THE ENGLISH SPANISH PILGRIM.  
OR, A NEW DISCOVERY OF SPANISH POPERY, AND JESVITICALL STRATAGEMS.  
With the estate of the English Pensioners and Fugitives under the King of Spain's Dominions, and else where at this present.  
Also laying open the new Order of the jesuitrices and preaching Nuns.  
Composed by james Wadsworth Gentleman, newly converted into his true mother's bosom, the Church of England, with the motives why he left the Sea of Rome; a late Pensioner to his Majesty of Spain, and nominated his Captain in Flanders: Son to Mr. james Wadsworth, Bachelor of Divinity, sometime of Emanuel College in the University of Cambridge, who was perverted in the year 1604. and late Tutor to Donia Maria Infanta of Spain.  
Published by special Licence.  
Printed at London by T. C. for Michael Spark, dwelling at the blue Bible in Greene-Arbor, 1629.   

To his friend Mr. james Wadsworth and his Book.  

Go happy offspring of a pregnant brain,  
Sin's Commentary, a perspective for Spain,  
Through which her masked delusions appear  
Naked, as if they had been practised here.  
If any jesuit damn the Author's quill,  
That writes against her from whom he learned his skill,  
Or wonder how that City odious proves,  
Which bred him, and his Father's memory loves:  
Know this, that Asa was not plagued, 'cause he  
Deprived his mother for idolatry.  
Good Parents patterns are, if bad, forbear  
To imitate, and make their faults thy fear.  
Should I relate the dangers he endured  
After his soul a liberty procured;  
I should but wrong his Book, by making those  
Which read such horrid lines afraid of is prose.  
When th' I'll of Ree, and Martin's luckless Fort  
Our trouble and their triumphs did report:  
Him Calais dungeon kept, as if his fate  
Should pay the rash invasion of a State.  
Yet not their catchpole Popery, nor all  
Their Machevils could work his funeral:  
That hand which first converted him hath brought,  
Him safe, and their discovered at heisme wrought.   
Thomas Mottershed. of C. C.   

To the most Noble and thrice Honourable William Earl of Pembroke, Lord Steward of his Majesty's household, and Chancellor of the University of OXFORD.  
MY Lord, though unknown unto your Lordship, but by a relation made unto your Honour of my travels and observations beyond the seas, your Lordship vouchsafed to grant me your Letters of favour to the University of Oxford for the furthering of me in the printing a book entitled, The English Spanish Pilgrim: and now having accomplished the same, I should think myself most happy, if it would please your Lordship to protect and favour these rude lines, not looking upon the mean understanding of the Author, but the good will and affection wherewith I have written them; to wit, for the honour of God, and good of my Country: wherein I do especially discover divers subtleties and policies, of the English Jesuits, Friars, Monks and other Seminary Priests beyond the seas, as likewise our English fugitives under the King of Spain's Dominions, and the wrong I received in turning to mine own true Religion. I do therefore most humbly beseech your Honour that you would be pleased to take this book under your protection for the furthering of my 'cause, and repressing of my adversaries, and I shall ever pray for the much increase of your Lordship's health and Honour. The book I dare not say deserves your favour, it being a greater token of Nobility in you to Patronise with your greatness that which is mean in itself, then only to be favourable, where merit may challenge liberality; yet in itself the work is religiously disposed to the discovering of truth, and that all which are any whit inclined to the Sea of Rome, may see the veil unmasked wherewith they were hoodwinked. I detain your Honour no longer, but with a little digression from you to that God, whom I humbly implore to preserve your Lordship the years of my desire, which is as unlimited as your Nobility.  
Your Honour's most humble and devoted servant, james Wadsworth.   

THE ENGLISH SPANISH PILGRIM.  

CHAP. I.  
The life of the English Espanolized traveller, persecuted by disastrous time and fortune; his voyares, passages, and encounters with that most Antichristian f●y the Jesuits, by whom his Father was seduced, the year 1604. and afterwards in 1609. his Mother was entrapped by no other snares, and was transported into Flanders, with her Son the Pilgrim, who scarcely had seen five years to an end, from thence into Spain 1610. where he passed eight years in the Royal Town Madrid and in Seville.  
IN the year 1604. in the County of Suffolk I was borne, in the Reign of our late Royal Sovereign, whose eminency of virtues procured the wonder of all other Nations, and the glory of ours. My Father was a Student in Emanuel College in Cambridge, where the University, and his own merits invested him with a degree of Bachelor of Divinity; and his Majesty preferred him to be a double beneficed man in Cotton, and great Thorn, in the County aforesaid, and Chaplain and Ordinary to the Bishop of Norwich; and after that, his Majesty sent him with his first Ambassador Legier Sr. Charles Cornewallis into Spain as his Chaplain, and joint Commissioner, where at his first arrival, the Jesuits held with him a subtle dispute about the Antiquity and the Universality of the Church of Rome, which they make their preface to all seducements, his grand opposers being joseph Creswell, & H. Walpole, two the most expert politicians of our Nation, that then maintained the state of the triple crown; whose understanding nevertheless would not prove captive, either to their subtlest Arguments, or most alluring promises. The Ambassador seeing how wisely he quitted himself, sent Letters to his Majesty, informing him how learnedly he was accompanied. The King as he was a liberal Mecanas to the learned, especially to those that were of the Clergy, sent him his Royal grant of the next falling place of Eminency in his Kingdoms, as an encouragement to his further services. Mean while the Jesuits perceiving how little they prevailed, used other illusions stronger than their Arguments, even strange apparitions of miracles; amongst others, the miracle which they pretend to be true to have happened 
Vide Lewis Owen in the publque Library of Oxon. p. 59  to the eldest son of the Lord Wotton at his death, in the City Vallodalid where a Crucifix framed him this articulate sound: Now forsake 
Item vide Bedell. cap. 5. p. 83.  your heresy, or else you are damned, whereupon the young Lord and my Father became Proselytes to their juggling Religion, the report whereof not long after became a loadstone also to the old Lord Wotton his Father, with many others to draw them to popish Idolatry. And so my Father leaving the Ambassadors house privately; and discarding wife and children and fortunes in England, was conducted forthwith by the means of Father Creswell to the university of Salamanca, whereat the next day after his arrival, he was carried to the Bishops than inquisitors house, where he was admitted with no little joy to their Church, where he prostrating himself on the ground, and the inquisitor putting (as their custom is) his right foot on his head, said with a loud voice, here I crush the head of heresy: the which ceremony and others ended, after a month's abode in the said University, he passed with Creswell to the Court of Madrid, where the King informed by Creswell what had happened, was exceeding joyful, and gave charge to his chief Secretary of State Don juan Idiaques, that he should give him whilst he lived a fair annual pension out of his own private purse; but here Creswels' policy is seen, which was to counsel him not to take above fifty ducats monthly, for fear if he should take more, the Heretics of England (for so his tongue styled them) should haply say, he changed his air for profit, not conscience: and that having left greater means in England, 'twould prove a singular example to draw many souls after him, sith 'twas clear it was not gain was his mark. Gentle Reader, take notice here of jesuitical stratagems; recount a while the grief and sorrow of my Mother his wife, my Brethren and Kindred; when as they hoped daily he would prove the honour of their lineage, their expectation on a sudden was terminated in sighs and lament. But it's necessary I declare how my mother likewise not long after was alured by my Father thus revolted: and having withstood for five years' space all his letters and enticements, with those also of the Jesuits and Priests (But where the husband goes first, the wife commonly follows after, it being the weakness of that sex) was at length seduced by one Kelly a jesuit, who coming for that end with letters from her husband, misled her away, having brought her to sell all she had, carried her forthwith into Flanders with her four children, Hugh the eldest, since dead in Madrid, Katherine who died a Nun in Lisbon, Marry who now liveth a Nun in a Monastery called Camber by Brussels, and james this Author, your English Spanish Pilgrim. These with their mother lived and expected their Father's pleasure, and there having been ordered to take shipping for Spain, embarked herself at Dunkirk for St. Lucas in Spain, in a ship called the Hound of Dunkirk, a ship very famous for its feats in war; there were also twelve other ships in their company, whereof ten suffered wrack in a tempestuous storm; this Hound with two others escaping, whose Masts were cut down, and had not the tempest surceased on a sudden, they might have fared as the rest. Thus through a Million of dangers we arrived the Spanish coasts, where her husband with joyful embracements most lovingly welcomed her and her children. I now forthwith was brought to a school in Seville to learn to write, and read the Spanish tongue, and having attained here to my prefixed end, was presently after catechised in the Roman faith at Madrid, where, and at Seville I continued about eight years, from whence through the counsel of the Jesuits, my Father sent me to St. Omers, where I was ensnared to the discipline of the place after their accustomed manner.   

CHAP. II.  
This second Chapter contains his voyage from Madrid to St. Omers, and how the ship which wasted him thither, was by the way surprised, and pillaged by the Rochellers, who took away their Sails, and all other tackle necessary, as for the ship, so likewise for their further sustenance, committing them to the merciless mercy of the waves: But the providence of God conducted them to a safe haven.  
IN the year 1618. I took farewell of the royal Town Madrid, my Father and Mother and other friends, and after their benediction, I was for St. Sebastèans, accompanied with one Mr. Pickford, his Majesties of Spain's pensioner in the Castle at Antwerp, who was to be my conductor to the foresaid St. Omers in the Province of Artois, seven leagues from Calais. At St. Sebastian's which is 100 leagues from Madrid, we chanced on a French ship of an 100 Tun, bound for Calais, wherein being embarked with the first favourable wind, we hoist up sails and launching into the main, we steered our course towards the English Channel, whether we hardly arrived being pursued with an exceeding fierce storm, even to the hazard of our lives, our ship leaking much, and beating itself against the winds and billows of the turbulent Sea. This past, the ship redressed as well as time and place could afford, we still made forward; and in our passage one of our Mariners deseryed a far off a great vessel making after us, and chase us narrowly, which struck the Master and passengers with no little affrightments, and not without cause; for presently we perceived him to be a man of war of Rochel, and made all haste possible to gain the wind of him, and so avoid him: but all was in vain, the man of war being lighter and less burdened, our ship being old and deeply laden with the commodities of iron and wool; all which being thought on, we fell into divers opinions, as whether it were the best to prepare to fight it out, or strike Sails and submit. Don Gondamours' Nephew who was with us in our ship, and was then bound for Flanders, appointed there by his Catholic Majesty Captain of a troop of horse, advertised us to yield, supposing thereby we might save our lives. But of all Mr. Pickford as an old beaten soldier, challenged to himself the privilege of the monitour, to whom all assented jointly, that they were ready to submit themselves to his counsel: He then being Captain and Master of the ship, commanded to be brought before him all the provision and best victuals of the ship, and cheered up the company therewith, telling them thus; that they ought to make merry with that that God had sent them, sith doubtful it was whether ever they should meet together any more. Thus having made a good refection, he commanded them to betake themselves heartily to their devotions, and put themselves in defence, saying better it was to dye a thousand deaths, then to fall into the Rochellers hands; they (the passengers) being most of them retainers to his Catholic Majesty, and having thus encouraged us, immediately the man of war came upon us, and fetching us up, gave us a broad side with his Ordnance; where upon the Mariners (contrary to their promise) stroke Saile and submitted. They presently aboarding us, took each of us apart to make us confess what monies we had, and what other commodities, threatening withal that if we concealed aught from them, they would forthwith pistol us; such was their rapine and avarice, that no haste and expedition to surrender all could content, but some were bastinadoed, others buffeted, and kicked, without respect of person or age; amongst the rest I bore my part, for being taken aside by a Scullion boy of the ship, was stripped stark naked, and having made a purse of my boots, he pulling off one, heard a merry jengling for himself, whereupon forced me to silence with the danger of my life for fear he should lose the pillaging of the other; for it was catch as catch may, and therefore disrobed me of the other boot, hoping no less booty, with the greatest dexterity that ever shoemaker used. This being done, our Sails were plucked down, and we committed to the mercy of the waves, where we suffered three days famine and cold, and longer we might, had not those senseless creatures, the wind and the waves been so kind as to show us the way to Galicia, where we met with a Bark which was then for St. Sebastian's, where being arrived, every one of us began to shift for himself. I adventured on the courtesy of Mr. Peter Wiche, Merchant, and now Ambassador for his Majesty of England, at the famous City of Constantinople. who clad both my back and my purse after a competent manner. This past, my foresaid Guardian Mr. Pickford delivered me up unto two Franciscan Flemish Friars, which were then bound for their covent at St. Omers, their general chapter being then ended at Salamanca, with whom I was embarked for Amsterdam in Holland, but by the violence of the Seas, we were forced into St. George's channel betwixt Ireland and Wales, where the tempest being so great, and our provision so small, we were constrained to enter into Mylford haven, where the foresaid Friars being wearied with the tossing of the sea, resolved to make the shortest cut they could to St. Omers: Landing therefore at Pembroke Town, and having been enquired of by Sir Thomas Button Vice Admiral of those Seas, and the Mayor of the said Town, and an oath being administered unto them whether they were Jesuits, Priests, Monks, or Friars or of any such order and Roman function, swore flatly the contrary, and so got a Passport of the said Mayor, and so they parted for Bristole: and I pardi demanding of them on the way how they could take such an oath with a safe conscience, they answered, they did it with a mental reservation, that is, they were not English Priests of an Heretical function, and so we passed from Bristole, from thence to London, where I was not permitted to speak with my friends because forsooth Heretics upon pain of damnation; because I was young and not sufficiently founded in the Roman Catholic faith, and able to defend the points of my Religion, So thence without stay we hasted to Zealand, and from thence to St. Omers, where they delivered me up to the College of the English Jesuits.   

CHAP. III.  
This third Chapter contains his education at St. Omers for four years, with the description of the College and Government there, beside divers subtleties and tricks of the English Jesuits in their discipline, which is rather barbarous then civil.  
THis College was founded about some 40 years since, by the order and furtherance of Father Parsons that famous jesuit, who sent Father Placke to S. Omers with sufficient monies for the 
Thi● Father Placke is yet living, and con●emned by the rest in his old age, not able for further service.  foundation, having before obtained of his Catholic Majesty a pension of 2000 Ducats per annum, for the maintenance of the Students there.  
At which College (as I above said) accompanied with two other Friars, I arrived, who after they had been well refectioned by the Rector, they took their leave of them and the rest of the paternities, and returned into their own Covents: I remained behind, and for the first night was by the Rector and the other Fathers well entertained at supper, making up the time our stomaches would spare us, with the discourse of my present journey from Spain, which yet that they might more at large be informed of, they lengthened the meal to my narration, until bed time broke up both. No sooner had the morning, and myself opened our eyes but the Rector and Father Creswell sent for me, where they begun a remonstration of their rules, and orders and observations, somewhat shorter than their entertainment. First that they might take none blindfold, they opened me with a general confession of all my sins; then closed up all again by the Sacrament, and after this least there might be any relic of the world left upon me, they made me disinvest myself of such profane garments I had, and the superfluities of hair, but one they kept, the other they threw away; then was I reinvested with a Doublet of white Canvas, Breeches and stockings that had not troubled the Weaver with over much pains, Cassock & stockings of the same black and grave, the band precise and short, with a hat that might almost shadow all, and shoes correspondent. Thus accoutred, the Rector delivered me to another Student, to whom he gave the charge of showing me the College, and committing me to Father Thunder to appoint me a Study and a Chamber in the Dormitory, which was speedily done, and the next morning I was promoted to the first form called the Figures, there had I given me a schedule which contained the duties & observances of the house, which are as follows.  
First and above all, entire observance and duty to be performed to the Rector as our Vice-God, next to the Vicerector as his minister, next to the Praefects which are overseers of the Schools. The first of these was Father Robert Drury, who had his Sermon knocked out of his head with his brains at Black Friars; The other, Father Thunder, who appoints Chambers and Studies, makes them render account of their studies, keeps hours of study and recreation, and exercises many of his claps upon their breeches. The third is Father Darcy Praefect of the Sodalitium Beatae Mariae, and the refectory. Then to all the rest of the Fathers in the house, as Father john Flood, * he who is their Champion to 
And likewise ghostly Father to the Students.  answer and write against the Protestants in England. And Father Baker, bursar of the College, who keeps the bag and provides necessaries. Besides, especial respect is due to the five Masters of the Schools, to Father Adrian or Tush, which the Students call him from his own mouth, to Father Lacie, the Reader of Poetry, and Master of the Syntax. Father Henry Bentley, and Father john Compton of Grammar, and Father john Crater of the Figures, and Father Wilson overseer of the Print-house; and beside, duty is to be given to the Porter, who is the Lord Mountagues brother, who hath not as yet been higher promoted; to the Bursar, Brewer, Taylor, Butler, Baker, Apothecary, Shoemaker, Master of the Infirmary, who over looks the sick, the Clerk and Cook which are all Lay brothers; which why they should be thus honoured with Cap in hand I know no reason, unless they mean to pay them with respect of boys for the disrespect they give them themselves; yet this may seem sufficient for those, all which except Father G. Kempe, and Brother Browne were neither borne nor bred to deserve higher, being such as either misfortunes, debts or misdeeds had in shipwreck cast upon coast, where only perpetual servitude was their liberty, & misfortune their only fortune. Thus much for the obedience the Students are bound to bestow upon Father Jesuits, & Lay Brothers. Let us now descend to the Students: their chiefest quality is noble blood for the most part, to make such a Proselyte the Father's compass sea and land, persuading them that 
Nobilis non mascitur sed fit.  such a calling adds to their Nobility. Of others less eminent by birth, it is required they should at least equal, if not transcend in eminency of parts & wits, which in time would purchase better portions than men more nobly descended would have afforded from inheritance. The number of the first ordinarily neither amounts above or under an 100 of the other 20. The obs●ruation of the distribution of the day is thus: Eu●ry morning the fist hour summons them up, the first half is bestowed in making up themselves and their beds, the place where they slept is called a Dormitory, which contains three long Galleries topping the house: each of these is furnished with some 50. beds, distanced only by a partition of boards; the next half hour the Chapel doth challenge their attendance, the Mass their devotion, whosoever is absent shallbe sure to have the unwelcome presence of Father Thunder. At six they go all to study in a large Hall under the first Gallery, where according to order each takes his seat, where they study one hour, and in the midst walks Father Thunder, and see● they all keep silence and be diligent at their books; all are bound to be there without budging at seven, which is their hour of breakfast, they go down two by two with their books under their arms, and first those in Rhetoric unto the refectory, where every one hath for his part a piece of bread and butter, and beer as pleaseth him. The loss of this breakfast is their punishment whose names had been given up to the Perfect for having spoke English the day before, but within a quarter of an hour, each boy quits the Refectory, and repairs to the schools; from seven and half, until nine and better they are exercised in repeating and showing what composures they had made, after which time the Prefects and Masters leave the schools, and the Students of the three under schools, go up to those of the upper, which read to them Greek till ten, at which hour every one betakes him to his study until eleven, as in the morning before, then to dinner. After they have ranged themselves a while, the Rector & Fathers enter, the elder says Grace himself, or ordains another, which being done, he placeth himself at the upper end of the Table, the others in their order. All this while the Students mouths are shut, not from eating, but speaking, bestowing their ears upon six other of their companions disputing three against three in two pewes one overthwart the other, of such things which may rather help digestion to the Fathers, than benefit their own understandings, as whether their paternities had better eat flesh or fish, drink wine or beer; and this dispute begins and ends with their dinner: At the Father's meal both Ceres and Bacchus vouchsafe their company to sit, and that liberally too; their meat is what their delicacies can desire, that their Procurator cators for: the Abbey of Watton two leagues distant, furnishing them with that fatness it was wont to afford the Monks as you may read in Owen. 
See Lewi● Owen.   
Now let us come to the Collegiates or Students, and their diet: First they are served in by seven of their own rank weekly and in course, and according to seniority each man hath first brought him a mess of broth which is the antipast: afterwards half a pound of beef which they call their portion, after an apple, or piece of cheese for their post past, bread and beer as they call for it. When they have ended the meal, the Rector enjoins silence to the disputants, & then rising from the table himself, stands and says Grace, which said the Seudents first go out one by one, each making his reverence hat in hand to the Rector; next after, himself goes forth to hear them play their music, which is in a great Hall over the Refectory, thence until one of the clock they recreate themselves in the Garden, thence each man to his study which is until two, then again to the schools, so until four and a half (as in the morning) at their Greek and Latin exercises▪ then again to their studies until six which is supper time, and in the same manner spent as dinner, saving that six others go into the pewes, and after some short disputations, one of one side reads the Latin martyrologue, and another after him the English, which contains the Legend of our English Martyrs, and Traitors together, sometimes two in one day.  
The Students hear out the relation with admiring and Cap in hand to the memory of Champion, Garnet, Thomas Becket, and Moor. After this until seven and a half, music until eight, they recreate themselves together, thence to their studies again until half an hour be past, so to their Litanies, and to provide themselves to bed, but before they do it for the most part they demand on their knees all the Prefects benedictions, otherwise they take not themselves blest; then while they are disrobing themselves, one amongst them reads some miracle or new book until sleep close up all, and Father Thunders noise awake them in the morning. Discipline is here enough were it well bestowed; thus pass they their days and years, save Tuesdays and Thursdays when on the after noon they are licenced to the recreation of the open fields; On this wise; dinner ended we march forth of the College by two and two, Father Thunder himself carrying up the rear until we are distant about a mile from the Town, where we walk, or play at ball or bowls or other such games, till the clock and our stomaches strike supper time, whence repairing to the College, roast mutton is our provision being not ordinary. Now let us touch Sabbath affairs unto which on Saturday on the after noon from four till six, and after supper till eight all the Students confess themselves to their ghostly Fathers above named: on Sunday morning at six of the clock they hie to their studies, where they read sacred letters until seven, from thence to the Chapel, and Congregation of our Lady, which is kept in one of the schools, Father Darcy aforesaid being Perfect of that place, where sitting in a chair, he exhorts all to the honour of the Virgin Mary, declaring to them her great power and miracles; all the schools are not admitted here unto, but those only whom the Perfect and his 12. Consultors approve of, which 12. Consultors are ordinarily termed his white boys. The privilege of this sodality is that they have graces, rosaries, and beads, Indulgences, Medals and hallowed grains from his holiness. In virtue whereof as the Perfect tells them being once admitted into the same society, they may obtain pardon of all their sins past, and at the hour of their death, saying or but thinking on the name of jesus, Mary, joseph, they are actually pardoned and freed from the pains of Purgatory, which otherwise had they not been of this society they should have endured.  
With one of the aforesaid grains saying one Aue Marie they may by the virtue of each deliver a soul from Purgatory. Besides on the day any that are in this sodality established, their sins are remitted, swearing sidelity, and styling themselves the Virgin's slaves: On this manner each Sunday betwixt seven and eight they spend their time and they all go to Mass, and receive the Communion, thence to breakfast, after to the Study, whereas before they busy themselves in reading divine stories till dinner; anon after dinner to their Church where they sing Vespers and Litanies to our Lady for England's conversion, having written on their Church and College doors in great golden letters, jesus, jesus, converte Angliam, fiat fiat. These are only the outsides of their profession: But now will I rip up the very bowels of these treacherous glozing Fathers: First those scholars who are Nobly descended and of rich parentage, they strive to allure by their honeyed words, and flattering embrace, indowing them with pictures, beads, medals, Agnus dei, which they have from Rome: Also that their baits may take effect, they licence them to participate of all those wines and juncates provided for their own palates, and if white boys of a comely feature they bestow on them (though ill deserving) the pre-eminence of the schools. And with these is the Perfect of music most recreated, reading to them Ovid, Hor. Catull. and Propertius. As for the Interrogatory and confession of their ghostly Fathers, I refer you to Peter de molin, which is entitled Novaute du papism, where you may at large read those abominable abuses committed in their Interrogatories. Again, a second bait is laid for those more grave than the former; for instance, a Gentleman of Yorkshire by name Mr Henry Fairefax, son to Sr. Thomas Fairefax, who not yielding to their enchanting allurements, one night being a sleep in his bed, two Jesuits clad in gorgeous white as they had been Angels, approaching his 
This they did in imitation of the two Angels that whipped S. Jerome.  bed side with two good disciplines in their hands, the ends of some stuck with wyery pricks, having uncovered him, they did after so savage a manner raze his skin, that he became for a while senseless, speaking unto him in Latin that they were Angels sent from the Virgin to chastise him for some offences by him committed, viz. for resisting the power, and reviling the proceedings of his superiors, exhorting him to that Order by virtue of the testimony given by the Virgin of the holy Order of the Jesuits, which said, they departed, and left the rest so far astonished that they knew not whether they had been Angels or devils: the day dawning, he found his lineaments of such a purple die, that they kept their hue a month after: But somewhat to allay the fury of his torment, Father Thunder, and Father Gibbins persuaded him it was some divine correction to the intent he should take on him their habit; whereupon giving credit to them, at 17 years of age he was admitted into their society, about four years after Father Thunder blushed not to acquaint this Gentleman with the truth of it, and that it was only done for his good, tract of time having now sufficiently digested his misery, and being by this time inur'd in their Orders, that howsoever (he so well approved of their demeanours) be resolved to continue his abode with them.  
The second example is that Father Francis Wallis alias Clerk, now Minister of the College desired to allure to their Order, one Mr. William Abinton a Student in their house, only son to Mr. john Abinton, in whose house the Traitor Garnet was apprehended for two reasons: First because he was ingenious and well learned: secondly, because his Father had lost the greatest part of his means in behalf of the aforesaid apprehension, the Jesuits also having made largesses of promises to requite the said loss in ample manner, could no otherwise do for him but so. The course Wallis took was this, one morning seeing him pass by his window went after him, calling him by his name, and saying unto him that a little before he had 
This Gentleman lives now in England at hi● Father's house in Holborn, & hath affirmed to me d●ue●setimes the same: Besides I was in his company when it happened.  heard a divine revelation from St. Ignatius Loiola, that the first Student he saw going by his door, he should declare unto him he had chosen him to be one of his Apostles, and that without delay he must be for his orders; All which the young Gentleman having attentively heard, he doubted not of the truth of the vision, but before he would be entered a jesuit, he craved the space of a month to take farewell of his friends in England, which conditionally was granted, with a promise of a speedy return: but he no sooner had arrived his own Country shores, but he utterly disclaimed their superstitious reveals.  
The third example is Mr. Herbert Crafts, sometimes of the University of Oxford, son to Sir Herbert Crafts, who travailing to St. Omers to visit his Father who lived in the Town, was by him and Father john Flood, brought to the Roman obedience, and though his Father was a good Catholic, yet he counselled him never to turn jesuit. Yet for all that, they found out a way to draw him unto them, which was a subtle and a crafty one indeed, viz. to entice him to 
See the Sparing discovery. pag. 12.  take the spiritual exercise which he refused not being a matter of honour amongst the Catholics to enter into; the order they observe in taking of it is this: in 15 days space he is appointed a chamber solitary, and sequestered from the rest, for this said space he is to speak with none save his ghostly Father, who directs him in the distribution of each day, one hour is to examine his conscience of what sins he hath committed in times past, another time to say his prayers, and office of the Virgin Mary; another for the hearing of Mass, and saying of his rosary, but the principal to which the ghostly Father doth apply himself, is to give that person certain meditations made by Ignatius Loyola which are as follow. First, that meditation of the creation of the world: secondly, 
1  the creation of mankind, and how much 
2  man is obliged and bound unto God for his creation: 
2  thirdly, what a man ought to do for those apparent benefits which we receive from his liberal hands: fourthly, that there is no way more 
4  certain unto salvation, then that of a Monastical and solitary life: five, the explanation of 
5  this question, what this solitary or Monastical life is, which they answer, that it is to live in a Monastery or Desert: sixthly, that all religious 
6  Orders at their first course and original were holy, and sacred institutions, but by the corruption of time they have lost their ancient purity: seventhly, what a man is to do for the surety of 
7  his salvation, seeing that (as it is their abominable maxim, with a kind of a negative limitation) that any wand'ring from their Collegiate society, (which they term their Paradise) into the world, can hardly attain to the hope of salvation: 
8  eightly, that that man which desireth the salvation of his own soul, must renounce all the doctrine of the reformed Churches, and cleave only to their holy society; and that for two reasons: the first, that as all Orders at their 
1  first beginnings did observe their injunctions punctually, but through their corruption and dissension for priority lost that efficacy which they had at their Foundation; so they suppose their jesuitical society being newly instituted, hath not had the time to be corrupted (their other societies of the Dominicans and Franciscans being by their private dissensions much tainted. 
●. ibid. p. 25.  Secondly, that considering that their Grand Ignatian Saint being highly preferred to the Almighty's favour by the holy Ghost, and even paralleling him with our Saviour in that power of casting out Devils, (if not rather procuring offertories by this feigned power) thought that if other 
Idem docuit Franciscus vid. testimonium Gregorij 9 in fine testamenti Francisci.  Orders had been more strict than theirs, he had never founded his or this society.  
And furthermore, they pretend that St. Ignatius received by divine revelation, that none of his Order should ever be damned for 200 years' term, and this they believe as an Article of their Creed. In conclusion of all, they exhibit unto him the meditation of death, and contemplation of the pains of hell, so by these means they won the Gentleman to their Order against the will of his Father. In this very exercise I myself was initiated for some 15 days space, but it was God's pleasure to give me more understanding then to be led away with the rest. Besides these they have yet farther plots to bring their young Students in belief that they are well seen in Chyromancy, and can tell them their fortunes, and what are these think you? either they must be Jesuits, or look for a disastrous end. Of these falsifying tricks I myself was an eye witness. Now let me descend to their most barbarous proceedings, which are indeed numberless, but for avoiding prolixity, I will recount here a few: Some few years since, there was one Mr. Edward Hastings at Hurlston, an ingenious young Gentleman, whom when they could not draw unto them by the means aforesaid, they exercised on him such Tyrannical discipline, that the least fault he did they Stoically interpreted to be equal to the greatest, and punished him accordingly; this most cruel handling of him being intolerable, he writ to his friends and informed them thereof, most earnestly entreating them to send for him. * But their letters were intercepted 
There is no way to go out of this College, or to write or receive any letter, save with consent of the Rector, for they are kept as in prison under lock and key.  by the Rectors hands, and answered by him a gain, that he was wild and head strong, and that it would prove his utter ruin if ever he came into England, which he perceiving, he resolved with himself to leap over the College wall, but being taken in the instant, Father Thunder clapped his buttocks till he left him half dead, to make him an example, than sent him away with four shillings in his purse to conduct him for England: so likewise they used * Sir 
This Sir William Browne died at S. Omers.  William Brownes son, and thus also they dealt with one Mr. Henry Taylor, sithence Secretary to Count Gondamor, who having well felt the foresaid Father's claps, was thence sent to Rome with a mission, and then also quickly weary of the same kind of discipline, wrought means to depart from thence too, but they gave him but forty shillings to convey him to England, who took St. Omers in his way to visit his mother there living, where then Father Blunt being resident, the Provincial of the English Jesuits, and and she remembering him of the services that her late husband Dr. Taylor Dr. of the Law had done for their Society, in protecting in his Chamber that jesuit Father Gerat, a complotter of the Gunpowder Treason, and then interpreter to the Spanish Ambassador in England, in consideration whereof, the Provincial Blunt gave him a letter of favour to Gondamor the then Ambassador in England, where the letter was writ in this tenure, I entreat your Excellency to do for this straggling sheep who hath been bred with us, but refusing to take any more religious functions hath forsaken our College; which Count Gondamor having read, made little account of the Gentleman, but notwithstanding reflecting upon his father's deserts, gave him house room and diet, and afterwards perceiving his dexterity of wit, made choice of him for his Secretaty, and now since the death of his Master, he is retainer to his Catholic Majesty. These past, in the year 1622. Father Baldwin was elected Rector of the College of St. Omers, who had lately suffered imprisonment in the Tower of London for seven years' space, for suspicion of high Treason, was in the year 1619. by Gondamors intercession set free: this man insisting on the same steps with his predecessors, became the first English Rector of that College, and the second year after, there was sent to this College, a young Gentleman Estenelaus Browne by name, son and heir to Mr. Anthony Browne, brother to the Viscount Montague: this Gentleman after two years' abode there, wearied by their tyrannical discipline, and desirous to get his neck from their yoke, counterfeited a letter from his Father to the Rector of the said College, and delivered it to one Higham a book seller, who 
Sometimes the boy of W W. book binder in London.  lived in the Town, and used often to the College, who delivered it to the Post which comes weekly from London to S. Omers, to that end he should give it to the Rector, which done, and the Rector unclosing the letter, taking it to be his fathers own writing, wherein he entreated to send his son over into England, and furnish him with all necessaries besides, which the Rector failed not to do upon hope of his speedy return; but he having privately disclosed unto one of his fellows what his purpose and intentions were, was betrayed by his babbling, and well punished for a liar; whereupon the Rector informed his Father what pranks he had played, and that if ever he should be in England he much doubted he would turn Protestant; hereupon his Father sent word back, that he should detain him there, protesting that he was sorry to be father to so untoward a son; and thus perforce they detain this young Gentleman to this hour; and such like courses they take with all that would leave them; and if any escape them, and be after promoted to any place of honour, they traduce him and brand him with all titles of ignominy, and to this end they have their Agents in all places of consequence to put in against them as witness these that follow. Sir Edward Bainham, Sir Griffin Markham, the Archbishop of Rheims, and Father Barnes a Benedictine, and others whom in my seventh Chapter I shall speak of at large.  
Now let us come to the Jesuits themselves what love and unity they mutually entertain amongst them, and to their three several professions: the first and chief of them are mere Machiavillians, who do nothing but employ themselves in matters of State, and insinuate themselves into the secrets of great ones, and giving true intelligence to none, save to the Pope and his Catholic Majesty, whose sworn vassals they are; these observing no Collegiate discipline are dispensed withal by his Holiness, as if they did God greater service in thus employing themselves, then following Collegiate courses. As for their religion, they make it a cloak for their wickedness, being most of them Atheists or very bad Christians; these are they that observe these ten Commandments which follow.  

1 To seek riches and wealth:  
2 To govern the world.  
3 To reform the Clergy.  
4 To be still jocund and merry.  
5 To drink white and red wine.  
6 To correct Texts of Scripture.  
7 To receive all Tithes.  
8 To make a slave of their ghostly child.  
9 To keep their own and live on another man's purse.  
10 To govern their neighbour's wife.   
These ten Commandments they divide into two parts, all for me, and nothing for thee: the charity they maintain each among other is none at all, for they labour with envy; as for example, Father Parsons died at Rome, through grief for not being made Cardinal, Creswels' faction prevailing against him, and Creswell himself notwithstanding his services done to the Sea of Rome and State of Spain, was by new upstart Jesuits, exauthorized and ejected from his place, which was Perfect of the English Mission 
As you may read in Speed his Chronicle.  which is now by dispensation from the Pope converted into a Provinciall-ship, which was given to Father Blunt, who was lately in England, and wretched Creswell died about a year after at Gaunt in Flanders, well stricken with years, but far more with discontent, on the 20 of March 1622. And their malicious projects have cast out Father Fosser from being their Agent in the Spanish Court 1627. who for a jesuit, which is rare, was an honest meaning man, and a very good fellow, and have subborned in his place Father North a grand Matchivillian, and thus they have used divers others, as old Father slack, Father Strange, Father Gibbins. The second sort of Jesuits are those who preach, confess, and teach youth, and envy each other for the number of their scholars & ghostly children; they are beside in no small emulation about their own worth and learning, reading for the most part to their white boys loose and lascivious Poems. A third sort of Jesuits there are, not unfitly termed simple ones; these are wonderful austere in their life, of a scrupulous conscience, and brought up to colour the courses and the Actions of the more cunning and politic ones: of this rank some four years since was one Master S. of whom the Jesuits got some 12000. pound sterling, but since he hath seen their juggling and cheating, hath left them, and returned to his true religion and Country; of this rank also there yet lives Viscount Mountagues brother, now Porter of the College at St. Omers, of whom they have got no less than 10000 pound sterling, of whom they report, that after his death his body shall work miracles for the austereness of his life; of the same condition is Sr. Gerard Kemp's brother, who is a Caterer to the College, out of whose purse they have picked 2 or 3 thousands. These three several ranks and Orders aforesaid are grown to a faction, about the jesuitrices or wand'ring Nuns, some allowing, some disliking them utterly. This Order of Nuns began some 12 years since, by the means of Mistress Mary Ward, and Mistress Twitty, two English Gentlewomen, who observe the Ignatian habit, and go clad very like to the Jesuits, in this only differing from other Nuns: They walk abroad in the world, and preach the Gospel to their sex in England and elsewhere: The first that induced this Order of Nuns, was Father Gerard, than Rector of the English College at Liege, Father slack and Father Moor assisting him therein, but others oppugned them, as Father Singleton, Benefield, and Flood, refusing to give them their Ite praedicate, but rather adjudging them to a retired and monastical life, whereupon there hath risen no small variance amongst them; but in the mean space this foresaid Mistress Ward is become mother General of no less than 200 English damsels, being most of them Ladies and Knights daughters, who live in their Colleges at St. Omers, Liege, and Colen, and from thence are for England to convert their Country: it fell out that not long after their 
Who were the fairest of all the rest, as Mistress Vaus, Stanley, Portescue.  mother General went to Rome, with seven or eight others to establish their Order with his Holiness, which though he confirmed not so fully; yet he gave her a toleration, which being obtained, she procured another College also to be erected in Rome, where she hath under her government about 100 Italian Maids; But from Rome the last year she went to Vienna, where she hath likewise procured to be erected another Monastery, the Empress herself protecting her; but now she is daily expected in England, to take account of her she-Apostles labours; in a word to conclude, these Jesuits endeavour to demolish all Orders and places of eminency above them; all which I observing, laboured with all possible means to get out of their clutches, and though I had promised them to turn jesuit, yet had I leave to go to Seville with their Mission and from thence to Madrid to take leave of my Parents, and so to return again to them, and thus in 1622. I departed St. Omers for Spain, with the Mission consisting of 12. of us, whose true names were, Clifford, Gerard, Appleby, Conniers, Hausby, Robinson, Euely, Naile, Atkins, Midleton, Farmer, and myself.   

CHAP. FOUR  
This fourth Chapter contains his departure from St. Omers, and voyage into Spain, where on the Seas he with those eleven in his company were taken by a Statesman of war, having been in fight with them ●rom seven in the morning, till three in the afternoon, after by the Captain of the said man of war, whose name was jacob. May, were boarded upon a ship of Hamburge, which they met with on the Seas bound for Spain, in the which ship after ten days sail, they were taken again by a little Galley belonging to the Port of Sally in Barbay.  
IN the year 1622. August the first, we departed from St. Omers for Calais in France, where we were embarked in a ship belonging to Dunkirk, which was then newly loaded for St. Lucas in Spain, having taken a false certification from the governor of Calais, that the ship and goods belonged thereunto.  
This ship was of an 100 Tun burden, carrying 12 piece of Ordnance, 40. men besides passengers, one Chirurgeon, and two Trumpeters. And we departed with seven other ships in the company, and having sailed to the Promontory called Fines Terrae, upon the coast of Galicia we descried a ship coming from the coast of Portugal, which took his course aside of us, at last we perceiving he discerned our French colours, we forthwith made towards him, who put out the States colours, but we supposing him to be a Pirate of Argier, Sally, or Rochel, it would not be amiss to aboard him being so near the coast of Spain, not doubting within a few hours to take him, to the which end the Admiral with the other fine being all French, joined himself to the Vice Admiral being the strongest of the company, they were conceited, it were best to let him go; but the Vice Admiral desirous to contest with them prepared himself for to fight, launching forth his boat, charging his Artillery, Muskets, and Murdering pieces, laying his trains of powder, nailing up his decks, crossing the hatches with Cables, and hanging his gripling chain on the main Mast; which done, the Captain of the Vice-admiral jaques Banburge by name, began to encourage his Mariners, telling how easy it was for seven to take one, not thinking the supposed Pirate to have had above 30 men, and 10 piece of Ordinance, whereupon the rest gathering together, resolved that the Admiral should make the first onset, and the Vice-admiral the second, and the rest in their order; but the Hollander discerning us to be French made no haste to escape us, and having gotten the wind made towards us with a desire to get some provision of us for his money and we towards him, which seeing, he hung out a flag of truce, but our Admiral saluted him with two pieces of Ordinance, our Vice-admiral with four, and the rest in their order came on, which he valiantly withstood, putting forth on each side some 14. brass●●●●ces of ordnance, not having before out above 4 or 5, his burden being some 200. Tun, with an hundred and fifty men, and five Trumpeters, who turning about gave us two broad sides with his Ordnance, shooting three or four of our ships through, and through out. Our Admiral and the other French ships seeing themselves deceived, and that he was no Pirate but a State's man of war, fled, leaving our Vice Admiral engaged in the sight. The Vice Admiral seeing how the case stood, said unto us 12. that we were now to dye with honour, or survive with infamy, and because we were young and unexpert in sea fight, to encourage the better made us to drink each one of us a good draught of Aqua vitae with Gunpowder; This done, he enjoined his Mariners to play on them with small shot, but they replying so stoutly, made our Mariners quickly quit the hatches and fly to their Ordnances underneath as their best defence, whereupon we killed the Master of their ship, which their Captain perceiving discharged more eagerly, and with the shot took off the stern of our ship, which our Captain perceiving grew desperate, even sometimes minded to blow up the ship, in 12 shoots more they struck down our main Mast, and killed our Chirurgeon who newly was come up from under the lowermost decks, and saying these words si deus nobiscum quis contra nos, was slain on a sudden with a common bullet, and having one hand on my shoulder, pulled me down along with him, his blood stre 〈…〉ng out upon me.  
And thus after seven hours' fight they aboarded us, with fire and sword massacring all those that came first to their hands, and after they had cleared the decks they desisted.  
Then examining all that survived, amongst the rest they found us 12 to be English youths and passengers, and kindly entertained us. Next day they meeting with a ship of Hamburge bound for Spain, loaded with boards and beer, commended us to him to convey us to the foresaid St. Lucas in Spain, surrendering up all our furniture which we brought in the Dunkirks ship, which ship they carried with them to Holland, being laden with very rich commodities to the value of 7000. pounds, and so thanking them for their affection to the English Nation we left them, and continued our course for Spain, and coming to the Cape of S. Vincent, we deseryed coming towards us a little Galley, which we took to be a Fisherman, and being destitute of victuals and provision, we got up the main Mast and made signs unto them for succour, hoping in an hour to have gone with them on shore at the Fort of S. Vincent.  
But our supposed Fishermen came sooner than welcome, for having first coasted us round about, and perceiving our vessel though great, yet of little defence (as in truth it was, all the Mariners being mere Anabaptists) came directly upon us, and we getting on the hatches ready to leap into them; perceived our Fishermen turned to a Galley of 18 oars on each side, having in him beside about 100 Moors, Moriscoes, and other runagates, who coming within shot let fly at us two pieces of Ordnances, and making a great shout altogether in sign of joy they had gotten a prize.  
And we seeing ourseves quite lost, struck sail and submitted, they entering our ship, took us out into them, and sent our ship with our Pilot and twelve Moors into Sally.   

CHAP. V.  
The fifth Chapter declareth how he was sold with the rest in Sally, and the great misery they endured until they were ransomed, and how the Merchant was poisoned by the Moors for redeeming them, and after his death how the Jesuits cheated his sole daughter and heir of the monies which from us was due unto her, for those her Father disbursed in our ransom.  
AFter we were taken by the the Moors (as aforesaid) we were bound hand and foot, and cast into the Prow or forecastle of their Galley, where we lay four days space, not permitted somuch as to stir from the place.  
After these four days past, and the seas grown calm, they untied our hands and feet, brought us from the Prow to the board of the Galley to help them in rowing, putting four and four to an oar, but I being unable to keep stroke with the rest, was well beaten, & bound again, and cast back to the Prow, the rest doing their devoir, where kept close till night, than I enjoyed their company.  
At midnight, two Moors come down unto us, & secretly selecting two of the youngest and fairest amongst us, abused their bodies with insatiable lust, and on the next morning they stripping themselves stark naked, and pouring out water one upon the others head, supposed by this washing they were cleansed from their new acted sin.  
Another night the Moors making merry upon the decks, and half drunk with their drink which they call Opium, our Mariners of Hamburge, and some Portugal Captives which were with us perceiving such opportunity, we encouraged each other to rise up against them, their weapons being below with us, and one of the Portugals hands untied; whereupon we agreed, and this Portugal beginning to untie the rest, was apprehended in the Act by the Captain of the Galley, who coming down in a fury, said that he knew what we intended, and that he could discover in his sleep, more treachery than we could invent being awake▪ And well might he do so having the help of their Priest with him who was a witch (as most of them are) and then putting the plotters to death, he fettered us more strongly with irons.  
And so coasting the coasts of Spain, still expecting some other booties, but finding none, entered the straits of Gibraltar towards Argier, but the wind turning contrary, we were constrained to repair unto Sally. And the day before our arrival there, being destitute of victuals, the Priest called their Alfaqui, conjured the fish of the sea to draw near to the Galley, so that they took them up with their hands, as many as sustained us till we arrived at Sally, where we were carried to the Castle, and there crammed like Capons, that we might grow fatter and better for sale, and being brought to the market, were shared amongst them and sold.  
And thus we were divided to several masters, taking farewell one of another with tears in our eyes, never thinking to meet any more: the price which was given for each of us was 25. pound more or less, our masters being Moriscoes, which dwelled at the Castle.  
The Hamburges likewise were sold in like manner, but in this respect were in far worse estate, because they were sold to Moors in that Country, & therefore had less hopes of future redemption: But amongst the rest of our company I deemed myself the happiest, because I fell to the Captain of the ship, whose name was Alligallan a Morisco, who had been banished with a 100000. more from Spain, by Philip the third, upon suspicion of treason. These Moriscoes came into Spain with jacob Almansor, otherwise called Vliaor Caliph, who conquered Spain and brought them in with him, where they resided 500 years, until the last extirpation as now said.  
This Morisco carried me to his house, where fettering one of my legs with an iron chain, and clothing me with a canvas suit, laid these injunctions upon me: first he gave me charge of his stable, and then to grind at his hand mill, and to draw water at the Fountain, with many others of the like nature.  
The victuals he gave me were Bereugenaes', Cabbage, and Goat's flesh; As for my lodging it 
This Bereugenaes' is like our Turnips.  was in a dungeon in the market place, where they use commonly to lodge their slaves, who repair there every night about eight of the clock, their masters manicling their hands before for fear they should make an insurrection, the number of them being about 800. being Spaniards, Frenchmen, English, Italians, Portugals, and Flemish, our beds were nothing but rotten straw laid on the ground, and our coverlets pieces of old sails full of millions of lice and fleas, so that we could take no rest, being constrained to put back to back and rub out the pain; about five of the clock in the morning the door being opened we repaired to our master's houses, and so to our wont work.  
And it chanced on a time that I having not performed my ordinary task, was beaten by my master so cruelly, that for a long time after I lost the use of my left arm, which he perceiving said, at most it was but the loss of a Christian dog. Another time going to fetch water from the Fountain, I chanced to make water against the Church wall, which a Moor seeing, presently made toward me, and asked whether it was the custom of my Country to do so or no, if it was, it was not the custom of theirs, and thereupon beat me till he left me half dead. A while after this, my Master perceiving me to be sick and feeble, and not able to perform any service, gave me leave to see a French Merchant, by name jehan de la Goretta, to see if I could persuade him to redeem me; this Merchant traded from thence to Seville, and Cales, and used to traffic for slaves and other commodities, to whom when I had opened my case, he promised to do for me what possibly he could, and having taken my name in writing, he presently told me he knew one of my name, whom (as it fell out) was my Uncle, who was then the English Consul for the Merchants at S. Lucas, and thereupon having examined me, and finding me to tell the truth, offered to my master 50. crowns for my ransom, but my master utterly refused it, than the Merchant rose higher, and gave him the sum of sixscore crowns and upwards, and so I was ransomed and set at liberty.  
Now I began (having a Moor in my company for my conductor) to inquire after my companions, whom I found in the Castle, and in several private houses, whom they scarce ever suffered to come abroad, especially the fairest and youngest, whose bodies they abused with their Sodomy. I having with much difficulty obtained to see them, took my leave of them and went to the Merchant, acquainting him how I had been with my companions, and entreating if he could possibly he would ransom them, who made great demur for the present, not knowing them, and beside they being so many in number, that their ransom would amount to a far greater sum of money than he could well disburse, whereupon I persuaded him that it would be an exceeding charitable deed, and no less available unto him, their Fathers and friends being men of great fashion in England.  
So then at last the Merchant partly resolved to redeem them, went to visit them, but most of their masters would not part with them upon any terms, which the Merchant perceiving, betook himself to the Governor of the Castle who was his very great friend, and presenting him with a diamond ring of 600. crowns price, procuring the Governor to buy them for himself, who did it, and gave for them, some 30. pound, some 40. pound a piece.  
Which done, he delivered them up to the Merchant, which the Moors their said masters understanding, came in great rage and took them out of the Merchant's house where we were altogether expecting to be embarked the next wind for Spain, but one of their masters saying I was the occasion they were like to lose their slaves, drew his Cemiter upon me to kill me, but I betook myself to my heels, and took sanctuary in the Governor's house, whom when I had informed how the case stood, came out with his guard and protected me, and took my companions from their masters again, and put us all in a house near his own, with a guard of 12 musketeers to defend us till such time as the Merchant's ship was ready for Spain.  
Hereupon the Moors their masters were further enraged, and having complotted together, said they would have them to be gelded, and to be sent for eunuchs as a present to the King of Marruecoes to attend upon his 300. wives, so they went to the Governor and declared this their mind unto him, the Governor was much perplexed, not daring to deny any thing which was for his King.  
Whereupon the Governor not knowing any other way to prevail, entreated them that they would not do so, and that upon a greater occasion they should command him greater matters, and so with persuasions and good words he obtained his will, and we being freed from all danger, and the Merchant ready to depart for Spain, one of the aforesaid Moors presented him with a poisoned tart, to the end he dying therewith, they might recover all their slaves. But as it pleased God this poison wrought not with him for a day and a half, for after dinner he took his leave of the Governor being as yet found, and the Governor brought him on shipboard, taking us 12. along with him, where departing, we all gave him most humble and hearty thanks, as the sole instrument of our most happy delivery. And thence having hoist up sails we went on our voyage, and scarcely having sailed the space of half an hour, the Merchant began to wax wonderful sick, and to rave, and withal to complain of the dart, which the master of the ship seeing, turned his course to Mammora, a town now belonging to Spain, eight leagues from Salley, where anchoring that night, we expected the morning tied to enter the Port, the morning tied being come we carried our Merchant on shore, and I being about to lay him on a bed, he presently expired in mine arms, not making any will or disposing of his goods: Next day he was buried with all honour the Governor of the Town and Soldiers could exhibit, we 12. carrying torches before his corpse to the Church, sang the requiem and dirges of the dead, and the Priest celebrated mass for his soul.  
Which Ceremonies ended we returned to our ships, and being ready to depart with the next morning tide, there drew towards Mammora, the Moor whom they call the Saint of Salley, with 30000. other Alarabes, and assaulted it with such fury and shouting, as if heaven and earth were come together, then making their onset were valiantly repulsed, the town being assisted with 150 Mariners, and Passengers out of our ship and pinnaces, but especially by two French Gunners who never let fly in vain, the Spanish Gunners missing for the most part.  
Thus a great part of the Moors being slain, the rest fled with their St. back again to Salley.  
And we two days after departing the town, continued our course for Cales, but drawing near the City of Alarache, we were chased by three men of war of Argier, so that we were forced to take shelter under the Castle of Alarache, where I and another of my companions got on shore, unwilling to venture any further in the ship, but finding there a lighter boat of the Governor's ready for Cales, we embarked our selves therein, being accompanied with one Captain and a Dominican Friar, and when we were near Cales the Friar began to tell the Captain of the best Courtesans in the town, but in the midst of his story he perceived a Turkish Bark making towards us, which broke off his discourse, and drove him to mumble over his mouldy beads, and say his Breviary, and office to the Virgin Mary. But having gotten on the Spanish shore, told what was behind of his former discourse.  
Here I departing with my other companion, went to St. Lucas which was three leagues off to my Uncle's house, where I was received and entertained with no little joy; where also ten days after, the rest of our company arrived, with whom being furnished for my journey accompanied them to their College in Seville, whence taking my leave I left them, being not willing to taste any more of their discipline, and wishing them withal to take order to satisfy the Merchant's daughter, having already done it for me.  
The Rector made answer for them to me, that he would take that to his charge.  
And so I went to the Court of Madrid to visit my Parents and friends who knew not what was become of me, where being entertained with no small joy, I opened to my Father the misery I had suffered and acquainted him with the jesuits' practices at S. Omers, and the reasons wherefore I left them; this my Father hearing, grew into dislike with the Jesuits, but especially when he understood that the Rector of the College at Seville had cheated the Merchant's daughter whose father lost his life in ransoming their scholars, which cheat was contrived on this manner. The Jesuits of Seville having been informed that the Merchant disbursed not ready money for their ransom, but was to pay it at his return, now (he not returning) they affirmed that they thought in conscience they were out of debt for the matter, never considering that the Merchant had left his warehouse fraught with the value of 10000 crowns behind, which their deceit his daughter now seeing sued them in the law, but the Jesuits so possessed the judges that they overthrew her in the cause, so that now she was left destitute of Father and goods, the foresaid Moors & Jesuits being trebly paid.  
Now the Jesuits wrote to England to their friends for their ransoms, which being speedily sent, they enjoyed themselves.  
Moreover they made a Tragicall-Comedy of our voyage, whereby they got much money and honour, whereupon all people admired God's providence, and our delivery out of such manifest dangers, which the Jesuits ascribed only to their protector S. Ignatius we being their scholars, and thereupon they collected no small sums of money, which they pretended was to pay for our ransoming. 
All are there living, s●ing only Conniers who died upon his arrival at Seville thorough the misery he endured.   
And now they keep these scholars in the College studying until such time which is about 2 years hence, when they shallbe ordained Priests and Jesuits to be sent to convert their Country.   

CHAP. VI  
This sixth Chapter contains divers▪ remarkable things touching the Jesuits and Monks, and also the death of his Father in Madrid, where after his voyage he lived two years, until his Catholic Majesty nominated him his Captain for Flanders.  
IN the year 1623. I arrived at Madrid as aforesaid, where I resided with my Parents living in peace and tranquillity, until such times as there came to Madrid, that magnanimous and virtuous Prince Charles Prince of Wales, now King of great Britain, whose voyage procured the wonder of the world, the like being never heard or read of; but leaving the description thereof to more skilful pens than mine own, I return to my intended subject. First then the Jesuits perceiving what final accounts I made of returning unto them, gave me over for a castaway, and sought by all means they could to disgrace me to my parents and friends, but I being afore acquainted with their dealings, kept me out of their clutches. Now the Earl of Carlisle the Lord Hayes by name, arrived at Madrid, took me from my Father and made me his interpreter for the time of his abode in Spain, and after his departure I passed my time to and fro in divers English gentlemen's company, still expecting the conclusion of the match between England and Spain, and hoping thereby to be admitted into the service of Donna Maria the Infanta whom my Father had tutoured in the English tongue, and had also the promise of all courtesies she could possibly do him, and thus passing my time, I fell into acquaintance with Mr. Francis Browne son & heir to the Viscount Montague, and Mr. Henry Barty, the now Lord of Lindseys' brother, one Mr. Anthony Inglefield the foresaid Mr. Brownes cousin german and Earl of Bristols Page. This Mr. Browne had a Benedictine Monk to his Tutor whose name was Friar Bennet, alias Smith, who through the advice of another Benedictine Monk one Father Boniface, took him out of the Earl of Bristols house, and put him to a Priest's house in Madrid to be tutoured and brought up in learning, telling him that it was very absurd that such a Gentleman's son as he was should be Page, and that especially in Spain.  
But their intent was to make him one of their own order, and so get his means away from him, for they enjoined the Priest to look to him very narrowly, and not suffer him to go abroad, without either going himself, or else sending a faithful companion along with him, and that upon Sundays and Holidays he should bring him along with him to his cousin's house to dinner, where I meeting afterwards with him, and growing intimate with him and his cousin, they complained to me what severity the Monks exercised upon them, but especially upon Mr. Inglefield, enticing him daily to take their habit upon him, saying, that there was not such an order to be found in the whole world beside, and that he should be admitted into the company of any Duke or Prince, and moreover reckoning up how many Popes had been of their Order and the like. As for Mr, Browne they kept him in so close, that he rather lived the life of a Monk then a Courtier, for they made him every day to meditate upon death, and the danger of living in the world, thinking thereby to draw him to their Order, at least to be well affected thereunto. Likewise they made him say the office of our Lady, and their grand Priests breviary, and so at length they got such a hand over him, that they made him oft times go on foot whilst they road about juncketting in his coach; but now leaving the Monks awhile, let us come to the Jesuits and Austen Friars.  
First how the Jesuits went about to seduce to them one Mr. Henry chaloner, son to Sir Thomas chaloner, late Tutor to Prince Henry: this young Gentleman not contenting himself with the bare knowledge of Arts, and liberal sciences at home, but desiring likewise to be more really and experimentally informed by visiting foreign parts, embarked himself at Dover for S. Lucas in Spain▪ where being arrived taken his way by Seville to Madrid, and at Seville he went to the College of English Jesuits to see the discipline and government thereof, and the Jesuits seeing him to be but tender of years, made full account to draw him to their Orders by their flattering words and enticements, telling him as yet he was in a great error, that it were his best course to admit of the Roman Catholic faith without which there is no salvation; but he demeaned himself so discreetly that they could not possible work him over with all their enticements. Hereupon seeing they could not prevail by their arguments and enticements the kept him in their College perforce, where considering in what straight he now was, contrived the means of his liberty after this manner: he told them that he had a brother a near retainer to his Highness of Wales, who had sent for him to prefer him to his service, which the Jesuits hearing dismised him speedily, for fear they should incur some great displeasure. And so taking his leave he took his journey for Madrid, where by the way he met with a certain Austin Friar, which was then travailing for Madrid, whose company he enjoyed to the foresaid Madrid, but on the way the Friar well observing the comeliness and ingenious looks grew forthwith enamoured with him, insomuch that he desired to be his bed fellow, and in condition thereof he promised him a night's lodging with his sister, who for her beauty was then paralleled but by very few in all Spain, but this young Genrleman not giving way to his requests, as exceeding the bounds of reason and modesty, left the Friar much perplexed in his unnatural desires; when they came to Madrid, the Friar went to his Covent, and this young Gentleman to the Court, where he was entertained by his Highness, who gave charge to his Secretary that he should want for nothing, telling him that his Father had been a second Father to his brother whose godson he was; thus passing his time at the Court under the Prince's protection and care, was here also as before at the Seville College assaulted by one Father Foster, but he put him off as the rest. A little after he returning into England with his Highness, now my Father continued in his tutorship of the Infant until he fell sick and died, November the last, 1623. the chief occasion of his death being this: the Jesuits and their dependants seeing that he consulted not with them as in times past, for finding himself wonderfully mistaken in them and their religion, said it was high time for him to look to his own soul, and yet he doubted not if it pleased God but he would save one. Whereupon the Jesuits endeavouring by all possible means to exauthorize him under hand, informing the Infanta that his disease the cough of the lungs might prove infectious to her person; upon this she sent her Physicians to visit him, and they finding it otherwise, she continued him in her service.  
But a little after he being advertised by his friends of the Jesuits plots and information against him, and seeing also the same himself, went home, and after the eight days space with sickness and discontent he died, leaving his place to one Father Boniface, in whose Church he was buried, his body being accompanied by the Earl Gondamor and other Nobles of the Court, and all the servants of the Infanta, with many other English Gentlemen, as Mr. Barty, Mr. Browne, Sr. Edward Bainham, Mr. Inglefield and others; the dirges and requiems and other ceremonies ended, my brother and I went to kiss the Infantas and Don Olivares his hands, who most graciously received us, and procured us our Father's pension.  
This past, I lived at Madrid at my mother's house 7 or 8 months, in which I continued my former friendship with M Browne, and M. Inglefield, but especially with M. Inglefield, who told me again how vehemently he was urged and importuned to turn Monk, whereupon I dissuaded him from it, which Father Boniface smelling out, gave order to his tutor to refrain my company, which M. Inglefield took so grievously, that on the sunday following when his tutor was saying Mass at the high altar, got from him, and came to me where I entertained him with all respect and courtesy. But Father Boniface understanding where he was, came to him, and persuaded him to return to his tutor, but seeing he could not prevail by persuasions, thought to do it by threats; but all in vain, for the young Gentleman was resolved rather to dye then to turn Monk, which Father Boniface seeing returned to his Covent as wise as he came.  
A little while after, he counselled Mr. Bennet the aforesaid Mr. Brownes tutor, to convey him to Rome, which he did, and entreated Sr. Griffin Markam, and Sr. William Stanley who then lived at the Court, and with whom I daily kept company, to persuade me to follow the wars, supposing thereby in my absence to regain Master Inglefield with their persuasions: I presently gave ear, and having got audience of his Majesty, I entreated him for a commission and patent for a land company in Flanders, which his Majesty forthwith granted me, and withal gave me 200 crowns for my viaticum: so taking leave of my mother and friends, I took my journey for Flanders, but in the mean space, M. Inglefield received a letter from his Father, in which he enjoined him to return to the University of Douai in the Province of Artoais, where his younger brother was a Student, which foresaid University was but four leagues out of my way, and so we resolved to travail together, and a day before we departed, Father Francis Fosser came to visit us, and invited us to accompany him the next day to Vallidolid, it being but two leagues out of the way to Flanders, at whose request M. Inglefield and myself resolved to go with him, but especially for the great desire, we had to see the English College there; whereupon the next day we departed to Vallidolid, where after three days journey we arrived, and were invited forthwith after our arrivals by the Rector and other Fathers of the College to lodge with them, whose request we accepted of, staying with them that night at supper, and bedtime being come, they lodged M. Inglefield at one end of the College and myself at the other, telling us it was not a custom among them for two to lie together, whereupon I betook myself to my rest, and he to his: And I being in bed, the Sub-Rector and two of his scholars went to his Chamber, and after some conference had with him, they brought him certain junkets & sweet meats with the best wine in the town, telling him that if he would be pleased to stay with them in their College, he should have all the respect and honour which a Gentleman of his quality may challenge. Furthermore they showed him the sepulchre and monument of his great Uncle S. Francis Inglefield, sometimes privy Counsellor, & Master of the Wards to Queen Mary, and King Philip, who had also been buried in their College, and had been as they say one of their chief Benefactors, and for his sake they were bound to give him respect, and the best counsel they could: but he replied that he must with all hast make for Douai, sith his father had sent for him to come thither: on the next morning as soon as I rose I went to his Chamber, where he told me of all occurences and passages with the Jesuits the night past, which having done we resolved to depart after dinner, but the Rector, and Father Fosser, & Father ward the Sup-Rector, very earnestly besought us to stay with them two days longer, because they had a Lay brother john Hill alias Wood by name, who was there for Flanders, and would be for our company if we would stay so long for him, which we did. This Hill had been sometimes a Pirate, and Captain of a ship belonging to Sir Francis Mannering, who coming for England, Hill with drew himself, and fled to Leghorn in Italy, where giving all that he had got by Piracy to the Pope, and the general of the Jesuits for the remission of his sins, at last turned jesuit himself▪ whilst we expected the company of the said Hill, the Jesuits continued their banqueting and collations in M. Inglefields Chamber, but seeing at last how little they prevailed in their purposes dimist us, Hill going along with us, whom we found to be a crafty companion, and one who with his subtle artifice and skill laboured to entice Mr. Inglefield to St. Omers, which the better to effect, he sowed dissension betwixt us as we travailed to St. Sebastian's, where he went to the Jesuits Jesuits Residency▪ and we to an Inn in the town, but 
This residency the Jesuits got by cheating the Priest of the town about 6. years since.  the day following this brother Hill came to our lodging, and in my absence invited him to dine with him at the Residency, with whom he went, and after dinner the Jesuits persuaded him to leave my company, Hill having informed them how I had affronted him in the way, and besides that the way I resolved to take was very dangerous and chargeable, sith I was to go by land, and through many deserts in France, and the lands of Bordeaux; which arguments had so far forth prevailed with him, that had I not by a desperate search and enquiry by chance found him out, he had been gone by sea to St. Omers, with Hill, but when I met with him and asked him his resolution, he told me he would go by sea, urging me with the aforesaid reasons of the Jesuits, which I having forthwith confuted and cleared myself, we instantly resolved to take post▪ horses, and continue in our journey by land, and on the very same day we road to S. john Lucy in France, and Hill followed us, choosing rather to lose all the provision he had provided for sea, then to leave M. Inglefields company: so posting on through the desert of Bordeaux, finding myself clear from the danger of the inquisition, and falling into words with Brother Hill, they gave occasion of blows, at last after half an hours fight, being by M. Inglefield parted, who inclined to my side, the which brother Hill perceiving lost his labour in that he intended, reconciled him unto me, and that night in token of an humble reconciliation, supplied the place of an Oastler in pulling of my boots, so arriving at Bordeaux, being weary with riding Post, we agreed with the messenger to travel with him to Paris, giving him every man five pound apiece (the journey being 300. miles) to defray our charges, whence coming within four leagues of Orleans, some jests passing between M. Inglefield and a Frenchman, Hill persuaded M. Inglefield who did not understand the French tongue, that he was abused by the Frenchman, which gave him occasion to strike him over the face, whereupon the Frenchmen which were in company assaulted us, & had it not been for a Rocheleer we had been slain, who related unto him that he was misinformed by Brother Hill, which they considering, dry▪ basted brother Hill and left us. Afterwards coming to Orleans, Hill complained to the Jesuits in the French College of the seeming abuse offered unto him, upon which they pretending to be Christ's followers, persuaded him that if he took a blow on the right ear, he should turn the left also, where seeing himself so slighted in his complaint, railed extremely against them, not deeming them worthy to be covered with the robs of their disorderly Orders, and thinking them to be a disgrace to all others of that society. From thence continuing our journey till we came to Paris, calling him there to an account of the money which we delivered unto him being our purse-bearer, found his reckoning short by 7. pound, which he pretending to have lost, gave us reason to discard him; we travailing by ourselves from Paris to Douai, at which place leaving Mr. Inglefield with his brother, and Doctor 
Which discourse began by reason of their intemperate drinking of Muscadine, which was the incendiary of some quarrels the day before.  Kellison Precedent of the English College, I resolved from thence to Brussels, and so to Bredah, but being invited by M. Francis Fowler the night before I departed to the Caterers house, I found at supper, the L. S. son, M. P. S. and M. T. A. and M. W P. where supper ended, M. P. floating in his cups, began a* discourse concerning the casualties we are subject unto in this world, preferring the Order of a Franciscan before others. To whom I answered that on condition he would turn Friar, I would turn Monk, I being seconded by M. S. and M. Fowler, which their jest at last turned to earnest, whereupon M. P. disrobing himself of all his rich apparel, gave them to his Host Edmunds, who being potshotten and perceiving the Moon to shine bright through the windows, said with a loud voice, that the holy Ghost was descended, and opening his arms to receive it fell down backward and broke his pate, from thence being carried to his bed, we continued drinking to our new vocations till the day peeped out, at which time reeling to the Franciscan Monastery entered himself into their Order, they never examining the cause of this sudden vocation, being glad of such a prize, shaved his crown and invested him in their ornaments, M. S. and M. Fowler going to the Monks were admitted with the like joy at the same instant. But I taking my leave of them at the monastery door, said that I for my part was only in jest with them. But this being noised about the University, it came to Doctor Kellisons' ear, under whose charge these new Friars were, who sent for me, and said he much admired that such a thing should happen in my company, and if that they had intended religion they might have been secular Priests in his College, it being for them more profitable and honourable: I answered that I thought it impossible to govern the wills of other men, and supposed myself happy in keeping myself from the like shaving. Upon this answer the Doctor demanded of me in what case they were when they entered themselves, to whom I said they might thank their god Bacchus more than any thing else for their new orders, which he hearing took his leave of me and went to the Franciscans, accompanied with M. Bredley a Priest M. Parker's cousin. So I leaving the University went to Brussels, and from thence to Bradah: but Bradley being denied entrance by the Friar, who said it was against their Orders for any one to speak with any of their Novices, * leapt over the Garden 
For so they term all the first year.  wall, & got under his Cousin's window, calling & saying unto him, Cousin, Cousin, consider I pray that you have taken a religious Order without knowledge of mother, brother, or kindred, and that your vocation is not good, being undertaken in a hot brain His Cousin hearing this & being counselled by the Friars, he opened his window and said, discedito à me Satan. Six days after being in a better temper, perceiving his own folly, desired to depart from thence, which he did with great difficulty, for he was persuaded by the Friar, that if ever he departed from them, being entered, he lost the salvation of his soul. To whom he answered that he intended this journey for England to receive his portion; and taking leave of his friends to return again. Upon which promise they suffered him to depart. Thence coming into England, was received of his friends, and not suffered to return, only sent a sum of money to maintain their Covent. The Friars perceiving that he should never return, preached against his Cousin B. and other Priests for dissuading him from his return. But concerning M. S. and M. Fowler, who were entered into the Benedictine monastery, whose example encouraged M. Alex. Why, and M. Edward More to follow them. But the Monks being more subtle than the Friars, used these men with all the courtesy they could, that they might induce their Order. After these kindnesses they bore a more rough hand over them, and amongst the rest Doctor Radisend their Precedent, upon slight occasion enjoined these Gentlemen to penance, which was, that they should prostrate themselves at the inward Chapel door whilst the rest of the Monks came in and sang Vespers. Whereupon some of the braver sort to show their authority, would tread somewhat hard upon them, and their long lying on the ground, with their hard pressing, caused them to let fly backward, insomuch that the sent compelled the Friars to depart the Chapel. A while after these Gentlemen perceiving their hard usage, departed their monastery, resolving for England, although they had promised (desiring to be freed from their bondage) to make aspeedy return, which they never performed to this hour.   

CHAP. VII.  
This Chapter containeth the state and demeanour of the English Fugitives under the King of Spain his Dominions and else where, with a Catalogue of the Colleges and Monasteries belonging to our English Jesuits, Monks, and Seminary Priests beyond the Seas.  
But gentle Reader, give me leave a little to digress, and reckon up unto you the state of our English Fugitives in the Court of Spain, and first and foremost S. Anthony Shurley, who styles himself Earl of the sacred Roman Empire, and hath from his Catholic Majesty a pension of 2000 ducats per annum, all which in respect of his prodigality is as much as nothing. This S. Anthony Shurley is a great plotter and projector in matters of State, and undertakes by sea-stratagems to invade and ruinate his native Country, a just treatise of whose passages would take up a whole volume.  
Next unto him there is one Sir Edward Bainham, who was a grand complotter of the Gunpowder treason, and an agent for all the rest to Flanders, Rome, and Spain, at which place he lived for four or five years in great reputation and esteem. In Spain he grew familiar with Creswell, but the Gunpowder treason taking no effect, they forthwith fell to difference, and having spent 12000 pounds sterling which he carried out of England with him, he fell into great misery wherein he lives to this day, and (because his plot failed) he is neither countenanced by his Catholic Majesty, nor by the Jesuits who seduced him. I being in his company at Madrid, and telling him of Creswels' death, he made answer that he hoped he was in the deepest pit of hell, having been the occasion of his ruin, with many others.  
Likewise there is one M. john Persall, who is a mere formalist, and hath for his pension of his Catholic Majesty 20 crowns a month; but were it not for Don Duarte brother to the Duke of Braganza, who relieves him now and then, he might starve with hunger notwithstanding his pension.  
There is also one M. William Sadler, who hath 
These pensions are but only as a bait to allure others: for they are seldom or never paid.  40 crowns monthly pension from his Catholic Majesty, who nevertheless were it not for his wife's sake he might keep lent all the year long, for she with her daughter brings him gold and silver without going to the Indies. Moreover there is one M. Henry Butler, which teacheth his Catholic Majesty to play on the Viol, a man very fantastical, but one who hath his pension truly paid him for his finger's sake. Also there is one M. Burton who lives by his wits. Also there is one mistress Mary Monpeople who lives by trading.  
Again, there is one M. Anthony Pinto, sometimes a servant to Creswell, who seeing how ill the English Fugitives were treated, discarded the name of an English man, and now passeth for a Spaniard, and thereby liveth far better than the rest, being one no less subtle than his master: thus much for the English secular Fugitives of note at Madrid.  
But now let us come to the Clerks and religious men. First, to the English Jesuits whose Agent and Procurator general is Father North, one for policy, very subtle and dangerous. This North was created D. D. in Paris, and was sometimes Vicepresident of the College of Douai, and afterwards turned jesuit. Agent and Procurator general for the English Monks, is one Father Boniface, a very crafty fox, and a Smith's son in Redding, he is so ambitious and haughty, that he will not acknowledge his parentage, but gives out he is some great Gentleman's Son. As for the secular Priests they have one Missenden for their Procurator general, a simple fellow, but wonderfully malicious. Now touching those of the Scottish Nation which reside in the Court of Spain, there is none of account but Colonel Simple, who betrayed a town in Holland to the Spaniards some 30 years since, and received 25000 crowns for requital of his treachery, and now living in Spain, hath lately begun a foundation of a Scottish Seminary, the Perfect or Rector whereof, he intendeth to make his base son Hugh Simple, whom he hath trained up in the Spanish Jesuits Seminaries, one who may prove as treacherous a companion as ever was his father. For his Majesty now of England, being in the Court of Spain, he gave up divers petitions & advertisements to the King and Counsel of Spain that they should not conclude any match with England, unless there should be erected in each University under our King his Dominions a College of Jesuits for the training up of youth in the Roman faith and doctrine, and to show himself the more zealous, printed these said advertisements with his name subscribed, and delivered them to his friends of the Court. As for the Irish Fugitives, there are more of them then of any other, the street wherein they lodge is by the Spaniards termed the lousy street, and as for their quality, save these that follow: First, he that pretends to be Bishop of Aramath, and Dublin, than the Earl of Beere-haven, with two or three more of the King his Pages, all the rest are mere cheaters and vagabonds. The said Bishop and Earl are Agents for Tyron and Terconwell, who live in Flanders in the Archdutchesses' Court, and from them to other Papists in Ireland, they daily importune his Catholic Majesty & his Counsel to invade the said Kingdom with an army, not doubting but it shall be delivered up into his hands, from which their solicitation they could not forbear even when our King was in Spain. And thus much for the English, Scottish, and Irish Fugitives which are at this present resident in the Court of Spain. Now for the Colleges & Seminaries of the Jesuits, Monks, and Friars, and other Seminary Priests, I remit the Reader to Lewis Owen his running Register in the public Library at Oxford, of which he may at large see which I will here but name; as the College at Vallidolid, and that at Seville, and the Residence at Madrid, and another at St. Lucas, another at Lisbon, of which a secular Priest, one Numan by name is the head, who is now in suit with the Jesuits about the propriety thereof, but especially because there is one Don Pedro Cotinio a Portugal Gentleman, who was once governor of Baia in Brasill, who by reason of his great corruption and unlawful gifts he received there at his return from Spain, fearing lest he should be examined by his Majesty how he came by these great riches, he had to bring the world into a good conceit of him professed that he would build a College for the education of 100 English youths, which after they had been trained up there, might return to their Country and convert many to the Roman obedience, of which College he promised the said Numan to be head, and likewise he made the same promise to the English Jesuits, that one of them should be head, if his Holiness would approve thereof, and hereupon engaged them so deep in the Law, that 20 years' trial will scarce end their controversy, he in the mean time derideth both parties, having no intention at all to perform what he hath promised.  
But nevertheless one Haruy a secular Priest, Numans' Agent here in England for the getting over of youth, persuadeth the Catholics and their Bishop of Chalcedon, that without doubt Father Numan will overthrow the Jesuits. As for any Scottish College or Seminary there is none, saving that which Colonel Simple is beginning in Madrid. As for the Irish they have three, one in Salamanca, another in Seville, and a third in Lisbon. As for English Nunneries, there is only one which is at Lisbon, whereof you may read more at large in Robinson, and thus much for Spain.  
As for English Fugitives in Italy, there are very few. At Milan there resideth Sir Thomas Stukley, who hath 100 crowns a month pension from the King of Spain. This Stukley is a grand traitor, and enemy to his Country, and were it not for the Duke of Feria, who entertaineth him at his own table, he might long since have rode back to Madrid on an Ass as he came.  
Likewise there is one Webb, a retainer to the King of Spain, who liveth wonderful poorly. As for the City of Florence, there liveth Sir Robert Dudley, who styleth himself Duke of Northumberland, who left England because he could not be suffered to enjoy a second wife, his first wife then surviving. This Dudley now enjoyeth his second wife by a dispensation from his Holiness, and is in great esteem with the Duke of Florence, in regard of his Art in contriving and fabricating of ships, and Galleys; and hath obtained of the Emperor to be declared Duke of Northumberland, who hath given him the title already, and the land when he can catch it.  
Now let us come to Rome, where of all places of Italy we have but one English College, (besides the residence of the English jesuitrices, who spoke Latin to his Holiness, to the end that he should confirm their Order, and their sufficiency (though women) for preaching the Gospel to all Nations, even to Turks and Infidels, mentioned in my third Chapter,) whereof Father Fitz Herbert is the Rector, who had been before a pensiuner, and spy to the King of Spain in France, and his service being past, and his pension failing him, out of pure necessity he and his man were constrained to turn Jesuits, or else starve. And he being a worthy scholar and a great politician, was very welcome to that Order. But to come from Italy to Flanders, our English Fugitives living there, are as follow: Sir William Stanley, who betrayed Deventre a town in Holland to the Spaniards, this Knight laments now his misfortunes, and says he hath outlived his friends, and in the year 1624. he was constrained to go to Spain in his old age, having now seen 95 years, and there to go Cap in hand to all the privy Counsellors, to crave his pension which had not been paid him in six years before. And after he had spent 3 months in petitioning them, they granted him 10000 crowns, and the title of an Earl to sell, or bestow on whom he pleased; and thus he returned to Flanders leaving his money in the hands of a Spanish jesuit Father Antonio Vasques by name, who promised to return it for him by a bill of Exchange, but never did it to this day. Whereupon seeing himself thus cozened in his old age, turned Carthusian at Austend, and gave the Carthusians there his Plate, and that little money which he had, where I have heard him often complain of the Jesuits, and say he was heartily sorry to find them such knaves, and that if his Majesty of great Britain would grant him pardon, and leave to live the rest of his days in Eancashire with beef and bag-pudding, he should deem himself one of the happiest in the world; but this could never be obtained of his aforesaid Majesty he having been so great and notorious a traitor.  
Likewise there is one Nevil, who styles himself Earl of Westmoreland, but his Earldom many times will scarce furnish him with a dinner, 
This Nevil's first wife is yet living in London.  and were it not for his * second wife who playeth the she Physician in the Archdutches Court, he might be put oft times to narrower shifts, notwithstanding his 100 crowns pension a month.  
There is also one Sir Thomas Liege, who notwithstanding his 40 crowns pension a month in the Castle of Antwerp, for a man of his fashion his wife and children live in a very mean estate.  
Amongst all these Sir Griffin Markham hath gone the best way to raise his fortunes; having got into favour with the Duke of Nuburge who gives him the surest pension of all. This Sir Griffin Markham at his first arrival at Brussels being kept under by the Jesuits, was driven to such an exigency that he was constrained to pluck out the inlaid silver of the hilts of his sword, to buy flower to make an hasty pudding for his dinner. There also is one M. Ward, who notwithstanding the pension of 40 crowns monthly, lives in great want. Mr. Young likewise having like allowance, and sharing in the same misery. Besides Mr. Parsons, brother to the grand jesuit of that name now dead, is in no better condition.  
There is also one Gabriel Coltford, a notable spy and traitor, both to his King and Country, who with his companion Clifford, is more noxious to our Kingdom then 100 others, who is of indifferent estate, but of a mind far above.  
There is also one M▪ Versteagan, who did not his wife keep up his credit might be yoked with the rest.  
And now we are come to the regiment which the L. V. and S. E. P. conveyed for the Archduchesse service. This L. V. after his arrival, sent a cousin of his, one Captain B. into Spain, hoping of some great reward answerable to his expectation, which was a chain of gold from his Catholic Majesty, valued at 400 crowns, which my L. refused having been at 5000. pound charge in that service. Three of his Captains which were Sir R. H. Sir E. E. and C. T. & C. S. a little before had a like recompense, they being cassierd, and the soldiers mixed with other companies, who having disbursed in the conduct of the Soldiers 3000 crowns, not 1000 returned to them again. Whereupon my L. V. upon distaste herein left the service being minded for England, leaving Sir E. P. Colonel in his room, who after the siege of Bredah being ended, was alike rejected, & his regiment being reform into one company, was given to Captain Rhisby, once Sergeiant Mayor to the same regiment. And a while after, Sir E. P. and most of the Captains were purposed for England; as Sir W. T. Captain B. Captain B. Captain L. Captain V. Captain L. Captain M. and Captain W. with their Auditor C. all these are returned to England with the ruin of their states and fortunes; and those that continued taken their pay of reformed Captains, which were Bennington, Gage, Shawe, and Sir E. E. the Scottish regiment which was under the conduct of the E. of A. was likewise reform, whereupon Sir * W. E. Sergeiant Mayor to the said regiment, 
A great person, who if he had been employed at his return would have proved the glory of this Nation.  upon discontent thereof, departed and came for England. Sir I. H. Captain B. and Captain H. following him, the remainder of the regiment reform into one company, and given to Sir james Creeton, there being behind Captain Lucy, and Captain Mannington, with divers other Scottish Captains. And the said E. of A. having had a promise of his Catholic Majesty to be one of the most Noble Order of the Golden fleece, in expectation thereof, and other honours, continued there until the year 1628. but seeing how his pension and hopes failed him, he returned for England.  
There remain also at Brussels one Lerde Littleton, who notwithstanding his father's services to the Pope, and his 40. crowns a month pension, is in the same predicament with the rest.  
Now for the Irish, as Tyron and Terconnell, they have some pittance allowed them, and especially Tyron; who hath a regiment of three thousand Irish under him; wherewith he projecteth with supply from Spain, to invade and surprise Ireland. And thus far of our secular Fugitives.  
Now take a Catalogue of the Monasteries, Seminaries, and Nunneries in Flanders: First, at Brussels, there is a Nunnery of English Nuns, of the Order of S. Benedict, the Abbatisse whereof is the now Lord Northumberland his sister, and hath under her tuition some 60 English Damsels. The ghostly Fathers that are overseers of this monastery, are two English Jesuits, Father Gardiner, and Father Walgrave alias Flower, who are likewise Agents for the Jesuits in England, and intelligencers for the Archduchesse.  
There is beside another Nunnery of the third Order of St. Francis, which is governed by one Father Bell a Friar of the same Order: and another at Cambray of the Order of St. Benedict, which is governed by two Monks of the same Order, as Father Leander, Father Rudessend. Another at Louvain and Gaunt, which are likewise governed by the Jesuits, another at Gravelling of poor Clares, governed by the Jesuits, as also are the Residencies of the Jesuits, that are at St. Omers, Liege, and Colen.  
There is also a monastery of the English poor Terresians at Antwerp, governed by one Doctor Wright a secular Priest, all which foresaid Nunneries of them contain at least 40. or 50. Damsels which are most of them gentlemen's daughters of very great fashion in England, and the rest some Chambermaids which having been by the Jesuits well rigged of their maidenhead, and something old, are sent over to these or such like places to do penance for their sins in a Nunnery, where it is much doubted that they continue nevertheless in their old courses, & entice likewise the young Dames to the same.  
For not many years since, one Ward a secular Priest, and Chaplain to the English Nunnery at Brussels, falling in League with some of them, got from them about three or four hundred pounds worth of jewels and diamonds, which the Jesuits smelling out, turned him out of his place; telling him that he had used juggling and dishonest means to come by that which he had gotten from the Monastery: And in the year 1625. there arose the like difference between Dr. Clement, Deane of S. Trigoules at Brussels, and Vicar general of the armies of his Catholic Majesty, and Father james Harford Chaplain to a Company. Doctor Clement accused Father Harford of dishonesty with another man's wife, and Harford accused him for being dishonest with his own Niece, and for a glutton and uncharitable man, saying he had seen him disgorge his stomach of whole Capons legs at once; whereupon Father Ramyre's Canon of St. Trigonles, one guilty in the same kind, reconciled them for fear of further scandal.  
But to come from their Nunneries to their Colleges, as first to S. Omers, which I have fully deciphered in my third Chapter: next that at Douai, whereof Dr. Kellison is Precedent: next that Monastery of Benedictine Monks, of which Father Rudessend is the Precedent, with whom Sir Herbert Crafts leads a Monastical life. There is also a Monastery of English Franciscan Friars, besides two more Colleges, the one consisting of Irish, the other of Scottish men. To these the Jesuits have a College at Watton, not far distant from S. Omers, which they call their Noviship for the nurturing of their young Jesuits, Father Benefield being Rector thereof. Another they have seated in Gaunt, which is entitled Casa professa. Another under the Prince of Liege, that was founded with those monies which were got from Mr. S. whereof in the second Chapter. The discipline they use in this College to their Novices, is in teaching. Philosophy and Divinity, Father Shirley being their Rector. As for your Monks, they have beside these, three monasteries; one in Paris in the Suburbs of S. German, whereof Father Bernard alias Berington is Prior; this was he that imprisoned Barns that famous Monk, who was coming for England, who is likewise the greatest intelligencer to the Spanish Ambassador against our State. The other two Monasteries are situated one at S. Mallows in Britain, and the other at Nausey in Lorane. Concerning your secular Priests, they have one College in Paris, by the name of Arras College.  
As for your English Fugitives, it is with them as followeth. First, at Rheims lives Dr. Gifford Primate of France, and Archbishop of Rheims, the Duke of Gwies reserving all the revenues thereof for his own Kitchen, deducting only to the Archbishop 2000 pound annually. At Paris lives Dr. Bradshaw, Dr. Mailer, and M. Fosser, a secular Gentleman; who at the Queen's coming to England was advocate to her Majesty in the behalf of the Catholics in this Land; but he having understood, that intelligence was given to the Archbishop's Grace of Canterbury concerning his carriage, he retired to France with all expedition, where failing of these large promises formerly made to him, lives in misery and extreme poverty.  
By this may be discerned the number of our English Fugitives, with their Colleges, Nunneries, and Monasteries beyond the seas, which yearly draw out of our Land 100 at least of young Gentlemen, and Gentlewomen, who although they pretend conscience, and want of charity here, the occasion of their departure, yet none (I dare say) in the world, they being gone over, more envious and hard hearted then they themselves each to other. As your private Gentlemen Fugitives hunt after advancement by disparaging others of their own rank; your Priests disparage the Jesuits; the Jesuits the Priests; the Priests again the Monks; the Monks the Friars, and the Jesuits all. Insomuch that if you visit any of them, your entertainment shall be scarce any thing, save their upbraid, and exclamations against one another's monasteries and private persons: so that it would be no small pains for a man, so long to travail amongst them, until he might find three persons to speak well each of other: this being a fault so common amongst them, that they are noted among all Nations whatsoever with whom they converse. Others there are whose most earnest expectation and heartiest desire is, the ruin and utter destruction of their own native Country, which is the issue of their departure, and accordingly God doth prosper them, laying on them the like punishment he inflicted on the jews, by dispersing of them through many Nations, and giving them up to dissension among themselves, and living in great want and misery.   

CHAP. VIII.  
This eight Chapter contains the cause why he left the service of his Catholic Majesty and came for England, and returned to the bosom of his true mother the Church of England, and the injuries and adventures he suffered in France, till he arrived the English shores.  
FIrst, though a child and having not as yet attained the years of discretion, I was still (as all men are by a natural inclination) well affected towards my native soil; which the Jesuits collecting from me, pressed me, and declared daily to me how much I was obliged unto God for delivering me out of the bondage of error and heresy in my very infancy, and dissuaded me withal from conversing with any of my native Country which were not of the Church of Rome, upon pain of being anathematised, and rejected out of the same holy Catholic Church. And when they heard of the decease of my grandfather and other kindred, they charged me not to wish a requiem to their souls because they were heretics, and so consequently are damned in hell, and commanded me to pray to the Virgin Mary, and all the Saints in heaven for the rest of my surviving friends, that they might at length become Proselytes to the Roman faith and obedience.  
When I came to be 18 years of age or there about, I undertook in secret to read and peruse the sacred scriptures, and being curious to know the grounds of the differences between the Protestants & ourselves, as of those: of the Pope's supremacy, the real presence of Christ in the holy Eucharist, the Indulgences, pardons, and profits of Purgatory, with the Pope's authority to depose and set up Kings, I began likewise to inquire into, and examine the lives and courses of our Jesuits and Priests, and moreover I superuised the letter of Dr. Hall and Mr. Bedell, which I found in my Father's study, and after I had conferred one thing with another, I found more resemblance and probability of the truth in the Protestants religion then in our own. Besides this, I never found any pregnant proof they had out of the Scriptures, that the Pope was the only head of the Church militant, or any good authentic argument for Purgatory, Indulgences, holy grains, Medals, and the like; as for the real presence, I could never obtain fully of myself to believe it. And as for the Pope's Bull, for which each person from seven years of age and upwards gives 12 pence to his Catholic Majesty, by virtue whereof he may eat * grossura, with eggs, milk, butter, cheese, 
This grossura, is the same with that we call gross meat.  and the like, on saturdays and such like days; I perceived it to be a mere policy and trick of the King to fill his coffers, the Pope giving him way, and partly sharing with him. Now touching their miracles they pretend to be daily done in Spain, Flanders, Italy, and other parts, (though inquisitive there about) yet I never could see any. And as for the holy Crucifix which is in the Suburbs of the City Burgus, which they show to great personages, as if it were Christ himself, telling them that his hair and nails do grow miraculously, which they cut and pair monthly, & give to Noblemen as holy relics, I judge it a thing incredible, & thereby all their pretended miracles to be but mere Impostures. 
King Charles by the Infantas entreaty visited this Nun when he was in Spain.  As likewise the grand miracle of * Hermana Luisa the Nun of Carrion, who for twenty years' space hath lived by the bare receipt of the host, which to believe I think argues a very sottish credulity, and infinite other miracles and relics which they have, I have found to be mere cheats and cozenages. As also their Masses for the dead, and delivering of souls out of Purgatory, by saying Masses for them on a privileged altar. Nay some of them make spells of their relics, as Peter Godsrey, that famous Priest 
Read at large hereof in the French●●agreall ●●agreall history.  of Marsels in France did, who was burnt not many years since for bewitching the principal Ladies of that Province; for instead of an Agnus dei, and other relics, he gave them enchantments, whereby they might fall in great love with him. Moreover I examined the cause why the Pope should beatisie Garnet, and Campian, 
Father Bently & Father F 〈…〉 n the one minister of the College, & the other one of the masters of the school.  with others, under the pretext of religion, and could find no reason but for the contrary, seeing the Jesuits confessed to myself, that the Legend of miracles of their Saints is for the most part false, but it was made for a good intention, and herein that it is lawful and meritorious to lie and write such things to that end the common people might with greater zeal serve God and his Saints, and that otherwise there would be no means to govern them, and especially to draw the women to good order, being by nature more facile and credulous, and for the most part addicted to novelties and miraculous events.  
Likewise it is their Doctrine, that it is a meritorious deed to kill or depo e any King or prince excommunicated by the Sea of Rome.  
Likewise, the discontent of my Father after his death, and his Letters to his Brother in England gave me to understand, that the Roman Faith was not the surest way to Salvation.  
Likewise, these most abominable dealings that are used at the Election of their Popes, being chosen for the most part by favour and moneys, their Predecessors being extinguished by Poison and villainous means, and for which effect the King of Spain hath Ambassadors continually employed at Rome, which Ambassadors do confer great largesses of annual pensions to inflame them to nominate him Pope whom 
Omnia voenalia Romae.  he pleaseth. The like doth the King of France by his Ambassadors, but the Spanish Indian Oil for the most part greaseth home to the purpose. For when the Spaniards saw the King of France to invade the Valtoline, the year 1624., that the Pope took his part as one of his creation, they began to cast out Libels, and set them upon the Pasquil of Rome, threatening the Pope with a sudden end if he did not recant, which he did, for fear that the Spanish Venom might not operate in his Stomach.  
Likewise, the detention of the Kingdom of Naples from the Pope confirmed me that the Spaniards were, and are little better than Atheists, only making use of the Pope for their own particular ambition and ends, as to confirm and establish him in unlawful Monarchies, and under colour of Religion to make Subjects become Slaves.  
Moreover, Charles the Fifth sacking Rome, and with his Army besieging the Pope in his Castle of S. Angelo, was to this particular end, to confirm him Emperor, and to colour and maintain all his unlawful usurpations.  
Likewise, it confirmed me in the Protestants Religion, to see how in Flanders and other parts, the Jesuits, Friars, and others, before they enter their Colleges, Monasteries, and other Religious Houses, to be Probationers only for a week or a month, their Friends, Parents, or others give them a good sum of money to spend in Alehouses, Taverns, and other profane Houses, for to take their farewell of the world. Of this I was an eye witness both at Antwerp and Douai.  
Likewise it confirmed me in the said Religion to see Protestants with whom I conversed to be so modest, religious, and honest, quite contrary to the report of the Jesuits which make them worse than Devils. All which I having well considered with myself, and also observing the cozenages and impostures of the jesuits, Priests and Monks in S. Omers, Douai, Flanders, Spain, France, and elsewhere, my Father being dead, and I at my own disposal, I came for England, where intending to declare myself a Protestant, was advertised by some great Personages of authority in this Kingdom, to keep my resolution to myself for a while, whereby I might discover the plots and stratagems of our adversaries, and so do my Country far greater service. Whereupon I strait made my repair to the Court of the Archduchesse, where being suspected as a Spy, and in great hazard of my life by the negligence of some who had employed me, I had forthwith been imprisoned had not Earl Gondamor interceded for me, who never could be persuaded that ever I would turn Protestant, being so long confirmed in the Romish Religion. But I would not let any occasion overslip me, but taking the best opportunity the time would then allot me, I directed my course for England, where after a quarter of a years abode, I was sent over to France, having there my residency at Paris, where I gave intelligence to some great Parsonages of this Kingdom, and 
At this very time one Smith nephew to the B B. of Chalcedon stayed two months in Paris to kill me.  sending Letters by my Man for England, he being bribed by some of our Land (whose names I will here spare) they were intercepted and delivered to a Sorbon Doctor, Doctor Matler by name, whom the Letters partly concerned. * This became an occasion of great afflictions unto me, for being by him discovered, my Pension from Spain was debarred me, and forthwith the Jesuits and Priests banded themselves against me, and caused my Oast to deliver me up to Prison for some moneys I owed him, where I suffered for six months space, and perceiving no order taken for my deliverance thence from England, and being also solicited & importuned by Letters from my Mother and other Friends out of Spain, and visited daily by one F ʳ Latham, 
Of this their visitation M. Gorstellow my fellow-prisoner was an eyewitness.  Dr Mailer, and at length by Francis Fosser who came from my Mother in Spain, who persuaded me to return unto Spain, and recant, and if I would not be for Spain, he would have me for Naples, Milan, or Sicily, where my former Pension should be continued unto me, and his Catholic Majesty would grant me a Company as before he did in Flanders, and would confirm unto me my Patent of Enfranchisement, so that I should enjoy all privilege that any Gentleman did there borne, which Letters and visitations I entertained until my Mother had paid my debts with my own Pension, and being freed out of Prison, I showed them a fair pair of heels, and instead of going towards Spain or Italy, I bended my course towards England, taking my journey towards Rouen and Deep in Normandy, being accompanied with Mr Thomas Gorstelow, Fellow of Corpus Christi in Oxford, and finding no Shipping either at Rouen or Deep, we bent our course for Calais, taking our journey by a Town called Arks or Arka, two Leagues distant from Deep, where lodging at an Inn in the furthermost part in the Town, at midnight the Oasts Nephew and other Soldiers whom we had courteously entertained at supper, being Billeted in the same lodging with us, and then bound for 
At this very time news came that the Duke had invaded the I'll of Ree.  Denmark, who smelling us out to be English, made us rise out of our beds, telling us, that their Captain sent them to take us as Spies sent to betray the Kingdom, and under this pretence about ten or twelve of them apprehended us with Staffs or Pistols, carrying us to a desolate Bridge betwixt our lodging and the Castle, and robbed us of our money, as for me they threw me over a Bridge into the water, where I hardly escaped drowning; for after I having once sunk under the water, I got up, and caught hold of a Willow twig, by which I saved myself and got on shore as wet as a drowned Rat, and sorely bruised with their knocks, I went early in the morning into Arks, complaining how hardly I had been used, but to no purpose, for I found none to pity me, and laying myself down under & Tailors stall in the Marketplace, I began to lament my misfortune, where having scarcely laid for the space of two hours, I descried Mr Thomas Gorstellow set out in a fair white canvas suit, adorned with no less than a thousand patches, when he had espied me, he drew towards me, and asked me how he looked in his new habit, without shirt or cloak, in an old greasy hat, with stockings correspondent, to whom I answered, that he looked like a Picheron, and withal I told him how I saved myself from drowning by laying hold on a willow twig, who made answer unto me, that he thought I had either undergone the mercy of the Sword or the water, and I thought the like misfortune had befell him, and questioning him about his escape, he declared unto me, how he had exhorted the Soldiers, and the aforesaid Oast his Nephew, from murdering of him, showing them how grand an offence it was to spill Christian blood, and that they should take all his clothes if they mistrusted he had hid any money in them, in the end he prevailed so far forth with them, as to save his life, but they stripped him stark naked, and carried him into a Wood, leaving him only an old hat, and withal pricking him forward with their Swords into the said Wood, where they left him all night wand'ring, in the morning not far from the Wood he lighted upon a Farmer's House, and having declared his case there, the Farmer's Daughter especially took great compassion on him, saying without doubt he was a Gentleman of a good House, which appeared by the cleanness of his skin and comely feature, and good carriage, and entreated her Father to bestow on him his old canvas suit, which he did, and afterwards he went with him to the Town called Arka, to complain to the Governor, where we met as is abovesaid, and we two going together to the Governor accompanied with our old Farmer, were answered by him, that he wished to God we were the last English men living, and that if we were worthy to be laid by the heels, he would do it, which when we heard, we departed very mute, not knowing whether to betake our selves, yet this good old Farmer vouchsafed to bring us out of the Town, telling us, he was ignorant of the wars betwixt England and France, and in the Streets told every one he met, if it had not been for him (pointing to my companion) he had been as naked as when he came out of his mother's womb. And amongst others, we met with a Sergeant of a Company, who hearing how we had been robbed by his Soldiers, discovered them by a hat they gave my companion, and commanded us to follow him to his Captain's lodging, which we did wondrous unwillingly, fearing lest we should have been laid by the heels. But when we came before him, having heard us, he sent for his Soldiers, and finding the truth, caused them to restore to my companion and me our clothes, but our money and papers there was no hope to recover, which much troubled my companion, who had lost a Notebook of great importance. The Captain than told us, that the English Nation was very unwelcome to the French, and yet we were in great hazard of our lives, but he having been a Travailor, was not unacquainted with the extremities of a Stranger, and so told us if we pleased to go along with him, he would convey us over to Denmark, from whence we might easily retire to our own Country. For which we gave him thanks, and resolved to go with him: but before we took our journey, he invited us to dinner at his own Table, and dinner ended we departed with him towards St Valery, but being on foot myself, soon tired, my Feet and Legs being sore bruised at my fall from the Bridge into the water, and being not able to continue, I was forced to leave my companion, and so giving unto him my Sword at our parting, I took my rest under a Hedge, but he kept on his journey to St Valery, and so to Denmark, where he served as a common Soldier for the space of four months, suffering great misery and want till he returned to England. And I returned after I had recovered myself to Deep, where I met with a Shallop bound for Calais, where after much entreaty, they took me in for God's sake, the next night we arrived at Calais about midnight, there we lodged in the Suburbs which they call the Corgene, at one Roberts his House, at the Sign of the Boot, where having scarcely rested half an hour's space, I fell in with a Master of an English Bark newly come from Dover, who had wharft over a hundred French which had been taken upon the Sea by the English, of whom I desired passage for Dover, which he offered most willingly, and money if I needed; whereupon having so good an opportunity offered, I began to be merry, drinking and discoursing with the said Master of the present news and occurrences, but such was my fate, that it pleased God to lay upon me great afflictions and miseries, which are as followeth. There were in the house 5 or 6 Papists, who were likewise the same time bound for England, which knew me, but being disguised, some in the habit of Merchants, others of swaggering travellers, I could hardly descry them, but they after they had well viewed me, began to consult among themselves what they had best do, for said they, if I went for England in the same ship, without doubt I should descry them, and besides that I intended no good for the Catholics in England, having forgone my pension and service to the King of Spain, & above all forsaken my Mother, Uncle, Brothers, and Sisters, and so resolved to accuse me upon pretence of being a Spy to the Duke of Buckingham, and that I was by him sent to betray the Kingdom, which resolved, they begun to doubt whether it were I or no, and therefore the tide serving, began to embark themselves, and I with them, where being together, I called two of them to mind, the one was named George Gage, who had half his nose eaten away with a Canker, and sometimes had been my school fellow at Saint Omers College, whom I had likewise known in the English College at Douai, from whence he then came, and brought with him a 
This book was written in Latin by Hermannus Hugo.  book entitled the siege of Bredah, translated out of Latin into English by his brother Captain Gage and himself, which was dedicated to the Duke of Buckingham. Another of them whom I knew, was one Edward Browne, who came from Amiens, and was Steward to master Shelton that lives there; of the other four as I was afterwards informed, three were Jesuits, and the other a Monk, whom when I knew I began to be perplexed, but too late, for Gage having heard my voice, said to the rest, certainly it is Wadsworth: then they stayed the Bark, and took their Host Robert with them, and went to the Captain of the Ports, informing him that I was an Arch-spye against their State and the like; whereupon he came presently unto me, and committed me to the custody of four soldiers armed with Houldbeards to be kept until the morning without alleging any other cause, but that I was an English man and had not the Governors passport to show. In the morning at the opening of the gates, they carried me to the Sergeant Mayor of the town, by name Buchero, who examining me what I was, had answer I was an English man, and that I went to see some friends I had in England; then he carried me to his house▪ where leaving me locked up in a Chamber for the space of an hour, came to me again, and brought me to the Governor's house, who refused to examine me, but commanded the Sergeant Mayor to carry me to the town prison: At entrance into the prison he told me that I should do well to confess the truth unto them▪ and reveal my employments, and that he well knew I was Buckingham's Spy for England, for which end I had received great sums of money to give intelligence and betray their kingdom, to which I answered, I never had any thing to do with the said Duke, but he told me I lied, and that I was accused by Angels, (meaning the Jesuits) and commanded me to be put in a cage, which was a kind of dungeon on the top of the prison, near the which stood the rack, and threatened me therewith if I confessed not the truth, but I always answered him that I was ignorant of what he questioned me, so he left me alone for the present, locked under seven doors, where I remained for the space of three days without meat or drink; at the end whereof they brought me a dish of tripes with a piece of bread and water, and afterwards I was freed from the Cage in the day time and had the liberty of the dungeon, they gave me a purse beside with a long cord to be put out at a hole to beg alms of passengers, not having any victuals given me, but what I bought with the money I got for God's sake, which God knows was very little: And likewise I had not liberty to go out of the room to do what nature requires. My bed was straw, which in ten months had been changed but thrice, without any covert at all. As for my shirt I never had any variety; as for my hair it grew wild and savage-like; and for my companions they were millions of lice and fleas, and in this woeful▪ plight I continued well nigh ten months, the aforesaid Gage with his companions being the cause thereof. And to augment my misery, Father Baldwin, with the rest of the English Jesuits in S. Omers, not only sent but came themselves to Calais to persuade the Governor for my continual restraint from liberty while my vital spirits should continue within me. Not much unlike did Dr. Kellison from Douai, and the Jesuits of England, who wrote letters to Calais, entreating the Governor to keep me fast. And that they might rest the more assured of my detention, they made one Hudson an English man who there lives their chief Agent against me, whom only for his wife's sake the Sergieant Maior of Calais, by name Buchero entertained.  
At length I perceiving that my life was the mark that they shot at, they having not long before through a mistake determined to have hanged me as one who had stole horses, had not the truth been discovered by one Carpenter the King of France his Advocate general, and one of the politest wits in the Kingdom for the Law, whose hap it was at that time to have been in prison with me, whereupon duly weighing with myself the events of my travails, I seriously resolved (the Lord assisting me) patiently to undergo what ever should by those bloodsuckers be inflicted upon me, raking it as a punishment justly due unto me for my sins, and it pleased God to second my resolutions, for presently after there came my Lord Mountioy, who had b●ene taken prisoner at the Isle of Ree, and after his release, coming for Calais and bound for England, I having formerly been acquainted with him in Spain, and espying him going by the prison gate, I called unto him and acquainted him with my misery; he having heard it, and aforetime known me, he presently solicited the Governor for my liberty, which he obtained: It was no sooner granted, but by the Sergeant Maior, at hudson's wife her entreaty, it was again hindered, who at every word she spoke, charged me with high treason against their State. Colonel Grace a little after came likewise that way, and interceded in like manner for me but could not prevail. Mr. Walter Montague did the same; the Governor of Pontsell, who was my Lord Mountioy his Conductor for England, did also at his return make strong intercession for me, but all in vain. The King of Denmark his youngest son came by Calais at that time, and travailing for Holland, did supplicate earnestly for me, the Governor excusing himself to him, made answer, that it was not he, but the King that detained me. There was also Sr. Edmund Vernam, and Mr. Haukins the King's chief Agent did their best, but none could prevail to set me at liberty, only they relieved me with some good pieces of money, which the jailor for the most part got from me, threatening to keep me more private if he had not the better half of that I had, and finding the sweetness thereof, there passed not one but he privately for his own lucre acquainted them with my misery. At length there came a Gentleman of Freezland, by name Scipio Intima, who had been my fellow prisoner in Paris, this young Gentleman was of a proper and comely feature, and of such carriage and nimble wit as a man might possibly meet withal; I seeing him pass by my grate and knowing him, called to him out of the grate, and acquainted him with my unjust detention, who presently wrought so effectually with the Governor's wife and daughters, whom he certified of my innocency and misery, insomuch that they took great pity upon me, and acquainted the Warden of the Capuchins, who then was with them therewith; and he upon their relation came forthwith to visit me, and commiserated my estate likewise, and going to the Governor told him thereof, who urged great matters against me, and said that I was reus laesae Maiestatis; but his wife and daughters seconding this his earnest soliciting, and this young Gentleman swearing and protesting my great innocency, did so far prevail with the Governor, that he gave way that I might have an equal trial by Law, which before I could not obtain, and gave leave that the King's Advocate who was in prison with me, might be my Councillor. All which being granted, my Advocate begun to write the occasion of my unlawful detention, with a petition which he sent to the High Court of Parliament at Paris, where the Court of Parliament commanded all my adversaries and accusers to be personally cited before them, and to bring in their allegations and accusations against me. My Advocate did likewise challenge the Law of the Kingdom, which is, that no malefactor can be kept in prison above three months, but he must have either the sentence of life or death to pass on him, unless it be for treason against the King's proper person; I having continued eight months in prison contrary to the foresaid Law, urged likewise that saying, quis enim innocens esse poterit si accusari solummodo sufficiat, All this was so well set forth by my said Advocate, that there was none to prove any thing against me, so that the High Court of Parliament pronounced me innocent, and condemned the Sergieant Maior of Calais, and the rest of my adversaries, to the reparation of honour, damage, and interest, and forthwith I was restored to my former liberty. Thus giving hearty thanks to Almighty God for this his gracious deliverance, and freeing me at such time as I least imagined, out of the hands of these infernal monsters, and bloodsuckers, the Jesuits and their faction.  
And presently coming for Dover I embraced my native soil with full resolution never to depart out of it, beseeching God to bless me, and to make me (though unworthy) a member of this his holy Church, whereunto through so many persecuting afflictions and miseries I have at length arrived.  
Gentle Reader, here thou hast had a view of the travails, miseries, and observations of the English Spanish Pilgrim, wherein I vow to God I have not written any thing but what for the most part I have been an eye witness of: if the times had been more favourable unto me, I would have much enlarged this my discourse, the which I purpose by God's assistance to dispatch so soon as I can find a convenient time and opportunity. So beseeching the Almighty to keep in true faith, concord and unity, this our Kingdom of great Britain, France and Ireland, I rest.   
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Errata.  
Pag 3. line 9 read his, for my. p 7. l. 16, r. Wayche, for Wiche. p. 17, l. 11, r. Campion p. 24 l. 32, r. alias, for at. p. 25, l. 20. r. George, for William p. 29. l. ●9. r Foster, for Fosser. & l. 23. r. Northon, for North p 31, in the margin, r. also the Lady Willoby. p. 40, l. 32. r. Verengenas. p. 42. l. 2. r Cadix. p. 45, l. 14, r. Alarbos'. p. 53. l. 10, r. Duke. for Don. p 54, l 18, r. Flanders, of Artois. & l. 24. r. Valodolid. p 55, l. 30, r. Foster. p. 56, l. 6, r. Henry, for Francis. p. 57, l. 10, r. Luz, for Lucy. p 60, l. 9, r. Bradley. p. 61, l. 14, r Rudisend. p. 64, l. 7, r. Northon. p. 64, l. 25, r. Liar in Planders, for Holland p. 65, l. 16, r.▪ Armath & l. 20, r. Therconill. p. 73, l. 30, r. with Harford, guilty in the same kind was Sir T. M. who was bastonadoed in the Strand. p. 83, l 28, r. Gostellow p. 84, l. 12, r. and, for or.