Paradoxes Problems Essays Characters, Part 7

Paradoxes Problems Essays Characters · Part 7

p. 107To the two tutelar Angels, Protectors of the Popes Consistory, and of the Colledg OF SORBON.

MOst noble couple of Angels, lest it should be said that you did never agree, and never meet, but that you did ever abhorre one another, and ever

Resemble Janus with a diverse face;

I attempted to bring and joyne you together once in these papers not that I might compose your differences, for you have not choson me for Arbi…or; but, that you might beware of an enemy p. 108common to you both, I will relate what I saw. I was in an Extasie, and

My little wandring sportful Soul,

Guest, and companion of my body,

had liberty to wander through all places, and to survey and reckon all the roomes, and all the volumes of the heavens, and to comprehend the situation, the dimensions, the nature, the people & the policie, both of the swimming Ilands, the Planets, and of all those which are fixed in the Firmament. Of which, I think it an honester part as yet to be silent, then to doe Galilaeo wrong by speaking of it, who of late hath summoned Nuncius …ydereus.the other worlds, the Stars to come neerer to him, and give him an account of themselves, Or to Keppler, who (as himselfe testifies of himselfe) ever since Tycho Braches death, hath received it into De stella … Cygno.his care, that no new thing should be done in heaven without his knowledge. For by the law, Prevention must take place; and therefore what they have found and p. 109discovered first, I am content they speake and utter first. Yet this they may vouchsafe to take from me, that they shall hardly find Enoch, or Elias any where in their circuit. When I had surveied all the heavens, then as

The Larke by busie and laborious wayes,

Having climb'd up th'ethereall hil, doth raise

His Hymnes to Phoebus Harpe: And striking then

His sailes, his wings, doth fal down back agen,

So suddenly, that one may safely say,

A stone came lazily that came that Way,

In the twinckling of an eye, I saw all the roomes in Hell open to my sight. And by the benefit of certain spectacles, I know not of what making, but I thinke, of the same, by which Gregory the great and Beda did discerne so distinctly the soules of their friends, when they were discharged from their p. 110bodies and sometimes the soules of such men as they knew not by sight, and of some that were never in the world, and yet they could distinguish them flying into Heaven, or conversing with living men. I saw all the channels in the bowels of the Earth; and all the inhabitants of all nations, and of all ages were suddenly made familiar to mee. I thinke truly, Robert Aquinas when he Paleotus de Sindone cap. 6.took Christ's long Oration, as he hung upon the Crosse, did use some such Instrument as this, but applyed to the eare: And so I Iosephina di Gieron Gratian.thinke did he, which dedicated to Adrian 6. that Sermon which Christ made in praise of his Father Ioseph: for else how did they heare that, which none but they ever heard? As for the Suburbs of Hel (I mean both Limbo and Purgatory) I must confess I passed them over so negligently, that I saw them not: and I was hungerly carried, to finde new places, never discovered before. For Purgatory did not seem worthy to p. 111me of much diligence, because it may seem already to have been beleeved by some persons, in some corners of the Roman Church for about 50 yeares; that is ever since the Councell of Trent had a minde to fulfill the prophecies of Homer, Virgil, and the other Patriarks of the Papists, and being not satisfied with making one Transubstantiation, purposed to bring in another: which is, to change Fables into Articles of Faith. Proceeding therefore to more inward places, I saw a secret place, where there were not many, beside Lucifer himselfe; to which, onelyonly they had title, which had so attempted any innovation in this life, that they gave an affront to all Antiquity, and induced doubts, and anxieties, and scruples, and after a libertie of beleeving what they would, at length established opinions, directly contrary to all established before. Of which place in Hell, Theod: Ni em: nemus unio, Tra. 6. cap. 29.Lucifer afforded us hertofore some little knowledge, when more p. 112then 200. yeares since, in an Epistle written to the Cardinall S. Sexti, he promised him a roome in his palace, in the remotest part of his eternall Chaos, which I take to be this place. And here Pope Boniface 3. and Mahomet, seemed to contend about the highest room. He gloried of having expelled an old Religion, and Mahomet of having brought in a new; each of them a great deluge to the world. But it is to be feared, that Mahomet will fail therein, both because he attributed something to the old Testament, and because he used Sergius as his fellow-Bishop, in making the Alcoran; whereas it was evident to the supreme Judge Lucifer, (for how could he be ignorant of that which himselfe had put into the Popes minde?) that Boniface had not only neglected, but destroyed the policy of the State of Israel, established in the old Testament, when he prepared Popes a way, to tread upon the necks of Princes, but that he also abstained from al p. 113Example and Coadjutor, when he took upon him that new name, which Gregory himselfe (a Pope neither very foolish, nor overmodest) ever abhord. Besides that every day affords new Advocates to Boniface his side. For since the Franciscans were almost worne out (of whom their General Francis, Sedulius Apolog. pro libro Con form. l. 2. cap. 2.had seen 6000, Souldiers in one army, that is, in one Chapter) which, because they were then but fresh Souldiers, he saw assisted with 18000 Devils; the Iesuits have much recompenced those decaies and damages, who sometimes have maintained in Harlay defence des Iesuites.their Tents, 200000 Schollers. For though the Order of Benedict have ever been so fruitful, that they say of it, That all the new Orders, Vollader: deCanoniza Fran cis Ro. in Epist.which in latter times have broken out, are but little springs, or drops, and that Order the Ocean, which hath sent out 52 Popes, 200 Cardinals, 1600 Archbishops, 4000 Bishops, and 5000 Saints, approved by the Church, and therefore it cannot be denied, p. 114but that Boniface his part is much relieved by that Order; yet if they be compared to the Iesuits, or to the weak and unperfect types of them, the Franciscans, it is no great matter that they have done. Though therefore they esteem Mahomet worthy of the name of an Innovator, and therein perchance not much inferior to Boniface, yet since his time, to ours, almost all which have followed his S…t, have lived barren in an … and idle concord, and cannot boast that they have produced any new matter: whereas Boniface his Successors awakened by him, have ever been fruitfull in bringing forth new sinnes, and new pardons, and Idolatries, and King-killings. Though therefore it may religiously, and piously be beleeved, that Turks as well as Papists, come daily in Troops to the ordinary and common places of Hell; yet certainly to this more honorable room reserved for especiall Innovators, the Papists p. 115have more frequent accesse; and therefore Mahomet is out of hope to prevail, and must imitate the Christian Emperours, and bee content to sit (as yet he doth) at the Popes feet. Now to this place not onelyonly such endeavour to come, as have Innovated in matters directly concerning the soul, but they also which have done so, either in the Arts, or in conversation, or in any thing which exerciseth the faculties of the Soule, and may so provoke to quarrelsome and brawling controversies, for so the truth be lost, it is no no matter how. But the gates are seldome opened, nor scarce oft… then once in an age. But my destiny favored me so much, that I was present then, and saw all the pretenders, and all that affected an entrance, and Lucifer himself, who then came out into the outward chamber, to heare them plead their own Causes. As soon as the door creekt, I spied a certain Mathematician, which till then had been busted to finde, to p. 116deride, to detrude Ptolomey; and now with an erect countenance, and setled pace, came to the gates, and with hands and feet, (scarce respecting Lucifer himselfe) beat the doors and cried; Are these shut against me, to whom all the Heavens were ever open, who was a Soul to the Earth, and gave it motion?

By this I knew it was Copernicus: For though I had never heard ill of his life, and therefore might wonder to find him there; yet when I remembred that the Papists have extended the name and punishment of Heresie, almost to every thing, and that as yet I used Gregories and Bedes Bellar. de Purgat. lib. 2. c. 8.spectacles, by which one saw Origen, who deserved so well of the Christian Church, burning in hell, I doubted no longer, but assured my selfe that it was Copernicus which I saw, to whom Lucifer said, Who are you? For though even by this boldness you seem worthy to enter, and have attempted a new faction even in Hell, yet you must p. 117first satisfie those which stand about you, and which expect the same fortune as you doe. Except, O Lucifer, answered Copernicus, I thought thee of the Race of the Starre Lucifer, with which I am so well acquainted, I should not vouchsafe thee this discourse. I am he, which pitying thee who wert thrust into the center of the world, raised both thee and thy prison, the Earth, up into the Heavens; so as by my means, God doth not enjoy his revenge upon thee. The Sunne, which was an officious Spy, and a betrayer of faults and so thy enemy, I have appointed to goe into the lowest part of the world. Shall these Gates open to such as have Innovated in small matters, and shall they be shut against me, who have turned the whole frame of the world, and am thereby almost a new Creator. More then this he spoke not. Lucifer stuck in a meditation. For what should he doe? It seemed unjust to deny entry to him which had deserved so well, and dangerous to grant p. 118it to one of so great ambitions, and undertakings: Nor did he think that himself had attempted greater matters before his fall. Somthing he had which he might have conveniently opposed, but he was loath to utter it, lest he should confesse his fear. But Ignatius Loyola which was got neer his chaire, a subtile fellow, and so indued with the Devill, that he was able to tempt, and not onelyonly that, but (as they say) even to possesse the Devill, apprehended this perplexity in Lucifer. And making himselfe sure of his own entrance, and knowing well, that many thousands of his family aspired to that place, he opposeth himself against all others. He was content they should be damned, but not that they should govern. And though when he died he was utterly ignorant in all great learning, and knew not so much as Ptolomeys or Copernicus name, but might have been perswaded that the words Almagest, Zenith, and Nadir, p. 119were Saints names, and fit to be put into the Letanie, and Ora pro nobis joyned to them; yet after he had spent some time in hell, he had learnt somewhat of his Iesuits, which daily came thither. And whilst he staied at the threshold of Hell, that is, from the time when he delivered himselfe over to the Popes will, he took a little tast of learning. Thus furnisht, thus he undertakes Copernicus. Doe you think to win our Lucifer to your part, by allowing him the honour of being of the Race of that Starre? who was not onelyonly made before all the Stars, but being glutted with the glory of shining there, transferred his dwelling and Colonies unto this Monarchy, and thereby gave our Order a noble example, to spy, to invade, and to possesse foraign Kingdoms. Can our Lucifer or his followers have any honour from that Star Lucifer, which is but Ve…us? Whose face how much we scorn, appears by this, that p. 120for the most part we use her aversly and preposterously. Rather let our Lucifer glory in Lucifer the Calaritan Bishop; not therefore because he is placed amongst Heretiques, onelyonly for affirming the propagation of August de Haer. c. 81the soule; but especially for this, that he was the first that opposed the dignity of Princes, and imprinted the names of Antichrist, Iudas, and other stigmatique marks upon the Emperour; But for you, what new thing have you invented, by which our Lucifer gets any thing? What cares he whether the earth travel, or stand still? Hath your raising up of the earth into heaven, brought men to that confidence, that they build new towres or threaten God again? Or do they out of this motion of the earth conclude, that there is no hell, or deny the punishment of sin? Do not men believe? do they not live just as they did before? Besides, this detracts from the p. 121dignity of your learning, and derogates from your right and title of coming to this place, that those opinions of yours, may very well be true. If therefore any man have honour or title to this place in this matter, it belongs wholly to our Clavins, who opposed himself opportunely against you, and the truth, which at that time was creeping into every mans minde. He only can be called the Author of all contentions, and School-combates in this cause; and no greater profit can be hoped for here in, but that for such brables, more necessary matters be neglected. And yet not only for this is our Clavius to be honored, but for the great pains also which he took in the Gregorian Calender, by which both the peace of the Church, and civil businesses have been egregiously troubled: nor hath heaven it self escaped his violence, but hath ever since obeyed his p. 122appointments: so that S. Steven, Iohn Baptist, and all the Harlay. defence dis Iesuites mesdi. 6.rest, which have been commanded to work miracles at certain appointed days, where their reliques are preserved, do not now attend till the day come, as they were accustomed, but are awaked ten days sooner, and constrained by him to come down from heaven to do that business. But your inventions can scarce be called yours, since before you, Heraclides, Ecphantus, and Aristarchus thrust them into the world: who notwithstanding content themselves with lower roomes amongst the other Philosophers, and aspire not to this place, reserved only for Antichristian Heroes: neither do you agree so well amongst your selves, as that you can be said to have made a Sect, since, as you have perverted and changed the order and Scheme of others: so Tycho Brachy hath done by yours, and others by his. Let p. 123therefore this little Mathematician (dread Emperour) withdraw himself to his own com pany. And if hereafter the Fathers of our Order can draw a Cathedrall Decree from the Pope, by which it may be defined as a matter of Faith, That the earth doth not move; and an Anathema inflicted upon all which hold the contrary: then perchance both the Pope which shall decree that, and Copernicus his followers (if they be Papists) may have the dignity of this place. Lucifer signified his assent: and Copernicus without muttering a word, was as quiet as he thinks the Sunne: when he which stood next him, entred into his place. To whom Lucifer said: And who are you? He answered, Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Paracelsus Bombast of Hohenheim. At this Lucifer trembled, as if it were a new Exorcîsme, and he thought it might well be the first verse of S. Iohn, which is always imployed p. 124in Exorcismes, and might now be taken out of the Welch or Irish Bibles. But when he understood that it was but the web of his name, he recollected himself, and raising himself upright, asked was he had to say to the great Emperour Sathan, Lucifer, Belzebub, Leviathan, Abaddon. Paracelsus replyed, It were an injury to thee, O glorious Emperor, if I should deliver before thee what I have done, as though all those things had not proceeded from thee, which seemed to have bin done by me, thy organ and conduit; yet since I shal rather be thy trumpet herein then mine own, some things may be uttered by me. Besides therefore that I brought all Methodicall Physicians and the Art it self into so much contempt, that that kinde of Physick is almost lost; this also was ever my principal purpose, that no certain new Art, nor fixed rules might be established, but that all remedies might be dangerously p. 125drawn from my uncertain, ragged, and unperfect experiments, in tryal whereof how many men have been made carkases? And falling upon those times which did abound with paradoxicall and unusual diseases, of all which, the pox, which then began to rage, was almost the center and sink: I ever professed an assured and an easie cure thereof, lest I should deterr any from their licentiousness. And whereas almost all poysons are so disposed and conditioned by nature, that they offend some of the senses, and so are easily discerned and avoided, I brought it to pass, that that treacherous quality of theirs might be removed and so they might safely be given without suspicion, and yet perform their office as strongly. All this I must confess I wrought by thy minerals and by thy fires, but yet I cannot despair of my reward, because I was thy first minister and instrument in these innovations. p. 126By this time Ignatius had observed a tempest risen in Lucifers countenance: for he was just of the same temper as Lucifer, and therefore suffered with him in every thing, and felt all his alterations. That therefore he might deliver him from Paracelsus, he said; You must not think sir, that you may here draw out an Oration to the proportion of your name. It must be confessed that you attempted great matters, and well becoming a great officer of Lucifer, when you undertook not only to make a man in your Alimbecks, but also to preserve him immortal. And it cannot be doubted, but that out of your Commentaries upon the Scriptures, in which you were utterly ignorant, many men have taken occasion of erring, and thereby this kingdom much indebted to you. But must you therefore have access to this secret place? What have you compassed even in Physick it p. 127self, of which we Iesuits are ignorant? For though our Ribadenegra have reckoned none of our Order, which hath written in …ysick, yet how able and sufficient wee are in that faculty, I will be tryed by that Pope who hath given a priviledge Bulla 18 in Gre… cont. … a … ovius de Majest. E…s. milic. c. 7to Iesuits to practise Physick and to be present at Deathsbed, (a) which is denyed to other Orders: for why should he deny us their bodies, whose souls he delivered to us? and since he hath transferd upon us the power to practise Physick, he may justly be thought to have transferd upon us the art it self by the same Omnipotent Bull; since he which grants the end, is by our Rules of Law presumed to have granted all means necessary to that end. Let me (dread Emperour) have leave to speak truth before thee; These men abuse and profane too much thy mettals, which are the bowels and treasure of thy Kingdom: For what doth p. 128Physick profit thee? Physick is a soft and womanish thing. For since no medicine doth naturally Mosnes. Theor. 1 cap. 2.draw blood, that science is not fit nor worthy of our study. Besides, why should those things which belong to you, be imployed to preserve from diseases, or to procure long life? were it not fitter that your Brother and Colleague, the Bishop of Rome, which governs upon the face of your earth, and gives daily increase to your Kingdom, should receive from you these helps and subsidies? To him belongs all the gold, to him all the precious stones, conceald in your intrals, wherby he might bait & ensnare the Princes of the earth, through their Lords and Councellours means, to his obedience, and to receive his commandments, especially in these times, when almost every where his antient rights and tributes are denyed unto him. To him belongs your Iron, and the ignobler p. 129mettals, to make engines; To him belongs your Minerals apt for poyson; To him the Saltpeter, and all the Elements of Gun-powder, by which he may demolish and overthrow Kings and Kingdoms, and Courts, and seats of Justice. Neither doth Paracelsus truly deserve the name of an Innovator, whose doctrin Severi…us and his other followers do referr to the most ancient times. Think therefore your self well satisfied, if you be admitted to govern in chief that Legion of Homicid Physicians, and of Princes which shall be made away by poyson in the midst of their sins, and of women tempting by paintings and face-Physick. Of all which sorts great numbers will daily come hither out of your Academy.

Content with this sentence, Paracelsus departed; and Machiavel succeeded, who having observed Ignatius his forwardness, and sauciness, and how, uncald, p. 130he had thrust himself into the office of Kings-Attorney, thought this stupid patience of Copernicus and Paracelsus, (men which tasted too much of their Germany) unfit for a Florentine: and therefore had provided some venemous darts, out of his Italian Arsenal, to cast against this worn souldier of Pampelune, this French-Spanish mungrell, Ignatius. But when he thought better upon it, and observed that Lucifer ever approved whatsoever Ignatius said, he suddenly changed his purpose; and putting on another resolution, he determined to direct his speech to Ignatius, as to the principall person next to Lucifer, as well by this means to sweeten and mollifie him, as to make Lucifer suspect, that by these honours and specious titles offered to Ignatius and entertained by him, his own dignity might be eclipsed or clouded; and that Ignatius by winning to his side politique men, exercised in civil businesses, might p. 131attempt some innovation in that Kingdom. Thus therefore he began to speak. Dread Emperor, and you, his watchfull and diligent Genius, father Ignatius, Arch-Chancellor of this Court, and highest Priest of this highest Synagogue (except the primacy of the Roman Church reach also unto this place) let me before I descend to myself, a little consider, speak, and admire your stupendious wisdom, and the Government of this state. You may vouchsafe to remember great Emperor) how long after the Nazarens death, you were forced to live a solitary, a barren, and an Eremiticall life, till at last, as it was ever your fashion to imitate Heaven) out of your aboundant love, you begot this dearly beloved son of yours, Ignatius, which stands at your right hand. And from both of you proceeds a spirit, whom you have sent into the world, who triumphing both with Mitre and Crown, governs p. 132your Militant Church there. As for those sons of Ignatius, whom either he left alive, or were born after his death, and your spirit, the Bishop of Rome, how justly and properly may they be called equivocall men? And not only equivocall in that sense, in which the Popes Legates, at your Nicene Councel were called Equivocal, because they did agree in all their opinions, and in all their words: but especially because they have brought into the world a new art of Equivocation. O wonderfull and incredible Hypercritiques, who not out of marble fragments, but out of the secretest Records of Hell it self, that is, out of the minds of Lucifer, the Pope and Ignatius, (persons truely equivocall) have raised to life again the language of the Tower of Babel so long concealed, and brought us again from understanding one another. For my part (O noble pair of Emperors) that I may freely confess the p. 133truth, all which I have done, wheresoever there shall be mention made of the Jesuits, can be reputed but childish, for this honour I hope will not be denied me, that I brought in an Alphabet, and provided certain elements, and was some kind of Schoolmaster in preparing them a way to higher undertakings; yet it grieves me and makes me ashamed that I should be ranked with this idle and Chymaericall Copernicus, or this cadaverous vulture, Paracelsus. I scorn that those gates into which such men could conceive any hope of entrance, should not voluntarily flye open to me: yet I can better endure the rashness and fellowship of Paracelsus then the other: because he having been conveniently practised in the butcheries and mangling of men, he had the reason to hope for favour of the Jesuits: For I my self went always that way of blood, and therefore I did ever prefer the p. 134sacrifices of the Gentiles and of the Iews, which were perfor med with effusion of bloud (whereby not only the people but the Priests also were animated to bold enterprises) before the soft and wanton sacrifices of Christians. If I might have had my choice, I should rather have wished that the Roman Church had taken the Bread than the Wine from the people, since in the wine there is some colour to imagin and represent blood. Neither did you (most reverend Bishop of this diocess Ignatius) abhor from this way of blood. For having consecrated your first age to the wars, and grown, somewhat unable to follow that course by reason of a wound; you did presently begin to think seriously of a spiritual war against the Church and found means to open waies even into Kings chambers, for your executioners. Which dignity you did not reserve only to your own Order, but (though p. 135I must confes, that the foundation, and the nourishment of this doctrine remains with you, and is peculiar to you, out of your infinite liberalitie,) you have vouchsafed sometime, to use the hands of other men in these imployments. And therefore as well they, who have so often in vain attempted it in England, as they which have brought their great purposes to effect in France, are indebted only to you for their courage and resolution. But yet although the entrance into this place may be decreed to none, but to Innovators, and to only such of them as have dealt in Christian businesse, and of them also, to those only which have had the fortune to doe much harme; I cannot see but that next to the Iesuits, I must be invited to enter, since I did not only teach those wayes by which, thorough perfidiousnesse and dissembling of Religion, a man might possesse and usurpe upon the liberty of free Commonwealths; p. 136but also did arme and furnish the people with my instructions, how when they were under this oppression, they might safeliest conspire, and remove a tyrant, or revenge themselves of their Prince and redeem their former losses; so that from both sides, both from Prince and people, I brought an abundant harvest, and a noble encrease to this kingdome. By this time I perceived Lucifer to be much moved with this Oration, and to incline much towards Machiavel; For he did acknowledge him to be a kind of Patriarke, of those whom they call Laymen. And he had long observed, that the Clergie of Rome tumbled down to Hell daily, easily, voluntarily, and by troupes, because they were accustomed to sinn against their conscience, and knowledge; but that the Laitie sinning out of a sloathfulnesse, and negligence of finding the truth, did rather offend by ignorance and omission. And therefore he thought himself p. 137bound to reward Machiavel, which had awakened this drowsie and implicite Laitie to greater, and more bloudie Vndertakings. Besides this, since Ignatius could not be denied the place, whose ambitions and turbulencies Lucifer understood very well, he thought Machiavel a fit and necessarie Instrument to oppose against him; that so the skales being kept even by their factions, he might govern in peace, and two poysons mingled might doe no harme. But he could not hide this intention from Ignatius, more subtil than the Devil and the verier Lucifer of the two: Therefore Ignatius rushed out, threw himselfe down at Lucifers feet, and groveling on the ground adored him. Yet certainly, Vasques would not call this idolatry, because in the shape of the Devill he worshipped him, whom he accounted the true God. Here Ignatius cryed, and thundred out,

With so great noise and horror,

That had that powder taken fire, by which

p. 138All the Isle of Britain had flowne to the Moon,

It had not equalled this noyse and horror.

And when he was able to speake distinctly, thus he spoke;

It cannot be said (unspeakable Emperour) how much this obscure Florentine hath transgressed against thee, and against the Pope thy image-bearer, (whether the word be accepted, as Imaginarium.Gratian takes it when he calles the Scriptures; Imaginary Books or as they take it, which give 21 q. Omnis jactura.that stile to them who carry the Emperours Image in the field;) and last of all against our Modest. in verb. MiliteOrder. Durst any man before him; thinke upon this kind of injury, and calumny, as to hope that he should be able to flatter, to catch, to entrap Lucifer himselfe? Certainly, whosoever flatters any man, and presents him those prayses, which in his own opinion are not due to him, thinkes him inferiour to himself, p. 139and makes account that he hath taken him prisoner, and triumphs over him. Who ever flatters, either he derides, or (at the best) instructs. For there may be, even in flattery, an honest kind of teaching, if Princes by being told that they are already indued with all vertues necessary for their functions, be thereby taught what those vertues are, and by a facile exhortation, excited to endeavor to gaine them. But was it fit that this fellow, should dare either to deride you, or (which is the greater injury) to teach you? Can it be beleeved, that he delivers your prayses from his heart, and and doth not rather herein follow Gratians levity; who sayes: That you are called Prince of the 32. q. 2. Pudor.world, as a king at Chests, or as the Cardinall of Ravenna, only by derision? This man, whilst he lived, attributed so much to his own wit, that he never thought himselfe beholden to your helps, and insinuations; and was so p. 140farr from invoking you, or sacrificing to you, that he did not so much as acknowledge your kingdome nor beleeve that there was any such thing in Nature as you. I must confess that he had the same opinion of God also; therefore deserves a place here, and a better then any of the Pagan or Gentile Idolaters: For in every Idolatry and false worship there is some Religion, and some perverse simplicity, which tasts of humility; from all which this man was very free when in his heart he utterly denied that there was any God. Yet since he thought so in earnest, and beleeved that those things which he affirmed were true, he must not be ranked with them; which having been sufficiently instructed of the true God, and beleeving him to be so, doe yet fight against him in his enemies Army. Neither ought it to be imputed to us as a fault, that sometimes in our Exorcismes we we speak ill of you, and call you p. 141Heretick and Drunkard, and Flagel. Daemon. Menghi.Whisperer, and scabbed Beast, and conjure the elements that they should not receive you, and threaten you with indissoluble damnation, and torments a thousand thousand times worse then you suffer yet. For these things you know are done out of a secret covenant and contract between us, and out of mysteries which must not be opned to this Neophite, who in our Synagogue is yet but amongst the Catechumeni. Which also we acknowledge of Holy Water, and our Agnus Dei, of which you do so wisely dissemble a feare, when they are presented to you: For certainly if there were any true force in them, To deliver Bodies from Diseases, Souls from Sinnes, and the Elements from Spirits, and malignant Impressions, (as in the verses which Urban the fifth sent with his Agnus Dei to the Emperor it is pretended) it Summa Bullarii, verbo Agnus Dei.had bin reason that they should first have exercised their force p. 142upon those verses, and so have purged and delivered them, if not from Heresie, yet from Barbarousnesse and Soloecismes; that Hereticks might not justly say, There was no truth in any of them but onelyonly the last; which is,

That the least piece which thence doth fall,

Will doe one as much good as all.

And though our Order have adventured further in Exorcismes then the rest, yet that must be attributed to a speciall priviledge, by which we have leave to question any possessed persons of what matters we wil; whereas all other Orders are miserably bound to the present matter, and the businesse then in hand. For though I do not believe, that either from your selfe, or from your Vicar the Pope, any such priviledge is issued; yet our Cotton deserves to be praised, who being questioned, how he durst propose certain seditious Interrogatories p. 143to a possessed person, to deliver himselfe, feigned such a priviledge; and with an un-heardof boldness, and a new kind of falsifying, did (in a manner) counterfeit Lucifers hand and seal, since none but he onelyonly could give this priviledg: But if you consider us out of this liberty in Exorcismes, how humble and servile we are towards you, the Relations of Peru testifie enough, where it is recorded, that when one of your angels at midnight appeared to our Barcena alone in his Chamber, Litera di Diego Torres.he presently rose out of his chaire, and gave him the place, whom he professed to be farre worthier thereof then he was. But to proceed now to the injuries which this fellow hath done to the Bishop of Rome, although very much might be spoken, yet by this alone, his disposition may be sufficiently discerned, that he imputes to the Pope, vulgar and popular sins, far unworthy of his greatnesse. Weak p. 144praising is a kind of accusing, and we detract from a mans honour, if when we praise him for small things, and would seem to have said all, we conceal greater. Perchance this man had seen some of the Catalogues of Reserv'd Cases, which every year the Popes encrease, and he might think, that the Popes did therefore reserve these sinnes to themselves, that they only might commit them. But either he is ignorant or injurious to them. For can they be thought to have taken away the liberty of sinning from the people, who doe not onelyonly suffer men to keep Concubines, but sometimes doe command them? who make Dist. 32. qui.St. Peter beholden to the Stews for part of his Revenue: and who excuse women from the infamous name of Whore, till they have delivered themselves over to 23000 men. The Professors Ibid. Vidua. Scappus de jure non script- l. 1. c. 54.of which Religion teach, That University Men which keep Whores in their chambers, may not p. 145be expeld for that, because it ought to be presumed before hand, that Scholars will not live without them. Shall he be thought to have a purpose of deterring others from sinne, which provides so well for their security, that he teaches, that he may dispense in all the Commandements Sum. Angel. verb. Papa, N: 1of the second Table, and in all Morall Law; and that those Commandements of the second Table can neither be called Principles nor Conclusions, necessarily deduced from Principles? And therefore (as they ever love that manner of teaching) he did illustrate his Rule with an example, and dispensed in a marriage between Brother and Sister, and hath hoorded up so many In dulgencies in one Barn, the Citie of Rome, that it is easy for any man in an hour or two, to draw out pardons enough for 100000 years. How clear a witnesse of this liberality is Leo the tenth? who onelyonly for rehearsing once the Lords Prayer, and thrice repeating p. 146the name of Iesu (be it spoken here without horror) hath given three thousand years Indulgence. How profuse a Steward or Auditor was Boniface, who acknowledges so many Indulgences to be in that one Church of Lateran, that none but God can number them? Besides these plenary Indulgences are given not onelyonly to the Franciscans themselves, but to their parents also, and to any which dies in their habit; and to any which desire that they may doe so: and to those who are wrapped in it after death, though they did not desire it; and five years Indulgence to those who doe but kisse it. And at last, Clement the seventh by a priviledge first given to one Order (which since is communicated to our Order, as the priviledge of all other Orders are) gave to any who should but visit a place belonging to them, or any other place if he could not come thither, or if he could come to no p. 147such place, yet if he had but a desire to it, All Indulgences which had been granted, or hereafter should be granted in the universal world. And though it be true, that if in any of these Indulgences a certain sum of money were limited to be given (as for the most part it is) a poor man who could not give that money though he were never so contrite for his sinnes, could have no benefit thereby: and though Gerson durst call those Indulgences foolish and superstitious, which gave twenty thousand yeares pardon for rehearsing one prayer, yet they doe abundantly testifie the Popes liberall disposition, and that he is not so covetous in reserving sinnes to himselfe; but if perchance once in an hundred years, some one of the scum of the people be put to death for Sodomy; and that not so much for the offence, as for usurping the right of the Ecclesia stick Princes, we must not much lament nor grudge at that, p. 148since it is onelyonly done to discontinue and interrupt a prescription, to gain which Title the Laity hath ever been very forward against the Clergie: for even in this kind of his delicacies, the Pope is not so reserved and covetous, but that he allowes a tast thereof to his Cardinals, whom whom you once called Carpidineros (by an elegancie proper Moneytakers.onelyonly to your Secretaries the Monkes) in an Epistle which Theol. Niem. nemus unio Tract 6. c. 29.you writ to one of that Colledge: for since the Cardinals are so compacted into the Pope, and so made his own body, That it is not lawfull for them without Rod: Cupers de Eccles: univers: fol. 4.licence first obtained from him, to be let blood in a Fever, what may be denied unto them? or what kind of sin is likely to bee left out of their glorious priviledges. which are at least two hundred? Which Order the Pope can Azor: par: 2. l. 4. c: 1. Moscontus de Maj. Eccl. Mil: c: 5. ibid: Idem c: 6.no more remove out of the Ecclesiasticke Hirarchy, then he can Bishops; both because Cardinals were instituted by God, and because p. 149the Apostles themselves were Cardinalls before they were Bishops. Whom also in their creation he stiles his brothers, & Princes Scappus de Iure non scrip: l: 1. c: 25.of the world, and co-judges of the whole earth, and to perfect all, That there are so many Kings as there are Cardinals. O fearefull body; and as in many other things, so in this especially monstrous, that they are not able to propagate their species: For Azor: ubi supra.all the Cardinals in a vacancy are not able to make one Cardinal more. To these men certainely the Pope doth no more grudge the plurality of sins, then hee doth of Benefices. And he hath been content, that even Borgia should enjoy, this dignity, if he hath heaped up by his ingenius wickednesse, more sorts of sins in one Act, then (as far as I know) as any the Popes themselvs have attempted: For he did not only give the full rein to his licentiousnesse, but raging with a second ambition, he would also change the sek. Therein also p. 150his stomack was not towardes young, beardlesse boyes, nor such green fruit: for he did not thinke, that he went farr enough from the right Sex, except he had a manly, a reverend, and a bearded Venus. Neither staied he there; but his witty lust proceeded further: yet he solicited not the Minions of the Popes, but striving to equall the licenciousnesse of Sodomites which would have had the Angels; to come as neer them as he could, he tooke a Cleargy-man, one of the portion and lot of the Lord; and so made the maker of God, a Priest subject to his lust; nor did he seek him out in a Cloyster, or Quire; but that his Venus might be the more monstrous, he would have her in a Mitre. And yet his prodigious lust was not at the height; as much as he could he added: and having found a Man a Clergy man, a Bishop, he did not sollicite him with entreaties, and rewards, but ravished him by p. 151force. Since then the Popes doe out of the fulnesse of their power, come to those kindes of sinn, which have neither Example nor Name, insomuch that Pope Paulus Venetus which used Plat: in vit: Adr. I.to paint himselfe, and desired to seem a woman, was called the Goddesse Cibele, which was not without misterie, since, prostitute boyes are sacred to that Goddesse) and since they doe not grant ordinarily that liberty of practising sinnes, till they have used their own right and priviledge of Prevention and Anticipation; This pratling fellow Machiavel, doth but treacherously, and dishonestly prevaricate, and betray the cause, if he thinke he hath done enough for the dignity of the Popes, when he hath affoorded to them, sins common to all the world. The transferring of Empires, the ruine of Kingdomes, the Excommunications, and depositions of Kings, and devastations by fire and sword, should have been p. 152produced as their marks & characters: for though the examples of the Popes transferring the Empire, which our men so much stand upon, be not indeed true, nor that the ancient Popes practised any such thing; yet since the States-men of our Order, wiser then the rest have found how much this Temporall jurisdiction over Princes, conduces to the growth of the Church, they have perswaded the Popes, that this is not onelyonly lawfull for them, but often practised heretofore: And therefore they provide that the Canons, Apologia pro Garnete.and Histories be detorted to that opinion: for though one of our Order doe weaken that famous Canon, Nos Sanctorum, which was used still to be produced for this doctrin, yet he did it then when the King of Great Britain was to be mollified and sweetned towards us, and the Laws to be mitigated, and when himself had put on the name p. 153Eudaemon. But let him return to his true state, and profess himself a Cacodaemon, and he will be of our opinion. In which respect also we may pardon our Cudsemius his rashness, when he denies the English Nation De desperata Calv: causa, c. 11to be heretiques, because they remain in a perpetual succession of Bishops: For herein these men have thought it fit to follow in their practise, that translation which reads the words of Paul; Serve the time, and not that which says; Serve the Lord. Rom: 12. 11As for the injury which this petty companion hath offered to our Order, since in our wrongs both yours and the Popes Majesty is wounded, since to us as to your Dictators, both you have given that large and anti…ent Commission, that we should take care that the state take no harm, we cannot doubt of our revenge: yet this above all the rest, doth especially ve… me, that that when he cals me Prelate and Bishop (names which we so p. 154much abhor and detest) I know well that out of his inward malignity he hath a relation to Bellarmines, and Tolets Sacrilegious Vow-breaking ambitions, by which they imbraced the Cardinalship, and other Church dignities: but herein this poor fellow unacquainted with our affairs, is deceived, being ignorant that these men by this act of being thus incorporated into the Pope, are so much the nearer to their Center and final happiness, this chamber of Lucifer, and that by the breach of a vow which themselves thought just, they have got a new title thereunto: for the Cardinalship is our Martyrdom: and though not many of our Order have had that strength that they have been such Martyrs, and that the Popes themselves have been pleased to transfer this persecution into the other Orders, who have had more Cardinals than we; yet without doubt for such of ours which have had so much p. 155courage, new Crowns, and new Garlands, appropriate to our Martyrs, are prepared for them in this their Heaven; because being inabled by greater means they are fitter for greater mischiefs. We therefore lament the weakness of our Laynez Ribadineyra Catal: fol: 60 & 100.and our Borgia, who refused the Cardinalship offered by Paulus 4. and Iulius 3. for in this place and this meeting it is not unfit to say they did so, even amongst the antient Romans Brisson de formul: l: …when they sacrificed to you those sacrifices which offerd any resistance, were ever reputed unaccepted: and therefore our Bellarmine deserves much praise, who finding a new Genius and courage in his new Cardinalship, set out his Retractions and corrected all those places in his Works, which might any way be interpreted in the favour of Princes. But let us pass over all these things; for we understand one another well enough: and let us more particularly p. 156consider those things which this man who pretends to exceed all ancient and Modern Statesmen boasts to have been done by him. Though truely no man will easily believe, that he hath gone far in any thing which did so tire at the beginning or midway, that having seen the Pope and known him, yet could never come to the knowledge of the Devil. I know what his excuse and escape will be; that things must not be extended infinitely; that we must consist and arrest somewhere, and that more means and instruments ought not to be admitted where the matter may be dispatched by fewer. When therefore he was sure that the Bishop of Rome was the cause of all mischief, and the first mover thereof, he chose rather to settle and determine in him, than by acknowledging a Devil to induce a new tyranny, and to be driven to confess that the Pope had usurped upon the Devils right, which p. 157opinion if any man be pleased to maintain, we do not forbid him: but yet it must be an argument to us of no very nimble wit, if a man do so admire the Pope that he leave out the Devil, and so worship the Image, without relation to the Prototype and first pattern. But besides this, how idle and how very nothings they are which he hath shoveld together in his books, this makes it manifest that some of every Religion and of every profession have risen up against him, and no man attempted to defend him: neither do I say this because I think his doctrin the worse for that, but it is therefore the less artificially carried, and the less able to work those ends to which it is directed. For our part we have not proceeded so. For we have dished and dressed our precepts in these affairs with such cunning, that when our own men produce them to ens…re and establish our pupils, then we put upon p. 158them the majesty and reverence of the Doctrin of the Church and of the common opinions: But when our adversaries alledge them either to cast envy upon us, or to deterr the weaker sort; then they are content with a lower room, and vouchsafe to step aside into the rank of privat opinions. And the Canons themselves are with us sometime glorious in their mitres and pontifical habits and sound nothing but meer Divine resolutions out of the Chair it self, and so have the force of Oracles, sometimes we say they are ragged and lame, and do but whisper with a doubtfull and uncertain murmure, a hollow cloystral, or an eremiticall voice, and so have no more authority than those poor men which writ them: sometimes we say they were but rashly throwne into the peoples ears out of Pulpits in the Homilies of fathers; sometimes that they were derived out of such Councels as suffered abortion, p. 159and were delivered of their children, which are their Canons before inanimation, which is the Popes assent; or out of such Councels as are now discontinued and dead (howsoever they remained long time in use, and lively and in good state of health) and therfore cannot be thought fit to be used now, or applyed in civil businesses; sometimes we say the Popes voice is in them all by his approbation; sometimes that only the voice of those authors from whom they are taken speaks in them. And accordingly we deliver divers and various Philosyphy upon our Gratian who compiled them; sometimes we allow him the honour and dignity of Diamonds and the nobler sort of stones, which have both their clearness and their firmness from this, for that they are compacted of less parts and atomes then others are: and so is Gratian; whom for the same cause, sometimes p. 160we account but a hill of many sands cast together, and very unfit to receive any foundation. I must confess that the Fathers of our Order, out of a youthful fiercenes which made them dare and undertake any thing (for our Order was scarce at years at that time) did amiss in inducing the Councel of Trent to establish certain Rules and Definitions from which it might not be lawfull to depart: for indeed there is no remedy but that sometimes we must depart from them: nor can it be dissembled that both the writers of our Order, and the Dominicans have departed from them in that great war and Tragedy lately raised at Rome about Grace and Freewill: For it is not our purpose that the writings of our men should be so ratified that they may not be changed so that they be of our Order which change them: so by the same liberty which Daemon Ioannes hath taken in delivering p. 161the King of Britain from the danger of Deposition; (because as yet no sentence is given against him) and also from many other Canons which others think may justly be discharged against him, it will be as lawfull for us, when that Kingdom shall be enough stupified with this our Opium to restore those Canons to their former vigour, and to awake that state out of her Lethargy, either with her own heat, intestine war, or by some Medicine drawn from other places: for Princes have all their securities from our indulgence, and from the slack and gentle interpretation of the Canons: they are but priviledges which since they are derived, and receive life from us, they may be by us diminished, revoked and annulled: for as it was lawfull for Mariana to depart from the doctrin of the Councel of Constance, so it was lawfull for Cotton to depart from Mariana, which notwithstanding, we p. 162would have only lawfull for our Order to whom it is given to know times and secrets of state: for we see the Sorbonists themselves (which may seem to have an Aristocratical papacy amongst themselves) though they laboured to destroy the doctrin of Mariana, did yet wisely forbear to name him or any other Iesuit, which was a modesty that I did not hope for at their hands; since before I died they made one Decree against me: Gretzer: Examen: speculi fol: 139.but yet therein I think somewhat may be attributed to my patience and providence; who knowing their strength and our own infancy, forbad all of my Order to make any answer to that Decree of theirs: neither were we so Herculean as to offer to strangle Serpents in our cradle. But yet since after that time they have been often provoked by our men: (for I gave not so Iron a Rule and Precepts to my Disciple as Francis did to his, who would not have his p. 163Rule applyed to times & to new occasions) certainly they might have bin excused if they had bin at this time sharper against us. And if the Parliament of Paris thought it not fit to carry the matter so modestly in their Arrest against Mariana, but made both the Book and the Doctrin, and the Man infamous: what should we say more of it, but that it is a Gyant and a wilde beast which our men could never tame, for still it cries and howles, The Pope is bound L'eschuffier, f: 25. Id: fol: 32.to proceed lawfully and Canonically: and this they maliciously interpret of their own Laws, and of ancient Canons, which they hope to bring in to use again, by an insensible way of Arrest and Sentences in that Court. This then is the point of which we accuse Machiavell, that he carried not his Myne so safely but that the enemie perceived it still. But we who have received the Church to be as a ship, do freely sail in the deep sea; we have p. 164an Ancor, but we have not cast it yet, but keep it ever in our power to cast it and weigh it at our pleasure. And we know well enough that as to sailing ships, so to our sailing Church, all rocks, all promontories, all firm and fast places are dangerous, and threaten shipwrack, and therefore to be avoided; and liberty and searoom to be affected; yet I do not obstinately say that there is nothing in Machiavels Commentary which may be of use to this Church. Certainly there is very much; but we are not men of that poverty that we need beg from others, nor dignifie those things with our praises which proceed not from our selves. The Senate of Rome gave us heretofore a noble example of this temperance and abstinence, which therefore refused to place Christ amongst their gods, because the matter was proposed by the Emperor, and begun not in themselves. p. 165As for that Particular wherein Machiavel useth especially to glory; which is that he brought in the liberty of dissembling and lying, it hath neither foundation nor colour: For not only Plato and other fashioners of Commonwealths, allowed the liberty of lying to Magistrates Observat: in Cassianum, fol: 736. ex collat: 19.and to Physitians; but we also considering the Fathers of the Church, Origen, Chrysostome, Hierome, have not only found that Doctrin in them, but we have also delivered them from al imputation and reprehension by this evasion, That it was lawfull for them to maintain that opinion till some definition of the Church had established the contrary: Which certainly (though this should not be so openly spoken of) as yet was never done. But yet we have departed from this doctrin of free lying, though it were received in practice, excused by the Fathers, strengthened by examples of Prophets and Angels in the Scriptures, and so almost p. 166established by the Law of Nations and Nature; only for this reason, because we were not the first Authors of it. But we have supplied this loss with another doctrin less suspicious; and yet of as much use for our Church; which is Mentall reservation, and Mixt propositions. The liberty therefore of lying is neither new nor safe, as almost all Machiavels precepts are so stale and obsolete, that our Serarius using I must confess, his Jesuiticall liberty of wilde anticipation, Triha…es lib: 2. c: 4.did not doubt to call Herod who lived so long before Machiavel, a Machiavelian. But that at one blow we may cut off all his reasons and all his hopes, this I affirm, this I pronounce, That all his books and all his deeds tend only to this, that thereby a way may be prepared to the ruine and destruction of that part of this kingdom which is established at Rome: for what else doth he endeavor or go about, but to change the p. 167forme of Common-wealth, and so to deprive the people (who are a soft, a liquid, and ductile mettall, and apter for our impressions) of all their liberty, and having so destroyed all civility and re-publick, to reduce all States to Monarchies; a name which in secular States, we doe so much abhor, De la messe, fol: 358.(I cannot say it without teares) but I must say it, that not any one Monarch is to be found, which either hath not withdrawn himselfe wholly from our kingdome, or wounded and endamaged in som weighty point; hereupon our Cotton confesseth, that the authority of the Pope is incomparably lesse then it was, and that now the Christian Church, (which can agree to none but the Romans) is but a diminutive. And hereupon also it is, that the Cardinalls, who were wont to meet oftener, meet now but once in a week, Synta. Tholos: lib 15. c: 4. v: 7.because the businesses of the Court of Rome grow fewer. To p. 168forbeare therefore mentioning of the Kings of Britain & Denmarke, and the other Monarchs of the first sort, which have utterly cast off Rome; even in France, our enemies are so much encreased that they equall us almost in number: and for their strength, they have this advantage above us, that they agree within themselves and are at unity with their neighbour Reformed Churches; whereas our men which call themselves Chatholick there, do so much differ from the Roman Catholick that they do not only prefer Councels, but even the King before the Pope, and ever more oppose those their two great Giants Gog, and Magog, their Parliament of Paris, and their Colledge of Sorbon, against all our endeavours. Besides all this, we languish also miserably in Spain, where Clergy-men, if they Scap: de Iure non script: l. 1. c: 6. Ibid: c: 16break their fealty to their Lord, are accused of treason; where Ecclesiasticall persons are subject p. 169to secular judgment and, if they Ibid. c. 25…e sa…rilegious, are burnt by the Ordinary Magistrate; which are doctrines and practices, contrary and dangerous to us. And though they will seem to have given almost half the Kingdom to the Church, and so to have divided equally: yet those Grants are so infected, with pensions and other burdens by which the Kings servants, … the younger sorts of great persons are maintained, that this greatness of the Church there, is rather a dropsie then a sound state of health established by well-concocted nourishment, and is rather don to cast an envy upon the Church, then to give any true majesty to it. And even in usurping Ecclesiasticall Iurisdiction; the Kings of Spain have not only exceeded the kings of France, but also of Britany; For (sayes Baronius of that King) there is now risen up De Regno Sicil… ▪a new head, a monster and a wonder: He Excommunicates, and p. 170he Absolves, And he practiseth this power even against Bishops, and Cordinals. He stops Appeals, and he acknowledges no superiority in the Sea of Rome, but only in case of Prevention: And therefore, the name Monarch, is a hatefull and execrable name to us. Against which, Baronius hath thundred with such viol…e, such …ercheffe, and such …nesse, that I could hardly, add any thing thereunto, if I should speak (unspeakable Emperor) with thine own tongue for he calls it an A…lterine name, and a Tower of Babel, and threatens destruction to that King (though himself were his subject) except he for, beare the name. In the mean time, he resolves him to be a Tyrant, and pronounces him to stand yearly excommunicate by the Bulla Coenae. Neither doth he offer to defend himselfe with any other excuse, when a Cardinall reprehended his fiercenes toward the King then this; An p. 171Imperious zeale hath no power to Resp. ad Card. Colum.spare God himselfe. And yet he confesseth, that this zeale was kindled by the Popes speciall command, and by his Oath taken, as Cardinall. Neither hath our Bellarmine almost any other cause of advancing Monarchical government so much as he doth, then thereby to remoove all Secular men from so great a dignity, and to reserve it only to the Church. It was therefore well done of that Rebullus (who now begins to be known in this State) when having surfeted with calumnies against the French Church and her Ministers, he hath dared of late to draw his Pen, and to joyne battell against a most puissant forrain Prince: he did well (I say) and fitly, when he called Bellarmine and Baronius, The Sword and Buckler Salmonees.of the Roman Church. And I cannot choose but thanke him for affoording the Title of Sword to our Order; as well, because after so many Expositions of p. 172those words, (Behold, heer are two swords) which our side hath gathered, to establish a temporall Jurisdiction in the Pope, and which our Adversaries have remooved, worn out, or scorned, this man hath relieved us with a new, and may seem to intend by the two swords, the Popes Excommunications, and the Iesuites Assassinates, and King-killings; as also because he hath reserved to our Order that soveraigne dignity, that as God himselfe was pleased, to defend his Paradice with fire and sword, so we stand watchfull upon the borders of our Church not only provided, as that Cherubin was with fire and sword, but with the later Invention of Gunpouder; about the first inventour whereof I wonder, why Antiquaries should contend, whether it were the Devil or a Fryer, since that may be all one. But as (O unspeakable Emperour) you have almost in all things indeavoured to imitate God: so have you most throughly performed it in p. 173us; for when God attempted the Reformation of his Church, it became you also to reforme yours. And accordingly by your Capuchins, you did reform your Franciscans, which before we arose, were your chiefest Labourers and Workmen: and after, you reformed your Capuchins, by your Recolets. And when you perceived that in the Church God, some men proceeded so farre in that Reformation, that they endeavoured to draw out, not onelyonly all the peccant and dangerous humours, but all her beauty, and extorior grace and ornament, and even her vitall spirits with her corrupt blood, and so induce a leannesse and ill-favourednesse upon her, and thought to cure a rigid coldness with a Fever; you also were pleased to follow that Hypocr: l. 4. Aphor. 57.example, and so in us did reform and awaken to higher enterprises the dispositions as well of the Circumcellions as of the Assassins: for we do not limit our p. 174selves in that low degree of the Circumcellions, when we urge and provoke others to put us to death; not of the Assassins, which were hired to kill some Kings which passed through their quarter: so we exceed them both, because we do these things voluntarily for nothing, and every where. And as we will be exceeded by none in the thing itselfe: so to such things as may seem mysticall and significant, we oppose mysticall things. And so lest that Canon; That no Clergy-man should wear Garrauca stat. Synod. N. 41a knife with a point, might seem to concern us, by some propheticall relation, we in our Rules have opposed this precept, That our knife be often whetted, and so kept in an apt readiness for all Regul. Iesuit. cap. praefect. Refector.uses: for our divination lies in the contemplation of entrails; in which, Art we are thus much more subtile then those amongst the old Romans, that we consider not the entrails of Beasts, but the entrails of Souls, in confessions, p. 175and the E…trails of Princes in treasons whose hearts we doe not beleeve to be with us till we see them: let therfore this pratling Secretary hold his tongue, and be content that his Book be had in such reputation as the world affords to an Ephemerider or yearly Almanack, which being accommodated to certain places and certain times, may be of some short use in some certain place and let the Ru…s and … of his Disciples like the Canons of Provinciall Councels, be of force there where they were made; but only ours which pierce and passe through all: the world, retai… the strength and vigo… of Universall Councels. Let him enjoy some honorable place amongst the Gentiles; but abstain from all of our sides: neither when I say, Ou…side, doe I onelyonly mean modern men: for in all times in the Roman Church there have been Friers which have farre ex ceeded Machiavel.

p. 176Truly I thought this Oration of Ignatius very long: and I began to think of my body which I had so long abandoned, lest it should putrifie, or grow mouldy, or be buried; yet I was loath to leave the Stage till I saw the Play ended. And I was in hope that if any such thing should befall my body, the Jesuits, who work Miracles so familiarly, and whose reputation I was so carefull of in this matter, would take compassion upon me, and restore me again. But as I had sometimes observed,

Feathers or strawes swim on the watersface,

Brought to the Bridge, where through a narrow place

The water passes, thrown back, and delay'd;

And having danc'd awhile, and nimbly plaid

Upon the watry circles, Then have bin

By the streams liquid snares, and jaws suck'd in,

And sunk into the womb of that swoln bourn,

p. 177Leave the beholder desperate of return:

So I saw Machiavel often put forward, and often thrust back, and at last vanish. And looking earnestly upon Lucifers countenance, I perceived him to be affected towards Ignatius, as Princes, who though they envy and grudge that their great Officers should have such immoderate means to get wealth; yet they dare not complain of it, lest thereby they should make them odious and contemptible to the people: so that Lucifer now suffered a new Hell: that is, the danger of a Popular Devill, vainglorious, and inclined to Innovations there. Therefore he determined to withdraw himselfe into his inward chamber and to admit none but Ignatius: for he could not exclude him who had deserved so well; neither did he think it safe to stay without, and give him more occasions to amplifie his own worth, and undervalue all: them there in publick, and p. 178before so many vulgar Devils. But as he rose, a whole Army of souls besieged him. And all which had invented any new thing, even in the smallest matters, thronged about him; and importuned an admission. Even those which had but invented new attire for women and those whom Pancirollo hath recorded in his Commentaries De rebus …uper inventis.for invention of Porcellan Dishes, of Spectacles, of Quintans, of Stirrups, and of Cavi…ri, thrust themselves into the troop. And of those which pretended that they had squared the Circle, the number was infinite. But Ignatius scattered all this cloud quickly by commanding, by chiding, by deriding, by force and violence. Amongst the rest, I was sorry to see him use Peter Aretine so ill as he did: For though Ignatius told him true when he boasted of his licentious pictures, that because he was not much learned, he had left out many things of that kind, with which the ancient Histories and Poems p. 179abound: and that therefore Areti… had not onelyonly not added any new invention, but had also, taken away all courage and spu… from youth, which would rashly trust and nely upon his dillgence, and seek no further, and so lose that … on… preti… … suoe of …quity. He …ed moreove…, that though …, and others of his Order, did use to gold P…ts and other … and here I could not …huse but wonder, why they have not gel…ed their … Ed…on, which in some places hath such obse…e Harlay defence des Iesuit. fol. 12.words as the Hebrew …gne, which is therfore also called …, doth so much ahhor, that … … things can be …ed in it, info…uch … (as one of them very sub…y notes) the … of Venus is very seldome called …hy that name in … for how could … wood being not in … yet (said h…) … men doe not g…ld them to that p…rpose that the memory thereof should he abolished: but that p. 180when themselves had first tried whether Tyberius his Spintria, and Martialis Symphlegma, and others of that kinde, were not rather Chymera's, and speculations of luxuriant wits, then things certain and constant, and such as might b…educed to an Art and method in licentiousnesse, (for Jesuits never content themselves with the Theory in any thing, but straight proceed to practice) they might after communicate them to their own Disciples and Novitiates: for this Church is fruitful in producing Sacraments and being now loaded with divine sacraments, it produces Morall Sacraments. In which, as in the Divine, it binds the Laity to one Species; but they reserve to themselves the divers forms, and the secrets and mysteries in this matter, which they finde in the Authors whom they geld. Of which kinde I think they give a little glimmering and intimation, when in the life of their last made Coddesse, Francisc… Romane, they p. 181say, That the Bed where she lay Valla-der fol. 24.with her Hisband, was a perpetual Martyrdome to her, and a shop of miracles. But for all this, since Aretine was one, who by a long custome of libellous and contumelious speaking against Princes, had got such a habit, that at last he came to diminish and disesteem God himselfe. I wonder truly, that this Arch-Iesuite, though he would not admit him to any eminent place in his Triumphant Church, should deny him an office of lower estimation: For truly to my thinking he might have been fit, either to serve Ignatius, as Master of his pleasures, or Lucifer as his Cryer: for whatsoever Lucifer durst think, this man durst speak. But Ignatius, who thought himselfe sufficient for all uses, thrust him away, and when he offered upward, offered his staffe at him: Nor did he use Christopher Columbus with any better respect; who having found all ways in the earth and sea open to him, did p. 182not fear any difficulty in Hell, but when he offered to enter Ignatius staid him, and said, You must remember sir, that if this kingdom have got any thing by the discovery of the West Indies, Matalius Metellus, praefat. in Osorium.all that must be attributed to our Order: for if the opinion of the Dom…eans had prevailed, That the Inhabitants should be reduced only by preaching and without violence, certainly their 200000 of men would scarce in so many ages have been brought to 150 which by our means was so soon performed. And if the Law made by Ferdinando only against Canibals; That all which would not be Christians should be bond slaves, had not been extended into other Provinees, we should have lacked men to dig us out that benefit which their Countreys afford. Except we when we took away their old Idolatry, had recompenced them with a new one of o…, except we had obtruded to those ignorant and barbarous people, p. 183sometimes natural things, sometimes artificial, and counterfeit in stead of miracles, and except we had been alwaies ready to convey and to apply this Medicine made of this precious American dung unto the Princes of Europe, and their Lord, and Councellours, the profit by the only discovery of these places (which must of necessity be referred to fortune) would have been very …le; yet I praise your perseverance and your patience which (since that seems to be your principal vertue) you shall have good occasion to exercise here, when you remain in a lower and remote… place, then you think belongs to your merits. But although Lucifer being put into a heat and almost smothered with this troop and deluge of pretenders, seemed to have admitted Ignatius as his Lieatenant, or Legat …ere, and trusted him with an absolute power of doing what he would, yet he quickly spied his own error p. 184and danger thereby. He began to remember how forcibly they use to urge the Canon Alius; by which the King of France is said to have been deposed, not for his wickedness, but for his Paris de puteo, de syndicat. de excess. regn.infirmity and unfitness to govern: and that Kings do forfeit their dignity if they give themselves to other matters, and leave the government of the State to their Officers. Therefore Lucifer thought it time for him to enter into the business, lest at last Ignatius should prescribe therein; by which title of prescription he well knew, how much the Church of Rome doth advance and defend itself against other Princes. And though he seemed very thankfull to Ignatius for his delivery from this importunate company, yet when he perceived that his purpose was to keep al others out, he thought the case needed greater confideration; For though he had a considence in his own Patriarks Sophronius cap. 45. Conse…uerat.which had long before possest that place, and in whose company p. 185(as an Abbot said to the Devil, who after long intermission, now tempted him) he was grown old, and doubted not but that they would defend their right, and oppose themselvs against any innovation which Ignatius should practise, yet if none but he in a whole age should be brought in, he was afraid that this singularity would both increase his courage and spirit, and their reverence and respect towards him. Casting therefore his eyes into every corner, at last a great way off he spied Philip Nerius: who acknowledging in his own particular no especial merit towards this kingdom, forbore to press nearer the gate, but Lucifer called to his remembrance, that Nerius and all that Order, of which he was the Author, which is called Congregatio Oratorii, were erected, advanced, and dignified by the Pope, principally to this end, that by their incessant Sermons to the people, of the lives of Saints, and other Ecclesiastick p. 186Antiquities, they might get a new reputation, and so the torrent, and general superstition towards the Iesuits might grow a little remisser, and Iuke-warm, for at that time the Pope himself began to be afraid of the Jesuits, for they begun to publish their Paradox of Confession and absolution to be given by letters, and Messengers, and by that means to draw the secrets of all Princes only to themselves; And they had tryed and sollicited a great Monarch who hath many designes upon Italy against the Pope and delivered to that Prince divers Articles, for the reforming of him. Now the Pope and Lucifer love ever to follow one anothers example: And therefore that which the one had done in the middle world, the other attempted in the lower. Hereupon he called for Philip, Nerius, and gave him many evidenoes of a good inclination towards him. But Nerius was too stupid to interpret them aright. Yet Ignatius p. 187spied them, and before Lucifer should declare himself any further, or proceed too farr herein, lest after he were farengaged, there should be no way to avert or withdraw him from his own propositions (for he saw there must be respect had of his honor and constancy) he thought it fittest to oppose now at the beginning. He said therefore, that he now perceived that Lucifer had not been altogether so much conversant with Philip, as with the …esuirs, since he knew not how much Philip had ever professed himself an enemy to him 11Vita Nerii-fol. 107.For he did not only deny all visions and apparitions, 22Fol. 108.and commanded one to spit in Maries face when she appeared again, because he thought it was the Devil; 33Fol. 212.And drove away another that came to tempt a sick man, in the shape of a Physitian; 44Fol. 229.and was hardly drawn to believe any possessings; but 55Fol. 19.when three Devils did meet him in the way, p. 188to afright him, he neither thought them worthy of any Exorcismes, nor so much as the signe of the Cross, but meerly went by them, as though he scorn'd to look at them, and so despighted them with that negligence. It may be that he hath drawn others into Religion, but himself remained then in the Laity; in so much as I remember, that 66Fol. 26.I used to call him The Saints bell, that hangs without, and calls others into the Church. 77Fol. 313.Neither do they which follow this Order, bind themselves with any vow or oath; Neither do I know any thing for which this 88Fol. 163.kingdom is beholding to him, but that … moved Baronius to write his Annals.

To all this Nerius said nothing, as though it had been spoken of some body else. Without doubt, either he never knew, or had forgot that he had done those things which they write of him. But Lucifer himself took p. 189the boldness (having with some difficulty got Ignatius leave) to take Nerius his part: and proceeded so far, that he adventured to say, That Baronius, Bozius and others, which proceeded out of the Hive of Nerius, had used a more free, open, and hard fashion against Princes, and better provided for the Popes direct jurisdiction upon all kingdoms, and more stoutly defended it than they, which undertaking the cause more tremblingly then becomes the Majestie of so great a business, adhered to Bellarmines sect, and devised such crooked ways, and such perplexed intanglings, as by reason of the various and uncertain circumstances, were of no use: And that whatsoever Nerius his Schollers had performed, must be attributed to him, as the fruit to the root. Ignatius perceiving that Lucifer undertook all offices for Nerius, and became Judge, Advocate, and Witness, pursuing his former p. 190resolution, determined to interrupt him lest when he had inlarged himself in Nerius commendation, he should thereby be bound to a reward. He therefore cryed out, What hath Nerius done? what hath he or his followers put in execution? have they not ever been only exercised in speculations, and in preparatory doctrins? Are these books which are written of the Jurisdiction of the Pope, to any better use than Physicians Lectures of Diseases, and of Medicines? whilst these Receits lie hid in Physicians books and no body goes to the Patient; no body applyes the Medicines to the Disease. What good, what profit comes by all this? what part, what member of this languishing body have they undertaken? In what Kingdome have they corrected these humours which offend the Pope, either by their Incision or cauterising? what state have they cut up into an Anatomy? what p. 191Sceliton on have they provided for the instruction of posterity? Do they hope to cure their diseases by talking and preaching as it were with charms and enchantments? If Nerius shall be thought worthy of this honour, and this place, because out of his Schollers writings something may be gleaned, which may be applyed to this purpose, why should we not have Bez… and Caloin, and the rest of that sort here in hell, since in their books there may be some things found which may be rested to this purpose? But since their scope was not to extirpate Monarchies, since they published no such Canons and Aphorismes as might be applyed to all ca…es, and so brought into certain use and consequence, but limited theirs to circumstances which seldome fall out, since they delivered nothing dangerous to Princes, but where in their opinion, the Soveraigntie resides in the People, or in certain p. 192Ephory, since they never said, that this power to violate the person of a Prince, might either be taken by any private man, or committed to him, and that therefore none of their Disciples hath ever boasted of having done any thing upon the person of his Soveraigne: we see that this place hath ever been shut against them: there have bin some few of them (though I can scarce afford those men the honour to number them with Knox and Goodman, and Buchanan) which following our examples, have troubled the peace of some States, and been injurious to some Princes, and have been admitted to some place in this Kingdome; but since they have performed nothing with their hands nor can excuse themselves by saying, they were not able: (for wherein was Clement, or Ravillac more able than they, or what is not he able to do in the middesof an Army, who despiseth p. 193his own life? they scarce ever aspire, or offer at this secret and sacred Chamber. Lucifer had a purpose to have replied to this: That perchance all their hands which had bin imbrued in the bowells of Princes were not so immediatly armed by the Iesuites, as that they were ever present at all consultations and resolutions: (and yet he meant to say this, not as sworn witnesse, but as Lucifer himselfe, and the father of lies, in which capacitie he might say any thing.) But that it was enough that Confessors doe so possesse them with that doctrine that it is not now proposed to them as Physick, but as naturall food, and ordinary diet; and that therfore for the performance of these things, a Iesuites person is no more requisite, then that the heart of a man, because it sends forth spirits into every limbe, should therefore be present in every limbe: that when Brisson d… formul. l. 1.it was in use for the Consuls of p. 194Rome for the the safety of their Country and army, to devote themselves over to the infernall God, it was lawfull for themselves to abstain and forbear the Act, and they might appoint any Souldier for that Sacrifice: and that so the Iesuits for the performance of their resolutions, might stir up any amongst the people: (for now they enjoy all the priviledges of the Franciscans, who say; That the name Reinsulk Manual. Franciscan cap. 9.of People, comprehends all which are not of their Order;) And that if this be granted, Nerius his Schollers are inferiour to none; with whose bookes (if all the Iesuits should perish) the Church might content her selfe, and never fear dearth nor leanenesse. This Lucifer would have spoken; but he thought it better and easier to forbeare: for he observed, that Ignatius had given a sign, and that all his troupes which were many, subtile, and busie, set up their bristles, g…mbled, and compacted themselves into p. 195one body, gathered, produced, and urged all their evidence, whatsoever they had done, or suffered. There the English Legion, which was called Capestrata, which Campian led, and (as I thinke) Garnet concluded, was fiercer than all the the rest. And as though there had been such a second Martirdome to have been suffered, or as though they might have put off their Immortallity, they offered themselves to any imployment. Therefore Lucifer gave Nerius a secret warning to withdraw himself, and spoke no more of him; and despairing of bringing in an other, began earnestly to thinke, how he might leave Ignatius out. This therefore he said to him: I am sorry my Ignatius, that I can neither find in others, deserts worthy of this place, nor any room in this place worthy of your deserts. If I might die, I see there would be no long strife for a Successor: For if you have not yet done that act which I did at first in p. 196Heaven, and thereby got this Empire, this may excuse you, that no man hath been able to tell you what it was: For if any of the Ancients say true when they call it Pride, or Licentiousnesse, or Lying; or if it be in any of the Casuists, which professe the Art of sinning, you cannot be accused of having omitted it. But since I may neither forsake this kingdome, nor divide it, this only remedy is left: I will write to the Bishop of Rome, he shall call Galilaeo the Florentine to him, who by this time bath throughly instructed himselfe of all the Hills, Woods, and Cities in the new world, the Moone. And since he effected so much with his first Glasses, that he saw the Moon in so neer a distance, that he gave himselfe satisfaction of all, and the least parts in her, when now being Nuncius Sydereus.grown to more perfection in his Art, he shall have made new Glasses and they received a hallowing from the Pope, he may p. 197draw the Moon, like a Boat floating upon the water, as neer the Earth as he will. And thither (because they ever claim that those imployments of discovery belong to them) shall all the Iesuits be transferred, and easily unite and reconcile the Lunatick Church to the Roman Church: without doubt, after the Iesuites have been there a little while, there will soon grow naturally a Hell in that world also: over which, you Ignatius shall have dominion, and establish your kingdom and dwelling there. And with the same ease as you passe from the earth to the Moon, you may passe from the Moon to the other stars, which are also thought to be worlds, and so you may beget and propagate many Hels, and enlarge your Empire, and come neerer unto that high seate, which I left at first. Ignatius had not the patience to stay till Lucifer had made an end; but as soon as he saw him pause, and p. 198take breath, and look, first upon his face, to observe what changes were there, and after to cast his eye to another place in Hell, where a great noyse was suddenly raysed: he apprehended this intermission, and as though Lucifer had ended, he said: That of Lucifers affection to the Roman Church, and to their Order, every day produced new Testimonies: and that this last was to be accounted as one of the greatest. That he knew well with how great devotion the Bishop of Rome did ever embrace and execute all councels proceding from him: And that therefore he hoped, that he would reserve that imployment for the Iesuits and that Empire for him their founder: and that he beleeved the Pope had thought of this before; and at that time when he put Parsons the English Iesuite in hope of a Cardinalship, he had certainely a reference to this place, and to this Church: That it would fall out shortly, that p. 199all the dammages, which the Roman Church hath lately suffered upon the earth, shall be recompenced only there. And that now this refuge was opened if she should be reduced into greater streights, or if she should be utterly exterminated, the world would not much lament and mourne for it. And for the entertainment of the Iesuites there, there can be no doubt made at this time, when, (although their profession be to enter whether Princes will or no) all the Princes of the World will not only graciously afford them leave to go, but willingly and cheerfully accompany them with Certificates, and Demissory letters. nor would they much resist it, if the Pope himself would vouchsafe to go with them, and so fulfill in some small measure, that Prophecie of his Gerson, De Auferibilitate Papae. Besides this, a woman governs there; of which sex they have p. 200ever made their profit, which have attempted any Innovation in religion; with how much diligence were the two Empresses, Pulcheria and Eudoxia, solicited by the Pope for the establishing of Easter? how earnestly did both Pelagius and the Pope strive by their letters to draw the Empress to their side? For since Iulia had that honour given to her in publique coyns, that she was called the Mother of the Armie, the Mother of the Gods, and of the Senate, and the Mother of her Countrey: Why may not Women instructed by us, be called Mothers of the Church? Why may not we relye upon the Wit of Women, when once, the Church delivered over her self to a Woman-Bishop? and since we are reputed so fortunate in obtaining the favour of Women, that Women are forbid to come into e Rog. Iesuit. f…l. 73. lbid. fol. 47.our houses; and we are forbid, to take the charge of any Nunns; since we have had so good experience p. 201of their favour… in all the Indies, or at least have thought it fit, that they which have the charge to write our anniversarie letters from thence should make that boast, and add something to the truth, both because the ancient Heretiques held that course in insinuating their opinions, and because they which are acquainted with our practices, will think any thing credible, which is written of us in that behalf, why should we doubt of our fortune in this Queen, which is so much subject to alterations and passions? she languishes often in the absence of the Sun, and often in Eclipses falls into swounds, and is at the point of death. In these advantages we must play our parts, and put our devices in practise: for at these times any thing may be drawn from her. Nor must we forbear to try what verses and incantations may work upon her: For in those things which the Poets writ p. 202though they themselves did not believe them, we have since found many truths, and many deep mysteries: nor can I call to minde any woman which either deceived our hope, or escaped our cunning, but Elizabeth of England; who might the rather be pardoned that, because she had put off all affections of women. The principal dignity of which sex (which is to be a mother) what reason had she to wish or affect, since without those womanish titles, unworthy of her, of wife and mother, such an heir was otherwise provided for her, as was not fit to be kept any longer from the inheritance. But when I, who hate them, speak thus much in the honour of these two Princes, I finde my self carried with the same fury as those beasts were, which our men say, did sometime adore the Host in the Mass. For it is against my will, that I pay thus much to the Manes of Elizabeth; from scorning of p. 203which word Manes, when the King of great Britain writ it, I would our Parsons had forborn, since one of our own Jesuits useth the same word, when reprehending our adversaries, he saies, That they do insult upon Heissius ad Aphor Iesuit. fol. 135.Garnets Manes. And yet this Elizabeth was not free from all Innovation; For the ancient Religion was so much worn out, that to reduce that to the former dignity, and so to renew it, was a kinde of Innovation: and by this way of Innovating she satisfied the infirmity of her sex, if she suffered any: for a little Innovation might serve her, who was but a little, a woman. Neither dare I say that this was properly an Innovation, lest thereby I should confess, that Luther and many others which live in banishment in Heaven far from us, might have a title to this place, as such Innovators. But we cannot doubt, but that this lunatick Queen will be more inclinable to our Innovations: for p. 204our Clavius hath been long familiarly conversant with her: what she hath done from the beginning, what she will do hereafter, how she behaves her self toward her neighbour kingdoms, the rest of the stars, and all the planetary, and firmamentary worlds, with whom she is in league and amity, and with whom at difference, he is perfectly instructed, so he have his Ephemerides about him. But Clavius is too great a personage to be bestowed upon this lunatick Queen, either as her Counceller, or (which were more to our profit) as her Confessor. So great a man must not be cast away upon so small a matter. Nor have we any other besides, whom upon any occasion we may send to the Sun, or to the other worlds, beyond the world. Therefore we must reserve Clavius for greater uses. Our Herbestus, or Busaus, or Voellus (and these be all which have given any proof of their knowledg p. 205in Mathematicks although they be but tastless, and childish, may serve to observe her aspects and motions, and to make Catechismes fit for this lunatick Church: for though Garnet had Clavius for his Master, yet he profited little in the Arts, Eudaem. Ioan. Apol. pro Garn…. c. 5.but being filled with Bellarmines Dictates, (who was also his Master) his minde was all upon Politicks. When we are established there, this will add much to our dignity, that in our letters which we send down to the earth (except perchance the whole Roman Church come up to us into the Moon) we may write of what miracles we list: which we offered to do out of the Indies, and with good success, till one of our Order, in Acosta d… procur. Ind. Salu l. 2, c. 9.simplicitie, and ingenuity, fitter for a Christian, then a Jesuite, acknowledged and lamented that there were no wiracles done there. Truly it had been better for us to have spit all those five Brothers, Acostas, p. 206out of our Order, then that any one of them should have vomited this reproach against us. It is of such men as these in our Order, that our Gretzer sayes, There is no body without his Excrements, De studiis Iesuit. abstrus. c. 5.because though they speak truth, yet they speak it too rawly. But as for this contemplation, and the establishing of that government, (though it be a pleasant consideration) we may neither pamper our selves longer with it now, nor detain you longer therein. Let your Greatness write, let the Pope execute your counsell, let the Moon approach when you 2 think fit. In the mean time let me use this Chamber as a resting place. For though Pope Gregorie Bellar. de Purg. l. 2. c. 8.were strucken by the Angell with a perpetuall pain in his stomack and feet, because he compelled God by his prayers to deliver Trajan out of Hell, and transferre him to Heaven, and therefore God, by the mouth of Gregorie took an assurance for p. 207all his Successors, that they should never dare to request the like again: yet when the Pope shall call me back from hence, he can be in no danger, both because in this contract God cannot bee presumed to have thought of me, since I never thought of him, and so the contract therein voyd; and because the condition is not broken, if I be not removed into Heaven, but transferred from an earthly Hell to a Lunatique Hell. More then this he could not be heard to speak: For that noyse, of which I spoke before, increased exceedingly, and when Lucifer asked the cause, it was told him, That there was a soule newly arrived in Hell, which said, that the Pope was at last intreated to make Ignatius a Saint, and that he hastened his Canonization, as thinking it an unjust thing, that when all Artificers and prophane Butchers had particular Saints to invocate, onelyonly these spirituall Butchers, p. 208and King-killers, should have none. For when the Jesuit Cotton in those questions which by vertue of his invisible priviledge he had provided for a possest person, amongst others, dangerous both to England and France, had inserted this question: What shall I doe for Ignatius his canonizing? and found at last, that Philip King of Spain, and Henry King of France, contended by their Ambassadors at Rome, which of them should have the honour of obtaining his canonizing (for both pretending to be King of Navarre, both pretended that this right and honour belonged to him; and so both deluded the Jesuits:) For D Alcala a Franciscan, and Penafort a Iacobite, Pierre Mathier i. l. 1. Nar. 4were by Philips means canonized, and the Jesuite left out. At last he despaired of having any assistance from these Princes; nor did he think it convenient that a Jesuit should be so much beholding Litera ejus ad Philip. 3.Phil 3to a King▪ since Baronius was already come to that height p. 209and constancy, that being accused of som wrongs done to his King, he did not vouchsafe to write in his own excuse to the King, till the Conclave which was then held, was fully ended, lest (as himselfe gives the reason) if he had then been chosen Pope, it should be thought he had been beholden to the King therein. For these reasons therfore they labour the Pope themselves. They confess, that if they might chuse, they had rather he should restore them into all which they had lost in France and Venice, then that Ignatius should be sent up into Heaven; and that the Pope was rather bound to doe so, by the Order which God himselfe seems to have observed in the Creation where he first furnished the Earth, and then the Heavens, Gen. 2. 4.Gen 2:4and confirmed himselfe to be the Israeiltes God by this Argument, that he had given them the Land of Canaan and other temporall blessings. But since this exceeded Gen. 17. 8.Gen 17:8the Popes omnipotence in earth; p. 210it was fit he should try what he could doe in Heaven. Now the Pope would fain have satisfied them with the Title of Beatus, which formerly upon the intreaty of the Princes of that Family he had afforded to Aloisius Gonzaga Vita ejus Epist. ad Paul. 5.of that Order. He would also have given this Title of Saint rather to Xaverius, who had the reputation of having done Miracles. Indeed he would have done any thing, so he might have slipped over Ignatius. But at last he is overcome; and so against the will of Heaven, and of the Pope, Lucifer himselfe being not very forward in it, Ignatius must be thrust in amongst the Saints. All this Discourse, I, being grown cunninger then that Doctor, Gabriel Nele (of whom Bartolus L. 1. de ve…blig.speaketh) that by the onelyonly motion of his lips, without any utterance, understood all men, perceived and read in every mans countenance there. These things as soon as Lucifer apprehended them, gave an end to the contention: p. 211For now he thought he might no longer doubt nor dispute of Ignatius his admission, who, besides his former pretences, had now gotten a new right and Title to the place by his Canonization; and he feared that the Pope would take all delay ill at his hands, because Canonization is now grown a kind of Declaration, by which all men may take knowledge, that such a one to whom the Church of Rome is much beholden, is now made partaker of the principall dignities and places in Hell: For these men ever make as though they would follow Augustine in all things, and therfore they provide that that also shall be true which he said in this point, That the Reliques of many are honoured upon earth, whose souls are tormented in Hell. Therefore he took Ignatius by the hand, and led him to the Gate. In the mean time, I, which doubted of the truth of this Report of his Canonizing, went a little out for further instruction: p. 212for I thought it scarce credible, that Paulus Quintus, who had but lately burdened both the Citie of Rome, and the Church, with so great expences, when he canonized Francisca Romana, would so easily proceed to canonize Ignatius now, when neither any Prince offered to bear the charge, nor so much as sollicited it: for so he must be focred to wast both the Treasures of the Church at once. And from Leo 3. who 800 years after Christ, is the first Pope which canonized any, I had not observed that this had ever been done: Neither doe I think that Paulus Quintus was drawn to the canonizing of this woman by any other respect, then because that Rule which she appointed to her Order, was dictated and written by Valade. eius fol. 57.S. Paul: For though Peter and Magdalen, and others, were present at the writing thereof, as witnesses, yet Paul was the Author thereof. And since St Pauls old Epistles trouble and disadvantage this Church, they were p. 213glad to apprehend any thing of his new writing which might be for them, that so this new work of his might bear witness of his second conversion to Papistry, since by his first conversion to Christianity, they got nothing: for to say that in this business Paulus Quintus could not chuse but be God, God himselfe to say that he must needs have lived familiarly with the Godhead: and must have heard Predestination it self whispering to him: and must have had a place to sit in Councell with the most Divine Trinity, (all which Fol. 5.Valaderius sayes of him, is not necessary in this matter, wherein the Popes for the most part proceed, as humane affections lead them. But at last, after some enquiry, I found that a certain idle Gazettior, which used to scrape up newes and rumors at Rome, and so to make up sale letters, vainer & falser then the Iesuits letter of Iapan and the Indies, had brought this newes to Hell, and a little Iesuiticall Novice, a credulous soul, p. 214received it by his implicit faith, and published it. I laughed at Lucifers easinesse to beleeve, and I saw no reason ever after, to accuse him of infidelity. Upon this I came back again, to spy (if the gates were still open) with what affection Ignatius, and they who were in ancient possession of that place, behaved themselves towards one another. And I found him yet in the porch, and there beginning a new contention: for having presently cast his eyes to the principal place, next to Lucifers owne Throne; and finding it possest he stopt Lucifer, and asked him who it was that sate there. It was answered that it was Pope Boniface: to whom▪ as to a principal Innovator, for having first challenged the name of Universal Bishop, that honour was afforded. Is he an Innovator thundred Ignatius? shall I suffer this, when all my disciples have laboured all this while to prove to the world, that all the Popes before his time did p. 215use that name? and that Gregory did not reprehend the Patriarch Iohn for taking to himself an Antichristian name, but for usurping a name which was due to none but the Pope. And could it be fit for you, Lucifer (who in this were either unmindfull of the Roman Church, or else too weak and incapable of her secrets and mysteries) to give way to any fentence in Hell, which (though it were according to truth) yet differed from the Iesuits Oracles? With this Ignatius flyes upwards, and rushes upon Boniface, and throwes him out of his Seat: and Lucifer went up with him as fast, and gave him assistance, lest, if he should forsake him, his own Seat might be indangered. And I returned to my body; which

As a flower wet with last nights dew, and then

Warm'd with the new Sun, doth shake off agen

All drowsiness, and raise his trembling Crown,

Which crookedly did languish, and stoop down

p. 216To kiss the earth, and panted now to finde

Those beams return'd, which had not long time shin'd.

was with this return of my soul sufficiently refreshed. And when I had seen all this, and consider'd how fitly and proportionally Rome and Hell answered one another, after I had seen a Iesuit turn the Pope out of his Chair in Hell, I suspected that that Order would attempt as much at Rome.