D 7 6 1 1 2 5 - C 'p \ r ■1 Trratlve of the V, IcVe^ plots Carried on by Seignior Goniamore py Rich. Dug-^nle .^' I f / -M^ . - X.- ■'>■ -;■■-:•! -J^^ rnia y UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES M'^ O/'-vt^iX-^ V^«^ / Xe /uCc'v^^ /^c/U NARRATIVE OF THE WICKED ^ Carried Oil by SEiq:HiO% GONDAMORB For ADVANCING the % ^opt(l) fleltgtotf AND 1^ - ^T Heartily Recommendea to ail PROTESTANTS By Rich^Dugdale, Gent. Ifiphef. V. 1 1, 1 1. Hj.yc no I-'dlowff>i[i with the mfmtful IVorh of Varhefs ,' hut rather reprove them ; For it is iijliame even to J peak ofthofe Thm^s, which are done ofthim in Jncfct. L K D TSf, Printed by T. t. and are to be fold by ^hcrt CUyel at the feacock in St. faul's Church-yard , 1 679. \ ■ k i I J, ^5, V T ■ .^. •ISi>. ^> * "^i e >i o i ^ «:.• .1^ •,■ "1 . : . ,. i.?-,Mn3fi t' -^ A' ♦' ' 'r » s ':•■ ■> U - jii^D .ell ■'^H ^ \ J. > .*, .1 f .nna^v :'' C THE * Courteous Reader, His jolloipuig Narrative has run all t}<&fa^driismH'rish of For» tune , it breathed for a hiig imn in the ohjcure Shcidcw of' a Coun-- . V^aHL,* . try and Loyal jfiyjKhS Study, nfct ihe deaih -cf that VK'orthy WJiminent perlon, a Relation io the Great il.c/^trafford.-iryi/? mtoihe - hands ifShic cf l:ts Younger Sons,who being n Man of ^v^'imc^^and a dm- Ijjfrcjiie'ttcr cf \X eftmJnfter-Hali,//.vii Great Majf^/j^Exchanoef/Law, lj:tj.Ui hmdli'ditp^^viono^JcvL' bundles cf in{igni(i<;.int and- ^X^ortlilefs Pa=^ pers,f/7/-.if j'/f teCling'PLRSONii- c/ m\iacible Reroliition'ii/Kf Courage;,- fo/'^'-r^e pub- ^ hek Inltruraents t/i/.'e Churches it'i^i Kingdon«'/)eliveFance; Vfthis ad- •van:agtous Kati'.re rt.ut/Coniideratrori ,• / fakevkje lollowirip. Slieets t-o be,j})rherviii.a.-c cT/iL'/jr/jiidircourred andumi'i^lcdtheVefigns^-ofih'e'Spcdiilh Match, (b i'trategemsiorr/.^^ iom'jrchcnjly^ xVcatefnian G^nd-timdre, .;-;;i cf V his faiihjul. Adherents 'the jESl lnV.S:for the hafodiuilcnof- his'j\^:ijlirs Relr- ^.i^ion d.iJHmpire into ihefa Nations toq-etherJirc Ke|'otiations'7t*fe/%t .Spain ^atul Great Britain ,jr(r;t',m I^inr James T^ar^JU/jc ivnaccoiintablij; i\atc=.Ve- cixzsaiki Uyilcncsyil'cjc'e^c'-ciji'd and-dtflrcfjed thecnnhtn'd Heads and H'lts of our Great Couiicilj>>iT/^xffe ivd;*s and fcaloiipci of the People, and prelr.f- red them to entertain thoje groundleis 6'uggellions,i/'/;/c/? aflerMutrd both "ave <}{!jc and Support to our 1 ite Civil W^irsf T/:t' Dejigns of the Catholick'^Bi- liiop and A/onarck,/;/ all li^i-^S^eatics cf Manage ^werc to enflaVc us to a Palle and Poppilji Religip.n and i;Tyranpu;al Government,iZ)u/ //.^o/f^/; Tretences of Commerce and rrienclliiip f^^om at the lop, yet thcje Tre^x the "rent Mo- tt'TJe^j-TltibH latat the '^aJflw^A.l9i imfafs ihcfe, Terjuries and the Violaiion ofthi }^UriigC'/J^vJi with a^j,]d£:^\c^\ Prince JVo;(/J be a Sacred and Meritcrious A* . :. i -il ^i w) -'■^ ■ J ■«» -^■^.Z <. -. -' ■■ ' - , ^ CilO.'l ?0274 The EPISTLE. ^m^and if the AritichrifiianBeaft could be draTim uVyas the Giant did the Cat- tjc tnto his DeHyhacktvard, and hy the Tayly'tis no inattiryhow much Reafon and A/brality is afronted ; nay yHisHolmej spoilt of the Plenitude of Ins Po\ver,u;//i Indulge his faithfuMi Adherents to remnnce f-ffji in extrfmis,uf the yery point of Death ySome Effential and Keproachftd Arti- *f^id.Concil. jLdtera)}. magnum fitb ^les of their Faith (rfi the Lawfidnejs ofDc- Innocentio ^o On. ^o de Hcrcti- r ^^ ^^^i Soveraign Princes) ctsy where the Legality of the ^, r , , P a ■ < } i r c r PojesVov^fixto T)t^o^^Prtnca\s ^^^^ ^^^f ^^^^^ ^yjiicm may mb the UJs S«/- aflertcd , and this Declaration pition be glibly Jwallowed doitm. and frtT^r- thus Authoritivcly made (de- tamed. The'Dimenfions of Hetculcs^Vere ""Jni ^J}^^ It. -"^y'"!^ £^-^' ('^^^b calculated by the meafure of his Foot, SPIRATORS) IS a lufficient i / -»r •, j r t •" u ii ^ Ground of Faith, except They '^"^ ^^' Magnitude of a Limb may dijco^er will Grant, the Catbolick Church to the Intelligent the true 'Bulk of a SumC' both Reprefentative and Ver- trical and lueil built Body ; and the horrid tual to be Fallible, which G*. lj^j and Immoralities, Rapines and ctmon would ftab Popery m its , . i Arr /r .• i \r tr Vitals,and kill it at a Blow. ^""'^^l' ' AffafTmations .mi MalTacres approyed of m This fmali Pamphlet, /or the EfieEling of the Romifh DESIGN , may fufficiently InfiruSi fuch ( of the yillanous and pernicious Kature of the whole)as haye cafl out the Two X)evils of Prejudice and of a blind and implicite Faith in that vifrch-Fanatick of Europe and Divider of Kingdoms ;for he it is (and for this LeiTon I mufl achiowledg my felf intircly indebted to this Paper) whofows the Tares of .Divi- fion hetlpixt the Gown-men of this Nation : ^ets the Lawyer to quarrel the 2)ivine ; Tl^e Two Temples to deprecate the Church, W Weftminfter* Hall to enyy the Trincely and Magtiificeitt Strufiure of the Abby. (^ad Thii DISCOVER with Serioufnefsyand 1 am confident, it wtllproye yery JnflruBiye in many^Important TartkuUrs : "Twas its Mtsfortune to lie fo long m oblcurity^ andfo was it too to breath firjl of all in an Air, infeHed with the Szetich of fuch an infinite Number o/^puny,inre<5t and Imperfedl; Libels : Here is yiothing in this hut what is Afafculinejfk Argument is weighty , the Style paffant and expreffiye , the Difcovery of the Popifh DESIGNS tn that Jundto o/" Af- fairs clear and palpable , and that it may be fcrviceablc in this to the Publick- weal is the Only Dcfign 4nd hearty Wifh of Him, Who is Reader, A hearty Well-willcr to the W.cllfere aod Prolpcrity of this NATION KICHARP DUGDALE. \ A XjL JL JL V A^^ OF THE Carried On by Seigniour go:>{VJMOKS THE SPANISH EMBASSADOR. &- HIS Qatholick Majejly having given Commandment, that prefently upon the Return of Seigniour GO^DJMORE^ the L^iger EmbalTador from EMGLAMDy-^ fpecial mcccmg of the Principal States of SfAtn, who were of his Counceljtogether with the Presents of the Council of Cafltle, of ^- ragon, of Italy , of Portuf.it, of \\\^ Indies , of the Treafurtof fVar , and t^- peciallyof the Hely Inquisition, ihould be held at Monfon\x\. y^rragon,thc Duke of I-rrma, being appointed Prefident , who fhould make Declaration of his Majcfties pleafure, take an Account of the Bmhjfadors Service, and confult touching the STATE and RELIGION refpeaively , to give fatisfadionto his Ho/in' fs\ Nuntio, who was dcfired to make one in this Aflembly , concern- ing Overtures of Peace and y^mty with the Englifl}, and other Catholick Princes, which miglit engender Sufpicion and Jealoufie betwixt the Pope and his Ma- jf/ly-, it the Myftery were notuntolded , and the ground of thofe Counfels dilcoveredaforehand : This made all men expert the Embafladors Return with a kind of Zow«;:f, that they might behold theliTue of this Meeting, and lee what gotd for the Cir/W/V/(- Cf.y/ctheEnibaiTadorsEmployment hadefFe£bed inj5'«^/W,an("\verable to the general opinion received of hisWirdom,and what further projeth would be let on foot to become matter for pubiick Di(->» courfc. At length he Arrived, and liad prefent notice given him from hisMajefty, That before he came coC-ourt, he ilToiild give up his Account to this AfTetn' blv , which Command he gladly received, as anearncft of his acceptable -J Service , and gave Thanks,that for his Honour he might publifli hirafelf in fo judicious a~preli.nce. B He C, 1 } He came firl^ upon the day appointed to the Councel Chambtr-, n:Jt long af- ter all the Councel of State, and the Prefid.nt met,thcre wanted only tr.e Duke of Lerma and the Popes Humio , v\ ho were the Head and Feet (^ly. Thefe two tiaved long aw ay ^r divers relpeib •• The Nuntio^ thg.fhe might exprefsthegrcatnefs of his Mafter , and loofc the Si.e of Romt norc- fpcdi by \i\% Over -fight , but that the benches might be full at his Approoqli. TheDukeof Lirmnvo expiels the Authority and Dignity of his own Perforr, and tolhew how a Servant put in place of his Mafter exacts more icrvice of his Fellow-Servants than the Maflef himfelf/ Thefe two ftayed till all the reft were weary of waiting, but at length the A^awf/'ofuppofing all the Council fat, launced forth and came to^<-;..'ae m the Council (Chamber , %vhere after mutual difcharge of Duty liom the Compa- ny , and blelfrng upon it from him, he fate down in lolemn filence, grievmg at his overfight , when he faw the Duke of Ltrma abfent, with whom he ftrove as a Competitor for Pom^ and Glory. The Dukt had lent before, and underftood of tlieM/w.^/o's being there, and ftayed fomething the longer, That hisboldnefb might be obferved, wherein hehadhis defire; for the yVi'^afw having a while, patiently driven away the time with ieveral Complements to feveralPerions,had now almoft run \\-^Pa- tience out of breath ; but the Duke oi f^tlU Hermoft /Prelident^of the Coun- cil of Arrago/i) fed his humour by the difchargeof his own difGontentment, upon theoccaficii of the Duke of Lermji his abfence, and htzkontdi S Ltomour GonAamorc to him, ufingthisfpeech in the hearing of the Nuntio, after afport- ing manner. Hoivunhapfy are the Peop^k^ winre you have hekn-, firiy/dr their Souls, bein^ fleyeticksythtn for their £fietesjii>kere thi n.xmi of a. Favour itt is fo fi- miUar ? tJow-.hafpy is our £jhte , where th; Ktjs of Lift and, V>ti!^h arc foeaf.ly come-by (pointing.atthe JVUA/T'/O') hiiff^i»g at ivery Religious Gird.lt, and where the 4vor. of jfuffci; ti fid Mercy ft and etpallysOpea to all Men, -mthoi.'t )^^fej} of Per- foi^lX 'The Embafiiidpur knew the Ironical (kroak to be intended as a by-b'ow to}iii? Af«/^fo^ J bi't.'fully at theDukeof Lcrwii(whofeg!catnt.ls began now to ■vyft?i:;,h€avy;tQYi3trdsPeolenfion>) and ther^ore he returned this Anrwer,71:^«r ,^^eJ;kncy kn/)n>eih:t-h$[StAtii is happy ^ where \luife Favourites ^cx'./v? A7;??y, if tbf^jCings thtmfeiy'es^htf^ his entrance, atjvhofe firfi: Approach the whole Houfearofe , though i'ome latter than o- thers, as if fome had hung Plummets on them to keep them down , the A^un- tioQtily fate unremoved: the Duke received the Obeyfance of the reftwith a familiar kind of carriage to high for Courtefie , as one not neglefting fuch demeanors , but expeftingit, and after a Filial obfcrvancc to theP^^/^f.f A^A/^^io, fate down as Prefidcnt under the Cloath of State , but fomewhat lower, then after a Space given for admiration, preparation and attention. The ( ? ; The T^ESIVEKTS Speech, requiring the Embafladbr to v^aa an Account of his ?LOTS and Ti^lcked iNTT^EJGliES againt'f. ENGLAND, and what Succeis hcmet with- THc Kj^i^ "'J Majlcr (hohl'm^ it more homurabk to do , than to dif cowje , to takejyomyou t}?e Ex[^e^ation of Oratory , ujld rather m Schools'aridTnl^its than in councels) hath aplmited r.ie Prefident m this holyjiytjcj learned and noble Ajfemhly^ a man naturally of a flow Speech , and not defirous to CjUickcn it by Art or Indujlry , as holding A(5tion only propx- to ^Spaniard, as lam by J^irth^ to a Souldier as I am by Trofcffwn , to a King as I am by ^^'prefentatinn , take this therefore briefly for a Declaration , both for the Cauje of this Meet inj^ , and my Mafter his further pleafure. . There hnth been at all times jrom the Worlds foundation, one Chief Comnian^ der , or Monarch upon the Earth , this needs no further proof than a bachlooh vi^ into our own Memories and Hijlories of the World , neither now is there a^ ny quejlion (except with Infidels and Hercticks) of that one chief Commander m Spirituals , in the Unity of whofe Terjon, the Members of the yifiblc Church IS included , but there isfome doubt of the Chief Commander /^Temporals, (who as the Moon to the Sun^ j?ijght govern hyni<^hty a'i this by day^and by the Sword o f JnJiicCy compell to come m^or cut ofjuch as infringe the Authority of the Jt\eys:Tins hath beenfo well underflood longfrnte by the infallible Chair ^as that thereby upon the Declenfion of th Roman £mperours, and the Increafe of 5^om.es Spiritual Splendour (loho thought it uimatural^that their Suns flmdd befublwuiry) our NiJfio/i, ivas by the 'Bijhop of ^me feleBed before other Tcople, to couijuer and rule other 'Nations with a %od of Iron, and our Kings to' that end adorned with the Stile of Catholik Kings, as a ISiayne abo<-cc all 'Name's under the Sun, (ivhich is ) under Cods Vicar Qeneral himjelfthc Catho^ tick '^ijhop of Souls : To inflame this point by compdnfon, look frft upon the Gi'and Seignior, fk Great Turk, ivho hath a large Title but not un'nrrfalj fo}; he fides that he is an Infdel,htscomma)id isconfind within his o^imTerntorieSj and he is not ftd'dEixi^oxor of thclVorld^but oftheTurks and of their Yajfayles^ only among Chrilliaii^.'f^e.Dm'fjdVr of the E'aith ')1'4* aglorioivs Stile, ndnlji the King to whomit was gi^m by his Holincfs 'continued worthy of it, but it Uood not in the truth, neither y^ ll'oje that fucceeded him ; and be fides it l>(Vi-' no great thing to be call'd whai:-im'ygood Chnjlian ought to be, 'Dcfcndor of the Faitb,7W more than to be filed with trance themojl ChrifHan King, wherein he hath the greaiefl part of hisTitte common Ivithmofl Chrijlians .The Emperor o/Ruflia, Rome (f ) Rome and Getmany estend not their Limits further than their Stiksywhich are local, only my Mailer the moft Catholik King is for the Dominion of Bodies, ^'S the Uniyerjal Bifliop /or the 'Dominion of Souls ol'er all that Tart of the World, which ivecall America, (except where f/;eEnglifh Intruders ujiir[})and the vrca^ teft Tart 0/ Europe, 'ivithjome Tart of hliix and Africa hy aHual Tojfesfion, and ol'er all the rejl hy real and indubitable Tj^ht, yet acknowledgeth his T^'rht to be derived from the free and Fatherly Venation of his Holinefs,who(as the Sun to the Moon)beftows Luftrc by T^fleciwn, to this Kingdom , to this King of Kings, 7ny Mafter ; w>hat therefore he hath, howjoeyer gotten, he may keep and hold ; 'U-hat he can from any other King, or Commander,/'j) any Stratagem of War, or pretence of Teace he may take, for it is theirs only hy UJurpation,except they hold of him from "ivhom all CiVd Toiver is denied, as Ecclefiafhcal from his Hohnefs : tt>hat the Ignorant call Treafon, if it he on his behalf, is Truth ; ifa- gamU him , it is Treafon : And thus all our Teace, our War, our Treaties, Mar- riages, or whatjoCVer Intendment elje of Ours, Jimes at this Trincipal End , to get the whole Toffesfion of the World ^and to reduce all to Unite under our Tem- poral Head, that our King may truly be, what he is flded the Cacholick and Univerfal King : As Faith therefore is liniytrjal , and the Truth lUuVerfal, yet Jo as they he under our Head the Tope , whoje Seat is, ami muU neceffoi'ily be , at Rome , ivhere St.Vczci' fate • Jo must all men he Subject to Our and Ti:>eir Catholick King , whoJe V articular Seat is here m Spain, he is liniver' Job eyery where, and almoH made ISlatural , fo that by a l^ey of Gold, by In- telltgence , or by ivay of ConfefTion , my Mafter is able to unlock the Secrets of every Prince , and to withdraw their SubjeEis Allegiance , as tf they knew Themfehes more my Mafters Suhjecls in Tntthy than Ti:'eirs, whom Their Birth hath taught to mijcall Soyeraigns , we fee this in France and in England, and efpecially, where all at once they learji to obey the Church of Rome , as their Mother , to acknowledge the Catholick King , as their Father, and to hate their Own King as an Heretick and lllurper : So we fee ^ligion and the State coupled together, laugh and weep, flourifl? and fade, and participate of ei' thers Fortunes , as growing upon one Stock of Policy : I f peak this the more bold- ly in this Prefence ; becaufe Ijpeak here before none but "Natiyes, Terjons ivho are Tartakers , both in Themfelyes and Iffues of the Triumphs, aboye all thoje of Antient Rome , and therefore fuch (as be fides their Oaths) it concerns to be fecret , neither need we refrain this Vreedom of Speech from the Nuntio his Pre- fence j becaufe, he fides that he is a Spaniard by Birth, He is alfo a JE5UITE hy Trofeffton, an Order raifed by the Providence of Gods VICAR , to accompli fh this Monarchy the better , All of Them being Appropriate thereunto, and CO ajid .16 Publick Agents rf/u/ Privy Coiuiccllors zothis cndi'wflketll' ■thc\i'tJdovi of the State is to be beheld mth AdmirAtion • thdt n,s in Teirvf- poral War it nnploys , or at leajl trusts none^hut T-latiyes in Caftile, Portu^r gz\ and Arragon ; Soin S^iritualsytt imploys none /'Mf JESIIITES , an^' /o imhloys theniy that they are generally remitted , how remote Jbeycr thly are from" uSy how tnuch (oe^yer obliged to OzhcYS, fiill to be Oms ^ and flill tobeoftht- Spanifli Faction , though they be Polonians, Englilh, French , andref- dmghithe Countrys or Courts : T/x' Penitent therefore^ and all with whom' they deal aid conyerje in their Spiritual Traffiqiie jnu'st needs be fo tt)0y andfo^ our Gatholick King 7nusl needs ha^e an Invifible Kingdom, and an un-^ known nwnber of SubjeHs in all Dominions , ivho wdl jhew thcmlehes and their- Faith by their works of Di [obedience ^ iphenjocyer ipejhall haye occajion to uje their- Jefuitical Vertue ai\d Policy : Tins therefore king the principal end of all our Counfels ; (according to thdje Holy Direfiions of that late Vious Kins, PHILIP the Second, to his Sonjuccreding) to adyance the Catholick RomanL ^ligwn, and the Catholick Spanilli Dominion together. We are now met hy His Majefties Command to take an account of you, (Seignior GONDA-- MORE) 'ii'ho have been Embaflador/o/- England, to fee what good you have effeSied there y towards the advancement of this yoork ; and iphat further projeBs. Jljall be thought fit to be Jet on foot to this end ^ and this breifly a the occafion of our meeting. buii ,'.r^- ■ ^-f -A- ns.'i'ij.-i-. ■-'.-.-•i^i!: •'' JJ--(^va. Then the Emh2L(QLdor^who''attchde'dtah^heacled all the time, with alow Obeyfance^ began thus. This laudable Cuftome of our A'/»^ in bringing all Officers to fuch an ac- count,u'herc a Revievv is taken o(good and ^4ii/fe>''y/c.\f, upon the Deter- mination of their Imployrnents, refembles thofc Rontih Triumphs appointed for the Souldicrs ; and as in them it provoked to Qourage, So in us it ftirs up todiligcnce,our J^^t/^erconvcrfi^thbyhis /Jgtnts with all the World, yet with none of more Regard than the I:IVG LIS H^whcxii matter of fuch diverfity is prcfentcd (through the leveral HumoursoftheStates,andtho(e of our Religion andFaftlonJ that n5 InftruGion can be fuflicicnt for ludi Negotiations, but G . . ■ ig.'-ri': much CO much muft be left intruft to the Difcretion, Judgment, and Diligence of the Incumbentjl fpeak this not for my ownGlory I having been leftrained and therefore defervcd meanly ;but to foiviain en ihe Lehalt ol ctheis,th£t there may be more Scope allowed them to deal in,as occaHcn fliall requirejBreifly this ^*/e delivered by His Excdkmy was the Caid and Ccmjals by which I fayled , to make profit of all Humours , and by all means to advance the State of the Romtflf Faith^ and Spanijb Fitclwn, together upcn all advantages of Oaths and the breach of them; for this is an old Obfcrvation and a true one, that for Piety to Rome his Holintfs did not only give , but blefs us, in theCu^- qaejl oi the Aftw /rorld, and thus in our pious Oblervance, v.e hcpeflill tobe Conquerors of the Old ; and to this end, whereas His ifjcn/Zc^f; in his excellent Difcourfe feems to extend our outward Forces and private Aims, only againft Heremks, andtoreftrain them with true Amity with theCe of the Romifh Rdi- '!ion : this I affirm thatfince there can be no fecurity, but fuch Princes though now RomijhCatholicks may turn Hercticks hereafter , my Aimes have ever been to make profit of all, and to make my Mr. Majier of ail, w ho is a faithful and conftant Son of his Mother^^OTl//' •, and to this end 1 beheld the Endeavours ofourA!7»^j of happy memory, how they have atcheived A'lKgdcms and Con- quefts by this Policy , rather than by open Hoftiltty , and that without difference , as well from their /Allies and Kinsf'Aks , men of the fame Rt/i- gion and Profeffion 5 fuch as were thofe oi Naples .frame zndNavar, though I do not mention Portugal no-w united to us, nor Saioy, (that hardly fly'd from us ) as of an Adverfe and Heretical Faith, neither is this Rule left off, as the prefent Kingdom oi France, the State of ^f»/ce, \\\q Low Countrits and Bohe- mia ('now all labouring for Life under our PLOTS) apparently manifeft jthis way therefore I bent my Engines in ENGLAND, as yoxxv Honours fhall parti- cularly hear ; I fhall not need to repeat a Catalogue of the Strvicesl have here done,becaufe this -SV4?e hath been acquamted with many of them heretofore,by Entercourfe of Ze/rcr/, and MtJ[tngers ; thefe only I will fpeak of that I have oflatedone,finccthe return of the Lord Roos from hence , and mayfeemmoft direftly to tend to thofe ends formerly propounded by his Excellency that is, the Advancement of theS/>^»i//-' State,^nd Rcmrflj Religion tcgether.Firft it is well obferved by the Wifedom of oxxiState, that the King of England f who is other- wife one of the moft accomplilh'd Princes that ever Reigned j extreemly hunts after Peace and fo affeSs the true name of a Peace-maker, as that for it he will do or fufifer any thing, and withall they have beheld the general boun- ty and munificence of hisMind, and necelfity o^t\\Q State foexhauHed, as it is unable to fupply his defircs, who leeks to have that he may give to others, u- pon thele advantages they have given out direfticns, and inltruftions both to me and others, and I have obferved them as far as 1 was able. And for this purpofe, whereas there was a Marriage propounded betw ixt them and us ; ((howfbever I fuppofc ouxState too devout to deal ^iihHereticks in this kind in carneft)yct I made that aCc/z'er for much Intelligence, and a ni^ans to obtain whatldefired, whilftthe St ate oi England longed after the Marriage, hoping thereby(though vainly) to fetle Peace, and lill \\\^ Exchecquer•^^xz^^^Q. y^rch-Btjbop of Toledo, Inquifitor-General, ftept up and interrupted Gvndamore, laying that Marriage was not to be thought on, firft for Religions fike, left they fhould endanger the ^o*/of the Young /.Ady^ an d the refl of her Company might i/fT' 1- C 7 ) might becjiTi: Un-dkks. Secondly, for the St.ite, leafl by giving fo large a Vj^tionto Hr.iicks, th3y (hould enrich and enable th'-'mfelvcs for War, and inip)vcrirh in 1 vcd.k:.).\t\\zC.tth:j!icks. To the hr;t Ojj;;£tnrj th^ Popes JSl'iniio2i?^\^v^tQ\, that \i\s I^Unefs {qv t\iQ Cith );:ckC-tre//^e»f oftheCounfel, ioK Julys flepsupand faid 'he had lately read aBookofone Cxrnbdens called his ^•^/?;75//;5.vherein writing of a Treaty of a Marriage longfince, between Eng!ifhiE'//i^^ef/',andthe Frencli Duke of AniioH : He there obfcrves,tliat the Marriage was not ferioufly intended on either fide, but Pol itickly pretended by both States counterchangeably, that ^ach might efFeft their own ends.thcre the £»oHjh had the better;and I have fome caufe to doubt, fmcethey can diflemble, as well as we ; that they have their Aimes under hand as well as vve^and intend the Mxich as little as we do,and this ^quoth he) I believe the rather becaufe the King as he is wife to confult and con- iider ; fo he is a conftant Mailer of his word-,and hath written,and given ftrong Reafons againft Mitches made with Perfons of contrary Religion ; which Keafons no other Man can anfwer .- And therefore doubtlefs he will not go from, nor counfel his Son to forfakethofe Rules laid down fo deliberately. Your Excellency miflakes-, (quoth the Emba^xior} the advantage was thea on the Side of the Engli^j^ becaufe the Trench Men fought the MAtch-^ now it muft be upon ours,becaufethe Engl/flj Ltk it,who will grant anything rather than break off; and befides, they have no Patience to temporife and dilem- ble, in this or any other Defign, as the fremh long fmce have welloliferved; for their neceffities will gire them neither time nor relf, nor hope elfewhere to befupplyed. As for their King, I cannot lea 'xh into his heart, I mull be- lieve others that prefumetO know his mind, hear his words, and read his wri* tings,and thefe relate what I have delivered .- But for the reft of the People.as the number of thofe,that are truly religi0us,are ever the lead for the moll part ofleaft account : fois it there, where if an equal Oppofition be made bctwiKt their truly Keligious andOwr.f, the remainder will be the grc.iteft number and will ftand indifferent,and fall to the greateft Side,where there is mofthopcof Gain, and Glory: for thofe two are the Gods of the MAgnn::ile, and of the Multitude: Now theie fee apparently no certain Supplits for their wants, but from us. Yes, quoth the Duke, for even now you faid the 6e>'iral-State loathing the Match, would redeem the fear thereof, with half their Eftares: It is there- fore but calling a P^trliame/tt, and the Bufinefs were foon effecled, k ParltA- ment fquoth the Er»baj[4dor) nay, therein lies one of the Princifle-Sertices I have done, in working fuch a Diflike between the King and thc/^ower-Hotifi: by the^Eudeavour of that Hcnonrabic' E«rl and /^ 'fnir.t\.k- Engine, a furc Servant to ' ■ ■ ■ " u... ( 9 7 US, and tlici Caiite-'\s hilit he lives, as the King will never endure a 'pArWnment again, but rather fuffcrablolute waiit, than receive conditional releif from his ^'//^jt-J?j- ; the Matter v.asio curioiiily caniedthe lall Pitrliamt»t, thht is in the Poivdcr-PLOT,\.\\zVd.di cli^eftcd lliould have been imputed to the Puruans^thc (greatefi: Xelofs of the CVZ/^iNI^A^-Se/?) fo the Propofitions which damn up the Proceedings ot this PArU/trntnt Chowlbever they were invented by Roman €nth?licks, and by theni invented to dillurb that Sellion) yet were propounded ::in favour of the Pnntans^ as if they had been hammored in their Forge, w hich very A'^iwf and .y/Atr/ou' the King hates : it being a fuflBcientAfperflontodilgracc any Perfon, toiay he is fuch, and a fuificient Bar to i\o\i any Suit, and utter- ly CO crols it, to lay it linels of, orenclines to,that Party : moreover there are lb many about him, which blow this Co^/fearing their own Stores. If a Parli' /r4Wf»f Oiould enquire into their Actions, they ufe all their ^;-/-, ?Lnd Indufiry to iwithftand luch a Council : perfwaditig the King he may rule by his ablolute Pre- -'rogative, without a Parliament ; and thus furniih himfelf by a MarMfewkh US, and by other Domtiiick Projefts without Subfidies, w^hen leaving offSubfi- dies, and Taxes have been the only, ufe Princes have made of fuch; and where- as Ibme Free- minds among them, refembling our Nobility-, who prefer •the Priviledg of i'tt^^/W/j- againft Sovereign Invafion ; call for the Courfe of -the Co>/fmon-La.\Vi,fA.Liiw proper to their Nation;) there isother time i'er't'erj cry tlie Laws down, and lip the Prerogative ;- whereby they pray upon the Suhjecfs by their S.'/;^ti,and £xaciio;/s; mtUti theState,and keep it poor ; procure them- felves much Sufpicion amongft the Better and Judicious Sort, and hate a- -mongftthe opprelfed Commons : And yet if there fliouid be a Pari iameint fuch a courfe is taken , as they fhall never chufe their Shcire Knights zndBur- ■gejfes freely, who make the betttr-halfof the Body thereof jforthefe being to be eleftcd, by molt Voices of theFree-Hol ders i'n the Country,where fuch Eltcli- ons ajc to be made , are carried which way the Great Perfons who have Lnnds in thele Countries plcalc; who by their Letters command their Ten- ftantsfolIoivers3.nd frknds,to nominatefuch as adhere tothem,and for the mod of them are our F.tcfwn iznd refpeft their own benefit and gain,rather than their Countries-Good : yea the Country People thenifelves,will every one ftandjfor thtGreat-Afan t]ieirZori^,or Neighbour,or Mafter,whithout regard of hisHone- {k\',7Fifdom and Religion.That which they aim at,(asl am alTured by faithful Intelligence) is to pleaie their Zriw^i/or^/, and to renew their Leale, in which regard they will betray their Country and Religion too .• and Eleftany Man that may moft profit their Particular : Therefore it is unlikely there fhould be a Parliament,p-nd unpoiriblcthcKmgs Debts fliould be paid, his Wants fuffici- cntly repaired, and left him(elfful-h-uided by fuch a Courier and indeed f'asit is generally thought) by any other courfe than with a Marriage with us: for which Caufe whatloever Prt)ici.'-!l we lift to attempt, enters fafely at the door, -whilll their P.)licy lyes afleepiand will not fee the danger , I have made try- al of thefe Particulars, and found few Exceptions in thele general Rules? 7'hcrcby I and th . i r o-xn wa nts together have kept them from furnifhing their Ndvy^ w:hich being the Wall of their Ifland, and once the ilrongeftin Ghri. 5'/'W«;yZ?(3o/rf. Secondly ■, Sonic that bare him a grudg at xlic heart for inveterate -Quarrels. Thirdly, Some Foreignerbjwho haviiig ia^^aia IbughtjtthlR i£'/«J«r iuthertq^hor pcd to find it in his head . '^-V' -/; •i'-u-T'?! >l''W oi ,v'.vt\u.\0 ' Fmrt-hly, all Mtn of the Romij}} FiitJ*, w4io are of iht SpaH/flj fh^wv ^) and Would navciiecn myfilood-Homids to hunt bim or any iuch toDeath wrlhn^ty; asPerfons hating theProfperity oftlieir Country ^and the Valonr, WOi»th and Wit of their own Nation, iiiiefpeO: of Us-and our Ga:tholick Gatiie'. L*fi/y, 1 left behind me liicli anlnftrument compoled artificially of a Secu* larLkKierftartding, and a Religious ProfefTion, -as he is ^verywaSy adopted to fcrew himiiilf into the Clollet of the Heart, and to work upon Feminine lenity, who in that Countrey have Mafculine Spirits to command and pur- fue their Plots unto death, this therefore I count as done^ ^nd rejoyce in it, knowing it to be very profitable for us, grateful to our Faction therej and for the reft, what though it be a crofs to the People, or that Clergy^ we that only Negotiate for our own gain,aad treat about this Marriage ^^^ our own ends, can conclude or break off when we fee our own time, without re- [btd: of fuch as can iicithcr profit us, nor hurt us, for I have certain know- fedgc that tbc Commons generally are fo Effeminate and Cowardly that at their Mtiftcrs ('which arc ieldom, or fleight, only for the benefit of their Mujitrrnxflcrs) of Thoufand Souldiers fcarcc an Hundred dare difcharge a Afufht, and of that Hundred fcarce one can ule it like a Souldier ; and for their Armci they arc fo ill provided that one Corjlit ferves many men,when iiichas ufc tlicir Arm' upon a. day in one place, lend them to their Friends in otlKr places, to ilicw them when they have ule, and this if it be fpied is only punlfricd with a Mulct in the Purfe, which is the Officer's aim, who for \\\y, advantage winketh at the reft, and is glad to find and cherifli by connivance profitibjc faults, which increafe his Revenue, thus ftandsthft State of tliat poor mifcrablc Country, which had nevermore People and fevv-cr Men: ib that if my Maftcr would refolve upon an Invafion, the time ne\ cr fits a^ at this prcfent lecurity of this Marriage, and difufc of Avmcs having caff them into a deep flsep, a ftrong and weakning Faftion * being C 12 ) being ever amongft them ready to aflilt us, and-tlwy being unprovided of Ships and Armes, or Hearts to fight, an univerfal diicontcntmcnt filling all men: This have I from their Miijlcrmaflcrs znd Captai/ts, who are many of themofour ReHgion, or of none, and lb ours, ready to be bought and fold, and defirous to be my Mafters Servants in Fee. Thus much for the State particularly, vi^hereia I have bent my felf to weaken them and ftrengthen us, and in all thefe have advanced the Catkolick Ctuf^., but efpecially in procu- ring favours for all fuch as favour that fide, and croffing the other by al-l means, and this I practiced my felf and give out to be generally praftifedby ,all others that whatfoever fuccefs I find I ftill boaft ot Viftory, which I do to difheaiten the //ere?Hv,and to make them fufpicious one of anotherj cfpe.- cially of their Prince, and of their beft Statefmen, and to keep our own in ceurage, who by this means increafe, but othei'^'ife would be in danger to decay. Now for R(?//^/o«,andfor fuchdefignsas fetch their preteiice from thence, I beheld the Policy of that late Btjljo^ of ihit'ns {Bauer oft) who flood upand maintained dangerous Scbifme between our StcuUr Pri.fis ond ftfuites^ by which he difcovered much weaknefs to the difhonour of our CUriy, and prejudice to our Caufe, this taught me as it did (Bar»eveitJ in the Lotp Countries, to work fecretly and infenfibly between the Cc?/?/crw//? and Noncon- formijiy and to caft an eye as far as the Orcxdts, knowing that bufinefs might be flirredup there that might hinder proceedings in England, and fo to prevent their Conqueft. The effeft you have partly leen in the Earl of y^rgyle, who fometime was Captain for the King and Church againft the Marquefs Hunt- ley, and now fights under our Banner at Bruxels, leaving the Croffes of St. George and St. JnAreiv for the Staff of St. fames. Neither do our hopes end here, for we daily expeft rnore Rcvolters, at leaft fuch adifunionas will never admit fblidReconcilementjbut will fend fome to us, and fome to y^mfier dam ^ for the King,a wife and vigilant Prince, labouring for a perfect union betwixt both the Kingdoms, which he feeth cannot be effected where the leaff Ceremony o^ Religion is continued, divers iLarp and bitter brawls from thence arifing, whileff fome firiving for Honour more than for Truth, prefers their own way, and will, before the general peace of the Church, and the Edification of Souls ; He, I fay, fceksto work an uni- formity betwixt both Churches, and to this end made a Journey into Scot- land^ but with no fuch fuccefs as he expe£led, for divers of ours attended the Train and ftirred up Humours and Fa6^ions, and caft in fcruples and doubts to hinder and crofs the proceeding ; yea thofe that feem molf averfe to us, and averfe to our Opinions by their Difobedience and Example, helped for- ward our Plots, and thefe are encouraged by a Faction and heady multitude, by a falfe and irrelblute C/er^7 ('many falfe Brethren being amongff the ^//Z'«i/'j) and by the prodigal Nobility who maintain thefe ftirrs in the Church, that thereby they may keep the Church-livings in their hands, which they have molfSacrelegiouflyfeizeduponinthe time ofthefirff Deformation, and which they fear would be returned by theC/er^7,if they could be brought to Pe^ice and agreement, for if they have feen the King very bountiful in this kind, having lately increafed their Penfions, and fettled tlte Clergy a competent mainte- . fiance C '3 ) nanc^, and bcfides out of his o .vn means which in chat Kingjani is nunc of the greatd, having brouglit in and rellored whole Bijhojiricks to the Chaich, which svere before in Lay-mens hands, a grca-t part of the Nobilities Ertates C-infiiting of Spiritual Lands, winch mikcs them cheriRi the PuntAmcAl ^.tcfi- on, who will be concent to be Trencher-fed, with Scraps, and Crums, aqd Contributions, and Arbitrary Benevolences from the Laitrds, and Zor^/, and Ltii y, and their adherents and followers. B'Jt,^qU',)th t\\clnjii!fttor-gtnsr,tl)no\w if thisAct of cheKing wherein heij moft carneit and conllanc Ihoaldfo prevail as it fliould efrjct a perfe£l union both in Chnnh and Commomvctil. I tell you it wculd in niyConceipt be a great blow to us.if bya general meeting a Genera! Peace lliould be concluded, and alltlicir forces bent agamfl: Romt , and we lee their politick King aimes at this. True (quoth G:ind.tmcre) but he takes his markajnifsjiou (oever he iinder- ftands the People and their inclination better than any man, and better knows how to temper their palBorts and affedions, for ( befldcs that he is liindred there in ScotUnl underhand by fome for the rcafons before recited, and by other greatO.ip^ of ours who are in great places and Authority amongft them) he IS I'.kewiie dclu 'ed in this point by his own C/r/;,;/ at home in EngUndy who pretend to be moft forward in the caule for they conhdcring if a general Uaiformicy were wrought, what an Inundation would followjwhilli all or moft of theirs (is they fear) vvould flock hither for preferment (as men prefling to the Sun for Lighc and heat , and fo their own fhould be unprovided , thefe therefore f I fayj howfb^ver they bear the King in hand, or underhand againft it, and ftmdfor all Ceremoniescobeobtruded witha kind of abfolute necef fityuponthem, when the other will njt'bealdnoft drawn to receive any,when if an abatement were made, doubclefs they' might be drawn to inferc in the midft, but there is no hopes of this with them , where neither Part deals feri- oufly, butonlyforthe prefentto fatisfy the King and fo there is no fear on our fide, that a!fe6lions and opinions Codivcrlc v.'ill ever be reconciled and made one '• TiieB.of St.y//^<^reirTftands almoft alone in thecau{e,and pulls uponhim- ielf, the labour,the lofs, and the envy of all with little prtjHciency , whLlftthe. adverfe Faftion have as fure Friends and as good Intelligence about the King as_' he hath , and the fame /'py?,that perhaps brings a Packet from the King tohim brings another from their Abettors to them, acquainting them with the vviiolc Proceedings and Counfels, and preparing them aforehandforoppofitipn, this ' I know for Truth,and this I rejoyce in, as concerning much the Catholick Good. But ((|uorh the /Vuntio arc there none oF the IkrcticdPrcachers bufie about this match , metliinks their HngersUhHild itch to be writing , and their Tongues burn to be Prating of this bufinen>,erpecially the Puritanical Sorz-jhowloever the m<'ft temperate and indiiferent carry thcmii^hcs. The truth is my Lord ('quotli the EnihalTador) that privately what they can, and publickly what they dare, b ..th xwh'fii^Und and.S'cotl.tNd all for the moft part^exccpt I'uch as are of ourFaith) oppolc tins march to thcutmoft by Prayers,Coun(ek,Spcechesand wiflies,but if one be ^'-'iwnd longer tongued thcnhis Fellow s, wc have ftill means to charm their faulineis, to (ilcnce theni,aiK! expell them the Court , to difgrace them, and crois their Preferment v> ith the Imputation of pragmatick/'«r/r.t/;//w, for iMlrttieel will relate this or\c particular , aDoflor of theirs, and zC/Mp/ain in Ordinary to the King, gfive numy rcalnns in a Letter againft this Marriage,and prop(M.>rided a way, h(\w to (npply the Kings wnntsotherways , which I un- dcrftuichr.g.io wrought under!):] nd,Tl'at theDi'tlor was committed, and hard- ly escaped th.e danger of hUprclumptuous Admonition,thoughthc State knew J& his c ( >+ ) his Intent hontft, and his Reafons good , wherciii -^c on ,th.c ether fide (both here and with the ^rc/?-Z)«^e) have Books penned,and Piftiues printed dlrefily againft their King and State,for the which their £fxb.ip.d(>r.sh^\:Q fought fatisr ■fadiopof us iflf^ain , not being able to ftay the print, o-x (o much as to touch the Hem of .the Authors Garment : But \vc have an EvaGcn , which Htnticks inifs, our Clergy being freed from the Temporal Sword, pnd To not inchided in our Treaties and Conditions of Peace , but at hberty to give zny Her etud Printt the flip when they Hft,whereas theirs are lyable to accompt and hazard, and are mufled for barking , when ours may both bark and bite too-,the Coup. lei-Table and t\\Q StAr-Cbamber <^o fo terrifiethem, as tliey dare not riot,butrun at the Stirrop with excellent Command, and come in at the leafl rcbukerThey call their preaching in many Places ftandingup, but they crouch and dare not ftandup, behaving themfelves like Sitters (ilent , creeping upon their Beliies lick the Duft , which our Prieft^ fhake from their beautiful feet. Now fquotli the Duke of Zerw^j fatisfy me about our own Cle:gy,how they fare,for there were here Petitions made to the Xing in the name of the diftrelTed , affli£led, perfecutcd and imprifoned Priefts, that his Majefly would interceed for them, to free them from the intoUerable burdens they groaned under,and to procure them their Libertiesjand Letters were direfted from us to that end , that you would negotiate that Demand with all fpeed and diligence. Moft excellent Prince (xQ^l^jzAGundnmorc) I did your Command with a kind of Command my felfjnot thinking it fit to make it a Suit in your Name,or my Mafters , I obtained them Liberty to wajk freely up and down,tofa?e and out- face their Accufers , judge MagiftrateSjPiflinps, and to, e^cwlVth^if Fuftflioa almpft as freely, altogetheras lafely as at ^o««f , ... .•-.•; "--■ ■; -- ' fiere the Nnntio rcplyed.that \\^ did not well jn his Judgment, in prQCuring their Liberty , fince they might do more good in prifon th^n abroad,becaufe in prifon they feemed to be under perfecution, and to were pitied of others , and pity of the perfon prepares theaffe£lionfurther,befides then they werecareful over their own Lives to give none Offeoce,l^ut abroad they iT)lght befcandalous in their Lives.as they ule to be in Romed^ndiSp.%i^ and other Cafholick Countries, and fo the opinion of their Holinefs, which upholds their credit andcaufe a- gainft the married Clergy, would foon decay. But the EmbalTador anfwered.he copfidered thofe InconvenicHcesjbut befides a fuperiour Advantage arofe from the profit of Liberty more than of Reftraint, for now they might freely confer and were ever praftifing, and would doubt- lefs produce fome work of wonder , and befides byreafonof their Authority and means to change places did apply themlelves to many perfons, whereas in prifon they could only deal with fuch as came to be taught,and were their own before ^ and this (quoth he) add as a fecret, that as betore they were maintai- ned by private Contributions to denounce CathoUcks even t-o accefs ; fo much more now fliall they be able to gather great Sums to weaken the State, and fur- nifh them for fome high attcmpt,by the example of Cardinal IVoolfty, barrel- ling up Gv>ld for .^owf,and this they may eafily do, fince all Catholicks rob the IkrttUd Prksls,?inA\\o\dTithes from them by fraiul or farce, to give to theirs of their own,to whotn it is properly due,and if this be (ipyed,it is an eafy mat- ter to Liy all upon thcHcllander,iind {'ayj:lecarr)et/j thcCoyn out of the /.aa^fwho are forward indeed in fuch praftifes) and fooursfhall not only be e>;cufcd,but a flaw made betwixt them jtov/ taken their amities, and to get fu^'pirion betwixt th^^n of e^ch otht;j^s^.9yp.. .MMI.l- But C^'^ ) But among^laai tiiefe Pricfts ^ (quoth the /«p////()/ L7c;*.^.*^'cfjd youre- aiember,that Old RcS-ercnd Father B,tld,vifj,\vbo had a Finger m that admirable attempt made on our behalf againllthe Parliament ttoule? Such as he de- IcMA'ing lb rightly , adventuiing their Lives .lb refoluicly fo^ x^xc'CathoUck Caiifi, mull not be Q.glcilcd, but extraordmarily regarded, thereby-, to en- courage others to the like undertaking, ;iln)u.icbnc. Holy Father (quoth (yoW.?/wort') my principal care was of him, whdc Life and Liberty when I had with much difficulty obtained of the Kin^j Ifolemrt- ly wentm Perfon attended with myTrayn, and diverie other weiI-^^ille^s to fetch him out of the Tover, where he m as in durance ; as CooQ as I came into his fightj behaved my fclf after fo lowly and humble a maimer, that ourAdr verlanes Hood amazed to fee the Reverence we gave toouvG/jmh Fathers ; and this I did to confound them and their centcmptous Clergy, txi beget an ex- traordinary Opinion of [Holinels in the Perfon, and Piety in us; and alfb to provoke the Z:»gl/fh Cdtholicks to the like devout Obedience, that thereby at any time their /e/?//>tj (whofe Authority was fomewhat weakened, fince the SchtffK betwixt them and the SauUrsfi.W'^ the fucceeding POU'D£R PLOT) may work them to our ends, as Maftcrs their Servants, Tutors their Scholars , Fa- thers their Children, Kings their Subjcch 5 and that they raay do this the more baldly and Iccurely, I have fomewhat dafhtthe Authority of their High Commiirion ; upon which whereas there are div cr(e Puricvants (Men of th^: worit kind and conditionjrelcmbling our Flies and Familiars^ attending upon the Inquifition whole Office and hnployment, is to difturb the Citholicks^ learchingthierHoafesforPriefl:s, Holy Vcftments, Books, Beades, Crucifix- es, and the like religious Appurtenances. I have caufed the Execution oftheir Offices to be flackned, that fo an open way may be given to our Spiritual In- ftruments, for the free-exercife oftheir Faculties : And yet when thefe Pur- fevants had grcateft Authority, a fmall Bribe in the Country would blind their Eyes,or a little greater at Conyt, orin the Excheqatr fruftrate and Crofs all their Aftions, for that their Malice w^ent olFlike Squibs, made a great Crack td fright Children and new-born Babes, but hurt no Old Men of Catholick Spi- rits ;and this is the effedlof all other their Courles of Proceedings in this kind, in all their Judicial Courts, whether kiiown Qntholicks comftiitted as they ftile them, or often fummoned and cited, threatened and bound over, but the danger is pail lb fjonas the Officer hath his Fee paid him, then the Execution goeth no lurther : nay, upon my confcience they are as glad when there arc offenders in that kind, becaufe diey are bountiful, and the Officers do theit beft to favour them, that they mayencreafe^ and fo their Revenue and Gain comein freely. And if they Iboiild befent to Prifbn, even that place for the moll part is made a Santluary to them ; as the OU Rormns were wont to fhut; up fucli, by waycs of reftraint, as they meant toprefervc froiti the Peoples Fury, for they live fafc in Prifbn , till we have time to work their liberty, and aifure their Lives , and in the mean time their place of reftraint is as it were a Study to them.wherc they may have oppbrtunity to confer together as in a Collcd^'e, and to arm themfelves in Unity againfl: the Single Adverfa- ry aliroad. But (quoth the Inquifitor General) how do they for Books, when they have occalion either to write or to dilpute '.■''] 5 A'fy Lord ('replied Gonltmort) all the Libraries belonging to the Roman Catho- hcks through the Land, are at their command, from whence they hare all fuch C i6) r ch Collcftions as they can require gathered to their hands, as wcii from tiicnce as from all the Libraries of both Vnivcrfktes, and even the Books thcmltlvcs it' it be rcquilke ; bcfidcs, I have made it a principal part of mv Itnploy ment>to buy all the Al-ir-ujirivts aiid other rare and antient jiuthors out of the hands of the Hereticks ; So that there li no great Sch' Her dyes in the Land , but my Agents arc dealing with his Books, in fo much as cv*n their Kai ncd Jfaac Canf»- , bans Library was in ele^ion to be oursjhad not their Vigilant King (who forcke;!; til dangers, and hath hisEye bufie in every placcjpreventtd my PLOT-Joi t .r thcDerjh of tt at great Scho- ler, I fcnt to requeft a Catologue of his Books, with the Pi ice, intcndin;^ nor ro be outvied by any man, if money would have fetch'd them : Becaufe, befidc the damage iLu'e Ihould have received by the lefs profccutiBg the Caulc againft drdinal £aru7.iiis , we mi^ht have made a good advantage of his Notes, Golleclions Gaftigafions, Ccnfures »nd CiitLci'.'ir.sfor ourPaiji^', and Iraracd and put out others under hisNamc at our pIcai'urciBut this was lorefccn by tf.eiri'ro- tnethcHs-^ who fent that Tortarer of ours, the B. oi WfichejUr, fo learch and fori the Papers, and to Seal up the Study, giving a large and a Princclikc allowance to tfec KtWCi oi C^uf.iloir^ with a bountifpl Pcntion and Provifion for Her and Hers ; But this / LOTfayling at thattime, hath not ever done fo •, nor had the Vniverfty of Oxford fo triun phtd m their many Manufcripts given by that famousKnightSrTif;ow'»^j5c<^/y, if either i had been then imploycd, or thiscourfe of mine than thought upon ; for I would labour what I might this way or any other way to dis- arm them , or either to tranflate their beft Authors hither , or at leaft to kave none but in the hands of Foman Catholkks^ who arc alTuredly onrs , and to this end a Ipccial Eve would be had opon the Library of one St. Robert Cetten fan Ingrofler of yintiqiutics) the moft choice and An- gular pieces might begteencd,and gathered up by a Catholitk^ Hand : Neither let any Man think That defcending thus low to petty Particulars is unworthy an EmbafTador, or a fmall avail for the cpds we aim at,fince we fee everyMoumain confifts of ieveral Sands,^d there is no more pro- fitable convcrfing for Statefmen,thar\ amongft Schollars, efpccially the King, for whom we watch is the King of Scholars, and loves to live altogether alraoft in their Element .• Befides if wc can by any means continue differences in their Church,or make them wider, or get diftaft betwixt their Clergy and Common- Lawyers , who arc men of greateft power in the Land, the Benefit will beO««,and the Confequent Grtaty opening way for us to come between, for perfonal quar- rels produce real queftions. As he was profecuting this Difcourfe one of the Secrttaries (who waited without the Chamber j dcfired E.ntrancc,and being admitted, delivered Letters,which he had newly received from the Poft, direaed to the Trefidem and the reft of the O*wf*/from his Catholick^Majefiy , the Contents whereof were to this EfFcft. Right trnjiy andvf ell beloved Omfitis and Coipicellors ■,'ive greet yon welly whereas we had a hope by our ylgents in England a'/d Germany to Eff'e^ that great y, en k^ of the Weftcrn Empire, atjd ItkfVfife on the other fide to /npfre/j Europe , at one injiant^ ofld tnfouldtng it in our Arms, make the ea/ier Road Hpon theT urks in ACM.,and at length reduce all the IVorld to oiirCatholkkComtaandf and whereas to this end we had fecret andfnre PLOTS and PROJECTS on foot in all thofe places y and good Intelligence in all Courts \ Know now that We have j eceivedtate and fad News of the ap- frehen/ionof ourTruJiy andahle PentienerBitn&vch, and of the Difcovery of other eur Intend- WKntSy fo that our hopes are at prefent adjonrned till fame ether more convenient and more aufpitioits timty we therefore will Toupreftmlyy upon the fight hereof^ to break, up your Confultations , and Repair flraight to Our Tre fence, there to take further DirciiioHS , and proeeet as necejftty of time and caufe jhall require. With that his Excellency , and the whole Houfe ftook with Amazement, croft their Fore* heads, rofeup ina fad filence , and brake up this Treaty abruptly, and without Tarrianee, took Horfe, and potted to COURT , from whence expetft News the next fair Wind. In the mean time let not thofe be fecurc , whom it concerns to be roufed up, knowing that this afpiring /Vir^M-^«\ .%^ • - ^- / 'V ,- .< .A H'^-^^i J. ' i^' ■>f /'T ^' ■ ■ ).;> ■\-: