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A48056	Letter from Father La Chaise, confessor to the French King, to Father Peters, confessor to the King of England in which is contained the project and designe of that faction to introduce the Prince of Wales : with some observations on his conception and birth : to which added a letter from Will Penn to Father La Chaise about the affaires of that babe and the ensueing progress of the popish design.	La Chaise, François d'Aix de, 1624-1709.; Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1688 (1688)	Wing L1465; ESTC R30940	16,996	16

A LETTER From FATHER La CHAISE Confessor to the French King To FATHER PETERS Confessor to the King of England In which is Contained the project and designe of that faction to Introduce the Prince of Wales with some observations on his Conception and birth to which is added a Letter from Will Penn to Father la Chaise about the affaires of that babe and the Ensueing progress of the Popish designe Printed in the City of Philadelphia in the Land of promise by order of Father Penn and are to be sold by Stephen Lob at the signe of Apostacy in priest-craft lane next door to the Alamode Religion A LETTER From FATHER La CHAISE Confessor to the French King To FATHER PETERS Confessor to the King of England Honored Father WIth unexpressible Joy I received yours of June the 22 by which I understand the good effect of our Endeavors which we have so Long been Labouring in and am glad to hear the work is so well managed and done you following the advise we gave as well by divers Letters as word of mouth from our Ambassador Barillon now at whitehall And as soon as I had received the news I went to the King my Master and acquainted him that there was one of the Holy babes of your owne getting brought to the queen and that both the King and she did owne it for their owne son and Prince of Wales and under that notion it was shewd and published to the whole Nation then I acquainted the Fathers of our Society who had with sacred Instruments for the purpose Calculated the whole project Long before and shewed their Constant zeal in this weighty affair they also were Extreamly Joyful when they heard it and it is impossible To express the mirth and Jollyty of all our friends in this Country who have heard of this weighty Concern for now it seems as if heaven it self did Contribute to our give the Holy Church greater Dominion and render our Enemies the longer the weaker For in our Country the Hereticks are very near quite destroyed in Piemont and Savby they are Reduced to a small weak number in Himgary they shall no Longer Continue then till the Emperor and the Turk have made peace for it is the opinion of our Society that the Emperor doth not stand in need of the Assistance of the Protestant Electors nor need he fear them when that War is Ended Then shall we perswade him not only to destroy them in all his Territorys but also to make war upon the Netherlands so root out all the Hereticks from the face of the Earth and indeed the Hereticks in Holland are not far from their Ruine as for the Palatinate it will be Easily done there because we have got a Popish Elector Chosen and for the King of Denmark we doubt not but to make him in his Country follow the Example of the great Monark in ours either to make them turn or Run and tho the freindship between that Crowne and ours seems weake yet it is not so much decayed as some people wish and pretend And if I please I can quickly make him zealous and a perfect servant to our King and that he shall assist in the Romish Cause as faithfully as the best Catholik as euer was born for in his Country the sheep yeild him but a small fleece and let our King but send him a good present of Pistols and he shall do all that we desire him tho it were to subscribe to the Alchoran and turn Mahometan England Holland and Switzerland are indeed the onely bulworks and places of Refuge that the Hereticks have left and it hath Cost us many a nights study and divers meetings to Consult how we may bring them under and now we have an Excellent opportunity to which purpose our King hath resolved to bring the Switsers under his Dominion and Convert those Hereticks by his Dragoons and also to in Holland which resolution I will Constantly put him in mind off as often as I give him absolution When I Consider of these things it rejoyceth me to think how zealous his Majesty of England is to perfect his designes which are to us of great Cencerns to which purpose he hath the assistance of our troupes And Cardinal Furstenberg when he shall be made Elector of Collen Can bring Holland under his obedience haveing first made himself master of his owne people and brought them in subjection to his absolute power I say when I Consider and think of these things they do so rejoyce me that I am almost overwhelmd there with nay it is so great that I am not able to write it and indeed it is the greatest pleasure I have in this world and I must say that since the last Letter I received from you things have been so forwarded that I must now necessaryly Conclude we are not far from the highest step and nothing can be said to be perfect now till I can demonstrably see such signes that will testify the work is compleat And as Concerning that Letter of yours which gave us that Incomparable satisfaction and joy the principle things therein are these following first you did very wisely not to follow the Litteral direction that we had laid downe but to use such endeavors and devices as the then accidents and present affaires did require and indeed they were such as did much conduce to the perfection of our bussines namely the sending the Bishops to the Tower the Prince and Princess of Denmark to the Bath and divers Heretick Gentlemen to Windsor where they Expected the Queen should lye in in which inventions you shewed your admirable skill and Judgment for they without doubt would have been present and you say the Laws of England do so require it Therefore it was your wisdom to advise the King to impose some not in honor do and so find occasion to send them to the Tower and there keep them till the great worke was done Neither was the other part of your Invention les to be admired when you perswaded the Prince and Princess of Denmark that it was a month or six weeks before the Queen could be delivered and they might easily return sooner and therefore if you had not taken this course they would have waited and have been prying into the bussines and the other is also as praise worthy as any for you could not have trickt those Heretick fops better then to send them like fools to windsor with a Commission to set up a bed provide a Cradle and a Nurs and divers other things necessary for her lying in and also to wait there till she came which you never intended she should and likewise it was a good project of yours to give out that the Queen altered her mind often about the place she would be delivered at for when you had given out seven or eight several times it was resolved to be windsor Hampton court Richmond St. James's c. they did not at last

beleeve when you Resolved in earnest by which means you catcht the fools neatly all which were neatly Laid and contrived for which we thank you wishing all succes to your designes and Endeavors toward the perfecting this mighty work Secondly That you keep both their Majestys to their former Resolution in declareing this child to be really theire owne and also by publick proclamation for a day of Thanks giveing to tell the whole Nation he was their son and Heir to the Crowne in spight of all the prateing Inquisitive Hereticks in Holland and England who have got some kind of sent of the work and designe now in hand but I can tell them they think they know more then really they do how ever they have Endeavored by dispersing of various papers to render his Majesty suspected and I assure that your King would have fell of and departed from his pious Resolution for we well know that he is but a weak man and you know such kind of people are easyly led away when they have nothing to depend upon but what lyeth in other mens heads Thirdly That there is such great care taken for the young Prince and also in case of the Kings death to declare his consort Queen Regent and to appoint your self the Lord Chancelor with some other good men to govern while the Prince is under age And by the same manner we defended our King his reputed Father haveing appointed Cardinal Mazarine for his Tutor and Governer till by force of Arms he was able to make his way to the Crowne and if any are so Inquisitive as to ask if this Prince shall be brought to the Crowne by the same manner let such know that it may be easily done for our King hath declared that if there is occasion he will stand by him with his whole fore and power Fourthly That which administers great Joy to me and all the Fathers of our Society is that the King of great Brittain is resolved and hath also promised you that in case this Child should dye there shall be another ready to put into the cradle in his place but if that should prove difficult and that there should not be a Child readily found to carry on the show with some reputation you must take the same course as before and send the King to St. Winifreds well to wash that little he hath let the Queen wear a Cushion upon her belly for nine months and that will certainly produce another Prince of Wals. Fifthly That his Majesty hath given orders to all the priests to write to the forreigne Colledges and desire them to in treat the English Scotch and Irish and all other outlandish Catholicks that are well inclind to advance and further the Kings pious designes and to encourage every one that can with all speed to come over into England with promise that they shall all be advanced according to their several quallifications which will be of great use for the carrying on this blessed work defending the young Prince against his Conspireing Enemies and to root out all the Hereticks In which work I do promise not to be negligent but ro send over as many as I can possibly perswade And now as these things are truely Joyous in themselves so have they in me and all the Fathers of our Society created an un expressible Joy. If I should tell you how I was affected when I heard this news I could say no more but this that my soul was separated from my body and transported with Joy and gladnes into the paradis of the most high which no man can conceive as St. Paul writes of himself when he was taken up into the third heaven Now Concerning the question you have put to me that is what is the best cours to be taken to root out all the Hereticks to which I answer there are divers ways to do that but-we must consider which is the best to make use off in England I am sure you are not Ignorant how many thousand Hereticks we have in france by the power of our Dragons converted in the space of one year and by the Doctrin of those booted Apostles turnd more in one Month then Christ and his Apostles by their preaching could in ten year this is a most Excellent method and far excells those of the great preachers and teachers that have lived since Christ his time But I have spoke with divers Fathers of our Society who do think that your King is not strong enof to accomplish his designe by such kind of force So that we cannot expect to have our work done in that manner for the Hereticks are to strong in the three Kingdoms and therefore we must seek to convert them by fair means before we fall upon them with Fire Sword halters Jailes and other such like punish better advice but to begin with Soft easy means weedle them in by promises of profit and offices of Honor till you have made them dip themselves in treasonable actions against the Laws Established and then they are bound to serve for fear When they have done thus turn them out and serve others so by putting them in their places and by this way gaine as many as you can and for the Hereticks that are in places of profit or Honor turn out or suspend them on pretence of Misbehaviour by which their places are forfeit and they subject to what Judgment you please to give upon them then you must form a Camp that must consist of none but Catholikes this will make the Hereticks heartles and Conclude all means of releife or recovery is gone And lastly take the short and the best way which is to surprise the Hereticks on a sudden and to Incourage the Zealous Catholikes let them Sacrifice them all and wash their hands in their blood which will be an acceptable offering to god and this was the method I took in France which hath well you see succeeded but it cost me many threatnings and Promises before I could bring it thus far our King being a long time very un willing But at last I got him on the hip for he had Lay with his daughter in Law for which I would by no means give him absolution till he had given me an Instrument under his owne hand and Seal to Sacrifice all the Hereticks in one day Now as soon as I had my desired Commission I appointed the day when this should be done and in the mean time made ready some thousands of Letters to be sent into all parts of France in one post night I was never better pleased then at that time but the King was a affected with some Compassion for the Hugonets because they had been a means to bring him to his Crowne and Throne and the longer he was under it the more sorrowful he was often complaining and desireing me to give him his Commission do adviseing him to repent of that hanious sinne and also telling him that the trouble and