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Camiltons discoverie of the devilish designes and killing projects of the Society of Jesuites of late years projected and by them hitherto acted in Germany : intended but graciously prevented in England / translated out of the Latine copie ... by W. F. X. B. ...; De studiis Jesuitarum abstrusioribus. English
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Camilton, John.; W. F. X. B.
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1641
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so bold as to desire the sight of any one of them except he will 〈…〉 fore-hand with all virulencie and bitternesse raile upon and disgrace the Author whom he desireth to see by some infamous Libell and scurrilous Satyricall verse or writing In the middest of these severall Libraries is placed a Study being divided into many Seates distinct and separate one from another with a blew covering on the right side whereof sit the Fathers on the left the under-Graduates who have already taken some Degrees upon them The other Novices or Fresh-men as wee call them sit mixt with the fellow-Commoners that they may take notice of them and every man in his turne beate into them by continuall discourses the sweetnesse and excellency of the Order of Iesuites especially into such as are of the richer sort or wealthy heires I will say no more at this time as touching their Studies but I will describe briefly the manner of the Visitation which every Provinciall maketh because it is a point which as I thinke and for any thing that I ever read or heard hath beene never hitherto divulged by any Now every Provinciall taketh his Denomination from the Province or Kingdome rather which is committed to his charge and oversight His place is to visit the severall Colledges to take an account of their Revenues and over-see their expences exactly and punctually to take notice what Noble personages commit their Sonnes to the tuition of the Society and how many they are in number Whether there be not yearely an increase of Schollers as also of their meanes and Revenewes Whether there be any converted from Lutheranisme and how many such If there be no such thing or if the Popish Religion have lost ground or if there be any decrease of their wealth he sharpely reproveth their sloath and neglect and chargeth strictly that they make an amends for the wrong they have done and losse they have received in this case But if they have bestirred themselves bravely and converted as they call it or rather perverted many Soules to Popery if they have beene frugall and scraped wealth together he praiseth them very highly and extolleth them to the skyes Moreover he demandeth what is the opinion of the Neighbouring Hereticks concerning them What be the projects of the Nobles What meetings they have How many And where What they consult upon What they resolve to doe Whether the Hereticall Princes as they tearme them delight to live at home or abroad To whom they resort most frequently What is the severall disposition of every one of them In what things he is observed to take most delight Whether he take any care of his people or not Whether he be a Religious Prince or not Or rather whether he be not a man who delights to take his pleasure in drinking Wenching or Hunting Whether he have any Catholickes about him or that are neere unto him What the people report abroad concerning their owne Princes Whether the Churches of the Adversaries be full of resort or not Whether the Pasters of those Churches be learned and diligent men in their place and calling or otherwife lazie Lubbers and unlettered Whether the Profession of Divinitie thrive in the Neighbouring University of Heretickes Whether their Divines maintaine frequent Disputations and against whom principally What bookes they have published of late and upon what Subject To these and sundry such questions if the Regent and the rest of the Fathers doe answer punctually he doth wonderfully commend their industry and vigilancy If he find them defective in answering to these or any such demands hee reprooveth them sharpely saying what meane you my Masters doe you purpose like lazie companions to undoe the Church of Rome How doe you suppose your slothfulnesse in these waighty affaires can bee excused before his Holinesse How is it that you presume to take these places upon you and to manage them no better What or whom are you affrayd of Why doe not you buckle up your selves better to your businesse and performe your places like men These things if you had beene such men as you ought to bee had not beene to doe now These things should have beene done long before this time Doe you observe the incredible watchfulnesse of the Heretickes and can you be lazie And with these or the like speeches hee whetteth them on to their duty At the last he enquireth as touching the schollers fellow-Commoners Novices and the rest how many they are in number How much every one hath profited To what study or delight each one is inclineable Whether there be any one amongst them that is scrupulous or untractable or not a sit subject to be wrought upon For he adjudgeth every such an one sitting to be removed from the study of Divinity except he have bin very well exercised in the Disputations in Schooles and have a very great and good conceit of their Religion beaten into him Moreover hee enquireth if they have any one in the Colledge who can be contented for the advantage of the Catholicke cause to undertake any laudable attempt and to spend his blood in the cause if at any time necessity shall seeme to require it And at last he sendeth away all these informations being sealed up unto the Father Generall at Rome by whom they are immediately made knowne to the Pope himselfe and his Conclave of Cardinals And so by this meanes an order is taken that there is no matter of Action set on foote nothing almost consulted upon throughout the whole Christian world which is not forthwith discovered unto the Pope by these traytors that lurke in every state and Kingdome Also it is not to be omitted that the Iesuites are translated by their Provinciall from one Colledge to another and that for the most part once in three yeares that so the Provinciall out of their severall discoveries may attaine to unlocke all the secretest Cabinets of the Prince and State where he doth reside In the last place I will adde in stead of a Corollary some strange and wonderfull devices of the Iesuites which being but of late newly hammered in the forge they have carnestly endeavoured yea and at this day doe labour tooth and nayle to put in practice by publike consent for an Jnnovation to be made both in the Church and State throughout the whole Romane Empire To this end their chiefe and onely ayme is how to set the Princes of the Empire together by the eares and by taking off some of the Principall Doctors of the Church to bring the tyranny of the Spaniard and the Primacy of the Pope into Germany Concerning which very project I have heard the Provinciall DHL-RIO himselfe discoursing sometimes whose plots and Machinations were such as follow In the first place saith he care and paines must be used to estrange the affections of the Princes of the Empire one from another Now the meanes said he to effect that is to worke upon their contrariety of opinions
in matters of Religion And for this end let the Emperor be incited to make a Declaration that he will not grant liberty of Conscience in matters of Religion except there shall first be a restitution made of such goods as were taken from the Clergie upon the treaty at Passaâ— for this is a point whereat they will sticke assuredly and deny it Let the Emperour thereupon send his Princes and demand the same of the Cities of the Empire They will either obey or deny if they consent and obey all is well if they refuse let him proclaime them Rebels and expose them to be seized upon by the next neighbouring Princes but still let the matter be so carried that he be sure to oppose a Lutheran and a Calvinist the one against the other Moreover some device must be found out that the Duke of Bavaria may fall foule either upon the Elector Palatine or upon the Duke of Wittemberg for then may the Emperour be easily wonne to proclaime him Traytor whom the Duke of Bavaria shall distaste and all meanes taken away of making pacification either with Papist or Calvinist for them besides thereby will be raised unreconcileable divisions in the Empire never to be quenched before an high-way be made for the accomplishment of our desires For the further ripening of which Designe the Iesuites unbethought themselves further of this Stratagem Jt will follow say they necessarily when any City of the Empire shall be proclaimed rebellious that every severall Prince will be more ready and willing to serve his owne turne upon the spoyle thereof then to admit any other that shall be emulous of the same booty to preveot him This for the Generality More particularly yet meanes must be sound out to set the Princes of Saxony at difference that their strength and power may bee broken or at least weakened Now that may bee most conveniently effected thus first if the Administration of the Primacy of Magdeburg which now is vacant be given to the Bavarian Elector of Colen neither the Marquesse of Brandenburg nor the Duke of Saxonie will easily grant their consents thereto Secondly if that succeed not according to our desires there must be some cause pretended why the Duke of Saxony either doth seeme worthy or ought to seeme worthy to be removed from the Electorall dignity For if in times past the Princes of the Empire cast downe Wenceslaus from the Imperiall Throne because they had adjudged him a negligent Prince surely the Emperor may take as just an occasion to remove from the Electorall Dignity the Duke of Saxony who is drunke every day And in this respect let his Imperiall Majesty restore and conferre that Dignity upon the house and family of the Dukes of Weymar And because these Princes are yet under age let the Administration of that Electorship be committed to Henry of Brunswicke a learned and vigilant Prince This project being once set a foote cannot chuse but beget insinite distractions throughout all Saxony so shall it come to passe that they shall wast and weary themselves one against another and by that meanes become utterly unable to withstand a common foe when he shall come upon them And as for the Marquesse of Brandenburg and them of Pomerania let meanes be used to move the King of Poland who is the Emperours kinsman to covenant with his vncle the King of Swethland that they two shall invade and divide Prussia and Canton the same which thing the Marquesse of Brandenburg will oppose with all his powers Now as concerning the Landgrave of Hessen he must be urged and solicited daily to divide the inheritance equally with his vncle Lodowicke and to resigne the government of Hertsfield to the Bishop of Wirtzburg if he refuse to doe so let him be proclaimed Rebell and let his inheritance be assigned unto his uncle Lodowicke Moreover as for the Duke of Wittemberge and the Elector Palatine they two may with ease be set together by the eares if the Duke be commanded to make restitution of some Religious houses or otherwise upon his refusall be proclaimed Rebell and some neighbouring Monasteries be assigned to the Elector Palatine and amongst them one especially which he hath bin observed to have aymed at long agoe And these be those killing projects of the Iesuites which I have heard from their owne mouthes not without admiration even to astonishment and they have many more of like sort all vvhich J doe not at this present remember Moreover there hath beene a Consultation among the Iesuites to send abroad some bold Assassinates who by Poyson or by the Pistoll may cut off the principall Doctors of the Reformed Churches fellowes who are so absolute Masters in that trade of Poysoning that they are able so to infect Platters Saltsellers Basons Kettles pots and Caldrons and such like vessels of ordinary use that albeit they shall be ten times over washed and wiped yet shall they retaine the power and infection of most deadly and speeding poyson Wherefore I humbly advise all godly and Religious Governours and Ministers of the Church that hereafter they be wary and cautelous how they trust any but such as of whose fidelity they have had sufficient tryall And these things could never have fallen within compasse of mine understanding nor ever did before such time as I heard them from the Principals and Heads of the Society of Iesuites together with many other particulars which I held my selfe bound in Conscience to reveale to the world for the good of my Country and of the Church of CHRIST which although J have for the present onely given you as in a rude and first draught yet I purpose God willing in due time to expresse the same at large painting them out in their Colours with circumstances of time place and persons A Post-script to the Reader COurteous Reader if so thou art pleased to shew thy selfe by taking an impartiall view of this short but well-intended translation I doubt not but by this time thou art able to discerne the face of the times and of thy selfe to make a true parallel betwixt Germany and us and dost see evidently the foot-stops of that mystery of Iniquity which by the contrivements of the pragmaticall Society of Jesuites hath for many yeares beene set at worke amongst us As there the foundation of their worke was laid in working upon their diversities in opinions and seconded by advantage taken upon the severall humors of the Princes propounding to each one some such ends as his nature most affected so may I truely say they have done here also To what other end was the pestilent Doctrine of Arminius introduced whereby to make a party that might prove strong enough in time to oppose the Puritan faction as they stiled it Why was so great care and paines taken to leven all considerable sorts of people of what degree soever with those erronious points but to the same end And can we chuse but thinke that Sosinianisme