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A09559	The Spanish pilgrime: or, An admirable discouery of a Romish Catholicke Shewing how necessary and important it is, for the Protestant kings, princes, and potentates of Europe, to make warre vpon the King of Spaines owne countrey: also where, and by what meanes, his dominions may be inuaded and easily ruinated; as the English heretofore going into Spaine, did constraine the kings of Castile to demand peace in all humility, and what great losse it hath beene, and still is to all Christendome, for default of putting the same in execution. Wherein hee makes apparant by good and euident reasons, infallible arguments, most true and certaine histories, and notable examples, the right way, and true meanes to resist the violence of the Spanish King, to breake the course of his designes, to beate downe his pride, and to ruinate his puissance.; Traicte paraenetique. English.		1625 (1625)	STC 19838.5; ESTC S118337	107,979	148

and Cardinals page 74. That tyranny is as proper naturall to the Castilian as laughter is to a man and that all which he hath in any part of the world hath bin vsurped either by his predecessors or by himselfe vniustly and by plaine tyranny and that it is now a long time since the predecessors of Philip haue vsed to serue their turne by poysoning page 76. The hatred which the Ecclesiasticall and Regular persons of Portugall haue to Philip king of Castile page 85. The nature and disposition of the Portugals page 86. Iohn the second king of Portugall the scourge and chastiser of the Castilians page 87. That the realmes of Arragon of Valencia and the Countie of Barcelona other Seigniories do appertaine of right to the Duke of Loraine and how Fernand the great grandfather of Philip was one of the maisters of Machiauell page 88. The crueltie of Philip and how he maketh no exception of persons be it Pope Nuncio Bishop c. page 89. 91. That king Philip promised fourescore thousand Duckats to haue the king Don Anthonio killed page 95. The blindnesse and inueiglement of those who beeing the followers of king Philip doe excuse and defend him page 97. Good and wholesome counsell for subiects towards their Princes page 99. The great rents and reuenues which Philip draweth yearelie from the Churches of Castile page 101. The offer made by Philip to them of the pretended Reformed religion to cause them to make warre against the late King of Fraunce page 104. How greatly Philip hath pained himselfe to trouble the estate of the French king by the meanes of some of the chiefe heads both of the one religion and of the other page 105. The reason wherefore king Philip yeelded the citie of Arzil to Muley Hamet page 107. The great difference diuersity betweene the manners of Philip king of Castile and Anthonio king of Portugall page 107. The cause why Don Anthonio refused the meanes to recouer his realme of Portugall page 109. Offers made by king Philip to Don Anthonio page 109. The explication promised by the Author page 119. Of the prouerb Jf the Cockerell had not come the Cocke had bin taken page 119. Of Auila page 121. Of Simancas page 122. The iudgement giuen by the Lackeys against the Archbishop ef Toledo page 123. Of Gelorico page 124. Of the Castle of Coimbre page 125. Of the king of Castile page 126. Of Egbert the first king of England page 132. Of the Castilians and Castile page 132 The reason why Braga entitleth it selfe Primate of Spaine page 132. Toledo Cordua and other kingâ—â—mes of new Castile set at libertie and recouered from the Mores page 132. Of the Cities of Spaine page 134. Of the townes of Spaine page 135. THE SPANISH PILGRIME OR A ROMISH CATHOLICKES DISCOVERIE By way of exhortation Wherein is shewed by good and euident reasons infallible arguments most true and certain histories and notable examples the right way and true meanes to resist the violence of the Castilian King to breake the course of his designes to abate his pride and to ruinate his puissance MOst excellent Princes they which doe make profession of wrastling or of fencing doe principally studie how to discouer the trickes and deuises vsed by their aduersaries in these kindes of exercises for that hauing once marked and taken notice of the same they doe enter into the lists and present themselues in place and doe combat with so much the more hardinesse and assurance as hauing conceiued thereby a full and assured hope to ouercome their enemies and by giuing them the foyle to gaine the prize propounded for the victory In like manner ought we in all affaires diligently to search out the originall of euery thing that we may foresee and preuent all the inconueniences which may grow therein to the intent they may not endamage vs in the time to come afterwards Now that which we in this Treatise ought most curiously to put in practise is to know and discouer the reasons which haue moued Philip King of Castile to make warre in France with so great expence and charge of his treasure with so great losse of his people and with so great decrease and diminution of his dominions especially in the Low Countries If the most Christian King Henrie the third were liuing he could say as much as a certaine stranger his seruant comming from Spaine in the yeare 1583. in the moneth of May did giue him to vnderstand and that was that the sayd King Philip seeing how his most Christian Maiestie had permitted Monsieur de Shosse the County du Brissar The reasons that moued Philip king of Castile to stir vp warres in France what opinion he hath of the French nation and other Lords and Gentlemen to goe with an army by Sea to giue aide and succour to Don Anthony the true rightfull King of the Realms of Portugall who had beene elected King according to the custome of the Portugals by all the cities and townes of the sayd Realme and by many Prouinces and Signories out of Europe being dependants of the same Realme and Kingdome The said Philip did deliberate in a solemne set Councell to stirre vp and procure a ciuill warre in France saying the French nation is at this day of such a nature and likewise the English that they neuer thinke vpon the time to come nor care for any thing but for the present and that which they haue in hand as being more desirous to gaine day by day three or foure Crownes then to keep three or foure thousand already gotten so farre are they changed from their old and naturall disposition For in former times they had a desire to goe abroad out of their owne Counttey for the succouring of Kings and Princes afflicted despoyled of their Realms and Dominions and to make warre vpon the Infidels and to chastise tyrants whereas now their thoughts are quite cleane altered and they doe set their minds altogether to the gotting of money vâ—on any conditions whatsoeuer and they are now growne to be no lesse in loue with the lasciuiousnesse and delights of their owne country then they are in dislike with the sterility and extreame heat of Spaine other discommodities of this countrey and for this cause we shall the more easily perswade and induce them to make warre within their owne countries euen against their own brethren cousins parents and countrimen rather then abroade against their enemies And for this cause I will and am resolued to spend one million of gold the more yearely to the intent I may keepe and entertaine them alwayes in domesticall and ciuill warres So that being held occupied and hauing their hands full in their owne countrey they shall not be able to resolue to passe into the Realmes and dominions of any other And so by meanes hereof shall I be able easily to preserue the Realme of Portugall to my sefle with all that doth depend

common and publike good and many great Lords and Princes with them against Charles the fifth The communalty of Castile in armes against Charls the 5. by reason of the great excessiue and new exactions and imposts laid vpon them the Embassadors of the said Princes and of many Cities and Townes of Castile came to the King of Portugall Don Emanuell praying him that hee would vouchsafe to take and acknowledge them for his vassals and Subiects The true amity of Emanuel King of Portugall to Charles the 5. for that they were desirous to haue him to their King and Lord but he would not onely not receiue their offer but he gaue them good counsell and admonition shewing them how they ought to conforme themselues in obedience to their King And to other of the Princes Cities and Townes of Castile which taking part with the said Charles came vnto him likewise for his ayde he gaue them both money artillery powder and other munition for the warre Some say that the said King Don Emanuell did lend them 500000 duckats and many peeces of artillery which was an occasion that they which were risen in armes did fall to an accord and agreement with their Prince Anno 1522. and thereof it ensued that Charles the fifth did againe vsurpe the Realme of Nauarre which Mounsieur Andrew de Foix had before restored and set at liberty the King Don Emanuell neuer suspecting nor doubting of any such matter intended by him And Philip now likewise for his part hath rewarded Portugall with the like good turne as hee hath done the like to France and now lately a great part of Christendome to whom he was not meanely bounden When the said Charles the fifth passed to Goletta in the yeere 1535 who tooke it The taking of Goletta with 22 other ships of warre That did the Gallion Cagafuego of Portugall which the King Don Iohn the third had commanded to accompany the Infant Don Lewes his yonger brother How came it to passe that the same Charles the fift tooke the Towne of Tunes The taking of Tunes the capitall and chiefe City of the Realme of Lybia was it not with the assistance and ayde of the said Infant and his Portugals The taking of Pignon de Belles by the Portugals Who was it that tooke Pignon de Belles with the residue not aboue 35 yeeres since for the King of Castile euen Francisco Bareto Generall of the Gallies of Portugall and the Captaine Diego Lopez de Sequeira his Nephew with the Portugals of his company The warre of Granado finished by the Portugals Who finished and gaue an â—nd to the oppression of Castile in the behalfe of the Granadians that were reuolted in Granada in the yeeres 1566. 67. and 68 That did 7 or 8 thousand Portugals send for a succour by the King Don Sebastian Philip King of Castile knoweth all this full well and that is the cause that he laboureth and paineth himselfe with so grear care and diligence to keepe this Monarchy of Portugall pretending not onely to vsurpe it to tyrannize ouer it and to plucke it by force and violence out of the hands of the Portugals but to take from them also their honour their glory and their valour for hee seeth well that hauing the Portugals on his side hee shall be able by their meanes to satisfie his ambitious humour and yet shall they not haue the honour due vnto them for their prowesse but hee attributeth all to the generosity of his Castilians So hath he tyrannized and doth yet still tyrannize ouer the honour of the Arragonnois the Catalans the Valentians the Nauarrois and other the Nations of Spaine and onely his Castilians which cary the name of Spaniards and are so called by those that are ignorant and know not the difference that is between the seuerall Nations of Spaine they I say are those Lyons those Tygers and conquerours of the World But we will come to the conclusion of this part of our Treatise touching Portugall the most precious and chiefest pearle of his Crowne It was my chance to be one day in his company with a personage of great estate who is daily at great charges and doth spend good store of duckats to haue notice and intelligence of that which passeth abroad in the World and hee did assure me for a certaine and vndoubted truth that one of the greatest fauourites of the King of Castile did demand of him this question What should be the cause that he suffered Freezland A question moued by a gentleman to the King of Castile and many Townes of other Prouinces of no small importance to be lost and to fall into the hands and into the power and subiection of Heretikes by meanes whereof they were constrained to forsake the true Religion a thing worthy to be lamented onely to succour the Princes and Townes of the League and to entertaine the warre a foote still in France Whereunto the King smiling answered Let them alone let them take Freezland and all the rest The answer of the King of Castile that which most toucheth me is the keeping of Portugall which if I doe as I hope I shall I will cut them out so much worke and giue them so much to doe in their owne Countrey that they shall not easily come neere mine and I doubt not at length but to haue the rest also for know this that if I keepe and possesse Portugall in peace and quietnesse they shall not onely not be able to liue without me but I shall make them in the end to be my subiects and to become tributaries vnto me and therefore let it not grieue you to see what is lost for all will be recouered well enough in time and leaue the care thereof to me alone The French Translatour Philip seeing himselfe Lord of so great a Monarchy doth aspire by all meanes he may to the Realmes of France and of England and of other Prouinces and hee doth reape so great contentment in his ambitious thoughts and purposes that hee cannot but discouer his conceit in that behalfe insomuch that not onely they of his Councell but his particular priuate Souldiers doe know it After the taking of the I le of Terceras the Captaines which accompanied the Marquesse de Santa Cruce in that iourney said openly Now that we haue all Portugall England is ours and by liitle and little wee shall gaine France also For proofe whereof wee haue neede of no other witnesse then that which his owne Writer Conestagio saith in continuing his Historie before the taking of the said Terceras where he hath these words Conestagio lib. 7. in fine But the King hauing so lately gotten the possession of Portugall and seeing the Portugals not yet very quiet he thought it best to pacifie that Realme before he intended any other enterprise And he said that by keeping his men in armes in those quarters hee should bridle not onely Portugall but

gratifie him be it well or ill done And that which doth make me most out of patience in this behalfe is to see and heare some who moued with an indiscreet zeale or els being wickedly enclined and it may bee guided and seduced by the diuell doe hold any man whomsoeuer a most lewd and vile man and in manner of an heretike who being drawne by a true and iust zeale shall publish this much for a trueth and certaintie in so much that whether it be for feare or for gaine or for hatred or of a disordinate loue and charitie they doe esteeme it a farre worser deede to accuse and to reproue such open knowne iniquities then the very act of doing them All of you in a manner will confesse and can not denie but that all this which hath bene spoken touching the malice of this tyrant is most true and certaine and yet neuerthelesse they themselues will not for all that stick to say that notwithstanding it be so yet it is ill done so to report of a Prince that is so great a Catholike See I pray you what a blindnesse and how strange a matter this is most vnworthie and vnbeseeming any man that would bee counted either a Christian or a iust and honest man Nefarium est maleficum cognitam veritatem damnare It is as the sin of witchcraft to condemne the knowne truth Obiections or allegations of reasons to iustifie or excuse K. Philip. If it bee true and publikely knowne wherefore then doe you contradict it euen against your owne conscience and to the hurt and detriment of others Doe you not knowe that it is a most wicked and cursed thing and a manifest sinfull crime to condemne the knowne and notorious trueth and especially in such thinges which by the commandement of God and in holie and pure religion we are bounden to reproue and reprehend But you will say vnto me that there is reason Princes should bee excused in some faultes when they are otherwise endowed with any notable and excellent vertues And that there did neuer reigne in Spaine any Prince which hath giuen bettâ—r triall nor made such euident demonstration of him selfe to bee a good Catholike as his Catholike Maiestie of whome now wee are in question There is no Prince that hath so much enlarged and augmented the Catholike faith as hee There was neuer any that did vse the Clergie and all both Ecclesiasticall and Regular persons with greater loue nor greater reuerence And in briefe there is not any hath builded more Monasteries nor edified so many Churches nor exercised so great bountie and liberalitie towards the Church as he hath done for besides the great and excessiue costs and expences which hee hath bene at in building them hee hath founded them with most great and rich rents and reuenues and hath honoured them with most ample and beneficiall priuiledges This is well said Beleeue me my maisters I am infinitely sorrie that I may not briefely aunswer to these propositions for that euerie one of them doeth require a more ample treatise then this worke which wee haue in hand neuerthelesse I will not leaue by the way as it were to say something touching the same An answer to the former obiections or allegations and to shewe you how you doe abuse your selues in all these matters And first to aunswer to the former of your allegations I confesse that you say nothing but reason when a Prince shal be a good Catholiste iust honest and valiant without being liberall it is great reason he should be pardoned of this defect and so doe I thinke also when any of those vertues shal be wanting in a Prince which are conuenient and fit for the royall person and dignitie so as notwithstanding he be furnished and adorned with the residue Howbeit I doe not forget what the commaundement of God is touching this point Quicunque totam legem seruauerit Iames. 2. v. 10. in vno autem offenderit factus est omnium reus whosoeuer shall keepe the whole law and yet faileth in one point he is guiltie of all But I speake now as touching man and in respect of men onely and not of God and I am of this opinion that if a Prince be touched with some notable vice as if he be vniust or cruell or a tyrant or an ill or loose liuer c. yet being accompanied and furnished with other vertues we ought not neuerthelesse for any one of those vices aboue mentioned how great and haynous so euer it be neither to reuolt from him nor yet so to complot or conspire against him as to procure his ruine and dâ—struction for asmuch as in seeking his ruine we shall sooner finde our own which Fraunce hath wâ—ll pâ—ooued of to her cost But we are bound to haue our recourse to God by hartie prayer fasting and abstinence and to pray to his diuine Maiestie Good and wholesome counsel for the demeanor of subiects towards their Princes to turne his mercie toward him and to pardon him and to giue him grace and vnderstanding to auoide that which is euill and iudgement and wisedoome to choose that which is good that hee would giue him a concrite and humble heart and would deale with him according to his mercies to the intent the sweete smelling sacrifice may ascend vp to heauen and that of his clemencie it would please him to receiue his prayers and oblations made vnto his diuine Maiestie By such meanes did the people of Loraine obtaine by the mercie and fauour of God so much grace for their Duke Thierri the sonne of William the brother of Godfrey and Balawin Kings of Ierusalem a most cruell and tyrannicall Prince one that was a persecuter of the Church of God and an oppresser of his subiects and vassals in so much as he did not only come to himselfe and amended his wickâ—d life but also restoring that which he had wrongâ—ully taken he withdrew shut himselfe vp in a Monasterie where by the space of foure yeares before his death he led a perfect holy life O that it would please God that your great friend Philip the Catholike in whom are wanting all the vertues which are fit and decent for a good and iust Prince would doe the like and would restore vnto others the goods liuings taken from them after the example of Duke Thierri and not as did Charles the fift his father And let this suffice for an aunswer to the first proposition alledged by you As touching the second true it is that Philip hath greatly aduaunced the Christian faith in the West Indies in so much that this doeth serue him greatly as a cloake or mantle to couer and to augment his vsurped power and tyrannie but this good worke ought to bee imputed to such deuout and religious persons both of his subiects and others as haue bene the instruments thereof rather then to him See I pray you and consider well how hee

was slaine by the hazard of a brick or tile falling vpon him within Placentia Some doe attribute this his death to the carelesnesse of the said Henry for not prouiding a remedy albeit hee were in his tender and younger yeeres against the extortions done vpon the Churches by the children of the Count Don Nugno de Lara who were Tutors to the said Henry and Gouernours of his Realme and they doe affirme that all those disasters and mishaps which Histories doe write of did happen by the occasion of those his Tutors These examples may suffice to proue vnto you the abuse and inualidity of your reply and to shew that your Philip by laying of his hands vpon the Ecclesiasticall liuings as he hath done cannot excuse himselfe of fraud sacriledge and tyranny and so by this meanes with an ill conscience hee stealeth the sheepe of another man notwithstanding that hee giue againe the feete for God sake And yet ouer and aboue all this I doe assure you euen in the faith of an honest man that if there were no other vices the person of King Philip saue onely these two to wit tyranny and cruelty and if hee were a true obseruer of the rest of the Law and faith Catholike I would excuse you of your blindnesse and inueiglement but you may hold this for a certainty that his abhominable workes will proue any man whomsoeuer to be an egregious lyer that shall be so hardy as to defend that hee is no such manner of man For this enemy and generall persecuter vnder the cloake and shadow of a Catholike hath done more mischiefe and committed more insolencies against the Church of Rome then all the other persecuters that euer went before him Will you see the proofe how you are abused and how bad and vile a Christian hee is Open your eye liddes and you shall see how he bewrayeth it euen as if a man should with his finger point at it In the yeere 1575 this King Catholike being aduertised that the late Monsieur did make great preparation to enter with a mighty Army into Flaunders hee beganne very secretly to sound certaine of the principall Lords and chiefe heads of the pâ—etended reformed Religion within the Prouinces of Languedoc Foix Bearne Bigorre and of the Countrey de la Bort neere to Guipuscua ouer against Fontaraby to know if they would vnder his protection defend their liberty promising them that he would cause an Army of Almaines to descend against the most Christian King Offers made for King Philip to those of the reformed Religion to make warre against the late French King and that hee would giue them fiue hundred thousand crownes yeerely to that effect and for the entertainement of the Ministers of their Churches beating into their eares and making them beleeue that the enterprise of Flaunders which the Duke of Alanson had vndertaken did not tend to any other end but onely to entrap and to make another massacre of them as had lately beene done vnder the King Charles the ninth his brother when the Lord de la Noue was taken and the Lord de Iuoy was put to death betweene two Tables with many other Lords and Gentlemen He had the better meanes and opportunity to treat with the said Churches by reason there were many Catholikes mingled amongst the Huguenots all of which did gouerne and demeane themselues according to the conuentions and agreements made betweene them and a great Lord of France and the Lord Mounsieur de Chastillion howbeit that afterwards this vnion was broken Some of their chiefe heads did giue eare vnto those perswasioÌ„s of Philip insomuch that there were great preparations made for a strong mighty warre against them which succeeded not long after when Brouage was taken Besides the said Lords and heads of the reformed Religion with some of their Ministers being entred into a great iealousie of the most Christian King now raigning who was then King of Nauarre and of the late Monsieur the Prince of Condy they resolued secretly within the Towne of Montauban to call in strangers of their Religion to be their Protectours and defenders And to that effect they sent one of their Ministers into Almaine feining that they sent him vnto the pretended reformed Church of Metz. Notwithstanding the matter was discouered by one of the principall Lords newly drawne to be of their Religion who had taken great indignation against a Minister of his owne and because hee had been an assistant at the same Councell he thought he had beene of the same minde also and did therefore reproue him saying that he greatly maruelled how he could suffer such a quill to be thrust through his nose without laughing at it But the Minister excused himselfe assuring him that he knew nothing of that matter But that was an occasion that the practise brake off besides that they were not well agreed amongst themselues whom they should choose to bee their chiefe and protectour some of them desired the Duke Casimier others would haue England and some others the Duke of Sauoy who all that time did not know any thing at all of that which passed betweene him and the Ministers But after that at such time as the young Duke now presently ruling came to succeed his Father he being aduertised thereof sent vnto the King of Nauarre to demaund the Lady his sister for his wife one named Seruin was dispatched as the messenger to that effect and after him a Viscount who seeing great difficulty in the demaund went by Bearne into Spaine where he treated the mariage of the Infant D. Katherine at this day Dutchesse of Sauoy which mariage Don Amadis the bastard brother of the said Duke afterwards effected This mariage came well to purpose for Philip because by this meanes hee assured himselfe of the Duke that he should attempt nothing in Portugall where he knew full well that after the death of King Henry there was great diuision amongst the Portugals for that some would haue had the Lady Katherine Dutchesse of Bragancia others the Lord Don Anthonio and in a manner all well neere not liking to haue any of those which were named would haue had the said Duke of Sauoy being the Graund-childe of a Daughter of Portugall who as the report is if hee had gone thither during the inter-raigne in Portugall at the time of that dissention and by reason of their vnwillingnesse to admit the one or the other of those aboue named he had without doubt beene receiued of all the Portugals To proceede and to shew you yet more plainely what manner of man this is for whose loue you doe euen seeke your owne destruction and in whose seruice you are so forward and so diligent I will adde here somewhat more touching this matter for it is not possible to vtter all that may be spoken to that effect It is not long since that for to follow the steppes of some other good and godly Catholikes as himselfe is he

hath extended Religion in Affrique hee hath euen of late against the institutions of the order of the Knights of the Religion of Iesus Christ and others concluded and made peace in Barbarie with the Infidels to the intent hee might with the more commoditie make warre in Europe against the Christians And what doeth hee at this day against the Turke but onely dallie and trifle with him Touching the third of your propositions histories doe well recount and all men may assure themselues how much hee loueth the Ecclesiasticall persons and what reuerence hee beareth to them that are religious In times past it was neuer seene that any Ecclesiasticall or religious person hath beene put to death in Spaine for any matters concerning the estate The greatest crueltie and most rigorous seuere iustice that the Arrian Princes shewed vppon them for being contrarie to their opinions was to imprison them and to keepe them enclosed within Monasteries True it is that of some of them they did put out the eyes and afterwards some Princes did cause them to be put to death secretly in prison but as for the gallowes and such like infamous deaths they knew not what it meant saue onely since the reigne of his Maiestie that will be held for so great and so good a Catholike And I for my part do beleeue that he is no lesse and yet I know he is but a very bad Christian for I make no doubt but he beleeueth all that which the holy Catholike Apostolike Romane Church our mother teacheth and instructeth vs howbeit I know full well that he doth not obserue any of the precepts commanded in the Decalogue And as concerning the rest of your allegations made in his excuse although that Philip hath builded vp a great number of Monasteries and many Churches endowing them with rich reuenues yet all this will not make me but that I must needes take him and acknowledge him for a notable tyrant and a most cruell Prince Historiographers haue written largely of the cruelty of Brunhault Brunhault caused ten kings of France to be put to death howbeit that some would excuse her and doe attribute this fault vnto the first Writers and they doe affirme that shee caused to be put to death ten seuerall Kings in France and many other persons of great quality Also they write of her that shee caused a great number of Churches to be builded and did prouide them of so great goods and riches that it is a very strange thing to be reported See what Gaguin Gaguin writeth thereof in so much that if a man would compare the charge and expences of Brunhault with the meanes shee had he would greatly maruell how this woman was able in one age to build so many Temples and assigne vnto them also so good and large reuenues Now Brunhault hath deserued another manner of praise and commendation for vsing so great liberality towards the Church then doth Philip because shee gaue of her owne and Philip giueth of other mens In Spaine they finde great fault with those that will steale a sheepe and will giue the feete for Gods sake and so doth his Catholike Maiesty hee draweth from the Clergy Tercias Subsidio Pila Escusado in so much See the meaning of these words a little after that of ten he taketh at the least fiue and one Prelate payeth more vnto him then 2000 labourers or 4000 Gentlemen See then how liberall he is to the Clergy and by the meanes of these feete of his sheepe hee buildeth vp Monasteries and other Churches and endoweth them with great reuenues Moreouer who is he that hath medled with setting to sale the Townes and Castles which were of the iurisdiction and vassals of the Church It is your great friend Philip whom you accompt so vertuous and so Catholike The Translator Tercias is the third part of the rent which a Prelate receiueth yeerely out of his Benefice or Spirituall liuing Subsidio is an ouerplus and certaine summe which he payeth out of the two third parts which remaine and of other reuenues appertaining to his estate Pila is that summe which he taketh of all the Parish Churches in Spaine namely of euery Parishioner that is of them that are of any wealth he taketh the tithes or tenth part And some of the regular persons who doe possesse anâ— hâ—ritages in the same Parish doe helpe to pay this tribute after the rate The Regulars themselues doe pay tithe also of all that which they possesse euen to the Apples Oranges and other fruits of their Gardens Escusado is a certaine summe which the Clergy both Ecclesiastical and Regular persons because they may not beare armes doe pay vnto the King Catholike to be excused in that behalfe Obiection I know well you will reply vnto me and alledge that the rents of the Churches of Spaine are so great and excessiue that although the Prelates doe pay vnto their King the one halfe of them yet they doe all of them still continue and remaine rich because there be some Prelates in Spaine which haue greater reuenues yeerely then 50 or 60 Prelats in France Answer Hereunto I answer that although it be so yet his Catholike Maiesty may not spoile the Church of her goods which Princes and others Catholike and deuout persons haue giuen vnto her And if the dowry of any Damosell or maiden be priuiledged how much more ought that so to be which is giuen to God and to our Lady and to the Saints who as Histories doe specifie haue foughten visibly and really and haue beene seene in sundry battels personally doing of great miracles And therefore seeing that his Catholike Maiesty doth take away from the Churches that which is giuen them for the causes and reasons by vs alledged he committeth fraud and sacriledge which may be an occasion that hee himselfe may happen ere he die or his successors for him to repay the same againe For this cause did Nebuchadnezzar wander vp and downe for many yeeres in the fields in the shape of a brute beast Daniel 4. and Balthazar his sonne saw that horrible vision of a hand writing vpon a wall his future death and destruction Daniel 5. Acts 5. Ananias and Saphira his wife fell downe dead at the feete of Saint Peter We haue many examples touching this matter in the holy Scriptures and many more in pâ—ophane Writers and there is a great number of them euen in Spaine especially in Castile The Queene Dame Viraca the Daughter of Alphonsus the sixt Emperour The common Histories of Spaine going out of the Church of S. Isidore with the riches which shee had taken thence fell downe dead at the Church doore Don Alphonsus the warriour her Husband for the like matter was vanquished by the Moores in the battell of Fraga and was neuer more seene nor heard of after that time neither aliue nor dead The King Don Henry brother germane to the mother of Saint Lewes being but a ladde

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