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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35032	A short narrative of the discovery of a college of Jesuits at a place called the Come in the county of Hereford which was sent up unto the Right Honorable the Lords assembled in Parliament at the end of the last sessions / by the Right Reverend Father in God Herbert, Lord Bishop of Hereford ... ; to which is added a true relation of the knavery of Father Lewis, the pretended bishop of Landaffe, now a prisoner in Monmouth gaol.	Croft, Herbert, 1603-1691.	1679 (1679)	Wing C6977; ESTC R31314	5,342	24

there are many Leaves cut o●t I suppose they had timely Notice given them before the Order was sent me by the House of Lords and did thereupon do this and remove what they could before hand and part paid in money to such Iesuit Priests as were a●pointed to receive it but for these Eight years that he hath been Servant there he never hath made any Account unto nor held any Correspondence with the said Hutton who carrieth the name of this Estate This Pullen names seven several Iesuit Priests viz. Prichard Archer Harris Lewis Price Humfreys and Draicot who were used to resort thither and say Mass there but the Altar with all the Ornaments thereof was taken down and conveyed away only the Altar Stone remaining with five Crosses cut in it one at each corner and one in the middle Two Vestments with some other small matters were found in two Boxes hid in the Wood above-specifi'd it seems the other things were but newly removed and they had begun also to remove the Library for they had carried out and hid in a Pigs-Cot adjoining about two Horse-loads of Books There were found many Bottles of Oyl a Box of White Wafers stamped several Popish Pictures and Crucifixes some Reliques a little Saints Bell and an Incense Pot. It doth appear by several Examinations that on Sundayes and Holydayes many Papists did resort to these Comes and the greater part of Mr. Milburn ' s Family near unto them but I do not find that ever he himself frequented it A Relation of the Knavery of Father LEWIS the pretended Bishop of LANDAFFE Amongst other things which fell out in the Examination of the Jesuits College at Come in Herefordshire there is fully proved by several Witnesses this true Story following which being matter of Fact cannot be denied THere is amongst the Foxes of this Kennel one Lewis one of the established number of Jesuits of the College who is reported to be the Titular Bishop of Landaffe and who is now Prisoner in Monmouth There was a poor Woman to whom this Lewis was a Confessor her Father was a vicious Liver and dyed about half a year ago This poor Woman having been taught the Doctrine of Purgatory and being it seems of a very tender nature and reflecting upon the condition of her Father● Soul which she apprehended by their doctrine was in great torment in Purgatory S●e thereupon fell into a great grief and sorrow and with tears in her eyes address'd her self to this Father Lewis and told him She was inform'd that he could use means to fetch her Fathers Soul immediately out of Purgatory into Heaven and that she would give him all she had in the world to have it done with speed though she did not leave her self one penny to live on To this Father Lewis after a long pause told her thus Daughter I am glad to see so much grace in you as to believe the Holy Doctrine of Purgatory so firmly as to be so truly sensible of the Torture of your Fathers Soul therein True it is I can with the assistance of our most Holy Father the Pope bring your Fathers Soul out of Purgatory into Heaven but it will cost a great deal of money For I must send over to Rome to have power herein and several Masses must be celebrated both in Rome and all other Colledges of Iesuits and other Offices perform'd to do the work which Father Lewis said would cost a great deal of money The poor Woman answer'd She did not care what it cost her so dear so precious was her Fathers Soul to her that she would give all she had to have it done And then she ask'd him How much it would cost to have it done Who after a pause and reckoning upon his fingers-ends told her It would cost One Hundred pound to have it well done With that the Woman cry'd bitterly and said She was not worth half so much money in the world Then Father Lewis told her He would do it for Fourscore pounds The Woman reply'd She was not worth half Fourscore Then Father Lewis ask'd her What she was worth in the whole world To which she answer'd very honestly and truly That she was worth but Thirty five pound Then Father Lewis told her Because she was poor that he would take but Thirty pound And thereupon they agreed But when Father Lewis understood after from the Woman that she had no ready money he began to storm and to be in a great passion yet at last he was contented to take her own Bond for the Thirty pound but took the Bond in a Friends name and caus'd the Woman to give a Warrant to an Attorney to confess Judgment upon the Bond which was done accordingly and the money was to be paid within six Weeks within which time Father Lewis undertook peremptorily to have the Man's Soul out of Purgatory into Heaven and so they parted and the Woman hereby much comforted Afterwards as soon as ever the six Weeks were over and the money became due Father Lewis sent to the poor Woman to come to him again and as soon as ever she came he produc'd unto her a Book with gilded Leaves and red Letters and after he had tumbled the Leaves of the Book backward and forward he clapt the Book to his car and then said thus looking into the Book Here it is I am sure now your business is done this I tell you to your comfort that your Father's Soul is as surely in Heaven at this very time as I am here in this Chair And then after a little time that the Woman had express'd her joy at these good tydings Father Lewis ask'd her Whether she had brought him his money the Thirty pound she was engaged for She answer'd She had not brought him all because her money was out in other mens hands and could not get it in so soon but she had brought him Ten pound and humbly intreated him to receive that at present and he should have the residue as soon as possibly she could get it in But at this Father Lewis was startled that she had not brought the whole Sum and fell into a violent fury with the poor Woman reviled her gave her many harsh and bitter Words threaten'd the poor Woman to send Bayliffs to take her in Execution upon her Judgment and cast her Body into Prison and not only so but threaten'd to Excommunicate her also for the breach of her faith in not paying the Thirty pound according to her Engagement But upon second thoughts Father Lewis took the Ten pound and he came to this farther agreement with her which was that she should pay Five pound more forthwith and the other Fifteen pound within a quarter of a year after and if she failed then to render her Body to Prison and suffer Excommunication After this the poor Woman made hard shift to pay Father Lewis the Five pound but before the other Fifteen was due a man of the Protestant Religion sollicited the poor Woman for Marriage The poor Woman ingenuously and conscientiously confess'd unto him That she was worth nothing but was in debt to her Ghostly Father Lewis Fifteen pound And acquainted him how and for what she came to be so indebted This man notwithstanding marries her and afterwards by degrees drew her from the Roman Church to the Church of England and then brought her before a Justice of Peace to whom she discover'd all this upon Oath And this Woman knowing where her holy Confessor Lewis us'd to hide himself under Ground under a clay Floor cunningly contriv'd in a poor despicable Cottage and being now exasperated at the Holy Cheat and desirous as is most just to catch his person as he would have catched hers and endeavouring to have satisfaction from him for the money he with so much uncharitableness cheated her of did conduct a Justice of Peace to the place where they found and unkennel'd the Fox and from thence the Justice of Peace sent Father Lewis to Monmouth Gaol where he now continues FINIS S●e the Examination of Mr. Bo●thby Lord of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Peter Pullen ' s Examination