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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

of his lacke of modestie wherof I shall be forced to cōplaine often in the sequel of min answer First therfore to begin with the principal matter which he reporteth for his credit to wit his oration and sermon befor the Pope let vs heare what he saythe Iohn Nicols vaunt of preaching b●●ore the Pope I had before that time saythe he made an oration and a sermon in the latyne tongue presented before the Pope and fower Cardinales and before all them that were with the Pope in the consistory If you my bretheren yet prisoners within the tower denye the assertion therof yet to your shame and my credit they that goe to Roome for pleasures sake maye safely goe to the Popes Protonotori● dwelling fast by S. Peters Churche in the inquisitorye Pallace or to anye of his cla●kes and there make inquisition of my name which is registred in three great paper volumes of such as are alwayes present writing in chambers to whome all men without daunger maye resorte where turning to my name they shal finde the sermon and oration contayning tenne sheetes of paper for the which the Pope gaue me great thankes and soe did the Cardinalls with all the reste Héere you sée a longe childishe recitall with manye particulers much vanitie little witt and lesse trueth He woulde make you beléeue that he had bene bothe oratour and preacher to the Pope which if you saw but onelye his visage you would hardlye geue any credite vnto I could improue him also by the testimonies of almoste an hundreth Englishe men that tyme presente in Rome but his owne particulers shall sufficiently confute him Firste he putteth not downe whether his oration and sermon were one or two thinges but if they were twoe then it is to be vnderstoode that sermons are not made before the Pope in the Cōsistorie but in Constātines hawle within the Popes palace by Toletus onelye Toletus The Pop● preacher a famous learned man of the Societie of Iesus or in his absence by some other equall to him selfe in learninge and appoynted by lyke authoritye Orations are made sometimes in the Consistorie but onelye vppon the comminge of ambassators and for matters of estate excepte the frydayes in lente when chosen men of eche order of religion haue plac● to preache in the latyne tongue Soe that hitherto I sée not how Iohn Nicols could come to preache before the Pope and fower Cardinals in the Consistorie both in respecte of the causes alleaged and also for that I could neuer yet finde soe few Cardinals in the consistory with the Pope as fower twise or thrée times tould The rest which he addeth implieth manifest cōtradictions impossibilities For the Popes Protonotorie dwelleth not in the Inquisitorie Palace by S. Peters Churche nor hath he any thinge to doe with that Palace and much lesse dothe he kéepe clarckes wrytinge there in chambers for onelye the Inquisition hath to doe there If Sermons and Orations made to the Pope were to be regestred in paper volumnes as they are not and muche lesse in thrée at once as Nicols sayeth his was yet this nothing appartayneth to the Popes Protonotorie or to his clarckes How the Pope also should geue Iohn Nicols such thanks for his stuffe Improbabilities of Nicol●●aun●e as he sayeth he did I can not conceaue For in the Concestorie the Popes place is so farre distant from them which come thither to make orations as he can not speake vnto him nor doth he vse to thanke any man that speakethe before him what soe euer he be much more impossible is it that the Cardinalls and the rest in the Consistorie should geue him thankes for it as al they wil beare me witnesse which know the place and presence of the same Greate learned men and famous Oratours haue departed thence without particuler thankes albeit they did their matters with greate commendation suche is the grauitye and state of that place Soe that all this longe tale of Iohn Nicolls hath not onelye noe probabilitie but in déede noe possibilitye of truth Heere some perhapps wil aske howe then hath this tale noe ground or colour at all whereuppon it was founded to which I answere yes but such a ground as his best frendes are least beholding to him for it and such as greatlie discouereth his shamelesse disposition Marke the Stratageme You haue harde sometimes of scholmasters which make thei● boye● kisse the rodde wherewith they were beaten euen soe dothe Iohn Nicols with the protestantes Iohn Nicolls abusinge his new frendes For hauing made voluntarilie and malitiouslie an abiuration of their religion in the Inquisitorie palace of Rome containinge ten whole sh●etes of reproche and slaunder would now make them yeld thanks for the same by callinge it a sermon before the Pope in the Consistorie If he gett credite by this dealing as he pretendeth to doe his hap is good to deale with men so fauourable to his order For suerlye if he should haue dealt soe in some other countries where ministerie is not sufficient to excuse dishonestie it would rather haue fallen out to his coste then his credite and the deludinge of suche men would haue bene thought worthier of pillorie then printe After this he maketh a second vaunt of an other sermon which he made in the latine tonge Iohn Nicols se●mon at dinner time requested as he sayeth by the Prefect of studies vpon the festiuall daye of Peeter ad vincula certayn● Englishe doctors of the Cittye and some of the Popes chappell with other straungers being present at dinner He telleth not in what place he made this sermon You maye parhaps imagine it to hau● bene in sum great auditorie for that h● mencioneth Festiuall daye Doctors Popes chappel and strangers But I wil open the misterie that you maye iudge of his vanitie whoe trobleth you with suche toyes The Prefect of studies in the Englishe romane colledge is wonte to commande and not to request the studentes committed to his charge to write some thing for the excercise of the latine tongue to recite it in the halle at the time of dinner and this excercis● the vnlearnedst of all the Colledge audideth not Amongest whom Ihon Nicols vppon S. Péeters daye ad uincula was commaunded to doe the same and behould he hathe published it in print with manie falshodes and vanities annexed For that he preached it is false for it was only an excecise of learning That he was requested is false for he was commaunded That it was festyuall daye in Rome is false for they kepe it not holye daye there That he preached there against faithe and the newe testament as he aftarward affirmethe is most false as they which were present canne and doe testifie Nowe that this sermon was before Englishe docters of the cittye is vanitie for there could not be aboue some one for the rest were departed the cittie and for Englishmen to dyne there was an ordinarie matter that some of the

enter into this howse of Conuertites maye not turne backe or go fourth againe but must perseuer there al their life which manie of these dishonest womē can not at the first resolue them selues to doe Therfore haue the noble matrones of Rome procured another howse called Casa pia Casa pia behinde Pantheō where these women may come for a time to proue what they will resolue vppon in which time the sayed matrones The great care of ho●est lyfe in Romane Matron● doe omitt no meanes to perswade them from all dishonestie for the time to come and do offer to prouide for them by good seruices with vertuous gētle women if they can not resolue them selues to enter into the monasterie of Conuertites by this meanes also many be reclaimed from wikednes sinne 7 Men adiudged to dye Concerning these which are adiudged to dye the citizens of Rome doe shewe themselues very charitable peitiful for they haue amongest other a Societie named the companie of mercie Societas mis●ricordia● whoe receaue into their costodie all such as are condemned to dye towardes whom they vse all humanitie and gentle dealing neuer leauinge them day nor nighte vntil the time of executiō be past If the prisoner haue any children they promise him to take order for them and soe they doe as also for his debtes if he be trowbled with any if he haue any enemies they bring them vnto him to be reconciled after that they reade good bookes vnto him and cause vertuous men to preache and make exhortations to like effecte they watche also with him and cause praiers to be saied for him and finallie they accompanie him to the place of executiō thēce receaue his body burie it causing certaine Masses to be saied for his soule These are the general points of the good works done in Rome which I haue touched bréefely leauinge out many more things then I haue mentioned for breuities sake But he that would cōceaue the multitude of thes works which ar done by the Romanes let him but read the bookes of the Societies or companies in Rome which being in nūber aboue 80. as I noted before euery societie besids the ordinary seruice of god exercising some particuler good worke The cause of so many good workes in Rome it must néeds be that such good workes are many in Rome I haue made mentiō before of y● societie of charitie which haue care of prisōs of the society of mercy which taketh care of cōdemned men and of some other Societies which haue care of Hospitalls But yet those are not all the good déedes which those societies doe for the societie of charitie doth besids geue 50. crownes a moneth vnto the Cōuertits doth marry 22. maids yéerly geuing thē 30. crouns a péece with new aparel also it distributeth euery soūday great quātity of bread vnto the poore Now if I shoulde speake of all other Societies strange liberalitie in marrying of mayds I should be to tedious But yet by thes two or thrée wordes which I say of a fewe you may iudge of the reste The Societie of the Annūciata La compagnia dell Anuonciata doe bury straungers and poore people which dye in Rome causing masses to be saide for thē and it marrieth euery yeare 180. maydes geuing eche of them 35. crownes with new apparel The Societie of the Conception La compagnia della Concettione dothe marrye euerye yeare 30. maydes geuinge them 20. crownes a péece with apparel The Societie of S. Angelo marieth euery yeare 20. maides with 25. crownes a péece and apparell The Societie of Confalones La compagnia delli Confalonieri marriethe yearly an vncertaine number with 18. crownes a péece and apparell The Societie of Brescians geueth 20. crownes The Societie of Bononians 35. crownes The Societie of Neopolitās 35. crownes The Societie of S. Apostolo besides helping of poore gentlefolkes dothe attende to make peace betwen enemies The Societie of Weepinge La Compagnia del P●anto dothe goe to poore people and visit them in their sicknes at their owne howses and geueth them phisicke all necessaries besides with apothicarie ware The Societie of the Name of God La Compagnia del nom● di Dio. besides other good workes attendeth to reprehend them which blaspheme or sweare or abus● the name of God The Societie of S. Laurence in Damaso besides other good thinges attēdeth alwaies to wayte on the blessed Sacramente and to goe before it with lightes when it is caried to the sicke The Societie of S. Marcellus attendeth principallye to procure prayers and masses to be saide for the sowles of all Christians departed Besides all this euery one of all these Societies and the reste haue their particuler déedes of charitie seuerall to them selues as peculier litle hospitalles howses for orphanes and the like And this shal be sufficient for the Societies or compagnies Besides al which the almes and good deedes of perticuler men Almes and good deede● of particuler men in Rome are infinite for diuers Romans will take vppon them diuers particuler workes of charitie as some to maintain one or two poore schollers of other countries as the vnder Penitentiarie maintained alwayes an English man or two and soe other of other nations Some will take vppon them to helpe in particuler some religious howse Some to sustaine some poore familie Other to visite euery daye once the sicke people of some hospital especially those that are in worst case and next to deathes dore Besides this ther is scarse any artezane in Rome which hath not some chappell in some church with a vawte in the same for the burying therin of his familie which chappel he maintaineth of his owne charges Moreouer at the station daies of Rōe Great almes geauen at station dayes in Rome which are euery holy day in the year euery day of the lente sundery daies besides these station daies are daies of repaire to some particuler churches in Rōe for deuotions sake you shall scarse finde a citizen which wil not be there or some of his howshould for him to pray with the rest bestow sumwhat on the poore which are there to expect almes in great numbers notwithstanding the hospitales it is almost increadible how many there are in soe muche that this laste yeare of Jubelie the Pope seeing the infinite nūber● of beggers about the churches wher the statiōs were spake to his officers to intice them away whoe did soe and offered them meate and drinke in the hospitals and a Iulio a daye besides a Iulio is vi d Englishe for a monethe And yet they woulde not take it Which being tould to the Pope he commaunded them to be permitted still saying The Popes saying o● many● beggers That their sighte did much good in procuring men to compassion to geue almes which otherwise many would not doe And soe in déed it fell out

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