THE BLACK BOX OF ROME OR, A True and short Discourse, showing the blasphemous Treacheries and Conjurations of the wicked Jesuites, when they intend and encourage any of their impious Disciples to murder a King, and overthrow a kingdom.  
Printed in the year, 1641.   

THE Jesuits blasphemous conjurations TO ENCOVrage their Proselytes to King-killing-treacheries.  
SUch is the most bloody, and most blasphemous impudency of these Romish Incendiaries, that when they put on a devilish and desperate resolution, to murder any Emperor, King, or Prince whom they have once pronounced to be an heretic, and excommunicate person; and thereupon intend to murder him by some Raviliack, whom they make choice of for the execution of the said Treason; that after such an unfortunate and wretched person, is once allured, and entered into their place of consultation, or chamber of (Philonicall) prayers, (for sooth) as they call them: These infernal firebrands kneel all down, who in their prayers observe their time; and put before the intended Traitor, a knife folded up in a scarf; shut up in a little Box, covered with an Agnus Dei; written about with black letters of perfumes, odorifirous Characters: and when they draw it out themselves, they cast or sprinkle some drops of holy water upon it, and which done, they hang at the haft of the said knife, five or six grains of coral, which are blessed by them, who blaspheamously they give him to understand, and make him believe that so many blows, as shall be given by him with the said knife; so many souls shall be released out of purgatory.  
Afterwards, putting the knife into the intended murderers hand, they pronounce these words saying:  
Go now like Jephte, with the Sword of Samson in thy hand, the Sword with which David did cut off Golia's head, the Sword of Gedion; yea, the Sword with which Judith did cut off Holophernes head, the sword of the valiant Maccabees, and the same with which Saint Peter did cut off Malcas his ear, yea I say, the sword of Pope Julius the second, with the which (breaking the forces of oppugning Princes) he took out of their hands with great effusion of blood, the cities of Sezza, Imola, fayence, Bologna, and many other Cities: go thus I say, thou magnanimous Champion of the chair of Rome, and be valiant, and God strengthen thine arm for the great work now intended by thee. After which, this infernal kennel of Romish bloodhounds kneel all down, and the most wretchedly renowned and cursedly qualified amongst them, with a cauterised conscience and immarbled heart, pronounceth the bloody Conjuration, impiously and impudently saying as followeth.  
Come Cherabims, come Seraphinns, and highest Thrones that rule, come blessed Angels: yea, blessed Angels of charity, come and fill this holy Vessel with glory and eternity, and bring him presently the crown of the Virgin Mary, of the patriarchs, and of the martyrs, for he belongeth no longer to us, but to you.  
And thou Oh dreadful and terrible God, who hast revealed to him in these our Prayers and meditations; that he ought to murder a Tyrant, and confound a heretic, and to give the crown to a catholic-king. And being by us disposed to this meritorious murder, vouchsafe to fortify his senses, and increase his forces: to the end that he may accomplish this thy great will; and vouchsafe to arm and furnish him with the harness of thy powerful providence, that he may valiantly perform the worthy work he hath piously undertaken, and may happily escape from those, who would apprehend him: give him Eagles wings, that the spite and malice of those Barbarians whom he goes against, may not once touch his sanctified members. Extend also the beams of thy joy and celestial felicity upon his sacred soul, to the end that by the blessed influence thereof, the parts and members of his body also; may be encouraged and enabled to this great work, and that it may cheerfully dispose itself to this holy combat without fear or shrinking pusillanimity.  
This accursed Conjuration being thus audaciously and gracelessely uttered, they carry the thus enchanted bloody Regicide, and set him before an Altar, where they show him a Picture wherein the angels are seen and shown to have lifted up and elevated long since James Clement, a bloody jacobine friar, and represented him (as it were) before the Throne of God, saying:  
Lord behold thy pupil, behold thy well-instructed Champion, and the accomplisher of thy justice: Whereupon all the Saints rise out of their seats to make him room, and give him place among them. And when all these things are thus done and finished, there are no more but four Jesuites only left with him, who when they come near him; they with diabolical impudency and lying flattery, say unto him: that they seem to perceive that there is some deity infused into him, and that they are so astonished with the radiant light-shining and glistering in him, that they hold it their honour to kiss his hands and feet, and make him madly to believe that they account him not a mere man any longer; but that they esteem themselves (as it were) as they say, half unworthy of the happiness and glory which he hath already obtained by his Catholic resolution, and sighting deeply before him: they say unto him; we would that God had chosen us, and called us to your estate: since we should be truly assured, that we should go really, and directly into paradise without coming at purgatory. And thus having intoxicated and bewitched the miserable wretch, they thus leave him to his intended bloody design.  
The end of the Conjuration.  
FINIS.   

O Lord preserve our Noble King Charles, and all his posterity, from the power of all such Romish regicides and bloody Traitors, who thus plot and practice to build up their Romish Synagogue with blood. And grant good God, that our gracious King Charles, may with his posterity, long continue a happy and prosperous reign over this kingdom, for the maintenance and propagation of Christ's gospel in despite of Antichrist, and all his bold and bloody adherents: and let every good, and loyal subject and true hearted English Christian say,  
Amen, and Amen.