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
Graces hands I have here inclosed them all Thus with my prayers for the long continuance of your Graces health and happy government of this Church I humbly take my leave Your Graces in all due observance Eldard Alvey York Octob. 16. 1640. What else concerns the Archbishops activity and proceedings in the Scottish Troubles and Wars you may read in the Articles exhibited against him to the Lords in Parliament by the Scotch Commissioners and the House of Commons But before I leave this subject I shall onely give you a little more light how active the Papists were to concur with the Archbishop aâ—d Prelates in setting on these Scottish Wars Troubles and what advantages they made of them Not long before the Scottish troubles one Francis Smith a great Iesuit discoursing with Mr. * See the Popish Royall Favourite p. 31. Iames Waddâ—sworth and one Mr. Yaxley in Norfolk touching some points of Religion used these speeches It is not now a time nor way for us to bring in our Religion by Disputes or Bookes of Controversy But IT MUST BE DONE BY AN ARMY and BY FIRE AND SWORD This Smith usually frequented Lambeth house and Windebanks Lodgings with whom he was very familiar and was no doubt a great stickler in raising the Scottish Tumults and fomenting that war as well as other Iesuits to further which and advance the Catholick cause the Queen-Mother of France unexpectedly came over into England and landed at Harwich about the 19. of October 1638. This war was no sooner resolved on by the King by the Archbishop and his confederations instigations but the Popes Nuncio with the Priests Iesuits and Roman Catholicks of England and Wales all privy to the plot assembled together in a kind of Parliament or generall Counsell of State at London in Aprill 1639. In which Councell convened by the Queens command Con the Popes Nuncio sate President where in imitation of the Bishops and Clergies forementioned Contributions to maintain this war they all resolved upon a liberall Contribution towards it To which end the Queen her self Sir Keâ—elm Digby and Mr. Walter Mountague together with the Noblemen Gentlemen Priests and Recusants assembled at London writ severall Letters to all Recusants in the severall Counties of England and Wales to excite them to a most liberall and free Benevolence towards the maintenance of this warre appointing speciall Collectors publikely to gather in the same in regard whereof all Processe against Recusants were stayed by His Majesties speciall direction who was privy to this assembly and contribution as is evident by his * See the Royall Popish favourite p. 16. answer to Mr. Pulfords Petition The verity of this contribution of the Papists is most apparent by these ensuing Copies of their severall Letters produced and read in the Commons House * See the Diurnall Occurrences c. p. 22. to 23. Ianuary 28. 1640. on which day Sir Kenelm Digby and Mr. Mountague were brought upon their knees at the Commons Barre for furthering this Collection with their Letters which they there professed they did write and disperse onely in duty to the King to relieve him he being at that time in great distresse for moneys The Queens Letter for the Levying of money Henretta Maria R. VVE have so good a beleefe of the loyalty and affection of his Majesties Catholike Subjects as we doubt not but upon this occasion that hath called his Majesty into the Northern parts for the defence of his Honour and Dominions they will expresse themselves so affected as we have alwaies represented them to his Majâ—sty so in this common consent which hath appeared in the Nobility Iudges â—entry and others to forward His Majesties service by their persons and states Note We have made no difficulty to answer for the same correspondency in his Catholike Subjects as Catholikes notwithstanding they all have already concurred to this his Majesties service according to the qualities whereof they are when others of the same quality were called upon for we beleeve that it becâ—me us Note who have been so often interested in the sâ—licitation of their benefits to shew our selves now in the perswasion of their gratitude Therefore having already by his Majesty by other meanes recommended to them this earnest desire of ours to assist and serve his Majesty by some considerable summe of money freely and cheerfully presented We have thought fit to the end thâ—t this our desires may be the more publikâ— and the more authorized hereby to give you Commission and direction to distribute Copies under your hand of this testification thereof unto those that have met in London by our direction Note about this businesse and unto the severall Collectors of every County And as we presume the 〈◊〉 they will raise will not be unworthy our presenting to the King so shâ—ll we be very sensible of it as a particular respect to our selves and will endeavour in the most efficatious manner we can to improve the merit of it and to remove any apprehension of prejudice that any who shall imploy themselves towards the successe of this businesse may conceive by this they may be assured that we will secure them from all such objected inconveniences And we are very confident that this our first recommendation will be so complyed with all Note as may not onely afford us particular satisfaction but also faciliation towards their 〈◊〉 advantages Given under our signet at White Hall this 17. of April 1639. Sir Kenelme Digbies and Master Mountagues Letter concerning the Contribution IT is sufficient already knowne to every one the extraordinary Graces and Protectionsâ— Note we owe the Queenes Majesty to whose favourable intercession we must ascribe the happy moderation we live under so as we doubt not but an occasion of the expression of our gratitudes will joyfully be embraced by every body which the present estate of his Majesties affaires doth now offer us We have already by our former Letters endeavoured to prepare you to a cheerefull assistance of his Majesty in his declared journey to the Northerne parts for the securing of his Kingdome and such other purposes as his Royall wisedome shall resolve of That so you may really demonstrate your selves as good Subjects as God and nature requires of you Now Her Majesty hath been graciously pleased to recommend unto us the expressions of our duties and zeale to his Majesties service by some considerable gift from the Catholiques and to remove all scruples that even well-affâ—icted persons may meete with she undertakes to secure us and all that shall employ themselves in this businesse from any inconvenience that may be suspected by their or our forwardnesse and declaration in this kind It will easily appeare to every body how much it imports us Note in our sence of her Majesties desires to prâ—sse everybody to straine himselfe even to his best abilities in his Proposition since by it we shall certainly preserve her graciousnesse to us and
Woman in Scotland and had maried another one Mistresse Wiseman in England with whom he cohabited here in London The Scottish Woman claymed him but she being poore and none to protect her after two yeares suite he was declared to be Wisemans husband money was his Cause for himselfe assured me it cost him in gifts feasting his Advocates and Clerks above 150. pounds What intollerable Injustice was this it being notoriously knowne that the Scottish Woman was his wife The chiefe Extortioners are the Registers of the Court Stephen Knight and his companion Brother in law to Sir Iohn Limbe When his Grace foresawe the Parliament would call them in question he presently deposed them and made the said Knight principall Proctor in his Court who fearing to be questioned for the same misdemeanours fled with his whole Family to Norwitch and there bought of that Bishop the Registers office and so is like to continue his accustomed trade of extortion except this Honourable Court call him coram to answer his innumerable oppressions which are to be seene in the Registers booke of the high Commission He hath two bonds of mine and two letters of Atturney made by me to him His ordinary course was this to take for every one twenty shillings for that he should have had but two shillings sixpence which extended to a great summe in the yeare And out of Terme he had Fees for six Clerkes and so many Promoters which went throughout England plaging the poore and inriching themselves and their Master Knight Likewise the other extortioner was Bonnyragge the greatest Knave in the Country For money he would doe any thing He carried in his Pouch a number of Citations and when he pleased for money dismissed any one A Master Quashet Mr. Smith the Iesuite and Mr. Fisher of the same Order And one Cutbert a lay brother of theirs of whom I spoke before A great number of lay persons Recusants whom I know have beene dismist by him some for forty shillings some for twentie shillings but the least was ten shillings Of a great part of Anabaptists and Brownists some that were poore he imprisoned But the rich for money escaped as themselves will depose It is fit this Bonnyragge and also the Bishop of Londons Pursivants be called in question with many other of his Promoters and under Officers As Arthur Huffe living in Saint Peters street in Westminster I come now to the fourth point concerning the Popes aspiring to the temporall government of these Kingdomes NOTE and the manner how he proceedes which I will clearely set downe You shall be informed what his Ambition was seeing himselfe exalted to Saint Peters Chaire being before Cardinall protector of the Scottish Nation And which is ominous the two former Popes Clement the eight and Paul the fifth his Predecessors having been in minoribus protectors of Scotland He thought to do something more to reduce both under one King to the Romish Church NOTE And as Clement the seaventh had by his miscarriage beene the Cause of this diâ—coriation from the obedience of the sea of Rome he might be the meanes of their reconciliation Wherefore he was no sooner made Pope but the same day with his owne hand a thing not accustomed he writ a letter to King Iames of good memory shewing his election promotion to saint Peters Chaire and offering his correspondency with his Majesty at the same instant he nominated Signiour Georgio Conne a Scottish youth who was Schoole fellow with his Nephew Signior Francisco afterwards Cardinall who should informe him of all important businesse of England and Scotland This Signior George was a very faire youth of some fifteene yeares of age and of a faire disposition having also accesse to his Holinesse you may understand my meaning for in minority being Legat in Pâ—lonia hee was much suspected of incontinency And assoone as any English Scottish or Irish Runagates came to Rome he went to their lodgings in the Popes behalfe and brought them of his Holinesse Bread and Wine and other rarities as Boligman Sauseges and other dainties letting them see all the Antiquities of Rome and their Churches though they were not of their Religion and feasting them on the Popes charge when they visited the seaven Churches as the Lord Craven and others And now the Pope with his politique braine began to excogitate the meanes to have correspondency with the King by fortune there was at Rome a Hollender expert in drayning of Lands to make the Marish grounds pasturable and arrable who having got accesse to his Holynesse Informed him that all the Marish grounds in the champaigne of Rome which was above six miles might be drained and made profitable The Pope for his profit gave a great eare and understanding by this man the meanes to effect if in a short time that he needed great store of men to worke and that of all Nations the English were most expert The Pope presently takes hould thereof apprehending it as a fit occasion to treat with our K. wherefore he sends hither the Hollander in post hast by whom Signior Georgio writ to sundry of his frinds viz. to some of the Queenes Court Note by whose meanes at last he got accesse to his Majesty signifying from whence he came and the great profit which would redouud to this Kingdome if he would permit some two thousand Familyes of his People with their Wives and Children to goe and inhabit there and after successively more For he had gotten promise of the Pope that they should not be troubled but use their consciences without any vexation at all More this Hollander signified to his Majesty the great Commodity it would be to the trade in those parts for transporting from hence Cloth pewter lead and other Commodities and from thence Wines Raysins Oyles Capers and other fruits with a great quantity of Allome The businesse is remited to the Councell to consider if his Majesty might have correspondency with the Pope Note as a temporall Prince as he hath with other Princes and States who are not so potent as Holland Venice Florence c After mature deliberation it was concluded he might for the causes prementioned The Hollander returnes with speed to Rome shewing how well he had dispatched together with His Majesties Declaration and Order of the Councell with Letters and answers of sundry persons to Signior Georgio whom hee had feasted at Rome and knew of the Queenes Court being his Countrymen Then was it thought fit by those about Her Majestie to begin the Treaty and to breake that holy Ice for the Popes honours sake then was nominated Sir Robert Douglas Couzin Germain to the Marquesse Douglas an ancient friend to Father Philips and Signior Georgio a discâ—eet Gentleman who had much travailed and was expert in the Italian French Spanish and Germain languages A Courtier yet modest and discreet But the Cardinall Richleau must be the man Note who should have the honour to direct him
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
much affrighted and the most of his friends in the Lords House forsooke him all the Popish Lords did absent themselves the Lord of Holland and Hartford were absent so was Bristol and others Savill and the Duke onely stucke close and faithfully to him and some sew other Lords God knowes the King is much dejected the Lords much affâ—ighted which makes the Citizens and House of Commons shew their heads some have braved little lesse than to unthrone His Majesty who if hee had but an ordinary spirit might easily quash and suppresse these people Our good Queen is much afflicted NOTE and in my conscience the Puritans if they durst would teare her in pieces this cannot be for the honour of France to endure a Daughter of that Nation and her Children should be thus oppressed and affronted The Earle of Holland is made Generall of the Army whither he is gone down the E. of Newport Master of the Ordnance Belfore Lieverenant of the Tower hath proved an arrant Traytor to the King NOTE who commanded him upon his Allegiance to receive a Captain and 1000 men into the Tower which he most traiterously refused to doe One clause is omitted which should have bin placed in the middle of the Letter which was to this effect That there was a Report in London that the Parliament House was on fire whereupon there was more than 1000 people very suddenly gathered together whereby you may easily perceive the heigth and 〈◊〉 of the peoples affections May 6. Anno Dom. 1641. There was another Letter sent from one Robert Phillips one of the Queenes Priests supposed to Master Mountagueâ— to this effect You may expect some company with you ere long Crofts Suckling Piercy Iermaine are gone all things here are in great incertainties Protestation is made and taken by both Houses much like but much worse than the Scottish Covenant I sent you some money by Mr. Iermaine but now that he is gone I make some doubt whether he might be mindfull of you to take it with him I haue spoke to the Queen about your occasions and will do what I can though I am not able to undertake much Your loving friend FRAN PHILIPS HEereupon Father Philips was sent for by a Messenger to appear before a Committee Ibidem p. 〈◊〉 that afternoone to be examined about it The Messenger comming to White-hall and finding him acquainted him therewith who sayd he would go in and eate something and come presently and goe with him But by a backe door he went and acquainted the Queen with his sending for and after some stay came and told the Officer that he had bin with the Queen who had commanded him that he should not go till she had spoke with the King and that he would obey her command before the Parliament Which being related to the House of Commons they were much distasted at it and sent another Warrant to apprehend and bring him forthwith the next day as a delinquent There was also a Warrant sent by the Serjeant at Arms for the Popes Nuncio NOTE and to bring him likewise before the House but he was not to be found The next day the King sent a Message to the Commons promising that the Popes Nuncio should be presently sent away out of this Kingdome Presently hereupon the Officer was again sent with a Warrant to apprehend Father Philips and waiting for him at White-hall complaint had bin made as it seemed to the King about it and the Lord Chamberlain at the Kings Command sent for the Officer to examine him by what Authority he came within the Verge of the Court to Attach any one who shewing his Warrant desired he would trust him with it to shew the King which the Officer did And the Lord Chamberlain soon after returning gave this answer That His Majesty would satisfie the House about it if Philips did not appeare But in the afternoon the sayd Philips appeared before the Committee and was examined and commanded to attend the House of Commons the next day After which Father Philips was committed prisoner to the Tower and these Articles of Impeachment drawn up against him most of them comprised in Brownes Relation The Impeachment and Articles of complaint against Father Philips the Queens Confessor Ibidem p. 400. to 411. lately committed to the Tower by the Honourable and High Court of PARLIAMENT THat the sayd Father Philips hath bin observed to have bin a great cause both in himselfe and his Adherents of a great part of the unquietnesse of this State He with Parsons and other their Assistants were the onely cause that the Pope was stirred up to send Breves to these Kingdoms of Englaud and Scotland and to hinder the oath of Allegiance Note and lawfull obedience of the subjects to our Gracious King that so they may still fish in troubled waters The damnable Doctrine which he and other Iesuits have taught to destroy and depose Kings hath bin the cause of the civill Wars like to be the fall of these Kingdomes if God in his mercy did not prevent it â—hey have bin the cause of the Monopolies projected in this Kingdome especially concerning the Forrest of Deane and marking of butter Caske where all the parties were partners and Confederates with them as Sir Basill Brooke sir Iohn Winter and a brother in Law of the sayd Sir Iohn that lived in Worcestershire and Master Ployden whose servant named Baldwin hath bin seen to deliver to Captain Read a substitute of the Iesuits an hundred pounds at a time to one Iesuite that lived in his house Father Philips hath bin a great Actor with the superiour of the Capuchions who is a most turbulent spirit and was sent hither by Cardinall Richlieu of France to be a Spye at this Court for the French Faction and hath therefore laboured by all means to breed dissentions Note for the French Aime at nothing more than to make a Schisme betwixt the English and the Scots that this State might be so weakned and made unable to withstand them that so they might have an opportunity to Conquor these Kingdoms these unquiet spirits having accesse to her Majesty may importune things not fit for the State The sayd Philips hath bin guided by a Grey-Fryar who by degrees hath intruded himselfe to be a Clerke of her Majesties Chappell and Chaplain Extraordinary in time of Progresse who when he is out of London goeth by the name of Mastor Wilson but his true name is William Tompson Doctor of Divinity as some Iesuites have affirmed but a most furious spirit and unquiet and therefore by a Nicke-name is by some called Cacafugo that is as much as if in English you should say Shit-fire by whom Father Philips hath bin so led that he hath bin very officious to perform whatsoever he would have done These two have ruled all the busines concerning the two Kingdoms on the Popish parts and for the most part of Rome also The
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
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
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
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
the Pope to send so many fulminate Breeves to these Kingdomes to hinder the Oath of Allegiance and lawfull obedience to their temporall Prince that they might still fish in troubled waters Their damnable doctrine to destroy and depose Kings hath been the cause of the Civil Wars likely to befall these Kingdoms if God in his mercy do not stop it They have been the cause of the Monopolies projected in this Kingdome especially concerning Soape the Forrest of Dean and marking of * Granted to Captain Read chief Agent for the Iesuits See Romes Master-piece pag. 20 21 2â— Butter Caske where all the Parties were Partners and Confederates of the Iesuits as Sir Bazill Brookes sir Iohn Winter and a brother in Law of the said sir Iohns that lived in Worcestershire and Mr. Ployden whose servant called Baldwyn in my presence about a yeare since did deliver to Captaine Read a substitute of the Iesuits a hundred pounds to be given to a Iesuite who lived in his house They have their Lay Brethren which collect duely their Annuities and Rents and play the Merchants transporting Cloth other Merchandizes of great value I doe know one Brother in Law to Captaine Read who continually Trades in Merchandizes who is a Novice of theirs and one Cuâ—bert of Lancaâ—hire who collects their Rents and one Grey of Barwicke they are protected by the Spanish Embassadour and live at his house They have their Merchants in London namely one Evans worth fifty thousand pounds who meanes to make them his Heires and dis-inherit his Kindred Doctor Moore also is their Agent and puts out this money to Interest This Evans who was appointed to be Sheriffe of London last yeare by their perswasion did goe out of London and refused to accept of it and by them was sent into the Country and lived retired till Michaelmas was past and escaped to be Sheriffe of Middlesex and paid no Fine for refusing the said Office being till the time was past in obscurity * See Romes Master-peece p. 2â— to 25. Captaine Read a Scotish man now Lieutenant Colonel in Ireland under Col. Henry Bruce is also one of their Agents and lets their buildings in Long Acre and other parts of London for their use especially the faire buildings in Lincolnssnne-fields inhabited sometimes by George Gage and at his death left to my Lady Gardner where the Iesuits ordinarily resorted It is thought that Mr. Newton who built all those faire houses in Queenes-street is their Agent for of himselfe he was never so able as to build the hundreth part of them It is strange to see the straâ—agems which they use with their Penitents concerning to Oath of Allegiance If they be poor they tell them flatly when they are demanded to take the Oath that it is damnable and no wayes to be allowed by the Church If they be of the richer sort they say they may do as their Conscience will inspire them And there be some of them that make no Conscience at all to have it taken so oft as they are demanded It is no lesse strange to see Note what great Treasures they have heaped up and made four Colledges in Flanders onely of Annuities of their moneys and such houses as are now appertaining unto them From Mr. Sackvile they got ten thousand pounds and afterwards most miserably dismist him Note so that he was constreined to begge And after great threatning they allowed him of all his meanes only a hundred pound per annum during life The like deceâ—t they did use to the whole Regiment of my Lord Vaux in Flanders which for the most part were composed of younger Brothers who at their perswasions sold their Lands and Annuities and gave them their moneys assuring them that they should lose nothing and get all again But when they came in their great necessities and demanded it they absolutely refused them and so they saw the most part of those younger Gentlemen perish for want in Hospitals The like they did with above two hundred Gentlewomen of good extraction whom they seduced and got from them their portions the least having a thousand pounds for lesse they would not take and when they came to Flanders Note they were committed to the charge of Mistresse Mary Ward who forced them to labour with their hands and live in great misery with bread and water And at last like gallopping Nuns made thirty of them to take their Iourney to Rome and Naples and there to teach young Children When it came to the Popes knowledge he made a thundring Bull against them either to enter into a Monastry or else within fifteen dayes to depart the Territorirs of Rome and within forty dayes all Italy but afterwards this Bull was retracted The Colledge of Saint Omers is no lesse memorable which was erected by Pope Gregory the thirteenth and partly indowed by the King of Spain with great meanes The Iesuits neverthelesse insatiable cormorants have by their allurements got great wealth from England under pretence to nourish some Students which in time might labour in this Vineyard some by Testament others by Donation have left meanes to bring up some two some three and payd twenty five and thirty pounds per annum But since they are not willing to undergo the toil to take it yeerly but have enticed the Donators to give them some three some four and some five hundred pounds and in my knowledge they got in this manner for nourishing above two hundred so that they have extorted and got great sums of money from this Kingdome to the great prejudice of the State The wise State of Venice foreseeing their ambition to creep into the knowledge of their Government Note and to Conquer high Territories by tricks unlawfull means and sleights By Order of their great Councell they were adjudged to be banished for ever their Dominions and never to return thither till they had the consent of the whole Senate which is impossible to be obtained although the French King and the Pope have laboured sundry times yet in vain And also the said State did declare That whosoever should speake in their favour for their re-establishing should be degraded of his Honor and his Posterity after him and loose all his goods and the like should befall to them that send their children to their colledges Would to God such Lawes were made in these Dominions severely to punish the Parents for sending their Children to Iesuits Colledges And to conclude they should be expelled from all humane society as unsit to be dealt with for their equivocation and mentall reservation never telling the truth being mortall enemies to all charity and the true fore-runners of Antichrist oppugning all verity and taking all for themselves without Communication of good to others And as for those that are beyond Seas in their Colledges it were more then necessary to make a Decree that within a short time prefixed they should return to their Native soil under
pain of perpetuall banishment and their Parents to lose their goods and estates As also to enquire and learne who they be that do live now at Doway and St. Omers under them and their Parents be brought in question which may easily be done with small charges sending two or three over into those parts who by degrees may know the speciall of them I omit their jugling with the Emperor King of France and Spain and other Potentates and with the Popes themselves as they have publiquely confest Secondly not to be tedious I come to the second point The reformation of some things in her Majesties Court Note is so necessary for the quietnesse of the State as nothing more and therefore labour to remove all impediments that may happen It is to be observed that a great part of the unquietnesse of this State comes from thence Note and of some persons about Her Majesty not fit to remain there For it is known Her Majesty doth nothing but as she is acquainted with which she after delivers to the King and he to the Councell and when there 's any crossing there arises Iarres and unquietnesse The actors of those are F. Phillips her Confessor the superior of the Capuchins This last in times past was one of the Knights of Saint Iohn of Ierusalem a most turbulent spirit Note and one sent by Cardinall Richlien to be a spye at this Court for the French Faction who labours by all means to breed dissentions For the French as I have read in Cardinall D'Ossats Epistles aime at nothing more then to make a schism betwixt the English and Scots that this state may be weakned not able to do them harm the more easily to conquer these kingdoms This unquiet spirit at all occasions hath accesse to Her Majesty and acquaints Her with all he thinkes fit for the French Faction and when he thinkes it a hard businesse then doth he entice Father Phillips to present it This man being of a quiet and meeke nature yet a great Favourite of Cardinall Richliens Doth acquaint her Majesty with the businesse Note and she the King and obtains by opportunity things which are not fit and convenient for the State Father Phillips is guided altogether by a Scottish Grey Fryar who by degrees hath intruded himselfe to be a Clerke of her Majesties Chappell and he goes by the name of Master Wilson but his true name is William Tompson a Doctor of Divinity and a most furious and unqviet spirit and by a nick-name was called Cackafugo shit fire He rules altogether Father Phillips insomuch as he fears him and dares not disobey him He rules all the busines which concernes the two Kingdoms and the most part of the matters for Rome By his perswasion Father Phillips hath plac'd many unfit persons about her Majesty He was the only Agent in promoting Sir Iohn Winter to be her Majesties Secretary he being most addicted to the Lord William Howards Daughter and so got into that place He was also the cause that Signior Georgio Conne late Agent of the Pope his brother was admitted to be extraordinary Servant to the Queen NOTE A man altogether unworthy of that place and a most scandalous person having at this present three wives alive as after shall be related Sundry Priests by his means to Father Phillips have been admitted to be the Queens extraordinary Servants Some by some supposed office or other as one Master Laborne George Gage brother to Colonell Gage beyond Seas in Flanders both Oratorian Priests the one of the French Faction very feditious the other of the Spanish for his brother is in the King of Spains service Both these under pretence of some service to the Qâ—een the one extraordinary Sewer as I believe and the other under the name of a Cup-bearer There is also one Penricke brother to him who is now left Resident at Rome this Penricke aâ—ias Iott-Signeur NOTE is sworne extraordinary Servant to her Majesty a sworne Spaniard and Intelligencer for Rome In respect his brother is Agent for her Majesty there being many otherwhich I cannot remember at this time One Francis Maitland alias Quasheâ— a Scottish Fryar Mendicant and hath an hundred Crowns yearly as her Majesties Pentioner a very fire-brand Intelligencer at Rome France Flanders and Spaine with Lyddington Colonell Sympis Chambers and Penricke at Paris All these and sundry others have Protections of the Queens Majesty who are all factious and turbulent spirits by Father Phillips means and this Wilsons instigation fit to be removed Father Phillipt his servant called Iohn Belfaur a Scot rules all the rest and guides Father Phillipt at his pleasure and obtains many things not lawfull It is not expedient at this present to remove Father Phillips from her Majesty it will irritate her greatly but remove all those that incense him he is a very good man and of a sweet disposition but easily perswaded by Sir Toby Matthewes Sir Iohn Winter Master Walter Montague who are of the Cabbinet Councell Thirdly NOTE concerning the Bishop of Canterbury It is most notorious hee hath bin the speciall cause of the troubles in Scotland and jarreâ— betwixt them and the English For when he went to the North with His Majesty he being of a high and lofty spirit remarking the government of the Church of Scotland began his Innovation by setting up of Altars Episcopall Robes and Organs which were not seene since the birth of King Iames more than eighty yeares before in that Kingdome with which they were much inâ—ensed Insomuch that when the common people upon a Sunday perceiving His Majesty to go on foot from His Pallace of Holy-Rood House to the Church at Edenborough and so to return and all His Nobles with Him My Lords Grace and the Bishop of Ely were seen to go in their Coach they exclaimed on them and sayd NOTE How dare you presume to go so when our Soveraigne goes on foot You are the Ragges and servants of the Pope That same time he did move his Majesty to make that Church a Cathedrall and appoint a Bishop where was never any before and so the people were more more stirred up At his returne from thence he moved His Majesty to erect a High Commission in all the Bishopricks of that Kingdome by vertue of a Proclamation which he extorted from His Majesty in August If I be not deceived some five years ago wherein was Ordered that here in England the Bishops Courts should have not Subordination to any other Courts no not to His Majesties owne Councell but should proceed without any dependency not so much as to use His Majesties Arms in their Seales but their owne and so deprive His Majesty of His Supremacy which was never done since the Raigne of King Henry the Eighth So soone as he had obtained that of His Majesty he in all haste sends this Proclamation to all the Bishops of Scotland who being blowne