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A68555	An epistle of the persecution of Catholickes in Englande Translated ovvt of frenche into Englishe and conferred vvithe the Latyne copie. by G.T. To whiche there is added an epistle by the translator to the right honorable lordes of her maiesties preeuie councell towchynge the same matter.	Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.; Briant, Alexander, 1553-1581.	1582 (1582)	STC 19406; ESTC S117527	81,669	186

novv at the least from thes horrible and seruile tormentes vvhich Christian and ciuill hartes doe detest to thinke on VVhat good can thes outragious meanes vvorke anye vvay vnto your cause or vvhen you be dead vvhat honour estimation loue or securitie can the eternall me morie of thes extreame dealinges pourchasse vnto your posteritie The cause beinge gods as vve presume if all the earth shoulde rise against vs vve may not geeue ouer nor once shrincke in the confession and profession of this faith though all vvrath of man vnder the cope of heauen shoulde rage and vvax tempestuous For that hauinge but one lyfe to yelde vve knovve the vttermost that can be donne vnto vs. And if our tormenters vvoulde deferre the same by longe and often and slovv tortures to feede vppon our paines as they seeme to doe yet at the last they can afflicte vs no longer than our breath vvill holde in and finallie the matter must haue an end and both they and vve be transposed to a nevv iudgment seate vvhere matters must be nevv trauerst agayne and nevv sentence geeuen nevv tortures appointed of other qualitie and continuance than thes former vvere At vvhat time if vve suffer in a good cause as vve persvvade our selues vve doe all our teares shal be vvyped avvaye by our sauiour him selfe all our molestations appeased all our penuries releeued all our paines assvvaged all our racked members resetled all our dispersed bovveles restored againe and vve placed ovvt of all feare sorovv affliction for the time to come In respect vvherof and especiallye in consideration of the infinite paines and tormentes vvhich our svveete Sauiour suffered for vs vve are content to beare both this and vvhat so euer further affliction his holye hande shall please to lay vppon vs beinge sorye that vve haue not moelyues than one to leese in this his cause for a thovvsande in eche man can not be aunsvverable to his one deathe for vs nor to his greate loue and diuyne consolation vvhere vvith he assisteth dayely and confortethe the hartes and spirites of our afflicted brethren euen in the middest of their greatest tortures penuries and miserable calamities VVherfore to conclude this vvofull matter vvithout any further tediousnes vnto your honours vve are in all humilitie and devvtifull submission to beseeche and obtest your most honorable assemblye euen for the loue of our Saueoure in respect of our cause vvhich vve protest before his diuine maiestie to be onlye our conscience in religion and not any euill meaninge tovvardes his minister our soueraygne that you vvill at length take notice of our distresses consideration of our calamities and finallie some mercifull inclination tovvards our afflictions VVhich if your honours doe hovv so euer othervvise you thinke vs amisse in our cause of conscience yet no doubt but you shall receaue the revvarde devv to mercie and clemencie both from God the vvorlde But if this our supplication of mercie finde no mercye nor place at all yet shall not vve cease to pray stil for your honours confortinge our selues vvith the hope onlye of Gods mercie vvhen man forsaketh vs and also vvith this cogitatiō that your Lordships are nether the first nor the greatest nor shal be the last vvhich shall persecute this faith churche for vvhich vve suffer And hovv so euer the matter doe passe for our lyues and tymes vvherof vve make no greate accounte yet our posteritie shall see as our auncestours haue seene before that men doē alter passe and fade and their cogitations come to chaungeable and vnexpected euentes but the trevvth of our Lorde endureth for euer Your honours humble oratour and vnfavned hartie Beadesman G. T. AN EPISTLE TOVVCHINGE THE PERSECVTION OF CATHOLICKES IN ENGLANDE To his verie louinge frinde M. Gerarde at Bononie in Italie I Haue receaued diuers and sundrye your lettres my deare frinde and all to lyke effecte and purpose For you requyre most ernestlie at my handes that I shoulde signifie to you the certaintie of our Englishe persecution vppon Catholickes wherof you saye there is a greate brute with you but yet dyuerslye reported and of no constant creditt Marye to me you thinke it an easie matter to write the verye trewth and the certaintie of thinges for that I lye neere to the place where they are donne and may learne dailye bothe by lettres and reports of suche as come thence how they passe The which thinge albeit I shoulde graunte for in deed I lyeneere and doe attende with some diligence bothe what is writen or reported from thence yet whether I may put downe the same in writinge and imparte it to our frindes there most desyrous of the same as you saye especiallie withe the intēt it should be made publique I can hardlye resolue my selfe For you are not ignorant what a perylous point it is to complayne of iniuries receaued from the mightie whose fashiō is not to pmitt free the wailinges of the afflicted but rather to take reuenge of the very complaintes which are made of their doinges VVherfore leste I shoulde hurte them whome I vvishe best vnto and by recountinge their calamities encrease the same which I would rather ease if I coulde though it were with the daunger of myne owne lyfe I rest verie doutfull not knowinge well what were best to determine And yet to say the trevvthe I must confesse that I finde inclination in my selfe to the satisfyinge of your demaunde both for that the thinge semethe iust which you aske and also the reasons by you alleaged sufficient to defend it from all cauill of the enemye For thus you reason vvhat is it not lawfull to committ to priuate lettres that which is openlye and publiquelye donne and if they wold make this a fault yet is it onlye your fault not to be layed vppon the poore men alreadye in affliction punishable vppon you and not vppon them VVhich reason of yours beinge takē in deed from the verye sense of nature her selfe encourageth me much to satisfie your demaunde seinge that the wisedome of our aduersaries ought to yelde vs this hope for they are not vnwise accordinge to fleshe blood that they will not attribute other mens offences if it be an offence to suche as are innocent of the same albeit trewly my endeuour shal be so to write eche thīge as by their owne iudgements I may not offende For I will speake nothinge odiouslye nothinge bitterlye but I will declare what hath bene donne yf the rigour of the matter dryue me at anye time into complaint it shal be without the reproche of any man For I deeme it not the parte of Catholikes to recompence iniurie with iniurye or to requyte iniustice with acerbitie of speche For that we haue a mercifull and mightie lorde to whose onlye arbitrement all iniuries are to be referred he hath care of vs as the scripture saith to him let vs leaue reuenge He him selff vvill repaye he vvill discerne

the late disputatio there with father Campian the prisoner some of them whiche were entred in to heare the disputations finding oportunitie stepped a syde vnto the holes of some seclused priests to visit and salute those seruants of Christe by whiche means as by gods holie prouidence some thinges were vnderstoode and knowne touching their state and passing greate comfort where whith God of his goodnesse doeth refreshe and recreate them in the myddes of their extreme troubles and distresses And among other things this epistle foloweing written in haste euen foorth of the mouth dowtlesse as it semeth of the holy ghooste by a good preist which had bene miserablie tormented and sundrie times racked came to my hands frome the reuerend fathers of the Societie of Iesus to whome it was sent And here I thought good to place yt woord by woord taken oute of the Authors owne handwriting that all mortall men may vnderstand gods hand not to be abbriged but that aswell now as in old time he aydeth his confessors in their necessities and assisteth them with in those dark and close prisons TO THE REVEREND FATTERS of the Societie of Iesus AS often as euer I consider vvith my selfe reuerend fathers hovvferuentlie and by hovv many vvayes and means allmighty God seekeeth our saluation desireth oure loue vvisheth to possesse oure hart and to raigne vvith in vs euē so many tymes am I ashamed abashed that neyther benefits do moue vs nor revvardes all ure ys nor terror of Gods Iudgement do the prouoque vs miserable men to serue and obey hym vvith all force and indeuour yea and most freelie to present our bodies as a liuing sacrifice and perfect offering to his diuine maiestie For beside those his passing greate benefits of creation redemption preseruation iustification and expected glorification beside these I say and infinite other his benefits bestovved vpon vs he exhorteth vs vvith moste svvete vvoords to haste apace tovvards hym I loue them sayth he vvhiche loue me he vvhiche earlie in the morning vvaketh to me shall fynde me blessed is the man vvhiche heareth me vvatcheth at my gates dailie and attēdeth at the postes of my doore he vvhiche fyndeth me shall fynde lyfe and obtein saluation at the hands of his lorde Novv vvhere he is to be sought he hymselfe teacheth vs by these vvoords vvhere so euer tvvo or three are gathered together in my name saith he there am I in the myddes of the. VVe must then think Christe to be trulie in that place vvhere many being fast ioyned in loue and charitie do assemble together to this ende that they may honor God serue god onlie kepe his commaundements and enlarge his moste gloriouse kyngdome VVho so euer heareth hym shall learne truthe and shall not vvalk in darknesse and in blyndnes of errors but shall goe safe and sure to the fountains of vvaters In such sacred congregations dedicated to god lyeth the right vvay to heauen avvay not planted aboute vvith breers and brembles not haunted of levved liuers but continuallie trodden vvith the feete of deuout people A vvaye not abounding in vain delites nor in faire flattering enticemēts A vvaye not adourned vvith the fading flovvers of this vvicked vvorlde but fenced and fortified vvith moste holie lavves and rules that the simple and ignorant can not erre therein nor anie other go a stray oute of that vvay except suche as viterlie neglect their ovvne saluatio Here things are aptlie disposed in number vveight and measure in so much as it may vvell be sayd that true vvisdome in dede dvvelleth here by vvhose me is all things are sett in good order meruailouslie Here is vsed and exercised a certein heauenlie reformation of brethren a svvete correction and amedment of stovvard affectiōs vvith a vvonderfull procurement and inuitation to mutuall loue and charitie For these or such like respects I had determined vvith my selfe novv tvvo yeres agoe to entre in to this kinde of lyfe yf god so vvold I had some speche vvith a learned and deuoute man then my Ghostlie father to this effect vvhether there vvere any hope that the fathers of the societie vvold receiue me vnder their holie rule and obedience yf I shovvlde vpon reasonable cause returne forth of my naturall countrie againe for then I vvas in the parts beyond the seas his opinion vvas cleare that I had no nede at all to doubt thereof Hereupon my hope encreased my courage vvas augmented and in these tvvo yeres vvhiles I haue bene in England I haue oftentymes renevved this purpose But vpon hope and trust that my trauaile and industrie here in the haruest of oure Lorde is not altogether vnprofitable I haue differred the execution of my sayd purpose Yet novv seeth I am by the appointemēt of god depriued of libertie so as I can not any longer employe my selfe in this profitable exercise my desire is estsones reuiued my spirit vvaxeth feruent hote and at the last I haue made a vovv and promise to god not rashlie as I hope but in the feare of god not to anie other ende than that I might therby more deuoutlie and more acceptablie serue god to my more certain saluation to a more gloriouse triumphe ouer my ghoostlie enemye I haue made a vovve I say that vhen so euer it shall please god to deliuer me so that once at the length yt like hym I vvill vvith in one yere then next folovving assigne my selfe vvholie to the fathers of the societie and that Yf god inspire their harts to admit me I vvill gladlie and vvith exceding great ioye thorovvlie and most vvlie from the bottom of my hast geue vp and surrender all my vvill to the seruice of god and in all obedience vnder them This vovve vvas to me a passing great ioye and consolation in the myddes of all my distresses and tribulations And therfore vv●●h greater hope to obtein fortitude and patiēce pdrevv neare to the throne of his diuine maiestie vvith the assistance of the blessed and perpetuall virgin Marie and of all Saincts And I hope verifie this came of God for I dyd it euen in the tyme of prayer vvhen me thought my mynde vvas setled vpon heauenlie things For thus it vvas The same day that I vvas first tourmented on the rack before I came to the place geuing my mynd to prayer and commending my selfe and all myne to oure Lorde I vvas replenished and filled vp vvith a kinde of super naturall svvetenelle of Spirit And euen vvhile I vvas callyng vpon the moste holie name of Iesus and vpon the blessed virgin Marie for I vvas in sayeing the Rosarie my mynd vvas cheerefully disposed vvell comforted and readilie prepared and bent to suffer and endure those torments vvhich euen then I moste certeinlie looked for At the length my former purpose came in to my mynde and there vvith all a thought to incidentlie fell vpon me to ratifie that novv by novve vvhich before I had determined VVhan I had ended my prayers