Painting for he did not come to the Faith till she was aged as will appear if we consider the account the Scripture gives of him though small and this Image that he is said to paint represents the Virgin Mary not to be above 12 years of age and then I am confident that St. Luke never knew her but his Holiness hath said it therefore it shall pass rather than I will foul my fingers to disprove it In the Lateran Church Pope Sylvester gave thereto as many years of pardon as it rained drops of water on the day that he hallowed the same Church And at that time it rained so sore that no man had seen a greater rain before that day and when he had granted this pardon he thought in himself whether he had so much power or not And a voice came from Heaven and said Pope Sylvester Thou hast power enough to give that pardon And God hath granted also thus much thereto that if a man had made a vow to Jerusalem and could not do his pilgrimage if he go from St. Peters Church to the Lateran Church he shall be discharged and have Absolution of that promise And any time that a man cometh to the Lateran Church he is quit of all sins and of all penance so that he be penitent for his sins O blessed is the mother that beareth the Child that heareth Mass on Saturdaies at St. John of Lateran for he shall deliver all them that he desireth out of Purgatory to the number of 77 Souls Item Upon the Tower of the Church standeth a double Cross made of the Sword wherewith St. John was beheaded And every time that a man beholdeth that Cross he hath 13000 years of pardon and as many Karins of all penance and innumerable pardon more than he needeth for himself Moreover there is the grave where St. John laid himself in when he said mass and then came there a great light over the grave and when that light was gone nothing was found there but heavenly bread Out of the grave cometh every good Friday in the night holy Cream and Oyle And he that putteth his head in that grave hath 100000 years of pardon and as many Karins Item Behind the high Altar standeth a Chair wherein God himself fate whoso sitteth therein hath the third part of all his sins released And he that visiteth all the other Altars hath at each Altar 4400 years of pardon and as many Karins And on one side of the Church is a sacrifice at St. John Baptist's Altar There is the Table that our Lord did eat at upon Maunday-Thursday also the Tables of Stone with the ten Commandments that our Lord gave to Moses upon Mount Sinai and many other Reliques that belonged to our Lord of Heaven There is also of the five Barley Loaves and two Fishes wherewith Christ fed the people in the Wilderness Also certain of our Ladies Kerchiefes Item the heavenly Bread that was found in Saint Johns grave In that offering you have release of all sins and penance Item in the same Church on the high Altar be the heads of St. Peter and of Zachary the Prophet Father of St. John Baptist with divers other Reliques Item In the same Church-yard standeth a Chappel that is called Sancta Sanctorum there is the face of our Lord. There may ye have 14000 years of pardon and as many Karins When the Emperor Constantinus was Christned he spake to Pope Sylvester saying In that I have given my house to the Worship of God grant you meekly his Grace to all that willingly come to this Town To whom Pope Sylvester answered Our Lord Jesus Christ that by his great mercy hath purged you of your great Lazary purge all their penance He that will not believe this may go to Rome unto the Lateran Church and there before the Quire door may he see graven in a Marble-stone all that is written here From St. Johns day unto Shrovetide all this pardon is doubled and from shrovetide unto Easter the pardon is threefold doubled and blessed is he that may deserve to have this pardon But this we must note by the way that the Chappel abovesaid is of so great Grace and Holiness that no woman may come therein Item above the Chappel on the left side are steps which sometimes were at Jerusalem Whoso goeth up the steps on his knees delivereth one Soul out of Purgatory Pope Sylvester and Pope Gregory who both consecrated and hallowed that Church have given and granted to all them that devoutly visit the Lateran Church such and so great yea and so many Indulgences and Pardons as no man is able to number them but God alone as blessed St. Boniface testifieth saying If men did know the Indulgences and Pardons of the Lateran Church they were so many and so great that they should have no need to go to Jerusalem to visit Christs Sepulchre nor yet unto St. James That same Pope saith again If any man cometh unto our See of Lateran for devotion sake or for prayer or on pilgrimage he is absolved and delivered from all his sins And further saith If any man come unto the aforesaid See on the day of St. Saviour he is out of hand dispatched of all his sins In the Feast of St. Saviour whose Image appeared visibly to all the people of Rome when Pope Sylvester hallowed the aforesaid Church where the People of Rome were gathered together there is remission of all sins This Image of St. Saviour which at that time appeared visibly to all the people of the City remaineth yet at Rome in a certain wall and it may duly be seen and is of so great virtue and power that it could not be burnt although the Church in times past have been twice burnt Item in the Chappel of St. John Baptist into which women may not enter under pain of Excommunication is full remission of all sins Item in the Chappel of St. Laurence into which also women may not enter under the like pain which Chappel is called Sancta Sanctorum there is also clean remission of all sins And in the same Chappel is an Image of Christ when he was 12 years old and it is very nobly and cunningly made and set forth And about the same there are certain Stairs upon which our Lord Jesus Christ fell even unto the shedding of his blood and the sign token or mark now evidently appeareth where the blood fell which Stairs stood before Pilates house in Jerusalem And whoso goeth up these Stairs he shall have for every Stair nine years of pardon and as many Lents and forgiveness of the third part of all his sins Item in the Church of St. Eustace ye may have release and pardon of all sin And he that is shriven and repenteth of his sin hath a 1000 years of pardon and as many Karins Here followeth the knowledge of what a Karin is A Karin is to go Wolward and barefoot seven year and to fast with
bread and water that Friday seven year Item In seven years not to sleep one night where he sleepeth another Item In 7 years not to come under no cover'd place except it be to hear Mass in the Church-door or Porch Item In 7 years not to eat or drink out of any Vessel but in the same that he made his avow in He that fulfilleth all these points seven years successively doth and winneth a Karin or Lenton Thus may a man have at Rome great pardon and Soul-health Blessed be those people and in good time are they born that receive these Graces and well keep them Of which pardon and grace our Lord Jesus grant to every good Christian man Here followeth the Indulgences granted to other lower Churches in Rome IN Rome there is a Church of St. Peter ad vincula which Pope Pelagius did Consecrate and Hallow To this Church the aforesaid Pope Pelagius granted to remission of all sins the first day of August by the prayer of the Son of Theodorus the Emperor who brought the Chain from Jerusalem wherewith Peter the Apostle was bound In the Church of St. Vitus Modestus Crescentia Marcellus and others to the number of 5000 martyrs whose bodies were slain in the same place in the time of Antoninus the Emperor is granted 100 years of pardon and as many Karins and forgiveness of the 4th part of all sins In this Church also is a Vault wherein lyeth the body of Sylvester the Pope to which is granted 800 years of pardon and as many Karins and remission of the third part of all sins The old Latin Book saith that the Indulgences and Pardons that belong to this aforesaid Church are 7000 years and as many Lents And that in that Church there is such grace through the merits of the holy Martyrs Vitus and Modestus c. that whosoever is hurt of any mad dog c. or of any other noisom beast and dippeth his bread in the Oyle of St. Vitus and eateth it he is presently made whole In the Church of all the Apostles is every day a year of pardon and every Feast of one of the Apostles 300 years of pardon In the Church entituled Quatuor Coronatorum is 40 years of pardon In the Church of St. Julian is a 100 years of pardon In this Church is a certain kind of holy water very medicinable and easily cureth all kind of Diseases but especially Agues be they never so fervent sharp and hot Provided always that they which are diseased and come to take this blessed and holy water be fasting and say three Pater Nosters and as many Ave Maries in the Worship of Almighty God and of the glorious Virgin Mary and of the sweet Saints Julian and Albert Or else either say Mass or cause it to be said in the honour of the aforenamed St. Albert. In the Church of St. Foelix is 1000 years of pardon In the Church of St. Visy is 100 years of pardon In the Church of St. Peter and St. Marcellin is 1000 years of pardon Moreover Pope Alexander who consecrated and hallowed this Church granted unto it from the day of the Consecration unto the Vtas every year 3 years of pardon and as many Lents And after that he removed the said pardon from that time unto the Monday after the second Sunday of Lent and added the pardon of one year and forty days In the Church of Marcell is 1000 years of pardon In the Church of St. Cire and Joannes is the remission of the fourth part of all sins In the Church of St. John and St. Paul is 1000 years of pardon In the Church of St. Eustace where his own and his Wifes body lieth with their two Sons is 1000 years of pardon In the Church of St. Bartholomew where his body lieth and the body of St. Pauline is 1000 years of pardon In the Church of St. Gregory is 300 years of pardon and in the same Church whosoever be buried he shall never be damned This Church which before was dedicated saith the old Latin book to St. Andrew the Apostle St. Gregory did hallow and endowed the same with great and singular priviledges And after he had finished the Consecration of the said Temple he kneeled down and most humbly prostrated himself before the Majesty of God and prayed on this manner saying O Lord Jesus Christ the Son of the living God which saidst to thine Apostles and by thine Apostles to all faithful Christians Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he shall give it you I desire of the Omnipotency and Almightiness of thy Majesty that whosoever for ever after shall choose his burial in this Church or Church-yard so that he hold the Christian faith may never be adjudged to the pains of Everlasting damnation but be exalted to the joys of Everlasting life When he had thus prayed the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him saying O Gregory thy prayer is heard In the Church of St. Augustin is 1000 years of pardon In this Church is the chiefest Image of our Lord that ever St. Luke painted which Image he always carried with him whithersoever he went And it was found in the Grave of St. Luke about his head And this Image is called Sancta Maria Virgo Virginum mater omnium that is Saint Mary Virgin of Virgins and Mother of all This Image throughout all the City of Rome did excel and was very famous in working of Miracles in the time of Pope Innocent the 8th in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1485. In the Church of St. Jerom is 1000 years of pardon In the Church of St. Alexius where his body lieth is 2000 years of pardon In this Church saith the old Latin Book are every day in the year 100 years of pardon and as many Lents In this Church also is a worthy Image of our Lady which sometime was in a Church of the aforesaid Lady at a certain City called Edesia where blessed Alevius being a Pilgrim was and greatly desired to come and pray before it and he could not be suffered In consideration whereof the most blessed Image miraculously spake twice to the Keeper of the Church and said Let Alexius the man of God come in who sitteth without at the door and is worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven In the Church of Salvator is 1100 years of pardon and 40 days In the Chappel of 3 Wells where St. Paul was beheaded is 1000 years of pardon and as many Karins and the third part of all sins released In the Church of St. Salvator in the way to St. Pauls is an hundred years of pardon In the Church of St. Sylvester is 1000 years of pardon and there is the head of St. John Baptist. In the Church of St. Jacob is 1000 years of pardon and the third part of all sins released and there 's the head of St. James the Apostle In the Church of St. Nicholas is 100 years of pardon In the Church
Luke painted in Troas of Greece This Image an Angel brought from the Frangapanes unto Rome into the said Church which Church being burnt in the time of Pope Honorius the third this Image stood and was nothing hurt St. Luke had two strings to his bow Physick and Painting Gods word speaks the former but as for the latter we have none but Mr. Pope's word for it and let the Papists believe him if they will Protestants are so saucy as not to believe him In the Church of St. Mary Transpontin in which are the two Pillars unto which the blessed Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul were bound when they were scourged is 300 year of pardon In the Church called Sancta Maria de Campo is 40 years of pardon In the Church of St Mary in Porticum is 200 years of pardon In this Church is a certain precious stone called a Saphir wherein as they write is graven by the hands of the holy Angels the Image of Christ and of our Lady and was delivered miraculously from Heaven to a certain Noble-man called Galla. And to this Stone also is granted great Pardon I never knew the Angels to be Gravers before and it seems they kept their Graving-shop in Heaven but are not their Tools with which they Graved these Images to be seen also Certainly they would be excellent Reliques and would give a little credit to this incredible story In the Church of our Lady De aqua Salina is 1000 years of pardon and in the day of the Consecration of the same is remission of all sins In the Church of our Lady De Apostolis is 200 years of pardon In the Church of St. Mary called Schola Graeca is 100 years of pardon In the Church of our Lady called Scala Coeli is also great pardon This is one of the first Temples that was built in the world unto the honour of the blessed Virgin Mary It is called Scala Coeli This Church is of great height where St. Bernard saw this sight because in it blessed St. Bernard deserved to see a Ladder which reached up to the very Heavens In this Church whosoever says Mass or cause it to be said for the the Souls that are in Purgatory the aforesaid Souls are delivered out of hand But the misery is no Masses can be gotten without mony through the virtue of the Mass and the Merits of the blessed Virgin Moreover whatsoever thing is devoutly asked in that place it is straightway without all doubt obtained And there is great abundance of pardon a poena culpa toties quoties In the Church of St. Mary called Imperatrix is great Indulgence and manifold pardon even to the number of 6000 years In this Church is an Image of the blessed Virgin which spake to St. Coelestine the Pope saying Why dost not thou pray unto me more often seeing that when thou goest by my Image thou clost always salute and reverence it St. Coelestine hearing this voice fell down upon his knees and prayed and desired before that Image forgiveness And more this holy Father hath granted to them that kneel before this Image and say with a good intent three Pater Nosters and as many Ave Maries 15 years of pardon toties quoties In the Church of our Lady called Libera nos a poenis inferni i.e. Deliver us from the pains of Hell is great plenty of pardon St. Sylvester Bishop of Rome who delivered Constantine the Emperor from his Leprosie and afterward baptized him Consecrated and hallowed this place which being the Chappel of the blessed Virgin is called Libera nos a poenis inferni He hath also granted to all and singular persons that devoutly come unto that place and give somewhat to the maintenance thereof 11000 years of pardon toties quoties In the Church of our Lady De Consolatione is an Image of the blessed Virgin which hath wrought many Miracles and there is in the same Church full remission of all sins on the second Sunday of the month of June from the first Even-song unto the last granted by Pope Sixtus the fourth In the Church of our Lady entituled Maria inviolata is the Oratory in which blessed Luke painted four Images of the glorious Virgin One of these Images he made after such sort as he himself knew and saw the blessed Virgin and therefore he painted and set her forth with a Ring on her finger which Image remaineth at this present day in the aforesaid Oratory And forasmuch as the blessed Virgin doth work many miracles in the said Image therefore is there great resort of People unto the said Image which receive there great help and comfort great indulgence and pardon and are replenished with many Graces and singular Benefits In the Church of our Lady De populo is great Indulgence and Pardon For Pope Pascalis hath given and granted to all that devoutly visit this Church at the Feast of the Dedication of the same and bring somewhat for the maintenance of the said Church from the Friday after the third Sunday of Lent unto the Octaves of Easter for every day 1000 years of pardon and as many Lents Pope Sixtus the fourth also hath endowed this Church with marvailous and many great Indulgences insomuch that all and singular persons that of a good mind come and visit this Church at the Feasts of the Nativity Purification Annunciation Visitation and Assumption of Mary the Virgin or at any one of them shall have for every time full remission of all their sins Here follow certain other Churches with their Indulgences and Pardons IN the Church of St. Agnes is every day 48 years of pardon and in the Feast of the same Saint 200 years of pardon In the Church of St. Susan is 300 years of pardon In the Church of St. Tabine the Wife of St. Alexius is 2000 years of pardon and as many Karins In the Church of St. Praxed is remission of the fourth part of all sins and in the same Church is the Pillar that Christ was bound unto when he was scourged The old Latin book saith that in the aforesaid Church there is daily 12000 years of pardon and as many Lents and the forgiveness of the third part of all sins In this Church also is an Altar upon which Pope Pascalis sung 5 Masses for a certain Soul departed which 5 Masses being once ended he saw with his corporal eyes the blessed Virgin Mary to fetch the Soul out of Purgatory and to carry it into the bosom of Almighty God as ye may see it painted upon the wall of the aforesaid Church In consideration whereof the aforesaid Pope Pascalis by his Apostolick Authority hath given and granted to so many as either say Mass themselves or cause Mass to be said in the aforenamed Church power to deliver one Soul out of Purgatory toties quoties In the Church of St. Katharine is 200 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Felix is 40 years of Pardon In the
48 years of pardon and as many Lents or Kerries And seven of the Altars are priviledged with great grace and pardon At the first Altar is the visage of our Lord who looketh upon that hath 700 years of pardon Also the Spear that Christ was pierced with brought from Constautinople sent from the great Turk to Pope Innocent the Eighth When I have nothing else to do I will visit these Altars yet I think a man may do as well to stay at home The second Altar is of St. Andrew there ye have 500 years of pardon The third Altar is of St. Gregory there ye have 400 year of pardon The 4th Altar is of our Lady there is 700 years of pardon The 5th Altar is of St. Leo there he received the absolution in his Mass from Heaven and there is 700 years of pardon The 6th Altar is of All-Souls and there is 500 years of pardon and every high Feast a Soul out of Purgatory The 7th Altar is of Simon and Jude there is 600 years of pardon And before the door stand two iron Crosses who kisseth those Crosses hath 500 years of pardon Had not Christ proposed in his Gospel the way and method that God used in pardoning the sins of mankind the Pope would have deserved well at mens hands yet these pardons require so tedious a Journey that it would ruine a poor Papist to perform it therefore my advice is That he stay at home and make but use of Gods means for obtaining pardon and I assure him he may have it an easier rate for God offers it without mony or without price Isa 55.1 2. Item upon our Lady-day in Lent hangeth afore the Quire a Cloth that our Lady made her self and it hangeth still till our Lady-day Assumption And as many times as a man beholdeth that Cloth he hath 400 years of pardon Our Lady was admirably well imployed and so very many good works have been done by her that the Papists need do none themselves Also as many times as a man goeth through the Crouds at St. Peters Church he hath 400 years of pardon Here the Pope of his great liberality we thank his Holiness for it crouds a great deal of pardon upon his Votaries And as oft as a man followeth the Sacrament to the sick bodies he hath 1400 years of pardon I do not wonder now why Rogues and Whores were so Zealous to follow the Sacrament for here is a Jolly crop of pardon bestowed on them by good Mr. Pope Also Pope Sylvester granted to all them that daily go to the Church of St. Peter the third part of all his sins released and all his Vows and Promises released and all his sins forgotten released and forgiven except laying violent hand upon Father or Mother And above this is granted 2800 years of pardon and the merits of as many Lents or Karins What a Karin is ye shall find in the end of this book And in the Feast of St. Peter 1000 years of pardon and as many Karins and the third part of penance enjoyned released And from the Ascension-day of our Lord unto the Assumption of our Lady ye have 1400 years of pardon and as many Karins and forgiveness of the third part of all sins Who would converse with such Vermin or stand bound to take their words for here is at the first dash a bonny release from all vows and promises Certainly men are not safe in such Conversation as may be ruin'd for such a proinise-makers going to see a Church Nay it is the Opinion of the Jesuits if a man hath but a Friend at Rome that will do it for him it is all one therefore there can be no credit given either to their Promises or Vows And upon the one side of St. Peters Church lieth a Church-yard But they must part with the mony that they have begged in their Journey and that is called Gods field where none but poor pilgrims are buried and it is the Land that was bought with the 30 pence for which our Lord was sold As oft as a man goeth upon that ground he hath 15 years of pardon This if the Pope lieth not would be an excellent motive to draw Pilgrims and other persons to Rome but lazie Protestants had rather stay at home In the old Latin Book we read concerning the Church of St. Peter that there are granted every day in the year to so many as devoutly come unto it 48 years of pardon and as many Lents with the forgiveness of the third part of all sins Well it is but the forgiveness of the third part of your sins but the Pope hath an excellent Church where all your sins shall be pardoned go thither and let this alone till you are assured of your bargain for before you get home it will cost you dear Note also That whensoever the Feast of St. Peter comes or the Feast of the aforesaid Altars or the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord or of Easter or the Feast of All-Saints or any other double Feast than all the aforesaid Indulgences and Pardons are doubled Also in the Feast of the Annunciation of blessed Mary the Virgin there are 1000 years of pardon Again from the above-named Feast unto the Kalends of August Come here 's your man Sir no less than 12000 years of pardon together with a 3d part better and better yet give me this Church for my mony there are 12000 years of pardon and as many Lents and the forgiveness of the third part of all the sins Poor St. Peter how hath this abominable Harlot dress'd thee up I am sure thou didst teach the world other Doctrine but this Pardon-monger hath not told us the price I believe if we go round the Church we shall find the reckoning dear before we come out Item whosoever ascendeth or goeth up the stairs of St. Peter devoutly to him are granted for every step seven years of pardon by Pope Alexander St. Peters steps being well trod and the example of his Master our Lord Christ will produce a better than Pope Alexander could ever give but as for the Stone steps in St. Peters Church what pardon they procure let Pope Alexander inform you but unless he gives better evidence than his own words we will give him leave to lie and our selves the liberty of not giving credit to what he saith In the Church of St. Paul without the walls ye have 47000 years of pardon Here is more pardon than many an honest man can tell what to do withall or at least more than he will have occasion for Item in the day of St. Pauls Conversion ye have a 100 years of pardon Item on Childermas day 4000 years of pardon Item in Vtas of St. Martin when the Church was hallowed 14000 years of pardon and as many Karins and the third part of all sins released Moreover he that visiteth the Church of St. Paul two Sundays doth as much as though he went on pilgrimage
to St. James and come again In this Church also on the right hand of the Quire is a devout Image of the Cross which spake to St. Bridget because she used to pray before it In the Church of St. Laurence without the walls lie the bodies of Saint Laurence and of St. Stephen and at the high Altar ye have 18000 years of pardon and as many Karins And whoso visiteth the other Altars hath at each Altar 7000 years of pardon and as many Karins Also Pope Pelagius granted there at four Feasts of the year at each Feast 700 years of pardon and as many Karins And he that goeth thither every Wednesday in the year delivereth a Soul out of Purgatory and is himself quit of all his sins Likewise the holy Father Pope Calixt the third hath granted to all men and women that devoutly visit the aforesaid Church full remission of all their sins Also if any man enter into the aforesaid Church by the door that is on the South-side and so goeth from one Cross to another devoutly praying he shall have clean remission of all his sins toties quoties In the Church of St. Crosse there is a Chamber or Chappel which Pope Sylvester named Jerusalem in which Chappel is that Bond wherewith Christ was led to his Crucifying Also two Sawcers the one full of Jesus's blood and the other is full of our Ladies milk Also the Spunge wherein was mingled Vinegar and Gall. Item one of the Nails wherewith Jesus was nailed to the Cross Item a part of the block upon which St. John's head was smitten off Item two Arms the one of St. Peter the other of St. Paul Item there standeth a Chair in which Pope Anicetus was martyr'd And to all them that sit in the Church they gave an hundred thousand years of pardon and as many Karins and every Sunday a Soul out of Purgatory and the third part of all sins released Item in the same Church is a great part of one of the Crosses that one of the Thieves was put on that was crucified with Christ I believe this Cross grows in Spain for there is a Jolly company of them for I have seen at least 40 or 50 of the Thieves Crosses and all to be the Crosses of the good or bad Thief besides pritty gobbets of this Cross in their little Pigeon-houses or Hovels where Mass is said Item In the same Church is the title of Christ which Pilate wrote in Latin Hebrew and Greek which title was found in the time of Pope Innocent the Eighth of that name in the 7th year of his Reign To which title the same Pope hath granted great pardon to be received of all them that either look upon the title devoutly or with reverence either hear it read or else read it themselves This Pope was very happy in this Find-all I suppose it was one of his Image-graving Angels that contributed this Worthy Relique to this Church And it is to be noted that into that Chappel which is called Jerusalem women do not enter but only one in the year that is to say on the Dedication day of that Chappel which is on the even of St. Bennett the Abbot in the month of March. At which time there is full remission of all sins none excepted In the Church of St. Mary Major there standeth on the high Altar the head of St. Jerom and there ye have 14000 years of pardon and as many Karins And on the other Altar on the right hand there is the Cradle that Jesus lay in part of our Ladies milk and a great part of the holy Cross and many bodies of many holy Saints And there ye have 19000 years of pardon and as many Karins And Pope Nicholas the 4th and St. Gregory each of them granted thereto 10000 years of pardon and as many Karins And from the ascension of our Lord unto Christmas ye have there daily 14000 years of pardon and as many Karins and the 3d. part of all sins released Well for my part I do believe a man may go to all the Cathedrals in England yea and Parish-Churches and not find so much pardon as the Pope is pleased to confer on those that go to St. Mary Major Item That on the even of the Ascension of our Lord in which the Feast of the translation of St. Jeroms body is celebrated whose body resteth there Pope Pius the second hath granted to so many as devoutly visit in that Church the Altar of St. Jerom clean remission of all their sins toties quoties Item On all the Feasts of blessed Mary the Virgin there are 1000 years Also on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary the Virgin to the Feast of her Nativity there are 12000 years of pardon besides the daily Indulgences aforenamed In the Church of St. Schastian without the Town is a place that Pope Calixt named Talundas where an Angel appeared and spake to St. Gregory the Pope In that place is forgiveness of all sins and of all penance At the high Altar is granted 2800 years of pardon and as many Karins And he that cometh to the first Altar that standeth in the Church hath 2400 years of pardon And there is a Cellar or Vault wherein lyeth buried 49 Popes that died all martyrs Whoso cometh first into that place delivereth eight Souls out of Purgatory of such as he most desireth and as much pardon thereto as all the world cannot number nor reckon and every Sunday deliver a Soul out of Purgatory And in that Cellar standeth a Well or Fountain where the bodies of St. Peter and St. Paul lay hid fot the space of 250 years so that no man wist where they were become And whoso putteth his head into that Pit Well or Fountain is clean of all sins Pope Gregory Pope Sylvester Pope Nicholas Pope Pelagius and Honorius each of them granted to the same place 1000 years of Pardon and as many Karins And also there lie the bodies of divers holy persons which were too long to write of And so the grace that is at St. Sebastians is so surely grounded that it cannot be taken away Here is all in all what need we have any more than all our sins past present and to come forgiven us ay and Souls out of Purgatory too here is not only a bit for our selves but our Friend may come in for a snack we heartily thank his Holiness Item In this Church of St. Mary Major before the Quire is the Image of our Lady which St. Luke did paint which Image St. Gregory did bear from St. Mary Major to St. Peters the Apostle and so coming before the Castle of St. Angell he saw an Angel in the top of the Castle having in his hands a mighty flame of fire and with him a great multitude of Angels which sung afore that image Regina caeli laetare c. And St. Gregory answered Ora pro nobis Deum Allelujah I am not yet satisfied about St. Lukes
Church of St. Barbara is 100 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Lucy is 100 years of Pardon and as many Lents and the third part of all Sins forgiven In the Church of St. Elizabeth is 100 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Pernil is 1000 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Mary Magdalen is 100 years of Pardon and as many Karins In the Church of St. Clare is 100 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Vinnian is 3000 years of Pardon and in Lent 5000 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Agatha is 28 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Margaret is 200 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Christine is 40 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Clement is 40 years of Pardon and as many Lents yea and forgiveness of all sins at the Feast aforesaid And in Lent all these Indulgences and Pardons are doubled granted of special grace by Pope Gelasius to so many as devoutly visit the aforesaid Church or give ought thereunto Also Pope Alexander the Third by his Apostolique authority hath granted this privilege That so many as with good devotion come to pray in the aforesaid Church shall have the third part of all their sins forgiven In the Church of blessed St. Peter the Apostle ad carceres is granted of divers Popes to them that of a good mind visit this Church or help any thing at all unto the maintenance of the same Every day the forgiveness of the third part of all their sins and 200 years of Pardon And it hath pleased the most holy Fathers of their special grace that this Indulgence and Pardon shall be doubled on every Feast day In the Church of St. Bibian is great Indulgence and Pardon For Pope Honorius the Third hath granted to so many as devoutly visit this Church A great Pardon on my word 3 years of Pardon and as many Lents toties quoties Again at the Feast of all Saints there is Six hundred thousand years of pardon In this place also St. Bibian planted a certain Herb which being dried and made into Pouder is very profitable to deliver men from the Falling-Sickness This Saint was inclined to be a Physician Was not he a Painter as well as St. Luke Well this Herb certainly is a very precious Relique In the Church of St. Eusebius is granted to all them that Devoutly come unto it Who would let such a Church fall but Heretiques and put their helping hand to the maintenance thereof 7454 years of Pardon and as many Lents The Misery is this Pardon is Chargeable but the Ware is good and therefore let us not grudge to be bountiful In the Church of St. Vitus is 7000 years of Pardon and as many Lents Let him Eat a good Breakfast after it he may chance to fill his belly There is also in the same Church such and so great grace through the merits of the Holy Martyrs Vitus Modestus and Crescentia that if so be any man be bitten with a Mad-dog or any other Beast and take a piece of Bread and dip it in the Oyl of St. Vitus and so eat it he shall strait-ways be made whole Excellent Cures by this Chymical Oyl of St. Vitus I suppose a good Plaster will not do amiss for the stone doth well to be added to the Gospel Which Proverb was occasioned by a certain Man's meeting with a fierce Dog upon whose sight he fell a repeating the Gospel of St. John Cap. 1.1 but the Dog making up to him he took up a Stone and casting it at the surly Cur made him retreat I see saith the poor Man the Stone doeth well with the Gospel In the Church of St. Potentian is granted by Pope Simplicius to all and singular Persons that devoutly visit the said Church one year of Pardon and one Lent and the forgivness of the third part of their sins But Pope Celestine Pope Boniface Pope Clement Pope Gregory Pope Urban and Pope Alexander of their Godly zeal have doubled the aforesaid Pardon Who would not turn Papist at this rate but why a third part of his Sins but some other Church must have a little privilege By all which I see the Pope is an excellent Carver if he please he shall be Carver to the King of Spain's Foot-Boy's Cobler's Apprentice for certainly he is a deserving Gentleman It is to be noted that in this Church there is a Chappel behind the High Altar in which Chappel St. Peter as they say sung his first Mass There is also great Pardon I never understood that St. Peter sung Mass before but a man may see that Popery is the Fountain of knowledg and being that St. Peter did grace this Chappel This is Chargeable but any thing to go to Heaven it will follow that there must be a great Pardon belong to this Chappel but the Priests had rather have great stipend or else there will be but small store of Musick And for a small Conclusion we shall Note that all Indulgence of Rome is in Lent doubled Again in the way of his Pilgrimage unto Rome he is truly assoiled of all deadly sins and of all other whatsoever they be So that his Soul is not only by this means free from the pains both of Hell and Purgatory but it is also straightway by the Ministry of the Holy Angels carryed up into the glorious Palace of the Heavenly King O blessed is that man or woman that is partaker of these Indulgencies and Pardons for he may be sure to make a blessed end let his Life be never so Sinful This would be excellent Doctrine to preach to the Turks as for Hereticks they deserve not one tittle of this kindness but it suits wonderful well with the rest of the Pope's doctrine Here follow the Indulgencies and Pardons which certain Popes have granted to all such as devoutly say certain Prayers which hereafter shall be named TO all them that be in the state of grace that daily say devoutly this Prayer before our blessed Lady of Pity she will shew them her blessed visage Be sure you get into this state of Grace or else the fat is in the fire and warn them of the day and of the hour of death and in their last end the Angels of God shall yield their Souls to Heaven and they shall obtain 500 years and so many Lents of Pardon granted by our Holy Father Pope Bonifacius Obsecro te Domina Sancta Maria c. Who saith devoutly this short Prayer daily shall not depart out of this World without penance and ministration of the Holy Sacrament the which was shewed by an Angel to St. Bernard Ave Maria Ancilla Sanctae Trinitatis c. Our Holy Father Pope Sixtus hath granted to all them that devoutly say this Prayer before the Image of our Lady and her Son 11000 years of Pardon Ave Sanctissima Maria c. Our holy Father Pope Sixtus hath granted
of St. Nicholas is 100 year of pardon and as many Lents In the Hospital of St. Spirit is 700 years of pardon and the seventh part of all sins released Pope Sixtus the fourth granted to all and singular persons that enter into the said Hospital of St. Spirit and become a Brother or Sister of the same Fraternity that they may choose where they will a meet Confessor or Ghostly Father to absolve them from all their sins yea and also once in their life-time and again at the hour of death to Absolve them from the Cases reserved to the Apostolick See as it is most fully contained in a certain Bull made upon the same matter In this Hospital is the Arm of St. Andrew and the Finger of St. Katherin In the Church of St. Michaelis is 1000 years of pardon In the Church of St. Matthew is 200 years of pardon and there is his Arm and the Arm of St. Christopher The old Latin book saith that there is in this Church 1000 years of pardon and as many Lents and the forgiveness of the seventh part of all sins given granted and confirmed by Pope Honorius Pope Alexander and Pope Innocentius In the Church of St. Celore is 100 years of pardon and there is the finger of St. Nicholas the Bishop and the foot of Mary Magdalen In the Church of St. Simplician and Faustinus is 5000 years of pardon In the Church of St. Anastasius in the way to St. Pauls is 1000 years of pardon In this Church is the Pillar whereupon blessed St. Paul the Apostle was beheaded In the Church of St. Thomas is 1000 years of pardon In the Church of St. John Portlatin is one Soul delivered out of Purgatory with many Indulgences and Pardons In the Church of St. Christopher is 100 years of pardon In the Church of St. Apollinaris is 100 years of pardon In the Church of St. Bennet is 100 years of pardon In the Church of St. Andrew is a 1000 years of pardon And in this Church there are very many Reliques which were found in the ground and lay hid there in a Bason and Glass more than 200 years as it appeareth by the writing that was found with the Reliques In the Church of Cosine and Damiane is 1000 years of pardon Whosoever visiteth this Church hath 1000 years of pardon granted by Pope Gregory the first toties quoties In the Church of St. Simon and Jude is 1000 years of pardon In the Chappel that is called Domine quo vadis be the steps of the Feet of our Lord Jesus Christ and there is 1000 years of pardon In this place when the Angel of God delivered Peter from the hand of Nero our Saviour Christ met with him to whom Peter said Lord whither goest thou and he answer'd I go to Rome to be crucified again In the Church of St. John is 1000 years of pardon In the Church of St. James the Apostle is 2000 years of pardon And Pope Innocent the Eighth hath granted full remission of all sins to all and singular persons that devoutly visit the aforesaid Church in the Feast of the aforenamed Apostle with this Proviso That they hear Mattens Masses and Even-song in the aforesaid Church In the Church of St. Bernard is 300 years of pardon In the Church of St. Luke is 1000 years of pardon In the Church of St. Mark is 1000 years of pardon This Church Pope Paul the second endowed with many priviledges and very great Indulgences insomuch that all and singular persons that visit the same Church in the Octaves of the most holy body of our Lord Jesus Christ or at the Feast of the Epiphany of Christ or else give somewhat to the beautifying and enriching of the said Church shall have manifold indulgence and pardon with full remission of all their sins In the Church of St. Panthaleon is 48 years of pardon In the Church of St. Pancras is 100 years of pardon Of certain Churches in Rome dedicated to our Lady IN the Church of our Lady called Rotunda is every Friday in the year and in the Feast of All-hollows clean and perfect remission of all sins This Church was edified by one called Agrippa in the Worship of Sibilla Venus and Neptunus and of all other Gods and Goddesses and was called Pantheon But afterward at the desire of the Pope Boniface it was granted by the Emperor to be made a Temple of the Christians so that the asoresaid Pope with a great multitude of the Romans did dedicate the same the first of the Kalends of November in the Worship of our Lady and of all Saints He hath also made there an Altar and said Mass there himself and ministred the Sacrament to the people and on the morrow after he said Mass in the same place for all Souls past He granted also great Indulgence and Pardon to all that devoutly visit this Church and meekly kneeling upon their knees say a Pater Noster and an Ave in the Worship of our Lady and all Saints In the Church of our Lady Trans Tiberim where a Well of Oyle plentifully flowed by the space of one whole day and one whole night when Christ was born of the Virgin Mary is 700 years of pardon in the Feast of the Nativity of our Lady granted by Pope Calixt and in Lent 400 years of pardon granted by Pope Gregory the third Item In the same Church are the steps of Odraphin printed in Stone which was found upon the Castle of St. Angel In the same Church also is one of the five Images of our Lady which St. Luke did paint In the Church of our Lady called Ara Coeli is 3000 years of pardon and as many Lents This Church was sometime the Palace of Octavianus the Emperor who saw in his Vision a fair Virgin in Heaven standing upon an Altar holding a goodly Child in her Arms At which sight he marvailed greatly and afterward heard a Voice from Heaven saying Haec ara Coeli filij Dei est And he fell to the ground and worshipped Christ and believed in his coming This Vision he had in his Chamber where now the Church of St. Mary called Ara Coeli is Under this Church is a Prison where St. Peter was imprisoned where is now a fair Chappel in which is a Pit wherein St. Peter did baptize many Martyrs And St. Peter was led out of that Prison by the Angel and there is great and mighty pardon In this Church also is one of the Images of our Lady which St. Luke painted This Image was made after the same form and manner that our Lady stood at the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ mourning weeping and lamenting This Image is of great virtue and worketh daily many miracles as ye may see in a certain Table that hangeth by the aforesaid Image In the Church of St. Mary the New is 1000 years of pardon and in Lent 200 years In this Church also is an Image of our Lady which St.
at the instance of the most High and Excellent Princess Elizabeth late Queen of England and Wife to our Soveraign Lord King Henry the Seventh God have mercy on her sweet Soul and all Christian Souls to all them that every day in the morning after 3 tollings of the Ave Bell say three times the whole salutation of our Lady Ave Maria gratia plena that is to say at six of the Clock in the Morning 3 Ave Maries At 12 at Noon 3 Ave Maries and at six of the Clock at Evening for every time so doing is granted of the Spiritual Treasure of the holy Church 300 dayes of Pardon toties quoties And also our Holy Fathers the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York with other 9 Bishops of this Realm have granted 3 times in the day 40 days of pardon to all them that be in the state of Grace able to receive pardon the which begun the 26th day of March Anno 1492 in the seventh year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh And the sum of the Indulgence and pardon for every Ave Maria gratia plena is 740 dayes toties quoties Suscipe verbum Virgo Maria c. This Prayer was shewed to St. Bernard by the Messenger of God saying That as Gold is most precious of all other Metal so exceedeth this Prayer all other Prayers And whoso devoutly says it shall have a singular reward of our Blessed Lady and of her sweet Son Jesus Ave Maria ancilla Trinitatis humillima Our Holy Father Pope Bonifacius hath granted to all them that devoutly say this lamentable Contemplation of our Lady standing under the Cross weeping and having compassion on her sweet Son Jesus 7 years of Pardon and 40 Lents Also Pope John the 22d hath granted 300 days of Pardon Stabat mater dolorosa These be the 15 O's which the Holy Virgin St. Bridget was wont to say daily before the Holy Rood in St. Paul's Church at Rome Who so saith them an whole year shall deliver 15 Souls out of Purgatory of his next Kindred and convert 15 Sinners unto good life and other 15 Righteous men of his Kindred shall persevere in good life And whatsoever he desireth of God he shall have it if it be to the Salvation of his Soul To all them that before the Image of Christ scourged devoutly say 5 Pater Nosters and 5 Ave Maries and a Creed piteously beholding the Arms of Christ's Passion are granted 32755 years of Pardon And Pope Sixtus of his great clemency and fatherly goodness hath doubled this aforesaid Pardon Adoro te Domine Jesu Christe This Epistle of our Saviour sent our Holy Father Pope Leo unto the Emperor Carolus Magnus of which we find written That whosoever beareth this Blessing upon him and saith it once a day he shall obtain 40 years of Pardon and 80 Lents and he shall not perish with sudden death Crux Christi sit mecum This Prayer made St. Augustin affirming That whosoever saith it daily kneeling shall not die in Sin but after this life he shall obtain everlasting Joy and Bliss Respice ad me c. Our Holy Father Pope Bonifacius the Sixth hath granted to all them that devoutly say this Prayer following between the elevation of our Lord and the third Agnus Dei 10000 years of Pardon Domine Jesu Christe qui hanc sacratissimam carnem c. Our Holy Father Pope John the 22d hath granted to all them that devoutly say this Prayer after the elevation of our Lord Jesu Christ 3000 days of Pardon for deadly Sins Anima Christi sanctifica me c. The same Pope hath granted 100 days of Pardon to all them that say this Prayer at the Elevation of our Lord Jesus Christ Ave caro Christicara c. Our Holy Father Innocentius Pope of Rome hath granted 7 years of Pardon to all them that say this Prayer devoutly at the Elevation of our Lord in the Mass Salve lux Mundi c. Our Holy Father Pope Sixtus the Fourth hath granted to all them that be in the state of Grace saying this Prayer following immediately after the Elevation of the Body of our Lord clean Remission of all their Sins perpetually enduring And also Pope John the 22d at the request of the Queen of England hath granted unto all them that devoutly say this Prayer before the Image of our Lord Crucified as many days of Pardon as there were wounds in the Body of our Lord in the time of his bitter Passion which were 5465. Precor te amantissime Domine Jesu Christe c. This Prayer was shewed to St. Augustin by revelation of the Holy Ghost and whoso devoutly saith this Prayer or hears it read or beareth it about him he shall not perish in Fire nor Water nor Battel nor Judgment And he shall dye no sudden death and no venom shall poison him that day And whatsoever he asketh of God he shall obtain it if it be to the salvation of his Soul And whensoever his Soul shall depart from his Body it shall not enter into Hell Deus propitius esto mili peceatori c. Our Holy Father Innocentiue the Third hath granted to all them that say this Prayer following devoutly Remission of all their Sins confessed and contrite Domine Jesu Christe Fili Dei vivi c. This Prayer following made the worshipful St. Bede of the seven last words which our Lord Jesus Christ spake hanging on the Cross Whoso says this Prayer devoutly kneeling neither the Devil nor wicked men shall hurt him And he shall not dye without Confession Domine Jesu Christe qui septem verba c. These 5 Petitions and Prayers made St. Gregory and hath granted to all them that devoutly say these 5 Prayers with 5 Pater Nosters and 5 Ave Maries and 5 Credo's 500 years of Pardon Ave manus dexter a Christi c. This Prayer shall ye say in the worship of all the Blessed Members of Christ devoutly And ye shall have 300 days of pardon for every Salve And there be 13 Salves Salve tremendum c. This Prayer is made by our Holy Father Pope John the 22d and he hath granted to all them that devoutly say this Prayer beholding the glorious Visage or Vernacle of our Lord ten thousand days of pardon And they that cannot say this Prayer let them say 5 Pater Nesters 5 Aves and 5 Creeds and they shall have the like Pardon Salve Sancta faeies c. Another Oracle to the blessed Vernacle or Visage of our Lord Jesu Christ Whoso saith it devoutly shall have 300 years of pardon granted by our Holy Father Pope Innocentius Ave facies praeclara c. Whoso devoutly beholdeth these Arms of our Lord Jesus Christ shall obtain 6000 years of pardon granted by our Holy Father St. Peter the first Bishop of Rome and by 30 other Popes of the Church of Rome's Successors after him And our Holy Father Pope John the 22d hath granted to
all them that be very contrite and truly confessed saying this devout Prayer in the Commemoration of the bitter Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ 3000 years of pardon for deadly Sins and other 3000 for venial Sins and say first a Pater Noster and one Ave Maria. Diripuisti Domine vincula mea Our Holy Father Pope Innocentius the Second hath granted to all them that say this Prayer devoutly in the worship of the Wound that our Lord had in his blessed Side when he was dead hanging on the Cross 4000 days of pardon Ave vulnus lateris nostri c. This most devout Prayer said the Holy Father St. Bernardin the Grey Friar daily kneeling in the worship of that most Holy Name Jesus And it is well to believe that through the Invocation of that most excellent Name of Jesus St. Bernardin obtained a singular reward of perpetual Consolation of our Lord Jesus Christ And this Prayer is written in a Table that hangeth at Rome in St. Peter's Church near to the high Altar where our Holy Father the Pope is wont to say Mass And whoso devoutly with a contrite heart daily says this Orison if he be that day in the state of Eternal pain it shall be changed into the Temporal pain of Purgatory And if he hath deserved the pain of Purgatory then it shall be forgotten and forgiven through the infinite Mercy of God Obone Jesu c. Pope Alexander hath granted to all them that say this Prayer devoutly in the worship of St. Anne and our Lady and her Son Jesus 10000 years of pardon for deadly Sins and 20 years for venial Sins toties quoties Ave Maria c. Bocatius saith That the hairs of that Angel of the Seraphical Order which came down from Heaven as the Papists feign unto filly simple St. Francis the Grey-Friar in the likeness of a young man and printed in his Hands Feet and Heart the signs and tokens of the five wounds of Christ are kept in a certain Monastery of Franciscan Friars in Italy as most Heavenly and Holy Reliques In the same Monaftery also are divers Reliques of the aforesaid Francis namely his Night Coul and his Breeches These are highly reverenced and had in great price It seemeth the very Coelestial Bodies must be abused by these Forgers of Lies Note here they pretend Angels to have Hairs which is false for Hair is an Excrement and Coelestial Bodies have no Excrements but it seemeth they spare none The Angels must have their Hair pull'd off to accommodate their Covetousness But that this Angel should put the five wounds of Christ upon silly Fanatick St. Francis none but stark Fanaticks will believe POSTSCRIPT ANd now Good Reader I have given thee an account of their monstrous Merchandize and horrid Cheats of the Church of Rome discovering to thee their feigned Reliques Let me tell thee how happy a Nation thou livest in how God did bless the Church of England when he did discover the folly of all these wicked Crew of Popelings which with these Thousands of Cheats did pick the Peoples Pockets as they do at this day and to my knowledge in other Nations And should the Pope and his Popelings prevail to introduce the Romish Religion in England again all these swarms of Fopperies will undoubtedly flow in upon us again Yea the Traitor Colman's as well as the Traitor Tom Becket's Bones may hap become holy Reliques Therefore for the Honour of Christ and for the good of your own Souls and the Souls of your poor Babes and all Posterity be earnest with God by Prayers and with your Children and Servants and Neighbours by Counsel to prevent it That that cloud of the darkness of Popery may never overshadow this Nation any more And let all Protestants as good Christians and Lovers of the Souls of their Posterity join heart and hand against it that so our Kings and Nobles and all our Governours and People may never be subject to the Censures or Pretended Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions of that abominable proud Pretender and Father of all Errors and Mischiefs the Pope of Rome And to that purpose be faithful in Discovering all their Priests and Parties and Interests and Designs to the uttermost of your Skill And Encourage all sorts of Protestants whatsoever that fear God honour the King and are willing to be subject to the Civil Magistrate though Dissenting from the rest of Christians in some small Matters and Indifferent things and so live together in Love and Neighbourly Friendship as they of Rome may never have hope again by our Divisions to Impose upon us their monstrous Heresies and Phanaticisms and living in Unity of Affection and Civil Peace put the Pope and all his Crew from all hopes of setting up their Trade of picking Englishmens Pockets by showing their feigned Reliques and pretended Pardons and Indulgences From which that England may be ever free is the Prayer of him that is the Lover of the Protestant Interest and of his King and Country Titus Oates FINIS