N » ‘ m 1.» ,. ‘ .,«,;.,, _ ‘ v ' " 1 ' ' ' ‘ ‘ ‘x; ' » « * ‘ 1' 47's.,‘ ' M “. « ' .:” M A. "V ‘ v N ‘ . “ , ' "ii . I an‘ 7 J‘ _“ V V 5 ‘ . .', 5- r-{, I . - !_ ‘ at. - ‘ v , .7.~,"_:"> hi \ _ ' The Negotiation of Seignior ?,m(z;m(1, Seignior co .7\(;, &c... Refident here in England with the 4 Queen, and treating about the Al-W teration of Religion A A % WITH The Archbifhop of l2zznteréury,and his Adhercmzs, in the ycarcs of our Lord, A A 15334, 16;5,16;6,&c:,..T A AV A “. A V4 V Tagéther % % Vvirha Letter toaNobleman of this. Kfingdomc, concerning the fimc. A I A ‘V 74 A s u...a—-u-iv eeeeeeeeeeeeet eeeeeeeeeeeee“ Letterl of a’ private Gen-« tlemtan, to a petfono.-‘r Honlo11r,lcon.. cerning this R eligiouo Negotiaztiom. in 9.? “MI EM? ~‘- ‘ H ave read’ with La ffudiouse eye th7s Dill: ) coma: which your Ldrdfluip commended to my obfervation *, and I mull eonfeffe, that‘ . .7’? Al’ was notmore forty" th'atlEngla'nd loved”. *7 W"- t" Ramefo well, than I am glad the’afl'ec9cion., betwixt them is thus dificovercd . For although the marks of the Beaff for fome yeares pail were legible cw nough in every eornerrof«this_Land“, and the Clergy ge- nerally could fpeak Italian, or were apt to learn it ; yet“ f neha fpirit ofseeurity did poflefle us, and hope and fear had ‘fuch influerce upon our wretched foules, that wee could not fee that alteration which wee looltt u pon, and»? _ the G,0l‘pel waslalmofi fled away before we beleeved it had*4 any gvingsg But the great and myflerious Riddle is here“ .unfouldeAd,*a nd thofe CurrainsrofP'eAgce and cbarit} which; - did F0 fpeciouflly cover this~Work of 1)4rl(_nafl}e- , are drawn» from ofF‘it.. He that will not now ’underfland t'l1=al:“ 7'1’-~ tier 2: nd Thames were almofit-int one Channellglfhall have; way were to graze upon the Mountains;-nd“forfe.it his I621-«~ 3,» M liilfil, Adz: . t fonable fonablefoule,which in lb clcaraday will not difccrn the waters running. I bclcevc yoult-* lLOIdfl§ip with more boldneffe will concurre in this fenrclnceg-when you flhall hear that the Venetian Eméafladour wasthc Authorof this ‘little Story, A man, whofe Religion would not permit him to favour the reformed Churches, or to blafl his own with any fallhood , efpecially in an accompt to ’a wife ~ State which had employed him; A man of dam: ac- qua-«intance with I’mz.zmi,’and although no mafler buil- der, yet a pious fctvant and fpeéiatorof the work: When you {hall alfo hear that the Italian Copy was fitll tranfla- tcd into Frmchfot the great Cardinals fatisfa&ion; and] I do not doubt it hath good acquaintance in the Spamilh (hurt, and could fpeak that languagcllongago. Icould proceedfutther, but that the limits ofa letter cannot "re-l «ccive my thoughts concerning this argument ‘, andfmy cycs behold fo much light,th at they are altogether dazled with the lufire. A fhott time( if God permit ) {hall "pro- duce fuch a vo1umc,wh’ich may prove me not onlya lover‘ of the truth, but in all lawfull C ommands l Tour Lafdfhips mofl obedient Servant, ‘ 229.2-71 M-..9?3;1£=;9i”,_%%$.%‘,5%:3??.9@%;9%*§e:%?%_ié%_%%ék.r%£m@_*;9E rm ‘-mm_______ rua;..J°m ~..-....—.,..... ............— £~'*J**._....-;........~“~'3"*‘J’?‘*~“l....&*'~ "r fmfiwwvgaxr The Negonatron of Sexgmor Tangzzni, Speignior fan, 85¢. refidcnt here in England with : I zrhc @"cen, and treating abouti alteration ‘V ‘ OfRELIGI0I~I' ii WITH The eflrc/9121/50]) oAf(/Emterbury andhrs Adhercnrs in the years of our Lo RD, ‘ ‘ 1634.1635.I6;6.&c. ELIGION having 3. great power a over the fpiritofMan, and an in- ., comparable force thereupon to i “ produce effcéfs cxt:raordinaric5 3‘ lbmc men embrace it with {in- ‘ ~- ~ ~" ccrizic ofaffcfiion as away lead- ing to true fcliciric: but others cifecme nrore of it forrhc gene-rail profit which redounds fromir ro humane Iocictic, then for any other excellence dif-3 rcerncd in it. l7’rinccs, and {age Policitians arc of this latter fort of mcn,giving reverence» tor’: for the com.mo- ‘ (‘Z3 leottnmo~d”itie which they receive from it;as well knowing by “experience of all ages, thajtpthjere is no.- thing more proper to preferve men in concord,and render the people obedient to the higher Powers. Therefore the mofi adviied and relcrvcd Princes, though in their fouls they make no account of Re- ligion, yet in appearancethey alvvayes endeavour to feetne extreamly 1'-'eligious,and infliéiz exemplary pun;ll1;nent on fuch as attetnptany thing againfl the purities of ittforeleeing with great prudence, that it is impoflible any alteration of Religion fhould happen vvithout trouhleand difiraétioti in thestatc, And indeed in theie latter times we fee thoic States and Realms which have prevented di- vifions of Religion have maintained thetfifelves in peace and tranquillitie, as Italy, and Spaimz: where- asfin others on the contrary where the introducing of new opinions has divided the people, there con—;- fequently Arms have been taken up by one againfl; the othetgvvitneile France and 0ermany.Andtho'ugl1_ fome Countreys have undergone change of Reli- gion’ without interruption of their Repoleg yet it? we examine the realon ofit , vvelhall find the {aid change to havei prong from fome ‘extraordinarie. caule , rather then from divcrfitie rof opinion a. mvngiii tllc 990916‘ The fcparation of England from the ( 3 ") the;Church so~fccially the léli1iics,oppafed tbcmlclvcs, éclsisifotic diverts i)o::>l<‘s both lcsmdalous and prcjudiciall to the power ofafiifliopiszall which havcbcen ccnluretl and condcnjmcd tflzc Vnii. vcrfity of ‘Parish-aiid *Pe§er uzurezim :51 Dofitor there has Writtell vcrylcarnedly in confutation of the [aid books. But this did little avail to the appcafing ofthc diflércncc , it did exafpcratc rather thc Regu- lars, lo Anibal: they railed lfich pcrfegution ‘againll the {aid Bi[l1ep,.thathc was fame to flyc out of Eng_r. lamd into France, a«l1dt~l1-C1‘Cl‘1CllS Hill rcfidxng. 4 A1134 fincc his rctrcac thcdiflcntion is grown morc‘ficr‘cc, infomuch as the Pope taking notice thereof; and” dicfiring to apply fomc convenient rcmcdicpnisd yét not ‘clearly diltcrning the strut’-h of shofc af‘l’airs’,,% “lo 7 as they were difguiled by the cunninl and fubltiltyl‘ sofcaich parry: Hclhcn refolvccl to lend overlomc picrlon by whofi: prclcncc upon the place he might be bcliinformcal of,tl1c~truth for the apflying of 4' {omccxpcdicnt to tlioli: l:>roy~ls. Thus in the year i 1 6; A4. 11151-Iollincflcdid dzfpatch intd Emglarzd Sig... % nior Gregary @‘zmgani,a D*0~é’tor in Law and Romifh Pirilcfls, and l3yl1is»Pa.pailBric~fdatsd tin: I0 of‘O€to.-’ iberofirlnc *Eu1:xc 3‘/:o*cr, diiret€’c'ic¢l to I'l‘3.£.‘ En.<_.._jlifh Cler- gymmcl Car7holl:ic§bks.,'hlc rclqu*i~rcxil and lcoxnrnanded lcrcdcnfic tozbegiv-m ‘ihiimiiiiz‘¥Wlm1*l*oevcr sfiligxiiour A i @122 zgirzi l h l (7) §Fflnqa12ioIihispa"rc i}mul.el e::.pk)ll’eri:)4_qi~h«eml=. Cardin; nall Fran" £B‘arImrim7 alfo tb accompany his Holines Brief, lent a.Lettcr of his own to the {aid Caltho-- licks aniclithcir Clergy,nwith vvhicli and his Infiru-v €tii0flSiSigI1il0l' Clnafzgarti arrived i1t‘London -the 2 5‘. Décemhura 6 34. whei'e he {aimed theQueen ,' and aftervvards~rheKing alfo who received and treated. him W.ithmuch kindneiie, telling him that H: Wasrveryi welcome: yea‘ His M‘a_jc:I;l:y remained un- .coveredduring all tilmdifeourilc, 235 entertainment. He did alfo delire conferen cewith theArchljifho of nC;.%i’2lz£érl2‘2zry,butwasfput off and procrziliziiaared therein frorn day to" clay':fo%that at lafl He departed: the Kingdom witlioufany fpeech had wirhl him, From his arrivallar the time of his abode ‘in En€g.l landlHe mulch“ apwplyed ~»hin1l‘elfto Secretary ”Wi22dé-ji ~ bunk, and the Lord _Cotti72cgto7z,PrcluIning hy the . mcanes of the one to maintaine himlelfi in the fa-.- r vdur ofrhe Airchbilhopand his party , ;;mdby“ch¢~ Qther to avoid the ihatred ‘oi the ciomraryi fidc. rncanes ofa Friend of his Heindcavourecl to found {omeiofithe Erigliivfh Docroreof; the Airchbiihopsl» Adhcrentiiss Whether orno the Kin Woul dpc’:rmit Lhicreficling of?alCarhplic’k Billaop of the Engliflig Natibn tolse norzzninatecl His iMajePcy,andnoz% to cxcrcile his fuim:tio13,il:)uti21”:r. E-Iis‘Majeliy lhoulcl limit. (3) l'imit.Thiis _Proip0fitiont was not very pleafi.ng:,yet after better advifernent th ey anfvve1~e:d‘",e»"thattt Seigef : nxour @a.~2zani fhould firll declare , whethery the Pope would allow ofliutch a,Bi{hop to be de‘fign- ed as did hold the -Oa1;h ofAlslegiaine:eiclawlfull, of at leali would toleratethetaking thereof by the Catholicks. In this Seigniorfihzzg. "would not: declare hirnlelllaexcufiit for Want of;Com'mil'-' fionyand lion that Ti-eatite ’Was i.nterrupted*;NeVere_i thelelle to his intimatefricnd on itheglecond‘ of J Oc'?tob. 16; 5“. he declared privately that thel’ ope would never admit ny man to govern as Bifhop ' that lhould favour the Oath of Allegiance or fi- delitie:yet.as to the laid Oath , fome Divines of the Archbifhops p.arty,tol'd the forenamed friend oiffizngani, that forafintich as Catholicksirformerm, ly would not take the {aid Oath of fidelity, be-. caule they beleeved it preiudiciall to the Popes authority,and that the Pope might not complain, that the taking of the laid Oath. was contrary to; two of his Briefs prohibiting the {ar~ne:T he King did declare that he ‘did intend no prejudice to the Popes S pirituall Authoritie by theliaid Oath 3% nor " require therein any other fidelity from hisSub.:. jcoffizs then fi1ch.~aas God and Nature obliged them to. And this will and intention olitheKi111g fhould ~ -‘ <9) r fhotuld be publifhed to all Catholickes, at Fuch ;_ time‘ asthe Oath fhould beiprefented. The a Court ofEng1and,andthe Prelates,with much i A z_ealeand pafiion, Fought to procurea tolera- tlon of the {aid Oath frornthe Pope ,- alleadgs mg‘, That if it were in the Kings power to change it,-He would retrench all luch words,as Ieemed oppolite to his Holinefle Authority‘: But thefamebeing conceived, and enacted fo- lemnly in Parliamenttto changejit was beyond i . theKings power ,@yet the ‘explication appertai- » ned to His MajePcy,what the intendment there- oflhould be 5 and {o by a Declaration His Ma- jefiy would cleere,That He intended no preju- dice to the Pope; On the contraryfI’an:(cmz' reg ‘L A p1yed;That the Oath containing fome Formall Q Termesa contrary to the Authority due to his Holinellie, and.th.eintention ofthe Parliament; being to oiblige Subjects tofuch fidelity as was ;1"')". ‘. vi " C 0 V, LE;::¥..s. . due to Princesonly ,-the King ought to change ii the {aid Oath,’aridf_putpin fuch't_eTrmes*asiHe plea-5 ' fed ; Io He altered .not—°‘the'?arliaments_“”w ‘p ‘_ intention.jlWhepr;eupon;We«are to confider beratell '5 ‘then. d'iH‘erent int;-.,ntion"s..of Coiui*t§‘.i ‘That’ oil‘Rorne,in petpetuall 7rpur°fiié3n“ccr ‘ " l I», 1a 3 4. L-3-Ov of its 91d pretences ,is_ more Folicitouse and 11ab,eo=-, rious to reverie an d ‘deflroy the [aid Oath, be-,4 4 cat1_fe‘ethe‘fame{eemes contrary to its temfiorall: Grandeur, than to extirpate filch here res as that Realme is infcé‘ttedWith.e But the aime of theafinglifh Court is t_lO_ procure eithex: an ap- probattiotir, or tolehratieonof the Oath {pom Rome,_out of hope to cfl%ét thereby Aa. fccencit. léi3EiO-I1 betvveene both Courts; yetnot inten.-t ding to effeét the Fame. without veri,tegreatad-- vantage, and thatin things contratie to the maximes of Q{ome,tovwhich that Vvill hevep -‘V 3CCO1jd.T H As for example , to get permifsiona that Catholikes. 4 mayh iandiffcrcntly fp¢qugm; 4 Proteflant Churches 5 Thattthe Pafaaltl ptwven ti and dignitie man jbehconFef1*‘edfto.be, only of humeane right, &:c. And rhatawhtich apart. fwadeés the COM! of E:ng,I~and“,e that the pope; may grant hits. % approbatight withifawoaghj I-S3 bé ca-.u Fe itfifemis that many of the Cvaatholikc Do... 4 étoré,‘n0tWithfhnd»i.Iig.any Bjriefi of;:h.¢:pf9"Pc3 chet~conmricshavctmatnctaamatthctmrungat fi¢§¢>fif>botth~with th‘Ci£,C0,ng‘§.1C.5&.«,.ChC~ilji)eflS;: 5 A"-W03T¢¢0n.9i1i3ti0f1"bh€tW€¢flh.h§5£:C,I1§1Ich§S..o£ti A E.h3.1*h‘*~d149‘,3wiR‘°fi1¢ 1 flame; +’<’x*r) ‘ % «=gen:e%r»a141p3:op;:*1i:icnsa:id*Gracewzg m-ie‘3~mu‘eh ‘diF9dfé,d"'t[1ei£e- junto;7érid3th‘a';*%iFifzwaé not %é1ccdrr‘i;5l§“£_11t’ira.’ 1 his lifc"ti ffie; ’tWoiild }1"Worl{’4%4o’Fifi6“rc dxffidxltic ‘after his‘ death ,‘ itlfifat A ‘in ‘véfic truth for thé ’liH€«¥tHr§c%’%'" 'y‘€ar‘cs ’t11je”i4%Ai*1i¢l1- Bifhop ’ had ¢*i[n’fr6d1icéd ‘Fdmé A ’flé}ppi'oaf§‘§hipg the%fitc§S3;n<3ffUfi1i"cs’OLf‘Rfitfieg thhfthé bf Chifch%"éf’c’[§r,%% Edn- :=%"*fii+c~nc ‘of hki Grz”cc,‘1+;j:i:rid“thé I_;t;::dJ%jf1fHfcaf;1- 7 1rcr,”jétidi?'c;ij;hc “dthef*BffI1ér"ps"Qf hAi3”G:I§&hs 7”-pa‘rfic wdi % A W A & 7 fc()n<':il‘iati,C>nv% With the C1iupchbfV‘Rom¢;% i7thi1ti‘thcy':‘did day’ by re "fi%dtfi“th’€ir 1? ;ami¢neT¢nccs« to‘A%&1c’c6:i5:ri%odncc vvitfi ch: Churchof Rome ,- Tha.t.thc4%rcfor“c tfié Péfic ” on7His‘~pé+ttought‘ :o% %m‘i14kc "Fame % Reps to '"‘m‘cc't‘thtm, iahdVthc Court» oE’%R_dnic” "r<:1iiic % fohigtthing ‘(SP “its % rigo‘L’u: dbétfi fie ,4 ‘"9. 1%t*herWi{E: no acéord could Bg.¢w‘“At1d’”in”ir§- * rieé dttéd, ’tI'1‘c fVnivc rficics , “B;i‘fhb‘ps u,”:1tH Di‘vihes4‘IdOf" this ‘Rcalfnc ,A'%d6c* daiIy“*%“éin- Kbratc C1thb1ikcb15in”ionsA ,' chough 4 . C; Prof: c mag pamonace-1y**’$aémca:2:... _, prpfcffc not forlnuchfl open thouth; {hr l ltrirc ofthc Puritans; For cxamplg 5 They holitl that the Church of>Rome 15 a true 1 Church ; lThat the Popeis fupctiorito all Bifhops”. ' , that to him 11: appcrtaincs to call tgénerall Counctls ; that it is lawful] topray for. t.he.Fou1e of the departed 5 thatIAltatrs éojughttot be cr;c&ed%oF llone- In lhmme; that they _ bcllcevc all that is taught by the Church; but not by the Court t0fR‘c9)%-me. . ll iThcrcvvas ?likcw}il“t:%§I.t1%EIig§li‘fl) Dloétorah that told Tanzanigxf9t¢m*en%tiqnqd frictid; "F at \ the Kingl did“ épptovt: lof ;A”ul1jilct1llat tlConf¢f_§icn,* and vvas Willlihgtolhintroduéc “ll W°i*1dfor9¢.r¢‘maJ<9irré¢ci¥t¢:d; it, FF?“ i°f"1‘¢dition alnongff ' m %*rhe:gaharar;rc_sbcing 1h‘odi’r9oIéd"5‘lA3’ndlchc ,QV€FCl1,f5 ofla pl¢a§€ab1¢l$?¢congjli;aclilon.,(o M ‘)3l’5‘%""¢t1?1l‘ni:=-5ig-‘1?an- l’aH‘a~ <-{or fromthc Poe <>,« as Ildoc fiwn bthbr 021-- tehohcke Prlvnces P And an other time 3 I can Rome Wi=hfi1ii¢hifidVant38S4; ” "; ‘ This gengfromthe V. .1117 T3‘-'1F<=h £9 Chard: 05 A V ( i4;> 7"Th~isi §&‘.m-. ‘being{‘oféP£é.b1i'fT1é3iby”Pdn- 4 izzcmi fiitthcf,rto cover his ‘jdicfignics and to ‘,aH'oord Foiheifixtisfaélion 5 both t~0_thc Po.- rPifl1 Clcrgy,and Regulzirs ofEngland ~: And 4:0 teflific his care of the mainc :bulincH'c, zforwhich hc‘Was%1Ent over ; ‘he did procure fame accord b‘ctv'vixt ‘the Seculfiarsi 86" Rcgu... ilarsaby common confemguponche i2}N ov. ~'ii1.6;5. where thci Iicfuitcs aIonc’\”2vo11»1dinbc come in. F “ Since that time " Panzdni Big}.- -‘ ifclfé "tocouirt thé4fa‘.'mii'wtyfl” Ofthéi B‘ifl1’o‘psi§ and ‘ Clctgyof Englaqd; iadd”‘.paitti5:L1latly.oFthc .Bifl1opiof C hichéI’tc{‘;to'v§1l1i)iIii”ic‘was“Prc- .fé:n.tcd‘ by his old'ff.i"éfid E‘ ilfidid ’f"2i1f'o ‘qairc HE oth’cr1s iii” aid '"fric_nd ' to V imiake p‘romi“R*. ‘bf Catdiinalfixips’, to R1611 ‘ as Iived’un‘married éncl‘ofp'enfions,to fuichij iasarpmariicstinraereumo. , M‘ i- T. i,,_i.i,L,A mi , 9, ‘W '.,,;.;.M. . 4 ii As to” affaircs of the C“1yiIl State 5 thcfiud ‘ Téthzdhi ilmh “ufied ‘iinciriAe“dibl¢‘ diligence to ‘i-,dif‘co\“}‘c’rithic _paT§i§5hs,‘ i;fiE1ina:ia>nssianddc-‘. ipcndanccs -ofthc‘ Kiflgs"Co‘unce1lb'rs _;' c*f'pc'- ' ~ cially, ~ 3 3 {Ir \"’.1 cially,oF as are well aHeé?,ed:'to,Spa:inc$; and _tpdi{‘cerne thegngineglinatippsyr of th’eiP;c..;' laces, and the meanes ofgainingg and afljph, ring them: as alfo all the Offiieetsi ‘of n Princes Houfe, whofe names hee hasall ta-fie . ken, and entredin his tnemQri«a1L A A In the month of Iuly 1636». there arrivedze i:n Englande as the Popes Refitdent ,. Seig»g= nior George Corgagae SCpL.t~inf.:1:1--mang, Sctcrctaaa pie for the Lati.nnetongue,to C3«lfdl:Il21l?«rBar-';~‘ lmrinis who: was moflz; kind=l;_yentertaginedgn g by the King. 'Qgeenes andi all thse.Court:' ii and having great aequ aintanncce and Fr.ien€d7s_;.; hce mademuch: more n;o,yfi: and bruit,than;g Pzmganz‘ had. done 4,‘ -by, giévineg and r1ecei:«- ; ving vifits. from a greatanumber -of the N obilitic, Yet there is liittlexevidence. ithatgfiggii, l'?1CC-H13“ advance the g jaffaires of‘. religioin} better than 7’an:;ani., becaufe of the djffig. denceof the Engg1.ifl1, i‘°4'h;Wh0mn_he ~fecmes':». a, tnorea ct1nni~ngg_vL1lpin,eg man; Angdtgig though; theirepprt is, that he: is gginfinguatned/the into the hearts of the. lefiiites, (who: nowxfia ‘ gtweime: s M govemes the” bi‘éPrifai~tt1ii1iies of Englan‘c1)s' yet’ i A thei*ee'iisilitt1ei hope of profit by that means; % becaufeif the',iCo"urc perceive this ic'om%- ii A plyan_cee; i“I: may diminifh thegbod opi-2 .ni’;’()n‘Which is now conceived,oF7bim'. ‘ ~ For both tbefArch}Bi{hop and Bifhop of ii ;y»Chicbe{ie1* have {aid ofieen ; itbatmhere are “ buttvvo forts ofperlons likely to impeach a i andhindersreconciliation, to \+°Vic;Pur1eans meongfi the (iacholikes. A :Ouc of this Difcourfe it may bee infer.- red (if itbe lavvfull to make judgement of things fiafiite by things pail) This Realm: 1b‘edivided”einto fbimanyefaftions in matter of religion, andthat of the Catholikes en-if . Creafingsdailyy by the countenanceof the, Kinigaswill ei’n cimee'("as isto be feared) be A V a troubled and tornewith civill VVa1‘S.,\7Vh5Ci1 cannot Faileamongfiifo many partiessvvhen amongfi tbeiPr‘0teffants, and iefuites a-" 1 n fome Headsifl1ia'1lonce appears to them;:,and fuchii\~zill»Ib5e11c bee found iamongfi;the A " Kings ichiyidren. A »4a azmzs,