A letter written to Dr. Burnet, giving an account of Cardinal Pool's secret powers from which it appears, that it was never intended to confirm the alienation that was made of abbeylands : to which are added, two breves that Card. Pool brought over, and some other of his letters, that were never before printed.
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             A letter written to Dr. Burnet, giving an account of Cardinal Pool's secret powers from which it appears, that it was never intended to confirm the alienation that was made of abbeylands : to which are added, two breves that Card. Pool brought over, and some other of his letters, that were never before printed.
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           A
           LETTER
           Written
           to
           Dr.
           BURNET
           ,
           Giving
           an
           Account
           of
           Cardinal
           
           POOL's
           Secret
           Powers
           :
           From
           which
           it
           appears
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           never
           intended
           to
           confirm
           the
           Alienation
           that
           was
           made
           of
           the
           Abbey-Lands
           .
        
         
           To
           Which
           are
           Added
           ,
           Two
           BREVES
           that
           Card.
           
             POOL
          
           brought
           over
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           of
           his
           Letters
           ,
           that
           were
           never
           before
           printed
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Baldwin
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
           Old-Baily-Corner
           on
           
             Ludgate-Hill
             .
          
           1685.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           TO
           Dr.
           BURNET
           ,
           Giving
           an
           Account
           of
           Cardinal
           Pool's
           Secret
           Powers
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           fallen
           on
           a
           Register
           of
           Cardinal
           
           Pool's
           Letters
           ,
           which
           carries
           in
           it
           all
           the
           Characters
           of
           Sincerity
           possible
           .
           The
           Hand
           and
           the
           Abbreviatures
           shew
           that
           it
           was
           written
           at
           that
           time
           .
           It
           contains
           not
           only
           the
           two
           Breves
           that
           I
           send
           along
           with
           this
           ,
           but
           two
           other
           Breves
           ,
           besides
           several
           Letters
           that
           past
           between
           Card.
           
             Pool
          
           
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Arras
             ,
          
           that
           was
           afterwards
           the
           famous
           Cardinal
           
             Granvell
             ;
          
           and
           others
           that
           past
           between
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Cardinal
           
             de
             Monte
             ,
          
           and
           Cardinal
           
             Morone
             ,
          
           and
           
             Soto
          
           the
           Emperor's
           Confessor
           .
           There
           are
           also
           in
           it
           some
           of
           
           Pool's
           Letters
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           to
           
             Philip
          
           then
           King
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           and
           of
           these
           I
           have
           sent
           you
           two
           ,
           the
           one
           is
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           is
           to
           
             Philip
             :
          
           But
           with
           these
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           a
           large
           account
           of
           some
           Reflections
           that
           I
           have
           made
           on
           these
           Papers
           ,
           since
           I
           hear
           that
           you
           desire
           I
           would
           suggest
           to
           you
           all
           that
           occurs
           to
           me
           upon
           this
           occasion
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           given
           the
           World
           a
           very
           particular
           Account
           ,
           in
           your
           
             History
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ,
          
           of
           the
           Difficulties
           that
           were
           made
           concerning
           the
           
             Church-Lands
             ,
          
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           Queen
           
           Mary's
           Reign
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           that
           past
           in
           her
           Reign
           ,
           confirming
           the
           Alienation
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           was
           made
           by
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Eighth
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           Ratification
           of
           it
           made
           by
           Cardinal
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           who
           was
           the
           Pope's
           Legate
           ,
           and
           was
           believed
           to
           have
           full
           Powers
           for
           all
           he
           did
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           observed
           ,
           there
           were
           two
           Clauses
           in
           that
           very
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           shew
           there
           was
           then
           a
           Design
           form'd
           to
           recover
           all
           the
           Abbey-Lands
           :
           The
           one
           is
           ,
           a
           Charge
           given
           by
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           to
           all
           People
           that
           had
           the
           Goods
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           
           their
           hands
           ,
           to
           consider
           ,
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           that
           fell
           on
           
             Belshazzar
             ,
          
           for
           profaning
           the
           holy
           Vessels
           ,
           even
           tho
           they
           had
           not
           been
           taken
           away
           by
           himself
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           Father
           :
           Which
           set
           the
           matter
           heavy
           upon
           the
           Consciences
           of
           those
           that
           enjoyed
           these
           Lands
           .
           The
           other
           was
           ,
           the
           Repeal
           of
           the
           Statute
           of
           
             Mortmain
          
           for
           twenty
           Years
           ;
           for
           since
           that
           Statute
           was
           a
           Restraint
           upon
           the
           profuse
           Endowments
           of
           Churches
           ,
           the
           suspending
           it
           for
           so
           long
           a
           time
           ,
           gave
           the
           Monks
           Scope
           and
           Elbow-room
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           not
           unlike
           ,
           that
           within
           the
           time
           limited
           of
           twenty
           Years
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Work
           would
           have
           been
           done
           :
           for
           Superstition
           works
           violently
           ,
           especially
           upon
           dying
           Men
           ,
           when
           they
           can
           hold
           their
           Lands
           no
           longer
           themselves
           ;
           And
           so
           it
           is
           most
           likely
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           Priest
           came
           to
           tell
           them
           frightful
           Stories
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           and
           did
           aggravate
           the
           Heinousness
           of
           Sacrilege
           ,
           they
           would
           easily
           be
           wrought
           upon
           to
           take
           care
           of
           themselves
           in
           the
           next
           World
           ,
           and
           leave
           their
           Children
           to
           their
           Shifts
           in
           this
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           go
           now
           to
           give
           you
           some
           account
           of
           the
           Papers
           that
           accompany
           this
           Letter
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           the
           Breve
           that
           contains
           the
           Powers
           that
           were
           given
           to
           Cardinal
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           besides
           those
           general
           Powers
           or
           Bulls
           that
           were
           given
           him
           as
           Legate
           .
           This
           bears
           date
           the
           
             8th
          
           of
           
             March
             ,
          
           1554
           ,
           
           and
           so
           probably
           it
           was
           an
           Enlargement
           of
           the
           Powers
           that
           were
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           likely
           ,
           granted
           him
           at
           his
           first
           dispatch
           from
           
             Rome
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           these
           carry
           in
           them
           ,
           very
           probably
           ,
           more
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           than
           was
           intended
           or
           allowed
           of
           at
           first
           :
           For
           
             Pool
          
           had
           left
           
             Rome
          
           the
           
             November
          
           before
           this
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           he
           carried
           some
           Powers
           with
           him
           ;
           but
           upon
           the
           Remonstrances
           that
           were
           made
           by
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           from
           
             England
             ,
          
           it
           seems
           those
           were
           procured
           that
           I
           now
           send
           you
           .
        
         
           
             The
             most
             uneasy
             part
             of
             this
             whole
             Matter
             ,
             was
             that
             which
             related
             to
             the
             Church-Lands
             ;
             For
             it
             is
             delivered
             in
             the
             Canon-Law
             ,
          
           
           That
           the
           Pope
           cannot
           alienate
           Lands
           belonging
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           any
           manner
           ,
           or
           for
           any
           necessity
           whatsoever
           .
           
             And
             by
             that
             same
             Canon
             which
             was
             decreed
             by
             Pope
          
           Symmachus
           ,
           
             and
             a
             Roman
             Synod
             ,
             about
             the
             Year
          
           500
           ;
           The
           Giver
           and
           Seller
           of
           Church-Lands
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Possessor
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           degraded
           and
           anathematized
           ;
           and
           any
           Church-Man
           whatsoever
           may
           oppose
           such
           Alienations
           ,
           and
           these
           notwithstanding
           may
           recover
           the
           Lands
           so
           alienated
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Pope
           according
           to
           this
           Decree
           could
           not
           confirm
           the
           Alienations
           that
           had
           been
           made
           by
           King
           
             Henry
             ;
          
           and
           if
           he
           did
           confirm
           them
           ,
           the
           Act
           must
           be
           null
           in
           Law
           ,
           and
           could
           be
           no
           prejudice
           to
           the
           present
           Incumbent
           ,
           or
           his
           Successor
           ,
           to
           claim
           his
           Right
           .
           Therefore
           pursuant
           to
           this
           ,
           the
           Powers
           given
           to
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           authorize
           him
           only
           to
           indemnify
           and
           discharge
           the
           Possessors
           of
           the
           Church-Lands
           ,
           for
           the
           Goods
           that
           they
           had
           embezelled
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Rents
           that
           they
           had
           received
           ;
           for
           it
           runs
           in
           these
           Words
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           have
           mark'd
           in
           the
           
             Breve
          
           it self
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           readily
           turn
           to
           it
           )
           
             And
             to
             agree
             and
             transact
             with
             the
             Possessors
             of
             the
             Goods
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             for
             the
             Rents
             which
             they
             have
             unlawfully
             received
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             moveable
             Goods
             which
             they
             have
             consumed
             ;
             and
             for
             freeing
             and
             discharging
             them
             for
             them
             ,
             they
             restoring
             first
             (
             if
             that
             shall
             seem
             expedient
             to
             you
             )
             the
             Lands
             themselves
             ,
             that
             are
             unduly
             detained
             by
             them
             .
          
           By
           these
           Powers
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           only
           forgave
           what
           was
           past
           ,
           but
           stood
           to
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           restitution
           of
           the
           Lands
           themselves
           :
           And
           that
           Clause
           (
           
             if
             that
             shall
             seem
             to
             you
             expedient
          
           )
           belongs
           only
           to
           the
           Order
           and
           Point
           of
           Time
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           discharging
           what
           was
           past
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           done
           by
           Cardinal
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           before
           or
           after
           
             Restitution
             ,
          
           as
           he
           pleased
           :
           But
           
             Restitution
          
           was
           still
           to
           be
           made
           ;
           
           and
           he
           had
           by
           these
           Powers
           no
           Authority
           to
           confirm
           the
           Alienations
           that
           had
           been
           made
           by
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8
           
             th
          
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           Limitations
           were
           so
           distasteful
           ,
           both
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           at
           the
           Emperor's
           Court
           ,
           that
           
             Pool
          
           found
           it
           necessary
           to
           send
           his
           Secretary
           
             Ormanet
          
           to
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           for
           new
           Instructions
           and
           fuller
           Powers
           :
           He
           addressed
           him
           to
           Cardinal
           
             de
             Monte
          
           for
           procuring
           them
           .
           
             Ormanet
          
           was
           dispatch'd
           from
           
             Rome
          
           in
           the
           end
           of
           
             June
             ,
          
           1554
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           
             Pool
          
           in
           the
           end
           of
           
             July
             ,
          
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Date
           of
           
           Pool's
           Letters
           to
           the
           Cardinal
           
             de
             Monte
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           29
           
             th
          
           of
           
             July
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           receipt
           of
           the
           two
           Breves
           that
           
             Ormanet
          
           brought
           him
           ,
           bearing
           date
           the
           26
           
             th
          
           and
           28
           
             th
          
           of
           
             June
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             first
             of
             these
             is
             only
             matter
             of
             Form
             ,
             empowering
             him
             to
             act
             as
             a
             Legate
             ,
             either
             about
             the
             Emperor
             or
             the
             King
             of
          
           France
           ,
           
             in
             as
             ample
             manner
             as
             former
             Legates
             had
             done
             .
             The
             second
             relates
             almost
             wholly
             to
             the
             Business
             of
             Abbey-Lands
             ;
             in
             it
             the
             Pope
             sets
             forth
             ,
          
           That
           whereas
           he
           had
           formerly
           empowered
           him
           to
           transact
           with
           the
           Possessors
           of
           Church-lands
           ,
           and
           to
           discharge
           them
           for
           the
           Rents
           unjustly
           received
           ,
           or
           the
           moveable
           Goods
           that
           were
           consumed
           by
           them
           ;
           yet
           since
           the
           perfecting
           of
           the
           Reduction
           of
           
             England
          
           would
           become
           so
           much
           the
           easier
           ,
           as
           the
           Pope
           gave
           the
           greater
           hopes
           of
           Gentleness
           and
           
           Favour
           in
           that
           matter
           ,
           he
           therefore
           not
           being
           willing
           to
           let
           any
           worldly
           Respects
           lie
           in
           the
           way
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Work
           ,
           as
           was
           the
           Recovery
           of
           so
           many
           Souls
           ,
           and
           in
           imitation
           of
           the
           tender-hearted
           Father
           ,
           that
           went
           out
           to
           meet
           the
           Prodigal
           Child
           ,
           empowers
           the
           Cardinal
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Trust
           and
           Confidence
           that
           he
           had
           in
           him
           ,
           to
           transact
           and
           agree
           with
           such
           of
           the
           Possessors
           of
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           Pope's
           Authority
           ,
           for
           whom
           the
           Queen
           should
           intercede
           ,
           and
           to
           dispense
           with
           them
           for
           enjoying
           them
           in
           all
           time
           coming
           .
           
             But
             the
          
           Salvo
           
             that
             comes
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             seems
             to
             take
             all
             this
             off
             ;
          
           For
           he
           reserves
           all
           to
           the
           Pope's
           Confirmation
           and
           good
           pleasure
           ,
           in
           all
           those
           things
           that
           were
           of
           such
           importance
           ,
           that
           the
           Holy
           See
           ought
           first
           to
           be
           consulted
           by
           
             Pool
             .
          
        
         
           By
           these
           Powers
           ,
           all
           that
           
             Pool
          
           could
           do
           was
           only
           provisional
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           bind
           the
           Pope
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           might
           disclaim
           and
           disown
           him
           when
           he
           pleased
           :
           And
           the
           Agreements
           that
           he
           made
           afterwards
           with
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           were
           of
           no
           force
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           confirmed
           by
           the
           Pope
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Pope
           that
           succeeded
           
             Julius
          
           the
           Third
           ,
           who
           granted
           these
           Breves
           ,
           (
           but
           died
           before
           the
           Execution
           of
           them
           was
           brought
           to
           him
           for
           his
           Confirmation
           )
           would
           never
           confirm
           them
           ;
           so
           this
           whole
           Transaction
           was
           a
           publick
           Cheat
           put
           on
           the
           Nation
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           on
           the
           Possessors
           of
           the
           Abbey-Lands
           ;
           nor
           did
           it
           grant
           them
           either
           a
           good
           
           Title
           in
           Law
           ,
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           Canon-Law
           )
           or
           give
           any
           Security
           to
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           in
           enjoying
           that
           which
           according
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           is
           plain
           
             Sacrilege
             .
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           how
           those
           of
           that
           Church
           can
           quiet
           their
           Consciences
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           those
           Lands
           .
           It
           is
           plain
           by
           the
           progress
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           that
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Rome
          
           never
           intended
           to
           confirm
           the
           Abbey-Lands
           ;
           for
           all
           that
           was
           done
           by
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           was
           only
           an
           Artifice
           to
           still
           Mens
           Fears
           ,
           and
           to
           lay
           the
           Clamour
           ,
           which
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           the
           return
           of
           Popery
           was
           raising
           ,
           that
           so
           it
           might
           once
           enter
           with
           the
           less
           opposition
           ;
           and
           then
           it
           could
           be
           easy
           to
           carry
           all
           lesser
           Matters
           ,
           when
           the
           great
           Point
           was
           once
           gained
           ,
           as
           the
           Saddle
           goes
           into
           the
           Bargain
           for
           the
           Horse
           .
           And
           indeed
           tho
           a
           poor
           Heretick
           may
           hope
           for
           Mercy
           ,
           notwithstanding
           his
           Abbey-lands
           ,
           because
           it
           may
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           a
           Sin
           of
           Ignorance
           in
           him
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           possesses
           them
           with
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           is
           that
           which
           the
           Law
           calls
           
             bonae
             Fidei
             Possessor
             ;
          
           yet
           I
           see
           no
           Remedy
           for
           such
           as
           go
           over
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             :
          
           for
           if
           there
           is
           a
           Sin
           in
           the
           World
           that
           is
           condemned
           by
           that
           Church
           ,
           it
           is
           
             Sacrilege
             ;
          
           so
           that
           they
           must
           be
           
             malae
             Fidei
             Possessores
             ,
          
           that
           continue
           in
           it
           ,
           after
           the
           enlightning
           which
           that
           Church
           offers
           them
           .
        
         
         
           A
           Man
           may
           as
           well
           be
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           not
           believe
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           nor
           worship
           the
           Host
           ;
           as
           be
           one
           ,
           and
           still
           enjoy
           his
           Church-Lands
           .
           Nor
           can
           any
           Confessor
           ,
           that
           understands
           the
           principles
           of
           his
           own
           Religion
           ,
           give
           Absolution
           to
           such
           as
           are
           involved
           in
           that
           Guilt
           ,
           without
           restitution
           :
           So
           that
           it
           is
           a
           vain
           thing
           to
           talk
           of
           securing
           Men
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           those
           Lands
           ,
           if
           
             Popery
          
           should
           ever
           prevail
           :
           For
           tho
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Rome
          
           would
           ,
           to
           facilitate
           our
           Reconciliation
           ,
           offer
           some
           deceitful
           Confirmation
           ,
           as
           was
           done
           by
           Cardinal
           
             Pool
             ;
          
           yet
           no
           Man
           ,
           after
           he
           went
           over
           to
           that
           
             Church
             ,
          
           could
           suffer
           himself
           to
           enjoy
           them
           :
           Every
           Fit
           of
           Sickness
           ,
           or
           cross
           Accident
           ,
           would
           ,
           by
           the
           Priests
           Rhetorick
           ,
           look
           like
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Curse
           that
           fell
           on
           
             Ananias
          
           and
           
             Saphira
             .
          
           The
           terrible
           Imprecations
           that
           are
           in
           the
           Endowments
           of
           Monasteries
           ,
           would
           be
           always
           tinging
           in
           his
           Ears
           ;
           and
           if
           Absolution
           were
           denied
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           hour
           of
           Death
           ,
           what
           haste
           would
           the
           poor
           Man
           make
           to
           get
           rid
           of
           that
           Weight
           which
           must
           sink
           him
           into
           Hell
           :
           For
           as
           he
           must
           not
           hope
           for
           such
           good
           Quarters
           as
           Purgatory
           ,
           so
           if
           he
           happened
           to
           go
           thither
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           so
           scurvily
           used
           by
           the
           poor
           Souls
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           kept
           frying
           there
           for
           want
           of
           the
           Masses
           which
           would
           have
           been
           said
           for
           them
           in
           the
           Abbey-Church
           ,
           if
           
           he
           had
           not
           with
           held
           the
           Rents
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           find
           so
           little
           difference
           between
           that
           and
           Hell
           ,
           that
           even
           there
           he
           might
           be
           tempted
           to
           turn
           Protestant
           again
           ,
           and
           believe
           that
           Purgatory
           was
           no
           better
           than
           Hell.
           If
           any
           will
           object
           ,
           that
           at
           least
           Cardinal
           
           Pool's
           .
           Settlement
           secures
           them
           till
           it
           is
           annulled
           at
           
             Rome
             :
          
           To
           this
           ,
           as
           these
           
             Papers
          
           will
           offer
           an
           Answer
           ,
           since
           his
           Settlement
           was
           to
           have
           no
           force
           ,
           till
           it
           was
           confirmed
           by
           the
           Apostolick
           See
           ,
           which
           was
           never
           yet
           done
           :
           So
           if
           our
           English
           
             Papists
          
           go
           into
           the
           Opinion
           that
           is
           now
           generally
           received
           and
           asserted
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           That
           the
           
           Pope's
           power
           is
           limited
           by
           the
           
             Canons
             ,
          
           and
           subject
           to
           the
           
             Church
             ;
          
           then
           the
           Confirmation
           given
           by
           Cardinal
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           is
           null
           of
           it self
           ,
           tho
           it
           had
           been
           granted
           exactly
           according
           to
           the
           Letter
           of
           his
           Instructions
           :
           Since
           there
           has
           been
           in
           several
           Ages
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           so
           vast
           a
           number
           of
           
             Canons
             ,
          
           made
           against
           the
           Alienations
           of
           
             Church-Lands
             ,
          
           that
           if
           they
           were
           all
           laid
           together
           ,
           they
           would
           make
           a
           big
           Book
           :
           For
           in
           the
           Ages
           of
           Superstition
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Church-men
          
           were
           mightily
           set
           on
           enriching
           the
           
             Church
             ;
          
           so
           they
           made
           sure
           Work
           ,
           and
           took
           special
           care
           that
           nothing
           should
           be
           torn
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           was
           once
           consecrated
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           return
           from
           this
           Digression
           ,
           to
           give
           you
           some
           account
           of
           the
           other
           Letters
           that
           are
           in
           my
           
           Register
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Letter
           of
           Cardinal
           
           Morone's
           to
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           of
           the
           13
           
             th
          
           of
           
             July
             ,
          
           sent
           also
           by
           
             Ormanet
          
           in
           which
           he
           tells
           him
           ,
           That
           tho
           the
           Emperor
           had
           writ
           
             very
             extravagantly
          
           of
           him
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           
           yet
           the
           Pope
           said
           ,
           he
           was
           sure
           there
           was
           no
           just
           occasion
           given
           for
           it
           :
           And
           whereas
           the
           Emperor
           prest
           that
           
             Pool
          
           might
           be
           recalled
           ,
           the
           Pope
           continued
           firm
           in
           his
           resolution
           ,
           not
           to
           consent
           to
           so
           dishonourable
           a
           thing
           .
           
           He
           adds
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Pope
             was
             not
             yet
             determined
             in
             the
             Business
             of
             the
             Church-lands
             ,
             but
             had
             spoken
             very
             often
             very
             variously
             concerning
             that
             matter
             .
          
           After
           this
           there
           follows
           another
           Breve
           of
           the
           10
           
             th
          
           of
           
             July
             ,
          
           by
           which
           the
           Pope
           ,
           upon
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Spain's
           being
           married
           to
           the
           Queen
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           enlarges
           
           Pool's
           Powers
           ,
           and
           authorizes
           him
           ,
           as
           his
           Legate
           ,
           to
           treat
           with
           him
           :
           but
           this
           is
           meerly
           a
           point
           of
           Form.
           
        
         
           
             Pool
          
           sent
           
             Ormanet
             ,
          
           with
           an
           account
           of
           this
           Dispatch
           that
           he
           had
           received
           from
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Arras
             ,
          
           to
           be
           presented
           by
           him
           to
           the
           Emperor
           :
           All
           the
           Answer
           that
           he
           could
           procure
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           
             Ormanet's
          
           Letter
           ,
           was
           ,
           That
           the
           Emperor
           had
           no
           News
           from
           
             England
          
           since
           his
           Son's
           Marriage
           :
           but
           that
           he
           would
           send
           an
           Express
           thither
           ,
           to
           know
           the
           State
           of
           Affairs
           there
           ;
           which
           he
           thought
           must
           be
           done
           first
           ,
           before
           the
           Legate
           could
           go
           over
           .
           And
           of
           this
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Arras
          
           
           writ
           to
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           three
           days
           after
           
             Ormanet
          
           came
           to
           him
           ,
           his
           Letter
           bears
           date
           from
           
             Bouchain
             ,
          
           the
           3
           
             d
          
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           1554.
           
        
         
           By
           
           Ormanet's
           Letter
           is
           appears
           ,
           that
           these
           last
           Powers
           gave
           the
           Emperor
           full
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           at
           all
           excepted
           against
           ;
           only
           
             Granvell
          
           made
           some
           difficulty
           in
           one
           Point
           ,
           *
           Whether
           the
           Settlement
           of
           the
           Church-Lands
           should
           be
           granted
           as
           a
           Grace
           of
           the
           Pope's
           ,
           by
           the
           Cardinal's
           hands
           ,
           immediately
           to
           the
           possessors
           ?
           or
           should
           be
           granted
           to
           
             Philip
          
           and
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           and
           by
           their
           means
           to
           the
           possessors
           ?
           For
           it
           seems
           it
           was
           thought
           a
           surer
           way
           to
           engage
           the
           Crown
           to
           maintain
           what
           was
           done
           ,
           if
           the
           Pope
           were
           engaged
           for
           it
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           would
           not
           venture
           so
           easily
           to
           break
           ,
           as
           he
           might
           perhaps
           do
           with
           the
           possessors
           themselves
           .
           But
           
             Ormanet
          
           gave
           him
           full
           satisfaction
           in
           that
           matter
           ;
           for
           the
           manner
           of
           setling
           it
           being
           referred
           wholly
           to
           the
           Cardinal
           by
           his
           powers
           ,
           he
           promised
           that
           he
           would
           order
           it
           in
           the
           way
           that
           should
           give
           the
           Nation
           most
           content
           .
        
         
           The
           Emperor's
           Delays
           became
           very
           uneasy
           to
           Cardinal
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           upon
           which
           he
           wrote
           to
           
             Soto
             ,
          
           that
           was
           the
           Emperor's
           Confessor
           ,
           the
           12
           
             th
          
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           and
           desired
           to
           speak
           with
           him
           .
           By
           the
           place
           from
           whence
           the
           Cardinal
           dates
           most
           of
           these
           Letters
           ,
           it
           appears
           he
           was
           then
           in
           a
           Monastery
           called
           
             Diligam
             ,
          
           
           near
           
             Brussels
             .
          
           I
           will
           not
           determine
           whether
           it
           may
           not
           be
           a
           Mistake
           that
           passes
           so
           generally
           ,
           that
           no
           wonder
           you
           have
           gone
           into
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           stopt
           at
           
             Dilling
             ,
          
           a
           Town
           upon
           the
           
             Danube
             ,
          
           by
           the
           Emperor's
           Orders
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           been
           founded
           on
           his
           being
           lodged
           in
           this
           Monastery
           ;
           for
           as
           he
           dates
           some
           of
           his
           Letters
           from
           
             Diligam
             ,
          
           and
           others
           from
           
             Brussels
             ,
          
           so
           he
           dates
           one
           from
           
             Diligam-Abbey
             ,
          
           near
           
             Brussels
             :
          
           but
           this
           is
           not
           of
           any
           great
           importance
           .
        
         
           After
           some
           Letters
           of
           no
           great
           consequence
           ,
           there
           comes
           a
           long
           one
           writ
           by
           
             Pool
          
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           bearing
           date
           from
           
             Brussels
             ,
             Octob.
          
           13.
           1554.
           which
           I
           send
           you
           .
           In
           it
           
             Pool
          
           gives
           him
           an
           account
           of
           the
           first
           Conference
           that
           he
           had
           with
           the
           Emperor
           on
           this
           Subject
           .
           He
           told
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           That
           tho
           as
           to
           Matters
           of
           Faith
           the
           Pope
           could
           slacken
           nothing
           ,
           nor
           shew
           any
           manner
           of
           Indulgence
           ;
           yet
           in
           the
           Matter
           of
           the
           
             Church-Lands
             ,
          
           in
           which
           the
           Pope
           was
           more
           at
           liberty
           ,
           he
           was
           resolved
           to
           be
           gentle
           and
           indulgent
           :
           And
           as
           to
           all
           the
           Pains
           and
           Censures
           that
           the
           possessors
           had
           incurred
           ,
           and
           the
           Rents
           that
           they
           enjoyed
           ,
           which
           were
           points
           of
           great
           importance
           ,
           he
           was
           resolved
           to
           use
           all
           sort
           of
           Indulgence
           towards
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           forgive
           all
           :
           Nor
           had
           he
           any
           design
           of
           applying
           any
           part
           of
           these
           Goods
           ,
           either
           to
           himself
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Apostolick
           
           See
           ,
           of
           which
           some
           were
           afraid
           ;
           tho
           he
           might
           pretend
           good
           reason
           for
           it
           ,
           considering
           the
           Losses
           that
           that
           
             See
          
           had
           sustained
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Schism
           ;
           but
           he
           would
           give
           up
           all
           that
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           such
           regard
           had
           the
           Pope
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           that
           he
           was
           resolved
           to
           grant
           upon
           their
           Intercession
           ,
           whatsoever
           should
           be
           thought
           convenient
           ,
           to
           such
           Persons
           as
           they
           should
           think
           worth
           gratifying
           ,
           or
           were
           capable
           to
           assist
           in
           the
           Design
           of
           Petling
           the
           Religion
           .
           To
           all
           this
           the
           Emperor
           answered
           with
           a
           new
           delay
           :
           He
           was
           expecting
           to
           hear
           very
           suddenly
           from
           
             England
             ;
          
           and
           it
           was
           necessary
           to
           have
           that
           Difficulty
           concerning
           the
           Church-Lands
           first
           cleared
           ,
           which
           by
           his
           own
           Experience
           in
           
             Germany
          
           he
           concluded
           to
           be
           the
           chief
           Obstacle
           :
           For
           as
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           believe
           they
           stuck
           at
           that
           ;
           and
           he
           thought
           that
           they
           believed
           neither
           the
           one
           nor
           the
           other
           Persuasion
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           would
           not
           be
           much
           concerned
           in
           such
           points
           :
           Yet
           since
           these
           Goods
           were
           dedicated
           to
           God
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           fit
           to
           grant
           every
           thing
           to
           those
           that
           held
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           
             Pool
          
           had
           told
           him
           how
           far
           his
           Powers
           extended
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           not
           fit
           that
           it
           should
           be
           generally
           known
           .
           But
           as
           the
           Emperor
           was
           putting
           in
           new
           Delays
           ,
           
             Pool
          
           prest
           him
           vehemently
           ,
           that
           the
           Matter
           
           might
           at
           last
           be
           brought
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           .
           The
           Emperor
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           great
           regard
           must
           be
           had
           to
           the
           ill
           Dispositions
           of
           the
           Parties
           concerned
           ,
           since
           the
           Aversion
           that
           the
           English
           Nation
           had
           to
           the
           very
           name
           of
           
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           or
           to
           a
           
             Red
             Hat
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Religious
             Habit
             ,
          
           was
           so
           universal
           ,
           that
           his
           Son
           had
           been
           advised
           to
           make
           the
           Friers
           that
           came
           over
           from
           
             Spain
          
           with
           him
           ,
           change
           their
           Habits
           :
           but
           tho
           he
           had
           done
           it
           ,
           yet
           the
           danger
           of
           Tumults
           deserved
           to
           be
           well
           considered
           .
           
             Pool
          
           replied
           ,
           That
           if
           he
           must
           stay
           till
           all
           Impediments
           were
           removed
           ,
           he
           must
           never
           go
           .
           Those
           that
           were
           concerned
           in
           the
           Abby-Lands
           ,
           would
           still
           endeavour
           to
           obstruct
           his
           coming
           ,
           since
           by
           that
           means
           ,
           they
           still
           continued
           in
           Possession
           of
           all
           that
           they
           had
           got
           .
           In
           conclusion
           ,
           it
           was
           resolved
           that
           
             Pool
          
           should
           stay
           for
           the
           return
           of
           the
           Messenger
           ,
           that
           the
           Emperor
           had
           sent
           to
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           Two
           things
           appear
           from
           this
           Letter
           ;
           one
           is
           ,
           that
           Cardinal
           
             Pool
          
           intended
           only
           to
           grant
           a
           general
           Discharge
           to
           all
           the
           Possessors
           of
           the
           Abby-Lands
           ,
           for
           what
           was
           past
           ;
           but
           resolved
           to
           give
           no
           Grants
           of
           them
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           except
           only
           to
           such
           as
           should
           merit
           it
           ,
           and
           for
           whom
           the
           Queen
           should
           intercede
           ,
           and
           whose
           Zeal
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           Religion
           might
           deserve
           such
           a
           Favour
           ;
           and
           it
           seems
           that
           even
           the
           Emperor
           intended
           no
           more
           
           and
           that
           he
           thought
           that
           this
           should
           be
           kept
           a
           great
           Secret.
           The
           other
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Aversion
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           Popery
           was
           at
           that
           time
           very
           high
           ,
           so
           that
           Tumults
           were
           much
           apprehended
           :
           yet
           the
           whole
           Work
           was
           brought
           to
           a
           final
           Conclusion
           within
           two
           Months
           ,
           without
           any
           Opposition
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           Tumult
           :
           so
           inconsiderable
           are
           popular
           Discontents
           ,
           in
           Opposition
           to
           a
           Government
           well
           established
           ,
           and
           supported
           by
           strong
           Alliances
           .
        
         
           
             Pool
          
           being
           wearied
           out
           with
           these
           continued
           Delays
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           saw
           no
           end
           ,
           writ
           a
           long
           and
           high-flown
           ,
           or
           according
           to
           the
           stile
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           a
           canting
           Letter
           to
           
             Philip
             ,
          
           then
           King
           of
           
             England
             :
          
           I
           send
           it
           likewise
           to
           you
           ,
           because
           you
           may
           perhaps
           desire
           to
           see
           every
           thing
           of
           
           Pool's
           writing
           ,
           for
           whose
           Memory
           you
           have
           expressed
           a
           very
           particular
           esteem
           :
           he
           tells
           the
           King
           that
           he
           had
           been
           knocking
           at
           the
           Gates
           of
           that
           Court
           now
           a
           Year
           ,
           tho
           he
           was
           banished
           his
           Country
           ,
           because
           he
           would
           not
           consent
           ,
           that
           she
           who
           now
           dwelt
           in
           it
           should
           be
           shut
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           in
           his
           Person
           it
           was
           S.
           
           Peter's
           Successor
           ,
           or
           rather
           S.
           
             Peter
          
           himself
           ,
           that
           knock'd
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           runs
           out
           in
           a
           long
           and
           laboured
           Allegory
           ,
           taken
           from
           S.
           
           Peter's
           being
           delivered
           out
           of
           Prison
           ,
           
           in
           the
           
             Herodian
          
           Persecution
           ;
           and
           coming
           to
           
           Mary's
           Gate
           ,
           where
           
           after
           his
           Voice
           was
           known
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           held
           long
           knocking
           ;
           tho
           
             Mary
          
           was
           not
           sure
           that
           it
           was
           he
           himself
           ,
           &c.
           
           Upon
           all
           which
           he
           runs
           division
           ,
           like
           a
           Man
           that
           had
           practised
           Eloquence
           long
           ,
           and
           had
           allowed
           himself
           to
           fly
           high
           with
           forced
           Rhetorick
           .
           And
           to
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           this
           way
           of
           enlarging
           upon
           an
           Allegory
           from
           some
           part
           of
           Scripture-story
           ,
           had
           been
           so
           long
           used
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           early
           practised
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           wonder
           much
           to
           see
           him
           dress
           this
           out
           with
           such
           pomp
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           words
           .
           I
           shall
           be
           very
           glad
           if
           these
           Papers
           give
           you
           any
           considerable
           light
           in
           those
           matters
           ;
           in
           which
           you
           have
           laboured
           so
           successfully
           :
           I
           am
           very
           sincerely
           ,
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Your
             most
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             W.
             C.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Cardinal
           POOL'S
           general
           Powers
           for
           reconciling
           ENGLAND
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           .
        
         
           
             JULIUS
             PAPA
             III.
             
          
        
         
           DIlecte
           Fili
           noster
           ,
           salutem
           &
           Apostolicam
           benedictionem
           :
           dudum
           ,
           cum
           carissima
           in
           Christo
           Filia
           nostra
           Maria
           ,
           Angliae
           tunc
           Princeps
           Regina
           declarata
           fuisser
           ,
           &
           speraretur
           Regnum
           Angliae
           ,
           quod
           saeva
           Regnum
           Tyrannide
           ab
           unione
           Sanctae
           Ecclesiae
           Catholicae
           separatum
           fuerat
           ,
           ad
           ovile
           gregis
           Domini
           &
           ejusdem
           Ecclesiae
           unionem
           ,
           ipsa
           Maria
           primum
           regnante
           ,
           redire
           posse
           .
           Nos
           te
           ,
           praestanti
           Virtute
           ,
           singulari
           Pietate
           ,
           ac
           multa
           Doctrina
           insignem
           ,
           ad
           eandem
           Mariam
           Reginam
           &
           universum
           Angliae
           Regnum
           ,
           de
           Fratrum
           nostrorum
           Consilio
           &
           unanimi
           consensu
           nostrum
           &
           Apostolicae
           sedis
           legatum
           de
           latere
           destinavimus
           :
           tibique
           inter
           caetera
           ,
           omnes
           &
           singulos
           utriusque
           sexus
           ,
           tam
           Laicas
           quam
           Ecclesiasticas
           ,
           seculares
           &
           quorumvis
           ordinum
           reglares
           ,
           personas
           ,
           in
           quibusvis
           etiam
           sacris
           ordinibus
           constitutas
           ,
           cujuscunque
           Status
           ,
           Gradus
           ,
           Conditionis
           &
           Qualitatis
           existerint
           ac
           quacunque
           Ecclesiastica
           ,
           etiam
           Episcopali
           ,
           Archiepiscopali
           ,
           &
           Patriarchali
           :
           aut
           mundana
           ,
           etiam
           Marchionali
           ,
           Ducali
           ;
           aut
           Regia
           dignitate
           prefulgerent
           ,
           etiamsi
           Capitulum
           ,
           Collegium
           ,
           Universitas
           ,
           seu
           Communitas
           forent
           ,
           quarumcunque
           heresium
           ,
           aut
           novarum
           Sectarum
           ,
           Professores
           ,
           aut
           in
           eis
           culpabiles
           ,
           vel
           suspectas
           ,
           ac
           credentes
           ,
           receptatores
           ,
           
           &
           fautores
           eorum
           ,
           etiamsi
           relapsae
           fuissent
           ,
           eorum
           errorem
           cognoscentes
           ,
           &
           de
           illis
           dolentes
           ,
           ac
           ad
           Orthodoxam
           fidem
           recipi
           humiliter
           postulantes
           ,
           cognita
           in
           eis
           ,
           vera
           &
           non
           ficta
           ,
           aut
           simulata
           ,
           penitentia
           ,
           ab
           omnibus
           &
           fingulis
           per
           eos
           perpetratis
           ,
           (
           haereses
           ,
           &
           ab
           eadem
           fide
           Apostasias
           ,
           Blasphemias
           ,
           &
           alios
           quoscunque
           errores
           ,
           etiam
           sub
           generali
           sermone
           non
           venientes
           sapientibus
           )
           peccatis
           ,
           criminibus
           ,
           excessibus
           ,
           &
           delictis
           ,
           nec
           non
           Excommunicationum
           ,
           Suspensionum
           ,
           Interdictorum
           ,
           &
           aliis
           Ecclesiasticis
           ,
           ac
           Temporalibus
           etiam
           Corporis
           afflictivis
           ,
           &
           capitalibus
           Sententiis
           ,
           censuris
           &
           paenis
           in
           eos
           premissorum
           occasione
           ,
           a
           jure
           vel
           ab
           homine
           latis
           ,
           vel
           promulgatis
           ,
           etiam
           si
           in
           iis
           viginti
           ,
           &
           plus
           annis
           insorduissent
           ,
           &
           eorum
           absolutio
           nobis
           &
           divinae
           sedi
           ,
           &
           per
           literas
           in
           die
           Caenae
           Domini
           legi
           consuetas
           ,
           reservata
           existeret
           ,
           in
           utroque
           ,
           Conscientiae
           videlicet
           ,
           &
           contentioso
           foro
           ,
           plenare
           absolvendi
           ,
           &
           liberandi
           ,
           ac
           aliorum
           Christi
           fidelium
           consortio
           aggregandi
           :
           nec
           non
           cum
           eis
           super
           irregularitate
           per
           eos
           premissorum
           occasione
           ,
           etiam
           quia
           sic
           Ligati
           ,
           missas
           &
           alia
           divina
           officia
           ,
           etiam
           contra
           Ritus
           &
           Ceremonias
           ab
           Ecclesia
           eatenus
           probatas
           ,
           &
           usitatas
           ,
           celebrassent
           ,
           aut
           illis
           alias
           se
           miscuissent
           ,
           contracta
           ;
           nec
           non
           bigama
           per
           eosdem
           Ecclesiasticos
           ,
           Seculares
           ,
           vel
           Regulares
           ,
           vere
           aut
           ficte
           ,
           seu
           alias
           qualitercunque
           incursa
           ,
           (
           etiamsi
           ex
           eo
           quod
           Clerici
           in
           sacris
           constituti
           ,
           cum
           viduis
           vel
           aliis
           corruptis
           ,
           Matrimonum
           contraxissent
           pretenderetur
           )
           rejectis
           &
           expulsis
           tamen
           prius
           uxoribus
           ,
           sic
           de
           facto
           copulatis
           :
           quodque
           bigamia
           &
           irregularitate
           ac
           aliis
           premissis
           non
           obstantibus
           ,
           in
           eorum
           ordinibus
           ,
           dummodo
           ante
           eorum
           lapsum
           in
           heresin
           hujusmodi
           ,
           rite
           &
           legitime
           promoti
           vel
           ordinati
           fuissent
           ,
           etiam
           in
           altaris
           ministerio
           ministrare
           ,
           ac
           quaecunque
           &
           qualitercunque
           etiam
           curata
           beneficia
           ,
           secularia
           vel
           regularia
           ut
           prius
           ,
           dummodo
           super
           eis
           
           alteri
           jus
           quaesitum
           non
           existeret
           ,
           retinere
           :
           &
           non
           promoti
           ,
           ad
           omnes
           etiam
           Sacros
           &
           Presbyteratus
           Ordines
           ,
           ab
           eorum
           ordinariis
           ,
           si
           digni
           &
           idonei
           reperti
           fuissent
           ,
           promoveri
           ,
           ac
           beneficia
           Ecclesiastica
           ,
           si
           iis
           alias
           canonice
           conferentur
           ,
           recipere
           &
           retinere
           valerent
           ,
           dispensandi
           &
           indulgendi
           :
           ac
           omnem
           infamiae
           &
           inhabilitatis
           maculam
           sive
           notam
           ,
           ex
           premissis
           quomodolibet
           insurgentem
           ,
           penitus
           &
           omnino
           abolendi
           ;
           nec
           non
           ad
           pristinos
           honores
           ,
           dignitates
           ,
           famam
           ,
           &
           patriam
           ,
           &
           bona
           etiam
           confiscata
           ,
           in
           pristinumque
           ,
           &
           eum
           ,
           in
           quo
           ante
           premissa
           quomodolibet
           erant
           ,
           statum
           restituendi
           ,
           reponendi
           ,
           &
           reintegrandi
           :
           ac
           eis
           ,
           dummodo
           corde
           contriti
           ,
           eorum
           errata
           &
           excessus
           alicui
           per
           eos
           eligendo
           Catholico
           confessori
           ,
           sacramentaliter
           consiterentur
           ,
           ac
           penitentiam
           salutarem
           ,
           eis
           per
           ipsum
           confessorem
           propterea
           injungendam
           omnino
           adimplerent
           ,
           omnem
           publicam
           confessionem
           ,
           abjurationem
           ,
           renunciationem
           ,
           &
           penitentiam
           jure
           debitam
           ,
           arbitrio
           suo
           moderandi
           vel
           in
           totum
           remittendi
           .
           Nec
           non
           Communitates
           &
           Universitates
           ,
           ac
           singulares
           personas
           quascunque
           ,
           a
           quibusvis
           illicitis
           pactionibus
           &
           Conventionibus
           ,
           per
           eos
           cum
           Dominis
           aberrantibus
           ,
           seu
           in
           eorum
           favorem
           ,
           quomodolibet
           initis
           ,
           &
           iis
           praestitis
           juramentis
           ,
           &
           homagiis
           ,
           illorumque
           omnium
           observatione
           ,
           &
           si
           quem
           eatenus
           occasione
           eorum
           incurrissent
           perjurii
           reatum
           ,
           in
           etiam
           absolvendi
           ,
           &
           juramenta
           ipsa
           relaxandi
           .
           Ac
           quoscunque
           regulares
           &
           religiosos
           ,
           etiam
           in
           haeresin
           hujusmodi
           ut
           prefertur
           lapsos
           ,
           extra
           eorum
           regularia
           loca
           absque
           dictae
           sedis
           licentia
           vagantes
           ,
           ab
           Apostasiae
           reatu
           ,
           &
           Excommunicationis
           aliisque
           censuris
           ac
           paenis
           Ecclesiasticis
           ,
           per
           eos
           propterea
           etiam
           juxta
           suorum
           ordinum
           instituta
           incursis
           ,
           pariter
           absolvendi
           :
           ac
           cum
           eis
           ut
           alicui
           beneficio
           Ecclesiastico
           curato
           ,
           de
           illud
           obtinentis
           consensu
           ,
           etiam
           in
           habitu
           Clerici
           Secularis
           ,
           habitum
           snum
           regularem
           sub
           honesta
           
           toga
           Presbyteri
           Secularis
           deferendo
           ,
           deservire
           ,
           &
           extra
           eadem
           regularia
           loca
           remanere
           libere
           &
           licite
           possint
           dispensandi
           .
           Nec
           non
           quibusvis
           personis
           ,
           etiam
           Ecclesiasticis
           ,
           ut
           quadragesimalibus
           &
           aliis
           anni
           temporibus
           &
           diebus
           ,
           quibus
           usus
           ovorum
           &
           carnium
           est
           de
           jure
           prohibitus
           ,
           butiro
           &
           caseo
           &
           aliis
           lacticiniis
           ,
           ac
           dictis
           ovis
           &
           carnibus
           ,
           de
           utriusque
           seu
           alterius
           ,
           spiritualis
           ,
           qui
           Catholicus
           existeret
           ,
           Medici
           Consilio
           ,
           aut
           si
           locorum
           &
           personarum
           qualitate
           inspecta
           ,
           ex
           defectu
           Piscium
           aut
           olei
           ,
           vel
           indispositione
           Personarum
           earundem
           ,
           seu
           alia
           causa
           legitima
           id
           tibi
           saclendum
           videretur
           ,
           ut
           tuo
           arbitrio
           uti
           &
           vesci
           possint
           ,
           indulgendi
           &
           concedendi
           .
           Nec
           non
           per
           te
           in
           praeteritis
           duntaxat
           casibus
           ,
           aliquos
           Clericos
           Seculares
           ,
           tantum
           Presbyteros
           ,
           Diaconos
           ,
           aut
           Subdiaconos
           ,
           qui
           Matrimonium
           cum
           aliquibus
           Virginibus
           ,
           vel
           corruptis
           Secularibus
           ,
           etiam
           Mulieribus
           ,
           de
           facto
           eatenus
           contraxissent
           ,
           considerata
           aliqua
           ipsorum
           singulari
           qualitate
           ,
           &
           cognita
           eorum
           vera
           ad
           Christi
           fidem
           conversione
           ,
           ac
           aliis
           circumstantiis
           ,
           ac
           modificationibus
           tuo
           tantum
           arbitrio
           adhibendis
           ,
           ex
           quibus
           aliis
           praesertim
           Clericis
           in
           Sacris
           Ordinibus
           hujusmodi
           constitutis
           ,
           quibus
           non
           licet
           Uxores
           habere
           ,
           Scandalum
           omnino
           non
           generetur
           ,
           citra
           tamen
           altaris
           ac
           alia
           Sacerdotum
           ministeria
           ,
           &
           titulos
           beneficiorum
           Ecclesiasticorum
           ,
           ac
           omni
           ipforum
           ordinum
           exercitio
           sublato
           ,
           ab
           Excommunicationis
           sententia
           ,
           &
           aliis
           reatibus
           proteria
           incursis
           ,
           injuncta
           inde
           eis
           etiam
           tuo
           arbitrio
           penitentia
           salutari
           ,
           absolvendi
           ac
           cum
           eis
           dummodo
           alter
           eorum
           superstes
           remaneret
           ,
           de
           caetero
           sine
           spe
           congugii
           ,
           quod
           inter
           se
           Matrimonium
           legitime
           contrahere
           ,
           &
           in
           eo
           postquam
           contractum
           foret
           ,
           licite
           romanere
           possent
           ,
           prolem
           exinde
           legitimam
           decernendo
           ,
           miserecorditer
           dispensandi
           :
           ac
           quaecunque
           beneficia
           Ecclesiastica
           ,
           tam
           secularia
           quam
           regularia
           ,
           &
           quae
           per
           
           Rectores
           Catholicos
           possidebantur
           ,
           de
           ipsorum
           tamen
           Rectorum
           Catholicorum
           consensu
           ,
           seu
           absque
           eorum
           prejudicio
           ,
           cuicunque
           alteri
           Beneficio
           Ecclesiastico
           ob
           ejus
           fructuus
           tenuitatem
           ,
           aut
           Hospitali
           jam
           erecto
           vel
           erigendo
           ,
           seu
           studio
           Universali
           vel
           Scholis
           Literariis
           ,
           uniendi
           ,
           annectendi
           ,
           &
           incorporandi
           ,
           aut
           fructus
           ,
           reditus
           ,
           &
           proventus
           ,
           seu
           bonorundem
           beneficiorum
           dividendi
           ,
           separandi
           ,
           &
           dismembrandi
           ,
           ac
           eorum
           sic
           divisorum
           ,
           separatorum
           &
           dismembratorum
           partem
           aliis
           beneficis
           seu
           Hospitalibus
           ,
           vel
           Studiis
           aut
           Scholis
           ,
           seu
           piis
           usibus
           similiter
           arbitrio
           tuo
           perpetuo
           applicandi
           &
           appropriandi
           .
           
           
             Ac
             cum
             Posterioribus
             bonorum
             Ecclesiasticorum
             (
             restitutis
             ,
             prius
             si
             tibi
             expedire
             videretur
             ,
             immobilibus
             per
             eos
             indebite
             detentis
             )
             super
             fructibus
             male
             perceptis
             ,
             ac
             bonis
             mobilibus
             consumptis
             ,
             concordandi
             ,
             &
             transigendi
             ,
             ac
             eos
             desuper
             liberandi
             &
             quietandi
             :
          
           ac
           quicquid
           concordiis
           &
           transactionibus
           hujusmodi
           proveniret
           ,
           in
           Ecclesia
           cujus
           essent
           bona
           ,
           vel
           in
           Studiorum
           Universalium
           ,
           aut
           Scholarum
           hujusmodi
           ,
           seu
           alios
           pios
           usus
           convertendi
           ,
           omniaque
           &
           singula
           alia
           ,
           in
           quae
           in
           premissis
           &
           circa
           ea
           quomodolibet
           necessaria
           &
           opportuna
           esse
           cognosceres
           ,
           faciendi
           ,
           dicendi
           ,
           gerendi
           ,
           &
           exercendi
           :
           nec
           non
           Catholicos
           locorum
           ordinarios
           ,
           aut
           alias
           Personas
           Deum
           timentes
           ,
           fide
           insignes
           ,
           &
           literarum
           scientia
           praeditas
           ,
           ac
           gravitate
           morum
           conspicuas
           ,
           &
           aetate
           veneranda
           ,
           de
           quarum
           probitate
           &
           circumspectione
           ac
           charitatis
           Zelo
           plena
           Fiducia
           conspici
           posset
           ,
           ad
           premissa
           omnia
           ,
           cum
           simili
           vel
           limitata
           potestate
           (
           absolutione
           &
           dispensatione
           Clericorum
           circa
           connubia
           ,
           ac
           unione
           beneficiorum
           ,
           seu
           eorum
           fructuum
           &
           bonorum
           separatione
           ,
           &
           applicatione
           ,
           ac
           concordia
           cum
           possessoribus
           bonorum
           Ecclesiasticorum
           &
           eorum
           liberatorum
           ,
           duntaxat
           exceptis
           )
           substituendi
           &
           subdelegandi
           :
           ac
           diversas
           alias
           facultates
           per
           diversas
           alias
           nostras
           tam
           sub
           plumbo
           quam
           in
           
           forma
           Brevis
           confectas
           literas
           ,
           concessimus
           ,
           prout
           in
           illis
           plenius
           continetur
           .
           Verum
           cum
           tu
           ad
           partes
           Flandriae
           ex
           quibus
           brevissima
           ad
           Regnum
           transfretatio
           existit
           ,
           te
           contuleris
           ,
           ac
           ex
           certis
           rationalibus
           nobis
           notis
           causis
           inibi
           aliquandiu
           subsistere
           habeas
           ,
           ac
           a
           nonnullis
           ,
           nimium
           forsan
           scrupulosis
           ,
           hesitetur
           ,
           an
           tu
           in
           partibus
           hujusmodi
           subsistens
           ,
           predictis
           ac
           aliis
           tibi
           concessis
           facultatibus
           uti
           ac
           in
           eodem
           Regno
           locorum
           ordinarios
           ,
           aut
           alias
           Personas
           ut
           premittitur
           qualificatas
           ,
           quae
           facultatibus
           per
           te
           juxta
           dictarum
           literarum
           continentiam
           pro
           tempore
           concessis
           utantur
           ,
           alias
           juxta
           earundem
           literarum
           tenorem
           substituere
           &
           delegare
           possis
           :
           Nos
           causam
           tuae
           subsistentiae
           in
           eisdem
           partibus
           approbantes
           ,
           &
           singularum
           literarum
           praedictarum
           tenores
           ,
           praesentibus
           pro
           sufficienter
           expressis
           ,
           ac
           de
           verbo
           ad
           verbum
           insertis
           ,
           habentes
           ,
           circumspectioni
           tuae
           quod
           quamdiu
           in
           eisdem
           partibus
           de
           licentia
           nostra
           morum
           traxeris
           ,
           Legatione
           tua
           praedicta
           durante
           ,
           etiam
           extra
           ipsum
           Regnum
           existens
           ,
           omnibus
           &
           singulis
           praedictis
           &
           quibusvis
           aliis
           tibi
           concessis
           &
           quae
           per
           praesentes
           tibi
           conceduntur
           ,
           facultatibus
           ,
           etiam
           erga
           quoscunque
           ,
           Archiepiscopos
           ,
           Episcopos
           ,
           ac
           Abbates
           ,
           aliosque
           ,
           Ecclesiarum
           tam
           secularium
           quam
           quorumvis
           ordinum
           regularium
           ,
           nec
           non
           Monasteriorum
           &
           aliorum
           regularium
           locorum
           Prelatos
           ,
           non
           secus
           ac
           erga
           alios
           inferiores
           Clericos
           ,
           uti
           possis
           ,
           necnon
           erga
           alias
           Personas
           in
           singulis
           Literis
           praedictis
           quovis
           modo
           nominatas
           ,
           ad
           te
           pro
           tempore
           recurrentes
           vel
           mittentes
           ,
           etiam
           circa
           ordines
           ,
           quos
           nunquam
           aut
           male
           susceperunt
           ,
           &
           munus
           consecrationis
           quod
           iis
           ob
           aliis
           Episcopis
           vel
           Archiepiscopis
           etiam
           Haereticis
           &
           Schismaticis
           ,
           aut
           alias
           minus
           rite
           &
           non
           servata
           forma
           Ecclesiae
           consueta
           impensum
           fuit
           ,
           etiam
           si
           ordines
           &
           munus
           hujusmodi
           etiam
           circa
           altaris
           ministerium
           temere
           executi
           sint
           ,
           per
           te
           ipsum
           vel
           alios
           ,
           ad
           id
           a
           te
           
           pro
           tempore
           deputatos
           ,
           libere
           uti
           ,
           ac
           in
           eodem
           Regno
           tot
           quot
           tibi
           videbuntur
           locorum
           ordinarios
           vel
           alias
           Personas
           ,
           ut
           premittitur
           qualificatas
           ,
           quae
           facultatibus
           per
           te
           ,
           eis
           pro
           tempore
           concessis
           ,
           (
           citra
           tamen
           eas
           quae
           solum
           tibi
           ut
           praefertur
           concessae
           existunt
           )
           etiam
           te
           in
           partibus
           Flandriae
           hujusmodi
           subsistente
           ,
           libere
           utantur
           ;
           &
           eas
           exerceant
           &
           exequantur
           alias
           ,
           juxta
           ipsarum
           Literarum
           continentiam
           ac
           tenorem
           substituere
           &
           subdelegare
           .
           Nec
           non
           de
           Personis
           quorumcunque
           Episcoporum
           vel
           Archiepiscoporum
           ,
           qui
           Metropolitanam
           aut
           alias
           Cathedrales
           Ecclesias
           de
           manu
           Laicorum
           etiam
           Schismaticorum
           ,
           &
           presertim
           qui
           de
           Henrici
           Regis
           &
           Edvardi
           ejus
           Nati
           receperunt
           ,
           &
           eorum
           regimini
           &
           administratione
           se
           ingesserunt
           ,
           &
           eorum
           fructus
           reditus
           &
           proventus
           etiam
           longissimo
           tempore
           ,
           tanquam
           veri
           Archiepiscopi
           aut
           Episcopi
           temere
           &
           de
           facto
           usurpando
           ,
           etiamsi
           in
           haeresin
           ut
           prefertur
           ,
           inciderint
           ,
           seu
           antea
           haeretici
           fuerint
           ,
           postquam
           per
           te
           unitati
           sanctae
           Matris
           Ecclesiae
           restituti
           exstiterint
           ,
           tuque
           eos
           rehabilitandos
           esse
           censueris
           ,
           si
           tibi
           alias
           digni
           &
           idonei
           videbuntur
           ,
           eisdem
           Metropolitanis
           &
           aliis
           Cathedralibus
           Ecclesiis
           denuo
           ,
           nec
           non
           quibusvis
           aliis
           Cathedralibus
           etiam
           Metropolitanis
           Ecclesiis
           per
           obitum
           vel
           privationem
           illarum
           Praesulum
           ,
           seu
           alias
           quovis
           modo
           pro
           tempore
           vacantibus
           ,
           de
           Personis
           idoneis
           pro
           quibus
           ipsa
           Maria
           Regina
           juxta
           consuetudines
           ipsius
           Regni
           ,
           tibi
           supplicaverit
           authoritate
           nostra
           providere
           ipsasque
           Personas
           eisdem
           Ecclesiis
           in
           Episcopos
           aut
           Archiepiscopos
           praeficere
           :
           Ac
           cum
           iis
           qui
           Ecclesias
           Cathedrales
           &
           Metropolitanas
           ,
           de
           manu
           Laicorum
           etiam
           Schismaticorum
           ut
           prefertur
           ,
           receperunt
           ,
           quod
           eisdem
           seu
           aliis
           ad
           quas
           eas
           alias
           rite
           transferri
           contigerit
           ,
           Cathedralibus
           etiam
           Metropolitanis
           Ecclesiis
           ,
           in
           Episcopos
           vel
           Archiepiscopos
           praeesse
           ipsasque
           Ecclesias
           in
           spiritualibus
           &
           temporalibus
           
           regere
           &
           gubernare
           ,
           ac
           munere
           consecrationis
           eis
           hactenus
           impenso
           uti
           ,
           vel
           si
           illud
           eis
           nondum
           impensum
           extiterit
           ,
           ab
           Episcopis
           vel
           Archiepiscopis
           Catholicis
           per
           te
           nominandis
           suscipere
           libere
           &
           licite
           possint
           .
           Nec
           non
           cum
           quibusvis
           per
           te
           ut
           praemittitur
           pro
           tempore
           absolutis
           &
           rehabilitatis
           ,
           ut
           eorum
           erroribus
           &
           excessibus
           preteritis
           non
           obstantibus
           ,
           quibusvis
           Cathedralibus
           ,
           etiam
           Metropolitanis
           Ecclesiis
           in
           Episcopos
           &
           Archiepiscopos
           prefici
           &
           praeesse
           ,
           illasque
           in
           eisdem
           spiritualibus
           &
           temporalibus
           regere
           &
           gubernare
           :
           ac
           ad
           quoscunque
           etiam
           Sacros
           &
           Presbyteratos
           Ordines
           promovere
           ,
           &
           in
           illis
           aut
           per
           eos
           jam
           licet
           minus
           rite
           susceptis
           ordinibus
           etiam
           in
           altaris
           ministerio
           ministrare
           nec
           non
           munus
           consecrationis
           suscipere
           ,
           &
           illo
           uti
           libere
           &
           licite
           valeant
           ;
           dispensare
           etiam
           libere
           &
           licite
           possis
           ,
           plenam
           &
           liberam
           Apostolicam
           Autoritatem
           per
           presentes
           concedimus
           facultatem
           &
           potestatem
           :
           non
           obstantibus
           Constitutionibus
           &
           Ordinationibus
           Apostolicis
           ,
           ac
           omnibus
           illis
           quae
           in
           singulis
           literis
           praeteritis
           voluimus
           non
           obstare
           ,
           caeterisque
           contrariis
           quibuscunque
           .
        
         
           
             Datum
             Romae
             apud
             Sanctum
             Petrum
             ,
             sub
             Annulo
             Piscatoris
             ,
             
               die
               8.
               
               Martii
               1554.
               
               Pontificatus
               nostri
               anno
               Quinto
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           second
           Breve
           containg
           more
           special
           Powers
           relating
           to
           the
           Abby-Lands
           .
        
         
           
             JULIUS
             PP
             .
             III.
             
          
        
         
           DIlecte
           fili
           noster
           Salutem
           &
           Apostolicam
           Benedictionem
           .
           Superioribus
           mensibus
           oblata
           nobis
           spe
           per
           Dei
           Misericordiam
           ,
           &
           charissimae
           in
           Christo
           Filiae
           nostrae
           Mariae
           Angliae
           Reginae
           ,
           summam
           Religionem
           ,
           &
           Pietatem
           ,
           nobilissimi
           illius
           Angliae
           Regni
           ,
           quod
           jamdiu
           quorundem
           Impietate
           ,
           a
           reliquo
           Catholicae
           Ecclesiae
           corpore
           avulsum
           fuit
           ,
           ad
           ejusdem
           Catholicae
           &
           Universalis
           Ecclesiae
           unionem
           ,
           extra
           quam
           nemini
           salus
           esse
           potest
           ,
           reducendi
           ;
           Te
           ad
           praefatam
           Mariam
           Reginam
           ,
           atque
           universum
           illud
           Regnum
           ,
           nostrum
           &
           Apostolicae
           sedis
           Legatum
           de
           latere
           ,
           tanquam
           Pacis
           &
           Concordiae
           Angelum
           ,
           de
           venerabilum
           Fratrum
           nostrorum
           ,
           Sanctae
           Romanae
           Ecclesiae
           Cardinalum
           Consilio
           atque
           unanimi
           assensu
           ,
           destinavimus
           ,
           illisque
           facultatibus
           omnibus
           munivimus
           ,
           quas
           ad
           tanti
           negotii
           confectionem
           necessarias
           putavimus
           esse
           ,
           seu
           quommodolibet
           opportunas
           .
           Atque
           inter
           alia
           circumspectioni
           tuae
           ,
           ut
           cum
           bonorum
           Ecclesiasticorum
           possessoribus
           ,
           super
           fructibus
           male
           perceptis
           ,
           &
           bonis
           mobilibus
           consumptis
           concordare
           &
           transigere
           ,
           ac
           eos
           desuper
           liberare
           ,
           &
           quietare
           ,
           ubi
           expedire
           posset
           ,
           Autoritatem
           concessimus
           &
           facultatem
           ,
           prout
           in
           nostris
           desuper
           confectis
           Literis
           plenius
           continetur
           :
           Cum
           autem
           ex
           iis
           Principiis
           ,
           quae
           ejusdem
           Mariae
           sedulitate
           &
           diligentia
           ,
           rectaque
           &
           constante
           in
           Deum
           Mente
           ,
           tuo
           &
           in
           ea
           re
           cooperante
           studio
           atque
           Consilio
           praefatum
           reductionis
           
           opus
           in
           praedicto
           Regno
           usque
           ad
           hanc
           diem
           habet
           ejusdemque
           praeclari
           operis
           perfectio
           indies
           magis
           speretur
           ;
           eoque
           faciliores
           progressus
           habitura
           res
           esse
           dignoscatur
           ,
           quo
           nos
           majorem
           in
           bonorum
           Ecclesiasticorum
           possessionibus
           in
           illa
           superiorum
           temporum
           confusione
           ,
           per
           illius
           Provinciae
           homines
           occupatis
           ,
           Apostolicae
           benignitatis
           &
           Indulgentiae
           spem
           ostenderimus
           .
           Nos
           nolentes
           tantam
           dilectissimae
           nobis
           in
           Christo
           Nationis
           recuperationem
           ,
           &
           tot
           animarum
           pretioso
           Jesu
           Christi
           Domini
           nostri
           sanguini
           redempt●rum
           ,
           salutem
           ,
           ullis
           terrenarum
           rerum
           respectibus
           impediri
           ,
           more
           Pii
           Patris
           ,
           in
           nostrorum
           &
           Sanctae
           Catholicae
           Ecclesiae
           Filiorum
           ,
           post
           longum
           periculosae
           peregrinationis
           tempus
           ,
           ad
           nos
           respectantium
           &
           redeuntium
           ,
           peroptatum
           complexum
           occurrentes
           ;
           tibi
           de
           cujus
           praestanti
           Virtute
           ,
           singulari
           Pietate
           ,
           Doctrina
           ,
           Sapientia
           ac
           in
           rebus
           gerendis
           Prudentia
           ,
           &
           dexteritate
           ,
           plenam
           in
           Domino
           Fiduciam
           habemus
           ,
           cum
           quibuscunque
           bonorum
           Ecclesiasticorum
           ,
           tam
           mobilium
           ,
           quam
           immobilium
           ,
           in
           praefato
           Regno
           possessoribus
           ,
           seu
           detentoribus
           ,
           pro
           quibus
           ipsa
           serenissima
           Regina
           Maria
           intercesserit
           ,
           de
           bonis
           per
           eos
           indebite
           detentis
           ,
           arbitrio
           tuo
           ,
           Autoritate
           nostra
           ,
           tractandi
           ,
           concordandi
           ,
           t●ansigendi
           ,
           componendi
           ,
           &
           cum
           eis
           ut
           praefata
           bona
           sine
           ullo
           scrupulo
           in
           posterum
           retinere
           possint
           ,
           dispensandi
           ,
           omniaque
           &
           singula
           alia
           ,
           quae
           in
           his
           ,
           &
           circa
           ea
           quommodolibet
           necessaria
           &
           opportuna
           fuerint
           ,
           
           concludendi
           &
           faciendi
           :
           
             Salvo
             tamen
             in
             his
             ,
             in
             quibus
             propter
             rerum
             magnitudinem
             &
             gravitatem
             ,
             haec
             sancta
             Sedes
             merito
             tibi
             videretur
             consulenda
             ,
             nostro
             &
             praefatae
             Sedis
             beneplacito
             &
             confirmatione
             ,
          
           plenam
           &
           liberam
           Apostolicam
           Autoritate
           tenore
           praesentium
           &
           ex
           certa
           scientia
           concedimus
           facultatem
           .
           Non
           obstantibus
           literis
           ,
           felicis
           recordationis
           Pauli
           P
           P.
           II.
           praedecessoris
           nostri
           ,
           de
           non
           alienandis
           bonis
           Ecclesiasticis
           ,
           nisi
           certa
           forma
           servata
           ,
           &
           aliis
           quibusvis
           Apostolicis
           ac
           in
           Provincialibus
           
           &
           Synodalibus
           Conciliis
           Edictis
           generalibus
           vel
           specialibus
           Constitutionibus
           ,
           &
           Ordinationibus
           :
           nec
           non
           quarumvis
           Ecclesiarum
           &
           Monasteriorum
           ac
           aliorum
           regularium
           ,
           &
           piorum
           locorum
           ,
           juramento
           ,
           confirmatione
           Apostolica
           ,
           vel
           quavis
           alia
           firmitate
           roboratis
           ,
           fundationibus
           ,
           Statutis
           &
           Consuetudinibus
           ,
           illorum
           tenores
           pro
           sufficienter
           expressis
           habentes
           contrariis
           quibuscunque
           .
        
         
           
             Datum
             Romae
             apud
             S.
             Petrum
             ,
             sub
             Annulo
             Piscatoris
             
               die
               xxviii
               Junii
               1554.
               
               Pontificatus
               nostri
               Anno
               Quinto
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           Letter
           of
           Cardinal
           Pool's
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           giving
           an
           account
           of
           a
           Conference
           that
           he
           had
           with
           Charles
           the
           5th
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Church-Lands
           .
        
         
           
             Beatissime
             Pater
             ,
          
        
         
           EMolto
           tempo
           che
           non
           havendo
           cosa
           d'importanza
           non
           ho
           scritto
           a
           V.
           Santita
           per
           non
           molestarla
           facendole
           col
           mezo
           del
           mio
           Agente
           intendere
           tutto
           quello
           che
           occurreva
           ;
           e
           benche
           hora
           io
           non
           habbia
           da
           dirle
           quanto
           desiderarei
           ,
           nondimeno
           mi
           e
           parso
           conveniente
           siriverle
           ,
           e
           darle
           conto
           del
           raggiamento
           prima
           havuta
           con
           Monsieur
           d'Arras
           &
           poi
           di
           quel
           che
           ho
           negotiato
           con
           sua
           Majesta
           .
           Mons
           .
           d'Arras
           alli
           ix
           che
           fu
           il
           giorno
           istesso
           che
           sua
           Majesta
           torno
           ,
           essendomi
           venuto
           a
           visitare
           ,
           trovandosi
           all
           hora
           meco
           Mons.
           il
           Nuncio
           ,
           mi
           disse
           ,
           che
           Sua
           Majesta
           havea
           ueduta
           la
           lettera
           che
           io
           mandai
           ultimamente
           per
           l'auditor
           mio
           ,
           e
           che
           ella
           era
           benissimo
           disposta
           verso
           questo
           negocio
           della
           Religione
           in
           Inghilterra
           come
           si
           conveniva
           ,
           e
           si
           poteva
           credere
           per
           la
           sua
           
           Pietate
           ,
           &
           anche
           per
           l'interesse
           ,
           che
           ne
           segueria
           de
           quel
           Regno
           &
           de
           questi
           Paesi
           per
           la
           congiunctione
           che
           e
           tra
           loro
           .
           Si
           che
           quanto
           a
           questa
           parte
           di
           disponer
           sua
           Majesta
           non
           accader
           far
           altro
           .
           Ma
           che
           era
           ben
           necessario
           ,
           che
           io
           venissi
           a
           particolari
           ,
           &
           a
           trattar
           de
           gli
           impedimenti
           ,
           e
           della
           via
           di
           rimoverli
           :
           sopra
           che
           sua
           Maesta
           mi
           udiria
           molto
           volentieri
           ,
           Jo
           risposi
           che
           veramente
           non
           era
           da
           dubitare
           del
           buono
           e
           pronto
           animo
           di
           sua
           Maesta
           ,
           e
           che
           io
           ni
           era
           stato
           sempre
           persuassissimo
           .
           Ma
           che
           quanto
           pertineva
           all
           officio
           mio
           per
           esser
           io
           stato
           mandato
           da
           V.
           Santita
           per
           far
           intender
           l'ottima
           sua
           mente
           verto
           la
           salute
           di
           quello
           Regno
           ,
           e
           la
           prontezza
           di
           porgere
           tutti
           quei
           remedii
           che
           dall'autorita
           sua
           potesser
           venire
           ;
           a
           me
           non
           toccava
           far
           altro
           ,
           che
           procurar
           d'haver
           l'adito
           :
           E
           che
           ad
           esse
           Principi
           ,
           quali
           sono
           sul
           fatto
           ,
           &
           hanno
           il
           governo
           in
           mano
           ,
           le
           apparteneva
           ,
           far
           intendere
           gli
           impedimenti
           ,
           che
           fussero
           in
           contario
           :
           e
           tornando
           pur
           esso
           Monsieur
           d'Arras
           che
           bisognava
           che
           io
           descendessi
           alii
           particulari
           ,
           io
           replicai
           che
           in
           questa
           causa
           non
           conveniva
           in
           modo
           alcuno
           che
           si
           procedesse
           come
           si
           era
           fatto
           inquella
           della
           pace
           nella
           quale
           ciascuna
           delle
           parti
           stava
           sopra
           di
           se
           non
           volendosi
           scoprire
           ,
           ma
           solo
           cercando
           di
           scoprirne
           ,
           l'altra
           ,
           per
           rispetto
           de
           gli
           interesse
           particulari
           ;
           percio
           che
           questa
           e
           una
           causa
           commune
           e
           nella
           quale
           V.
           Santita
           e
           sua
           Maesta
           Cesarea
           ,
           &
           quei
           Principi
           hanno
           il
           medesimo
           fine
           ,
           &
           noi
           ancora
           come
           ministri
           .
           Confermo
           cio
           esser
           vero
           quanto
           al
           tratar
           della
           pace
           ,
           con
           dire
           in
           effetto
           in
           tratar
           del
           negocio
           della
           pace
           io
           mi
           armo
           tutto
           .
           Ma
           pur
           tuttavia
           tornava
           a
           dire
           ,
           che
           io
           douessi
           pensare
           e
           raggionar
           in
           particolare
           ,
           con
           sua
           Maesta
           di
           quest
           impedimenti
           .
           e
           Mons.
           il
           Nuncio
           al
           hora
           voltatosi
           a
           me
           disse
           ,
           che
           in
           effetto
           era
           bisogno
           venire
           a
           questi
           particolari
           :
           e
           cosi
           al
           sine
           restammo
           che
           ogniuno
           ci
           penssasse
           sopra
           .
        
         
         
           Alli
           xi
           poi
           nell
           andar
           da
           S.
           Maesta
           Monsieur
           d'Arras
           torna
           a
           replicarmi
           il
           medesimo
           ;
           nell
           audientia
           di
           S.
           Maesta
           nella
           quale
           si
           trovo
           presente
           Mons.
           il
           Nuncio
           ,
           e
           Monsieur
           d'Arras
           ,
           poiche
           mi
           fui
           ralegrato
           con
           sua
           Maesta
           che
           havendo
           liberato
           questi
           suoi
           paesi
           dalle
           molestie
           delle
           guerre
           ,
           doppo
           tanti
           travagli
           ,
           e
           d'animo
           e
           di
           corpo
           fusse
           tornato
           piu
           gagliarda
           e
           meglio
           disposita
           che
           quando
           si
           parti
           ,
           in
           che
           si
           videva
           che
           il
           Signior
           Iddio
           haveva
           preservata
           &
           preservava
           a
           maggior
           cose
           in
           honor
           di
           S.
           Divina
           Maesta
           a
           beneficio
           commune
           .
           Sua
           Maesta
           confermo
           sentersi
           assai
           bene
           ,
           e
           disse
           dele
           indispositione
           che
           haveva
           havuta
           in
           Arras
           e
           altre
           cose
           in
           simil
           proposito
           :
           entrai
           poi
           a
           dire
           della
           lettera
           che
           io
           haveva
           scritta
           a
           S.
           Maesta
           della
           resposta
           che
           Monsieur
           d'Arras
           mi
           haveva
           fatta
           ,
           che
           era
           stata
           di
           rimetersi
           al
           breve
           .
           Retorno
           di
           sua
           Maesta
           qui
           ,
           e
           dissi
           che
           se
           havessi
           a
           trattar
           ,
           questo
           negocio
           con
           altro
           Principe
           ,
           della
           Pieta
           del
           quale
           non
           fussi
           tanto
           persuaso
           ,
           quanto
           io
           sono
           certo
           di
           quella
           di
           sua
           Maesta
           ,
           dimostrata
           da
           lei
           con
           tanto
           segni
           ,
           e
           nella
           vita
           sua
           privata
           e
           nell
           attioni
           publiche
           ,
           cercaci
           de
           essortarlo
           per
           tante
           vie
           quante
           si
           potria
           ad
           abbracciar
           e
           favorir
           questa
           cosi
           sancta
           causa
           :
           Ma
           che
           non
           essendo
           bisogno
           fare
           questo
           con
           S.
           Maesta
           ,
           e
           tanto
           piu
           per
           esser
           in
           questa
           causa
           non
           honore
           d'Iddio
           ,
           congionto
           anco
           il
           beneficio
           di
           S.
           Maesta
           et
           del
           Serinissimo
           Re
           suo
           figlivolo
           ,
           solo
           aspettava
           da
           lei
           ogni
           ajuto
           per
           remover
           gli
           impedimenti
           ,
           che
           fussero
           in
           questo
           negocio
           ,
           i
           quali
           per
           quanto
           io
           poteva
           considerere
           sono
           di
           duo
           sorti
           :
           Uno
           pertinente
           alla
           Doctrina
           Catollica
           ,
           nella
           quale
           non
           poteva
           esser
           in
           alcun
           modo
           indulgente
           ,
           per
           esser
           cosa
           pertinente
           alla
           fide
           ne
           poteva
           sanaraltrimente
           questo
           male
           ,
           che
           con
           introdure
           de
           nuovo
           la
           buona
           Doctrina
           .
           l'altro
           impedimento
           essendo
           de
           i
           beni
           ,
           gli
           usurpatori
           di
           quali
           ,
           sapendo
           la
           severita
           delle
           leggi
           Ecclesiastiche
           ,
           temevano
           per
           questa
           causa
           di
           ritornar
           all
           Obedienza
           della
           chiesa
           ,
           
           dissi
           che
           in
           questa
           parte
           V.
           Santita
           poteva
           ,
           et
           era
           disposta
           ad
           usur
           la
           sua
           benignita
           et
           indulgenza
           :
           e
           primo
           quanto
           alle
           censure
           e
           pene
           incorse
           et
           alla
           restitutione
           de
           frutti
           percetti
           ,
           che
           era
           di
           grand
           '
           importanza
           ,
           V.
           Santita
           haveva
           animo
           nell
           una
           nell
           altra
           di
           questo
           due
           cose
           d'usar
           ogni
           indulgenza
           ,
           rimittendo
           liberamente
           il
           tutto
           :
           ne
           pensava
           d'applicar
           parte
           alcuna
           de
           detti
           beni
           a
           se
           ,
           ne
           alla
           sede
           Apostolica
           ,
           come
           multi
           temevano
           :
           benche
           di
           raggione
           lo
           potesse
           fare
           ,
           per
           le
           ingiurie
           et
           damni
           recevuti
           :
           ma
           che
           voleva
           convertir
           il
           tutto
           in
           sevitio
           d'Iddio
           et
           a
           beneficio
           del
           Regno
           seuza
           haver
           pur
           una
           minima
           consideratione
           del
           suo
           privato
           interesse
           :
           et
           confindandosi
           nella
           Pieta
           di
           quei
           Principi
           ,
           voleva
           far
           loro
           quest
           honore
           di
           far
           per
           mezo
           del
           suo
           legato
           ,
           quelle
           gratie
           che
           pareffero
           convenienti
           secondo
           la
           proposta
           et
           intercessione
           delle
           loro
           Maesta
           ,
           a
           quelle
           persone
           che
           esse
           giudicassero
           degne
           d'essere
           gratificate
           ,
           et
           atte
           ad
           ajutar
           la
           causa
           della
           Religione
           .
           Sua
           Maesta
           respondendo
           ringratio
           prima
           molto
           V.
           Santita
           mostrando
           di
           conofcere
           la
           sua
           bona
           Mente
           ,
           et
           con
           dire
           ,
           che
           ella
           in
           vero
           haveva
           fatto
           assai
           :
           poi
           disse
           che
           per
           gli
           impedimenti
           et
           occupationi
           della
           guerra
           ,
           non
           haveva
           potuto
           attendere
           a
           questo
           negocio
           come
           saria
           stato
           il
           suo
           desiderio
           :
           ma
           che
           hora
           gli
           attenderia
           :
           et
           che
           haveva
           gia
           scritto
           e
           mandato
           in
           Inghilterra
           ,
           per
           intender
           meglio
           in
           questa
           parte
           il
           stato
           delle
           cosa
           ,
           et
           aspettava
           in
           breve
           risposta
           :
           et
           che
           bisognava
           ben
           considerare
           findoue
           si
           potesse
           andare
           nel
           rimover
           questo
           impedimento
           d'beni
           ;
           il
           quali
           esso
           per
           lesperienza
           che
           haveva
           havuto
           in
           Germania
           ,
           conosceva
           esser
           il
           principale
           .
           Perchioche
           quarto
           alla
           Doctrina
           ,
           disse
           ,
           che
           poco
           se
           ne
           curavano
           questo
           tali
           ,
           non
           credendo
           ne
           all'una
           ne
           all
           altra
           via
           :
           disse
           anche
           che
           essendo
           stati
           questi
           beni
           dedicati
           a
           Dio
           ,
           non
           era
           da
           concedere
           cosi
           ogni
           cosa
           ,
           a
           quelli
           che
           li
           tenevano
           :
           e
           che
           se
           bene
           a
           lei
           io
           dicessi
           findove
           s'estendesse
           la
           mia
           faculta
           ,
           
           non
           pero
           si
           haveva
           da
           far
           intendere
           il
           tutto
           ad
           altri
           :
           e
           che
           sara
           bisogno
           veder
           il
           breve
           della
           faculta
           per
           ampliarle
           dove
           fusse
           necessario
           :
           alche
           io
           risposi
           haverlo
           gia
           fatto
           vedere
           a
           Monsieur
           d'Arras
           ,
           il
           quale
           non
           disse
           altra
           :
           e
           dubitando
           io
           che
           questa
           non
           fusse
           via
           di
           maggior
           dilatione
           dissi
           a
           S.
           Maesta
           ,
           che
           devendosi
           come
           io
           intendeva
           e
           come
           S.
           Maesta
           doveva
           saper
           meglio
           ,
           fare
           in
           breve
           il
           Parlamento
           ,
           era
           d'avertire
           grandimente
           ,
           che
           non
           si
           facesse
           senza
           conclusione
           nella
           causa
           dell
           obedienza
           della
           chiesa
           :
           che
           quando
           altrimente
           si
           facesse
           ,
           sarebbe
           d'un
           grandissimo
           scandalo
           a
           tutto
           il
           Mondo
           ,
           e
           danno
           alla
           detta
           causa
           :
           E
           che
           se
           bene
           la
           Regina
           a
           fare
           un
           cossi
           grande
           atto
           ,
           haveva
           giudicato
           haver
           bisogno
           della
           congiuntione
           del
           Re
           suo
           Marito
           ,
           come
           che
           non
           esse
           
             bonam
             mulierem
             esse
             solam
             ,
          
           se
           hora
           che
           Iddio
           ha
           prosperato
           e
           condotto
           al
           fine
           questa
           santa
           congiuntione
           ,
           si
           differisse
           piu
           l'essecutione
           di
           questo
           effetto
           ,
           che
           deve
           essar
           il
           Principio
           et
           il
           Fundamento
           di
           tutte
           le
           loro
           Regie
           attioni
           ,
           non
           restarebbe
           via
           di
           satisfar
           a
           Dio
           ,
           ne
           a
           gli
           huomini
           :
           e
           dicendo
           S.
           Maesta
           che
           bisognava
           anco
           haver
           grand
           respetto
           alla
           mala
           dispositione
           de
           gli
           interessati
           ,
           e
           quanto
           universalmente
           sia
           abborito
           questo
           nome
           d'obedienza
           della
           chiesa
           ,
           e
           questo
           cappel
           rosso
           ,
           e
           l'habito
           ancora
           dei
           Religiosi
           ,
           voltatosi
           all
           hora
           a
           Mons.
           Nuncio
           e
           in
           tel
           proposito
           parlando
           de
           frati
           condotti
           di
           Spagnia
           dal
           Re
           suo
           figlivolo
           che
           fu
           consegliato
           far
           loro
           mutar
           l'habito
           ,
           se
           bene
           cio
           non
           si
           feci
           ,
           ne
           si
           conveniva
           fare
           :
           condire
           anco
           di
           quanto
           importanza
           fusse
           il
           tumulto
           del
           popolo
           ,
           et
           in
           tal
           proposito
           toccando
           anche
           de
           i
           mali
           officii
           che
           non
           cessavano
           di
           fare
           per
           ogni
           via
           i
           nemici
           esterni
           .
           Io
           risposi
           che
           volendo
           aspettare
           che
           tutti
           da
           se
           si
           disponessero
           ,
           e
           che
           cessasse
           ogni
           impedimento
           ,
           saria
           un
           non
           venir
           mai
           a
           fine
           ,
           perchioche
           ,
           gli
           interessati
           massimamente
           ,
           altro
           non
           vorriano
           se
           non
           che
           si
           continuasse
           nel
           presente
           stato
           ,
           con
           tenere
           et
           godere
           esse
           ,
           tutto
           quello
           che
           
           hanno
           .
           In
           fine
           fu
           concluso
           che
           si
           aspettasse
           la
           riposta
           d'Inghilterra
           ,
           col
           ritorno
           del
           Secretario
           Eras
           ,
           che
           saria
           fra
           pochi
           di
           ,
           e
           che
           in
           questo
           mezzo
           io
           penssassi
           e
           conferissi
           di
           quelle
           cose
           con
           Monsieur
           d'Arras
           .
           V.
           Beatitudine
           puo
           con
           la
           sua
           prudenza
           vedere
           in
           che
           stato
           si
           trovi
           questa
           causa
           ;
           e
           come
           sara
           necessario
           ,
           che
           qui
           si
           trattino
           le
           difficulta
           sopra
           questa
           beni
           ;
           e
           per
           non
           tediarla
           con
           maggior
           lunghezza
           quel
           di
           piu
           che
           mi
           occurreria
           dirle
           V.
           Santita
           si
           degnira
           intendere
           dall
           Agente
           mio
           ,
           alla
           quale
           con
           la
           debita
           reverenza
           bacio
           i
           santissimi
           piedi
           preguando
           il
           Sig.
           Iddio
           che
           la
           conservi
           longamente
           a
           servitio
           della
           sua
           Chiessa
           .
           Di
           Bruxelles
           alli
           13
           d'October
           1554.
           
        
         
           
             Reginaldus
             Card.
             Polus
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           Letter
           of
           Cardinal
           Pool's
           to
           Philip
           the
           2d
           ,
           complaining
           of
           the
           Delays
           that
           had
           been
           made
           ,
           and
           desiring
           a
           speedy
           admittance
           into
           England
           .
        
         
           
             Serenissime
             Rex
             ,
          
        
         
           JAm
           annus
           est
           cum
           istius
           regiae
           domus
           fores
           pulsare
           caepi
           ,
           nedum
           quisquam
           eas
           mihi
           apperuit
           .
           Tu
           vero
           ,
           Rex
           ,
           si
           quaeras
           ,
           ut
           solent
           qui
           suas
           fores
           pulsare
           audiunt
           ,
           quisnam
           pulset
           ?
           atque
           ego
           hoc
           tantum
           respondeam
           me
           esse
           qui
           ne
           meo
           assensu
           regia
           ista
           domus
           ei
           clauderetur
           ,
           quae
           tecum
           simul
           eam
           nunc
           tenet
           ,
           passus
           sum
           me
           domo
           &
           Patria
           expelli
           ,
           &
           exilium
           viginti
           annorum
           hac
           de
           causa
           pertuli
           .
           An
           si
           hoc
           dicam
           non
           vel
           uno
           hoc
           nomine
           dignus
           videar
           cui
           &
           in
           Patriam
           reditus
           &
           ad
           vos
           aditus
           detur
           ?
           At
           ego
           nec
           meo
           nomine
           nec
           privatam
           Personam
           gerens
           pulso
           ,
           aut
           quidquam
           postulo
           ,
           sed
           ejus
           nomine
           ejusque
           Personam
           referens
           ,
           qui
           summi
           Regis
           &
           Pastoris
           hominum
           in
           Terris
           vicem
           gerit
           .
           Hic
           est
           Petri
           Successor
           :
           
           atque
           adeo
           ut
           non
           minus
           vere
           dicam
           ,
           ipse
           Petrus
           ,
           cujus
           Authoritas
           &
           Potestas
           cum
           antea
           in
           isto
           Regno
           maxime
           vigeret
           ac
           floreret
           ,
           postquam
           non
           passa
           est
           jus
           Regiae
           domus
           ei
           adimi
           ,
           quae
           nunc
           eam
           possidet
           ,
           ex
           eo
           per
           summam
           injuriam
           est
           ejecta
           .
           Is
           Regias
           per
           me
           fores
           jampridem
           pulsat
           ,
           &
           tamen
           quae
           reliquis
           omnibus
           patent
           ei
           uni
           nondum
           aperiuntur
           .
           Quid
           ita
           ejus
           ne
           pulsantis
           sonum
           an
           vocantis
           vocem
           non
           audierunt
           ,
           qui
           intus
           sunt
           ?
           audierunt
           sane
           ,
           &
           quidem
           non
           minore
           cum
           admiratione
           divinae
           Potentiae
           &
           Benignitatis
           erga
           Ecclesiam
           ,
           quam
           olim
           Maria
           illa
           affecta
           fuerit
           ,
           cum
           ut
           est
           in
           Actis
           Apostolorum
           ,
           Rhode
           ancilla
           ei
           nunciasset
           Petrum
           quem
           Rex
           in
           vincula
           conjecerat
           ,
           ut
           mox
           necaret
           ,
           &
           pro
           quo
           Ecclesia
           assidue
           precabatur
           ,
           e
           carcere
           liberatum
           ante
           ostium
           pulsantem
           stare
           .
           Ut
           enim
           hoc
           ei
           ceterisque
           qui
           cum
           illa
           erant
           magnam
           attulit
           admirationem
           ,
           ita
           nunc
           qui
           norunt
           eos
           qui
           Petri
           Authoritatem
           Potestatemque
           in
           isto
           Regno
           retinendam
           esse
           contendebant
           ,
           in
           vincula
           Herodiano
           Imperio
           conjectos
           ,
           &
           crudelissime
           interfectos
           fuisse
           ,
           quin
           etiam
           Successorum
           Petri
           nomina
           e
           libris
           omnibus
           sublata
           in
           quibus
           precationes
           Ecclesiae
           pro
           eorum
           incolumitate
           ac
           Salute
           continebantur
           ,
           qui
           inquam
           haec
           norunt
           ,
           facta
           ad
           omnem
           memoriam
           Petri
           Autoritatis
           a
           Christo
           traditae
           penitus
           ex
           animis
           hominum
           delendam
           ,
           qui
           fieri
           potest
           ut
           non
           maxime
           admirentur
           hoc
           divinae
           Benignitatis
           &
           Potentiae
           pignus
           ac
           testimonium
           ,
           Petrum
           nunc
           quasi
           iterum
           e
           carcere
           Herodis
           liberatum
           ,
           ad
           Regiae
           domus
           fores
           unde
           haec
           omnia
           iniquissima
           in
           eum
           edicta
           emanarunt
           ,
           pulsantem
           stare
           ,
           &
           cum
           hoc
           maxime
           mirandum
           est
           ,
           tum
           illud
           non
           minus
           mirum
           ,
           a
           Maria
           Regina
           domum
           hanc
           teneri
           :
           sed
           cur
           illa
           tamdiu
           foras
           a
           perire
           distulit
           .
           De
           ancilla
           quidem
           illud
           Mariae
           scriptum
           est
           ,
           eam
           Petri
           voce
           audita
           praenimio
           gaudio
           suae
           quasi
           oblitam
           ,
           de
           aperendo
           non
           cogitasse
           :
           rem
           prius
           ,
           ut
           Mariae
           aliisque
           qui
           cum
           ea
           erant
           nunciaret
           ,
           
           accurrisse
           ,
           qui
           cum
           primo
           an
           ita
           esset
           dubitassent
           ,
           mox
           cum
           Petrus
           pulsare
           pergeret
           aperierunt
           ,
           neque
           illum
           domo
           recipere
           sunt
           veriti
           ,
           etsi
           maximam
           timendi
           causam
           habebant
           ,
           Herode
           ipso
           vivo
           &
           regnante
           .
           Hic
           vero
           quid
           dicam
           de
           Maria
           Regina
           ,
           gaudeo
           ne
           eam
           an
           timore
           esse
           prohibitam
           quominus
           aperuerit
           ;
           presertim
           cum
           ipsa
           Petri
           vocem
           audierit
           ,
           cum
           certo
           sciat
           eum
           ad
           domus
           suae
           januam
           jamdiu
           pulsantem
           stare
           :
           cum
           admirabilem
           Dei
           in
           hac
           re
           potentiam
           agnoscat
           ,
           qui
           non
           per
           Angelum
           ,
           ut
           tunc
           Petrum
           e
           carcere
           Herodis
           ,
           sed
           sua
           manu
           eduxit
           ,
           dejecta
           porta
           ferrea
           quae
           viam
           ad
           Regiam
           ejus
           domum
           intercludebat
           :
           scio
           equidem
           illam
           gaudere
           ,
           scio
           etiam
           vero
           timere
           ;
           neque
           enim
           nisi
           timeret
           tam
           diu
           distulisset
           .
           Verum
           si
           Petri
           liberatione
           gaudet
           ,
           si
           rei
           miraculum
           agnoscit
           ,
           quid
           impedimento
           fuit
           quo
           minus
           ei
           ad
           januam
           laetabunda
           occurrerit
           ,
           eumque
           meritas
           Deo
           gratias
           agens
           ,
           introduxerit
           ,
           Herode
           presertim
           mortuo
           ,
           omnique
           ejus
           imperio
           ad
           eam
           delato
           ?
           An
           fortassis
           divina
           Providentia
           quae
           te
           dilectum
           Petri
           Filium
           &
           ei
           virum
           destinarat
           ,
           illam
           timore
           aliquo
           tantisper
           affici
           permisit
           ,
           dum
           venisses
           ,
           ut
           utriusque
           ad
           rem
           tam
           praeclaram
           &
           salutarem
           agendam
           ,
           opera
           atque
           officium
           conjungeretur
           :
           equidem
           sic
           antea
           hunc
           Mariae
           Reginae
           conjugis
           tuae
           timorem
           ,
           quod
           etiam
           ad
           eam
           scripsi
           fum
           interpretatus
           :
           ac
           propterea
           ad
           te
           nunc
           ,
           virum
           ejus
           ,
           Principem
           religiosissimum
           ,
           scribo
           ,
           &
           abs
           te
           ipsius
           Petri
           Christi
           Vicarii
           nomine
           postulo
           ,
           ut
           illi
           omnes
           timoris
           causas
           prorsus
           excutias
           :
           habes
           vero
           expeditissimam
           excutiendi
           rationem
           ,
           si
           consideres
           eique
           proponas
           ,
           quam
           indignum
           sit
           si
           dum
           te
           illa
           corporis
           sui
           sponsum
           accerserit
           ,
           cum
           non
           deessent
           quae
           timenda
           viderentur
           ,
           tamen
           omnem
           timorem
           sola
           vicerit
           ,
           nunc
           te
           tanto
           Principi
           illi
           conjuncto
           ,
           timore
           prohiberi
           quominus
           aditum
           ad
           se
           aperiat
           sponsae
           animae
           suae
           ,
           mecum
           una
           &
           cum
           Petro
           tamdiu
           ad
           fores
           expectanti
           ;
           qui
           presertim
           tot
           &
           tam
           miris
           modis
           custodem
           ejus
           se
           ,
           defensoremque
           
           esse
           declaraverit
           .
           Noli
           enim
           ,
           Rex
           ,
           putare
           ,
           me
           ,
           aut
           solum
           ad
           vestram
           Regiam
           domum
           ,
           aut
           uno
           tantum
           Petro
           comitatum
           venisse
           ;
           cujus
           rei
           hoc
           quidem
           tibi
           certum
           argumentum
           esse
           potest
           ,
           quod
           tamdiu
           persevero
           pulsans
           :
           nam
           sive
           ego
           solus
           venissem
           ,
           solus
           jampridem
           abiissem
           ,
           querens
           &
           expostulans
           quae
           aliis
           omnibus
           pateant
           ,
           mihi
           uni
           occlusas
           esse
           fores
           ;
           sive
           una
           mecum
           solus
           Petrus
           ,
           jampridem
           is
           quoque
           discessisset
           ,
           meque
           secum
           abduxisset
           ,
           pulvere
           pedum
           excusso
           ,
           quod
           ei
           preceptum
           fuit
           a
           Domino
           ut
           faceret
           quotiefcunque
           ejus
           nomine
           aliquo
           accedens
           non
           admitteretur
           .
           Cum
           vero
           nihil
           ego
           ,
           quod
           ad
           me
           quidem
           attinet
           conquerens
           ,
           perseverem
           ,
           cum
           Petrus
           pulsare
           non
           defistat
           ,
           utrunque
           scito
           ab
           ipso
           Christo
           retineri
           ,
           ut
           sibi
           sponso
           animae
           utriusque
           vestrum
           aditus
           ad
           vos
           patefiat
           .
           Neque
           enim
           unquam
           verebor
           dicere
           ,
           Christum
           in
           hac
           Legatione
           ,
           qua
           pro
           ejus
           Vicario
           fungor
           ,
           mecum
           adesse
           :
           quamdiu
           quidem
           mihi
           conscius
           ero
           me
           nihil
           meum
           ,
           me
           non
           vestra
           ,
           sed
           vos
           ipsos
           toto
           animo
           omnique
           studio
           quaerere
           .
           Tu
           vero
           ,
           Princeps
           Catholice
           ,
           cui
           nunc
           divina
           Providentia
           &
           Benignitate
           additum
           est
           alterum
           hoc
           praeclarum
           
             Fidei
             Defensoris
          
           cognomen
           ,
           quo
           Reges
           Angliae
           Apostolica
           Petri
           Autoritate
           sunt
           aucti
           atque
           ornati
           ,
           tecum
           nunc
           considera
           quam
           id
           tuae
           Pietati
           conveniat
           ,
           cum
           omnibus
           omnium
           Principum
           ad
           te
           Legatis
           aditus
           patuerit
           ,
           ut
           tibi
           de
           hoc
           ipso
           cognomine
           adepto
           gratularentur
           ,
           solum
           Successoris
           Petri
           qui
           hoc
           dedit
           ,
           Legatum
           ,
           qui
           propterea
           missus
           est
           ut
           te
           in
           solio
           Regni
           divina
           summi
           omnium
           Regis
           quam
           affert
           pace
           &
           gratia
           ,
           confirmet
           ,
           non
           admitti
           ?
           An
           si
           quidquam
           hic
           ad
           timorem
           proponitur
           ,
           quominus
           eum
           admittis
           non
           multo
           magis
           Christi
           hac
           in
           re
           metuenda
           esset
           offensio
           ,
           quod
           ejus
           Legatus
           qui
           omnium
           primus
           audiri
           debuit
           ,
           tamdiu
           fores
           expectet
           ,
           cum
           caeteri
           homines
           qui
           multo
           post
           venerunt
           ,
           nulla
           interposita
           mora
           ,
           introducti
           auditique
           sint
           &
           honorifice
           
           dimissi
           .
           At
           hic
           conqueri
           incipio
           ;
           conqueror
           quidem
           ,
           sed
           idcirco
           conqueror
           ,
           ne
           justam
           tuae
           Majestati
           causam
           de
           me
           conquerendi
           praebeam
           ,
           quam
           sane
           praeberem
           ,
           si
           cum
           periculi
           ,
           quod
           ex
           hac
           cunctatione
           admittendi
           Legati
           a
           Christo
           Vicario
           missi
           ,
           nobis
           vestroque
           Regno
           impendet
           ,
           Reginam
           saepe
           admonuerim
           ,
           nihil
           de
           ea
           re
           ad
           Majestatem
           tuam
           scriberem
           ;
           quod
           officium
           cum
           tibi
           a
           me
           pro
           eo
           quo
           fungor
           munere
           maxime
           debeatur
           ,
           id
           me
           satis
           persoluturum
           esse
           arbitror
           ,
           si
           his
           Literis
           ostendero
           quantum
           periculi
           ei
           immineat
           ,
           cui
           illud
           vere
           dici
           potest
           ,
           
             distulisti
             Christum
             tuum
             .
          
           Is
           autem
           Christum
           differt
           ,
           qui
           Legatum
           missum
           ab
           ejus
           Vicario
           ,
           ad
           requirendam
           Obedientiam
           Ecclesiae
           ,
           ipsi
           Christo
           debitam
           ,
           ex
           quo
           nostra
           omnium
           pendet
           Salus
           ,
           non
           statim
           admittit
           .
           Differs
           vero
           ,
           tu
           Princeps
           ,
           si
           cum
           accersitus
           fueris
           ,
           ut
           pro
           munere
           Regio
           viam
           ad
           hanc
           divinam
           Obedientiam
           in
           tuo
           isto
           Regno
           restituendam
           munias
           ,
           ipse
           alia
           agas
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           
             Page
             25.
             line
             4.
             for
          
           fructuus
           ,
           
             read
          
           fructus
           .
           
             L.
             7.
             f.
          
           bonorundem
           ,
           
             r.
          
           bonorum
           .
           
             L.
             11.
             f.
          
           posterioribus
           ,
           
             r.
          
           possessoribus
           .
           
             P.
             26.
             l.
             29.
             f.
          
           ob
           ,
           
             r.
          
           ab
           .
           
             P.
             29.
             l.
             1.
             r.
          
           containing
           .
           
             P.
             31.
             l.
             21.
             f.
          
           siriverle
           ,
           
             r.
          
           scriverle
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A34790-e120
           
             
               Caus
               .
               12.
               q.
               2.
               cap.
            
             20.
             
             Non
             liceat
             Papae
             praedium
             Ecclesiae
             alienare
             aliquo
             modo
             ,
             pro
             aliqua
             necessitate
             ,
             nec
             in
             usum
             fructum
             rura
             dare
             ,
             nisi
             tantummodo
             domus
             quae
             in
             quibuslibet
             urbibus
             ,
             non
             modica
             impensa
             sustentantur
             :
             qua
             lege
             omnes
             custodes
             astringuntur
             ,
             ut
             donatur
             ,
             aecensator
             ,
             venditor
             ,
             honorem
             perdat
             ;
             &
             qui
             subscripserit
             anathema
             sit
             ,
             cum
             eo
             qui
             dedit
             ,
             vel
             recepit
             ,
             nisi
             restituatur
             .
             Liceat
             etiam
             quibuslibet
             ecclesiasticis
             personis
             contradicere
             ,
             &
             cum
             fructibus
             alienata
             reposcere
             ,
             quod
             non
             modo
             in
             Apostolica
             servandum
             est
             Ecclesia
             ,
             verum
             etiam
             universis
             Ecclesis
             per
             provincias
             quidem
             dicitur
             convenire
             .
          
           
             Termini
             cofi
             estravaganti
             ,
          
           
             Com
             ▪
             auco
             non
             si
             resolveva
             nella
             materia
             ,
             delli
             beni
             ecclesiastici
             supra
             laqual
             sua
             santita
             ha
             parlate
             molte
             volte
             variamente
             .
          
           
             *
             Esso
             gindi
             cava
             necessario
             ,
             che
             si
             fosse
             venuto
             piu
             all
             particolare
             ,
             circa
             due
             cose
             :
             la
             forma
             delle
             faculta
             di
             intorno
             questi
             beni
             :
             che
             gran
             differenza
             sarebbe
             se
             fosse
             stata
             commessa
             la
             cosa
             all
             Sig.
             Cardinale
             ,
             o
             alli
             serenissimi
             Princip
             .
          
           
             Acts
             12.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A34790-e2090
           
             ☜
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A34790-e2190
           
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