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A14618	Further obseruations of the English Spanish pilgrime, concerning Spaine being a second part of his former booke, and containing these particulars: the description of a famous monastery, or house of the King of Spaines, called the Escuriall, not the like in the Christian world: a briefe relation of certaine dæmonicall stratagems of the Spanish Inquisition exercised on diuers English men of note of late times, and now liuing in England. A relation of the founding of a military order in Rome, to wit, of the immaculate Conception of our Lady, the blessed Virgin. Composed by Iames Wadsworth, Gentleman, lately conuerted into his true mothers bosome, the Church of England, and heretofore pentioner to the King of Spaine.	Wadsworth, James, 1604-1656?; Wadsworth, James, 1604-1656? English Spanish pilgrime. aut	1630 (1630)	STC 24928; ESTC S119406	21,866	56

holy Catholike faith It will proue the most vniuersall Millitary order of Religion that hath euer beene knowne in the World It sweareth Feallty and obedience to the holy Apostolicall Sea of Rome the exaltation and aduancement of the holy Cause the extirpation of Heresies and all of them take oathes of obedience to their seuerall Princes in all that befits royall Subiects to doe And that they will alwaies indeauour to keepe peace and vnity amongst Christian Princes After this the Pope vpon the eight and twentieth day of the said Saint Agnes seconded and new confirmed the Robes and Habillements of the order of the Duke the Oath and form● thereof was ministred by the Fryer Father Toro in this manner Obedience to the Pope and Master that shall be of the Christian warfare of the immaculate conception of our Lady The Title is this Militia Christiana immaculatae conceptionis Sanctissimae Virginis Mariae That is the Christian warfare of the immaculate conception of our most blessed or holy Lady Their purpose also is that the Nobles weare this Habit of the Order according as those Countreyes which haue the other Military Orders But that the Staple of the Religion it selfe beplanted in some Iland or place of strength which they thinke to gaine by landing in some Enemies Countrey For they are well prouided with Ammunition and Armes and good tall shiping for the purpose The Institutors or Founders of this Religion are three Catholicke Princes First the Count Altar a great man in Germany and very rich in Estate The Duke of Mantua a great Potentate in Italy In France the Duke of Neuers as they say Lord of two hundred thousand Duckats yeerely Rent who hath seene the first moouer of this Diuine Machine and in eight yeeres that hee hath employed to compasse it hath spent aboue foure hundred thousand Duckats Of late yeeres hee hath spent exceedingly in furnishing out Embassadors to most Christian Princes vpon whose good liking and approbation he hath his foundation And he shewed Father Toro and me a letter from our deceased King Philip the third A notable matter of toyle and trouble as being Gods Instrument for effecting so great a worke his Diuine Maiesty worke all for the best the same preserue you also I doe assure you for these fifteene dayes space wee haue scarse had leisure for foode or sleepe for visiting of Great men and Cardinalls drawing of Petitions and opposing all Contradictions God saue all and preserue you also Rome the eight of February 1624. Don Mateo Vazques de Lecca The Coppy of the second Letter THe Knights of this Military Order haue for Badge a blew sattin Crosse shaped much like the Crosse of Alcantara though somewhat broder the middest of it is embroydered with golden rayes and for the Crosse on the top of it is placed our Lady set out like the Woman in the Apocalyps Amicta sole clad with the Sunne and crowned with twelue Starres and trampling on the Moone in a blew Mantle and about it a Saint Francis his girdle holding an Infant in her armes with a Scepter in the right hand and this is entitled The Christian Warfare Protectresse of the immaculate Conception of the Virgin our Lady All Nations come into this Order and all the World will in time The Duke of Neuers shall be Master of it who hath bestowed on the Religion besides what it was formerly endowed with thirty thousand Duckats of yeerely reuenew besides eight Galeons or tall ships of his which as at this time haue serued the most Christian King of France before Rochell And the Catholike King of Spaine our Lord Philip the 4. whom God long prosper by the ioynt consent and good liking of his Holinesse and all Christian Princes is Protector of the Order The Title of it is Milita Christiana immaculat●s conceptionis Virginis Mariae and it is also dedicated for the chasing of Rouers and Pyrates by Sea as also for defence of Frontires against Turkes and Moores and is subordinate in all things to the Holy Apostolicall See and our Blessed Father Pope Vrbane the eighth hath confirmed it and will assist with his Gallies to the celestiall enterprize and conquest of Ierusalem which he hath long aimed at and all Rome is much cheared and delighted with it The Order was first set on foot in Germany in the yeere 1614. at what time wee newly began to defend and preach this immaculate and soueraigne mystery without knowing of either of vs thankes be to God Almighty for the same Let me onely tell you that if we had gone from Siuill to Rome and spent the eight yeeres which we haue done there for no more thē the effecting of this businesse it were a Iourney and time well imployed For you are to know that although this holy Image with the sacred ornaments were all of the Conception and of no other mystery yet they there demanded no more then that this Military Religion should be established by the title of Christian Warfare in protection of our Lady without further addition And about the time of confirmation the Arch-Deacon Don-Matheo and I knew this for all others were confident that it was of the Conception with the aforesaid Armes and Ornaments and wee turmoyled vp and downe and spake with the Duke of Neuers who acknowledged what wee put to him as being a most courteous Gentleman and vsed vs with all Noblenesse telling vs indeed that he had not obserued so much but that now at last he remembred that at the first meeting which was at Vienna in Germany vpon the erecting of this Order it fell out to bee vpon the eighth day of December which was also the day of the Conceptition and that now he called it perfectly to mind This businesse hath once more begun to bee in Treaty aud wee haue all gone thorow-stitch so well that the Military Order of the holy Conception is confirmed vnder that Title and by all the Votes and Suffrages of great Lords and Cardinals and also of our Lord the Pope his Holinesse I hope in God we shall send a Bull by the next Poste that may affoord much comfort to that populous and pious City of Siuill and all Christendome besides Let men oppose it and doe all they can or please yet God Almighty will doe as hee best pleaseth he hath made all things both in Heauen and Earth according to his good pleasure His Diuine Maiesty as hee is able and to my desire haue you in his protection Salute from me all our Friends in the Lord. The Slaue of the most blessed Virgin Doctor Bernardo de Toro Rome Febr. as in the former Letter 1624. FINIS * Barlow hang'd draw'd and quarter'd at Lancaster Anno 1623. * Si non caste tamen cautè * See the life death of Mistris Brettergh 〈◊〉 by Mr. Harrison Preacher of Hyton in Lancashire * 〈…〉 * Stories 〈…〉 * 〈…〉