Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	bring_v	king_n	pope_n	3,381	5	6.4737	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56199	Romes master-peece, or, The grand conspiracy of the Pope and his iesuited instruments, to extirpate the Protestant religion, re-establish popery, subvert lawes, liberties, peace, parliaments, by kindling a civill war in Scotland, and all His Majesties realmes, and to poyson the King himselfe in case hee comply not with them in these their execrable designes revealed out of conscience to Andreas ab Habernfeld, by an agent sent from Rome into England, by Cardinall Barbarino, as an assistant to con the Popes late nuncio, to prosecute this most execrable plot, (in which he persisted a principall actor severall yeares) who discovered it to Sir William Boswell His Majesties agent at the Hague, 6 Sept. 1640. he, under an oath of secrecie, to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury (among whose papers it was casually found by Master Pyrnne, May, 31. 1643) who communicated it to the King, as the greatest businesse that ever was put to him / published by authority of Parliament by William Prynne ...	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; Habervešl z Habernfeldu, Ondřej.; Boswell, William, Sir, d. 1649.; Laud, William, 1573-1645.	1644 (1644)	Wing P4056; ESTC R7561	44,036	61

fairest buildings of Nobles Knights and Gentlemen the more commodiously to seduce them Thirdly that these Iesuits and conspirators hold weekely constant uninterrupted intelligence with the Pope and Romish Cardinals and have many spies or intelligence● of all sorts about the King Court City Noblemen Ladies Gentlemen of quality and in all quarters of the Kingdome to promote this their damnable Plot. Fourthly that the Pope for divers late yeeres hath had a known avowed Legat C●● by name openly residing even in London neere the Court of purpose to reduce the King and his Kingdoms to the obedience of the Church of Rome and the Queen at least another Legor at Rome trading with the Pope to facilitate the designe to wit one Hamilton a Scot who receives a pension out of the Exchequer granted to another Protestant of that name who payeth it over unto him to palliate the businesse from the peoples knowledge by which meanes there hath been a constant allowed Neg●tiation held between Rome and England without any open interruption 5. That the Popes Legate came over into England to effect this project and kept ●is residence here in London for the better prosecution thereof by the Kings own● privity and consent And whereas by the ancient Law and Custome of the Real●e ●et in force even in times of Popery no Legat whatsoever coming from Rome ought to ●rosse the Seas or land in England or any the Kings Dominions without the Kings own Petition calling and request to the Pope and before hee had taken a ●olemne Oath or Pr●te●station to bring and attempt nothing in word or deed to the prejudice of the Rights Priviledges Laws and Customs of the King and Realm This Legat for ought appears was here admitted without any such cautionary Oath which would have crossed the chiefe end of his legation which was to prejudice all men and our Religion too Yea whereas by the Statutes of the Realm it is made no lesse then high Treason for any Priests Iesuits or others receiving orders or Authority from the Pope of Rome to set footing in England or any the Kings Dominions to seduce any of his Subjects to Popery and Popish Recusants much lesse then Priests Jesuits Legats ought not to remain within ten miles of the City of London nor come yet into the King or Princes Courts the better to avoid such trayterous and most dangerous Conspirators Treasons and attempts as are daily divised and practised by them against the King and Common-weal Yet notwithstanding this Popes Legate and his confederates have not only kept redence for divers yeeres in or neer London and the Court and enjoyed free liberty without disturbance or any prosecution of the Lawes against them to seduce his Majesties Nobles Courtiers Servants Subjects every where to their griefe and prejudice but likewise had familiar accesse to and conference with the King himselfe under the name notion authority of the Popes Legat by all Arts Policies Argument to pervert and draw him with his three Kingdomes into a new subjection to the Sea of Rome as Cardinall Pool the last Popes Legat extant in England before this in Queen Maries raigne reconciled her and the Realm to Rome to their intolerable preiudice An act so inconsistent with the Laws of the Realm with his Majesties many ancient and late Remonstrances Oathes Protestations to maintaine the Protestant Religion without giving way to any back-sliding to Popery in such sort as it was maintained and professed in the purest times of Q. Elizabeth c. as may well amaze the world which ever lookes more at reall Actions then verball Protestations 6. That the Popish party Conspirators have lately usurped a soveraign power not only about the Lawes and Magistrates of the Realm which take no hold of Papists but by the Parliaments late care against them here but even over the King himself who either cannot or dares not for feare perchance of poysoning or other assassination oppose or banish these horrid Conspirators from his Dominions Court but hath a long time permitted them by vertue of his marriage articles to prosecute this plot without any publike opposition or dislike by whose powerfull authority and mediation all persons may easily divine Alas what shal become of the poore sheepe when the Shepheard himself not only neglects to chase and keep out these Romish wolves but permits them free accesse into and harbor in the sheepfold to assault if not devour not only his flock but Person too Either Saint Iohn was much mistaken in the Character of a good Shepheard and prescribing this injunction against such seducers If there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine receive him not into your house neither bid him God speed for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evill de●ds And the Fathers the Canonists deceived in this Maxime Qui non prohibet malum quod potest jubet or else the premises cannot be tolerated or defended by any who professe themselves enemies or opposites to the Pope Priests or Church of Rome or true Defend●rs of the Protestant reformed Religion 7. That these conspirators are so potent as to remove from Court and publiqu● Offices all such as dare strenuously oppose their plots as the example of Secretary Cooke with other Officers lately removed in Ireland the Articles of Pacificatio● there lately made with the Rebels evidence and plant others of their owne party and confederacie both in his Majesties Court Privie Councell Closet Bedchamber if not Bed and about the Prince to corrupt them And how those that are th● invironed with so many industrious potent seducers of all sorts who have so many snares to intrap so many enticements to withdraw them both in their Beds Bed-chambers Closets Councels Courts where ever they goe or come should possibl● continue long untainted unseduced without an omnipotent protection of which none can be assured who permits or connives at such dangerous temptations is ● thing scarce credible in divine or humane reason if Adams Solomons and other Apostacies by such means be duly pondered He who sailes in the midst of dangerous rocks may justly feare and expect a wracke 8. That the late Scottish troubles wars were both plotted and raised by thes● Iesuiticall Conspirators of purpose to force the King to resort to them and thei● Popish party for aid of Men and Money against the Scots and by colour thereof to raise an Army of their owne to gaine the King into their power and then to wi● or force him to what conditions they pleased who must at leastwise promise the● an universal toleration of their Religion throughout his Dominions ere they woul● yeeld to assist him And in case they conquer or prevaile he must then come ful●ly over to their party or else be sent packing by them with a poysoned Fig to another world as his Father they say was its likely by their instruments or procurement they

this Inscription To Mounsieur Stravio Archdeacon of Cambray from whom at last they are promoted to Rome These things being thus ordered if every thing be laid to the bullance it will satisfie 〈◊〉 speciall all the Articles pr●pounded WHEREIN 1. THE Conspiracy against the King and Lord Arch-bishop is detected and the meanes whereby ruine is threatned to both demonstrated 2. The imminent dangers to both Kingdomes are rehearsed 3. The rise and progresse of that Scottish ●●re is related 4. Meanes wherby these Scottish troubles may be appeased are suggested for after the Scots shall know by whom and to what end their minds are incensed they wil speedily look to themselves neither will they suffer the forces of both parts to be subdued lest a middle party interpose which seekes the ruine of both 5. With what sword the Kings throat is assaulted even when these stirs shall be ended Cunens his confession and a visible demonstration sheweth 6. The place of the Assembly in the house of Captaine Read is nominated 7. The day of the eight dayes dispatch by Read and the Legate is prescribed 8. How the names of the Conspirators may be knowne 9. Where this whole Congregation may be circumvented 10. Some of the Principall unfaithfull ones of the Kings party are notified by name many of whose names occur not yet their h●bitations are knowne their names may be easily extorted from Read If these things be warily proceeded in the strength of the whole businesse will be brought to light so the arrow being foreseene the danger shall be avoyded which that it may prosperously succeed the Omnipotent Creator grant The Arch-Bishops indorsement with his ow●e hand Rece Octob. 14. 1640. The Narration of the great Treason concerning which he promised to Sir William Boswell to discover against the King and State A further evidence and confirmation of some things in the Relation concerning the Archbishop of Canterbury THe Relation of this horrid plot by a chiefe Actor in it with which the Arch-Prelate acquainted the King not many daies before this Parliament began lay concealed among the Arch-bishops papers without any prosecution of the conspirators for ought appeares who are since dispersed in part by the Parliament but neither dissolved nor taken off this plot but become more active in its prosecution putting forth their last and utmost endeavours in all places to accomplish this their designe which they have almost brought to maturity to our shame and grief by new raysed civill wars both in Ireland and England Two things in this plot which concerne the Arch-bishop may perchance seem strange to different sorts of men First That the Popes Legat should presume to tempt the Archbishop with the offer of a Cardinals cap and some friends of his will perchance affirme that certainely no such proffer was ever made unto him but to put this out of question the Bishop himselfe under his owne hand among other memorials in the Iourn●ll of his life then found by Mr. Prynne in his pocket hath these two remarkable memorandums Anno 1633. August 4. Sunday newes came to Court of the Lord Arch-bishop of Canterburys death and the King resolved presently to give it me That very morning at Greenenwich there came one to me SERIOUSLY and THAT AVOWED ABILITY TO PERFORME IT and OFFERED ME TO BE A CARDINALL I went presently TO THE KING and ACQUAINTED HIM BOTH WITH THE THING AND PERSON Aug. 17. the same moneth Saturday I had A SERIOUS OFFER MADE ME AGAINE TO BE A CARDINALL I was th●● fr●m Court but so soone as I came thither which was Wednesday August 21. I ACQUAINTED HIS MAJESTY WITH IT But my answer againe was that somewhat dwelt within me that would not suffer that TILL ROME were other then it is so that by his owne Notes it appeares a Cardinals Cap was twice proffer'd him very seriously and that he acquainted the King with it not by way of complaint to crave justice against the party who durst presume to tempt him with such a forraigne dignity to be the Popes sworn instrument but by way of advice and to sound His Majesties opinion hereof as his answer imports Neither did he absolutely di●claime the dignity it selfe as if he might in no case accept it but conditionally Till Rome should be other then it is now and then he would not refuse it Indeed the Arch-bishop in his Reply to Fisher challengeth this title Putriarch of another world as his due being given to his predecessor Anselm and therefore could brook● any other Pope in point of Soveraignty to Lord it over him here and this made him refuse the Cardinalls Gap● But had he resisted the Legats landing or conti●nance here which he never did for ought appeares but entertained some familiarity with him at first though they afterwards grew more strange or peremptorily refused the first offer with indignation thrust out the Legate or offerer of it by head and shoulders prosecuted him as he did poore innocent Puritans upon the Statute of 23● Eliz. c. 1. as a Traytor for attempting to seduce him from his Alegiancy and subject him to the See of Rome or brought him publikely into the Star-Chamber or High-Commission as he did some others for lesser pretended crimes and scandals hee had discharged the part of a good zealous Prelate and Protestant but here was no such proceeding in this case the very parties that tendred this Cap presuming some good inclination in him to accept it and good affection to the Romish Church which he maintaines to be a true Church wherein men are and may be saved and the second proffer of the Cap following so soone at the heeles of the first intimates that the first was in such sort entertained by him as rather incouraged then discouraged the party to make the second and his second consultation with the King concerning it insinuates that the King rather inclined to then against it or at leastwise left it arbitrary to him to accept or reject it as he best liked As for his lukewarme severity in prosecuting Papists it appeares most lively by his Epistle to the King before his Conference with the Iesuite Fisher where hee useth these speeches of his ●arriage towards them God forbid that I should perswade a persecution in any kind or practise it in the least against Priests and Jesuites For to my remembrance I have not given him or his so much as crosse language Therefore he is no great enemy to them the edge of ●eale being wholly bent against Puritans whom hee prosecuted even to strong Cities Countries withall manner of Tortures The second thing which may seeme strange to others disaffected to him is this that the Popes Legat and Jesuites should ever ●ate or conspire his death unlesse he were an utter Enemy to all Popery Papists and the Church of Rome which admits an easie answer The truth is the Bishop being very pragmaticall and wilfull in his courses could not well brooke

ROMES MASTER-PEECE OR The Grand Conspiracy of the Pope and his Iesuited Instruments to extirpate the Protestant Religion re-establish Popery subvert Lawes Liberties Peace Parliaments by kindling a Civill War in Scotland and all his Majesties Realmes and to poyson the King himselfe in case hee comply not with them in these their execrable Designes Revealed out of Con●cience to Andreas ab Habernfeld by an Agent sent from Rome into England by Cardinall Barbarino as an Assistant to Con the Popes late Nuncio to prosecute this most Execrable Plot in which he persisted a principall Actor severall yeares who discovered it to Sir William Boswell his Majesties Agent at the Hague 6 Sept. 1640. He under an Oath of Secresie to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury among whose Papers it was casually found by Master Prynne May 31. 1643. who communicated it to the King As the greatest businesse that ever was put to him Published by Authority of Parliament By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne Esquire 1 COR. 4. 5. The Lord will bring to light the hidden things of Darknesse and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts and then shall every man have praise of God It is Ordered by the Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament concerning Printing this first day of August 1643. that this Book Intituled Romes Master-Peece be forthwith Printed by Michael Spark Senior Iohn White The second Edition Printed at London for Michael Sparke Senior 1644. TO The Right Honourable ROBERT Earle of WARWICK Baron of LEEZE AND LORD ADMIRALL of all the Parliaments Sea Forces Right Honourable YOur eminent zealous Sincerity and incomparable Activity both by Sea and Land in defence of our undermined endangered Protestant Religion Lawes Liberties Parliament Nation against the many late secret Plots and open Hostilities of Antichristian Romish Vipers who for sundry yeares together have desperately conspired and most vigorously prosecuted their utter extirpation and now almost accomplished this their infernall Designe unlesse Gods infinite mercy which hath never hitherto beene wanting to us in times of greatest extremity miraculously disappoint it hath induced me to dedicate this Master-p●ece of the Romanists and Jesuites Iniquity to your most Noble Patronage Wherein your Lordship may summarily behold the most horrid conspiracy against our Reformed Religion and the very life of the King our Soveraigne in case he comply not with them as now alas He doth overmuch in all things that ever was discovered to the world and clearly descry who have beene the reall originall Contrivers Fomenters of all those late bloody civill warres which have suddenly transformed our peaceable pleasant delectable Edens of England Ireland Scotland into most desolate rufull Acheldamaes yea Golgothaes to the just amazement of our selves and astonishme●t of all our Neighbour Nations who now more lament our present Infelicity then ever their envied our pristine Tranquility It was an admirable act of Divine Providence that a principall Actor in this Conspiracy sent from Rome to promote it should out of remorse of conscience prove the first Revealer of it to Sir William Boswell But it was a farre more wonderfull hand of God that after this Plot had been long concealed from publique knowledge by Canterbury who smothered it hee should unexpectedly rayse Me up from my forraigne Close Prison of Mount-Orgueil Castle in Jersey where Canterbury and his Confederates had intombed me sundry yeares as a dead man out of minde whom they remembred no more reputing me among the number of those that go down into the pit and as one quite cut off by their hands never likely to rise up again till the generall Resurrection and not only reduce me with Honour and Triumph to my Native Countrey restore me to my former liberty and Profession by the Parliaments impartiall Iustice and make my former and my fellow Sufferers unjust Censures the ruine of the S●archamber Highcommission and Prelates who censured us but likewise beyond all expectation send this Archprelate though the Kings chief Favourite a Prisoner to the Tower of London to which I was first of all committed by his malice and employ me to search his Papers there where he had formerly twice searched mine by his Instruments and therehy make Me both the Discoverer and Publisher of this second Gunpowder Plot to the world after a long concealment of it and that in a time most seasonable which otherwise in all probability had never come to light O the depth of the Riches both of the wisdome and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his Judgments and his wayes past finding out This adorable strange Providence of the God of Heaven who revealeth the deep and secret things and knoweth what is in the darknesse and makes known unto us the Kings matter as it should ascertaine us of his future Protection of our Church and State against these Romish Conspirators whose trayterous Designes hee hath formerly most admirably discovered and frustrated from time to time So it should adde much dignity and acceptation to this Discovory and enlarge our gratulations to God for it To his Blessing I shall in my Prayers recommend this Master-Piece together with your Lordships Person and all your Heroick Endeavours for our Religions our Republikes security and for ever remaine Your Lordships most affectionate Servant William Prynne SInce the first Publishing in Print of the ensuing Plot and Letters by Authority and Directions from the House of Commons which imployed me in this service I have been credibly informed by some Friends that many inoredulous over suspitious Malignants who think there is as much falshood dishonesty in others as in themselves have questioned the Truth of the ensuing Plot Letters Papers and confidently if not impudently averred them to be meere Fictions without any shadow proofe reason ground at all but their own malicious misbeliefe But to satisfie all the world in this Particular and these slanderous Infidels too if not ●rodigiously obstinate I doe here attest upon the faith and honour of a Christian First that I found all these ensuing Letters Papers in the Archbishop of Canterburies Chamber in the Tower of London under his own custody when I was unexpectedly employed by the Close Committee in that undesired service of searching it which the Archbishop himself his Servants the Gentlemen and Souldiers who then accompanied me with those who employed me can witnesse and have already oft attested Secondly that they were all Originals no● Copies under the severall hands and Seals of Sir William Boswell Knight the Kings own Leger Embassador at Hague in the N●therlands Andreas ab Habernfeld a Noble Bohemian Physitian to the Queen of Bohemia a man of known sincerity and untainted reputation The Archbishop of Canterbury who must be the sole forger of the Plot and Letters if fained and of the King himself As the Letters Papers themselves o●t viewed by divers of the Lords Commons and other persons of quality for their satisfaction all now remaining in the Custody of a

Pericula Regno utrique imminentia recensentur 3. Exortus incendii illius Scotici progressus ennarratur 4. Media quibus tu●bae istae Scoticae sedari possint suggeruntur postquam enim resciverint Scoti à quibus in quem finemanimi ipsorum accendantur consulent sibi propere neque utriusque partis vires succumbere sinent ne medius sese interp●●at qui utramque quaerit 5. Quo ense Regis petatur jugulum etiam turbis istis sopitis Cun●i Confessio oculataque demonstratio do●et 6. Locus Congr●gationis in aedibus Capitanei Redae nominatur 7. Dies expeditionis octiduae per Redam Legatum injungitur 8. Q●o modo nomina conjuratorum innotescere possint 9. Ubi tota ista Congregatio possit circumveniri 10. Infideles nonnulli ab parte Regis praecipuorum de nomine notificantu● plures quorum nomina non occurrunt habitationes tamen notae sunt de nomine facile ab Reda extorqueri poterunt Si cau●è in his procedetur nervus totius negotii in apricum prodibit ita Sagitta piaevisa effugietur periculum quod ut succedat prospere Creator omnipotens faxit Most illustrious and Reverend Lord. WE have willingly and cordially perceived that our offers have been acceptable both to his Royall Majestie and likewise to your Grace This is the only Index to us That the blessing of God is present with you whereby a spur is given that wee should so much the more cheerfully and freely utter and detect those things whereby the hazard of both your lives the subversion of the Realme and State both of England and Scotland the tumbling down of his Excellent Majesty from his Throne is intended Now least the Discourse should be enlarged with superfluous circumstances we will onely premise some things which are meerly necessary to the businesse They may first of all know that this good man by whom the ensuing things are detected was borne and bred in the Popish Religion who spent many yeeres in Ecclesiasticall dignities At length being found fit for the expedition of the present Designe by the counsell and mandate of the Lord Cardinall Barbarino he was adjoyned to the assistance of Master Cuneus Cun by whom he was found so diligent and sedulous in his Office that hope of great promotion was given to him Yet he led by the instinct of the good Spirit hath howsoever it be contemned sweet promises having known the vanities of the Pontifician Religiō of which he had sometime been a most severe defender having likewise noted the malice of those who fight under the Popish banner felt his Conscience to be burdned which burden that he might ease himself of he converted his mind to the Orthodox Religion Soon after that he might exonerate his Conscience he thought ●it that a desperate Treason machinated against so many soules was to be revealed and that he should receive ease if he vented such things into the bosome of a friend which done he was seriously admonished by the said friend that he should shew an example of his conversion and charity and free so many innocent soules from imminent danger To whose monitions hee willingly consented and delivered the following things to be put in writing out of which the Articles not long since tendered to your Grace may be cleerly explicated and demonstrated 1 First of all that the hinge of the businesse may be rightly discerned it is to be known that all those factions with which all Christendome is at this day shaken do arise from the Iesuiticall off-spring of Cham of which four orders abound thorowout the world Of the first Order are Ecclesiasticks whose office it is to take care of things promoting Religion Of the second Order are Politicians whose office it is by any means to shake trouble reforme the state of Kingdomes and Republikes Of the third Order are Seculars whose property it is to obtr●de themselves into Offices with Kings and Princes to insinuate and immix themselves in Court businesses bargains and sales and to be busied in civill affairs Of the fourth Order are Intelligencers or spies men of inferiour condition who submit themselves to the services of great men Princes Barons Noblemen Citizens to deceive or corrupt the mindes of their masters 2. A Society of so many Orders the Kingdome of England nourisheth for scarce all Spain France and Italy can yeeld so great a multitude of Jesuites as London alone where are found more then 50 Scottish Jesuites There the said society hath elected to it selfe a seat of iniquity and hath c●nspired against the King and the most faithfull to the King especially the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and likewise against both kingdomes 3. For it is more certaine then certainty it self that the forenamed society hath determined to effect an universall reformation of the Kingdome of England and Scotland Therefore the determination of the end necessarily infers a determination of means to the end 4. Therefore to promote the undertaken Villany the said society dubbed it selfe with the Title of The Congregation of propagating the Faith which acknowledgeth the Pope of Rome the Head of the Colledge and Cardinall Barbarino his substitute and Executor 5. The chief Patron of the society at London is the Popes Legat who takes care of the businesse into whose bosome these dregs of Traytors weekly deposite all their Intelligences Now the residence of this Legation was obtained at London in the name of the Roman Ponti●e by whose mediation it might be lawfull for Cardinall Barbarino to work so much the more easily safely upon the King and kingdom For none else could so freely circumvent the King as he who should be palliated with the Popes Authority 6. Master Cuneus did at that time enjoy the Office of the Popes Legat an Vniversall Instrument of the conjured society and a serious Promoter of the businesse whose secrets as likewise those of all the other Intelligencers the present goodman the Communicator of all these things did receive and expedite whither the businesse required Cuneus set upon the chief men of the Kingdom and left nothing unattempted by what means he might corrupt them all and in●line them to the pontifician party he inticed many with various incitements yea he sought to delude the King himselfe with gifts of Pictures antiquities Idols and of other vanities brought from Rome which yet would preva●le nothing with the King Having entred familiarity with the King he is often requested at Hampton Court likewise at London to undertake the cause of the Palatine and that he would interpose his Authority and by his intercession perswade the Legat of Colen that the Palatine in the next Diet to treat of peace might be inserted into the Conditions which verily he promised but performed the contrary He writ indeed that he had been so desired by the King concerning such things yet he advised not that they should be consented

for his detestable office performed wherby he had perverted a certain Minister of the Church with secret incitements to the Popish religion with all his family taking his Daughter to Wife for a recompence obtained a rent or impost upon butter which the Country people are bound to render to him procured for him from the King by some chief men of the Society who never want a spur wherby he may be constantly detained in his Office In his house the businesse of the whole Plot is concluded where the Society which hath conspired against the King the Lord Archbishop both Kingdoms meet together for the most part every day but on the day of the Carrier● or Posts dispatch which is ordinarily Friday they meet in greater numbers for then all the Intelligencers assemble and confer in common what things every of them hath fished out that Week who that they may be without suspi●ion send their secrets by Toby Matthew or Read himselfe to the Popes Legat he transmits the compacted pacquet which he hath purchased from the Intelligencers to Rome With the same Read the Letters brought from Rome are deposited under faired Titles and Names who by him are delivered to al to whom they appertain For all and every of their Names are known to him Vpon the very same occasion Letters also are brought hither under the covert of Father Philip he notwithstanding being ignorant of things from whom they are distributed to the Conspirators There is in that very ●use a publik Chappell wherin an ordinary Jesuite con●ecrates and dwels there In the said Chappell Masses are daily celebrated by the Jesuites and it serves for the baptizing of the Children of the House and of some of the Conspirators Those who assemble in the forenamed house come frequently in Coaches or on Horse back in Lay-mens habit and with a great Train wherwith they are diguised that they may not be known yet they are Jesuites and conjured members of the Society All the Papists of ENGLAND contribute to this Assembly lest any thing should be wanting to promote the undertaken Designe Vpon whose treasury one Widdow owner of the Houses wherein Secretary Windebanke now dwelleth dead above three Yeares since bestowed fourty thousand English pounds so likewise others contribute above their abilities so as the businesse may be promoted unto its desired end 16. Besides the foresaid Houses there are Conventicles also kept in other more secret places of which verily they confide not even among themselves for fear lest they should be discovered First every of them are called to certain Innes one not knowing of the other hence they are severally led by Spies to the place where they ought to meet otherwise ignorant where they ought to assemble lest peradventure they should be surprised at unawares 17. The Countesse of Arundel a strenuous She-Champion of the Popish Religion bends all her Nerves to the Vniversall Reformation whatsoever she hears at the Kings Court that is done secretly or openly in words or deeds she presently imparts to the Popes Legat with whom she meets thrice a day sometimes in Arundel ● House now at the Court or at Tarthal He scarce sucks such things by the Claw The Earl himselfe called now about three years since this year ought to go to Rome without doubt to consult there of serious things concerning the Designe with gifts and speeches the Iesuites watch diligently to their Masses At Greenwich at the Earles costs a feminine School is maintained which otherwise is a Monastery of Nunnes for the young Girls therein are sent forth hither and thither into forraine Mon●steries beyond the Seas Master Porter of the Kings Bed-chamber most addicted to the Popish religion is a bitter enemy of the King he reveales all his greatest secrets to the Popes Legat although he very rarely meets with him yes his wife meets him so much the oftner who being informed by her husband conveyes secrets to the Lega● In all his actions he is nothing inferiour to Toby Matthew it cannot be uttered how diligently he watcheth on the businesse His sonnes are secretly instructed in the Popish Religion openly they professe the Reformed The eldest is now to receive his Fathers Office under the King which shall be A Cardinals hat is provided for the other if the Designe shall succeed well Above three yeares past the said Master Porter was to be sent away by the King to Maroco but he was prohibited by the Society lest the businesse should suffer delay thereby He is a Patron of the Iesuites for whom for the exercise of Religion he provides Chappels both at home and abroad Secretary Windebanke a most fierce Papist is the most unfaithfull to the King of all men who not onely betraies and reveales even the Kings greatest secrets but likewise communicates Counsels by which the designe may be best advanced He at least thrice every week converseth with the Legat in Nocturnal conventicles and reveales those things which he thinkes fit to be knowne for which end he hired a house neare to the Legates house whom he often resorts to through the Garden doore for by this vicinity the meeting is facilitated The said Secretary is bribed with gifts to the party of that coniured Society by whom he is sustained that he may the more seriously execute his Office He sent his Sonne expresly to Rome who ought to insinuate himselfe into the Roman Pontif. Sir Digby Sir Winter Master Mountague the younger who hath been at Rome my Lord Sterling a Cosen of the Earle of Arundels a Knight the Countesse of Newport the Dutchesse of Buckingham and many others who have sworne into this conspiracy are all most vigilant in the designe Some of those are inticed with the hope of Court others of Politicall Offices Others attend to the sixteene Cardinals Caps that are vacant which are therefore detained idle for some yeares that they may impose a vaine hope on th●se who expect them The President of the aforesaid Society was my Lord Gage a Iesuite Priest dead above three yeares since He had a Palace adorned with lascivious pictures which counterfeited prophanenesse in the house but with them was palliated a Monastery wherin forty Nunnes were maintained hid in so great a Palace It is situated in Queenes-street which the statue of a Golden Queene adornes The secular Iesuites have bought all this street and have reduced it into a guadrangle where a Iesuiticall Colledge is tacitly built with this hope that it might be openly finished as soone as the universall reformation was begunne The Popes Legat useth a threefold Character or Cipher One wherewith he communicates with all Nuncioes Another with Cardinall Barbaraino onely A third wherewith he covers some greater secrets to bee communicated What soever things he either receiveth from the Society or other spies those he packes up together in one bundle dedicated under

and also the powder-plot since against King Iames and the whole Parliament our blood shall rest upon our owne heads who would not take timely notice of our incumbent dangers nor suddenly prevent them whiles we might YO have read before in the plot it selfe what an active instrument Captaine Read was in promoting this conspiracie of the Iesuites and how he was intrusted with the dispatch and delivery of all their Letters and Packets of intelligence and his house the ordinary randevouze where they weekely met yet see what a Protection this desperate Traytor obtained from his Maiesty to secure him against all apprehensions and prosecutions to advance this designe recorded in the Clerke of the Peace hi● Book for Middlesex in open sessions for his greater immunity and in the Crowne Office By the King VVHereas We have received good testimony of the Loyalty and Duty of Our trusty and welbeloved Captaine Iohn Read and because he may be subject to the penalty of the lawes for Recusancie These are to signifie that We are graciously pl●ased to extend Our speciall Grace towards him and doe hereby will command that no Inditement Presentment Information or Suit in Our name or in the name of any other be henceforth commenced prosecuted or accepted against him by any of Our Officers or Subjects whatsoever for or concerning Recusancie and if any such shall happen then Our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and made voyd or otherwise not prejudiciall to him Given under Our Signet at Our Court at Theobals the 13. day of Iuly in the 10 th yeere of Our Raigne To all and singular Our Iudges of Assize Iustices of Peace Maiors Sheriffes Clerkes of Assize and Peace Bayliffes Constables Informers and all other Our Officers and Ministers whom it doth or may concerne and to every of them The Examination of Henry Mayo WHo saith That on Thursday last being the twentieth of Iuly one thousand six hundred forty three he being at Bridges in Flanders heard Proclamation made in Dutch who understands it very well that all people within that City that would goe to the Governours house and give any Money to maintaine the Romane Catholiques in England they should have their Money re-paid them againe in a yeeres time with many thanks HENRY MAYO This Examination was taken before us EDWARD BOYCE JOHN BOYCE GEORGE TROTTER FINIS * Psal. 31. 12. Psal. 88. 4 5. a Rom. 11. 33. b Dan. 2. 22 23. ● C●r 13. 8. a See the Acts of the General Assembly of the ●ebels at ●ilkenny Anno 164● printed at ●ondon Marc● 6. 1643. T●e Myste●y of lniquity p. 32. 33. c. b The 48 week ending Decem ● p. 681. 685. * If a stranger were thus affected at the hearing of this Plot how should we our selves be sensible thereof * The Je●uits pl●ts are never ended till they obtaine their desired ends in all things * The Pope and Cardin●ll 〈◊〉 His Majesty and the Realme may be soone betrayed by such false attendants I beseech Your Majesty read these Letters a● they are endorsed by figures 1 2 3 c. Ye had reason so to doe It is an unanswerable Dilemma I c●ncur totally with you in opinion assuring you that no body doth or shall know of this businesse and to shew my care to conceale it I received this but this afternoon and now I make this dispatch before I sleepe Herewith I send his warrant as you advise which indeed I judge to bee the better way I like your answer extreame well and doe promise not to deceive your confidence nor make you break your word I have sent all back I thinke these Apostyles will bee warrant enough for you to proceed especially when I expressly command you to doe so In this I am as far from condemning your judgement as suspecting your fidelitie C. R. * The Kings hand and date * The Archbishops Postscript * A very good Argument of truth and reality * Therefore a man of note and imployment * Jesuites know well how to equivocate thus * If Popes must not favour pro●●stant Princes it s a miracle that they should favor them or harbour any of their agents now neer them * The papacy of Cant. and this other world is of greater value then an Italian Cardinalship * The quality of the discovere● meane● inducing him to reveale this plot * The Popes Nuncio then in England Four sorts of Jesuits * A good caveat to Nobles Gentlemen to beware they entertaine not a Jesuit or Romish spie in their houses in stead of a servant * We had need look about when so many active Traytors are harboured among us even perchance at this present Therfore both Kindoms need look to themselves Strange that such a society should be erected under the Defender of the faith A strange world when a Popes Legate shall be openly harboured so neere the King and Court and have fr●e●ccesse to both without controule If the King truly hate the Pope it will make his Instruments lesse effectuall if they come in his name Popes Instruments are ever very active Strange it was that the chiefe men should not set themselves against him his to send thē packing hence especially that the King himselfe did it not when he thus tempted assaulted him That a Popes Legat should be so familiar with the King and the King make much of him in steed of banishing him is a riddle * The Archb. therefore he had some familiarity and acquaintance at first * This offer appears under the Archbishops own hand in the Journall of his life But he kept not him from the Court. Jesuites are both diligent and able to remove their greatest opposites at Court from out of place and favour too * It is admirable this faction should be so powerfully predominant as to displace the greatest and faithfullest Officers Iesuites wil be sure to move hell when they cannot prevail with Heaven Jesuites cannot indure neuters If a man may be saved in any Religiō he may safely imbrace any and cleave close to none * The Bishops ty●●nny against Puritans the best advantage and greatest advancement of popes designes * He means the Scottish Prayer book the alterations whereof frō the English were found in the Originall copy under the Archbishops own hand whē his chamber was searched The Jesuits love to fish when the Bishops trouble the streames with their innovations and Popish Ceremonies The Iesuits the plotters chief directors of the Scotish war * The King tied to conditions by papists befor they aided him * Now practised in Oxford Wales and the Northern parts by open toleration * The more shame pity and a caveat for the Parliament henceforth to look to it * The King thē must needs be in great danger amongst Papists now * Jesuites make but a vaunt of poysoning Kings * The Jesuites it seems know very well King Iames was poysoned belike by some of their Instruments * It seems some Noblemens Chaplains are but the Popes and Jesuites intelligencers if not their confederates All forraigne popish States contribute their best assistance to reduce England to Rome * A meet guerdon for such a service * Jesuites will not give over acting till they accomplish their designes Bishops Sons oftentimes the Popes greatest Agents His industrious activity should shame our slothfulnesse The protestants want of such mutuall correspondency and intelligence is a great weakning to their cause Let them learn Wisedome by their Enemies * A fit place for their intelligence and correspondency with Ireland lying in the midst between both The Jesuites now make good use of all Nations and Instruments * O that such Romish seducers should obtaine such power and rewards for being seducing Instruments The Jesuites it seems are very powerfull at Court The Popes weekly intelligence at Rome from hence can produce no good to England Jesuites know how to conceal thei● Names and Lodgings There are more Popish Chappels in and about London then are commonly known Jesuites can counterfeit any habit or part to delude the vulgar Papists large contributions to undermine our Religion should make us liberall to defend it Jesuites are as wise as Serpents though not so innocent as Doves The Jesuits learne of the Serpent to seduce men by small instruments to their ruine Her voyage to Rome to visit the Pope made her frequently to visit his legat The Countesse belike was his forerunner thither No wonder the Earls debts be so great A School of Nunnes Is not the King in great danger who hath such a person in his Bed-chamber now keeper of the great Seal Both King and Prince have Iesuiticall agents in their Bed-chambers All businesses and imployments must be set aside to promote this plot A Iesuiticall Secretary his flight and Articles in Parliament confirme all this and more Papists spare no cost The other Conspirators names A ●●●cover for such a dish It seemes their purses were strong their hopes great His Maiesty perchance hath learnt to write Characters from him as appeares by some of his late intercepted Letters A good 〈◊〉 for England now * This must needs be the Legat or one imployed from him * Page 171. * Conference with Fisher neere the end * See the Generall Hist. of France in the life of H. 3. 4. * See the English Pope * With which his Speech in Star-chamber agrees There it is Hoc est corpus m●um c. * To elevate the Hos●ia as Papists do● * See the Articles against him in Parliament * Antiq. Eccles. Brit. p. 322. Ead. lib. 1. and Fox Acts and Mon. Vol. 1. edit ult p. 926. * 23. Eliz. c. 1. 35. Eliz. c. 1. 3. Iac. c. 3. 4 5. * See 1. 2. Phil. Mary c. 8. See the Royall Popish Favorite * Ioh. 10. 10. 11 12 13. * 2 Ioh. 10. 11. * Gratian caus 23. * Gen. 3. * 1 King 11. * Qui amat periculum peribit in 〈◊〉 * So are th● Shrewesbury printed copies See the Royall Popish favorite where it is largely proved * Grimston in his life * Fox Speed Generall hist. of France in Hen. 3. 4. * Meteran●s Grimston * See Doctor Eggl●shams Booke and the Commons charge against the Duke of Buckingham * 〈◊〉 12 10.