman-papist in Redriffe delivered it to Sheriffe Warner which he attested in the House of Commons Novemb. 14. 1640. as the journall records in which booke there was this observable Passage That the Papists should fish in troubled waters whilest the King was ingaged in the wars with the Scots with some prayers for their good successe and for THE HOLY MARTYRS THAT SUFFERED IN THE FLEET SENT AGAINST THE HERETIKES OF ENGLAND 1639. By which among other circumstances it is evident that not onely the Scottish war was plotted maintained by the Papists but that the Spanish fleet then happily incountered and vanquished by the Hollanders on our coasts during these troubles was directly designed against the Protestants in England by the Popish party here with whom they were to joyne to cut both the English and Scottish Protestants throats when all the powder of the Realme and the traine bands armes in most Counties were ingrossed into his Majesties hands and they thus incountering one the other which plot the unexpected pacification with the Scots and Holland fleet most happily prevented And in truth the improbability of any other likely designe our harbour and succour of them from the Dutch Fleet in the Downes our supplying of them with men victualls ammunition our guarding them with our ships against the Hollanders more then was meet our hindering the Hollanders to burne their ships which ran upon our shore the confession of an English man in that Fleet upon his death-bed out of remoise of conscience when he was brought on shore wounded in the first encounter with the Hollanders that this Fleet was designed for England the speeches of some Papists that they expected this Navie here about that time the landing of many hundred Spanish souldiers at Plimmouth in English Ships but a weeke or two before this Fleet arrived on our coasts upon pretence to transport them thence by land towards Flaunders designed as some then feared to surprise Plimmouth the Lord Portlands sudden journey to the Isle of Wight whereof he was Governour with the Lord Went worth Col. Goring and others where they shot away all the powder in the Castles and their clothes too in drinking healths in a most Bacchanalian f●●●ick manner just when the Spanish Fleet was before that Isle to the end they might the easier surprise it when they had no powder to resist them as some wise men then conject●red are more then probable arguments that this Fleet was destinated for England to extirpate the Protestant party and that by the desperate confederacy of the predominant Popish faction and their great Patriots here who procured them so much favour and protection from us against the Hollanders and would never permit this mysterie of iniquity to be throughly examined No wonder therefore if we see the Popish Rebels brought over into England to murther Protestants now since the Spanyards were thus designed as is more then probable for that purpose then And whether we may not feare the like designe from France I leave to the grand Councell of the Kingdome to consider 11. Those Articles I doubt have beene the true cause of the late rebellion in Ireland and the massacres there of all his Majesties favours to these rebels of the late pacification Articles granted to them of his Majesties departing from taking up armes arming all English Papists and sending for Popish Irish rebels into England to fight against the Parliament and of his siding with relying on the Popish party to whom he is obliged to adhere and so ingaged against the Parliament for feare they should execute all old and make new Lawes against Recusants contrary to his premised Oaths and Articles 12. Wee may hence assure our selves that wee can never have any reall pacification with the King and his Popish party without a toleration of their religion and a suspention or repeale of all Lawes against them according to the preceeding Articles and in case his Majestie should prevaile against the Parliament we must expect an absolute establishing of Popery and suppression both of the Protestant party and Religion Yea seeing His Maiestie is both by Oath and Articles not to endeavour by any means at all to withdraw the Queen from the profession of the Romish Religion whereas she on the other side is left free by all meanes and arts that may be to withdraw the King from the Protestant Religion to her owne and his children too Wee have great cause to feare if Adams Solomons or Ahabs seducements by their wives be duly pondered that his Majesty now wholly alienated from his Parliament and best Protestant Subjects by the Queen and popish Counsellors and resigning himselfe up to the Councels Armies Forces Guard of his Roman Catholike Subiects who have the custody both of his person and next heires apparant to his Crownes may ere long be seduced to their Religion as well as to their party especially since he hath been informed That they have a poysoned Fig reserved for him in case he should refuse it as is more amply manifested in Romes Master-piece The next Authority of note which I then intended to publish was this notable Passage of N. Le Maistre a Sorbon Priest in his Instauratio Antiqui Episcoporum Principatus Parisiis 1633. Cum privilegio Regis Approbatine Doctorum dedicated to all Cardinalls Archbishops Bishops Priests and Clergie of the Church of France Lib. 2. p. 273. to 83. cap. 15. Thus intituled Corolarium libri secundi Vbi nonnulla de persecutione Episcoporum de Illustrissimo Antistite Calcedonensi For the clearer understanding of which Passage I must prefix this Prologue After the death of William Bishop of Calcedon in England most of the English secular Priests together with the Benedictines for the advancement of the Romish Catholike Religion became suitors to the Pope and his Conclave to have one or more Popish Bishops created by the Popes to be sent over into England to ordaine Priests give confirmation and exercise Episcopall jurisdiction there The Regular Priests and some others here did stifly oppose this design but the Episcopall Secular and Benedictine party prevailing Pope Urban by his speciall Bull bearing date the 4. of August An. 1625. which I finde printed in Censur a propositionum quarundam c. per facultatem Theologiae Parisiensis factae Parisiis 1635. p. 63. 64 65. created Richard Smith Bishop of Calcedon and sent him over into England to exercise Episcopall jurisdiction and to be superintendent over the Priests within the English Dominions according to the tenor of his Bull hereupon Nicholas Smith Daniel a Iesu Herman Lomelius and other Regular Priests writ divers printed Treatises against Episcopacie and the inconvenience of having a Bishop in England whose books were referred to the Examination of the faculty of Paris