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A09101	A discouerie of I. Nicols minister, misreported a Iesuite, latelye recanted in the Tower of London Wherin besides the declaration of the man, is contayned a ful answere to his recantation, with a confutation of his slaunders, and proofe of the contraries, in the Pope, cardinals, clergie, students, and priuate men of Rome. There is also added a reproofe of an oratiuon and sermon, falsely presented by the sayd Nicols to be made in Rome, and presented to the Pope in his consistorye. Wherto is annexed a late information from Rome touchng [sic] the aute[n]tical copie of Nicols recantation.	Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.	1581 (1581)	STC 19402; ESTC S120349	83,096	196

is in earneste studie often prayer great labor much preaching maruelous abstinence and feruent desire of the aduancement of vertue and true religion Card. Paleotto is Bishoppe of Bononie Paleotto● endewed with no lesse zeale in God his cause whose wise and watchfull gonerment may appeare by the decréees of his Prouincial Sinods extant in print and his singuler vertues may in part be conceaued by that which I will saye of Card. Borrhomeo whom in gouernment and lyfe he séeketh to imitate Onelye I add this of Paleotto that he preacheth incessantly and distributeth euery moneth to the poore that which amounteth of his Bishoppricke aboue his owne necessary expēces He is singuler wel learned him selfe and a great Patrone of all learned men Card. Borrhomeo is Bishope of Millaine Borrhomeo the mirror of Prelats of our time and séemeth to haue receaued the same spirite in gouernment which his predecessor S. Ambrose had For he is a paterne of perfect prelacie to the worlde and his doinges are such as in déede are scarse credible in these our dayes but onely to them that haue séene them with their eyes his labour séemeth intollerable both in visiting his prouinces for the most parte a foote and also for his continual preaching cōmonly eu●ry day and some time twise or thrise in one day vpon occasion of néede he stayeth in the Church 40. houres together as he did of late bestowing the one halfe houre in prechinge and the other in prayer of al that time and the poeple cōming and goeing from farre partes to his Church of S. Ambrose in Millaine to that his 40. h●ures exercise This exercyse is called in Italy la Quarantena His diet is most slender eating onely once a day and that in the refectorie with his seruantes without difference of meates His exercise is after dinner to heare his Chapplens discourse vpon some spirituall matter redd at dinner time for all the● dinner noe word is spokē but one readeth the scripture for halfe an houre which is all the time that his dinner dureth his sléepe is not aboue 4. or 5. houres in the night he hath a Colledge or Seminarie of priests in Millaine erected foūded at his owne charges to whom for the most part he maketh euery day an exortation spendeth one other houre with them in spirituall conferences At the time of the laste greate plague in Millaine about 4. yeares past al men fléeing for the terror of death he by no means would be perswaded to depart but perseuered there al the plague time A meruailous example of a louing Pastor going to the infected himself ministring the Sacramēts vnto them when they lacked necessarie maintenāce he sould away all his houshold furniture as appereth yet by his naked chamber walles distributed al vnto them Besids this euery fryday during the plague he went bare footed to the Church before the people bering the Crosse himselfe reciting the Litanies● with streames of teares so longe vntill God turned his hand from that Citie euery night before he goeth to bed calling al his people together they haue praiers spiritual meditations in his chappel to which also strangers of the Towne some time resort amōgst whō ther came once a wicked catif discharged a pistol vpon the Cardinalls backe A wonderfull miracle as he was knéelinge in praier but God deliuered miraculo●ly his seruant for the pellets passing onely thrugh two thin cassoks his shirt staid at the skin persed it not as it was there found shewed in the presence of many which are yet alyue to testif●ie the same Much more might be spoken of this rar● man but this maye suffice to shewe that Cardinals are not so wicked mē as Ihon Nicols dothe affirme And generally I may add that as manie Cardinales as are Bishopes in these dayes as none of of these in Rome are for the Pope suffereth no Bishop to lye from his bishopricke but to be resident according to the Councel of Trent Sesio 23. cap. 1. they are all of very good and exemplare life as might be shewed in particulers and by the most vertuous liues and deathes of two late Cardinales arche Bishopes of Naples and Augus●a was declared Of Priestes and religious men Iohn Nicols accuseth the cleargie of Rome and Italie in two thinges the one of ignorāce the other of dishonestie For the first he saythe Their Priestes in Italie are for the most parte vnlearned I demanded of some of these Italian priestes in the Italian tongue wether God the Father and God the holye Ghoste had bodies they aunswered yea Well then seeinge their priestes be ignorant cet Héere you sée Iohn Nicols borne in Cowbridge vaunting ouer the Italian and condemninge him of doulfeshnes which is some what more ridiculus then the Ape scoffing at the fox for wante of a tayle That the Italian priestes are cōmonly well learned Italian Priestes learned I could affirme of mine owne experience and proue it also by the infinite bookes which are daily set forth by them in all sciences but especially in their owne language which they estéeme as muche as the latine and haue ●urnished the same with all varietie of authores which euer wrote commendably in anie tongue But why Italian priestes shonld not be so ignorant and vnlearned as Ihon Nicols reporteth I could yeald many more resons wherof the first and principal is their great wit and capacitie ioyned with a great desire of knowledge and therin to excell all others Which things being cōpared with other helpes wherof I will now speake must néedes bring forth greater effecte of learninge and learned men in Italie then in other places where the lyke helpes are not And touching the helpes to learning Helpes to learning in Italie which Italians besides their excellent witt haue aboue other men they are manye For first in stead of our two vniuersities Vniuersities Cambridg and Oxforde they haue their Pauia their Padua their Ferrara their Bononie their Siena their Perugio their Rome their Salerno their Naples and some other vniuersities besides their great scholes not much inferior to Uniuersities Schooles as Turin Millan Mantua Brescia Cremona Uenice Florence Genua Macerata Aquila Cosenza and other places wher commonly the Iesuites doe reade Also besides their prouinciall Seminaries Seminaries which according to the Coūcel ●f Trent Ses. 25. ca. 18 euerie Bishop that is able hath in some towne within his dioces which in Italie amounteth to be some hundrethes To this now if we add their facilitie in obtaini●ge the latine tongue by the vicinitie which it hath with their owne also the varietie of all sciences written or by translation in the Italian tongue also the greate store of learned men and teachers amongest them and the continuall conference whiche they haue with learned straungers who dayly come vnto them lastly the greate and often excercises which Italian priestes haue

was like to haue tourned to the ruine of the citie for that they were now entred into violente murdering one an other To thes are adherents in matter of estate gouerment Card. Cardinales imployed in matters of state Aragonia Sforza Altemps Ferra●a Columna Vrsino Gonzage Farnesio Alexandrino Sansisto in Rome Granvello Guisio and others abroade imploied by these mens direction For the seconde which is learninge Excercise of learninge I might name the most parte of them al but for breuitie I wil name only fower Sanseuerinus Sanseuerinus Sirletus Sirletus Alciatus Alciatus Hossius lately decessed Hossius Wherof the former two being verie experte in the tongues doe promote with special care the studdy and knowledge of the same as by that which I meane to speake of their excersices shall appeare Card. Sanseuerine is protector of the Hebrew Nation and of their Seminarie whiche they haue in Rome wherof I haue spoken before Besids the care of which Colledge he maintaineth diuers excelēt Hebritians about him from sundrie partes of the worlde and he hath besides certaine learned Rabbines conuerted which euerie satterday repaire to the Iewes Sinagoges to conuerte them or to confounde them out of their owne lawe in the hebrewe tongue Furthermore he hath at certaine dayes in the wéeke a Congregation or méeting of learned hebritians who in ●h● presence of him ●elfe diuers other Cardinals and Prelates doe examine and discusse the hebrewe writings of all th● oulde Rabbines takinge oute only● that whiche shall bee thoughte bye th● Congregatiō to be blasphemous agains● Christ and vnsu●ferable and the reste to correcte and make cléere with anotations for the better vnderstanding of studēts in that tonge And by this meanes we are lyke erre it be longe to enioy all the Hebrewe commentaries The Syriacke and Arabicke songs in rome and other discourses vppon the olde Testamente which wil be noe smal helpe to students in diuinitie Besids the promoting of the Hebrewe tongue this Cardinall hath also by the Popes appointement a speciall care of aduauncinge the Syryan and Arabian tongue in Rome but principallye of the Arabian which is common to all the Easte partes of th● worlde both of Asia 〈◊〉 Egipt for hel●● of which countries their is also a peculier Seminarie now th●●ght vpon and a very gold print erected in Rome this last yeare for the diuulgatinge our auctours in that tongue which is doonne chéefly by the Patriarch of Antioche which about thrée yeares agoe fledde from the Turke to Rome The patriarch of Antioche fled to Rome and there is maintayned by the Pope according to his degrée with many learned Arabians about him whoe wryte and translate many things in that tonge by his direction he beinge very learned in diuinitie himselfe There is vsed also as a principall instrumente in this matter one Iohannes Baptista Romanus of the Societie of Iesus a Iew borne and once a learned Rabbin amongest them but now a zealous Christian whoe was sent about thrée yeares past with diuers companiōs into Asia and there wrought great frute in our fayth and returned agayne after one yeare requiringe more laborers to be sente thyther and for a proofe of the peoples capacity he brought with him two excellente boyes of very a quicke and sharpe vnderstanding by séeinge of which the Pope was the more moued to thinke of a Seminary for the● Nations and to prefer other matters before recited for their commoditie Card. Syrletus is protectour of the Gréekes and of their Seminarie beinge him selfe excellente well studied in that tongue and as Sanseuerin furthereth the Hebrew● soe doth he by all meanes possible the Gréeke and hath a like Congregation of learned Gretians at certayne dayes of the wéeke Greeke exercises vnder Sir ●etus as the other hath of Hebritians and they haue now almost ended the examination of the gréeke Bible according to the Septuaginta with the helpe of great varietie of aunciente copies from manye partes of the world with conference of all the old gréeke Fathers which worke is thought wil be very profitable when it shal come forth in print the which being done they meane to procéede to other matters of noe lesse commoditie for the furtherance of Christian diuinitie To these are ayders in the aduauncemente of learninge besides the forenamed Card. Sainctes Leomeline Maffeus Sancta Croce Iustiniā Cornaro Sangeorgio and others For the thyrd which is bountefull liberalitie in workes of charitie Workes of charitie God be thanked I might bring many examples but without iniurie to the reste I will name only a few particulers whose presente monumentes of charitie are more apparante to the worlde Card. Cesius hath bulded in our time for the monastery of destitute maydes such as before their coming thither were in perill of dishonest life a very fayre Church with other necessaries to the valew of 30. thowsand crownes Card. Burrho●meus And Card. Borrhomeo hath bestowed 40. thowsand crownes in a Church for the Mal Maritate whereof I wil speake more in myne answere for Rome Card. Farnesius Card. Farnesius also hath disbursed alredy aboue 80. thowsād crowns in a Church for the Iesuites the thinge being not yet halfe finished and his almes besides are knowē to be very liberall partly to poore Hospitals partly to other poore people to whom be geueth certayne stipendes and pensions to the number of a 100. so that the whole some of his expences in charitable déedes are thought to amounte yearly to 30. thowsand crownes or not much lesse I could recken here many particulers of other Cardinals but that time serueth not Notwithstāding I can not omit to say a worde of Card. Medices Car. Medices● brother to the Duke of florence whoe besids other déedes of pietie Anno 1575● did vse in the late yeare of Iubile to repayre often to Trinitie Hospitall where great numbers of Pilgrimes did alwayes remaine A very rare example in a Prince a●d there putting on an apren did serue them at table and not onely reléeued them with monie of his owne but also became a gatherer for them amongest his frends and acquayntance to the greate edification of others and comforte of those poore men And finallye there is no Cardinall that I haue hard of but doth besides his extraordinary al●es allot out monthly some certayne s●ome of monie to be distributed to the poore as may appeare in the bookes of Hospitalls and other poore howses wherein you shall sée noted how much these howses receaue from eache Cardinall euery moneth For the fourth and last which is rare example of Pastoral lyfe Rare exāple of pastorall life amongst many I will name thrée whom the world doth both knowe and woonder at That is Card. Caraffa Caraffa Paleotto Borrhomeo Caraffa is a yong man abiding coōmonly in Rome and his vertues are rare in al kinde of zelous Christian behauiour that