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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08697	A letter of a Catholike man beyond the seas, written to his friend in England including another of Peter Coton priest, of the Society of Iesus, to the Queene Regent of France / translated out of French into English ; touching the imputation of the death of Henry the IIII, late K. of France, to priests, Iesuites, or Catholicke doctrine.	Owen, Thomas, 1557-1618.; Coton, Pierre, 1564-1626.	1610 (1610)	STC 19000; ESTC S1326	18,060	49

conformably to the Sorbones and to the Decree of the Councell of Constance These then being the opinions and the determinations of these doctors graue and principall men of our Society what preiudice can the particuler opinion of one Mariana bring to the reputation of a whole Order the which being according to the Institute most carefull to maintaine all holy ordinances of the Church and bearing respect to the power and authority of Kings who for the temporal depend on God only hath long time since disauowed the lightnesse of this rouing pen and namely in the Prouincial Congregation of France held in the Citty of Paris the yeare 1606. where more then this the Reuerend Father Claudius Aquauiua General of our Society was requested that those who had written in preiudice of the Crowne of France should be repressed and their bookes suppressed Which the sayd Reuerend Father did afterward very earnestly and exactly being most sory that by ouer-sight he being absent and knowing nothing nor hauing seene the workes one should vse therin his consent the words which he vseth in his answere are these VVe haue approued your Congregations iudgment and carefulnes and haue byn very sory that no body perceaued the fault vntill the bookes were printed the which notwithstanding we haue presently commanded to be corrected will vse great care herafter that such things happen no more And so it is that now you should scarce haue found so much as one copy of Mariana if it had not beene for the pernicious liberality of the heyres of VVechell who are knowne to be of the pretended reformed Religion and haue printed the same booke at their owne costes and charges moued not so much as it is to be presumed with desire to serue the publique as to hurt in particuler our Society Some haue thought that they haue added somewhat of their owne others haue iudged that the bookes of the first impression were yet worse but this controuersy serues to no purpose for although it were so and that no body had holpen the first so imprudent pen yet is there no cause why that one mans pen should more hurt the body of our Society then the writings of Iohn Petite and others his like should hurt the Vniuersities and Orders of which they were Schollers Bachelers Maisters and Doctors But Madame seeing that I haue heere aboue promised to expound clearly and distinctly what is our opinion touching the question we haue proposed now I come to it which shal be the second part or this discourse 1. All the Iesuites generally and particulerly will confirme euen with their own bloud that they haue not in this matter or any other any beliefe doctrine or opinion then that of the Catholike Church 2. That amongst all sorts of gouernement and publicke administration the Monarchie is the best 3. That such is the spirituall gouernmeÌ„t of the Church which is vnder the Vicar of Iesus Christ successor of S. Peter such is the temporall gouernment of the State and Realme of France which dependeth of the person of the King our Soueraigne Lord and Maister 4. That the Kinges are as Homer calleth them the children and fosters of God or rather his own liuely Images as sayd Menander 5. That they are annointed and therfore called the Christs of our Lord to the end as sayth Simeon the Archbishop of Thessalonica that euery one may vnderstand that they be inuiolable and should be respected as holy and sacred things 6. That it is a damnable heresy as holy Irenaeus noteth 1400. yeares agoe to thinke that Kings are giuen to men casually seeing that all power comes of God and therfore sayth S. Isidore of Damieta in the most ancient pictures we see a hand put out of heauen which setteth the Crowne vpoÌ„ the head of Kings 7. That he which resisteth kinges or rebelleth against them purchaseth to him selfe his owne damnation according to the doctrine of the Apostle 8. That obedience is due vnto them not for that they are vertuous wise poteÌ„t or indued with any other laudable qualitie but because they are Kings established by God himselfe 9. That our Kings of France are the eldest children of the Church enioying rare and singular priuiledges aboue the common of other Kinges of the world 10. That it is not lawfull to denie to theÌ„ obedience much lesse to reuolt against them although they were vicious froward hard to suport as the same Apostle speaketh 11. That being such we ought to pray for them as the Prophet would haue to be done for the prosperity of Nabuchodonosor and his sonne Baltazar that the afflictions losse of goodes persecutions and other in commodities which are endured patiently not rebelling therefore against their Superiours are things very acceptable to God conforme to the praise which in like case S. Paul giueth to the Hebrews and to that ordinaÌ„ce w ch he hath published in the Church saying Euery soule be subiect to the Superiour powers 12. And therfore that not onely it is not lawfull to lay hands vpon their Persons but that it is an execrable parricide a prodigious trespasse and a detestable sacriledge 13. That the decree of the Councell of Constance in the 15. Session ought to be receaued of all and maintayned inuiolably 14. That the declaration of the Sorbon of the year 1413. that also of the 4. of Iune of this preseÌ„t yeare is good wholsome holy 15. That euery one should stand vpon his guard and take heed of diuers bookes that are spread abroad contrary to the Lawes the reading of the which is not onely in this matter very dangerous but so much the more to be feared by how much the Authors of them being to our great griefe separated from the Catholike Church make no accompt neyther of the Councell of Constance nor of the Catholike Censures and Doctors aboue mentioned yea rather which is to be lamented they are the more obstinate in their opinions by opposing themselues and thereby they thinke to get the greater praise and admiration from others I would cite bookes quote the places and alleadge the words were it not that it is farre better that such thinges remaine swallowed in the bottomlesse pit of forgetfulnes and that it is more to the purpose to make knowne that innocency is far stronger then recrimination And for the same cause also I would haue abstained altogeather from this aduertisment had it not beene to shew thereby that the body of our Society cannot be infected by the opinion of one only person the which hath beene so authentically disauowed by the same no more then those of the pretended reformed Religion doe not hould themselues any whit interessed by the erroneous Doctrine of some of theirs whome they reiect difauow and condemne being willing to liue with vs vnder the Lawes of our Realme and with the obedience and voluntary submission which we do render to the Scepter of our Kinges

therin Wherupon I my selfe hauing beene named particulerly haue taken occasion at this present to take pen in hand briefly to represent vnto You Madame as to Her who is singulerly affectioned to the true Religion most interessed in the good of this whole State and the most assured refuge that innocencie can haue that which the Doctors of our Society haue written vpon this subiect Knowing that nether the greatnes of busines would easily permit you of your selfe to seeke them out nor the small affection which backbiters do beare vnto vs would permit them to make you the true report And after that I will shew with the same breuity what is the common sense and opinion of our Society spread through the whole world touching the matter wherof we speake Laying for a ground of all such verity as cannot be called into doubt no not by them which may be fouÌ„d most hatefull and enuious of this florishing Crowne I meane that the matter which was debated in the Councell of Constance which afterward hath beene declared more at large by the Catholick Doctors touching the expulsion of Tyrants doth not at all touch the happy renowned and most honorable memory of him of whome now we be waile the death his life hauing byn as farre from all blame of Tyranny as it hath beene and shal be alwaies to all the Monarches of the Earth a modell of piety iustice clemency valour benignity and fatherly affection towards his subiects First of al presenteth himselfe the most Illustrious Cardinall Tolet a man of rare learning Spanish by nation and French by affection who in the 5. booke and 6. chapter of his Summe teacheth in expresse tearmes That it is not lawful to attempt any thing against the life of a Prince allthough he abuse his Princely power adding therunto that to maintaine the contrarie is an hereticall doctrine condemned by the Councell of Constance The most Illustrious and most learned Cardinall Bellarmine answering to the very same obiection in the thirteenth chapter of his Apologie to a Booke of the king of Great Britany speaketh thus I haue neuer read nor heard it sayd that euerlasting life hath beene promised to them that attempt against the life of kings but rather to the contrary I haue read that this proposition Euery Tyrant may and ought lawfully to be killed was long since condeÌ„ned in the fifteÌ„th session of the Councell of Constance True it is that Iohn VVickliffe an EnglishmaÌ„ whome the Protestantes doe so much esteeme and haue put forth his prayses in the fore-front of their Histories taught That no temporal nor Ecclesiasticall Prince retayneth any longer his power and authority after he is fallen into any mortall sin the which error of his the sayd Councell condemned in the eight session Gregorie of Valentia a man of eminent learning as is manifest by the publique testimony of Italy Spayne and Germanie writing vpon the sixtie foure Question of the second Part of S. Thomas and conforming himselfe therin to the doctrine of other Schoole-Deuines determineth in no wise to be lawfull to attempt against the life of the Prince although he abuse his authority Alsonsus Salmeron in the thirteenth Tome of his workes expounding the thirteenth Chapter of the Epistle to the Romans affirmeth the same citing the Councell of Constance and referreth the fact of AÃ¶d against Eglon King of the Moabites to the expresse manifest commandement of God whereof of no man ought to be iudge in his owne cause Martin del-Rio a famous man likewise in all kind of learning in his Commentaries vpon Hercules Furens of Seneca the 920. number sayth That that saying of the Poet is dangerous and there alleageth to the contrary the decree of the Councell of CoÌ„stance which decree vpon this subject cannot to often be inculcated repeated and declared to the People Sebastian Heissius in his Apologeticall declaration of the Aphorismes attributed to the doctrine of Iesuites sheweth by Mariana's owne wordes that he hath spoken out of his owne opinion And he himselfe perceauing that he did exceed the Iimits of the common doctrine acknowledged his doctrine to be subiect to errour and submitted himselfe to the censure of whome soeuer And by and by after he setteth down his owne and the common opinions of all Deuines of our Society the which he opposeth against the opinion of the sayd Mariana Martin Becanus in the answere to the ninth Aphorisme remitteth the Reader to the Councell of Constance shewing that the lawfull Princelooseth not his superiority although he become a Tyrant Iames Gretser Reader of Deuinity at Ingolstad in his Booke intituled Vespertilio Haretico-politic ê° answering to the obiectioÌ„s which were made him out of the opinion of Mariana saith with Heissius That the common opinion is to be followed leauing that of Mariana which he himselfe submitteth to other men Leonard Lessius Reader of Deuinity at Louaine in the ninth Chapter fourth doubt of his second booke de Iustitia Iure affirmeth likewise according to the common sentence That it is not lawfull to enterprize against the person of the Prince although he should abuse his authority grounding his saying vpon that aduertisement of the Prince of the Apostles Seruants be subiect to your maisters and not only to them which be good and modest but also to the froward and ill conditioned And after that he alledgeth the decree of the Councell before mentioned Nicolas Serarius writing vpon the thirteenth chapter of the booke of Iudges in his first question doth shew that the fact of Aod cannot nor ought to serue the detestable Assassines parricides and murtherers of their kings for their defence or example Iohn Azor in the second part of his morall institutions the eleuenth booke fifth câ—apter and tenth question doth shew him self yet a more rigorous enemie of the bould and sacrilegious enterprizes of them who attempt against the ã€ˆâ€¦ã€‰ e of their Princes where he teacheth that it is not lawful to go about to kil no not theÌ„ who should haue vniultlie inuaded any state grounding his doctrine chifely vpon this that no man ought to be condeÌ„ned before he be heard without discussioÌ„ of his cause of the which noe particuler man can be a coÌ„peteÌ„t Iudge As for Lewis Richeome his Apologie makes pereÌ„tory proofe of the irrecoÌ„ciliable hatred which he beareth to the doctrine of them that teach against the authoritie of kings in so much that the L. Pasquier himselfe a Criticall Censurer of his works hauing repeated his wordes in his third booke and fifth chapter praiseth him and sayth he cannot but loue him adding these words Yet I must needs honour thee seing thee so to paint the Idaea of obedience of a subiect towards his King A praise which he might haue giuen to many others of the same Society who hauing examined this matter with S. Thomas and all the Schoole deuines do all conclude

perswading my selfe that if they had the pen in hand which I haue they would speake with vs thuÌ„der out Anathema with one common voice against those infamous Authors Which being maturely and wisely considered as well by the Court of Parliament as by the sacred Colledge of Sorbon they haue not made any mention in their arrest and decrees of the Doctrine of Iesuits knowing very well as iust iudges and Doctors that faultes are personall and that there would be no innocency in the world if the fault of one were imputed to another and that this hath beene a lamentable and incommunicable property of the sinne which the first man committed to haue byn extended vpon others because his posterity was represented in his person knowing also on the other side by the frequent deposition of the malefactor that Mariana had not in any thing holpen to this execrable parricide nor could help considering the malefactour had not sufficient knowledge of the tongue in which his booke was written Wherein is discouered the vncharitable intentioÌ„ of those which spread abroad that he knew all the booke by hart thereby to cast the publique hatred of all this mischeefe vpon others then vpon the guilty This is it Madame wherein we do most humbly beseech you to imploy your Soueraigne authority and to ordaine that all those writings which are in their beginning matches to kindle rebellion and within few howers become fire braÌ„ds of seditioÌ„ be taken away from before the eyes of the French you are our Soueraigne Lady endowed of God with high vnderstanding with such vertue as you haue but few your equals who doth see clearely of what importance it is that we liue all vnited if not in one faith such being these iniurious times at least in fidelity obedience and mutuall affection to the conseruation of peace We haue a King which doth represent vnto vs in his yong age the wit substance of the great Henry his Father your husband and the which with the increase of yeares will haue if it please God to continue vpon him his benigne influences his valour his prudence his happines his experience it pertayneth to vs to cherish this treasure to serue with al our harts this great litle Maister to obey willingly You his most worthy Mother our Regent Mistresse And to the end that nothing do trouble the vnion which only after God can conserue this potent Monarchie and make it all wayes dreadfull to her enemies how much were it to be desired Madame that none could perceiue amongst vs any backbytings that the impostures were banished and the impostors receyued their recompence due to their calumnie that hatreds were rooted out and when any sinister report is made that each one suspended his iudgement and in a word according to the couÌ„saile of the Apostle that all maintayne inuiolably the band of Charity The Otacoustes Prosagogides of this time are greatly to be feared men know also that your Maiestie would willingly haue such tongues receiue their recompence of the ancieÌ„t Quadruplators but if they receiue it not of meÌ„ they must expect it of the incuitable iustice of him that is the author protector at length remunerator of Innocency Our little Society is amongst and aboue all the religious families the most exposed to the hatred and calumny of them that will not take the paine to know it you know Madame how often the late King our good Maister hath fauourably defended it made it respected You caÌ„ beare witnesse and none better then you that wheresoeuer was that great Prince there had we a King a Father and a Protector but alas he is here no more that great Henry hath beene violently taken away from vs. Oh France the eye of Christendome the rose of Empyres the pearle of the world how great is this thy losse how horrible is this thy ship wracke France the fauorite of heauen the wellbeloued of God who hath taken from thee the mantle of glorie which did couer thee the Crowne of honour which stood so high ouer thy head Who hath so oh chosen of God who hath so afflicted thee But thou our poore Society which didest not subsist but by the benefit of that Monarch who hath made thee so desolate Who hath abased thee so lamentably who hath ouerwhelmed thee so miserably The mischiefe is coÌ„moÌ„ to al but it is in singuler manner proper to thee The blow hath strooken the whole bodie of the kingdome but it wounded thee almost to death oh how true is it how seÌ„sibly dost thou feele it that the sorrow that can be expressed is not to be called sorrow and I which write these things how iust cause haue I yea more then any other to let my selfe run into the accents of a doleful voyce to say farewell the wonder of Kings farewel the ornament of the world our ioy our glory our honour farwel the Father of the coÌ„monwealth the restorer of the State the secoÌ„d fouÌ„der chiefe benefactor of our Society farewell my King my Prince my defeÌ„der you had giueÌ„ vs in this vale of miseries the repose that here could be had rest you then in peace and remaine for euer amongst the lilies and the roses free from the thornie care and solicitude of this Monarchie enioy happily not earth but heauen here you haue beene the most eminent subiect of the fauour of god be now there aboue and for euer the obiect of his mercyes the Lawrells of this base earth were to much subiect to withering your head expected others more fresh and flourishing the victories the triumphes the Empyres which pertained to you here beneth were to be chaÌ„ged into a glorie much more eminent liue then for euer enioying that possession so much desired your happinesse will make vs breath your absence wil make vs sigh the place where we esteeme you to be will make vs seeke after you for relying vpon the mercie of God the wofull circumstances of your decease haue not depriued vs of the hope to see you againe in the shining splendor of one common day where we shall find the principall himselfe and all the circumstances of this wofull diuorce of ours and during the irckesomenes of this expectation you Madame with the King his liuely image wil wipe away some part of our teares we will acknowledge his person in your persons his Crowne in your Crownes his Kingly authority in yours and although all your Subiects be obliged thereunto by all sort of dutie our Society being therto bouÌ„d extraordinarily hath giueÌ„ me charge to present before your Maiesty the most sincere vowes of her fidelitie and the most affectioned offers of her most humble seruice the which Madame I doe as willingly as I can with singuler affection Your Maiesties most humble Seruant most obedient and most faithfull Subiect PETER COTON of the Society of IESVS BY this letter is sufficiently layd open to the eyes of

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