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A56199	Romes master-peece, or, The grand conspiracy of the Pope and his iesuited instruments, to extirpate the Protestant religion, re-establish popery, subvert lawes, liberties, peace, parliaments, by kindling a civill war in Scotland, and all His Majesties realmes, and to poyson the King himselfe in case hee comply not with them in these their execrable designes revealed out of conscience to Andreas ab Habernfeld, by an agent sent from Rome into England, by Cardinall Barbarino, as an assistant to con the Popes late nuncio, to prosecute this most execrable plot, (in which he persisted a principall actor severall yeares) who discovered it to Sir William Boswell His Majesties agent at the Hague, 6 Sept. 1640. he, under an oath of secrecie, to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury (among whose papers it was casually found by Master Pyrnne, May, 31. 1643) who communicated it to the King, as the greatest businesse that ever was put to him / published by authority of Parliament by William Prynne ...	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; Habervešl z Habernfeldu, Ondřej.; Boswell, William, Sir, d. 1649.; Laud, William, 1573-1645.	1644 (1644)	Wing P4056; ESTC R7561	44,036	61

and also the powder-plot since against King Iames and the whole Parliament our blood shall rest upon our owne heads who would not take timely notice of our incumbent dangers nor suddenly prevent them whiles we might YO have read before in the plot it selfe what an active instrument Captaine Read was in promoting this conspiracie of the Iesuites and how he was intrusted with the dispatch and delivery of all their Letters and Packets of intelligence and his house the ordinary randevouze where they weekely met yet see what a Protection this desperate Traytor obtained from his Maiesty to secure him against all apprehensions and prosecutions to advance this designe recorded in the Clerke of the Peace hi● Book for Middlesex in open sessions for his greater immunity and in the Crowne Office By the King VVHereas We have received good testimony of the Loyalty and Duty of Our trusty and welbeloved Captaine Iohn Read and because he may be subject to the penalty of the lawes for Recusancie These are to signifie that We are graciously pl●ased to extend Our speciall Grace towards him and doe hereby will command that no Inditement Presentment Information or Suit in Our name or in the name of any other be henceforth commenced prosecuted or accepted against him by any of Our Officers or Subjects whatsoever for or concerning Recusancie and if any such shall happen then Our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and made voyd or otherwise not prejudiciall to him Given under Our Signet at Our Court at Theobals the 13. day of Iuly in the 10 th yeere of Our Raigne To all and singular Our Iudges of Assize Iustices of Peace Maiors Sheriffes Clerkes of Assize and Peace Bayliffes Constables Informers and all other Our Officers and Ministers whom it doth or may concerne and to every of them The Examination of Henry Mayo WHo saith That on Thursday last being the twentieth of Iuly one thousand six hundred forty three he being at Bridges in Flanders heard Proclamation made in Dutch who understands it very well that all people within that City that would goe to the Governours house and give any Money to maintaine the Romane Catholiques in England they should have their Money re-paid them againe in a yeeres time with many thanks HENRY MAYO This Examination was taken before us EDWARD BOYCE JOHN BOYCE GEORGE TROTTER FINIS * Psal. 31. 12. Psal. 88. 4 5. a Rom. 11. 33. b Dan. 2. 22 23. ● C●r 13. 8. a See the Acts of the General Assembly of the ●ebels at ●ilkenny Anno 164● printed at ●ondon Marc● 6. 1643. T●e Myste●y of lniquity p. 32. 33. c. b The 48 week ending Decem ● p. 681. 685. * If a stranger were thus affected at the hearing of this Plot how should we our selves be sensible thereof * The Je●uits pl●ts are never ended till they obtaine their desired ends in all things * The Pope and Cardin●ll 〈◊〉 His Majesty and the Realme may be soone betrayed by such false attendants I beseech Your Majesty read these Letters a● they are endorsed by figures 1 2 3 c. Ye had reason so to doe It is an unanswerable Dilemma I c●ncur totally with you in opinion assuring you that no body doth or shall know of this businesse and to shew my care to conceale it I received this but this afternoon and now I make this dispatch before I sleepe Herewith I send his warrant as you advise which indeed I judge to bee the better way I like your answer extreame well and doe promise not to deceive your confidence nor make you break your word I have sent all back I thinke these Apostyles will bee warrant enough for you to proceed especially when I expressly command you to doe so In this I am as far from condemning your judgement as suspecting your fidelitie C. R. * The Kings hand and date * The Archbishops Postscript * A very good Argument of truth and reality * Therefore a man of note and imployment * Jesuites know well how to equivocate thus * If Popes must not favour pro●●stant Princes it s a miracle that they should favor them or harbour any of their agents now neer them * The papacy of Cant. and this other world is of greater value then an Italian Cardinalship * The quality of the discovere● meane● inducing him to reveale this plot * The Popes Nuncio then in England Four sorts of Jesuits * A good caveat to Nobles Gentlemen to beware they entertaine not a Jesuit or Romish spie in their houses in stead of a servant * We had need look about when so many active Traytors are harboured among us even perchance at this present Therfore both Kindoms need look to themselves Strange that such a society should be erected under the Defender of the faith A strange world when a Popes Legate shall be openly harboured so neere the King and Court and have fr●e●ccesse to both without controule If the King truly hate the Pope it will make his Instruments lesse effectuall if they come in his name Popes Instruments are ever very active Strange it was that the chiefe men should not set themselves against him his to send thē packing hence especially that the King himselfe did it not when he thus tempted assaulted him That a Popes Legat should be so familiar with the King and the King make much of him in steed of banishing him is a riddle * The Archb. therefore he had some familiarity and acquaintance at first * This offer appears under the Archbishops own hand in the Journall of his life But he kept not him from the Court. Jesuites are both diligent and able to remove their greatest opposites at Court from out of place and favour too * It is admirable this faction should be so powerfully predominant as to displace the greatest and faithfullest Officers Iesuites wil be sure to move hell when they cannot prevail with Heaven Jesuites cannot indure neuters If a man may be saved in any Religiō he may safely imbrace any and cleave close to none * The Bishops ty●●nny against Puritans the best advantage and greatest advancement of popes designes * He means the Scottish Prayer book the alterations whereof frō the English were found in the Originall copy under the Archbishops own hand whē his chamber was searched The Jesuits love to fish when the Bishops trouble the streames with their innovations and Popish Ceremonies The Iesuits the plotters chief directors of the Scotish war * The King tied to conditions by papists befor they aided him * Now practised in Oxford Wales and the Northern parts by open toleration * The more shame pity and a caveat for the Parliament henceforth to look to it * The King thē must needs be in great danger amongst Papists now * Jesuites make but a vaunt of poysoning Kings * The Jesuites it seems know very well King Iames was poysoned belike by some of their Instruments * It seems some Noblemens Chaplains are but the Popes and Jesuites intelligencers if not their confederates All forraigne popish States contribute their best assistance to reduce England to Rome * A meet guerdon for such a service * Jesuites will not give over acting till they accomplish their designes Bishops Sons oftentimes the Popes greatest Agents His industrious activity should shame our slothfulnesse The protestants want of such mutuall correspondency and intelligence is a great weakning to their cause Let them learn Wisedome by their Enemies * A fit place for their intelligence and correspondency with Ireland lying in the midst between both The Jesuites now make good use of all Nations and Instruments * O that such Romish seducers should obtaine such power and rewards for being seducing Instruments The Jesuites it seems are very powerfull at Court The Popes weekly intelligence at Rome from hence can produce no good to England Jesuites know how to conceal thei● Names and Lodgings There are more Popish Chappels in and about London then are commonly known Jesuites can counterfeit any habit or part to delude the vulgar Papists large contributions to undermine our Religion should make us liberall to defend it Jesuites are as wise as Serpents though not so innocent as Doves The Jesuits learne of the Serpent to seduce men by small instruments to their ruine Her voyage to Rome to visit the Pope made her frequently to visit his legat The Countesse belike was his forerunner thither No wonder the Earls debts be so great A School of Nunnes Is not the King in great danger who hath such a person in his Bed-chamber now keeper of the great Seal Both King and Prince have Iesuiticall agents in their Bed-chambers All businesses and imployments must be set aside to promote this plot A Iesuiticall Secretary his flight and Articles in Parliament confirme all this and more Papists spare no cost The other Conspirators names A ●●●cover for such a dish It seemes their purses were strong their hopes great His Maiesty perchance hath learnt to write Characters from him as appeares by some of his late intercepted Letters A good 〈◊〉 for England now * This must needs be the Legat or one imployed from him * Page 171. * Conference with Fisher neere the end * See the Generall Hist. of France in the life of H. 3. 4. * See the English Pope * With which his Speech in Star-chamber agrees There it is Hoc est corpus m●um c. * To elevate the Hos●ia as Papists do● * See the Articles against him in Parliament * Antiq. Eccles. Brit. p. 322. Ead. lib. 1. and Fox Acts and Mon. Vol. 1. edit ult p. 926. * 23. Eliz. c. 1. 35. Eliz. c. 1. 3. Iac. c. 3. 4 5. * See 1. 2. Phil. Mary c. 8. See the Royall Popish Favorite * Ioh. 10. 10. 11 12 13. * 2 Ioh. 10. 11. * Gratian caus 23. * Gen. 3. * 1 King 11. * Qui amat periculum peribit in 〈◊〉 * So are th● Shrewesbury printed copies See the Royall Popish favorite where it is largely proved * Grimston in his life * Fox Speed Generall hist. of France in Hen. 3. 4. * Meteran●s Grimston * See Doctor Eggl●shams Booke and the Commons charge against the Duke of Buckingham * 〈◊〉 12 10.

are so conusant of it though it might not be examined when complaine● of in open Parliament by the Commons but the Assembly rather dissolved then 〈◊〉 death discussed and then the Prince yet young and well inclined to them already b● his education will soon be made an obedient son of the Church of Rome Thus th● Relator a chiefe actor in this pre-plotted Treason discovers And if his single test●mony though out of an wounded conscience will not be believed alone the ensuing circumstances will abundantly manifest the Scottish wars to be plotted and directed by them For Con the Popes Legate Hamilton the Queenes Agent mo●● of the Iesuites then about London Captain Read their Host the Lord Sterling Chamberlaine Cardinall Richelleiu his Agent with other chiefe actors in the plot● being all Scots and imploying of Maxfield and he two other active Popish Sco● Lards in raising these tumults the Earle of Arundel another principall member of this conspiracie being by their procurement made Generall of the firs● Army against the Scots and most of his Commanders Papists the Papists in a● counties of England upon the Queens Letters directed to them contributin● large summes of Money besides Men Armes and Horses to maintaine this wa● for which Master Squire of Shoreditch highly commended them in the Pulpi● as the Kings best Subjects See Master Whites first Century of scandalous Priest● P. 25 Sir Toby Matthew the most industrious conspirator in the packe makin● a voyage with the Lord Deputy into Ireland to stir up the Papists there to contr●bute Men Armes Money to subdue the Scottish Covenanters yea Marquesse Hamiltons own Chaplain imployed as the Kings Comissioner to appease these Scots holding correspondency with Con and resorting to him in private to impart the secrets of that businesse to him the generall discontent of the Papists and conspirators upon the first pacification of those troubles which they soon after infringed and by new large contributions raised a second Army against the Scots when the English Parliament refused to grant Subsidies to maintaine the war All these concurring circumstances compared with the relation will ratifie it without dispute that this war first sprung from these conspirators 9. That the subsequent present Rebellion in Ireland and wars in England originally issued from and were plotted by the same conspirators For the Scottish war producing this setled Parliament beyond the conspirators expectation which they foresaw would prove fatall to this their long agitated conspiracie if it continued undissolved thereupon some Popish Irish Commissioners comming over into England and confederating with the Dutchesse of Buckingham Captaine Read now a prisoner in the Tower and taken in the field in actuall rebellion in Ireland and other of these conspirators who afterwards departed secretly into Ireland they plotted an universall Rebellion surprisall and Massacre of all the Protestants in that Kingdome which though in part prevented by a timely discoverie which secured Dublin and some few places else yet it tooke generall effect in all other parts to the losse of above an hundred and fourtie thousand Protestants lives there massacred by them And finding themselves likely to be overcome there by the Parliaments Forces sent hence and from Scotland to relieve the Protestant party thereupon to worke a diversion they raised a civill bloody war against the Parliament here in England procuring the King after Endymion Porter a principall conspirator in the Plot had gained the custody of the great Seale of England to issue out divers Proclamations under the great Seale proclaming the Parliament themselves Traytors and Rebells yea to grant Commissions to Irish and English Papists contrary to his former proclamations to raise Popish forces both at home and in forraigne parts for his defence as his trustiest and most loyall Subjects to send Letters and Commissions of favour to the Irist Rebels and hinder all supplies from hence to the Protestant party And withall they procured the Queene by the Earle of Antrim● and Dutchesse of Buckinghams mediation to send Ammunition to the Irist Rebels and to attempt to raise an insurrection in Scotland too as the Declaration of the rise and progresse of the Rebellion in Ireland more largely discovers since which his Majesty hath condescended to Articles of Pacification with these Rebels contrary to an act of Parliament and both Houses consents wherein they are declared His Majesties GOOD Catholike Subiects of Ireland and no Rebels at all and hath sent for many thousands of them into England to massacre the Protestant English here and fight against the Parliament as they did in Ireland heretofore Seeing then all may clearely discerne the exact prosecution of this plot carried on in all these wars by the conspirators therein particularly nominated by the Queen and Popish partie in all three Kingdomes and by Papists in forraign parts who have largely contributed Men Money Armes Ammunition to accomplish this grand designe through the instigation of those conspirators in this plot who are gone beyond the Seas and have lately caused publike Proclamations to be made in Bridges and other parts of Flaunders in ●uly last as appeares by the Examination of Henry Maye since seconded by others That all people who will now give ANY MONEY TO MAINTAIN THE ROMAN CATHOLIKES IN ENGLAND should have it re-payd them againe in a yeeres time with many thanks the whole world must of necessity both see and acknowledge unlesse they will renounce their ownn eyes and reason that this conspiracy and plot is no feigned imposture but a most reall perspicuous agitated treachery now driven on almost to its perfection the full accomplishment whereof unlesse Heaven prevent it the Catholikes of England expect within the circuit of one yeere as the forenamed Proclamations intimate 10. That no setled peace was ever formerly intended nor can now be futurely expected in England or Ireland without an universall publike toleration at the least of Popery and a repeale and suspention of all Lawes against it this being the very condition in the plot which the King must condescend to ere the Papists would ingage themselves to assist him in these warres thus raised by them for this end and that none may doubt this verity the late most insolent bold demands of the Irish Rebels in the Treaty with them the most favourable Articles of Pacification granted to them the present suspention of all lawes against Priests and Recusants in all Counties under his Majesties power the uncontrolled multitudes of Masses in his Armies Quarters Wales the North and elsewhere the open boasts of Papists every where the introducing of thousands of Irish Rebels and other Fugitives to extirpate the Protestant Religion most really proclaime it And if the King after all their many yeeres restlesse labour plots costs paines and pretended fidelity to his cause against the Parliament should deny these Merit-mongers such a diminutive reward as this is the very least they will expect now they have him the Prince and Duke

within their custody Bristol Chester Ireland Wales most of the Westerne parts and all his Forces in their power this Discoverer an eye and ●are-witnesse of destinie from the Legates owne vaunt will informe his Majesty and all his Protestant Subjects who will tremble at the very apprehension of it that they have an Indian poysoned Nut reserved for him amongst this Iesuiticall societie or if it be lost a poysoned Knife perchance or some other Instrument to dispatch him out of the World and so to get the possession protection of the Prince whom they will educate in their Antichristian Religion which how possible how probable it is for them considering their present power and indeavours to effect it their poysoning of the Emperor Henry the seventh in the sacred host of King Iohn in the Chalice their stabbing of Henry the third of France with a K●ife in the belly of Henry the fourth his successor first in the mouth next in the heart-strings though all of their owne Religion because they would not humour the Pope in every unreasonable demand though Henry the fourth turned an Apostate from the Protestant Religion wherein hee was bred restored the Iesuites formerly banished out of France rased the Pillar erected in Paris as a●standing Monument of their Treasons against their Soveraignes and built them a stately Colledge to secure his life from their Ass●ssination which yet would not save him from their butchery Together with their pistolling of the Prince of Orange and poysoning of King Iames himself as the Legate boasted may informe his Majestie and all his faithfull Protestant Subjects especially such as by their confederating with them in these their wars have done nought but executed advanced their fore-named designes whom it concernes now very neerly to prevent if possible such a sad Catastrophe of that bloodie Tragedie which hath been acted overlong in Ireland England by these Conspirators fore-plotted treasons The execrable horridnesse and reality whereof made the very Discoverer of the Plot out of remorse of conscience to desert the Conspirators conspiracie and that bloody Religion which begot it and therfore should much more incite all such in his Majesties Army who are cordially faithfull to their Soveraigne Religion Countrey Posterity and have hitherto ignorantly acted these conspirators treasonable designes under colour of serving the King to consider with remorse of conscience whose Instruments they have thus long been whose treasons they have ripened what Protestant blood they have shed how much they have weakened impoverished betrayed their own Protestant party who have really stood for God Religion King Countrey Parliament against these Romish conspirators and what hopes what advantages they have given these confederates both in England and Ireland to overtop suppresse and ere long utterly to extirpate the Protestant Religion themselves and all other cordially pro●essing it as they have done many thousands of them already And then upon all these sad most serious considerations the very thoughts whereof should cause their soules to bleed and tremble speedily to desert these trayterous Papists ere they get all into their power and unite all their heads hearts hands forces to the Parliaments party who had so good cause to take up defensive arms to prevent the imminent ruine which otherwise is like to befall both King Kingdome Religion Parliament Liberty Property Posterity ere we be aware especially since the most cowardly unworthy yeelding up of Bristoll a fit Inlet for the maligant Welch Papists Irish Rebels who have conspire to come over hither with all expedition and are lately landed here in great multitudes since the pacification made with them to cut all our throats 11. That those Protestants who now side with Popish conspirators when they have accomplished their designes whatsoever they may now fancy to themselves shall find no more mercy or favour from them then the greatest Roundheads if they comply not with them in all things and even in Popery it selfe for if they will not spare the Kings own person and life after so many favours graces extended to them as they will not if we believe this Relation or the late story of King Henry the fourth of France yet fresh in memory what inferiour person can think to be secure to fare better then the King himselfe And if Con the Legate to insinuate himselfe into the Kings and Palatines favours at the fi●st when he had no interest in them would not so much as advi●e the Legat of Colen to mediate for the Palsgrave lest peradventure the King of Spaine should report that the Pope had patronized an here●●●all Prince as the Rela●ion attests though he promised the King effectually to do it How can Prince Rupert Maurice or any other Commanders in the Kings Army when they have fully accomplished the Popes and these his Instruments designes under whose banner they ignorantly yet really militate and promote his cause in steed of the Kings and Kingdomes to whom they and theirs have been so much ingaged hope to receive the least dram of favour pity muchlesse any recompence from the Pope and Popish party if they continue hereticks still notwithstanding all their present goodly promises Will they think● you part with any other inheritances to them then who will not so much as now mediate for them to regaine their own Will these who have butchered so many thousands of innocent Protestants in Ireland in England even before they were sure of the day without any provocation given spare any mothers sonne of them alive if they once erect their Trophees over them Certainly the experience of all former ages compared with the present may fully resolve all that the very tender mercies of these wicked ones will be nought but extreme cruelty and if they prevaile wee all must perish without distinction sooner or later unlesse wee will turne Apostates and lose our Religion God Heaven soules to save our transitory lives Finally therefore let the serious consideration of all the premises instruct us to learne wisdome from these our adversaries let their indefatigable industry subtill policy sincere fidelity cheerfull constancy bountifull liberality fraternall unanimity undaunted magnanimity indissolvable confederacy and uninterrupted pertinacie in prosecuting establishing propagating their Antichristian Religion Treasons designes excite all Protestants according to their severall late Covenants and Protestations much forgotten to equalize if not transcend them in all these in defending securing propagating our true Christian Religion protecting our King Kingdomes Parliament Lawes Liberties Posterity all we yet have or hereafter hope for from that imminent ruine which these Popish conspirators threaten to them Fore-warned fore-armed if now we perish through our owne private dissentions folly cowardize covetousnesse trechery security or monstrous credulity that these conspirators and Papists now in Armes fight onely for the King and establishment of the Protestant Religion as it was in Queen Elizabeths dayes against whom they plotted so many Treasons even for her very Religion