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THE 
 
 Italian Convert : 
 
 NEWS from I TAL J of a Second 
 
 MO S E S» 
 
 Or the LIFE of 
 
 Galeacius Camcciolus , 
 
 T*he Noble Marquefs oiVico. 
 
 Containing the Story of his Admirable Con- 
 verfion from Popery, and forfàking of a rich 
 Marquefdom for the Gofpels fake. 
 
 Uluftrated with feveraJ Figures. 
 
 Written firft in Italian, thence tranflated into Latin 
 by Reverend B E X^ A ; and for the benefit of 
 our people put imo Englifh : And now publifhed 
 
 By IV. a 
 
 In memori a {empitemi Juftus. 
 
 Pfalm 112. T'je Jufljballbe had in everlafiing remem- 
 brance. , 
 
 London, Printed for Abel Ityper jZt the Sign of the Sun 
 in Fleetftrtctaezinft S r . F> : -vfi-an^ Church, 1677 
 
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 TO THE 
 RIGHT HONOURABLE, 
 
 And my very good Lord, 
 EDMVND Lord SHEFFEILD, 
 
 Lord Lieutenant in the North, and Lord Pre- 
 
 fident of His Highnefs Council there 5 of 
 
 the Noble Order of the Garter. 
 
 And to the Right Honourable and Religious La- 
 dies, the Lady Dowglafs his Mother, and Lady 
 Vrjula his Wire, and to all the vertuous oft- 
 fpring of that Noble Race, Grace and Peace, &c 
 
 1 e 
 
 GIVE me leave ( Right Honourable ) to 
 put you all in one Epiftle, whom God 
 and nature hath linked lo well together : 
 Nature in the neareft bond, and God in the 
 holieft Religion. For a fimple New- years- 
 Gift, I prefent you with as ftrange a ftory, 
 as (out of the holy itories) was ever heard. 
 Will your Honours have the whole in brief, 
 afore it be laid down at large. Thus it is : 
 
 A 2 Galeacius* 
 
Tlje Epffile 
 
 Galeacius Carroccio] us , fon and heir appa- 
 rent to Calantonius Mar que fs of Vicum in 
 Naples, bred, born, and brought up in Paper- 
 ry, a Courtier to Charles the fifth, Nephew to 
 the Pope Paul the fourth, being married to 
 the Duke <?/Nu cerne Ss Daughter, and having 
 by her fix goodly Children , at a Sermon of 
 Peter Martyrs, was fir ft touched-, after by 
 reading Scripture, and other good means , was 
 fully converted ; laboured with his Lady , but 
 could not perfwade her. Therefore that he 
 ptight enjoy Chriji; and ferve him with a quiet 
 confidence , he left the Lands, Livings , and 
 Honours of a Alarquefdome , the comforts of 
 his Lady and Children , the plea/kres of Italy, 
 bis credit with the Emperour , his kjndred 
 with the Pope, and forfaking all for the love 
 of fefus Chnjl , came to Geneva , and there 
 lived a poor and mean , but yet an honourable 
 and an holy life, for forty years. And though 
 his Father, his Lady, his Kinfmen , yea, the 
 Emperour, and the Pope, did all they could to 
 reclaim him , yet continued he conftant to the 
 end, and lived and dyed the bleffed jervant 
 of God, leaving behind him a rare example 
 to alleges. 
 
 This (Right Honourable) is a Brief of the 
 whole, and it is a (tory admirable and insta- 
 ble of any other in this latter age of the 
 World, Some 
 
^Dedicatory. 
 
 Some ufe to crave of great perfonages, not 
 to refpect the^gift, but the giver ; but in this 
 cafe I contrariwife entreat your Honors, not 
 to refpeci; the giver,but the gift : of the giver 
 I fay enough/if I fay nothing : but of the gift, I 
 mean of noble Galeacins, I fay too little when 
 I have faid all I can. But this I muft needs fay, 
 fo reIigious,fo noble/o vertuous was the manj 
 fo refoJute, fo holy, fo heroical was the facì:,fò 
 ftrange the beginning^ admirable and extra- 
 ordinary the per(èverance,as if the ftory were 
 not debafed by the rudenels of my tranflati- 
 on, I durft fày, none fo great but might read 
 it, nor fo good but might follow it. I may lay 
 much rather than facob} few and evil have my 
 days been ; Yet in thefe few days of mine 
 fomething have \ feen 5 more have I read j 
 more have I heard $ yet never fàw I, heard I* 
 or read I any example fall things laid toge- 
 ther} more nearly feconding the example of 
 Mofes, than this, of this mo.ft renowned Mar- 
 quefs Galeacius, Mofes was the adopted Son 
 of a Kings daughter 5 Galeacms the natura! 
 Son and Heir apparent to a Marquels : Mofes 
 a Courtier, in the Court of Pharaoh : Gaiea- 
 c'ms in the Court of the Emperor Charles the 
 fifth : Mofes by adoption a kin to a Queen 5 
 Galeacms by marrige a kin to a Duke : by 
 - J)lood,fon to a Marquefs, Nephew to a Pope : 
 
 A j Mo- 
 
The Fpflle. 
 
 Mofes in poffibility of a Kingdom $ he in 
 poifeflion of a Marquefdom : Mofes in his 
 youth brought up in the heathenifm of Egypt-, 
 Galeacius noozcled in the fuperftition of Po- 
 pery : Mofes at laft faw the truth and embra- 
 ced it, fo did Galeacius : Mofes openly fell 
 from the heathenifm ofEgjpt, fo did Galea- 
 cius from the fuperftition of Popery. But all 
 this is nothing to that which they both fuf- 
 fered for their confeience. What Mofes of- 
 fered St. Paul tells us 5 Mofes when he was 
 come to years y refufed to be called thefonofFha- 
 raohV daughter, and chofe rather to fuffer ad- 
 verfity with the people of God } than to enjoy the 
 pleafures of fin for afeafon 3 efteeming the re- 
 bubg of Chrift greater riches than the tre afire s 
 «/Egypt : Nay, Mofes had rather be a bafe 
 brick- maker among the oppreifed Ifraelites, 
 being true Chriftians, than to be the fon of a 
 King's daughter in the Court of Pharaoh 
 amongft Idolaters. In like cafe Noble Galea- 
 cius, when he was come to years and know- 
 ledge ofChrift, refufed to be called fon and 
 heir to a Marquefs, Cup-bearer to an Empe- 
 rour, Nephew to a Pope 5 and chofe rather 
 to fuffer afflicton, perfècution, banifhment, 
 lofs of Lands, Livings, Wife, Children, Ho- 
 nours and Preferments, than to enjoy the fin- 
 full pleafures of Italy for a feafon, efteeming 
 
 the 
 
\Dedicatory. 
 
 the rebuke of Chrift greater riches than the 
 honours of a Marquefdom without Chrift 5 
 and therefore feeing he muft either want 
 Chriit, or want them, he difpoiled himfelf of 
 all thefè to gain Chrift. 
 
 If (Right Honourable; the wife fools of this 
 world might have the cenfuring of thefe two 
 men and their adions, they would prefeptly 
 judge them a couple of impaffionate and ftoi- 
 cal fellows, or elfe melancholick & brain-fick 
 men, to refufe Marquefdoms and Kingdoms 
 for fcruple of confeience : but no matter as 
 long as the menare Saints in Heaven, and 
 their adions honoured of God and his Angels 5 
 admired of good men, and negleded of none 
 but thofe, who as they will not follow them 
 on earth, fo are they fure never to follow 
 them to heaven. So excellent was the fad: of 
 Mofes, and fo heroical, that the Holy Ghoft 
 vouchsafes it remembrance, both in the Old 
 and New Teftament, that fo the Church in all 
 ages might know it and admire it : and doth 
 chronicle it in the Epiftle to the Hebrews al- 
 moft 200 years after it was done. If God 
 himfelf did fo to Mofes, (hall not God's 
 Church be carefull to commend to pofterity 
 this fecond Mofes, whofe love to Chrift Jefus 
 wasfo zealous, and fo inflamed by the hea- 
 venly fire of God's Spirit, that no earthly 
 A 4 temptation's 
 
The Epjile 
 
 temptations could either quench or abate it ; 
 but to win Chrift,& to enjoy him in the liber- 
 ty of his Word and Sacraments, he delicately 
 contemned the honours and pleafures of the 
 Marquefdom ofVicumVicHm^t of thePara- 
 dices of Nafles,Naples the Paradice of Italy: 
 Italy of Europe : Europe of the Earth : yet all 
 thefe Paradices were nothing to him in com- 
 parifon of attaining the celeftial Paradife , 
 there to live with Jefus Chrift. 
 
 If any Papifts (mufing, as they ufe and mea- 
 furing us by themfèlvesj do fufpeci; the (tory 
 to be fome feigned thing,devifed to allure & 
 entice the peoples minds, and to fet a flourifh 
 upon our Religion,as they be a thoufànd falfe 
 and feigned ltories and miracles ufe to do. I 
 anfwer,firft in the general, far be it from us & 
 our Religion tò ufè fuch means,either for our 
 felves, or againft our adverfaries : no, we are 
 content the Church of Rome have the glory of 
 that Garland. Popery being a fandy , and a 
 fhaken, a rotten & a tottering building, needs 
 fuch props to under- fet ir.but truth dare fhew 
 her felf,& fears no colours. But for the parti- 
 cular,! anfwer; cunning liars (as many Monks 
 were)framM their tales of men that lived long 
 ago, and places afar off and unknown ; that fo 
 their reports may not too eafily be brought 
 to trial. But in this cafe it is far otherwife j 
 
 the 
 
7)edicatory. 
 :he circumftances arc notorious ; the perfons 
 ind places famoufly known : Vlcum, Naples, 
 Italy, Geneva, are places well known : CdUn- 
 ronius his father, Charles the fifth., his Lord & 
 Mafter, Pope Paul the fourth his Uncle., were 
 perfons well known : examine either places 
 or perfons, and fpare none ; Truth feeks no 
 corners -, difprove the ftory who can,vfe crave 
 no fparing ; neither is the time too far paft 
 but may foon be examined.He was born with 
 in thefeT&^o hundred years,and died at Gene- b*& 
 va, and his fons fon at this day is Marquefs of 
 Vicum. Let any Papift do what he canine (hall 
 have more comfort in following the example, 
 than credit in feeking to difprove the ftory. 
 
 In the courfe of my poor reading, ("Right 
 Honourable) I have often found mention of 
 this noble Marq. & of his ftrange converfion; 
 but the ftory it felf, I fir ft found it in the ex- 
 quifite Library of the good Gent.Mr. G^,one 
 that honors learning in others, and cherifheth 
 it in himfelf : and having not once read it, but 
 often perufed it, I thought it great lofs to our 
 Church to want fo rare a Jewel $ and there- 
 fore could not but take the benefit of fome 
 ftoln hours to put the fame into our Tongue, 
 for the benefit of my brethren in this Realm, 
 who want knowledg in the Italian and Latine 
 Tongues. And now being tranflatedj humbly 
 
 offer 
 
The £ fifth. 
 
 offer and confccratc it to my holy mother th 
 Church of England, who may rejoyce to fe 
 her Religion ipreading her fdf privily in th 
 heart of Italy $ and to fee the Popes Nephev 
 become her Son. And next of all unto you 
 (Right Honourable) to whom I am bound in 
 fo many bonds ofduty,and to whom this ftory/ 
 doth fo fitly appertain. You (my Honourable 
 good Lord) may here fee a noble Gentleman 
 of your own rank, in defcent,birth,education, 
 advancements like your felf,to be lille you al- 
 io in the love and liking of the fame holy Re- 
 ligion. And you, good Madam,may here con- 
 ceive and judge by your felf,how much more 
 happy this Noble Marquefs had been, if his 
 Lady Madam Victoria, had been like your felfj 
 I mean,if ihe had followed and accompanied 
 her Lord in that his moft holy and happy con- 
 verfion. And you all (Right Honourable) in 
 this Noble Marquefs,as in a cryftal-g!afs,may 
 behold your felves, of whom I hope you will 
 give me leave tofpeak(that which to thegreat 
 glory of God you fpare not to (peak of your 
 fèlvesjthat you were once darknefs, but now 
 are light in the Lord:Bleffed be that God the 
 father of light,whofe glorious light hath fhi 
 ned in your hearts.BeholdfRightHonourableJ 
 you are not alonejbehold an Italiani behold a 
 noble Marquefé hath broken the ice$and trod- 
 den 
 
'Dedicatory. 
 
 len the path before you. In him you may fee 
 hat God's Religion is as well jn Italy as in 
 England: I mean,that though the face of Italy 
 >e the feat of slnticbrift, yet in the heart 
 hereof is a remnant of the Lord of Hofts. 
 
 You may fee this Noble Marquefs in this 
 tlory now after his death,whomin his lifetime 
 b many Noble Princes defired to fee. His bo- 
 dy lies in the bowels of the earth,but his foul 
 ives in Heaven in the bofom of Jefus Chrift, 
 and his Religion in your hearts, and his name 
 (hall live for every in this ftory. Accept it 
 therefore(RightHonourable)& if for my fake 
 you wil vouchfàfe to read it once over, I dare 
 ay,that afterwards for your own fake you wil 
 read it over and over again, which if you do, 
 you fhall find it will ftir up your pure minds, 
 and inflame your hearts with a yet more ear- 
 ned zeal to the truths and will be an affeclual 
 means to encreafe your faith, your fear of 
 God, your humility, patience,conftancy, and 
 all other vertues of Regeneration. And for 
 my part,I freely and truly profefs, I have bin 
 oft ravifht with admiration of this noble ex- 
 ample, to fee an Italian fo excellent a Chri- 
 ftian, one fo near the Pope, fb near to Jefus 
 Chriftjand fuch bleffed fruit to bloffom in the 
 Popes own garden., and to fee a Nobleman of 
 'Italy 9 forfake that for Chrift/or which I fear 
 
 many 
 
The Epifite 
 
 many amongft us would forfake Chrift hirri- 
 ftlf, and furely (I confefs truth) the ferious 
 confideration of this fo late, fo true,fò ftrange 
 an Example, hath been a fpur to my ilownefs; 
 and whetted my dull fpirits, and made me e- 
 fteem more highly of Religion than I did be- 
 fore. I know it is an accufàtion of my felf,and 
 a difclofing of my own fhame to confefs thus 
 much,but it is a glory toGod 3 an honour toRe- 
 ligion,a credit to the Truth,& a praife to this 
 nobIeMarquefs,& therefore I will not hide it. 
 And why mould I (hafne to confefs.it, when 
 that famous and renowned man of Gód, holy 
 Calvin freely confefleth, (as in the (equel of 
 this ftory you (hall hear)that this Noblerhans 
 Example did greatly confirm him in his Reli- 
 gion, and did revive, ftrengthen his faith, and 
 cheer up all the holy Graces of God in him? 
 And fureIy(moft worthy Lord,and honorable 
 Ladies) this cannot but confirm and comfort 
 you in your holy courfes,and as it were put a 
 new life unto the Graces of God in you,when 
 you fee,what?not the common people, but e- 
 ven fuch as were like your fe!ves,have fuffred 
 for Religion? and when you fee,that not only 
 the poor and bafer fort of men, but even the 
 mighty and honourable (as your felves are^ 
 do think themfelves honoured by embracing 
 Religion, Pardon my plainnefs^and too much 
 
 bold- 
 
^Dedicatory. 
 
 bpldnefs with your Honors, and vouchfafe to 
 accept it as proceeding from one who much 
 tendreth your Salvations, and rejoyceth with 
 many thoufandsjnore, to behold the mighty 
 & gracious work of God in you. Go forward 
 Noble Lord,in the Name of theLord of hoft> 
 (till to honor that honourable place you hold, 
 ftill to defeat the vain expectation of Gods e- 
 nemies 5 an<J to fatisfie the godly hopes & de- 
 fires of holy memftill to dilcountenancePope- 
 ry & all prophanefs:ftill by your perfonal dili- 
 gence in frequenting holy excrcifes, to bring 
 on that backward City : by your godly dif- 
 cipline in your Family, to reform or to con- 
 demn the difToIutenefs & diforder of the molt 
 great Families in this Countryrftill to miniiter 
 juftice without delay,to cut up contentions,6c 
 fave the Lawyers labour : Itili to relieve the 
 fatherlefs and the Widow, and help the poor 
 againft their oppreflbrsiand which is all in all, 
 ftill to fubplant Superltition, Popery, Igno- 
 rance and wilfull blindnefs : and to plant and 
 difperfe true Religion in that City, and thcfe 
 Northern Countries. But all thefe means ftill 
 fhewing your/èlf an holy & zealous Phinehas 
 (under the great Pbiwhas cur moft worthy 
 Soveraignjto execute Gods judgment^and to 
 take vengeance on the Zimri 6V Co^ki of our 
 Nation: namely,on Popery and Prophanenefs, 
 
 the 
 
The Epifite, &c. 
 
 the two great fins which have pull'd down 
 God's plagues on our Land, and the due and 
 «ealous punifhment whereof, will be the 
 means to remove them. 
 
 But I wrong your Honours to trouble you 
 with thefè my too many and too ragged lines: 
 and I wrong this Noble Gentleman,to clothe 
 his golden (tory with this my rude and bome- 
 fpon Englifh-ftile ; and I wrong you all to 
 keep you fo long from being acquainted with 
 this Noble Marquefs, fo like your felves ; at 
 whofe meeting and acquaintance I am fure 
 there will be lb much rejoycing, and mutual 
 congratulation at the mighty and gracious 
 work of God in you all. The fame God and 
 merciful Father I humbly befeech, and ever 
 will, to accomplish his good work in you, as 
 he did in that Noble Marquefs : and as he 
 hath already made you fo many bIeffed,bJef- 
 cd in your felves,blelfed one in another,ble(Ted 
 in your converfions, blefled above many, in 
 your many and religious Children: fo at Jaft he 
 may make you moft of all bleiTed in your ends; 
 that fo after this life you may attain the eter- 
 nal glory of a better world, whither this no 
 ble Marquefs is gone before you. 
 
 Tour Honours in all Chrjftian duty, 
 
 w. c. 
 
TO THE 
 
 Chriftian & Courteous 
 
 READERS 
 
 GOOT) Reader, conceive I pray 
 thee, that this tranjlation being 
 made divers years ago, and communica- 
 ted to my private friends, I thought to 
 have fupprejfed it from (fir e admg fur- 
 ther ; but being preffed by importunity ; 
 and urged with unavoidable reafons, I 
 have now yielded to let it pafs in pub- 
 lick ; the rather confidenng, that at 
 this day almofl every hour yields a new 
 Book,yet many ages afford fear ce one ex- 
 ample like to this. I have divided it in- 
 to Chapters for thy better e afe in read- 
 ying and ' remembring: and feeing I find 
 
 in 
 
The Epiftle to the Reader. 
 
 in other Jluthours often mention of this 
 Noble Mar que fs, and his farcical fati : 
 I have therefore not tied my felfpre- 
 ci fr/y to the words of the Latin ftory, 
 but keeping the fenje and [cope, have 
 fometime inlarged my felf as the circum- 
 fiance feemed to require, or as 1 had 
 warrant and direction from other fo- 
 ri es. Read it with an holy and humble 
 heart, and prayer to God, and account 
 me thy T>ebter, if thou think not thy 
 labour well b eft owed. And when thou 
 fndeft a bleffmg, and reapeft spiritual 
 comfort hereby, then vcuchfije to re- 
 rnember me in thy Trayers ; 
 
 Thy Brother in Chrift, 
 
 w. c. 
 
O* the Lincage,Birth,and Infancy of 
 GALEACÌVS CARACCIÓWS, 
 the Noble Marquefs of (fóft, 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 it/y purpofe is to commit to ivritirig, thè 
 Life of Ga'leaciuS Caraccio! us .• as 
 being a rare ex amble of a moflflrange 
 & fìMomfeen confi ancy, in the defence 
 ofgodhnefs & true Cbrifii an Religion. 
 
 HE was born at Naples, a renow^ 
 ned City in Italy, in the month 
 of January, in the year of Chriit 
 I 5' I 7- [The very J e *r when Lu- 
 ther began to preach the Go/pel^ 
 His Fathers name was Calantoriws , who 
 was defcended of the Ancient and Noble 
 houle of the Caracciolies in /the Coun- 
 try of Capua, This Calantonius , even ia 
 fois youth, was not only well refpecied, but 
 B highly 
 
i The Life of Galeacius 
 
 highly efteemed, and a familiar friend of that 
 Noble Prince of Orange, who after the taking 
 and facking of Rome, was placed in the room 
 of the Duke of Burbon : yea his faithfulnefs 
 and induftry was fa well approved to the 
 Prince fas oftentimes afore, fo efpecialljO at 
 the fiege of Naples, what time it was attack- 
 ed by Lotrechitis , as that afterward , when 
 theEmperour Charles the fifth of that name, 
 (who then was at Rome to receive the Impe- 
 rial Crown, and other Ornaments of the 
 Empire) did appoint the (aid Prince with 
 certain forces to go and befiege the City of 
 Florence, he thought it needful to take the 
 (aid CuUntonius with him , fox his wifdom 
 and grave Counfel. From whence, when that 
 (èrvice was ended, he being fènt to C&far 
 himfelf , he did fo wifely demean himfelf in 
 all his affairs , and did fo fufficiently fàtisfie 
 the Emperour in all things , that he made 
 good in every point, that worthy teftimony 
 which the Prince had given of him, whereup- 
 on he,being at that time moft honourably en- 
 tertained of the Emperour himfelf, was by 
 htm not only advanced to the ftate and title 
 of a Marquefs, but alfo equally joyned in 
 cpmmifTion with the Viceroy of Naples, 
 (for his wifdom and experience in all kind 
 of affairs) to be affiftant unto him, and fel- 
 low 
 
Càracciolus, Marq. of Vico. f 
 
 low with him in fwaying the Scepter of that 
 Kingdom. In which office and function he 
 fo carried himfelf, as he won the good will 
 of both ima II and great, as well of the Noblesy 
 as of the Commonalty : yea infomuch as he 
 was deepfy invefted in the favour of the 
 Empf rour Charles, and King Phillip his Son. 
 And fo he continued in this dignity, till the 
 laft day of his life, which was in the month 
 of February, in the yeaf 15:62. he being him- 
 felf more than threefcore and ten years of 
 
 age- 
 Such a father and Ho worfe had this Ga- 
 le actus. As for his Mothetf, fhe was defceri- 
 ded of the Noble family of the Carajfi : and' 
 her own Brother was afterward Pope of 
 
 1 Rome {that is Pope Paul the fmrtk"\ Which 
 I affirm, not to that end, as though this in it 
 felf was any true praife or honour to Galea- 
 eius, but that his love, to true Religion, 
 apd his conftancy in defence thereof (even 
 againft fuch mighty pries) may appear the, 
 more admirable to all that hear it, as it here T 
 by did to all that knew him : Of which his 
 love to true Religion, we (hail (peak more 
 anon. 
 
 Gale actus being twenty years old, and 
 the only fon of his mother, who was now 
 
 -ticceafcd - 3 his father CaUntonins being de- 
 B % firou* 
 
4 The Life of Galeacius 
 
 firous ta continue his name , to preferite his 
 houle and pofterity, and to maintain his 
 eftate and patrimony, whofe lands amounted 
 to the fum of five thoufand pounds a year 
 and upward 5 did therefore provide him a 
 Wife, a Virgin of noble birth, called Ftttoria, 
 daughter to the Duke oiNuceria, one of the 
 principal Peers of Italy, with whom he had 
 in name of portion or dowry fix thoufand 
 five hundred pounds. He lived with his wife 
 Pi&oria unto the year ic j r. At which rime 
 he forfook houle , family , and country for 
 Religions lake : and in that time he had by 
 his wife fix children, (four fons and two 
 daughters.,) His eldeft Ion died at Panorma, 
 in the year 1 $77, leaving behind htm one fort 
 and one daughter: the fon obtaining by in- 
 heritance the Marquefdom of Vicum, (a- 
 mongft divers other things,) maried a wife of 
 noble birth afore his Grandfather Galeacius 
 died : by whom, as I hear , he hath two 
 children., to whom this Galeacius is great 
 Grandfather. 
 
 Now all thefe particulars do I thus ftt 
 down to tkis end, that the perfeverance of lo 
 great a man may appear the better by all 
 thefe circumftances, which is no lefs than a 
 moft glorious' victory over fo many tempta- 
 tions. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
I 
 
CaraccioJus, Marq. of Vico. 6 
 
 CHAP II. 
 
 Of his preferment at Court, and the frfi 
 occafim of his converfitn. 
 
 THe Marquefs Calantonius feeing fo good 
 hope of the continuance of his houle and 
 pofterity,deiiring not to prefèrve only,but to 
 increate and augment the dignity of his houfè, 
 purpofed therefore that his fon Galeae ita 
 fhould feek further honour and follow the 
 Court. Wherefore making offer of hini to 
 the Emperour Charles, he was moft kindly 
 entertained into the Emperors houle and fer- 
 vice,, and foon after was, made the Emperors 
 Gentleman-fewer. In which place and office 
 within fhort time,he both won th,e favour of 
 the Nobility, and the reft of the Court, and 
 grew to be of fpecial account even with the 
 Emperor himfèJf: forali mens opinion and 
 judgment of him was, that there was noe 
 one of many to be cpmpaned with him, for 
 innocency ofJife, elegancy of manners, 
 found judgment, and knowledg of many 
 things. Thus Galeacius was in ail. mens o- 
 pinions in the high way to all honour and e- 
 itimation ; /or the Prince whom he ferved 
 B i\ was 
 
6 The Life of Galeae ins 
 
 was moil mighty 6V the Monarch of the bigtr 
 geft part of the Chriftian world. But all this 
 was little : for God, the King of Kings, of 
 his lingular mercy and grace did purpofe to 
 call him to far greater dignity, and to more 
 certain and durable riches. And this (b great 
 and rare a work did the Lord bring to pafs, 
 by ftrange and fpecial means. So it was that 
 in tho(e days, a certain Spaniard a Noble 
 man did fbjourn at Naples 9 who had to name 
 Johannes Waldcfws ; this Gentleman being 
 come to fome knowiedg of the truth of the 
 Gofpel,and efpecially of the Doctrine of Ju- 
 ftification 5 ufed often to confer with, and tp 
 inftrucl: divers other Noblemen, his Compa- 
 nions and familiars, in points of Religion, 
 confuting the falfè opinions of our own in- 
 herent juftification,and of the merits of good 
 works, and fo confequently detecting the va- 
 nity of many Popi(h points, and the fondnefs 
 of their fuperftitions: by which means he 
 fò prevailed, or rather the Lord by him, that 
 divers of thefè Noble Gentlemen began to 
 creep out of Popifh darknefs, and to perceive 
 tòme light of the truth : Amongft thefe was 
 there one Johannes Franclfcns C&farta 3 a No- 
 ble Gentleman and kinfman to this our Ga- 
 leacius. 
 jÓf this Gentleman firft of all did Galeacins 
 
 hear 
 
Caracciolo, Marq. of Vico, 
 hear divers things in conference , which fee- 
 ined to him mach contrary to the courie ol 
 the vain world 5 yea, much to crofseven his 
 age and eftate, and courfe of life 5 .as namely 
 of the true means' of our /unification, of the 
 excellency and power of Gods Word, of the 
 vanity of the moft ofPopifh fuperftitioDs,5rc. 
 For GJcacitis efteemed and ufed this Gentle- 
 man as bis familiar friend, both being near of 
 his blood, &: efpecially for that he was a Gen- 
 tleman of very good parts. Now although 
 the fpeeches of this Gentleman did not at the 
 firn (ò far prevail with him, as to make him 
 focllkc the vanities of this life ; notwithftan- 
 dins; it was not altogether in vain : for that 
 God which had ordained him to be a fpecial 
 initrument of his glory, would not iuffer fo 
 good feed to perim, though it feemed for a 
 time to be caft even amongft thorns : neither 
 will it be befide the purpofe to fet down par- 
 ticularly the means which it pleafed God to 
 ufe for the working of this ftrange converfi- 
 on : amongft which this was one. 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 Of the means of bis further fanftification. 
 T that time, Peter Martyr Vetm'tlius i a 
 fiorentine, was a publick Preacher and 
 B 4 Reader 
 
 A 
 
8 The Life of GalcaciuS 
 
 tleader at Naples, This man was a Canon re^ 
 gular fas they call them) aman fince then of 
 great name for his fmgular knowledg in 
 Chriftian religion, his godly manners and be- 
 haviours,and for his fvveat and copious teach- 
 ing 5 for he afterwards catting away his 
 Monks Cowle, and renouncing the fuperftiti- 
 ons of Popery, he fhon fo brightly in Gods 
 Church,that he difperfed and ftrangely drove 
 away the darknefs and mift of Popery. Ga^ 
 leacius was once content at pxfarfa his mo- 
 tion to be drawn to hear Peter Martyrs Ser- 
 mon 5 yet not iq much for any defire he hjad 
 to learn, as moved and tickled with a curious 
 humour to hear fo famous a man as then 
 Martyr was accounted. At that time Peter 
 Martyr was in hand with Pauls firft Epiftle 
 to the Corinthians , and as he was fhewing 
 the weaknefs and deceitfulnefs of the judg- 
 ment of mans reafon in fpiritual things , as 
 likewifè the power and efficacy of the word 
 of God in thofe men in whom the Lord 
 worketh by his Spirit ; amongft other things 
 he u*èd this Simile or Comparifon : If a man 
 walking in a large place, fee afar off men and 
 women dancing together, and hear no found 
 of Instrument, he will judg them mad, or at 
 le^ft foolifh 5 but if he come nearer them, and 
 perceive their order, and hear their Mufick, 
 
 arid 
 
Caraceioius, Marq. of Vico. 9 
 
 and mark their meafures and their courfès,he 
 will then be of another mind, and not only 
 take delight in feeing them, but feel a defire 
 in himfelf to bear them company and dance 
 with them. Even the fame (laid Martyr) 
 betides many men who when they behold in 
 others a fudden and great change of their 
 looks, apparel behaviour, and whole courfe 
 of life, at the firft fight they impute it to me- 
 lancholy, or fonie other foolim humour 5 but 
 if they look more narrowly into the matter, 
 and begin to hear and perceive the harmony 
 and fvveet content of Gods Spirit, and his 
 Word in them/by the joynt power of which 
 two, this change was made and wrought, 
 which afore they accounted folly) then they 
 change their opinion of them, and firit of all 
 begin to like them, and that change in them, 
 and afterward feci iuthemfelves a motion and 
 defire to imitate them, and to be of the num- 
 ber of fuch men, who forfaking the World 
 and his vanities, do think that they ought to 
 reform their lives by the rule of the Gofpel, 
 that- fp they may come to true and found holi- 
 nefs. This comparison by the grace of Gods 
 Spirit wrought fp wonderfully with Galedp 
 us fas himfelf hath often told his friends^ 
 that from that hour he refblv'd with himfelfj 
 -mare carefully to reftrain his aiTedions front 
 
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io The Life of Galeacius 
 
 following th-e world and his pleafures, as be- 
 fore they did, and to let his mind about feck- 
 ing out the truth of Religion, and the way to 
 true happinefs. 
 
 [Sec how the fir fi fiep.of a mam converfion 
 from Popery is true and found mor tifile. iti en of 
 carnal lufs, and a change of Ufi, Sec alfió. how 
 the firfi means to bring a man out of error to 
 the truth , is fiudy of holy Script urcsJ] 
 
 To this purpoie,he began to read the Scrip- 
 tures every day being perfwadc that truth 
 of Religion , and (bundnefs of wik: n was 
 to be drawn out of that fountain , and that 
 the high way to heaven was thence to be 
 fought. And further, all his acquaintance and. 
 familiarity did he turn into fuch company, as 
 out of whole life and conferences he was 
 perfwaded he might reap the fruit of godìi- 
 twCs and pure Religion. And thus far in 
 this fhort time had the Lord wrought with 
 him by that Sermon : as firft, to confider 
 whether he were right or no ; fecondly to 
 take up a continual exercife of reading 
 Scripture ; thirdIy,to change his former com- 
 pany, and make choice of better. And this 
 was done in the year i^i. and in the four 
 and twentieth year of his age. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Caracciolo, Wrq. of Vico. X i 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Of the fìrarge cenfures the World gave 
 ofhiscohierjìon, and how tit bitter 
 furt rej^ccd at it. 
 
 BUT when this fudden alteration of this 
 Noble and young GaUaatts was feen 
 and perceived in Naples, it can be torce fet 
 down how greatly it amazed his companions* 
 which as yet cleaved to the world and to the 
 affeftions of the flelh : many of them able to 
 render no caufe of it, could not tell, what to 
 fay of it : fome judged it but a malancholick 
 paflion : others thought it plain folly, and 
 fearing he would become fimple and doting, 
 and that his wit began by fqme means to be 
 empaired. Thus every one gave his yerditt 
 and cenfure of him, but all wondred, and 
 doubted what it would turn to. But the bet- 
 ter fort of men. and fuch as feared God, and 
 had their mind inlightned with fome know- 
 ledg of Religion , as they wondred no lels 
 to fee fo great a change in fo great a man, fo 
 likewife they were furprized with exceeding 
 joy to fee it : for they were perfwaded, that 
 God had fome great and extraordinary work 
 
i * The Ltfe of Galcacius. 
 
 in it ? that a young Gallant, a Noble man of 
 fuch wealth and honour as he was, living in 
 fuch delight and pleafùres, info generala 
 corruption of life , both in Court and Coun- 
 trey, but efpecially his age, nobility, wealth 
 and honour being /oyned with the wanton 
 delicioufnefs of the Courtly life : I fiy that 
 fuch a man fhould be indued with thefpirit 
 ofhohnefs, and fo far affecied with Repen- 
 tance, as that he fhould contemn all thofe in 
 refpeci of Heaven 5 thev efteemed of it (as it 
 was indeed; a rare matter, and fèldom feen 
 in the world : and therefore they greatly re- 
 loyced at it, and praifed the Lord on his be- 
 half. Aroongft thofe men that thus rejoy- 
 ced at his converfion, was one Marcus Anto- 
 nius Flaminius, a Scholar of great name, and 
 an excellent Poet, as his Paraphnfe on the 
 T faiths, and other very good Poems do fuffi- 
 ciently teftify. Galcacius about this time re- 
 ceived a Letter from this FUminius-, wherein 
 he did congratufate, cV rejoyce with him,for 
 the grace and gift ofGod,which was beftow- 
 ed on him in his converfion. This Letter I 
 thought good to infert into the body of this 
 ftory, (as being worthy of no lefs) to the end 
 that it might be a witnefs, in times to come, 
 of the good opinion which fuch men had 
 conceived of him, wh© knew the foundation 
 
 of 
 
Jfar ; AnL-&hmiwu.*,aj}rea£ ScLlar irt^tafy; fl'nt 
 to {jaleuiusjanl conaratuUteth ndthhwifarhls hoi* 
 arul happy c'tumt • y ■ 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. i 5 
 
 of true juftification, though they were yet 
 poffeflTed with other errors, as about the Sa- 
 craments, and of the Mafs, &c. which afas, as 
 yet they were not able to difcern of, as after 
 by the greater grace of God this Galeae ins 
 did. The Copf of the Letter is this, 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Marcus Antotiius Flaminia^, d great 
 Schol.ir in Italy \wr it et h toGaleacius, 
 and congratuLiteth with htm, for his 
 holy ana happy change. 
 
 To the Right Honourable, Gdledcifà 
 Qirraccioius. 
 
 Right Noble Lord, when I confider feri - 
 oufly thefè words ofiPatd; Brethren,yon 
 fee your calling, that not many noble, not ma- 
 ny wife, according to the fiejh, not many mighty 
 are called: but God hath chofen the foolijh 
 I things of this world to confound the wife, and 
 I weak^ things to confound the mighty , and bafe 
 '' things in the world, and things not accounted 
 ; of, and things that are not, to bring to nought 
 frhings that are,- When, I fay, I confider 
 
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14 The Lije of Galcacius 
 
 of thefe words fo often, I admire at that rare I 
 blefling of God, which he hath vouchfafed to' | 
 you a Noble and mighty man : namely, that I 
 he (hould grace you with that true and in- j 
 comparable Nobility, which is attained by \ 
 true faith in Chrift Jefus, and a holy life. As f 
 much greater as this blefling is r ib much the | 
 more holy and fmcere ought your life to be,, 
 and fo much the more upright are you to 
 walk with your God ; left that your thorns 
 (that is, riches, pleafures,and honour,) 1 mould 
 choke the feed of the Gofpel, Which is fown- 
 in you. 
 
 For this I am fure of, that God hath begun 
 fome great work in you , which he will fi- 
 nirti to the glory of his own name, and will 
 bring to pais , that as heretofore you had 
 care fo to live a Noble man amongft Noble 
 . men, that you might obferve the decorum 
 and maintain the dignity of Nobility: fo here- 
 after that you may imploy your whole felf 
 in this, that you may defend and uphold the 
 honour and dignity of the children of God, 
 whofe duty it is to aim at the perfection of 
 their father with all endeavours 5 and in their 
 life upon the earth to refemble that holy and 
 heavenly life, which they (hall lead in the 
 world to come. Call to mind continually (my 
 good Lord) in all your words and deeds, that 
 
 we 
 
Caracciolo, Marq. of Vico. 1 5 
 
 We arc graced with this honour to be made 
 the ions of God by Jefus Chrift : for that me- 
 ditation will by the help of the holy Ghoft, 
 work this care in us, that we never commie 
 any thing unworthy of that holy name of 
 Chrift* by which we are called. And yet alas, 
 fuch is our 'citate, as that if we doendeavour 
 to pleafe Chrift, we are fure to disleale men, 
 and mult be content to contemn the vain glory 
 of the world,that we may enjoy heavenly and 
 eternal glory with God ; for it is ùnpojfiU 
 /as Chrift faith) for him to believe in G*d 
 which feekj the honour andpraife of men. I mean 
 of the men of this world,which as the Kingly 
 Prophet faith, are lighter and vainer than va^ 
 nity it felf And therefore their judgment 
 is- little worth, and lefs to be efteemed : 
 but rather the judgment of God, who 
 fceth not all our adtions only, but even our 
 moft hidden thoughts and purpofes. Which 
 being fo, were it not folly and madnefs to dif- 
 pleafe fuch a God, to pleafe fo fond a world i 
 It were a fhamefu] thing, if a Wife fliould in- 
 deavaur fo pleafe other men, rather than her 
 Husband. How much more then unworthy is 
 it, if our fouls fhould rather aim to pleafe 
 the vain world, than their mo'ft holy Spoufe 
 Chrift Jefus ? If the only Son of God was 
 content not only to be reviled,yea and fcour- 
 
1 6 Tie Life of GaleaciuS 
 
 ged, but even to die upon the Crofs as a car"" 
 fed malefaftor , and all fur us : why fhould 
 not we much more bear patiently the taunts 
 and mocks, yea even the fianders of Gods- 
 enemies ? Let us therefore arm our fèlves as- 
 it Were with a holy pride,and(in a fort)lcorn 
 and laugh at their mocks ; and putting upon 
 us mercy and pity as the feeling members of 
 Chrifty Jet us bewail (b great blindnefs in 
 them, and let us intreat the Lord for them y 
 to pull them out of that palpable da'rknefs 
 into his true and marvelfous light, leit Satan 
 bind them to himfelf in his everlafting pren- 
 tifhip ; and fo being his bond-flaves^and hired 
 (worn fervants of his black guard , do fend 
 them out to perfecute Jefus Chrift in his 
 members. Which when they have done alf 
 they can, and all that the Devil their Matter 
 can teach them , though the Devil himfelf 
 fhould burft with malice, and they for anger 
 grind their teeth ; yet mail it all tend to the 
 magnifying of Gods glory,which they labour 
 to obfeure^and to the furtherance of their fai- 
 vation,whom they fò difdained:yea,to the in- 
 create of their glory in a better world,whom' 
 in this world they thought worthy of nothing 
 but all difgrace: and fu rely (my molt honora- 
 ble Lord) he that is poffefled with the cer- 
 tainty of this faith, will \vithout doubt make 
 
 ope* 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 17 
 
 open War with the corrupt affections of his 
 own nature, and with all the world, yea even 
 with theDevil himfelf,and will not doubt but 
 in time even to overcome them all.Thereforc 
 let us humble our felves to ourGod & Father 
 everlafting, that he would increate that faith 
 in us, and bring forth in us thofe moft blefied 
 and fweet fruits of faith in our hearts & lives; 
 which he ufeth to work in them whom he 
 hath eìededjthat fo our faith may appear not 
 a fained,but a true faith ; not a dead,but a li- 
 ving faith j not a humane.but a divine Work in 
 us 5 that fo it may be to us an infallible pledg 
 of our (ài vati on to come. Let us labour to 
 fhew our felves the legitimate and undoubted 
 children of God in feeking above all things, 
 that his moft holy Name may be fan&ified in 
 our fèlves and others ; and in imitating his 
 admirable love and genti enefs, which makes 
 his Sun to fhine on good and bad. Let us 
 worfhip his heavenly iMajefty in fpirit and 
 truth 5 and let us yield up the temple of our 
 hearts to Chrift Jefus, as an acceptable facri- 
 fice unto him ; yea, let us fhew our felves 
 members of the heavenly High Prieft Chrift 
 jefus, in facrificing to God our bodies, and in 
 crucifying the fiefh with the affe&ion,& lufts 
 thereof -, that fin being dead,God may create 
 in us a fpiritual life,whereby Chrift Jefus may 
 
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xS The Life of Galcacias 
 
 live in us. Let us dye to fin, and dye to our 
 felves, and to the world, that we may live 
 blefledly to God and Chrift Jefus ; yea lee us 
 acknowìedg aad fhew by our lives, that we 
 were once dead , but now are railed to the 
 life of grace, by the power of Chrift Jefus. 
 Let our eonverfation be heavenly, though 
 we live on the earth : let us begin that life 
 here, which we hope to lead in heaven : let 
 the Image of God mine bright in us : let .us 
 difgrace and wear out the old Image of fin 
 and Satan, and labour to renew the Image of 
 Chrift Jefus, that all that fee us may acknow- 
 ìedg Gods Image in us. Which holy Image 
 of grace, as it is beautiful and glorious in all 
 Gods Saints, fo in you (my good Lord; it 
 ftiall be fo much more glorious, in as much 
 as you go before others in Birth, Nobility , 
 Honour, and high Place. O what a pleafant 
 fight is it to all true Chriftian men,yea to the 
 Angels^vea how acceptable to the Lord him- 
 felf, to behold a man of your place and eftate 
 fo far to forget the world and deny him- 
 fdfy fo deeply to confider the frailty of his 
 own nature, and the vanity of all temporal 
 things,as to fay with Chrift, 1 am a worm and 
 no man ; and to cry out with David, turn thy 
 faceto me, and have mercy vpohme, for I am 
 defilate and poor : O happy and true rich man, 
 ' ' which 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 19 
 
 Which hath attained to this fpiritual and hea- 
 venly poverty, and can give a farevyell to 
 h'imfelfand the world, and all things that he 
 hach for Ghrifts fake; and can freely renounce 
 and forfàke carnal resfjn humane learnings 
 company, and counfel of friends, wealth, 
 Honours, Lordfhips, pleafures of all forts, 
 delight of the Court, high places, and prefer- 
 ments, dignity, and offices $ yea, favour of 
 Princes - y yea, his own fdfl How welcome 
 ihall he be to Chrilt,which can deny all thole 
 for Chrift fàke ? Such a one may go for a 
 Fool in the world, but he fhall be of the Al- 
 mighties, counfel 5 fuch a man knoweth that 
 felicity confifts not in any thing that this 
 world can afford, and therefore in the midft 
 of all his wealth and abundance,he crieth out 
 to God as though he had nothing, even out 
 of the feeling of his heart, Give us this day 
 our daily Bread, Such a man preferreth the 
 rebuke of Chrift, before the honour of the 
 world and the afflictions of Chrifts Religion, 
 before the pleafures of the world : and be- 
 caufe he defpifed all things in refpecì: of Chrift 
 and his righteoufhefs, and is poffeffed and 
 grounded with Gods (pirite therefore he 
 fings with true joy of heart with the kingly 
 Prophet 5 The Lord is my Shepheard y therefore 
 I can want nothing ^ neither will I fear hm- 
 Q % get 
 
io The Life of Galeacius 
 
 get or any outward, thing 3 he feeds me in green 
 fafture, and leads me forth b efide the waier of 
 comfort. This man diftrufts himfelf and all 
 the creatures in the world that he may tmft 
 and cleave only unto God ; neither aimes he 
 at any pleafure , any wifdom, any b our , 
 any riches, any credit or eitimation, bu. fuch 
 as comes from God himfelf; and therefore 
 profeffeth with the fame Prophet : / have 
 none in heaven but thee alone , and none in the 
 earth do I defire but thee, mj flcfh confameth 
 With longirg aftsr thee, and thou Lord art my 
 heritage and fort ion for ever. He that f pake 
 thus was a wealthy and mighty King, vet 
 futfered he not the eyes of his mind v, be 
 blinded or dazled with the glittering glory of 
 riches, pleafures, or honour, or ought dfe 
 that a Kingdom could give; for he knew well 
 that they all came of God, and were held un- 
 der God, and muft all be ufed to his glory, 
 and that he that gave them hath far better 
 things to give his children. And therefore 
 that King and Prophet makes his hea\ enly 
 proclamation before all his people ; Bkfftd 
 art thou, O Lord God our Father, for ever and 
 ever : thine O Lord is greatnefs, andp^voer,and 
 glory, and vici or y : all that is in heaven and 
 earth is thine,thine is the Kingdom, Lord, and 
 than excelle fi as head over all : riches and ho-. 
 
 nour 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. n 
 
 fiour come of thee ^ and thou art Lord of all; in 
 thy hands is power, and fir e ngt h,and honour ,and 
 dignity 3 and Kingdoms are in thy difpofition : 
 therefore we give thee thanks O God , and we 
 extol thy great and glorious Name. But who am 
 I, and wnat is my people, that we Jhould promise 
 fuch things to thee Ì For we are fir angers before 
 thee ', ana \f journey 's as all our fathers were $ our 
 days «re hke ajhadow upon the earth, and here 
 is no abiding. 
 
 See how David cannot conteRt himfèlf in 
 abafmg himfèlf, and extolling the Lord 5 and 
 in how many words his affections utter them- 
 fèlves. This was Davids meditation, and let 
 this be yout Looking-glafs 5 in this Looking- 
 glats look once a day,and pray daily,that God 
 would ftill open your eyes to behold your 
 own vilenefs,and his incomprehenfible power 
 and love to you, that with King David you 
 may humble your fclf under the mighty hand 
 ofhisMajefty , and acknowledg all power 
 and glory to belong to God aIone,that fo you 
 may be made partakers of thofe heavenly 
 graces which God bellowed , not on the- 
 proud and lotty a but on the humble and meek, 
 Remember that ordinance of the eternalGod, 
 that faith 5 Let noi .he wife man glory in his 
 Wifdome, nor the fi > ong man in his jtrergth, nor 
 the rich man in his riches, but let him that gh- 
 C 3 rieth 
 
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 r i et h glory in this, in that he under ft andeth and t 
 knoweth me, that I am the Lerd which do mer- 
 cy and jtt ft ice on earth-, jor t he fe things p! safe 
 me, faith the Lord. Therefore (my good Lord^ 
 if you lift to boaft,boaft not as the worjd doth, 
 that you are rich, or that you are of Noble 
 birth, or that you are in favour with the 
 Emperor and other Princes, or that you are 
 heir apparent of a rich Marquefdom, or that 
 you have : married Co Noble a Woman 5 leave 
 this kind of boafting to them, who have their 
 frninds glewed to the World, and therefore 
 have no better things to boaft on$ whofe por- 
 tion being here in this life, they can look for 
 nothing in Heaven. But rather rejoyce you 
 are entred into the kingdom of grace ; glory 
 in this,that the King of Kings hath had mercy 
 on you, and hath drawn you out of the mifty 
 darknefs of errors,hath given you to feel his 
 endlefs love and mercy in Chrift, hath made 
 you of the child of wrath, his own fon $ of 
 a fervant to fin and the Devil, an heir of 
 Heaven ; and of a bondilave to Hell, a Free 
 Denifon of the Heavenly Jerufàlem ; and 
 glory in this, that even Chrift Jefus himfelf 
 is given vou, and made your own, and with 
 him all things eHè. So that as Paul faith, all 
 are yours, whether the' world, or life, or death, 
 things prtfnt or things to come, all are- yours 
 
 in 
 
CaraccioJus, Marq. of Vico. a \ 
 
 in and by Chrifi, who is the only felicity of 
 our fouls : and therefore whofoever have 
 him, have with him all things elfè. This is the 
 true glory and the found boafting of Chriftia- 
 nity 5 for hereby is Gods mercy extolled, 
 and mans pride trodden under foot,by which 
 a man trufting too much to himfelf^ rebelleth 
 againft God. This glorious boafting makes us 
 humble even in our higheft honours, modeft 
 and meek in profperity, patient and quiet in ; 
 adverfity $ in troubles ftrong and cquragious, 
 gentle towards all men, joyfull in hope, fer- 
 vent in prayer, full of the love of God, but 
 empty of all love of oiar felves, or ought in 
 the wor!d;vea,it makes usChrifts true Beadf- 
 men, and his Iworn fervants^, and makes us 
 yield up our felves wholly to imitate and 
 follow Chrift , and to efteem all things elie 
 as frail and vain, yea dung and drofs that we 
 may win him. 
 
 Right Honourable and my good Lord,you 
 fee that I am fq willingly employed in this 
 fervice of writing to your Honour, and in 
 conferring with you of heavenly matters,that 
 I have forgot my ib\f } or rather your Honour, 
 in being fo tedious, which in the beginning I 
 purpofèd not. I am privy to my felf and of 
 my own ignorance, and^guilty of mine own 
 infuf£c : enty, as being fitter to be a Schollar 
 C 4 than, 
 
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 than a Teacher ; and to hear and learn my 
 ftlf, rather than to teach others -, and there- 
 fore I crave pardon of your Honour. Fare- 
 well, The molt reverend EmbalFador defi- 
 reth in his heart he had occafion to teftify in- 
 deed, that true good will which in his foul he 
 bears you : In the mean time he fàlutes you, 
 and fo doth the illuitrious Princefs of Pifcaria 
 herHighnefs, and ail other the Honourable 
 Perfonages which are with me ; all which re- 
 joyce for this good work of God in you, and 
 in all kmdrefs do kifs your hands 5 and they 
 do al! earneftlv intrear. the Lord for you, that 
 he that hath begun fo great a work in you, 
 would accomplim the fame to the end ; and 
 the richer vou are in temporal Goods, in 
 Lands, and Lordfhips, that he would make 
 you fo much the more poor in fpirit ; that /o 
 your fpiritual poverty, may do that which 
 your .worxlly riches and honour cannot $ 
 namely , bring you at Iati: to the eternal and 
 never-fading riches of the world to come 
 Amen. Farewell. FvomYitttruium, 
 
 Ten? Honours moft humbly addifted, and 
 moft loving Brother in Chrifr y 
 
 Ivi. Antonius Flaminius. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
qfJu 
 
 iac< 
 
 ke -many UmphttianstlieT>tvill ufei to pull hint 
 %,asby Tdrlfatherjhis wijijantLiy noble men of 
 his acquaintance . 
 
 V zB 
 
Caracciolus, Mar q. of Vico. 1$ 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 Of the many temptations the Devil ufed 
 to -pull him back^^ as by his Father, ms 
 Wife, and by Noblemen of his acquaintance. 
 
 T> Y this and other holy means GaleaèiM 
 J-* was confirmed in the Dottrine of the 
 Truth, and went forward conftuntly in the 
 courfe of Gods calling :md the way of 
 Godlinefs. But the more couragioufly he 
 went en, the moti fiercely the Devil raged 
 againft him by his temptations, endeavour- 
 ing thereby to hinder him in that h^rpy 
 courfe 5 yea and if ir were poffiblc to drive 
 ! him back again;' Which cour'e h ct-vi--. Iy 
 takes againft tho.è, fo ho have propounds m 
 themfèlves to tame rheP , fjj 
 
 and to relinquifh the , ^ 
 
 And firit ofaJl, this, zeah his m 
 
 Religion procured hi er of 
 
 mocks, and macu ;1T Vi ] c 
 
 flanders ; yea made hfrn m\if the tarred of 
 a^great number, >r hehe.-dn 
 
 difyleafe. and vex his s one that' 
 
 was not only of a contrary Religion, 
 
 but 
 
i6 The Life ^Gale?cius. 
 
 but one who only intended the Honour of 
 feis Houle, and the advancing of his Poiterity 
 to all the honour that might be, which in re- 
 flect of Religion Galeacius cared nor for at 
 all 5 and therefore he did often fharply chide 
 him, and charged him with his Fatherly au- 
 thority, to put away thofe melanchollv 
 conceits, (as he termed them.) No doubt 
 but this was moft grievous to him, who al- 
 ways was moft fubmils and obedient to his 
 Father. 
 
 But another grief did more inwardly 
 afflici: him, which was in refpeft of his Wife 
 Vittoria 5 who though fhe was always a 
 molt kind and dutifull Wife, as alfo very 
 wife, yet (he would by no means yield to 
 this motion and change of Religion ; becaufe 
 ibe thought and feared it would breed infa- 
 my,and a reproach to her felf and her houfe 3 
 and therefore was continually working on 
 him by all means and devices (he could $ 
 labouring to move him by tears and com- 
 plaints, and by all kinds of intreaty that a 
 Wife could ufe to her Husband ; and withall 
 fbmetimes urging him with fuch vain and 
 fond reafons, as commonly women of that 
 Religion are furnifhed withall. What a vexa- 
 tion this was, and what an impediment to his 
 conversion, fuch may judg eafily who are 
 
 cum- 
 
Carscciolus, Marq.ofVico. £7 
 
 cumbered with Husbands or Wives of a 
 contrary Religion. And no little grief and 
 temptation was it to him, befides all thefe, 
 that the moft part of the Noblemen in and 
 about Naples ("being either of his blood, or 
 kindred, or his familiar friends) ufed conti- 
 nually to refort unto him, to follow their old 
 and ordinary (ports and pleafures, Alas how 
 hard a thing was it to fhake off all thefe on a 
 fudden, and to take upon him a direct contra- 
 ry courfe of life to that he had led with them 
 afore 3 which he muft needs do, if he would 
 go on as he had begun ? And further , it 
 was no little vexation to his foul , to live in 
 the Court, when his Office and Place called 
 him thereunto -, for there he might hear of 
 any thing rather than of Religion, and not a 
 word by any means of Gods Word, where- 
 by to fave his foul, but talk enough of 
 Common and wordly preferments and 
 pleafures , and devifing of means for 
 the moft cruel handling and difpatching 
 out of the way all fuch as fhould depart 
 from the Romifh Faith. Any Chriitian 
 leart may eafily conceive how deeply thofe 
 
 emptations and hindrances vexed his righ- 
 teous foul in this his courfe towards God ; 
 
 n fo much as a thoufand to one they 
 
 had. 
 
a 8 The Life ofGaleacius. 
 
 had turned him back again ; and doubtlef 
 they had done fo indeed, had not God afiift 
 ed him with fpecial grace. 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 Hozv he efctiped the [nares of the Arians 
 
 Anabàpùlì$,and aft er of the Waldefi- 
 
 ans,- and of his rcfoluticn to leave hie 
 
 Country, Honours andLivingsfo enjoy 
 
 the benefit of Gods Religion. 
 
 BUt above all thefe, Satan had one affanlt 
 ftrongeft of all, whereby he attempted 
 to (educe him from the true and fincere Reli- 
 gion of God. About that time the Realm of 
 Naples was fore peftèred with Arians y and 
 u4nabaptiftsjNh.o daily broched their herefies 
 amongft the common people,colouring them 
 over with glorious fhews. Thefe fellows per- 
 ceiving Galeacius not fully fetled as yet in 
 Religion,nor yet fufficiently grounded in the 
 Scripture, tryed all means they could to en- 
 tangle him in their errors and blafphemous 
 fancies ; wherein the mighty work of God 
 was admirable towards him, for he being a 
 Youth, a Gentleman,but a mean Scholar,and 
 
 little 
 
Caraccioius, Marq. of Vico. a 9 
 
 little ftudied, and but lately entred into the 
 School of Chriftian Religion , who would 
 ha . e thought that ever he could have refilled 
 and efcaped the fnares of thofe Hereticks , 
 many of them being great and grounded 
 Scholars, and throughly ftudied in the Scrip- 
 ture ? Notwithstanding, by the fincere fim- 
 plieity and plainnefs of Gods truth, and the 
 inspiration of the Holy Ghoft, he not only 
 defcried the fondnefs of their herefies , but 
 even untied the knots, and brake their nets 
 and delivered himfelf, and mightily confuted 
 them 5 yea fuch was the working of God ^ 
 as being fometime in their meetings, he was 
 ftrongly confirmed in the Doctrine of the 
 Truth by feeing and hearing them. Thus by 
 God's mercy he efcaped, and was conqueror 
 in this fight. 
 
 But the Devil had not fo done with 
 him, for another and more dangerous battel 
 prelently followed. The Waldefians of whom 
 we fpake before, were at that time in Naples 
 in pood number. With them did Galeacius 
 daily converfè, their courfes of life and ftudy 
 being not far unlike. Thefe Difciples of 
 Waldcfws knew as yet no more in Religion 
 but the point of Juftification, and mifliked 
 and efchewed (òme abufes in Popery, and ne- 
 vtrthelefs Itili frequented Popifti Churches, 
 
 heard 
 
;o The Life of Galeacias 
 
 heard Maffes, and were prefent ordinarily at 
 vile Idolatries. Gakaaus. for a time conver- 
 ted with thefè men, and followed their way $ 
 which courfe doubtlefs would have fpoiled, 
 him,as did a great fort of them ; who after 
 wards being taken and committed for the 
 Truth, were eafily brought to recant their 
 Religion, becaufè they wanted the chief and 
 the molt excellent points, nor were not fuffi- 
 ciently fetled ; and yet afterwards again , 
 not daring to forfake their hold in Juftirka- 
 tion, and therefore coming to it again, were 
 taken as relapfers and backiliders, and put to 
 cxtream torments,and cruel death. In the like 
 danger had Galeacius been, but that the good 
 providence of God other wife difpofed, and 
 better provided for him ; for his Office and 
 Place that he bare in the Emperors Court 
 called him into Germany , and fo withdrew 
 him from his Companions the V/aldefians, 
 for the Lord had a greater work to work 
 in him than the Waldefians were able to teach 
 him 5 for there in Germany he learned ("that 
 he never knew afore) that the knowledg 
 of the truth of Juftification was not fufficient 
 for falvation 5 whileft in the mean time a 
 man wittingly defiled himfèlf w r ith Idolatry, 
 which the Scripture calls fpiritual Whore- 
 dom -, and of no man did he reap more. 
 
 found 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. ; i 
 
 found and comfortable induction than of 
 Paer /y/artjr y of whom we (pake afore,whom 
 God hath lately called out of Italy and con- 
 firmed him in the truth. This Martyr in- 
 ftruLttdGdLacitìs foundly in the way of truth, 
 and made it plain, by private conferences as 
 well as publick j for he was then publick Pro- 
 fclfor of Divinity at Strasborough in Germa- 
 ny. Galeacms furnifhed with thofe inftructi- 
 ons, returned to Naples , and prefently re- 
 forting to his companions the Wald'fians , 
 amongft other points conferred with them 
 about the efchewing of Idolatry , and deli- 
 vered his judgment therein. But they not 
 induring fcarce to hear it, prefèntly forfòok 
 him 3 for they would by no means entertain 
 that Doctrine, which they knew was fureto 
 bring upon them afflictions, perfections , 
 lofs of Goods and Honours, or elfe would 
 caufe them to forfake Country, Houfe, and 
 Land, Wife , and Child a and fo every way 
 threatned a mifèrable eftate to the ProfefTor 
 thereof. Now this their forfàking of him, 
 and telling him of the danger of this Profefll- 
 on , was another ftrong temptation to keep 
 him wrapped in their Idolatry, and to make 
 him content himfelf with their imperfect and 
 pieced Religion. But GOD, who had in 
 bis eternal election prediftinated him , that 
 
 he 
 
5 z The Life of GaleaciuS 
 
 he fhould be a lingular example of conftancy 
 to the editi cation of many . and the confufion 
 and condemnation of luke-warm profeffors, 
 gave him that excellent refolution^ and that 
 heavenly courage, as he efcaped at laft con- 
 queror over all thofè temptations and allaults 
 of Satan ; and nothing could fuffice or content 
 him but the pure Religion, and alfo the pro* 
 feflion of its and therefore feeing no hope 
 of reformation in Naples , nor any hope to 
 have the Waldefians joyn with him,and feeing 
 plainly that he could not ferve God in the 
 Country , he refolved undoubtedly that he 
 would forfàke the Country, and feek for 
 Chrift and his Religion wherefoever he might 
 find them 5 and that he would rather forfake 
 Father, Wife, Children, Goods and Lands, 
 Offices and Preferments to win Chrift, than 
 to enjoy them all and want Chrift Jefus. 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 Of the grievous combats betwixt the flejh and 
 thefpirit, when he refolved of his departure. 
 
 N 
 
 Ow here by the way it may not be omit- 
 ted,, what kind of cogitations he hath 
 
 often 
 
Carracciolus, Marq. of Vico. j; 
 
 often faid came into his mind, as he was deli- 
 berating about this great matter. For firit of 
 all, as often as he looked on his father, which 
 lie did almoft every hour, who dearly loved 
 him, and whom again he reflected in all du- 
 ty and reverence : fo often doubtlefs he 
 was -itricken at the heart with unfpeakable 
 grief to think of his departure, his mind no 
 doubt often thinking thus : What, and muft i 
 needs' forfàke my dear and loving father, and 
 cannot I elle have God my Father ? O refe- 
 rable and unhappy father of my body, which 
 muft ltand in companion with the Father of 
 my foul 1 And muft 1 needs fail in duty to 
 him, if I perform my duty to God ? O mi- 
 ferable old man ! for what deeper wound can 
 pierce him, than thus to be deprived of the 
 only ftaff and comfort of his age ? Alas, 
 (hall Irthus leave him in fuch a Sea of trou- 
 bles j and fhall I be the only means to ftrike 
 into his heart the deepeft wound of grief 
 that yet ever pierced him in all his life ? This 
 my departure is lure to make my fclf the 
 Obloquie of the World : yea , to breed re- 
 proach and fhame to the Marquefs my Fa- 
 ther, and to my whole Stock and Kindred. 
 How is it pofTible that the good old man can 
 overcom or indure fo great a greif^but rather 
 *ta malt needs be (wallowed up of it, and fo 
 D with 
 
54 2fo Life of Galcacias 
 
 with wo and mifery end his life ; Shall I then 
 be the caufe of death to my father, who 
 would, if need had been, redeemed my life 
 with his own death?alas!what a mifery is this 
 like to be either to me,or him,or us bothryet 
 mult I care lefs for bringing his gray head 
 with forrow unto the grave, than for cafting 
 my own poor Soul with horror into Hell. 
 And no lefs inwardly was he grieved in re- 
 fpeci; of his noble Wife Vittoria, : for having 
 no hope that fhe would renounce Popery , 
 and go with him,therefore he durft not make 
 known unto her the purpofe of his departures 
 but rather refolved for Chrift fake to leave 
 her and all , and to follow Chrift. She was 
 now as he was himfelf in the prime of Youth, 
 a Lady of great birth, fair,wife, and modeft 5 
 but her love and loyalty to her Husband fur- 
 pafled all. How was it pofTible patiently to 
 leave fuch a Wife, fo that his perplexed 
 mind difcourfed on this fafhion when he 
 lookt on her? And (hall I fo,yea fo fuddenly 
 and fo unkindly leave and forfàke my Wife, 
 my molt deer and loving Wife, the only joy 
 of my heart in this world , my companion 
 and partner in all my grief and labour : the 
 augmenter of my joy,the leffener of my wo ? 
 And mall I leave her,not for a time (as here- 
 tofore I did y when the Emperors fervice 
 
 called 
 
Caraccioliis, Marq. of Vico. 3 5 
 
 called me from her) but for ever,never agaia 
 to enjoy her, yea,it may be never to fee her? 
 And fhall I deprive my felf of her, and there- 
 by deprive my felf of all others alfo,, and of 
 all the conjugal life and married eftate ? And 
 fhall I fo leave her defolate and alone in tha't 
 eftate and age whereof the is ? Alas poor 
 Lady, what fhall (he do ? what fhall become 
 of her, and of her poor little ones, when I 
 am gon ? How many dolefull days with- 
 out comfort, many Waking nights without 
 deep, fhall fhe pafs over ? What will fhe 
 do but. weep and wail, and pine away with 
 grief? And as he caft thefe things in his 
 mind , he thought he even faw his Wife, 
 how fhe took on with her felf, fighing, and 
 fobbing, and weeping 5 yea howling and cry- 
 ing/and running after him with thefe pitiful! 
 out-cries : Ah my dear Lord, and fweat Huf- 
 band whither will you go? and will you leave 
 me miferable Woman, cpmfortlefs' and fuc- 
 couriefs? What fhall become of me, when 
 you are gon ? What can honours, pompSj 
 riches, gold, ill ver, jewels, friends, company, 
 all delights and pleafures In the earth, what 
 can they all do to my comfort when I want 
 you ? And what joy can I have in my chil- 
 dren without you, but rather my grief to be 
 doubled to look on them Ì And how can. I or 
 Dr the 
 
}5 The Lije of Galcacius 
 
 the world be perfwaded that yon care for 
 them, and for my felf ? Is this the \$xe that 
 thou fo often boafted of ? Ah ! miferabfe 
 love which had this iflue ! either never didlt 
 thou love me, elfe never had true love fo 
 itrange an end as this of yours hath. And yet, 
 which is vvorfe than all this, you never (hew- 
 ed me the caufe of this your ftrange de- 
 parture : had I known caufe, it would never 
 have grieved me half fo much : But now 
 that the caufe is not known , what will the 
 world judge, but the fault is in me ? at leaft, 
 if they cannot condemn me for it ; yet how 
 reproachfull will it be to me , when every 
 bale Companion dare lay it in my dim, and 
 point at me with their ringers when I go 
 by, and fay, This is that fond Woman, who 
 married him with whom (he could not live, 
 and whom her Husband difdained to live 
 withall ? This is that fimple fool, who is de- 
 fecate having a Husband, and a Widow, her 
 Husband yet being alive. Either (hall I be 
 counted wicked, which have caufèd thee to 
 leave me, or foolilh, mifèrable, and unhappy, 
 who chofefo fondly, as to take him whom 
 Ì could net be fure of when I had him. In a 
 word, I (hall be deprived of thee : yea of all 
 poilibiiity of having any other, and fo having 
 a Husband, and of a Noble Family, I (haJI 
 
 Lvc 
 
Caracciolo Marq. af Vico. 37 
 
 Jive in all mifery, altogether without a Huf- 
 band. Thefe two cogitations of his Father 
 and his Wife greatly tormented him, and the 
 more becaufc he laboured to keep'clofe this 
 fire, which burned and boiled in his heart : 
 namely, to conceal his departure, left by bet- 
 ing. known , it might be hindred , which fie 
 would not for a World. 
 
 Yet there was a third and fpecial care 
 that pinced him , and that was for his Chil- 
 dren, which were fix in all 5 goodly and to- 
 wardly children, and worthy of fo noble Pa- 
 rents : the more grief was it, in that they 
 were fo young , as that they could not yet 
 conceive what it was to want a Father ; the 
 ddcii was fcarce fifteen , and the youngeft 
 fcace four years old : he Joyed them with 
 molt tender and fatherly affection, and was, 
 again loved and honoured of them. It is 
 wonderful to think, how when his Wife the 
 Lady did give into his armes his youngeft 
 child to play withall ("as oftentimes Wives 
 ufè to do) how it were poffible for him and 
 what adoe he had with himfelf to contain 
 from flou-ds of tears 5 efpecially becaufe his 
 eyes feeing them, and his heart taking de- 
 light and pleafure in them, his mind could 
 not but difcourfe on this manner : And fhail I 
 within thefe few days utterly forfàke thefè 
 D 3 fweet 
 
5 8 The Life of Galeacius 
 
 fiveet babes, and leave them to the wide and 
 wicked world/as though they had never been 
 my children , nor I their father ? Yea happy 
 had I been, ifl had either never had them^or 
 having them might enjoy them : To be a fa-' 
 ther of no children, and yet to have children, 
 that is a mifery. And you poor Orphans, 
 what (hall become of you when I am gon ? 
 your hap is heard, evfcn to be father!efs,your 
 father yet living ; and what can your great 
 birth now help you ? for by my departure 
 you ffraH lofe all your living and wealth, and 
 all your dignity whatsoever , which other- 
 wife you had been fure'òf : hay, my depar- 
 ture mail not only deprive you of all this, 
 but lay you open to'all infamy, reproach, and 
 flander,and bring upon you all kind of mifery. 
 And thus, then fhall the time be curfed. that 
 ever they had me to their father. And what 
 can your wofull mother do when (he looketh 
 on you, but weep and wring her hands, her 
 grief itili increailng as fhe looks upon you ? 
 Yet thus muft I leave you all confound- 
 ed together in heaps of griefs , weeping 
 and wailing one with another , and I in 
 the mean time weeping and wailing for you 
 3.11. Many other griefs, temptations and hin- 
 drances afTaulted him., though they were not 
 fo weighty as thefe formerly named, yet 
 
 which, 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 39 
 
 which might have been able to have hindred 
 any mans departure, being" in his cafe 3 as 
 to leave the company of fo many gallant 
 Noblemen and Gentlemen , his kindred and 
 ♦ acquaintance ; to lofè fo honourable an Of- 
 fice, and place he bare in the Emperors 
 Court 5 to leave for ever his native Soil, the 
 delicate Italy \ to deprive himfelf and his po- 
 fterity of the noble Title and rich living of a 
 Marquefdom 5 to undertake a molt long and 
 tedious journey ; to caft himfèlf into exile, 
 poverty, fhame, and many other mifèries 
 without hope of recovery for everso change 
 ii is former pleafànt life into all hardnefs, and 
 give a farewell to all the delicacies of Italy y 
 wherein he was brought up, to leave that 
 goodly Garden of his Father the Marquefles, 
 which once fhould be his own y the goodlieft 
 Garden almoft in all Italy 3 or all Chriften- 
 dom, which was furnifhed with plants of all 
 forts, and thefe not only of all that grow in 
 Italy, but even fuch as were to be got out of 
 all other Countries: This Garden andOrchard 
 was fo exquifite both this way, and in divers 
 other forts of Elegancies,that a great number 
 of men of all qualities reforted daily out of 
 all Countries to fee it. But this and allother 
 the pleafures and delicacies of this prefènt life 
 could do nothing with him to remove.him, 
 D 4 from 
 
40 The Life of Galeacius 
 
 from his purpofe ; but he renounced them 
 all, and refolved to leave them all, to follow 
 Chrift: fo ftrong and admirable was the con- 
 ftancy of this noble Gentleman, 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 How after all thè tempi 'at ions which 
 J?e/b and blood laid in his way to hin- 
 der his departure, he con full ed w 'it h 
 the Lord ', and from him received 
 grace to overcome them all. 
 
 BUT it may be asked, Whereupon was 
 grounded fo great unmoveablenels of 
 this purpofè, or whence came it ? If we ask 
 the world and common judgment, they will 
 anfwer, that doubtlefs mclancholick humors 
 prevailing in him , fpoiled the man of liis 
 judgment and natural aite&ions , and impai- 
 red common fenfe and reafon ; and thence 
 proceeded this obftinate and defperate pur- 
 pofe,as the world judgeth of it. But if a man 
 lift up his eyes higher, and behold the mat- 
 ter more ferioufly, he might have manifeftly 
 feen that it came to pals by the mercifull 
 bleffing and ftrong Hand of God, who 
 from all eternity had predeftinated him.that 
 
 he 
 
Carscciolus, Marq. of Vico. 41 
 
 be fhould Hand fo unmoveable againft all 
 temptations, and continue in one tenour ftea- 
 dy and ftedfaft , until he had made void all 
 the attempts of Satan and removed all the 
 tumbling blocks which his flefh and blood, 
 and carnal reafon could caft in the way; for 
 the which purpofe the Spirit of God enabled 
 him to reafon with himfelf on this fort; 
 .Thou Lord art he who drew and deiivcredft 
 me out of the thick and mifty darknefs of 
 ignorance, and haft enlightned my mind 
 with the light of thy holy Spirit,and with the 
 heavenly knowledg of thy Truth : Thou 
 haft made known to me the way of Salvati- 
 on, and haft ranfomed me,to thy felf by the 
 blood of thy Son. Now therefore good Lord 
 and holy Father, I am wholly thine, antf con- 
 fecrated to thy glory 5 and as I am thine, I 
 willfollow thee and obey thee, and walk in 
 the way of thy Will whither foever thou fhalt 
 call me. Not my Father, nor my Wife, nor 
 my Child ren,nor my Honours,nor my Lands, 
 nor my Riches,nor all myDelicacies andPIea- 
 fures fhall hold or hinder me one hour from 
 following thee. I deny <ny felf, O Lord, and 
 I deny this whole World for thee and thy 
 fake ; O Lord, thou knoweft me, and the rea- 
 dinefs of my mind to wait upon thee, and 
 Jiow that my heart is inflamed with the fire 
 
 of 
 
4- The Life of Ga\c?cii\s. 
 
 cf thy love : Yet thou feeft again how man 
 enemies compafs me, how many hindrance 
 lie in my way, and how many temptation 
 aiad impediments lie upon me, fo that I an 
 fcarce able to move or lift up my head unte 
 thee : O Lord , I am now in the depths o 
 thofe troubIes,out of which the holy Frophe 
 David on ce cried to thee, as I. do now ; C 
 Lord j have mercy on me , and deliver mj foul. 
 And although Satan and my own flefh do 
 ■affright me in this mypurpofe, whilft they 
 Set before mine eyes, the crofs, the infamy, 
 and the poverty, and fo many miferies,,which 
 I am like in this my new profeflion to under- 
 go : notwithftanding, O Lord., Llift up my 
 ifelf in the contemplation and beholding of 
 thy infinite Majefty, and therein I fee and 
 jconfefs, that the crofs and affliction is bleflèd 
 and glorious, which makes me like., and con- 
 formable to Chrift my head 5 and that infa- 
 my to be honourable, which fets me in the 
 way to true honour $ and that poverty to be 
 defired, which depriving a man of fome 
 temporal goods, will reward him with an 
 heavenly inheritance , than which, there is 
 nothing more precious, I mean, O Lord,with 
 thine own Self, and thy Glory : O everlafting 
 God, and that by thy only Son Jefus Chrift : 
 that fò enjoying thy glorious Prefence., may 
 
 live 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 4$ 
 
 live for ever with thee in that heavenly So- 
 ciety : O blefled and happy thefè miseries 
 that pull me out of the worlds vanities, and 
 fink of fin, that I may be made heir of aft 
 everlafting Glory. Welcome therefore the 
 Crofs of Chrift, I will take it up, O Lord , 
 and will follow thee. 
 
 With thefe and fuch like holy meditations, 
 and other holy means,he overcame at laft the 
 attempts of Satan , all his own natural and 
 carnal affections 3 yea, and the world it felf, 
 and verified that in himfelf which Paul afifir- 
 meth of Gods true Elect, that they that are 
 Chrift j, have crucified the flejh with the ajfett- 
 ons and tufts : that is , have crucified their 
 Souls for Chrift , who crucified himfelf for 
 them. O Satan, Gods Enemy and his Chil- 
 drens, how vain were all thy attempts, and 
 how light all thy aflaults ? in vain doeft thou 
 fet upon thofe for whom Chrift vouchfafed 
 to dye, and fuffer on the Crofs : upon which 
 Crofs he fo brake thy head and thy power, 
 and fo trampled over thee , that now thou 
 fhalt not be able to touch the leali hair of the 
 head of any of thofe for whom he died. And 
 as for Galeacius, he had builded his houfe on 
 the Rock, and founded it fo fure 5 that no 
 wind,, no rain, nay no floods of griefs , nor 
 fempefts of troubles, nor whirl- wind of 
 
 tempta- 
 
44 Tfo Life of Galea cius 
 
 temptations could once remove h'm : and fo 
 he continued relblute as a Chriitian Souldicr 
 and Conqueror ; fully minded to leave lì is 
 Countrey at the next opetunity he could 
 take : his mind I cannot tell whether mure 
 ravifhed with joy one way, or more perplex- 
 ed with grief another way : but betwixt joy 
 and grief he itili continued his purpofè, un- 
 til at Jaft his fpiritual joy overcoming his 
 natural and carnal grief, he fully concluded, 
 that in defpight of the Devil and all impedi- 
 ments in the World., he will furely go. 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 Hovj he performed bis farcical refold-, 
 tion % leaving ail for Chriji, and gang 
 to Geneva. 
 
 \ j\ ^Hereupon, making known his mind 
 V V but to a few,and thofe his moft fa- 
 miliar Friends, and of whom he hoped 
 well for Religion 5 he wrought upon them 
 (b far, as that they promifed and vowed they 
 would accompany him in his voluntary 
 and ChrhYjan hanifhment, that fo they 
 might enjoy the true liberty and peace of 
 
 con- 
 
CaraccioJus, Marq.of Vico. 45 
 
 confcience in the true Church of God. But 
 how deep and unfearchable the judgments 
 of God are, the event afterward fhewed : for 
 divers of them (though not all) who for a 
 time feemed to be indued and lead with a 
 molt earneft zeal of Gods glory in this afti- 
 on j when they came to the borders of Italy ; 
 and confidered what they forfook, and to 
 what they now took temfelves : firft began 
 to look back again to Italy ; afterwards went 
 back again indeed, and fo turned again to the 
 vomir of their pleafures. 
 But this ingratitude to the Lord for fo great 
 a favour offered them, tloc Lord purfued with 
 a juft revenge : for purpofing to ferve God in 
 their pleafures, and in the midft of Popery, 
 they were after taken by the Sfanifa Inquifw 
 tionjand fo publickly recanting and abjuring 
 Chriftian Religion, they were afterward fub- 
 je£t to all mifery and infamy, neither truited 
 nor loved of the one fide nor the other. This 
 fearfull diilertion and backfliding of theirs, 
 doubtlefs was moft grievous to Gakaciui : 
 and verily the Devil hoped hereby yet once 
 again to have diverted him from his inten- 
 ded courfè, in making him be forfaken of 
 thole,by whofe Company and Society he ho- 
 ped to have been greatly comforted in this 
 "difcomfortable Voyage. But notwithftan- 
 
 ding 
 
46 The Life of Galeadus 
 
 ding all this, Galeacitts continued refolutc in 
 his purpofe, and at laft finding opportunity, 
 attempted his departure, and made fit for it 5 
 yet made no (hew of any fuch matter ; but 
 rather coloured and concealed his intent, left 
 the authority of his father might any way 
 hinder his fo godly purpofe : and fo gathering 
 together four thousand marks of his mothers 
 goods which (he had left him 5 On the one 
 and twentieth of March, Iff,!, in the year 
 of his age the four and thirtieth, he departed 
 from Naples in manner as he was wont to 
 do afore, making it known that he purpofèd 
 to go into Germany to the Emperor 5 who 
 at that time held his Court at Auffurge 
 and thither indeed he went accord inly, and 
 itayed ferving in his place and Office , till 
 the fix and twentieth of May in the lame 
 year : Upon which day leaving the Court 
 and the Emperors Service , and his Honou- 
 rable Office which there he bare ; and taking 
 his laft and everlafting farewell at the Court, 
 and all worldly delights, (and yet depart- 
 ing in ordinary fort as before, and in purpofe 
 to go into the Low - Countries , as fome 
 thought,) he took his journey ftraight to- 
 ward Genevajmd thither came by Gods good 
 hand the eighth of /■#»*, and there refted his 
 weary 3 and repofed lis much more weari- 
 ed 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 47 
 
 ed confcience, with a full joyful heart : yea 
 with the greateft joy that ever came to him 
 m all his life, but only at the time of his con- 
 verlion. 
 
 CHAP. XL 
 
 Of his cirrval at Geneva , and his en- 
 tertainment there : and efpeciaUy 
 his acquaintance and friendjfjip 
 With Calvin. 
 
 IN the City of Geneva ^though there was 
 a Church of Italians, who likewifè were 
 come thither for the Gofpel) yet he found 
 not one whom he knew, fave one > Lactam. ius 
 RangoniuspL Noble man of Siena in Italy 5 this 
 Gentleman had been one of his familiar ac- 
 quaintance when they were at homeland now 
 was Preacher of Gods Word to the Church 
 and Congregation of the Italians, who were 
 then at Geneva. Now when he faw that the 
 mercy of God had granted him to arrive at 
 this quiet and happy Haven, where he might 
 with liberty of confcience ferve God, free 
 from the corruptions of the world ; and the 
 abominable Superftitions and Idolatry of An- 
 
 tichrift 5 
 
4.3 The Life of GaleaciuS 
 
 tichrift ; prefcntly he joyned himfelf to the 
 initru&ion of Mafter John Calvi», the chief 
 Minifter and Preacher of that Church. CW- 
 vin being a man of deep infight and exqui- 
 fite judgment, perceiving him to be a man 
 of good knowledg and experience, of a mo- 
 derate and quiet fpirit , of an innocent and 
 upright Life,and indued with true and fincere 
 godlinefs 5 did therefore moft kindly and 
 lovingly entertain him into his fellowfhip : 
 for the good man of God in his Wifdom 
 fòrefàw that fuch a man as this,would doubt- 
 lefs become a fpecial inftrument of Gods 
 glory, and means of the confirmation of ma - 
 ny (but efpecially of Italians) in the know- 
 ledg and love of Religion : This holy love 
 and Chriftian friendmip thus began, was fo 
 ftrongly grounded betwixt this Noble Mar- 
 quefs and renowned Calvin, that it continu- 
 ed till the year 1^64, which was the laft 
 year of Calvins pilgrimage on the earth,and 
 the entrance into his heavenly reft. The 
 Church and people of Geneva can teftifie of 
 their truth & conftant friend (hip: but it needs 
 not j for there is extant at this day a fpecial 
 teilimouy thereof, even from Calvin him- 
 (èlf in .this Preface of his 5 wherein he dedi- 
 cates to Galeaciusjhis Commentary upon the 
 firfr Epiftle to the Corimbi j which I thought 
 
 good 
 
Cabine ftnls m Ififtk WgakacUs conarat 
 tulaayhù holy ani liappy converfùm^ r 1 
 
Carracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 49 
 
 g ood here to let down word by word, that 
 thereby it may appear how greatly Calvin 
 efteemed of him. 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 Calvins Epftle to Galeacius, congratu- 
 lating his holy and haj?gy conversion. 
 
 To the Noble Gentleman 3 andas well Honorable 
 r r his excellent venues^ as -for his high 
 descent and lineage , Galeacius Carac- 
 dolus, the only fon and heir appa- 
 rent to the Marquefs of Vi- 
 ctim John QàWinfendeth 
 greeting in our Lord* 
 
 IWifh that when I firft put out this Com- 
 mentary, I had either not known at- all, 
 or at leaft more throughly known that man, 
 whofe Name I am now conftrained to blot 
 out of this my Epiftle : Yet I fear not at 
 all, left he mould either upbraid me with 
 inconftancy, or complain of injury offered 
 him, in taking that from him which afore 
 I bellowed on him 5 becaufe it was his own 
 
 E feekirig, 
 
jo The- Life of Galcacius 
 
 feeking both to eftrange hhnfelf from me, 
 and from all fociety with cur Church,w here- 
 fore he may thank himfè If, and take the 
 blame on his own neck 3 for, for my own 
 part I am unwillingly drawn thus far to 
 change my acculromed manner , as to race 
 out any mans Name out of my writing. 
 And I bewaile that the man hath thrown 
 himfelf down from that (eat of fame 
 wherein I have placed him ; namely, in the 
 forefront of my Book -, where my delire was 
 he fhould have itood, thereby to h.ive been 
 made famous to the World, But the fault is 
 not in me, for as then I held him worthy y 
 fo fincc then he hath made himfelf un- 
 worthy 5 and therefore let him be as he is, 
 and lie for me buried in oblivion ; and fo 
 for the good-Avill I once bear to him, I 
 fpare to (peak any more of him. And as for 
 you (Right Honourable S\r) I might feek 
 excufe why I put you now in his room, but 
 that I am io fufflciently perfwaded of your 
 great good will and true love to me, the 
 truth vi hereof can be terrified by fo many 
 witneiles in our Church. And that I make 
 one wifh more from my heart , that I had 
 known you as well ten years ago , for then 
 I mould have had no caufe to have altered 
 the Dedication of my Book , as now I do. 
 
 And 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. cf Vico. 5 1 
 
 And as far the publick eftate of the Church, 
 it is weiJ that it (hall net only loie nothing 
 bv forgetting that man, whofe Name I now 
 blot out, but by yours com*ng into his ftead, 
 filali receive a far greater gain, and a hfli- 
 ci.nt recompence. For though I know you 
 delire not the publick applaufe of the world, 
 but reft contented in the teftimony of Gods 
 ipirit in your confeience : ('neither is it my 
 purpofe to publifh your praifes to the world) 
 notwithfrand : ng, I think it my duty to make 
 known to the Reader fome things concerning 
 you, and whereof my felf and this Church 
 and City are daily eye witnefies 5 and yet 
 not fo mnch for your praife , as for the 
 benefit and inftruftion of the Readers. And 
 this is it that I would all men mould know 
 and make ufe of ; that a Gentleman, a Lord, 
 Co well and highly born, flourifhing in 
 wealth and honour, bleffed with a noble, and 
 virtuous, and loving Wife, and many goodly 
 Children, living in all peace and quietnefs 
 at home and abroad, wanting nothing that 
 Nature could defire, and every way bleffed 
 of God for all things of this life, mould 
 willingly and of h ; s own accord leave all 
 thofe, and forfake his Country , a rich, and 
 fruitful and pleafant foil 5 fo goodly a pa- 
 trimony and inheritance , fo ftately a houfe, 
 E z feated 
 
5i The Life of Galcacius 
 
 feated fo commodioufly and (b pleafantly 
 jo caft off all domcftical delight and ioy 
 which he might have had in fo good a Fa- 
 ther, Wife, Children, Kindred, affinity and 
 acquaintance, all that for this only x$ that 
 he might come and ferve Chriit Jefus in tfee 
 hard and unpleafànt warrfare of Chriitianity ; 
 and fhould deprive himfelf of fo many 
 alluring delights of Nature, and to content 
 himfelf with that (lender meafure of all 
 things , which the diitrelTed Itate ,of our 
 Church is able to afford ; and from all the 
 fuperfiuities of a Courtly and Lordly life,, 
 here amongft us to betake himfelf to an cafy 
 rare and frugal kind of life, even as though 
 he were no better than one of us ; and yet 
 though I fo recite all this to others, fo I let 
 it not pafs without ufe to my Tel f. For if I 
 do fet out your vertues in this my Epiftle, as 
 on the top of a Tower for all men to fee 
 them, that fo they may conform them- 
 felves to the imitation of them, it fhould 
 be fhame for my CtK not to be much nearly 
 and inwardly touched with a love of them, 
 who am continually an eye-witnefs of 
 them, arfd daily behold them, not in an 
 Epirtle ; but in the clear glafs of your own 
 life j and therefore, becaufe that I find in 
 experience , how much your example pre- 
 r . vails 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. Sì 
 
 vails in me for the ftrengthening of my 
 faith, and the increafe of godlinefs in me -, 
 fyea, and all other holy men who dwell in 
 the City , do acknowledg as well as I, that 
 this your example hath been greatly to their 
 edification in all grace : ) I thought it there- 
 fore a necefiary duty to impart this rare ex- 
 ample of yours to the world , that fo the 
 profit and benefit of us might enlarge it itif, 
 and fpread out of this City into all the 
 Churches of God 5 for otherwife it were a 
 needlefs* labour to make known to the 
 furtheft parts of Chriftendom, the vertues 
 of fuch a man, whofe nature and difpofiti- 
 on is fo out of love with pride, and fo far 
 removed from all oftentation. Now if it 
 fhall pleafe God that many others (who 
 dwelling far otf, have not hitherto heard of 
 you,} fhall by the ftrangenefs of this your 
 example addrefs themfelves to the imita- 
 tion of it ; and leave their pleafant nefts, 
 whereto the world hath fetled them fo faft, 
 I (hall think my felf bountifully rewarded 
 for thefe my pains 5 for out of queftion it 
 fhould be common and nfual amongft 
 Chriftians, not only to leave Livings , and 
 Lordfhips , and Caftles , and Towns , and 
 Offices, and promotions, when the cafè fo 
 ffcands, that a man may not enjoy both 
 E 3 Chrift 
 
54 The Life of Cjpleacius 
 
 Chrift and them ; but even willingly and 
 chearfully to defpife and (hake off what- 
 fotvrr under the Sun (though it be never 
 fo dear and precious , lo pleafunt and com- 
 fortable) in reflect and companion of 
 Chrixt But fuch is theilownefs and flug- 
 gifhnefs of the mo ft of us , that we do but 
 coldlv and formally profefs the Golpe 1 3 
 but not one of a hundred , if he have but 
 fome little Land, or pirce of a Lordfl ip, that 
 will forfike and defpilc it for the Gofpels 
 fàke ; yea not one of many, but very hard-. 
 ly is drawn to renounce even the Jeaft gain 
 or pleafure , to follow Chriit without it 5 
 fo far are they from denying themfelves, 
 and laying down their lives for the defence 
 of it. 1 wifh thefe men Would look at you, 
 and obferve what it is you have forfaken 
 for love of Chrift , and efpecially I wi(h 
 that all men who have taken upon them 
 already the profelTion of Religion, would 
 •labour to refèmble you in the denial of 
 themfelves, (which indeed is the chief of 
 all heavenly vertues ;) for you can very fuf- 
 ficiently teftify with me, as I can with you, 
 how little j^y we take in thefe mens com- 
 panies , whole lives make it manifeft, that 
 though they have left their Countreys, yet 
 they have brought hither with them the 
 
 fame 
 
Ca m ccio I u s,> Marq. of Vico. 55 
 
 fame affections, difpofitions which they had 
 at home 5 vvjiich if they had alfo renounced, 
 as well as they did their Countries, tlier/ had 
 they jndeècì been true ce.krs ot thermal ves, 
 and been partakers wi'h \'ou of that true 
 praiie, wherein alas, you have but teyv co- 
 partners. But becauie 1 had rather the Rea- 
 der mould gather the truth and ftrange^nefs 
 of this our example, than I fhould go about 
 in words to expreis it -, I will therefore f, are 
 further fpeech, and turn my felf to God in 
 prayer, defiring of his mercy, that as he hath 
 indued you hitherto with an heroical courage 
 and fpiritual boldnefs, fo he would fur- 
 nifh you with an invincible conitancy to 
 endure to the end : for I am not ignorant 
 how ftrangely the Lord hath exercifed you 
 heretofore, and what dangerous pikes you 
 have pafTed ere you came to this 5 by which 
 former experience your fpiritual wifdom 
 is able to conclude, that a hard and toil- 
 fòme warfare doth ftill remain and wait 
 for you ; and what need there is to have 
 the hand of God from Heaven raught out 
 to affili: us , you have fo fufficiently learned 
 in your former conflicts , as I am fure you 
 will joyn with me in Prayer ^ for the gift 
 of perseverance to as both : and for my 
 part I will not ceafe to befeech Jefus Chrift 
 E 4 ' our 
 
56 The Life of Galeacius 
 
 our King and God, (to whom all power 
 was given of his Father, and in whom are 
 kept all the treafures of (piritual blefTmgs) 
 that he would ftill preferve you fafc in foul 
 and body, and arm you againft all temp- 
 tations to come, and that ftill he wou'd 
 proceed to triumph in you over the Devil , 
 and all his vile and wicked faftion , to the 
 magnifying of his own glory, and the in- 
 Jarging of his Kingdom in your felf , and 
 others of bis children. yCal.Febr. 1556. 
 at Geneva, 
 
 Tour Honours mofi ajfured 
 in the Lord 
 
 JOHN CALVIN. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Caraccioius, Marq. of Vico. 57 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 News of bis departure to Geneva came 
 to Kapies and the Emperors Court ; 
 and huW the old Marquees his Fa- 
 ther and other his friends were af- 
 fected with the News. 
 
 ANd thus (to return again to our fto- 
 ryj Galeacifis iètìed himfelf down at 
 Geneva , as at a joyful refting place. But 
 when the news of fo fudden and iìxange a 
 departure, and fo wilful an exile , came to 
 Naples, and were made known in the Empe- 
 rors Court, it would fcarce be believed or 
 thought, how ftrangely it affected and mo- 
 ved all that heard it. All men wondered at 
 it, and the moft could not be perfwaded it 
 was fo j but when it was certainly known , 
 and out of doubt, it was ftrange to fee how 
 every man gave his verdict of the matter 5 
 fonie one way, fome another, as the courfè 
 of men in fuch cafes is $ but above all, it fo 
 abafhed and aftonifhed his own friends and 
 family, that nothing was heard or fèen 
 amongft them but crys and lamentations, 
 
 molt 
 
5$ The Life of Galeacius 
 
 imoft bitter tears, and pitti fui complaints. 
 And furely to have beholden the ftate of thaÉ 
 Family, how miferable it feemed at that time 
 to be diftreffed, a man would have thought 
 it even a lively pattern and pi&ure of all wo 
 and mifery. But none was more inwardly 
 pinched than the Marquefs his Father, whofe 
 age and experience being great, fèemed to 
 affiire him of nothing to follow hereupon but 
 infamy and reproach, yea the utter undoing 
 and fubverfion of his whole eftate and fami- 
 ly 5 notwithftanding, paffing over that fit of 
 fòrrow as fbon and as eafily as he could, the 
 wretched and careful old man began to be- 
 think himfelf by what means he might pre- 
 vent fo miferable a mine and fall , which 
 feemed to hang over him and his. One thing 
 amongft other came into his mind , which 
 alfo has once caufèd many grievous tempta- 
 tions to GaleacioHs , and had much troubled 
 his mind afore his departure. It was this. 
 
 GHAF, 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 59 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 The fi -ft means ii fed by his Father y the 
 old Marque fs to recall him home a- 
 gun ; he fent a Ktnfmw of his, whom 
 he knew his fin dearly loved, to £er- 
 fwade him to return , but he could 
 pot -prepari. 
 
 GAleaciHs had a Coufen german,whom al- 
 ways he eitcemed and loved as his 
 brother 3 this Gentleman Co tenderly loved 
 of Galeactus, did the Marquefs fend to Ge- 
 neva to his fon, with Com million and Let- 
 ters full of authority, full of proteftations y 
 full of pittiful complaints, full of cryings,. 
 and intreatings that he would come home 
 again, and thereby chear up his old Father* 
 and make happy again his unhappy Wife* 
 be a comfort to his diftreffed Children , a 
 rejoycing to his Kinsfolks, and to the whole 
 City of Naples , and fave h's whole houfe 
 and pofterity from that extreme ruine, which 
 otherwife it would be fure to fall into. 
 Thus this Gentleman was difpatched away 
 
 and 
 
6o Thè Life of Gafeacius 
 
 and hafted tó Geneva, with great hope, Sot 
 their antient and faithful love to have pre- 
 vailed with GAcacins 5 whereby the way we 
 are to remember, that GaleacU/s did always 
 fo love him, that the Gentleman was not 
 fo forrowful for his departure, but- G.i- 
 ieacius was much more forrowful that he 
 could not win him to have gon with 
 him in his hply Pilgrimage for Religions 
 fake ; but he fo much feared to have been 
 hindred himfelf, that he durft not deal 
 with this Gentleman his dearèft Cofèn, no 
 nor with his Wife , to perfwade them to 
 have gon with him. The Gentleman coming 
 to Geneva^ enquired after Galeae ius : At that 
 time Gaitacms dwelt in an ordinary and 
 mean houle, which he had taken to his 
 own ufe , having no more attendance but 
 only two fcrvants. The Gentleman at laft 
 found him out, and prefented himfelf into 
 his fight ? It had been a pittiful fpectacle 
 to have feen the meeting of thofe two Gen- - 
 tlemen 5 their firft meeting and imbracings 
 were nothing at all but fighs and fobs, 
 and tears, and in utterable jigns of grief; 
 fuch unfpeakable forrow did their natural 
 affections breed in them, that for divers 
 hours they could not fpeak a word one to 
 another ; but at laft the Gentleman, burning 
 
 in 
 
'Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 6 1 
 
 in defire to enjoy again his cleared Galea- 
 ciPiSy burlt forth into (peaches, and mixing 
 tears and fobs with every word, delivered 
 his Letters till he could come to more li- 
 berty of (peach 5 and at laft having obtained 
 of his affections leave to fpeak, he added to 
 his Letters , exhortations, ftrong perfwafi- 
 ons, earneftintreaties, and withail plenty of 
 tears , that he would have refpecl to the 
 overthrow of his Houfe, the grief of his old 
 Father, the defparate citate of his Wife and 
 Children , the continual complaints made 
 by all his friends and kinsfolks ; all which 
 notwithstanding were not fo pait cure, but 
 that yet they might be remedied by his re- 
 turn again This was the iubftance of his 
 mefiage. Galeacius taking not long time 
 to advife himfelf in this, which the world 
 would think fò weighty a cafe , addreffed 
 him immediately this anfwer in brief: 
 That he perceived very well all to be true 
 that he (aid 3 but as for his departure, it was 
 not done rafhly, nor upon any fond con- 
 ceit, but upon mature deliberation; that 
 the Lord was the author of the adion, that 
 Gods grace was the caufe moving him, and 
 the means whereby he brought it to pafs ; 
 which grace of God , he faid, had opened 
 * his eyes, and enlightned his mind with 
 
 the 
 
6^ TkffLife cf Gaféacius. 
 
 the krsowledg of the truth, and made him 
 fee and difcern the cofenages, and fuper- 
 ftitions, and Idolatrv of Popery 5 which by 
 an impious and facrilegious diftribution di- 
 videth the glory of God (which is imccm- 
 municablej and impa r :eth the fame wih 
 fained and filthy Idols : he likewifc told 
 him, that he well forefaw all the infamies 
 and miièries which would enfue upon this 
 hi? converfion -, and all danger and dam- 
 mage which thereby his Houfe and Chil- 
 dren were likely to incur. But he lad, 
 that feeing one of thefe inuft needs be cho- 
 fcv. eirher to fray at home with a confcicr.ee 
 burcened with a heavy heap of errors and 
 fuperititions i piled together by the Height 
 of Sa tans art, and every moment to fin 
 againit the Majefty of God fo many thoufand 
 ways 3 or elie to leave his houfe, his goods 
 his Family, his Country, yea the World, 
 and all the. glory of it, and thereby pur- 
 chafè liberty of confeience to ferve the Lord 
 according to his Word ; that therefore he 
 refolved, of the two evils to chufe the left, 
 and of the goods to chufe the greater -> 
 and rather to fhut his eyes at all theie, than 
 the fight of them fhould hinder him from 
 yt tK'ing to the call and voice of his Sa- 
 viour Chrilt ; who iaith, That a man is not 
 
 worthy 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 6; 
 
 worthy to» be his difciple, who leaveth not father 
 and mother, and children, and brethren, and 
 jtftcis 3 yea, ar,dhis own life m comparison of 
 him. And this he laid was the caule , why 
 he did forfake Parents, and Wife, and Chil- 
 dren^ and all his Friends, and had renoun- 
 ced all his wealth and dignities, becauie 
 he coold not enjoy both Chriit and them. 
 And as for them all , he was forry that ei- 
 ther they would not come to him, or that 
 he might not more fafely live with them 
 thereby to comfort them. But as for him- 
 fdf, he laid he had riches, and honour, and 
 joy enough -, yea, all fufficient happinefs , 
 as long as (with thefe two Servants and his 
 little Cottage) he might live in the true 
 Church of God, and might purely ferve 
 him, and might enjoy Gods Word and Sa- 
 craments, not being mixed and defiled with 
 the fuperftitious devices of mans brain 3 
 and as long as he might live in the com- 
 pany of godly men, , and have time and li- 
 berty to meditate by himfelf, and confer 
 with them of the great bleffings which in 
 his converfion his good God had vouch- 
 safed to him $ that fo he might with true 
 contentation and perfect peace of confer- 
 ence, aim and afpire at that immortal glo- 
 ry which Chriit hath prepared for all his 
 
 children : 
 
64 The Life of Galcacias 
 
 children : yea he concluded, that his want 
 was abundance, his poverty pleafant, and 
 his mean eftate honourable in his eyes , as 
 Jong as he endured them for theft: condi- 
 tionsi 
 
 This his anfwer was as hardly entertain- 
 ed of his Kinfman, as it was unlooked for 
 afore it came 5 but feeing he could not re- 
 ply with any reafon , nor anfwer him with 
 any fhew of argument ; and perceived it. 
 hard, or rather impoffible to remove the 
 man one jot from his refolution : for, that 
 he had grounded it, not on any reafon or 
 will of man, but upon the holy Word of 
 God, and his powerful and unrefiftable cal- 
 ling j therefore with a forrowful heart he 
 held his tongue, bitterly complaining with- 
 in himfelf of his fo hard hap, and uncom- 
 fortable fuccefs ; and fo refolved to return 
 home again , heartily wifliing that he had 
 never taken that journey in hand ; and fo 
 at laft he went indeed and took his leave of 
 his beloved Galeae It* s , but not without 
 plenty of tears on both fides, with many 
 a woful cry and pittiful farewell. And no 
 marvel , for befides nearnefs of blood , 
 their likenefs in manners and daily con- 
 vention together had finked them in a 
 fure bond of friend fhip 5 but there wanted 
 
 in 
 
Caraccio! us, Marq, of Vico. 6s 
 
 in one of them the fureft link in that chain, 
 that is, Religion, aud fo it could not hold : 
 and therefore the world pulling the other of 
 them from the World, fo thefè two friends 
 left each other , being in fear never to lee 
 one the other again. 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 Of his Cofens return to Naples without 
 fuccefs, and how GaleaciuS was pk» 
 claimed Traitor for his departure. 
 
 ANd thus at laft he came home to Na- 
 ples, with heavy chear. Whofè approach 
 being heard of , their was running on all 
 fides to hear good news : but when he 
 had delivered his mefiàge $ alas ! how all 
 their forrow was redoubted upon them ; 
 and how his father, wife, children, and all 
 his friends were overwhelmed with grief: 
 and the rather, becaufe as at the fame time 
 an Edict was publifbed , wherein Galeacius 
 was proclaimed guilty of high Treafon : 
 and. therefore all his goods coming to 
 feim by his mother, were confifcate, and 
 F hin> 
 
66 Tloe Life of Galeacius 
 
 himfeif, and all his pofterity utterly cut off, 
 and excluded from all right of fucceilion in 
 his fathers Marquefclom -, which thing(above 
 all other) grievoufly affected the old Mar- 
 quefs, and grieved the good old man at the 
 Very heart $ the advancing and honouring of 
 his pofterity being the only thing he aimed at 
 all his life. Whereupon he bethought him- 
 feif as old as he was, to make a journey to 
 Cafar the Emperor , and thereby if it were 
 pofTible to prevent this mifchief : purpofing 
 to make but this fuit to his Ma jelly, That his 
 fons departure for the Roman Church, 
 might not prejudice nor hinder the fucceilion 
 and honour of his Children and pofterity, 
 but that he himfeif might only bear the pu- 
 nifhment of his own fault. 
 
 CHAP, 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 67 
 
 . CHAP. XVI. 
 
 Òf tor f<w Wis 'fed to recall him i 
 
 hi 3 father J 'hit. j or him to còme and 
 
 meet hih: at Vcrcfta ; hut all he 
 
 could do by him\elfor otioers whom he 
 
 [et on prevailed ttothitig at alL 
 
 ANd whilft he was refolving of this pur- 
 pofc, he bethought him of another re- 
 medy and means , whereby he hoped to re- 
 move his fbns mind from his purpofe , and 
 withdraw him from the company of thofè 
 Hereticks of Geneva, as he and the world 
 accounted of them. Therefore in haft he 
 dipatched away a Meffenger with Letters 
 to his Son 3 commanding him by the au- 
 thority of a father to meet him at a certain 
 day appointed at the Chy of Verona in the 
 dominion of the Venetians 5 at which Town 
 he promifed to ffay for him , as be went to- 
 ward Germany to the Emperor : and for 
 his fons more fecurity, he procured a fàfe 
 conduci: from the Duke and Seignory of 
 Fenice y that his fon might go and come 
 F % with- 
 
68 Tipe Life of Galeacius 
 
 without danger of life, or liberty. Galea- 
 citis receiving the letters , and being refol- 
 ved by his own confcience , and them to 
 whom he imparted the matter, that he 
 might not any way with good confcience 
 difobey fo reafonable a requeft and lawful! 
 a commandment of his father, anfwered 
 that he would go ; although he feared that 
 by his meeting , and talk of his father and 
 him , his fathers mind would but be more 
 vehemently exafperate agaiaft him : for he 
 firmly refolved afore he went , that all the 
 threatnings, entreaties, counfels, and temp- 
 tations that his father could devifè, fhould 
 not ftir him one inch from that courfè 
 of Religion, whereby he had begun to 
 ferve the Lord. With this purpofe he de- 
 parted Geneva, A frills 19. iff 3. fur- 
 nifhed with heavenly fortitude, affifted with 
 the prayers of the Church, and armed 
 with conftancy, and with the fword of 
 Gods word 5 whereby he hoped to fuftain 
 and beat back all the darts of temptations, 
 whereby he knew he (hould be affaulted. 
 Coming to Verona, there he found the 
 Marquefs his father , who received and u- 
 ftd him kindly 3 though he could not but 
 ma^ifett in his countenance the inward an- 
 ger and grief of his heart, After a few falu- 
 
 tations 
 
Carracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 69 
 
 tations, the father began with all his cun- 
 ning to deal with him about his return 
 home again, laying open to the full that 
 perpetual infamy , which was fure to fati 
 on his houfè and pofterity, unlefs that 
 Galeacius did prevent fo great a mifchief : 
 which ('faith he) thou eafily mayeft do 3 
 and of right thou oughteft to do , and I 
 know thou wilt do, if there be in thee but 
 one fpark of natural affeftion to father, 
 wife, or children. Galeacius the fon with 
 fuch reverence as was due to his father, an- 
 fwered with all fubmifTion, that his body 
 and eftate is his fathers, but his confeience 
 is the Lords : and tells him he can by no 
 means return home, but he mould make 
 {hipwrack of a good confeience : he pre es 
 it to him by good reafons, and fuel, as his 
 father could not refift,, and therefore hum- 
 bly intreats his father, that feeing his defne 
 is only to obey the Lord, and fave his foul : 
 that therefore he would not urge him to re- 
 fpecl: more the good eftate of his children, 
 than the glory of God*, and his own fouls 
 health. The Marquefs perceived he la- 
 boured in vain to remove his fon from his 
 refblution , which he judged to be nothing 
 but a perverte ftubbormefs againft the 
 CJatholick Religion 3 as he though* : and 
 F 3 there* 
 
70 The Life of Galeacius 
 
 therefore with grief of mind ceafed that fuit. 
 and imparted to him the caule of his journey 
 to the Emperor ; ftri&ly enjoyning him that 
 he fhould not return to Geneva, but abide in 
 Italy till he had obtained his fuit at the Empe- 
 rors hand, and was returned outpf Germany ; 
 which thing Galeacius promifed and perfor- 
 med 5 for he abode in Italy untili Auvusb : 
 at which time he had notice that his father 
 had prevailed in his fuit before the Emperor. 
 During which time, one Hieronimus Fraca- 
 fiorius, a notable Philofopher, Phyfician, and 
 poet, (being procured and fet on by the Mar- 
 quefè) dealt with Galeacius with all his 
 might and eloquence , to perfwade him to 
 yield to his father $ adding withall, that that 
 newSeci(as he term'd itjwas falfe and deceit- 
 full , and not worthy to be believed. Ga- 
 ieaeius heard all he could fay , and anfwered 
 ftim point by point : and finally, by the pure 
 fimplicity of the word of God, he fatisfied 
 him (though he was both wife and learned,) 
 that he willingly held his tongue $ and at laft 
 friendly intreated him, that he would not 
 be angry for that his importunity and bold- 
 nefs with him, * ' 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. oj Vico. 
 
 GAAP. XVII. 
 
 Of his return to Geneva : where he foun- 
 ded and fe tied a form of difctfline 
 in the Italian Church. 
 
 THus Galeacius hearing of his fathers 
 fuccefs , returned with a joyful heart 
 toward Geneva, , for that he fàw his father 
 delivered from the fear of that infamy , 
 which the confifcation of his goods , and 
 forfeiture of his lands, might have brought 
 upon his family: and therefore he hoped 
 he would be the lefs moved againft him. 
 Whereupon letling himfelf down again 
 at Geneva y and devifing how to fpend his 
 time in doing good 3 he began to confider 
 ferioufly of fetling the difcipline in the 
 Church of the Italians which was then at 
 Geneva , (for thither had a great number of 
 . Italians tranfported themfelves and their 
 families for Religions fake, flying the ty- 
 ranny of the unholy InquifitionJ and about 
 that time it fell out fitly, that Cahine going 
 AmbafFador from Geneva to Bafil in cafes 
 F 4 of 
 
7 % TI: e Life of Galeacius 
 
 of Religion and other matters 5 entreated 
 Galeae tus ,to bear him company : whereun^o 
 he willingly cqndefcended. At Bafil he found 
 an Italian called Celfas,whoi^ right name was 
 Maximilian, and was defended of the noWe 
 houfe of the Earls of Mortimngo in Italy : 
 this man had got a great name in Italy among 
 thejapifts fqf his eloqvence and fpeech, and 
 lately by the mercy of God was efcaped out 
 pf the mire of Popifh fuperftitions. Galea- 
 cius right glad of him , perfwaded him to 
 break off the purpofè that he had for Eng- 
 land, and go to Geneva with him, where he 
 might live in the fellowfliip of a great num- 
 ber of his Countreymen, Italians, and enjoy 
 the benefit of the company., conference and 
 jfomiliarity of many worthy men, but efpeci- 
 ally the moft fweet acquaintance of that great 
 Calvrne: and all thofe with the liberty of a 
 good confeience. The good Gentleman 
 yeilded, and fo they coming to Geneva 
 by their induftry with good means ('together 
 with the help and direction of C alvine in all 
 things) that form of difcipline was eftablifh- 
 ed in the Italian Church, which at this day 
 ftandeth and flourifheth in the fame Church , 
 and remaineth recorded in a book for that 
 purpofe : and Maximilian the Earl, of whom 
 we fpake afore, was the firit Paftor elect of 
 
 that 
 
, Caracciolo, Marq. of Vico. j ; 
 
 that Qhurch,and undertook the charge,pure- 
 ly to expound the word of God, and to admi- 
 nifter the Sacraments that Chxift left behind 
 him.and to watch over that flock and people- 
 certain Elders were ;oyned as afliftant to hijn, 
 to whom was committed the care of the 
 Church,to look to the purity of Doftrine and 
 life in all eftates $ the principal o£ the Elders 
 was Galeacius himfèlf ,. unto whim the ho- 
 nour is due of bringing to pafs fo worthy an 
 enterprife, and the rather for that by his au- 
 thority ,diligence, and watchfull care, he pre- 
 ferred the fame in good and fure eftate all his 
 life-time $ and after him it hath continued, 
 being derived to others, to the great good 
 and profit of many fouls. And thus he paffed 
 this year 1554. with joy and comfort. 
 
 !/1 
 
 CHAP, 
 
47 The Life of Galcacius. 
 
 CHAP. XVIIL 
 
 Tlje third contemplation to dray: him a- 
 way : liberty of corretene e offered 
 him Ly his Uncle 'Tojse Paul the 
 fourth:^' hich after mary temfWiom 
 of flejb and blood to the coin ray, at 
 the lajl by the afiflance of Gods grace 
 herejiifed. 
 
 NExt fucceeded in order the year iy^f. 
 wherein Satan affaulted him with new 
 ftratagems and devices: for that year his 
 Uncle , which was Vaultts J^ttartus, his mo- 
 thers brother , attained the feat of the Y&- 
 ipacyavRome^ whereby the Marquefs his 
 father conceived good hope by this means , 
 either to draw his fon home again, or at 
 leaft to procure him liberty of confeience, 
 and leave to live in fome City of Italy t 
 where he might enjoy the fociety of his 
 wife and children, and they of him : Where- 
 upon having occaflon of bufmefs to travel 
 that way, he fent letters to his fon to Gene- 
 va, cornmr.nding him to meet him at Man- 
 tua 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of 'Vico. 75 
 
 tua in Italy 3 and for his cafier diipatch he 
 (ènt him provision of money for the jour- 
 ney, Galeacius obeying again his fathers 
 If ill, took his Journey from Geneva, and 
 came to Mantua the fifteenth of June , where 
 he was entertained by his father with more 
 then ordinary kindnefs, and in more lo- 
 ving manner then heretofore was accufto- 
 med. And at laft he opened his mind un- 
 to him, the fu bfì an ce and effect whereof 
 was, that he had obtained of his Uncle, 
 who now was Pope, a difpeniation for him j 
 whereby liberty was granted him, to live 
 in any City within the Jurifdiclioh of the 
 Venetians, wherefòever he would, without 
 any moleftation to be offered him about his 
 Religion or Confcience. His father tells him 
 that if he do this, this will be a greater fb- 
 lace to his old age, than his departure and 
 abfenfe hath been grief unto him : befides 
 all this, the good old man m oft earneftly 
 intreated him f though he was the father, 
 and (pake to the fon) that he would grati- 
 fy him in this his requeft : and added many 
 befeechings, who in any lawfull thing 
 night by his authority have commanded 
 lim : and every word that he fpake was ib 
 èafoned , as coming ftom the arfeclion of 
 fathers and at laft with many itrong rea- 
 
 ions 
 
76 The Life of Galeacius 
 
 Tons perfwaded him not to rejed this fc 
 extraordinary a favour offered him by the 
 Pope in fo fpecial and rare clemency, where- 
 by he might without hurt of his confeience, 
 live more.commodioufly than ever afore, 
 and be reftored to his former honour, ano 
 place, and eftate 3 and recover the former 
 love and eltimation of all his friends , yea 
 and of many ftrangers , who hearing of this 
 his obedience to his father, would love hitr 
 for it ; unto which obedience to me ("faith 
 the father to his fon) thou art bound both 
 by the bond of nature, and by the law and 
 word of God, which thou fo much talkefl 
 of and urgeit to me : therefore, faith he, it 
 there be in thee either fpark of natural af- 
 fection, or any Religion and confeience 
 of thy duty, thou wilt yeild unto me in this 
 cfpecially feeing thou may eft do it without 
 hurt or endangering of thy Coufcience and 
 Religion. This talk and requeft of the 
 Marquels diverfly affected Galeacius : foi 
 the thing he requefted and the reafons he 
 urged feemeed to be fuch as he could witr 
 no good reafon contradici: them 5 and yej 
 he durft not prefently entertain the moti- 
 on 5 befides that the prefence, authority, 
 and reverend regard of his father, the vehe- 
 mency and afftcYion of his mind , and efpe- 
 
 ci .ill j 
 
Caraccio! as, Marq. of Vico. 77 v 
 
 cially the natural bond and obligation, 
 wherein the ion ftands tied to the father in 
 things lawfull and indifferent f efpecially 
 when by that obedience no violence is of- 
 fered to a good confcience) all thefe did 
 greatly move him. Alfo natural and car- 
 nal reafon for their parts affault him no 
 left violently with fuch kind of argu- 
 ments, as for the moft part prevail with 
 all men. For his father offered him yearly 
 revenues, competent and fit for his eftate, 
 the folace of his children, and fociety of his 
 wife : which two things he defired above 
 ali other things in the world, So that to 
 this motion and requeit of his father the 
 Marquefs, Galeacius knew not well what 
 to anfwer on a fudden 5 but ftood for a 
 time mufing and doubting what to fay i 
 and the rather, for that he then wanted his 
 (pecial friend, faithfull Calvino, with whom 
 he might confult in fo weighty a caufe : It 
 feemed to him impious and ungodly, not 
 to yeild to his father in fo lawfull and rea- 
 fonable a requeft, and he fàw no way how 
 he might deny it, but muft needs incurr 
 and undergo his fathers extream difplea- 
 fure: and yet how he might yeild to it with 
 fafety of confcience he much doubted 5 for 
 he feared that more danger to his profeffion 
 
 and 
 
7& The Life of Galea ci us 
 
 and Religion, and confequetftly more four 
 to his foul might hereupon enfue then b 
 could perceive : fo that he ftood altogethe 
 unrefolved in his own reafon what to do 
 therefore in this extremity he denied him 
 fèlf, and renounced his own wit, and ii 
 humble and fervent prayer betook himfel 
 in this difficulty to the bleifing and diredi 
 on of his God and Saviour, the author am 
 true fountain of Wifdom and conftancy 
 humbly craving of the Lord to affili: hirr 
 with his holy Spirit , that in this extremity 
 he might advice and refolve of the belt anc 
 fàfeft courfe, for Gods glory and his owr 
 found comfort. (Ohow truly fung that 
 fweet finger of J [rad King David, when he 
 fàid,- How happy and blejjed are they that f e ay 
 God, for God will teach them the way. they 
 Jhould walk}. ) Galeacins found it molt true 
 in his own experience 5 for upon this his 
 fubmiffion and prayer ^ the Lord from hea- 
 ven refolved him in this fort., That feeing 
 the Pope did (Antichrift-like) dire&ly op- 
 pofe himfelf to Chrift, and his Religion 
 and Church j that therefore he might by^ 
 no means fue for, or accept any favour at 
 his hand, not be by any means beholding 
 co him at all. Becaufe what fhew of fervice 111 
 foever was done to him by the enemy of 
 
 Chrift 
 
Caraccioius, Mirq. of Vico. 79 
 
 Chrift, feemed to be taken from Chrift him- 
 felf. Further , Gods fpirit perfwaded him 
 it carried coo great a (hew of Apoftacy , of 
 backfliding, to forfake the company of 
 godly profeflbrs, and the fellowfhip of 
 jCnrifìs Church $ and to live amongft Ido- 
 laters in the middeft of all abominationSé 
 The fame fpirit of God fet before his eyes 
 that fcandal and offence which this fad of 
 his would breed in the minds of the faith- 
 full, which would think that he had ta- 
 ken his farewell of Religion, and would now 
 (hake hands , and renew his acquaintance 
 with his old friend the world : that he had 
 lightly efteemed the fpiritual bleffings and 
 heavenly jewels of graces 3 which God di- 
 ftributed daily in his Church 5 and would 
 now betake hirrnelf again to the old affecti- 
 ons of his flefh. The fame fpirit refolved 
 him, that -thus to forfàke the ordinary 
 means , and deprive himfelf of the true ufe 
 of the Word and Sacraments, and to live in 
 place where was nothing but Idolatry, 
 was to tempt God in the higheft degree. 
 God likewifè opened his eyes , that he per- 
 :eived the Heights of Satan bv this his fa- 
 thers drift : namely, to entangle him again 
 n the net of worldly cares , to wrap his 
 fnind in the fnares of Italian plcafures* 
 
 and 
 
So The Life of Galcacius 
 
 and fo dazle his eyes with the honours, and 
 pleafures, and fenfual delights,- which once 
 he had been brought up in, that his Religi- 
 on might decay by tittle and little, and that 
 all godlincfs might by the heat of thefe 
 new pleafures, fall and melt away , like as 
 wax before the fire : and laftly, the Lord up- 
 on his prayer granted him the wifdom of 
 his holy fpirit^ to anfwer all his fathers 
 objections, and confute all his arguments. 
 And amongft many other, he earneftly en- 
 treated his father, that he would not do that 
 unto him, which afterward he would re- 
 pent that ever he had done : namely , that 
 he would not be a means to make him a 
 prey to the Papifts ; which had confirmed 
 for a Law, and ratified it by many exam- 
 ples, that promife, faith, nor oath, is to be 
 kept with any man whom they call Here- 
 ticks. Whereupon, laid he, It is better for 
 me, and more joy to you, to live as I do with 
 the poor eftate, then with hope of better to 
 endanger my life, and (b our whole pofteri- 
 ty. By thefe,and fuch like perfwafions it plea- 
 lèd God fo to work: upon the Marquefs ; 
 that he was overcome in thisfuit, wherein 
 he fuppofed to have prevailed \ and there- 
 fore he yeilded againft his will : and fo 
 with a forrowfull heart he returned to Na- 
 fltSi 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 81 
 
 fles. And as he went, he certified the Pope 
 of the obftinacy of his Son, and To the fa- 
 ther and the uncle bewailed together their 
 ill fuccefs. 
 
 CHAP. XIX. 
 
 Of his acquaintance with Francifcus 
 Portus, and the r e ligi ons^Dut chefs of 
 I errar a, j// his return home to Geneva. 
 
 BU T in the mean time Galcacius after he 
 had accompanied his father fomewfeat 
 on the way, returned with a full glad heart, 
 and came to the City of Ferrara : where he 
 was joyfully received of Francifcus Portus 
 a noble and renowned man for learning, 
 and who afterwards taught publickly at 
 Geneva many years , and read the Greek 
 Ledure with great profit to the audience, 
 and praife to himfelf. This Portus brought 
 GaUacius into acquaintance with the noble 
 Dutchefs of Ferrara, who entertained him 
 honourably , and after much conference had 
 with him of the alteration of his Religion, 
 of the fuccefs of his long voyages and tedi- 
 ous journeys , of the Church of Geneva, of 
 G Calvin % 
 
%i Tìoe Life of Galeacius 
 
 Calvin, and of many chief points of Chri- 
 ftian Religion $ (he difmiffed him, and left 
 him to his journey 5 but not without all cour- 
 tefies that (he could afford him : and namely 
 for one, to relieve the length and tediouf- 
 ne&o£-the :way, fhe lent, him her own Cha- 
 riot : and thus Galeacius was conveyed in the 
 Chariot of fo great a Princefs as far as to the 
 Town of Francolium : from whence having 
 a pleafànt Tide down to the River of Po, or 
 TadnSj he came by water into Venice : where 
 taking fhip and eroding the fea, he went tho- 
 row Switzerland to Geneva, and thither 
 came the fourteenth of October, in the fame 
 year 5 the whole congregation, and efpecial- 
 Jy his chief friends, rejoycing with Joy un- 
 fpeakable for the fafety of his return. And 
 thus this cruel tempeft being overblown, and 
 now quieted, and Satan feeing he prevailed 
 not by any of thofe forcible aflaults , yet 
 thought to try him with one more^and there- 
 fore came upon him afrefh, like as a fecondi 
 fit of an Ague, ftronger then the firft : and 
 by this Satan feared not butto give him the 
 overthrow,and to bring him home again into 
 Italj : and thus k was. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 8} 
 
 CHAP, XX» 
 
 The fourth ajfaUlP , that Satan ufed to 
 him back again, was by his- wife, who 
 by her letters won him to come and, 
 meet her in Italy, which he yeilded 
 iinto^ and gave her a meeting. 
 
 His wife Vittoria burned in long love and 
 hearty affe&ion toward her husband 
 Gdeacius y fo that it cannot be uttered how 
 vehemently me defired his company, where- 
 upon fhe never ceafed writing to him , and 
 intreating him to return again to her and 
 his children. But when fhe law her woman- 
 ly • arguments and vain fcribbling did no 
 good , at laft fhe in an earneft manner defi- 
 red him to meet her in fome City within 
 the Territory of the Venetians, not far from 
 the Kingdom of Naples.'. To this motion 
 Galeacius yeilded: and thus the husband 
 and wife promifèd to meet 5 but the ends 
 that they aimed at were divers : fhe hoped 
 by her flattery and fair fpeaches , her tearsj, 
 and lamentations, to win her husband 
 G i home 
 
84 The Life cf Gakacius 
 
 home again-, on the other fide be was 
 much more bufie in devifing how be might 
 perfwade her to deliver her felf out of the 
 filth of Popery, and come and dwell with 
 him. With thefe refolutions they both go- 
 ing forward , fhe came to Hco, to her fa- 
 ther in law the Marq^efs ; he came from 
 Geneva to Lafina, a City in Dalmathia. This 
 L&fina is diftant from Vicurn an hundred 
 Italian miles by water * and ftandeth 
 juft over againft Vicum : and the fea called 
 the Venetian Gulf lyeth betwixt them. Ga- 
 leae ins here abode,and exfpected his wife : but 
 at that time (he came not as fhe had promi- 
 fed, and he expected. Yet he could never 
 learn the caufe of her fraying at that time, 
 nor what it was that moved her fo to dif- 
 appoint him ; yet though fhe came not her 
 felf, fhe fent two of her eldeft fons to their 
 father 5 whole fight was moft welcome, and 
 their company moft comfortable to Galea- 
 cius : but on the other fide it grieved him 
 the more ; becaufe the fight and company 
 of his wife was abfent , especially for whom 
 he had taken fò long a journey : therefore 
 fending them foon after home again, he 
 went away forrowfull to Geneva, Where 
 he had refted but a iàyv days , but another 
 packet of letters came porting from his wife, 
 
 befeeching 
 
Ca rracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 8 J 
 
 befeeching him not to think much at her for- 
 mer negligence, and to vouchfàfe once again 
 to come to the (àme place : where, without 
 fail, (he would moft gladly attend him, and 
 folemnly vowed with large proteftations 
 (he would not difappoint him. The requeft 
 was very unreafonable, and it was a hard caie 
 for Galcacitis thus to fpend his time > and 
 wewtry his mind and body in fo long and 
 dangerous journeys, and to fo little purpofè 
 as hitherto he had. Notwithstanding, one 
 thing moved him to yield even to this motion 
 alfo ; namely, a perfwafion that he had, that 
 when he firft forfòok his Country, He did not 
 fully difcharge his duty, in labouring to win 
 his wife to have gon along with him j by 
 explaining to her the chief heads of Chrifti- 
 an dottrine, whereby {he might poflihly 
 have received fome tafte , and fo have taken 
 fome liking of true Religion 5 defiring 
 therefore now. if it were poffible to make 
 amends for his former negligence, he yiel- 
 ded to go. And fo obtained for his better 
 fecurity in going and returning a pafport 
 or fafe conduci: from the high Court of 
 Rbxtia 5 he departed from Geneva the fe- 
 venth of March, in the year iff 8. and came 
 to L&fina in Ddmathia, over againft Ficum : 
 where he had intelligence that the Mar- 
 ti 3 quefs 
 
86 The Lije of Galeacius 
 
 quefs his father, lis wife his children , and 
 his uncles fon (he of whom we heard before) 
 were already come to Vicum , with purpofe 
 to have been by that time at Ltfina with Ga- 
 leacius 5 but they could not, by reafon that a 
 Mariner of Venie? had broken promife with 
 them , and difàppointe'd them : by reafon 
 whereof, and of other dangers of the fea,they 
 could not as yet take (hipping , nor durft 
 venture over the Water. Whereupon Galea- 
 cius not induring patiently fo long delays , 
 refolved to go himfèlf over to Vicum. Such 
 was his faith in thee Lord, and his love to his 
 friends , that he refpefted not the imminent 
 danger, but conftantly relied on the Lords 
 protection 5 knowing that no flefhly arfecii- 
 ons drove him to this journey, but a fincere 
 zeal to Gods honour, and the fouls health 
 of his kindred , and the difcharging of his 
 own duty unto them ; whereunto he was per- 
 fwaded that he had fpecial calling. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Carracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 87 
 
 
 CHAP. XXL 
 
 Of bis ari vai at Vico, his fathers chief 
 hottfe, and hts entertanment there .♦ 
 and what means were %fed to {educe 
 him: and how his wife refufednot 
 only to go with him, but even to lie 
 wnh him , because he was an Here- 
 tic k : being thereto, as Jhe [aid com- 
 manded iy her Confejfor. 
 
 A ND fo arriving by Gods mercy on the 
 -*** coaft of Italy y not far from Vicum y he 
 gave intelligence of his approach to his fa- 
 ther the Marquefs $ who prefently fent his 
 children to meet their father: and all his 
 retinue to attend him into the Caftlc $ at 
 whofe entrance it cannot be exprefled how- 
 great joy was in all that houfe and noble 
 family : a'nd how all the Nobles and Gen- 
 tlemen of his kindred and acquaintance re- 
 joy ced at his return 5 and began to cheer 
 up their hearts with a new hope, which hi- 
 therto had been caft down and opprefled 
 G 4 with 
 
8 8 The Lite of Galeacius 
 
 with grief and defpair. But above all ci- 
 ther his wife (Madam Vittoria) furpaffed in 
 joy and new conceived delight $ hoping (he 
 had now recovered her moft dear Lord and 
 beloved husband, the only comfort and the 
 fweet folace of her life. All (but Galeacius') 
 exceedingly rejoyced at this meeting here j 
 though indeed it greatly joyed his natural 
 affe&ion, to enjoy the company of his 
 friends y fo many, fo near, and fo dear unto 
 him : yet his joy was tempered and allayed 
 with a certain doubting fear which ran 
 in his mind night and day. For the wife 
 Gentleman well forefaw , that the fruition 
 of that pleafure was but to laft a while , and 
 foon would have an end $ for the end of his 
 coming was not that which they imagi- 
 ned : and every day new matters ran in 
 bis head, the confideration whereof did not 
 a little trouble him. He hath often lince 
 difcourfed unto his friends, that all thofe 
 days he lived in continual fear , to be fud- 
 denly apprehended, and caft into fome fil- 
 thy prifon, where he fhould fpend his days 
 in Janguiming and lamentations, without 
 any folace of his friends : yea and be utter- 
 ly debarred of the comfortable reading of 
 Gods holy word : but to return to the matter. 
 At his firft arrival he was entertained with 
 
 much 
 
Caracciotus, Marq. of Vico. 8 9 
 
 much joy on all fides , and many cheerful 
 countenances and kind welcomes. But 
 alas ! within a few days all his mirth and 
 joy was turned into tears and lamentati- 
 on, and unmeafurable grief: for when 
 once he had opened to his father the Mar- 
 quefs his conftant purpofe to perfèvere in 
 the truth of that Religion he had begun to 
 profefs 5 and that he would rather dye in 
 the defence of it, than to be drawn from it 5 
 then alas, what fighing, what crying, yea 
 what doleful! lamentation did it move in 
 them all ! But then let the Chriftian Rea- 
 der judg what a troubled fpirit and wofull 
 heart that good man had in this fo fearful I 
 a combate betwixt the grace of God and 
 his natural atfe&ions 5 and what a torment 
 it was unto him , to fee them a)l fo near 
 and dear unto him, labour to withdraw him 
 from God 3 and to fee his conftancy in Re- 
 ligion fo to grieve them, which was the joy 
 of his own heart. Yet taking up with him- 
 fèlf as well as nature could , and comforting 
 himfelf in his God, he afterwards dealt with 
 his wife in all loving and yet earneft man- 
 ner that fhe would follow him her hus- 
 band, and delay no longer time, but come 
 and live with him according as the Law of 
 God and nature required : which if (be 
 
 would 
 
90 The Life of GaleaciuS 
 
 would do , he promifed her liberty of her 
 Confcience and Religion, to live as fhe 
 would. But for his own part, he told her 
 aforehand, as Hie fhould after find ; name- 
 ly, that he was firmly icfoived to live and 
 qye in that Religion , which (by the hand 
 óf God leading him) he had undertaken 5 
 and for the which he had forfaken Country, 
 kindred , and all thofe excellent and com- 
 fortable bleOìngs of this life, which God 
 fiad given him. £tere I leave it to the Rea- 
 der but efpecially to the hearts of fuch wo- 
 men, as being wives, do truly love their 
 feusbands^ to judg with what fobs and heart- 
 fcreakings the filly Gentlewoman heard 
 thefè words of her husband, whom (he now 
 jaw paft ail hope to be perfwaded to ftay 
 with her 5 which (lie defired above all 
 worldly things. Yet it appearcs it was but 
 in rneer carnal and worldly refpe&s , as the 
 confequent mewed : for though fhe loved 
 him and defired his company never fo 
 much 5 yet being a wife, worldly, wilful^ 
 and indeed a right Papift , - (he anfwered 
 him plainly (though with many tears) that 
 fhe would never go with him to Geneva, 
 nor to any other place, where was any 0- 
 ther Religion but that of Rome -, and that 
 fire would not live with him as long as he 
 
 was 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 91 
 
 was intangled with thofè herefies fas fhe 
 called v thcm) whereby it appears that fhe 
 was a carnal politick Papift. She loved 
 him, but where ? in Italy 5 and there would 
 live with him, but not at Geneva: and 
 why ? for in Italy he might advance her to 
 the ftate of a Marchionefs , in Geneva he 
 could not: there fhe might live with him 
 a life full of all delights 5 but in Geneva 2l 
 hard, bate, and obfeure life, and fubject to 
 many outward dangers and miferies 5 In 
 which refpe&s it was that fhe was fo inftant 
 upon him to ftay with her. But the con- 
 clusion was , her defire was to enjoy him 
 and Italy both ; but rather then (he would 
 leave Italy and the delicacies thereof, fhe 
 chofe plainly to forfàke him, and to with- 
 draw the duty of a wife from him. For it 
 may in no cafe be omitted (which after- 
 ward he imparted to fome, his intereft and 
 moft inward friends) that fhe even then and 
 there denyed him that duty which a wife is 
 bound to yield to her husband by the Law 
 of God and nature : that is, fhe would by 
 no means give him due benevolence, nor 
 confent to lye with him as man and wife : 
 and gave this reafon, that fhe was exprefly 
 forbidden of her Confeffor , under pain of 
 excommunication, becaufè he was an Here- 
 tick, 
 
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 tick. Where behold Popifh Religion what it 
 is that can feparate man and wife for dif- 
 parity in Religion 5 and can difcharge men 
 and women from thofe duties of marriage 
 with which God hath charged them. How 
 this monitrous unkindnefs and unwoman- 
 ly anfwer pierced his heart, let any Ch rift 'tan 
 man judg, whom God hath honoured to be 
 an husband. Yet he overcame and even de- 
 voured all thefe tormenting griefs , and bare 
 tliem with an invincible conitancy and quiet- 
 nefs of mind. Yet he purpofèd not to bear ib 
 great an injury for ever ; but to redrefs and 
 help it if it were poflible : and therefore he 
 further proceeded with her, and openly and 
 plainly denounced to her , that unlefs ihe 
 would yield him that matrimonial duty, 
 which byGods law fhe ought,namely to eat, k 
 lie, and live with him : it would be a caufe to 
 make him fue out a divorfe againft her, and fo 
 procure a final reparation ; which if fhe were 
 the caufe of, {"he might thank or rather blame 
 her (èlf, who withdrew her neck from the 
 yoke of duty towards him which marriage 
 required , and which he for his part fàid he 
 would never have done to her, though her 
 Refigion was fo far differing from his. Yet 
 notwithftanding he faid . that fnt firft refufing 
 him, lie had then juft caufe to refufe her,who 
 
 had I 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 9 5 
 
 bad firft by refufàl of that duty refufed her fclf 
 as it were, and denied her felf to be his wife. 
 And fo he concluded with her, that unlefs fhe 
 would be his wife, he would no longer be her 
 husband. This proteftation no doubt amazed 
 and troubled her not a little, and vexed the 
 womans mind ; efpecially for that he was and 
 had always been fuch a husband to her , fo 
 good and kind, and every way fo well defer-* 
 ving, that fhe loved him as her own eyes , 
 ("therfore more was fhe to blame that fhe 
 efteemed him not as the light of her eyes :) 
 but though this troubled her fore , yet it 
 moved her not to her her duty 5 fo good a 
 fcholar was fhe in thisljppifh Iearning,that (he 
 would rather incur her husbands, yea Gods 
 difpleafure than her Confeffors 5 and rather 
 break their commandment fo holy and juft, 
 than his, which was fo ungodly, and fo unrea- 
 fònable : and it allò lefs prevailed with her be- 
 caufè fhe imaginM he would not fo dofthough 
 he fpakefo) but only did it to fear her, and 
 fo in fear hereof to make her yield unto y h"mi. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
94 The Life of Galeaeiiis 
 
 CHAP. XXII. 
 
 Seeing he could hot reclaim his Lady, he 
 refolved to return to Geneva : and of 
 the grievous i emftations he indured: 
 where he took his I ift farewell of his 
 father, wife, children, and friends : 
 and cf his heavenly courage, in bear- 
 ing and faffing through them all c 
 
 VyVTHcn therefore the good Gentleman 
 V V faw all things fo far arnifs, that e- 
 ven his wife was againft him of all other, 
 and gave him a deeper wound than all o~ 
 ther his friends $ denying him that fociety 
 and fellowfhip which the bond of marriage 
 yieldeth, and feeing that the time paffed 
 without any good doing, but rather to the 
 increafing of his grief on all fides 5 he 
 therefore refolved to depart, and fo calling 
 his wife Vittoria again, he iterated unto her 
 his former protection $ and (q bad her 
 take it at his laft warning. The (Jolefull 
 day of his departing being come, he held 
 
 on 
 
(^alzacitu takes his lodi, Jrwc4v ell 
 fkis^fatke.r, wife, cUldrm^anlfrieriAs '. 
 
 T -S>4r 
 

Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 9 5 
 on his pnrpofe, and (ò entered into the 
 Chamber of his father the Marquefs to do 
 his duty unto him , and to take his leave : 
 who feeing his fon thus paft all hope of re- 
 covery, quenching his fatherly affeftion in 
 fury and raging madnefs, like a frantick or 
 defperate man, reviled him in molt de T 
 fpightfull terms : and at laft gives him his 
 farewell with many a heavy and bitter curfe. 
 This fo ftrange and extraordinary perfecu- 
 Hon did this good Gentleman fuffer for 
 Chnfts fake 5 and it h rnarvail that it did 
 not caufe him to look back a^ain , and turn 
 his courfe. But it was Gods doings that his 
 father fhould u fe thefe extream arid vio-r 
 lent curfes, rather then to go about to w$ 
 him by allurements and gentle perfwafions 
 for he hath often ufed to tell his friends' 
 that this monftrous inhumanitv a:;d unna- 
 turalnefs of his father did rather confirm' 
 Hid fettle his mind 3 his nature being ra- 
 :her to be led than drawn , and rather to be 
 Aron by friendlinefs and fair means, than 
 :o be urged by extremities, fiut God would 
 lave his fervane to be tried by both mean's : 
 lamely, the allurements of his wife and 1 he' 
 nenacings of his father. Thus God would 
 >urge him in the fire of all kind of temp- 
 ations, And thus by the, power of Gods 
 
 grace 
 
9^ 77?e Life of Gakacius 
 
 grace having paffed thorough this fire be- 
 hold hotter is to be ventured on. Depart- 
 ing his fathers Chamber, with that burder 
 of curfes (which the Lord turned into Wef 
 fmgsj he came into the great Chamber, and 
 fo into the Hal! j where he found his wife, 
 his children, his Uncles fon ("afore fpoker 
 of) divers noble Gentlemen his kinsfolks , 
 and (bme of his ancient familiars and do- 
 meftick friends : all fraught with grief • 
 and making heavy chear ; nothing was 
 heard but fighs, and fobbs, and crys ; no- 
 thing was fèen but tears and wringing of 
 hands : his wife embracing him, and taking 
 him about the neck , befeeched him in moft 
 loving and moft pittifull manner , that he 
 would have care of himfelf, of her, and of 
 all his children, and whole houfe 5 and not 
 fò willingly to caft them all away. His 
 young children all upon their keees , with 
 armes ftreatched out, and hands holden up, 
 and faces fwoln with tears, cryed unto 
 him to have pity on them his own bowels j 
 and not to make them fatherlefs before their 
 time. H ; s cofen and other kinfmen with 
 heavy countenance and watry eyes looked 
 rufully on him 5 and though for grief they 
 were notable to fpeak one word to him, 
 yet every look, and every countenance, and 
 
 every 
 
Caracciolus, Marq, of Vico, 97 
 
 everv gefture was a loud cry, and a ftrong 
 -intreaty thar he '-would fray, and not leave 
 fo antient and nobie a houfe in fcch wofull 
 and defolate cafe. No words can fufrke to 
 exprefs the grief of that dolefiìll company, 
 nor that lamentable departure that there 
 was to be teen. Unutterable was the grief 
 on their fide, and unfjeakable was the tor- 
 ment and temptation which the noble Gen- 
 ' tie man felt in this agony, when he mcit 
 either leave Chrift Jefus, or leave all thefè 
 for him j but amongft and above all, there 
 Was one mod lamentable ile ht , which 
 would even have wrung tears from a heart 
 of .flint* Amongft all his children he had 
 one daughter, a towardlv -and goodly 
 young Gentlewoman- of twelve years old^ 
 who crying our amain, and wallowing fn 
 tears, fell down, and catching fa ft hold 
 about his thighs and knees, held him fo> 
 hard as he couJcl by no means (bake her 
 off 5 and the affection of a Father wrought 
 fo with him, as he could not offer with vio- 
 lence to hurt her ; he laboured to be toote, 
 but fhe held fafteV 5 he went awav, but (The 
 trailed after, crying' to him not to be fo 
 cruel to her his child, who came into 
 the world by him. This fo wonderfully 
 wrought with his nature, he being a man 
 H of 
 
9 8 The Life o/"Galeacius. 
 
 of a molt loving and kind affection , that 
 he hath often reported he thought that his 
 bowels rolled about within him , and 
 that his heart would have burft prefently, 
 and there inftantly have died, his child fo 
 having him fait about the legs. But not- 
 withstanding all this, he being armed with 
 a fupernatural and heavenly fortitude, he 
 brake thorow all thefc temptations, and 
 treading under foot whatfoever might hin- 
 der him from Chrift, he efcaped out of this 
 perilous battel a glorious conquerour 5 and 
 ib leaving that forrowful houfe and dolo- 
 rous company, he came with fpeed to the 
 fhore, where prefently taking (hipping, he 
 caufèd them to hoift up fails towards L&- 
 fina, with a turmoiled and diftreffed mind , 
 one way * fur charged with forrow to re- 
 member the manner of his departure, ano- 
 ther way furprized with joy to remember 
 that he had efcaped. - And even as a (hip 
 in a tempeftuous Sea, the boifterous waves 
 toifing it qp and down, is thrown about, 
 fometime touching the clouds, fometime 
 plunged into the deep: So no doubt the 
 noble mind of this young Marquefs was 
 no lefs diffracted with contrary cogita- 
 tions, being as it were in a labyrinth of 
 diftempered affections : fometimes he could 
 
 not 
 
Caracciolus, Marq, of Vico. 99 
 
 not but remember that lamentable eftate 
 Wherein he left his Father, Wife and Chil- 
 dren 5 he often imagined he was Itili a- 
 mongft them 5 he thought he heard them 
 cry and call upon him, he thought he ftill 
 felt his dear daughter clafping him about 
 the legs, and trailing after him 5 neither 
 could he contain but break out into tears, 
 neither could he for his life but often look 
 back at that Princely houle, with all thole 
 goodly Orchards, Gardens, Granges, Fields, 
 and Territories, to all which he was heir 
 apparent $ yet all which he fàw he muft 
 leave for Ghrift's fake. But one thing .pierced 
 his heart, to fee his Wife and Children, 
 and other his alliance ftanding on the 
 fhore, who when they could not fpeak to; 
 him, looked at him ; and when they could 
 not fee him, ceafed not to look after the 
 fhip as long as it was in fight 5 neither 
 could he refrain but with a woful coun- 
 tenance look at them again as long as he 
 could difcern them ; and withall he called 
 to mind the bitter words and heavy fare- 
 well which the Marquefs his Father gave 
 him at his departure $ all which cogita- 
 tions running in his head , did doubtleis 
 wring from his forrowfull heart manv a 
 deep figh and heavy groan, and many a bit- 
 
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 ter tears from bis watery eyes ; and yet not- 
 witbftanding all rhele the fpiritual itrength 
 and courage of his mind was conitene and 
 invincible. And even as. a good Pilot in 
 a raging Sea, when clouds and darknefs, 
 thunder and lightnings, iturm and tempeit 
 run together, and rofs the (hip from wave 
 to wave, as lightly as a ball from hand to 
 hand ; yet for all that he fits ftill at the 
 helm, with undaunted courage, and marks 
 his Compafs ; and by his courage and skill 
 together, keeps on his right and ftedfalt 
 courfe thorow all the rage of (èa and wea- 
 ther J even fo this our thrice noble Galea- 
 cipfs. taking hold of the holy and heavenly 
 anchor, namely, a lively faith in Chrit>, 
 and ftedfafr hope in God , he furmounts. 
 the clouds, and rlxtth thofe anchor- holds 
 in Heaven, and looking ittdfaftly with a 
 fpiritual eve at the true load-rrar, namelyi 
 Chrift Jiefus, and the hope of eternal run pi- 
 nete, he directs his courfe towards ile 
 fame with an r eroica! fpirit, and heaver ly 
 refolution, thorow the tempeftuous waves 
 of thofe fearfull temptatiors j ard the (hip 
 thatcarred h' ( s body, did not fo fait tr^nf- 
 port him from delicate Italy towards Dal- 
 maria, as the (hip of heavenly conftancv 
 and love of God withdrew his mind and 
 
 medi- 
 
Carrciolus, Marq. of Vico. ioi 
 
 meditation from all nateral refpects and 
 worldly delights, and made it mount aloft 
 in holy contemplation. And thus the pre- 
 fence and grace of God's fpirit having over- 
 come the power of natural affections , he 
 began to chear up hi mfe If after this teiii- 
 je.t ; and (irli: óf all, bending the knees of 
 hi' heart to the eternal Father in Heaven, 
 he yielded his Ma jelly molt hearty thanks, 
 for that he had furnifhed his foul with fbch 
 a portion of his grace, as to withftand and 
 conquer Satan in fuch a perilous battel 5 
 and for that he had delivered him from thè 
 danger of Popifh thraldome, from the lift 
 quifition, and from that perpetual impri- 
 ion ment both of confcience and body 
 which the Popifh Church would have 
 brought him unto, had he not thus efcaped 
 their hands. He likewife praifed God un- 
 fainedly, that he vouchfafed to give him 
 time, opportunity and grace to difcharge 
 that duty to his Wife the young Marchio- 
 Befs, which at his firft departure he had 
 omitted; and which oftentimes he had with 
 great grief bewailed ; and that he h.d en- 
 abled him to omit nothing which might have 
 perfwadeJ her to have left Sod m? , and 
 to have undertaken wiih him this blefied 
 Pilgrimage towards the heavenly \erpt[k- 
 H 3 km^ 
 
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 km. The remembrance of thefe things much 
 refrefhed his troubled mind. It alfo much 
 contented and fàtisfied his confcience, that 
 upon that monftrous and undutifuJl bchavi- 
 out of his Wife towards him (fpoken of be- 
 fore) he had made that proteftation which 
 he did 5 namelv, that he would ufe the lawful 
 means to be divorced from her,who had firft 
 of all divorced and cut offher felf from him, 
 by denying that duty of love which the Wife 
 mav not deny to the Husband, nor the Hufr 
 band to the Wife ; he perfwaded himfelf that 
 this proteftation would work well with her f 
 and make her more conformable to her dur 
 ty, when fhe had advifcclly thought of it. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Can dolus, Marq. of Vico. 103 
 
 CHAP. XXIIL 
 
 Of his Journey home again by Venice, 
 andthorow Roeria and Switzerland ; 
 and his fife arrival at Geneva; and 
 of the great joy he brought to the 
 Church by his fife return. 
 
 REviving his troubled fpirits with thefc 
 cogitations , he arrived at Ldjtna in 
 Dalmatia , which is the Countrey over a- 
 gainft Italy 3 from whence he paffed in a 
 very quiet pafifage and calm Sea to Venice, 
 where he found many faithful fervants of 
 God, and g«od Chriftiansj who having 
 heard afore that he was gone to Vicum, 
 were exceedingly afraid for that imminent 
 and inevitable danger they fàw he was in , 
 either to have his confidence a flave to Po- 
 pifh vanity, or his perfon a Prifoner to Po- 
 pifh cruelty 5 therefore they ceafed not to 
 pray for him night and day 5 and yet for 
 all that they feared greatly what would 
 become of him. But when now at laft they 
 fàw him return both found in confcience^ 
 H 4 and 
 
I04 The Life cf Gale'acius 
 
 2nd (afe in perfon , and fuch a glorious 
 conquerour over Satan, and oyer fo many 
 ftrong temptations with which the world 
 and natural affections had availed him : 
 their fear was turned into comfort their 
 ibrrow into joy,, and thev all glorified the 
 Lord for him. And fo after mutual com- 
 fort given and received, he departed from 
 Vemcc, and travelled tfiorow Rhcotia and 
 Switzerland) where he vifited the Churches 
 of the Protectants , and comforted them 
 greatly with his prefence,. and by telling 
 them what great things the Lord had done 
 for him; and fo by the good hand of his 
 God upon him, he came in fàfety xo Geneva 
 the fourth of OEiober in the year 15-5-8. His 
 fafe arrival brought exceeding jov to the 
 whole Church there, bet efpecially to the 
 It ali m Congregation ; for his long' abfence 
 bad brought them unto fome fufpence and 
 doubt, not of any alteration of his Reli- 
 gon, but of fome cruel and falfe meafures to 
 have been offered him by the dtceii full Pa-' 
 pifts, Bat when they frw him fo lately re- 
 turned linroucht in conference, and unhurt 
 in his perfon , and that he had pafird fo 
 miny pikes of temptations which they 
 knew ìsàjà bren pitched ègaifift him, they 
 gave great thanks to the Lord for him. But 
 
 when 
 
Caracciolus, Marql of Vico. i o 5 
 
 when he had difeourfed unto them parti- 
 cularly the whole courfe of the proceed- 
 ings : firft, what a rixong battery of temp- 
 tat olanda; auks the Devil and the World 
 had planted againft him, then how manfully 
 he fought and withftood, and at laft over- 
 came them all; they fell jnto admiration 
 of fo rare conftancyj and thought him wor- 
 thy of all honour, to whom it is given (as 
 the Apoitle faith ) to furfer fo much for 
 Chrift and for Religions fake 5 and in all 
 earneft manner thev magnified the Angular 
 grace and mercy of God towards the whole 
 Church in him, which had not fuifered* his 
 fervant (this noble Galeae ivi) to be fedu- 
 ced out of the way of that holy calling 
 whereto the Lord had called him $ and who 
 had delivered him from fo fubtile a train, 
 laid by the policy of the enemy Satan, to 
 have inn apt his foul and confeience , by 
 overturning him in the race of hisRelig : on : 
 and they all acknowledged that this noble 
 and godly Gentleman found it verified in 
 himfelf, which the Kingly Prophet faith in 
 the Pfalm : Bccanfe he hath trufted in we, 
 therefore I mil fit him free : 1 will be with him 
 in his troubles, I will deliver him and crown 
 him with honour : and in another place, He 
 that trufteth in the Lord Jhall never be con- 
 founded. 
 
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 founded. And thus the Church received a 
 double benefit by him ; for firft his practice 
 was an example unto them all of a moft ex- 
 traordinary and heavenly conftancy in the 
 love and profeflion of true Religion ; ih~ 
 condly, the merciful! dealing of the Lord 
 with him,was a notable confirmation of their 
 faith, and an encouragement to them to per- 
 (evere and ftand to the truth, with aflu ranee 
 that the Lord himfelf would ftand by them. 
 
 CHAR XXIV. 
 
 Certainyears after his return to Gene- 
 va, he' begins to feel in himfdj a ne- 
 ce fit)' oj marriage ; he delivers his 
 tafe to Calvin,^&0 refit fed t $ p ccufent; 
 the matter is referred to the Churches 
 of Switzerland, and by them he is re- 
 solved that he is free from his firft 
 Wife, and may ?narry again. 
 
 AN D with an unfpeakable contentment 
 in his own confidence, and with pub- 
 lick joy and thankfgiving of the whole 
 
 Church 
 
Caraccio! us, Marq. of Vico. 107 
 
 Church, he fettled himfelf at Geneva in his 
 former private and quiet life. Where after 
 a few years he began to finde in himfelf 
 fome reafons which perfwaded him to 
 think it needfull for him to live in the ftate 
 of marriage 5 and therefore having thus 
 long waited and expecled a more wife and 
 dutiful! anfwer from his Wife, and per- 
 ceiving by her not anfwering that (he (till 
 perfifted in that monftrous and annatural 
 wijfulnefs, which her blinded Popifh mind 
 had formerly undertaken, by the perfwa- 
 fion of her blinded Popifh guides 3 he there- 
 fore purpofed to take fuch courfè for his 
 remedy, as by the Law of God and his 
 Church mould in that cafè feem allowable 5 
 namely, to be divorced from her, who for 
 her part had broken the bond, and untied 
 fhe knot of matrimony. And firft of all he 
 imparted his mind and purpofe to Mr. Cai-* 
 i>in, and craved his godly and wholefome 
 counfèl in a cafe of fo great importance. 
 His counfel was firft of all, that it was more 
 convenient, and lefs fcandalous to the ene- 
 mies of Religion if he could abftain. But 
 the Gentleman replied, that the cafè wasfò 
 with him as he could not abftain, and gave 
 him many weighty reafons which drew him 
 to marriage 5 and withalJ participated unto 
 
 him 
 
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 him fome fecret reafons for the which he 
 affirmed it was altogether neceffa'ry for 
 bim to marry. Holy Cnlvin, as he was a 
 man endued from God with fharpnefs 
 of judgement, and a wife arid a diflerning 
 il^Irlt 5 fo he fore r aw plainly that many 
 would fpeak evil of the fidi, others wou j d 
 take otfence at it, fome would pL 1 ; con- 
 demn it., and fpea^evil of Religion for it 5 
 and the rather, becaufe ( as he truly faid ) 
 very few did rightly conceive the full truth 
 in the doctrine of divorcement 5 but ft weft 
 of all would or could know the whole cir- 
 cumftance of this particular faci. He like- 
 wife wifely confidertd, that the like pre- 
 fident was feldome feen, efpecially in the 
 hrdian Churc'i, whereof this Gentleman 
 was a principal member, and of fpecial 
 account both for his nobilitv, birth and 
 <kfcent, and for his zealous love to Reli- 
 gion. All which confiderations, with divers 
 other, made R.everend Calvin not toj eafily 
 to fubferibe to thfs purpofe and motion of 
 Galeacivs. Notwithstanding, when the 
 Gentleman urged him out of the word of 
 God and good confeience, with arguments 
 which he law and confelied he could not 
 Sufficiently anfwer; therefore left he fhould 
 burden and trouble the confeience of fo 
 
 good 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 109 
 
 good a man, which alledged for himfelf , 
 that lie was driven by neceflity to that 
 courier he yielded thus far to him 5 that if 
 he would repair unto the Learned and Re-» 
 verend Divine peter Martyr , and ask his 
 opinion and the opinions of all- the learned 
 and chief Divines of Restia and Switzer- 
 land, and defire them ferioufly to confider 
 of ir, ("as in a matter of fu eh moment, and 
 of ib great confequence, it was requifite) 
 and then fet down their judgements in the 
 matter, and the reafons moving them there^ 
 unto he promifed that he would alfo fub» 
 fcribe unto them, and mot willingly yield 
 unto him what liberty foever they did al- 
 low h ; m ; ulwaies provided that he alio 
 fhould fubmit himfelf unto their cenfure, 
 and itand to the trial of their judgements in 
 this cafe. Gahacms mod willingly yielded 
 hereunto, as one who defired nothing but 
 tfert which the Lord by his Word, and by 
 the voice of his Church fhould allow him; 
 and fo takiny the courfè that Calvin had 
 advifed him, he caufed Letters to be drawn 
 and fenr. to Zurich, Berne y and other the 
 Churches of Switzerland , opening the 
 whole cireumflance of the matter, and ex- 
 pounding the cafe trulv and fully 3 and 
 humbly craved the judgements of the 
 
 Church 
 
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 Church in a caie of confeience fo great and 
 doubtful. The chief Preachers and inoft lear- 
 ned Divines yielded to his honeft and godly 
 requeft, and aifembled about it $ the matter 
 was much and long debated, and argued at 
 large on both fides 5 and after mature delibe- 
 ration, and Sufficient confultation had, it was 
 concluded and agreed on by them all witli 
 one confent, that he might with fafe con- 
 feience depart from that W7fe,which had rirft 
 of all on her own part broken the bond, and 
 diffolved the marriage-knot$and for the proof 
 of this their opinion, many caufes and rea- 
 fons were alJedged and laid down out of the 
 Scriptures, Fathers, Councils, and out of the 
 Civil Law, which is the Law almoft of all 
 Countries in Chriftendom. *\11 which (both 
 of their conclufions and their reafonsj were 
 put in writing, and are regiftred and fafely 
 recorded, and are kept to this day ready to 
 be fhewed to whomsoever and whenfoever 
 need (hall fo require ; lor it was thought 
 good by the Church fo to do, both for that 
 the caie was extraordinary, and would be 
 finiiterly fpoken of and cenfured by many, 
 who knew not Sufficiently how it ftood 5 and 
 eipccial-.y for the preventing of any flander 
 or cavil which the enemies might object 
 aeainft our Religion. 
 
 CHAP, 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico, i : i 
 
 CHAP. XXV. 
 
 Bypiblickfentence of the Church', and 
 judgement of the Law Joe is divorced 
 from his jormer Wife ; and after a 
 time he mirrieth a French Gentle- 
 woman, a widdow of about forty 
 years of age, himjelj thai being about 
 three and forty. 
 
 GAleacius having thus laid his founda- 
 tion, proceeded further, but ftill with 
 the confent of the Church, and obferving 
 the due form of the Law, and the ordinary 
 courfè of Juftice in fuch cafes, he craved 
 publickly of the Magiftrate that he might 
 be divorced, that is, that he might be 
 pronounced to be free, and difcharged from 
 that Wife, who had already cut off her fèlf 
 from him. The Magiftrate confidering the 
 truth and circumftance of the calè, together 
 with the judgement of the Divines, where- 
 unto alfo was agreeable the judgement of 
 the Law, granted unto him as by his advo- 
 cates 
 
1 12 The Lije of Gafeacius 
 
 cares it was required ; and Co in publick 
 CtXQTt, and "try- lenience de^nire and irre- 
 vocable, he was divorced, at i was pronoun- 
 ced to be freehand d if chares d of his former 
 wife FiEttmtai aid that it was lawfull for 
 him, and in his choice, to live unmarried, or 
 to marry as himfèlf would. After which 
 liberty obtained, he imparted the matter to 
 his friends, and applied himfèlf to think 
 of another wife, he asked their advices in 
 this point alfo. And herein he took that 
 courfè which generally men in the world 
 take not 5 for in his choice he reflected oot 
 fo much wealth, birth nor beauty, but on- 
 ly to find a fit companion of his life, and 
 fuch a one, as with whom he might lead 
 that which remained of his life in a. com- 
 fortable contentment, in tranquillity of 
 mind, and peace of conference , that fo he 
 might the more chearfully ferve the Lord, 
 and wait for the coming of Jefus Chrift. 
 Which courfe of his is more to be noted,, 
 efpecially in fo great a man, and fo honour- 
 ably difcended 5 and the rather to crofs 
 and controll the carnal and worldly cour- 
 fes, which men for the molt part, and wo- 
 men alfo, obferve in their marriages $ re- 
 /peeling thofe things firit which mould be 
 laft. and Uiat laft or not at all, which mould 
 
 be 
 
Caracciolus, Marq, of Vico. 1 1 5 
 
 be firft and above all. Galeacius continu- 
 ing this his purpofè, and looking about 
 for his choice, the Providence of God 
 ('which doth never fail his Children, espe- 
 cially in fo great matters ) did offer unto 
 him a fit oppertunity. For fo it was, that 
 at the fame time , a certain Gentlewoman 
 of France, a Widdow , came from Roan to 
 Geneva, for true Religion fake, which fhe 
 loved and profeiied , and for the love of it 
 left her Country i and came thither for li- 
 berty of her confeience. She was a Ma- 
 tronly and grave Woman, and well re- 
 ported of for her modeity 3 honefty, fear of 
 God , and for manifold good qualities : Her 
 name was Anna Fremer ik , and was about 
 forty years of age. All which circum- 
 ftances Galeacius well obferving, thought 
 her a fit: and convenient Wife for him : and 
 fo with the confent and liking of other his 
 good friends i he took her to Wife, and mar- 
 ried her the fixteenth day of January i$6o± 
 and in the three and fortieth year of his 
 age j and they lived together many years 
 after with much comfort one of another , 
 and in an excellent agreement , being both 
 of the fame Religion, and of one mind $ al- 
 ways drawing in one Yoke, and bearing 
 one burthen, dividing it betwixt them; 
 X whether 
 
ii4 The Life of Galeacius 
 
 whether it was bv joy or for row : To that the 
 unquietnefs of life paft, was now recom- 
 penced with a life full of all contentment ;. 
 and fo loving her, and being trulv loved of 
 her, they fpent their days in all mutual 
 comfort, folacing themfelves in their quiet- 
 ali d private life , and joying in the mutual 
 faithfulnefs and loyal tv which one perform- 
 ed to another. Lo thus mall the man be 
 blefled that feareth the Lord. 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 Of his courfe of life after his marriage ; 
 'with his frugality. 
 
 NOW being married, he laboured to de- 
 liver and disburden himfelf of worldly 
 cares 5 and therefore he prefcribed to him- 
 felf a fparing and frugal courfe of life 5 re- 
 folving to keep himfelf within the com- 
 pafs of his Revenue, which although it was 
 as much again as it was afore, by his Wives 
 Dowry, yet by many other hinderances was 
 far lefs than heretofore it had been. And 
 firft for his Houfhold, his care was to have 
 
 it 
 
Caracdolus, Marq. of Vico. 1 i j 
 
 it as little as might be, and therefore for his 
 ferviee and attendance he only kept two 
 maid-lèrvants : and for himfelf he led his 
 life in great fòbriety, and in very mean e- 
 frate, yet always free from fordid bafe- 
 nefs, and always keeping a feemly deco- 
 rum : never wanting any thing, that was ne- 
 eeffary , nor having much that was fuper^- 
 fluous. His attire was plain and homely, 
 but always comely > clean and handfome : 
 and he that in his own Country might have 
 been Lord of fo many Tenants , and Com- 
 mander of fo many Servants, did now walk 
 the ftreets of Geneva alone j often not ha- 
 ving the attendance of one man : yea , he 
 would not difdain to come himfelf into 
 the market, nor think fcorn to provide him- 
 felf of neceflaries ; and fometime would buy 
 and carry home fruits, herbs , roots , and 
 fuch other things. And this courfe of Life, 
 together with liberty of true Religion a he 
 efteemed greater happinels than the Mar- 
 quefdom of Vicum. And although by this 
 courfe of Life he could fcarce be dilcerned 
 from an ordinary man , and from the com- 
 mon fort of people: notwithstanding in 
 his countenance appeared that gravity , in 
 his geftures , behaviours , and in his whole 
 | Body fhone that comely Majefty, as any 
 
 I t wife 
 
 ; 
 
u6 The Life ofGaleacius. 
 
 wife man to have fèen him, and well con- 
 sidered him , would have prefently judged 
 triache came of a noble Race, and that he 
 had been fit for the grenteft employments 
 of the world : which alfo was fo much the 
 greater, becaufe that with his excellency 
 of birth and perfon , and perfection of all 
 Gentlemanly behaviours was joy ned true 
 godlinels and the fear of God, which of it 
 felf is of fuch force 5 as it is able even to 
 honour him, who wanted thefe worldly 
 Ornaments and outward Perfections. How 
 much therefore did it magnify him who 
 had it in fo great a meafure , and accom- 
 panied with fo many true Complements of 
 Centry and Honour ? By all which it came 
 to pafs, that fo many parts of the chiefeft 
 excellencies meeting in that one man, made 
 him to fkine above other the members of 
 the Church, as the Moon among the Stars. 
 So that the Italian Church, though but lit- 
 tle of it felf 3 yet by the vertues and worthi- 
 nefs of this one noble Gentleman, feemed 
 to be compared with the whole Church of 
 Geneva. And as he was an honour unto that 
 Church , fo was he again molt honourably 
 efteemed ofthatChurch:yea,notonly of that 
 Church, but of the whole Church and State 
 of Gcmva'Sot not one Senator nor Magistrate 
 
 of 
 
Carrciolus, Marq. of Vico. 1 1 7 
 
 of the City,not one of the Preachers and Mi- 
 nifters of the Church was to be found, which 
 had not always in their mouths the com- 
 mendation of noble Galeacius : yea, he was 
 honoured and highly efteemed of by them 
 all , and it was hard to fay, whether he was 
 more loved or admired amongft them. In 
 a word, he was loved of all men, looked at 
 of all men, fpoken of by all men , magnifi- 
 ed and extolled, yea, wondred at of all men, 
 and though he knew not many himfelf , yet 
 all men laboured to know him. No publick 
 meeting was appointed, no folemn Feaft was 
 made, whereto this our Galeacins was not 
 folemnly called ; yea, every man was dcfi- 
 rous of him, and happy was he that might 
 have his company : yea, they thought their 
 meeting graced, and their houfes honoured 
 with his pretence $ and in all Affemblies the 
 chiefeft and higheft Room was offered him , 
 yea, was thruit upon him, though he no- 
 thing at all refpecled it. And although he 
 refufed the Name and Title of Marquefs, 
 becaufe, he (aid , the Emperour had cut off 
 his fucceifion, and deprived h ; m of that Ho- 
 nour , becaufe of his Religion ; norwith- 
 ftanding, do what he could, he was called 
 by no other means all his life long, and that 
 not by fome few, his friends and favourites, 
 I 3 but 
 
i iS The Life o/\GaIeaciuS 
 
 but by all forts of men, even ftrangers them^ 
 felves, and fuch as were not of his Religion. 
 For all men thinking that he had injury to 
 be deprived of his lawfull fucceffion } there-r 
 fore though they could not give him the Li- 
 ving and Eitate, yet they gave him all they 
 could, that is, the Name and Title. Such 
 were hie Noble and Gentlemanly Qualities 
 ("befides his Chriitian Yertues) that they 
 won the love and liking of all men 5 and 
 caufed them to honour him far above that 
 he defired or cared for : yea, every one 
 Jabonred to fhew any fervice, or to per- 
 form any duty towards him : nay, ftran- 
 gers themfelves were defirous to fee him, 
 and were drawn into admiration of him : 
 infomuch, as whenfoever any of the Nobi- 
 lity or Princes of Chriftendome , elpecLilly 
 of Italy, did travel to fee forreign Nati- 
 ons ; and for the molt part taking Geneva in 
 their way (which place generally all Travel- 
 lers have a great delire ro fee) they would 
 by no means omit to fee and vifit Galeaci- 
 tts. Thus did Francis and .Alphor.fus , the 
 young Dukes of Ferrara, Oth avi us the Prince 
 of Soler um 5 and thus did Fernefins the 
 Duke of Parma ; and divers,who in their tra- 
 vel coming by Geneva, entertained him in 
 d\\ the Complements of Courtefie and of 
 
 honour, 
 
CaraccioJus, Marq. of Vico. 119 
 
 honour.no lefs than if he had been at Naples 
 in his former glory : or if he had frill been 
 a Courtier in the Emperours Court, as here- 
 tofore he had been. In a word, no Noble 
 Man, no Ambaffadour, no great Scholar, 
 no man of note of any forreign Nation came 
 that way, but prefently they ufed means to 
 have a fight of this noble Marquefs 5 and 
 for the moft part defired to have fòme com- 
 pany and conference with him : So that he 
 was reforted unto continually by men of 
 all forts 5 as though he had not been a pri- 
 vate man , keeping a mean eftate and dwel- 
 ling in a little houle ; but rather, as though 
 he had been a Prince in the Court, or one 
 near in place to the Emperour himfelf, 
 But though all men defired his acquain- 
 tance and company , and he again was not 
 curious in that point, but courteous to all 
 as occafion was offered 3 yet for the moft 
 part, his moft familiar convention was 
 with the men of his own Nation : namely, 
 with his Country men the Italians, of whom 
 there was a flourifhing Church at Geneva at 
 the fame time 5 and which alfo flourifhed 
 the better by his means, as heretofore hath 
 been declared. Amongft whom though he 
 behaved himfelf, it is doubtfull whether 
 more civilly, or more humbly , yet for all 
 I 4 that: 
 
i ao ' The Life of Galeacius 
 
 t har he was honoured of therh all, and ufed 
 more like a Lord than a private man : which 
 although he in every refpecl: deferved, yet 
 by no means defired. And fo befides all 
 his worthy and excellent parts , his humble 
 mind and friendly Conversation made 
 him more honourable. And to (peak but 
 truth of him, out of all queftion he was not 
 only a good Chriftian^ but ('which is not al- 
 ways feen) a perfect and an abfolute man : 
 yea , a man can hardly name any of thefe 
 good parts , and amiable qualities, which 
 for the moli: part do win a mans love in the 
 world, which were not to be found in this 
 noble Gentleman. For befides his Noble 
 Birth and Princely Educations, his Religion 
 and true fear of God, be was alfo humbly 
 minded, affable, courteous, and friendly 
 to all men : he was wife, difcreet, of good 
 conceit, 'and of an excellent fpeech and dif- 
 courfè. It would have delighted a man to 
 have heard him fpeak ; for as his Memo- 
 ry was exceeding good^ fo his natural E- 
 loquence, his fmooth ftile, his eafie, quiet, 
 and feemly delivery, made his lpeech to be 
 greatly commended of all that heard him. 
 A man would have wondred to fee How 
 many , even of the beft fort, would have la- 
 boured to have been in his Company 3 and as 
 
 it 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. in 
 
 it were, hath catched up and eaten his words 
 from his mouth : When it plealèd him to 
 difcourfe of fome of thofe Exploits and Ad- 
 ventures, which had fallen within the com- 
 pafs of his own know Jedg ; as of the Em- 
 peror Carles the fifth his Voyage into 
 Provence, and of his Wars which he waged in 
 G elder land, againft the Duke of Qleve , and 
 of many other great Affairs, and fpecial Im- 
 ployments. Neither was he only a fit Com- 
 panion for Gentlemen and men of Eftate, 
 but fuch was the mildnefs of his nature 
 and difpofition, that he was alfo kind and 
 courteous to men of lower place, and moll 
 of all to the poor ; amongft whom, if they 
 were godly and|honeft , he would converte 
 as familiarly as with his Equals, or with 
 men of greater place. He was alfo of a free 
 and liberal heart ; no poor or diftreffed man 
 did ever require his affiftance , or crave his 
 help, but prefently he would reach unto 
 them by helping hand, and relieve them by 
 all means he could ; yea, the want. of his for- 
 wer wealth , and lofs of his Marquefdome 
 did never grieve him, but when he had not 
 wherewithall to exercifè his Charity to- 
 wards the poor fouls of God : it was his 
 joy and delight to be lending and giving to 
 thofe that wanted, and in that refpeót only 
 
 he 
 
ili The Life of Galencius. 
 
 he often wifhed himfelf as great a man m 
 Geneva, as he was in Italy : but to hispower 
 and ability his good Works did far ex- 
 ceed the proud and Pharifaical Papifts, who 
 glory in their works, and will be faved 
 by them. Prifoners and men in danger did 
 often feel his bounty ; he omitted nor to vi- 
 fit his fick brethren, and that moft dili- 
 genti v : fuch as were poor he relieved $ yea, 
 the richeft and leamedft of all, did think 
 themfelves in their ficknefles happy to have 
 him with them ; his prefence and company , 
 but efpecially his talx and Chriftian exhor- 
 tations were fo comfortable unto them. 
 His ordinary exercifès were thefc : Every 
 day he repaired to che Churchy and heard 
 divine Service, and miffed not to be pre- 
 lent at Prayers with the Congregation, e- 
 fpecially he never omitted to hear the 
 Sermons and the Word preached : which 
 he did always with wonderful! Devotion . 
 and Reverence to the Word of God $ for 
 he judged and efteemed the true happinefs 
 of a man, and the only fweet and plea/ànt 
 life confifted in living holily, in walking in 
 God ways, in meeting with Satans temp- 
 tations, in bridling the corruptions of his 
 nature, and in ferving God truly and fm- 
 cerely without hypocrif.e : unto all which 
 
 fteps 
 
Canicciolus, Marq.ofVico. 12; 
 
 fteps of happinefs he thought he could 
 never attain , but bv the preaching of the 
 Word : whereupon he alio adjoyned a dai- 
 ly courfe of reading the Scripture : thus la- 
 bouring out of the Scriptures to lay the 
 foundation of his own falvation , which he 
 applyed to the profit and comfort , not of 
 himfelf alone, but of ma'ny others with 
 him. 
 
 Bolides all this , for the love he bare un- 
 to the Church, and the defire he had to do all 
 good he could i he took upon him the office 
 of an Elder in the Church, the duty where- 
 of he fupplyed daily , carefully obferving 
 and inquiring into the manners and lives 
 of ProfelTors 5. allowing and encouraging 
 the Good, and cenfuring the Otfenders, 
 which he did with great care and conici - 
 enee, left that fcandals and offences might 
 arife in the Church, whereby either the 
 quiet and good eftate of the Church at home 
 might be>difturbed, or the Enemy might 
 have any occafion to flander the profeffi- 
 on of Religion. Neither ftayed he here, but 
 befide this publick care and labour, he alfo 
 was daily well occupied in more private 
 matters: for whereever he faw, obièrved, 
 or heard of any DifTentions, Suits in Law, 
 or Controverfies amongft Ghriftian Neigh- 
 bours, 
 
1 14 The Life of Galeacius 
 
 bours,he was exceeding carefull to the end & 
 compete them : and for that end, as he had a 
 ripe wit, and a good conceit and deep infight, 
 fo he would employ them all to the finding 
 out the truth and ftate of the c.aufe : and ha- 
 ving found it, he would ufe a!! his authority $ 
 yea, -he would make himfelf beholding to 
 men, on condition they would yield one to 
 another, and live in peace. In a word., his 
 whole courfe of life favoured of Grace, and 
 did fbew him to be a fanftified man $ yet, 
 doubtlefs, he thought himfelf born not for 
 himfelf, but for God and for the Church : and 
 he thought no time fo well (pent, nor any 
 bufines fo well difpatched,, as that wherein 
 neither gain or pleafure to himfelf was 
 thought or obtained, but only Gods glory 
 advanced^his Church edified, Religion main- 
 tained, and the good work of Gods Grace 
 confirmed in himfelf and others. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
CaraccioIus,.M/^. of Vico. 1 1 $ 
 
 CHAP. XXVII. 
 
 Being aged , he fa lit th into a long and 
 languijhing /icknefs. 
 
 AN D thus he lived at Geneva many 
 years full of joy and quietnefs, com- 
 forts and contentment, far from all world- 
 ly ambition, and -as it were forgetting what 
 he was, and what he was born to in this 
 World, only reflecting what he was to in- 
 herit in the world to come 5 and as he had 
 begun, fo he continued in a loathing and de- 
 tection of all Popifh fuperftition and impi- 
 eties. But with this great quietnefs of mind 
 and confcience, there wanted not fome out- 
 ward and corporal vexatious : for after this 
 long peace , new afflictions and ftorms came 
 upon him, whereby the Almighty would the 
 better try him, and make his faith, his hope, 
 his patience and prefèrverance to mine more 
 glorioufly 5 that fo afterward he might re- 
 ceive a more excellent reward and a more 
 -glorious Crown. 
 
 For firft of all, he fell fick of a grievous 
 doubtful] and dangerous Difeafe, which 
 
 had 
 
ii6 The Life of Galeacius 
 
 had bred upon him by abundance of rheume, 
 whereby he became fo (hort- winded that he 
 could hardly draw his breath - 3 by force of 
 fuch weaknefs he was exceedingly tor* 
 mented night and day : for the good- Gentle- 
 man was conftrained oftentimes to lit up 
 whole nights together, and was fain to be 
 removed from room to room, and from 
 one place to another, to fee if by any means 
 he might take fome fleep^ which by the ve- 
 hemency of this Difeafe was almoft quite 
 gone from him. This Difeafe had grown 
 upon him by reafon of his many,, and long, 
 and fore journeys, which he had taken by 
 Sea and by Land for his confcience fake : and 
 of the great Diftempers and Alterations of 
 the ftate of his Body , which for his Souls 
 lake he had undergone, 
 
 CHAR 
 
^Jefnit LrJentJrcmL hisjrùncb ùiQtnly to reclaims 
 filnL,by qferiru) hitnjrent Swrrwizs pf 'Money 3 eic.y .j] 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. ii-j 
 
 CHAP. XXVIII. 
 
 A new temptation ajfauks him -• a Je- 
 fint is \cnt from his friends in Italy 
 to reclaim.him by offering him great 
 funis of money , and to make his 
 younger fon a Cardinal : but he vali- 
 antly [cornet h it all , and [ends him 
 home back luithjbime. 
 
 BUT this languishing (icknefs did not fo 
 much afflici: his weak and aged body, as 
 Satan laboured by another device, and a 
 new temptation to trouble and vex his 
 righteous fòul. For it came to pais that 
 about the (àme time when this difeafe had 
 feized upon him , there came to Geneva, out 
 Df Itdy a Nephew of his, the natural fon of 
 his own lifter, with letters to him from his 
 former Wife Vittoria the Marchionefs, as 
 alio from his eldefb Son the young Mar- 
 cete : unto which letters this young Gen- 
 tleman being a Scholar, added many 
 words of his own to little purpofe j la- 
 bouring to perfwadc and allure him with 
 
 much 
 
1 1 8 The Lije of Galeacius 
 
 much and vain babling , that now at the 
 laft he would acknowledg his errour, and 
 return home again to his own Country, 
 his former Religion , and his antient inhe- 
 ritance. The principal caufè both of their 
 writing, and his comming fo far,was this 5 be- 
 caufe , that if he would now at laft return , 
 hereby he might without doubt (as he faid) 
 advance his youngeft fon Charles, either to 
 the Princely itate of a Cardinal, or at leaft to 
 be fome great Bifhop. For, faith he, where- 
 as your Son is now admitted into Holy Or- 
 ders, and is (Tor his great friends and alli- 
 ance, and for his fpecial towardlinefs) in 
 poffibility of fo great preferment , your 
 pertinacy and obftinate perverfnefs in fol- 
 lowing and defending a new found and up- 
 ftart Religion, and condemned fashefaidj 
 by all the great Eftates of Italy, is the very 
 hinderance of your Sons preferment. Thefe 
 kind of news , how highly they offended 
 the holy and Chriftan foul of this thrice no- 
 ble Galeacius, who from his heart abhor- 
 red, and in his foul detefted thofe vain un- 
 godly, and prophane Dignities in the Po- 
 pifh Church, I leave it to be judged by 
 the Chriftian Reader ; and therefore having 
 with much grief of mind heard thus much 
 of this unfavQiiry and unpleafant Meffage, 
 
 and 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 129 
 
 and not able longer to forbear, he firft of all 
 took the Letters , and before his face that 
 brought themj threw them into the fire ; and 
 then briefly, but gravely, wifely* and zea- 
 loufly, he ftiaped him this arif\yer by word of 
 mouth , thinking io bad and bale a meffagc 
 unworthy the time and labour of writing. 
 And firft of all he told him, that there could 
 not have come to him more heavy and un- 
 welcome news of his Son than thefè 5 that he 
 was fo blind a Papift, that for the hope of this 
 worldly advancement, lie would venture the 
 ruine and fubverfioh of his foul. And bad 
 him tell his Son, that he would hinder him in 
 that ungodly courfe by all means he couid ; 
 and he fàid, he knew not whether it more 
 grieved him to lee the vanity of his Sons pro- ? 
 ceeding,then it rejoyced him that it lay inhK 
 power any ways to hinder him in the fame: 
 Yea, faith he, know thou , and let that my 
 fèduced Son know, that you could have ufed 
 icarce any argument unto me fo forcible to 
 make me perfift in my Religion, and to deteft 
 Popery,as this, that in fo doing I may hinder 
 my Son from the abominable dignities of the 
 Popifh Church ; and therefore faith he, re- 
 turn my Son this anfwer, that inftead of help- 
 ing him to thefc preferments. I will pray for 
 ever to the Lord for him, who is the Father 
 
 K of 
 
150 The Life of Galcacius 
 
 of his foul and mine, that he would open his 
 eyes to fee the truth, and that he may have 
 grace after the example of me his Father, to 
 ièe the horrible fuperftitious Idolatries and 
 impieties of Popery, and feeing them to ab- 
 hor and deteft them, and renouncing the va- 
 nities of all worldly pomp and honour, to 
 direct his footiteps to the Lord, and embrace 
 his holy truth, and yield his foul and confei- 
 ence obedient to the heavenly calling, and fo 
 become the fervant and child of the moft 
 high God 5 whereby he may afpire and attain 
 to the true and highelt dignity ,which is to en- 
 joy the favour and comfortable pretence of 
 God D and his holy grace -, to love God, and 
 to be loved of him $ and fo at laft to be ad- 
 vanced to that heavenly and eternal glory 
 which is prepared for them,who in this world 
 do.forfakethemfelves and their own defires, 
 that they may in true holinefs ferve the Lord. 
 With thefe and fuch like holy fpeeches he 
 anfwered the difholy and difhoneft demand 
 of this carnal Papift. But for all that, this 
 importunate and unréafonable Jefuit (for 
 he' was of that Sed) ceafed not to be trou- 
 blefonie to this Nobleman, itili urging him 
 with fond and frivolous reafons, and prefiing 
 him with ridiculous arguments 5 as this efpe- 
 cially for one , he promifed him a huge fum 
 
 of 
 
Caràcciolas, Marq. ofYico. ,i 31 
 
 of money if he would return licerne, which 
 faith he lies ready at Lions for you* and the 
 .Brokers and Exchangers there are. prepared 
 to pay it. And he farther affured him, that if 
 he would come again into It aly -,t\\£y had pro- 
 cured him liberty of his confcie.nce and Reli- 
 gion at Turing', and there alfo (he.faid) he 
 fhould find a great fum of money ready for 
 him. But when this importunate fellow pre^- 
 fumed to prefs the good confeience of this 
 refolute Gentleman with fuch bafe argu- 
 ments, and began to weigh Religion in a pair 
 of gold weights, then the Noble heart of this 
 holy Chriftian could not but fhew it fdf mo- 
 ved, and therefore in a holy zeal and ardent 
 love of his Saviour Chrift Jefus,he cryed out, 
 Let their money pertjh with them, who efièem 
 all the gold in the world worth one days foci ety 
 With Jefus Chrifi , and his holy Spirit : and 
 curfèd, faith he, be that Religion for ever , 
 which fhall wed men to the WiOiid^ and di- 
 vorfè them from God.- Go home therefore , 
 faith noble Galeacius, take away thy hlver 
 again, and make much of that drofs of the? 
 earth, together, with your dregs of Popery, 
 lock them up together in the cheftiof your 
 ;hear.ts,-And as for me,; know it,tha$ my Lord- 
 lmd Saviour Chrift hatfrmade me.enaraputed 
 of far more precious jewels , and' "durable 
 K 2 riches * 
 
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 riches 5 but the heavenly conftancy 6T this 
 holy man^ drove this frantick Papift from hip 
 byafs into an extream choller, for he accor- 
 ding to the nature of his Popes holy Religi- 
 on, thought that when all other arguments 
 had failed, yet money would have won him, 
 and therefore feeing him fo highly to fcorn, 
 and fo difdainfully to contemn the great 
 offers,he thought it very ftrange 5 and there- 
 fore feeing all his labour loft, and his belt 
 bold prove fo weak, he fell from money to 
 meer madnefs ; and forgetting himfelf and 
 his duty, brake out into ill words, and re- 
 proachful terms : But when the Magistrates 
 were infof med of it, and faw that this arro- 
 gant Papift durft fo far abufe the patience of 
 fo honourable a man, therefore by their au- 
 thority they forbad him the City, (as the 
 manner of the place is in fuch cafes) and fo 
 this News-bringìer had his Pafs-port to be 
 packing, and to go home and count his filver, 
 and there to brag of his good fuccefs, for he 
 now could fay by good experience, that fo 
 much money as was enough to lead a hun- 
 dred Popifh Friers to and fro whether a man 
 Would, like Bears by the nofe , could not 
 touch the conscience of one Proteftant, much 
 Jefs make him a Papift. 
 
 CHAP» 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico, i } 3 
 
 CHAP. XXVIII. 
 
 Being delivered from the importunity 
 of the Jefmt ; not long ajier came a 
 Monk, nimble fitted and learned, a 
 kmfman of his own, who had a ftrong 
 conceit he could have reclaimed him ; 
 but he came too late, the Marquees 
 bung dead before he came. 
 
 ANd thus it plcafed God to deliver this 
 fick Gentleman from this troublefome 
 temper, and this Meffenger of Satan which 
 came to have buffeted him ; but he buffeted 
 him, yea and vanquifhed him, and Satan in 
 him j that he might report at home, that he 
 found the Marquefs fick in body, but whole 
 in mind, yea that he never fàw in all his life 
 fò refolute a confeience, and fo couragious a. 
 mind in fo weak a body. And thus the Lord 
 doubtlefs did in mercy to him,that being free 
 from his difquiet companion, he might with 
 more comfort and lefs grief bear the burden 
 of his fickneft, which now grew upon him 
 more and more, and left him not till it made 
 K % him 
 
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 him leave the world, and till it had tranflated 
 him from this his pilgrimage to. his eternal 
 reft s, and till it had made him of a poor Mar- 
 quee upon earth, a glorious King in heaven. 
 Whofe death as it was wonderfully lamented 
 of the Church for the unrecoverable lofs 
 they had of him,fo it was amercifubblefTing, 
 anc} a welcome meifenger of God to him : for 
 it freed and delivered him from many ftorms 
 of new temptaions which the Devil had rai- 
 fed againit him ; for within a fhort time after 
 his death there came to Geneva a certain 
 Monk, a good Schollar, a Gentleman by 
 birth, and pear akin to Gale actus, who being 
 puft up with Monkifh pride, and a conceit of 
 hisown ability for fuch an ■ehterpri^e,thou|fht 
 (b far to have prevailed \v\\\ì Gale actus by his 
 nimble wit and eloquent tongue , as to have 
 perfwadeà him now at the laft either to have 
 reiinqiAflled his Religion, or at leaft to have 
 returned into Italy > (where his Uncle had 
 been lately Pope) that iq by his prefence 
 and countenance, and the help of his great 
 friends, (which he had both in the Popes and 
 Emperors Court) his children might be in 
 more pofTibility of thofe high dignities and 
 great places in the world, which they and 
 their other friends aimed at ; and for the 
 attainment thereof nothing io much hind red 
 
 them, 
 
Caracciolus, Marq. of Vico. 1 3 5 
 
 them as their Fathers Religion and courle of 
 .life. Bat he returned home a proud Fool as 
 he came, and afhamed of his proud and info - 
 lent fpirit, which perfwaded him by his vain 
 babling he could have overcome him, whom 
 he found when he came to Geneva to have 
 overcome the world/ and all fpiritual ene- 
 mies, and now to be triumphing in the glory 
 of heaven. And fo leaving him and all other 
 his Popifh and carnal kindred, gnafhing their 
 teeth for anger to fee his admirable con- 
 itancy ; let us return again to our fick Gen- 
 tleman, whofe end now halting on will alfo 
 halten an end to this Itrange ftory. 
 
 GAAP. XXX. 
 
 His long and languishing Hcknefs grew 
 and encreafèd upon him in fuch mea- 
 fure, as his pain was molt grievous, but he 
 bare it all with an heroical and heavenly cou- 
 rage 5 fo that it might manifeilly appear, that 
 even the Lord from Heaven did lend him 
 strength, and as the torments and pangs of 
 the difèafè encreafèd, fo his faith and pati- 
 ence, and all heavenly yertues (hone in him 
 more and more -, fo that it was molt true of 
 K j. him 
 
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 jhim which the Apoftle faith, as the outward 
 man perijhttb, fo the inward man was renewed 
 daily. His body pined away , but his foul 
 grew from ttrength to ftrength ; and as a by- 
 itander feels not the pains of him that is tor- 
 mented or racked before his eyes ; fo his foul 
 and mind ftood as it were afar off, beholding 
 the pains and vexations of the body^ and be- 
 ing untouch t it felf, did as it were laugh at 
 Satan, fin, death, and damnation 5 who by all 
 their joynt power could do no more, but 
 only to vex and rack his poor carcafs with 
 bodily difeafes, but were not able to touch 
 the foul, to vex the mind^or wound the con- 
 fidence . If any man ask the reafon why his 
 mind or confidence was fo quiet in this fo 
 great torment of the body 5 the reafon was, 
 for that his mind was imployed in holy me- 
 ditations, as of the lingular love of God his 
 Father unto him in Chrift Jefus, whereby he 
 affured himfelf undoubtedly of fàlvation, of 
 the manifold holy graces wherewith God had 
 adorned him 5 by the force whereof he (aid 
 he had born off fo many buffets of Satan , 
 had paffed fo many pikes of troubles , and 
 come away conqueror in fo many fearful 
 fights, as had oppòfed themfelves againft him 
 in his converfion. Thefè gifts and graces of 
 God he weighed with the croffes of his fick- 
 
 nefs, 
 
Caracdolus, Marq. of Vico. 187 
 
 nds , and found them far heavier s and he 
 compared thefe momentary and light afflicti- 
 ons, with that exceeding and eternal weight 
 of glory which he faid he knew was laid up 
 for him in heaven. Thefe and fuch like medi- 
 tations cheared up his fpirit more than the 
 force of his ficknefs could appall him. 
 
 But above all things he felt unfpeakable 
 eomfort and fweatnefs in his prayers to the 
 Lord, which he poured out moft fervently, 
 and with a zealous and faithful heart 5 and 
 would often lay, that in the midft of his 
 prayers his foul fèemed to him to be even ra-» 
 vifhed out of himfclf, and to tafte of the 
 blelTed joys of heaven. So that the faying 
 of the bleffed Apoftle was verified in him : 
 As the fajferings of Chrift abounded in us , fo 
 confolation by Chrift abounded much more. In 
 his ficknefs he wanted no help of the Phifi- 
 tians, for they came to him out of ail parts 
 of the City, and willingly did they all do their 
 diligence about his body, whofc foul they 
 knew had Chrift Jefus to be the Phifitian for 
 it. His friends alfo continually vifited him, 
 who were of the chief men in the City $ and 
 they were all welcome to him,rich and poor: 
 6V it is hard to fay whether he received more 
 comfort by them, or they more fpiritual edi- 
 fication by him 5 his fpeeches and behaviours 
 
 were 
 
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 v/ere fo fall of patience, and fo well feafpned 
 with all grace. All his friends performed to 
 him what duty foever was in their power,but 
 cipecially his worthy Wife did then fhew her 
 fèlf moft loving and loyal, for fhe was never 
 from about him, and (aw that he wanted no- 
 thing which the world could yield for the re- 
 covery of his health. But all was in vain, for 
 the time of his diflblution was at hand, and 
 he had run the Royal Race of a moli: holy 
 Ghriftian life, and now nothing remaining but 
 a blefièd death. He might fay as. the Apoftle 
 did with much joy of heart , / have run my 
 race, I have fimjhed my courfe 9 I have kept the 
 faith 3 from henceforth is laid . up for me a 
 Crown of right eoufnefs, which Chrifi the righte- 
 ous fudg will give to me y and to all fuch as wait 
 for his appearing. 
 
 After few days the violence of his fick- 
 nefs was fuch \ as it overcame all power of 
 phyfick ; fo that it was manifeft , that that 
 bielied.hour approached wherein the Lord 
 had appointed to accomplifh his own good 
 work in him, therefore he fequeftred himfelf 
 from all care of his body/and from all worldly 
 cognations -, he renounced the world, and all 
 In it ; he took his farewell of his Wife , and 
 hisChrifrian Friends, and faid he mould lead 
 them the way to Heaven. He fi.\:ed all his 
 
 thoughts 
 
Caracciolus, Marq.ofVico. 159 
 
 thoughts upon his foul , and foul and all on 
 the Lord in heaven 5 and cry ed to Chrift Je~ 
 fus, that as he had fought him all his life, fb' 
 he would now receive him and acknowledg 
 him for his own. And thus all his friends fat 
 about hirmand as the Preachers and Minifters 
 were occupied in holy prayers, and reading 
 of the holy Scriptures, and applying to him 
 the heavenly confolations of Gods Word, in 
 the performance of thefe èxercifes he ended 
 his days, wherein he hod taken delight all 
 his lite long ; and as he rejoyced in them ia 
 his Re, fo it pleafed the Lord that he mould 
 have them at his death. And fo in the mi dir. 
 of all his Friends, in the preience of the Mini- 
 fters, even in the fight of them all, he peace- 
 ably and quietly yielded up his fpirit,and ren- 
 dred his foul into the hands of the merciful 
 God and faithfull Creator, of whom he had 
 received it ; who immediately by the Mini- 
 fiery of his holy Angels receiving it at his 
 hands, warning it pure in the blood of Jefiis 
 Chriit, crowned it with the crown of eternal 
 and heavenly happinefs. And thus this holy 
 man was tranflated from a Nobleman of 
 earth, to be a noble Saint in heaven 5 and of 
 a Marquefs on earth in bare name and title 3 
 he was advanced to be a glorious and trium- 
 phing King in heaven, where he now reigns 
 
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The Lift of Galeacius 140 
 
 in glory with that God whom he (0 faithfully 
 fèrved on earth. That God and mer rifui Fa- 
 ther grant that all we that read this admira- 
 ble ftory, may be allured to take upon us the 
 fame molt holy profeffion that this thrice 
 noble Marquefs did ; and may renounce and 
 caft off whatever in this world we fee doth 
 hinder us from the holy fellowthip of Chrift 
 Jefus 5 and ftrengthen us that we may be 
 faithful to the end , that fb we may obtain 
 the Crown of life in that glory , where this 
 noble Galeacius and all the heavenly hoft of 
 Gods Saints do wait for us : -Amen. This was 
 his life, this was his end 5 let thy life be like 
 his, and thy heart walk in the fame way ; 
 then fhall thy foul dye his death , and thy 
 latter end fliall be like his. 
 
 O Lord how glorious *rt thou in thy Saints. 
 
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