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A19436	The hellish and horribble councell, practised and vsed by the Iesuites, (in their priuate consulations) when they would haue a man to murther a king According to those damnable instructions, giuen (by them) to that bloody villaine Francis Rauilliacke, who murdered Henry the fourth, the late French king. Sent to the Queene Regent, in answere to that impudent pamphlet, published by Peter Cotton Iesuite, in defence of the Iesuites, and their doctrine; which also is hereunto annexed. Translated out of French.	Coton, Pierre, 1564-1626. Lettre declaratoire de la doctrine des peres Jesuites. English.	1610 (1610)	STC 5862; ESTC S108850	10,755	26

exceeded the limites of the common doctrine did acknowledge that he was subiect to errour and he should be submitted to the censure of whomsoeuer would accept it immediatly after his opinion was brought and the common censure of all the Diuines of our company that he counterpointed that of the said Mariana Martin Becanus in his Answere to the ninth Aphorisme sendeth the Reader to the Councell of Constance shewing that a lawfull Prince cannot loose his superiority although he should become a Tyrant Iaques Gretserus Reader in Diuinitie at Ingolstad in his Booke intituled vespertilio haereticopolicus answering to some obiections that had béene made vnto him concerning the opinion of Mariana saith with Heissius That hee ought to holde with the common consent leauing the particular iudgement of Mariana and that hee himselfe had submitted to that of others Leonard Lessius Reader in Diuinitie at Louaine in his second booke De iusticia iure the ninth Chapter and fourth doubt giueth his consent likewise to the common sentence That it is not lawfull to enterprise on the person of a Prince although hée should abuse his power grounding his saying on the aduertisement of the Prince of the Apostles Seruants be yee subiect to your Masters and not onely to the good and modest but also to the sharpe and troublesome and then hée alleadgeth the aboue named Decrée of the Councell Nicholas Serier writing on the third Chapter of the booke of Iudges in the first question declareth that the Act of Aod neither can or ought to serue for fore-iudging or example to detestable Assassinates Parricides and murtherers of their Kings Iohn Azor in the second part of his morall Institutions the first booke fift Chapter and tenth Question shewes himselfe a much greater enemie of the audacious and sacrilegious attentates of such as shal enterprise vpon the liues of Princes Instructing that it is not lawfull to attempt on the liues of them that doe vniustly possesse themselues of ane State Grounding his saying principally vpon this that no man ought to be condemned before he be heard and without knowledge of the cause in which case any one particular is no competent Iudge As for Lewes Richeome his Apologies doe make peremptory proofe of the vnreconcilable hatred which he beares to the doctrine of such as dogmatise against the authority of Kings And that in such maner as the Lord Pasquire himselfe a criticke censurer of his workes after he hath reported his words in the third booke and first Chapter hee commendeth him and saith that he cannot chuse but loue him adding these words I cannot chuse but honor thee beholding thee to portraite the Idea of obedience which the Subiect oweth to his King A praise which hee might giue to many other of the same Societie who after they had examined this matter with Saint Thomas and the whole Schoole concluded all conformably to the Sorbonne and to that which hath béene determined in the Councell of Constance Such then being the sense and such the sentences of these Doctors very graue and signall men of our company what preiudice can the particular opinion of Mariana bring to the reputation of a whole Order which Order being according to her Institution extreamely iealous for the manutention of those holy ordinances of the Church and respecting the power and authority of Kings who for their temporall estate doe depend onely vpon God haue of long time disallowed the legertie of a drie penne and namely in the Prouinciall congregation of Fraunce helde in this Citie of Paris the yéere 1606. where moreouer the reuerend Father Claudius Aquanina Generall of our Company was required that such as had written to the preiudice of the Crowne of Fraunce might be reprooued and their Bookes suppressed which the saide Reuerend Father afterward did very seriously and exactly being very sorie that by ouer-sight or negligence in his absence and without sight of the worke any one should presume vpon his admittance The words which he vseth in his answere are these We haue approued the iudgment and care of your congregation and haue béene greatly gréeued that no man will looke after the impressions of such Bookes which Bookes neuerthelesse wée haue suddainly commaunded to be corrected and shall haue most exact care hence-forwarde that such things shall not happen any more So that very hardly now is to be found one onely Copy of Mariana except it be by the pernitious liberality of the inheritours of Wechell who are knowne to be of the pretended reformed Religion and haue caused the said Booke to be imprinted at their owne proper charges not so much excited as is easie to be presumed by desire to the publique seruice as particularly to hurt our Company Some are of the mind that they haue added thereto somewhat of their own Others say that those Bookes of the first impression were much worse a controuersie seruing to no purpose for albeit it were so and that no man had lent any charity to this ill-handled penne yet is there no reason why it should rather incommodate the body of our Societie then the writings of Iohn Petit and others the Uniuersities and Orders whereof they were Schollers Batchelers Maisters and Doctours But forasmuch Madame as I made promise in the beginning to expose clearely and distinctly what our opinion and credence is touching the matter proposed I come now to the point which shall make vp the last part of this declaration 1. All the Iesuites in generall and particural will signe yea euen with their proper blood that they do not hold either in this matter or any other whatsoeuer any other faith doctrine or opinion then that of the whole vniuersall Church 2. In the second place that among all the kindes of gouernment and publicke administration Monarchie only is the best 3. That such is the spirituall gouernement of the Church as it came to the Vicar of Iesus Christ the successor of Saint Peter and such the temporall of the State and Kingdome of Fraunce as it holdeth in the person of the King her soueraigne Lord and Maister 4. That Kings are as Homer calls them the children and darlings of God or rather his soules image as Meander saith 5. That they are annointed and thereby surnamed Christes of the Lord to the end saith Simon Archbishop of Thessalonica that each one may vnderstand that they are inuiolable and ought to be respected as things holy and sacred 6. That it is a damnable heresie euen as Saint Ireneus noted it fourtéene hundred yéeres agoe to beléeue that Kings are giuen to men by chaunce or hap considering that all power commeth of God And because saith Saint Isidore of Damieta in the most ancient paintings wée behold a hand comming out of heauen that sets a Crowne vpon their head 7. That whosoeuer resisteth Kings or rebelleth against them begetteth his owne damnation according to the doc●rine of the Apostle 8. That obedience is due vnto them not because they

are vertuous wise potent or endued with other commendable qualities but because they are Kings established by God 9. That our Kings in Fraunce are the eldest in the Church endowed with rare and signall priuiledges aboue the common condition of other Kings in the world 10. That it is not lawfull to denie them obedience much lesse then to reuolt or turne against them although they were vicious hard to endure and froward according as the same Apostle speaketh 11. That in such case we ought to pray for them as the Prophet willed it to be done for the prosperity of Nabuchodonozer and Balthazar his sonne And that afflictions losse of goods persecutions and other discommodities are to be endured patiently without rebelling for any of these against superiours because such things are most acceptable to God and conformable to the praise which in the like case S. Paule gaue to the Hebrewes and to the ordinance which he had published in the Church saying Let euery soule be subiect to the superiour powers 12. And therefore that not only it is vnlawfull to attempt vpon their persons but also that it is an execrable paricide a prodigious offence and a detestable sacriledge 13. That the Decrée in the Councell of Constance in the fiftéenth Session ought to bée receiued of all men and also to be maintained inuiolably 14. That the declaration of Sorbonne in the yéere 141● and that of Iune this present yéere is good holy and wholsome 15. What euery one is to be aduertised to take héede of diuers Bookes which goe against the Edicts the reading whereof is not only in this matter greatly dangerous but much more to be feared that their Authors being to our extreame gréef themselues deuided from the Catholique Church doe hold as nothing the Councell of Constance all Catholique censures and the Doctors before mentioned but that which is to be deplored they doe fortifie themselues the stronger in their opinions by their opposition and séeme to render themselues so much the more recommendable vnto their admirers I would note downe the places specifie the passages and alledge the very words were it not that it is much better they should remaine buried in the bottomlesse depth of obliuion and fitteth more conueniently to make knowne that innocencie hath better arms then this recrimination And for this reason also I could wholly haue abstained from this aduertisement had it not béene my desire to shew that the body of our company can no more bee infected by the opinion of one man then those of the pretended reformed Religion doe finde themselues any way interessed by the erronious doctrine of some of their owne ranke whom they reiect disallowe and condemne as willing to liue with vs vnder the lawes of the Kingdome and with the obedience and voluntarie submission which wée render to the Scepter of our Kings And I am perswaded that if they had the penne in hand as I haue they would say with vs and thunder out a curse euen in common voyce against such infamous Authors Which being maturely and wisely considered as well by the Court of Parliament as by the sacred College of Sorbonne they haue made no mention at all in their Arrest and Decree of the doctrine of the Iesuites Knowing very well like iust Iudges and Doctors that faults are personall that there would bee no innocencie in the world if the offence of one man should be imputed to another and that it hath beene a deplorable and incommunicable property of sinne which was committed by the first man to haue his extendure ouer others because his posterity was represented in his person Knowing also else-where by the reiterated disposition of the wicked that Mariana had not in any thing contributed to this execrable parricide neither could he doe it considering that the villaine had not sufficient intelligence of the tongue wherein the said booke was written Wherein is discouered the scarse charitable intention of such as sticke not to say that he had it all by hart to the end to throw the publique hatred of this mishappe on others then on the culpable himselfe It is then in this case Madame that you are most humbly intreated to imploy your supreame authority and to ordaine that all those writings which in the beginning are small glimpses of rebellion and in few houres will become flaming Beacons of sedition may bee taken from the instant view of the French you are our Soueraigne Lady endued by God with a high vnderstanding and with vertues no way to be equalled you can clearely discerne how much it importeth that we should liue vnited which séeing it cannot be in one and the same faith by reason of the iniquity of time at least let it be in fidelity obedience and mutuall affection for conseruation of our peace We haue a King who in his young age represents to vs the spirit and substance of great Henry his Father your husband and who with the increasing of his yeares will haue while it pleaseth God to continue vpon him his benigne influences his valour his wisedome his good fortune and his experience It is for vs to cherish this treasure to serue with good hearts this great and little Master And willingly to obey you his most-honoured Mother our Regent and Mistresse And to the end that nothing may trouble the vnion which onely can next vnder God preserue this puissant Monarchy and render it euermore dreadfull to her enimies how much were it to be desired Madam that among vs there could no false speakers be found If the imposture were banished his fraternity should receiue the wages due to their calumny rancours would be rooted vp and when any sinister report is brought vs then iudgement would be susspended And in a word according to the Councell of the Apostle each one would maintaine inuiolably the band of charity Those Otaconstes and Prosagogides of these times are greatly to be feared and some doe holde assuredly that if it so liked your Maiesty such tongues should receiue the recompence of the auncient Quadruplatores But if they haue it not from men let them attend the ineuitable iustice of him who is the Author protector and in the end the rewarder of innocence Our small company is entred and aboue al other Religious families most exposed to the hatred and calumny of such as will not take the paines to know them And you doe know Madam how many times the deceased King our good Master did himselfe doe vs the fauour to defend and make vs knowne you can witnesse it and no body knowes it better then you that wheresoeuer that great Prince was we had in him a King a Father and a Defender But alas it can no more be so great Henry is taken away from vs. O Fraunce the eye of Christendome Rose of Empires and Pearle of the world how great is this losse for thée and how horrible this ship-wracke Fraunce the fauorite of heauen and welbeloued of God who hath taken away the Mantle of glory that couered thée and the crowne of honour that exalted it selfe so highly vpon thy head who hath dealt with thée so thou chosen of God who hath thus afflicted thée But thou poore society that couldest not subsist but by the blessings of that Monarch who hath made thée so desolate so deplorably abased and so miserably enthralled the misfortune is common to all but it is singularly particular to thée this blow hath smitten the whole body of the Kingdom but it hath wounded thee almost mortally O how approuedly is it true and how sensibly dost thou féele it that griefe if it had a tongue could not call it selfe griefe And I that write these things how iust reason haue I yea more then all others to leaue my selfe to the sadde accents of a teares-drowned voyce and to say Adiew O thou wonder of Kings Adiew thou ornament of this age our ioy our glory and our honour Adiew thou father of the weale publick restorer of the state second founder and chéefest benefactor of our companie Adiew my King my Prince and my defender thou hast giuen vs in this vale of teares the rest that is here to be had rest thée then in peace liue for euer among the Lillies and the Roses deliuered from the thorny charge of this Monarchy and enioy the blessednesse not of earth but of heauen Here thou hast bin the most eminent subiect of the grace of God be there now on high and for euer so continue the obiect of his mercies The laurels of this base earth doe wither very easily let thy head weare them that are alwaies verdant Those victories triumphs and Empires which thou beheldest here below are now changed into a more eminent glory liue then for euer reioycing in that possession of all men most desired Thy happinesse giues vs leaue to respire thy absence iustly compels vs to suspire and the place where we make no doubt thou art makes vs thither to aspire for leaning on the mercy of God the sorrowful circumstances of thy decease cannot depriue vs of hope to méete thée in the goodly great day euen there where we shall finde thy principall and the wished arriuall after so gréeuous a diuorce And during the sadnesse of this expectation you Madam with the King his liuely Image shall wipe away part of our teares We doe acknowledge his person in your persons his Crown in your Crowns and his authority Royall in yours and though all your subiects are bound thereto by all kindes of dueties yet our company being thereto extraordinarily obliged haue charged me to present at the feet of your Maiesty the most sincerest vowes of their fidelity and affectuous offers of their most humble seruice which I doe Madam and so much the more willingly because I am tied thereto by a very singular taste of grace From your Maiesty Your most humble seruant most obedient and faithfull subiect Peter Cotton of the company of Iesus Or Ehud S. Iren lib. 5. Cap 24. Rom. 13. 2. 1. Pet. 2. 11. Heb. 10. 34.