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A68221	Antisixtus An oration of Pope Sixtus the fift, vppon the death of the late French King, Henrie the third. With a confutation vpon the sayd oration, wherein all the treacherous practises of the house of Lorraine, are largely described and layde open vnto the view of the world, with a briefe declaration of the kings death, and of many other things worthy the noting, which neuer yet came to light before. Translated out of Latin by A.P.	Hurault, Michel, d. 1592.; Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590. De Henrici Tertii morte sermo. English.	1590 (1590)	STC 14002; ESTC S114241	39,544	58

to offer vnto all Kinges and Emperours which wee most willingly would likewise haue bestowed vpon him if the holy scriptures in this case had not altogether forbidden it There is saith S. Iohn a sin vnto death I say not that any should pray for it which may be vnderstoode both of the sin it selfe as if he shoulde say for that sin or for the remission or forgiuenes therof I will that none should pray because it is not pardonable Or else in the same sense for that man who committeth such a sin vnto death I say not that any should pray for Whereof our Sauiour himselfe hath spoken in S. Mathew saying that he that sinneth against the holie Ghost shal not be pardoned neither in this worlde nor in the world to come Where he setteth downe thrée sorts or kindes of sinne to wit against the Father the Son and the holy Ghost and that the two first are lesse hainous and pardonable but that the third is altogether vnpardonable and not to be remitted Al which difference procéedeth from the destinction of the attributes as the diuines teach vs which seuerally are appropriated vnto euery seuerall person of the holy Trinitie And although as the essence of all the thrée persons is but one so also is their power wisedome and goodnes as we haue learned in the symbole of Athanasius where he saith almighty is the father almighty is the Sonne and almighty is the holy Ghost yet by attribution power is ascribed vnto the Father wisedome vnto the Sonne and loue vnto the holie Ghost whereof euery seuerall as they are tearmed attributes so are they so proper vnto euery seuerall person that they can not be attributed and referred vnto any other By the contraries of which attributes we come to discerne the distinction and greatnes of sinne The contrary to power which is onely attributed vnto the Father is weaknes and therefore that which we doe amisse through infirmity of nature is said to be committed against the Father The opposite vnto wisdome is ignorance and blindnes through which when any man sinneth is said to sinne against the Sonne therefore that which we commit through naturall infirmity and ignorance is more easier forgiuen vs. The thirds attribute which is the holy Ghostes is loue hath for his contrary ingratitude and vnthankefulnes a vice most detestable and odious which causeth men not to acknowledge the loue of God and his benefites bestowed vpon them but to forget despise yea and to hate them Whereout brieflie and finally procéedeth that they become altogether obstinate and impenitent And this way sinne is committed against God with greater danger and perill then if it were done through ignorance and weakenesse of the flesh and therfore it is termed a sin against the holy Ghost And because such sinnes are seldome and difficultly pardoned and not without great aboundance of grace in some sorte they are said to bee vnpardonable whereas altogether through vnrepentance only they become simply vnpardonable For whatsoeuer is done amisse in this life although it be against the holy ghost by repentance it may be wipt out defaced before death but they that perseuere therin til death are excluded from all grace mercy hereafter And therefore for such sinners and sinnes the apostle hath forbidden to pray after their decease Now therefore because wée vnderstand not without our great griefe that the saide king is departed out of this worlde without repentance and impenitent in the company to wit of heretickes for all his army was made almost of none other but of such men and that by his last wil he hath commended and committed his crowne and kingdome to the succession of Nauarre long since declared an hereticke and excommunicated as also in his extremity and nowe ready to yéelde vp his ghost desired of him and such like as he was there standing by that they would reuenge his death vppon those whome hee iudged to be the cause thereof For these and such like most manifest tokens of vnrepentance we haue decréed not to solemnize his death with funeralles not that we would séeme to coniecture by these any thing concerning the secrete iudgementes of God against him or his mercies who could according vnto his good pleasure in the departing of his soule from the body cōuert and turne his heart and deale wyth him mercifully but this we haue spoken being thereunto mooued by these externall signes and tokens God grant therefore that all being admonished and warned by this fearefull example of heauenly iustice may repent and amende and that it may further please him to continue and accomplish that which he hath mercifully begunne in us as we do put our trust in him to the end we may giue euerlasting thanks to him to haue deliuered his church from such great imminent dangers Wherof when his holines had spoken he brake vp the Consistorie hauing giuen his blessing let them al depart ANTISIXTVS THe ages past haue séene many that vnnaturally haue rebelled against their country and with violēce defiled their hands with the blood of their princes and parents but none yet that euer approoued or commended the facte But nowe of late and in our dayes a notorious murtherer is come forth the B. of Rome knoweth the cruell and bloody crime and reprooueth not the offendor but prayseth him This therefore is false Sixtus although it bée an oldé saying that villanie and mischiefe is more easier committed then excused whether I compare thée with Papinian or rather with Caracalla both notable tyrantes yet it will holde in none of them both With right then may I saye with thée fact um est opus in diebus nostris there is wroght a worke in our dayes to the eye and eare most detestable and gréeuous and horrible to be remembred and spoken of The greatest and mightiest king of Europe lieth ouerthrowen and slaine by the treacherous fraude of a friar But doost thou tearme this a worke onely Nay rather thou shouldest haue called it a most hainous execrable and cruell act and therefore the more hainous that not one of the common people but thou the ruler of christendome Christ his vicar the gate of heauen hast bene the aduocate defender and commender of this great offence Truely who can suffer the hands of priests which by their laws should be harmelesse and vndefiled of all christen blood although most guilty to be embrued and stayned wyth the blood of a prince Who should not curse and detest the bloody butchar of the father of his country Haue not the incensed and angrie people reason then to crie torture torture and all things else wherewith such cruell monsters are to bée punished Yet this is but small Sixtus and that which thou thinkest to be the greatest part of this villanous acte is the least Thou wyth it onely art to be charged because thou alone art sounde that commendest priuse murtherers and praisest manslaughter and not onely giuest licence

thinges because they are vsuall vnto thée but to compare the eternall counsell of the redemption of mankinde which onely was committed vnto the seconde person of the Trinitie onely of him suscepted with the vngodly and detestable conspiracie of the murthering of a Prince And to equall the cafuall audacitie of an imaged and bloudie butther vnto the reuerende myracles of our Lordes natiuitie death and resurrection Anoyde impietie auoyde blasphemie infect not the holy Lambe with thy poysoned breath What hast thou left vntouched whome hast thou spared what hath not Mahomet nowe to obiect vnto vs what hath the Iewe any longer to holde his peace Loc yée Christians if the Sarrisins the Indians and the Barbarous people of Calico inueigh most bitterly against you they haue borrowed it of the Bishoppe of Rome Diddest thou lacke prophane examples Sixtus to compare them vnto thy villaynie that thou hadst a refuge vnto most holy and diuine comparisons I am glad sir Bishoppe that the world hath béene voide vntill thine age of such hainous and publicke murthers that both were reserued vnto thy time to wit hee that durst attempt such a detestable acte and he that was not ashamed to command it Come forth all yee whome the religious antiquity hath seperated from the worlde to bee adicted vnto celestiall meditations whome the sonne neuer saw but throwe some narrowe ristes bring shutt vp in high walles and iron doores Arise I say and come forth Sixtus calleth you vnto villennie to the murthering of Kings and princes now the gates are kept no longer by a seuere and frowning porter And those bars and doores that kept you from the frendly imbrasing of your fathers and the swéete kisses of your affectionated mothers are nowe fréely remoued and opened vnto you to shed by treacherye and treason the bloud of your parents and dearest frends I was determined Sixtus to leaue thy lies surmises and false accusations vntouched But I am prouoked to the contrarie through thy impudency which deserueth no smal indignation as those may easely iudge that are somewhat acquainted with our estat and affaires Dost thou say that Monkes and Friars were kild or at the least ill vsed in the Kings Camp I would to God it had beene so if it be lawful and godly to desire it But at the least I wish that all this idle and vnprofitable cattle should haue béene pounded and imprisoned then our Prince should liue yet worthy of a longer life and then as a fearfull hare thou durstest not tread vppon the body of the dead Lion and deride our griefe and mishappe As if all the world knew not that vnto these slaues he neuer was harde where as oftentimes he was vnto his most familiar friendes seuere Truely his vntimely facillity hath hurt him hauing had as yet no experience how much hipocrisie and deceite there lay hidden vnder a Friars hood As if thy selfe didst not know that hee alwayes had with him two Friers in his armie whose help he alwayes vsed in his diuine seruice Let me be vndon and cast away if I would not haue wisht a Friars wéede and forsaken my counsellers gowne if by that meanes I coulde haue perswaded him to the best Truly none were so mighty in the Realm whose welfare and cōmodity nay not his owne hée esteemed not lesse then these peoples delights and pleasures onely Thou hast no lucke Sixtus with thy lie it will not forge thou mightiest more easier haue made the worlde beleeue any thing els The enemy himselfe dare not say that Friars were ill vsed as long as he liued Here I woulde make an end if I were but certified of one pointe Resolue mee Sixtus of this I inquire no further causes of the murthered Prince it sufficeth mee to knowe that thou hast commaunded it thy will shall stande for a lawe But wherefore dost thou persecute his shadowe wherefore doest thou accuse him of obstinacy impenitency vnthankefulnesse and to haue sinned against the holy Ghost Why doest thou compare him with Cain and Iudas By what iustice or equitie canst thou doe this when hee lay vppon his death bedde did hee doubt of Christian faith Did hee deny the euerlasting Sonne of the eternall GOD Hath hee neglected the auncient customes of the Church and the most comfortable Sacramentes vnto those that he in their extremity Yet once againe herein thou art a notable lier Why dost thou force mee so oftentimes to repeate the remembraunce of my bitter griefes It is certaine that the godly Prince as soone as the Phisitions and Surgeons had bounde vp his wounde and had laide him vppon his bedde hauing a little slepte vppon his paine and griefe that hee pronounced with his owne mouth his Prayers and with a loude voice made confession of his faith and of the feeling which hee had of his redemption adding therevnto these wordes vnto GOD. If it bee to thy glory O GOD and the commoditie of my people graunte mee I most humbly desire first pardon for my sinnes and then some longer dayes of life But if it bee otherwise I thanke thee most highly O Father that thou doest barre mee hence forth from the thraldome of sinne whereby wee moste oftentimes procure thy wrath against vs. And therefore I am readie most willingly to come where thou callest me Hauing made an ende of his Prayers he sendeth for his brother the King of Nauarre and for the chiefest of his army and vnto his brother he commendeth the charge of the Realme and the gouernment of his subiects the Lawes of France importing as much and repeted oftentimes these words whereby he charged him to haue a speciall care to kéepe Christes flocks in vnity and concord and as he was heire vnto the crowne that he likewise would be heire to godly and ancient institutions Desiring this most earnestly at his hands with a solemne protestatiō shewing that this had bin his only desire from his childhood They al depart very sorrowful whervpō he confesseth his sins in the eare of a priest hauing craued pardon of God for his offences he had a sensible féeling that they were forgiuē him for Christs sake And nowe ready to communicate of his sacred body openly that al might hears it that grace which he had fréely receiued of God in the forgiuenes of his sins that same he frankly imparteth to al his enemies nay to them that had béene the conspirators of his death his murtherers And thus hauing receiued his last due farewell departed ioyful glad out of this worlde not without the great griefe of all the standers by bewraying the inward sorrowe with outward abundant teares Here Sixtus I sée no tokens of desperation no signes of impenitencie And I thinke not that thou art so farre voyde of al reason as to compare a most Christian prince vnto K. Saule But let him be cōpared yet to him so that he heare no bitterer words suffer greater torments Beholde with what words Gods indignation vpon this impious king is expressed The spirite of the Lorde is gone from Saule saith the prophet And in another place the Lord speaketh vnto Samuel saying How long wilt thou lament ouer Saul when I haue cast him off that he shall not raigne Doth he saie that he is miserable vnhappie worthy of eternal damnation God forbid When the scripture speaketh of his death marke the most christian wordes of Dauid directed vnto the vnluckie yongman who boasted but falsely that hee with his owne handes had slaine the Prince in the battell How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the annointed of the Lord And in many other places who shall stretch forth his hands vpon the Lords annointed and shall be innocent Answere Sixtus is not thy oration crueller whereby thou commaundest wilfull and publike murther in praisnig it or say that this example is not to be folowed and to be abolished by thine authoritie Saule was slaine in the battell an Amalekite his enemy had doone it here is nothing that was forbidden by lawe yet the Lorde hath reuenged the death of his annointed Sée further what the holy Chronicles tell of Ioab and Ammon being murthered although vngodly kings authors of abhominations and hated of God Sée reade and peruse all the sacred and prophane histories and thou shalt finde that not onely the lawe of nature of men and aboue all Gods ordinances but also the seuere and horrible examples of the punishmēt therof debarre impious and bloodie handes from the annoynted bodies of kings and Princes Rome fertile alwayes in all villanie hath féene of twelue her Emperors eight murthered wyth the sword but none vnreuenged He Sixtus therefore that succéedeth shall be I hope the reuenger and that which thou hast now long agone knowne by other histories thou shalt come to learne it ere long by thine owne Auoyde therefore thou Bishop and be prowde with this answere Go vnto the Indians or in some other corner of the world a iust punishment is reserued for thée vnder some greater ennemy FINIS