Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	bishop_n	king_n	place_n	2,822	5	4.2630	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62185	The papacy of Paul the Fourth, or, The restitution of abby lands and impropriations an indispensable condition of reconciliation to the infallible see, &c.; Historia del Concilio tridentino. English. Selections	Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623.; E. A.	1673 (1673)	Wing S700; ESTC R12447	21,600	44

great importance But the Consistory being dismissed without a resolution the Pope knew that either he must yield or come to a War from which being not averse advice came fitly to him from his Nephew of what was concluded in France So that the discourses of Reformation and Councils were turned into parlies of Money Souldiers and Intelligences The Pope armed the Citizens and Inhabitants of Rome to the number of 5000. caused many of his Cities to be fortified and put garrisons into them and the French King sent him at his instance 3000 Gascons by Sea that he might subsist while the Royal Army was prepared In these negotiations the Pope imprisoned many Cardinals Barons and others upon suspition as also the Ambassadors of Philip King of England and the Emperors Post-master And to the Duke of Alva who sent to protest against him for maintaining in Rome the fugitives of the Kingdom of Naples for laying hands on and keeping in Prison publick persons without reason and for having opened the Kings Letters he sent back this answer That he was a free Prince and Superior to all others not bound to give any account but to demand it of any wha●soever that he might entertain any persons and open any letters which he thought to be written against the Church that if Carallasso Philip's Ambassador had done the office of an Ambassador nothing should have been done against him but having made Treaties moved Seditions plotted against the Prince to whom he was sent he had offended as a private man and as such he should be punished that no danger should make him be wanting to the Dignity of the Church and defence of that See referring all to God by whom he was made Shepherd of the Flock of Christ And the Pope still continuing to make provision the Duke of Alva sent another protestation against him that the King having endured so many injuries knowing that the intention of his Holiness was to dispossess him of the Kingdom of Naples and being assured that to this end he had made a League with his enemies therefore in regard his Holiness did desire War he did denounce it against him protesting that the Calamities thereof could not be imputed to him and laying the blame upon the Pope The Pope mak●ng shew to desire Peace but answering only in general terms to gain time the Duke began to make War the fourth of September and in the year 1556 possessed himself of all Campania holding it in the name of the next Pope and came so near to Rome that he put City in fear and made them strengthen and fortifie it But the greatness of the City and other respects and dangers counselled him not assailing Rome to undertake smaller enterprises It gave much matter of discourse that this year Charles the Emperor parted from Flanders and passed into Spain to betake himself to a private life in a solitary place so that they made a comparison between a Prince trained up from his infancy in the negotiations and affairs of the World who at the age of little more than fifty years resolved to quit the World and only to serve God changed from a mighty Prince to a mean religious person and one who had formerly abandoned the Episcopal Charge to retire into a Monastery and now being at the age of eighty years and made Pope did wholly addict himself to Pomp and Pride and endeavoured to set all Europe on fire with War In the beginning of the year 1557. the Duke of Guise passed into I●aly with his Army in favour of the Pope who to observe the promise of his Nephew made to the French King made a promotion of ten Cardinals which not being according to the meaning and the end agreed on neither for the number nor quality of the persons his excuse was that he was so nearly conjoyned with his Majesty that his dependents would be as serviceable to the King as the French-men themselves and that he could not then make a greater promotion seeing the number already arrived to 70. which would quickly be diminished by removing some Rebels which he meant of those that were already in the Castle and others against whom he had a design as well for matter of State as of Religion for he was not so intent on the War as to abandon the business of the Inquisition which he said was the principal Secret and Mystery of the Papacy He had information against Cardinal Morone that he held intelligence in Germany and imprisoned him in the Castle and the Bishop of Modena as confederate with him He deprived also Cardinal Pool of his Legation of England and cited him to appear in the Inquisition at Rome and created Cardinal William Peto Bishop of Salisbury and made him Legate in Pool's place And although the King and Queen testifying what service he had done to the Catholick Faith made earnest intercession for him yet the Pope would never remit one jot of his ●igour Cardinal Pool obe●ed laying aside the administration and ornaments of a Legate but parted not out of England alledging the Queens commandment that he should not go In England many were scandalized at it and allienated from the Pope and many in Rome thought it a calumny invented to revenge himself for the Truce between the two Kings treated by him without imparting it to him The Duke of Guise being come into Italy made VVar in P●●mont with purpose to continue it in Lombardy and so to divert the Arms taken up against the Pope but the Pope's ardent desire to assail the Kingdom of Naples did not permit him The French-men knew the difficulties and the Duke of Guise with four principal Commanders went to Rome by Post to make the Pope understand what the reasons of War did perswade In whose presence all being consulted on and the Pope's resolution not giving place to any other deliberation it was necessary to yield unto him Yet they did nothing but assault Civitella a place situated at the entry into the Provinces of Abruzzo where the Army had a repulse In summ the Pope's Arms as well his own as Auxiliary were not much favoured by God But in the midst of August the Army of the Duke of Alva approaching Rome and the Pope understanding the surprize and sack of Signea the slaughter of many and the danger in which Pagliano was he related all in Consistory with many tears adding that he did undauntedly expect Martyrdom the Cardinals marvelling that he should paint out the Cause to them who understood the truth as if it had been of Christ whereas it was profane and proceeded from ambition and that he should say it was the principal Sinew and mystery of the Papacy VVhen the Pope's affairs were in greatest straits the French King's Army had such a great overthrow near S. Quintin that he was forced to recall the Duke of Guise and his Forces letting the Pope know his inevitable necessity the Pope refused to let Guise return whereupon