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A14615	The English Spanish pilgrime. Or, A nevv discouerie of Spanish popery, and Iesuiticall stratagems VVith the estate of the English pentioners and fugitiues vnder the King of Spaines dominions, and else where at this present. Also laying open the new order of the Iesuitrices and preaching nunnes. Composed by Iames Wadsworth Gentleman, newly conuerted into his true mothers bosome, the Church of England, with the motiues why he left the Sea of Rome; a late pentioner to his Maiesty of Spaine, and nominated his captaine in Flanders: sonne to Mr. Iames Wadsworth, Bachelor of Diuinity, sometime of Emanuell Colledge in the Vniuersity of Cambridge, who was peruerted in the yeere 1604. and late tutor to Donia Maria Infanta of Spaine. Published by speciall license.	Wadsworth, James, 1604-1656?	1629 (1629)	STC 24926; ESTC S119348	49,993	104

vnto him my Sword at our parting I tooke my rest vnder a Hedge but hee kept on his Iourney to St Valery and so to Denmarke where hee serued as a common Souldier for the space of foure monethes suffering great miserie and want till he returned to England And I returned after I had recouered my selfe to Deepe where I met with a Shallop bound for Callis where after much intreatie they tooke mee in for Gods sake the next night wee arriued at Callis about mid-night there wee lodged in the Suburbs which they call the Corgene at one Roberts his House at the Signe of the Boote where hauing scarcely rested halfe an howres space I fell in with a Master of an English Barke newly come from Douer who had wharft ouer a hundred French which had beene taken vpon the Sea by the English of whom I desired passage for Douer which he offered most willingly and money if I needed whereupon hauing so good an opportunity offered I began to be merry drinking and discoursing with the said Master of the present newes and occurrences but such was my fate that it pleased God to lay vpon me great afflictions and miseries which are as followeth There were in the house 5 or 6 Papists who were likewise the same time bound for England which knew me but being disguised some in the habit of Merchants others of swaggering trauailers I could hardly discry them but they after they had well viewed mee began to consult among themselues what they had best doe for said they if I went for England in the same ship without doubt I should descry them and besides that I intended no good for the Catholikes in England hauing forgone my pension and seruice to the King of Spaine aboue all forsaken my Mother Vnckle Brothers and Sisters and so resolued to accuse me vpon pretence of being a Spye to the Duke of Buckingham and that I was by him sent to betray the Kingdome which resolued they begunne to doubt whether it were I or no and therefore the tide seruing began to embarke themselues and I with them where being together I called two of them to minde the one was named George Gage who had halfe his nose eaten away with a C●nker and sometimes had beene my schoole fellow at Saint Omers Colledge whom I had likewise knowne in the English Colledge at Doway from whence hee then came and brought with him a booke intituled the siege of Bredah translated out of Latine into English by his brother Captaine Gage and himselfe which was dedicated to the Duke of Buckingham Another of them whom I knew was one Edward Browne who came from Amiens and was Steward to master Shelton that liues there of the other foure as I was afterwards informed three were Iesuites and the other a Monke whom when I knew I began to bee perplext but too late for Gage hauing heard my voice said to the rest certainly it is Wadsworth then they staid the Barke and tooke their Hoste Robert with them and went to the Captaine of the Ports informing him that I was an Arch-spye against their State and the like whereupon hee came presently vnto me and committed mee to the custody of foure souldiers armed with Houldbeards to be kept vntill the morning without alleadging any other cause but that I was an English man and had not the Gouerners pasport to shew In the morning at the opening of the gates they carryed me to the Sergeant Maior of the towne by name Buchero who examining me what I was had answer I was an English man and that I went to see some friends I had in England then he carried mee to his house where leauing me lockt vp in a Chamber for the space of an houre came to me againe and brought me to the Gouernors house who refused to examine me but commanded the Sergeant Maior to carry me to the towne prison At entrance into the prison he told mee that I should doe well to confesse the truth vnto them and reueale my imployments and that hee well knew I was Buckinghams Spye for England for which end I had receiued great summes of money to giue intelligence and betray their kingdome to which I answered I neuer had any thing to doe with the said Duke but he told me I lyed and that I was accused by Angels meaning the Iesuites and commanded me to bee put in a cage which was a kinde of dungeon on the top of the prison neere the which stood the racke and threatned mee therewith if I confessed not the truth but I alwayes answered him that I was ignorant of what he questioned me so he left mee alone for the present lockt vnder seuen doores where I remained for the space of three dayes without meate or drinke at the end whereof they brought me a dish of tripes with a peece of bread and water and afterwards I was freed from the Cage in the day time and had the liberty of the dungeon they gaue mee a purse besides with a long cord to bee put out at a hole to beg almes of passengers not hauing any victuals giuen me but what I bought with the money I got for Gods sake which God knowes was very little And likewise I had not liberty to goe out of the roome to do what nature requires My bed was straw which in ten months had beene changed but thrice without any couert at all As for my shirt I neuer had any variety as for my haire it grew wild and sauage-like and for my companions they were millions of lice and fleas and in this wofull plight I continued well nigh ten months the aforesaid Gage with his companions being the cause thereof And to augment my misery Father Baldwin with the rest of the English Iesuites in S. Omers not onely sent but came themselues to Callis to perswade the Gouernor for my continuall restraint from liberty while my vitall spirits should continue within me Not much vnlike did Dr. Kellison from Doway and the Iesuites of England who wrote letters to Callis intreating the Gouernor to keepe me fast And that they might rest the more assured of my detention they made one Hudson an English man who there liues their chiefe Agent against me whom onely for his wiues sake the Sergieant Maior of Callis by name Buchero entertained At length I perceiuing that my life was the marke that they shot at they hauing not long before through a mistake determined to haue hang'd me as one who had stole horses had not the truth beene discouered by one Carpenter the King of France his Aduocate generall and one of the politest wits in the Kingdome for the Law whose happe it was at that time to haue beene in prison with mee whereupon duely weighing with my selfe the euents of my trauails I seriously resolued the Lord assisting mee patiently to vndergoe what euer should by those blood-suckers bee inflicted vpon mee raking it as a punishment iustly due vnto me

is one M. Iohn Persall who is a meere formalist and hath for his pension of his Catholike Maiesty 20 crownes a month but were it not for Don Duarte brother to the Duke of Braganza who relieues him now and then he might starue with hunger notwithstanding his pension There is also one M. William Sadler who hath 40 crownes monthly pension from his Catholike Maiesty who neuerthelesse were it not for his wiues sake he might keepe lent all the yeere long for she with her daughter brings him gold and siluer without going to the Indies Moreouer there is one M. Henry Butler which teacheth his Catholike Maiesty to play on the Violl a man very fantasticall but one who hath his pension truely payd him for his fingers sake Also there is one M. Burton who liues by his wits Also there is one mistresse Mary Monpersons who liues by trading Againe there is one M. Anthony Pinto sometimes a seruant to Creswell who seeing how ill the English Fugitiues were treated discarded the name of an English man and now passeth for a Spaniard and thereby liueth farre better then the rest being one no lesse subtile then his master thus much for the English secular Fugitiues of note at Madrid But now let vs come to the Clearkes and religious men First to the English Iesuites whose Agent and Procurator generall is Father North one for policy very subtile and dangerous This North was created D. D. in Paris and was sometimes Vice-President of the Colledge of Doway and afterwards turned Iesuite Agent and Procurator generall for the English Monks is one Father Boniface a very crafty fox and a Smiths sonne in Redding hee is so ambitious and haughty that he will not acknowledge his parentage but giues out he is some great Gentlemans Son As for the secular Priests they haue one Missenden for their Procurator generall a simple fellow but wonderfully malitious Now touching those of the Scottish Nation which reside in the Court of Spaine there is none of account but Colonell Simple who betrayed a towne in Holland to the Spaniards some 30 yeeres since and receiued 25000 crownes for requitall of his treachery and now liuing in Spaine hath lately begun a foundation of a Scottish Seminary the Prefect or Rector whereof he intendeth to make his base sonne Hugh Simple whom he hath trained vp in the Spanish Iesuites Seminaries one who may proue as treacherous a companion as euer was his father For his Maiesty now of England being in the Court of Spaine hee gaue vp diuerse petitions aduertisements to the King and Counsell of Spaine that they should not conclude any match with England vnlesse there should be erected in each Vniuersity vnder our King his Dominions a Colledge of Iesuites for the trayning vp of youth in the Romane faith and doctrine and to shew himselfe the more zealous printed these said aduertisements with his name subscribed and deliuered them to his friends of the Court. As for the Irish Fugitiues there are more of them then of any other the streete wherein they lodge is by the Spaniards termed the lowsie streete and as for their quality saue these that follow First he that pretends to be Bishop of Aramath and Dublin then the Earle of Beere-hauen with two or three more of the King his Pages all the rest are meere cheaters and vagabonds The said Bishop and Earle are Agents for Tyron and Terconwell who liue in Flanders in the Archdutchesses Court and from them to other Papists in Ireland they daily importune his Catholike Maiesty his Counsell to inuade the said Kingdome with an army not doubting but it shall bee deliuered vp into his hands from which their sollicitation they could not forbeare euen when our King was in Spaine And thus much for the English Scottish and Irish Fugitiues which are at this present resident in the Court of Spaine Now for the Colledges Seminaries of the Iesuites Monks and Fryers and other Seminary Priests I remit the Reader to Lewis Owen his running Register in the publike Library at Oxford of which he may at large see which I will here but name as the Colledge at Vallidolid and that at Siuill and the Residence at Madrid and another at St. Lucas another at Lisbon of which a secular Priest one Numan by name is the head who is now in suite with the Iesuites about the propriety thereof but especially because there is one Don Pedro Cotinio a Portugall Gentleman who was once gouernor of Baia in Brasill who by reason of his great corruption and vnlawfull gifts he receiued there at his returne from Spaine fearing least he should bee examined by his Maiesty how hee came by these great riches he had to bring the world into a good conceite of him professed that he would build a Colledge for the education of 100 English youths which after they had beene trained vp there might returne to their Countrey and conuert many to the Romane obedience of which Colledge hee promised the said Numan to be head and likewise hee made the same promise to the English Iesuites that one of them should bee head if his Holinesse would approue thereof and hereupon engaged them so deepe in the Law that 20 yeares tryall will scarce end their controuersie hee in the meane time derideth both parties hauing no intention at all to performe what hee hath promised But neuerthelesse one Haruy a secular Priest Numans Agent here in England for the getting ouer of youth perswadeth the Catholikes and their Bishop of Chalcedon that without doubt Father Numan will ouerthrow the Iesuites As for any Scottish Colledge or Seminary there is none sauing that which Colonell Simple is beginning in Madrid As for the Irish they haue three one in Salamanca another in Siuill and a third in Lisbon As for English Nunneries there is only one which is at Lisbone whereof you may read more at large in Robinson and thus much for Spaine As for English Fugitiues in Italy there are very few At Millaine there resideth Sir Thomas Stukeley who hath 100 crownes a month pension from the King of Spaine This Stukeley is a grand traytor and enemy to his Countrey and were it not for the Duke of Feria who entertaineth him at his owne table he might long since haue rode backe to Madrid on an Asse as hee came Likewise there is one Webb a retainer to the King of Spaine who liueth wonderfull poorely As for the City of Florence there liueth Sir Robert Dudley who styleth himselfe Duke of Northumberland who left England because hee could not be suffered to enioy a second wife his first wife then suruiuing This Dudley now enioyeth his second wife by a dispensation from his Holinesse and is in great esteeme with the Duke of Florence in regard of his Art in contriuing and fabricating of ships and Gallyes and hath obtained of the Emperour to bee declared Duke of Northumberland who hath giuen him the title already and the

St. Francis which is gouerned by one Father Bell a Fryer of the same Order and another at Cambray of the Order of St. Benedict which is gouerned by two Monks of the same Order as Father Leander Father Rudessend Another at Louaine and Gaunt which are likewise gouerned by the Iesuites another at Graueling of poore Clares gouerned by the Iesuites as also are the Residencies of the Iesuites that are at St. Omers Leige and Colen There is also a monastery of the English poore Terresians at Antwerpe gouerned by one Doctor Wright a secular Priest all which foresaid Nunneries of them containe at least 40. or 50. Damsels which are most of them Gentlemens daughters of very great fashion in England and the rest some Chambermaids which hauing beene by the Iesuites well rigd of their maidenhead and something old are sent ouer to these or such like places to do penance for their sins in a Nunnery where it is much doubted that they continue neuerthelesse in their old courses intice likewise the young Dames to the same For not many yeeres since one Ward a secular Priest and Chaplaine to the English Nunnery at Bruxels falling in League with some of them got from them about three or foure hundered pounds worth of iewels and diamonds which the Iesuites smelling out turned him out of his place telling him that he had vsed juggling and dishonest meanes to come by that which he had gotten from the Monastery And in the yeere 1625. there arose the like difference betweene Dr. Clement Deane of S. Trigoules at Bruxels and Vicar generall of the armies of his Catholike Maiesty and Father Iames Harford Chaplaine to a Company Doctor Clement accused Father Harford of dishonesty with another mans wife and Harford accused him for being dishonest with his owne Neece and for a glutton and vncharitable man saying hee had seene him disgorge his stomacke of whole Capons legges at once whereupon Father Ramyres Canon of St. Trigonles one guilty in the same kinde reconciled them for feare of further scandall But to come from their Nunneries to their Colledges as first to S. Omers which I haue fully decyphered in my third Chapter next that at Doway whereof Dr. Kellison is President next that Monastery of Benedictine Monks of which Father Rudessend is the President with whom Sir Herbert Crafts leads a Monasticall life There is also a Monastery of English Franciscan Fryers besides two more Colledges the one consisting of Irish the other of Scottish men To these the Iesuites haue a Colledge at Watton not farre distant from S. Omers which they call their Nouiship for the nurturing of their young Iesuites Father Benefield being Rector thereof Another they haue seated in Gaunt which is intituled Casa professa Another vnder the Prince of Leige that was founded with those monyes which were got from Mr. S. whereof in the second Chapter The discipline they vse in this Colledge to their Nouices is in teaching Philosophy and Diuinity Father Sherley being their Rector As for your Monks they haue besides these three monasteries one in Paris in the Suburbs of S. Germane whereof Father Bernard alias Berington is Prior this was he that imprisoned Barnes that famous Monke who was comming for England who is likewise the greatest intelligencer to the Spanish Embassador against our State The other two Monasteries are scituated one at S. Mallowes in Brittany and the other at Nausey in Lorane Concerning your secular Priests they haue one Colledge in Paris by the name of Arras Colledge As for your English Fugitiues it is with them as followeth First at Rhemes liues Dr. Gifford Primate of France and Archbishop of Rhemes the Duke of Gwies reseruing all the reuenewes thereof for his owne Kitchin deducting onely to the Archbishop 2000 pound annually At Paris liues Dr. Bradshaw Dr. Mailer and M. Fosser a secular Gentleman who at the Queenes comming to England was aduocate to her Maiesty in the behalfe of the Catholikes in this Land but he hauing vnderstood that intelligence was giuen to the Archbishops Grace of Canterbury concerning his carriage hee retired to France with all expedition where failing of these large promises formerly made to him liues in misery and extreame pouerty By this may be discerned the number of our English Fugitiues with their Colledges Nunneries and Monasteries beyond the seas which yeerely draw out of our Land 100. at least of young Gentlemen and Gentlewomen who although they pretend conscience and want of charity here the occasion of their departure yet none I dare say in the world they being gone ouer more enuious and hard hearted then they themselues each to other As your priuate Gentlemen Fugitiues hunt after aduancement by disparaging others of their owne rancke your Priests disparage the Iesuites the Iesuites the Priests the Priests againe the Monkes the Monks the Fryers and the Iesuites all Insomuch that if you visit any of them your entertainement shall be scarce any thing saue their vpbraidings and exclamations against one anothers monasteries and priuate persons so that it would be no small paines for a man so long to trauaile amongst them vntill hee might finde three persons to speake well each of other this being a fault so common amongst them that they are noted among all Nations whatsoeuer with whom they conuerse Others there are whose most earnest expectation and heartiest desire is the ruine and vtter destruction of their owne natiue Country which is the issue of their departure and accordingly God doth prosper them laying on them the like punishment he inflicted on the Iewes by dispersing of them through many Nations and giuing them vp to dissension among themselues and liuing in great want and misery CHAP. VIII This eight Chapter containes the cause why hee left the seruice of his Catholike Maiesty and came for England and returned to the bosome of his true mother the Church of England and the iniuries and aduentures he suffered in France till he arriued the English shoares FIrst though a child and hauing not as yet attained the yeeres of discretion I was still as all men are by a naturall inclination well affected towards my natiue soyle which the Iesuites collecting from me pressed me and declared daily to me how much I was obliged vnto God for deliuering me out of the bondage of errour and heresie in my very infancy and diswaded mee withall from conuersing with any of my natiue Countrey which were not of the Church of Rome vpon paine of being anathematiz'd and rejected out of the same holy Catholike Church And when they heard of the decease of my grand-father and other kindred they charged me not to wish a requiem to their soules because they were heretickes and so consequently are damned in hell and commanded me to pray to the Virgin Mary and all the Saints in heauen for the rest of my suruiuing friends that they might at length become Proselites to the Romane faith and obedience When I came to be 18