The Copy of A LETTER ADDRESSED To the Father Rector at Brussels, found amongst some jesuites taken at London, about the third year of His Majesty's Reign.  
Wherein is manifested, that the jesuites from time to time have been the only Incendiaries and contrivers of the miseries and distractions of this Kingdom.  
And how their designs are, by a perpetual motion, carried on by the same Counsels at this time, as formerly they have been.  
June 5th LONDON, Printed for Ralph Rounthwait, 1643.   

A Copy of a Letter which was found amongst some Jesuits that were taken lately at London, and addressed to the Father Rector at Brussels.  
Showing there is a perpetual mischievous motion of the Jesuits for England's ruin.  
FAther Rector,  
let not the dump of astonishment seize upon your most ardent and zealous soul in apprehending this sudden and unexpected calling of a Parliament, we have not opposed but rather furthered it, so that we hope as much in this Parliament, as ever we feared any in Qu. Elizabeth's days; You must know the Council is engaged to assist the King by way of Prerogative, in case the Parliamentary way should fail; you shall see this Parliament will resemble the Pelican which takes pleasure to dig out with her own beak, her own bowels. The election of the Knights and Burgesses have been in such confusion and such apparent fractions (that which we were wont to procure heretofore with much art and industry when the Spanish match was in Treaty) that it now works out naturally, as a botch or boil, and spits and spews out its own rancour and venom; you may remember how that famous & immortal Statesman the Count Gondamore led King James' fancy, and rocked him asleep with the soft and sweet sound of peace, to keep up the Spanish Treaty; likewise we were much bound to some imminent Statesmen of our own Country to regain time in procuring those advantaging cessations of Arms in the Parliament, and in admiring the worth and honour of the Spanish Nation, vilifying the Hollanders, remonstrating to King James the State was most ungrateful both to his Predecessor Qu. Elizabeth, and his sacred Majesty; That the States were more obnoxious than the Turk, and perpetually injured his Majesty's loving Subjects in the East-Indies; And likewise they had usurped from His Majesty the regality of the narrow Seas, in fishing upon the English coast. Had the Spanish match taken effect, (that which was broken by the heat and violence of our furious enemy the Duke of Buckingham,) certainly King James had deserted the Hollanders. These great Statesmen had but one means to further their great and good designs which was to seize on King james, that none but the Puritan faction which plotted nothing but Anarchy and his confusion, were averse to this most happy union. We steered on the same course, and have made great use of this anarchical election and have prejudicated and anticipated the great one, that none but the King's enemies and his are chosen of the Parliament, and that the Parliament vows to begin where they left, and will never give over until they have extirpated him and his posterity. On the other side the same parties are to be admired for their indefatigable industry, incessantly some out revenge, and jealousy in most of the Parliament-men, and especially they work upon the pride and vainglory of such who have been imprisoned, acknowledging that they are the only Martyrs and Worthies of their Country. London is as much distempered as ever Florence was, for the Companies are at odds, and the Common-council have opposed the Magistrates, against their old customs in the election of Knights, which hath bred a great heartburning in the City, that twice we can divulge what we list in Paul's, and upon the Exchange, and we have already rendered our irrecoverable enemy the Duke of Buckingham as odious as a Toad, so that the people are apt to believe any thing against him; we hope to be revenged of that ball of Wildfire the Duke, and shortly to quench his fury; you shall see the same Sword that hath wounded us, drawn upon the wound with an Oil that we anointed, it shall make us whole, and this shall be done, The Parliament as a great ship hath dashed twice against the same Rock, and we have so wrought upon the several complexions of Parliament men in charging the most temperate and wiser sort; that the best way to overthrow the Duke is by humble Petition to his Majesty, with the violent sort we have taken a contrary course by working upon their passions, and inebriating their fancies with probabilities and precedents that were never heard of, that Favourites have not been Parliament proof; they may wrestle for a time, but at last the Parliament hath overthrown them upon their backs. We do encourage them with all the wit we have to fall upon the Duke, and persuade them, now is the time or never, the King being in such apparent necessity, insomuch as we assure ourselves God hath forsaken and infatuated them, that they shall not only strike and dash upon the rock again, but split and wrack in the bottomless Sea of distraction: we have now many strings to our bow, and have strongly fortified our faction and have added two bulwarks more: for when K. james lived, you know he was very vehement against Arminianism, & interrupted with his pestilent wit, and deep learning, our strong designs in Holland, and was a great friend to that old rebel & heretic the P. of Orange. Now we have planted that sovereign drug Arminianism, which we hope will purge the Protestants from their Heresy, and that flourisheth and bears fruits in due season; The materials which builds upon other Bulwarks are the Projectors and Beggerers of all ranks and qualities whatsoever; both these factions cooperate to destroy the Parliament, and introduce a new species and form of government which is elegant. These factions serve as direct Medicines and Instruments to our end, which is the universal Catholic Monarchy; our foundation is mutation, this mutation will cause a relaxation, and many violent diseases in the body, as the Stone, Gout, etc. And to the speedy distraction or perpetual and insufferable anguish of the body, which is worse than death itself, we proceed with Counsel and mature deliberation when and how to work upon the Duke's jealousy and revenge, and in this we give the honour to those which merit it, which are the Church Catholics.  
There is another matter of consequence, which we take much in our consideration and tender care, which is, The Puritans, that they hang not upon the Duke's ears; they are impudent subtle people, and that is to be feared, lest they should negotiate a reconciliation between the Duke and the Parliament; that is certain, the Duke would gladly have reconciled himself at the Parliament at Oxford and Westminster: But now we assure ourselves we have handled the matter, that both Duke & Parliament are irreconcilable. For the better preventing of the Protestants, the Arminians have already blocked up the Duke's ears, and we have those of our Religion which stand continually Sentinels at the Duke's Chamber to see who goes in and out: we cannot be too careful and circumspect in this regard. I cannot choose but laugh to see how some of our coat have accoutered themselves; you would scarce know them if you saw them, and that is admirable, how in speech and gesture they act the Puritans. The Cambridge Scholars, to their woeful experience, shall see we can act the Puritans a little better than they can act the jesuites: They abused our Patron, Saint Ignatius, in jest, but we will make them smart for it in earnest. I hope you will excuse my digression, for I confess unto you, I am at this instant transported with joy to see how happily all instruments and means, as well great as less, cooperate to our purpose.  
But to return to the main fabric, our foundation is Arminianism: The Arminians and Projectors, as it appeareth in the Premises affect mutation; this we second and enforce by all probable Arguments we can: In the first place we take into our consideration the King's honour and present necessity, and we show how the King may free himself of his wardship, as Lewis the eleventh did, and for his greater splendour and lustre, he may raise a vast revenue, and not be beholding to his Subjects, which is by way of imposition and excise; we instance in the Low Countries, and show what a mass of Money they raised to pay the Armies by Sea and Land, merely out of excise. Then our Church Catholics proceed to show the means how to settle this excise, which must be by a mercenary Army of Horse and Foot; for the Horse we have made it sure they shall be Foreigners and Germans, who will eat up the King's revenues and spoil the Country wheresoever they come, though they should be well paid; what havoc will they then make when they get no pay, for when they are not duly paid, surely they will do much more in mischief than we of the Catholic Army will do. We are provident and careful that this mercenary Army of 2000 Horse and 20000. Foot shall be taken out and in pay before the Excise be settled, enforcing the Excise. The Country is most ready to rise; if the mercenary Army subjugate the Country, than the Soldiers and Projectors shall be paid out of the Confiscations: If the Country be too hard for the Soldiers, than they must consequently mutiny, which is equally advantageous to us.  
Our superlative design is, to work the Protestants as well as the Catholics to welcome in the Conqueror; that is, by this means we hope instantly to dissolve Trade, and hinder the building of the Shipping, in propounding probable designs, and put the State upon Expeditions, as that of Coals, in taking away the Merchant's Ships, and feeding them with hopes to take the West-India Fleet, which is to seek a needle in a bottle of Hay. His Catholic Majesty shall not want our best intelligence; besides he hath Pistacheos and Caravils, which are still abroad to discover, so you cannot be surprised in any Harbour. When Trade is ruined, and Shipping decayed, what will become of Excise? What will become of Nobles and gentlemen's Revenues? the Yeomen and Farmers, in which consisteth the glory of the Infantry of this Kingdom, they will turn Rogues, and resemble the Peasants in France, who are little better than slaves. Trade and Shipping is also much decayed abroad, that London is at it were besieged for want of fuel, for Sea-coal are at three pound a Cauldron. When things are brought to this perfection, which we hope will be by that time his sacred Majesty hath settled his affairs in Germany, all the people in general will long for a conquest, missing their means and revenues which should maintain and support them according to their several ranks and qualities. Then we assure ourselves that the Lands which were rend and torn from the Church by that ruinous monster Henry the eighth, shall be re-assumed by our mighty Protector, his Catholic Majesty, to the recalling of those which are exiled, and delivering thousands of souls which suffer persecution at home for the testimony of a good conscience. Join your prayers with ours, imploring the blessed Virgin, and all the host of Angels and holy Martyrs, to intercede for us. Thus hoping to see Count Tilly, and marquis Spinola here about July come twelve months, I rest: In the mean time we pray for all the happy success in Germany and the Low-Countries.  
From the County of Your friend J. M.  
FINIS.