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A72111	The doctrines and practises of the Societie of Iesuites In two bookes. The first, containing their grounds and intentions, discovered by two of their owne societie, the Reverend Paulus Florenius, Doctor and professor of Divinitie, and Christianus Francken, professor of philosophy, both in the Imperiall Schoole of Iesuites at Vienna. The second, containing a detection of the secret designes and bloody proiects of that societie of later yeares; especially, since their first designes for disturbing the sate [sic] of Germanie. And may serue as a warning for vs of this iland, and these times whereinto wee are fallen. By W.F. an vnworthy minister of the Gospell of Iesus Christ.; Colloquium Jesuiticum. English	Francke, Christian, b. 1549.; Freake, William.; Camilton, John. aut; Florenius, Paulus.	1630 (1630)	STC 11346; ESTC S122937	33,931	78

token of my due respect and ready willingnesse to doe any seruice to your Worships in particular and to this Worshipfull Societie in generall which may fall within the compasse of the abilitie of him who resteth till death for the good and happy estate of your Worships and this Worshipfull Company a daily Petitioner at the throne of Grace in the best prayers and indeauours of A weake Minister of the Gospell of CHRIST and a free Brother of the Drapers Company WIL FREAKE A DISCOVERIE OF THE SECRET DESIGNES AND BLOODIE Proiects of the Societie of IESVITES of later yeares WHat MARCVS CATO sometimes spoke concerning the Romane Southsayers that hee wondred how they could forbeare to smile vpon each other so often as they met may not vnfitly be applyed to the Iesuites It is a wonder that one Iesuite when hee looketh vpon another doth not straight way burst foorth into a laughing outright they being amongst themselues priuie to such impostures practised vpon the people I speake not touching your simpler sort of Iesuites from whom these more reserued and closer practise● of the Societie are altogether concealed either in respect they are not held wise enough forsooth to bee acquainted with them or that they are thought too deuout to entertaine them or else in regard of their short continuance in that Society for all such are so kept short through seuerity of Discipline that not one of them except hee bee wondrous quicke of sent can euer smell out in the least measure what knauery is therein practised vnder a shew of Holinesse My discourse onely toucheth the prime and principall fellowes of that Societie their Regents Fathers Provincials and Generals all which are so vniuersally and joyntly tainted with all manner of wickednesse but especially with Whoredome Couetousnes and Magicke that indeed any reasonable man may thinke it little lesse then a Miracle if a Iesuite of this ranke meeting such another vpon a sudden and beholding as it were another picture or liuely representation of himselfe should haue power to abstaine from laughing outright I therefore thought it not amisse considering the premisses to lay open vnto the world some particuler passages and practises of that Society of the greatest part whereof my selfe haue beene an eye-witnesse and some part whereof hath been related vnto me by Iesuites whom I am able to name and will vndoubtedly nominate if they shall but dare in the least manner to lift vp their tongues against mee or to contradict what I haue written And howsoeuer at this time I passe ouer things briefly and doe onely as it were giue you a first draught thereof I doe purpose indue time God assisting me to do it more largely and compleatly with expression of all and singular circumstances thereunto appertaining First of all then at my entrance into my Colledge of Iesuites especially if it be s●ituated in or neere vnto any large and populous and rich place But alas why doe I say if it be built there Seeing they haue no Colledges in any poore meane or obscure place At your first entry I say into such a place or Colledge take principall notice of the Porter of their Gate and him you shall find to looke like vnto the very picture of a very Charon or rather a Cerberus For the most part you shall obserue him to bee a man of very great yeares or if he bee younger hee is a fellow of most approued trust and secrecie And this is the man if any such there bee who is well skilled in all the mysteries of the Iesuites Caball or reserued Diuinity In this fellowes keeping is great store of apparell both for Men and Women of euery degree and calling And with this apparell doe the Iesuites habite themselues according to the quallity that euery one findeth himselfe ablest to personate and so practise wonderfull Impostures in the world For at sometimes beeing habited like Souldiers very gallant then walke in the streets and highwayes Whoring and Swaggering in the publike Stewes At other times in the ciuill habites of Citizens professing themselues to bee of the reformed Religion they pry vp and downe and listen in Innes in Play-houses in Tauernes vpon the Exchange and in all places of publike meetings wheresoeuer there is any frequent resort what the people speake vp and downe concerning them what consultations are abroad what matter of Action is set a foot in any part Another while like Doctors of Physicke or of the Ciuill Law with great gold Rings on their fingers avowing and purposely professing themselues to be Papists wheresoeuer they know any of the Common sort that is wealthy and hath sonnes they deuise some cause of businesse with them and insinuate themselues into their acquaintance by strange fetches and in Conclusion doe advise them to bring vp their sonnes in some Schoole or Colledge of Iesuites affirming that themselues haue beene Educated by them and that they haue so profited vnder them that God bee thanked they neuer had cause to repent thereof And sometimes againe apparelled like Noblemen and compleatly attended they cause Coaches to bee prouided abroad and frequent the Courts of Princes as giuing attendance vpon Ambassadors of forraigne States and serue as Intelligencers to vnlocke the cabinets of great Potentates Nay further I haue knowne them to make shew of being banished persons and to craue collections amongst Protestant Divities purposely to learne vnderhand what such men writ against them yea such were those men for the most part who so miserably deluded so many Reverend men in many places by sinister wayes vnder that habit furthering the designes of their Societie and breeding disturbances in the reformed Congregations of whom to the end that all honest-hearted Ministers may be more warie I shall tell you hereafter what proiects at this day the Iesuites haue a foote to this purpose But in the meane while perhaps you will say vnto me whereto I pray you serueth so much womens apparell or what is their end in deposi●ing so much in the keeping of the Porter of their gate Attend and I will tell you No Pander that euer TERENCE or PLAVTVS mentioned in their Comedies was so nimble at the trade of winning pretty wenches at are the Iesuites at this day but especially that Porter of their gate whom I mentioned but now For that which the Confessors themselues are not able to wring out of them by Auricular Confession in their Churches and Chappels this fellow knoweth how to winne from them by flattering speeches with wonderfull pleasing and delightfull toyes especially if he meete with a poore widdow or any such filly woman which senderh her child to the Colledge now and then for an Almes or with some Laundresse or Spinster for bee shee Lotrix or Petrix hee will make her a Meretrix Whom so soone as this base Pander hath once but alluted to come to his net although her apparell bee neuer so old and tattered yet hee hath gay Gownes enough in store with accoutrements

of the Societie nor may they take a sentence out of the rest without speciall leaue obtained from the Regent Moreouer in this first Librarie are no Hereticall bookes as they call them but onely the Writings of most approued Authors and Catholickes all For they hold any other vnworthy to bee placed amongst them as fearing perhaps they should infect the rest Looke therefore vpon thy left hand and there thou shalt see the wretched bookes of Heretickes as they tearme them standing all in Mourning for the faults of their Authors bound vp in blacke Leather or Parchment blacked over with the very leaues thereof dyed in blacke Of these not one of the Fathers themselues may make choyse or vse without leaue obtained from the Regent before hand but your inferiour Iesuites and younger Novices may not bee so bold as to defire the sight of any one of them except he will before hand with all virulencie and bitternesse raise vpon and disgrace the Author whom hee desireth to see by some infamous Lybell and scurrilous Satyricall verse or writing In the middest of these seuerall Libraries is placed a Study beeing 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 vnder-Graduates who haue already taken some Degrees vpon 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 euery man in his turne beating into them by continuall discourses the sweetnesse and excellencie of the Order of Iesuites especially into such as are of the richer sort or wealthy heyres I will say no more at this time as touching theyr Studies but I will describe briefly the manner of the Visitation which euery Provinciall maketh because it is a point which as I thinke and for any thing that I euer read or heard hath beene neuer hitherto divulged by any Now euery Provinciall taketh his Denomination from the Prouince or Kingdome rather which is committed to his charge and oversight His place is to visit the severall Colledges to take an account of theyr Revenewes and ouer-see their expences exactly and punctually to take notice what Noble personages doe commit their Sons to the tuition of the Societie and how many they are in number Whether there bee not yearely an increase of Schollers as also of their meanes and Revenewes Whether there bee any converted from Lutheranisme and how many such If there be no such thing or if the Popish Religion haue lost ground or if there be any decrease of theyr wealth he sharpely reproveth their sloath and neglect and chargeth strictly that they make an amends for the wrong they haue done and losse they haue receiued in this case But if they haue bestirred themselues brauely and conuerted as they call it or rather perverted many Soules to Popery if they haue 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 bee the projects of the Nobles What meetings they haue How many And where What they consult vpon What they resolue to doe Whether the Hereticall Princes as they tearme them delight to liue at home or abroad To whom they resort most frequently What is the seuerall disposition of euery one of them In what things ●hee is obserned to take most delight Whether hee take any care of his people or not Whether hee bee a Religious Prince or not Or rather whether hee bee not a man who delights to take his pleasure in drinking Wenching or Hunting Whether hee haue any Catholickes about him or that are neere vnto him What the people report abroad concerning theyr owne Princes Whether the Churches of the Adversaries bee full of resort or not Whether the Pastors of those Churches bee learned and diligent men in theyr place and calling or otherwise lazie Lubbers and vnlettered Whether the Profession of Divinitie thriue in the Neighbouring Vniversitie of Heretickes Whether theyr Divines maintaine frequent Disputations and against whom principally What bookes they haue published of late and vpon what Subiect To these and sundry such questions if the Regent and the rest of the Fathers doe answer punctually hee doth wonderfully commend theyr industry and vigilancie If hee finde them defectiue in answering to these or any such demaunds hee reprooveth them sharpely saying what meane you my Maisters doe you purpose like lazie companions to vndoe the Church of Rome How doe you suppose your slothfulnesse in these waightie affaires can bee excused before his Holinesse How is it that you presume to take these places vpon you and to manage them no better What or whom are you affrayd of Why doe not you buckle vp your selues 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 haue beene done long before this time Doe you obserue the incredible watchfulnesse of the Heretickes and can you bee lazie And with these or the like speeches hee whetteth them on to their dutie At the last he enquireth as touching the schollers fellow-Commoners Novices and the rest how many they are in number How much euery one hath profited To what study or delight each one is inclinable Whether there bee any one amongst them that is scrupulous or vntractable or not a fit subiect to be wrought vpon For he adiudgeth euery such an one fitting to bee remoued from the study of Divinity except he haue bin very well exercised in the disputations in Schooles and haue a very great and good conceit of theyr Religion beaten into him Moreouer hee enquireth if they haue any one in the Colledge who can be contented for the advantage of the Catholicke cause to vndertake 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 vp vnto the Father Generall at Rome by whom they are immediately made knowne to the Pope himselfe and his Conclaue of Cardinals And so by this meanes an order is taken that there is no matter of Action set on foote nothing almost consulted vpon throughout the whole Christian world which is not forthwith discouered vnto the Pope by these traytors that lurke in euery state and kingdome Also it is not to be omitted that the Iesuites are translated by theyr Provinciall from one Colledge to another and that for the most part once in three yeares that so the Provinciall out of theyr severall discoveries may attaine to vnlocke all the secretest Cabinets of the Prince and State where he doth reside In the last place I will adde in stead of a Corallary some strange and wonderfull devices of the Iesuites which beeing but of late newly hammered in the forge they haue earnestly endeauoured