The Popes benediction, or, His generall pardon to be purchased onely with mony and without penance sent into England by Ignatim Holy-water a Iesuit to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury and to the rest of his subjects there. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64194 of text R23019 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T497). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A64194) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 93277) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 253:E158, no 15) The Popes benediction, or, His generall pardon to be purchased onely with mony and without penance sent into England by Ignatim Holy-water a Iesuit to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury and to the rest of his subjects there. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. [2], 5 p. [s.n.], London : 1641. Attributed to John Taylor. Cf. NUC-pre 1956. Illustrated t.p. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Catholic Church -- Controversial literature. Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649. A64194 R23019 (Wing T497). civilwar no The Popes benediction or, his generall pardon to be purchased onely with mony and without penance: sent into England by Ignatius Holy-water Taylor, John 1641 1410 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 B The rate of 7 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-09 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-10 Jennifer Kietzman Sampled and proofread 2002-10 Jennifer Kietzman Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-12 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE POPES BENEDICTION OR , His generall pardon to be purchased onely with mony and without penance : Sent into England by Ignatius Holy-water a Iesuit , to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury , and to the rest of his Subjects there . London , Printed 1641. THE POPES BENEDICTION . OR His generall pardon , &c. All haile to our Laud of little Grace ; WHereas your Grace imployed Ignatius Holy-water , to move our holynesse for some consolation in these your miseries , in regard that no petition or request of yours , nor any such loyall subject to us , as your Grace has bin , should suffer repulse ; know that we out of our holy clemency , have first granted a particular pardon to your Grace , for all offences and sins , of what nature soever heretofore committed , or hereafter to bee committed , Gratis . But withall know it is not usuall for us to remit sins , ( the nature whereof we are ignorant ) under the value of 50000. markes starling at least . But your Grace having so well improved your time ( for you had almost reduc't great part of the Iland ) to be conformable to our holy rites , Ceremonies , and customes , ( which the ignorant call superstitious , and committing Adulteries with the whore of Babylon ) we being holily affected , and studious to reward vertue , not only have granted your owne pardon gratis , but are desirous that your Grace would publish our free and easie remissions to all your friends that are well affected to our Holinesse . 1. If any Priest have stole any holy or consecrated things out of any holy place , ( to show that we are mercifull to your friends ) we tax him at seven grosses , which in your English coine amounts to ten shillings six pence , what though the value of the thing stole amounted to 20. li. it may be his gown was as bare as the bowling-alley on his head , and though he tooke a course that was not very commendable , yet necessary , for your sake at the said rate , for t is very fit his sin should not be committed without money , we pronounce his pardon and our love . 2. Next if a man commit adultery with a woman in the Church , as many a man through heat of blood may doe , especially having such objects to behold , as would thaw the icie blood of a holy Priest in the holy time of Lent , he for his absolution shall pay but six grosses , that 's nine shillings . 3. If a Priest buy a Benefice , as we see no reason why he should not , it being for his profit , another poore man gaping for it , charity begins at home , eight grosses that's twelve shillings . 4. He that has kil'd his father , mother , wife , sister , or any other kinsman , or kinswoman , or all of them , so they be of the laity is rated at five grosses , or seven grosses , and the reason why he is rated so low , all or any of these may be done upon good grounds , as his father might be old and hard-hearted , one that would neither die nor allow him meanes , his mother in possibility to be a witch , had not his provident hand prevented it , his wife incontinent might give him the Hornes , and make his head the wonder of the world , his sister one of St. Antholins society , his kinsman and kinswoman pinpe and bawd , he rather deserves to be rewarded . 5. A man that beats his wife with child , and either or both of them die , though his intentions might be good , he would not it may be be burthensome to the parish , or to save his owne charges , or it may be the breed was not good , so that he kil'd both mother and infant , or it may be he had a greater mind to another woman , yet he shall pay five grosses , seven shillings six pence for his absolution . 6. If any of the sacred order of Priest-hood , keepe a Concubine , he is rated at seven grosses , that 's something with the most , considering they are men ▪ they eate as good meates of mortality as others . They shrive , swive young and handsome Maids , they are allowed no wives to spend their Talent upon ; therefore they must needs have a little Coitum , for Physitians say it is wholesome and good , ad renes purgando , yet we must not winke at him without the said summe . 7. If a Priest defile a Virgin , he shall pay for his absolution six grosses , nine shillings , and no more . For we taking into our serious consideration , what a woman was made for , and what she was made handsome for ; and conceiving it most fit that she should be broken up in religion , that she might afterwards trade with a more safe Conscience thinke him not worthy a deeper censure . 8. An absolution for him that lies with his Godmother , or with any woman of his bloud or carnal kindred , or for him that lies with his sister or his own mother , is taxed at five grosses , seven shillings . For though a man by the rules of nature ought to requite curtesies , and for that reason did carnalium coire cum his Godmother , and though it may be he was bashfull , and ashamed to disclose his intentions to a stranger , and therefore out of modestie made bold with his sister , and though it may be his father was an old man and not able to satisfie his mothers libidinous appetite , and some body must needs doe it , and he could not endure that any should Cuckold his father but himselfe , or it may be his mother was a widdow and would marry againe , unlesse shee might have some satisfaction in her case , and if she married , it might be prejudiciall to his estate , and therefore hee would play the part of a Stallion , yet we cannot tax him at lesse then five grosses . 9. If a man have vowed to build an Hospitall , to found a Chappell , or erect a Church parochiall , and hath afterwards seriously considered what inconveniences may thereby ensue , as a bad use might be made of his good intentions , and so in times to come , vice rather then religion may be nurtured in them , and the many sums of mony , it would cost him to no purpose ; and therefore have a desire to have a dispensation from his vow , it shall cost him ten grosses . 10. If any man have a wife , that he 's desirous to part withall ( for reasons to himselfe best knowne ) and in her place would marry and live with the other , and have his children made Legitimate , all this shall be done for ten grosses that's 15. shillings . Our holinesse would have been pleased , to have perticularized more offences , & the penalties for them , but we were informed by your Messenger Ignatius Holy-water , that time was very precious to you , & if he made not hast you were in Posse , to be sent to Lim bum Patrum , without our holynes pardon , ( which Mary defend ) which is the only cause that makes our holines to be so briefe , but at the next returne of this our holy messenger , we will vouchsafe to nominate the penalties of the rest of the pardonable offences . In the Interim , let not your Grace be too remisse to see these sums tollerated , and transported to our holynesse use . FINIS .