Regnaque quae Deus indulsit Nobis in ipsius Progenie quasi constabilita ad posteros propaganda transmittamus Rogamus itaque majorem in modum statuat taudem ac deceâ—nat Serenitaâ— Vestra ut negotium hoc omne ea celeritate conficiat quanta res tanta confici potuerit Erit hoc aequitatis prudentiae Vestrae cogitaâ—e quanti hoc Nostra intersit qui filium habeamus hunc unicum quantum porro conditio in hoc Nostra abs Vestra discrepet quem Deus sobole tam multa copiosa locupletavit Quem Vos Vestrosque omnes diu incolumes volentes velit etiam atque etiam obtestamur Dat. ex aedibus Nostris Theobaldinis 27. Aprilis 1620. UPon this Letter and Liberty indulged by it the Jesuits Priests Recusants in England grew very bold insolent daring and multiplied exceedingly insomuch that the King assembling a Parliament at London Anno 1621. the Commons House taking notice of their formidable dangerous increase and desperate designes to extirpate the Protestant Religion both at home and abroad under pretext of this Nuptiall Treaty drew up this ensuing memorable Petition and Remonstrance with an intention to present it to King Iames. The Petition and Remonstrance intended to be sent to King Iames by the house of Commons in December 1621. Most gratious and dread Soveraigne WEE Your Majesties most humble and loyall Subjects the Knights Citizens and Burgesses now assembled in Parliament who represent the Commons of your Realm full of hearty sorrow to be deprived of the Comfort of Your royall presence the rather for that it proceeds from want of your health wherein we all unfainedly doe suffer In all humble manner calling to mind your gratious Answer to our former Petition concerning Religion which notwithstanding your Majesties pious and princely Intentions hath not produced that good effect which the danger of these times doth seem to us to require And finding how ill your Majesties goodnesse hath been requited by Princes of different Religion who even in time of Treaty have taken opportunity to advance their own ends tending to the subversion of Religion and disadvantage of your affaires and the estate of your Children By reason whereof your ill affected Subjects at home the Popish Recusants have taken too much encouragement and are dangerously encreased in their number and in their insolencies we cannot but be sensible thereof and therefore humbly represent what we conceive to be the causes of so great and growing mischiefs and what may be the remedies 1 The vigilancy and ambition of the Pope of Rome and his dearest Sonne The Causes the one aiming at as large a temporall Monarchy as the other at a spirituall Suptemacy 2 The devillish positions and doctrines whereon Popery is built and taught without authority to their followers for advancement of their temporall ends 3 The distressed and miserable estate of the Professours of true Religion in forreign parts 4. The disastrous accidents to your Majesties Children abroad expressed with rejoycing and even with contempt to their Persons 5. The strange confederacy of the Princes of the Popish Religion aiming mainly at the advancement of theirs and subverting ours and taking the advantages conducing to that end upon all occasions 6. The great and many Armies raised and maintained at the charge of the King of Spayne the chiefe of that league 7. The expectation of the Popish Recusants of the Match with Spayne and feeding themselves with great hopes of the consequences thereof 8. The interposing of forreigne Princes and their agents in the behalfe of Popish Recusants for connivence and favour unto them 9. Their open and usuall resort to the Houses and which is worse to the Chappels of forreigne Ambassadours 10. Their more then usuall concourse to the Citty and their frequent Conventicles and Conferences there 11. The education of their Children in many severall Seminaries and houses of their Religion in forreigne parts appropriated onely to the English Fugitives 12. The grants of their just forfeitures intended by your Majesty as a reward of service to the Grantees but beyond your Majesties intention transferred or compounded for at such meane rates as will amount to little lesse then a toleration 13. The licentious printing and dispersing of Popish and seditious Books even in the time of Parliament 14. The swarme of Priests and Jesuits the common Incendiaries of all Christendome dispersed in all parts of your Kingdome And from these causes as bitter roots The Effects We humbly offer to your Majesty that we foresee and feare there will necessarily follow very dangerous effects both to Church and State For 1. The Popish Religion is incompatible with ours in respect of their positions The Effects 2. It draweth with it an unavoydable Dependency on forreigne Princes 3. It openeth too wide a gap for popularity to any who shall draw to great a party 4. It hath a restlesse spirit and will strive by these gradations If it once get but a connivence it will presse for a toleration if that should be obtained they must have an equality from thence they will aspire to superiority and will never rest till they get a subversion of the true Religion The remedies against these growing evils which in all humblenesse we offer to your most Excellent Majesty are these 1. That seeing this inevitable necessity is fallen upon your Majesty The Remedies which no wisdome or providence of a pious and peaceable King can avoyd your Majesty would not omit this just occasion speedily and effectually to take your sword into your hand 2. That once undertaken upon so honourable and just grounds your Majesty would resolve to pursue and more publikely to avow the aiding of those of our Religion in forreigne parts which doubtlesse would re-unite the Princes and States of the Union by these disasters disheartned and disbanded 3. That your Majesty would propose to your selfe to mannage this Warre with the best advantage by a diversion or otherwise as in your dâ—ep judgment shall be found fittest and not to rest upon a Warre in these parts onely which will consume your treasure and discourage your people 4. That the bent of this Warre and poynt of your sword may be against that Prince what soeuer opinion of potency he hath whose Armies and treasure have first diverted and since maintained the Warre in the Palatinate 5. That for the securing of our peace at home your Majesty will be pleased to review the parts of our humble Petition formerly delivered unto your Majesty and hereunto annexed and to put in execution by the care of choyce Commissioners to be thereunto especially appointed the lawes already and hereafter to be made for the preventing of daâ—gers by Popish Recusants and their wonted evasions 6. That to frustrate their hopes for a future age our most Noble Prince may be timely and happily married to one of our owne Religion 7. That the Children of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdome
aud of others ill affected and suspected in their Religion now beyond the Seas may be forthwith called home by your meanes and at the charge of their Parents or Governours 8. That the Children of Popish Recusants or such whose Wives are Popish Recusants be brought up during their minority with Protestant Schoolmasters and Teachers who may sowe in their tender yeers the seed of true Religion 9. That your Majesty will be pleased speedily to revoke all former licences for such Children and Youth to travaile beyond the Seas and not grant any such licence hereafter 10. That your Majesties learned Councell may receive commandement from your Highnesse carefully to look into former grants of Recusants lands and to avoyd them if by law they can and that your Majesty will stay your hand from passing any such grants hereafter This is the sum and effect of our humble Declaration which We no wayes intending to presse upon your Majesties undoubted and regall Prerogative doe with the fulnesse of our duty and obedience humbly submit to your most Princely consideration The glory of God whose Cause it is the Zeale of our true Keligion in which we have been borne and wherein by Gods grace we are resolved to dye the safety of your Majesties person who is the very life of your people the happinesse of your Children and Posterity the honour and good of the Church and State dearer unto us then our owne lives having kindled these affections truly devoted to your Majesty And seeing out of our duty to your Majesty We have already resolved to give at the end of this Session one entire Subsidie for the present reliefe of Palatmate onely to be paid in the end of February next which cannot well be effected but by passing a Bill in a Parliamentary course before Christmas We most humbly beseech your Majesty as our assured hope is that you will then also vouchsafe to give life by your royall assent to such Bils as before that time shall be prepared for your Majesties honour and the generall good of your people and that such Bils may be also accompanied as hath been accustomed with your Majesties gracious pardon Which proceeding from your owne meere grace may by your Highnesse direction be drawne to that latitude and extent as may best sort with your Majesties bounty and goodnesse and that not onely 〈◊〉 and criminall offenders may take benefit thereof but that your good Subjects may receive case thereby and if it shall so stand with your good pleasure that it may extend to the reliefe of the old debts and duties to the Crowne before the first yeere of your Majesties reigne to the discharge of Allienations without licence and mis-sueing of Liveries and Oustrelemaine before the first Summons of this Parliament and oâ— concealed Wardships and not suing of Liveries and Oustrelemains before the twelfth yeere of your Majesties reigne which gracious favour would much comfort your good Subjects and ease them from vexition with little losse or prejudice to your owne profit And we by our daily and devont prayers to the Almighty the great King of Kings shall contend for a blessing upon our endeavours and for your Majesties long and happâ— reigne over us and for your Childrens Children after you for many and many Generations KIng Iames having private intelligence and a Copy of this Petition and Remonstrance sent him to New-market endevoured to suppresse it in the birth anâ— thereupon sent a Letter to Sir Thomas Richardson Speaker of the Commons House dated Decemb. 3. 1621. to prohibite the House That none therein should from thenceforth persume to meddle with any Mysteries of State and namely not to speake 〈◊〉 his dearest Sonnes Match with the Daughter of Spaine nor to touch the honour of thâ—â— King And to informe them that if they had already touched any of those forbiâ—â—â—â— points in any Petition of theirs to be sent unto him except they reformed it herein before it came into his hands he would not daigne the hearing nor answering of it The Câ—mmons conceiving this a great infringement of their Priviledges drew a Petition to the King in answer of this Letter justifying their former Petition and Remonstrance and assuring him That the miserable estate of those of the Religion abroad obliged them in part of duty not onely to turne their eyes on a Warre abroad but also to take care for the securing of our peace at home which the dangerous increase and insolency of Popish Recusants apparently visible and sensible did lead them unto and necessarily drew them to present to his Majesty Complaining withall of the abridgement of their undoubted ancient Priviledges and Liberty of Parliament by his Majesties letter to the Speaker Which Petition together with the former they sent by some Member to King Iames to New-Market The King wholly rejects the first Petition and would not receive it but returnes a long and sharp answer to the latter NOTE Wherein he protests That he knew not of any fit Match for his dearest Sonne among any Protestant Princes â—rofessing that he was so farre ingaged in that Match that he could not goe back in honour unlesse the King of Spaine performed not such things as he expected at his hands and that they might rest secure he would never be weary to doe all he could for the propagation of our Religion and repressing of Popery in the generall But the manner and forme of doing it they must remit to his Care and Providence who could best consider of times and seasons And that his care of Religion must be such that he must not by the persecution of Recusants here at home irritate forraigne Princes of contrary religion and teach them the way to plague the Protestants in their Dominions Severely checking the House for medling thus busily with religion and the Spanish Match This Answer bare date at New-Market December 11. The House of Commons much discontented at this harsh answer drew up and made this notable Protestation in vindication of their Parliameniary Rights and Priviledges entred in their Journall and Voted in the House Decemb. 19. 1621. THe Commons now assembled in Parliament being justly occasioned thereunto concerning sundry Liberties Franchises and Prâ—viledges of Parliament amongst others here mentioned doe make this Protestation following That the Liberties Franchises Priviledges and Jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birth-right and inheritance of the Subjects of England and that the Arduous and urgent affaires concerning the King State and defence of the Realme and of the Church of England and the maintainance and making of Lawes and redresse of mischiefs and grievances which daily happen within this Realme are proper Subjects and matter of Councell and debate in Parliament and that in the handling and proceeding of those businesses every Member of the House of Parliament hath and of right ought to have freedome of speech to propound treat reason and bring to conclusion the same and that the Commons
meanes censured by the Fâ—â—â—y of Paris Anno 1630. Vpon their opposition onely and by their means and power alone being then the stronger party and over-mastering the Bishops faction this Bishop of Câ—cedon was by these Proclamations and their popish Instruments forced to deserts the Realme and flee for succour into France to Cardinall Richelieu who curteously entertained him as you may read at large in N. le Maistre a Sorbon Priest his Instauratâ—â— antiqus Episcoporum Principatus printed at Paris 1639. Cum privilegio Regis approbatisne Doctorum and dedicated to the Cardinall himselfe lib. 3. c. 15. intituled Corolarium libri secunds ubi nonnulla de persecutione Episcoperum de illustrissimo ANTISTITE CALCEDONENSI where he largely justifies the Bishop of Calcedou against the regular Priests in England his opposers and persecuters who had expolled and banished him thence severely censuring them for this their persecution against him and persâ—ading his restuâ—tion and reception againe among them in this Realme Which mystery and devision of theirs occasioning these two Proclamationsâ— I thought fit to discover to prevent mistakes You have formerly heard the Complaint of the Commons in Parliament in their Remonstance and Petition to the King of the great liberty and encrease of popish Prelats Priests Monks Monasteries within the Kingdome of Ireland and the open profession of their Romish Religion there together with Bishop Lâ—uds peremptory deniall of it in his answer to that Remonstrance in the Kings owne name but no sooner was that Parliament dissolved in discontent but the verity of the Commons Complaint was sufficiently justified by this ensuing Proclamation of the Lord Deputy and Councell of that Realme found among the Bishops owne papers who could not be ignorant of it being thus indorsed with his owne hand A Proclamation Concerning the growth of Popery in Ireland By the Lord DEPVTY and COVNSELE Henry Falkland FOrasmuch as We cannot but take notice that the late intermission of legall proceedings against popish pretended or Titulary Arch-bishops Bishops Abbo Deanes Vicarsâ—generall Jesuits Fryars and others of that sort that derive their pretended authority and orders from the Sea of Rome hath bred such an extraordinary insolence and presumption in them as that they have dared here of late not onely to assemble themselves in publike places to celebrate their superstitious Services in all parts of this Kingdome but also have erected houses and buildings called publike Oratories Colledges Masse houses and Convents of Fryers NOTE Munks and Nunnes in the eye and open view of the State and elswhere and doe frequently exercise jurisdiction against his Majesties Subjects by authority derived from the Sea of Rome and by colour of teaching and keeping Schools in their pretended Monasteries and Colledges doe traine up the youth of this Kingdome in their superstitious Religion to the great derogation and contempt of his Majesties regall power and authority and great offence of many of his Majesties good Subjects contrary to the Lawes and Ecclesiasticall government of this Kingdome and the impoverishment of his Majesties Subjects in the same These are therefore to will and require and in his Majesties name straitly to charge and command all and all manner such pretended or Titulary Archbishops Bishops Deanes Vicars-generall Arch-deacons and others deriving any pretended authority power or jurisdiction from the Sea of Rome that they and every of them forbeare from henceforth to exercise any such power jurisdiction or authority within thâ—â— Kingdome and that all such Abbots Pryors Jesuits Fryars Munks Nunnes and others of that sort as aforesaid doe forthwith breake up their Convents and Assemblies in all houses of Fryars Colledges Monasteries and other places wheresoever they are or shall be Conventually or Collegiatly assembled together within this Kingdome and to relinquish the same and to disperse and seperate themselves And that all and every of the orders before named and other Priests whatsoever do from henceforth forbeare to preach teach or celebrate their Service in any Church Chappell or other publike Oratory or place or to teach any Schoole in any place or places whatsoever within this Kingdome And We doe further charge and command all and sigular the owners of such houses of Fryars Colledges Monasteries Schools Oratories Masse-houses and Numeries that they and every of them respectively in default of the persons before named their voluntary relinquishing of the said houses of Fryars Colledges monasteries Schooles oratories masse-houses and Numeries doe forthwith expell and thrust forth all and singular such Fryarsâ— Jesuits and other Monasticall persons out of the same and to convert the same to other more lawfull uses upon paine to have their said houses seized to his Majesties use and both the one and the other to be proceeded against for their unlawfull assemblies and maintainance of such unlawfull Conventieles and corrupt nurture of Children in the severest manner that by the Lawes and Statutes of this Kingdome and Ecclesiasticall Government of the same may be had or extended whereof they and every of them are to take notice and to yeeld due obedience thereunto as they and every of them will avoid his Majesties high indignation and the consequence thereof Given at his Majesties Castle of Dublin the 1. day of April 1629. Adam Lofius Canc. T. Baltinglasse Wil. Parsons Ia. Armachantus R. Dillon Rich. Bâ—lton Hen. Valentia Anth. Midensis Dud. Norton Moore Hen. Doewra Ad. Loftus By this Proclamation the whole passage in the Commons Remonstance touching the encrease of Popery in Ireland is confessed to be true and farre more then is therein expressed How little effect this Proclamation produced in Ireland will appeare by this enâ— suing Letter of Doctor William Bedley Bishop of Kilmore and Ardivagh about the 〈◊〉 of the Church in his Drocesse and the Papists in Ireland to Bishop Land thus superscribed To the right reverend Father in God William Lord Bishop of London my honourable good Lord deliver these Right reverend Father my honourable good Lord SInce my comming to this place which was a little before Michaelmas till which time the setling the State of the Colledge and my Lord Primates visitation deferred my Consecration I have not been unmingfull of your â—ordships commands to advertise you as my experience should informe of the estate of this Church which I shall now the better doe because I have been about my Diocesses and can set down out of my knowledge and view what I shall relate and shortly to speake much ill matter in a few words it is very miserable every way The Cathedrall Church of Ardagh one of the most ancient in Ireland and said to be built by Saint Patrick together with the Bishops house there downe to the ground the Church here built but without Bell or Steeple Font or Chalice The parish Churches all in a manner ruined or unroofed and unrepaired the people saving a few British Planters here and there which are not the tenth part of the remnant obstinate Recusants
Roles 2000. l. Sir Edward Leech 2000. l. The six Clearks 6000. l. The Lady Cambden 5000. l. Baron Westoâ— 500. l. Baron Trevor 4000. l. Baron Hendon 3000. l. Sir Thomas Fanshew 1000. l. Sir Peter Osborne 1000. l. Sir Robert Pye 2000. l. Sir Edward Sawyer 500. l. Sir Charles Herbert 1000. l. Sir Edward Powell 2000. l. Sir Sidney Mountague 2000. l. Sir Ralph Freemaâ— 2000. l Mr. Iohn Packer 1000. l. Morley 2000. l. Massam 4000. l. Surveyor of the Works 1000. l. Sir Richard Wynne 3000. l. Iames Maxwell 2000. l. Patrick Mall 20â—0 l. Iames Leviston 1000. l. George Kirk 2000. l. William Murrey 1000. l. Henry Murrey 2000. l. Eâ—dymion Porter 1000. l. Sir Henry Mildmay 2000. l. Sir William Vdall 1000. l. Sir Edward Varne 1000. l. Sir Richard Younge 1000. l. Mr. Audley 4000. l. Sir Miles Fleetwood 1000. l. Sir Benjamin Rudiard 500. l. The Attorny of the Wards 1000. l. Mr. Chamberlin 1000. l. The Attorny of the Dutchy 500. l. Mr. Cofferor 3000. l. Sir Thomas Merry 2000. l. Mr. Fenner 1000. l. Sir Richard Manley 500. l. Mr. Comptroler of the Works 500. l. Lord Chief Iustice Branstâ—n 500. l. Mr. Iustice Barkley 1000. l. Mr. Iustice Crook 1000. l. Sir Thomas Hatten 1000. l. Sir Iohn Winter 1000. l. Mr. Attorny Ball 500. l. Mr. Sollicitor Winne 500. l. Serjeant Whitfield 500. l. Mr. Iustice Iones 500. l. Mr. Henly 5000. l. Lord Chief Iustice Litleton 1000. l. Sollicitor Lane 500. l. In this Schedule there weâ—â— divers names of Noblemen and others inserted with blanks left for the sums they were to lend And the Officers of Star-chamber Chancery other Courts here omitted were likewise therein ordered to be sent for under which the Archbishop with his own hand writ these directions To cal upon the Lord Keeper for these Names Call for Names Which cleerly manifests this sending for all these to lend the sums here specified to be his project and that he was the chief Actor in these Assessments of them The most of whom were enforced to lend 38000. l. being subscribed before the Lords of the Councell by some of these persons in one day and 10000. l. another day as appears by a Note under Windebanks hand Moreover I found this ensuing List of Names and Sums under Windebanks hand 6. March 1639. Kings Servants to be warned on Friday These in this Paper now absent to be sent for against Wednesday to Mr. Solicitor Herbert gr Sir Gdward Griffin 1000. l. gr Sir Edward Savage 500. respect â—Sir Iohn Trevor 1000. Mr. Iohn Frecheville 500. gr â—Sir Iohn Maynard 500. Sir Henry Herbert 1000. Sir Francis Vincent 500. Sir Iohn Smith 500. Sir Thomas Walsingham 500. Mr. Solicitor 500. Sir Lionel Palmage 2000. gr Mr. Thomas Fotherley 500. refus Sir William Ashton 500. Sir Thomas Richardson 1000. gr Mr. Edmund Windham 500. gr Mr. Pye 3000. Mr. Ioh Mannors of Hadden 2000. Massam 2000. He will give his own Bond the Lords will bring it down to 1000. l. Mr. William Walter 500. Mr. Edmund Dunch 500. gr Capt. Richard Crane 500. Sir Thomas Ashton 500. Mr. William Corytâ—n 500. gr Sir Iames Thynne 3000. gr Sir Henry Newton 1000. resp â—Mr Henry Frederick Thynne 2000. Sir Ralph Hopton 500. Sir William Savile 1000. gr Mr. Iames Maxwell 2000. Mr. Patrick Mawle 2000. He is to do what he can gr Mr. Iames Levingston â—000 gr Mr. George Kirk 2000. gr Mr. William Murray 1000. gr Mr. Henry Murray 1000. gr Mr. Endymion Porter 1000. How much of these sums were lent or contributed I cannot certainly define but on April 13. 1640. the Parliament called about the Scots assembled wherein many Subsidies were demanded to be presently granted and levied before any grievances redressed in conclusion after much debate the Parliament on the 5. of May was suddenly dissolved and no Subsidies given but then the Convocation was continued by the Archbishops means who granted the King a large Benevolence to continue for 3. whole years in nature of 3. intire Subsidies to maintain this war against all Law to be paid in and levied under severest penalties of which more in due place and made 17. Canons exceeding prejudiciall to the Kings Prerogative the Parliaments Subjects Liberties in justifying and establishing divers Popish Innovations in Religion in affront of the Parliament upon whose dissolution divers illegall means were set on foot by Canterbury and his Confederates to raise moneyes to support this war as forced Loans divers Aldermen of London being imprisoned in the Tower for refusing to certifie names of Persons within their severall Wards for to lend by enforcing Shipmoney Coat and Conduct money in the Countries more then ever By Commanding by a speciall Proclamation Aug. 20. 1640. all the Nobility Knights Gentlemen and those who held Lands of the King to attend him at the Army with horses men and arms in this service according to their abilities and estates Hereupon a great Army was raised in the North and a bloody war likely to have ensued but that God by his overruling Providence happily appeased it without bloodshed by a Treaty first and then by an Act of Pacification and Oblivion passed in the Parliaments of both Kingdoms What Tumults and Libels the Archbishops breaking the first Pacification with the Scots and after that the Parliament occasioned to the endangering of his Person you may read out of his own Diary in the Breviate of his life pag. 22 23 which I will not repeat That he had the principall hand in exciting and directing these wars will appear by the Lord Conwayes Letters to him who had then the Command of the Northern forces the extracts of some whereof out of the very Originalls I shall here present you with The first is thus Endorsed with the Archbishops own hand Received Iunij 12. 1640. my Lord Conway his Iudgement concerning popular Tumults now in England May it please Your Grace I Have received two Letters from you Note the one by Mr. Treâ—orers conveyance wherein you were pleased to let me know what the disorder at Lambâ—eth was the mutinies of the base multitude are not to be feard nor to be neglected the chief inciters are to be castigated and that quickly if there were persons fitting to be Heads to a discontented multitude there were some danger if those men could not be secured but he that feares any Head that can be given to any discontented Body here in England will be afraid like boyes and women of a Turnep cut like a deaths head with a candle in it All these accidents must be overcome with patience dexterity and courage If the end whither one would go cannot be attained with that speed is desired learn of Seamen to lye by a wind and gain ground by boarding I do assure my self that if wise thoughts be with courage put in execution all difficulties will be overcome there must not be any fainting by the way if the heart fail the legs will never leap over the dâ—â—ch
and by conforming himselfe to please the Spaniard to divers rites of their Religion even so farre as to kneele and adore their Sacrament from time to time gave the Spaniard hope of the Princes conversion NOTE the which conversion he endeavored to procured by all meanes possible and thereby caused the Spanish Ministers to propound farre worse conditions for Religion then had been formerly by the Earle of Bristoll and Sir Walter Ashton setled and signed under his Majesties hand with a clause in the King of Spaines answer of the 12. of December 1622. that they held the Articles agreed upon sufficient and such as ought to induce the Pope to the granting of the Dispensation That the Duke having severall times in the presence of the Earle of Bristoll moved his late Majesty at the instance of the Conde Gondomar to write a Letter to the Pope and to that purpose having once brought a Letter ready drawne wherewith the Earle of Bristoll being by his Majesty made acquainted did so strongly oppose the writing of any such Letter that during the abode of the said Earle of Bristoll in England the said Duke could not obtaine it Yet not long after the said Earle was gone he procured such a Letter to be written from his late Majesty unto the Pope NOTE and have him stiled therein Sanctissime Pater That the Pope being informed of the Duke of Buckinham his inclination and intention in point of Religion NOTE sent unto the said Duke a particular Bull in Parchment for to perswade and encourage him in the pervertion of his Majesty then Prince c. NOTE That the Earle of Bristoll did reveale unto his Majesty both by word and Letter in what sort the Duke had deceived him and abused his trust and that the King by severall wayes sent him word that he should rest assured that he would heare him but that he shovld leave it to him to take his owne time and thereupon few dayes before his sicknesse the sent the Earle word that he would heare him against the Duke as well as he had heard the Duke against him which the Duke himselfe heard and not long after his blessed Majesty sickned and dyed having in the interim been much vexed and pressed by the said Duke All these Articles with six others of like nature the Earle of Bristoll preferred to make good against the Duke by Letters and Witnesses but the Duke by his overswaying potency and instruments whereof Bishop Laud was chiefe dissolved the Parliament before any answer given to them The Articles exhibited to the House of Peeres against the Earle through the Dukes procurement by way of recrimination were many I shall onely recite the most pertinent to the present businesse of Religion b In the Lords Parchment Journall May 6. 1626. pag. 150 151 152 c. Articles of severall High-treasons other great and enormious Crimes Offences and Contempts committed by Iohn Earle of Bristoll against Our late Sovereigne Lord King Iames of blessed memory decreased and Our Sovereigne Lord the Kings Majesty which now is wherewith the said Earle is charged by his Majesties Attourney generall on his Majesties behalfe in the most high and honourable Court of Parliament before the King and his Lords THat the said Earle from the beginning of his Negotiation and the whole mannaging thereof by him during his ambassage into Spaine he the said Earle contrary to his faith and duty to God the true Religion professed by the Church of England and the peace of this Church and State did intend and resolve that if the said marriage so treated of as aforesaid should by his ministry be effected that thereby the Romish Religion and the professors thereof should be advanced within this Realme NOTE and other his Majesties Realmes and Dominions and the true Religion and the professors thereof discouraged and discountenanced And to that end and purpose the said Earle during the time aforesaid by Letters unto his late Majesty and otherwise often counselled and perswaded the said late Kings Majesty to set at liberty the Jesuits and Priests of the Roman Religion which according to the good religions and politicke Lawes of this Realme were imprisoned or restrained and to grant and allow unto the Papists and professors of the Romish Religion a free toleration and silencing of the lawes made and standing in force against them That at the Princes comming into Spain during the time aforesaid the said Earle of Bristoll cunningly falsly and traiterously moved and perswaded the Prince being then in the power of a forreigne King of the Romish Religion to change his Religion NOTE which was done in this manner At the Princes first comming to the said Earle he asked the Prince for what he came thither The Prince at first not conceiving the Earles meaning answered you know as well as I the Earle replied Sir servants can never serve their Master industriously although they may doe it faithfully unlesse they know their meanings fully give me leave therefore to tell you what they say in the Towne is the cause of your comming THAT YOU MEANE TO CHANGE YOUR RELIGION AND TO DECLARE IT HERE and yet cunningly to disguise it the Earle added further Sir I doe not speake this that I will perswade you to doe it or that I will promise you that I will follow your example though you will doe it but as your faithfull servant if you will trust me with so great a secret I will endeavour to carry it the discreetest way I can The Prince being moved with this unexpected motion againe said unto him I wonder what you have ever found in me that you should conceive I would be so base or unworthy as for a Wife to change my Religion The said Earle replying desired the Prince to pardon him if he had offended him it was but out of his desire to serve him which perswasion of the said Earle was the more dangerous because the more subtill Whereas it had beene the duty of a faithfull servant to God and his Master if he had found the Prince staggering in his Religion to have prevented so great an Error and to have perswaded against it so to have avoyded the dangerous consequences thereof to the true Religion and to this state if such a thing should have happened 8. That afterward during the Princes being in Spaine the said Earle having conference with the said Prince about the Romish Religion he endeavoured falsely and traiterously to perswade the Prince to change his Religion as aforesaid AND BECOME A ROMISH CATHOLIKE NOTE and to Become OBEDIENT TO THE VSVRPED AVTHORITY OF THE POPE OF ROME And to that end and purpose the said Earle traiterously used these words unto the said Prince That the State of England did never any great thing but when they were under the obedience of the Pope of Rome and that it was impossible they could doe any thing of note otherwise 9. That during
observance also the rest of Our Subjects Vassals are not obliged as likewise the general lawes under which all are equally comprehended to wit as to the Roman Catholiques if they be such as is aforesaid which are repugnant to the Roman Catholique Religion and that hereafter We will not consent that the said Parliament should ever at any time enact or write any other new lawes against Roman Catholiquâ—s We accounting all and singular the preceeding Articles ratified and accepted out of Our certaine knowledge as â—â—rre as they concerne Vs Our Heires or Successors approve ratifie applaud and promise bona fide and in the word of a King by these presents inviolably firmly well and faithfully to keep observe and fulfill the same and to cause them to be kept observed and fulfilled without any exception or contradiction and doe confirme the same by Oath upon the holy Evangelists notwithstanding any opinions sentences or lawes whatsoever to the contrary in the presence of the most illustrious Don Iohn de Mendoza Marquesse of Inojosa and Don Charles Coloma Extraordinary Ambassadours of the Catholique King of George Calvert Kt. one of Our chiefe Secretaries of Edward Conway Knight aâ—other of Our chiefe Secretaries of Francis Cottington Baronet of the Privy Counsell to Our Sonne the Prince of Francis de Corondelet Apostolicall or the Popes Prothoâ—â—tory and Arch-deacon of Cambray Dated at Our Pallace at Westminster the â—0 day of July An. Dom. 1623. in the English stile Iacobus Rex A compared and true Copy George Calvert then chiefe Secretary The forme of the Oath which the Lords of the Counsell tooke to the former Articles 〈◊〉 this which followeth found among the Lord Cottingtons papers Formula Juramenti a Consiliarijs Praestandi FGOâ—N jurâ— me debite pleneque observâ—â—â—â—â—m quâ—ntum ad me spectâ—t 〈…〉 Carolum Walliae 〈…〉 et serenissimâ—m Domin un Donnam Mariam Hispaniarum 〈…〉 Iuro etiam quod neque per me nec per Minisâ—â—â— aliquem inferiorem mihi 〈◊〉 lege 〈…〉 contra 〈…〉 These things thus acted in England by the King I shall next informe you what was acted in Spaine by the Prince b Mercuâ—e francois Tom. 9. An. 1624. p. 8. 9. Pope Gregory the 15. before his death and granting of the Dispenâ—ation had obliged and charged the conscience of his Catholique Majesty to see the execution and accomplishment of all the conditions required by his Holinesse in favour of the Catholiques of England Ireland and Scotland c Popes know how to make good â—argaines foâ— the Diâ—pensation to which he had assented His Majesty hereupon called an Assembly of Divines to consult with what he ought to doe fot the discharge of his conscience in this regard Their resolution was First that the Prince of 〈…〉 promise upon his Oath for to performe the conditions 〈…〉 should doe the like Secondly that the promis 〈…〉 should be presently made betweene the Prince of Wales and the most 〈…〉 but that the consummation of the Marriage and delivery of the 〈…〉 â—â—ould not 〈◊〉 all be execuâ—ed untill the month of May in the following yeere 1624. to the end that they might experimentally see during this time if the fore said conditions required by his Holinesse should be faithfully accomplished This last condition seemed very rigorous to the Prince but the King of Spaine promised him to procure that the time should be abridged As to the first the Prince of Wales tooke an Oath to his Majesty to observe the foresaid conditions and signed them with his hand and he likewise swore and signed this by way of overplus NOTE To permit at all times that any should freely propose to him the arguments of the Catholike Religion without giving any impediment and that he would never directly nor indirectly permit any to speake to the Infanta against the same A very strange dishonourable ensnaring Oath exposing the Prince to all seducements and seducers from our Religion without the least impeachment on the one hand and debarring his Highnesse and all others so much as once to open their lips to speake against Popery or to attempt the conversion of tâ—e Infanta to our Religion on the other hand These later strange Articles in favour of the Roman Catholiques originally contrived by the Pope himselfe and his Cardinals being thus sworn signed by the King and Prince gave great distaste to those of the Protestant party in England who had notice of them wherupon King Iames soon after perceiving the Spaniards jugling with him and that this Match notwithstanding all the former Articles sworne and sealed might receive a rupture though at first he was so confident of it that he said openly in Court d The Vâ—calâ— forrest p. 126. 127. That now al the devils in hel could not hinder the Match therupon made this Protestation sent to Salisbury by way of explanation of the latter Articles found among Secretary Windebanks and Cottingtons papers sufficiently maâ—ifesting the verity of the said Articles printed long since Cum Privilegio in the French Mercury one of the truest Histories in this latter age how ever the Author of e Pag. 34. 44 45. A Royall Vindication in answer to the Royall Popish Favourite lights it as most false fabulous and making a kind of Commentary on them Whereas his Majesty obligeth himselfe by oath that no particular Law now in force against the Roman Catholiques King Iames his Protestation to which the rest of his Subjects generally are not liable nor any generall Lawes which may concerne all his Subjects equally and indifferently being such neverthelesse as are repugnant to the Roman religion shall be executed at any time as to the said Roman Catholiques in any â—anner or case whatsoever directly or indirectly And that his Majesty shall cause the Lords of his Pivy Councell to take the same oath in so much as concernes them or the execution of the Lawes afore mentioned so far forth as the same appertaines unto them or any officers or Ministers under them And whereas further his Majesty obligeth himselfe by the oath that no other Lawâ— shall hereafter be enacted against the said Roman Catholiques but that a perpetuall toleration to exercise the Roman Catholique Religion within their private houses shall be allowed unto them throughout all his Majesties Kingdomes and Dominionâ— NOTE that is to say as well within his Kingdomes of Scotland and Ireland as of England in manner and forme as is capiâ—ulated declared and granted in the Articles concerning the Marriage His Majesty intendeth really and effectually to performe what he hath promised touching suspention of Lawes against his Roman Catholique Subjects but with this protestation That if they shall insolently abuse this his Majesties high grace and favour to the danger of imbroyling his State and government the safety of the Common-wealth is in this case suprema Lex and his Majesty must notwithstanding his said oath proceed against the offenders yet so as that before he doe
* Page 34 44. undervalues the French Mercury and other histories who have written any thing of this Match may peruse at his leasure to satisfie his judgement Conscience in the verity of the premises and of this Mercury to The Parliament upon this relaiâ—on adâ—vised the King to breake off the Spanish treaty and to proclaime an open warre with Spaine for recovery of the Palatinate and defence of the protestant Religion Se the Lords Iournall And Archbishops Diary March 23. whereupon the King on the 23 of February declared to a Committee of Parliament appointed for that purpose That he would send a Messenger presently into Spaine to signifie to that King that his Parliament advised him to breake of the Treaties of the Match and the Palatinat and to give his reasons of it and so proceed to recover the Palatinate as he might Hereupon Bonefires were made in the City by the forwardnesse of the people for joy that we should breake with Spaine In this Parliament to maintaine the war in which they had engaged the King * See 21 Iac. c. 32. 33. the Clergy granted him four intire Subsidies of foure shillings the pound and the Temporalty three intire Subsidies and three fifteens and tenthes The end of granting them is expressed in the Prologue of the Temporalities Act of Grant MOST * * 21. lac c. 33 Gratious Soveraigne we your Majesties most humble faithfull and loving Subjects by your Royall Authority now Assembled in your High Court of Parliament having entred into serious and due consideration of the weighty and most important causes which at this time more then at any other time heretofore doe presse your Majesty to a much greater expence and charge then your owne Treasure alone can at this present support and maintaine and likewise of the injuries and indignities which have beene lately offered to your Majesty and your Children under colour and during the time of the Treaties for the Mariage with Spaine and the restitution of the Palatinate which in this Parliament have beene clearely discovered and layde open unto us and withall what humble advice with one consent and voyce we have given unto your Majesty to dissolve those Treaties which your Majesty hath beene gratiously pleased to our exceeding joy and comfort fully to yeeld unto and accordingly have made your publique declaration for the reall and utter dissolution of them by meanes whereof your Majesty may happily be ingaged in a suddain Warre Wee in all humblenesse most ready and willing to give unto your Majesty and the whole world an ample testimony of our dutifull affections and sinceere intentions to assist You therein for the maintenance of that Warre that may hereafter ensue and more particularly for the defence of this your Realme of England the securing of your Kingdome of Ireland the assistance of your Neighbours the States of the united Provinces and other your Majesties Friends and Allies and for the setting forth of your Royall Navy we have resolved to give for the present the greatest ayde which ever was granted in Parliament to be levied in so short a time c. In this Parliament the Commons presented a sharpe Petition to the Lords against Popish NOTE Recusants desiring the Lords to joyne with them in it to the King of which King Iames having notice writ with his owne hand this following letter to Secretary Conway which I have truely extracted out of the very originall I doubt not but you have heard what a stinging Petition against the Papists the lower House have sent to the higher House this day that they might joyntly present it unto me ye know my firme resolution not to make this a Warre of Religion And seeing I would be loath to be Connycatched by my people I pray you stay the Post that is going to Spaine till I meet with my Son who will be here to morrow morning do it upon pretext of some more letters ye are to send by him and if he should be gone hasten after him to stay him upon some such pretext and let none living know of this as ye love me and before two in the afternoone to morrow you shall with out saile heare from me Farwell Iames R. This Petition was sent up to the Lords as appeares by their * 3 Aprâ—â—â— 1624. Iournall Booke upon the 3. of Aprill 1624. the Coppy whereof is therein recorded in forme following Die Lunae quinto Aprilis 1624. The Petion against Popish Recusaurs which the Commons desire to be presented unto his Majesty and that the Lords joyne with them therein May it please your most Excellent Majesty VVE your Majesties most humble and loyall Subjects the Lords Commons in this present Parliament assembled having to our singular comfort received your Princely resolution upon our humble Petition to disolve the two treaties of the Match and of the Pallatinate and having on our parts with all alacrity and readinesse humbly offered our assistance to your Majesty to maintaine the Warre which may insue there upon yet with all sencibly finding what seditious and Traiterous positions those Incendiaries of Rome and professed Engines of Spaine the Priests and Iesuits infuse into your naturall borne Subjects what numbers they have seduced and doe dayly seduce to make their dependance on the Pope of Rome and King of Spaine contrary to their Allegiance to your Majesty their Leige Lord what daily resort of Priests and Jesuites into your Kingdomes what concourse of Popish Recusants much more then usuall is now in and about the City of London NOTE what boldnesse yea what insolency they have discovered out of the opinion conceived of their forraigne patronage what publique resort to Masses and other exercises of the Popish Religion in the Houses of forraigne Ambassadors there is daily to the great griefe and offence of your good Subjects what great preparations are made in Spaine fit for an Invasion the bent whereof is as probable to bee upon some part of Your Majesties Dominions as upon any other place what incouragement that may bee to your Enemies and the Enemies of Your Crown to have a party or but the opinion of a party within Your Kingdomes who do daily increase and combine themselves together for that purpose What dishartning of your good and loving Subjects when they shall see more cause of feare from their false hearted Country-men at home then from their professed adversaries abroad what apparent dangers by Gods providence and Your Majesties wisdome and goodnesse they have very lately escaped which the longer continuance of those treaties upon such unfitting conditions fomented by your owne ill affected Subjects NOTE would surely have drawne upon Your Majesty and Your State doe in all humblenesse offer to your sacred Majestie these their humble petitions following 1. That all Jesuites and Semminary Priests and all others having taken Orders by any authority derived from the Sea of Rome may by Your Majesties Proclamation be commanded
recusants Thomas Oatly Esquire is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Shropshire and Richard Gibbins Gent. to be crowner there and that their wives be recusants Rice Williams esquire is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Carwarthenshire and that his wife is a popish recusant convicted Sir Thomas Penrodduck â—night is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Middlesex and that his wife is a recusant Valentine Sanders esquire is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Middlesex and that his eldest sonne is a recusant Thomas Rookell esquire is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Saint Edmunds Berry in Suffolke and that his eldest sonne is reported to be a popish recusant Anthony Thorold Esquire is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Lincolnshire and that he hath a sonne that is suspected to be a popish recusant Sir Nicholas Sanders Knight is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Surrey and his wife is suspected to be a popish recusant Which Petition being read the House did defere the debate thereof at this time for that the day was farre spent And answer was given to the commons who attended for the same in the paynted chamber that the Lords will send them an answer of this Petition hereafter when they are resolved thereof Whether any of these were displaced upon this Petition I find not in any Memorials it being certain some of them were not but continued still in these offices of trust And thus I have given the World a full account of the unhappy tedious Spanish Treaty of the advantages the Pope and Papists made thereof and its finall rupture in and by the Parliament I shall now proceed to the French which was short and more succesfull THe Spanish match being thus at last dissoved after so long a treaty in discontent and warre the popish party here and beyond the seas endeavouring to make good the ground liberty and immunities they had gotten by the former treaty of Marriage and to carry on their forementioned designe by the same prevailing meanes engaged the King and Prince in a new marriage-parley with France to the Lady Henrette Maria Sister to the French King a Princesse of the Roman Religion To what end this Marriage was propounded by the Roman party is evident by this observable passage of le Maistre a French Author Sotâ—on Priest in his Instauratio antiqui Episcoporum Principatus printed at Paris Cum Privilegio Anno 1633. dedicated to Cardinal Richelltus l. 2. c. 15. p. 273 274. where thus he writes with reference to the English Roman affaires anno 1624. What then forbids the same things and others which are of greater pompo in England especially where the heat of persecutions hath ceased through the dignity of a Magnanimous King and most invincible Prince NOTE Rol. Tractationis Ratifiâ—atiâ—nis Matrimonii inter Dom. Carolum Regum Dâ—m Henret Marium Sororem Regis Franc. 1. Carâ— by the Borbonian Starre which hangs over these countries in a most deare Wife by which Starres as by the Dioscury peradventure the tempest of persecution will in time be appeased and the generous Prince may acknowlege the same Christ under whom his Ancestors have so gloriously triumphed c. This Match was soone concluded in the life of King Iames the Articles concerning Religion being the same almost verbatim with those formerly agreed on in the Spanish treaty and so easily condescended to without much debate I shall give you the principle of them relating onely to Religion out of the Record it selfe the printed c 〈…〉 French Mercury and Manuscript Copies as they were subscribed and signed by the Earles of Carlile and Holland extraordinary Ambassadours and Commissioners for the King and Prince on the one side and by the French Commissioners on the other side and after that signed sealed and sworne to by King Iames Prince Charles and the French King the 10. of Novemb. 1624. and upon King Iames his death re-signed resealed and re-swore to by King Charles and the French King the 8. of May 162â— after the French account 1 That the above named the Lords Ambassadours have promised and doe promise for and on the behalf of his Majesty of great Brittain now reigning 〈◊〉 he shall takâ— to Marriage for his deare Consort and Wise the Lady Henretta Maria Daughter of France and sister to his foresaid most Excellent Majesty in person or otherwise by Proxy so soone as conveniently the same may be done and that also the foresaid Lady at the good pleasure and consent of his foresaid Christian Majesty and of the Queene her Mother after his FORESAID MAJESTY HATH OBTAINED A d 〈…〉 DISPENSATION FROM THE POPE dâ—th promise to take for her deare Consort and Husband Charles the first King of great Brittaine and according to the foresaid reciprocall promise he shall be assianced and contracted after the manner accustomed in the CATHOLIKE AND ROMISH CHURCH â—7 It is likewise agreed upon that the said Lady and all her Followers as also the Children which shall be borne to her Officers shall have free exercise of the Catholike Apostolicall and Roman Religion and to that end the foresaid Lady shall have a Chappell in each of the Kings Palaces or Houses or in any other place of his Majesty of great Brittaine where he shall chance to come and continue and that the foresaid Chappell shall be adorned and decked as it is sitting and that the keeping thereof shall be committed to whom it shall please the said Lady to appoint in which the preaching of Gods Word and the Administration of the Sacraments the MASSE and all other Offices shall be freely and solemnly done according to the use of the Romish Church yea all Indulgences and Jubilees which the said Lady shall obtaine or get from THE POPE may be done and executed there There shall be also one Church-yard in the City of London given and appointed to interre and bury such of her said Ladyships followers as shall chance to depart this life according to the manner and form of the Church of Rome and that shall be modestly done the whiâ—h Church-yard shall be in such sort inclosed or walled about that no person shall come therein to prophane the same 8. It is also agreed upon that the sayd LADY SHALL HAVE A BISHOP FOR HER GREAT ALMONER who shall have all Iurisdiction and necessary authority for all matters and causes concerning Religion and who shall proceed against the Ecclesiasticall persons which shall be under his charge according to the Canons constituted and appointed 9. And if it shall at any time happen that any secular Court shall take any of the foresaid Priests into their power by reason of any crime or offence against the State by him commiited or done and doe find him to be guilty thereof yet shall the said Court send him back to the said Bishop with the Informations
and her Family at Somerset-house to say Masse in with a Moâ—astery thereto adjoyning for Capuchin Fryers who were therein placed and walked abroad in their Fryars-habits seducing his Majesties Subjects Hereupon the Papists though formerly much daunted by the dissolution of the Spanish Match began to lift up their heads elevated their hopes and resorted openly to Masse in great multitudes Seminary Priests and Jesuits repaired into the Realme from all forreigne parts without restraint and grew very numerous and bold which the Parliament then sitting taking into their pious and serious consideration in the beginning of August 1625. both Houses presented the King at Oxford whither the Parliament was then adjourned by reason of the plague with this ensuing Petition aginst Recusants Priests and Jesuits whereunto I have annexed his Majesties Answer to each branch thereof which was very plausible to ingratiate himselfe with his people in the beginning of his reigne had it been really performed To the KINGS most excellent Majesty Most gracious Soveraigne IT being infalliby true that nothing can more establish the Throne and assure the peace and prosperity of your people then the unity and sincerity of Religion We your most humble and loyall Subjects the Lords spirituall and temporall and Commons of this present Parliament assembled hold ovr selves bound in conscience and duty to represent the same to your sacred Majesty together with the dangerous consequences and what we conceive to be the principall causes thereof and what may be the remadies The dangers appeare in these Particulars 1. First in their desperate ends being both the subversion of Church and State and the restlesnesse of their spirits to attaine these ends the doctrine of their Teachers and Leaders perswading them that therein they doe God good service 2. Secondly their evident and strict dependency upon such forreigne Princes as no way affect the good of your Majesty and this State 3. Thirdly the opening a way of popularity to the ambition of any who shall adventure to make himselfe head of so great a party The principall cause of the increase of Papists 1. First the want of due execution of lawes against Jesuits Seminary-priests and Papist Recusants occasioned partly by the connivency of the State partly by defects in the lawes themselves and partly by the manifold abuse of Officers 2. Secondly the interposing of forreigne Princes by their Ambassadours and Agents in favour of them 3. Thirdly their great concourse to the City and frequent conferences and Conâ—â—nticles there 4. Fourthly the open and usuall resort to the houses and Chappels of Forreigne Ambassadours 5. Fiftly the education of their children in Seminaries and houses of their Religion in forreigne parts which of late have been greatly multiplied and enlarged for entertaining of the English 6. Sixtly that in some places of your Realme your people be not sufficiently instructed in the knowledge of true Religion 7. Seventhly the licentious printing and dispersin of popish and seditious books 8. Eightly the imployment of men ill affected in Religion in places of government who doe shall or may countenance the popish party The Remedies against this outragious and dangerous disease we conceive to be these ensuing 1â— That the youth of this Realm be carefully educated by able and religious School-masters and they to be enjoyned to catechize and instruct their Schollers in the grounds and principles of true Religion and whereas by many complaints from divers parts of the Kingdome it doth plainly appeare that sundry popish Schollers dissembling their Religion have craftily crept in and obtained the places of teaching in divers Countries and therby infected and perverted their Schollers and so fitted them to be transported to the popish Seminaries beyond the seas that therefore there be great care in choyce and admitting Schoole-masters and that the ordinaries make diligent inquiries of their demeanours and proceed to the removing of such as shall be faulty or justly suspected His Majesties Answer This is well allowed of and for the better performance of what is desired letters shall be written to the two Arch-bishops and from them letters to goe to all the ordinaries of their severall Provinces to see this done the severall ordinaries to give account of their doings herein to the Arch-bishops respectively and they to give account to his Majesty of their proceedings herein 2. That the ancient discipline of the Universities be restored being the famous Nurses of literature and vertue Answ. This is approved by his Majesty and the Chancelour of each University shall be required to cause due execution of it 3. That speciall care be taken to enlarge the word of God through all the parts of your Majesties Dominions as being the most powerfull meanes for planting of true Religion and rooting out of the contrary to which end among other things let it please your Majesty to advise your Bishops by fatherly entreaty and tender usage to reduce to the peaceable and orderly service of the Church such able Ministers as have been formerly silenced that there may be a profitable use of their ministery in these needfull and dangerous times and that Non-residency Pluralities and Commendams may be moderated where we cannot forbeare most humbly to thanke your Majesty for deminishing the number of your owne Chaplaines nothing doubting of the like princely care for the well bestowing of the rest of your Benefices both to the comfort of the people and the encouragement of the Universities being full of grave and able Ministers unfurnisht of livings Answ. This his Majesty likes well so as it be applyed to such Ministers as are peaceable orderly and conformable to the Church-government for pluralities and Non-residencies those are now so moderated that the Arch-bishops affirme there be now no Dispensutions for pluralities granted not no man now hath allowed above two Benefices and those not above thirty miles distant and for avoyding Non-residence the Canon in that case provided shall be duely put in execution for commendams they shall be sparingly granted onely in such case where the exility and smalnesse of the Bishopricke requireth Also his Majesty will cause that the Benefices belonging to him shall be well bestowed and for the better propagating of Religion his Majesty recommendeth to the House of Parliament that care may be taken and provision made that every parish shall alow a competent maintenance for an able Minister and that the owners of personages impropriate would alow to the Vicars Curates and Ministers in Villages and places belonging to their personage sufficient stipend and allowance for preaching Ministers 4. That there may be streight provision against transporting of English children to the Seminaries beyond the seas and for the recalling of them who are already there placed and for the punishment of such your Subjects as are maintainers of those Seminaries or of the Scollers considering that besides the seducing of your people great summes of mony are yeerly expended upon them to the impoverishing of this Kingdome Answ. The
his Sermon page 30 31 32 urgâ—th their example to periwade submission to this loane and Doctor Sâ—bthorte in his Sermon intituled a 〈◊〉 P. 20 21. Apostoticall Obedience hath this passage to induce Protestants to contribute cheerfully and largely to this Loane The Papists lye at wait it they could find a rent between our Soveraigne and his Subjects to reduce Superstition unto England I speake no more then 〈◊〉 from themselves whiles I have observed their forwardnesse TO OFFER DOVBLE according to the current of a later law yea to professe that THEY WOVLD DEPART WITH THE HALFE OF THEIR GOODS And how or why can this FORWARDNESSE be in them but in hop to cast the 〈◊〉 of Frowardnesse upon us and to seeme that which the Jesuits will not suffer 〈◊〉 to be loving and loyall Subjects o. You may guesse at the end of this projcst by the Papists forwardnesse to advance it But notwithstanding this forwardnesse of the Papists and others to promote this Benevolence the best affected Gentlemen to Religion Parliament â—and the common Liberty in all Counties considering the danger thereof strenuously 〈◊〉 it for which diâ—â— of them were enforced to daunce attendance on the Counsell others imprisoned by whose examples this project was in a great in cause frustrated and a new Parliament resolved to be summoned by the Major Vote of the Counsell Table Ian. â—9 1627. though the now Arch-bishop with some others opposed it and accordingly a Parliament was summoned and assembled in March following A little before the beginning of this Parliament a Colledge of Jesuits who kept to other in Commons and had their officers and books of account duly kept was discovered in 〈◊〉 well neere the Church their Books Vestments Reliques were seized on and some of their persons hid in private owners of their Colledge 〈◊〉 ended by Iustice Long and sent to Newgate But when they were to be 〈◊〉 they were by their powerfull friends at Court I know not by what Warâ—â—â—â— and special commands â—â—â—cased upon baile and conveyed out of harmes way 〈◊〉 great offence and discontent both of the people and Parliament which examined this â—rand abuse but could not apprehend the Jesuits to doe exemplary justice on them to potent were their Patrons Among their papers there was found the copy of 〈◊〉 newly directed by them to their Father Rector at Braxels the extract whereof I met with in the now Arch-bishops Study thus indorsed with his owne hand March 1628. A Iesuits Letter sent to the Recter at Bruxels about the ensuing Parliament Wherein there are these memorable passages not fit to be concealed FATHER RECTOR let not the damp of astonishment seize upon your Ardent and Zealous Soule in apprehending the sodaine and unexpected calling of a Parliament We have not opposed but rather furthered it so that we hope as much in this Parliament as ever we feared any in Queen Elizabeths dayes NOTE You must know the Counsell is engaged to assist the King by way of Perogative in case the Parliamentary way should faile you shall see this Parliament will resemble the Pelican which takes a pleasure to digge out with her beake her owne bowels The election of the Knights and Burgesses hath been in such confusion of apparant faction as that which we were wont to procure heretofore with much art and industry when the Spanish match was in treaty now breaks out naturally as a both or boyle and spets and spues out its owne rankor and venome You remember how that most famous and immortall States-man the Count of Gondamare fed King Iames his fancy and rocked him asleep with the soft and sweet sound of peace to keep up the Spanish treaty Likewise we were much bound to some States-men of our owne Country to gaine time in procuring these most advantagious cessations of Armes in the Palatinate and advancing the honour and integrity of the Spanish Nation and villifying the Hollanders remonstrating to King Iames that that State was most ungratefull both to his predecessors Queen Elizabeth and his sacred Majesty that the States were more obnoxious then the Turke and perpetually injured his Majesties loving Subjects in the East Indies and likewise they have usurped from his Majesty the regality and unvaluable profit of the narrow Seas in fishing upon the English coast c. This great States-man had but one principall meanes to further their great and good designes which was to set on King Iames NOTE that none but the Puritane Faction which plotted nothing but Anarchy and his confusion were averse to this most happy Union We steered on the same course and have made great use of this anarchicall election and have prejudicated and anticipated the great one that none but the Kings enemies and his are chosen of this Parliament c. We have now many strings to our Bow and have strongly fortified our faction and have added two Bulwarks more for when King Iames lived you know he was very violent against Armininisme and interrupted with his pestilent wit and deep learning out strong designes in Holland and was a great friend to that old Rebell and Heretick the Prince of Orange Now we have planted that soveraigne Drugge Armintanisme NOTE which we hope will purge the Pretestants from their Heresie and it flourisheth and 〈◊〉 fruit in due season The materials which build up our other Bulwarke are the projectors and beggers of all ranks and qualities whatsoever Both these Factions cooperate to destroy the Parliament and introduce a new species and forme of government which is Olligarchy These serve as direct mediums and instruments to our end which is the universall Catholike Monarchy Our foundation must be mutation this mutation will cause a relaxation which will serve as so many violent diseases as the Stone Gout c. to the speedy destruction of our perpetuall and insufferable anguish of the body which is worse then death it selfe We proceed now by counsell and mature deliberation how and when to worke upon the Dukes jealousie and revenge and in this we give the honour to those which merit it which are the Church Catholikes There is another matter of consequence which we take much into our consideration and tendor care which is to stave off the Puritanes that they hang not in the Dukes eares they are impudent subtill people And it is to be feared left they should negotiate a reconciliation between the Duke and the Parliament 't is certaine the Duke would gladly have reconciled himself to the Parliament at Oxford and Westminster but now we assure our selves we have so handled the matter that both Duke and Parliament are irreconcilable For the better prevention of the Puritanes the Arminians have already locked up the Dukes cares and we have those of our owne Religion which stand continually at the Dukes chaâ—ber to see who goes in and out we cannot be too circumspect and carefull in this regard I cannot chuse but laugh to see how
some of our owne coat have re-incountred themselves you would scarce know them if you saw them and 't is admirable how in speech and gesture they act the Puritanes The Cambrige Schollers to their wofull experience shall see we can act the Puritanes a little better then they have done the Iesuits they have abused our sacred patron Saint Ignatius in jest but we will make them smart for it in earnest I hope you will excuse my merry digression for I confesse unto you I am at this time transported with joy to see how happily all Iustruments and meanes as well great as lesser cooperate unto our purposes But to returne unto the name fabricke our fouaedation is Arminianisme NOTE the Arminians and Projectors as it appeares in the Premises affect mutation this we second and enforce by probable arguments In the first place we take into consideration the Kings honour and present necessity and we shew how the King may free himselfe of his ward as Lewis the XI did and for his great splendor and lustre he may raise a vast revenue and not be beholding to his Subjects 〈…〉 which is by way of imposition of Excise Then our Church Catholikes proceed to shew the meanes how to settle this excise which must be by a mercenary army of Horse and Foot for the Horse we have made that sure they shall be Forreigners and Germanes who will eat up the Kings Revenues and spoile the Country whensoever they come though they should be well paid what havocke will they make there when they get no pay or are not duly paid they will doe more mischiefe then we hope the army will doe We are provident and carefull that this Mercenary army of 2000. Horse and 20000 Foot shall be taken on and in pay before the excise be setled in forming the excise the Country is most likely to rise if the mercenary army subjugate the Country then the Souldiers and projectors shall be paid out of the confiscations if the Country be too hard for the Souldiers then they must consequently mutiny which is equally advantagious unto us Our superlative designe is to worke the Protestants as well as the Catholikes to welcome in a Conquerour and that is by this meanes We hope instantly to dissolve trades and hinder the building of Shipping in devising probable designes and putting out the State upon Expeditions as that of Cales in taking away the Merchants Ships that so they might not easily catch and light upon the West India Fleet c. By this Letter we see how Jesuits were the first planters of Arminianisme among us how they haunted the Dukes lodgings and projected the bringing in of the Germane Horse and Excise the Commissions for both which were realities not fancies afterwards discovered read and cancelled in Parliament In this Parliament the now Archbishop Doctor Laâ—d was questioned for licencing Doctor 〈◊〉 and Sibthorps Sermons concerning the Loane for maintaining favouring Arminians and persons disaffected to our Religion and this ensuing Complaint and Remonstrance drawn and presented by the House of Commons to the King concerning the excessive growth of Popery and Arminianisme in England and Ireland and the suppression of the Protestant Religion preaching godly Ministers Books c. notwithstanding all former Royall promises answers and Protestations to the contrary made the last Parliament which proved in event but pious frauds or pollicies to delude the impoliticke vulgar The Remonstrance delivered by the House of Commons to the King Iune 11. 1628. Most dread Soveraigne AS with all humble thankfulnesse we your dutifull Commons now in Parliament assembled doe acknowledge the great comfort which we have in the assurance of your Majesties pious disposition â— so we think it a most necessary duty being called by your Majesty to consult and advise of the great and urgent affaires of this Church and Common-wealth finding them at this time in apparant dauger of destruction faithfully and dutifully to informe your Majesty thereof and with bleeding heart and bonded knee to crave such speedy redresse therein as to your owne wisdome unto which we humbly submit our selves and our desires shall seeme most 〈◊〉 and convenient What a multitude and potency of your Majesties enemies are abroad what be their ambitious and malicious ends and how vigilant and constantly industrous they are in pursuing the same it is well knowne to your Majesty together with the dangers threatned thereby to your sacred person and your Kingdomes and the calamities which have already fallen and hath daily increased upon your Friends and Allies of all which we are well assured your Majesty is most sensible and will accordingly in your great wisdome and with the gravest and most mature Counsels according to the exegency of the times and occasions provide by all good meanes to prevent and help the same To which end we most humbly entreat your Majesty first especially to cast your eyes upon the miserable condition of this your owne Kingdome of late so strangely weakned impoverished dishonoured and dejected that unlesse through your Majesties most gracious wisdome goodnesse and justice it be speedily raised to a better condition it is in no little danger to become a sodaine pray to the enemies thereof and of the most happy and flourishing NOTE to be the most miserable and contemptible Nation in the world In the discovery of which dangerous mischiefs and inconveniences lying upon us we doe freely protest that it is farre from out thoughts to lay the least imputation upon your Majesties sacred person or the least scandall on your government For we doe in all sincerity and with joyfulnesse of our hearts not onely for our selves but in the name of all the Commons in your Realme whom we represent ascribe as much honour to your Majesty and acknowledgement of duty as a most loyall and affectionate people can give unto the best King for so you are and so you have been pleased abundantly to expresse your selfe this present Parliament by your Majesties cleere and satisfactory answer to our Petition of Right for which both our selves and our Posterities shall blesse God and ever preserve a thankfull memory of your great goodnesse and justice therein and we doe verily beleeve that all or most of all those things which we shall now present unto your Majesty are either altogether unknowne to you or else by some of your Majesties Ministers offered under such specious pretences as may hide their owne bad intentions and ill consequence of them from your Majesty But we assure our selves that according to the good example of your noble Predecessors nothing can make your Majesty being a wise and Judicious Prince and above all things desirous of the welfare of your people more in love with Parliaments then this which is one of the principall ends of calling them that therein you may be truly informed of the State of all the severall parts of your Kingdome and how your Officers and Ministers doe behave
in the North were very active which caused some combustions in the Court even among the Roman Catholicks and the businesse grew so high that some private advises were given to his Majestie concerning these particulars expressed in these three insuing Papers seised among Windebankes writings who was privie to all their counselsâ— as you shall heare anon Advises upon the present state of English Catholicks as well of the Queenes House as of his Majesties Dominions THe constant report approved by Father Philips the Queenes Confessor is Note That the Pope upon the Treaty of Marriage reserved to his owne or Delegates Iurisdiction the Queen of Englands whole family principally the institution and destitution of her Ecelesiastiques Testifie the confession of the Bishop of Menda who contrary to his opinion and certaine knowledge was forced to advance and defend joynt with the pretended Bishop of England the pernitious Paradox for the deposition of Princes saying to A. B. for his justification that although upon that subject hee had written against Baronius and Bellarmine for the contrary neverthelesse for the present his hands were bound Tesâ—ifie the unitie of maxims councels and daily practices which he held with the foresaid pretended Bishop Testifie the negotiations held at this present in Rome and England for the procuring of Excommunications and suspension against all those Catholiques Note Priests or others which shall stand for the Kings authoritie against that damnable doctrine brought already into his Majesties Kingdomes as their favourites boast and to bee executed by the Bishops agents particularly by Mr. Musket a Priest living in London Testifie the Popes Letters to the King of France now in the Catholiques hands wherein hee complaines to have beene abused Note in that contrary to the King of France his promise neither Toleration was granted in England nor the oath of Allegiance suspended All which duly considered directly tends to a manifest sedition and division of the Kings authoritie and state and that not in qualitie or proprietie of Religion but in particular manner and condition of dutie obedience and naturall Allegiance withdrawne from their true Prince and Soveraigne In remedy of which pernitious opinions and practises pleaseth his Majestie in imitation of his predecessors as well to continue the reall defence of his owne right and authority as the Pope doth his pretended and usurped which two wayes may easily bee done The first by lively pressing his naturall subjects to take the oath of Allegiance in as much as it concernes the abjuration of the Popes authoritie for the deposition of Princes as of late the State of France hath proceeded against the Jesuites without any respect to matter of Religion or Priesthood for the obligation of a Subject to his lawfull Prince being founded in the Law of Nations Nature and God the deniall thereof is crimen laesae Majestatis and so may bee ordained by act of Parliament or otherwise and so those who shall bee punished by death for refusing thereof cannot pretend cause of Religion the oath being propounded in forme as it is now stiled or the forme altered in substance onely reserved as prudent men shall define The second by constrayning all French servants to King or Queene to disavow or detest according to the late ordinances of State Parliaments Universities of France namely of Sorbon that damnable and erronious doctrine for the deposition of Princes against the Iesuites And that it may please his Majestie not to admit any Catholique servant which shall refuse either of the foresaid manners of oathes or detestations Besides that diligent search and punishment bee used against all Agents and Negotiators which in these Realmes advance the contrary errour to the prejudice of his Majesties authoritie and peace of his State For the reservation of the Queenes house to the Pope it is evident in all antiquity and now practised in all Christian Nations that the institution and destitution of Ecclesiastiques in regard of their persons and as members of the State depends of the Prince or of his Subjects by his consent although their spirituall faculties or internall jurisdiction may bee derived from a superiour Prelate Patriarck or Pope but all by equitie justice and Canon whereby the King of England propounding such his Subjects Ecclesiastiques as hee thinkes fit for the Queenes service cannot bee refused by the Pope or other untill they have shewed and proved sufficient cause of refuse Finally how dangerous prejudiciall and dishonorable such reservation is to the Kings authoritie Note State and posteritie upon what end or colour soever every man of smaller judgement cannot but see An Answer to the Principles pretended against his Majesties establishment of Ecclesiasticks in the Queenes house TWO be the Principles upon which the F. C. pretends the establishment of the Ecclesiasticks in the Queens home to belong unto the King of France The first is That the King of great Brittaine hath not power because as he saith He is an Heretike Which ground is false NOTE because the King of great Brittaine neither by Councell nationall not generall nor by any Act authentick or legall of Prelates having authority to doe the same hath been defined or declared such besides heresie deprives no man of his temporall right such as is the collation of temporall Beneâ—tees giving of domesticall charges and offices yea no Prelate of the Greeke Church living under the Turke can exercise his function but with civill dependance and approbation of that Prince The second Principle it That all established by the King of great Brittaine's authority are by him threatned to be forthwith by the Pope declared Apostates NOTE In answer whereof it is evident that such royall establishment is neither Heresie nor Apostacy and when the Pope should undertake such a matter he should grosly abuse his authority against the Commons and Common law of the Church yea Ecclesiasticks by the King will and may by Catholike lawes and right defend their establishment to be good as the contrary to be erroneous to wit to seek to deprive our King of his right and aâ—thority therein SUpposed that the King of great Brittaine for avoiding for greater inconvenienceâ— condescendeth to the reception of some French in the Queens house at the instance of the King of France or choyce of the Queen of England some conditions are necessarily to be observed First that albeit salvo jure proprâ—o Regis magnae Britanniae the choice be in the Queen of England yet the confirmation and approbation of all and every one be in the King of great Brittaine according to the last clause of the eleventh Article of the Treaty Secondly that concerning the French Bishops and Priests sent into England by the Popes authority two things are to be considered the first is the spirituals power Catholike Religion and Jurisdiction as well in the head as members the second is the exaltation of the Popes temporall power in prejudice of the Kings sovereigue authority
under pretext of Catholike Religion by obtruding as matter of faith the Popes power for deposition of Princes Howbeit then the King of great Brittaine permitteth the full exercise of Catholike Religion and spirituall power to the Queens Clergy and Catholike domestiques notwithstanding the laws and statutes made to the contrary in this Realme since Henry the eighth so is it necessary for the preservation of his soveraigne authority and peace of his State that he prevents the intrusion of the Popes temporall power under pretext of Religion in prejudice of his owne which he may in this concurrence most conveniently doe by using the same remedies against these French Ecclesiasticks and Domestiks which the State of France but particularly the Parliament and University of Paris assembled in their Colledge of Sorbon procured against the Jesuits this same yeere 1626. the one by arrest the 17 of March this yeer 1626. the other by censure of the first of Aprill 1626. in condemning the perâ—itious doctrine of Santarelli Jesuit for deposition of Princes â—s false erroneous new contrary to the Word of God derogating from the authority of Princes provoking to Factions Rebellions Seditions and murders of Princes and constraining sixteen principall Jesuits as Mercury relates to subscribe to the said arrest of the 17. of March 1626. with promise to subscribe to the censure of the Sorbon which should afterwards be made in which their subscription they dis-avowed and detested the foresaid damnable doctrine of Santarellus their compainon According to which may it please the King to compell all these Ecclesiastiques of the Queens house to subscribe to the foresaid arrest and censure disadvow and detest the foresaid new doctrine as new false erronious contrary to the Word of God and as their Parliament of Paris and Sorbon hath defined which if they refuse to doe it is most evident that it is not the preservation of the Queen in the Catholike Religion not the exercise of spirituall power and true piety that they intend but under this pretext an introduction of popish domination in prejudice of the Kings authority NOTE an insertion of venomous plants of â—actions and Seditions and why should they refuse the doctrine and practise of their own State whereby the King shaâ—l effectnate two principall works the one that his soveraigne authority with exclusion of the Popes pretended power in temporals intended in the Oath of Alleagiance shall be to his Subjects manifestly approved and consumed by the doctrine and practice of the State of Frâ—â—ce the other is that whereas the Pope by meanes of the Queenâ— house aymed at the establishment of his temporall power and greatnesse in this Kingdome as is manifest by the doctrine and practice of the Bishops and English Priests since the marriage and consequently made a Kingdome a part within this Realme NOTE by the subscription and disadvow of their Ecclesiasticks of this damnable doctrine the cleane contrary will follow that in example of the Queens house all English Catholiques will conforme themselves in doctrine and practice and in this point the King shall receive full duty and obedience of his Catholike Subjects and the Pope shall be content with his spirituall power limited as in France for the Queens house so long as it shall please the King to permit it That the Bishop of Mâ—rdes and all Bishops sent into England from the Pope have their Buls papaleâ— expresly prohibited by the lawes and rights of this Realme it is maniâ—est By these papers you may plainly discerne the dangerousnesse of these Romish Agents their high and bold attempts against his Majesties Preâ—ogative royall and the safety of his person and their policies by which presently upon the marriage 〈◊〉 endeavoured to set up the Popes both Ecclesiasticall and Temporall jurisdiction to oververtop the Kings How this controversie was ended I have no certaine intelligencâ— As â—or other Priests and Jesuits you have already seen what Proclamations were published against them between and during the two Sessions of Parliament in the yeerâ— 1628 by reason of the frequent complaints of the Commons and for the forenamed ends Vpon which Proclamations divers Priests and Jesuits were apprehended and some Râ—cusâ—nts indâ—â—ed by Officers and Justices of peace well affected to our Religiâ—n but how notwithstanding all these Proclamations royall promises Priests and Jesuits were released from time to time by warrants sometimes under his Majesties owne hand sometimes under the hands of his privy Counsell but most times by warants from Secretary Windebank alone and how Iohn Gray with other Messengers and â—oâ—e Harwood were reviled threaâ—ned to be whipt and committed to Prison by Windebanke for apprehending Priests and Iesuits according to their duty till they should 〈…〉 bond with sureties to him NEVER TO PERSECVTE PRIESTS OR POPISH RECVSANTS MORE with other particulars of this nature I have manifested at large in my Royall Popish Favourite to which I reserâ—e the Reader onely I shall give you a short touch of some Priests and Jesuits released after these Proclamations as likewise by whom and whence a 〈…〉 11. Aprilâ—s 6. Caroli there were 16 Priests released one of the Clinke by one Warrant â—â—â—ler his Majesties owne Signe Manâ—â—l at the Instance of the Queen notwithstanding aâ—y former order against such releases 26. Iulâ—y 6. Carols by like Warrant and Instance there were six Priests and Jesuits more released out of the same prison 18. November and 20 Iâ—nuary 7. Caroli two priests more were thance discharged by like Warrant 15. Iune 1632. and 18. Decemb. 1633. there were two priests more discharged out of the Clink by a Warrant of the Lords of the Counsell upon the 〈…〉 On the 15. of Iune 1632. Windebanke was made one of the principall Secretaries of State by Arch-bishop Laâ—d's procurement as appeares by this passage in his 〈…〉 Diary Iune 15. Master Francis Windebanke MY OLD FRIEND was sworâ—e Secretary of State which place I OBTAINED FOR HIM of my gracious Mâ—ster King CHARLES To what end this Instrument was advanced to this place of trust by Canterbury what good service he did the Priests Jesuits Nuncio Papists Pope and his Nuncioes therein will appeare in the sequel of this Narration No sooner was he setled in his place but within few moneths after he fals to release and protect Priests Iesuits Recusants more then any of his predecessors and all the Counsell besides becomming their speciall paâ—â—on insomuch that in the yeere 1634. he received this speciall letter of thanks from Father Ioseph for it written by the French Kings speciall command faithfully translated out of the originall indited in 〈◊〉 sound among his papers Most excellent Sir my Patron most Worshipfull I should be too much wanting to my duty NOTE if I did not render my most humble thanks to your Excellence having after so many other favours conferred upon our Mission received for a compleâ—â— height the singular proofe of your â—ffection in the delivery of our Fathers
with their alterations and ratifications p 3 to 8. 14 15 25 40 to 46. Arminianisme planted here by the Iesuites their chiefe engin and bridge to Popery â—ountenanced by Bishop Laud and Arminians to p 92 93 94 146 147. Articles of the French Match p 70 71. Articles and Favours condescended to by King Iames and King Charles in behalf of Romish Priests and Catholikes upon the Spanish and French Marriage treaties p 44. to 49 71. The Lord Aubeny brother to the Duke of Lenox newly made an Abbot in France and to be forthwith made a Cardinal at the Queens sollicitation by the new pope p 252 to 255. Monsieur Aubert sent along with Secretary Windebank by the Queen when he fled to assist him p 126 128. B. Cardinall Barbarino the lates Popes Nephew made Protector Generall of the English and Scottish Nations and Superintendent of the Society of Iesuites erected in London p 141 144 145 146 210 211 214. His armes set above the Kings p 145. A great friend of Secretary Windebanks entertaining his sonne at Rome who brought â—ver in his Trunk divers things to Con the Nuncio from him p 141. 144 145 146 He sent over statues into England p 146. He had a hand in the Irish Rebellion and much rejoyced at it p. 247 to 251. Barnwell an Irish Popish Bishop a great stickler in the Reâ—ellion there p 220 229 231 Bishop Beadles Letters concerning the increase and insolencie of the Papists in Ireland p 99 100 111 112 113. The Bishops of Scotlands Letters to Archbishop Laud concerning their Liturgy and Canons p 149 150. Their insolencie towards the Peers through Canterburies advancing of them p 206. They deemed themselves the representative Church of Scotland and above a generall Assembly p 167 168. Fr. Boetius the Popish Bishop of Elphin in Ireland his certificate p 113. The Lord Digby Earle of Bristoll his Negotiations in and Letters from Spain touching the Spanish Matâ—h and the Palatinate p 2 to 69. Impeached of High treason by Sir Robert Heath the Kings Attorney by the Kings speciall command for perswading him to become a Papist and alter his Religion in Spain and other miscarriages in the Lords House in Parliament p. 32 33 34. Major Bret sent agent to Rome from the Queen with the Archbishops privity as was there conceived An. 1635. p 143. Iohn Brown a popish Priest his notable discovery of sundry plots of the Iesuites Queens Priest Agents Popes Nuncioes c. to this Parliament p. 207 to 215. The Duke of Buckingham accused by the Earle of Bristoll of high treason in Parliament for labouring to seduce the King to become a Papist and other miscarriages in Spain p 30 31 32. His voyage into France to bring over the Queen p 73 c. His voyage to Ree and betraying of Rochel p 84 85 86. Burlemachi the chief Conveyer of Secretary Windebanks Letters since his slight p 138. Sir Iohn Burrows papers writ to the Archb concerning the war with Scotland p 172 to 175. Bonnyragge his exactions p 212 C. The Bishop of Calcedon Smith sent from the Pope into England where he ordained Priâ— sts and seduced his Majesties subjects Proclamations for his apprehension procured by the secular and regular Priests who persecuted and caused him to â—ly into France p. 98 99 100. The Oath the English Priests were to take to him p 82 83. Windebanks correspondencie with him to make him his intelâ—igencer in France concerning the Scots p 199. The Lady Calfields testimony concerning the Irish Rebellion that the Rebels gave out England was in the same condition with Ireland the Tower of London surprized by their Party and the Archbishop of Canterbury rescued thence p 226. Secretary Calverts Letters to the Earle of Bristoll Gage and others touching the Spanish Match p 21 25 28 29. Cardinals at Rome writ to by King Iames during the Spanish treaty and their respects to him p 26. Cardinalls Caps sought after expected by or promised to Mr. Walter Montague Mr. Sommerset Mr. Brudnell and the L. Aubeny p 143 199. 200 211 252 253 254. A Cardinalship seriously offered twice one after another to Archbishop Laud p 149 Iohn Carmick his testimony concerning the late Irish Rebellion p 241 242 243. King CHARLES his voyage into Spaine whiles Prince of Wales by whom and for what end designed to wit to make him a professed Papist the Palsgâ—aves eldest sonne being at the same time intended to be sent to the Emperours Court to be there trained up in Popery p 30 to 38. The arts and perswasions there used to make him a Papist ibid. The Popes Letter to him there and his answer to it sent to the Pope p 36 to 39. His Oath and Articles in favour of Papists there sworn and subscribed p 40 to 49 His Letters of procuration and delayes there put on him by the Spaniard p 48 to 52. His return from Spain and the jewels he there gave away at his departure p 49 to 56. His Match with France and the articles concerning it p 69 70 71. His pardon of 20 Priests and Iesuites within three dayes after it p 71 72 73. His Answer to the Petition of both Houses against Recusants at Oxford Anno 1625. and his Proclamations against Recusants and Priests with the ill execution of both and the discharging priests protecting Recusants notwithstanding p 74 to 148 His Warrant to Captain Pennington An. 1625 to sinke the English shippes who refused to serve the Papists against the Protestants in Rochel c p 84 85 86 His setting the Lone on foot and Letters concerning it An. 1626. p 86 87 88. The Parliaments Remonstrance to him called in by proclamation and answered by Bishop Laud by his command An. 1627. p 90 to 95. His proclamations against the Bishop of Calcedon procured by the secular priests p 98 99 100. Advices to him concerning the Queenes Priests p 119 to 103. His Passe to Secretary Windebank when he fled into France and the continuance of his Royall favours to him there though he professeth in sundry Letters he did release no Priests c. but by his Majesties specall direction and command p 123 to 140. Windebank sends his petition to the Parliament to him to correct and further it in the Houses p 134 135. The received Copy of his Letter to the Pope in 〈◊〉 behalfe of the Duke of Loraign p 142. Pope Urban the 8 his affection to his Majesty p 142. What opinion they held of him at Rome An. 1635. p 14 〈◊〉 43. His Articles and Letter concerning his Chappell in Scotland and 〈…〉 Archbishop Laud to hold correspondency with the Deane of it the Bishop of Dunblane â— 148 149. His Command to the Archbishop of S. Andrewes to hold correspondencie with the Lord Traquaire p. 151. His Warrant concerning the Scottish Canons without date p. 152. His Instructions to the Archbishops and Bishops of Scotland and a pretendant Warrant to archbishop Laud concerning the Scottish Liturgie p. 156. His
which I answer Answer that the Discovery of all Plots Dangers is then most seasonable most advantagious when we are by speciall Lawes or Treaties to establish future Remedies against them It is over bâ—st searching festred wounds to the very bottome and letting out all their corruption when we are ready to incarne or glutinate them else if we citatrize before we sound them to the bottome they will soone fester or break out againe with greater paine and danger then before As for the pretended wounding of his Majesties honour or his former proceedings by this Discovery as it was most remote from my loyall heart and intentions in its Collection and Publication so I hope his gracious Majesty and all faithfull Councellours about him who bear any reall affection to his Highnesse Religion our bleeding Kingdoms or really intend to close up their wounds by the approaching Treaty will be so far from resenting these Detections to be any reall eclipse of his Majesties honour purposely compiled to discover bona fide to his Highnesse and others by what Romish Stratagems Pollicies Councels Instruments they have been for sundry by-past yeers seduced circumvented abused miscounselled to the Kingdomes Churches Religions almost utter desolation and ingulâ—ed in those bloody Civill Wars Massacres which have turned most of our pleasant Fields into Acheldama's and Golgotha's that they will interpret these timely Discoveries of them of which perchance they have bin hitherto ignorant or unobservant the d See here p. 91. highest expression both of my Duty Loyalty to his Majesty and my dearest Country or at least a faithfull impartiall discharge of that solemn Covenant Protestation We all have taken by your Honours Injunctions which oblige me in poynt of Conscience of Fidelity to bring them unto publike knowledge yea I should in truth have violated both my Alleagiance and Covenant had I concealed them at such a time as this when Gods admirable Providence had unexpectedly brought them to my hands Since therefore the wisest King that ever reigned yea the King of Kings himselfe hath assured me e Pro. 16. 13. That righteous lips are the delight of Kings and they love him that speaketh right I doubt not but his Majesty and all true-hearted Protestants about him together with your Honours will deem this Publication a speciall Act of my Loyallest Sincerest Service to his Majesty and all his Realmes which through Gods effectuall bssileng on them may much conduce to their future Tranquility Felicity the things here principally aimed at I shall therefore become an humble Suitor to your Honours to accept of these Collections which I have with no small labour extracted digested into method whiles others have been taking their naturall rests as a pledge of my reallest Affection to my Country his Majesty Religion Parliaments yea as a seasonable Preparative not to be slightly read over as matter of meere Newes but seriously perused as a Discovery of highest consequence to your intended much efflagitated Treaty of Peace and as a necessary Introduction to the History of your Patient upright unparalelled Tryall of and righteous Judgement against that Arch-Incendiary and Enemy of our Peace Religion Lawes Parliaments some of whose Seditious Popish practises are here lightly glanced at others more fully detected the rest reserved for their proper Place who hath received with much Mercy and Moderation the due reward of his treasonable violent bloody Romish Councels and Actions I shall daily supplicate the God of Recompence that the effusion of his most Nocent blood by the AXE of Justice may put a speedy period to the spilling of any more Protestant blood by that sword of civill War which his Councels Innovations Oppressions first unsheathed and his seconds the Romanists have since kept drawne and brandished among us almost to the depopulation of our whole three Kingdomes f Heb. 13 20 21. Now the God of Peace that brought againe from the dead our Lord Jesus that great Shepheard of the Sheep through the blood of the everlasting Covenant make you perfect in every good work to doe his will working in you that which is wel-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ and g Luk. 1. 79. guide all your feet aright in the way of Peace you are now entring into that the end of it may be Peace indeed and h Isa. 32. 17 18. the effect of it quietnesse and assurance for ever that so we may henceforth dwell in sure dwellings and rest in quiet and peaceable Habitations which is and shall be the Prayer Of your Honours daily Orator and Servant WILLIAM PRYNNE To the READER CURTEOUS READER I here present thee with a new Discovery of sundry Plots and Workes of Darknesse as a necessary Introduction to the Relation of the Arch-bishop of Canterburies Tryall collected out of severall Instructions Articles Letters Petitions Intelliâ—ences and many thousand scattered Papers which Gods Providence brought unto my view most of which never saw the publike Light before and will give thee true information of many Passages Policie Negotiations with Rome to Vsher Popery into all our Dominions by inperceptible steps undermine our Protestant Religion ingulfe 〈◊〉 in those Wars Miseries under which our whole three Kingdoms now smart and languish almost unto death I preseâ—ted thee formerly with some Collections and Discoverieâ— of this nature in my Romes Master-piece and Royall Popish Favourite which will adde some light and lustre unto these but these farre more illustration unto them and will give a satisfactory Answer to that namelesse Answerer of my Royall Popish Favourite who in his Loyall Vindication confesseth all the matters of Fact Letters Warrants discharges of Priests Jesuites suspensions of Lawes against Recusants therein comprized not â—inding me tardy so much as in one of them the recitall whereof is the farre greatest part of his Booke but onely shifting them off with poore slight Evasions not worth the answering which are here refuted by reall undeniable Evidenceâ— out of Originall Letters Records Warrants or faithfull Transcripts belonging to such Counsellours or Secretaries of State as were imployed in or privy to the Negotiations herein recorded so as none can justly question suspect their Reality or Verity For my selfe I can with good conscience protest I have neither feigned nor alâ—ered ought in any the Papers herein published but presented the full and naked truth of all things to thee as I found them without the least Sophistication If the Republike Church Religion or thou Curteous Reader shall reap any advantage usefull Information or God any glory by these Publications as I trust they will I have all I ayme at If any thing be not so methodically digested connected or so polite as thou couldest desire I hope my daily publike Avocations interloping occasions distractions in the contexture of them collected for the most part when I should have been taking my naturall rest will be a sufficient Apology to gaine thy Pardon As for the particular Articles
Treasons other high Crimes charged against the Arch-bishop for which he was justly executed with far more mercy favour indulgence then himself ever shewed to any pious Christian that came under his heavy hands thou must expect an account of most of them hereafter in the History of his Tryall yet here thou mayest scatteringly behold such evidences of his guilt especially in the Scottish busines Popish Alterations in their Liturgy as will sufficiently reâ—ute the bold pretences of his Innocency on the Scaffold at his death apparently contradicted by sundry pregnant evidences at the Lords 〈◊〉 dâ—ring his Tryal by the whole tenour of his persecuting oppressing turbulent Life especially since his greatnesse And so without further preface I humbly submit these Lucubrations to thy perusall and most serious consideration FAREWELL A necessary Introduction to the Historie of the Archbishop of CANTERBVRY his Tryall BEFORE I enter upon the History of the Archbishop of Canterburies Tryall one grand part of his charge impeaching him a Arti. 7. 10. That he had traiterously endeavoured to alter and subvert Gods true Religion by law established in this Realme and instead thereof to set up Popish Superstition and Idolatry and that he hath traiterously and wickedly endeavoured to reconcile the Church of England with the Church of Rome it will be necessary by way of Introduction to manifest to the World that there hath been for many yeers past a secret plotted Conspiracy and serious endeavour between sundry pretended Members of the Church of England and Reall Sonnes of the Church of Rome to extirpate the Protestant Religion setled amongst us and reduce our Dominions unto their ancient Vassalage to the Superstitions and Power of the Roman Sea as likewise to demonstrate the principall meanes and pollicies exercised by them to accomplish this designe which for brevity sake could not be conveniently produced by way of evidence at the Tryall The reality of this Conspiracy as ancient as the beginning of Queene Elizabeths Reigne is so experimentally visible to all men especially in these present times so fully ratiâ—ied by all b 1 Eliz. c. 1 5 Eliz. c. 1. 13 Eliz. c. 2. 23 Eliz. c. 1. 28 Eliz. c. 6. 35 Eliz. c. 2. 1 Jac. c. 4. 3 Jac. c. 1 2 4 5. 7 Jac. c. 6. 3 Car. c. 2. Acts Proclamations Petitions in Parliament against Iesuits Seminary Priests Popish Recusâ—nts from the first of Queen Elizabeth till this instant so abundantly manifested by our Histories Writers of all sorts and so apparent by the Policies used to effect this hellish Plot that to spend time in proving it would be but to adde light to the Sunne I shall therefore confine my selfe wholy to the Arts and Instruments principally imployed to bring it to perfection In the inchoations of the Reignes of Queene Elizabeth and King Iames the Roman Party both abroad and at home endevoured first by Flatteries Treaties Insinuations and when those prevailed not then by severall horrid Conspiracies Treasons Invasions Rebellions and open hostility to erect their Romish Babel among us But all these through Gods great mercy proving abortive they fixed at last of latter times upon a more prevalent and successfull meanes then any of the former to wit a project of marrying us to the Whore of Rome by matching the heire of the Crowne of England to a Romanist They found many c Gen. 6. 2. to 9. c. 24. 3 4. c. 26. 34 35. c. 27. 46. c. 26. 1 2. Num. 25. 1. to 10. Deut. 7. 1. to 7. 1 Kin. 11. 1. to 15. Ex. 34. 16 1 Kin. 16. 31 32 33. c. 21. 25 26. 2 Kin. 8. 18. 27. â— Chron. 21. 6. Jud. 3. 5. to 9. c. 14. 7. 15. Josh. 23. 12 13 Ezra c. 9. 10. Neh. 13. 23. to 39. Presidents Texts in Scripture and Ecclesiasticall story ascertaining them That Idolatrous Queens and Wives were a most infallible prevailing means to draw Kings and whole Kingdomes to Idolatry For which very reason God expresly enjoyned the Israelites d Deut. 7. 1 2 3 4. Josh. 23. 12 13. Exod. 34. 16. 2 Kin. 11. 2. to make no marriages with the Canaanites nor other Idolatrous Nations nor to match their sons to their daughters For surely they will turn away thy sons from following me that they may serve other Gods so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you and destroy you suddenly Hereupon they projected solicited a Marriage betweene our Soveraigne Lord King CHARLES then Prince of Wales and the Infanta of Spain which after some remote preparatory Conferences between the Ministers of both Crownes in the yeers 1615. and 1616. was the yeere following â—ipened to a Nuptiall Treaty on King Iames his part as these ensuing Instructions to Sir Iohn Digby now Earle of Bristoll then Ambassdour in Spaine found among the Lord Cottingtons Papers an Agent in this Treaty manifest of which I shall insert such onely as concern Religion Instructions for our trusty and welbeloved Councellour Sir John Digby Knight sent by Us Ambassadour Extraordinary to the King of Spaine NO man can better informe you then your selfe doe know having been long Out Ambassadour Resident with the King of Spaine that both informer times and of late speeches have passed between you and some Ministers of his concerning a Marriage of our Deare sonne the Prince and the Infanta or Lady Mary second daughter of the said King for the better assurance and strengthning of the Amity which being begun immediatly after our succession to the Crown of England hath ever since continued Which speeches although they have bin so providently carried by your discretion all the time you were Ambassadour there as that you never appeared therein as a publike Minister but onely in quality of a private Gentleman and wel-wisher to the continuance and increase of friendship betweene the King and Us Yet since your returne and being of our Councell the same speeches have so farre proceeded betweene you and the Ambassadour of the King of Spaine resident here not without Our privity as that we thought fit to acquaint a select number of our Councell therewith who having heard the report of the former proceedings have delivered to Us their Opinion that they find very probable ground for Us to enter into a publike Treaty thereof with as much assurance of good successe as in such a case may be had Whereupon we have given you A Commission under our great Seale in due forme of Law Authorizing you to Treat and Conclude for a Marriage to be had and made between Our said Dearest sonne Charles the Prince and the said Lady Mary second daughter to the said King of Spaine as you shall perceive by the tenor thereof And for your better directions in a matter of so great Moment Wee have thought good to accompany the said Commission with these Instructions Wherein first we think good to let you know that if at your arivall at the Court you shall find by good
probability and other Circumstances that there is in the said King and his Ministers as ready a disposition as formerly you have found to proceed further in such a Treaty you may open unto them that you are come accompanied and Authorized with power sufficient on Our part to Treat and Conclude But if you doe discerne any alteration or coldnesse from the former demonstration not onely of a sincere meaning but of a very great desire to give us satisfaction you may then forbeare to make use of your Commission which we must referre to your discretion and advertise us what you perceive If you shall find things in such Case as you shall have cause to fall to Treaty of particulars then for your direction therein you shall understand That this businesse doth consist of two principall parts The one concerning matter of Religion and the other of civill considerations matter of Portion and other charges on their part and Dower and assurance of Dower on our part The matter of Religion is to Us of most priâ—cipall consideration for nothing can be to Us dearer then the honour and safety of the Religion which we professe And therefore seeing that this Marriage and Alliance if it shall take place is to be with a Lady of a different Religion from Us It becommeth Us to be tender as on the one part to give them all satisfaction convenient so on the other to admit nothing that may blemish our Conscience or detract from the Religion here established And although We cannot for the present give you precise and particular direction and warrant for all points that will come in question in this subject of Religion yet in generall we have thought good thus farre to authorize you that whereas while you were in Spaine certaine Articles for matter of Religion after a Consultation had by some of their Divines were delivered to you as poynts they were like to insist upon which seeming to you unworthy to be by Us hearkned unto you did utterly reject and refuse yet afterward upon a private conference between you and some others to whom that cause had been committed there was between you a qualification conceived therein though never delivered as a matter approved there We have perused those Articles and added something to them by way of explanation for Our clearer satisfaction and have signed them with our owne hand in a Schedule hereunto annexed And doe let you know that if they shall be admitted there as we have signed them and no further matter in poynt of Religion urged We can be content you proceed and expresse your liking and that you hope it will give Us satisfaction And that you will speedily advertise Us but you shall not so farre consent or conclude at to bind Us untill you have advertised Us and received Our expresse pleasure and assent But if you find any haesitation or doubt made upon them or any new matter added to any of those poynts which you shall find to varie from the true sense of them you shall suspend your proceeding to the approving of any such Alteration and advertise Vs thereof and attend Our further direction and pleasure c. Given at Lincolne the 14. day of Aprill 1617. Tho. Lake The Articles for Religion specified in these Instructions THat for the taking away of all scruples NOTA. and the better Justification of the Match The Dispensation of the Pope is to be procured but thereof His Majesty need to take no kind of notice but to be the meere Act of the King of Spaine That the Children of this Marriage shall no way be compelled or constrained in poynt of Conscience of Religion wherefore there is no doubt that their Title shall be prejudiced NOTA. in case it should please God that they should prove Catholiques That the Family which the Infanta shall bring with her being strangers may be Catholiques and that the Nurses which shall give milke unto the Childreâ— shall be chosen with her consent and shall be accounted of her Family That the place which shall be appointed for Divine service shall be Decent Capable Free and publike for all those of her Family and that there shall be Administred in it the Sacraments and Divine service according to the Use and Ceremonies of the Church of Rome That in case the Infanta her selfe shall onely have a secret and particular Oratory There shall be appointed for her Family a setled Chappell for the Administring of the Sacraments and for the burying of the dead of the said Family and that this publike Exercise of Religion begin from her first entrance into England That it shall be lawfull for the Ecclesiasticall and Religious persons of her Family to weare their owne Habit. That after the Dispensation granted by the Pope the Marriage shall be celebrated in Spaine per verba de praesenti by a Procurator according to the Instruction of the Councell of Trent And that the yeers and ages â—e without supplement waiting the ten dayes and the Infanta receiving the Nuptiall Benediction But that within certaine dayes to be Limited after her arrivall in England there shall be infacie Ecclesiae used such a solemnization as by the Lawes of England shall make the Marriage valid and takeaway all scruple touching the Legitimation of the Issue That shee shall have a competent number of Chaplaines and a Confessor being Strangers and that amongst them shall be one that shall have power and authority for the government of the rest of her said Family in matters concerning Catholique Religion That there be sitting Assurances given for performance of the said Conditions Given at Lincolne the 4. of Aprill 1617. Tho. Lake KIng Iames being so farre wrought upon by the Popish Faction as thus publikely to engage himselfe in this Marriage Treaty with one of the Romish Religion wherein the Popes owne Dispensation must necessarily be first procured ere the Match could finally be accomplished they then begin to play their game to the best advantage and by tedious delayes and new demands gaine more and more ground upon the King in favour of the Roman Catholiques and their Antichristian Religion First the Commissioners designed for this Treaty multiply and enlarge the former Articles touching Religion in reference to the Infanta and her Family which after two yeers debate were fully concluded on by the Commissioners and both Kings But their agreements were to little purpose the consent of the Roman Pontife the Arch-contriver and Directer of this Plot for the best advantage of the Catholique Cause must be likewise procured and super-added to compleat the Articles without which they were but Nullities and no Dispensation could be expected from him which is first of all provided for in the Conditions Hereupon the Articles were sent to Rome to Pope Gregory the xv who then held that Chair of Pestilence who after many tedious consultations alters and enlargeth divers of the Articles by the advice of his Conclave for the furtherance of
in Parliament have like Liberty and freedome to treat of these matters in such order as in their judgements shall seem fittest And that every Member of the said House hath like freedome from all impeachment imprisonment and molestation other then by censure of the House it selfe for or concerning any speaking reasoning or declaring of any matter or matters touching the Parliament or Parliament businesse And that if any of the said Members be complained of and questioned for any thing done or said in Parliament the same is to be shewed to the King by the advice and assent of all the Commons assembled in Parliament before the King give credence to any private information The King hereby discerning the Commons resolution against Popery and the Spanish Match chose rather to break off the Parliament then this Marriage Treaty And upon the sixth of Ianuary following dissolved the Parliament by proclaimation without a Session to the Commons great distast then pursued this Match more eagerly then before The chief remora whereof being at Rome to wit the Popes demurring to grantâ— Dispensation till all his and his Conclaves demands in favour of all our Roman Catholiques were condescended to by King Iames a Letter was thereupon sent from the King of Spaine to Rome to quicken the Pope and expedite the Dispensation what effects it produced at least in shew though not in substance will appeare by this passage of Francis now Lord Cottingtons Letter to Secretary Calvert from Madrid Iuly 7. 1622. g Our English Agent at Rome Master Gage writes from Rome so doth the Fryer that a late Letter come thither from this King hath put the businesse in such termes as they were hourly expecting the Fryars dispatch and I can assure you that here they speake loud when any danger is mentioned of the Popes deniall My Lord Digby hastens the businesse bravely and seems very impatient of any delay at all But these faire pomises were onely to circumvent King Iames who in the meane time to ingratiate himselfe with the Pope releaseth divers thousands of Popish Recusants out of prison The number of Priests and popish Recusants then enlarged out of duresse by King Iames throughout his Dominions if we may beleeve Gondomar's Letter from hence to the King of Spain or the Letter of Sirica Secretary to the Spanish King to Mr. Cottington dated at Madrid Julij 7. 1622. was no lesse then 4000. which the Spaniards professed to be a great demonstration of King James his sincere affection to confirme the correspondency and Amity between both Crownes but in the meane time we heare not of one of our Protestants released out of the Spanish or Romish Inquisition And that this inlargement of theirs might be more expeditious notorious and lesse chargeable to Recusants the King directed this ensuing Letter to the Lord Keeper Williams Bishop of Lincoln under the privy Signet to issue forth Writs for their release TRusty and Welbeloved We greet you well whereas we have given you a former warrant and direction for the making of two severall Writs for the inlargement of such Recusants as are in prison at this time either for matters of Recusancy in generall or for denying the taking the Oath of Supremacy according to the Statute by removing them from the generall Goales of this Kingdome to be bailed before the Iustices of our Bench finding by experience that this course will be very troublesome to the poorer sort of Recuâ—ants and very chargeable unto Us who out of our Princely clemenâ—y and by the mediation of forreigne Princes were desired to beare out the same We will and require you to make and issue forth two other Writs in nature and substance answerable with the former to be directed to our Justices of Assises enabling and requiring them and every of them to inlarge such Recusants as they shall find in their severall Goales upon such sureties and recognizance and other conditions as they were inlarged by the Iudges of our Bench. And this shall be your warrant so to doe Dated at Westminster July 25. 1622. Hereupon this Lord Keeper though a Bishop not onely issued out these Writs but likewise writ this Letter to the Judges AFter my hearty Commendations to you His Majestie having resolved out of deep reasons of State and in expectation of like correspondence from forreigne Princes to the professors of our Religion to grant some grace and conveniency to the imprisoned Papists of this Kingdome hath commanded me to passe some Writs under the broad Seale for that purpose requiring the Judges of every Circuit to inlarge the said prisoners according to the tenor and effect of the same I am to give you to understand for His Maâ—esty how His Majesties royall pleasure it that upon receipt of these Writs you shall make no nicenesse or difficulty to extend that his Princely favour to all such Papists as you shall find prisoners in the Goales of your Circuits for any Church recusancy whatsoever or refusing the Oath of Supremacy or dispersing Popish books or hearing saying of Masse or any other poyâ—t of recusancy which doth touch or concerne Religion onely and not matters of State which shall appeare into you to be totally civill and politicall And so I bid you heartily farewell Your loving friend Iohn Lincolne Westminster Colledge August 2. 1622. This enlarging of all Recusants with many Priests and Jesuits by colour of those Writs throughout all the Kings Dominions was deemed by King Iames and others a most prevailing meanes to induce the Pope to grant a Dispensation for this muchâ— desired Marriage without any further procrastination and to draw on the King of Spain to expedite and consummate it without more tergiversations But they on the contrary feeding King Iames onely with good words and promises protracted the Match and Dispensation under-hand with much art and policy all they might The Spaniard under pretext of this Treaty seizing all the Palatinate extirpating the Protestant Religion abroad and propagating popery multiplying the number of Roman Catholiques at home Whereupon the King to prevent all further excuses and accomplish the Match returnes his resolution to the Popes forecited Exceptions and Answers to the Articles concerning the Marriage in forme following Resolutions upon the Answers given by the Pope unto the severall Articles agreed on betwixt the late King of Spain and Us Found among the Lord Cottingtons papers concerning the Marriage of Our deare Son the Prince with the Infanta Donna Maria. TO the second Article We mervaile that there hath been so necessary a poynt omitted when the Articles were sent to Rome by the King of Spaine to procure the Dispensation that the forme agreed upon for the celebration of the Marriage and the Oath of fidelity for the Infanta's Servants were not also sent thither with the rest being as they were agreed on and so essentiall to the businesse We have now delivered Copies of them both to Gage to make such use
thereof as shall be requisite for the furtherance of the businesse of himselfe since he is a person trusted by the Court of Rome in this affaire but not as from Us who having nothing to doe with the Pope treated not with him NOTE but with the King of Spaine onely To the fifth Article concerning the publike Church besides the Chappell We are verily perswaded that this would not have been demanded if they had been well informed it being more then either We Our Selfe have or the Prince Our Sonne And if there be no other reason for the demand of such a Church then that the World may take notice of the Religion shee professeth in a publike manner that may be aswell in the Chappell assigned for her and her Family to which shee and they may publiquely and openly resort in the sight of all whosoever shall desire to behold it it being in effect a Church with a Church-yard belonging unto it and not simply a private Oratory To the sixt Article where it is said that her Servants c. ought in any case to be Catholiques that concernes not us but the King of Spaine who is to appoint them To the twelfth Article where it is required that the superior Minister having ecclesiasticall authority over her Family should be in ordine Episcopali VVe are well contented to leave that to the King of Spaine to allow of it if he think fit To the sixteenth Article NOTE where it is required by the Pope quod Ecclesiastici nullis legibus subjaceant nisi suorum superiorum Ecclesiasticorum Our answer is that the exemption seems strange and as we verely beleeve is not allowed them in all States and Countries that are Roman Catholiques VVe hope that the Clergy-men who shall come hither to attend the Infanta will give no cause for the Civill Magistrate to proceed against them in that manner except it be for great and heynous causes and that for faults meerly civill To the nineteenth concerning the Nurses it belongs unto the Infanta and shee may doe in it as shee pleaseth Resolutions upon the other five Articles brought out of Spaine by the Count of Gondomar and answered by Us. TO the first concerning security against Divorce the doubt which the Pope makes is very needlesse and the answer which we gave unto the King of Spaine is so full as more cannot be offered nor said To the second touching the education of the Children we consider that these Articles now to be agreed on will hereafter become publique and that for Us to declare unto the VVorld NOTE that we have ingaged Our Self to have our Grand-Children brought up usque ad annos Nubiles in a Religion which we professe not not is publiquely professed in Our Kingdome VVe leave it unto the King of Spaine's wisdome to consider indifferently and uâ—partially how unfit it is for us in many respects to yeeld unto it And therefore further then you have already assented unto in that Article in the generall which leaves the Children under the tuition and care of the Mother longer or shorter according to their constitutions and healths which may possibly reach unto the time required by the Pope we can by no meanes condescend unlesse the King of Spaine think fit to limit the time to a certainty for the Mother to have the eare of the Children so as it exceed not seven yeers old which We can be contented to yeeld unto Thus farre concerning the demands made by the Pope particularly unto severall Articles For the close of all wherein it seems he expects some offer to be made by Us for the general good of the Roman Church the same is explicated more plainly in a discourse held by the Cardinall Bandino with George Gage whereof a Copy is sent with these Articles King James his Agent at Rome But for that matter you are to put the King of Spaine in remembrance that we treat with him and not with the Pope That the Articles concerning Religion agreed upon betwixt his Father and Us were such and so full to the satisfaction of that Church in the opinions of the learnedst and greatest Clergy of Spain as we have bin often told that they have been ever of opinion the Pope could not upon those Articles nor ought to refuse the Dispensation The Cardinall acknowledgeth as it seems in that discourse that the Pope is satisfied with the reasons given both by the Padre Maestro and Gage that We of Our own authority cannot give a generall free liberty of exercising the Roman Religion What is it then they would have Setting that aside We have in a manner already done that which is desired NOTE as all the Roman Catholikes have found out of Our gracious clemency towards them especially of late and will no doubt acknowledge Which if the Pope had knowne when these answers were given by him to the Articles it is to be presumed he would not so much have insisted upon that poynt But for whatsoever may concerne that businesse We have so fully declared Our Selfe unto the late King of Spain by Our Letter of the 27. of Aprill 1620. under Our hand and Seale as We hope the King of Spaine rests satisfied both with the extent of Our promise in that behalfe and with the assurance of performance which is as much as in honour can be required at Our hands or as We can grant considering the â—â—ate of Our affaires and government And therefore since whatsoever is already agreed unto either in the Articles or by that letter We intend sincerely and religiously to performe and can goe no further for no respects without notable prejudice or inconvenience We desire to know whether the King of Spain wil resolve to conclude the Match upon those termes or not that there may be no time lost for us to provide some other Match for Our Son if that shall not succeed and so to presse a present resolution without sending too and fro betwixt Rome and Spain which spends time and may serve still for a colour to draw the Treaty in infinitum Neverthelesse if you find that it is a thing impossible for them to resolve without a reply to Rome and that they doe earnestly desire it We are contented that you shall yeeld them two moneths time after your audience and no longer so as before Christmas at the furthest We may be advertised finally what we ar to trust unto beyond which time we can expect no longer Thus you may observe how farre We are pleased to expresse Our Selfe aswell to manifest Our desire and intention to continue for ever on Our part the strict amity betwixt Us and Spaine as also to take away all just exception that may hinder the speedy conclusion of the Match as We have been contented now to inlarge Our Selfe further in divers particulars then was before agreed on or desired as namely in condescending that the superior Minister may be in ordine Episcopali
perceive that they intend to goe really and roundly on with the Match Wherein neverthelesse We must tell you that We have no great cause to be well pleased with the diligences used on that part when We observe that after so long an expectance of the Dispensation upon which the whole businesse as they will have it depends there is nothing yet returned but Queres and Objections Yet because We will not give over Our patience a while longer untill We understand more certainly what the effect thereof is like to be wherein VVe require you to be very wary and watchfull considering how Our honour is therein engaged VVe have thought â—it to let you know how farre VVe are pleased to enlarge Our Selfe concerning those points demanded by the Pope and set downe by way of Postill unto the Articles agreed upon betwixt Spaine and Vs as you will see by the power which Gage brought Vs from Rome whereof VVe have sent you a Copy and Our Resolutions thereupon signed with Our owne hand for your warrant and instruction And further then that since VVe cannot goe without much prejudice inconvenience and dishonour to Our Selfe and Our Sonne VVe hope and expect the King of Spaine will bring it instantly to an issue without further delay which you are to presse with all diligence and earnestnesle that you may presently know Their finall resolution and what VVe may expect thereupon But if any respit of time be earnestly demanded and that you perceive it not possible for them to resolve untill an answer come from Rome VVe then thinke it fit that you give them two moneths time after your audience that VVe may understand that King 's finall resolution before Christmas next at the furthest September 9. 1622. from VVansted By this letter the whole world may discerne how grosly King Iames was abused and how much the Palsgrave and other Protestant Princes suffered in forâ—eigne parts without any assistance from England under pretext of this Nuptiall Treaty Vpon these Letters the Lord Digby presented this ensuing Memoriall to the King of Spaine the 3. of October 1622. truly translated out of the Spanish Copy SIR the Baron Digby Ambassadour Extraordinary of the King of great Brittaine saith that it is neere six moneths since they had treated to make a Marriage between the Prince of Wales and the Infanta Donna Maria sister to your Majesty That it is five moneths since they setled in Spaine the Articles in matter of Religion His Majesty now in glory having first asked the opinions of many learned men which were joyned to consult upon this businesse That the King of great Brittaine dealt clearly in all the Articles and therein hath complyed in all things and hath promised by his word and in a letter written the sixth of Aprill 1620. particularly declared what he would doe in favour of the Catholiques That it appeared the businesse was then well founded to aske the Popes Dispensation and thereupon they dispatched Father Diego de Fuente for to solicit it in Rome but now at the end very neere of two yeeres his Holinesse without reply hither hath sent directly for England NOTE propounding to the King not onely many alterations in the said Capitulations but something new which the King would by no meanes yeeld unto NOTE That this to the King his Master seemed much different from that which he expected First for that having Capitulâ—ted the Dispensation should onely move from this place and the King having not treated at all with the Pope therefore he expected what the Pope would reply should be sent unto your Majesty from whence came the demand of the Dispensation Secondly for that he thought that with the Agreement and the rest perused all things concerning Religion had beene setled and that the learned men did think that upon these conditions they might and that his Holinesse ought to consent to the Dispensation and now they demand new things and impossible which seemes very strange Wherefore the King his Master desiring that in this businesse he make short expedition for that it imports Him and His Kingdom very much that they marry the Prince His onely Sonne presently going upon 23. yeeres having foâ—borne to marry for six yeeres past onely in respect of this Treaty He is commanded to declare plainly to your Majesty how farre he may condiscend in matter of Religion and if with this your Majesty be content to proceed to a conclusion of the Marriage without more delayes and if this be not enough to give satisfaction to your Majesty as he hopes it will seeing he hath yeelded to much more then what was capitulated in the time of the King Father to your Majesty now in glory your Majesty also would be pleased to declare on the part of your Majesty that without losse of more time his Majesty may dispose of the Prince his sonne and your Majesty of the Infanta as you best please The same day Octob. 3. 1622. King Iames discerning the Emperours and Spaniards strange proceedings in the Palatinate to gaine the totall possession of 〈◊〉 under colour of this Teaty dspaâ—ched this ensuing Letter into Spaine to the Lord Digby and the next day after this Minute of second Instructions sent by Master Porter RIght Trusty c. There is none knowes better then your selfe how We have laboured ever since the beginâ—g of these unfortunate troubles of the Empire notwithstanding all opposition to the contrary to merit well of Our good Brother the King of Spaine and the whole house of Austria by a long and lingring patience grounded still upon his friendship and promises that Care should be had of Our Honour and of Our Childrens Patrimony and Inheritance We have acquainted you also from time to time since the beginning of the Treaty at Bruxelles how crosly all things have there proceeded notwithstanding all the faire professions made unto Us both by the King of Spaine and the Infanta and all his Ministers and the Letters written by him unto the Emperour and them effectually at the least as they endeavoured to make Us beleeve But what fruits have We of all these other then dishonour and scorne Whilest We are treating the Towne and Castle of Heidelberg are taken by force Our Garrison put to the sword Manheim besieged and all the hostility used that is within the power of an enemy as you will see by the Relation which VVe have commanded Our Secretary to send you Our pleasure therefore is that you immediately as soone as you can get audience let that King understand how sensible We are of these proceedings of the Emperours towards Vs and withall are not a little troubled to see that the Infanta having an absolute Commission to conclude a Cessation and suspension of Armes should now at last when all Objections were answered and the former solely pretended Obstacles removed not onely delay the conclusion of the Treaty but refuse to lay her command upon the Emperours Generals for abstaining from
to use all possible care to facilitate it and will so continue untill the conclusion and at this present according to what is agreed with the foresaid Earle a Post to goe and returne with speed is dispatched unto Rome to the end that his Holinesse judgeing what is agreed upon sufficient as here it is held to be doe grant the Dispensation and in the interim whilest the Pope sendeth it the which his Majesty will procure shall be done before the end of March or of Aprill at the furthest the remaining temporall Articles shall be treated and concluded to the end that no time be lost but the Infanta may immediatly after the granting of the Dispensation be delivered the next spring as is the intention of his Majesty Touching the Palatinate THe forenamed Ambassadour well knoweth what his Majesty hath done therein already to the end it may appeare to the world how much he esteemes the friendship of his deare Brother the King of Great Brittaine and how just he acknowledgeth it to be to give him content in all things and particularly in those which concerne the conveniency of both Crownes his Majesty hopeth that by his late dispatches into Flanders there hath been taken such course to settle all things as can be desired and those orders are now againe renewed and re-inforced to the end that all may be accommodated to the satisfaction of his Majesty of Great Brittaine the which orders shall be shewed to the foresaid Conde that he may rest satisfied of the reallity and sincerity wherewith his Catholique Majesty doth proceed in this businesse but untill it be knowne what effect these dispatches have taken and what the Emperour will reply no answer can be well given in writing to the particulars contained in the memoriall of the foresaid Conde for the reasons which have been delivered unto him by word of mouth and shall be represented unto his Majesty of Great Brittaine by Don Carlâ—s Coloma his Catholique Majesties Ambassadour Madrid Decemb. 12. 1622. Soone after this the King of Spaine sent a draught of such Articles touching Religion as he insisted on to King Iames who together with the Prince to hasten the Dispensation accommodated them in the ensuing maner and then readily signed them The Accommodation of the differences in Religion All those Articles which came from Rome to which his Majesty tooke no exception in his directions to the Earle of Bristoll under his hand of the ninth of September passed as not disallowed by his Majesty those wherein there remained any difference are accommodated in the forme following THe forme of the Celebration is allowed in such sort as it was agreed of in England so likewise the oath to be taken by the Infanta's Servants The Article for the Church is thus to be understood that at one standing house Saint Iames or where the houshould is to remaine there must be a Church for buâ—ying and marrying and christening c. it being altogether unfit that all meane people belonging to her service should be married or christened in her Chappell within lier Pallace but this is not understood of any Church in London but one to be built adjoyning to the Pallace Whereas it is said that her Servants are precisely to be Catholiques for that it seemed not sitting to capitulate any thing that might be exclusive to the Protestants it is leâ—t indifferent that her Servants may be Catholiques Where it is required by the Pope quod Ecclesiastici nullis legibus subjaceant nisi suorum superiorum Ecclesiasticorum The Divines unanimously delivered their opinion that this King cannot by capitulation subject the Clergy to the Civill Magistrate neither hath he that power himselfe in Spaine and they presuppose that those of the Infanta's Family are to have the same immunity as in Spaine but they have qualified the Article what is possible and they say some such course may be setled therein as may give his Majesty satisfaction either by banishing them or sending them with their processe into Spaine or some other course which may be agreed upon and it will be in his Majesties power in any foule case to doe that by way of fact which they cannot capitulate howsoever it was not held fit to break so great a businesse upon the dispute of a case which is like never to happen Concerning the Nurses it is left indifferently without any exclusion of the Protestants as in the sixth Article Touching the Articles brought out of Spaine COncerning the security against the Divorce they are to relye on the Kings and Princes word of honour Touching the education of the Children quod educentur in Religione Catholica is absolutely omitted and whereas the Pope requires they should be in the government of the Mother the Sonnes untill fourteene the Daughters untill twelve the Article is onely till seven with a private Promise untill nine and this King pressing it may be untill ten As for the bonum publicum required by the Pope all particulars which were propounded as the suspending the poenall Lawes c. are now omitted onely that the Catholiques may live without persecution not giving scandall and this to be done by his Majesties owne Grace and Clemency without any publique Capitulation onely the King and Prince to promise it unto the King of Spaine by their private Letters The Articles of Religion being thus accommodated betweene the two Kings King Iames who had formerly by his Agent Gage sent Letters to Rome to the Pope wherein he stiled him most holy Father and likewise to some great Cardinals to speed the Dispensation with private instructions not to deliver them unlesse he saw a present likelihood of granting the Dispensation sends now two expresse Letters to Gage unto Rome the one from himselfe the other from Calvert his principall Secretary dated the 5. of Ian. 1622. to present tâ—ose Letters to the Pope and Cardinals assuring himselfe that since he had ratified all the Articles concerning Religion without any alteration the Pope could not in justice but speedily grant the long-â—ought-for Dispensation The Copy of these two Letters sent by Master Lawson here follow in order TRusty c. By Letters which We have lately received from Our right Trusty and right worthy Cousen and Councellour the Earle of Bristoll VVe understand how dutifully and discreetly you have carried your selfe in the furthering Our service whilest you remained in the Court of Spaine for which VVe returne you Our gracious thanks He hath also acquainted Us with the directions which he gave you touching the delivery of the Letters you carried from hence that if you saw a likelihood of present granting the Dispensation upon the Articles now agreed on you should deliver them unlesse you received order from Us to the contrary We would therefore now have you understand that there is no cause why you should forbeare the delivery of any of them if you find the Dispensation will certainly be granted And thereof We hope there shall be now
no doubt considering that We have condescended unto approved and ratified all and every the Articles concerning Religion without changeing or altering any one word as they are agreed upon and concluded betweene the King of Spaines Commissioners and Our Ambassadour at Madrid in December last which being transmitted unto Vs both Our Selfe and Our Sonne the Prince have subscribed the same and so have sent them backe againe unto Our said Abassadour for a finall conclusion of all things concerning matter of Religion or conscience although the formality needed not Our Ambassadours having obliged Vs before sufficiently according to the large power given them by their Commission And thus much We have thought sit to let you know that if any further scruple should remaine there touching Our absolute consent you may be able to remove it Dated 5. Ian. 1622. SIR MAster Porter is safely here arrived the second of this Moneth with the conclusion of all those difficult Articles that hitherto have retarded the proceeding of the Match He was long looked for and a welcome man when he came both to his Majesty and the Prince insomuch as I must tell you I have no rest since with our yong Master for being called upon early and late to hasten away the dispatch of all to your selfe and my Lord of Bristoll which I have done with as much diligence as possibly I could His Majesty and the Prince have both of them subscribed all the Articles as they were sent hither from my Lord of Bristoll in this manner Hos supra memoratâ—s Articulos omnes ac singulos approbamus quicquam in its ex nostra parte seu nostrâ— nomine conventum est ratum atque gratum Habeâ—â— Iacobus Rex Carolus Pr. And in the full performance of whatsoever was agreed upon concerning the Bonuâ— Publicum his Majesty and the Prince likewise have written their severall letters unto the King of Spaine faithfully promising in the words of a King and of a Prince to cause the same to be observed inviolably in the very same Termes verbatim as it is set downe in the last Article of all sent hither from my Lord of Bristoll which I am 〈◊〉 you have seene and remembred viz. Quodea omnia prestituri sint quae ministris Regis Hispaniae ante hac verbotenus R. M. Britt pollicitus est NOTE Hoc est quod regnorum suorum Romano-Catholics persecutionem nullam patientur molestiave afficientur Religionis suae causa vel ob exercitium ullorum ejusdem Sacramentorum mode us utantur absque scandale quod intelligi debet intra privatos parietes nec juramentis aâ—t sub alio pretextu qualicunque ordinem religionis spect ante vexabuntur With these dispatches M. S. Digby who is within these foure or five dayes returned out of Germany is to be sent away to morrow for Spaine with all possible speed Don Carlos hath advertized to the Duke of Alberquerque the Padre Maestro and your selfe as much as I doe Now you know all that is done both in Spaine and here concerning this point I must leave you to such directions as you have received from the Earle of Bristoll how much of this to silence and how long to silence and what to discover as his letter and you have there thought fittest for the good of his Majesties service For the token which I send to Aristides I pary you be sure that he deserve it well for I doe not meane to be at that cost with him unlesse you be sure he doe me that curtisie which I expect and as he hath often made me beleeve It is an hundred to one but you shall find him at Alexandria if you misse him elswhere NOTE Aeneas recommends unto you againe secrecy in this businesse above all things and that you be certaine of speeding before you deliver the letter to Padre Maestro POSTSCRIPT From VVhite-hall 5. Ian. 1622 I Need not tell you how graciously his Majesty accepts of the good service you have done since it hath pleased him to acknowledge it under his own hand and I must not forget one charge more that I have received from him which is that I should will you in his name to salute the Padre Maestro affectionately from him and to let him know also how sensible and thankfull his Majesty is for those singular good offices and diligent endeavours which he hath used from the beginning of this businesse untill now and still continues them as his Majesty understands particularly from Don Carlos 〈◊〉 I pray you also commend my service unto him I have order for a Privy Seale of 300. li. more which the Earle of Bristoll delivered you in Madrid to be paid to Master Wake at Antwerpe What Gage did at Rome in pursuance of these two Letters and what opinion the Pope and Cardinals held of King Iames will appeare by this ensuing Lâ—tter of Maâ—teâ— Gage sent to his Majesty from Rome and thence dated the 24. of Aprill 1623. SIR IT may please your Majesty to understand that in a Congregation held the 22. of March stilo novo the Dispensation was finally resolved and order taken that the Cardinall Bandino should draw the Articles in forme the Cardinall la Susanna make the Breve and Monsignor Aquas the Popes Secretary who was present at the two last Sessions draw some Instructions for Monsignor de Massini the Nunâ—io now resident in the Court of Spaine And in the following Congregation held the 29. these things were seene and allowed and the next day presented to the Pope and allowed by him Concerning the particulars of the proceeding here of diffiâ—ulties overcome and of whâ—â— yet remaineth to be done I have given a large account to Master Secretary Calvert by which if your Majesty receive not that entire satisfaction which we who have laboured therein have most earnestly desired I shall most humbly beseech your Majesty to beleeve first that we have left no diligence undone by which we could hope to remove impediments and secondly that such difficulties as are either spent or yet to be admitted have been laid hold by the Cardinals neither to frustrate or prolong this Treaty but out of an opinion that they could not otherwise secure their Conscience proceed upon a just and valuable ground and satisfie the judgement of such discreet persons as may in times ensuing understand the passages of this great businesse And this point I am the â—older to represent to your Majesties gratious consideration because jointly with all their protestations to this effect their actions have concurred also to give good testimony thereof They hold most honourable language of your Majesty NOTE they professe a great desire to have occasions of doing you all humble service they have a â—ume opinion that the former rigours used towards your Catholique Subjects have risen from others but the graces then given from your Selfe and they are confident that your Majesty now that so potent intercessions have been used with you and
of the accusation and informing his Majesty thereof a legall course afterwards to be directed for the further proceeding and sentencing the fact Of this Commission amongst divers others of the Board I am one and we have met once or twice about it Yesterday my Lord Admirall representing unto his Majesty how derogatory this course of commissioning was to the Jurisdiction of his Court of Admiralty as in truth I think it be his Majesty hath given order that there shall be no further proceeding upon it but the businesse left to a legall tryall in that Court to which it appertaines and I am commanded to speake with the Spanish Ambassadour to that purpose I pray God I may give him satisfaction howsoever I shall doe my best and so kissing your Lordships hands I rest White-hall 14. Ian 1622. The Articles concerning Religion being thus concluded and signed by the King and Prince the Lawes against Jesuits popish Priests and Recusanis by promise suspended for the future all imprisoned Roman Catholiques of all sorts enlarged throughout his Majesties Dominions the free exercise of their Religion without molestation promised in expresse termes and the Marquesse of Buckingham hereupon then writing into Spaine as the a Tom. 9. An. 1624. pag. 29. French Mercury informes us That our Informers Pursevants Prisons should from thenceforth serve no more but for our owne Ministers and other persons zealous of our Religion which hath ever since experimentally proved most true King Iames made no doubt at all NOTE but that the Pope would presently grant the Dispensation and the Spaniard without more delayes consummate the marriage To hasten which King Iames as the same b Tom. 9. p. 485. c. Mercury records and I have credibly heard the same from others assembling his Privy Counsell together Febr. 25. 1622. made a long Oration to them which he recites at large the summe whereof was this That the Roman Catholiques in England had sustained great and intolerable surcharges NOTE imposed upon their goods bodies consciences during Queen Elizabeths reigne of which they hoped to be relieved in his that his Mother suffered martyrdome in this Realme for the profession of the said Catholique Religion a Religion which had been publiquely professed for many ages in this Realme confirmed by many great and excellent Emperours and famous in all Ecclesiasticalâ— Histories by an infinite number of Martyrs who had sealed it with their blood That the Catholiques well knew that there was â—n him a grand affection to the Catholique Religion insomuch that they beleeved at Rome that he did but dissemble his Religion to obtaine the Crowne of England That now he had maturely considered the penury and calamities of the Roman Catholiques who were in the number of his faithfull Subjects and was resolved to relieve them and therefore did from thenceforth take all his Roman Catholike Subjects into his protection permitting them the liberty and intire exercise of their Religion and liberty to celebrate the masse with other divine offices of their Religion without any inquisition processe or molestation from that day forwards and likewise will and ordaine that they shall be restored to all their estates lands fees cignorâ—es and re-established in them commanding all his Magistrates Instices and other Officers whatsoever in this behalfe to hold their hands and for what cause soever it be not to attempt hereafter to grieve or molest the said Catholiques neither in publique nor private in the liberty of the exercise of their Religion upon painâ— of being reputed guilty of high treason and disturbers of the Kingdoms peace and repose this being his will and definitive sentence But notwithstanding all these complianceâ— and favours to the Roman Catholiques those crafty Machiavillians had a further deeper plot both upon King Iames the Prince the old and young Prince Palatine and Protestant Religion which they must effect by delayes namely to betray the Prince into the Spaniards power by engaging him in a private journy into Spaine upon pretence to expedite the Match and there by force or slattery to pervert him in his Religion and induce him publiquely to professe himselfe a Roman Catholique and likewise to put the young Prince Palatine into the Emperours hands under pretext of a match with his Daughter and to traine him up in his Court in the popish Religion and by this hellish policy to scrue up King Iames and the old Prince Palatine to whatever conditions the Pope Spaniard or Emperour should propose unto them for the advancement of Popery or of their owne temporall greatnesse In pursuance of this infernall design the a Mercure â—â—ancius Tom 9. p. 471 472 c. Prince and the Marquesse of Buckingham accompanied with Cottington and Porter on the 17. day of Febr. 1622. departed privately from the Court disguised to Dover and posted through France into Spaine to what desperate purposes and by whose procurement The Bâ—eviate of the Arch. bishops liâ—e pag. 3. these ensuing Articles of the Earle of Bristoll exhibited to the Lords against the Duke of Buckingham whom he accused of high-treason upon them in open Parliament May 1. 1626. with the crosse Articles exhibited against the Earle of Bristoll in Parliament by Sir Robert Heath the Kings Attourney generall by his Majesties speciall command May 6. 1626. both of which you may find recorded in the Lords Parchment Journall of that Parliament will most cleerly discover to all the world to the deserved infamy of these detestable Projectors Articles of the Earle of Bristoll wherewith he chargeth the Duke of Buckingham May 1. 1626. THat the Duke of Bukingham did secretly combine and conspire with Conde Gondomar Ambassadour for the King of Spaine before the said last Ambassadours returne into Spaine in the Summer 1622. NOTE to carry his Majesty the Prince into Spaine to the end that he might be informed and instructed in the Roman Religion and therely have perverted the Prince and subverted the true Religion established in England from which misery this Kingdome next under God's mercy hath by the wise religious and constant carriage of his Majesty been almost miraculously delrvered considering the many bold and subtle attempts of the said Duke in that kind That Master Porter was made acquainted therewith and sent into Spaine and such Message at his returne framed as might serve for a ground to set on foot this conspiracy the wich was done accordingly and thereby the King and Prince highly abused and thereby their consents first gotten to the said journey that is to say after the returne of Master Porter which was about the end of December 1622. whereas the said Duke had plotted it many moneths before That the Duke at his arrivall in Spaine nourished the Spanish Ministers not onely in the beliefe of his owne being popishly affected but did both by absenting himselfe from all exercises of Religion constantly used in the Earle of Bristols house and frequented by all other Protestants English
Macte gloriâ invictissime Princeps prospere procedas regnes Nescio enim profecto an glâ—riosius Tuo viderit unquam universus orbis imperium Relege si libet titulos dignitatem agnosce Quid Anglia Primogenita Ecclesiae Dos Mariae Regnum Dei quo â—erax fructu NOTE Qua faecunda sobole Duodetriginta Reges Reginae Duae-deviginti antegenitores Tui in caelestem Sanctorum senatum relati numerantur conscripti Episcoporum sanctorum turba trigesimum supra centesimum transcendat â—umerum Archimandritas Caenobiaâ—chas sexaginta octo in cives acceperunt caeli Martyrum si palmas si Confessotum numerarem coronas nec lingua sane nec latera suo satissacerent officio Seâ— eheu quo jam exulat avita pietas ubi jacet pia Religio ubi delitâ—scit religiosa pieâ—as Per Te serenissime Princeps pro te sub Te confidimus NOTE spiritum aliquando sanguinem vitam patriam recipient quae horum temporum improbitas exiliis punivit relegavit In simum Tuum consugit labefacta Resp dilacetata Patria carceres rapinas mortes exilia passa perpesâ—a diu fides Religio Catholica * Tu nobis a Deo datus Tu nobis natus dulcissime Princeps ad patriam nostram sublevandam ad pacem pietatem restaurandam ad imperium Christi dilatandum ad Regiam proginiem amplissima serie propagandam ad mundum universum â—aelicibus Tuis Hymenaeis perbeandum Vive igitur Augusta Caesarum Prosapia vive vive ad Nestoris annos Regia Tua gaude triumpha compare Fourthly by the Popes owne Letter to the Prince during his residence in Spaine and the Princes answer thereunto printed in diverse languages and Authors which I * Meâ—cure Francois Tom. 9. Anno 1623. p. 509. 510. c. shall here once more present unto you onely in English truly translated out of the French Copie The Popes Letter to the King when Prince of Wales and in Spain MOst noble PRINCE health and light of the divine grace Forasmuch as great Britaine hath alwayes beene fruitfull in Vertues and in men of great worth having filled the one and the other world with the glory of her renowne Shee doth also very often draw the thoughts of the holy Apostolicall Chaire to the consideration of her praises And indeed the Church was but then in her infancy when the King of Kings did chuse her for his inheritance and so affectionately that we beleeve the Romane Eagles have hardly out-paâ—â—â—d the Banner of the Crosse. Besides that many of her Kings instructed in the knowledge of the true salvation have preferred the Crosse before the royall Scepter and the discipline of Religion before covetousnesse leaving examples of piety to other Nations and to the ages yet to come So that having merited the Principalities and first places of blessednesse in heaven they have obtained on earth the triumphant ornaments of holinesse And although now the sâ—ate of the English Church is altered we see neverthelesse the Court of great Britaine adorned and furnished with morall Virtues which might serve to support the charity that we beate unto her and be an orâ—â—ment to the name of Christianity if withall she could have for her defence and protection the orthodox and catholike truth Therefore by how much the more the Glory of your most noble Father and the apprehension of your Royall inclination delights us with so much more zeale we desire that the gates of the kingdome of Heaven might be opened unto you and that you might purchase to your selfe the love of the universall Church Moreover it being certain that Gregory the great of most blessed memory hath introduced to the English people and taught to their Kings the Law of the Gospel and the respect of Apostolicall authority We as inferiour to him in holinesse and virtue but equall in name and degree of dignity it is very reasonable that we following his blessed foot-steps should endeavour the salvation of those Provinces Note especially at this time when your designe most noble Prince elevates us to the hope of an extraordinary advantage Therefore as you have directed your journey to Spain towards the catholike King with desire to ally your selfe to the house of Austria we doe commend your designe and indeed doe testifie openly in this present businesse that you are he that takes principall care of our Prelacy For seeing that you desire to take in marriage the daughter of Spaine from thence we may easily conjecture that the ancient seeds of Christian piety which have so happily flourished in the hearts of the Kings of great Britaine may God prospering them revive againe in your soule And indeed it is not to be beleeved that the same man should love such an alliance that hates the Catholike Religion Note and should take delight to oppresse the holy Chaire To that purpose we have commanded to make continually most humble prayers to the Father of lights that he would be pleased to put you as a faire flower of Christendome and the onely hope of great Britaine in possession of that most noble heritage that your Ancestors have purchased for you to defend the authority of the Soveraigne High-Priest and to fight against the monsters of heresie Remember the dayes of old enquire of your Fathers and they will tell you the way that leads to heaven and what way the temporall Princes have taken to attaine to the everlasting Kingdom Behold the gates of heaven opened the most holy Kings of England who came from England to Rome accompanied with Angels did come to honour and doe homage to the Lord of Lords and to the Prince of the Apostles in the Apostolicall chaire their actions and their examples being as so many voices of God speaking and exhorting you to follow the course of the lives of those to whose Empire you shall one day attaine It is possible that you can suffer that the Heretickes should hold them for impious and condemne those whom the Faith of the Church testifies to raign in the heavens with Iesus Christ and have command and authority over all Principalities and Empires of the Earth Behold how they tender you the hand of this truely happy inheritance to conduct you safe and sound to the Court of the Catholique King Note and who desire to bring you back again into the lap of the Roman Church Beseeching with unpeakable sighs groanes the God of all mercy for your Salvation and do stretèh out to you the Armes of the Apostolicall Charity to imbrace you with all Christian affection Even you that are her desired Sonne in shewing you the happie hope of the Kingdome of Heaven Note And indeed you cannot give a greater consolation to all the people of the Christian Estates then to put the Prince of the Apostles in possession of your most Noble Island whose authority hath beene held so long in the Kingdome of
behalfâ— of the King of England and Prince Charles for performance of such and such Articles as were in favour of the Papâ—sts throughout the Kings Dominions who after a long demurre and protraction of time concluded at last affirmatively that he might and in case they faild to â—xecute what was Capitulated the King of Spaine was to vindicate his Oath and right himselfe by the sword While things were thus agitating in Spaine diverse well affected persons stifly opposed the match in England and writ against it Among others * Mercure Francois Tom. 9. p. 497. to 505. Doctor George Abbot Archbishop of Canterbury made this Remonstrance to His Majestie against the match and toleration indulged to the Roman Catholiks one transcript whereof was among Windebanks Papers agreeing with that recorded in the French Mercurâ—e May it please your Majestie I Have beene too long silent and am afraid by my silence I have neglected the dutie of the place it hath pleased God to call me unto and your Majestie to place meâ—n And now I humbly crave leave I may discharge my Conscience toward God and my duty toward Your Majestie And therefore I beseech you Sir to give me leave freely to deliver my selfe and then let Your Majesty doe what you please with me Your Majestie hath propounded a toleration of Religion I beseech you Sir take it into your conâ—ideration what your Act is what the consequence may be By Your Act you labour to set up that most damnable and hereticall doctrine of the Church of Rome the Whore of Babylon How hatefull will it be to God and grievous unto your good Subjects the true proâ—essors of the Gospell that your Majesty who hath often disputed and learnedly written against those wicked heresies shouâ—d now shew your selfe a Patron of those doctrines which your penne hath told the world and your Conscience tells your selfe are superstitious idolatrous and detestable Adde hereunto what you have done in sending the Prince into Spaine without the consent of your Counsell the privitie and approbation of your people And though you have a larger interest in the Prince as the Sonne of your flesh yeâ— have the people a greater as the Sonne of the Kingdome upon whom next aâ—ter Your Majestie their eyes are fixed and welfare depends And so tenderly is this going apprehended as believe it Sir howsoever his returne may besafe yet the draweâ—s of him to that action so dangerous to himselfe so desperate to the Kingdome will not passe away unquestioned unpunished Besides this toleration which you endeavour to set up by your Proclamation it cannot be done without a Parliament unlesse Your Majestie will let your subjects see that you will take unto your selfe a liberty to throw downe the Lawes of the Land at your pleasure What dreadfâ—ll consequence Sir these things may draw after I beseech Your MAJESTIE to consider and above all least by this tolleration discontinuance of the true profession of the Gospell wherewith God hath blessed us and under which this Kingdome hath these many yeares â—lourished Your Majestie doe not draw upon the Kingdome in Generall and your selâ—e in particular Gods heavie wrath and indignation Thus in discharge of my duty toward God to Your Majestie and rhe place of my calling I have taken humble boldnesse to deliver my Conscience And now Sir doe with me what you please This Remonstrance of his was seconded by Vox Populi Doctor Hackwell and others But all in vaine the King being so resolutely bent upon it that hee would permit none to contradict it and * Mercure Francois Tom. p. 1624. p. 29. committed the Earle of Oxford prisoner to the Tower for some â—peeches against it At last the difficulties in Spaine and Rome being surmounted and the Pope satisfied by the King of Spaines engagement for the performance of the Articles and Propositions * Mercure Franc. Anno 1623. p. 522. 523. for the â—ight augmentation and Weale of the Roman Catholike Religion as the Cardinalls for the propagation of the Faith stiled them there was exceeding great joy and all the Capitulations were thereupon soone after engrossed sealed subscribed aud solemnly sworne to by both the Kings the Prince and Privie Councell the Copie of which Articles both concerning the Infanta her family and the Papists in generall I shall here insert in Latine as I find them printed in the * Tom. 9. An. 1624. p. 11. â—8 French Mercury and in written Copies belonging to the Lord Cottington and Secretary Windebancke agreeing with it NOS Iacobus Dei Gratia Angliae Scotiae Galliae Hiberniae c. Rex Relationâ— atque notitia hujus Instrumenti atque scripturae Obligationis Approbationis Confirmationis Ratificationis et novi contractus atque ad perpetuam ejus memoriam Notum facimus et manifestum omnibus Regibus Principibus Potentatibus Rebuspublicis Communitatibus Vniversitatibus et Privatis Personis cujuscunque status et conditionis sint et inpertuum fuerint Quemadmodum ad gloriam et honorem Dei cum maximè optaremus ut novis strictioribusque Amiâ—itiae nexibus consanguinitatis et aâ—â—initatis vincula quae Nos et sâ—renissimum Carolum Walliae Principem nostrum charissimum atque amâ—ntissimum Filium Vnicum cum Serenissimo Principe Phillippo quarto Catholico Hispa niâ—â— Neapolis Siciliae Hierusalem Indiarum Orientalium et Occidentalium Insularum et continentis Maris Oceani Râ—ge Archiduci Aâ—striae conjungunt constringantur arctius et conâ—irmentur atque ut in Nobis Successoribusqâ—e Nostris fraternitatis coneordia 〈◊〉 inter utramque Coroâ—am mutua Benevolentia ad majus utriusque bonum et felicitatem concilietur stabiliâ—tur atque pâ—â—maneat Actum est et agitur de Matrimonio contrahendo inter predictum Serenissimum Walliae Principem Serenissâ—mam Infantem Mariam Catholicae Serenitatis sororem Ad cujus â—ei tractatum conclusionem predictum Serenissimum Principem â—ilium Nostrum ad Regem Hispaniarum Regiam missimus â—bi nunc reperitur Inter quem pro Se pro Nobis Nostro nomine una cum Georgio Vilersio Buckinghamiae Duce Maris Anglicani Praesecto Garterij ordinis periscelidi insignâ— a Concilio Nostri status Nostri Equitis Praepositoâ—tum etiam Joanne Digbeio Bristoliae Comice Vice-camerario Hospitij Nostri Nostri status conciliario Gualtero Astone Nostris aâ—ud Catholicam Serenitatem Oraâ—oribus ordinario extraordinâ—rio Francisco adhuc Cotintone Baranetto praefati â—ilij Nostri Secretarâ—o ut virtute praesâ—ripti atque Instructionis quam a nobis habuerunt habent â—t omnibus necessâ—riis ad dictum Matrimonium tractandum conficiendum inâ—â—rsint Et exaltera parte inter Serâ—nitatem Catholicam pro se ac tanquam fratre legittimo administratore praedictae Serenissimae Infantis Mariae de ejusdem voluntate et conseâ—su Commissâ—onâ—rios â—tiam ad id ipsum designtos Joannem Mendozium Lunam Marchionem Montium Clarorum Castelli Barbellae Marchionem
it propter aliquod delictum ad hoc â—nim faciet ut praedicto suo Superiori ecclesâ—astico statim tradat remittat qui contra illum juxta canones et regulas juris procedat 18. Quod leges contra Catâ—olicos latae vel fâ—rendae in Anglia et aliis Regnis Regis magnae Brittanniae subjectis non attingent liberos ex hoc Matrimonio oriâ—ndos et libere jure suâ—cessionis in Regnis et Dominis Mag. Brit. fruantur 19. Quod Nutrices quae lactabunt liberos Ser. Dom. Infantis Catholicae valeant esse carumque electio ad praefatam Dominam Infantem spectet sive sint ex natione Anglicana sive ex alia quacunque prout Ser. Infanti placuer it et saâ—iliae suae annumerentur ejusque privilegijs gaudeant et potiantur 20. Quod Episcopus personae ecclesiasticae et religiosae ex familia Dom. Infantiâ— poterunt retinere vestâ—tum et habitum suae Dignitatis professionis Religionis more Romano 21. Pro securitate quod dictum Matrimonium nullaâ—enus aliqua ex causa dissolvetur Rex Mag. Brit. et Carolus Princeps verbo Regiâ— pariter et honore astringendi sunt Prestabuâ—t insuper quicquid a Rege Catholico propositum fuerit si enim decenter et commode fieri possit 22. Quod filij et filiae qui ex hoc Matrimonâ—o nascentur penes Serenâ—ssimam Infantem ut minmum usque ad decennium educentur et libere jure successionis in praedictis Regnis ut dictum est fruantur 23. Quod quomodocunque loci servorum et servarum quos Serenissima Domina Infans secum attulerit nominatos per Regem Catholicum frâ—trem 〈◊〉 vâ—â—â—re contigerit sive peâ— mortem sive per absemiam sive ex aliqua alia 〈…〉 accidenet subrogentur per dictum Regem Catholicum omnes servi familiares ut supra 24. Pro sâ—â—â—ritate quod totum ut capitulatum est compleatur Rex mag Brit. serenissimus Carolus Pr. juramento obstringendi sunt ut omnes Consiliarij Regis tractatum Chyrographo firmare debent insuper quod praedicti Rex Princeps verbo Regio sidem 〈◊〉 sunt se factucos quod possibile est ut omnia supra capitulata per Parliamentum siabiliantur 25 Quod conformiter ad ea quae tractata sunt NOTE â—mnia ista proponenda exponenda sunt Sanctissimo Domino Papae quatenus ea approbare Apostoliamque Benedictionem 〈◊〉 necessariam Dispensationem ad effectum Matrimonij conâ—â—dere dignetur Nos tractatum praedictum ac omnia singula capitulata in eodem comenta ac spectificata rata grata habentes ea omnia singula ex certa scientia Nostra quatenus Nos Haredes vel Successores Nostros concernunt approbamus landamus confirmamus ae ratiâ—icamus Et inviolabiliter firmiter bene fideliter tenere observare perimplere tenerique observari perimpleri sacere cum effectu bona fide in verbo Regio promittimus per praesentes omni exceptione seu contradictione cessante Eademque in praesentia illustrium nobilium virorum Ioannis de Mendoza Caroli a Coloma serenissimi Regis Catholici Oratorum in curia Nostra residentium sacrosanctis Ev angelijs per nos tactis jurejurando firmanus nâ—n obstantibus quibuscunque opinionibus sententiis aut legibus in contrarium In quorum omnium singulorum praemissâ—rum fidem ae testimâ—nium â—isâ—e Artiâ—ulis manu Nostra subscriptis magnum sigillum Nostrum apponi â—eâ—imus praesentibus Râ—verâ—ndissimo in Christo patre Georgio Archiepiscopo Canturiensi totius Angliae primate Reverendissimo in Christo patre Ioanne Episcopo Lincoâ—niensi magni sigilli Angliae custode predictis consâ—nguineis Nostris Lionello Comite Middlesexiae summo Thesauraio Nostro Angliae Henrici Vice-Comite de Maundevill in Consilio Nostri status praesidente Edvardo Comite Wig rniensi privati sigilli Nostri custode Ludovico Duâ—ae Richmondiae Lenoxiae Hospitij Nostri Seneschallo suprema Jacobo Marchione Hamiltoniae Jacobo Comite Carlionensi Thoma Comite de Kâ—lleij Oliverio Vice comite Grandisâ—n Reverendissimo in Christo patre Lanceloto Episâ—â—pa Wintoniensâ— Sacelli Noctri Regij Decano praedilectis fidelibus Nostris Georgio Barone Caresse de Clopino rei Nostâ—â— tormentariae majoris in Anglia praefecto Arthuro Barone Chichister de Belfart Regni Nostri Hiberniae summo Thesaurario Thoma Edmonds milite esâ—sdem Nostri Hospitij Regij Thesâ—â—â—â—rio Joanne Suckling Milite ejusdem Nostri Hospitij Contrarotulatore Georgio Calvert Milite unoâ—e Secretarijs Nostris priâ—â—anrijs Edvardo Conweiâ— Militâ— altero e Secretarijs Nostris primâ—â—ijs Richardo Weston Miliâ—e Seactarij Nostri Caâ—â—ellario sub Thesaâ—eario Julio Caesare Milite Archiverum Nostrorum praefecto omnibusque a Consilijs Nostris Sanctioribus Dat. apud Palatium Nostrum Westmonasterijs 20. die Julij Anno Regni Nostri magnae Brittanniae c. 21. S. S. Iacobus Rex The solemnity observed in swearing these Articles of the Match in England by King Iames you may read at large in the a Tom. 9. Anno 1624. p. 9. to â—8 French Mercury who likewise informes us That there arose these two difficulties between King Iames and the Spanish Ambassadours about the taking of this Oath The first was about this title of the Pope MOST HOLY which King Iatmes refused to give openly to the Pope in the Oath which he was to prononnce in the Chappell at White â—hall alleaging the repugnancy thereof to his Religion and that this would be a reproach and by consequence preâ—udâ—â—all to him for the future but the Ambâ—ssadours refused to proceed further if his Maâ—â—sty would not consens to give kiss the for said title to which at last he consenâ—ed The second difficulty was that some reported to the Ambassaâ—ours that they should have such prayers in the Kings Chappell when they came to see the Articles sealed and sworn to by the King and such â—â—nging as were vsed in the Protestant Church and Kings Chappell NOTE at which prayers they could not be present since they came thither to 〈◊〉 other endâ— but to aâ—â—ure maintaine and warrant the Catholique Apostoâ—icall and Roman Church whereupon the King commanded that nothing should be there sung but what was chauâ—â—ed wâ—â—n the Constable of Castile tooke his Oath there to sweare the peace betweâ—n the two Crownes which was an hymne of joy in praise of peace and â—o out all 〈◊〉 the King câ—used the Register of his Chappell to carry the hymne to the 〈◊〉 â— peruse and so all difficulties were removed the King yeelding to these Popish â—â—bassâ—doâ—rs to gratiâ—ie the Pope in his Antichristian title but they not 〈◊〉 one 〈◊〉 bredâ—h to him in honour or approbation of our Prayers Pâ—almesâ— or Protâ—stant Religion which must give place to their Catholique pleaâ—ures The Articles being solemnly sworne in the forenoone the King made an extraordinary Feast to the Ambassadours Which ended the King and thâ—y went to the Councell Chamber
where all the Lords of the Councell sealed anâ— subscribed the geâ—erall Articles of the Marriage which done the Ambassadours came â—o the King who tooke this solemne Oath and swore these a Mereauty 〈◊〉 Tomâ—â— Anno 1624. p. 25 26â— 27. private Articles to them in faâ—our of Papists and advancement of the Romish Religion which I shall here truly set â—â—wne both in Latin and English JACOBUS Dâ—i gratia magnae Britannis c. Rex â—ides defensor c. Omnibus ad quos hoc praesâ—nâ— scriptum perâ—encrit salutem In quantum inter mult◠〈◊〉 qâ—c in tractâ—â—â— de Matrimonio inter Charissimuns Filium Nostrum Carolum Walâ—â—ae Principem Serenissimaâ— Dâ—minam Donnam Matiam Screnissiâ—â— Prinâ—â—pis per-dâ—lâ—ctâ— sratris nostri Phillippi quarti Regis Hâ—spaniarum Sororem continâ—ntur conventum est quod Nos juramento Nâ—stro approbarâ—mus râ—tâ—sque â—aceremus Articulos infra ad verbum expressos 1. Quod nulla lex particularis contrâ— Catholicos Romanos latâ— sub qua alij Regnâ—rum Nostrorum Vassalli non compraehenduntur ad cujus observationem omnes geâ—â—ralitâ—r non â—bligantur neâ—non leges genâ—ralâ—s sub quibus omnes ex aequo compraehenduntur modo ejusmodi sint quae Religioni Romanae repugnent â—llo unquam tempore â—llo omnino modo aut casiâ— directè vel indirectè quoad dictos Catholicos Romanos exâ—cutioni mandabitur essiciemus ut Consiliarij nostri idem praestent juramentum quantum ad illos pertiâ—et 〈◊〉 ad exeâ—utionem quae per manus eorum ministrorum sâ—â—orum solet exerceri 2. Quod nullae aliae leges imposterum de integro fâ—rentur contra dictos Catholicos Râ—mâ—no sed toleratâ—o perpetua exercij Relâ—gioâ—â—s Catholicae Româ—nâ— inter privatos pâ—rictes per â—mnia nostra Regna Domâ—nâ—â— quod intâ—lligi volumâ—s tam in Regnis nostris Scotiae Hibeâ—ae quam in Anglia ijs concedetur modo â—orma prout câ—pitulatum declaratum concessum est in Articulis tractatus de Matrimonio 3. Quod nâ—â— per Nos nec per alâ—am ullam interpâ—sitam personam directâ— vel indireâ—â—â— privatim vel publicè rem ullam cum Sâ—râ—uissima Domina Iâ—fâ—nta Donna Maâ—ia tractabimus quae repugnet Religioni Catholicae Romanae illique nequaquam pâ—â—sâ—â—dâ—bimus ut in substantiâ— vel formâ—â—idem unquam renunciet aut delinquat aut ut agat aliquid ijs quae continentur in tracâ—atu de Matrimonio repâ—gnans aâ—t contrarium 4. Quod authoriâ—atem Nostram interponeâ—us fâ—ciemusque quantum in Nobis erit Parliamentum omnes singulo Aâ—ticulos raâ—â—one hujus Matrimoâ—ij in â—â—vorem Catholicorum Romanorum inter Serenissiâ—os Reges capitulatos approbet conâ—iâ—met ratosque â—aciat ut dictum Parliamentum revocet abrogetque leges particulâ—res contra dictos Catholicos Romanos latas ad â—ujus observationem reliqui item subditi vessâ—lli non obligantur nâ—cnon leges etiam generales sub quibus omnes ex aequo compraebenduntur nimium quoad Catholicos Romanos modo ejusmodi sint uti dictum est quae Religioni Cathocae Romanae repugnent quod imposterum non consentâ—emus ut dictum Parliamentum ulâ—o uâ—quam tempore alias de integro contra Catholicos Romanos sanciat aut conscribat Nos omnia singula capitula praecedentia rata gratâ— habentes ex certa sâ—ientia Nostra quateâ—is Nos Haeredes vel Successâ—res nostros concernunt approbâ—mus ratifie amus landamus inviolabiliter sirmiter bene fideluer tenere observare perimplere tenerique observari perimpleri facere cum effectu bona â—ide verbo Regio promittimus per praescntes omni exceptione seu â—ontradictione cessante cademque sacris Evangeliis per Nos tactis â—irmâ—mus non obstantibus quibuscunque opinioâ—buâ— sententiis auâ— legibus in contrarium in praesentia illustrissimorum Dominorum D. Jonnis de Mendoza Marchionis de Inoiosa D. Caroli Coloma Regis Catholici Legatorum extraordinariorum Georgij Calvert Militis unius Secretariorum nostrorum â—rimâ—riorum Edwardi Conway Militis alterius Secretariorum nostrorum primariorum Francisci Cottington Baronetti Filio nostro Principi a Secretis Francisci de Carondelet prothonotarii Apostolici Archidiaconi Cameracensi Dat in Palatio nostro Westmonasteriensi 20. die Julij Anno Domini millessimo sex centessimo vigessimotertio stilo Angliae Copiâ— collata vera Jacobus Rex JAMES by the grace of God of great Brittaine c. King defender of the Faith c. To all to whom this present Writing shall come greeting In â—s much as among many other things wâ—â—ch are contained within the treaty of Marriage betweene Our most deaâ—e Sonne Charles Priâ—ce oâ— Wales and the mâ—st renowned â—ady Donna Mâ—râ—a Sister of the most reâ—â—unâ—d Prince and Our welbeloved â—rothâ—r Phillip 〈…〉 Kiâ—g of Spaine it is agreed that Wâ— by Out Oath shall approve the Articles under expresseâ— to a word 1. That partâ—cular lawes made against Roman â—athoâ—iques NOTE under which other vassals of Our Reaâ—mes are not comprehâ—ndâ—d and to whose obseâ—vation all generally are nor obliged as likewise generall laâ—s under which all are equally comprizeâ— it so â—e they arâ— such which are repugnant to the Romish Religion shall not at any time hereafter by any meanâ—s or chance whatsoever directly or indirectly be commanded to be â—ut in execution against the said Roâ—an Catholikes We will cause that Our Counâ—ell shall take the same Oath as farre as it peâ—â—aines to them and belongs to the execution which by the hands of them and their Ministeâ—s is to to be exercised 2. That no other lawes shall hereafter NOTE be made anew against the said Roman Catholiques but that there shall be a perpetuall toleration of the Roman Catholique Religion within private houses throughout all Our Realmes and Dominions which We will have to be understood as well of Our Kingdome of Scotland and Ireland as in England which shall be granted to them in manner and forme as is capitulated decreed and granted in the Articles of the Treaty concerning the Marriage 3. That neither by Usâ— nor by any other NOTE interposed person whatsoever directly or indirectly privately or publiquely will We treat or attempt any thing with the most Renouned Lady Infanta Donna Maria which shall be repugnant to the Romish Catholique Religion neither will We by any meanes perswade her that shee should ever renounce or relinquish the same in substance or forme or that she should doe any thing repugnant or contrary to those things which are containeâ— in the treaty of Matrimony 4. That We will interpose Oâ—r authority and will do as much as in Vs â—â—all lye NOTE that the Parliament shall approve confirm and ratisie all and singular Articles in favour of the Roman Câ—tholiques capiâ—ulated between the most renowned Kings by reason of this Marriage and that the said Parliament shall revoke and abrogate the particular lawes made against the said Roman Catholikes to whose
it the King of Spainâ— and all the world shall see he hath just cause And whereas also his Majesty obligeth himselfe by the like oath that he will use his power and authority and procure as much as in him lyes that the Parliament shall approve confirme and ratifie all and singular the Articles agreed upon betwixt the two Kings in favour of the Roman Catholiques by reason of this Match and that the said Parliament shall revoke and abrogate all particular lawes made against the said Catholiques whereunto the rest of his Majesties Subjects are not liable As also all other generall lawes as to the said Roman Catholiques which concerne them together with the rest of his Majesties Subjects and be repugnant to the Roman Catholique Religion and that hereafter his Majesty shall not give his royall assent at any time unto any new lawes that shall be made against the said Roman Catholiques His Majesty hath ever protested and doth protest that it is an impossibity which is required at his hands NOTE and that he may safely and well sweare it for he is sure that he is never able to doe it And last of all his Majesty protesteth that this which he now undertakes to doe and is sworne is meerly in respect and favour of the Marriage intended betwixt his Sonne and the Infanta and unlesse the same doe proceed he doth hold himselfe and so declareth by this Protestation acquitted and discharged in conscience of every part of his Oath now taken and that he is at full liberty to deale with his Roman Catholique Subjects according to his owne naturall lenity and clemency and as their dutifull loyalty and behaviour towards his Majesty shall deserve These Articles being thus sealed and sworne e Mercure Francois An. 1624. pag. 29 30. Don Carlos Coloma the Spanish Ambassadour laid the first stone for a Chappell which was to be built for the Infanta at the Princes Pallace at Saint James which building was advanced with all expedition to the great regreet of many Protestants and to the contentment of most Roman Catholiques to see a Catholique Church built in the Metropoliticall City of the Realme by publike authority after one hundred yeeres space during which they did nothing else but destroy such Churches All Catholiques that were Prisoners throughout England Ireland and Scotland were released all Pursevants and Informers established to search for apprehend and prosecute the Catholiques were prohibited to attempt any thing against them They had all free ingresse into and egresse out of the Realme without taking the Oath of Supremacy having onely a passe-port They resorted freely to heare Masse at the Spanish Ambassadours Chappell in so great number and so publikely that they were sometimes two or three thousand persons so the French Mercury truly records Besides the Papists grew so insolent that they had open Masses and Sermons in divers private houses about London and elswhere Among others their f See M. Gee his foot out of the Snare meeting at Black-fryers in a large chamber at a Sermon on the fifth of their November is most remarkable where Drury the Priest that preached and neeere an hundred Roman Catholiques were slaine and smothered with the fall of the floore of the chamber which they over-burthened with the multitude of people and many sore hurt and bruised to their great astonishment g Mercure Francois ibid. p. 30 31. The Marriage was now thought to be compleated the greatest enemies of this alliance submitted themselves to the Kings will you could see nothing but the picture of the Infanta within mens houses and in the streets A Fleet was prepared to goe to attend the Prince and Infanta at the Port of Saint Andrew in Biscay His Majesty had also assigned the Dower of his faire future Daughter and had sent to the Marquesse of Buckingham the title of Duke of Buckingham and to the Duke of Lenox the title of the Duke of Richmont In fine all seemed to be done in England but things went as slow as Leâ—d at Rome and in Spaine But here comes in the new h Pag. 43 44 anti-dated Loyall Vindication of the King and demands this silly question by way of objection If King James and the Prince had really condescended ane sworne both to the generall Articles of the Marriage being such as the Pope with his Cardinals of the Conclave had approved and likewise to those private Articles being so infinitely advantagious and for the weale of the Roman Catholike Religion how could the match being fully concluded on all parts be broken off Had this Objector well remembred that of the Poet Multa cadunt inter calicem Supremaque labra he would never have demanded so frivolous a question to evade such a palpable matter of fact as the sealing and swearing of these Articles so publikely knowne in the Courts of England and Spaâ—ne But to give him a full answer as the Spaniard never really intended this match but to worke his owne mischievous designes by confirming â—nd protracting the treaty about it â—o â—e tooke this occaâ—ion to interrupt it * Mercure Francois p. 539. Pope Gregory the 15. soone after the dispensation granted departed this life which the Spaniards promised should be no remora to the match as is evident by this letter of the Earle of Bristoll to Mr. Francis Cottington then Secretary to the Prince GOOD Mr Secretary yesterday Master Clerke went from heâ—ce but I wrote not by him neither have I now much to tell you Especially â—or that I am in doubt whether these letters will finde you in England or not Yesterday we had the â—â—wes of the Popes death but this King out of his owâ—e mouth and the Coâ—de de Olivares and the Nuntio do assure the Prince that this accident will neither makâ— alteration â—or delay in his â—usines they being all of Opinion that it will be dispatched by the Dean of the Cardinalls the Conclave The Insanta is now by all the Court and by this Kings approbation called la Princessa dâ— Inglaterra and she mâ—kes not nice to take it upon heâ— She now commeth Puâ—liquely to thâ— Commody and â—â—â—teth by the Queene and I am told that as soone as two papers which are already drawne are signed by the King and Prince they will giue her the right hand of the Queene com a knefreda which I conceive the Prince will not be displeased withall for by that meanes it will â—all out that the Prince and his Mistresse will ever sit together This day Don Fernando de Giron invited my Lord Duke my selfe and Sir Walter Ashton to diâ—ner where we were accompanied by Don Augustin â—exa the Marquesse of Montes Claâ—os and the Conde de Gundâ—mar and conceive we shall againe fall to good â—ellâ—wship You have heard that the Marquesse of Montesclaros is made President 〈◊〉 Hasiâ—nda the other in the â—unta began to speake invectively and against the match thereupon the King the same
forthwith to depart out of this Realme and all other Your Highnesse Dominions and neither they nor any other to returne or come hither againe upon perrill of the severest penaltie of the Lawes now in force against them And that all your Majesties Subjects may hereby also be admonished not to receive entertaine comfort or conceale any of that viperous brood upon the penalties and forfeitures which by the Lawes may be imposed upon them 2. That your Majesty would be pleased to give streight and speedy charge to the Justices of Peace in all parts of this Kingdome that according to the Lawes in that behalfe made and the orders taken by Your Majesties Privie Councell heretofore for policie of State they doe take from all Popish Recusants legally convicted or justly suspected All such Armor Gunpowder and Munition of any kinde as any of them have either in their owne hands or in the hands of any other for them and to see the same safely kept and disposed according to the Law leaving for the necessary defence of their House and persons so much as by the Law is prescribed 3. That Your Majestie will please to command all popish Recusants and all others who by any Law or Statute are prohibited to come to the Kings Court forthwith under paine of your heavie displeasure and severe execution of your Lawes against them to retire themselves their wives and families from or about London to their severall dwellings or places by your Lawes appointed and there to remaine confined within five myles of their dwelling places according to the Lawes of this your Realme And for that purpose to discharge all by-past Lycences granted unto them for their repaire hither And that they presume not any time hereafter to repaire to London or within tenne myles of London or to the Kings Court or to the Princes Court wheresoever 4. That Your Majesty would forbid and restraine the great resort and concourse of your owne Subjects for the hearing of Masse or other exercise of the Romish Religion to the houses of Forreigne Ambassadors or Agents residing here for the service of their severall Princes or States 5. That where of late in severall Counties in this Realme some have bin trusted in the places of Lord Leiutenants deputies Leiutenants Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer Justices of Peace and Captaines in their Countries which are either popish Recusants or non-Communicants by the space of a yeare now last past or which do not usually resort to the Church to Divine service and can bring no good certificat thereof that your Majesty would be pleased to discharge them from those places of trust by which they have that power in the Country where they live as is not fit to be put into the hands of persons so affected 6. That your Majesty would be pleased generally to put the Lawes in due execution which are made and stand in force against Popish Recusants and that all your Judges Iustices and Miniisters of Iustice to whose care these things are Committed may by your Majestyes Proclamation be Commanded to doe their duty therein 7. That seeing we are thus happily delivered from that danger which those Treaties now dissolved and that use which your ast; ast; NOTE ill affected Subjects made thereof would certainly have drawne upon us and cannot but foresee and feare least the like may heareafter happen which would unevitably bring such perill to your Majesties Kingdomes We are most humble suiters to your Gracious Majesty to secure the hearts of your good Subjects by the engagement of your Royall word unto them that upon no occasion of Marriage or Treaty or other request in that behalfe from any foraign Prince or state whatsoever you will take off or slacken the execution of your Lawes against the Popish Recusants To which our humble Perions proceeding from our most Loyall and dutifull affections towards your Majesty our care of our Countries good and our confident perswation that this will much advance the Glory of Almighty God the everlasting honour of your Majesty the safety of your Kingdome and the encouragment of all your good Subjects We do most humbly beseech your Majesty to vouchsafe a gratious Answer This Petition of the Commons after some debate and Conference between both Houses was reduced to this ensuing forme and so presented to King â— Iames. * See the Lords parchment Iournall on this day Die Sabbathi viz decimo die Aprilis 1624. May it please your most excellent Majesty IT having pleased you upon our humble suit and advise to dissolve both the Treaties to our great joy and comfort We your Majesties most faithfull and Loyall Subjects the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament doe in all humblenesse offer unto your sacred Majesty these two Petitions following 1. That for the more safety of your Realmes and better keeping your Subjects in their due obedience and other important reasons of state your Majesty would be pleased by some such course as your Majesty shall thinke fit to give present order that all the Lawes be put in due execution which have beene made and do stand in force against Iesuits Semenary Priests and all others having taken orders by Authority derived from the Sea of Rome and generally against all Popish Recusants And as for disarming that it may be according to the Lawes and according to former Acts and directions of state in that Case and yet that it may appeare to all the world the favour and clemency your Majesty useth towards all your Subjects of what condition whatsoever And to the intent the Jesuits and Priests now in the Realme may not pretend to be surprised That a speedy and certaine day may be perfixed by your Majesties Proclamation before which day they shall depart out of this Realme and all other your highnesse Dominions and neither they nor any other to returne or come hither againe upon perill of the severest penalties of the lawes now in force against them And that all your Majesties Subjects may thereby also be admonished not to receive entertaine comfort conceale any of them upon the penalties and forfeitures which by the lawes may be imposed on them Secondly seeing we are thus happily delivered from that danger which those Treaties now dissolved and that use which your ill affected Subjects made thereof would certainly have drawne upon us and yet cannot but foresee and feare least the like may hereafter happen which would inevitably bring such perill upon your Majesties Kingdomes We are most humble Sutors to your gracious Majesty to secure the hearts of your good Subjects by the engagement of your royall word unto them that upon no occasion of marriage or treaty or other request in that behalfe from any forreigne Prince or State whatsoever you will take away or slacken the execution of your lawes against Jesuits Priests and popish Recusants To which our humble Petitions proceeding from our most loyall and dutifull affections towards your Majesty our care of
which they find by him because the said Priest is priviledged from their power NOTE and the said Bishop when he shall understand and know so much shall degrade the said Priest and afterwards send him back unto the foresaid secular Court to do justice upon him And for all kind of other faults the aforesaid Priests shall be sent to the Bishop to the end that he may proceed against them according to the Canons in that case provided and in the absence or sicknesse of the said Bishop the Priest which is by him appointed to be his great Vicar shall have the same power and authority 10. It is likewise agreed upon that the said Lady shall have 28 PRIESTS or Ecclesiasticall persons in her house comprehending therein her Almoner and Chaplaines to serve and keep the foresaid Chappell according â— they are appointed and if any of them be a regular or canonicall person living under more prescript rules then the rest yet he may hold and keep his habit Also the KING OF GREAT BRITTAINE Ergo there is little hopes of her conversion to our Religâ—on Shee taking no such oath on the contrary part not to endeavour to seduce the King is by OATH BOUND NOT TO ENDEAVOUR BY ANY MEANS AT ALL TO HAVE HIS SAID QUEEN TO RENOUNCE THE CATHOLIKE APOSTOLIKE AND ROMISH RELIGION NOR COMPELL HER TO DOE ANY THING WHATSOEVER THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE SAME RELIGION 11. The said Queens house shall be maintained with so much Dignity and with so great a number of Officers as ever any had that was Queen of England all the houshold servants which the said Lady shall carry into England shall be Priests catholikes and French by birth and chosen and appointed by his most christian Majesty And if it happen that any of them dye or that the foresaid Lady shall be willing to change her said servants then Shee will take in their steads other Papists catholikes French or English alwayes provided that his Majesty of great Brittain consent thereunto 16. The children which shall by reason of the said inter-marriage be born and live shall be nurst and brought up neere unto the said Lady and Queene from the time of their birth untill they come to the age of fourteen yeers Besides these generall Articles of the Match the French Mercury informes us of these particular ones concluded and agreed on in favour of the Roman Catholikes the same in substance with those of Spaine forementioned as a 〈◊〉 nence of Parliaments Tom. 10. p. â— 487 Master Iames Howell himselfe confesseth the heads whereof were three 1. The first touching the Catholikes as well Ecclesiasticks as secular imprisoned since the last Proclamation upon the Parliaments forementioned Petition and breach with Spaine that they should all be set at liberty 2. The second to this effect That the English Catholikes should be no more searched after or molested for their Religion 3. The third that the goods of the Catholikes as well Ecclesiasticks as secular that were seized on since the last Proclamation published against them should be restored to them Upon the 1. of May 1625. after our English computation the marriage between the King and Queen was celebrated at Paris The 4. of May but three dayes after the marriage and scarce six weeks after the descent of the Crowne to his Majesty the King in pursuance of these Articles granted this speciall pardon to no lesse then twenty severall Priests and Iesuits therein named of all offences by them committed against any lawes and statutes then in force against any Priests Iesuits or popish recusants on which I desire the namelesse incredulous b Pag. 〈◊〉 46 47. Author of the Answer to the Royall Popish Favourite who will neither credit the French Mercury nor the Records themselves that there were any such Articles as are fore mentioned but rejects them as Forgeries without any colour or ground of reason but a pretended royall prosecution against Papists at the Parliaments importunity onely which was never reall or cordiall to chew the cudde upon which because he shall not deny he may peruse and view at his leisure in the Records at the Rolls Patent 4. pars 10. Caroli Regis Numero 12. REX omnibus ad quos NOTE c. Salutem Sciatis quod Nos pietate moti de Gracia Nostra speciali ac ex certa scientia mero motu Nostris pardonavinimus remissimus Relaxavimus ac per praesentes pro Nobis haeredibus Successoribus Nostris pardonamus remittimus Relaxamus Joanni Piercy Clerico Henrico Hopkins Rico. Bapthorpe Clerico Benjam Medcalfe Clerico Thomae Mushe Thomae Cudworth Christophero Ibotson Willielmo Brooksby Clerico Christophero Clough Tobie Clay Rico Robinson Clerico Edwardo Ditchfield Clerico Joanni Melling Willielmo Nayler Jacobo Eckersall Richardo Whaley Laurencio Lanshaw Rico Sharrocke Rico. Gill Willielmo Berrey quocunque nomine vel cognomine aut additione nominis vel cognominis dignitatis Artis professions misterij Loci vel Locorum idem Joannes Piercy Henricus Hopkins Ricus Bapthorpe Brianus Medcalse Thomas Mush Thomas Cudworth Christopherus Ibotson Willielmus Brooksby Christopherus Clough Tobias Clay Richardus Robinson Edwardus Ditchfield Joannes Melling Willielmus Nayler Jacobus Eckersall Richardus Whaley Laurencius Lanshaw Richardus Sharrocke Richardus Gill Willielmus Berry sciantur cenceantur aut huncupantur aut nuper sciebantur censebantur aut nuncupabantur aut eorum aliquis Sciatur censeatur aut nuncupatur aut nuper sciebatur censebatur aut nuncupabitur ac eorum cuilibet omnes singulas proditiones proditorias offensiones misprisiones proditionum felonias offensiones Malefacta Felonica quaecunque per ipsos aut eorum aliquem sive aliquos per se solum sive cum aliqua alia persona sive aliquibus alijs personis quibuscunque contra forman Statuti in Parliamento Dominae Elizabethae nuper Reginae Angliae anno Regni sui vicessimo rertio fact edit intitulat An act to retaine the Queenes Majesties Subjects in their due obedience Seu contra formam Statuti Parliamenti Dominae nuper Reginae Anno regui sui vicessimo septimo fact edit intitulat An Act against Jesuits Seminary-priests and such otherlike disobedient persons seu contra formam Statuti in Parliamento praecharissimi nuper patris Nostri Iacobi nuper Regis Angliae anno regni sui tertio fact edit intitulati An Act for the better discovering and repressing of popish Recusants seu contra formam alicuus alterius legis sive Statuti ante hac fact concernen Iesuitas Sacerdotes Presbiter Seminar seu allos Presbiteros Sacerdotes Diaconos aut personas religiosas seu ecclesiastic sact ordinat seu provis per aliquam authoritatem sive jurisdictionem derivat calumniat aut pretens a sede Romana aut concernen reconcilitionem alicujus subditi sive aliquorum subditorum hujus regni Angliae Episcopo Sedi auc Eccleliae Romanae adhuc fact Commiss sive perpeirat ac
law in this case shall be put in execution and further there shall be letters written to the Lord Ireamrer and also to the Lord Admirall that all the Pâ—rts of this Realme and the creeks and members thereof be strictly kept and â—â—eight 〈◊〉 made to this end a Proclamation shall be to recall both the children of Noble men and the children of any other men and they to returne by a day also 〈◊〉 of Seminaries or Schollers there shall be punished according to the law â— That no popish Recâ—sanâ— be permitted to come within the Court unlesse your Majesty be pleased to call him upon speciall occasion agreable to the Stature of 〈◊〉 5. And whereas your Majesty for the preventing of any apparant mischiefs both to your Majesty and the State have in your princely wisdome taken order 〈◊〉 none of your naturall borne Subjects not professing the true Religion and by law established be admitted into the service of your royall Consort the Queen we give your Majesty most humble thanks and desire that your order herein may be observed Answ. If his Majesty shall find or be informed of any concourse of Recusants to the Court the law shall be strictly followed and his Majesty is pleasedâ— that by proclamation the Brittish and the Irish Subjects shall be put in the same case and as his Majesty hath provided in his treaty with France so his purpose is to keep it that a a 〈…〉 〈◊〉 of his Subjects shall be admitted into his service or into the service of his royall 〈◊〉 sort the Queen that are popish Recusants 6. That all the lawes now standing in force against Jesuits Seminary-priests and others having taken orders by authority derived from the Sea of Rome be put in due exâ—â—â—ion and to the intent they may not pretend to be surprized that a speedy and certaine day be prefixed by your Majesties Proclamation for their departure out of this Realme and all other your Dominions and not to returne upon the severest penalties of the law now in force against them and that all his Majesties Subjects may be thereby admonished not to receiveâ— comfort entertaine or conceale any of them upon the penalties which may be lawfully inflicted and that all such Papists â—esuits and Recusants who are and shall be imprisoned for recusancy or any other cause may be so strictly restrained as that â—one shall have conference with them thereby to avoyd the contagion of their corrupt Religion and that no man who shall be suspected of 〈◊〉 be suffered to be keeper of any your Majesties prisons Answ. The law in this case shall be put in execution and a Proclamation shall be to the 〈◊〉 desired and such restraint shall be made as is desired and no man that is justly suspected of popery shall be suffered to be keeper of any of his Majesties prisons 7. That your Majesty be pleased to take such order as to your Princely wisedome shall be expedient that no naturall borne Subject or strange Bishops nor any other by authority from the Sea of Rome confeâ—â—e any ecclesisticall orders or exercise any ecclesiasticall Function whatsoever toward or upon your Majesties natural Subjects within your Dominions Answ. This is 〈◊〉 to be ordered according as it is provided and it shall be so published by Proclamation 1. That your Majesties learned Counsell may receive order and commandement to consider of all former grants of Recusants lands that such of them may be avoyded as are made to the Recusants use or interest our of which the recusant receiveth any benefit which are either voyd or voydable by the law Answ. The King will give order to his learned Counsell to consider of the grants and will â—â—e according as is desired 9. That your Majesty will be likewise pleased strictly to command all your Judges and â—inisters of justice ecclesiasticall and temporall to see the lawes of this realme against Papist recusants to be duely executed and namely that the censure of excâ—mmunâ—◠〈◊〉 declared and certified against them and that they be not absolved but 〈◊〉 satisfaction by yeelding to conâ—ormity 〈…〉 leaves the lawes to their course and will give order in the point 〈…〉 as is desired 〈…〉 your Majesty wil be pleased to remove from all places of authority and government all such persons as are either popish Recusants or according to direction of former acte of State to be justly suspected Answ. This his Majesty thinks fit and will give order for it 11. That present order be taken for disarming all popish Recusants legally convicted or justly suspected according to the lawes in that behalfe and the orders taken by his late Majesties privy Counsell upon reason of State Answ. The lawes and acts in this case shall be followed and put in due execution 12. That your Majesty be also pleased in respect of the great resort of Recusants to and about London to command forthwith upon paine of your indignation and severe execution of the lawes that at they retire themselves to their severall Countries there to remaine confined within five miles of their places Answ. For this the lawes in sorce shall be forthwith executed 13. And whereas your Majesty hath strictly commanded and taken order that none of the naturall borne Subjects repaire to the hearing of Masses or other superstitious service at the Chappels or houses of forraigne Ambassadours or in any other places whatsoever We give your Majesty most humble thanks and desire that your Order and commandement therein may be continued and observed and that the offenders herein may be punished according to the lawes Answ. The King gives assent thereto and will see that observed which herein hath been commanded by him 14. That all such insolencies as any popishly affected have lately committed or shall hereafter commit to the dishonour of our Religion or to the wrong of the true professors thereof be exemplarily punished Answ. This shall be done as is desired 15. That the Statute of 1. Eliz. for the payment of 12. d. every Sunday by such as shall â—be absent from divine service in the Church without a lawfull excuse may be put in due execution the rather for that the penalty by law is given to the poore and therefore not to be dispenst withall Answ. It is fit that this Statute be executed and the penalties shall not be dispenst withall 16. Lastly that your Majesty would be pleased to extend your Princely care also over the Kingdome of Ireland that the like courses may be there taken for the restoring and establishing of true Religion Answ. His Majesties cares are and shall be extended over the Kingdome of Ireland and will doe all that a religious King should doe for the restoring and establishing of true Religion there NOTE And thus most gracious Soveraigne according to our duty and zeale to God and Religion to your Majesty and your safeâ—y to the Church and Common-wealth and their peace and prosperity we have made a faithfull declaration
better effecting of this I must and doe further require that the Register doe write out severall Copies of these Letters and issue them into the severall Arch-deaconries that none may plead ignorance of their duty in this behalfe as you must look to answer it further if fault be found to rest upon you Thus not doubting of your religious care and duty to the Church and State I leave you all to the grace of God and rest Your loving Friend and Diocesian Gul. Menevensis Westmin Ian. 14. 1625. To the right Worshipfull my very loving Friends Doctor Aubrey Chancellour of the Diocesses of Saint Davids and all his Surrogates and Deputies within the severall Arch-deaconries these be delivered Upon this the names of some few Recusants were certified to the Bishop out of Carmarthen and Pembrokeshire in Iune following but what other proceedings were used against them I am yet to seeke After this a new Parliament being assembled at Westminster in February 1625 they appointed a speciall Committee for Religion to examine the forementioned abuse of stopping proceedings against popish Recusants Priests and Jesuits by Letters under the privy Signet who issued out this ensuing Warrant to the Signet-Office found among Secretary Windebanks papers Lunae 6. of March 1625. at the Committee for Religion M. Moore M. Wil. Whitaker M. Lâ—u Whitaker M. Nubery THese Sub-committees are appointed to search at the Signet-Office what warrants have passed for the stay of the execution of Priests and Jesuits or of any other legall proceedings against popish Recusants since his Majesties gracious Answer to both Houses of Parliament delivered at Oxford in August and they are to bring Copies of all such Warrants or of the Dockets to that Commitee at their sitting upon Thursday next Iohn Pym. This is a true Copy of the Order delivered at the Signet-Office by Master Moâ—re Master Lau. Whitaker and Master Newbery examined with the Order it selfe the tenth of this instant March 1625. John Grymesdyche What the ground of this warrant was appeares by the report of Master Pym in the Commons Iournall of that Parliament Iovis 23. Martâ— 3. Car. Regiâ— MAster Pym reporteth from the Committee for religion a Letter written to the Major of Yorks for repriving of some Iesuitâ— Priesis and other Recusants there being doubt made of the Letter being under the Signeâ— a Sub-committee was appointed by the Committee of religion to examine this Letter with the Originall at the Signet-Office they going thither an Answer was returned by b b 〈…〉 Mr. Windebanke the then Clarke there that he cannot shew them that they desire without order from the King After which this Order was made in the Commons House Sab. 29. Apr. 2. Car. Regis THe Committee for Religion is to have power to make Sub-committees to goe and examine any that be sicke or in prison or have other lawfull impediment concerning saying of Masse or printing of popish bookes or other things in that nature In the moneth of May following the House tooke divers Examinations concerning popish School-masters and reâ—â—sants that were in office and particularly of a Iesuit that had a lodging and was in Commons in Graye-Inne and at last they agreed upon a Petition against recusants in office and to present their nature therewith to the King to the end they might be removed Martis 6. Iunij 3. Car. Regis THe Petition against Recusants in authority was â—grossed read and allowed to'be presented to his Majesty and this to be done by the Privy Counsell of the House and Sir Iohn Fulleston which was done accordingly but with what reall successe I can give no exact account In this Parliement these ensuing articles against Popish Recusants were consulted of in the Common House with an intent to draw them into an act Articles consulted upon in Parliament for a Law against Recusants 1. THat where by former Statutes the King was to have 20. li. a moneth from Recusants hereafter his Majesty shall take two parts of the lands of every Recusant 2. Church-wardens monethly to present the names quality and ability of every person in their parish absenting from Church to Justices of peace 3. A new Oath with more additions to be taken concerning the Supremacy 4. His former Law to be explained and confirmed that the Husband shall pay for the recusancy of his Wife 5. That Recusants shall not keep any weapons in their houses but what shall be allowed by Justices of the peace and shall neverthelesse be assessed for provision of Armes 6. All papisticall books to be prohibited from comming over from beyond the fear oâ— here received upon a great paine 7. If any shall discover a Papist or any other at Masse whereby they may be apprehended he shall have the third part of their Lands and Goods for his paines and inteligence 8. Every Recusant shall cause his child to be baptized in his parish Church within a moneth after birth upon great paine 9. No Recusant to beare office of Iustice of peace or otherwise or any man whose wife shall be a Recusant or practise law common or civill or phisicke nor have command in warre and no Recusant being Patron of any Benefice shall have power to present unto it but both Vniversityes shall present unto it alternis vicibus 10. All persons convicted of recusancy shall stand excommunicated ipso facto No Recusants shall hold any lands or Tenements by curtine no woman recusant shall have dower or thirds of her Husbands lands or goods by any custome or usage of place 11. That the children of Recusants above the age of five yeers shall be taken from their Parents and placed for education by Iustices or peace in every parish and to be maintained at their Parents charge and they not to have power to dis-inherit them 12. No Recusant shall be Guardian in Socage Chivalry or pour-nature to any person c. 13. That no person shall goe beyond the seas without taking the new Oath unlesse by warrant from the King or â—ix of the privy Counsell 14. If any of the Kings Subjects shall be reconciled to the Pope in any part beyond the â—eas and return to any of the Kings Dominions it shall be treason as if it had been done in England Pope Vrban the eighth having intelligence of this Parliamentâ— strict proceedings against popish Priests and Recusants in England sent this enming consolatory Bull unto them found among Secretary Windebankes papers at the end whereof I find the torme of an Oath which the English Priests take before they be admitted into any Ecclesiasticall Office in the Church of Rome both which I shall here subjoyne Urbanus P P. Octavns DILECTI FILII Salutem Apostolicam Reâ—edictionem Non semper terrena faelicitas est beneficium coeli patrimonium pâ—â—tatis pacemenim cum pâ—etate vâ—olens ecclesia non rare experta est potentiam mortalium esse stipendium sceleris quare Catenas martyrum anteferimus Coronis triumphantium Deus sempiterâ—â—â—
this very yeere even when the Parliament was sitting they were upon the point of gaining a publike Toleration of their Religion in Ireland where they plotted first openly to erect the same being furthest out of the Parliaments and peoples view and then to set it up openly by degrees neerer home This Toleration there by their powerfull Court-friends and purses was so farre resolved on and proceeded in that the Protestant Bishops of Ireland knew of no other meants to prevent it but by joyning in a publike Protestation against it the Copy occasion and manner whereof I shall here present you with as I found them in the Arch-bishop of Canterburies Study sent as it seemes to the then Arch-bishop out of Ireland The judgement of the Arch-bishops and Bishops of Ireland concerning a Toleration of the popish Religion by publike Protestation THE Religion of Papists is superstitious and idolarous their faith and doctrine erronious and hereticall their Church in respect of both Apostolicall to give them therefore a Toleration of Religion or to consent that they may freely exercise their Religion and professe their Faith and Doctrine is a grievous sinne and that in two respects First it is to make our selves accessary not only to their superstitious Idolatries Heresies and in a word to all the abominations of Popery but also which is a consequent of the former to the perdition of the seduced people which perish in the deluge of the Catholike Apostacy Secondly to grant them a Toleration in respect of any mony to be given or contribution to be made by them is to set Religion to sale and with it tho soules of the peoples whom Christ our Saviour hath redeemed with his blood And as it is a great sinne so it is a matter of most dangerous consequence the consideracion whereof we leave to the Wife and Judicious beseeching the Zealous God of Truth to make those who are in authority Zealous of God glory and of the advancement of true Religion zealous resolute and conragious against all popery superstition and idolatry There were likely to be granted unto the Papists in Ireland many priviledges and withall a Toleration for their Religion in the consideration of the payment of a great summe of money This Easter◠tearme 1626. there was a great meeting of all the chiefest of the whole Kingdome and the Arch-bishops and Bishops c. and it was likely to be concluded Doctor Dowman Bishop of London-derrey Aprill II. preached at Dublin before the Lord Deputy and the whole State his Text was Luke I. at the 79. In the midst of his Sermon he openly read this Protestation above written subscribed by the Arch-bishops and Bishops of Ireland and at the end he boldly said and let all the people say Amen And suddenly all the whole Church almost shooke with the sound that their Amen made c. the Lord Deputy called from the Bishop of Derry a copy both of his Sermon and Protestation to send to the King the learned and couragious Bishop gave this answer that there was nothing he either spake or read in the Pulpit but he would willingly justifie it before his Majesty and feared not who read or saw it So now by Gods mercy nothing may yet be done or will be till the Lord Deputy heare from the King The Bishop hereupon was sent for into England and after some attendance here returned back into Ireland where he dyed at his Bishoprick How bold the popish Titular Bishops were in Ireland and how they there ordained Masse-Priests by authority from the sea of Rome before this Protestation will appeare by these ensuing Letters of Orders conferred by Thomas Bishop of Meath which I found in the Arch-bishop of Canterburies Study thus indorced with his owne hand May 27. 1637. The forme of an Ordination by the Bishop of Meath in Ireland according to the forme of the Sea of Rome THOMAS Deiet Apostolica gratia Medensis Episcopus Universis singulis praesentes Nostras literas visuris salutem in eo qui est vera salus Notum facimus quod Nos Ordines in Cameris privatis Hereticae persecutionis metu celebrantes Dilectum Nobis Nolanum Feranan Dereusis diaecesios Diaconum ideoneum repertum and Sacrum Presbyteratus ordinem Sabatho sancto die 5. Aprilis Anne 1625. juxta 〈◊〉 Calendarij computum promovendum duximus et promouemus rite in Domino 〈◊〉 Messarum solemnia virtute dinissorialum sui Ordinarij Datum in loco Mansionis Nostrae die Anno praedictis Signed Thomas Medensis and sealed with his Episcopall Seale A Copy of the Certificate for the order of Priesthood This is a true Copy of that Copy of the Certificate which was this 27. of May 1635. sent in unto the Counsell-board Sir E. Nicholas How popery and Papists have since increased in that Kingdome notwithstanding this Protestation and what open Toleration of popish Bishops Priests Masse Monasteries Nunneries and a Colledge of Jesuits c. hath been in that Realme you shall heare anon in the continued seris of this Designe which transports me into France for a time from whence it had its second birth Not long after the Kings Match with France there was a designe in that Realme to extirpate the Protestants and surprize all their fortified Townes in that Kingdome whereof Rochell was the principall which being a maritane Towne furnished with a good Fleet of Ships able to make good their Harbour and furnish themselves with provisions and supplies from all their Protestant friends maugre all the Sea-forces of the French King thereupon the French Cardinall Richelieu and his confederates taking the advantage of their new interest in the King of England by reason of this marriage importuned him to lend his Brother of France the Vaunt-guard one of the Vessels of his royall Navy and seven Merchant-men of Warre to be imployed in his service by sea which the King condescending to sent the said Ships under the command of Captaine Pennington into France to be imployed as the French King and his Counsell should prescribe Who designing them for service against Rochell to surprize their Ships block up their Haven and intercept their trade and reliefe contrary to their expectation the Captaines Masters and Marriners of the Ships were so much discontented that they were designed against the Rochelers who were not onely their friends but the chiefe professors and maintāiners of the Protestant Religion in those parts and that they should be made the instruments of their ruine and draw the guilt of their innocent Protestant blood upon their soules that they all unanimously resolved they would rather dye sinke or be hanged up at the Masts of their Ships then stirre one jot or weigh anchor for such an unchristian detestable imployment Captaine Pennington their Admirall and the French used all the rhetorick and perswasions they could to alter this their heroick and most Christian resolution but they continued inflexible and would neither by allurements rewards nor threats be
drawne to such an unworthy action resolving rather to sinke then stirre therein Whereupon Captaine Pennington acquainted his Majesty and the Duke of Buckingham by Letters with this their peremptory resolution and desires their direction herein the King I know not by whose ill advice returns him this answer both by word of mouth and this ensuing Warrant the copy whereof was found among Windebankes and the Lord Cottingtons Papers CHARLES R. Pennington THese are to charge and require you immediately upon sight hereof that without all difficulty and delay you put Our former commandement in execution for the consigning of the Ship under your charge called the Vaunt-guard into the hands of the Marquesse de Effort with all her Equipage Artillery and Ammunition assuring the Officers of the said Ship whom it may concerne that we will provide for their indemnity and We further charge and command you that you also require the seven Merchants Ships in Our name to put themselves into the service of Our deare Brother the French King according to the promise made unto him and in case of backwardnesse or refusall We command you to use all forcible meanes in your power to compell them thereunto even to their sinking NOTE and in these severall charges see you faile not as you will answer the contrary at your utmost perill and this shall be your sufficient Warrant Given as Our Court at Richmond the 28. of Iuly 1625. To Our Trusty and welbeloved John Pennington Captaine of Our Ship called the Vaunt-guard Upon receit of this Warrant Captaine Pennington as I have been certainly informed from very credible persons of note privy to the transactions of this businesse threatned to shoot and sinke the Ships and hang up the Mariners that refused to yeeld obedience and serve against Rochell but they all unanimously declined the service bidding him doe his pleasure with them for goe against the Rochelers they would never but if they were commanded upon any other service not against the Protestants they would obey Whereupon those who refused to serve in this expedition were commanded to quit the Ships and returne into England which all did but two who soone after came to desperate ends the one being blowne up with Gun-powder the the other drowned or slaine Upon this the English Ships were according to this direction delivered to the French manned with French-men and other Forreigners and joyning with some more Vessels of the French King destroyed the Rochell Fleet blocked up their Haven ruined that famous Protestant City with most of the Protestants in it which after a long and sharp siege by sea and land was through famine surrendred into the Papist hands the losse whereof was generally if not justly imputed to our ill Counsellers who after they had been instruments to destroy their Ships the principall meanes of their safety support and preservation by an unfortunate voyage of the Duke of Buckingham to the Isle of Ree to what end but to ruine Rochell and the Protestant party in France or to revenge the disappointment of his lust as many muttered is yet unknowne to the world exhausted their Ammunition Victuals provisions men to supply our necessities at Ree and after our departure thence left our sick and maiâ—ed souldiers there to help devoure the residue of their emptied stores and then suffered them to be totally blocked up at sea when we had thus engaged them on our behalfe neglecting to send them timely supplies of Victuall Ammunition shipping men which was strangely delaid from time to time contrary to promise and when our ships went at last they gave over the designe of relieving is as desperate before ever they assayed whether it was feasible 〈◊〉 Master Henry now Lord Iermin and some others in that unfortunate expedition informed me and then making onely a Bravado towards the Barracado as if they meant to force it with their fireships and engines made with great stones brought to London to repaire Pauls so unlikely to do any good service for Rochell they discharged their Ordnance very valiantly above a league or two from the Workes they were to force and without adventuring neerer or attempting to force the Barre returned presently with infinite dishonour for England leaving all their fireships and Engines in them to the French in a most unwarlike manner but in their returne homewards many of these Ships were wrecked drowned in a tempest who would not adventure sinking in a fight and the whole Navy shattered Soon after which poor Rochell thus deferred and betraid was surrendred into the French Kings Cardinals possession and all the Protestant Towns in France surprized yeeded pillaged dismantled so as they have since no Town or Fort of strength to retire unto to preserve themselves from the force or massacres of their bloody Adversaries to whose mercilesse cruelties they are now wholly exposed upon all occasions by our means I pray God this 〈◊〉 against them and the blood of those many thousand Protestants then shed in France by our occasion be not one principall cause why God by way of retaliation hath permitted the Papists in Ireland and England to shed so much Protestant blood in these Realmes as they have done of late lot our refusing or neglecting to avenge their blood upon those romanized Conspirators who were the occasion of this their irreperable losse and bloodshed But to returne home againe from this deplorable action the second Parliament in King Charles his Reigne being dissolved sodainly in disgusts as you have heard there was a desperate plot laid to blow up our Religion Liberties Properties all at once by the Jesuiâ—â—call Arminian and Prelatical Faction To effect this they set on foot an enforced Loane or Benevolence to the King to which every man must be summoned and compelled to lend mony according to his ability to which end there were Commissions and Instructions together with speciall Commissioners senc into every County to summon all Free-holders and men of estate to lend what the Commissioners should asseâ—â—e them and to prepare the people the better to contribute Doctor Manwaing preached two Sermons before the King and his Court at White-hall and Doctor Sibthorpe another Sermon at the Assisâ—â—at Northampton by the now Arch-bishop of Canterbury his instigation who perused and caused these Sermons to be printed by the Kings speciall Command with some additions and purgations of his owne to preach the people out of their just rights in point of Conscience and the Judges were likewise enjoyed in their charges and circuits to declare the legallity of them and so inthrall the Subjects to this and all other arbitrary taxes in poynt of Law And that this malevolent enforced Benevolence might passe more currently and plausibly among the people the aiding of our Protestant Allies in Germany Denmarke France and particularly the reliefe of Rochell then besieged against the Papists and their potent enemies was made the principall end thereof and a Parliament was promised to be
summoned if this loan succeeded otherwise not though the issue proved a Parliament was rather pretended then really intended by the chief Advisers and Promoters of it to wit the Duke of Buckingham Bishop Laud and their Confederates The totall summe designed to be levyed proportionably upon all Counties by this loane as appeares by Secretary Windebanks memorials concerning it was 173411. li. His Majesties Letter to the severall Counties to draw on this Contribution as Secretary Windebanks owne Copy manifests were as followeth being all dated in February 1627. CHARLES REX IT is now knowne to all men that Our deare Uncle the King of Denmarke is brought into great distresse that without present succour the Sound will be lost Our Garrison in Stoad broken by the Emperours Foroes which now streightly besiege it Our Eastland Trade which maintaines Our Shipping and the Staple of Hamborough which vents Our Cloath both gotten from Vs Besides it is knowne likewise NOTE that two great Kings of Spaine and France and the Pope with them are joyned to root out Our Religion that their Admirals the Duke of Guise and Don Frederick de Toledo are at this present before Rochell and endeavouring to block it up that they have store of Land-men ready upon the coast of Britaine with them and other forces ready to invade us Of these imminent dangers to true Religion to Our Allies Our Countries and the Trade of Our people We assure Our selves every well-affected Subject will be very sensible as We are and certainly there is a necessity come upon Vs not so much of debating as acting Our defence and unlesse there be a present meanes found to set a Fleet to Sea to disband them that lye before Rochell that Towne and Our Religion in those parts are sure to be ruined We have beyond the custome of Our royall Progenitors spared neither Our Jewels nor Plate nor Our Lands to supply publike occasions We now expect speedy and proportionable supply for this service from the love and duty of Our People whence that charge for their owne preservation should ever come We find further in the debate of this businesse with Our privy Counsell that it is not possible this I lect of Ours now to be set forth can stay safely till a Parliament be assembled and We think it neither wise nor safe for Our Selve or you to be taken sitting in a Parliament and so proclaime to the world that We consult too late therefore though We are issuing out Our Writs for a present Parliament yet because We find the businesse cannot stay so long since that must have the ordinary course of Summons VVe expect your present performance of this service not doubting but that the Parliament when it comes will consider the urgency of the thing and the hast of the time â—and give Us thanks for this timely provision NOTE Now this VVe must let you know that if you make this present supply We will then goe on with Our Parliament if not then We must thinke of a more speedy way and yet it is not VVe that put this condition upon you but the moere necessity of the time and the service which if you neglect then it is not Our fault but your owne that ye have not a Parliament for VVe must put you in mind that it is not possible the affaires of Christendome should receive a turne to Our advantage but onely by Gods blessing and Our speed and we assure you that your making us and your selves by this present ayd to sit safe in Parliament nothing shall then divert us from meeting you at our day prefixed And since all men see that it is not safe to set downe now without this Fleet to back us it will be lesse sit then when the yeere is further advanced and though this may seem to you a great charge yet we have been so carefull in ordering and proportioning the businesse that we have laid a greater summe upon Our Selfe then upon You. And we further recommend upto you that Our former distractions the onely causes of Our disadvantage abroad may be laid downe that so God's blessing may come in to Our successe that as Our last devisions did us more harme then the common enemy so our present union testified in this foregoing signe of preparing this Fleet which is of greater consequence and will adde more credit then the money it selfe may be the happy forerunner of a future happinesse And last of all since this great businesse of setting out Ships used to be chaged upon the port Townes and neighbouring Ships is too heavy for them to beare alone in this great proportion therefore we have thought sit with the advice of Our privy Counsell and agreeable to the presidents of former times to cause the whole charge of this Fleet to be cast up and distributed among all the Counties at a proportionable rate according to which proportion the summe to be raised in And because we are confident of your forwardnesse and zeale to the service so deeply concerning the interest and safety of you all we give you the power but commit the trust for the manner of levying thereof to your care yet in such sort that you will not make the uneven rate of Subsidy your onely rule of proportion but proceed according to the true worth of mens-lands and estates within the County that so the poorer may be eased and yet the businesse be done The time assigned for Our said Fleet to beat sea is the first of March next and 〈◊〉 fore you are presently upon receit of these Our Letters to assemble your selves and to apportion the severall summes to each devision or hundred and within three dayes after to repaire to the said several places and to take order for the setling of Collectors which you are with all speed to 〈◊〉 to Our Counsell and to take order or the returne of the montes before the said first of March What further instructions shall be thought necessary you shall receive from Our Counsell but thus much We are pleased to signifie under Our owne hand that you and all men may know that the necessary preservation of the Church and Common-wealth presieh Vs to this hast and that We for Our part will not be wanting to Our duty of protection and We are confident our Subjects will not desert either Vs or themselves the Church or Common wealth neither doubt We but that Gods blessing will be upon our mutuall accord and endeavours which We hope the present ensuing Parliament will to our great comfort manifest to the World How illegall this Loane was and what an unlawfull Oath and instructions followed this Letter you may read in the Petition of Right 3. Caroâ—â— The Papists were very forwards to advance this â—oane since it made much to promote their designes and would have been a meanes to keep off a Parliament the only obstacle to their proceedings growth and intentions insomuch that Doctor 〈◊〉 in
humbly beseech you as we assure our selves you doe to lay the serious consideration thereof to your Royall and pious heart and that some timely course may be taken for redresse therein And now if to all these your Majesty will be pleased to adde the consideration of the circumstance of time wherein these courses tending to the destruction of true Religion within these your Kingdomes have been taken even at such times when the same is with open force and violence persecuted in other Countries NOTE and all the reformed Churches of Christendome either depressed or miserably distressed we doe humbly appeale to your Majesties Princely judgement whether there be not a just ground of feare that there is some secret and strange cooperating here with the enemies of our Religion abroad for the utter extirpation thereof and whither if these courses be not speedily redrest and the profession of true Religion encouraged we can expect any other but misery and ruine speedily to fall upon us especially if besides the visible and apparant dangers whereby we are encompassed round about you would be pleased piously to remember the displeasure of Almighty God alwayes bent against the neglect of his holy Religion the stroaks of whole divine justice we have already felt and doe still feele with smart and sorrow in great measure c. This memorable Petition and Remonstrance predicting and if then cordially embruced pursued preventing all those bloody warres and miseries which since have justly befallen us by the growing Popish party both in England and Ireland being presented to his Majesty by the Commons House was not onely slighted disregarded and taken very ill by his Majesty and his Privy Counsellours but likewise called in and suppressed and Bishop Land in the Kings name by his speciall command as he pretends returned this pâ—remptory answer to it in writing the originall whereof was found in his Study under his owne hand contrary both to his knowledge and conscience A Preface first and then as followes AND although We are not bound to give an account of Our Actions but to God onely out of the honour and integrity of Our Grace the love and care of Our people the great and hearty desire We have to take off all feares and jealousies from Our loyall and loving Subjects We have thought fit to declare these reasons following why We have called in this Remonstrance which yet We presume and constantly beleeve 〈◊〉 framed and delivered up unto Us with good intentions though by amisguised Zeale For first that Remonstrance begins at Religion and feares innovation of it innovation by Popery But We would have Our Subjects of all sorts to call to mind what difficulties and dangers We endured not many yeers since for Religions sake that We are the same still and our holy Religion is as pretious to Vs as it is or can be to any of them and we will no more admit innovation therein then they that think they have done well in fearing it so much 'T is â—ue that all effects expected have not followed upon the Petition delivered at Oxford but We are in least fault for that for supply being not afforded Vs diâ—inabled Us to execute all that was desired and caused the stay of those legall proceedings which have helped to swell up this Remonstrance Yet let all the Countie of England be examined and London and the Suburbs with them neither is there such a noted encrease of Papists nor such cause of feare as is made nor hath any aâ—nounted to such an odious Tolerating as is charged upon it nor neere any such For that Commission so much complained of both the Matter and 〈◊〉 of it are utterly mistaken for it doth not dispense with any Penalty or any course to be taken with any Papist for the exercise of their Religion no nor with the 〈…〉 or not conformity to Ours It was advised for the encrease of Our profit and the returning of that into Our purse which abuse or connivency of inâ—eriour Ministers might perhaps divert another way If that or any other shall be abused in the execution We will be ready to punish upon any just complaint The next feare is the daily growth and spreading of the Arminian Faction called a cunning way to bring in Popery But We hold this charge as great a wrong to Our Selfe and Our Government as the former for Our People must not be taught byâ— Parliament Remonstrance or any other way NOTE that We are so ignorant of Truth or so carelesse of the profession of it that any Opinion or Faction or whatever it be called should thrust it selfe so farre and so fast into Our Kingdomes without Our knowledge of it this is a meere dreame of them that wake and would make Our loyall and loving People think We sleepe the while In this charge there is great wrong done to two eminent Prelates that attend Our Person for they are accused without producing any the least shew or shadow or proof against them and should they or any other attempt innovation of Religion either by that open or any cunning way We should quickly take other order with them and not stay for your Remonstrance To help on this Our people are made beleeve there is a restraint of Books Orthodoxall But We are sure since the late Parliament began some whom the Remonstrance cals Orthodox have assumed to themselves an unsufferable liberty in printing Our Proclamation commanded a restraint on both sides till the passions of men might subside and calme and had this been obeyed as it ought We had not now been tossed in this tempest and for any distressing or discountenancing of good Preachers We know there is none if they be as they are called Good But Our good people shall never want that spirituall comfort which is due unto them And for the preferments which We bestow We have ever made it Our great Care to give them as rewards of desert and paines but as the preferments are Ou ts so will We be Judge of the desert Our Selfe and not be taught by a Remonstrance For Ireland We thinke in Case of Religion 't is not worse then Queen Elizabeth left it and for other affaires 't is as good as We found it nay perhaps better and We take it for a great disparagement of Our Government that it should be voyced that new Monasteries NOTE Nunneries and other Superstitious Houses are erected and replenished in Dublin and other great Townes of that Our Kingdome for We assure Our Selfe Our Deputy and Counsell there will not suffer God and Our Government so to be dishonoured but We should have had some accompt of it from them and We may not endure to have Our good people thus missed a They are 〈◊〉 into bloody 〈◊〉 with shewes There is likewise somewhat considerable in the time when these practises to undermine true Religion in Our Kingdomes are set on foot The Remonstrance 〈◊〉 Vs it is now when
passing their grants and other discharges is such that without your Majesty be further pleased to extend your mercy towards them your poore Petitioners although they have used the uttermost of their mean endeavours can reape no benefit of your Majesties gracious favour vouchsafed unto them They therefore most humbly beseech your Majesty to be pleased to referre the settlement and establishing of the said Fees to the Lord Treasurer and the Lord Cottington who calling unto them your Majesties Vice-Presidents of the North may direct such moderate fees and meanes to passe the said grants and other discharges as your Petitioners meane ability may be able to undergoe And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray for your Majesties long and prosperous reigne over us But this Proclamation rather displeasing then satisfying it was thus seconded with the ensuing ogive more content By the KING A Proclamation declaring His Majesties Royall Pleasure and Command for putting the Lawes and Statutes made against Jesuits Priests and Popish Recusants in due execution WHereas We have found by experience that notwithstanding the strict and severe Lawes made and standing in force against Iesuits Priests and others having taken Orders by authority derived or pretended to be derived from the Sea of Rome and notwithstanding Our former restraints and prohibition by Proclamation and otherwise many of them have presumed to resort and remaine within this Our Realme and other parts of Our Dominions and there doe daily endeavour to withdraw and seduce Our Subjects from the true Religion of Almighty God and from there due Allegiance and Obedience towards Us their Liege Lord and that many of Our Subjects missed by them have adventured to receive harbour and maintaine them and thereby have incurred the danger of Our Lawes And therefore not finding that good effect which We did and might justly expect of any former course taken in that behalfe We have thought fit NOTE and doe hereby publish Our royall pleasure and Command that carefull and diligent search be made by all Our Officers and Ministers and by all others to whom it may appertaine for all Iesuits Priests and others having taken Orders by authority derived or pretended to be derived from the Sea of Rome and that wheresoever and whensoever they shall be found they be apprehended and committed to the common Goale of that County where they shall be found there to remaine without Baile or Mainprize untill by due course of Law they be tryed Quâ—re whether it were so doneâ— and proceeded with according to Law which We will shall be done with all convenient expedition And if upon their tryall and Conviction there shall be cause to respire the execution of any of them yet We are resolved not to let them lye in those common Goales much lesse to wander about at large but according to the example of former times to send them to the Cattle of Westbich or some other safe Prison where they shall remaine under strait and close custody and be wholly restrained from exercising their Functions or spreading their superstitious and dangerous Doctrine And We are also resolved whereof We doe hereby give notice to all whom it may concerne at their utmost perils That the Harbourers Receivers and Maintainers of Iesuits Priests and all such others as haue received or shall receive Orders as aforesaid shall be left to the due and ordinary course of Law And We doe further will and command that all Our Judges Justices and Ministers of Justice in their severall places not onely doe observe Our will and pleasure before expressed in all and every the premises but also doe put all other Out Lawes in due execution against Popish Recusants and that Our Judges of Assise at their returne out of their Circuits doe from time to time hereafter give a strict accompt of their proceedings therein unto Our Lord Keeper of the great Seale and Our Lord Keeper doe present the same unto Vs. And whereas We heretofore granted severall Commissions for Leasing and demising of the Lands of Recusants liable to their forfeitures with Instructions for the direction of Our Commissioners in that service NOTE We minding a due reformation of the manifold neglects and abuses of our inferiour officers and others whereby that part of our Revenue hath been extreamly lessened and those who were backward in Religion have been encouraged to persist in their obstinacy and blindnesse have caused those Commissions and Instructions to be revived and many parts altered for our better service and profit And We doe hereby declare the same to the intent that such as shall be willing to contract with Us or to further our service or advance our profit in that behalfe may attend our said Commissioners And whereas We are informed that divers have contracted for Leases of Recusants Lands who doe not sue out their Leases to our great hinderance our will and pleasure is That all such as have already contracted with our Commissioners for Leases of Recusants Lands shall passe them under our Seales before the end of Michaelmâ—â— Terme next and such as shall hereafter contract for any such Leases shall passe therâ— under our Seales before the end of the Terme then next following after such contracts made or else their Contracts to be utterly voyd And We doe straitly charge all our said Commissioners that they be carefull to advance our profit herein according to the true intent of our Commissions and Instructions and that they use all diligence to discover and avoid all abuses which may tend to the diminution of our profit or to the encrease of Popery and back-sliding from the true Religion established in the Church of England Given at Our Court at Southwicke the third day of August in the fourth yeere of Our reigne of Great Britaine France and Ireland A little before the next Session of Parliament and during the Session it selfe the King likewise issued out these successive Proclamations following against Doctor Smith Bishop of Calcedon By the KING A Proclamation for the apprehension of Richard Smith a Popish Priest stiled and calling himselfe the Bishop of Calcedon FOrasmuch as We certainly understand that Richard Smith an English man borne by profession a Popish Priest now is and for some yeeres past hath been in this Realme and here not onely 〈◊〉 our Subjects in their Religion but both also both by his writings in print and otherwise and by his 〈◊〉 practice perswade those our Subjects to whom he hath accesse from their Allegiance to Us their Liege Lord and usurpeth to himselfe Episcopall Jurisdiction from the Sea of Rome and exerciseth the same within this Kingdome and holdeth continuall Intelligence with our Enemies whereby according to the just Lawes of this Realme he hath committed the offence of high treason And yet neverthelesse divers of our Subjects seduced by him doe receive harbour and entertaine him contrary to our Lawes and have thereby incurred and doe incurre the penalty of those
Lawes which are capitall to the ostenders We therefore being justly provoked by the boldnesse of the said Smith doe hereby straitly command all out loving Subjects of whatsoever condition quality or degree that none of them directly or indirectly doe permit or suffer him to be concealed or harboured but that forthwith they arrest and apprehend his body and bring him before the next Justice of Peace to the place where he shall be apprehended whom We straitly command to commit him to prison without baile or mainprize and presently thereupon informe Vs or our Privy Counsell of his apprehension And We doe further declare hereby that if any person shall hereafter directly or indirectly harbour or conceale the said Smith or use or connive at any meanes whereby the said Smith may escape from being apprehended or 〈◊〉 it at then We shall extend the uttermost severity of our Lawes against every such offender And We further charge and command all and singular our Judges Justices of Peace Majors Sheriâ—fs Constables and all other our Officers Ministers and loving Subjects that if they shall find any person offending herein hereafter that then they and every of them proceed with all diligence and roundnesse not onely against the said Smith but also against all such as shall harbour conceale or connive at his concealment or shall not me their best endeavours for his discovery and apprehension according to the uttermost extent of our Lawes Given at Our Court at White-hall the 11. day of December in the fourth yeere of Our reigne of Great Britaine France and Ireland By the KING A second Proclamation for the aprrension of Richard Smith a Popish Priest stiled and calling himselfe the Bishop of Calcedon WHereas by our Proclamation bearing date the eleventh eay of December last past for the reasons in that our Proclamation expressed VVe did straitly command that none of our Subjects should harbour or conceale the said Smith but that forthwith they should arrest and apprehend his body and bring him before the next Justice of Peace to the place where he should be apprehended whom VVe thereby commanded to commit him to prison without baile or mainprize and presently to informe Us or our privy Counsell of his apprehension And VVe did thereby declare That if any person should then after directly or indirectly harbour or conceale the said Smith or use or connive at any meanes whereby the said Smith might escape from being apprehended or arrested that VVe should extend the uttermost feverity of our Lawes against every such offender as by our Proclamation at large appeareareth which our Proclamation hath not yet wrought that good effect which VVe expected the said Smith being still hidden and harboured by those who being insected and blinded with popish Superstition preferre their respects to him before their duty to Vs and the feare of Our high displeasure and the consequence thereof VVe therefore by the advice of our privy Counsell have thought sit by this our second Proclamation to renew our former command in that behalfe And to the end that none of our Subjects may hereafter excuse themselves by a pretended ignorance of the danger they shall fall into if they shall harbour or conceal him VVe doe hereby publish and declare that the said Smith is not onely a popish Priest and with a high presumption taketh upon him to exercise Ecclesiasticall Jurisdiction pretended to be derived from the Sea of Rome within this our Realme and endeuvoureth to seduce our Subjects from the true Religion established in the Church of England which by Gods assistance VVe shall ever constantly maintaine but doth also seditiously and traiterously hold correspondence with our enemies rending to the destruction of our State And therefore VVe doe now againe renew our former command for his apprehension Quâ—râ— what Priests or Hurlirers of them hath since suffered in this kind and doe hereby further signifie That whosoever shall lodge harbour or relieve the said Smith or any other Priest Jesuit or otherâ— having taken orders by authority pretended to be derived from the Sea of Rome shall incurre the danger of our Lawes made against the harbourers lodgers and relievers of Priests to the full extent thereof which by the Statutes of this our Realme is Felony And VVe doe further hereby declare which VVe shall really performe That whosoever shall discover the said Smith and cause him to be apprehended as asoresaid shall have a reward of one hundred pounds in mony to be presently paid unto him by Us and shall also have the benefit of all such penalties and forfeitures which shall or may accrue unto Us and be forfeited by that person in whose house the said Smith shall be found to have been harboured or concealed And VVe further charge and command hereby as by our former Proclamation VVe did all and singular our Judges Justices of Peace Majors Sherieffs Constables and all other our Officers Ministers and loving Subjects that if they shall find any person offending herein that then they and every of them proceed with all diligence and readinesse not onely against the said Smith but also against all such as shall harbour conceale or connive at his concealment or shall not use their best endeavours for his discovery and apprehension according to the uttermost extent of our Lawes Given at Our Court at White-hall the 24. day of March in the fourth yeere of Our reigne of Great Britaine France and Ireland These Proclamations against the Bishop of Calcedoâ— at the first view seem to carry and expresse abundance of royall zeale against Popery and to proceed onely 〈◊〉 some zealous Protestants of the Kings Councell out of a conscientious care of 〈◊〉 preservation of our established Religion and detestation of Smithâ— audatiousness to conferre orders and exercise Episcopall Jurisdiction within his Majesties Dominions by a Forreign authority from the Sea of Rome which is no lesse then high Treason by the Statutes of 23. Eliz. c. 1. But if our English popish Priests Monks and paâ—ties themselves who are able to give us best and truest information in this particular or this Bishops best friends in forraigne parts may be credited or the Primate of Armagh himselfe Doctor Vsher in one of his b 〈◊〉 17 16â—â— Letters to the now Arch-bishop of Canterbury these Proclamations against the Bishop of Calcedon were not procured at the motion of any Protestants or out of any love to our Religion or opposition to popery but at the earnest solicitation of the regular Priests and Munks in England and Ireland who violently opposed Doctor Smiths election and Episcopall Jurisdiction to which they would by no meanes submit pretending themselves exempted from it by their orders and writing bitterly against the having of any Bishop in England which would eclipse the Regulars power and extenâ—â—re their gaines c 〈…〉 Daniel a Iesu Horuran Lomelus Loâ—ly Nicholas Smith and others writing expresse books against his Episcopacy which were by Smith and his Pertisans
a popish Clergy more numerous by farre then we NOTE and in the fall exercise of all Iurisdiction Ecclesiasticall by their Vicars-generall and Officials who are so confident as they excommunicate those that come to our Courts even in Matrimoniall causes which affronâ— hath been offered my selfe by the popish Primates Vicar-generall for which I have begun a processe against him The Primate himselfe lives in my Parish within two mile of my house the Bishop in another part of my Diocesse further off every parish hath his Priest and some two or three apeecâ— and so their Masse-houses also in some places Masse is said in the Churches Frieries there are in divers places who goe about though not in their habits NOTE and by their importunate begging impoverish the people Who indeed are generally very poore as from that cause so from their paying doubtâ— Tythes to their owne Clergy and ours from the dearth of Corne and death of therâ— Cattell these late yeers with the contributions to their Souldiers and their Agents and which they forget not to reckon among other causes the oppressions of the Courâ— Ecclesiasticall which in very truth my Lord I cannot excuse and doe seeke to reforme For our own there are some seven or eight Ministers in each Diocesse of ' good sufficiency and which is no small cause of the continuance of the people in Popery still English which have not the tongue of the people nor can performe divine offices or converse with them and which hold many of them two three four or more Vicarages apeece Even the Clerkships themselves are in like manner conferred upon the English NOTE and sometimes two or three or more upon one man and ordinarily bought and sold or let to farme c. His Majesty is now with the greatest part of this Country as to their hearts consciences King but at the Popes discretion c. Your Lordships most obliged servant in Christ Iosâ— Wil. Kilmoren and 〈◊〉 Kilmere this 1. of Aprill 1630. This was the condition and state of the Papists in Ireland then who the very same yeere Novemb. 22. 1630. presented this Petition to the Lords Justices and Counsell thus indorsed with Bishop Laâ—dâ— owne hand The Petition of the Recusants in Ireland to the Lords Iustices and in some things concerning the Church To the right honourable the Lords Justices and Counsell The humble Petition of the Lords Knights and Gentlemen here attending in the behalfe of themselves and the rest of his Majesties Subjects of this Kingdome Novemb. 22 1630. Most humbly making Petition THat whereas the late imployed Agents did humbly offer to his Highnesse three Subsidies to be granted and confirmed by Parliament in this Kingdome and for that the said Parliament was not called accordingly yet the Inhabitants of the Country are compelled to goe on forward with the payment of the same with which if â—thers that have imployments NOTE and are of greatest meanes in this Kingdome had been â—axed or had borne according as they would have been by the authority of Parliament the said three Subsidies and the summes whereat they were estimated would have been long since levyed and whereas his most gracious Majesty in compassion of his Subjects did grant divers Favours Graces and Benefits to them and did manifest his princely care of them that they should have favours and graces in regard of the great burden they did and doe beare in payment of so great summes Your Suppliants humbly beseech your Honours to consider of the humble request of your Suppliants under-written being some of these particulars wherein they conceive the Country and people are over-heavily burthened which doth not onely discourage but also disable them to beare the charges which they doe and that your honours will be pleased to take such order for their ease and reliefe in the same as shall stand with Justice Equity and the intimated favours which your Suppliants well hope and conceive his Highnesse of his owne royall disposition and gracious inclination is willing shall be conferred upon them And your Suppliants shall ever pray c. That in regard his Majesty signified his pleasure in his Instructions that an Act should passe in Parliament that no Tythes should be inquired of above lx yeerâ— past that your Lordships will give order that all Commissioners and Officers shall forbeare inquiring of Tythes for his Majesty before that time and that Plantations grounded upon such Tythes may be forborne and that the holding of the Parliament may be certained That your Lordships may direct a course that the Clergy doe not proceed with the great burden and charge they doe lay upon the poore people for clandestine Matriages Christnings and Burials c. That your Lordships likewise will direct a course to ease the poore Subjects of the unreasonable fines imposed by the Clerks of the Market and also to ease them of the intolerable charges they beare by means of the suing forth Recognizaâ—ces for building of Churches fines for Bridges and High-wayes The Commissions that are issued to examine what payments are made of the Subsidies to be renewed That there may be free liberty for transporting all Commodities of the Kingdome that may be spared without paying any thing for Licences Tha◠〈◊〉 advantage be taken for not inrolling the Surrenders of Connaught according to 〈◊〉 Majesties Instructions and former Graceâ— The Complaints of the Common-wealth to be annexed to the former Petition delivered by the Noble-men and Gentlemen of the Country to the Lords Iustices and Counsell December 6. 1630. That the Bishops Court shall hold no longer then one day at a sitting That the Inquisitors comming to doe service to the same Court shall not pay foâ— their entrance The Subsidy of the Bishops and Clergy if they have paid the same no ease done to the Country thereby That no Eâ—cheator shall bring paroels of Records into the Country to be found by a Jury but that the whole Record or a true Copy thereof be brought and the same to be testified by the Officer of the Court. That your Lordships lay downe a rate for the issues for respit of homage according each terme or yeere for which the said respit of homage shall happen to be in arreare proportionably to the respit of homage it â—elfe That the King at Armes or any of his shall demand no fees or duty belonging to him by colour of his Office of any Noble-man or Gentleman unlesse he be sent for That School-masters shall not be disturbed from teaching so they â—each nothing concerning Religion That the houses may be restored to the Inâ—erâ—tors which were seized on by vertue of a Proclamation to wit that forementioned How this Petition came to the Bishops hands appeares by this Letter thus indorsed by him Feb. 10. 1630. My Lord Primate of Armagh about the Recusants Peâ—â—tion to the Lords Iustices c. To the right Reverend Father in God my singular good Lord the Lord Bishop of
the Archbishops triall Most excellent Sir Patron most honoured I Would have retained my selfe from writing to your most illustrious Lordship for feare of being to you some impediment I knowing your many occupations but I having heard from many persons and in particular by letters of Seignior Francisco sometimes my Secretary the honourable mention that otherwhiles your most illustrious Lordship is wont to make of my person NOTE and having also oftentimes understood from the most famous Seignior Cavaliere Hamilton and from Father John the Benedictin how much your most illustrious Lordship straineth himself in favouring of me I have been forced to commit this rude civility taking in hand my pen to give you trouble NOTE I assure your most famous Lordship that I live so much obliged unto you thâ—â— I shall never be able to pretend to satisfie to one and the least particle of that which I owe seeing that during my abode in London most rare were those dayes in which I did not receive from your most illustrious Lordship some grace in the behalfe and favour of the poore Catholikes .. I must also congratulare my selfe with your most famous Lordship concerning the most noble manners and behaviours of your Lordships Sonnes the which with their singular modesty and other most laudable vertues have gained such an opinion amongst them that have knowne them in this Court that I could never be able to expresse it NOTE and the Lord Cardinall Barberino in particular cannot satiate himselfe in praising them It grieves me not to have had the fortune to meet with them in this City because willingly I would have attested my devotion towards your most famous Lordship to the which and to all your most illustrious family I rest desiring eternall felicity from Heaven In the meane while I humbly entreat you to favour me with some commandement and I kisse your hands Your most illustrious Lordships most devout and most obliged Servant Greg. Panzani From Rome the 31. of May 1637. By this letter you may discerne what intimacy Windebanke had with and what daily favours he bestowed upon this Nuncio during his abode in London what curtisies he did for the papists here what correspondency he kept with Romanists abroad and what entertainment respect his sonnes then received in the Popes Court from his Creatures for his sake of which more in due place Among the Arch-bishop of Canterbury his papers I found the copy of a letter said to be written to the Pope thus indorsed with his owne hand Rece Octob. 15. 1635. A copy of the letter which is reported King Charles did write to Pope Urban the eighth about the restitution of the Duke of Loraigne Rex magnae Britanniae c. Sanctitatisuâ— Vrbano octavo salutem c. Anno 1634. Maxime Pontifex DOmus Lotharingiae Olim modo Principum Regumque mater vinculatrahit dura as in captivitatem ducitur orbe spectante 〈◊〉 Sanguis mihi optime Pontifex in venis salit quem a domo Letharingiae hausi pulsantque mihi violentes motuâ— praecordia dum consanguineos meos Duces paâ—riae sedibus spoljatos 〈◊〉 hostiliâ— graviter passâ—s sanguis cum in Nobis idem sit atiam amor distrahor tamen affectibus hinc cognati Lotharingiae oppressi jacent inde frater meâ—s triumphator sedâ— ut eorum calamitates violenta manu foveam necesse erit ut hunc 〈◊〉 Itaque pressus utrinque amore câ—gor ad mediationes aliorum Principum confugere ut amicitiam inter bos mihi caros concilieâ— bella amore extinguens non aliter sane extinguenda nisi faedâ— sanguinis Christiani effusione Ad te ergo Urbane Pontifex quem omni humanitatis cultu uâ—â— optimum Principem existimavi revertor cum hi Principes potestatem tuam 〈◊〉 agnoscere videantur se oves teque Pastorem suum â—â—pera igitur Sanctitatem suam ita obiestor hisce this Filijs Patris ut suam vocem andientes armis seposâ—â—â—s paceâ— Christianam meant exterisque Principibus authoruateâ— tuam agnoscentibus obedientâ—â— exempla sintâ— Deponatur te sedente quodcunque inter illos violentum sedatique reddâ—ntur hereditate suâ— cegnati Duces caeterique Lotharingiae domus Principes reponantur in avitaâ— sedis Hoc incumbit tuae in illos potentiae Curabit preculdabio paterna manus filiorum suorum vulnera praedicabitque Christianus orbis Urbano â—ontfice Romanâ— domnâ—â— Lotharingiam ex qua fere omnes Christiani Principes â—lori doâ—ari prâ—stinae vitaerestitui Tot vero inter Reges Principes qui hanc Christianissimans domum matrem agnoscunt Ego Vâ—bano principi optimo una 〈◊〉 illis gratias immortales agam quodque huic domus Parentâ— meae a Sanctitate suaâ—prestabitur tanquam mihimet meisque Coronis praestitum grato animo agnoscam Eterim fatendum est nihil mihi Contigisse gravius quam optimae illius domus mihi conjunctissimae contemplarâ— ruinam This letter perchance was but a civill complement for a civill end About this time Secretary Windebanks as I conceive or some other great person desired to be resolved from Rome of the Popes good affection to the King which some here questioned to which be received this answer thence in Italian sound among Windebanke papers and it seemâ— to be written by Cardinall Barberino with whom this Secretary held intelligence Concerning the demand made to your Lordship if the Pope loveth the King I answer That his Holinesse loves his Majesty better thâ—n any thing in this world better then any Nâ—phewes NOTE then all my whole Family and better then any whatsoever thing or Family belonging to his Beatitude or any Potentate that is And this is a love not onely proceeding from a Soveraigne Bishop but proper to his Holinesse A good counter-signâ— or testimony hereof your Lordship may see in those sine verses made by his Holinesse upon the death of the Queen Grand-Mother of this King 〈…〉 I have seen and shall see oftentimes testimonies to wit the teares which his Holinesse many times hath shed for the re-union of 〈◊〉 person to our holy Religion the which our Lord sheddeth every time that I relate unto him what your Lordship writes to me Vpon this forenamed entercourse with Rome by mutuall Agents they began at Rome to have very good opinion of our favourable inelinations towards them as may appeare by these passages written from Venice by Master William Middleton Chaplaine to the Lord Fielding then English Ambassadour there to Doctor Loud Arch-bishop of Canterbury in whose Study the originall was seized Right Honourable and most Reverend c. WHiles I was writing there came a franciscan Fryar to my selfe his businesse was this A mind he told me he had to leave these parts and with them the Religion herein used that I should doe him a great favour would procure him a passage for England either by sea or by land c. NOTE I fell to question him whether and when he had
The originall whereof is thus Indorsed with the Archbishops owne hand Rece September 1 1637. From the City of Edenborough Their readinesse to receive the Liturgy Most Reuerenà Father in God and our very good Lord. VVEE regreive from our hearts that tumult which did fall out in our Churches that day of the imbringing of the Service Book Wherin now these of His Majesties Councell who has laboured the tryall thereof will give testimony of our innocency since that time and rinsig of his Majesties Councell in this feriall time we have dayly concurred with out ordiner and our Ministry for setling of that Service as the Right Honorable the Earl of Traquair L. Treasurer with the Bishop of Galloway and Dunbleane will beare witnesse Who has spared neither paines noâ— attendance to bring that purpose to any good conclusion and although the poverty of this City be great being almost exhausted with publick and common works yet we have not bin inlacking to offer good meanes above our power to such as should undertake that service and in all things wherein we have bin required wee have ever bin ready really to approve our selves obedient and loyall Subjects to his Majesty in all his Royall Commandements which we have vowed ever to second to our lives end And we being infinitely obliged to your Graces favour Wee now presumed by these lynes to give your Grace that assurance of obedience upon our part in this purpose and in all other purposes wherein we may contribute to the advancement of His Majesties service as can be expected of good Subjects Whereof if His Majesty by your Grace shall be pleased to rest assured what things any other shall suggest we will accept it from you as ane great accumulation of favour for all which your Grace shall ever find us most thankfull remembrancers and most ready really to expresse our thankfulnesse when ever we shall be made so happy as your Grace shall have occasion to use our service Thus from our hearts wishing you all happinesse we kisse your Graces hand Your Graces most affectioned and humble Servants the Bayliffes of Eden I Cochrane Bayliffe I. Smyth Bayliffe Al. Linfie Bayliffe C Hammilton Bayliffe Eden this 19th of August 1637. But notwithstanding this submission of the Bayliffes of Edenburgh yet most of the Ministers and People strenuously opposed the Service-booke and presented divers Petitions to the Lords of secret Councell against it whereof this was one of the principall presented to them August 23 1637 containing some reasons against receiving the Booke MY Lords of secret Councell Vnto your Lordships humbly meaâ—es and shews We your subjects Master Alexander Henderson Minister at Lenchars Master George Hamilton Minister at Newbourne and Master Iames Bruce Minister at Kings-Barnes That where we were required of late by the Moderator of our Presbytery to receive two Copies of the new Booke of Common Prayer and declaring our selves willing each of us to receive any of the sayd Bookes to read that wee might know what it contained before we could promise to practise it Alleadging that in the matters of Godsworship we were not bound to blinde obedience It was refused by us and taken out of some of our hands And yet we are now charged with Letters of horning Decreed be your Lordships upon a narrative that we have refused the sayd Bookes out of curiosity and singularity To provide each one of us two of the sayd Bookes for the use of our Paroches Which hath made us who were never before acquainted with any charge from Authority and knowing no other way so just and voyd of offence to have recourse to your Lordships Most humbly entreating that the charge may bee suspended for the reasons following First Because this Book is neither warranted by the authority of the generall Assembly which are the Representative Kirke of this Kingdom hath ever since the Reformation given direction in matters of Gods Worship nor by any Act of Parliament which in things of this kinde hath ever bin thought necessary by his Majesty and the Estates Secondly Because the liberties of the true Kirke and the forme of Worship and Religion received at the Reformation and universally practised since were warranted by the Acts of the general Assemblies and divers Acts of Parliament specially of the Parliament 1567 and the late Parliament 1633. Thirdly The Kirke of Scotland is a free and Independent Kirke and her owne Pastors sould be most able to discerne and direct what doth best beseeme our measure of Reformation and what may serve most for the good of the people Fourthly It is not unknowne to your Lordships what disputing division and trouble hath beene in this Kirke about some few of the maine Ceremonies contained in this Booke which being examined as we shall be ready a competent time being assigned by your Lordships to shew will bee found to depart farre from the forme of worship Reformation of this Kirk and in points most materiall to do all neer to the Kirke of Rome Note which for her Heresies in Doctrine Superstition and Idolatry in worship tyranny in government and wickednesse every way is al 's Antichristian now as when we came out of her Fifthly The people have been otherwise taught by us and by our Predecessors in our places ever since the Reformation and so it is likely they will be found unwilling to the change when they shall be assayed even where their Pastors are willing In respect whereof The sayds Letters of horning whole effect and execution thereof ought to be suspended simpliciter in time comming Therefore we beseech your Lordships that we may have Letters Direct charging the persons who have caused vse this charge against us to compeir personally bring and produce the sayd Letters of horning with the executions and indorsations thereof before your Lordships at a certaine day to be seene and considered of And in the mean time to suspend them And your Lordships Answer The Copy of this Petition was sent up to London to the Archbishop together with the Answer of the Bishop of Rosse thereunto who received both of them September 5 1637. as appears by the endorsments under his own hand The Answer to this Petition was as followeth A short Answer to the Petition of the Ministers given in to the Lords of His Majesties Councell the 23 of August 1637. THe Narrative of the Petition concerning the Moderator of the Exercise His carriage as we heare is false and where they pretend that they knew not what was in the Booke it appeares by their many objections and exceptions they object and except against it in all parts of it almost that they are too well versed in it but abuse it pitifully To the first reason it may be truly replied That not the generall Assembly which consists of a multitude Note but the Bishops having authority to governe in the Church are the representative Church of the Kingdom And that the matters of
these Lords and men hold this Councell of the Army for Ireland a most pernicious Councell But I know not what better he could take for it is most dangerous to raise it in England where all the world is discontent and for to raise an Army here it were to give them the sword in their hands to defend themselves for the part of the Puritans is so great and they have such a correspondence with the Scots Not◠that they begin already to break the Altars which the Bishops had erected and to accuse the Bishops of crimes and to demand the re-establishment of many silenced Ministers with a thousand other insolencies c. Your most humble and most obliged servant G. T. This 28. of Iune The same Iesuite writ another Letter in French of the same date with this superscription A Messieur Messieur La mach wherein after a pretty large relation of the Scottish affaires he hath this clause somewhat suteable to the former THey to wit the Scots will first of all have a free and full Parliament they will have a reformation of their own Church and likewise of the Church of England They will that the King resideth 6. months in their Country 〈◊〉 they will have the Arch-bishop of Canterbury as their prisoner they will banish Monsieur Con. which they call the Man of the Pope they demand the banishment of the Catholikes there this is that they demand The King hath never yet opened his mouth to his Counsell of these affaires neither hath hee consulted with any soule living hereupon Note but the Bishop of Canterbury and forasmuch as I can learne all their counsell tendeth to this that there must be an Army raised in Ireland to tame these Rebels the which Counsell men of State hold farre more dangerous and so it is feared that they may call the Palatine in for their King Your most humble and affectionate servant G T. This 28. of Iune There was another Letter of the same date writ to one Monsieur Ford at Paris by another Priest or Iesuite as I conceive but certainly a Papist wherein there are these Passages My Deare c. OVr Scots businesse troubles us shrewdly and growes worse and worse they will have a Parliament and the King for the consequence of it in this Kingdom will never permit it Not◠and so they have taken a resolution to leavie an Army in Ireland so to trouble them and subdue them which is held here by wise men to be a very desperate Counsell But the King counsels NONE BUT THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE DEPUTY of Ireland which disgusts all and makes men see more weaknesse in him then was ever imagined Other newes we have none Fitton the Agent for the secular Priests at Rome is here and was presented to the King by my Lord Arundel to whom he had sent from Italy many little toyes but now he knowes he is a Priest I pray you tell my deare Amiable I thank him heartily for his note and have seene his man Iaques Depuis who is a good cutter or graver in stone and continues Catholike honest and known to the Capucins Yours as you know W. Hoill This 28. Iune A Postscript This Letter to Iohn Foord is monstrable TO FATHER SVPERIOVR because you must give him one inclosed from me This very Postscript makes me beleeve both Hoill and Foord to be Iesuites How active and industrious both the English and Scottish Iesuites were in fomenting the Scottish Commotions Warres upon what termes and designs the Papists promised the King their assistance in those warres refusing to ayde him therein except he would grant them a freetoleration of their Religion yea resolving to poyson him with an Italian figge in case he condescended not to their demands and to seize upon the Princes person and traine him up in their Religion you may read at large in my * Pag. 8 9. 13. to 25. Romes Master-piece from the discovery of one who was sent from Rome by Cardinall Barbarino into England to assist Con the Popes Nuncio and privie to the whole Plot which he revealed out of conscience How forwards the Irish Papists were to assist the King and Prelates in this unnaturall warre against the Scots and what large contributions they gave towards the maintenance of the Warre by the instigation of Sir Toby Matthewes a lesuite who went over with the Lord Deputy Wentworth into Ireland for this purpose to animate and stirre up the Popish party there to this Pontificall and Prelaticall warre their Subsidies there granted in Parliament 1639. and the Prologue thereunto with the Rise and Progresse of the Irish Rebellion published by Authority of Parliament will sufficiently demonstrate to justifie the Iesuites forementioned Letters and intelligence to be no fancie but a reall verity How the Arch-bishop carried on this designe of the warre against the Scots in England I shall give you a brief account out of his own Sir Iohn Lambs and Secretary Windebankes Papers The 9. of September 1638. The Arch-bishop received from some great man in Scotland a paper thus indorsed with his own hand 1. That the Garrison◠ought to be kept at Barwick and Carlile First for Defence secondly for Nurceries 3. That the Affaires of Scotland ought not to be kept so reserved from the Councell of England And the paper begins thus That the Scottish have a great desire to ruine 102. a Character for the Arch-bishop you need not doubt it c. I beseech your Lordship not to overcharge your selfe by writing to me but at your best leisure c. After which he advised the keeping of Garrisons at Barwick and Carlile c. In December the Arch-bishop received this paper from Sir Iohn Burrowes thus in dorsed with the Bishops own hand Rece Decemb. 31. 1638. Sir Iohn Burrowes A briefe Note out of the Records what the King may doe for raising of men in case of a warre with Scotland Observations concerning warre with Scotland out of Records SUch Lords and others as had lands and livings upon the Borders were commanded to reside there with their retinue Those that had Castles neare the Borders were enjoyned to fortifie them The Lords of the Kingdome were summoned by writ to attend the Kings Army with Horse and Armour at a certaine time and place according to their service due to the King or to repaire to the Exchequer before that day there to make Fine for their said service So were all Widowes Dowagers of such Lords as were deceased So were all Bishops and Ecclesiasticall persons Proclamations were likewise made by the Sheriffs in every County that all men holding of the King by knights service or sergeancy should come to the Kings Army or make Fine as aforesaid with a strickt command that none should conceale their service under a great penalty Like Proclamations were made that all men having 40. l. land by the yeare should come to the Kings Army with Horse and Armour The Earle
endeavours to remove all mis-understandings between the King and his people and to do all good offices between them * * See the Commons Iornall Feb. 3. 1640. Diuinall Occurrences of both Houses p. 31 32. A Message sent from the Queenes Majesty to the House of Commons by Master Comptroller Feb. 3. 1640. THat her Majesty hath been ready to use her best endeavours for the removing of all mis-understanding between the King and Kingdome That at the request of the Lords who Petitioned the King for a Parliament her Majesty at that time writ effectually to the King and sent a Gentleman expresly to perswade the King to the holding of a Parliament That She hath since bin most willing to do all good offices between the King and his people which is not unknowne to divers of the Lords and so * * Quere how well this Clause hath ever since bin performed shall ever continue to do as judging it the onely way of happinesse to the King her Selfe and Kingdome That all things be justly setled between the King and his people and all cause of mis-understanding taken away and removed That her Majesty having taken knowledge Note that having one sent to her from the Pope is distastefull to the Kingdom She is desirous to give satisfaction to the Parliament within convenient time she will remove him out of the Kingdome That understanding likewise that exception hath bin Note taken at the great resort to her Chappell at Denmarke House she will be carefull not to exceed that which is convenient and necessary forthe exercise of her Religion She further taketh notice That the Parliament is not satisfied with the manner of raising money for the assistance of the King in his journey to the North in the yeare 1639. at her entreaty from the Catholikes She was moved thereunto meerly out of her deare and tender affection to the King and the example of other His Majesties Subjects she seeing the like forwardnesse could not but expresse her forwardnes to the assistance of the King If any thing be illegall she was ignorant of the Law and was carried therein onely out of a great desire to be assisting to the King in so pressing an occasion but promiseth to be more cautious her after * * Her raising men monyes horse Armes Ammunâ—tion in forraine Parts to maintain a bloudy civill War in Ireland and England is a very reall performance of this promise not to do any thing but what may stand with the established Lawes of the Kingdome Her Majesty being desirous to employ her owne power to unite the King and people desireth the Parliament to looke forwards and passe by such mistakes and errours of her Servants as may be formerly and this your respect she promiseth shall be repayed with all the good offices she can do to the House which * They have done sowith a witnesse ever since you shall find with reall effects aâ— often as there shall be occasion How sincerely and cordially her Majesty hath performed all these her Princely promises to the Parliament Kingdome King and his people her Actions both at home and in Forraigne parts with our bloudy Warres and Massacâ—es since both in Ireland England and Scotland proclaime to all the World God deliver us all from such Court-holy-water such Popish Dissimulation which may seeme commendable in Romish Catholikes who hold * See Master Hen Mason of Equivocation Surins Concil Tom. 3. p. 860. Equivocation lawfull and that no faith is to be kept with Heretickes as they esteeme all Protestants But to returne to our Papists activity in the Scottish Watres to which this Message relates it is very well known that many if not most of the Captains Officers imployed in the last expedition were either professed Papists or persons Popishly affected how the Earle of Arundell the General of the Army against the Scotâ—â— together with his Lady family stand affected in Religion and what active 〈◊〉 they were to promote this Warre you may read at large in †Page 17 22 23 24-32 Romes Master-peece Their Contributions towards this Warre were so large and their assistance so chearefull that some of our Episcopall Preachers and * Mr. Whites First Cenâ—â—â—y of Randalous Malig. Priests p. 25. 29. Mr. Squire of Shoreditch London by name preached openly in his Pulpit That the Papists were the Kings best Subjects and better then Protestants for three reasons First their Loyalty Secondly THEIR LIBERALITY having like Arauna contributed like Kings to the King in his necessity Thirdly For their Patience adding that they were the good Samaritan who poured Oyle into the wounds of that man the King that was fallen among Theeves who wounded him Especially the Irish Papists And Audomarus Ioannes Abbot of Wurtzburge in Germany in a letter of his to Secretary Windebancke Dated 13. August 1639. endorsed with Windebanks owne hand writes that his Majesty had a sufficient tryall of the fidelity of his Catholike Subjects in this accident I shall insert the whole letter because it discovers Windebanks intimacy with this Abbot and other Papists whose letters inclosed under his own packet to prevent intercepting he usually dispersed to their Agents here Right Honourable THree Months agoe and more I wrot signifying to your Honour that after I came from London it being moâ—e then a quarter of a yeare before I could reach the wished place I did aime at to see the desolation of which and generally of all the parts I did passe through I was so disconsolated that all be it I oft thought to discharge my respective salutes to your honour yet present cares and occasions did ever prevent my intention Notwithstanding at last I did take the boldnesse to intreat that your Honour would let me know your commands in discharge of which your Honour God willing shall finde me most solicitous and carefull But least such my former letters hath miscaried as severall to Sir William Howard and other honourable friends has done I resumed the boldnesse to make a Briefe repetition of the same letting your honor know that I have found King Iames letter of happy memory which my Lord Hay then Embassador after his return to London moved his Majesty to write to Prince Godefrid then Bishop of Wurtzburge wherein his Majesty was pleased to give thanks to the Bishop for the favours done NOTEâ— as to himselfe Moreover his Majesty was pleased to take * notice of us his poore Subjects commending us to the Bishops noble charity I finde also Prince Godefrids answer to his Majesty wâ—it by occasion of Abbot Ogilby whom the Bishop did commend to his Majesty intreating that at his request the said Abbot Ogleby might have free passage to see his native Country out of the which he had beene 40. yeares and more The Prince who is now does truely honour his Majesty and respect his Subjects of the which my Lord Arundell about two yeare agoe being here
magni Apostoli exemplo doctum ut Iudeis sias tanquam Iudeus iis qui sunt sine lege tanquam sis sinè lege dummodo Sedis Apostolicae dignitatem promoveas Ideo cum in magnam Brittaniam mittere statuerimus dilectum filium Comitem Rosseti nostrum sedis Apostolicae cum potestate legati a latâ—re Nuntâ—â—m Iuvenem zelo Dei accensum Note Apostolicae soliâ—itudini nostrae satisfactum credidimus si eum tuae curae committeremus Iussimus igitur ut tibi communicet Instructiones sibi datas a dilecto filio Nepote nostro Francisco Sanctae Reverendis Ecclesiae Card. Barbarino subscrîptas teque pro eo quo pro sede Apostolica zelo ardes rogamus in quantum opus est tibi mandamus ut predictum filium Nuntium nostrum in omnibus dirigas moneas instruas lapsus errones ejus qui per juventutem facilè accidere possunt corrigas ut sedis Apostolicae decor inviolatus permaneat ut denique in omnibus èi te Angelum custodem prebeas Note Magnam certè spem concepimus predictum filium Nuntium tuis consillis adjutum non parvos in Ecclesia Catholica fructus producturum Labora igitur dilecte fili opus fac Euangeliste Ministerium tuum imple Catholicos zelo Dei accende ipsos conforta sed praecipue Amazones illas quae ut a dilecto filio Georgio Conneo audivimius die ac nocte streâ—ue decertant pro dignitate sedis Apostolicae Non dissidimus de Domino neque de potentiae ejus quia sicut occasione * * Q. Elizâ—b unius â—aeminae authoritas sedis Apostolicae in Regno Angliae suppressa fuit sic nunc per tot Heroicas faeminas illas imitantes quae-à -Galilea sequebantur Dominum societatem ejus assidue sequentes Note BREVI in eodeÌ„ Regno restituenda sit Adhortare igitur illas ut opus aggressum viriliter prosequantur de sede Apostolica quae devoti Faeminii sexus peculiarem curam gerit bene mereri pergant Rogamus patrem Domini nostri Iesu Christi ut tibi spiritum sanctum suum mittat quite in omnibus per omniâ— custodiat Apostolicam nostramque benedictionem dilecte fili iterum atque iterum tibi impartimur Datum Romae apud S. Petrum sub annulo Piscatoris pridie idus Maii. About January 1640. next following this Bull there was this notable discovery of the Iesuits and Papists Practises made to the House of Commons by one Brown a Popish Priest which makes some mention of it and I cannot pretermit The voluntary Confession of Iohn Brown a Romish Priest of the age of 72. yeerâ— a prisoner in the Gate-house who being twice examined by a Committee of the Honorable House of Commons did thereupon further explicate himself for the good of the Commonwealth and ease of the House THe Honourable House takes notice of the Partie who delivered this Petition Note to be one of the most eminent in these Dominions of this Age who hath read Divinity Mathematicks and Philosophy in the speciall Universities of Christendome as Salamanca and Alcala in Spaine in Tholous and Avignon in France in Rome Venice and Genoa in Italy and hath preacht in speciall Cities in thesâ— Kingdomes and in presence of the French King at Paris and in the Low Countries at Antwerpe Brussells Dunkirke c. who desires to enforme concerning some speciall points for the Weale of this State as himself hath observed above fifty yeers past which are reduced to these Heads First concerning the Iesuits and danger they have done to these Kingdoms labouring that the Oath of Allegiance might not be taken And the wayes they use with their Penitents and projecting of Monopolies of the Ministers and Substitutes they use and the way quite to roote them out of these Dominions Secondly the reformation of some things in the Queenes Court and of some persons which are fiâ— to be removed Thirdly the Archbishop of Canterbury and of the great dammages done partly by himself and in his Court of High Commission Fourthly Note of the manner whereby the Pope means to intrude himselfe into the Temporall Monarchy of these Kingdoms and to eschewe all future danger in time coming What persons are to be removed from hence and that there should not be permitted any Resident to remain at Rome for the Queen nor none here from the Pope nor for foraign Princes to stir sedition in the State namely France and Spain Fiftly that Roman Catholiques shall be stopt from going over Sea with their goods and all First concerning the first the whole Christian world doth acknowledge the prediction which the Vniversity of Paris doth foresee in two severall Decrees they made Anno. 1565. where the society of Iesuits did labour to be members of the Vniversity Note Hoc genus hominum natus est ad interritum Christianae Reipublicae et subvertionem literarum that is This society is erected to be the overthrow of Christendome and ruine of Learning as wofull experience hath taught us They were the onely cause of the troubles which fell out in Muscovia when under pretence to reduce the Latine Church and plant themselves and destroy the Greek Church which is onely profess't in the Empire of Russiae the poor King Demetrius and his Queen and those that followed him from Polonia were all in one night murthered by the monstruous usurper of the Crown and the true Progeny rooted out They were the onely cause that moved the Swedes to take Armes against their lawfull King Sigismund and chased him to Poland and neither he nor his successors were ever able to take possession of Sweden For the Iesuits intention was to bring in the Romish Religion and root out Protestants They were the onely cause that moved the Polonians to take Armes against the said Sigismund because they had perswaded him to marry too Sisters one after the other both of the House of Austria They have been the sole cause of the Warre entered in Germany since the year 1619. as Pope Paulus Quintus did tell the Generall of their Order called Vicelescus for their Avarice pretending to take all the Church-Lands from the Hussits in Bohemia to themselves which hath caused the death of many thousands by the Sword Pestilence and Famine in Germany They have been the cause of civill Warres in France during all which time moving the French King to take armes against his own Subjects the Protestants where innumerable people have lost their lives as the Seige of Rochell and other places will give sufficient proof For the Iesuits intentions were to set their society in all Cities and Townes Conquered by the King and quite to abolish the Protestants They were the cause of the murther of the last King of France They were the only Projectors of the Gunpowder-Treason and their Penitents the Actors thereof They were the only cause namely Father Parsons that incensed
by a Committee which was accordingly done the Committee reporting they had both weekes received intelligence of diverse dangerous plotts in agitation against the State but they have not as yet made a full report in disclosing of the same Vpon this danger from Recusants Ibid. pag. 113 114. the Committee appointed to provide carefully against their future attempts May 29. presented their resolutions to the House That if any man entertained a Popish servant knowing him to bee so and lodged him but one night he should be imprisoned without Baile or mainprize during the Kings pleasure But if hee knew it not for the present if upon after knowledge of it if he keepe him in his House a moneths time he should not only bee imprisoned but be fined according to the contempt Likewise if any man married a Recusant and had issue by Her his Children should not onely bee Christened after the manner of the Church of England but they should be also brought up in the Protestant Religion In the willing neglect of which they were not onely to bee imprisoned but fined for their contempt Also if any man knew where any Armor Powder or other Ammunition which belonged to any Recusant was kept and gave not notice to the next Justices of Peace thereof but concealed it they likewise to bee imprisoned without Bayle or mainprize and fined for their contempt After this May 2. Ibid. pag. 117. one Sanford was committed to prison by the House for inticing a young Gentlewoman to goe beyond Sea to bee a Nun And Master Preston and Master Allen committed for refusing both the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacie Iune 10. 13. 16 c. Ibid. p. 12â— 137. 140. 151 153 154. The Conspiracy of Master Iermyn and the rest out of diverse Letters and examinations was reported to the House to consist of these particulars 1. To bring in a French Army and to surrender Portsmouth into their hands 2. To seise upon the Tower of London 3. To bring in the Northern Army to London to over-awe the Parliament to support Episcopacy the Bishops and Episcopall Clergy being to maintaine 2000. Horses for this purpose and uphold the Kings Prerogative and Revenew to the full as it was formerly 4. To keepe the Irish Army on foote from being disbanded till the Scotts were first disbanded Iune 24. 1641. There was a Conference at a Committee of both Houses managed by Master Pym consisting of diverse heads whereof the fourth head was touching the Queenes most Excellent Majestiâ— which contained diverse particulars 1. THat His Majestie Diurnall Occurrences neare the end may be pleased by advise of his Parliament to perswade the Queene to accept some of the Nobility and others of trust into her Majesties service into such places as are now in her disposall 2. That no Iesuite nor none of other Orders what Country men soever whether French or Italian be received into Her Majesties service nor any Priest of His Majesties Dominions English Scottish or Irish and that they be restrained from comming to Court 3. That the Colledge of Capuchines at Somerset House may be dissolved and sent out of the Kingdom these two last mentioned concerning the Queene Priests Iesuites and Capuchines for these particular reasons 1. Publike danger and scandall of this Kingdome and peace of the Kingdome 2. Dis-affection of some of those wicked conspirators is expressed in two Letters which Letters were here read openly 3. A particular Letter of Father Philips there also read 4. Because of the Priests Iesuites and the Colledge there are diverse great quantities of gold transported frequently 4. The fourth particular that concerneth the Queen is upon speciall occasion of his Majesties absence That their Lordships will bee pleased to joyne with us to advise the King that some of the Nobility and others of qualitie with competent â—uardes may be appointed to attend the Queens person against all designes of Papists and of ill affected persons and of restraining resort thither in his absence 5. The fifth Head concerneth the Kings Children that some persons of publike trust and well affected in Religion might be placed about the Prince who may take care of his education and the rest of his Children especially in matters of Religion and liberty 6. The sixth Head concerned such as come into the Kingdom with Titles OF BEING THE POPES NUNCIO that it may bee declared that if any man come with instructions into this Kingdome from the Pope of Rome he shall be in case of high Treason NOTE out of the Kings Protection and out of the protection of the Law And there is notice upon very good grounds that Count ROSSETI The Popes Nuncio doth yet continue in the Kingdome AND YET RESORTS UNTO THE COURT notwithstanding the Kings former Promise to the Houses to send him hence A little after Father Philips the Queenes Confessor writ a very Seditious Diurnall Occurrences p. 160 c. Letter to Mr. Mountague into France intercepted and produced to bee read in the House of Commons by Master Pym the 25. of Iune 1641. to this effect to stirre up the French against the PARLIAMENT This good King and Queen are left very naked NOTE the Puritans if they durst would pull the good Queen in pieces Can the good King of France suffer a Daughter of France his Sister and her Children to be thus affronted Can the wise Cardinall endure England and Scotland to unite and not be able to discerne in the end it is like they will joyne together and turn head against France A stirring Active Ambassabour might do good service here I have sent you a Copy of the Kings Speech on Satturday last at which time he discharged his conscience and was advised to make that speech by the Earle of Bristoll and the Lord Sey but I believe there is a mistake in the writing and that it should have bin the Lord Savill This Speech did much operate to the disadvantage of the Earle of Strasford for the Commons were much thereby incensed and inflamed against him and this brought forth the next day being Monday a Protestation which was taken in both Houses of Parliament of the same nature but rather worse than the Scottish Covenant The Londoners who are very boysterous came upon Munday 5 or 6000. and were so rude that they would not suffer the Lords to come and go quietly and peaceably to their houses but threatned them that if they had not justice and if they had not his life it should go hard for all those that stood for him following them up and down and calling for Iustice justice justice There was in the House of Commons fifty sixe that denied to passe the Earle of Straffords Bill their names were taken and they were fixed upon posts in divers parts of London and there was written over the head these are Straffordians the betrayers of their Country By this meanes it came to passe that the Lords and Iudges were
all just occasions of Her Majesties trâ—uble in such manner as may further Her content and therein Her health which will be a very great comfort and joy to our selves and the rest of His Majesties loving Subjects But notwithstanding all these Reasons the Queen though she seemed satisfied for the present continued in Her resolution * See the Breviate of the Archbishops life p. 25. and on Febr. 11th following went from Greenwich towards Dover and from thence into Holland with Her Daughter the Princesse Mary What ill offices she did there against the Parliament Kingdome by furnishing the King with Monyes Ammunition Armes Horse Men and Commanders to raise and carry on a civill War against the Parliament and His Protestant Subjects Selling and Pawning the Iewels of the Crown c is so well knowne I shall not relate it and what ill offices of like nature she is now like to do against them in France upon Her late Voyage thither time will ere long more fully discover Before the Queens first departure hence * Diurnall Occurrences p. 310. 339. in Iuly 21. 1641. There was a Petition read in the Commons House in behalfe of the Lay-Papists of England wherein they made Protestation of their fidelity to the Crowne and Kingdome and desired a mittigation of the severity of the Lawes against them but nothing was done therein August 12. 1641. The Queen Mother who had formerly desired a Gard to secure her against the feared tumults of the people and that being denyed supplies of money to transport her hence departed from White-hall towards Italy her Native Countrey attended by the Earle of Arundell and his Lady who never returned since * Ibid. p. 351. 〈◊〉 364. After this upon the 28. 30. and 31 of August and in September following upon the disbanding of the Irish Army the Spanish Ambassadour moved the King for foure thousand of the Irish to serve his Master which the King condiscended too and engaged himselfe by promise to grant But the Lords and Commons upon serious debate considering the evill consequences of it and fearing some dangerous design against the State and our Religion to be couched under it denyed to condiscend thereunto for these two principle reasons which they gave to the King and Spanish Embassadour First for that thâ— Spaniard was an Assistant to the Emperour against the Palsgrave and in keeping the Lady Elizabeth from being setled in her inhâ—ritance so that to assist him would bee to turne the points of our owne swords against our selves Secondly That they are contrary in Religion to us and that to assist them is not only matter of Conscience but it would bee of evill president if it should bee granted Whereupon it was moved that no Officers should serve the Spaniard withoâ—â— leave and that no Marchant nor Master of ship should transport any Ammunition of War to them under penaltie and confiscation of the same and displeasure of the Parliament You have heard before what a labouring and plotting there was to keep the Irish Army from disbanding and to give a new occasion of assembling them to some parts of Ireland under pretence of transporting them into the Low Countries or Spain to serve the Spaniard but no doubt the true reason was to execute that horrid bloudy Massacre and designe of surprising Dubline Castle and all other Forts of Irealnd by the popish party in one day which was formerly plotted and intended to be put in execution the 23. of Octob. 1641 but that it was in part prevented by a timely discovery of it the very night before Dublin Castle should have beene surprised by those Popish conspirators How by whom this horrid execrable conspiracy was plotted contrived and executed you may read at large in The Rise and progresse of the Irish Rebellion in Doctor Iones his booke of Examinations and sundry other Treatises of this subject set forth by Authority of Parliament whereunto I shall only annex such supplymentall evidences concerning the Rebellion which have come unto my hands omitted for the most part by them Among Secretary Windebankes papers I found this ensuing subscribed by Daniel Oneale about the yeare 1640. which hath some relation to this Irish Rebellion Oweâ— O Neall by his Majesties permission about five yeares agoe raised a Regiment of 30. Companies NOTE wherein there were 3500. men by reason of the stop of supplies since the Regiment is become so weak that it is scarce 1000. strong His humble request is that being his Regiment was raised by his Majesties leave and that he intends it for his Majesties service when he has occasion for him to performe which I le ingage my life and reputation to his Majesty his Majesty would be graciously pleased to grant him a recrute NOTE of 50. men to every Company which he thinkes will purge the Kingdome rather then impoverish it and will enable him to come strong upon any summons to his Majesties service Daniell O Neille This Owen Neale as this writing Manifests about the yeare 1635. raised a Regiment of 3000. men for the service of the Kings Majesty when he had occasion for them which he transported into Flanders to serve the King of Spain for the present which Daniel Oneale petitions 1640. might be recruted to enable him to come strong upon any sommons to his Majesties service This Owen Oneal was made acquainted with the Jrish Rebellion and particularly sent to by the Lord Maguire and other the Conspirators to ayde assist them with Armes and men which he promised to send them before the Rebellion was fully concluded as the Lord Maguire himselfâ—â— conâ—esseth as you shall see anon which compared with the Examinations following those published by Doctor Iones and Daniel Oneiles activity to keepe on foot the Irish Army and bring the Northren Army against the Parliament will sufficiently evidence that Oneyle had some Rebellious designes both in the raising recrute of his Popish Regiment to be acted within Ireland and his Majesties Dominions upon occasion That this conspiracy was ploted and agreed on in the generall and discovered if not to his Majesty yet at least to Secretary Windebanke above a yeare before it brake forth is manifest by this letter found among Windebankes Papers thus directed To the Kings most Excellent Maiesty The King is abused The Law is wrested It slayes the Innocent It acquites the guilty T is like a spiders Webbe It catches the smalle The great ones breake through It is as it is Justly tearmed concessum Latrocinium I wonder the world is â—o ecclipst in understanding as not to certifie and prevent that that must of necessity ruine ere long the Common-wealth but your Majesty may let them rest they bring in profit to your Exchequer or Coffers but at last they will shake the foundation of your Monarchie and their owne weight will make them shrinke under their owne burthen their supporters being not able to beare up their bodyes I love
above one hundred fifty two thousand Protestants there destroyed in the first four months of the Rebellion as the Rebells themselves certified the Pope upon inquisitions of their number taken upon Oath But notwithstanding those their successefull proceedings in other parts yet through the admirable Providence of God they were prevented of the main part of their design the surprising of Dublin Castle the chief strength and Magazine of that Realm which had they gotten they had in very few dayes been Master of the whole Kingdom For the very night before the Castle should have been surprised the Plot was discovered to the Lords Iustices of Ireland by Oâ—en Connelly whereupon that design was frustrated and the Lord Maguire and Hugh Macmahone two principall men in the Conspiracy who came purposely to surprise it with other their Confederates taken Prisoners whose Examinations and Confessions together with the Lords Iustices Letter to the Earl of Leicester discovering the manner and proceedings of this Conspiracy I shall here insert I shall begin with the Relation of the Lord Maguire himself written with his own hand in the Tower and delivered by him to Sir Iohn Conyers then Lieutenant to present to the Lords in Parliament because it is the fullest BEing in Dublin Candlemas Term last was 12. moneths the Parliament then sitting Mr. Roger Moore did write to me desiring me that if I could in that spare time I would come to his house for then the Parliament did nothing but sit and adjourn expecting a Commission for the continuance thereof their former Commission being expired and that some things he had to say to me that did meerly concern me and on receipt of his Letter the new Commission for continuing the Parliament Landed and I did returne him an answer that I could not fulfill his request for that present and thereupon he himself came to Town presently after and sending to me I went to see him at his Lodging and after some little time spent in salutations he began to discourse of the many afflictions and sufferings Note of the Natives of that Kingdom and particularly in those latter times of my Lord of Straffords Government which gave distaste to the whole Kingdom and then he began to particularize the suffering of them that were the more ancient Natives as were the Irish how that on the severall Plantations they were all put out of their Ancestors Estates all which sufferings he said did beget a generall discontent over all the whole Kingdom in both the Natives to wit the Old and New Irish and that if the Gent. of the Kingdom were disposed to free themselves furtherly from the like inconvenience and get good conditions for themselves for regaining their Ancestors or at least a good part thereof Estates they could never desire a more convenient time then that time the distempers of Scotland being then on foot and did ask me what I thought of it I made him answer that I could not tell what to thinke of it such matters being altogether out of my Element then he would needs have an oath from me of secrecy which I gave him and thereupon he told me that he spoke to the best Gentlemen of Quality in Lemster and a great part of Conaght Note touching that matter and he found all of them willing thereunto if so be they could draw to them the Gent. of Vlster for which cause said he I come to speak to you then he began to lay down to me the case that I was in then overwhelmed in Debt the smalnesse of my Estate and the greatnesse of the Estate my Ancestors had and how I should be sure to get it again or at least a good part thereof and moreover how the welfare and maintaining of the Catholique Religion Note which he said undoubtedly the Parliament now in England will suppresse doth depend on it for said he it is to be feared and so much I hear from every understanding man the Parliament intends the utter subversion of our Religon by which perswasions he obtained my consent and so demanded whether any more of Vlster Gent. were in Town I told him that Philip Relly Mr. Torrilagh ô Neal Brother to Sir Phillim ô Neale and Mr. Cosloe Macmahone were in Town so for that time we parted The next day he invited Mr. Relly and I to dine with him and after dinner he sent for those other Gent. Mr. Neale and Mr. Macmaehone and when they were come he began the discourse formerly used to me to them and with the same perswasions formerly used to me he obtained their consent And then he began to discourse of the manner how it ought to be done Of the feazebility and easiness of the attempt considering matters as they then stood in England the troubles of Scotland the great number of able men in the Kingdom meaning Ireland what succours they were more then to hope for from abroad Note and the Army then raised all Irishmen and well armed meaning the Army raised by my Lord of Strafford against Scotland First that every one should endeavor to draw his own friends into that act and at least those that did live in one Country with them and when they had so done they send to the Irish in the Low-Countries and Spain Note to let them know of the day and resolution so that they be over with them by that day or soon after with supply of Armes and Munition as they could that there should be a set day appointed and every one in his own quarters should rise out that day and seize on all Armes he could get in his County and this day to be near winter so that England could not be able to send Forces into Ireland before May and by that time there was no doubt to be made but that they themselves would be supplyed by the Irish beyond Seas who he said could not misse of help from either Spain or the Pope but that his resolution was not in all things allowed For first it was resolved nothing should be done untill first they had sent to the Irish over Seas to know their advice and what hope of successe they could give for in them as they said all their hope of reliefe was and they would have both their advise and resolution before any further proceedings more then to speak to and try Gent. of the Kingdom every one as they could conveniently to see in case they would at any time grow to a resolution what to be and strength they might trust to Then Mr. Moor told them that it was to no purpose to spend much time in speaking to the Gent. for there was no doubt to be made of the Irâ—sh that they would be ready at any time And that all the doubt was in the Gent. of the Pale but he said that for his own part he was really assured when they had risen out the Pale Gent. would not stay long after at least that they would
not oppose them in any thing but be Newters and if in case they did that they had men enough in the Kingdom without them Moreover he said that he had spoke to a great man who then should be namelesse that would not fail at the appointed day of rising out to appear and to be seen in the Act but that untill then he was sworn not to reveal him And that was all that was done at that meeting onely that Mr. Moore should the next Lent following make a Iourny down into the North to know what was done there and that he also might inform them what he had done and so on parting Mr. Philip Relly and I did importune Mr. Moore for the knowledge of that great man that he spoke of and on long entreaty after binding us to new secrecy not to discover him untill the day should be appointed he told that it was the Lord of Mayo who was very powerfull in command of men in those parts of Coâ—aght wherein he lived and that there was no doubt to be made of him no more then was of himself and so we parted The next Lent following Master Moore according to his promise came unto Ulster by reason it was the time of Assizes in severall Counties there he met only with Mr. Rely and nothing was then done but all matters put off till the May following where we or most of us should meet at Dublin it both being Parliament and Terme time in the meane time there landed in Ireland one Neall O Neale Note sent by the Earle of Tyrone out of Spaine to speake with their Gent. of his name and Kindred to let them know that he had Treated with Cardinall Richelieu for obtaining succour to come for Ireland and that he prevailed with the Cardinall so that he was to have Armes Munition and Money from him on demand to come for Ireland and that he only expected a convenient time to come away and to desire them to be in a readinesse and to procure all others whom they could to be so likewise which messâ—ge did set forward the proceedings very much so that Mr. Moore Mr. Relly my Brother and I meeting the next May in Dublin and the same Messenger being there too it was resolved that he should returne to the Earle into Spaine with their resolution which was that they would rise out 12. or 14. daies before or after Alhollantide as they should see cause and that he should not faile to be with them by that time there was a report at that time and before that the Earl of Tyrone was killed which was not beleeved by reason of many such reports formerly which were found to be false Note and so the Messenger departed with directions that if the Earles death were true he should repaire into the Low Countries to Colonell Owen O Neale and acquaint him with his Commission from the Earl whereof it was thought he was not ignorant and to returne an answer sent by him and to see what he would advise or would doe himselfe therein Bâ—t presently after his departure the certainty of the Earles death was knowne and on further resolution it was agreed that an expresse Messenger should be sent to the Colonell to make all the resolutions known to him and to returne speedily with his Answer and so one Toole O Connelly a Priest as I thinke Parish Priest to Mr. Moore was sent away to Colonell O Neale in the interim there came severall Letters and Newes out of England to Dublin of Proclamations against the Catholikes in England Note and also that the Army raised in Ireland should be disbanded and conveyed into Scotland and presently after severall Colonells and Captaines landed with directions to carry away those men amongst whom Col. Pluncket Col. Birne and Captaine Breim O Neale came but did not all come together for Col. Pluncket landed before my comming out of Towne and the other two after wherein a great feare of suppressing Religion was conceived and especially by the Gent. of the Pâ—le and it was very common amongst them that it would be very inconvenient to suffer so many men to be conveyed out of the Kingdome it being as was said very confidently reported that the Scottish Army did threaten never to lay down Armes untill an vniformity of Religion were in the three Kingdomes and the Catholike Religion suppressed and thereupon both Houses of Parliament began to oppose their going and the Houses were divided in their Opinions some would have them goe others not but what the definitive conclusion of the Houses was touching that point I cannot tell for by leave from the House of Lords I departed into the Country before the Prorogation but before my departure I was informed by Iohn Barnawall a Fryer that those Gent of the Pale and some other Members of the House of Commons had severall meetings and consultations how they might make stay of the Souldiers in the Kingdome and likewise to arme them for the defence of the 〈◊〉 being much injured both of England and Scotland then as they were informed and to prevent any attempt against Religion Note and presently after I departed into the Country and Mr. Relly being a Member of the House of Commons stayed the prorogation and on his comming into the Country sent to me to meeâ—e him and I came to his house where he told me that he heard for certaine that the former Narration of Barnawall to me for I did acquaint him with it was true and that he heard it from severall there also was Emer Mac Mahone made privie formerly to all our proceedings at Mr. Rellies lately come out of the Plea where he met with the afore-named Iohn Barnawall who told him as much as he formerly told me and moreover that those Colonells that lately came over did proffer their service and industry in that Act and so would raise their men under colour to convey them into Spaine and then seixe on the Castle of Dublin Note and with their Armes there to arme their Souldiers and have them ready for any action that should be commanded them but that they had not concluded any thing because they were not assured how the Gent. of the remote parts of the Kingnome and especially of Ulster would stand affected to that Act and that assurance of that doubt was all their impediment Then we three began to thinke how we might assure them of the assistance and helpe of Ulster Gent. It was thought that one should be sent to them to acquaint them therewith and they made choise of me to come by reason as they said that my Wife was allyed to them and their Country-woman and would beleeve me trust me sooner then other of their parts they or most of them being of the Pale and so without as much as to returne home to furnish my selfe for such a journey Volens nolens they prevailed or rather forced me to come to Dublin to
conferre with those Colonells and that was the last August was twelve-moneth comming to Towne I met Sir Iames Dillon accidentally before I came to my Lodging who was one of those Colonells and after salutation he demanded me where my lodging was which when I told him and parted The next day being abroad about some other occasions of my owne in Towne I met him as he said comming to waite on me in my Chamber but being a good way from it he desired me to go into his own Chamber being near at hand and then began to discourse to the present sufferings and afflictions of that Kingdom and particularly of Religion Note and how they were to expect no redresse the Parliament in England intending and the Scots resolving never to lay downe Armes untill the Catholike Religion were suppressed then he likewise began to lay downe what danger it would be to suffer so many able men as was to go with them to depart the Kingdome in such a time neither saith he doth their other Gent. that are Colonells and my selfe affect our owne private profit so as to preferre it before the generall good of the Kingdome and knowing that you are well-affected thereunto and I hope said he ready to put your helping hand to it on occasion I will let you know the Resolution of those other Gent. and mine which is if we are ready to raise our men and after to seaze on the Castle where there is great store of Armes Note and arme our selves there This was the fiâ—st motion that I ever heard of taking the Castle for it never came into our thoughts formerly nor am I perswaded never would if it had not proceeded from those Colonells who were the first motioners and contrivers thereof for ought knowne to me and then to be ready to prevent and resist any danger that the Gentry of the Kingdome like thereof and helpe us for we of our selves neither are able nor will doe any thing therein without their assistance I began according to the directions that was sent with me to approve of the Resolution and also to let him know how sure he might be of the assistance of those of Ulster then he told me that for my more satisfaction I should conferre with the rest of those Colonells themselves as many as are privie to the Action and accordingly a place of meeting was appointed that after-noone and on the time and place appointed there met sir Iames himselfe Colonell Bourne and Col. Pluncket and that former discourse being renewed they began to lay downe the Obstacles to that enterprise and how they should be redressed First if there should warre ensue how there should be money had to pay the Souldiers Secondly how and where they should procure succour from forraign parts Thirdly how to draw in the Pale Gentry Fourthly who should undertake to surprize the Castle and how it should be done To the first it was answered That the Rents in the Kingdome every where not having respect whose they should be due to the Lords and Gentry thereof should be collected to pay the Souldiers and moreover they might be sure nay that there was no doubt thereof to procure money from the Pope who gave severall promises formerly to my Lord of Tyrone in case he could make way to come into Ireland Note to maintaine six thousand men yearely at his owne charge and that notwithstanding that my Lord of Tyrone was dead yet that he would continue the same forwardnesse now To the second it was answered by Colonell Bourne that helpe from abroad could not faile them for said he Colonell O Neale told me that he had or would procure in readinesse I doe not remember which of those the Colonells spoke Note or whither he spoke positive that Col. O Neale had the Armes or would procure them Armes for ten thousand men And moreover said he I make no great question that if we send into Spaine we shall not misse of Ayde for I being in London the last yeare in the Scots troubles Note I was in conference with one of the Spanish Ambassadors there then and talking of their troubles then a foote he said that if the Irish did then rise to and send into Spaine their Messengers would be received under Canopies of gold these last words he told me and some one man of those that were present privately whose name I cannot call to mind neither well remember I whether he spoke to them all or no. Then it was thought that when they were both in Armes for defence of the Catholike cause Note they would be succoured by the Catholike Princes of Christendome To the third it was Answered by Colonell Pluncket that he was as morally certaine for those were his words as he could be of any thing that the Pale Gentry would joyne with them and assist them for he said I have spoke to severall of them since my landing in the Kingdome and I finde them very ready and willing and withall I have at London spoke to some of the Committees Note and particularly to my Lord of Gormonstone to let them know his resolution and they approved of it very well and withall they knew of the former consultations by those Gentry told me by Barnewall For it was said but very secretly that the King did in these termes say to Mr. Nicholas Pluncket one of the Irish Committee then in England Note that if they would stick to him he would stick to them this I heard I thinke from the said Iohn Barnewall but in truth I am not sure whether from him or no but certaine I am that he from whom I heard it did confidently report it All this was not done at the first meeting but at three or foure meetings and so on the last meeting it was resolved to the last doubt touching seizing the Castle That Colonell Pluncket and Col. Burne should undertake that taske because they were nearer to it then any other and also seize on all the Forts Garrisons and other places where they thinke any Armes should be and in particular London Derry which should be undertaken by those of Ulster And then there was a set day appointed for the execution thereof that was the fifth of the ensuing Septemb. this being the latter end of August or the beginning of Septemb. Anno 1641. I doe not know whether and every one should make provision to rise out that day and they were named that should first succour them that should take the Castle with men presently namely sir Iames Dillon who did undertake to be with them within three or at the most foure daies with one thousand men and so much more should come to them out of the North for those two Colonells did not intend to use above one hundred men in the surprisall whereof they were to have twenty good able Gentlemen for they made account that having the Castle they with the
of all understanding men both here and in his Majesties Quarters Certainly I dare say with old Father a His second 〈◊〉 before King Edward the 〈◊〉 f. 36. Latymer That the Romish Hats never brought good into England heretofore and can they presage ought but much more evill â—o us now What good our last great Cardinall Poole of Noble extraction brought to this our Realme and Religion in Queen Maries dayes you may read in the Statute of 1 2 Phil. Mary ch 8. in Mr Iohn Fox his Acts and Monuments volum 3. and can we now expect any better fruits from this intended Cardinall of more Noble Parentage I feare me no Wherefore I can give no other sentence of him and all others designed to this Antichristian dignity or ambitious of it then b 〈◊〉 Father Latymer hath long since passed against them in the case of Henry Beaufort Bishop of Winchester made a Cardinall by the Pope in King Henry the â—ixt his reign He was made a Cardinall at Calys in France where our new Cardinall is now to be made and thither the Bishop of Rome sent him a Cardinals Hat Hee should have had a Tiburn-tippet an half-penny halter and all such proud Prelates And they doe well deserve it their only ayme and endeavour being to reduce reconcile and enslave our soules bodies estates Realms to the Antichristian vassallage of the Sea of Rome which is no lesse then c 〈…〉 High Treason by our Lawes For my own particular I have ever been a cordiall affecter endeavourer promoter of our publike Peace to the uttermost of my power shall ever God willing continue such but my owne Judgement Reason Conscience perswade me we shall never enjoy any reall solid lasting Peace one with another in any of our three Realmes whiles we negotiate a Peace or hold the least correspondency with the Sea of Rome which hath lately drenched and almost drowned us all in our owne blood metamorphosed all our Kingdoms into so many Acheldamaes after a long-enjoyed Peace and by new Letters Commissions to raise Irish Forces in Ireland and new Contributions Conspiâ—acies Designs against us in France Italy and other Popish Realmes during the overtures of a Treaty of Peace threatens us only with a continuall succession of warres It was a memorable Answer that Iehu made to Ioram King of Israel when he and Ahaziah King of Iudah went out against him 2 King 9. 21 22. And it came to passe when Ioram saw Iehu thâ—â— he said is it PEACE Iehu And he answered WHAT PEACE so long as the Whordoms of thy mother Iezebel and her witchcrafts are so many as long as we have any enchanting Iezebels domineering in our Councels and solliciting us to Court at least if not to commit open fornication with the whoore of Babylon as to many have done of late yeares alas what peace can we expect or what have we to doe with Peace Wee have all cause to consider what the Apostle writes 2 Cor. 6. 14 15 16 17. Be not unequally yoaked with Vnbeleevers for what fellowship hath righteousnesse with unrighteousnesse and what communion hath light with darknesse and what concord hath Christ with Belial or what part hath he that beleeveth with an Infidell or what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols Wherfore come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord and I will receive you yea I will be a father unto you and ye shall be my sonnes and daughters saith the Lord Almighty Doubtlesse we shall never enjoy any well-grounded Peace with God or one another till we utterly renounce and separate our selves wholly from all communion fellowship agreement concord with the idolatrous Antichristan Church of Rome and execute exemplary justice on all those who have been active instruments to reconcile seduce us to her of whom I can give no other Character nor issue of their Consultations then that of the Prophet Isay * Isa 〈…〉 They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity they hatch Cockatrice egs and weave the Spiders web he that cateth of their egs dieth and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper Their webs shall not become garments neither shall they cover themselves with their works their works are works of iniquity and the act of violence is in their hands Their feet run to evill and they make haste to shed innocent blood their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity wasting and destruction are in their paths the way of peace they know not and there is no Iudgement in their goings they have made thâ—m crooked paths whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace Therefore is Iudgement farre from us neither doth Iustice overtake us we wait for light but behold obscurity for brightnesse but we walk in darknesse We grope for the wall like the blinde and we grope as if we had no eyes we stumble at noon-day as in the night we are in desolate places as dead men We roare all like bears and mourn sore like doves we look for judgment but there is none for salvation but it is farre off from us As ever therfore we would enjoy peace or safety let us eternally renounce all Leagues Treaties correspondencies with these enemies of our peace these Authors of our forepast and present dangers warres desolations If all our former smarting experiences of their Treacheries Cruelties in Ireland in England with their many late Treacheries Designes upon us even since the late Overtures of this approaching Treaty of Peace will not now awaken us unanimously and effectually to provide secure our selves against them for all future Ages God in his justice may and will deliver us over one time or other to their sword power va alage and continue this warre among us somented by their Councells supplied by their Armes and Contributions till we be all consumed one of another and made a Prey to our forraigne Enemies which deplorable misery and Antichristian bondage the God only Wise of his infinite mercy make us all wise timely to prevent FINIS A Table to some principall Passages in this Necessary Introduction c. Note that the figures of the pages in the book from 206 to 253 are for the most part misprinted and that the references to them in this Table are as they should have been not as they are printed A. ABbot Archbishop of Canterbury his Remonstrance to King Iames against a toleration of Popery and the Spanish Match page 39 40. His Letter to his Suffragan Bishops for prosecuting Recusants p 78 79. Abbot Audomarus Ioannes his Letter to Secretary Windebank concerning the Papists fidelity to the King in the Scottish warres and other particulars p 194 195. Altars inserted into the Scottish Liturgy by Archbishop Laud p 160. Broken down and removed by the rude Souldiers raised against the Scots p 171 212. Alvey an Arminian Vicar of Newcastle an intelligencer against the Scots his Letter to Archbishop Laud p 188 189. Articles concerning the Spanish Match
hinder her in her Religion p. 46. 47. 71. of the privy Councell not to prosecute Papists p. 46. of English Priests to the Bishop of Calcedon p. 82. 83 Oblations Popisâ—i introduced by Bishop Laud pag. 159. Ordinntion A forme of it by a Popish Irish Bishop pag. 84. Owen Daniel and Sir Phelim Oneale chiefe actors in the Irish Rebellion having formerly raised a Regiment of Papists and carried them into Flanders for that purpose pag. 219. to 250. A Letter to Sir Phelim Oneale from Rome pag. 248. 249. O-Conner one of the Queene Mothers Priests his desperate speeches concerning a Plot Massacre to the Protestants in England c. to Anne Hussey pag. 225. P. Papists and popish Priests and Iesuites plots to usher Popery into our Realmes pag. 1. 2 4. c. Their dangerous increase in England Ireland and petitions against it p. 10. to 12 65. to 85. how protected favoured c. notwithstanding all pretended Proclamations against them by the King Queene Bishop Laud Windebanke and others pag. 12. 13. 25 29 45 to 48 to 150. 206. to 214. Their forwardnesse to promote the leane An. 1626. pag. 88. Their Assembly Collections and large contributions towards the Scottish Warres pag. 189. to 194. English and Irish Papists joynt Conspiracie in the Irish Rebellion and present Warres See Ireland King Iames King Charles Windebanke Laud Articles Gregorio Paâ—zani the Popes first English Nuntio his Arrivall and entertainment in England pag. 141. 143. 209 210. His intimacy with Windebanke and Letters of thankes to him from Rome for his daily favours whiles here pag. 141. 146. his intimacy with â—ishop Mountague and Letters in favour of his Sonne to Rome pag. 147. Stay of proceedings against the Lady Perkins for sending her daughter to bee a Nunne pag. 139. Penricke the Queenes last agent at Rome and his brother the Queenes servant an Intelligencer for Spaine and Rome pag. 205 c Father Philips the Queenes Confessor his Letter to Secretary Windebanke pag. 144 See p. 134. His dangerous Letters commitment by the Parliament and Articles there exhibited against him pag. 205. to 217. His dangerous positions pag. 119. 120 121. his danger about the Queenes person and her chiefe Councellour pag. 205. to 217. Sparsim Doctor Pocklington his Letter concerning the Clergies contribution against the Scotts c. pag. 179. 180. Pope Gregory the 15. his dispensation must be granted to compleat the Spanish Match p. 3. 4. 5. 13. 14. 15. 18. 19. his exceptions to and alterations of the Articles with Spaine p. 4. to 9. 14. 15. 18. 39. 40. The Articles he obtained from King Iames in favour of Papists ere hee would grant a dispensation p. 8. 14. 41. to 49. his letter to the Bishop of Conchen in Spaine to reduce King Charles and our Realmes to his obedience during his residence there his Letter to King Charles in Spaine to seduce him in his Religion p. 34. to 38. His Clogged dispensation and death p. 39. 49. King Iames Letter to him p. 26. 31. Pope Vrban the eight his election and new dispensation for the SPANISH Match pag. 50. 61. His dispensation with the French Match pag. 70. 71. His consolatory Bull to the English Catholikes p. 81. 82. He claimes an absolute Iurisdiction over the Queenes househould endeavoring thereby to usurpe a temporall Iurisdiction p. 119. to 123. 208 209 c. The Kings Letter to him in behalfe of the Duke of Loraigne and his affection to opinion of the King p. 142. 143. his Nuncioes sent into Eng. and entertained here see Conne Panzani Rossetti Nuntio and p. 209. to 212. His Bull to Sir Toby Mathew p. 201. 211. Privy and assistant to the Irish Rebellion p. 230. 247. to 553. his Bull and Indulgence to the Irish Rebells p. 253. The election of Pamphilio the now Pope his age and intentions and the Queenes sending Sir Kenelme Digby to him p. 252. to 255. Father Price Generall of the Benedictines his intimacy with Laud London Windebank procures the searchers place at Dover by their might and puts in Papists to be his Deputies there pag. 198. 206. 207. Q The Queenes marriage with the King designed to introduce Popery pag. 69. The Articles of her marriage and present effects of it in favour of Papists p. 70. to 74 83. to 198. The King bound by Oath not to endeavour her conversion to our Religion by any meanes but she not obliged not to seduce the King pag. 71. The Pope challengeth jurisdiction over her houshold p. 119. to 122. 208. The dangerous positions of her Priests Ibid Priests released by the K. and others at her instance p. 122. 123. 190. Her favours to and Letters of favour to the Queene and Officers of France in the behalfe of Secretary Windobanke and the many courtesies he and his receivd from her since his â—light p. 127 to 140. She sends Major Bret Sir Will. Hamilton Mr. Walter Mountague and others successively to Rome p. 140. 141 143 144 146. 204. to 214. Her calling of a generall Assembly of all the Romish Catholikes at London to assist the King against the Scotts her Letters to them for that purpose Message to the Parliament pag. 189. to 196. Dangerous Popish Incendiaries about her person pag. 204. to 218. Her contributions and assistance to English and Irish Papists and these unnaturall Wars p. 194. 151. The Queene-Mothers arrivall in England to further the Papists Designes and Massacre of the Protestants p. 189 225. The people murmure against her her desire of a gard and departure hence p. 195. to 198. 218. R Captaine Read a chiefe agent of the Iesuites an Actor in the Irish Rebellion escapes out of the Tower and since affirmed to be Knighted by the King p. 147. 25â— Robert Read Secretary and Nephew to Windebanke his Letters out of France to Master Thomas Windebanke pag. 125. to 139. Rebellion in Ireland See Ireland p. 218 to 251. Iudge Richardson his stay of proceedings against Recusants by command and Letter to Windebanke concerning the same pag. 139. 140. Cardinall Richelieu his favour to Windebanke Master Mountague and the English Fugitives at Paris p. â—30 131 132 138. His Spies and Activity here p. 204. to 217. Privie and assistant to the Irish Rebells pag. 232. 233. 234. Count Rossetti the Pope last Nuntio his arrivall in England and the Bull to Sir Toby Matthew concerning him pag. 210. 211. Complained of in Parliament promised to be sent away hence yet secretly detained here pag. 193. 214. Rochel lost by the meanes of our ships c. p. 84. 85. 86. S. Sabbath denied by the Arch-bishop and his creatures p. 158. Sacrifice of the Masse indeavoured to be introduced by Canterbury in the Scoâ—tish Liturgy p. 160. 161. 162. 163. Scottish Innovations Liturgy Warres Troubles occasioned by Canterbury fully related out of his owne Papers and Letters p. 148. to 196. Spanish Treaty concerning the Match Palatinate and all the passages concerning it and their jugling with us
by Bishop Bedles letters the Commons petition and other Evidences p 101 to 214 Cherished in Ireland of purpose by the Lord Deputy Wentworth to ballance the Protestants and make them serve his turnes in Parliament p 113 117 118 238. Their tâ—mult in Dubliu p 119 Divisions between the secular Priests and regular in Ireland and their titular Archbishop of Dublin p 106 to 110. The Deputâ—es project to pack a Parliament in Ireland and conquer that Nation and Kingdome by it p 114 to 119. The Protestants grieved and oppressed by the Papists there p 110 to 113 The Protestation of the Archbishops and Bishops there against a Toleration of Popery p. 83. The rise and progresse of the late Irish Rebellion and the chiefe Actors in it p 218 to 252. Discovered in grosse to the King and Windebank above a yeare before it brake out p 219 220 c. All the Irish in forraigne parts privy to and active in it especially their Priests and Friers p. 220 to 252. All the Papists in England privy and assistant to it p. 226 251. The Pope Cardinall Barbarino and Irish at Rome privy to it and much rejoyced at it p 230. c. 247. to 253. The Spaniards French and other popish States acquainted with it and assistant to it p 220. to 253. Above one hundred fifty two thousand Protestants murthered and destroyed the foure first months by the Rebels p. 226 242 243. The Pops Indulgance granted to the Rebels for extirpating the Heriticks and exhorting them to persevere in and accomplish that worke p. 251. Mr Henry Iermyn his plot and â—light p 212 213. His Letter to Windebank into France and power with the Queene p. 131. 134. Iudge Iones a character of him p. 220. L. Archbishop Laud privy to the Kings and Dukes voyage into Spain and a furtherer of that Match p 34 Writ letters to the Duke of Buckingham into France and was privy to that macth p 73 74. A procurer and countâ—nancer of Dr Manwarings and Sybthorpes Sermons in justification of Lones and arbitrary taxes imposed by the Kings prerogative without a parliament and accused in parliament for licensing them p 86 90. Accused by the Commons as a Favourer of Arminians and persons popishly affected Iun. 11. 1628. p 92. His saucy and scandalous false answer to the Commons Remonstrance p 93 94 95. Bishop Bedles and Vshers letters to him concerning the power and encrease of papists in Ireland p. 101 to 113. The Lord Deputy Wentworth his desperate dispatch to him concerning parliaments in Ireland p. 114. to 118. Windebanke made Secretary of State by him p. 122 123. Presents his humble service to him out of France p. 127. What opinion they had of him at Rome and Venice p. 143. Twice proffered seriously a Cardinals Cap p. 140. He advanced Bishop Montague an Arminian and one who held correspondency with the popes Nuncio p. 146 147. His Innovations in England and power in Ireland p. 148. His whole proceedings letters directions alterations Contributions c. concerning the late Scottish Lyturgy and Warres against the Scots p. 148 to 189. He fradulently ex post facto procureth and forgeth divers Warrants from the King written wiâ—h his owne and his Secretary Dells â—and touching the Scottish Canons Lyturgy Contributions and intelligence with the Scottish Bishops p. 149. 152 156 174. His many popish alterations and insertions for the introducing of Altars Transubstantion the sacrifice of the Masse Prayer to Saints and other Popish rites writ with his own hand and taken out of the Roman Missall and Pontificall made in the New Scottish Liturgy worthy observation p. 156 to 164. An Enemy to the Sabbath p. â—58 The Kings chiefe Councellor in the Scottish Warres by the Iesuites owne letters and adviseth him to subdue them by an Irish Army p. 170. 171. his Listing Assessing and conventing men before the Councell Table to lend to the Scotish Warres his and the Clergies large contributions towards these Waâ— with his letters to further the sâ—me p. 174. to 189. The Lord Conwayes and other letters to him concerning the Scotts affaires and Wars p. 172. 173. 174. 183. to 189. His tyranny injustice in the high Commission and intimacy with Father Leander and other Popish Priests and Recusants p. 205. to 209. 198. The Irish Rebells reported their Confederates in England had taken the Tower of London and rescued film from the Parliament p 226. His pride in Scotland and here page 205. 206. 207. Earle of Leicesters favours to Windebanke in France p. 130. 133. Father Leander Generall of the English Benedictiones Archbishop Laâ—ds Chamberfellow in Oxford and very intimate with him here sent over to reconcilâ— us to Rome p. 145. 206. 207. persecuted by the Iesuites p. 144. Livet a Papist proceedings against him stayed by royall command p. 140. Ludovicus a sancta Maria his Theologicall conclusions printed at Rome p. 145. his Lecherous and lewde behaviour in England Ibid. Cardinall Ludovisio protector of the Irish Nation p. 109. M. Marshall Law the Lord Conwayes advice about it p. 185. 186. Master Moore a chiefe Actor in the Irish Rebellion p. 227. to 237. Henry Mac Carter his full examination touching the Irish Rebellion p. 202. 203. 204. Masse endeavoured to be introduced by Archbishop Land in the Scottish Liâ—urgy into which he inserts divert things out of the Masse Roman Missall p. 158. to 163. Mac-Mohon's examinations touching the Irish Rebellion p. 237. to 241. Maguires examinations Confession touching the Irish Rebellion p 226. to 240. Nich Le Maistre his testimony concerning the designe of the French match p. 69. Sir Toby Mathew a dangerous active Iesuite p. 210. 211 The Popes Bull to him commending his last Nuncio Rossetti to his charge as to his Angell Gardian p. 201. 211. Siâ— Henry Merry a Recusant his protection p. 139. Master Middletons Letters to Archbishop Laud from Venice p. 142. 143. Bishop Mountaguâ— advanced by Laud an Arminian his intimacy with the Popes Nuncio his letter to Windebanke for a Licence to his sonne to goe to Rome and his entertainment there p. 146. 147. Master Walter Mountague his first voyage to Rowe his extraordinary entertainment in his passage thither there this intimacy with the Pope and Cardinalls promised and expected a Cardinals Cap his dangerousnesse Sir Kelime Digbies late letter to him and the Queenes intention to make him a Cardinall at this present could he procure his liberty p. 140. 141. 143. 210. 211. 212. 253. 254. His Letters to the Papists concerning a contribution against the Scotts p. 190. 191. his intimacy with Windebanke p. 131. 132 133. 134. N Nuncioes sent from the Pope into England see Câ—n Pauâ—ani Rossetti The Apprentices and People take notice of them p. 895. to 199. 208. to 282. O. Oath of King Iames to the Spanish Articles and in favour of Papists p. 43. to 47. of K. Charles to like purpose and not to endeavour to convert the Queen or withdraw her from or