contented only that the Vassall kisse their hands or hem of their Garment Nor doth the Pope return reverence to any other potentate by rising up bowing his head or uncovering his head to any onely to the Emperor after he hath kiss'd his feet he is afterwards admitted to kisse his hand and then he riseth a little and giveth him a mutuall kisse of Charity with an Embracement There is a cloud of examples how diver Emperors and Kings came to Rome to do their filial duty to the Holy Father and to have their Coronations confirm'd by him Iustinian did so to Constantine Pipin to Stephen the second Charles the Great to Leo the 3. Lodovicus pins of France to Sergius the 2. the Emperor Henry the forth to Paschall the 2. Frederic the first to Adrian the 4. But that was a notable Signal reverence which Lewis of France and Henry the second of England did to Alexander the 3. Who came both together and jointly attended the Pope a good way to his lodging he being on horsback and they both a foot Now it is one of the high Tenets of the Catholiques That the Pope is the only Free independent Prince upon Earth not accountable to any for his actions but unto Christ himself whose Vicegerent he is He cannot onely command but make Kings at least confirm them The King of Spain did not hold himself perfectly established King of the West-Indies till the Holy Father pleas'd to allow of it and confirm him Now touching the Title of Emperor there is a notable letter upon record which Adrian the 4. writ to the three Ecclesiastic Electors of Germany Romanum Imperium a Graecis translatum est ad Alemannos ut Rex Teutonicorum non ante quam ab Apostolica manu coronaretur Imperator vocaretur ante consecrationem Rex post Imperator Unde igitur habet Imperium nisi a nobis ex electione principum suorum habet nomen Regis ex consecratione nostra habet nomen Imperatoris Augusti Caesaris Ergo per nos imperat c. Imperator quod habet totum a nobis habet Ecce in potestate nostra est ut demâ—…s illud cui volumus propterea constituti a deo super gentes Regna ut destruamus evellamus ut aedificemus plantemus The Roman Empire saith Adrian the 4. was transferr'd from Greece to Germany therefore the King of the Teutons cannot be call'd Emperor till he be apostolically Crown'd before his consecration he is but King and Emperor afterward Whence therefore hath he the Empire but from us by the Election of his Princes he hath the name of King but he hath the Title of Emperor of Augustus and Caesar by our consecration Therefore he is Imperial by us c. that which he hath of Emperor he hath wholly from us behold it is in our power to give the Title to whom we please therefore are we constituted by God himself over Nations and Kings that we may destroy and pluck up build and plant c. Nor doth the Papall power extend to give Titles to Emperors but to make Kings It is upon record how Pope Leo made Pipin King of Italy Sergius made Stephen King of Hungary Pope Iohn made Wenceslaus King of Poland Alphonso King of Portugal was made by Eugenius the 3d. Edgar was made King of Scotland by Urban the 2d. Iohn de Brenna was made King of Ierusalem by Innocent the third Pope Pius the 5. gave Cosmo de Medici the Title of Gran-Duke of Tâ—…scany notwithstanding the opposition of Maximilian the 2d. and Philip the 2d. of Spain I saw in the Archives of Rome the names of those Kings who are Vassalls to the Pope and they are rank'd in this order and Bodins Cataloge agrees with it Reges Neapolis Siciliae Arragoniae Sardiniae Hierolosymorum Angliae Hiberniae Hungariae all these are or should be at least feudetary and hommageable to the Bishop of Rome Nor can the Holy Father entitle Emperors and make Kings and Gran-Dukes but he can as he alledgeth depose them if they degenerate to Tyrants or Heretiques he can absolve their subjects from all ties of allegeance As among other examples Innocent the 3. did to Iohn King of England and Sixtus quintus did to Queen Elizabeth Innocent the 1. did not onely thrust Arcadius out of his Throne but out of the society of Christians Anastasius the Emperor was excommunicated by Anastasius the 2. Pope Constantine anathematiz'd the Emperor Philippicus Gregory the third delivered over to Satan Pope Leo Isaurus and took from him all Italy Gregory the 7. excommunicated the Emperor Henry the 3. and Boleslaus King of Poland The Emperor Lewis the 4. was barr'd to come to Church by Benedict the 12. Otho by Innocent the 3. Frederic the 2. by Innocent the 4. and Peter King of Castile was quite thrust out both of his Throne and the holy Church by Vrban the 5. who made Henry the bastard capable to succeed him by a bull of legitimation and indeed that Peter was a hatefull Tyrant having murtherd many of his own Subjects and his Queen or the house of Bourbon with his own hands There is another high prerogative which the Roman Bishop claimes which is to summon Generall Councells which Montanus who was president of the Councell of Trent from the Pope did avouch in open assembly upon a design of removing the Councell to Bolonia where he among other things did positively assert and pronounce Caesarem nempe non Dominum aâ—…t Magistrum esse sed Ecclesiae filium esse se verò Collegas qui adsint Romane sedis Legatos esse penes quos ordinandi transferendi concilii jus erat Caesar was not Lord nor Master but Sonne of the Holy Church But he and his Colleagues there present were Legats of the Roman See whose right it was to ordain and transferre General Councells Moreover the Bishop of Rome hath a great stroake in preserving the Universal peace of Christendom and keeping Earthly Potentates from clashing one with another In so much that the Pope may be compar'd to that Isthmos of land which runns twixt the Ionian and Aegaean Seas keeping their waters from jusling one with another Nor is the Bishop of Rome thus powerfull only by his spirituall Authority by vertue whereof besides Patriarkâ—… Archbishops and a world of Bishops he hath 70. Cardinalls who are accounted equal to Princes and who as they are all of his making so are they at his devotion which number of 70. was limited by a solomn diploma or Bull of Sixtus Quintus and the election to be alwaies in December so many daies before Christmas which is a general Jubile of rejoycing for the Nativity of our Saviour And as these Cardinals are Princes Companions so have they revenues accordingly from the Common aerarium or Treasury of the Church which is an unknown thing and inexhaustible For as long as men have soules within them and believe there is a Heaven or Hell the
lomo en siesto 7. Guardarse bien del sereno 8. Obrar lo suyo y lo ageno 9. Hazer del Penitente esclavâ—… 10. Mesclarse en cosas d'estado Estos diez Mandamientes se encierran en dos Todo para Mi y nada para vos The Commandements of the Teatine Are more humane then Divine 1. To rake up much riches 2. To subjugat all the world 3. Good Capons and good Mutton 4. To sell deare and buy cheap 5. To water red Wine with White 6. To lye warme and easie 7. To take heed of the serenes and ill ayrâ—…s 8. To do his own busines and others 9. To make their Penitentiaries slaves 10. To be busie in matters of State All these ten may be made two All for my selfe and nothing for you Thus you see though som hug yet divers hate the Jesuit in Spain it self Alexander Hayes a Jesuit himselfe gives this character of them Iesuita est omnis Homo A Jesuit is every man That is in their subtile and nimble way of negotiation wherein they will represent and personat the humour of any man They are the great Architects of all politic designes which tend to enrich themselfs and enhance the omnipotency of the Pope For the wisest men are of opinion that had it not bin for this pragmaticall order Saint Peters chair might have tumbled down ere this his bark sunk and his keys lost When they first negotiated to take footing in the Academy of Paris they were asked whether they were Seculars or Regulars they answered they were Tales Quales they were such and such herupon the Parisian Students brought up this character of them that the Jesuits were Tales Quales and are nick'd so to this day herupon one applied this Distic unto them Vestra datis cùm verba datis nam 〈◊〉 Vestrum est Et cùm verba datis nil nisi vestra datis In England it was their equivocations that caus'd the clause without Mentall reservation to be inserted in the Oath of Supremacy One compares them to those little Animals that Seneca speaks of qui mordent non sentiuntur that bite and are not felt onely the swelling shews they are bitten so this subtile sort of Ghostly Fathers by insensible encroachments damnifie where they nestle though the party knowes not where he is hurt When they were first to be introduc'd to France the Parlement of Paris desir'd the opinion of Sorbon Colledg compos'd of the acutest Theologues in France which they deliver'd thus as it stands upon Record Novem hanc societatem appellatione insolita Iesus nomen sibi vindicantem praebere occasionem This new society arrogating to themselfs by an unusuall appellation the name of Jesus doth administer occasion of Schisme in the Church they subtract the obedience that is due to Prelates they deprive Ecclesiastic Lords and others of their rights They induce much perturbation both in civill and sacred administrations they usher in quarrells contentions debates emulations and divers scissures into the Church therfore they held them to be dangerous instruments in the busines of Religion as such that wold disturb the peace of the Church overthrow Monasticall Discipline and that their Order tended more to Destruction then Edification yet by the power of the Guysian faction they were admitted but the Parlement wold demur upon it a little before Herupon Stephen Paschasius an eminent Doctor did sharply argue against them sectam eam ambitiosam fucatae Religionis plebem appellans in Hispania natam He call'd them an ambitious sect fellowes of a counterfet Religion born in Spain but foster'd in Paris strengthned in Rome who under the specious shew of a gratuitous institution of children cheat and exhaust many families infusing pernicious principles into the brains of youths Then he went on with high exaggerations and said that their Provinciall was alwayes chosen by the King of Spain to which Provinciall they yeeld an unquestionable blind obedience Therefore he concludes that if these new sectaries were admitted they wold introduce a Trojan horse into the bowels of the Kingdome full of armed Enemies and that France shold repent her of her credulity when it would be too late for these men by their subtilties and superstition by their praestigiatiory kind of artifices would distract the settlement and tranquility of the whole Kingdome Herupon while this busines was in agitation King Henry the IV. was thrust in lieu of his breast into the Mouth by a yong Jesuit with the losse of one tooth the King having escap'd so great danger sayed pleasingly falloit il que les Iesuites fussent convaincus par ma bouche Was it needfull then that the Jesuits shold be convinced by my mouth Herupon by a solemn arrest of the Court of Parlement they were utterly exterminated and commanded to quit the Kingdome by such a day under great penalties Ther was also in the sentence an interdictory clause that none shold send their children abroad to be instructed by the Jesuits under pain of trea son Herupon ther was a new Gallowes of Stone erected before the Pallace gate to execute the transgressors of this decree But the King finding that his life could never be safe while he stood out with the Jesuits rather out of fear then affection connived for the non-execution of the Sentence causing the said Gallowes to be taken down herupon one sung wittily to the King Sire si vous voulez du tout a l'adenir De l'Assassin Chastel oster le souvenir Ostant la Pyramide l'Arrest qui la touche Quon vous remitte donc une dent dans la bouche Sir If you will for the future extinguish the remembrance of Chastel take down the Jesuits Pyramid and Sentence then let them put in a new tooth into your mouth Elizabeth Queen of England had so ill a conceit of this order that by the credit the great Turk gave to her Embassador and by her advise he banished them out of Pera on the Asian shore over against Constantinople where he had permitted them formerly to reside But you will say Iesuits are a great advantage to a State because they propagate learning and instruct youth so dexterously 't is tru they instruct them but they infuse into them besides most dangerous principles of equivocation and cunnning you will say they are the greatest and most masculine propugnators of the Roman Church 't is tru but they are great weakners of the power of temporall Princes They have planted the standard of the Cross in the Indies and are the greatest propagators of Christian Faith among Infidells 'T is tru but they do it as much for extending the Spanish Monarchy for as they are the chiefest Agents of the Pope's where e're they come so are they Factors also for the King of Spain the bent of all their projects being to enlarge the power of the one and establish the omnipotency of the other That Prince or peeple are in a dangerous condition when any censures
sway'd the Scepter as politiquely prudently and stoutly as any of those Kings which wore swords before her or after her she raigned four and forty years in a marvellous course of prosperity and all the world yea her enemies did confesse that there was never such a Virgin and a Virago upon earth Her subjects lov'd her as their most indulgent Mother her foes fear'd her as a just Revengresse her Neighbour Princes and States did attribute their safety to her and all Europe yea the great Turk and the Emperour of Russia to whom she first open'd the way of commerce did behold her though a far off with the eyes of admiration They esteem'd her as a great Heroina and the Arbitresse of Christendome for she might as well as her Father have taken that Motto cui adhaereo praeest He whom I sti◅k to prevailes Nay she did more truly verifie that saying of her Father's Galliam Hispaniam esse quasi lances in Europae libra Angliam esse lingulā sive libripendem That France and Spain were like the Beams of the great balance of Christendom and England was the handle of that balance Touching the observance and fidelity which the English us'd to bear towards their Soveraign Prince it hath been us'd to be rare and exemplary They reverence him in his absence as wel as when he is present for whersoever the Chaire of State stands all goe uncover'd they honour his very shadow they serve him upon the knee The Preacher makes three profound reverences in the Pulpit before he beginnes his Sermon They pray for him five times in the publique Liturgy and for his Queen the Heir apparent by name with the rest of his children which I beleeve is not done so often to any Christian Prince Their fidelity and affectionate Allegiance is also very remarkable and may serve for a pattern to all subjects when the Spaniard by internunciall negotiation and secret practises did treat with the Duke of Norfolk and the Earle of Ormond that the one in England the other in Ireland should rise against Queen Elizabeth the people were so eager in the cause especially on the Sea side that it is wonderfull how they flocked to all the Ports voluntarily of themselves to prevent an Invasion insomuch that there came a command to restrain such confluences of people and that every one should retire home to his dwelling and business till there were occasion When Prince Charles return'd from Spain in safety what exultations of joy was in every corner of the Kingdome specially in the great City of London what huge Bonefires some of big massy timber were up and down streets which made them as lightsome in the night as if it had been noon insomuch as one said the flames of the fires might be seen as far as Spain what barrels of Beer Ale and Wine were brought out to drink carouses to his health But most Illustrious Princes in regard this Iland is so delicate a peece of Earth I 'le take her into parcels and present her to your view I will beginne with the Southernst part with Cornwall a Province which abounds with diversity of necessary commodities whereof Spain hath every year a good share being the nearest part of the Iland towards Her here besides Gold and Silver and Marble there is great store of Tinne digg'd out which is so pure and white that it may passe for Silver when it is hammer'd into Vessells This commodity is transported and dispers'd into all parts of the World rich returnes made of it Then they have a savory Fish call'd Pilchards which Spaniards call Sardinas which is found in incredible quantities in the Sea near that Coast whereof there be huge Cargasars carried to Spain and Italy every year and for barter they will give you Silke Wine Oyle Cotton and the best Commodities they have About November this Fish is taken and they shape the course of their Voyages so that they may be in Spain Italie a little before Lent which is the convenientest for their Market because in those Catholick Countries that season is observ'd so strictly There is in this Province of Cornwall a wonderfull thing and it is a great famous Stone call'd Mainamber a little distant from a small Market Town call'd Pensans That stone though it be as bigg as a little Rock and that a multitude of men cannot carry it away yet you may stirre and move it sensibly with your little finger Prince Arthur one of the 9. Worthies was born there who is so much celebrated through the World and by such a number of Authors among other things for his round Table which was made of stone about which a selected number of Chivalrous Kinghts were us'd to sit with him and they had special Orders and Lawes made among themselves which they were bound to observe punctually Good Lord what a Heroe was this Arthur being an old Britain born he overcame the Saxons in twelve several battells In so much that an ingenious Poet sung of him thus Prisca parem nescit aequalem postera nullum Exhibitura dies Reges supereminet omnes Solus praeteritis melior majorque futuris From Cornwall I passe to Devonshire where there is also quantity of choice Tinne not inferior in purity to that of Cornwall there is a place there also where Loadstone is found Winfrid who was the Apostle of the Germans was borne there at Kirton who converted the Thuringians and Friselanders to Christianity I will leave Exeter the Provincial Town Neat Rich and large and wil go to Plimouth a most comodious and safe well frequented Port. Here Sir Francis Drake was born for Naval glory and skill the ablest that any age hath afforded he did circumnavigate and compasse the World I mean the Globe of the Earth he saild further into the Southern Seas into mare pacificum then any other where starres are so scant to guide one's course by for there are but three of the first magnitude to be seen there He gave part of America a new name call'd new Albion Among other prizes he tooke from the Spaniard the Shippe Caga fuego was one which had seventy pound weight of Gold in her thirteen great Chests cramm'd with Patacoons and a huge quantity of barrs and sowes of silver which serv'd for Ballast This rich ship this English Iason brought with him to England with his own ship the Publican in safety But the Spanish Captain broke this jest for all the losse of his treasure that his ship and Drakes ship should change their names and that his should be call'd Caga plata and Drakes Caga fuego Thus this English Drake swom like the great Leviathan to the new and old World of whom that most ingenious Epigrammatist Owen hath this Hexastic Drake pererrati quem novit terminus Orbis Quemque semel mundi vidit utrumque latus Si taceant homines facient Te sidera notum Atque loqui de Te discet uterque polus Plus