and committed to several Prisons All which Acts of State have been so sufficiently publish'd at large that they need not be repeated here After so many Authentic Testimonies which ought to cover with shame the Authors and Contrivers of so Black and Treacherous a Fact all Europe stands amaz'd The Ministers of the Christian Princes assembl'd in the Congress sit astonish'd All the World searches for the Causes that excited the wicked Inclinations of these two Princes But there will be no great difficulty in the discovery of 'em when we consider that the most Christian King has always been a true Jesuite For proof of which we need but read the History of his Reign The Politicks the Maxims the dangerous Opinions and lastly whatever that Order teaches not forgetting the Art of Assassinating Kings have been manifest quite throughout the whole Course of it As for K. James he left England a true Jesuite He has liv'd in France during his Exile one of the same Order and within these two Months he has thought sit to List himself also in the Order of the Dominicans Had the most Christian King taken upon him to read the Determination of the Faculty of Theology in Paris carry'd to the Parliament upon occasion of the re-settlement of the Jesuits in France I am perswaded we should not have seen him so true a Jesuit as now we do Wee shall repeat the substance of it in the same Terms as it is in the Original In the Year 1554. and upon the First Day of December the Venerable Faculty of Theology in Pars after the Mass of the Holy Ghost solemnly said in the Chappel of the Colledge of Sorbonne and Oath taken having four times assembl'd in the same Place to conclude upon the Two Bulls said to have been decreed by our Holy Lords and Popes Paul and Julius III. in favour of those that would be distinguish'd from Us under the Names of the Society of JESUS which Two Bulls the Court of Parliament sent Us by an Usher to be view'd and examin'd For which Reason after we had seriously examin'd and consider'd all the Particulars We are of Advice That this Society in matter of our Faith is of dangerous Consequence erected to trouble the Peace of the Church to subvert the State and Monastick Religion and in two words introduc'd rather for Desolation and Destruction then for Edification This was the Judgment which the Sorbonne made of the Jesuites Doctrine But without looking back so far as the Year 1554. the most Christian King need no more then consider what pass'd in the Year 1610. when Henry IV. was stabb'd by Ravillac certainly he would then abhor that Doctrine which he now upholds with all his Royal Power in the face of all Christendom It deserves to be recited because it makes for our purpose The same Day that the detestable Ravillac was executed in regard that in all the Answers which he gave the Archbishop of Aix and the Predicant Coeffeteau during his Imprisonment for the Parricide he had committed he made use of the Maxims of Mariana and other Jesuites who have written That 't was lawful to kill Kings and Tyrants the Court of Parliament before they condemn'd those infamous Books to be burnt by the hands of the Common Hung-man would have the Determination of the Faculty of Theology and enjoin'd the Dean of the Faculty to call a Convocation in order to give 'em their Opinion whether it were lawful for any one upon any Account or for any Cause whatever to attempt the sacred Persons of Kings and Sovereign Princes Upon which the Faculty assembl'd in the Colledge of the Sorbonne and made the following Censure The Censure of the Faculty of Theology at Paris assembled in the Colledge of the Sorbonne against Parricides of Kings IN the Year of our Lord 1610. upon the 14th of June the sacred Faculty being assembl'd and having debated the Question to them put by the Court of Parliament and considering withal that the University of Paris has been always the Mother and Nurse of a most excellent and sound Doctrine That the Publick Repose and Welfare proceeds from Order and that this Order depends next to God upon the Safety of Kings and Princes That it only belongs to the Prince or Politick Power to make use of the Sword That some Years since certain strange seditious and impious Opinions have in such a manner perverted the Minds of several People that they have not dreaded to stain King and Princes with the execrable Names of Tyrants and in pursuance of a Pretence so detestable as also under colour of assisting or advancing Piety Religion or the Publick Good to conspire against their sacred Persons and to embrue their Parricide-hands in Blood so dear and of so high a Value and consequently to open a Gap to all sorts of Wickedness Impieties Persidies Disloyalties Frauds Surprizes Treasons Murders mutual Slaughter of the People Ruin sacking and levelling of whole Towns Destruction of Provinces and flourishing Kingdoms and in a word to an infinite number of abominable Crimes occasion'd by Wars as well Foreign as Domestick Lastly knowing that such Pestilential and Diabolical Opinions at this time render those who are separated from the Catholick Apostolick and Roman Church obstinate in their Errours and cause 'em to avoid the Converse of Catholick Monks Doctors and Prelates altho' innocent as if they taught and authoriz'd such pernicious Doctrines For these and such-like Reasons after diligent Examination the said Faculty unanimously and with a fix'd Resolution detest and condemn such strange and seditious Docrines as impious and heretical pernicious to human Society the Publick Peace and Tranquillity and the Catholick Religion In testimony whereof the said Faculty have concluded and resolved to renew their ancient Decree put forth a hundred Years ago by the Advice of a hundred forty and one Divines for the Condemnation of the following execrable Opinion A Tyrant whoever he be may and ought lawfully and meritoriously to be kill'd by his Vassal or Subject whoever he be by any manner of ways chiefly by secret Embuscado's Treasons Flatteries and such-like Artifices notwithstanding any Oath or Allegiance which the Subject may have sworn to the Tyrant nor is it needful that he should wait for or expect the Sentence or Command of any Judge for the prosecution of his Design Mariana Upon which follows the Censure of the Faculty This Proposition taken thus generally and according to the signification of the word Tyrant is an Errour against the Catholick Faith against the Doctrine of good Manners and the Command of God Thou shalt not kill 'T is also against the Doctrine of our Saviour They that take up the Sword shall perish by the Sword Moreover it tends to the utter Subversion and Ruin of all States Kings and Princes in the World It opens a Door to all manner of Impieties Deceits Treasons Violations of Oaths and generally give Subjects a Licence to perpetrate all manner of
and a Protestant embarking in Sir F. Drakes Fleet which was bound for America the Ship wherein he was being separated by bad Weather was taken by the Spaniards and he carry'd into Spain a Prisoner of War In that Distress he fell into the Acquaintance of Father Richard Walpote an English Jesuite who in hopes of making him change his Religion procur'd his Liberty Which when Squire after he had got his Liberty refus'd to do he playd him a Jesuites Trick indeed and clapt him up in the Inquisition which prov'd so unsupportable to him that he sacrific'd his Religion to his Liberty After which Change Walpote was so much the sole Master of his Will and Inclinations that he easily instill'd into him the Villanous Sentiments of the Society When he had him sure he propos'd to him the making an Attempt upon the Person of Queen Elizabeth adding that it would be an Action pleasing to God and by which he would certainly merit Paradice Thus gain'd he receiv'd the Jesuites last Orders how to regulate himself he confess'd and receiv'd the Sacrament At what time Father Walpote giving the Ruffian his Benediction embrac'd him and after he had loaded his For head with a Thousand Signs of the Cross Go Son said he God bless conduct and strengthen thee be of good Courage I engage my Soul for thine and alive or dead thou shalt have a share in my Prayers After this he put into his hands a Poyson enclos'd within two Piggs Bladders with Orders not to touch it without Gloves for fear of poysoning himself Which Poison was to be rubb'd upon the Pummel of the Queens Saddle or the Elbow of her Chair of State as he could find his best Opportunity But while Squire was slow in his Performance or else was disappointed of meeting convenient Opportunities Walpote who was impatient to hear of the Success of his Disciple nor receiving any Intelligence from him and therefore believing himself betray'd and gull'd while he meditated Revenge upon Squire was himself the occasion of the Discovery For he immediately sent away an English-man from Spain with directions that he should pretend that he had made his Escape out of the Inquisition and inform Queen Elizabeth of the Conspiracy Which he did in good earnest Whereupon the Queen caus'd Squire to be sought for and apprehended And being thus in hold he was soon convicted and condemned and at the Place of Execution discover'd who was the Person that had set him at work Nor was this the last Attempt upon the Life of that vertuous Princess for that during the whole course of her Reign she escap'd most terrible Snares and many wicked Contrivances against her Life So that if Divine Providence had not had a particular care of her Life she must infallibly have been hurry'd by some violent Death out of the World Nor has Heaven shew'd less surprizing Wonders in the Preservation of the sacred Person of King William of whom it may be said that he has no sooner escap'd one Danger but another threatens him Now all the Tragical Events all the Conspiracies before recited have deduc'd their Original from the Jesuits They were the Persons who first preach'd to the World the Art of Assassinating Kings Whence I conclude that 't is no wonder if at this very day we find the most Christian King and King James associated together in such a horrid Cabal as has been lately discover'd seeing they are more Jesuits then Kings But it will be objected That Queen Elizabeth was of the Reformed Profession and King William is of the same Religion no wonder then the Jesuits cabal against ' em To which I answer That if Religion were the Pretence that could only justifie Conspiracies and Assassinations how came it to pass that Henry III. and Henry IV. who were both Roman Catholick Princes could not ' scape the being made Victims to the Fury of the same Murderers Henry III. was a Monk in his Sentiments and in all his Conduct witness the cruel Massacre of St. Bartholomew of which he was the Promoter Henry IV. had chang'd his Religion Nevertheless the Blood of these Two Princes was ne'er the less spar'd nor were they Both the One and the Other ne'er the less the Objects of the Jesuits Fury then King William who is a Reformed Prince 'T is not then the Religion of Princes that gives an occasion to these fatal Conspiracies against their sacred Persons but rather a Spirit of Wickedness Jealousie Ambition Fury and unbridled Zeal which animates the detestable Authors who teach that Princes are to be assassinated who refuse to comply with their Designs and Purposes and study their Advancement as the most Christian King and King James have done After this I leave it to the Consideration of all good Catholick Princes whose Interests are so closely united to those of the Protestant Princes since they fight at this day for the same Cause which is to free their Dominions from the Tyranny of the Common Enemy I leave it I say to their Consideration whether they will be less expos'd to clandestine Attempts for being Good Catholicks then the Protestants The Barbarous Act which the Conspirators so lately projected against the Person of King William is a Fact which at this day concerns all Crowned Heads The Emperour the King of Spain and all the rest of the Catholick Princes are engag'd to exclaim so loudly against this detestable Enterprize that the most Christian King and King James may lose all Thoughts of attempting the like unless they desire to be look'd upon as the most odious of Princes that ever Reign'd among Christians or Pagans I dare be also bold to say That in respect of the Bloody Outrage which they have offer'd Religion and all Christianity the Catholick Princes are in some measure oblig'd to excite the Pope to launce out all the Thunder of the Vatican against these Monarchs with Threats of Excommunication if they beg not Pardon of God and the Church for so black an Attempt according to the Decrees of the Council of Constance the Decisions of the Sorbonne and the Decree of the Parliament of Paris before recited Well After to Queen Elizabeth the next Prince that presents himself upon the Jesuits Bloody Theater is Henry IV. who succeeded next after the Death of Henry III. who was a true Roman Catholick more Monk then King but yet assassinated by James Clement Henry IV. had chang'd his Religion and yet wee find he had no more Mercy shew'd him then his Predecessor In the Year 1593. Peter Barriere born at Orleans being a Souldier in one of the Regiments of the Gens d'Armes a Fancy took him to kill the King out of a belief that he should do God good Service which is always the gilded Pretence of these infamous Assassines To this purpose away he goes to Melun where the Court then was but upon intelligence given the King grounded only upon a bare Suspicion the Miscreant was apprehended at the
Disobedience toward their Soveraigns as also to Disloyalty and Mistrust of one another and consequently to eternal Damnation Moreover whoever obstinately maintains such an Errour or any others that may be deduc'd from this general Proposition is a Heretick and ought to be punish'd as such a one even after his Death Given in the Year 1413. Wednesday Decemb. 3. The aforesaid Censure of the Faculty of Theology of Paris was confirm'd by the Council of Constance Anno 1415. in the Calends of July in these words THE Holy Council being willing to employ all their Care in the extirpation of Errours and Heresies budding forth in divers parts of the World according to their Duty and being also assembl'd for that effect and being likewise inform'd that of late years certain scandalous Propositions erroncous in Faith and contrary to good Manners and which tend only to the subversion of all Order and good Government have been taught and publish'd amongst which this is one That a Tyrant whoever he be may and ought meritoriously to be kill'd by his Vassal or Subject c. Now the Council having a singular desire to oppose this Errour and utterly to extirpate it after mature deliberation decree declare and determine That this Doctrine is erroneous in Faith and contrary to Good Manners and therefore reprove and condemn it as Heretical Scandalous opening a Gap to all manner of Deceits Frauds Lyes Treasons Perjuries c. And we farther declare decree and determine That all who obstinately defend this pernicious Doctrine are Hereticks and ought to be punish'd as such according to the Holy Canons Wherefore the Sacred Faculty after having carefully and exactly examin'd the Opinions of all the Doctors in general and of each in particular is of Opinion in the first place That the ancient Censure of the said Faculty confirm'd by the said Faculty ought not only to be renew'd but also imprinted in the Minds of all Men. Secondly that it is an Impious Seditious and Heretical Thing to attempt and lay violent hands upon the sacred Persons of Kings and Princes whatever Pretence any Vassal Subject or Foreigner may have or seek for Thirdly we will and decree That all Doctors and Batchelours in Divinity upon the Day tha they usually take their Oaths to observe the Statutes and Articles of the said Faculty shall also swear and also promise under their Sign Manual to teach the Truth of this Decree whether in their Divinity-Lectures or in preaching the Word of God Upon this Censure the Parliament decreed That the Book of John Mariana entitul'd De Rege Regis Institutione Printed both at Mayence and other Places containing several execrable Blasphemies against Henry III. of Blessed Memory the Persons and States of Kings and Sovereign Princes and other Propositions contrary to the Decree of the Faculty of Paris shall be burnt by the Hand of the Common Hangman c. Accordingly Mariana's Book was burnt by the Common Executioner before the Great Church of Paris And all Persons whatever were prohibited under the Penalties of High Treason to Write or Print any Books or Treatises contrary to the said Decree and Edict Thus you have three authentick Decisions of the Sorbonne the Council of Constance and the Court of the Parliament of Paris condemning the detestable Doctrine which teaches the Art of Assassinating Kings But are the Jesuits e'er a whit the more wise or the less sanguinary for these Decrees The Two Princes who so loudly declare themselves at this day to be their Protectors do they not authorize all their Maxims Have they not to the great Scandal of all the rest of the Christian Princes given a new Birth to those infamous Monsters whom the Prudence and Zeal of so many Doctors took care to stifle in their Infancy The Loss which France sustain'd of Two Kings Henry III. and Henry IV. whose Blood was shed by these Murderers gave an occasion to the Sorbonne to the Council of Constance and the Court of Parliament to stop the course of these detestable Opinions which tended to no less then the destruction of all the Crowned Heads in Christian Europe But at this day I am asham'd to speak it Kings themselves are they who publickly authorize'em and employ all their Forces to uphold and second Murderers They make choice themselves of the Traytors who are to destroy King William Thus you see the Art of Assassinating Kings preach'd up anew by the Jesuits authoriz'd and supported by all the Power of Two Monarchs one of which holds the First Rank in Christendom But these are only the Disciples let us see what the Professors of this infamous Doctrine are themselves Therefore that you may understand 'em well I shall recite a Speech which the General of the Jesuits made one day to the whole Crew of his Order 't is so remarkable that 't will not be unacceptable tho' set down word for word 'T was made when Queen Elizabeth Reign'd in England and King James in Scotland Dear CHILDREN YOV know that I am now here to Command yee Jesus Christ our Lord is my Mouth so that you ought to obey Me in all Things and in all Places God shed down his Holy Spirit upon our Holy Father St. Ignatius for the Support of his Church which was just ready to fall thro' the violent Shoggs of Lutheran Errours which had spread themselves all over Europe to the great Grief of all good Christians Since then it has pleased God that wee are this holy Man's Successors it behoves us that like him wee should be the chief Workmen to extirpate the Root of Heresies Wee see these Heresies reigning in several Kingdoms On the one side Subjects in Arms against their Princes on the other Princes tyrannizing overtheir Subjects In one place a Heretick Princess and not far from her a King of the same Profession Others feed us with fair Hopes and outward appearances to delude us 'T is for us my dear Children to defend the Cause of God and poor Subjects not in shew as our Ancestors did but in good earnest They who have hitherto taken his Duty upon 'em have only flatter'd and tickl'd the Wound and consequently made it wider It behoves us to be the Executioners of God's Severity who will never be displeas'd if as the Arbitrators of his Will we translate to the prejudice of ill-governing Kings their Kingdomes to those who we shall know in our Consciences to be more worthy of ' em Now if you think your selves strong enough of your selves to execute my Commands at least let this be the Lesson which you shall teach in the midst of the Church of God You are to make use of Sword and Fire for fear the Gangrene get into it We shall there find at the long-run good Workmen and good Souldiers But more especially apply to 'em the sacred Instruments of Confession Masses and Communions to the end that with more assurance of Conscience they may finish those pious Works which the