New Shreds of the Old Snare, Part 3
A PROCLAMATION Concerning the Sale of Jndulgences at the next Staple Faire at Rome now neere at hand Anno Domini 1625. Called the great yeare of Iubilee.
IT is not vnknowne to the learneder ſort eſpecially of thoſe who liue within the Circle of the Chriſtian Papalizing world, that this preſent yeare of Grace 1624. is the Eeue or Vigill of the b…th iolly yeare of Iubilee, beginning In die Natalis Domini prox. when the grand Mart of Pardons & Indulgences is to be ſet vp, and open ſhop thereof to be kept in the Pope-holy merry old Citie of Rome.
In the Eeue of this great Staple Faire, it behooveth we who hauehave devoted my ſelfe in all ſervice to his Holines, to exhort and adviſe all tenderhearted Romaniſts, to provide themſelues with two things eſpecially, Sinnes inough, and Gold inough. Sinnes inough, elſe there will be nowounds to cure. Gold inough, elſe there will be no cure for the wounds. The weakenes and corruptiō of our nature will be get the firſt, we need no ſpurre to gallop downe that Hill. And the corruptions of the Court of Rome will attract the other.
Depoſcuntur opes tanquam medicina malorum,
Exportantur opes irritamenta malorum.
In this great Faire I muſt tell you wee hauehave nothing but honeſt and faire dealing, our trading being by way of compenſation in equall ballance. Sinne you know is ſo heavie a thing that it preſſeth a man downe into Hell. Nothing therefore is able to lift a man vp from the downefall, but that which it ſelfe is moſt heavie. Philoſophy and Experience tell vsus, that Auro nihil grauius, no created matter in the world weighes heavier then gold. Nothing therefore hath our hallowing holy Father the Pope thought fitter to put into his ſcales to lift men out of Purgatory and mount them on high than maſſie ſilver and gold. Whereof if thou come to our Stations at Rome, ſee thou bring thy burthen and weight. Auro enim nihil r arius, nil charius, nil ſuauius, nil gratius. Nothing at his Holines Market may be ſold without gold. But bring that; and then as for Diſpenſations, Abſolutions, Appellations, Faculties, Inueſtitures, and ſuch Intereſts as the Church of Rome doth affoord, thou ſhalt want none; So ſay the Negotiators of that Apoſtolicall Sea. Ohbraue and beautifull Rome? Apoc. 18.The Merchants are waxen rich with the aboundance of thy pleaſures. Vnde haberi poſsit Indulgentiarum communicatio niſi ab hac ſede, ſaith Bellarmine the great Bailif and Clerke of this Market? Who can forgiue ſinnes but the Pope onelyonly? His Pardons are that traffique whereby the Church of Rome (whereof his Holines is the Head) keepeth her intimate correſpondency and participation with all her members, tying thereby their conſciences by a ſecret and ſtrong obligation vntounto the Pontificall Seate.
Doth any one thinke that they are ordinary trinkets and trifles which are ſet to ſale in the Popes Market?In for… Papali. Commodities vendible at Sturbridge, or Bartholmew Faire? Fye younſter, you are much deceived. Famous Babylon, the ſeauen hild Citie, Papall Rome, Shee ſhall hauehave many that ſhall be Merchants vntounto her of the ſoules of men. Apoc. 18. 13. Her Indulgences are a relaxation of temporall paines inflicted vponupon ſoules in Purgatory. And is it a ſmall matter I pray you to eſcape the hot, fiery, flagrant, torrid, ſulphurous ſmoake and flames of Purgatory? Oh no; It is written in the Decrees,Capit. quid in aliud diſtinct. …5. There is no earthly paine or Martyrdome, to be compared to the paines of Purgatory. And the holy man that Angelicall Doctor Thomas of Aquine ſaith, That the paine of the fire of hell, and the fire of Purgatory is all one, and that they differ nothing at all, but that the one is but temporall and the other eternall. Virgill ſet a partition of Iron and other mettall betwixt thoſe two fires.Aeneiad. lib. 6. Yet ſomemen be of opinion that the partition was but a pale made of Wainſcot, which (becauſe it was of wood) was long agone burnt away; Hell and Purgatory both but one Kitchen.ſo that now Hell and Purgatory enter both in at one hole and are both but one fire. There was a ſoule which had lyen thirtie yeares in Purgatory (ſaith the Booke called Sermones diſcipuli de Tempore)Sermones diſcipuli de tempore & de ſanctis. ſerm. 160. and at laſt there came an Angell, who did bid the ſoule chuſe, whether it would tarry yet one ſhort Winters day in Purgatory, or that it would returne into the world againe, and there doe a marveilous hard penance, to wit, for one long hundred yeares ſpace ſhould goe barefoot, and tread ſtill vponupon ſharpe iron nailes, eate nothing elſe but browne bread, and drinke bitter gall mingled with vinegar, and weare a cloth of Camels haire next the skinne, and a ſtone vnderunder the head in place of a pillow. This ſoule did chuſe much rather to doe all that ſame hard penance in earth, than to tarry one day longer in Purgatory. Conſider now what a ſharpe, bitter, biting ſauce Purgatory is, all the plagues & pains whereof thou maiſt eſcape if thou wilt but goe to the Faire at Rome, and carry ſome ſtore of money with thee.
A prettie tale to tole Greiſt to the Popes Mill.In the territory of Apamea a towne of Syria, there liued one German Moſſocus a man very rich and covetous. He was adviſed by his friends in one of the yeares of Grace or Iubilee to travell to Rome, there to be made a brother of the Gild, and to partake of all the Indulgences, Remiſsions, Priviledges, Liberties, Diſpenſations, Sacrifices, Benedictions, &c. which his Holines is vſed to giuegive at that time publickely: the ſaid German was ſo loth to part with his money, and to be at any expence in trauelling to Rome, that he choſe rather to looſe that great bleſſing offred him, then to vnlooſe any of his worme-eaten rotten bags of ſiluer. Wherefore marke what followed. His houſe was burnt downe to the ground, and his money periſhed therewith, and him ſelfe narrowly at that time eſcaped the fire. And now his riches being all vaniſhed, he trauailed to Rome for Indulgence & Pardon for his ſinnes, where being arriued he entred into the Temple of S. Conſtanza, where there met him the Ghoſt of one Iſoac a neighbour of his, who dyed ſome two yeares before, and told him he had all that while beene in Purgatory; but now (quoth he) by the helpe of the holy Maſſes, Mattenſes, Suffrages, Almeſdeeds, Pilgrimages, and other good workes of pietie and charitie had at this time, I am delivered. Thoſe bitter paines that I hauehave indured (quoth the Ghoſt) thou mighteſt hauehave eſcaped, but that thou didſt regard a little dirt and duſt, that is thy money more then thy ſoule; thou haſt eſcaped of late one fire, the burning of thy body; but there is a worſe fire the flames of Purgatory, which thou canſt not eſcape. German Moſſocus herevpon much amazed, pined away and about a weeke after dyed. And at the very inſtant as he was departing out of the world, he was heard pronounce theſe words; I ſee the Flame.In the Booke called The proofe of Purgatory, Printed An. 1621. pag. 84. 85.
Againe, one Hernandes Garcia, Earle of Caſtile in Spaine, who warred much with Almancor of Corduba King of the Moores, being to fight a great battaile againſt his ſaid Adverſary, was deſirous afore his going into the field to get our holy Father the Popes Benediction, not doubting but by meanes thereof he ſhould hauehave the more proſperous ſucceſſe. And ſo with haſt to Rome he went, where being arrived he viſited his Holines, who did Bleſſe him and thereby aſſured him of victory. At the ſame time he obtained from his Holines a ſpeciall pardon and plenary Indulgence for all his ſinnes; and then ſalied vponupon the Moores. In the conflict the Moores were chaſed, and admirably diſcomfited. Great cauſe here was for Hernandes to praiſe God for the grace he received from his Holines, finding that good iſſue in his aforeſaid affaires. But he became moſt ingratefull, and did at a certaine time ſcoffe at the Popes Indulgences, no whit regarding the ineſtimable weight thereof. But marke his reward: he was preſently ſtricken lame and blinde. And after that there appeared vntounto him many thouſand ſoules, who ſaid they came out of Purgatory, and did ſtriue amongſt themſelues who ſhould gaine of his Holines that Pardon which had beene given to this ſaid Hernand Garcia, and by him wretch not eſteemed. Belike it was Holiday with them that day: For learned Mr Stevens writeth that vponupon any Saints day The ſoules in Purgatory are at reſt.This ſaid viſion brought him to a remembrance of his impietie, & a ſerious conſideration of the infinite myſtery of the Popes Indulgence, which is perfectly auaileable to purge a man from his ſinnes, and to free him from the ſcorching paines of Purgatory. So that after, he repented him of his former evill, and ſtill ſued vntounto the Pope to be againe mercifull vntounto him. And after the performance of great penance he was againe pardoned by his Holines. Which pardon was no ſooner granted, but he had his ſight reſtored him, and the perfect vſe of his limmes as he had before. Witneſſe the Author of the Booke before Cited, called The Proofe of Purgatory. pag. 71. 72. Et ſequ.
Here are too tales able to ſtop the mouth of the moſt obſtinate Hereticke in the world, who ſhall be bold to ſay the Popes Indulgences are but pickpurſe traſh and trumpery: Oh yes note the puniſhments of the contemners of them: marke their extraordinary operation, farre beyond any quack-ſalving Empericks pill or potion. A man blinde and lame you hauehave heard reſtored to his limmes and ſight by the holy Fathers onelyonly Pardon and Indulgence. And but that one of his Holines Canonicall Authors told mee of it, I ſhould hauehave ſworne it had beene a lye in a budget. For my owne part I now know what to thinke, beleeue it elſe who will.
Yet it may be; as Aeſop deviſed all his Fables for the Morals ſake: So the Popiſh Legendarians inuent their tales to make a good morall vſe of them onelyonly, for the wealth and reputation of the Pope and his Clergie. Purgatory, Pardons, and Indulgences, indeed they are the Channels that bring water to the Biſhop of Rome and his Chaplaines Mill; the ſtalking walking Horſes thatbring home all the Provander and proviſion to his Holines Kitchen: the Poſts or Pillers that vphold the whole fabrick of their Maſſes, Miracles, Proceſsions, Pilgrimages, Dirges, and the like.
Pope Iohn the eight, through the great pittie that he had vponupon the ſilly ſoules burnt and broiled in Purgatory (like dryed Herring, or Weſtphalian Hammes or Gamons of Bacon which hang ſeaven yeares long in the ſmoake) by the good and ripe adviſe and councell of Odilion a holy Father and Monke of an Abby called Clunie did command and ordaine that alwayes the next day after All-hallowes day,All-ſoules day. a ſolemne day of devotion ſhould be kept for all Chriſten ſoules: which order is very preciſely followed and obſerved by our deere mother the holy Church of Rome, and many yeares of Pardon given or granted to all thoſe, which vponupon that day doe devoutly viſit the Chantry Prieſts and Maſſes of Scali Coeli, vſing their purſe liberally for that purpoſe, and to hauehave a trentall of Maſſes, a ſacke full of ſeven Pſalmes, and three or foure pokes packt with Pater noſters and Aue Maries, all well meaſured and filled, whereof to make a preſent to the ſilly ſoules in Purgatory, for that is fit meate for their mouths, and they are as well refreſhed with thoſe dainties, as though they were wrapped about the head with a wet clout in a cold morning. But yet I will not omit a pretty take for my purpoſe.
Wee read (quoth the Author of the booke called Sermones diſcipuli de tempore)Serm. 41. that in old timegood people would on All-hallowen day take bread and deale for all Chriſten ſoules. And one good Woman a widdow, who had in ſtore but three pecks of flower, did make it all into loaues and deale it, ſaying to them that receiued it, Remember to pray for the ſoule of my Mother. And one of them praying very earneſtly for the ſoule of this good Womans Mother, her Mother appeared vntounto her and told her, my daughter by her charitie and thou by thy good prayers haſt now helped me out of Purgatory; Tell my daughter that ſhee ſell her Cow and goe preſently to Rome to the Popes Holines for a Pardon for her ſinnes, and then ſhee may be eaſed of ſuch paines as I hauehave indured: which being told to her daughter, ſhee reioyced much and did as ſhee was bidden, and went to Rome, and had Indulgence. And the Pope by divine revelation knew before ſhee came of all that had happened to her.This Tale is alledged by Father Steuens in his Booke called The Vnity of Gods Church. pag. 271.
Let me then intreat all honeſt Engliſh Italianated Romaniſts, who are willing to chaffer for this ſingular, exquiſite commoditie of Indulgence at the beſt hand in this next enſuing yeare of Iubilee, that they provide them of good ſtore of caſh; though I heare Pardons will be then very plenty, and therefore the leſſe dainty.
The prices they ſhall find high or low according to the courſeneſſe or fineneſſe of their Remiſſion, the lightneſſe or weightineſſe of the crime, the abilitie or weakneſſe of the purchaſer. I hauehave within theſe few daies ſeene in the hands of one (who eſteemeth it as a great raritie) an authenticall Booke of the particular Prices and Taxations of all Pardons, Faculties, and Indulgences grantable by the Popes liberall Holines, which Booke was Printed aboue an hundred yeares agoe in Paris, bearing the name of Taxa Came…e Apoſtolicae, which as I gueſſe is like to be publiſhed in Engliſh ere long againſt the opening of the great Market, for the benefit of the Chriſtian world. And ſure a great benefit it is and ſpeciall conveniency to our Romaniſts who are willing to trade, to know before hand the prices of the Market by the Booke of the generall Bailiffe, or Clearke of the Market. It is defended by ſome WritersDeſeuſio Pariſien. Curi… pro libertate Eccl. Gall. Ludouic. 11. Oblato arus. 77. that the common Indulgences onelyonly, with the Letters of pardon, and the Reſeruationes pectorales, mentales, regreſſus generales & ſpeciales acceſſus, with other ſuch trifles more, are worth to the Pope in one onelyonly Kingdome aboue two hundred thouſand Crownes a yeare: which through all Chriſtendome would amount to aboue tenne millions of Crownes, which is a prettie moderate reckoning or ſumme. I hauehave beene informed by ſome of the Prieſts in London that ſome great perſons of our Kingdome hauehave ſent the Pope two or three hundred pounds a piece for Pardons. The vſe of ſome of which Indulgences in the manner of their proceedings is very remarkable. For they are the Mother or Midwife of many wicked practiſes, for the advantage of their Church, as being the very bellowes which blow the fire of Treaſon againſt the perſonsand ſtates of Princes. This ware bewitcheth not onelyonly private men, but great Kings; For her Merchants are the great men of the earth. Apoc. 18. 3. Therefore infinite ſtore of this Babylonian trumpery was tranſported vntounto the poore Indians, for the pretended benefit of their ſoules, but for the intended benefit of a Princes worldly eſtate.
The Miniſtration of the Popes pardons is with the ingredients of Parchment, Waxe, and encaunted Words, all which by purging the entrailes of their purſes hauehave a wonderfull operation in them.
The Treaſury of Indulgences is ſhut vp in a Cheſt (his Holines having the Keyes) wherein is heaped vp all the ſuperfluous meritorious good workes of St Francis, S• Benedict, St Dominick, S• Thomas a Becket, St Boniface, St Alphonſe, and other holy Fathers, Petrus Aſores in Catholica aſſertione de lege.whoſe merits being ſo overflowing plentifull, over and beſide what hath anſwered for their owne ſinnes, Vid. Extrauag. Clement. 6.the Pope diſpenſeth and diſtributeth the remainder to every perſon according to his Holines diſcretion, which is much guided by weight and meaſure of that which is brought to purchaſe a good Market. Theſaurum Eccleſiae vocant Chriſti & ſanctorum Apoſtolorum, Martyrum que merita. Caluin. Inſtit. lib. 3 cap. 5.The bottome of this Cheſt is ſo vnplummetable, that it can never be ſounded, emptied nor diminiſhed. If it were poſſible that all the people of the world did goe to Rome in one yeare of Iubilee that every one might receiue full Indulgence and Pardon, yet ſhould the ſame Cheſt be no more emptied thereby, then the Ocean Sea ſhould be with taking out of it one ſpoonfull of water; or St Goddards mountaines be diminiſhed by taking from them one handfull of ſand.
Tho. Becon. de Reliqu. Eccl. Rom. ſol. 186.Laſtly, as for the extent of theſe Indulgences. Some of them are for an hundred thouſand yeares, ſo liberall is the holy Father. Pope Innocent the 8. granted ſome for fifty thouſand yeares as but an ordinary kindneſſe; Pope Clement the 7. for fortie thouſand; Pope Clement the 5. for thirti… thouſand yeares. Plenariae Indulgentiae a Papâ Centorū annorum: a Cardinalibus centum dierū: ab Epiſcopis quadraginta.Some are granted to the liuing, ſome to the dead. Some purchaſe pardons as they doe Lands, not onelyonly for themſelues, but their heires. Some hauehave their whole ſinnes remitted, ſome but part. Some hauehave power granted for the freeing of one ſoule out of Purgatory by the Popes Indulgence, others hauehave libertie to free many. Some of their diſpenſations are the diſsipations of divine and humane right; ſome are the diſvniting of naturall and morall bands. Some are to tye Princes in vnlawfull marriage; ſome to vntie many Subiects from lawfull obedience: All of them are of great preſumption againſt the Lawes of God and Nature. Caluin. Inſtitut. lib. 3. cap. 5.Sunt ſanguinis Christi prophanatio, Satanae que ludibrium, quo Chriſtianum populum a Dei gratia, â vita quae est in Chriſto abducant, & a vera ſalutis via avertant.
SPECIALL INDVLGENCES PVRCHASED AT Rome, granted to diverſe Engliſh Gentle beleeving Roman Catholickes, for their money.
MY chiefe intent in propounding a recitall of particular Indulgences given to diverſe particular men of our Nation, is not (God is my witnes) to caſt imputation of folly vponupon Gentlemen of worthy and reſpected Families in our Nation; but to imply and ſignifie in regard of the publicke by this taſt and eſſay, what great ſummes of money are exhauſted and gotten out of this Kingdome to inrich Rome vponupon pretence of theſe and other ſuch like Trumperies. They make a Mart of the Nations. Eſa. 23. 3. The Papall pardons indeed which like Summer-ſwallowes ſo buſily fly abroad, what are they els then very Nets for money, Impoſtures, Sophiſtications, Circunductions, Colluſions, and Deceivings of the people, defacings of Chriſts death, obſcurings of Gods free grace, very ſpurres vntounto all lewdneſſe of life? For what offence, knavery, ſinne, or abhomination can be ſo great, which may not be healed and made cleane with the mollifying oyle of the Popes candid Indulgence?
—Venalia Romae
Thura, Sacerdotes, caelum eſt venale, Deuſ que .
Jndulgences granted to Reliques, Croſſes, Beades and Pictures, at the inſtance of Sr Robert Sherley, Ambaſſadour from the King of Perſia, to all Chriſtian Princes.
indulgence 1 THoſe who having any of the aforeſaid things, ſhall confeſſe and communicate, or ſay Maſſe, and moreover ſhall ſay the Pſalme De profundis, with one Pater Noſter and one Aue; and thoſe that cannot read, three Pater noſters and three Aue's, gaine a plenary and deliuer a ſoule out of Purgatory.
indulgence 2 Thoſe who ſhall ſay The Divine Office, or Offium B. Mariae, or 7 Pſalmes, or Coron. of our Lady, or a third part of the Roſary, or the Letanies of Saints with the Prayers, or that of our Lady approued, praying our Saviour for the exaltation of holy Church, and extirpation of hereſie, gaine all the Indulgences which in that day are got in all the Churches within and without the walles of Rome, and a Plenary for thoſe that ſhall be confeſſed and communicated.
indulgence 3 Thoſe who ſhall ſay three Pater noſters and three Aue maries, praying our Saviour for the Advancement and Honor of Sr Robert Sherley, a grand Promotor of the Catholicke cauſe, deſiring alſo the increaſe of all Religious Orders, they are made partakers of all the Interceſſions of the aforeſaid renowned Knight; as alſo of all the ſacrifices, prayers, faſtings, mortifications, and pious workes of any of the members of the Catholicke Church.
indulgence 4 Every time that any one ſhall examine his conſcience, and after the ſame ſhall ſay one Pater noſter and one Aue Marie; praying for the exaltation of holy Church, and extirpation of hereſie, he doth gaine the Remiſſion of the third part of his ſinnes, and being confeſſed and communicacated, ſaying ſeaven Pater noſters and ſeaven Aue Maries, deliver three ſoules out of Purgatory.
Jndulgences granted to Croſſes, Beads, and Pictures, at the inſtance of the Procurators of the Canonization of St Carolo Boromeo.
indulgence 1 HIS Holines doth grant to any that ſhall hauehave about him any of thoſe forenamed things bleſſed, and praying before any of the ſaid Pictures, ſhall ſay the office of our Ladie, of our Sauiour, or of the dead, or the ſeaven Penitentiall Pſalmes, or graduall, or the Coronarie of our Ladie, or of our Sauiour, or the third part of the Roſarie, or ſhall heare Maſſe, or a Preaching, or ſhall viſite the moſt holy Sacrament, or ſhall accompany it, or ſhall giuegive an Almes, or doe any other like workes (although they ſhould be bound to doe the ſame) praying for the extirpation of hereſie, gaine for every time the remiſſiō of the third part of their ſinnes, and being confeſſed, and communicated, a plenarie Indulgence, a poena et culpa, &c.
indulgence 2 His Holines doth alſo grant to every one that ſhall make reverence to any Croſſe or Picture, or ſhall recommend himſelfe to God, to our Ladie, to his good Angell, or to that Saint which he is moſt devoted to, or ſhall giuegive thankes to God for his benefits received, or in the beginning any action, or in time of any tribulation ſhall ſigne himſelfe three times with the ſigne of the holy Croſſe, or ſhal ſay once Deus in adiutorium meum intende, or ſhall doe other pious or charitable workes, gaine for every time twentie yeares of Indulgence.
indulgence 3 For every one that are penitent for their ſinnes, with purpoſe to Confeſſe them, and communicate, ſhall gaine ten yeares of Indulgence, & when moreover they ſhall examine their conſciences, they gaine remiſsion of the third part of their ſins, and being effectually confeſſed, praying to God for the happie eſtate of holy Church, gaine dubble.
indulgence 4 And every time that any Prieſt ſhall confeſſe & communicate or ſay Maſſe (as well being bound as for devotion) and pray to God for the extirpation of hereſie, or the exaltation of holy Church, he ſhall gaine a plenarie, and praying for the ſoules in Purgatory, deliver every time a ſoule thence, according to their owne intention.
Whoſoever ſhall cauſe to be ſayd three Maſſes of the dead in one or more dayes twelue times in the yeare; for every time deliuereth a ſoule out of Purgatory, according to his owne intention.
indulgence 5 Whoſoever vponupon holy Thurſday, and vponupon the day of the Aſcenſion of our Sauiour ſhall be confeſſed and communicate, and ſhall pray for his Holines, and for the exaltation of holy Church, gaineth the Indulgences of the bleſſing of his Holines, which he is vſed to giuegive publickly in that day as if he were preſent.
indulgence 6 In the dayes of the Stations of Rome, in what time of the yeare ſoever, who ſo hath any of theaforeſaid holy things, may gaine the ſame Indulgence as well for the liuing as the dead, ſaying in the Church, or at home before ſome of the ſayd Pictures fiue Pater noſters, and fiue Aue's in honor of the moſt holy blood of our Saviour, ſprinckled in his moſt holy Paſſion.
indulgence 7 Whoſoever ſhall ſay one Miſerere, or one Credo, &c. or Te Deum, &c. in honor of the moſt holy blood as aboue, and kiſſe the ground three times, may be partaker of the Indulgence which they doe gaine, which make the going of the holy ſtayres that day.
indulgence 8 Thoſe which are preſent at the moſt holy ſacrifice of the Maſſe, and ſhall pray for his Holines, for the Chriſtian Princes, and tranquilitie of their ſtate, doe gaine every time all the Indulgences and Graces which in that day are got by viſiting all the Churches within and without Rome.
indulgence 9 Whoſoever ſhall pray for the conſeruation and increaſe of religious Orders, is made partaker of all their ſacrifices, faſtings, diſciplines, prayers, and other their good workes, as if he were a member of any of them.
indulgence 10 Whoſoever having confeſſed and communicated in the feaſt of St Charles, ſhall ſay fiue Pater noſters and fiue Aue's in honor of the Paſſion of our Saviour, getteth a plenarie, and the remiſſion of all their ſinnes.
indulgence 11 Likewiſe his Holines doth grant to thoſe that ſay one Pater noſter and Aue, or the Pſalme Laudate Dominum omnes gentes, or the Pſalme De profundis, or ſhall kiſſe any of the aboue named holy things, ſaying three times Ieſus and one Salve, Pardon for all thoſe deſerts which they hauehave vnadviſedly committed in ſaying the divine office (either being bound thereto or for devotion) or any errour in ſaying the office of our Ladie, or our Saviour, or by ſaying or hearing Maſſe, or ſaying or doing any other kinde of ſpirituall worke.
indulgence 12 Whoſoever ſhall be hindred by any lawfull cauſe ſo that he cannot be preſent at Maſſe, or that being a Prieſt cannot ſay Maſſe, or cannot ſay his office, or other things to which he was bound; By ſaying fiue Pater noſters and fiue Aue's in honor of the moſt ſacred blood of our Saviour ſprinkled in his moſt holy Paſſion, obtaineth the ſame Indulgence which he ſhould hauehave had in fulfilling the aforeſayd things. Thoſe which at the point of death devoutly ſay once Ieſu with heart, not being able to pronounce it with their mouths, being therewith contrite, not being able to be confeſſed and communicated, obtaine all Indulgences in forme of a Iubilee.
indulgence 13 Laſtly, his Holines doth grant over and beſide the aboue-named Indulgences and graces (of what ſort ſoever they be) that it ſhall be ſufficient for any one to hauehave of the aforeſayd holy things either proper or borrowed, and if that it happen any do breake or be loſt, one other may be put in the place of the ſame, and ſhall hauehave the ſame graces and Indulgences, and that they doe ſerue for all places of the world, neither are they to be recalled, except there be expreſſe mention made of the aforeſaid Chapters.
Jndulgences granted to a Counteſſe of this Kingdome by the Interceſſion of her Sonne. Anno Domini 1607.
indulgence 1 HIS Holines is pleaſed to grant that for thirtie yeares following, vponupon the ſixt of February, every yeare, in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, (which is ſeated vponupon one of the ſeaven Hills, called Mons Eſquilinus) there ſhall be ſaid that day at the high Altar a Maſſe for the ſaid Counteſſe, and thereby ſhall ſhee obtaine a plenary remiſsion for all her ſinnes paſt. And by repeating fiue Pater Noſters, fiue Aue's, and one Credo, &c. Shee ſhall be able her ſelfe to free a ſoule that day out of Purgatory.
It is granted vntounto the ſaid honourable Lady, that within a private Chappell of the aforeſayd Church, called the Splendid Chappell of Pope Paolo the V. (where he lyeth buried) there ſhall be ſaid vponupon the ſeventh of February during the ſpace of thirtie yeares following, Maſſes for the children and kinred of the ſaid Counteſſe; and by vertue thereof the third part of their ſinnes ſhall be remitted; And if they be Confeſſed and Communicate the ſame day, they ſhall obtaine a plenary Indulgence.
indulgence 3 It ſhall be lawfull for the ſaid Lady and her Children in time of Lent, and other times of the yeare in the which white meats be prohibite and forbidden, to eate egges, cheeſe, milke, butter, and other ſuch like, freely and without ſcrupuloſitie; and if they be ſicke they may alſo eate fleſh.
indulgence Laſtly, to the aforeſaid Lady for diverſe her pious workes, eſpecially for her ſuſtentation and maintenance of a Holy man to ſay Maſſe daily for the ſoules in Purgatory, ſhee ſhall at the houre of her death hauehave full remiſſion of all her ſinnes, exceſſes, and treſpaſſes whatſoever. A poena & culpa &c. The like Indulgence hath ſhee gained for her children, and as many of her kinred as ſhee ſhall pray for, or wiſh well vntounto.
❧ Jndulgences granted to the Catholickes of England, at the inſtance of Cardinall Allen.
indulgence 1 HIS Holines doth grant to all the kinred and friends of the ſaid Cardinall (imbracing the Romiſh Catholick Religion, and ſaying every day three Pater noſters and three Aue Maries) freedome from the paines of Purgatory, and every one of them who ſhall ſay one Pater noſter and one Aue more for the honor of the ſaid Holy Cardinall, ſhall get a plenary Indulgence for his friend.
indulgence 2 Whoſoever ſhall cauſe to be ſaid three Maſſes of the dead in one or more dayes twelue times in the yeare; For every time delivereth a ſoule out of Purgatory, according to his owne intention.
indulgence 3 Whoſoever Catholicke of England vponupon holy Thurſday before Eaſter, and Aſcenſion of our Saviour ſhall be Confeſſed and Communicate, and ſhall pray for his Holines, for the Cardinalls, and for the Exaltation of holy Church, gaineth the Indulgences of the bleſſing of his Holines, (which he is vſed to giuegive publickly in that day) as if he were preſent.
indulgence 4 Whoſoever honoureth our Lady with three Ave Maria's in a day more then is inioyned by his Confeſſor, and once in a weeke ſhall ſay over this Prayer.
O domina mea ſancta Maria, mater Dei, pietate pleniſsima, ſummi Regis filia, mater glorioſiſsima, mater orphanorum, conſolatio deſolatorum, via errantium, ſalus omnium in te ſperantium, virgo ante partum, virgo in partu, & virgo poſt partum; fons miſericordiae, fons ſalutis & gratiae, fons conſolationis & indulgentiae, fons pietatis & laetitiae, fons vitae & veniae; hodie & quotidie, & in hora exitus mei, & animam meam & corpus meum tibi commendo: omnem ſpem meam & conſolationem meam, omnes anguſtias & miſerias meas, vitam & finem vitae meae tibicommitto. Amen.
Virgo virginum praeclara
Mihi iam non ſis amara.
Whoſoever performeth the premiſſes ſhall receiue many bleſſings from our Lady in this life, and at his death our Lady ſhall appeare vntounto him and comfort him.
His Holines doth command all thoſe that honor our Lady to carry about with them, the booke called Officium B. Mariae Virginis, or our Ladyes Pſalter; and to keepe our Ladyes Beads and Pictures.
Jndulgences and Pardons granted to Sir Iohn Markam, Knight. Anno Domini. 1608.
indulgence 1 HIS Holines doth grant vntounto the ſaid Knight for diverſe his pious and laudable acts, plenary Pardon and Abſolution for all his ſinnes formerly committed; as alſo Impoſſibility for the paines of Purgatory, promiſing him a good Angell alwaies to attend him: He doth further yeeld that whoſoever ſhall ſay for the ſoule of Sr Iohn Markam (being dead) thrice Pater Noſter & Aue, ſhall gaine fortie dayes of Indulgence whatſoever ſinne he commit.
indulgence 2 His Holines doth further grant to Katherine and Mary, ſiſters of the ſaid Sr Iohn Markam comming to Confeſſion and Communicating, and having any of the Meddalls of this Pardon, ſaying three Pater noſters and three Aue's, a plenary Indulgence for the time paſt; And if to the former they adde a De profundis, they obtainePardon for fiftie dayes after, and may deliver a ſoule out of Purgatory.
indulgence 3 The ſaid Sr Iohn Markam, and his Siſters, ſaying with Devotion at the houre of their death (the word) Ieſus; or if either of them cannot for the extreamitie of their traunce pronounce it with the mouth, yet if eyther of the parties but thinke of that bleſſed name, they obtaine a plenary Indulgence in forme of a Iubilee.
❧ A Pardon granted vntounto Maſter Rawſon of England. Anno Domini 1608.
THe ſaid Mr Rawſon having devoted himſelfe vntounto the ſervice of the bleſſed Father and Law-maker St Benedict, hath obtained by the Interceſſion of the ſaid St Benedict, (who did call himſelfe from all worldly tumults to ſerue God alone) a plenary Pardon for himſelfe, and ſuch Indulgence as followeth for all his brethren the Catholickes of England.
indulgence 1 Whoſoever ſhall ſay Sancte Benedicte or a pro me, with Pater noſter & Aue, ſhall forthwith hauehave a third part of his ſinnes remitted him.
indulgence 2 Whoſoever ſhall ſay three Pater noſters and three Aue Maries for the advancement and happy increaſe of all the Religious Profeſſors of the Order of St Benedict, ſhall participate a particular benefit by all their ſacrifices, prayers, faſtings, mortification and good workes, as if he were a particular member of that Religious Order.
indulgence 3 Whoſoever ſhall celebrate either by Devotion or Obligation for any part of that Order, ſhall forthwith deliver a ſoule out of Purgatory.
indulgence 4 Whoſoever ſhall ſacrifice vntounto the Diſciples of St Benedict, that is, to St Placidus, St Maurus, the Virgin St Scholaſtica his Siſter, and to all holy Monkes and Nunnes, ſhall be able to make warre againſt the Fleſh, the World, and the Devill, and inſtantly deliver two ſoules out of Purgatory.
❧ Jndulgences granted by his Holines to the Family of the MANPHILDS in England. Anno Dominini 1608.
indulgence 1 IN the dayes of the Stations of Rome, in what time of the yeare ſoever, any of the aforeſaid Family ſhall pray before any of the ſacred Reliques and Pictures ſent from his Holines, they ſhall gaine the ſame Indulgence as well for the liuing as the dead, as is giuen that day publickely at Rome, ſaying in the Church or at home before ſome of the ſaid Pictures or Reliques fiue Pater noſters and fiue Aue Maries, in honor of the moſt holy blood of our Saviour ſprinckled in his moſt holy Paſſion.Of little worth is that skull or dead mans bone which vvill not (by becōming a holy Relique) adde ſomething to the Popes Exchequer.
indulgence 2 For ſaying one Miſerere, or one Credo, or Te Deum, &c. in honor of the moſt holy blood as aboue, and kiſſing the ground three times, any of the aforeſaid Family may be partaker of the Indulgences which they doe gaine who make the going of the holy Stayres that day.
indulgence 3 Whoſoever of the aforeſaid Family having Confeſſed and Communicated, ſhall ſay this Antiphon in honor of our Lady, gaineth a plenary, and ſhall free a ſoule out of Purgatory.
Aue Regina coelorum,
Aue Domina Angelorum:
Salue radix, ſalue porta,
Ex qua mundo lux est orta.
Gaude virgo glorioſa,
Super omnes ſpecioſa;
Vale ô valde decora,
Et pro nobis Chriſtum exora.
Indulgences granted to the Family of the Lord M. in England, at the Interceſſion of Tob. Mathew. Anno Domini. 1608.
HIS Holines hath granted vntounto the ſaid Lord M. for the reliefe he hath affoorded vntounto diſtreſſed Catholickes, as alſo for his bountie to the houſes of Bruxells and Liſbon, I wiſh rather that this Engliſh money had bin ſpent in England vponupon ſome publicke ſervice there.and for yeelding his helping hand to the repaire of the Churches of St Peters, Santa Maria Maggiore, St Pauls, St Sebaſtian and Fabian, St Lawrance, Santa Croce, St Iohn de Lateran neare Rome, that he ſhall be partaker of all the Maſſes, Prayers, Faſtings, Watchings, Pilgrimages, &c. had at the Stations of Rome; together with a plenary Remiſsion of all ſinnes, A poena & culpa, &c. for a thouſand Lents and ſixtie-fiue yeares. And beſides ſaying any day of the yeare three Pater Noſters and three Aue's more then is commanded him by his ghoſtly Father, he ſhall be able to free one of his Friends out of Purgatory.
Indulgences very large granted to the Family of the Lord W. at the Interceſſion of the ſaid T. M.
Indulgences granted to the Family of the Lord Va. at the Interceſſion of T. M.
A PARDON GRANTED TO THO: GER. OF England Knight, and his Lady.
PAulus quintus Epiſcopus, ſervus ſervorum Dei: Dilecto filio nobili viro Tho. Ger. Militi; & dilectae in Chriſto filiae nobili mulieri ejus uxori, ſalutem & Apoſtolicam benedictionem, &c.
The ſame at large in Engliſh thus:
PAul the fift, Biſhop, ſeruant of the ſeruants of God: To his beloued ſonne the noble Gentleman T. G. the younger, Knight; and to his beloued daughter in Chriſt the noble Lady his wife, greeting and Apoſtolicall benediction. Hauing heard of late of ſome deſires of yours which concerne the ſaluation of yourſoules, and receiuing your Petitions from the hands of the Religious man Henry Stanley, we hauehave granted to your ſaid Petitions a fauourable hearing, and by the tenour of theſe preſents doe grant this Indulgence to your deuotion. That ſuch a ghoſtly Father as either of you ſhal chuſe, ſhall hauehave power by Apoſtolicall authoritie, to grant to you full remiſſion of all your ſinnes whereof you ſhall be confeſſed, as alſo freedome from the paines of Purgatory. And eueryevery Wedneſday, Friday, or Saturday that any of you ſhall ſay ouer the Office of our Lady, you ſhall merit for whom you louelove beſt. And if vponupon Eaſter day you ſhal be confeſſed and communicate, and ſay nine Pater-noſters, and nine Aues, with a de profundis, for the ſoules in Purgatory, you ſhall euerie time be able to free one ſoule thence. Alſo at the houre of your death the Deuill ſhall hauehave no power ouer you, nor at al trouble or torment you. What lawfull petitiō you ſhall ask at any time of God, he ſhal grant it you. Your enemies ſhall not preuaile againſt you. Yetwe declare that if vponupon confidence of this Remiſſion, you ſhall commit any notorious ſinnes wilfully, that then this preſent Pardon ſhall not helpe you as concerning them. You muſt alſo perſiſt in the vnitie and faith of the holy Church of Rome, and pray for the extirpation of hereſie, and liue in obedience and deuotion towards vsus & our ſucceſſors Popes of Rome, canonically entring into that Sea, and further doe your dutie to all religious men. Laſtly, you ſhall giuegive twentie ſhillings yearlie towards the maintenance of the Cope of S. Thomas Becket, and eueryevery Friday a penie to the firſt poore bodie you meet. Let it now be lawful for no man to infringe this Pardon and Grant of ours, or with any boldneſſe to contradict it. And if anie ſhal preſume to attempt any ſuch thing, let him know and aſſured lie vnderſtand, that hee ſhall incurre the indignation of Almightie God, and of his bleſſed Apoſtles Saint Peter and Saint Paul, & all other Martyrs and Saints. Giuen at S. Peters in Rome, vnderunder the Fiſhers Ring, the 9 of Aprill, in the firſt yeare of our Papacy.
The forme of the Abſolution wherewith they are abſolued with whom his Holineſſe ſo graciouſly diſpenſeth.
AVthoritate Dei Patris Omnipotentis, & beatorum Petri & Pauli Apoſtolorum ejus, ac authoritate Apoſtolica mihi in hac parte commiſſa: Ego abſolvote abomnibus peccatis tuis mihi per te vere confeſsis & contritis, & de quibus confiteri v…lles; ſi tuae occurrerent memoriae. Plenariam abſolutionem omnium peccatorum tuorum, in quantum claves Eccleſiae ſe extendunt in hac parte, authoritate iſtarum literarum Apoſtolicarum tibi do & concedo, ita ut ſis abſolutus ante Tribunal Domini noſtri Jeſu Chriſti, habeaſque vitam aeternam, & vivas in ſecula ſeculorū. Amen.
In Engliſh thus:
BY the authoritie of God the Father Almightie, & of his bleſſed Apoſtles Peter and Paul, and by the Apoſtolique authoritie committed vntounto mee in this behalfe: I abſolue thee from all thy ſinnes, by thee to mee trulie confeſſed and contrite, and of which thou wouldſt hauehave been confeſſed, if they had come vntounto thy remembrance. Moreouer I giuegive and grant vntounto thee full abſolution and remiſſion of all thy ſinnes, ſo farre as the keies of the Church doe extend in this behalfe by the authoritie of theſe Apoſtolique Letters, ſo that thou be abſolued before the iudging ſeat of our Lord Ieſus Chriſt, and hauehave euerlaſting life, worlds without end. Amen.
Another forme of Abſolution.
AƲthoritate Dei Patris Omnipotentis, Apoſtolorum Petri & Pauli, & totius matris Eccleſiae: ac virtute hujus Bullae & Papalis Jndulgentiae, Ego abſolvo te ab omnibus peccatis tuis, &c.
BY the authoritie of God the Father Almightie, of the Apoſtles Peter and Paul, and of all the mother Church, and by vertue of this Bull, the Popes Pardon, I abſolue thee from all thy ſinnes, &c.
A third forme of Abſolution.
AVthoritate Dei Omnipotentis, & beatorum Petri & Pauli Apoſtolorum ejus, ac authoritate Apoſtolica mihi in hac parte commiſſa: Ego abſolvo te ab omnibus peccatis tuis & poenistibi in Purgatorio debitis propter culpas & offenſas quas contra Deum & animam tuam commiſiſti. Et in quantum mihi committitur, reſtituo te illi Jnnocentiae, in qua eras quando baptizatus fuiſti, exceptis punctis hiis reſervatis Domino Papae, ut anima tua vivat cum Chriſto in ſecula ſeculorum. Amen.
BY the authority of God Almighty, and of his bleſſed Apoſtles Peter and Paul, and by the Apoſto like authoritie committed vntounto me in this behalfe, I duplicate page duplicate page abſolue thee from all thy ſins and paines due vntounto thee in Purgatorie for the faults and offences which thou haſt committed againſt God and thine owne ſoule. And as much as lieth in my power, I reſtore thee vntounto that Innocencie wherein thou wert when thou waſt baptiſed, thoſe points onelyonly excepted, which are reſerued to the Lord Pope, that thy ſoule may liue with Chriſt worlds without end. Amen.
Generall Pardons granted by diuers Popes for diuers conſiderations, &c.
Pope Innocent the 8, hath granted to eueryevery man and woman that beareth the length vponupon him of Chriſts nayles wherewith hee was faſtned to the Croſſe (the iuſt length of eueryevery one of them was nine inches) and worſhippeth them daily with fiue Pater noſters, and fiue Aues, and a Creed, that hee ſhall hauehave granted him theſe ſeuen great gifts that follow.
The firſt is, Hee ſhall neuer die ſudden nor euill death. The ſecond is, He ſhall neuer bee ſlaine with ſword nor weapon. The third is, His enemies ſhall neuer ouercome him. The fourth is, Poiſon nor falſe witneſſe ſhall neuer grieue him. The fiſt is, He ſhall hauehave ſufficient goods and honeſt liuing. The ſixt is, He ſhall not die without the Sacraments of the Church. The ſeuenth is, He ſhall be delivcred & defended from all wicked ſpirits, peſtilence, feuers, and other maladies.
Pope Jnnocent the 8, &c.
TO all good Chriſtian people diſpoſed to ſay our Ladies Pſalter within this Church or churchyard, on any of theſe beads, the which hauehave beene pardoned at the holie place of Shene, ſhall hauehave ten thouſand yeares of pardon. Alſo for euerie word in the Pater noſter, Aue, and Credo, 23 daies of pardon, totiens, quotiens.
Alſo they are pardoned at Sion, and by that ye ſhall hauehave for eueryevery Pater noſter, Aue, and Credo ſaid on them, three hundred dayes of pardon. Alſo vntounto all thoſe that the beads do ſtring, or cauſe to be ſtringed in time of neceſſity, there is granted by two Biſhops foureſcore dayes of pardon, and Gods bleſſing and theirs.
Alſo you muſt ſay firſt on the fiue beads fiue Pater noſters, fiue Aue Maries, and a Creed, in the worſhip of the 5 wounds of our Sauiour Chriſt, and then after eueryevery Creed, ſay on the firſt white bead of the fiue Ieſu for thy holy name, and then on the red bead And for thy bitter paſsion, then on the firſt black bead Saue vsus from ſin & ſhame: then on the ſecond black bead And endleſſe damnation: and then on the laſt white bead Bring vsus to the bliſſe, That neuer ſhall miſſe Sweet Ieſu, Amen.
The Pardon wherof, remembring the wounds great and ſmall of our Sauiour Chriſt, is 5 thouſand, 4 hundred, 75 yeares, of theſe 5 beads. The whole ſumme of pardon granted of both Monaſteries for eueryevery Pſalter ſaying on theſe beads, is 26 thouſand, 6 hundred yeares, and 50 dayes, totiens, quotiens.
Therefore let no man nor woman preſume to carrie away or to conuey the aforeſaid beads, but hang them againe where yee find them. For if they doe, they are accurſed foure times in the yeare in the generall ſentence. And at eueryevery Pſalters end, pray for all chriſten ſoules.
Pope Clement the 7, with diuers other holy Fathers Popes of Rome his predeceſſors, of their paternall holineſſe and abundant graces, hauehave granted to all the brethren & ſiſterne of the ſaid gyld that now be, and to all other that will bee, full power and authority to chuſe them any able Prieſt to their Confeſſor, ſecular or religious, which may heare their confeſſions, and giuegive vntounto them once in their life and in the Article of death, plenary and full remiſſion of all their ſins, exceſſes, offences, and treſpaſſes, how grieuous and enorme ſoeuer they be, à poena & culpa, &c.
Againe the brethren and ſiſterne of the aforeſayd gyld, may ſay or cauſe to be ſaid, Maſſes and all other diuine Seruices before day light incontinent after three of the clock after midnight not onelyonly in hallowed places, but alſo in vnhallowed places, though they bee ſuſpended or interdicted by ordinary authority.
Alſo eueryevery brother and ſiſter that will ſay any Wedneſday, Friday, or Saturday, one Pater noſter, one Aue Maria, and a Credo, in any Church or Chappell where they doe dwell, prouided alway that they giuegive ſomewhat to the aforeſaid gyld, and put-to their helping hand to the ſuſtentation and maintenance of the charges of the ſaid gyld, as oft as they ſhall ſo doe, ſhall hauehave cleane remiſſion à poena & culpa, and the ſame remiſſion as if they had viſited the Chappell of Scala coeli of Rome, and the Church of S. Iohn Lateranenſe, when the Stations there be celebrated for the quicke and dead.The picture of Saint Iohn Baptiſt, and a ſtone, will driue away an angry dog.
The aforeſaid brethren and ſiſterne alſo cauſing Maſſe to be ſaid either on the Wedneſday, Friday, or Saturday, in Church or Chappell for the dead, ſhall deliuer what ſoules they will, and as oft as they will out of Purgatory.
They may alſo lawfully in time of Lent and other times of the yeare, in the which white meats be prohibited and forbidden, eat egges, cheeſe, milke, butter, and all other white meats, freely & without ſcrupuloſity or grudge of conſcience: and if they be ſicke, they alſo may eate fleſh with counſell of their Ghoſtly father and Phyſitian.
And whoſoeuer ſhall procure any man or woman to bee brother or ſiſter of the aforeſaid gyld, ſhall hauehave for his godly trauell fiue hundred yeares of pardon. Alſo eueryevery brother and ſiſter, with their fathers and mothers departed, ſhall be made partakers of all Maſſes, Mattenſes, Prayers, Suffrages, Almes deeds, holy liuings, Pilgrimages, and all other good deeds & works of piety and charitie, the which be done and ſhal be done throughout the whole vniuerſal Church militant, and all the members of the ſame for euer. And furthermore, our ſaid holy Father hath granted to all Chriſtian people, being truly penitent and confeſſed, or hauing purpoſed to bee confeſſed, at ſuch times as the Law hath determined, and there deuoutly doe viſit the Chappell of our Lady in Goſton, and alſo doe viſit three times ſeuen Altars there aſſigned in the Pariſh Church at the Feaſts of the glorious Aſſumption, Natiuity, and all other feaſts of the ſame our bleſſed Lady, or within eight dayes following after eueryevery of the ſame Feaſts, or any day of the ſaid Vtas, putting-to their helping hands to the maintenance of the charges of the ſame gyld, ſhall hauehave and enioy all and ſingular Indulgences and Remiſſions of their ſinnes, as if they had perſonally viſited the Church of the holy Apoſtles Peter and Paul at Rome, and other the 7 principal Churches the… in the year of Iubile and Grace, and alſo ſhal hauehave al the ſame Indulgences and Remiſſions of their ſinnes as they ſhould hauehave if they had perſonally viſited the Church of S. Iames in Compoſtell in Spains, and had done or cauſed to bee done there any other thing for the obtaining of the Indulgences of the ſaid yeere of Iubile at Rome and Compoſtell.
Alſo our holy Father hath declared and decreed, that theſe ſaid Remiſſions, Faculties, Indulgences, and Diſpenſations, ſhall neuer be reuoked, ſuſpended, nor denulled, but euer to ſtand in full ſtrength and vertue, from henceforth, notwithſtanding the yeare of Iubile at Rome, or any other manner of cauſe whatſoeuer ſhall happen in time to come.
And eueryevery man or woman may bee made a brother and ſiſter of Goſton gyld, and enioy all Remiſſions, Priuiledges, Liberties, &c. if they will pay eueryevery one of them at their entring ſixe ſhillings eight pence, and eueryevery yeare after, during his or her life, eight pence, or elſe thirteene ſhillings foure pence for the whole, for eueryevery ſingular perſon, towards the maintaining & ſuſtentation of Prieſts, Clerkes, and poore bead-men, which daily be found with the charges of the ſaid gyld.
Pope Clement the 5 granted to ſo many as giuegive ought to the ſuſtentation of the order of S. Trinitie of Houndſlow, his bleſſing for euer, and twelue yeares, a hundred and threeſcore dayes of pardon, with relaxations of the third part of their penance, and of the paines due for their ſinnes.
Pope Alexander the 4, to all the brethren and ſiſterne of the aforeſaid order, that giueth ſome good portion of their goods yeerly to the brethren or Meſſengers of the ſaid order, or in their Will and Teſtament do giuegive and bequeath ſome honeſt portion of ſubſtance for the reliefe of the ſaid brethren, hath licenſed & granted, to chooſe vntounto them any apt and meet Prieſt to bee their Confeſſor or ghoſtly Father,I aduiſe them to take M. Medcalfe for the men, M. Leake for Gentlewomen. & to abſolue them from all their ſinnes, toties, quoties, and alſo to be buried in Chriſtian buriall, of whatſoeuer death he deceaſed, if he were not excommunicated by name.
Pope Innocent the third diſpenſeth with the brethren and ſiſterne of the aforeſaid Order concerning all vowes of abſtinence, and of pilgrimage going, except onelyonly the vow of pilgrimage vntounto Peter and Paul at Rome, and Saint Iames at Compoſtell, ſo that it ſhall be lawfull for them to change thoſe vowes of abſtinence and pilgrimage, vntounto other workes of mercy and charity; and this hath hee done of his ſpeciall grace and meere motion to al them that giuegive ſomewhat to the ſaid Order of Saint Trinitie.
Pope Gregory the ninth hath granted to all brethren and ſiſterne of the aforeſaid order, and to all their parents and friends, whether they be, aliue or dead, all thoſe Indulgences and Pardons Pardons innumerable, and good cheape.(which are innumerable, and may iuſtly be compared with the Starres of the sky, and the ſands of the Sea) that they hauehave, which goe on pilgrimage either vntounto Rome, or vntounto the holy Land.
Pope Pius the 2 hath granted and giuen to the aforeſaid brethren and ſiſterne, once in their life plenary remiſsion, and full forgiueneſſe of all their ſinnes, yea, and that in all ſuch caſes as are reſerued to the Apoſtolique Sea.
Very graciouſly and innocently conſidered.Pope Innocent the eight hath confirmed all the aforeſaid priuiledges, indulgences, pardons, &c. and of his ſpeciall grace hath doubled them all for the ſaluation of the brethren and ſiſterne of the Order of S. Trinity.
Pardon of the Auguſtine Fryers.Pope Iohn the 23 granted to ſo many as bee brothers and ſiſters, and benefactors of the Friers Hermites of Saint Auguſtine, that they ſhall bee partakers of all the prayers, ſacrifices, preachings, contemplations, faſtings, watchings, pilgrimages, vowes, obedience, chaſtity, pouerty, patience, mercy, almes, and of all other ſpirituall labours, trauels, paines, exerciſes, &c. that bee done either of the Friers of the aforeſaid order, or of any other deuout and religious people througout the world, with Remiſsion and forgiueneſſeof all their ſinnes, à poena & culpa, toties, quoties.
The like pardon was granted of diuers Popes to the Fraternity of Burton Lazare, with diſpenſation of vowes, and relaxation of fome part of penance, with plenary remiſſion of all their ſins.
The clemency of Pope Clement to ſuch as are bountifull to S. Mary of Runciuall.To them that gaue any thing to the Hoſpitall of Saint Mary of Runciuall nigh vntounto Charingcroſſe without the wals of London, Pope Clement the 4 granted that they ſhould be partakers of all the Maſſes, Prayers, Faſtings, Watchings, Pilgrimage-goings vntounto the holy Land conſecrate with the blood of Chriſt, or vntounto the City of Rome, priuiledged with the authority of the bleſſed Martyrs and Apoſtles Peter and Paul. And if they be Prieſts or Religious perſons, either men or women, and hauehave failed to ſay their diuine Seruice, either through negligence or default of bookes, or ſickneſſe of body; the aforeſaid holy Father doth mercifully abſolue them from al ſuch offences, and releaſe them from the paine and puniſhment due vntounto ſuch offendors.
Money is the Merchant in all the Popes affaires.Pope Clement the 6, of his ſpeciall grace hath giuen and granted to all them that giuegive ſome part of their ſubſtance, being confeſſed and contrite, releaſe of the third part enioyned them by their ghoſtly father, and three yeares of pardon, with an hundred daies more of pardon, with free buriall in places although interdict, and of whatſoeuer kind of death they chance to die, with 2000 Lents, and 85 dayes of pardon, &c.
Pope Alexander the third hath granted to all them that giuegive ought to the maintenance of the Collegiate Church of Saint Iohn of Beuerley an hundred dayes of pardon, and relaxation from the ſeuenth part of their penance.
Pope Innocent the fourth hath granted to all the brethren of the ſame fraternity, pardon of all ſinnes forgotten, and of all vowes broken, except the vow vntounto the Holy land, and at their latter end remiſſion from all their ſinnes, à poena & culpa: ſo that to eueryevery brother and ſiſter of that fraternity, being confeſſed and abſolued, their Confeſſor may ſay on this manner:
Iohn or Ioan, as free I make thee,
As heart may thinke, or eye may ſee.
Of this pardon it is alſo thus written:
Omnibus in annis qui turbant jura Ioannis:
Ter execrantur, damnati jure probantur.
The pardon granted to the Fraternitie of S. Cornelis at Weſtminſter for ſuch as giuegive any thing vntounto it, commeth in the year to two thouſand, ſeuen hundred and threeſcore dayes for euer to endure.
To the Fraternity of the Sepulchre of our L. Ieſus Chriſt, hauehave been granted by diuers Popes of Rome, eſpecially Pope Vrban the 4, as large Indulgences as any of the former: pardons for 20, 30, and 40 thouſand yeares, with odde daies.