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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46334	Some observations upon the life of Reginaldus Polus Cardinal of the royal bloud of England sent in a pacquet out of Wales, by G.L. gentleman, and servant to the late Majesty of Henrietta Maria of Bourbon, mother to the present King.	Joyner, William, 1622-1706.	1686 (1686)	Wing J1160; ESTC R16025	27,100	144

praeter duos libellos ex quibus Polus deum precari solitus erat Breviarium vocamus Diurnale Atque hic quidem est Priulus ille quem initio diximus anno 1532. Patavii in arctissimam Poli consuetudinem venisse neque ab ejus lutere unquam ex eo tempore discessisse sed omnium itinerum legationum laborum comitem ac socium studiorum item consiliorum ac omnium periculorum participem fuisse ut neque ullis honoribus nec dignitate quae illi cùm in patriâ suá in quâ summa est ejus familiae nobilitas atque amplitudo tum Romae non semel proponebatur a Poli consuetudine avelli posset quam omnibus divitiis omnique dignitati facilè anteponebat Post ejus mortem xx totos menses quibus ille superstes vixit in colligendis magno labore ejus rebus quae variis in locis disjectae erant in illis summâ cum fide distribuendis consumpsit Englished thus But I am verily perswaded that I shal herein represent to the eyes and understanding of the reader an image polisht and adorn'd with all those vertues which can fal within the capacitie of a true Christian spirit The divine Goodnes with so large an effusion of grace had enrich't the soul of this Reginaldus Polus Whose rare and excellent vertues were so eminently conspicuous over al Europe that many who never saw him cherisht the very thoughts imagination and name of him Nay even now any mention or commemoration of him is very pleasant and delightful among al persons of honor or worth and among Princes his memory is stil so gratious and prevalent that to have bin of his family onely is a sufficient commendation and entrance into their favor His peaceable mildnes and clemency was so extraordinary that howsoever offended he remitted al injuries never complotting or meditating any sort of revenge At Viterbo he caused three Italian conspirers of his death to be deliver'd out of prison Whilst he was at Capranica retir'd to shun the infesting heats of the summer two English men sent by King Henry to dispatch him he would by no means suffer to be put to death alleging how the injury pertain'd to him alone as Judge and Partie Nor would he permit any other punishment to pass upon them save only the condemnation to the Gallies for some few dayes His various afflictions misfortunes and calamities he ever sustain'd with so great a courage and noble constancie that certainly this age has not afforded his equal To this purpose I could produce many examples but let this alone for the present suffice When on a certain day he had receiv'd several letters out of France and many other remote parts and order'd me to prepare their answers so foon as they were collected into distinct pacquets perceiving some in English I told him I hope Sir you expect not that I should answer these as being a stranger to the language He not the least chang'd in looks or colour instantly replyed I wish you could read and understand them both at once for they import joyful news and tidings Withat impatient in my itching desire I humbly beg'd that I might participate I alwaies thought my self says he the son of a woman as singular and eminent for her vertues as extraction in which respect I have often rendred thanks to the divine Goodnes But now I find these former qualities strangly dignifyed with a noble vantage of quite another and higher nature by her being crown'd adorn'd with the glory of a happy martyrdom For whilst she constantly retain'd her Catholique faith and religion immovable by any threats or perswasions she lost her head upon the Scaffold at the age of seventy Years receiving this reward for the great pains taken in the education of his only daughter from King Harry the Father When I amaz'd with sudden horror and astonisht startled at this relation be of good courage sayes he my Mother has happily encreast the number of our patrons and advocats in heaven After this retiring for some few moments to a Chapel where his use was to pray he strait appears among us again with the same former looks and chearful countenance Neither did he act this strange unexpected part out of a tepid indifferency of affection which he had for her or she for him which was quite contrary in both but out of a magnanimous constancy not expos'd or obnoxious to these violent attaques and cruel injuries of fortune No other alteration was perceiv'd by us in him at the sad doleful message of the death of his eldest Brother who with two other of his nearest allies lost their heads upon the Scaffold by the Kings order for constantly adhearing to their religion These and many other afflictions calamities and injuries of divers sorts he suffered with the same perpetualy inalterable constancy And as Fortun could not terrify him with her frowns so she could not seduce him with her smiles His affairs running prosperously somtimes beyond expectation could never puff him up beyond his accustom'd station nor turning retrograde on the contrary cause in him the least dejection So that his seeming poverty in riches and his great satisfaction in poverty were both alike commendable Three dayes before he dyed of his one accord without any other admonishment he desir'd to have the Sacrament of Extreme-Vnction retaining his speech senses and understanding entire to the very last moment He rendred up his spirit in that gentle quiet and placide manner that his face visage fashion and habit of his whole body represented the posture of one sleeping rather than dead That which seems marvelous to some is that his Queen and he should expire both within the compas of the same natural day In his last Will and Testament he ordained Aloysio Priuli a noble man of Venice whom he most singularly affected the entire heire of whatsoever he possest To whose wil and pleasure he freely transmitted the disposal of certain legacies gifts and rewards to such who had followd him out of forrein parts and others of his attendants according as he thought the merit and diligence of each person proportionaly required Whereas this noble Venetian absolutely refus'd the total inheritance he beg'd and entreated of him the acceptance onely of some part which might appear as a lasting pledge and monument of their ever inviolated love and friendship This also he utterly renounc't replying that when he first courted and insinuated himself into his familiarity he propos'd in his minde an other sort of riches goods and treasure with which now he thought himself abundantly gratifyed Thus he the total heir of so considerable an inheritance accepted of nothing but only two prayer-books renderd precious in his thoughts by the frequent usage of Reginaldus Polus whereof the one was cal'd the Roman Breviary and the other the Diurnal belonging to it This is that Aloysio Priuli who in the year 1532 at Padua contracted that individual and exemplary