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A22060	A proclamation published vnder the name of Iames King of Great Britanny. With a briefe & moderate answere therunto. Whereto are added the penall statutes, made in the same kingdome, against Catholikes. Togeather with a letter which sheweth the said Catholikes piety: and diuers aduertisements also, for better vndersatnding of the whole matter. Translated out of Latin into English; Proclamations. 1610-06-02	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.; Cresswell, Joseph, 1556-1623, attributed name.; Walpole, Michael, 1570-1624?, attributed name.	1611 (1611)	STC 8448; ESTC S119940	92,335	142

good subiectes hartes from their due obedience both to God and vs. And lastly because the horror and detestation of the Powder Y The Catholikes haue more horrour and detestation against such Actes then those that make all this shew I haue touched before that which in this all other treasons may be obiected which they do impute vnto them that haue as little hand in them as themselues as they know full well here in part bewray imputing to English Catholikes the death of the late King of France wherein all the world knoweth they neyther had nor possibly could haue any hand treason in the mindes of our Parliament bred amongst other thinges that Oath of Z This is a matter mistaken and the Statistes are farwyde that thinke to draw Subiects by violence to their Allegiance and fidelity by force For to my vnderstanding and to any mans else that vvill iudge indifferētly there can be no more direct cause of disloyalty to Kings then to constraine their Subiects to infidelity and inforce them to be disloyal to God the King of Kings and Lord of all Allegiance to be taken by our subiectes so highly impugned by the Pope his followers as we are inforced by our A His Maiesties pen had bene ill imployed and himselfe very ill aduised as by effect is seen if the Book had bene his For it hath bene reproued in all Kingdomes confuted almost in all Languages vvith losse of reputation and note of small learning and lesse discretion in the Author For although the Pamphlet was published in his Maiesties Name yet it is generally held that the Name onely was his verily they who hould this opinion doe him more seruice and honour his Maiesty more then the others that father so seely a worke vpon so wise and learned a Prince as his Maiesty of Great Britanny is knowne to be owne pen to take in hand the mayntenance of our cause for that Oath which howsoeuer odious it was to the Pope yet was it deuised as an Act of great fauour and Clemency towardes so many of our subiects who though blinded with the B Woe be to you saith the Prophet that call euill good and good euill that make darknes light and light darknes Isay 5. 20. superstition of Popery yet carryed a dutyfull hart towardes our obedience For hereby was there a separatiō and distinction made betweene that sort of Papistes and the other pernicious sort that C This is a manifest calumniation and slaunder wherwith malicious people haue possessed his Maiesty depraued his vnderstanding to make him more vntractable in his false religion and more implacable with Catholikes couple togeather that damnable doctrine and detestable practice before mētioned Therfore in consideration that the said Oath serueth to D A pretty deuise when all other faile to draw away money from them But I will foretell you the successe Non gaudebit tertius heres Quia pretium sanguinis est It is the price of bloud and cannot prosper make so true and mercifull distinction between these two sortes of Papistes as is allreadie sayd we cannot but hould it most conuenient for the weale of all our good subiectes and discouerie of bad people that greater care shal be vsed hereafter in the generall ministration of this Oath E And when all should take it what profit would redound to the King verily none at all but rather great harme as already hath bene said and shal be said more at large hereafter to all our subiects then hath beene heretofore vsed And therfore it is our express will and pleasure accordingly we doe heerby straitly charge commaund all and singular our Bishops Iustices of Assise Iustices of Peace and all other our Officers whome it may cōcerne to minister the same to all such persons and in all F This Oath cannot in any case be lawfull for the end which they dō p●etend nor is it a Law that which approueth it But in this as in many other things they abuse euidently the word Law to credit their dealings in these lawlesse practises Neyther can it haue any true conueniency for a thing so violent and vniust cannot be conuenient eyther to assure the safety of his Maiesties person or of his Royall succession nor to appease the disquietnes feare which he may conceaue eyther vpon iust or vniust cause but all quite contrary as hath bene said The selfe sam● comparison houldeth as the Philosopher saith betweene the King and his Subiects the Father and his children the Sheepheard and his flocke Similis est comparatio Arist 8. Ethic. A good and true Prince indeed ought to be able to gouerne his people not onely vprightly but also with loue and courtesy For it is vnfitting that a sheepheard should hate or persecute his flock Arch. de lege Iust But what faith the Poet in this case Qui Sceptra duro saeuus Imperio regit Timet timentes metus in auctorem redit Oed. ac 3. Ille tot Regum parens Caret sepulchro Priamus flamma indiget ardente Troia Sen. in Hecub such cases as by the law they are enabled knowing that the meaning of the law was not onely to authorize thē to do it when they would and to forbeare it at their pleasure but to require it at their handes as a necessary dutie committed to them and imposed vpon thē as persons of chiefe principall trust vnder vs for the good and safety of vs and our estate Giuen at our Pallace of VVhite-hall the second day of Iune in the eight yeare of our Raygne of Great Brytaine France and Ireland A LETTER OF A GENTLE VVOMAN OF QVALITY residing on this side the seas written to her Husband in England exhorting him to constancie in the persecution Translated out of the Latin Copie GOOD Sir I humbly thank you for the care you haue takē in giuing me notice of that which passeth and am right glad to see you so resolute our Lord giue you grace to continue constant vnto the end And seing God hath giuen you light to discerne what doth most import you I beseech you for his loue remember that to go back at any tyme herafter or leaue this holy Resolution for humane respects should be for your greater condemnation And although the loue you beare vnto me and to your children with other respectes of flesh and bloud might cause in you some strife and contradiction yet good Husband do not in any case suffer your feruour to wax cold As for our children they are so well allyed that there is no feare they can want being of the yeares they are all well considered they haue inough left them But if notwithstanding all these hopes should fayle them yet they liue vnder the protection of their heauenly Father and vnder his prouidence which is more to be esteemed then all the treasures of the world As for my selfe or any thing that may concerne me do not afflict your selfe in

(B) Ignem veni mittere in terram quid volo nisi vt accendatur Luc. 12. 49. the earth and what doth he desire but that it burne and increase This fire is so actiue that if once (C) Dominus Deus tuus ignis consumens est Deut. 4 24. it take hould of a loyall hart it presently (D) Nos reuelata facie gloriam Domini speculantes in eamdem imaginem transformamur à claritare in claritatem 2. Cor. 4. 18. changeth and trāsformeth it into it selfe It replenisheth the vnderstanding with (E) Est lux vera quae illuminat omnem hominē venientem in hunc mundū Ioan. 1. 9. heauenly light and filleth the soule with fortitude and ioy shall I say when I contemplate your (B) In omnibus tribulationē patimur sed non angustiamur apporiamur sed non destituimur persecutionem patimur sed non derelinquimur deijcimur sed non perimus 2. Cor. 4. 7. manifold afflictions the Chaynes that you haue honoured the Prisons that you haue sanctified the Reproaches that you haue suffered amidst all these the (C) Excipientes verbū in tribulatione multa cum gaudio Spiritus sancti ita vt facti sitis forma omnibus credentibus in Macedonia in Achaia 1. Thes 1. 8. great Alacrity cherfullnes and contentment that you haue shewed You haue comforted the afflicted with your doctrine and example you haue encouraged the weake with your fortitude you haue edified the whole Church of God with your patience and charity you haue giuen ioy (D) Pretiosa in conspectu Domini mors Sanctorum eius Psal 115. 15. to heauen and earth by your pretious death imitating herin the Sonne of God both in the substance and manner of suffering in your Countrey in the sight of your friends slaundered and stroken euen to the death by those for whose sake you offer your (E) Iuda osculo filiū hominis tradis Luc. 22. 48. Coeperunt illum accusare dicentes hūc inuenimus seducentem gentem nostram prohibentem tributū dare Caesari Luc. 23. 2. Cōmouet populum docēs per vniuersam Iudaeam ibid. 5. Gens tua Pontifices tradiderunt te mihi Toan 18. 35. Et cum iniquis deputatus est Luc. 22. 37. laboures and giue your liues O blessed and most happy Triumphers that beare vpon your brestes stigmata (F) Mihi autem absit gloriari nisi in cruce Domini nostri Iesu Christi per quem mihi mundus crucifixus est ego mundo Ego enim stigmata Domini Iesu in corpore meo porto Gal. 6. 14. 17. Iesu Christi Predestinated of God ennobled with his grace to be the liuely representatiō of the (G) Scimus quoniā diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum ijs qui secundum propositum vocati sunt Sancti quos praedestinauit conformes fieri imagini filij sui Rom. 8. 28. Image of his Sōne O that these vnworthy armes of myne might once imbrace those glorious bodies of yours mortified with Christ and put to death for his loue O that I might once se my self on my knees before those holy Reliques rent and torne in peeces for his loue and lifted vp into the ayre in token that the Truth for which they died hath gotten the victory The Earth wheron you trode and in which you suffered is worthy to be honoured for her riches aboundance fertility other naturall endowmentes for the good disposition of the people it bringeth forth but aboue all for her auncient faith and piety But that which it got by possession of quietnes peace is much inferiour to that which it hath gayned in this persecution by the bloud of Gods seruantes shed in it wherwith being ouerflowed and made fertile it bringeth forth fragrant flowers of patience and fruite of benediction Your Name is now made famous throughout the (H) A vobis diffamatus est sermo Domini non solùm in Macedonia in Achaia sed in omni loco fides vestra quae est ad Deum profecta est 1. Thes 1. 8. whole world and many remote Nations and Countries which before had no notice nor euer heard of yours now loue esteem it as highly fauoured of God and desire to heare of your proceedinges and of your (I) Infirma mundi elegit Deus vt confundat fortia● vt non glorietur omnis caro in cōspectu eius 1. Cor. 1. 27. Sic dicere videtur Nolite turbari si cùm vos inter Lupos mitto tamquā oues colūbas esse iubeo Nam etsi possum contrariū quoque praestare non permittere vt graue aliquid patiamini nec lupis tamquam oues subiecti sitis sed efficere vt leonibus terribiliores euadatis tamen sic expedit fieri Hoc vos illustriores faciet meam quoque declarabit virtutem Chrysost hom 34. in Matth. victoryes and to be partakers of your merits prayers Gaudeas Maiesty to the Estate of the Realm gathered togeather in Parlament in the first place to ratifie and confirme all the Lawes made in the time of Queene Elizabeth against the Papists The Lawes of Queene Elizabeth confirmed in this Parlament are these that follow WHOSOEVER shall denie that (C) VVomē are incapable of all spirituall iurisdiction and function Mulieres in Ecclesia taceant non enim permittitur ijs loqui 1. Cor. 14. 35. Turpe est enim Mulierem loqui in Ecclesia ibid. If it be an vnseemly thing as the Apostle sayth that a woman should speake in the Church how much lesse may she rule commaund it all spirituall Authority and Iurisdiction in the Kingdome of England doth of right belong to the Queene shal be held for a Traytor incurre the punishment therto belonging Parlam An. 1. Eliz. Cap. 1. Whosoeuer being demaunded and required shall (D) He is a Traytor in their Nomenclator that will not sweare false refuse to sweare that the Pope of Rome neyther hath nor can haue anie spirituall Iurisdiction in the Kingdome of England shal be held for a Traytor and stand liable and subiect to the punishment therto belonging Parl. An. 1. Eliz. Cap. 1. Whosoeuer shall affirme and say that the Queene is an (E) It deserueth punishment to be an Heretike and not to call an Heretike by his true name Heretike or a Schismatike shall incurre the same penalty Parl. An. 13. Elizab. Cap. 1. Whosoeuer shall goe about to dissuade any of her Subiects from the Religion which is professed in England and induce him to follow and beleeue the (F) Such another Law made the Scribes Pharisies against Christ Conspirauerunt Iudai vt si quis Iesū cōsiteretur esse Christū extra Synagogam fieret Ioan. 8. 22. Roman faith shall incur the same penalty Parl. 23. Eliz. Cap. 1. I passe ouer for breuities sake the particuler Lawes by which they would banish out of that Kingdome vnder the name of Treason all

all lawfull Superiours whether they be spirituall or temporall to ech of them in that which appertayneth to their charge as to the Substitutes Lieftenants of him to whom all subiection is due And as this is voluntary proceeding of conscience and loue so it causeth concord and good will to all others of the same body without difference many times to such as for personall respects deserue little to be obeyed or loued This is the true root and reason of estate this is the true and only policie to effect vnion this is the only proper method of curing old inueterate soares of discord and the only way to heale effectually those that so long time haue layen festering And howsoeuer at this present they be couered and ouer-healed they be not hoale in the bottome and therefore must be prudently and perfectly healed least with new occasions they breake out againe with greater violence and extremity then euer before And to hasten this breach I cannot imagine how his Maiesty or any for him could deuise a more effectuall or more speedy meanes then he hath taken in hand powling and impouerishing the natiue Englishmen Catholikes to enrich and aduāce strangers and heretikes to whome he giueth their goods and dispossesseth them of their Patrimonyes and Lands which their Ancestors had lawfully enioyed many hundred yeares only because they will not sweare that which they thinke to be false nor goe against their Consciences to the Protestants Churches without any other offence to the King or Common-wealth Who can looke on this be he neuer so great an enemy of Catholike Religiō that will not loath it especially considering that those who suffer these wrongs are the best Subiects most innocent and of more vertuous and exemplary life then any other of the Common-wealth Suppose they were deceaued in their beliefe houlding for true the Religion which all their Ancestors euen from the Apostles time haue belieued for their aduersaries cannot giue instance where when or by whome any poynt of that which they belieue and professe was inuented or brought in since the Apostles tyme notwithstanding their cauill of Ceremonyes and other accidents out of the substance which may be added altered or taken away as tymes and oceasions require without preiudice to the fayth or Religion to which they appertaine But as I say supposing the Catholicks liued in errour and misbeliefe this same errour authorized by so long Prescription as I haue sayd deserueth not punishment but pardon and toleration especially it being as their greatest enemies must needes confesse without any hurt to the Common wealth for none can deny but that the Recusants lyfe and conuersation is of much more edification and good example in all manner of Christian vertue then any of the rest And this and no other thing is the cause that their Aduersaryes finding in them no faults of their owne are forced to accuse them of other mens offences and to calumniate and slaunder them with false imputations as the old Persecutors did the Christians of the primitiue Church and this also is the cause of so vnusuall and improper manner of speaking as may be obserued in these Proclamations and Lawes And they are drawne by necessity to this manner of proceeding forced to charge them with secret crimes for indeed all that passeth in publicke wherof the world may be wytnes is in their fauour And therfore they vrge them what they thinke and not onely that but what they would thinke in tyme to come vpon conditionall cases which are neuer like to be A strange manner of proceeding and not heard of in other places But to this miserable perplexity and suspition men come that will gouerne without God his Truth And if these thinges of themselues cannot but mooue to compassion any true English indifferent hart of whatsoeuer Religion the party be what an ey-sore must it needes be what hart-burning thinke you doth it cause to see withall the spoyle of these innocent subiects turned to mayntaine the pride and superfluities of Strangers some of them making their nestes in the toppes of the Noblest and fruitfullest trees that is planting themselues in the best Houses and Familyes and occupying the chiefest Offices and Roomes of the Common wealth others returning home to their Countrey loaden with the spoile of Catholickes goodes who doubtlesse least of all others feele their owne harms as men best armed with patience and most comforted with the considerations abouesayd and the like to suffer all that cōmeth for Christ But for the rest no doubt but their hartes are filled with indignation and bytternes whatsoeuer Religion they professe and much more those of other Sectes and most of all those that be furthest of from Catholicke Recusancie as men lesse mortified more styrring more ready to be moued to anger disdayne and reuenge howsoeuer they may couer it for a tyme. And this generally out of Nationall passions and affections which no doubt are more vehement and more inflamed where there concurreth also particuler respectes And at this day you shall hardly find any one famylie of worth in England that by one way or other in the roote or in the branches hath not allyance or interest in the cause persecuted The experience of fourty yeares and vpward wherin they haue persecuted the Catholickes in that Kingdome supposing by that way to roote out their Religion is a strong argument amongst many others to conuince their Aduersaries that they hould a wrong course for all the world seeth that by this persecution Catholicks haue increased both in number and zeale with them the meanes that God hath ordained for their preseruation both at home abroad For within the Kingdome there be at this day many more Priestes and Religious men to teach the Truth to such as desire it then were when Queene Elizabeth made the first Capitall Lawes against them And generally Catholickes are more constant and more ready to endure the penalty of the Lawes and the Colledges for the bringing vp of such as God selecteth for the mayntenance of this cause are more in number euery day And as their afflictions continue so their friends increase and the more their vertue is tryed and their cause more knowne the more readines they find and more desire in all good men to help them This experience in truth were there nothing else doth plainly demonstrate that his Maiesty in prudence of Estate though he had no greater Motyues should bethinke himselfe of some other course and vse more proportionable meanes to bring about his Honourable Designments And doubtlesse if his Iudgment and other Naturall Giftes be answerable to the report he will easily see the conuenience by that which hath beene sayd setting passion and bad Counsayle aside For what man is there of any vnderstanding that hauing bene troubled fourty yeares togeather with one and the selfe same infirmity and vsing all that while the same dyet the same Phisitians the same method in