be bankrupt for rather then fail she will pardon them for ever and ever as may appear in what followeth In the Church of St. John the Lateran is a Chappel call'd Sancta Sanctorum in which there is every day pardon and remission for all sins both from the punishment and the sin also In St. Peters Church in the Vatican by the Font is every day remission of all sins to be had Also in the same Church upon St. Martins day there is to be had full remission of all sins In St. Pauls Church in the Vatican upon the XXIX of January being the day when the Church was consecrated there is then to be had remission of all sins In the Church of St. Croce is a Chappel call'd Hierusalem where is to be granted full remission of all sins both à poena à culpa In the Church St. Maria Maggiore upon All-Saints day there is granted full remission of all sins In the Church St. Maria Rotonda upon the third of May and All-Saints day are pardons for all sins to be had In the Church St. Maria del Popolo on the day of Assumption of the Virgin Mary are granted remission of all sins In the Church of St. Peters ad Vincula are remission of all sins to be had In the Church call'd Ara Coeli or St. Maria Ara Coeli where they say is the first Altar that ever was made in the world at which Altar there is every Sunday and upon the Assumption of the B. Virgin granted full pardon and Remission of all sins These and such other like Indulgences were formerly a Fiscus Papalis sive Caralog is Indulgentiarum c. publish'd in England by Mr. Crashaw from an old Manuscript which he had and I have also seen an old b MS. 196. K Digby in Bibl. Bodl. â—xon Mâ—nuscript to the same purpose But what need we trouble our selves with Manuscripts seeing the same things may be seen in feveral c Indulgentiae Ecclâ—siarum urbis Romane Impressum Romae 1509. Le Cose maravigliose dell ' Alma citta di Roma 1625. Onuphrius de urbis Romae Ecclesiis Le Steâ—r de Villamont ses voyages Vid. Weaveâ—s Funeral-Monuments pag. 160 161 162 c. Books made printed by them and publish'd by their Authority to procure the greater credit and belief for suchlike pardons as these This occasion'd so many Pilgrimages to Rome to the great inriching of that City and the wonder of Johannes or Janus Pannonius the Hungarian Poet and Bishop of Funfkirken or Eutegyhazae in Latine Quinque Ecclesiae who though of the Roman Religion yet could thus jest at the gadding of People from other Countries to Rome for Pardons at their Jubilees Hispani Galli Solavi Teutones Hunni Delit. Poet. Hungar. p. 274. Clavigeri petitis limina Sancta Petri Quo ruitis stulti Latios ditare penates Salvari in patria siccine nemo potest The Spaniard French Pole German and the Hun Vnto St. Peters Chair for Heaven doth run Whither O fools to inrich the Popes do you gad As if salvation can't at home be had Yet Indulgences were also granted to particular places in other Countries amongst the rest England being then free-handed to Rome did not want such pretty Indearments whereby the people were made as free from sin as d Jo. Fox vol. 3. pag 223. Nightingal the Priest in Queen Mary's days and of them might be said as was thus in an old e Thâ— Becon's Relicks of Rome fol. 193. b. printed Pardon John or Joan as free I make thee As heart may think or eye may see And their Power and Prerogative is so great forsooth that they cannot onely pardon past sins but sins to come or what you will commit afterwards of which King f Meditation on the Lords Prayer p. 58. James doth protest that he hath seen two Authentical Bulls with his own eyes And of this the g Gravam Germ. § 3. Princes of Germany at Nurnberg 1523 did publickly complain and that your friends soul should skip out of Purgatory when the cash ratled in the Bason And how liberal they used to be with their Pardons h De Schism lib. 1. cap. 68. Theodorick à Niem who was Secretary to three Popes hath of old hinted and Dr. i Manuduction to Divinity pag. 64 65 c. Thomas James will refer you to some more abuses And though they are willing to be no loosers by these favours yet their prices are cheap enough which probably may the sooner ingage or oblige some trusty son to act any Villany the rates of their Absolutions being so cheap of which take this following Taste as I finde them set down in their Taxa S. Cancellariae Apostolicae Sect. III. Tit. 2. ABsolution for him who lyeth with a Woman in the Church and committed other crimes is rated at 6 a The common value of a grosso is about 4 penny sarthing of English money but some in this occasion will make it about 1 s. 6 d. grossos He that keeps a Concubine if a Priest must pay for his Absolution 7 gros If he be a Lay-man he must pay 8 gros If a Lay-man commit Sacriledge by taking holy things out of holy places he is well used seeing he payeth no more for his Absolution then 7 gros If a man carnally lye with his Mother Sister or other Kinswoman or God-mother he shall have his Absolution paying 5 gros Absolution for him that deflowers a Virgin is dog-cheap at 6 gros If a Priest commit Simony he shall have his Absolution for paying 7 gros Absolution for Perjury is but 6 gros Ib. Tit. 6. If a Lay-man kill an Abbot a Monk a Clerk or other Priest less then a Bishop he shall onely pay for his Absolution according to the Quality 7 8 or 9 gros But if a Lay-man onely kill a Lay-man he shall then onely pay 5 gros If a Woman be with Childe and she willingly and on purpose destroy the said Infant within her she shall have an Absolution for 5 gros And if one kill his Father Mother Brother or Wife he must pay for his Absolution 1 Ducat and 5 b This is sometimes valued at the same with a Grosso Carlins This Book was publish'd by their own Authority it may be the better to let the Romanists see what a kinde loving and indulgent Mother they have But how oft it hath been publish'd I cannot tell It was c W. Crafâ—â—aw's Mittimâ—s to the Jubilee of Rome Epist to the Reader first made and printed at Rome in the time of Pope Leo X and was after printed at Paris 1522 the d Pet. Molin de Monarch Temp. Pont. pag. 355. Kings Priviledge and the Popes Bull being joyned to it 'T was the next year 1523 printed at e Laur. Banck Taxa Epist Colen and afterwards in that Noble Collection call'd Tractatus Illustrium virorum printed by the King of France his Priviledge
at Lyons 1549. This Taxa was also then publish'd f Tract Illust Tom. 16. amongst them And though Claudius Espencaeus the famous Sorbonne-Doctor was so ashamed of this Book to be thus by Authority so publickly printed and sold that he solemnly a Liber palam ac publicè hic Impressus hodieque ut olim venalis Cl. Espenc Com. in Titum cap. 1. Digres 2. complaineth against it yet he gain'd nothing by it but the ill-will of the Grandees of the Roman Religion those his Comments upon Titus being call'd to an account by their Index Expurgatorius and this passage against their Taxa commanded to be dasht out lest it may be it should discredit their ware and so spoil their Trade and Market And afterwards when these foresaid Tractatus Illustrium were by the command of Pope Gregory XIII augmented and by the care of Franciscus Zilettus publish'd at Venice 1584 this Taxa was also b Tom. 15. part 1. fol 368 c. reprinted and with the rest dedicated and presented to the said Pope These several Editions and probably some others of this Taxa publish'd by Authority of the Romanists themselves take off all Replies as if it might be a cheat and to this may be added that the Learned c De Tyran Papae p. 544 545 546 547. Laurentius Banck who also of late reprinted this Taxa with his Notes upon it doth assure us that to his knowledge and eye-sight the same pardons and abuses are at this day publickly practised at Rome And it is not unworth the observation that though of late Pope Alexander VII hath in his Index Expurgatorius placed the Taxa yet he excepts nothing against the foresaid Editions or those printed by the Romanists but onely against that lately put forth with Bancks his d V. Taxa Notes or Annotations or which have been corrupted by e V. Praxis Hereticks though I think it would puzzle him to prove any such corruptions Thus you see you may name your sin and pardon is to be had at a small rate nay they have been so kinde that rather then want your custom they have sold Pardons for Sixpence a Groat or Twopence a game at Tennis a Cup of Ale and with some kinde-natured Women they have made more pleasant bargains And here for the honour of these Money pardons a merry story or two should not be taken amiss In the time of Leo X Mart. Chemnit 〈◊〉 Concil Tâ—dent part 4 de Indulg Oâ—hâ— Miland Jocâ—-seti◠§ 44. Tetzelius was sent into Germany with multitude of Pardons to advance money for the Pope which were then first opposed by Luther 'T is said that this Tetzelius affirm'd that he could also pardon sins to come whereupon a German Gentleman bought such an one of him and afterwards rob'd the Dominican Pardoner Tetzelius threatning him the Gentleman pleads he had bought his Pardon for it declaring that was the sin he determin'd to commit to which Tetzelius could not reply About the same time a Shooe-makers Wife buyeth a Pardon in which was expresly indulged her that her soul should fly to Heaven as soon as she was dead At last the woman dyeth and is buryed but her Husband giveth nothing to the Priest to pray Wulph Muscul loci communes pag. 394. her soul out of Purgatory Whereupon the Shooe-maker is accused to the Magistrate who chides him for having no care of his Wives soul the fellow pleads that there is no need for any Mass for it seeing her soul was in Heaven before she was buryed for proof of which he sheweth the Popes Pardon a Testimony so Authentick that they durst neither deny it or the Pontifick Authority whereby the Cobler came off clear But another story I meet with where the Judge being a party he was not so honest in his determination in short thus A German Mat. Flav. Iâ—leric de Sâ—ctis Pap. pag. 220. Gentleman according to his Fathers will paid yearly such a sâ—m to a Neighbouring Monastery that the Monks therein should pray for the deliverance of his Fathers soul out of Purgatory At last the Gentleman understanding that they brag'd that they had Pardons which could deliver any soul he buys one of them for his Fathers soul which for more certainty was confirm'd by their Monasteries Seal and subscrib'd by their General and themselves Thus being cock-sure of the happiness of his Fathers soul he refused afterwards to pay them the Annual Stipend he used formerly to do whereupon the Monks appeal to the Bishop who gravely Decreeth that the Gentleman must continue the payment though his Fathers soul were quit from Purgatory by the former Pardon But because some may be unwilling to trudge as far as Rome for Pardons or to go any whither else upon suchlike Pilgrimages and others either through poverty or covetousness may grudge to give any thing for their Absolutions which they suppose should be given them freely therefore the Popes good souls not willing to give the least discontent to any of their Children have out of their good nature and fulness of Authority afforded them Pardon and Heaven at as easie and lazie a rate as heart could wish and they need not question the Authority of their Popes seeing 't is a sure Rule that when his Holyness giveth Plenary Absolution a Quando Papa concedit plenariam Absolutionem intelligitur quod absolvit tam à culpa quam à poena quoad omnia peccata quantumque enormissima Vid. Domin Card. Tusch Practicarum Conclusionum juris Tom. 4. v. Indulgent § 6. It is to be understood that he absolveth as well from the Punishment as the sin be the sin never so great or abominable And as for these so frankly and freely bestowed Indulgences for the honour and comfort of the English-Romanist I shall go no farther for them then the Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae And this according as it was used at Salisbury and in this I shall onely follow the Edition of Paris 1527 because the greatest cost and care hath been taken in that Impression both for Pictures and Ornaments of any I have yet seen And now bless your eyes and behold the Popes Treasure open'd Pardon for days Vid. Fol. 165. a. Pope John XXII hath granted to them that shall say this Prayer Ave Fol. 73. a. caro Christi caro c. at the Elevation pardon for 100 days Pope Celestine hath granted to them that shall say in honour of Fol. 58. a. the B. Virgin this Prayer Ave mundi spes Maria c. pardon for 300 days Pope John XXII hath granted them that shall say this Prayer Fol. 61. b. Stabat Mater dolorosa c. pardon for 300 days Pope Anastasius hath granted to them that say this prayer Domine Fol. 84. a. Jesu Christe c. pardon for 500 days Pope John XXII hath granted them that say this prayer Anima Fol. 72. b. Christi Sanctifica me
ac impunitatem nedum in vita sed post obitum aere licet immodico comparari posse à Nundinatoribus illis Indulgentiarlis semel persuasum habent Verum si quis unde numeret habeat jam nedum Praesentes Indulgentur harum constitutionum transgressiones sed in futurum impune ut eas ipsas transgredi liceat indulto permittitur Quo fit ut ansam inde accipâ—ant ii cum quibus ita dispensatum est Pejerandi Homicidia Adulteria similia flagitia perpetrandi quando quilibet ex Sacerdotum vulgo Absolutionem emptitiam virtute indulti his impartiri potest Gravam German § 3 6. that the true Romanist would boldly commit any villany under the security or shadow of these Pardons or Indulgences which he by Tradition supposed to be Protection enough both to himself and sins But what need we talk of guilt or sins or trouble our heads about procuring Indulgences or Pardons as if he that is obedient to the commands of the Pope and a through-paced son of the Roman Church could in his so doing either commit the one or stand in need of the other As for the Church of Rome to which this grand All-obedience is due 't is nothing else but the a Cardinales cum Papa constituunt Ecclesiam Rom Quare Episc jurans fidelitatem Ecclesiae Rom. Papae successioribus ejus obligat se non tantum ipsi Papae sed Collegio Cardinalium Mar. Altercus disput de Censuris Eccles Tom. 1. lib. 5. disp 14. cap. 1. pag. 655. Pope and his Cardinals as some say or as others will have it by the Church there is nothing else to be understood but the b Jacob. Gretser defens Card. Bellarmin lib. 3. cap. 10. col 1450. Pope whose almighty Infallibility is not to be call'd in question Therefore if there be any doubt of any thing the Holy Scriptures Andr. du Val de Ecclesiastica Politica potestate pag. 88 89. and other such means must be thrown aside as being doubtful and like the Lesbian or Leaden Rule may be bended this way or that way and so may serve for any mansturn they must therefore not be credited or trusted to And so none is to be judge but the Pope who in his determinations cannot erre neither of right or matter of fact for which we need go no farther then the positive sentiment and judgement of their grand Masters the Jesuits of their Colledge of Clermont in their publick Theses publish'd by themselves to be held vindicated and maintained against all the World and that of very late days as appears by part of it as followeth XIX Christum nos ita caput agnoscimus ut illius Regimen dum in Coelos abiit primum Petro tum deinde Successoribus commiserit EANDEM QVAM HABVIT IPSE INFALLIBILITATEM concesserit quoties ex Cathedra loquerentur XX Datur ergo in E. R Controversiarum fidei Judex Infallibilis ETIAM EXTRA CONCILIVM GENERALE tum in Questionibus Juris tum FACTI c. Propugnabuntur Deo Duce auspice Virgine in Aula Collegii Claromontani Societatis Jesu die XII Decembris 1661. We acknowledge Christ so to be the Head of the Church that during his absence in Heaven he hath given the Government thereof first to Peter and then to his Successors and bestowed unto the Popes his Successors THE VERY SELF-SAME INFALLIBILITY WHICH HE HIMSELF HAD as often as they speak e Cathedra There is therefore Constituted in the Church of Rome an Infallible Judge i. e. the Pope of Faith and that even without a General Council as well in questions appertaining to Right as in matters of Fact These shall be defended by the assistance of God and the favour of the Virgin in the Hall of the Colledge of Clermont belonging to the Society of Jesus the XII day of December 1661. And by their Canon-law 't is as plain as a Pike-staff that the Popes b Dist 19. c. Si Romanorum Decretory Letters not onely carry Authority along with them and what he a Ib. c. Enimvero commands to be obey'd and are to be received as if they were the very words of b Ib. c. Sic Omnes St. Peter but they are also to be reckon'd and esteem'd as authentick as the Word of God or c Ib. c. In Canonicis Holy Scriptures themselves Therefore they say 't is d Dist 40. c. Non nos Gloss Quis enim Sacriledge to question the Popes actions and downright e Dist 81. c. Si qui sunt Paganism not to to obey him and he is f 25 q. 1. c. Generali decreto curst of God who violates the Popes Censures so we must be g Extra Com. l. 1. Tit. 8. c. unam Sanctam Si quid quod oculis nostris apparet album nigrum illa esse definierit debemus itidem quod nigrum fit pronunciare Ignat. Exercitia Spiritualia apud finem Regulae aliquot servandae ut cum Orthodoxa Ecclesia verè sentiamus Reg. 13. obedient to him upon peril of our Souls And no less man then their late great Saint Ignatius Loyola layeth this down for a certain and perpetual Rule of Obedience If the Church affirm that to be black which our own eyes judge to be white we ought also then to declare that it is black And we are not to question the Truth and Authority of this Rule being so strongly confirm'd commended and ratified by the h 1548. Bull of Pope Paul III as every thing also is which is contain'd in the said Exercitia Spiritualia and how can any thing be amiss in it if it was as some say by Inspiration from Heaven dictated to Ignatius And now who dares call himself a son of the Roman Church and not be of the same Religion with the Pope be of the same Opinion Obey his commands and dictates seeing there is no difference between the sentiment and judgement of the i Sententia Papae sententia Dei una est sententia August de Ancona Q. 6. art 2. Pope and that of God and what a grand Power and Authority the Pope hath for diversion sake take them thus in verse out of Andrew Melvin from their own Writers Quod Paepa Romanus vult norma est juris aequi Delit. Poet. Scot. vol. 2. pag. 150. Quod Papa cumque facit ratum habet Deus aethere in alto Posse Papam quodcunque Deus par aequa potestas Cumque Deo Christoque Papae commune Tribunal Est major Paulo Papa major foedere prisco Contra Evangelium statuit Papa Scriptaque Pauli Articulos fidei condens Oecomenicumque Concilium cogens decretaque sancta reformans Si currus plenos animarum ad Tartara trudat Secum ipse haud quisquam potis est contendere contra Dicere cur facis hoc Stat pro ratione voluntas The Papal Fiat of all right is the guide What he doth here in Heaven
Mascouius de Majestate Militant Eccles p. 26 27 Another goeth on and affirms him to be King of Kings Lord of Lords that there is but one and the same Judgement-seat and Council-house belonging to God and the Pope and so all the world obliged to stand to his judgement for should all people bandy against it their sentence would be of no force A third proceeds and maintains that he can do a Jac. de Griffâ—is Decisiones auriae part 1. cap. 31. all things that God himself can do onely sin excepted And another from the same Authority assures us that he b D. Guido Decisiones Quaest 589. can take away any mans right and give it to another Nor need we to think much at this since they allow him to c Jason Mayn Concil 14â— Sect. 7. Vol. 3. Cons 68. Sect. 14. do any thing above all right against all right and without all right That he is the Cause of Causes and can declare square things to bâ—round And then I warrant you that we are Hereticks if we do not believe that the square thing is really round The Rabbins told their Jews that they were to believe the Judges though they told them that the Right-hand was the Left and the Left-hand the Right And this knack of credulity was lately indeavoured by the Si dixerit tibi quod dextera sit sinistra vel sinistra dextera talis sententia est tenenda Nic de Lyra in Deuter. c. 17. 11. Jesuites to be an Article the famous and judicious Father Paul assuring us that the third of their Rules found at Padoa 1606 was that d Hist of the Quarrels of Pope Paul the Fifth with the Venetians lib. 1. pag. 96. Men must believe the Hierarchical Church although it tell us that that is black which our eye judgeth to be white And something like this is the Doctrine which Bellarmine himself layeth down in these words e Si autem Papa erraret praecipiendo vitia vel prohibendo virtutes teneretur Ecclesia credere vitia esse bona virtutes malas nisi vellet contra conscientiam peccare Bellarm. de Rom. Pont. lib. 4. cap. 5. Sect. Quod autem If the Pope should err in commanding Vices or prohibiting Vertues then is the Church obliged to believe that Vices are good and Vertues are evil unless she would sin against her Conscience And I doubt he is willing to give to St. Peter and by his consequence to the Pope the f Contra Barklaium cap. 31. power of making sin to be no sin and that which is no sin to be a sin Certain I am that when Pope Clement the Eighth desired the said Cardinal to draw him up some private Rules and Directions for the benefit of the Church he could not in that Paper of secrecie keep himself from flattery by telling the Pope that g Jac. Fuligattus vita Card. Bellarm. lib. 3. cap. 5. he had no limits or bounds in the whole world but those which the world it self had About twenty years ago Innocent the Tenth being chosen Pope Cardinal Colunna as he delivered him St. Peters Keys told him that h Laur. Banck Roma Triumphans p. 216. the Angels in Heaven reverenced him the Gates of Hell feared him and the whole world adored him But this snip of flattery is nothing to the Blasphemous Paper presented to the same Pope by the hands of the German Jesuit Melchior Id. pag. 81 82. Herm. Conringius Castigat de Elect. Aâ—exand 7. p. 55 56. Inchofer though himself was not the Author of it then living at Rome The Elogy it self with the bold allusions to the Popes Sir-name Pamphilio whereby he would make him better than our Saviour take as followeth though we may guess that they were composed a little before his Election Eminentissime Reverendissime D. CARDINALIS PHAMPHILI I. PHILIUS Dei superlativus amor Patris quia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ideo Philius dictus ex aeterna ejus charitate qua se Deo Patri obtulit in amantissimum Intercessorem aâ— Mediatorem Dei ac hominum ab instanti Conceptionis in utero B. Mariae Virginis factus fuit Sacerdos in aeternum secundum Ordinem Melchisedech ac Primus Pontifex Optimus Maximus II. Sed Filius fuit Philius non fuit PAMPHILIUS III. Fuit intercessor Dei hominum IV. Non fuit Vniversalis Mediator Angelorum hominum seu PAMPHILIUS V. Si ex Nominis analogico aeternoque Anagrammate praesagire licet Mysterium aliquod in Tempore Tu ab aeterno Praedestinatus es esse Pamphilius in Terris ac dici PAMPHILIUS aemulus filii Dei in Coelis VI. Pamphilius ergo eris Vniversalis nimirum Reconciliator Angelorum hominum in Terris hostiliter pugnantium Regum Populorum VII Quod praestabis non nisi electus in Pontificem Opt. Maximum VIII In cujus faustissimum augurium Evangelus ego felixque Nuncius ter sanctos Pedes Eminentiae vestrae ex nunc deosculor IX Quod etiam Graecè scripsi decem abhinc annis in Graeca nostra Academia Basiliana in Columbae vestrae stemmata 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rex Pacificus eris Clementissimus Ter genu flexus Italo-Graecus ego Joan. Baptista Catum Syritus Pope Paul the Second told a Plat. in Paulo Secundo Platina and others that all right and power were lodged in his Breast and that his Authority was such that even according to his own pleasure and will he could null or approve of other mens actions And why not seeing b Anno 552. Sect. 11. Baronius affirms that when Vigilius sat in the Chair that then also Christ himself not onely as he was man but as he was God also sat with him Upon which ground it may be that Albizzi made Cardinal I suppose by this present Pope Alexander the Seventh told two Cordeliers that the c St. Amours journal p. 170. Gospel would not be the Gospel if the Pope had not approved of it And to go a little higher those of Palermo having sent their Ambassadors to Pope Martin the Second these Holy men as my Author calls them being come into his presence having first thrown themselves all along before his feet thus began their Speech to him O thou who takest away the sins of the World have mercy upon us Paul Aemilius Hist Francor in vita Philippi III. O thou who takest away the sins of the World have mercy upon us O thou who takest away the sins of the World have mercy upon us Nor did the Pope finde any fault in this Salutation but onely that he thought them to be Hypocrites and to have spoke him fair when he thought they perfectly hated him As for Kings their d Greg. de Major Obed. c. Solitae Canon-Law tells us that the Pope is as far above them as the Sun is greater than the Moon Upon which their old Glossator takes upon him to finde out the
assembled as well in publick congregation at the College of Sorbone having celebrated the Mass of the Holy Ghost as also privately at the meeting of the Delegates mature deliberation being had all the particulars being carefully truly and severally examin'd as much as could be at last have declar'd their judgments in manner following All Catholicks by Divine Law are forbid to admit any into the Throne that is an Heretick or a favourer of Heresie and a known enemy to the Church much more one that is relapsed and by name excommunicated by the Pope If it should chance that any guilty as aforesaid should procure a sentence of Absolution from these crimes and censures yet if there be evident danger of his hypocrisie perfidiousness and the ruine of the Catholick Religion he then for all his said Absolution is by the said Divine Law to be excluded from the Kingdom Whoever also endeavours that he should be King or doth partake with or favour him or doth suffer him to be set in the Throne when he might prevent it and was oblig'd so to do he for so doing doth violate the holy Canons is justly suspected of Heresie and is mischievous both to Religion and the Church therefore he may and ought to be oppos'd be he of whatsoever degree or quality Therefore seeing Henry de Bourbon is an Heretick a favourer of Heresie a known enemy to the Church is relapsed and by name excommunicated and though he might obtain sentence of Absolution yet there being evident danger of hypocrisie and perfidiousness with the ruine of Religion and though he had Absolution or any other lawful heir dead or yielding up his right yet are the French obliged to keep him from the most Christian Crown and to abhor the thoughts of making peace with him and those who do favour him are violators of the Canons may be suspected of Heresie are enemies to the Church and as such ought to he earnestly and carefully chaflized and punished As therefore those who favour the said Henry in his aspiring to the Throne and do any ways affoard him any help are deserters of Religion and remain in a perpetual mortal sin so those who for their love to Religion do oppose him as much as in them lieth do very much merit both of God and Men And as on the one hand it must be suppos'd that those people so obstinate in strengthening the Kingdom of darkness will be eternally damn'd so on the other it is most mtet to conclude that these who are slain in this cause against the said Henry as Champions of the Faith shall obtain an everlasting reward and be crown'd with the Trophies of Martyrdom And this is concluded on not one gainsaying it in the third general congregation held upon this business in the great Hall of the College of Sorbone all and every one of the Masters being summon'd thither upon oath 7 May 1590. In the mean time Mayenne was very busie in raising Forces in consuâ—ting with the Duke of Parma then Governour in the Spanish Netherlands to get Supplies from him the better to force the King to quit the siege and the truth is this affair did greatly perplex him for if he lost Paris the Cause was undone and if he relieved it by the Spanish assistance and without them he could not do it his own Interest might be lost For the Sixteen wish'd him not well because he had broken up their Council of Forty which contrary to his expectation bridled his Authority and they thinking to introduce a Commonwealth Government hâ— had crost that by creating another Council a Keeper of the Seals and four Secretaries of State with which he governed affairs without calling them except when he had need of money And thus having displeas'd the Sixteen he fear'd they would engage Paris under the Spanish Yoak if they saw Spaniards enough to deal with all But of two evils thâ— last is to be chosen and so he resolveth to reinforce his Army with Spanish Supplies In his absence he appoints his Brother the Duke of Nemours a courageous young man to command the City and assign'd him a * Their namâ—s in d'Aubâ—â—ne to 3. l. 3. â— 7. Council care is taken to fortifiâ— all suâ—pected Avenues and the people are Sermon'd up to such an height of madness that a great scarcity of provisions being in the City some for letting slip but some words as if peace were better then to be starv'd with hunger were by the fury of the Zelots either executed in publick or cast headlong into the River aâ— damn'd persons enemies to the Catholick Faith and infected with the poiâ—on of Heresie Whilst the Parisians were thus eager for the Cause their Kingling Charles X. or Cardinal Bourbon dieth in prison at Fontenay being 66 9 May 1590. yâ—ars old much troubled with the Stone and greatly addicted to old Wives Prophesies which pleas'd him the more because now and then he was told some which denoted his Kingship His death troubled some of the Leaguers having now no King and so one of their grand pretences vanished yet they continue resolute Mayenne keepeth to himself the Title of Lieutenant Genâ—ral of the State and Crown of France and the States General are ordered to meet for the Election of a new King the Sorbone renew their Decrees against the King as an Heretick and so not capable of the Crown And the better to keep the people up in their humours by order of 31 May Asâ—er si◠〈◊〉 the Legat a Procession is made of the Clergy to implore Gods assistance at the Head of these went Roze Bishop of Senlis with a Cross in his left hand and an Halbert in his right then followed the Monks and Friars according to their several Orders Capuchins Minims Franciscans Dominicans Fuâ—llans Carmelites c. In the Procession the Prelates Priests and Monks walked in their severâ—l accustomed Habits but over them armed openly with Head-pieces Croslets Coats of Mail c. all of them with Swords girt to their sides and in their hands carrying some sort of Arms or other some with Guns some with Spears others with Halberts Thus marched they along singing Hymns shooting off their Guns with which one was slain by chance and with them they carried all their Reliques as notable Assistants and Well-wishers to their Solemn League and Covenant and thus they foot it to the great Church After this followeth another Procession of the Duke of Nemours the Officers of the Army the Magistrates of the City with the Archbishop of Lyons and some other valiant Bishops These trudge also to the great Church where upon the great Altar laying their hands upon the Gospel they swear to defend the City to their uâ—most and to oppose the Heretical Prince And a little after to make all sure their Parlement at Paris by Act forbid any upon pain of death to talk of any Agreement Peace or Composition with Henry of Bourbon for so they called 15