the things which were giuen to euery one to vse there happenned vnto him the worst of all others This in respect of his ferueÌ„t loue to pouerty he esteemed as a speciall fauour from Almighty God For with such modest shame fastnesse did he behaue himselfe in Religion as though he did from his very hart thinke that out of commiseration of the Superiours he had bene taken vp into the house as it were out of ragges sordid beggary Therfore whatsoeuer was bestowed vpon him he iudged to proceed out of their singular charity At the table truly he spared to eate of that meat which he thought would be hurtfull to his health notwithstanding least that some better should be brought insteed of it which he nothing desired he indeauoured vpon set purpose to deceaue the seruitours I need not rehearse any thing else of his chastity but that he alwayes kept vnspotted that inestimable treasure of his Virginity both of body and mind in so excellent and singular a lustre which I declared in the sixt chapter of my first booke In his speach and conuersation no man was a greater louer of truth and sincerity no man could euer possibly discouer more candour or ingenuity Therfore there were none who could make any the least doubt of that which he either affirmed or denied For he was far estranged from all deceitfull duplicity or dissimulation He was wont also to affirme that by trickes deceites dissimulations fallacies ambiguity either of words or deedes the men giuen to the Fortune of this world were bereaued of the mutuall society that ought to be amongst them but that in Religion it was the ordinary poyson of Religious simplicity the certaine plague of youth with which scarcely could euer agree the spirit that a Religious man ought to be endowed with CHAP. XIX Of his Mortification and the Afflictions of his body AS concerning that taming of his body and bridling of his appetites which we call Mortification he was so desirous of euill treating the same and suffered himselfe to be transported so much further with that desire then his strength might comport with all that had not his Gouernours restrained him he might seeme in short time to hazard the cutting-of some yeares from his life Therfore vnto some that said they wondred that he made no conscience of so often wearying his Superiours about this affliction of himselfe he answered that he when vpon the one side he regarded the imbecility of his forces and vpon the other side perceaued his mind to be excited to giue forth these examples of piety thought it the best course that he could take to referre the whole matter to his Superiour who was not a man partially interessed in either of those two considerations And that so it would come to passe that he only wold giue way to that which should be most pleasing to God and nothing else He added that sometymes he intreated leaue to do those things which he assuredly knew would not be graunted to him For when he saw he might not apply himselfe vnto them as he very much desired to dedicate this his desire to God and to manifest it to him that gouerned him as his Vicegerent seemed for many respectes to be auayleable vnto him Amongst which that he numbred as one that by the iudgement of others he learned to be lesse ouerweening of himselfe for so much as reuoluing such things in his mynd he might seeme vnto them in this respect truly not sufficiently to know himselfe And verily sometimes it pleased God that beyond the opinion of all men he obtayned leaue for certaine things A certaine man attempted very seriously to question with him why for so much at he was so prudent in other matters he set so light by the counsell of Fathers of approued piety and authority who so often had exhorted him that at last he should leaue of that so great seuerity towards himselfe and earnestnesse of mind in meditating vpon diuine matters Vnto whome Aloysius answered in a manner in these very wordes I perceaue these counsells which you speake of to be giuen me by two sorts of men Of which one sort is of them who lead their life in all accomplishment of sanctity so perfect that nothing therin occurreth to my view but it is both be autifull and worthy to be imitated And truly oftentimes I haue been minded to obey these mens aduises but after I obserued that what they aduised me they themselues would not practise I thought my self rather bound to follow their deeds then their counsells which proceed only from their charity indulgeÌ„ce towards me And some others there we who what they exhort me to the same they make good in their owne courses as who are not much addicted to any practise of pennaut But it seemeth better for me to liue according to the manners and example of those pinus ones the then the precepts and counsels of these other that I last named Moreouer he yielded another reason heerof For he sayd that he very much feared least that if he shold intermit the vse of these afflictions his nature could not long be coÌ„tinued in the habit of vertue but falling back to her former state would sodeÌ„ly lose that her practise of patience obtayned by so many yeares labour This also was his saying Esse sâ— feâ—â—um incuruum atque ad Religionem venisse vt voluntarijs paenis atque supplicijs perinde ac mâ—â—leis corrigere tur That he was a crooked peece of yron and that he came into Religion that he might be made strayght with voluntary paynes punishments as it were with hammers But to them that sayd that the perfection of Sanctity consisted in the interiour vertue of the mind and that he should rather vse violence to his will then his body he answered Haec oportet facere illa non omitâ—ere These you ought to doe and not omit those For that this was the custome of almost all whose sanctity became admirable to antiquity and in particuler of the first Fathers of our Religion and before all others of our B. Father Ignatius And that he truly both himselfe as we read in his life spent much time in the offices of pennance and corporall vexation and that moreouer he left written in his Constitutions that he set downe no methodicall course to the Professours and others that were placed in any stable degree of the Society either of Vigils Fasts Disciplinings Prayers and other punishments for so much as he confidently presumed that they had made so great progresse in excellent sanctimony had so loÌ„g with great comfort been inured with these holsome affections whilst they well knew them not to be hurtfull to the pious functions of the mind that they would rather stand in need of a bridle then of a spur Moreouer Aloysius added that the most fit time to exact these punishments of his body was whilst he was a man of entire corporall vigour and
exercises so soone as he had once betaken himselfe to the Colledge of Millan he seemed in desiring and vnder going them to be inâ—atiable Therfore before he was yet scarcely refreshed after his iourny he commeth into the Râ—fâ—ctory in a thrid-bare cloake he accuseth himselfe before his fellows of negligence of himselfe to the great edification of them all he requireth pennance And as it very much delighted him to see this Colledge excellently florishing with reâ—igious Discipâ—ine and the young mâ— no lesse labouring with inflamed minds in the perfection of piety religion then in the knowledge and learning of good artes so in like manner as many as liued in this Colledge after that this liuely abstract of all absolute Vertue began to conuerse amongst them conceiued excessiue ioy and comfort I must in this Chapter of necessity passe ouer in silence many very commendable things performed by him at Millan For first death hath depriued me of the benefit of many men who had bynable particularly to haue informed me of the same Amongst which one was F. Bartholomeus Râ—calcatus who wheras he was inwardly acquainted with Aloysius and gouerned the Colledge at Millan with singular prayse of sanctity departed out of this life Moreouer for so much as Frâ—dericus Boromeâ—s that most illustrious Cardinall and Archbishop of this citty hath not as yet as he promised he would commaunded a certaine instrument of his gâ—stes to be made Therfore I will only declare a few things which partly by those who at that time liued at Millan were afterward registred in the publike Records partely from the Rectour of that Colledge gathered truly with great diligence at my request Therfore B. Aloysius whilst he liued at Millan following the studies of Diuinity both in the forenoone afternoone schooles was so conuersant at other exercises of learning that he would seeme in nothing exempted or singular And he vsed euen as the rest to haue a chamber-fellow who alwayes looking attentiuely into his conuersation reaped much fruite of mind therby There was giuen to him to vse the SuÌ„me of S. Thomas neatly bound vp with the couer leaues guilded which when he by no meanes could be persuaded to haue in his custody with teares he besought his Superiour that he might change with him for an â—â—ld one Which will of his he declared with so earnest an ardour of mind that for the mittigating of his griefe he must of necessity be coÌ„descended vnto And this he did out of his desire of hauing nothing differing from that of poore people Whatsoeuer leasure at any time he could get from his studies all that by the Superiors good leaue would he bestow in the seruices of the Kitchin or Refectory He would draw water for the Cooke often wash the platters poâ—s and other vtensiles when he couered the tables in the Refectory to the intent that he might haue his mind â—â—edfastly set vpon God and might merit more grace he would impose vpon euery table a surname That wheâ—at the Rectour â—aâ—e he would call the table of Christ our Lord. The next vnto it of our Blessed Lady thâ— other that were next the tables of the Apostles Martyrs Confessours and Virgins Therfore as often as wiâ—h the prefect he couâ—â—ed the table in the Refectory he said Ex 〈…〉 us 〈◊〉 Saluatâ—â—is aut Dominae nostrâ— Let vs spread the cloth of our Sauiour oâ— oâ— our Lady after the same sort would he call the others In which office he conuersed with as inflamed an affection forwardnesse of mind as if in very deed Christ our Lord Our Blessed Lady the Virgin other Saints whom he imagined himselfe to serue had bene to haue siteâ—â— at those tables It was very pleasing vnto him in recreation time to keepe coÌ„pany with the Temporall Coadiutors or goâ— abroad with them both because he loued that kind of humility because he thoght that then he might more freely discourse of Diuine matters he reioyeed to be a forwarder of all to celestiall life In the coÌ„pany of others if so be they sate he would thrust himselfe into the lowest most incommodious place where he could not so much as once leane if they stood in a ring he attended to the talke behind othermens shoulders Which surely it was manifest he did not doe out of any court-custome or for delicacy sake nor out of any vayne affectation There came thither vnto him a certaine man who had bene vnder his dominion to request I know not what which belonged to his dignity of Marques Vnto whome he denied that he had euer any thing more to doe with this world or that he had authority ouer any thing which answere truly he gaue with so much candour and significatioÌ„ of an humble mind as the maÌ„ departed not only informed with an excellent example but euen astonished There was obserued in him an excessiue propensity to a greatefull mind and that notwithstanding syncere and nothing affected out of which againe and againe in a manner without end he gaue thankes for the least good office that was done him Being asked by one of the Society whether it were a hard thing for a man that was delicate and magnificâ—nt to forsake these thinges that were subiect to Fortune he answered ne fieri quidem posse nisi Christus Dominus huic tali vt quondam illi qui caecus erat natus luto oculos imbueret hoc est harum rerum vilitatem que longâ— maior sit quam luti ab oculos poâ—â—ret That surely it could not be done 〈◊〉 Christ our Lord shold vnto such a one as â—n times past he did vnto him who was 〈◊〉 from his nat 〈…〉 〈◊〉 his eyes 〈◊〉 with 〈◊〉 thaâ— is to say 〈◊〉 before his the 〈…〉 of thâ—se thinges which is far more then that of mâ—d Therâ—â—led for re 〈…〉 vnto him a certaine man 〈◊〉 the Col 〈…〉 so much his mind com 〈◊〉 of the Pâ—alme in libro Thy eyes haue sâ—ene my shall be said although in sâ—â—ing how 〈◊〉 wâ— are â—rom per 〈◊〉 some cause of we must when vnper 〈◊〉 written in the who seeth that imperfection that is i 〈…〉 not to the 〈◊〉 that he may 〈◊〉 v◠〈…〉 vnder our spirits and to the end that he may draw the greater good out of our deâ—â—â—â—es By the pious ex 〈…〉 ion of these words to giue you a tast of 〈◊〉 câ—lestiall spirit 〈◊〉 meruelously eased his griefe and encouraged his mind In like manner he often did thâ—se things both at home and abroad by which he seemed little 〈…〉 his honour for Gods cause In the dayes of â—â—rouetyde some of his fellow-students in learning went into the market-places and streets of Millan and preached to the people that they found about them He obtained by suite from the Father rectour that he might be associated to one of these his companions Then did he goe about the streetes gather togeather a multitude and intreat those wandring persons
that he met that they would heare his fellows sermon and so singular was his humility charity and modesty in requesting them that very willingly they followed him VpoÌ„ sun-dayes and festiuall dayes he freely and willingly expounded the pointes of Christian Religion in publike easily brooked the cold which at that time truly was very sharpe at Millan Once he knew ouernight that a certaine companion of his who after the custome of Religion was to make his vowes should goe the next day after to beg through the citty For this at that time was wont to be done by those of the Society to the intent that they might humiliate and proue themselues When therfore Aâ—â—ysius had effected that leaue was giuen to accompany him through greatnesse of ioy he was not able to containe himselfe but the very same day when as the custome was all had made the examination of their consciences he went to the bed-side of that his fellow as it were to euaÌ„gelize vnto him this good newes The next-day after whilst he begges from street to street he was surprised with much more celestiall ioy Therfore often did he as it were triumphing vtter these words as he went through the streets Etiam Dominus Noster Iâ—sus Christus aâ— hunc modum stipem conquisiuit Euen after this same manner did our Blessed Lord IESVS-Christ craue almes In like manner at another time going forth in a torne garment to beg being asked by a certine Gentlewoman who carried the shew of a very light one whether he were one of those Fathers which resided at the Brerane Colledge of S. Maries in Millan for there she said that she knew a certaine Father After Aloysius said that he had his abode there Alas 〈◊〉 said shee that miserable Father behold whether he hath betaken himselfe for his distruction out of which words of hers taking oportunity to bestow vpon her the light of better doctrine and to take away her errour he began with great efficacy of a Diuine spirit to discourse that that Father was not miserable as she supposed but happy and that he had not arriued to distruction but to a perfect life Nay rather that she that wasted her life amongst the riches and truly as it seemed in the manifould delicacies of this world was in a miserable and vnhappy state of life and in manifest daÌ„ger of euerlasting distruction With which speaces she being moued was indeed presently very much touched with remorse for her folly and afterward without delay reformed her manners It was his ordinary office to sweepe downe cobwebs about the Colledge which truly he performed very diligently Moreouer he would obserue whether he saw any Senator or man of account walking in the cloyster if he did then he would come forth suddainly with a long pole and a beesome tied at the end therof to the intent that he might be esteemed by them a man abiect of small reckoning he would before their faces fall to sweepe away cobwebs Which was so vsuall a custome with him that as often as the Fathers saw Aloysius going forth with his pole it was vnto them an argument that some stranger of authority was come into the Colledge Certaine Bishops and other Prelates had determined to dine at the Colledge The Rectour to giue them occasion to take some knowledge of Aloysius commaunded him to make a sermoÌ„ at the table in the Refectory To auoyde this taske for so much as it seemed to carry the shew of honour and desirous to conceale himselfe he wished to be spared from it but daring not to withstand the commaund of his Superiour verily he made a graue and learned sermon of the office of Bishops Afterward one congratulating for the happy successe of his sermon he said that nothing gaue him more contentment that day then that he was publikely noted for a lisper For he could not very readily pronounce the letter R. He often desired leaue to haue his faulâ—es published to his face in the Reâ—ectory Which truly in the Roman Colâ—edge he had for a time intermitted not tollerating to be praysâ—d when he desired to be reprooued But for so much as his mind being alwayes vpon God he neuer perceaued himselfe to be saâ—uted of those that met him being openly admoâ—shed therof he condemned himselfe of pride vnto many and afterward he was most diligent in this kind and so endeuoured to ioyne his mind vnto God that neuerthelesse he might not be wanting to this his office of courtesy He was vnto all the Colledge a singular example of submission modesty obedience study and Religious discipline And for so much as he was had in that esteeme of them all there was no man but was willing to inâ—inuate himselfe into his familiarity out of the confidence that they had of his vertue and the feâ—ling of his piety although he himselfe most willingly applied himselfe vnto euery one as he found him most feruent in the seruice of God Quâ—stionlesse to the intent that conferring with them concerning the offices of piety he might inâ—erchangeably be partaker of that celestiall coâ—foâ—t CHAP. XXVI The letters of F. Bernardinus Medices of the vertues of Aloysius obserued at Millan Also Fa. Aâ—â—illes Galiardy his testimony of his manner of praying without distraction of mind HE being departed out of this life Bernardinus Medices a man no lesse famous for the vertues worthy of a Religious man then for honourable parentage and a very familiar friend to Aloysius writ in this manner to me from Millan Aloysius our very good brother confirmed vnto me that constancy and persâ—uâ—rance though but in small matters was a thinge with him much esteemed and that this to him that desired to profit was a vertue very nâ—câ—ssâ—ry Therfore iâ— all his actions and in his daily course he carried himselfe alwayes after one manner He said that it was a thing full of danger to follow a mans owne affection as his guide That the safest way was that which the light of knowledge and reason shewed Wherfore he laboured with his mind that he might in his actions come equall with the light of his mind Notwithstanding he said that he was neuer able to proceed so far as that shewed him For how much the more he endeanoured in actioÌ„ so much the more did his light increase He desired most ardently to suffer aduersity and he said once vnto me that he could neuer find any more cleare testimony of any ones sanctity then to see him be of a good conscience in the middest of aduersity that is if to one that is innocent God obiected great matter of sufferance He thought well of all from his very hart notwithstaÌ„ding he did in no sort approue of sinnes the wickednesse of which was manifest but as far-forth as was lawfull he made the best interpretation of them He did with singular respect and prudence admonish others of their errours and in like manner intreated to be admonished of his In all
neuer so much as tooke it into his consideration but by the admonishment of his coÌ„panion He was very much delighted with solitude But he had least auersion from the company of his mother who both was a louer of piety and stood in some need of comfort In the morning after that he was risen out of his bed he spent one whole houre in prayer he was present at Masse the greater Canonicall prayers he recited euery day his beades likewise and these sometimes with his companion in such sort as that they answered one another after the manner as they vse to sing If in the day time he could get any spare leasure he would say to his fellow Fratereamus paulisper precatum Brother let vs goe a little to prayer Before he gaue himselfe to rest he said the Litanies and examined his conscience He confessed his sinnes to the Archpriest and euery Festiuall day he went into the chiefe Church which is that of the Saints Nazarius and Celsus to heare Masle and receaue the most holy Eucharist At which time an infinite number of people resorted to behould him not without signes of loue towards him griefe for the losse of so good a prince That day which he first came thither the Church was filled with so great a multitude of men that came to see him that he was minded to haue vsed some speach to them and to exhort them all to feare God all the dayes of their life and frequent the holy Sacraments Notwithstanding he abstained for so much as he thought to beginne first from giuing examples of vertue from the house he sprung off composing first his brothers businesse He neuer gaue any the least sharpe word to his companion he neuer shewd himselfe offended with any thing that he did but he would rather giue place to his opinion and with great mildnesse so order his mind that it might agree alwayes with his iudgmeÌ„t he would giue eare vnto him in all things that belonged to his health and his companion admired his sanctity and was very much taken with his candour and sincerity which he discouered in all his actions in like manner with that his excellency of mind wherby he made no account of mortall affaires and humane considerations In that time they had made many iournies togeather as to Brescia Mantua and other places whither the dispatch of their businesse called them There sometimes vpon the way Aloysius transferred his mind from those thinges which he saw with his eyes vnto God and entred into good long speaches of Diuine matters of which euen when his fellow seemed to be wearied or to cast in some by-speaches he would make no end This appeared once when he was to goe to Castle-Godfrey to deale with his vncle Alphonsus Lord of that place whose inheritance he had succeded in if he had not made choyce of Religion At his departure the Marquesse commaunded certaine seruants to attend him whome not presuming in his presence to refuse so soone as he was gone out of Castilion he sent them all from him afterward it came to passe through fault of the Coach-man who had lost his way that they came to Castle-Godfrey two houres after sun-set the gates being now shut And for so much as it is a towne very well fortified to which no entrance at that time of night was woÌ„t to be allowed the watchmen were particularly to be informed who they were and from whence they came and they must stay so long til the Prince himselfe was certified of all A long time after behold the gates are set open the bridge let-downe there issueth forth a great number of Gentlemen pages to the Prince carrying torches In the very entrance of the towne a great company of armed men standing vpon both sides of the streetes guard him passing in the middest of them from the gate to the Princes pallace The Prince himselfe going to meet him receaued him with great ioy and honour And accoÌ„panying him to his chamber which was all decked-vp in Royall manner and furnished with magnificent beds he gaue place to him for a time to refresh himselfe There Aloysius as being much estranged from these things so soone as he saw himselfe ouerloaden with so many honours and brought into that lodging so richly furnished turning to his fellow he said Deus nobis hoc vâ—spere sit propitâ—â—s quo tandem ob peccata nostra sumus delapsi vi 〈…〉 n hac conâ—lauia hos lâ—ctâ—s 〈◊〉 tandem nobis melius essâ—t procul ab his obseaâ—â—â—s oportunitatibus in cubiculis illis nostris â—â—â—is vilibusque lâ—ctis â—acerâ— God be mercifull vnto vs this night and whither at last are we fallen sor our sinnes do you see these chambers these beds how much better I pray you were it for vs to lodge far-off from these obseruances and dangerous occasions in those naked chambers and poore beds of ours Therfore to one impatient of so many honours all things seemed tedious til hauing dispatched his businesse he might depart Therfore the day after he returned to Castilion from whence hauing receaued sufficient instructions of all things to the end that he might dispatch with the Duke he passeth to Mantua There for certaine weekes comming and going he made his abode in the Colledge of the Society yielding vnto all so notable an instruction of sanctity that the Fathers that then liued there to this very day do declare certaine admirable things of his modesty humility contempt of himselfe obseruance and reuerence towards others his incredible grauity of manners which was ioyned with singular sincerity and candour of mind in his conuersation He had his mind alwayes alienated from these mortall things and placed vpon God as one straytly ioyned vnto him in so much as he neither did nor said any thing but he seemed to haue regard to him as a witnesse and spectatour Therfore the Fathers beheld him as an excellent maister-peece of all vertue and hauing beheld him were more and more inflamed with piety For from his very countenance there shone so great a splendour of sanctity that they affirmed they beheld therin the expresse image of B. Charles Borromaeus the Cardinall There gouerned at that time the Colledge at Mantua F. Prosper Malauolta in times past placed there by B. F. Ignatius the first founder and parent of our Society He hauing made good triall of this young mans sanctimony and grauity thought it not amisse for him to make a sermon to this Colledge of Fathers vpon a certaine friday which office the custome is to impose only vpon Priestes and those well stept into yeares and authority but neuer to those that are voyd of priesthood He being somewhat bashfull at first notwithstanding obeyed him and vpon those words of Christ our Lord Hâ—â—c est praeceptum mâ—um vt diligatis inuâ—m s 〈…〉 vos This is my commauÌ„d that you loue another as I haue loued you with so great feruour of a Diuine
Spirit and efficacy he exhorted them to charity amoÌ„gst themselues that he ravisheth them all with merueilous contentment He begins afterwards to negotiate with the Duke the businesse that he came about notwithstanding he did not first attempt it with mortall men before he had commended it to God in whose hands are the harts of men of whome he had allready besought that he would put a limit to those fearefull businesses That wheras it was manifest by publike testimonies vpon record and by the very euent it selfe of the matter verily at his first meeting with the Duke in the space of an houre and a halfe hauing composed al differences obtayned all thinges which he requested he put an end to that his imploiment And allthough the Duke had beene by sclaunderers much exasperated with indignation agaynst the Marquesse Aloysius who was neerer of kinne to the Marquesse theÌ„ to the Duke might to one that shold after a humane manner consider the matter haue moued suspition of a mind too partially inclined to one parte Neyther truly were there wanting causes to the Duke by pretence of which he might haue reiected Aloysius his intreatyes as who neyther by Princes nor Noblemen who likewise had mediated as peace-makers would neuer suffer himselfe to be swayed notwithstanding after that he found in him so Saintlike a disposition and vpright iudgement of mynd neuer so much as attempting any deniall he yielded and promised that he trusting in his goodnes and equity would doe all things as it should please him to determine There were not wanting some who did their endeauouâ— to hinder or at least deferre this pacification that ended so much to the honour of God and amongst other there was a man of graue authority who persuaded the Duke that for so much as it was his pleasure to insist in this course yet he should not condescend to that Aloysius his request alone but deferre the matter so long till he might haue the aduise of those Princes who had spoken in this before To this man the Duke answered that he was certaynely resolued euen presently to dispatch the businesse that he what he did would do only for Aloysius his sake for out of any other respect he would neuer haue done it The which moued great admiration to all men Aloysius receaued of Tullius Petrozzarius a Gentleman of good worth all those articles which were obiected by way of accusation agaynst the Marques broght it so to passe that he purged himselfe of them all to the Duke with which Apology when Aloysius had brought it he gaue ample satisfactioÌ„ to the Duke Afterward Aloysius returning to Castiâ—on brought the Marquesse to the Duke of whome he was with great courtesy intertayned and intreated that he would please to dine with him and spend the rest of the day in sports and recreations The Duke being instant that Aloysius would likewise dine with him he could not be persuaded thereunto but returned to the Colledge of the Society When he had sayd the same to the Marques he replyed that yet at the least he should be carefull after dinner to returne to see the comedy Aloysius smiling said that his companion would not be well pleased with that At the same time the Duke restored Sulphurino all the coast subject to the dominion therof which hitherto the heyres brothers of Aloysius do still to this very day possesse CHAP. XXIV He persuadeth his brother the Marques to disclose his secret marriage to the intent that he might auoyd euill example At Castilion with a Sermon he exciteth the people to piety THE Duke and Marquesse being after this manner reconciled to the great ioy and admiration of all who held the busines as desperate he setteth hand to the taking away of another certaine thing of euill example which the Marques had giueÌ„ to the world For being enâ—nared with the loue of a certaine young woman borne truly of an honest family and of parentage for their degree sufficiently rich but far vnequall to his calling he had commaunded this maid who by chaunce was gone one day out of her Fathers house to be brought away in a Coach secretly and that very well guarded on euery side to a certaine Grange-house of his which he vsed for his pleasure Furthermore wheras blind and youthfull feruour ioyned with great power had thrust him headlong into this disgracefull staine notwithstanding so much preuailed in his mind the feare of God and good education that he determined not to enioy her sinfully with Gods displeasure but in lawfull wedlocke and rather staine his family with some little blemish then plunged in mortall sinne continually voyd of Gods grace to make shippracke both of the maides soule and fame Therfore hauing obtained leaue from the Bishop to take her secretly to wife the 25. of October the yeare 1588. before the Archpriest and necessary witnesses he was ioyned to her in marriage and enioyed her allwayes after in lawfull matrimony Buâ— for so much as he feared least that by this alliance he might incense his other kindred chiefly his vncle Alphonsus vnto whome he was to succeed in the dominion of Castle-Godfrey he concealed it not only from him but from his mother also She therfore as being ignorant of this marriage intreateth Aloysius that according to that authority which he had with the Marquesse as to whome he might ascribe not only that his title of Marquesate all his riches but euen this his amity with the Duke and peaceable state of his affaires he would endeauour to effect that he should breake of fro the familiarity of this Gyrle Aloysius truly performed this taske very diligently But the other framing one excuse after another endeauoured to dispatch-away his brother protract time but so notwithstanding that he promised to be ruled by him Aloysius coÌ„sidering that what in present he did not in time to come he should haue no power to obtaine put his brother in conclusion to promise him to follow his Counsell for so much as he was straight way to goe to Millan that he would come thither enter into consideration of this matter and finally be ordered by him in all Aloysius hauing receaued this promise the 25. of Nouember the yeare 1589. tooke his way to Millan and there falleth to his accustomed studies and functions of piety About Ianuary Rodulph the Marques to performe his promise him selfe likewise tooke his iourney to Millan and timely in the morning vpon a festiuall day when Aloysius hauing receaued the B. Eucharist was in the Quire seriously giuing thankes to God he commeth to the Colledge the porter commeth to him in hast and telleth him in his care that his brother the Marquesse was present with a great attendance and could not long stay Aloysius giuing backe no answere continueth two whole houres vpon his knees immoueable and then at last goeth to the Marquesse He discloseth vnto him from the very beginning the whole