The rat-trap, or, The Jesuites taken in their owne net &c. discovered in this yeare of jubilee or deliverance from the romish faction, 1641.
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             The rat-trap, or, The Jesuites taken in their owne net &c. discovered in this yeare of jubilee or deliverance from the romish faction, 1641.
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           THE
           RAT
           —
           TRAP
           :
           
             OR
             ,
          
           The
           IESVITES
           taken
           in
           their
           owne
           Net
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Discovered
           in
           this
           yeare
           of
           Jubilee
           ,
           or
           Deliverance
           from
           the
           Romish
           faction
           ;
           1641.
           
        
         
         
           Imprinted
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           The
           Rat-Trap
           :
           OR
           ,
           The
           Iesuites
           taken
           in
           their
           owne
           Net
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THe
           first
           institution
           of
           the
           Jesuiticall
           Order
           ,
           was
           by
           the
           Father
           of
           that
           Sect
           
             Ignatius
             Loyola
             ,
          
           not
           granted
           at
           the
           beginning
           thereof
           without
           great
           pretence
           of
           Sanctity
           ,
           and
           religious
           piety
           ,
           as
           professing
           and
           protesting
           to
           imitate
           Jesus
           himselfe
           (
           whose
           cognizance
           they
           seeme
           to
           carry
           )
           both
           in
           his
           Life
           and
           Doctrine
           :
           But
           these
           Wolves
           having
           crept
           into
           the
           Church
           in
           Sheeps
           cloathing
           ,
           and
           admitted
           
           into
           the
           Flocke
           ,
           not
           able
           to
           bridle
           or
           restraine
           their
           bloody
           and
           savage
           natures
           ,
           have
           not
           onely
           preyd
           upon
           them
           whom
           they
           pretended
           to
           protect
           ,
           but
           also
           by
           insinuating
           into
           the
           humours
           and
           dispositions
           of
           the
           most
           powerfull
           Potentates
           ,
           have
           insidiated
           both
           their
           lives
           and
           fortunes
           ,
           as
           by
           divers
           pregnent
           ,
           (
           but
           prodigious
           )
           demonstrations
           may
           appeare
           :
           being
           growne
           to
           bee
           the
           most
           cunning
           Engineers
           ,
           politick
           underminers
           ,
           subtile
           supplanters
           ,
           and
           dangerous
           incendiaries
           of
           any
           order
           ,
           quality
           ,
           or
           condition
           ,
           or
           any
           faction
           spirituall
           or
           temporall
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           Of
           whom
           to
           make
           a
           more
           generall
           discovery
           :
           They
           first
           ,
           skrew
           themselves
           into
           the
           hearts
           and
           thoughts
           of
           Princes
           ,
           villifying
           unto
           them
           all
           other
           Sects
           and
           Orders
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           preferre
           and
           dignifie
           their
           owne
           ;
           by
           which
           crafty
           meanes
           they
           have
           inpatronized
           themselves
           into
           the
           best
           Abbyes
           ,
           Monasteries
           ,
           and
           other
           Cloystered
           and
           sequestred
           places
           of
           Religion
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           supplantation
           of
           others
           interessed
           ,
           and
           inherited
           themselves
           :
           by
           which
           meanes
           growing
           rich
           and
           eminent
           ,
           
           they
           may
           the
           better
           mannage
           all
           their
           politick
           proceedings
           ;
           the
           manner
           whereof
           followeth
           .
        
         
           In
           
             Rome
          
           lives
           their
           Father
           generall
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           inferiour
           sort
           (
           cald
           his
           assistance
           )
           tender
           due
           obedience
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           imployd
           through
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           and
           beare
           the
           names
           of
           the
           places
           in
           which
           they
           recide
           ,
           as
           the
           assistance
           of
           Spain
           ,
           of
           France
           ,
           of
           Italy
           ,
           England
           ,
           &c.
           who
           by
           meanes
           of
           their
           correspondents
           ,
           who
           disperse
           themselves
           into
           the
           principall
           Cities
           of
           that
           Province
           ,
           first
           informe
           themselves
           of
           the
           state
           ,
           condition
           ,
           and
           quality
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           informe
           the
           assistants
           of
           all
           passages
           and
           occurrants
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           give
           notice
           to
           the
           Father
           generall
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           who
           curiously
           examining
           them
           ,
           and
           conferring
           them
           together
           ,
           at
           last
           conclude
           to
           favour
           the
           affaires
           of
           one
           Prince
           ,
           and
           depresse
           the
           designes
           of
           another
           ,
           as
           shall
           best
           correspond
           with
           their
           owne
           pleasure
           ;
           and
           profit
           ,
           being
           most
           preposterous
           and
           almost
           against
           Reason
           ,
           that
           these
           pure
           Professors
           ,
           should
           onely
           intend
           ,
           and
           interesse
           
           themselves
           in
           matters
           of
           State
           ,
           for
           raine
           from
           their
           Oath
           and
           Order
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           carelessely
           neglect
           both
           the
           saving
           of
           their
           owne
           soules
           ,
           and
           others
           committed
           to
           their
           charge
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           foundation
           of
           their
           society
           ,
           and
           brother-hood
           ,
           was
           at
           the
           first
           authorised
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           apparent
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           Confessors
           to
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Nobility
           through
           all
           the
           Roman
           Catholike
           estates
           ,
           not
           without
           great
           prejudice
           to
           the
           Princes
           themselves
           )
           to
           which
           office
           they
           were
           also
           to
           them
           admitted
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           penetrate
           into
           every
           designe
           and
           purpose
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           give
           intelligence
           to
           their
           further
           generall
           ;
           and
           as
           secrefie
           is
           the
           sole
           preservation
           of
           a
           State
           ,
           without
           which
           it
           is
           not
           able
           to
           subsist
           ;
           and
           that
           Princes
           themselves
           punish
           with
           the
           greatest
           vigour
           such
           as
           discover
           their
           Counsells
           (
           as
           the
           greatest
           enemies
           both
           to
           their
           owne
           Principality
           ,
           and
           the
           safety
           of
           their
           Kingdome
           )
           yet
           the
           Jesuites
           by
           their
           Confessions
           ,
           and
           Consultations
           ,
           which
           their
           correspondents
           have
           ,
           being
           planted
           in
           the
           chiefe
           Cities
           of
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           are
           sincerely
           ,
           
           and
           punctually
           advertised
           of
           all
           determinations
           concluded
           in
           their
           most
           secret
           Cabinets
           and
           Closets
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           better
           know
           the
           power
           ,
           possessions
           ,
           expences
           ,
           and
           private
           projects
           of
           Princes
           ,
           than
           themselves
           ,
           suppressing
           or
           advancing
           their
           affaires
           at
           their
           pleasures
           ;
           which
           they
           may
           easily
           do
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           by
           their
           auricular
           Confessions
           ,
           they
           penetrate
           even
           to
           the
           very
           secrets
           of
           their
           soules
           ;
           by
           which
           meanes
           the
           secrets
           of
           State
           being
           discovered
           ,
           breeds
           sometimes
           a
           jealousie
           in
           Princes
           of
           ,
           their
           best
           and
           most
           faithfull
           Servants
           ,
           and
           Officers
           ,
           not
           without
           the
           great
           prejudice
           both
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Subject
           ,
           and
           indangering
           the
           whole
           state
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           continue
           their
           stratagems
           ,
           the
           better
           these
           Jesuiticall
           Machiavells
           distinguish
           themselves
           into
           foure
           rankes
           or
           degrees
           :
           the
           first
           consists
           of
           secular
           or
           lay-persons
           ,
           who
           are
           joyned
           to
           their
           fraternity
           ,
           and
           submit
           themselves
           wholly
           to
           their
           power
           and
           patronage
           ;
           and
           these
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           the
           prime
           Gentry
           ,
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           wealthy
           widdowes
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           Merchants
           ;
           from
           
           whom
           by
           their
           flattery
           and
           insinuations
           they
           draw
           rich
           donatives
           ,
           perswading
           from
           some
           annuall
           pensions
           ;
           and
           others
           to
           forsake
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           leave
           all
           their
           revenues
           ,
           moveables
           ,
           coyne
           ,
           and
           jewels
           ,
           to
           enrich
           their
           ingurgitating
           Monasteries
           ,
           perswading
           them
           that
           it
           will
           prove
           meritorious
           for
           the
           health
           of
           their
           soules
           ,
           whilst
           they
           with
           these
           profits
           ;
           Feast
           ,
           and
           fat
           their
           owne
           bodyes
           .
           A
           second
           sort
           consists
           of
           men
           onely
           ,
           and
           these
           as
           well
           of
           Priests
           ,
           as
           Lay-men
           ;
           such
           as
           professe
           a
           sequestred
           ,
           life
           and
           retired
           ,
           capable
           of
           Church
           preferments
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           vow
           to
           take
           upon
           them
           the
           habit
           ,
           whensoever
           it
           shall
           please
           the
           Father
           general
           to
           call
           them
           unto
           it
           ;
           and
           such
           are
           called
           Jesuites
           in
           
             voto
             .
          
        
         
           The
           third
           are
           those
           that
           live
           in
           Cloysters
           and
           Monasteries
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           either
           Priests
           ,
           Clarkes
           ,
           or
           Converts
           ,
           who
           because
           they
           were
           not
           originall
           of
           that
           profession
           ,
           may
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           Father
           generall
           ,
           be
           deprived
           and
           degraded
           (
           though
           they
           before
           have
           ty'd
           themselves
           to
           keep
           it
           by
           oath
           )
           and
           these
           not
           being
           as
           yet
           called
           to
           Office
           ,
           are
           subject
           in
           all
           things
           to
           the
           superintendents
           command
           .
           The
           
           fourth
           ,
           are
           the
           prime
           politicke
           Jesuites
           ,
           through
           whose
           hands
           passeth
           all
           the
           government
           of
           Religion
           ,
           who
           labour
           to
           reduce
           their
           society
           to
           an
           absolute
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           to
           plant
           and
           settle
           the
           head
           thereof
           in
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           (
           where
           all
           the
           affaires
           of
           the
           Christian
           world
           meet
           together
           )
           as
           in
           a
           center
           ,
           that
           being
           also
           the
           seat
           of
           the
           Father
           generall
           ,
           and
           divers
           of
           his
           agents
           ,
           who
           are
           dayly
           admitted
           into
           the
           houses
           of
           Embissadors
           and
           Courts
           of
           Cardinals
           ;
           by
           which
           meanes
           they
           preoccupate
           the
           affaires
           of
           forraine
           
           Princes
           ;
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           importunity
           of
           their
           Embassadors
           and
           agents
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           there
           determined
           ,
           or
           concluded
           of
           ,
           which
           stands
           not
           with
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           redounds
           not
           to
           their
           profit
           ;
           by
           which
           they
           are
           grown
           to
           that
           pride
           and
           arrogancie
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           publikely
           boasted
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           make
           Cardinals
           ,
           Nuntioes
           ;
           and
           in
           temporall
           affaires
           ,
           Lieutenants
           ,
           Praefects
           ,
           and
           Governors
           ;
           that
           their
           Generall
           in
           these
           times
           have
           more
           power
           than
           the
           Pope
           himselfe
           ;
           adding
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           better
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           noble
           to
           make
           Cardinals
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           a
           Cardinall
           .
        
         
         
           And
           for
           their
           avarice
           ,
           and
           greedy
           accumulating
           of
           wealth
           and
           riches
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           farre
           from
           obeying
           the
           Cannon
           which
           enjoynes
           them
           to
           humility
           ,
           integrity
           ,
           and
           austerity
           of
           life
           :
           but
           they
           ingage
           themselves
           into
           all
           temporall
           affaires
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           distaste
           and
           detriment
           of
           most
           of
           the
           Romish
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ;
           and
           further
           ,
           make
           Merchandize
           of
           Pearles
           ,
           Rubies
           ,
           Emeralds
           ,
           Diamonds
           ,
           and
           all
           stones
           of
           estimation
           and
           value
           ,
           which
           they
           trade
           in
           from
           the
           Indies
           ,
           and
           else
           where
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           an
           opinion
           through
           
             Italie
             ,
          
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           them
           that
           are
           sold
           in
           
             Venice
          
           are
           the
           proper
           goods
           and
           commodities
           of
           those
           Jesuites
           ,
           the
           ground
           of
           which
           opinion
           hath
           beene
           received
           from
           their
           owne
           Brokers
           ,
           who
           have
           had
           the
           sale
           of
           them
           .
           But
           to
           rip
           up
           all
           their
           juglings
           ,
           legerdemaines
           ,
           stratagemeticall
           plots
           ,
           and
           combustions
           in
           state
           ,
           which
           would
           aske
           a
           voluminous
           Tract
           ,
           I
           shall
           intreate
           the
           Reader
           to
           satisfie
           himselfe
           for
           the
           present
           with
           this
           compendious
           and
           briefe
           Preface
           :
           onely
           my
           purpose
           being
           in
           the
           next
           place
           to
           discover
           them
           not
           onely
           for
           bloody
           Butchers
           ,
           but
           most
           rigorous
           regicides
           ;
           their
           
           damnable
           plots
           and
           practises
           ,
           (
           deserving
           the
           hatred
           and
           detestation
           of
           all
           men
           )
           which
           I
           shall
           strive
           to
           doe
           by
           some
           few
           examples
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Tree
           may
           be
           judged
           of
           by
           the
           fruit
           ,
           wee
           shall
           easily
           see
           what
           these
           Iesuites
           are
           .
        
         
           To
           begin
           with
           
             France
             ,
             Henry
          
           the
           third
           of
           that
           name
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           for
           their
           many
           murthers
           ,
           and
           massacres
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           withall
           their
           insufferable
           insolence
           to
           him
           ,
           caused
           the
           two
           brother
           Guizes
           ,
           the
           Duke
           and
           Cardinall
           to
           be
           slaine
           at
           
             Chartres
             ;
          
           after
           being
           reconciled
           to
           the
           Protestant
           King
           of
           
             Navarr
             ,
          
           and
           marching
           to
           beleaguer
           his
           rebellious
           Subjects
           in
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           being
           at
           a
           place
           called
           St.
           
           
             Clawds
             ,
          
           hee
           was
           most
           traiterously
           stabbed
           with
           a
           knife
           in
           the
           bottome
           of
           the
           belly
           ,
           by
           a
           Fryer
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           
             Iacobin
             ,
          
           set
           on
           by
           the
           Iesuites
           ,
           of
           which
           wound
           he
           dyed
           the
           next
           day
           following
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           Army
           .
        
         
           And
           his
           successor
           ,
           first
           King
           of
           
             Navarre
             ,
          
           and
           after
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           for
           his
           many
           noble
           victories
           stiled
           
             Henry
          
           the
           great
           ,
           having
           subdued
           
             Champaigne
             ,
          
           and
           all
           
             Picardie
             ,
          
           in
           his
           returne
           to
           
             Paris
          
           was
           stab'd
           in
           the
           face
           with
           a
           knife
           also
           ,
           by
           a
           yong
           desperate
           Student
           ,
           whose
           name
           
           was
           
             Iohn
             Chastell
             ,
          
           instigated
           and
           set
           on
           by
           the
           former
           faction
           ;
           for
           which
           preditorious
           fact
           he
           was
           deservedly
           torne
           to
           pieces
           with
           wild
           horses
           ,
           the
           twenty
           ninth
           of
           December
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           by
           Gods
           preservation
           was
           recovered
           of
           that
           hurt
           :
           For
           which
           hee
           instituted
           Knights
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           in
           Ianuary
           ,
           being
           the
           yeare
           of
           grace
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           ninety
           five
           :
           but
           this
           trayterous
           violence
           offered
           him
           was
           but
           the
           presage
           of
           a
           future
           ,
           but
           more
           fatall
           disaster
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           potent
           King
           ,
           the
           next
           day
           after
           hee
           had
           seene
           his
           Queene
           most
           magnificently
           crowned
           at
           St.
           
             Denis
             ,
          
           upon
           friday
           being
           the
           foureteenth
           of
           May
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           yeare
           1610.
           about
           foure
           of
           Clocke
           in
           the
           afternoone
           ,
           was
           murthered
           in
           his
           Coach
           by
           two
           stabs
           with
           a
           knife
           ,
           passing
           the
           street
           called
           
             Ferroneny
          
           (
           by
           one
           
             Francis
             Ravillack
          
           born
           in
           
             Angolisme
          
           )
           which
           happened
           after
           hee
           had
           lived
           sixe
           and
           fifty
           yeares
           ,
           and
           one
           and
           thirty
           dayes
           ,
           having
           reigned
           in
           
             Navarre
          
           thirty
           seven
           yeares
           and
           eleven
           moneths
           ,
           or
           thereabouts
           ,
           and
           in
           
             France
          
           twenty
           yeares
           ,
           nine
           moneths
           ,
           and
           thirteene
           dayes
           :
           but
           the
           Traytors
           death
           ,
           because
           
           it
           was
           so
           remarkable
           give
           mee
           leave
           a
           little
           to
           insist
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           by
           profession
           a
           Lawyer
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           conjecture
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           was
           spurred
           on
           to
           perpetrate
           this
           horrible
           act
           by
           the
           Iesuites
           :
           though
           all
           which
           hee
           openly
           confest
           was
           ,
           that
           what
           hee
           did
           was
           by
           the
           instigation
           of
           the
           Devill
           ;
           and
           his
           reason
           ,
           because
           the
           King
           tollerated
           within
           his
           Kingdome
           two
           Religions
           ;
           the
           manner
           of
           his
           death
           was
           as
           followeth
           ,
           after
           being
           rackt
           ,
           and
           enduring
           severall
           sorts
           of
           torments
           in
           prison
           ,
           he
           was
           brought
           thence
           in
           his
           shirt
           ,
           with
           a
           Torch
           of
           two
           pound
           weight
           lighted
           in
           his
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           Knife
           with
           which
           he
           had
           murthered
           the
           King
           chain'd
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           then
           set
           upright
           in
           a
           Dung-cart
           ,
           the
           people
           ready
           to
           teare
           him
           in
           peeces
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           Officers
           restrayned
           them
           ;
           thence
           he
           was
           brought
           to
           the
           Scaffold
           ,
           where
           he
           crost
           himselfe
           ,
           to
           shew
           he
           dyed
           a
           Papist
           :
           he
           was
           next
           bound
           to
           a
           St.
           
           
             Andrewes
          
           Crosse
           ,
           and
           his
           hand
           chained
           to
           the
           knife
           burnt
           in
           a
           furnace
           of
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           ,
           yet
           would
           confesse
           nothing
           ,
           onely
           lamentably
           roared
           ,
           but
           by
           none
           pittied
           .
        
         
         
           Then
           was
           his
           flesh
           pulled
           off
           with
           hot
           burning
           pincers
           ,
           and
           oyle
           ,
           rosin
           ,
           pitch
           and
           brimstone
           powred
           into
           his
           wounds
           ,
           and
           on
           his
           navell
           clapt
           a
           roundle
           of
           clay
           ,
           into
           which
           was
           powered
           molten
           lead
           ;
           at
           the
           last
           his
           body
           was
           torne
           in
           peeces
           with
           foure
           strong
           horses
           ,
           which
           were
           not
           able
           to
           plucke
           his
           sinewy
           limbs
           asunder
           ,
           till
           the
           flesh
           under
           his
           armes
           and
           thighs
           was
           cut
           ,
           and
           then
           was
           hee
           totally
           dis-membred
           ,
           then
           were
           his
           limbs
           burnt
           to
           ashes
           ,
           and
           cast
           into
           the
           wind
           ,
           his
           goods
           confiscate
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           house
           in
           which
           hee
           was
           borne
           utterly
           demolished
           ,
           and
           made
           even
           with
           the
           earth
           ,
           never
           any
           structure
           to
           be
           built
           there
           after
           ,
           and
           his
           father
           and
           mother
           to
           depart
           the
           Realme
           ,
           never
           more
           to
           returne
           upon
           the
           penaltie
           of
           being
           hanged
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           brethren
           ,
           sisters
           ,
           unckles
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           the
           name
           ,
           should
           upon
           the
           same
           forthwith
           change
           their
           names
           to
           some
           other
           ,
           so
           that
           
             Ravillack
          
           should
           not
           be
           so
           much
           as
           spoken
           thorow
           the
           Realm
           .
           And
           so
           much
           of
           this
           Iesuiticall
           Arch-Traytor
           to
           the
           terrifying
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           The
           like
           (
           in
           the
           Low
           Countries
           )
           was
           attempted
           and
           committed
           upon
           the
           person
           of
           
           that
           renowned
           Protestant
           Prince
           
             William
          
           of
           Nassaw
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           where
           a
           bloudy
           villaine
           ,
           thorow
           his
           owne
           cloake
           a
           wainscot
           doore
           ,
           with
           a
           pistoll
           double
           charged
           ,
           shot
           to
           death
           in
           his
           owne
           palace
           ,
           confessing
           at
           his
           most
           torturous
           death
           ,
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           torments
           ,
           that
           (
           saving
           
             Ravillacks
          
           )
           wanted
           example
           ;
           that
           he
           was
           animated
           and
           encited
           to
           that
           bloudy
           facinorous
           enterprise
           by
           the
           continuall
           instigation
           of
           the
           Iesuiticall
           faction
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Iesuites
             plots
             discovered
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             been
             about
             this
             ten
             or
             eleven
             years
             ,
             worse
             than
             that
             of
             the
             Gun-powder
             Treason
             .
          
           
             IN
             the
             yeare
             of
             Grace
             ,
             one
             thousand
             six
             hundred
             twenty
             nine
             ,
             at
             Salamanca
             an
             Vniversity
             in
             Spaine
             (
             by
             the
             consent
             of
             their
             Father
             generall
             at
             Rome
             )
             there
             was
             an
             assembly
             of
             the
             Iesuiticall
             Society
             ,
             (
             who
             called
             themselves
             the
             holy
             Synod
             )
             in
             which
             one
             grave
             Seignior
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Prolocutor
             ,
             began
             as
             followeth
             :
             Deare
             brothers
             of
             the
             most
             
             Sacred
             Order
             ,
             wee
             being
             here
             convented
             this
             day
             (
             being
             the
             birth
             day
             of
             our
             Father
             and
             Founder
             (
             of
             ever-living
             memory
             )
             
               Ignatius
               Loyalla
            
             )
             it
             is
             fit
             that
             we
             consult
             and
             determine
             of
             some
             affaires
             ,
             that
             may
             tend
             to
             the
             strengthening
             of
             our
             power
             ,
             the
             advance
             of
             our
             reputations
             ,
             and
             the
             enriching
             of
             our
             coffers
             ,
             (
             at
             which
             there
             was
             a
             generall
             hum
             thorow
             the
             Table
             )
             when
             hee
             proceeded
             :
             But
             as
             I
             have
             proposed
             you
             a
             thing
             fit
             to
             bee
             done
             ,
             so
             there
             ought
             meanes
             to
             be
             devised
             and
             found
             ,
             how
             it
             may
             bee
             accomplished
             :
             the
             course
             it selfe
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             have
             maturely
             deliberated
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             I
             crave
             the
             assistance
             of
             your
             counsell
             ,
             is
             by
             setting
             England
             and
             Scotland
             (
             Nations
             that
             have
             too
             long
             lived
             in
             fraternall
             love
             and
             amity
             )
             at
             odds
             ,
             or
             to
             use
             the
             Scottish
             phrase
             ,
             at
             Deadly
             Feud
             :
             which
             best
             how
             to
             bring
             to
             passe
             ,
             I
             sollicite
             you
             to
             deliver
             you
             sundry
             censures
             .
          
           
             All
             of
             them
             unanimously
             applauding
             the
             matter
             ,
             now
             began
             singly
             to
             speake
             their
             opinions
             of
             the
             manner
             :
             saith
             one
             ,
             I
             thinke
             it
             may
             be
             done
             by
             some
             new
             plot
             &
             practice
             of
             treason
             :
             saith
             another
             ,
             I
             suppose
             rather
             by
             
             sowing
             some
             seditious
             libels
             amongst
             them
             ,
             to
             make
             one
             Nation
             jealous
             of
             the
             other
             :
             a
             third
             replyed
             ,
             to
             invade
             one
             of
             the
             Kingdomes
             by
             sea
             ,
             to
             which
             purpose
             they
             would
             sollicite
             the
             Catholike
             Princes
             to
             joyne
             in
             a
             solemn
             combination
             :
             but
             a
             fourth
             cut
             him
             off
             and
             said
             ,
             I
             like
             not
             these
             attempts
             by
             sea
             ,
             since
             the
             bad
             successe
             and
             utter
             overthrow
             of
             the
             great
             Armado
             in
             Eighty
             eight
             ,
             though
             it
             had
             the
             Popes
             blessing
             along
             ,
             and
             was
             by
             his
             Holinesse
             stiled
             
               Invincible
               .
            
             O
             but
             ,
             said
             the
             Prolocutour
             ,
             the
             reason
             of
             that
             may
             be
             easily
             given
             ,
             for
             the
             sinnes
             of
             the
             Land
             were
             not
             then
             ripe
             ,
             which
             since
             are
             growne
             to
             full
             maturity
             :
             But
             had
             it
             then
             prevailed
             ,
             with
             our
             pistols
             and
             ponyards
             ,
             steeletto's
             and
             knives
             ,
             whips
             ,
             fire
             ,
             and
             faggots
             ,
             we
             would
             have
             made
             them
             taste
             of
             that
             Purgatory
             here
             on
             earth
             ,
             which
             they
             will
             not
             beleeve
             to
             have
             place
             in
             any
             corner
             of
             Hell
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             leave
             others
             ,
             let
             mee
             now
             acquaint
             you
             with
             a
             project
             of
             mine
             owne
             ,
             that
             I
             think
             wants
             president
             ;
             for
             policie
             hath
             prevailed
             ,
             where
             puissance
             hath
             been
             repulst
             ,
             and
             fraud
             hath
             entred
             ,
             where
             force
             could
             not
             :
             for
             
             
               Vlysses
            
             did
             more
             in
             his
             Tent
             ,
             then
             
               Ajax
            
             did
             in
             the
             field
             .
             At
             this
             all
             their
             eares
             were
             prickt
             up
             in
             attention
             ,
             when
             he
             spake
             on
             as
             followeth
             ;
             The
             King
             of
             Spaine
             is
             stiled
             the
             most
             Catholike
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             France
             the
             most
             Christian
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             of
             England
             is
             titled
             ,
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
             having
             under
             his
             Dominion
             three
             Kingdomes
             ,
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             ;
             the
             first
             Protestants
             ,
             the
             second
             Puritans
             ,
             the
             third
             Papists
             .
             Now
             in
             this
             distraction
             of
             religions
             ,
             how
             easie
             is
             it
             to
             raise
             troubles
             and
             tumults
             ?
             Now
             wee
             have
             Iesuites
             
               in
               voto
               ,
            
             ingenious
             and
             active
             ,
             and
             fit
             to
             be
             employed
             in
             these
             deep
             and
             mysticall
             designes
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             you
             ask
             me
             the
             manner
             how
             ?
             they
             are
             to
             bee
             sent
             over
             ,
             and
             disperst
             into
             the
             Courts
             and
             families
             of
             Noble-men
             ,
             and
             places
             bought
             them
             ,
             or
             offices
             in
             which
             they
             may
             gaine
             the
             best
             intelligence
             ,
             by
             screwing
             themselves
             into
             the
             bosomes
             ,
             as
             well
             of
             the
             noble
             as
             ignoble
             rank
             :
             now
             if
             you
             object
             and
             say
             ,
             this
             cannot
             bee
             without
             charge
             ,
             and
             great
             disbursments
             of
             money
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             have
             we
             not
             Collectors
             ,
             Receivers
             ,
             and
             Treasurers
             
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             employed
             in
             severall
             parts
             of
             Christendom
             :
             as
             M.
             L.
             the
             Goldsmith
             in
             Fleet-street
             for
             the
             parts
             of
             Flaunders
             ;
             
               M.
            
             &
             
               D.
            
             for
             France
             ;
             Mr.
             
             
               Borrowes
            
             for
             Spaine
             ,
             and
             others
             elsewhere
             ?
             (
             these
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             only
             )
             and
             them
             our
             penetrating
             and
             insinuating
             Agents
             and
             Ministers
             ,
             being
             so
             planted
             and
             placed
             neare
             about
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             principall
             persons
             of
             those
             three
             Kingdomes
             ,
             they
             may
             take
             their
             opportunity
             ,
             and
             catching
             occasion
             by
             the
             fore-lock
             ,
             find
             severall
             tooles
             and
             engines
             to
             work
             with
             ,
             as
             to
             incense
             the
             Papists
             (
             with
             whom
             our
             Society
             is
             most
             embraced
             )
             against
             the
             Puritans
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             and
             other
             Separatists
             against
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             both
             against
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             to
             bring
             in
             new
             Innovations
             into
             the
             Churches
             of
             England
             and
             Scotland
             ,
             such
             as
             wee
             know
             the
             most
             distaste
             ,
             and
             can
             worst
             digest
             ;
             to
             alter
             their
             ancient
             Liturgy
             ,
             by
             inserting
             new
             additions
             into
             their
             books
             of
             Common
             prayer
             ,
             and
             by
             admitting
             into
             Church
             livings
             ,
             none
             but
             such
             as
             can
             conforme
             themselves
             to
             all
             such
             Tenents
             as
             shake
             hands
             with
             the
             Romish
             Traditions
             and
             Doctrines
             ;
             and
             to
             thrust
             out
             of
             their
             Benefices
             ,
             all
             such
             as
             stand
             stiffe
             for
             the
             
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             but
             especially
             to
             thrust
             in
             Ceremonies
             (
             such
             as
             they
             call
             Superstitions
             )
             Altars
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             into
             the
             Scottish
             Kirk
             ,
             which
             Nation
             we
             know
             to
             be
             perverse
             ,
             obstinate
             ,
             and
             impatient
             of
             any
             Innovation
             or
             change
             ,
             especially
             in
             their
             Religion
             .
          
           
             Thus
             wanting
             power
             to
             conquer
             their
             Countries
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             our
             practice
             to
             undermine
             and
             blow
             up
             their
             consciences
             ,
             ruinating
             them
             in
             their
             distraction
             about
             Religion
             ;
             for
             what
             will
             not
             men
             or
             women
             hazard
             ,
             even
             goods
             ,
             lands
             ,
             nay
             life
             it selfe
             too
             for
             their
             Religion
             ;
             for
             what
             is
             more
             deare
             or
             nearer
             to
             a
             Christian
             than
             his
             God
             and
             his
             Religion
             ?
             what
             will
             cause
             more
             dissension
             ,
             than
             not
             to
             have
             freedome
             of
             their
             Religion
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             the
             very
             Turke
             himselfe
             will
             not
             feare
             to
             dye
             ,
             though
             a
             pseudo-Martyr
             ,
             even
             by
             torments
             or
             tortures
             ,
             ere
             hee
             can
             bee
             compelled
             to
             forsake
             his
             
               Mahomet
               .
            
             Now
             we
             knowing
             the
             Protestant
             so
             constant
             in
             his
             Religion
             ,
             that
             hee
             will
             suffer
             no
             alteration
             ,
             the
             Papist
             so
             selfe-will'd
             he
             will
             brook
             no
             reformation
             ,
             and
             the
             Puritan
             so
             obstinate
             hee
             will
             endure
             no
             Innovation
             ,
             and
             all
             these
             spurr'd
             on
             by
             our
             subtill
             Agents
             animation
             :
             what
             seditions
             ,
             what
             suspitions
             ,
             
             what
             commotions
             ,
             what
             combustions
             are
             probable
             to
             ensue
             thereof
             ;
             but
             by
             this
             Incendiary
             kindled
             in
             their
             Kingdomes
             ,
             Ireland
             may
             grow
             tumultuous
             ,
             Scotland
             combustions
             ,
             and
             take
             armes
             ,
             and
             Englands
             peace
             bee
             altogether
             disturbed
             and
             disquieted
             at
             least
             ,
             to
             the
             exhausting
             of
             their
             treasure
             ,
             if
             not
             their
             blouds
             ,
             to
             their
             great
             detriment
             ,
             if
             not
             their
             generall
             desolation
             :
             and
             in
             these
             jealousies
             and
             troubles
             ,
             to
             bring
             in
             forraine
             Forces
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             some
             hope
             to
             attaine
             our
             ends
             .
             Which
             speech
             being
             gravely
             delivered
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             rest
             greatly
             applauded
             ,
             and
             the
             Assembly
             dissolved
             ,
             with
             a
             determinate
             resolution
             to
             put
             all
             the
             former
             projects
             in
             speedy
             practice
             with
             an
             
               Et
               caetera
               .
            
          
           
             But
             to
             come
             neare
             to
             our
             owne
             Country
             ,
             what
             miraculous
             deliverances
             had
             Queene
             
               El●zabeth
            
             (
             of
             ever
             blessed
             memory
             )
             from
             the
             plots
             and
             underminings
             of
             those
             Arch
             Iesuiticall
             Regecides
             ?
             During
             her
             minority
             ,
             in
             the
             reigne
             of
             her
             sister
             ,
             what
             projects
             and
             stratagems
             were
             devised
             to
             insidiate
             her
             life
             ;
             her
             sundry
             commitments
             and
             impris●nments
             ?
             nay
             ,
             a
             warrant
             for
             her
             death
             〈◊〉
             by
             the
             Queene
             ,
             at
             the
             animation
             of
             〈…〉
             
             Clergy
             ?
             Her
             damage
             by
             water
             ,
             when
             her
             barge
             at
             a
             low
             ebbe
             grated
             upon
             the
             arches
             of
             the
             Bridge
             ,
             when
             shee
             was
             sent
             a
             prisoner
             to
             the
             Tower
             ?
             by
             fire
             ,
             when
             her
             lodgings
             were
             burnt
             over
             her
             head
             ,
             during
             her
             confinement
             at
             Woodstock
             .
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             her
             reigne
             ,
             what
             complotting
             by
             the
             Iesuites
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             France
             ,
             and
             Italy
             ,
             to
             supplant
             her
             from
             her
             true
             and
             lawfull
             inheritance
             ,
             by
             discharging
             her
             Subjects
             from
             their
             loyalty
             and
             obedience
             ?
          
           
             Troubles
             also
             were
             raised
             in
             her
             Kingdom
             of
             Ireland
             by
             one
             
               Nicolas
               Saunders
               ,
            
             a
             pestilent
             Traytour
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             that
             seditious
             Order
             ,
             whose
             pen
             and
             tongue
             spared
             not
             only
             malitiously
             to
             calumniate
             the
             Queene
             her selfe
             ,
             but
             the
             Lady
             
               Anne
               Bulleine
            
             her
             mother
             ,
             who
             having
             purchased
             a
             consecrated
             Banner
             with
             power
             Legantine
             ,
             landed
             amongst
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             whither
             was
             sent
             also
             
               S.
               Iosephus
            
             with
             an
             army
             of
             Italians
             and
             Spanyards
             ,
             to
             joyne
             with
             the
             revolted
             Earle
             of
             Desmond
             ,
             his
             brother
             
               
                 Fitz
              
               Morris
               ,
            
             and
             others
             :
             but
             their
             army
             was
             soone
             distrest
             ,
             the
             Earle
             dyed
             wretchedly
             ,
             and
             
               Saunders
            
             fell
             mad
             ,
             and
             dyes
             starved
             in
             the
             cliffes
             of
             an
             almost
             unaccessible
             mountaine
             .
             
             The
             like
             machinations
             were
             devised
             against
             her
             by
             Cardinall
             
               Allen
               ,
               Englefield
               ,
            
             and
             
               Rosse
               ,
            
             as
             also
             by
             Doctor
             
               Parry
               ,
            
             by
             travell
             Hispanisied
             ,
             Italionated
             ,
             and
             fully
             Iesuitified
             ,
             who
             after
             his
             returne
             ,
             when
             the
             Queenes
             Majysty
             vouchsafe
             him
             her
             gracious
             presence
             in
             her
             garden
             ,
             came
             arm'd
             with
             a
             Pistoll
             to
             have
             taken
             away
             her
             life
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             beene
             miraculiously
             prevented
             ,
             for
             which
             horrible
             Treason
             he
             was
             soone
             after
             drawne
             hang'd
             and
             quartered
             .
          
           
             The
             horrible
             Treason
             of
             the
             fourteene
             
             Traytors
             began
             in
             one
             
               Savage
            
             a
             Bastard
             ;
             but
             Instigate
             thereunto
             by
             two
             Priests
             ,
             
               Gilbert
               Gifford
            
             and
             one
             
               Hudson
               ,
            
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             conspirators
             drawne
             in
             by
             
               Ballard
            
             the
             Priest
             and
             Iesuit
             who
             with
             the
             other
             guilty
             of
             the
             same
             treason
             against
             her
             majesties
             owne
             person
             ,
             the
             twentieth
             of
             September
             in
             
               Lincolnes
               Inn
               fields
            
             vpon
             a
             publick
             Scaffold
             were
             hang'd
             and
             quartered
             ;
             divers
             others
             suffered
             at
             Tiburne
             ;
             the
             prime
             of
             which
             and
             of
             most
             note
             ,
             were
             father
             
               Campion
               ,
            
             and
             master
             
               Soothwell
            
             who
             during
             his
             Imprisonment
             in
             the
             tower
             writ
             two
             excellent
             poems
             ;
             the
             on
             〈…〉
             led
             
               Saint
               Peters
               complaint
               ,
            
             the
             other
             
             
               Magdalens
               teares
               ,
            
             for
             seducing
             her
             Majesties
             subjects
             and
             denying
             the
             supremacy
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             conclude
             all
             the
             Iesuitical
             Treasons
             against
             her
             (
             and
             those
             by
             her
             own
             Subjects
             ,
             )
             which
             that
             as
             
               Edward
               Squire
            
             are
             belonging
             to
             the
             Queenes
             stable
             ,
             who
             beeing
             in
             
               Spaine
            
             was
             perswaded
             and
             seduced
             from
             his
             allegeance
             by
             one
             
               Walpoole
            
             a
             revolted
             runnagate
             ,
             and
             entred
             into
             the
             Iesuiticall
             order
             (
             one
             of
             these
             before
             named
             
               Invato
               ,
            
             )
             who
             gave
             a
             mortiserous
             confection
             in
             a
             bladder
             ,
             to
             poyson
             the
             pummell
             of
             her
             saddle
             ,
             who
             after
             his
             return
             into
             
               England
            
             attending
             his
             opportunity
             ,
             one
             day
             when
             her
             Majesty
             was
             to
             take
             horse
             ,
             came
             openly
             with
             a
             smiling
             countenance
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             many
             ,
             and
             having
             prickt
             the
             bladder
             ,
             and
             wearing
             a
             thick
             tand
             glove
             for
             his
             owne
             security
             ,
             chapt
             his
             hand
             vpon
             the
             pummell
             of
             the
             saddle
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             lowd
             and
             cheerefull
             voyce
             sayd
             God
             save
             the
             Queene
             :
             but
             it
             pleased
             God
             out
             of
             his
             mercifull
             providence
             ,
             to
             take
             his
             word
             not
             his
             meaning
             ;
             for
             neither
             mounting
             ,
             nor
             alighting
             ,
             nor
             all
             the
             way
             shee
             roade
             ,
             (
             wearing
             a
             thinne
             glove
             )
             shee
             once
             layd
             her
             hand
             vpon
             the
             pummell
             ?
             but
             the
             Treason
             beeing
             after
             discovered
             ,
             he
             
             by
             his
             owne
             conviction
             was
             convicted
             and
             condemned
             .
          
           
             To
             come
             nearer
             to
             the
             dayes
             of
             Royall
             King
             Iames
             her
             successour
             ,
             whose
             Coronation
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             great
             sicknesse
             in
             and
             about
             London
             then
             raigning
             ,
             beeing
             deferrd
             ,
             in
             this
             Interim
             two
             Italionated
             Jesuite
             Priests
             whose
             names
             were
             Watson
             and
             Clark
             ,
             layes
             a
             plot
             to
             surprize
             the
             person
             of
             King
             Iames
             and
             Prince
             
               Henry
               ,
            
             and
             to
             compell
             them
             to
             subscribe
             two
             things
             to
             their
             owne
             puposticall
             ends
             ,
             and
             further
             had
             drawne
             into
             this
             conspiracy
             
               Henry
               Brook
               ,
            
             Lord
             
               Cobham
               ,
            
             and
             Lord
             
               Warden
            
             of
             the
             Cinque ports
             .
             
               Thomas
            
             Lord
             
               Gray
            
             of
             
               Wilton
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Walter
               Raliegh
            
             Lord
             
               Warden
            
             of
             the
             
               Staneries
               .
            
             Sir
             
               Griffin
               Markham
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Parham
               ,
               George
               Brooke
            
             brother
             to
             the
             Lord
             
               Cobham
            
             and
             
               Bartlemew
               Brooksby
               :
            
             whom
             these
             Iesuits
             had
             perswaded
             by
             their
             sophisticall
             arguments
             that
             the
             attempt
             could
             be
             no
             Treason
             ,
             beeing
             done
             before
             the
             Kings
             Coronation
             ,
             alleadging
             that
             
               Saul
            
             was
             not
             King
             till
             he
             was
             chosen
             in
             
               Mispeh
               ,
            
             though
             he
             had
             bin
             maintayned
             in
             
               Ramah
            
             by
             
               Samuell
            
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             neither
             
               Ieroboam
               ,
            
             who
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             
               Samuell
            
             had
             been
             confirmed
             by
             the
             Prophet
             
             to
             raigne
             over
             
               Israel
            
             til
             the
             people
             made
             him
             King
             vpon
             the
             foolish
             answer
             of
             
               Rehoboam
               ,
            
             but
             yet
             notwithstanding
             all
             their
             syllogisticall
             Flourishers
             ,
             it
             was
             proved
             vnto
             them
             (
             to
             their
             costs
             ,
             )
             That
             in
             
               England
            
             there
             is
             no
             
               Interregum
               ,
            
             because
             the
             King
             never
             dyeth
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Coronation
             is
             but
             a
             ceremony
             to
             shew
             the
             Prince
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             for
             which
             onely
             there
             dyed
             (
             which
             was
             the
             Kings
             great
             mercy
             )
             the
             two
             Iesnits
             
               Watson
            
             and
             
               Clarke
               ,
            
             the
             twenty
             ninth
             of
             November
             ,
             and
             
               George
               Brookes
               ,
            
             vpon
             the
             first
             of
             December
             next
             ensuing
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             Damnable
             and
             Diabollicall
             plot
             of
             the
             Gunpowder
             arch-Treason
             ,
             exceedeth
             all
             president
             or
             example
             ,
             the
             like
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             time
             not
             read
             or
             heard
             :
             hatcht
             in
             the
             Iesuiticall
             nest
             of
             that
             most
             bloudy
             Brotherhood
             ,
             which
             because
             it
             is
             yearely
             remembred
             in
             every
             Pulpet
             almost
             thorow
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             I
             spare
             further
             to
             aggravate
             ,
             only
             to
             put
             the
             reader
             in
             minde
             that
             no
             such
             execrable
             act
             could
             be
             put
             in
             agitation
             without
             a
             Iesuit
             to
             prompt
             and
             further
             it
             :
             witnes
             Father
             
               Garnet
            
             an
             arch
             provinciall
             Priest
             of
             that
             murder
             ,
             who
             as
             the
             rest
             of
             those
             conspiratours
             in
             that
             satannical
             Conjuration
             dyed
             
             the
             death
             of
             a
             Traytour
             being
             drawn
             ,
             hangd
             ,
             and
             quartered
             .
          
           
           
             These
             are
             but
             a
             few
             amongst
             many
             ,
             and
             ere
             I
             proceed
             any
             further
             ,
             I
             must
             intreate
             the
             indifferent
             and
             unpartiall
             Reader
             ,
             to
             take
             some
             things
             necessary
             into
             his
             consideration
             .
             First
             how
             the
             adversaries
             spare
             not
             both
             in
             their
             words
             and
             writings
             bitterly
             to
             asperse
             and
             condemne
             the
             severity
             of
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             for
             the
             cutting
             of
             such
             pestilent
             and
             preditorious
             Malefactors
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             alone
             were
             all
             conscience
             and
             Christianity
             ,
             libellously
             traducing
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             like
             
               Braccoas
            
             (
             the
             Legislator
             amongst
             the
             
               Athenians
            
             )
             writ
             in
             blood
             ,
             pretending
             ours
             to
             bee
             a
             meere
             usurped
             power
             ,
             no
             better
             than
             Tyranny
             ,
             whom
             their
             bloody
             and
             mercilesse
             persecutions
             ,
             they
             strive
             to
             mittigate
             and
             extenuat
             by
             the
             countenance
             and
             authoritie
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             Apostolicall
             Iurisdiction
             ,
             when
             Christ
             himselfe
             left
             as
             his
             last
             Legacy
             upon
             earth
             ,
             his
             peace
             amongst
             them
             ;
             when
             the
             Apostles
             never
             assumed
             to
             themselves
             any
             
             Pontificall
             state
             and
             habite
             ,
             but
             were
             Preachers
             and
             teachers
             of
             the
             Word
             :
             when
             all
             their
             successors
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             were
             so
             far
             from
             being
             persecutors
             ,
             that
             themselves
             patiently
             suffered
             persecution
             and
             Martyrdome
             for
             the
             Gospell
             sake
             :
             when
             the
             Papisticall
             prelates
             of
             these
             times
             ;
             instigated
             and
             spurd
             on
             by
             their
             Iesuiticall
             Engineeres
             ,
             instead
             of
             Prayer
             ,
             Fasting
             ,
             Exhortation
             ,
             Admonition
             ,
             and
             pious
             instruction
             ,
             deale
             altogether
             in
             Fire
             and
             Faggot
             Daggers
             ,
             Pistolls
             ,
             powder-plots
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             excluding
             all
             mercy
             and
             charity
             ,
             so
             they
             can
             but
             adde
             the
             least
             Mite
             to
             their
             Papall
             Monarchy
             .
          
           
             When
             on
             the
             contrary
             our
             Lawes
             stretch
             no
             further
             than
             to
             punish
             runnagates
             and
             revolters
             of
             our
             owne
             Nation
             ;
             such
             as
             being
             borne
             naturall
             subjects
             renounce
             their
             allegiance
             to
             their
             lawfull
             Prince
             and
             Soveraigne
             ,
             transplanting
             themselves
             into
             other
             Countries
             ,
             acknowledging
             forraigne
             supreams
             ,
             denying
             that
             supremacy
             of
             their
             owne
             naturall
             Liege
             ,
             refusing
             to
             subscribe
             to
             the
             oath
             of
             allegiance
             ;
             and
             not
             herewith
             contented
             ,
             they
             most
             traiterously
             seeke
             to
             seduce
             and
             alienate
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             subjects
             from
             their
             religion
             ,
             
             faith
             ,
             and
             obedience
             ,
             in
             contempt
             of
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             which
             in
             duty
             and
             conscience
             by
             the
             Lawes
             of
             Nations
             ,
             they
             are
             bound
             to
             observe
             .
             Nor
             are
             these
             just
             punishments
             inflicted
             upon
             their
             capitoll
             delinquencies
             ,
             without
             giving
             them
             warning
             to
             flie
             and
             abandon
             the
             Realme
             :
             but
             upon
             their
             peremptory
             and
             willfull
             returne
             in
             despight
             of
             Proclamation
             ,
             and
             meere
             contempt
             both
             of
             prerogative
             and
             Parlamentall
             authority
             they
             as
             it
             were
             dare
             justice
             ,
             and
             in
             their selfe-wild
             obstinacy
             thrust
             themselves
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             hangman
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             borne
             hereditary
             to
             the
             halter
             .
          
           
             For
             instance
             ,
             (
             and
             which
             is
             now
             at
             this
             present
             in
             agitation
             )
             one
             
               Iohn
               Goodman
               ,
            
             a
             Priest
             and
             Iesuite
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             former
             caveats
             and
             premonitions
             ,
             having
             the
             libery
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             to
             retire
             and
             solace
             himselfe
             ,
             only
             he
             was
             banished
             and
             debar'd
             this
             land
             nine
             yeares
             since
             ,
             the
             entrance
             into
             wch
             he
             knew
             no
             lesse
             than
             the
             forfeiture
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             with
             a
             shamefull
             death
             annexed
             ,
             &
             knowing
             withall
             ,
             how
             hateful
             the
             nama
             of
             a
             
               Romish
               ,
               Priest
               ,
            
             was
             to
             all
             the
             true
             and
             faithfull
             subjects
             of
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             yet
             maugre
             all
             interdiction
             &
             proclamations
             forbidding
             the
             contrary
             ,
             desperately
             ,
             (
             if
             not
             madly
             )
             exposed
             himselfe
             unto
             all
             the
             penalty
             
             and
             dangers
             of
             the
             law
             ,
             and
             being
             taken
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             
               *
            
             Rat-trap
             held
             by
             the
             leg
             ,
             for
             feare
             of
             slipping
             
             away
             ,
             and
             brought
             unto
             his
             tryall
             ,
             having
             all
             the
             favour
             that
             could
             be
             shewne
             to
             a
             Malefactor
             in
             that
             kind
             ,
             by
             his
             owne
             free
             and
             voluntary
             confession
             accused
             and
             condemn'd
             himself
             ,
             and
             when
             judgment
             must
             of
             necessity
             (
             as
             in
             all
             such
             cases
             )
             be
             ,
             and
             was
             pronounced
             against
             him
             ,
             yet
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             out
             of
             his
             great
             and
             unbounded
             clemency
             &
             mercy
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             ready
             to
             be
             drawn
             to
             execution
             ,
             sent
             him
             a
             Reprieve
             for
             his
             life
             :
             and
             since
             being
             delivered
             up
             unto
             the
             high
             Court
             of
             Parlament
             ,
             they
             ,
             in
             hope
             of
             his
             reformation
             ,
             and
             recantation
             ,
             have
             not
             as
             yet
             proceeded
             against
             his
             life
             ;
             unto
             whose
             mercy
             I
             leave
             him
             ,
             &
             with
             whom
             I
             conclude
             this
             briefe
             Tractate
             :
             Desiring
             with
             all
             the
             Reader
             to
             take
             further
             into
             his
             consideration
             the
             lenity
             of
             our
             lawes
             ,
             and
             the
             milde
             proceedings
             therein
             to
             spare
             Christian
             blood
             :
             when
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             our
             adversaries
             with
             their
             
               Corrigidoes
            
             and
             Catchpooles
             ,
             thirst
             nothing
             more
             after
             :
             when
             no
             Lay
             Protestant
             traveller
             in
             
               Rome
            
             or
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             dares
             so
             much
             as
             hold
             argument
             of
             his
             owne
             Faith
             ,
             or
             shew
             a
             booke
             in
             his
             owne
             Language
             ,
             but
             he
             shall
             be
             hurried
             into
             the
             bloudy
             Inquisition
             ;
             to
             endure
             more
             tortures
             and
             paines
             than
             in
             their
             owne
             devised
             purgatory
             ,
             the
             miseries
             and
             torments
             whereof
             ,
             if
             any
             would
             be
             further
             satisfied
             ,
             let
             them
             but
             read
             the
             lamentable
             sufferings
             of
             Mr.
             
               Lythgow
               ,
            
             amply
             set
             downe
             in
             the
             booke
             of
             his
             Travells
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A58087e-100
           
             *
             New-gate
             :
             and
             iron
             shackle
             on
             hi●
             leg