at laste to the point of their comming ouer how suddainely how hastily and all through a generall appoyntement Maister Campion hee had stayed a longe time at Praga in Bohemia and on a sudden he was hastily sent for to Roome by his owne confession hee knewe not wherefore but the message was in suche haste that he must come thether with all spéede When he came to Roome he stayed there but fiue dayes in which time receyuing the summe of their charge from the Pope as is their vsuall wunte and their Father Generall deliuering them what hee hath in office hee was dispatched from thence with other Préestes who had their Viaticum from the Popes Treasurie and were all especyally appoynted for England These Préestes were sent as all other are about the chéefe cause for that none come from thence but onely for that purpose the estate of the cause before expressed it is too maniâ—est that Campion and his fellowes are guiltie of the matters obiected againste them For this you are to remember that none must staye there without they will be Préestes when they receiue their Préestehood they enter into theyr oath which oath contayneth the sum of the Treason so that all which come from thence hauing taken that oath come about the execution of the Treason in that none but they that are especially sent can haue theyr Viaticum of the Pope and then he sending them the case is too euident Let not a light iudgement passe ouer a matter of so great respect let the Popes intent of kéeping them there be considered the great mallice and spight that he beareth her Maiestie and the Realme and then theyr oath to execute his commaundementes all these layde together discouereth the depthe of theyr tretcherie But what aunswereth Maister Campion to this he confesseth that he was quietlie setled at Praga and lyttle expected any such hastie sending for besyde that hée went to Roome with great spéede tarrying there no longer then fiue dayes as is before expressed and that hée receyued his Viaticum of the Pope when as hée was dispatched thence with other Préestes purposelie appointed for England and that hée came no otherwise then they dyd nor for any other intent then for the benefite of Soules as he styll termed it but he would not graunt that he came for any treason So that to seduce her Maiesties Subiectes to perswade them from theyr duetie and obedience and to ioyâ—e them selues in such sorte as theyr Princesse and Countreye muste be destroyed thereby this is no Treason in his oppinion Maister Campion and his fellowes pleaded ignoraunce styll they sawe and would not sée they were so craftilie schooled Iames Bosgraue he was at Vilna in Polonia and as he confessed him selfe he vnderstoode that there was Préestes appointed for Englande vpon which report he came away from thence in verie great haste And in his passage he mentioned to one in the Shippe who was sworne and confessed the same before certayne Iustices that there was such matters toward in Englande as hath béene before expressed and therevpon he sought to haue wunne him if his purpose could haue taken effect Maister Campion séeing this begunne somewhat to touche the quicke and that in trueth it discouered the dealinges of them all he taketh vppon him to aunswere on his behalfe for that they all reposed them selues on him He sayth that if Bosgraue did heare such newes that there were Préests appointed for Englande why shoulde they take holde on so small a cause Flying reportes are not to bée credited for albeit he heard such newes howe knewe he if they were certainâ— or no Againe quoth hée the man hath béene longe out of Englande and hee dooth not speake the Englishe perfectlie it maye bee then that some woorde maye escape him vnawares whiche you are not to buylde vppon consydering the defecte of the man for he maye peraduenture speake he knoweth not what And where you say that such a one hath auouched before certaine Iustices that he vsed such and such woordes to him where is the man we are not to credite a written Paper what knowe we if it be true or no let vs heare him selfe say so and then we wyll beléeue it Sâ—e what a number of shyftes he had continuallie to waste the the tyme and all to no purpose the mans owne confession was there whereto him selfe had subscribed and fowre or fiue Iustices sette theyr handes to it for the certayntie thereof yet this was not sufficient to aunswere them Robert Iohnson he was lykewise at Auinion in Fraunce from whence hee came also in verie great haste vppon the report he had heard of Préestes that were appointed for England Nowe there is an other thing to be considered that these men setled where they were by theyr owne confession they muste not departe from thence without they be appointed by theyr Superiours then it is easie to be aunswered that they came by theyr Superiours appoyntment at this present and as the generall determination was so they came all for one cause and intent Edwarde Bishton hée béeing héere in Englande wrote a Letter to Richardson a Préest and who is lykewise condempned amongste them which Letter was there openlye read to his face How there were foure Goldsmithes of his occupation latelie come ouer who in déede were Préestes and howe all thinges went successiuelie foreward And Maister Campion béeing in the Tower wrote a Letter to Maister Pownde there lykewise wherein he gaue him to vnderstande that he was verie sorie that through his frayltie he had bewrayed those at whose houses he had béene so fréendlie entertayned wherefore he asked God hartilie forgiuenesse and them all whome he had so highlie offended But sayeth he as for the chéefe matter that is as yet vnreuealed and come Racke come Rope neuer shall that be discouered A number of matters more were brought against them which to rehearse woulde require a farre more large discourse but to be breese in the ende this was the full and certayne issue That these men when they were beyonde the Seas the generall agréement and determinatioÌ„ amongst them was to worke the death of our moste gratious Princesse to destroye her Dominion and to erecte suche as pleased them when this aforesayde great daye should take effect And that theyr comming ouer was to seduce her loouing Subiectes to winne their obedient heartes from her so that they should be in a readinesse to ioyne with a forraine power and so they shoulde lykewise be destroyers of theyr Princesse and Countrey And that in the meane whyle they them selues sought to accomplishe her Maiesties death so muche as in them laye This was manifestly prooued by verie large and ample euidence credible witnesses and their owne confessions and writinges whereon the Iewrie hauing wisely and discréetlie pondered and searched and séen into the depth of euerie cause woorthilie and deseruedlie gaue them vp all guiltie
excuses sufficient so that he must be a Préest or else depart thence And good reason haue they for this for when they enter into Préesthood they are sworne duetifull and faithfull to the Pope to obey him in all causes what soeuer and to doo what soeuer theyr Superiours shall coÌ„maund them nowe if any one should remayne among them not entring into this oath their secrete practises might be discouered and beside that man vnsworne to be sent about these matters might chuse whether hee woulde fulfill his charge or no. As for those that be Préestes and are sworne to this obedience they must what euer happen to them doo theyr vttermoste or else they fall into the Popes cursse and are excommunicated besyde theyr sinnes breaking theyr promise with him who is Christes Uicare on earth shall neuer be forgiuen them say they neither in this worlde nor in the worlde to come With such threatnings lyes of myracles of theyr Church and styncking Reliques they shewe they make our Englishe men bewitched vnto them so that they stande in as much awâ— to offende him as they doo God which is in Heauen For thorow his Indulgences grauÌ„ted to their Agnus Deâ—s their Beades Crosses and Medalles they as verilie thinke that they redéeme so many soules out of Purgatory as the Pope dooth set vpon them at his blessing them euen as verily doo they credit it as we hope to goe to heauen And for this intent they haue their perswaders héere who if they know any young Gentleman or other that is willing to trauaile they will bothe proffer him such sufficiencie of money as shall bring him to their Seminarie at Rheimes beside Letters for his entertainement there shall be giuen him that when he commeth thither he shall not onely be welcommed gratefully but also estéemed equall with any of the other Then when they haue studyed there a while that they are brought within the compasse of their determination they shall be sent to Roome to receiue their Préesthood if so be their mindes serue them to trauayle so farre otherwise they receiue it at Rheimes and this is the continuall dealings betwéene the two Seminaries to be sure of store for maintenance of their matter These men thus made Préests are appointed yearely by their Superiours so many of them as shall be thought conuenient to be sent into England to make preparation for the Popes former intent They haue their charge deliuered them how warie and circumspect how faithfull and dilligent they must be in execution of so great a cause they are pardoned for so many dayes as they cannot say Masse by reason of the daunger héere in England and therefore they may let theyr Crownes alone vnshauen where if they stayed there they must be shauen duely euery wéeke But if when they are héere in such a mans house where they may say Masse they doo not dayly doo it then they sinne mortally and for want of some other Préest to absolue him he writes downe all such sinnes as he dayly committeth till he may attaine vnto confession But neuerthelesse himselfe hath authoritie to reconcile confesse and absolue so many of her Maiesties Subiects as he can win from their obedience Then with them they bring Agnus Deis hallowed Grana and Beades sanctified Images holy Gyrdles come from S. Peeters Chayre Crosses and Medalles and a number of such paltryes The Agnus Dei is included within a case made fit for the purpose and the vertue of it is that the Deuill dare not come néere him so long as he hath it about him nor any sprights or euill motions may attempt to fraye him for that say they most trayterously and blasphemously he hath the very Lambe of God about him which is the stincking Agnus Dei made of War chrisma spittle salte Oyle and such trumperies whereof I haue séene aboundance made in the Popes Pallace and they be nothing worthe till he haue sayd a fewe Enchaunting woords ouer them where they staÌ„d great Chests ful Sackes and Baskets Yet they allow no holynesse to the Chest Basket or Sack which receiueth as much blessing as they It were too tedious to discourse héere the manner and order of all these â—ables wherefore I referre you to a booke which by the grace of God shall come foorth shortly intituled The English Romaine life Wherein our Englishmen and theyr order of life shall be truely and not malliciously reported with so many of theyr Popish knaueries discouered as I know will mooue some bothe to laugh and lament To laugh in that their dealinges are so ridiculous and foolishe and to lament in that they wyll be gouerned by so vaine imaginations When they are thus arriued in Englande they dispearce them selues into such places where they thinke them selues to be surest some in one place some in an other And disguising them selues lyke Gentlemen Seruingmen or what Apparell they maye fynde méetest for them they haue accesse to many and sundrie places where hauing reconciled some theyr fréendes must lykewise be of the same stampe and so what from Father to Sonne Husband and Wife Kinsmen and acquaintance a number are seduced brought into theyr detestable dealinges For after they haue gotten any lyttle grounde within them to builde vppon then doo they laye vnto them what a generall blooddy daye is toward England that the Pope other forraine Princes haue fullye determined to ouer runne the Realme then better it werâ— for you say they to yéelde your selues willingly then to sée so horrible a slaughter bothe of your Princesse and all that dare presume to take her parte Your selues yea and your freends shall abyde the same harde iudgement except you ioyne with vs in this action Thus through terrifying and a thousande Traiterous fetches they haue one fréend bringeth an other and one Kinsman an other so that as they them selues wyll make theyr boast in shorte tyme they doubte not to haue the moste parte of all EnglaÌ„d yea and farder they presume that her Maiestie thinking her selfe in most safetie shall then be soonest of all deceyued These are the men that make them selues so sound and substantiall that they are as true Subiectes to her Maiestie as the best of vs. Yea sayth Maister Campion neuer shall you prooue this that we came ouer eyther for this intent or purpose but onelie for the sauing of soules which méere looâ—â— and conscience compelled vs to doo for that we dyd pittie the miserable estate of our Countrey But where are your prooues sayeth hee these are but quirkes by the way our lyues I perceyue standeth vppon pointes of Rethorique you haue showen vs the Antecedent nowe let vs haue the Ergo. With this continuall course of holdnesse and impudencie Maister Campion and his fellowes would graunt nothing but stiflie denied euerie cause and Maister Campion he tooke it for a custom to wrest euerie thing as pleased him saying That y â— Iewrie were not men learned
as at euery remembraunce my heart dooth bléede to thinke vpon them Quoth one of them there is a Rod in prouiding that shall rouse that presumptuous Iezabell meaning our moste Gratious Princesse out of her vsurped authoritie which she hath so long time held to our no little gréefe and then looke how Iezabell was serued euen so shall she be yea wurse if wurse may be oh moste traiterous woords yet there passing euery mans mouthe with great laughter and ioy Quoth an other to me you may be happy if God take you out of this world héere then shall you neuer sée the bloody ruine of your owne Countrye which will be shortlye and sooner then some of them lookes for wherefore if you haue any fréendes in England which you doubt to be fallen from the faithe and take parte in that abhominable Religion send to them so soone as you can that they may goe to some of our Préests there labouring about the chéefe cause to be reconciled by them and so to conforme their liues a new And then they will deliuer them certayne Grana Benedicta that is appointed by the Popes holinesse for them or els the watch word Iesus Maria for béeing founde without these two they will be destroyed as all the rest shall be that are not so prouided Now they meane to deale surelie because they haue sundry wayes attempted yet still haue béene deceiued and therefore they haue appoynted a great daye when as the generall hauocke shall be made thorowe all England Robert Parsons commonly called among them Father Parsons Iesuit at what time Pater Alfonsus Rector of the Seminarie was so strooken with sicknesse that he could not be conuersaunt among the Schollers as was his wunt but inclined to such meanes as might soonest restore his health this aforesayd Robert Parsons by consent of their Generall was appoynted our Rector till father Alfonsus was well againe In the time of this his office it was his often vse to haue vs all assembled together and then he would come and sit downe in a Chayre in the middest when he would open vnto vs in what miserable and lamentable estate our Countrie of England stood which quoth he I bemone with a bleeding heart and would to God my death might restore it according as it should be You sée what a bloody and tyrâ—unicall Princesse hath gotten the Swoorde in hande wherewith shee sâ—riketh in such vnmerciâ—ull sorte that if any of our Pâ—éestes hee taken which are sent to win our déers Countreymen from her abhominable and hereticall religion they are presently martired and intreated more like Dogges then Christians Yet let not your faythes fayle for all theyr torments but be you constant and vnremooueable for the day will come when shee her selfe shall taste of the same sauce and then blood shall be payde with blood and all that is now wrong shall to your owne mindes bee made right In the meane while pray for that gracious and thrise blessed Quéene who though she be now held downe by that Iezabels oppression shall ere long vndoubtedly be the glad Mother of our ioye and though shee bee kept from that which is her right she shall haue it when the proudest of them shall be of two weake power to defend them selues It is not for me to rehearse the woordes that he hath vsed to encourage them in their obedience to the Pope and beside what he hath sayde to me when as I came to confession to him but this I giue you to vnderstande that the chéefe cause was neuer forgotten the great daye was kepte in remembraunce and supposed long ere this to haue taken effecte if thinges had fallen out to their expectation I omit héere to rippe vp the innumerable trayterous spéeches vsed among the Schollers themselues whereto they are imboldened by these and such lyke perswaders whereof the Pope hath good store What trayterous causes they dare take vppon them to fulfyll themselues by their owne hands vpon her Maiesties moste royall person as also the Lordes of her honourable Councell But because they shall not report that in concealing theyr spéeches which for the odious and abhominable tearmes I ought to doo I am not therefore able to charge them with any I wyll my humilitie and duety to her Maiestie and the honorable Personages coÌ„sidered reueale y e woords of one or two of them which although it be most horrible and trayterous yet is it the simplest that I heard vsed among them It chaunced that one daye I walked with two or thrée of the Schollers to a place without Roome called Petro Montorium where as they say Saint Peeter was martyred and by the way as we went we fell in our accustomed talke about the procéeding of matters in Englande Among which talke they entred into appointment determination with them selues if all other thinges fayled as they had good hope they woulde not what eche of them woulde doo to accomplishe the Popes long desire Quoth one of them whyle two or thrée persons be a liue we may stande in doubte of our matter in England Who be they quoth I héere I must craue pardon for that I maye not with modestie name these men of Honour according as they dyd and doo but these they were my L. K. then lyuing my L. T. whome they called plaine C. and S. F. W. Oh quoth he had I the hearts of these in my Purse and theyr headdes in the Popes holynesse handes I would not doubt but ere long wée should all merilie iourney homewarde Nay trust me quoth an other of them if you woulde so faine haue theyr thrée harts and heads hâ—ere then let me ad to the fowrth and theÌ„ take the whole messe together I should call her Quéene of EnglaÌ„d quoth hée but I wyll not for that I knowe shée is but an Usurper and kéepeth that good Queene of Scottes from her lawfull Seate for whome our holie Father hath so well prouided as wee are crediblie infourmed that shée shall be sette vp againe ere long or it shall coste the best blood in England Howe saye you to her had we but her head â—éere we would not doubte but in short tyme to bring the prowdest of the other whether they would or no. My fréendes quoth the thyrd this is the least matter of a hundred and I durst wadge my lyfe to bring it to passe of my selfe You knowe that our fréendes in Englande wyll not sée vs to want any money if then I haue money good store let me alone to bring this matter arteficiallie to passe I would quoth hee make my selfe verie gorgeous and sumptuous apparell and kéepe two or thrée men to wayte on mee as I walke thorowe the stréetes then would I goe to the Court eueriâ— daye for that I haue some good acquaintaunce there beside béeing so braue and gallaunt I should be a companion for euery one so that in theyr companies I might goe into
euery place of the Court and be in the presence of the Quéene euerie day Then woulde I fayne to giue some gifte vnto her and so on a suddaine giue her such a gifte as should dispatche her for euer styrring more Oh villainous woordes able to make a â—lintie heart to gush foorth aboundaunce of teares to thinke that such a mercifull Princesse should haue so mercilesse an enimie especiallie that any Subiecte should but imagine such a monstrous crueltie Then quoth I vnto him admitte God dyd suffer you to doo such an horrible déede what thinke you would become of you you could not escape away but you must perforce suffer the awarde of Lawe Tushe quoth he what care I for the vttermoste crueltie they would vse to me I that could accomplishe such a famous thing would neuer respect Rack Rope nor any torment For this I knowe that the Popes holynesse would in the remembraunce of me both giue foorth Indulgences and a notable benediction which should be called after my name as the benediction for the Quéene of Scottes is and those that were giuen for Stukely the Bishoppe of Corke Doctour Allen and diuers other Then when any shall haue of my Grana Crosses Medalles and Beades they wyll say these were blessed for such a one that dyd bring to passe in Englande what coulde not be done in many yéeres before then my Beades shall be prayed vpon more then any other Beside my Indulgences should be Plenaria for euer I shoulde haue remission of all my sinnes Masses continually sayd for me all my CouÌ„trey and fréends haue lybertie of theyr conscience then what is hee that woulde not aduenture the extreamest hazard of his lyfe to gayne sâ—ch a heauenly and blessed reward I perceyue quoth he to mee you haue but a slender staye of your Faith that would feare to doo such a good déede for your CouÌ„trey where through your same would be registred for euer bothe in our Martirilogium as diuers of our Countrey are and also through the whole world A great deale more talke they had so trayterous and horrible that no godlie and vertuous minded can suffer to heare it So when wée came to the Seminarie againe because I had béene there but a whyle the same partie brought me theyr Martirilogium wherein hee read to me the execution of the two Nortons the death of Doctour Storie and the Martyrdome of Iohn Felton and other altogeather Imprinted in a great Booke of theyr Sayntes and Martyrs The least report of these traytours which they had there Canonized for Martyres of theyr Churche contayned 〈◊〉 or eyght shéetes in Folio 〈◊〉 of a verie small Letter but in no poynt true because I knewe my selfe the contrarie for that before I went ouer I sawe the execution of them all There were diuers other of their Martirs the discourses of their liues and deathes reserued there to be imprinted in the same Booke as of Barlowe Madder Wilkinson the Iaylor of Yorke Sherwood and Nelson sometime Sexton of the English Church in Roome all these executed at Tiborne for high Treason and there estéemed for their Martires William Filbie at the Barre would chaleÌ„ge me that there was no such Booke there when I am sure not one of the other will attempt to deny it if they should they be héere in the Cittie that are able to disprooue them A number of such like trayterous spéeches and practises which on my owne knowledge I am able to report but to auoyde tediousnes as also not to offend any chaste and discréete minde I let them passe in silence desiring pardon for that which I haue alreadie set downe And now you may perceyue what affection these fellowes afforde theyr lawfull Quéene and Countrey well is he that can imagine most against her Maiestie and highlie is he estéemed that beareth the most trayterous hart to her Yet Maister Campion and the rest of his fellowes they pleade ignorance in all these causes they bolster vp one another with large protestations rayling woordes and subtyll surmises affyrming that they were not sent hyther for any such intent which is as vntrue as we knowe it for trueth that the Lord God lyueth in Heauen For this I am able to saye my selfe that both then and at diuers other tymes it was whispered among them in the Seminarie that shortlie there shoulde bée Préestes appointed for England to winne the people against the appoynted tyme when as a great Armie shoulde be ready to ioyne with them and Maister Campion who was then at Praga in Bohemia hee was spoken off amongst them all to be a rare and singuler fellowe and therefore generallie was taken for a méete man to bée sent about such a Message so that they iudged that he should be sent for to be a cheefe man in this matter Well sayth Maister Campion it maye be they had such an oppinion of me which in my selfe I finde not to be deserued and it maye be that I was appointed to be sent into Englande according as those other Préestes were for the sauing of Soules and benefite of my Countreye must it followe then that wée are sent to practise the death of the Quéene and to séeke the ruine of our Countrey Alas this is a harde case and I desyre you of the Iewrie to marke it for these are but shadowes without any substaunce This you are to note that we which enter into that blessed societie of the Iesuites we doo as it were forsake the worlde vowing our selues to chastitie and sinceritie of conscience to obeye our Superiours and to be ready to goe whether they shall appoint vs. If they send vs to the Indiaes or to any such places where the people haue not the true Catholique Faith we are bound by duetie in Conscience to goe whether they appoint vs. And shall it then be sayde that wée come for the destruction of the Prince and Countreye where wee settle our selues Alas that were a harde case for Christian charitie wylleth vs to comfort one an other and if we can to gette the Shéepe into the Folde which hath long runne a straye And when we heare confession we doo not perswade them to any disobedience for that is against the nature of Confession God forbyd that wée should once thinke any such thing Beholde the subtyll shifts that he found out still to flie vnto yea though the manifest disproofe laye before them yet would he finde some cauill or other for not onely the euidence of their generall determination beyonde the Seas was showen them but also the trayterous Articles were there read vnto them which Iohn Hart had coppyed out for Doctour Allen concerning the procéeding of these trayterous causes and for which hee went purposelie to Roome to confer with the Pope about and subscribed vnto that they were certayne and true as also theyr owne confessions and writings were layde open before them approouing them notablie guiltie of the matters
aforesayde Charles Sled who sometyme serued Maister Doctour Moorton in Roome in whose house there was many matters determyned bothe by Doctor Allen when hee came to Roome and diuers other Doctours lyuinge there in the Cittie as also diuers of the Seminarie he lykewise vnderstoode of the prouision for the great daye that it was generallie spoken of among the Englishe men and to be more rertayne he kepte a Iournall or Booke of theyr daylie dealinges noting◠the daye tyme place and personnes present at theyr secrete conferences and verie much matter hath he iustified against them One Maister Cradocke a Merchaunt when hée was in Roome hée vnderstoode the aforesayde determination and howe that Doctour Shelley the Englishe Priour who is a Knight of the Rhodes for that hée somewhat spake against such crueltie to bée vsed to his Natiue Countrey was somewhat mislyked of him selfe and had almoste béene turned out of his office And this aforesayde Maister Cradocke béeing in Prisonne there for the space of twentie Monethes and more it was sayde to him that he might accoumpt him selfe blessed of God that hee was there because hee shoulde not sée the gréeuous ruine of his natiue Countrey He that hath but halfe an eye maye sée howe these matters concorde and agrée togeather and noting euerie thing as it lyeth may plainly sée their horrible and trayterous deuises And farder there was a lyttle Booke in Latine which they them selues brought ouer with them it was there openly read vnto them wherein was certayne rules and orders prescribed howe they should behaue them selues héere in Englande and howe if they were demaunded of any thing they shoulde make aunswere indyrectlie or to take the woorde it selfe according as it is mentioned in the Booke they must aunswere Sophisticae whereby is meant as thus If they be examined as concerning theyr allegeaunce to her Maiestie they wyll make theyr aunswere after this manner Shée is our lawfull Soueraigne Lady and Quéene and we doo obey her But then obiect vnto them wil you obeye her notwithstanding the Popes excommunication or any thing that he commaundeth to the contrarie Then will they aunswere we desire you not to charge our consciences and that you would not enter so déepe into our consciences we trust the Pope will not commaund vs any thing against her and a hundred such like sleeuelesse aunsweres they make neuer agréeing to any certayntie but holding the Pope in more reuerence then they doo her Maiestie For this consideration they carie with them that if by theyr showe of humilitie and deuised order of craftye aunsweringe they might mooue our Maiestrates to haue a good oppinion of thē and not to deale so strictly as lawe and their deseruing dooth worthily merit then they might with lesse suspect goe about their holy Fathers busines in that their Sophisticall aunswers couered so foule an abuse And then so many as comes after them purposely sent about the same affaires séeing their passage made before them and béeing Schooled after the same manner they might withdrawe the harts of a number her Maiesties Subiectes by such meanes as is before largely expressed so that destruction should come vpon vs before we had discouered their treatcherous dealings But God be thanked as all their deuises haue had their deserued successe this Sophisticall order hath sped a like with them for company and this let them fully assure themselues that what meanes soeuer they seeke against their Princesse and Countrey God will rewarde them after their owne dealings To Campion himselfe the former questions were put foorth at the Barre and this aunswer he made vnto them She is my lawfull Soueraigne Lady and Quéene and I doo obey her But when he was demaunded although the Pope did expreslye commaund him the contrary if he would neuerthelesse faithfully obey her Oh then they must not so déeply enter into his conscience that Barre was not a Barre to define on causes of conscience that question touched his conscience wherefore he flatly sayd he might not aunswer it No no he knew full well that the trayterous affayres he came about would not allowe him such a direct aunswer as they looked for gladly would haue had that of a Saule they might haue made him a Paule Wherfore his secret and guileful behauiour made perfect apparaunce of his wicked intent which hee shaddowed vnder the counterfeit cloke of sauing soules and reconciling his Countreymē to the Catholique faith Héer it cannot be greatly amisse to rehearse vnto you the cause why this Pope hath tollerated the former Bull séeing this Sophisticall kinde of aunswering grew chéefely therby Whē any of these secret messengers should be sēt about their holy fathers determination héere in England to recōcile shriue win her Maiesties Subiects to their deuillish intent if such misaduenture should happen to thē y e their secret dealings came to the eares of Iustice then they fel into the daunger of lawe wherefore to shaddow their subtiltie and to prosecute the effect of their message the Pope thought good to harten them by this Sophisticall addition For well we know and themselues likewise are not ignorant thereof that béeing examined if they should denye the Quéenes Maiestie to be their Supreme Princesse and Gouernesse in all causes then they fell into condemnation by her lawes Againe if they denyed the authoritie of the Pope as of force they must needes doo if they will estéeme themselues good subiects and manifest a duetifull and obedient hart to her Maiestie then they breake their vowe made to the Pope and so fall into his cursse and condemnation likewise so that this is certainely appointed them to cleaue faithfully to the one and vtterly to forsake the other Yet that they might haue as much fauoure and fréendship as the furtheraunce of such a cause required this hard clause béeing well scanned of diuers our English Doctors and other bothe at Roome and at Rheimes was through earnest sute deliuered to diuers of the Cardinalles who laying theyr heads together and thorowly searching the bottome of euery doubt a tolleration for that strict point was found out which was ordayned as you haue hearde before Then in all the haste the Pope was giuen to vnderstande thereof who respecting what might be for his benefit and what might turne to his discommoditie authorised them this former tolleration which God be thanked carryed as slender strength as the rest of his practises hath doone Yet all this béeing knowne to vs Maister Campion and his fellowes will graunt no knowledge but pleadeth still theyr deuoute consciences An other of their owne Bookes was there read vnto them wherin was other orders prescribed them how they should handle a Noble man how a Gentleman and how a poore man which béeing openly read before them gaue all there present to vnderstande howe assuredly they had appointed the course for their Treason A number of inuincible proofes passing against them they came
proÌ„pt audacitie cunning conueyaunce in his Schoole pointes wherethrough he fell into a prowde and vaineglorious iudgement practising to be eloquent in phrase and so fine in his quirkes and fantasticall coniectures that the ignorant he wun by his smoothe deuises some other affecting his pleasaunt imaginations he charmed with subtilitie and choaked with Sophistrie The learned who behelde his practises and peremptory order of lyfe pittying his follie wishing him a more stayed determination loathed his manners yet looued the man because Christian Charitie wylled them so to doo Nowe this glorious Thraso hauing by his Lybeiles made him selfe famous and vnder shewe and suppose of great learning though in deede béeing approoued found verie simple to the spéeches giuen of him subdued many to affecte him verie much when he was taken he knew it stoode him vpon not to loose the credit opeÌ„ly he had wun secretly wherefore in his former ridiculous manner bothe in Prison at his Araignement yea and at his death he continued the same in all points which the foulnes of his Treasons blemished euery way Now indéede as our English nation is bothe loouing and pittifull so many séeing the giftes of God so well bestowed on the man and by him applyed to so great abuse through naturall kindnesse bemoned his case wishing be had not fallen in so traiterous a cause This poynt least some should haue vsed to a wurse coniecture I thought good in bréefe somewhat to manifest Then was mooued to him againe his Treasons and haynous offences against the Quéenes Maiestie which impudentlie he styll denied séeming to vtter woordes on the behalfe of one Richardson one likewise of the condempned Traitours taking vppon his conscience that it was not he which hath béene prooued to the coÌ„trarie for that it is known howe this Richardson is he who distributed Campions Libels and Bookes abroade when he was put to his oath whether it was he or no he refused to sweare on his behalfe Pray with them in Englishe as he was desired he would not but sayde his Pater noster in Latin desired all those of the householde of Faith to saye one Credo for him Many indirect aunsweres he made as when he was mooued to aske the Quéene forgiuenesse and when the Preacher requested him to shewe some signe of a penitent sinner when shortlie he replyed You and I we are not of one Religion After a fewe silent prayers to him selfe the Carte was drawen away and he committed to the mercie of God There he hanged tyll he was dead when béeing cut downe he was bowelled and quartered according as it was appointed by Iustice. Raphe Sherwin seemed a man of better iudgement more learned and more obedient he sayde the Lordes Prayer in English beléeuing in God that made him in Christe his sonne that saued him and in the holie Ghost that sanctified him and according to the saying of S. Augustin desired Iesus that he would be to him Iesus as much to say as his Sauiour and Redéemer He lykewise confessed him self a Catholique man a Préest intending to die in that faith But when the Treasons were mooued to him he lykewise séemed to make deniall thereof He asked the Quéenes Maiestie forgiuenesse and desired that shée might long liue and raigne ouer vs. Then was read to him the Booke of the aduertisemeÌ„t which before had béen read to Campion and after a fewe prayers he lykewise ended his lyfe Alexander Brian séemed more obstinate and impious vsing very little signe of repentaunce and hartie humilitie he vsed many prayers to him selfe and spake very little woorthy the rehearsall Iustice béeing executed on him he and Sherwin were quartered according as Campion had béene before them God graunt that the offences of these may be a warning to all other God saue our Queene Elizabeth An Admonition to all true and faithfull Subiectes YOV HAVE in thys discourse right courteous breefelye vnderstood the horrible and traiterous intent of Edmund Campion and the reste of his secret confederates howe bothe against God and natures lawe they practised and conspired the death of our most gracious and Soueraigne Princesse as also the 〈…〉 the sum wherof how denillâ—sh and vnchristian like 〈◊〉 was inteÌ„ded I leaue to the discreet consideration of 〈◊〉 true and fayâ—hfull Subâ—â—â— Let vs therefore that professe ourselues the children of light faithfull Stewards to our heauenly maâ—ster and duetifull Subiectes to her Maiestie who by his sacred and Diuine will is authorised to gouerne vs remember the odious and haynous offences by these our owne Coâ—ntreymen committed and let them remaine as spectacles before our eyes howe daungerous a thing it is for anye of vs to fall in the like For of this wee may be fully assured that though we kick and spurne against the trueth for a time hee who is the Author of all truethâ—â— yea and the verie trueth himselfe though hee suffer vs a 〈◊〉 to runne in our owne folly yet at lengthe hee will strike vs so seuerely that wee shall woorthelye taste the desert of our trespasses for hee is the onely Auenger and he will rewarde vs in his Iustice Learne weâ— therefore by theyr example to abhorre and detest that Anâ—echriste of Room the auncient aduersary to Gods trueth to beware how we deale with anie of his wandring shauelinges and Messengers for he hath choaked them with his abhominable driftes and deuises and they vowing themselues his obedient children are prepared to roote vp looue dutie and obedience bothe to God our Princesse and Countrey Longe may his Gospell floorish and spread heere among vs and long may her Maiestie liue in health and quietnes to nourishe and mainetaine it as for her aduersaryes God either turne theyr hearts or speedily cut them off in their owne deuises To him therefore let vs commend our selues our dealings and thoughts to his will and pleasure so shall we liue in continuall happinesse by her whom God long preserue to our comfort and wealth of conscience A. Munday FINIS Imprinted at London for Edwarde VVhite and are to be solde at his shop at the little North doore of S. Paules Church at the signe of the Gunne Cicero A notable example of the Romanes Medians and the Arabians Scithians Cicero epist. 12. li. 7 Epist. famil Aegiptians Gaudentius Merula de Memorabilibus li. 3. Chap. 3. The rebellion in the North onely through the Popes meanes The sâ—m of the Popes Bul which our Englishe men beyonde the Seas holde as their authoritie to rebell against her Maiestie Doctor Saunders his rebellion in Ireland through whom the people were seduced to fight against theyr lawfull Princesse This Bull remayneth in his former force by this Pope onely a tolleration for the sâ—raitnes to the Subiecte therein amended Maister CaÌ„pion destreth not to heare howe their Treasons tooke their originall howe from tyme to time they haue beene enterprised and confouÌ„ded wherefore to blind the peoples â—yes he maketh this counterfeyt aunswere In the
Libell against mee was made this report of Campion to be a man of so rare learning excelleÌ„cy c. Doctour Saunders and Doctor Bristowes bookes were there read vnto them wherein most trayterouslie they defended the rebellion against her Maiestie They denyed what one of theyr owne fellowes had confessed and subscribed to and what euery one of the witnesses knew to be moste certaine Maister Campion aunswered this poynt subtilly because in the last edition of the booke the cheefe matters against them selues were abridged The generall determination howe to bring to passe theyrecret intent in this Realme The onely cause why the Pope hath kept his two Seminaries at Roome and at Rheimes so long for that none might better mooue secret râ—bellion in England then they A sure way to make all EnglishmeÌ„ they can get out of England to ioyâ—e with them in this traiterouâ— intent For none but such as will be Preests must staye there Their perswasion on the Popes behalfe to vrge our EnglishmeÌ„ to fulfill the Popes minde what euer comes of them A thing to be looked vnto for thorow their secret freends they haue heere a number are brought to ioynâ— in this action Preestes yeerâ—ly appointed and sent for England The Popes Merchandise that his Commissioners bring with them into England Their own confession howe they behaue them selues when they come into England Maister Campion coulloreth their comâ—ing ouer â—ifâ—ming it was for the sauegard of soules When he had no other shift he fell into these woords Mâ—â—ning the Queene of Scotâ— A most traiteroâ—s and villainous aunswere of euerie true Subiect to be read with reâ—erence of the person No â—ote of theyr good will wanted if God did not as he dayly dooth preuent their purposes This Preest was the first that euer I heard to name the treason In my other Booke you shall vnderstand more The Englishmen at Paris rehearsed the same matter that the Preest had doone Henrie Orton lying in the house of one Maister Deacon gaâ—e foorth notice of the former matter The coÌ„mon and generall speeches in the Seminarie at Roome 〈◊〉 with all that wee heard by the way Their only delight to 〈◊〉 and â—ayle against her Maiestie and her honorable Counsell to whom they giue such names as modestie will not suffer me to reporte Tokens appointed to passe among them when this great day shall come which they hope for After what manner Father Parsonâ— vsed to schoole and instruct the Schollers while he was in office They remâ—mber not their owne gouernemeÌ„t that call this so 〈◊〉 and cruâ—ll for they say that then they 〈◊〉 nothing but good deedes Meaning the Queene of Scots whom the Pope hath vowed to restore againe The ouerthrowe of Englande was daylie â—â—lked of The Schollers them selues would enterprise the death of her Maiestie the Lords of her CouÌ„cell By this which is the simplest of all theyr trayterous intentes iudge howe horrible the other be Reade with reuerence and regarde Beholde heere the 〈◊〉 these Traytours haue agâ—inst theyr 〈…〉 Countrey He respecteâ—h â—ore the abhominable trumperiâ—s of the Pope then eyther the safegarde of his soule or wealth of his Princesse and Countrey It is not possible for vs to imagine so yll as they doo daily report Maister Campion nor his felloâ—â—â— wyll graunt to any thing but rayâ—e vse bolde speeches whereby their guiltie consciences were discouered Maister Campion couereth their 〈◊〉 inâ—eÌ„â—s vnder the sauing of Soules A holy kinde of life were it not for the B. Note heere the perfect Image of hypocrisie 〈…〉 Consider 〈…〉 they concord and agree together A Booke which they vse as theyr instruction howe to aunswere to euerie question Sophistically To doo their duâ—tie to a waightâ—e burden to their consâ—ieÌ„ces and therefore they abyde in theyr obsâ—â—ancie and blindnesse Campion his owne answer as concerning his allegeaunce to her Maiestie The cause why this Pope hath tollerated the former Bull of Pius Quintus Our English Doctors conferring with the Cardinalles found out the meane for this tolleration Another Booke how to handle all manner of persons to win them to their intent Maister Campion sent for froÌ„ Praga to goe with other Preestes appointed for England The Preestes are there only maintained for this purpose and none come from thence but about this cauâ—e which prooueth them all together guiltie Maister Campion graunteth he came as the other Preests did to reconcyle and shriue but he wyll not allowe that he came for any treason Iames Bosgraue his hastie comming from Vilna when he heard that Preestes were appointed for England Maister Campion frequenteth his accustomed order of subtyll answering Traytours wyll neuer beleeue any trueth especiallie if it touch them selues Robert Iohnson his comming from Auinion in Fraunce Edwarde Bishtons Letter to Richardson one of the condemned Maister Campions Letter to Master Pownde in the Tower Maister Campion was resolutâ— in the cheefe matter A very holy thing but very meete for his deâ—â—tien