St Paul's late progres upon earth, about a divorce 'twixt Christ and the Church of Rome, by reason of her dissolutenes and excesses. With the causes of these present commotions 'twixt the Pope, and the princes of Italy. A new way of invention agreeable to the times. Published by James Howell, Armig.
         Divortio celeste. English.
         Pallavicino, Ferrante, 1615-1644.
      
       
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             St Paul's late progres upon earth, about a divorce 'twixt Christ and the Church of Rome, by reason of her dissolutenes and excesses. With the causes of these present commotions 'twixt the Pope, and the princes of Italy. A new way of invention agreeable to the times. Published by James Howell, Armig.
             Divortio celeste. English.
             Pallavicino, Ferrante, 1615-1644.
             Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
          
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           St
           PAUL'S
           Late
           Progres
           
             Vpon
             Earth
             ,
          
           About
           a
           
             Divorce
          
           'twixt
           
             Christ
          
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           by
           reason
           of
           her
           dissolu●enes
           and
           excesses
           .
        
         
           
             With
             the
             Causes
             of
             these
             present
          
           Commotions
           
             'twixt
             the
          
           Pope
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Princes
             of
          
           Italy
           .
        
         
           A
           new
           way
           of
           Invention
           agreeable
           to
           the
           
             Times
             .
          
        
         
           Published
           by
           
             James
             Howell
             ,
             Armig.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Richard
             Heron
          
           for
           
             Matthew
             Walbancke
          
           at
           
             Grayes-Inne
          
           Gate
           .
           1644.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           THE
           ARGVMENT
           of
           the
           whole
           Worke
           .
        
         
           CHrist
           ,
           in
           regard
           he
           perceives
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           (
           his
           
             Spouse
          
           )
           to
           prostitute
           her selfe
           to
           the
           lusts
           of
           divers
           
             Popes
             ,
          
           and
           particularly
           of
           
             Vrban
          
           the
           eight
           ,
           resolveth
           to
           be
           divorced
           from
           her
           ,
           and
           to
           cohabit
           no
           longer
           with
           an
           adulteresse
           .
        
         
           The
           reasons
           are
           distinctly
           handled
           ,
           which
           induce
           Christ
           to
           such
           a
           resolution
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           repute
           she
           hath
           lost
           amongst
           most
           
           Nations
           ;
           The
           wealth
           she
           consumes
           ever
           and
           anon
           to
           satisfie
           the
           greedy
           appetite
           of
           her
           Adulterers
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           the
           dishonour
           which
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           receives
           from
           that
           dissolutenesse
           which
           is
           so
           impudently
           practis'd
           in
           his
           House
           ,
           
             Rome
          
           being
           now
           become
           as
           it
           were
           a
           common
           
             Bordell
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Divine
             Iustice
          
           being
           satisfied
           with
           these
           reasons
           ,
           determines
           the
           divorce
           ;
           but
           his
           pleasure
           is
           ,
           that
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           wonted
           circumspection
           for
           the
           example
           of
           man
           ,
           a
           Processe
           bee
           first
           form'd
           of
           the
           offences
           of
           the
           said
           
             Spouse
             :
          
           thereupon
           His
           Majesty
           commands
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           to
           repaire
           to
           earth
           for
           this
           purpose
           .
        
         
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           being
           descended
           in
           this
           lower
           World
           ,
           arrives
           in
           
             Lucca
             ,
          
           in
           
             Parma
             ,
          
           in
           
             Florence
             ,
          
           in
           
             Venice
             ;
          
           and
           lastly
           ,
           in
           the
           territories
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           
           and
           so
           in
           
             Rome
          
           her selfe
           ;
           where
           having
           discern'd
           the
           abuses
           ,
           and
           heard
           by
           sundry
           sorts
           of
           complaints
           the
           misdemeanors
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           he
           perfects
           the
           plea
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           for
           some
           accidents
           befallen
           him
           ,
           he
           is
           forc'd
           to
           get
           away
           from
           
             Rome
          
           by
           flight
           ,
           and
           so
           returnes
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           where
           ,
           ther
           being
           nothing
           wanting
           to
           the
           full
           justification
           of
           Christs
           complaint
           ,
           the
           Decree
           for
           a
           Divorce
           issues
           out
           .
        
         
           From
           this
           separation
           which
           Christ
           made
           with
           his
           Church
           ,
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           no
           more
           any
           legitimat
           children
           engendred
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           holy
           men
           ,
           and
           persons
           truly
           honest
           :
           As
           on
           the
           contrary
           side
           ,
           by
           the
           commerce
           she
           hath
           with
           Adulterers
           ,
           are
           generated
           such
           Bastards
           in
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           Hypocrites
           ,
           in
           whose
           number
           the
           
             Iesuites
          
           are
           understood
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           under
           a
           specious
           vayle
           of
           holinesse
           ,
           
           and
           Religion
           ,
           are
           in
           effect
           the
           worst
           ,
           and
           most
           perverse
           race
           of
           people
           upon
           Earth
           :
        
         
           The
           same
           Divorce
           being
           published
           through
           all
           the
           Vniverse
           ,
           
             Marcus
             Effesus
             ,
             Martin
             Luther
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           runne
           immediately
           ,
           and
           offer
           their
           Church
           for
           a
           Spouse
           to
           Christ
           ;
           But
           Our
           Saviour
           calling
           to
           minde
           the
           wrong
           done
           him
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           chose
           rather
           to
           live
           single
           ,
           than
           ever
           after
           to
           joyne
           in
           Matrimony
           with
           the
           most
           perfidious
           nature
           of
           man
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           my
           worthily
           honored
           Friend
           ,
           Sir
           
             Paul
          
           Pindar
           ,
           Knight
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           SAint
           
             Paul
          
           having
           descended
           lately
           to
           view
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           trace
           him
           in
           the
           following
           Discourse
           ,
           He
           would
           not
           take
           his
           flight
           backe
           to
           Heaven
           before
           he
           had
           given
           you
           a
           visit
           ,
           who
           have
           so
           well
           deserved
           of
           his
           
             Church
          
           here
           ,
           the
           goodliest
           pile
           of
           stones
           in
           Christendome
           of
           that
           kinde
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           the
           men
           of
           our
           times
           ,
           you
           are
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Examples
           of
           
             Piety
          
           and
           solid
           
             Integrity
             ,
          
           which
           discovers
           a
           noble
           soule
           to
           dwell
           within
           you
           ;
           so
           that
           ,
           me thinks
           ,
           I
           see
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           saluting
           and
           solacing
           you
           ,
           that
           those
           constant
           works
           of
           Charity
           you
           daily
           doe
           (
           and
           them
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           
             the
             left
          
           
           
             hand
             knowes
             not
             what
             the
             right
             doth
          
           )
           will
           be
           as
           a
           Triumphant
           Chariot
           to
           carry
           you
           one
           day
           up
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           partake
           of
           the
           same
           beatitude
           with
           
             Him
             .
          
        
         
           Amongst
           those
           multitudes
           that
           honour
           you
           ,
           I
           am
           one
           ,
           and
           have
           done
           so
           a
           long
           time
           ;
           and
           as
           a
           small
           testimony
           hereof
           ,
           I
           send
           you
           this
           new
           kinde
           of
           Discourse
           ,
           composed
           lately
           by
           a
           noble
           Personage
           in
           Italian
           ,
           of
           which
           Language
           you
           are
           so
           great
           a
           Master
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           part
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           which
           consists
           of
           a
           kinde
           of
           Dialogue
           'twixt
           the
           two
           first
           Persons
           of
           the
           Holy
           Trinity
           ,
           there
           are
           Examples
           of
           that
           kinde
           in
           some
           of
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ;
           as
           
             Apollinarius
             ,
          
           and
           
             Nazianzen
             ,
          
           and
           lately
           
             Grotius
          
           hath
           the
           like
           in
           his
           Tragedy
           of
           Christs
           Passion
           ,
           which
           may
           serve
           to
           free
           it
           from
           all
           exception
           :
        
         
           So
           I
           most
           affectionately
           kisse
           your
           hands
           ,
           and
           am
           
             Your
             very
             humble
             and
             ready
             Servant
             ,
             
               Iames
               Howell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Fleet
            
             
               25.
               of
               March
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           my
           very
           noble
           Friend
           ,
           Sir
           
             Paul
          
           Neale
           ,
           Knight
           .
        
         
           SAint
           
             Paul
          
           cannot
           re-ascend
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           before
           he
           gives
           you
           also
           a
           salute
           :
           My
           Lord
           ,
           your
           Father
           ,
           having
           been
           so
           great
           a
           Light
           ,
           and
           a
           Star
           of
           the
           highest
           magnitude
           in
           the
           Firmament
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           please
           to
           goe
           along
           with
           him
           in
           this
           his
           
             Progresse
             ,
          
           by
           the
           guidance
           of
           this
           
             Discourse
             ,
          
           you
           shall
           discover
           many
           things
           that
           are
           not
           vulgar
           ,
           by
           a
           curious
           mixture
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           affaires
           :
           You
           shall
           feele
           herein
           the
           pulse
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           how
           it
           beates
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           these
           late
           warres
           'twixt
           the
           Pope
           and
           some
           Princes
           ,
           with
           the
           grounds
           ,
           procedure
           ,
           and
           successe
           of
           the
           said
           warres
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           interest
           and
           grievances
           ,
           pretences
           and
           quarrels
           of
           every
           Prince
           against
           Rome
           .
        
         
         
           I
           must
           confesse
           ,
           my
           
             Genius
          
           hath
           often
           prompted
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           never
           cut
           out
           for
           a
           
             Translater
             ,
          
           there
           being
           a
           kinde
           of
           servility
           therein
           :
           For
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           somewhat
           tedious
           to
           one
           that
           hath
           any
           
             free-borne
          
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           genuine
           conceptions
           of
           his
           owne
           (
           whereof
           I
           have
           a
           few
           ,
           though
           poore
           ones
           )
           to
           enchaine
           himselfe
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           another
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           
             Translations
          
           at
           the
           best
           ,
           specially
           in
           Languages
           which
           have
           an
           advantage
           one
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Italian
          
           hath
           of
           the
           
             English
             ,
          
           which
           may
           be
           said
           to
           differ
           as
           
             Silke
          
           doth
           from
           
             Clotb
             ,
          
           the
           common
           weare
           of
           both
           Countries
           where
           they
           are
           spoken
           ,
           though
           
             Cloth
          
           be
           the
           more
           substantiall
           (
           as
           the
           
             English
             ,
          
           by
           reason
           't
           is
           so
           knotted
           with
           consonants
           ,
           is
           more
           sinewy
           and
           stronger
           then
           the
           
             Italian
          
           )
           yet
           
             Silke
          
           is
           the
           smoother
           and
           sliker
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           
             Translations
          
           are
           like
           the
           wrong
           side
           of
           a
           Turkey
           Carpet
           ,
           which
           is
           fuller
           of
           thrummes
           and
           knots
           ,
           and
           not
           so
           eeven
           as
           the
           right
           side
           .
           Or
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           
             Translations
          
           are
           like
           
             Wines
          
           (
           as
           I
           speake
           elsewhere
           )
           t'ane
           off
           the
           Lees
           ,
           and
           powred
           into
           other
           vessels
           ,
           which
           must
           needs
           lose
           
           something
           of
           their
           first
           strength
           and
           brisknesse
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           powring
           (
           or
           passage
           rather
           )
           evaporates
           into
           ayre
           .
        
         
           Touching
           this
           present
           
             Translation
             ,
          
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           I
           did
           ,
           when
           I
           did
           nothing
           ;
           't
           was
           to
           finde
           something
           to
           passe
           away
           the
           slow
           houres
           of
           this
           sad
           condition
           of
           imprisonment
           ,
           wherein
           I
           have
           been
           so
           long
           plung'd
           .
           I
           pray
           take
           this
           as
           a
           small
           token
           of
           the
           true
           respects
           I
           owe
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           my
           noble
           Lady
           ,
           whose
           hands
           I
           humbly
           kisse
           ,
           wishing
           you
           both
           ,
           as
           the
           
             season
          
           invites
           me
           ,
           with
           a
           
             good
             New-yeare
          
           (
           which
           begins
           but
           now
           in
           
             Law
             )
             a
             holy
             Lent
             ,
             and
             a
             healthfull
             Spring
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Fleet
            
             25.
             of
             March
             .
          
           
             Your
             much
             obliged
             and
             ready
             Servant
             ,
             
               I.
               H.
               
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Contents
           of
           the
           severall
           Sections
           into
           which
           this
           Discours
           is
           partition'd
           .
        
         
           
             
               Section
               1.
               
            
             Gods
             reasoning
             with
             Christ
             ,
             touching
             a
             reconcilement
             with
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
          
           
             
               SEC.
               2.
               
            
             Christs
             answer
             ,
             wherein
             are
             expressed
             the
             distastes
             that
             have
             been
             given
             him
             by
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             and
             so
             requires
             a
             Divorce
             .
          
           
             
               SEC.
               3.
               
            
             The
             commands
             imposed
             upon
             
               Saint
            
             Paul
             ,
             to
             repaire
             to
             Earth
             ,
             to
             heare
             the
             grievances
             of
             Mortals
             ,
             and
             to
             frame
             an
             exact
             processe
             of
             the
             life
             and
             demeanures
             of
             the
             Romane
             Church
             .
          
           
             
               SEC.
            
             The
             complaints
             of
             the
             Republicke
             of
             
               Lucca
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               SEC.
               5.
               
            
             The
             grievances
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Parma
               .
            
          
           
             
               SEC.
               6.
               
            
             The
             discontentments
             of
             the
             gran-Duke
             of
             
               Florence
               .
            
          
           
             
               SEC.
               7.
               
            
             A
             caution
             given
             the
             Republicke
             of
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             touching
             perpetuity
             of
             Legacies
             ,
             and
             the
             multiplicity
             of
             Pensions
             they
             give
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
          
           
             
               SEC.
               8.
               
            
             Reasons
             alleadged
             by
             the
             Signiory
             of
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             why
             she
             undertakes
             the
             punishing
             of
             Ecclesiasticall
             Delinquents
             .
          
           
             
               SEC.
               9.
               
            
             The
             complaint
             of
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             why
             that
             ancient
             
               Elogy
            
             of
             hers
             ,
             which
             was
             engraven
             in
             the
             
               Vatican
            
             was
             defac'd
             .
          
           
             
               SEC.
               10.
               
            
             A
             narration
             of
             the
             oppressions
             which
             the
             secular
             Subjects
             doe
             groane
             under
             in
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             
               SEC.
               11.
               
            
             The
             judgement
             of
             an
             Armenian
             and
             a
             Turke
             ,
             upon
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
          
           
             
               SEC.
               12.
               
            
             The
             Confession
             of
             a
             dying
             Cardinall
             .
          
           
             
               SEC.
               13.
               
            
             Motives
             for
             the
             late
             Marriage
             'twixt
             the
             Cardinall
             of
             
               Savoy
               ,
            
             and
             the
             young
             Princesse
             his
             Neece
             .
          
           
           
             
               SEC.
               14.
               
            
             Touching
             prohibited
             Books
             .
          
           
             
               SEC.
               15.
               
            
             A
             Character
             given
             by
             an
             Angell
             ,
             of
             the
             capricious
             soule
             of
             
               Urban
            
             the
             eight
             .
          
           
             
               SEC.
               16.
               
            
             A
             Relation
             what
             
               Paul
            
             negotiated
             in
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             and
             how
             he
             left
             his
             sword
             behinde
             him
             .
          
           
             
               SEC.
               17.
               
            
             The
             complaint
             of
             a
             Nun
             ,
             who
             describes
             the
             infelicity
             of
             that
             condition
             of
             life
             .
          
           
             
               SEC.
               18.
               
            
             A
             cursory
             Relation
             of
             these
             late
             distempers
             in
             
               Italy
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Authors
           Caution
           to
           the
           tender
           -
           conscienc'd
           
             CHRISTIAN
             .
          
        
         
           THe
           Author
           who
           composed
           this
           present
           Booke
           ,
           hath
           peradventure
           more
           religious
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           fuller
           of
           piety
           than
           thou
           canst
           imagine
           hereby
           ,
           O
           serupulous
           Christian
           :
           But
           the
           
             malignity
          
           of
           the
           times
           is
           come
           to
           that
           height
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           cryed
           up
           in
           a
           manner
           for
           a
           Hereticke
           ,
           who
           consents
           not
           to
           the
           operations
           (
           whatsoever
           they
           be
           )
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           .
           The
           cause
           hereof
           is
           thy
           simplicity
           ,
           which
           confounding
           in
           one
           ,
           the
           
             authority
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             affections
          
           of
           Popes
           ,
           canst
           not
           distinguish
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           operations
           of
           the
           one
           ▪
           and
           which
           are
           the
           operations
           of
           the
           other
           .
           The
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           may
           erre
           as
           he
           is
           a
           man
           ;
           and
           being
           subject
           to
           errour
           ,
           who
           dare
           maintaine
           but
           he
           may
           be
           reprehended
           ?
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           who
           knew
           no
           sinne
           ,
           could
           be
           content
           to
           be
           
             crucified
             ;
          
           and
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           who
           is
           composed
           of
           peccable
           humanity
           ,
           and
           who
           perhaps
           sinnes
           every
           day
           ,
           must
           thinke
           it
           strange
           ▪
           if
           he
           be
           but
           
             censur'd
          
           by
           any
           just
           reproofe
           ?
           
             David
          
           was
           not
           so
           dainty
           ;
           the
           
           most
           ancient
           Pillars
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           who
           were
           went
           with
           humble
           retribution
           of
           thanks
           ,
           not
           with
           proud
           disdaine
           ,
           to
           listen
           unto
           the
           zealous
           corrections
           of
           others
           .
           Poore
           St
           
             Bernard
             ,
          
           if
           he
           had
           corrected
           the
           exorbitances
           of
           these
           times
           ,
           with
           that
           liberty
           ,
           as
           he
           inveighed
           against
           the
           abuses
           of
           his
           owne
           ,
           assuredly
           his
           name
           should
           be
           seene
           registred
           in
           the
           Index
           of
           
             prohibited
          
           Books
           ,
           rather
           than
           in
           the
           
             Catalogue
             of
             Saints
             .
          
           But
           such
           dangers
           cannot
           dastardize
           me
           ,
           neither
           am
           I
           induc'd
           to
           write
           this
           to
           justifie
           my
           owne
           intentions
           ,
           it
           being
           sufficient
           for
           me
           ,
           that
           God
           onely
           knowes
           the
           intrinsicals
           of
           my
           meaning
           .
           But
           I
           thought
           fit
           ,
           O
           scrupulous
           Christian
           ,
           to
           offer
           thee
           this
           present
           Booke
           ,
           as
           an
           Instrument
           ,
           which
           haply
           may
           have
           power
           to
           unbeguile
           thy
           simplicity
           from
           those
           too
           credulous
           opinions
           ,
           whence
           the
           presumption
           of
           some
           ,
           is
           fomented
           to
           disturbe
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           and
           to
           scandalize
           all
           such
           that
           have
           a
           right
           understanding
           in
           Christianity
           .
           If
           things
           which
           bring
           profit
           with
           them
           ,
           doe
           use
           to
           be
           gratefull
           ,
           I
           despaire
           not
           altogether
           of
           thy
           good
           acceptance
           of
           this
           .
           I
           know
           that
           at
           first
           sight
           ,
           the
           
             Title
          
           will
           appeare
           unto
           thee
           somewhat
           irreligious
           ,
           and
           the
           Argument
           not
           savouring
           of
           much
           piety
           ;
           but
           the
           
             Palate
             must
             not
             be
             Iudge
             of
             the
             Physicke
             .
          
           I
           desire
           thee
           not
           to
           frame
           any
           judgement
           upon
           't
           ,
           till
           thou
           hast
           perus'd
           the
           whole
           Booke
           ,
           wherein
           if
           any
           thing
           conduce
           to
           make
           thee
           despise
           the
           true
           Catholicke
           
           Religion
           ,
           or
           her
           Tenets
           ,
           I
           am
           content
           thou
           should'st
           condemne
           both
           the
           Worke
           and
           the
           Author
           :
           But
           if
           thou
           be
           taught
           to
           detest
           onely
           the
           ill
           practises
           of
           those
           that
           infringe
           the
           Law
           of
           Christ
           ,
           thou
           must
           not
           impute
           any
           prophanenesse
           to
           that
           zeale
           which
           deplores
           the
           abuses
           in
           Religion
           .
           Many
           were
           condemn'd
           for
           Heretickes
           ,
           who
           have
           writ
           against
           the
           Rites
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           not
           incurre
           the
           same
           censure
           ,
           who
           writes
           onely
           against
           
             them
             ,
          
           that
           doe
           not
           rightly
           observe
           those
           Rites
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           difference
           'twixt
           the
           blaming
           of
           externe
           observances
           ,
           and
           the
           violation
           of
           religion
           her self
           .
           O
           but
           thou
           wilt
           say
           ,
           this
           Booke
           is
           against
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ;
           thou
           must
           distinguish
           ,
           O
           scrupulous
           Reader
           ,
           't
           is
           against
           the
           
             affections
          
           of
           the
           said
           Bishop
           :
           I
           reverence
           the
           authority
           ,
           but
           Christ
           hath
           not
           oblig'd
           me
           to
           reverence
           any
           earthly
           exorbitant
           passions
           of
           his
           .
           And
           if
           others
           doe
           lawfully
           take
           the
           
             sword
          
           in
           hand
           against
           such
           passions
           ,
           I
           hope
           it
           is
           veniall
           for
           me
           to
           take
           the
           
             pen
             .
          
           Nor
           thinke
           it
           strange
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           imagined
           a
           Colloquy
           'twixt
           the
           Persons
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Trinity
             ;
          
           for
           't
           is
           the
           stile
           of
           sacred
           writ
           ,
           to
           accommodate
           it selfe
           to
           humane
           capacity
           .
           Live
           happy
           .
        
      
       
       
       
         
           The
           Heavenly
           Divorce
           occasioned
           by
           the
           loosenesse
           of
           the
           Roman
           
             Spouse
             .
          
        
         
           The
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           THou
           deceiv'st
           thy selfe
           ,
           O
           misbeleeving
           man
           ,
           if
           thou
           art
           perswaded
           that
           thy
           impieties
           mount
           not
           up
           above
           the
           Stars
           ,
           to
           disturbe
           the
           repose
           of
           Heaven
           .
           Turne
           thy
           eyes
           (
           if
           thou
           hast
           not
           altogether
           lost
           thy
           faith
           in
           holy
           Writ
           )
           and
           thou
           shalt
           see
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           dragg'd
           and
           nayl'd
           upon
           a
           Crosse
           ,
           by
           the
           sin
           of
           one
           man
           ,
           who
           might
           in
           some
           
           kind
           have
           made
           himselfe
           excusable
           for
           his
           transgression
           ,
           in
           regard
           it
           was
           his
           first
           fault
           ;
           as
           also
           because
           he
           was
           then
           but
           a
           
             Novice
          
           in
           the
           World
           .
           But
           what
           shall
           we
           say
           now
           ?
           Iniquity
           being
           found
           to
           be
           so
           multiplyed
           ,
           and
           spread
           through
           the
           whole
           Vniverse
           ,
           that
           to
           sin
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           offend
           God
           ,
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           a
           thing
           
             accidentall
             ,
          
           but
           the
           very
           
             naturall
          
           property
           of
           man
           .
           O
           perverse
           World
           !
           which
           under
           the
           title
           of
           naturall
           propertie
           ,
           dost
           lessen
           that
           wicked
           transgression
           ,
           which
           was
           enough
           to
           bring
           down
           from
           life
           to
           death
           thy
           own
           
             Creator
             .
          
           If
           thou
           then
           giv'st
           credit
           to
           this
           ,
           wonder
           not
           to
           heare
           those
           new
           changes
           ,
           which
           being
           stirr'd
           in
           Christ
           ,
           by
           the
           faylings
           of
           the
           Roman
           Spouse
           ,
           have
           produc'd
           those
           strange
           effects
           ,
           which
           thou
           shalt
           find
           represented
           in
           this
           Book
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           Saint
           
             Pauls
          
           late
           Progres
           upon
           Earth
           .
        
         
           
             SECT.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Eternall
               Father
               doth
               reason
               with
               his
               
                 Son
                 ,
              
               and
               asks
               whence
               proceeds
               the
               Originall
               of
               his
               distaste
               with
               the
               
                 Roman
              
               Church
               his
               
                 Spouse
                 ,
              
               perswading
               him
               to
               a
               reconcilement
               .
            
          
           
             NOt
             by
             the
             Embassie
             of
             an
             
               Angel
               ,
            
             as
             at
             other
             times
             ,
             O
             Eternall
             
               Word
               ,
            
             but
             it
             is
             necessary
             now
             ,
             that
             by
             this
             paternall
             voice
             ,
             the
             will
             of
             Heaven
             be
             manifested
             .
             In
             a
             busines
             that
             presseth
             so
             much
             ,
             't
             is
             fitting
             the
             
               Father
            
             should
             
             discourse
             freely
             with
             his
             
               Son
               ,
            
             &
             that
             the
             
               Son
            
             should
             hearken
             with
             attention
             to
             that
             which
             concernes
             the
             glory
             of
             his
             Throne
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             good
             while
             since
             ,
             O
             my
             only
             begotten
             
               Son
               ,
            
             that
             I
             observ'd
             that
             amorous
             flame
             which
             was
             us'd
             to
             be
             so
             ardent
             towards
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             thy
             Spouse
             ,
             to
             go
             cooling
             within
             thy
             heart
             .
             Were
             it
             fitting
             for
             the
             
               Deity
            
             to
             wonder
             ,
             I
             would
             without
             doubt
             much
             wonder
             at
             so
             great
             an
             alteration
             in
             the
             person
             of
             the
             Eternall
             
               Word
               .
            
             I
             know
             well
             't
             was
             he
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             love
             of
             his
             
               Spouse
               ,
            
             went
             under
             a
             servile
             shape
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             upon
             the
             Crosse
             ,
             to
             expose
             his
             life
             ,
             to
             gaine
             valuable
             merits
             to
             purchase
             her
             affections
             .
             'T
             was
             he
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             who
             lov'd
             before
             he
             was
             belov'd
             ,
             who
             dyed
             ,
             
             not
             for
             any
             other
             greater
             necessity
             ,
             than
             to
             make
             it
             appeare
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Lover
             .
          
           
             Is
             it
             possible
             then
             ,
             that
             that
             love
             being
             turn'd
             to
             dislike
             ,
             he
             should
             now
             live
             discontented
             with
             a
             
               Spouse
            
             obtained
             by
             his
             own
             bloud
             ,
             and
             got
             by
             so
             many
             Martyrs
             ?
          
           
             I
             deny
             not
             ,
             O
             
               Son
               ,
            
             that
             the
             time
             was
             when
             the
             Divine
             Iustice
             exhorted
             you
             never
             to
             turne
             your
             eyes
             of
             love
             upon
             the
             ingratefull
             nature
             of
             man
             ,
             who
             was
             introduc'd
             to
             the
             world
             with
             contempt
             of
             his
             
               Creator
               .
            
             But
             since
             thy
             love
             prevail'd
             over
             the
             rigor
             of
             just
             revenge
             ;
             since
             for
             the
             accomplishment
             of
             thy
             benigne
             desire
             ,
             the
             Divine
             providence
             decreed
             a
             reconciliation
             ,
             What
             new
             reason
             doth
             now
             estrange
             from
             her
             
             thy
             affection
             ,
             and
             disquiets
             all
             Heaven
             with
             this
             alienation
             ?
             Remember
             ,
             O
             
               Son
               ,
            
             the
             contentment
             of
             this
             
               Empyrean
            
             Heaven
             ,
             when
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             being
             advanced
             to
             be
             thy
             Bride
             ,
             ther
             sprung
             dayly
             such
             a
             numerous
             and
             blessed
             off
             spring
             out
             of
             those
             reciprocall
             Embraces
             betwixt
             you
             ,
             that
             I
             hoped
             to
             see
             Heaven
             peopled
             in
             a
             short
             space
             ,
             and
             the
             end
             of
             humane
             Creation
             fulfill'd
             .
             But
             now
             what
             is
             become
             of
             that
             happy
             time
             ?
             that
             time
             when
             thy
             Beloved
             ,
             vying
             with
             thee
             for
             love
             ,
             did
             correspond
             dayly
             with
             the
             death
             thou
             didst
             undergoe
             for
             her
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             suffrance
             of
             so
             many
             thousand
             innocent
             Martyrs
             ,
             who
             in
             counterchange
             of
             thy
             bloud
             ,
             did
             continually
             expose
             their
             veins
             to
             be
             opened
             ,
             and
             pierc'd
             by
             
             the
             merciles
             instruments
             of
             tyrants
             .
             
               Son
               ,
            
             I
             patronize
             not
             her
             cause
             ,
             I
             recount
             not
             her
             merits
             pass'd
             ,
             to
             sweeten
             thereby
             the
             bitternes
             of
             this
             present
             distast
             :
             But
             it
             is
             very
             true
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             ill
             Spirit
             ,
             daring
             per
             adventure
             to
             tempt
             the
             
               Deity
            
             it self
             ,
             hath
             sowed
             any
             tares
             amongst
             you
             ,
             I
             should
             be
             sorry
             ,
             that
             once
             so
             delightful
             a
             
               Spouse
               ,
            
             lying
             now
             under
             the
             cloud
             of
             a
             sudden
             disdain
             ,
             should
             by
             this
             repudiation
             find
             her
             bed
             widdowed
             ,
             and
             her
             womb
             barren
             .
             This
             would
             tend
             too
             much
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             peopling
             this
             Heaven
             ,
             with
             equall
             advantage
             to
             Hell
             it's
             Enemy
             .
             And
             if
             this
             be
             ,
             what
             fruit
             can
             thy
             passions
             pass'd
             produce
             ?
          
           
             This
             ,
             this
             in
             conclusion
             is
             that
             
               Spouse
            
             for
             whom
             thou
             didst
             make
             
             no
             reckoning
             of
             this
             
               Empyrean
               ,
            
             of
             the
             decorum
             belonging
             to
             thy
             Divinity
             ,
             of
             life
             it self
             .
             What
             conceits
             will
             people
             frame
             to
             themselves
             ,
             to
             see
             thee
             so
             repenting
             ?
             Forget
             not
             ,
             O
             
               Son
               ,
            
             that
             it
             becomes
             not
             the
             
               Deity
            
             to
             repent
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             II.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Eternall
               Word
               answers
               the
               Father
               :
               He
               unfolds
               in
               generall
               the
               cause
               of
               his
               disgust
               with
               the
               Roman
               Spouse
               ,
               and
               pleads
               for
               a
               Divorce
               .
            
          
           
             REpentance
             ,
             O
             Everlasting
             
               Father
               ,
            
             entered
             into
             this
             Heaven
             ,
             ever
             since
             the
             time
             that
             thy
             Majesty
             having
             granted
             a
             being
             to
             man
             ,
             he
             was
             necessitated
             afterwards
             to
             be
             destroyed
             for
             his
             wickednes
             .
             And
             so
             this
             creature
             proving
             so
             ungratefull
             for
             Divine
             favours
             ,
             not
             long
             
             after
             his
             Creation
             ,
             deserved
             those
             dolefull
             words
             from
             his
             Creator
             ;
             
               Paenitet
               me
               fecisse
               hominem
               ,
            
             I
             repent
             me
             to
             have
             made
             man
             .
             Nor
             doth
             that
             clash
             awhit
             with
             the
             immutability
             of
             his
             most
             gracious
             nature
             ,
             since
             it
             was
             decreed
             so
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             that
             his
             disfavours
             should
             necessarily
             succeed
             the
             demerits
             of
             man
             .
             Then
             what
             wonder
             is
             it
             ?
             if
             I
             being
             grievously
             offended
             with
             the
             ingratitude
             of
             this
             Apostat
             ,
             have
             chang'd
             my
             love
             into
             dislike
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             repent
             to
             have
             exalted
             him
             so
             high
             with
             the
             expence
             of
             my
             own
             bloud
             ?
             It
             belong'd
             to
             you
             ,
             O
             
               Father
               ,
            
             to
             
               create
            
             man
             ,
             To
             me
             it
             belong'd
             to
             
               redeem
            
             him
             ,
             And
             to
             both
             of
             us
             ,
             to
             be
             sorry
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             shew'd
             himself
             so
             unworthy
             either
             of
             your
             Creation
             ,
             or
             my
             redemption
             .
          
           
           
             But
             to
             reduce
             my self
             particularly
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             my
             Spouse
             ,
             I
             beseech
             your
             Majesty
             to
             cast
             your
             eyes
             upon
             her
             a
             while
             ,
             and
             doubtles
             you
             will
             find
             my
             disdain
             to
             be
             just
             ,
             and
             this
             alienation
             to
             be
             necessary
             .
             Behold
             her
             ,
             O
             Father
             ,
             most
             vily
             prostituted
             to
             the
             lusts
             even
             of
             those
             to
             whō
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             hath
             consign'd
             her
             to
             be
             govern'd
             :
             Behold
             ,
             how
             she
             continually
             hugg's
             in
             her
             bosom
             these
             adulterers
             ,
             who
             using
             her
             like
             a
             lawfull
             Husband
             ,
             do
             corrupt
             her
             ,
             and
             together
             with
             my
             honor
             ,
             contaminat
             her
             Customes
             .
             Let
             thy
             divine
             Eyes
             see
             ,
             how
             gay
             she
             goes
             in
             gold
             ,
             how
             embellished
             with
             gems
             ,
             how
             full
             of
             excesse
             and
             luxe
             :
             The
             
               Spouse
            
             of
             Christ
             was
             never
             us'd
             to
             go
             so
             ,
             untill
             the
             time
             that
             she
             began
             
             to
             study
             how
             to
             please
             her
             adulterers
             But
             what
             excesses
             doth
             she
             not
             commit
             now
             adayes
             ,
             by
             letting
             the
             reins
             so
             loose
             to
             a
             reprobat
             sense
             !
             What
             dissolutnes
             !
             What
             impudence
             ,
             al
             shamefulnes
             being
             lost
             ,
             doth
             she
             not
             give
             way
             unto
             in
             my
             own
             House
             !
             yet
             nevertheles
             ,
             to
             affront
             me
             the
             more
             ,
             she
             goes
             still
             by
             the
             character
             of
             my
             
               Spouse
               ;
            
             her
             Adulterers
             ,
             by
             the
             title
             of
             my
             
               servants
               ,
            
             and
             those
             which
             trample
             upon
             the
             dignity
             of
             my
             Name
             ,
             by
             the
             stile
             of
             my
             
               Ministers
               .
            
             The
             time
             was
             ,
             when
             I
             call'd
             the
             Temple
             in
             
               Jerusalem
               ,
            
             a
             
               den
               of
               Theeves
               ,
            
             because
             I
             found
             it
             full
             of
             Buyers
             ,
             Brokers
             ,
             and
             Sellers
             :
             What
             may
             I
             now
             call
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             ,
             which
             harbours
             such
             a
             multitude
             of
             those
             that
             do
             not
             buy
             but
             plunder
             ;
             Of
             those
             that
             do
             not
             sell
             
             but
             powre
             out
             so
             wastfully
             to
             fulfill
             their
             own
             lusts
             and
             ambition
             ,
             that
             ,
             which
             being
             bought
             with
             my
             bloud
             is
             so
             unworthily
             provided
             for
             them
             ?
             These
             are
             they
             ,
             O
             Father
             ,
             which
             my
             Spouse
             idolatrizeth
             ;
             and
             I
             being
             mock'd
             and
             vilipended
             ,
             must
             suffer
             them
             to
             sit
             in
             my
             Throne
             ,
             to
             receive
             the
             honour
             of
             faithfull
             Innocents
             .
             I
             will
             not
             discourse
             of
             the
             use
             of
             my
             substance
             ,
             which
             being
             bequeath'd
             by
             the
             piety
             of
             ancient
             Christians
             for
             the
             sustenance
             of
             poore
             Beleevers
             ,
             is
             now
             reduc'd
             to
             the
             property
             of
             one
             alone
             ,
             and
             he
             so
             insatiable
             ,
             that
             he
             seems
             to
             take
             away
             the
             credit
             of
             that
             miracle
             describ'd
             in
             the
             Gospell
             :
             That
             Christ
             with
             so
             little
             bread
             ,
             and
             few
             fishes
             did
             satisfie
             so
             many
             thousand
             persons
             ,
             wheras
             now
             adayes
             ,
             
             't
             is
             found
             ,
             that
             he
             cannot
             fulfill
             the
             gourmandizing-appetit
             of
             one
             only
             Bishop
             ,
             with
             so
             many
             millions
             of
             gold
             .
             Let
             your
             Majesty
             behold
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             how
             he
             hath
             swallowed
             all
             the
             wealth
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             he
             imployes
             only
             to
             nourish
             the
             pride
             ,
             the
             avarice
             ,
             and
             tyranny
             of
             his
             Nephewes
             ;
             and
             this
             in
             such
             a
             height
             of
             scandall
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             publiquely
             reported
             ,
             that
             
               Julian
            
             the
             Apostat
             ,
             who
             robb'd
             the
             Church
             of
             all
             her
             riches
             ,
             was
             more
             beneficiall
             to
             the
             increase
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             then
             the
             pious
             
               Constantin
               ,
            
             who
             ,
             endowing
             her
             with
             such
             large
             incomes
             ,
             ministred
             fuell
             to
             foment
             such
             pernicious
             abuses
             .
             But
             I
             marvell
             not
             at
             it
             ,
             in
             regard
             when
             I
             was
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             my self
             ,
             my
             garments
             were
             parted
             ,
             even
             by
             them
             
             who
             crucified
             me
             .
             But
             I
             am
             not
             a
             little
             aggriev'd
             ,
             that
             the
             dishonest
             pranks
             of
             my
             
               Spouse
            
             are
             now
             more
             than
             openly
             apparant
             to
             all
             the
             Vnivers
             :
             the
             publick
             murmurings
             of
             people
             do
             grieve
             me
             :
             Her
             infamy
             runs
             through
             the
             mouths
             and
             pens
             of
             every
             one
             ,
             though
             she
             study
             never
             so
             much
             to
             cover
             it
             .
             Some
             call
             her
             a
             greedy
             
               Babylon
               ,
            
             others
             a
             nest
             of
             hypocrisie
             ,
             others
             the
             School
             of
             wickednes
             ,
             the
             refuge
             of
             all
             impieties
             ,
             the
             publick
             Brothell
             ,
             where
             without
             any
             modesty
             are
             practis'd
             the
             basest
             kinds
             of
             lusts
             in
             the
             world
             .
             Can
             divine
             honor
             therfore
             cohabit
             with
             such
             an
             opprobrious
             Adultres
             without
             spotting
             it self
             ?
             The
             time
             was
             ,
             O
             
               Father
               ,
            
             that
             I
             drank
             the
             bitter
             cup
             of
             passion
             for
             my
             
               Spouse
               ;
            
             but
             now
             
             her
             deformities
             have
             so
             nauseated
             my
             stomack
             ,
             that
             I
             cannot
             swallow
             another
             .
             I
             died
             then
             for
             her
             ,
             because
             I
             might
             rise
             up
             glorious
             again
             :
             I
             will
             not
             live
             with
             her
             now
             ,
             because
             she
             daily
             practiseth
             the
             losse
             of
             my
             repute
             and
             honor
             ,
             I
             should
             become
             the
             scorne
             of
             people
             ,
             should
             I
             by
             a
             longer
             dissimulation
             beare
             with
             her
             Exorbitances
             ;
             Her
             demerits
             cannot
             admit
             any
             reconciliation
             :
             I
             desire
             therefore
             a
             Divorce
             ;
             nor
             do
             I
             hope
             will
             your
             Majesty
             deny
             it
             me
             ,
             in
             regard
             the
             whole
             Trinity
             would
             be
             partaker
             of
             my
             dishonor
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             III.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Almighty
               
                 Father
              
               being
               perswaded
               by
               the
               reasons
               of
               the
               
                 Son
                 ,
              
               is
               disposed
               to
               satisfie
               him
               ;
               but
               to
               proceed
               with
               the
               wonted
               circumspection
               of
               divine
               Iustice
               ,
               he
               commands
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               to
               transfer
               himself-to
               Earth
               ,
               to
               understand
               the
               complaints
               of
               Mortals
               ,
               and
               to
               forme
               a
               diligent
               Processe
               of
               the
               actions
               of
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Spouse
              
               accordingly
               :
               And
               he
               speaks
               to
               him
               as
               followeth
               ;
            
          
           
             
               PAul
               ,
            
             great
             are
             the
             discomposures
             which
             arise
             from
             an
             unchast
             woman
             ;
             This
             very
             Heaven
             cannot
             glory
             it self
             to
             be
             free
             of
             them
             ;
             my
             only
             begotten
             
               Son
            
             himself
             is
             troubled
             and
             aggriev'd
             at
             the
             dishonest
             actions
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
            
             his
             
               Spouse
               .
            
             I
             hop'd
             she
             had
             bin
             capable
             of
             reconcilement
             ,
             but
             He
             holds
             himself
             so
             much
             offended
             ,
             and
             finds
             her
             nature
             to
             be
             so
             perverted
             ,
             that
             he
             thinks
             her
             incorrigible
             ;
             
             therefore
             with
             a
             constant
             resolution
             he
             seeks
             a
             Divorce
             .
             What
             can
             be
             denyed
             to
             my
             only
             
               Son
               ,
            
             specially
             when
             Iustice
             favoreth
             his
             reasons
             ?
             But
             I
             do
             not
             intend
             to
             determin
             any
             thing
             upon
             the
             busines
             so
             hastily
             ,
             though
             the
             Eternall
             
               Word
            
             cannot
             tell
             an
             untruth
             ;
             and
             though
             besides
             ,
             her
             loose
             carriage
             be
             not
             unknown
             to
             me
             .
             The
             divine
             Iustice
             in
             the
             fulmination
             of
             it's
             punishments
             useth
             to
             proceed
             with
             much
             caution
             for
             the
             example
             of
             man
             ;
             Therfore
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             our
             Decree
             may
             have
             a
             good
             foundation
             ,
             we
             command
             thee
             to
             betake
             thy self
             to
             Earth
             ,
             to
             hear
             what
             Mortals
             can
             say
             ,
             and
             to
             frame
             an
             exact
             proces
             of
             the
             life
             and
             carriage
             of
             the
             
               Roman
               Spouse
               .
            
             The
             enterprise
             will
             prove
             somwhat
             difficult
             ;
             
             because
             she
             useth
             to
             smother
             her
             errors
             ,
             to
             persecut
             those
             men
             bitterly
             ,
             that
             write
             against
             her
             proceedings
             :
             But
             we
             assure
             our selves
             ,
             that
             the
             approv'd
             vertue
             of
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             which
             heretofore
             knew
             how
             to
             support
             the
             persecutions
             of
             the
             wicked
             for
             the
             honor
             of
             Christ
             ,
             will
             not
             shrink
             awhit
             in
             this
             imployment
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             IV.
             
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               doth
               readily
               obey
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               descends
               to
               Earth
               in
               humane
               disguise
               .
               He
               comes
               to
               
                 Lucca
                 ,
              
               where
               understanding
               the
               contumacy
               of
               thai
               Republick
               ,
               he
               would
               know
               the
               grounds
               of
               it
               ,
               for
               to
               commence
               the
               Preces
               ,
               and
               a
               Citizen
               answers
               him
               thus
               :
            
          
           
             AMongst
             the
             Popes
             of
             our
             age
             ,
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             hath
             bin
             most
             Prodigall
             of
             Iubilees
             and
             Indulgences
             ,
             
             untill
             these
             his
             latter
             yeares
             .
             But
             to
             shew
             peradventure
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             jurisdiction
             no
             lesse
             over
             curses
             ,
             than
             over
             benedictions
             ,
             he
             hath
             at
             last
             by
             altering
             his
             stile
             ,
             put
             forth
             his
             hand
             to
             dart
             out
             Excommunications
             .
             It
             was
             the
             fortune
             of
             this
             small
             Republick
             ,
             to
             beare
             the
             brunt
             of
             his
             first
             
               censure
               ;
            
             He
             thereby
             imitating
             those
             who
             use
             to
             try
             the
             vertue
             of
             poison
             first
             upon
             the
             lesser
             sort
             of
             animals
             .
             The
             connivency
             wherby
             other
             Princes
             dissembled
             this
             our
             disaster
             ,
             gave
             him
             scope
             to
             thunder
             out
             the
             second
             against
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Parma
               :
            
             Nor
             must
             Christendome
             hereafter
             expect
             other
             then
             
               excommunications
               ,
            
             in
             regard
             if
             the
             affairs
             of
             this
             world
             use
             to
             succeed
             one
             another
             in
             equal
             vicissitudes
             ,
             it
             is
             necessary
             that
             
               Excommunications
            
             
             be
             as
             frequent
             as
             
               Jubiles
            
             have
             been
             .
             Now
             touching
             the
             grounds
             of
             the
             papall
             distast
             with
             us
             ,
             they
             are
             already
             sufficiently
             manifested
             to
             the
             world
             .
             I
             must
             say
             (
             though
             very
             sparingly
             )
             that
             the
             originall
             of
             every
             accident
             sprung
             from
             the
             insupportable
             licentiousnes
             of
             Church-men
             ,
             who
             did
             necessitat
             us
             to
             a
             just
             resentment
             .
             It
             seem'd
             strange
             to
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Bishop
             ,
             that
             so
             small
             a
             Republick
             as
             ours
             ,
             durst
             resent
             the
             outrages
             of
             Ecclesiasticks
             ,
             who
             should
             rather
             comply
             with
             them
             ,
             considering
             that
             this
             State
             is
             too
             narrow
             to
             be
             capable
             of
             such
             insolencies
             .
             And
             so
             persisting
             in
             an
             obstinat
             censure
             ,
             he
             chuseth
             rather
             to
             see
             our
             perdition
             hastned
             ,
             than
             the
             Exorbitances
             of
             his
             Clergy
             moderated
             .
             But
             we
             being
             
             not
             conscious
             to
             have
             committed
             any
             delinquency
             ,
             which
             might
             deserve
             to
             exclude
             us
             from
             the
             face
             of
             God
             ,
             we
             comfort
             our selves
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             with
             the
             memory
             of
             `
             
               Balaam
               ,
            
             who
             injustly
             curs'd
             the
             people
             of
             
               Israel
               :
            
             Nor
             have
             we
             ever
             rested
             since
             ,
             to
             procure
             a
             right
             understanding
             ,
             by
             the
             interposition
             of
             persons
             of
             credit
             with
             the
             Cardinall
             Nephewes
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             be
             pleas'd
             to
             appease
             his
             Holines
             displeasure
             (
             expecting
             still
             a
             miracle
             from
             the
             words
             of
             some
             
               Asse
               ,
            
             )
             but
             to
             this
             houre
             ther
             hath
             nothing
             come
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             
               Barberini
            
             are
             in
             Armes
             ,
             and
             this
             temporall
             interest
             they
             think
             will
             inforce
             us
             to
             desire
             a
             reconciliation
             ;
             As
             for
             the
             rest
             which
             
             concernes
             the
             soul
             ,
             if
             an
             
               Excommunication
            
             hath
             power
             to
             cut
             us
             off
             from
             the
             union
             of
             the
             present
             Church
             ,
             why
             should
             we
             think
             it
             capitall
             to
             be
             separated
             from
             so
             infected
             a
             body
             ,
             and
             freed
             so
             by
             continuall
             examples
             of
             a
             sacrilegious
             life
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             despaire
             ,
             wherinto
             the
             Clericall
             Tyranny
             would
             plunge
             us
             ?
             Confiding
             therfore
             in
             the
             justice
             of
             our
             Cause
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             assistance
             of
             those
             wise
             Princes
             ,
             which
             cannot
             away
             with
             the
             ravenousnes
             of
             this
             Pope
             ,
             we
             hope
             to
             receive
             some
             fruit
             of
             the
             introducement
             of
             these
             
               censures
               ,
            
             in
             regard
             that
             if
             this
             cours
             would
             go
             on
             ,
             to
             be
             Master
             therby
             of
             anothers
             Estate
             ;
             the
             World
             may
             bewel
             assur'd
             ,
             that
             as
             
               Jubiles
            
             pass'd
             ,
             were
             pretexts
             for
             some
             new
             
               impost
               ,
            
             herafter
             
               Excommunication
            
             
             will
             serve
             for
             a
             pretext
             for
             some
             new
             
               rapine
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             V.
             
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               having
               understood
               the
               grievances
               of
               the
               Luqueses
               ,
               passeth
               on
               to
               
                 Parma
                 ,
              
               wher
               in
               the
               habit
               of
               a
               Fryer
               having
               gain'd
               the
               affection
               of
               the
               
                 Duke
                 ,
              
               he
               endeavours
               to
               understand
               from
               his
               mouth
               the
               disagreement
               which
               he
               hath
               with
               the
               
                 Roman
              
               Church
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Duke
              
               answers
               him
               thus
               :
            
          
           
             THe
             World
             hath
             already
             understood
             too
             much
             ,
             the
             causes
             of
             the
             quarrell
             I
             have
             with
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             being
             published
             not
             only
             by
             my
             Manifests
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             writings
             of
             other
             particular
             pens
             ,
             who
             have
             willingly
             protected
             the
             justice
             of
             my
             cause
             :
             But
             since
             it
             pleaseth
             you
             (
             good
             Fryer
             )
             to
             heare
             from
             my
             own
             mouth
             the
             grounds
             of
             
             these
             traverses
             ,
             which
             have
             kept
             such
             a
             noise
             ,
             I
             will
             relate
             them
             unto
             you
             ,
             with
             that
             brevity
             of
             words
             ,
             which
             may
             suit
             more
             with
             the
             present
             encumbrances
             that
             trouble
             me
             ,
             than
             with
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             busines
             it self
             .
          
           
             Know
             then
             ,
             that
             the
             particular
             urgencies
             of
             my
             House
             ,
             have
             erected
             already
             in
             
               Rome
            
             a
             Bank
             call'd
             the
             
               Farnes
               bank
               ,
            
             which
             obligeth
             my
             fortunes
             to
             contribut
             an
             annuall
             cense
             to
             my
             creditors
             .
             Now
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             being
             assailed
             by
             some
             turbulent
             spirits
             ,
             in
             these
             last
             periods
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             thought
             with
             himself
             to
             build
             a
             little
             new
             Fort
             ,
             of
             divers
             pretences
             upon
             this
             bank
             ,
             therby
             to
             set
             upon
             my
             Dutchy
             of
             
               Castro
            
             But
             I
             had
             good
             reason
             to
             hope
             now
             in
             these
             
             my
             troubles
             some
             support
             rather
             than
             any
             oppression
             of
             that
             
               Seat
               ,
            
             of
             whom
             the
             ashes
             of
             my
             Progenitors
             do
             yet
             glory
             to
             have
             merited
             so
             well
             ;
             But
             all
             gratitude
             being
             utterly
             extinguish'd
             in
             the
             breasts
             of
             
               Ecclesiasticks
               ,
            
             Charity
             is
             also
             much
             diminish'd
             amongst
             them
             ,
             which
             neither
             moves
             them
             to
             any
             compassion
             ,
             nor
             to
             be
             a
             whit
             aggriev'd
             ,
             though
             they
             see
             mountains
             of
             miseries
             heap'd
             on
             one's
             back
             .
             A
             desire
             to
             enrich
             the
             Nephews
             ,
             the
             
               primum
               mobile
            
             in
             these
             times
             of
             the
             Popes
             mind
             ,
             prevail'd
             over
             all
             reason
             ,
             and
             the
             pre-potency
             of
             plundring
             did
             facilitat
             the
             way
             to
             dispossesse
             me
             of
             mine
             own
             ;
             Nor
             did
             the
             tyranny
             of
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             stop
             here
             ;
             but
             he
             thought
             that
             I
             would
             take
             it
             nothing
             ill
             if
             he
             did
             
             excommunicat
             me
             ,
             that
             being
             so
             segregated
             from
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Faithfull
             ,
             none
             durst
             hear
             my
             grievance
             ,
             or
             reach
             me
             a
             hand
             .
             Agreat
             cruelty
             in
             a
             Shepheard
             ,
             that
             flaying
             his
             Sheep
             alive
             ,
             would
             not
             have
             them
             have
             naturall
             affection
             to
             resent
             the
             grief
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             to
             varnish
             the
             pretext
             of
             his
             
               censures
               ,
            
             he
             publisheth
             me
             for
             a
             disobedient
             Son
             to
             the
             universall
             Father
             of
             Christianity
             :
             But
             whether
             he
             is
             to
             be
             acknowledg'd
             for
             a
             Father
             ,
             who
             Enemy-like
             robb's
             his
             children
             ,
             judge
             you
             ?
             Can
             he
             pretend
             to
             be
             reverenc'd
             as
             Successor
             to
             Saint
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             when
             diffring
             from
             Saint
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             he
             stops
             his
             ears
             to
             the
             words
             of
             Christ
             ,
             who
             commandeth
             him
             to
             sheath
             his
             sword
             ?
             Christ
             did
             institut
             a
             peacefull
             Kingdome
             ;
             
             Nor
             did
             he
             ever
             ordain
             ,
             that
             his
             cause
             should
             be
             handled
             with
             
               Armes
               .
            
             Neverthelesse
             ,
             the
             present
             Bishops
             make
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             ready
             to
             meddle
             with
             any
             other
             cause
             ,
             than
             that
             of
             Christ
             .
             In
             the
             interim
             (
             good
             Fryer
             )
             my
             fortune
             is
             worse
             than
             that
             of
             
               Malchus
               ;
            
             for
             if
             
               Malchus
            
             was
             offended
             with
             the
             weapon
             of
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             he
             was
             heal'd
             again
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             
               Peter
               :
            
             But
             I
             find
             my self
             hurt
             by
             
               Peters
            
             sword
             ,
             yet
             cannot
             perceive
             his
             hand
             is
             disposed
             to
             cure
             me
             ,
             or
             to
             restore
             me
             mine
             own
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             VI
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               being
               departed
               from
               
                 Parma
                 ,
              
               goes
               to
               
                 Florence
                 ,
              
               where
               being
               brought
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               he
               heard
               the
               
                 Gran-Duke
              
               much
               transported
               with
               choler
               ,
               speaking
               to
               a
               Counsellor
               of
               his
               in
               this
               manner
            
          
           
             THen
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             intends
             that
             the
             Clergy-men
             shall
             go
             exempted
             from
             the
             imposition
             of
             the
             
               mill-stone
               ,
            
             wherunto
             the
             interests
             of
             my
             State
             oblige
             me
             to
             subject
             without
             Exception
             any
             one
             that
             lives
             under
             my
             government
             .
             And
             who
             is
             he
             that
             arrogats
             temporall
             Authority
             over
             anothers
             jurisdiction
             ?
             In
             the
             time
             of
             Christ
             ,
             secular
             Princes
             had
             their
             tribut
             ;
             and
             shall
             they
             be
             now
             refus'd
             in
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             Eights
             time
             ?
             By
             this
             means
             ,
             the
             credulous
             simplicity
             of
             the
             Laity
             
             shall
             be
             continually-taught
             to
             contribut
             so
             many
             gabels
             to
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             the
             Clergy
             shall
             be
             free
             from
             all
             taxes
             to
             them
             .
             And
             who
             at
             any
             time
             leaves
             any
             possessions
             to
             the
             Ecclesiasticks
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             free
             from
             such
             contributions
             ,
             which
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             awards
             ev'ry
             protecting
             Prince
             ▪
          
           
             Who
             did
             ever
             affirm
             that
             the
             Legacies
             of
             privat
             men
             can
             derogat
             from
             the
             publick
             jurisdiction
             of
             Princes
             ?
             These
             are
             new
             Statuts
             ,
             which
             tear
             the
             World
             in
             peeces
             ,
             being
             introduc'd
             by
             those
             Bishops
             ,
             which
             together
             with
             the
             Evangelicall
             Doctrin
             ,
             have
             forgot
             that
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             paid
             tribut
             to
             
               Caesar
               ,
            
             professing
             ,
             that
             he
             came
             to
             
               fulfill
            
             the
             Law
             ,
             not
             to
             abrogat
             it
             .
             And
             we
             
             shall
             admit
             into
             our
             free
             States
             an
             Authority
             ,
             which
             beyond
             the
             order
             and
             example
             of
             Christ
             ,
             pretends
             to
             have
             power
             to
             controule
             ,
             and
             transvolve
             the
             dominion
             of
             others
             ,
             yea
             ,
             to
             trample
             upon
             the
             Princes
             themselves
             .
             Is
             this
             the
             Paradis
             that
             Christ
             promiseth
             to
             them
             who
             observe
             his
             Law
             ?
             or
             rather
             a
             Hell
             ,
             which
             they
             worthily
             deserve
             ,
             who
             beleeve
             too
             much
             in
             an
             adulterated
             Church
             .
             But
             I
             observe
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticks
               ,
            
             by
             too
             many
             stiles
             ,
             do
             subject
             the
             simple
             
               seculars
               ,
            
             to
             pay
             the
             contributions
             of
             
               indulgences
               ,
            
             of
             
               dispensations
               ,
            
             of
             the
             
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
            
             of
             sacrifices
             of
             the
             
               Altar
               ,
            
             and
             in
             sum
             of
             all
             the
             
               Sacraments
               ,
            
             which
             the
             divine
             bounty
             hath
             granted
             gratis
             to
             all
             the
             Faithfull
             .
             But
             what
             do
             I
             say
             ?
             the
             avarice
             
             of
             the
             Clergy
             is
             come
             to
             that
             height
             ,
             that
             it
             doth
             not
             permit
             those
             poor
             souls
             that
             are
             under
             the
             agonies
             of
             death
             ,
             to
             depart
             from
             this
             world
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             till
             they
             conjure
             them
             under
             the
             pretext
             of
             pious
             Legacies
             ,
             to
             contribut
             a
             toll
             for
             their
             safe
             conduct
             ,
             and
             constraining
             them
             to
             bargain
             for
             their
             very
             graves
             ,
             they
             sell
             them
             for
             ready
             mony
             ,
             the
             Embraces
             of
             our
             Common
             Mother
             ,
             the
             Earth
             .
             And
             I
             ,
             in
             my
             free
             
               State
               ,
            
             cannot
             impose
             the
             least
             toll
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             the
             
               mill-stone
            
             upon
             them
             .
             But
             let
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             practise
             what
             he
             please
             ,
             let
             him
             thunder
             what
             
               Excommunications
            
             he
             will
             upon
             my
             Gabelleers
             ,
             I
             shall
             learn
             well
             enough
             how
             to
             fence
             away
             his
             blowes
             :
             I
             will
             make
             the
             
               Jewes
            
             my
             Receivers
             ,
             nor
             shall
             I
             ever
             suffer
             
             that
             
               Toscany
            
             be
             oppressed
             by
             such
             rapacious
             Tyrannies
             ,
             which
             under
             the
             mantle
             of
             Religion
             are
             exercis'd
             in
             Christendom
             to
             rob
             us
             of
             our
             own
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             VII
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               having
               from
               the
               words
               of
               the
               
                 Gran-Duke
              
               comprehended
               the
               cause
               why
               he
               was
               so
               mov'd
               ,
               resolves
               to
               steer
               his
               cours
               for
               
                 Venice
                 ,
              
               wher
               being
               scarfe
               arriv'd
               ,
               he
               found
               casually
               upon
               the
               way
               a
               writing
               ,
               the
               tenor
               ▪
               wherof
               was
               as
               followeth
               :
            
          
           
             A
             Memorandum
             for
             the
             most
             renowned
             Republick
             of
             
               Venice
               .
            
          
           
             AMongst
             those
             Princes
             which
             reverence
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             your
             
               serenity
            
             is
             She
             ,
             most
             renowned
             Republick
             ,
             which
             being
             free
             from
             all
             superstitious
             credulity
             ,
             do
             conserve
             your
             Christian
             Empire
             from
             every
             insidious
             Religion
             :
             By
             a
             most
             sage
             
             Law
             therfore
             you
             did
             constitut
             some
             yeares
             since
             ,
             that
             the
             Clergy
             should
             be
             made
             incapable
             to
             inherit
             any
             stable
             possessions
             ;
             for
             the
             dead
             daily
             multiplying
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             the
             number
             of
             Legacies
             every
             day
             increasing
             ,
             In
             processe
             of
             time
             ,
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticks
            
             would
             become
             Masters
             of
             all
             that
             wealth
             ,
             which
             giving
             a
             subsistence
             to
             all
             kind
             of
             Subjects
             ,
             are
             destinated
             for
             the
             service
             of
             your
             
               serenity
               .
            
             Whosoever
             lives
             free
             from
             all
             passion
             to
             the
             affections
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             is
             bound
             to
             applaud
             the
             maturity
             of
             your
             deliberations
             in
             this
             point
             :
             And
             he
             who
             professeth
             himself
             a
             friend
             to
             the
             greatnes
             of
             your
             dominions
             ,
             must
             needs
             ackdowledg
             ,
             that
             your
             high
             wisdome
             is
             warn'd
             by
             publick
             necessity
             to
             regulat
             
               two
            
             
             other
             no
             lesse
             important
             
               abuses
               .
            
          
           
             The
             first
             consists
             in
             the
             perpetuity
             of
             
               Legacies
               :
            
             For
             what
             avails
             it
             to
             prohibit
             ,
             that
             
               stable
            
             goods
             passe
             not
             under
             the
             possession
             of
             
               Ecclesiasticks
               ?
            
             When
             by
             the
             multitude
             of
             perpetuall
             Legacies
             ,
             which
             use
             to
             be
             bequeath'd
             ,
             and
             charg'd
             upon
             stable
             possessions
             ,
             it
             will
             fall
             out
             in
             time
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Rents
             shall
             be
             drunk
             up
             so
             ?
             And
             what
             difference
             can
             there
             be
             then
             I
             pray
             ,
             'twixt
             a
             perpetuall
             Legacy
             ,
             and
             a
             stable
             possession
             !
             Or
             what
             benefit
             should
             your
             Subjects
             receive
             from
             the
             foresaid
             Law
             ;
             who
             though
             they
             cannot
             be
             dispossed
             of
             the
             
               propriety
            
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             yet
             they
             rest
             depriv'd
             of
             the
             
               usufruit
            
             of
             it
             ?
             This
             redounds
             to
             the
             greater
             advantage
             of
             the
             Clergy
             :
             For
             while
             the
             refiduary
             
             seculars
             of
             the
             Testator
             undergo
             the
             weight
             of
             all
             publick
             Assessements
             ,
             by
             keeping
             in
             their
             hands
             the
             
               Fee
               ,
            
             The
             Clergy
             doe
             in
             vertue
             of
             the
             annuall
             Legacy
             sweep
             away
             the
             rents
             without
             any
             burden
             at
             all
             .
             The
             zeal
             of
             your
             publick
             prudence
             will
             stir
             the
             rather
             for
             regulating
             this
             abuse
             ,
             when
             you
             will
             consider
             ,
             that
             the
             perpetuity
             of
             legacies
             was
             introduc'd
             at
             first
             rather
             by
             the
             cunning
             of
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticks
               ,
            
             than
             for
             the
             need
             of
             souls
             in
             Purgatory
             :
             For
             if
             the
             pains
             in
             Purgatory
             are
             said
             to
             be
             but
             
               temporary
               ,
            
             wherfore
             should
             the
             simplicity
             of
             people
             be
             perswaded
             to
             bequeath
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             their
             souls
             
               perpetuall
               Legacies
            
             and
             
               Mansionaries
               ?
            
             Moreover
             ,
             your
             
               serenity
            
             ought
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             the
             obligation
             of
             Masses
             
             multiplying
             every
             day
             ,
             with
             the
             number
             of
             Legacies
             ,
             a
             necessity
             seems
             to
             arise
             hence
             ,
             either
             to
             increase
             the
             number
             of
             Clergy
             men
             ,
             who
             are
             useles
             for
             publick
             service
             ,
             or
             to
             defraud
             the
             wils
             of
             the
             well-devoted
             Testators
             ,
             wheron
             ,
             if
             the
             publick
             Eyes
             would
             fixe
             themselves
             ,
             they
             should
             see
             that
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticks
            
             do
             not
             performe
             ,
             no
             not
             the
             least
             part
             of
             these
             daily
             sacrifices
             which
             they
             are
             tyed
             to
             ;
             but
             they
             salve
             their
             consciences
             ,
             by
             saying
             ,
             that
             the
             Masse
             being
             of
             an
             infinit
             value
             ,
             one
             Masse
             may
             supply
             the
             necessity
             of
             
               many
            
             souls
             :
             Whence
             may
             be
             inferr'd
             ,
             that
             if
             one
             Masse
             may
             supply
             the
             necessity
             of
             many
             souls
             ,
             one
             Masse
             also
             may
             suffice
             to
             relieve
             the
             urgencies
             of
             one
             soul
             alone
             ,
             and
             the
             remainder
             shall
             
             be
             thought
             a
             number
             superfluous
             ,
             not
             from
             the
             necessity
             of
             the
             souls
             ,
             but
             rather
             from
             the
             cheat
             arising
             from
             the
             avarice
             of
             the
             Priest
          
           
             The
             second
             abuse
             consists
             in
             the
             multiplicity
             of
             Pensions
             ,
             which
             are
             paid
             annually
             to
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             from
             the
             State
             of
             
               Venice
               .
            
             Touching
             this
             ,
             it
             comes
             into
             my
             mind
             to
             remember
             your
             
               serenity
               ,
            
             that
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Rome
            
             is
             like
             the
             
               middle
               Region
               of
               the
               Ayre
               ,
               which
               is
               wont
               to
               make
               her
               thunderbolts
               against
               Earth
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Exhalations
               She
               drawes
               from
               the
               Earth
               it self
               :
               so
               the
            
             Roman
             
               Court
               is
               accustom'd
               to
               forme
               it's
               power
               for
               oppression
               of
               other
               States
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               rents
               ,
               contributions
               ,
               and
               pensions
               which
               it
               receives
               from
               those
               States
               themselves
               .
            
             And
             let
             this
             suffice
             for
             the
             high
             wisdome
             of
             your
             
               serenity
               ,
            
             in
             this
             point
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               sojourning
               in
               
                 Venice
                 ,
              
               sees
               a
               Priest
               drag'd
               into
               prison
               by
               order
               of
               the
               secular
               power
               ,
               and
               the
               cause
               being
               ask'd
               why
               the
               
                 temporall
              
               Authority
               exercis'd
               jurisdiction
               over
               a
               person
               
                 Ecclesiastick
                 ,
              
               a
               
                 Venetian
              
               answered
               him
               thus
               :
            
          
           
             THe
             Repub.
             of
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             nor
             for
             any
             other
             mens
             threats
             ,
             or
             insinuations
             ever
             deviated
             from
             that
             constant
             path
             her
             own
             prudence
             hath
             pointed
             her
             out
             ,
             for
             her
             own
             safety
             from
             the
             beginning
             .
             Amongst
             other
             jurisdictions
             which
             she
             hath
             alwayes
             conserv'd
             in
             the
             face
             of
             
               Romes
            
             pretensions
             and
             power
             ;
             one
             is
             ,
             to
             have
             authority
             to
             punish
             the
             persons
             of
             
               Ecclesiastick
            
             Delinquents
             ,
             esteeming
             that
             dominion
             to
             be
             absolut
             and
             universall
             ,
             which
             Heaven
             hath
             afforded
             her
             within
             her
             own
             territories
             .
          
           
           
             This
             Republick
             knowes
             well
             ,
             that
             when
             God
             did
             institut
             
               Soveraign
            
             power
             ,
             he
             conferr'd
             it
             upon
             
               Saul
            
             over
             
               all
            
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             
               Tribes
            
             of
             
               Israel
            
             without
             Exception
             ;
             and
             ther
             was
             amongst
             the
             Tribes
             ,
             you
             cannot
             deny
             ,
             a
             great
             number
             of
             Levits
             and
             Priests
             .
             Ought
             the
             Priests
             then
             disswade
             the
             people
             from
             that
             obedience
             which
             was
             ordain'd
             by
             the
             Divine
             Majesty
             it self
             towards
             their
             naturall
             Princes
             ?
             The
             
               Sacraments
            
             were
             ordain'd
             by
             God
             ,
             to
             wash
             away
             the
             pollutions
             of
             
               sin
            
             in
             the
             
               soul
               ,
            
             but
             not
             to
             deface
             the
             characters
             of
             
               subjects
            
             on
             the
             
               body
               ;
            
             Nor
             was
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             ever
             incompatible
             with
             the
             jurisdiction
             of
             
               Caesar
               ,
            
             but
             in
             their
             opinion
             only
             ,
             who
             seek
             pretences
             to
             traduce
             and
             calumniat
             it
             .
             The
             
             
               Ecclesiasticks
               ,
            
             who
             interpret
             all
             things
             to
             their
             own
             advantage
             ,
             pretend
             to
             under-draw
             themselves
             from
             the
             
               secular
            
             power
             by
             those
             words
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               Nolite
               tangere
               Christos
               meos
               .
            
             But
             he
             who
             is
             of
             a
             sound
             understanding
             ,
             discerneth
             how
             much
             they
             are
             deceiv'd
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             those
             words
             :
             For
             although
             the
             same
             God
             forbad
             murther
             to
             all
             men
             by
             an
             expres
             commandment
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             lawfull
             for
             Magistrats
             to
             take
             away
             the
             lives
             of
             Malefactors
             .
             In
             the
             administration
             of
             justice
             ,
             
               Lay-Princes
            
             also
             represent
             God
             ,
             and
             for
             one
             to
             pretend
             to
             withdraw
             himself
             from
             their
             Authority
             ,
             is
             no
             other
             thing
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             unwilling
             to
             be
             under
             
               divine
            
             obedience
             .
             If
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticks
            
             would
             interpret
             Scriptures
             with
             more
             reason
             ,
             then
             
             passion
             ,
             and
             partiality
             ,
             they
             would
             discern
             that
             those
             words
             ,
             
               Nolite
               tangere
               Christos
               meos
               ,
            
             beare
             no
             other
             sense
             ,
             then
             to
             prohibit
             an
             injust
             outrage
             against
             those
             
               Ecclesiasticks
               ;
            
             which
             for
             the
             goodnes
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             innocency
             of
             their
             manners
             ,
             deserve
             the
             title
             of
             
               Christs
               .
            
             When
             a
             Church
             man
             is
             naught
             ,
             he
             fals
             from
             that
             Title
             ,
             and
             so
             from
             the
             priviledg
             of
             it
             :
             Nor
             can
             the
             Clergy
             of
             these
             times
             pretend
             to
             be
             exempted
             from
             the
             power
             of
             temporall
             justice
             ,
             by
             those
             words
             ,
             unlesse
             it
             had
             been
             in
             case
             that
             Christ
             had
             said
             ,
             
               Nolite
               tangere
            
             Anti Christos
             
               meos
               .
            
          
           
             This
             
               Signory
               ,
            
             which
             can
             discern
             things
             in
             their
             true
             Essence
             ,
             doth
             not
             admit
             the
             falshood
             of
             any
             interessed
             opinion
             ,
             to
             purblind
             her
             own
             proper
             
             understanding
             :
             If
             a
             Clerk
             may
             erre
             
               temporally
            
             against
             the
             
               State
               ,
            
             the
             
               state
            
             thinks
             it
             reasonable
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             be
             punished
             
               temporally
               ,
            
             by
             no
             other
             ,
             than
             by
             that
             hand
             to
             whō
             God
             hath
             transmitted
             the
             care
             of
             the
             
               State
               .
            
             The
             danger
             of
             a
             
               State
            
             would
             be
             too
             evident
             ,
             and
             the
             confusion
             also
             ,
             if
             the
             crimes
             that
             are
             committed
             against
             the
             conservation
             ,
             and
             the
             common
             tranquillity
             therof
             should
             stand
             in
             fear
             of
             no
             other
             punishment
             ,
             then
             what
             shall
             come
             from
             a
             
               forraign
            
             Prince
             ,
             who
             regulating
             himself
             by
             certain
             politick
             interests
             ,
             in
             lieu
             of
             correction
             ,
             would
             tolerat
             perhaps
             and
             connive
             at
             the
             crime
             ,
             to
             the
             publick
             damage
             ,
             and
             disturbance
             therof
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             advantage
             .
          
           
             Behold
             ,
             for
             example
             ,
             how
             divers
             
             
               States
            
             in
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             wher
             the
             
               Pontificiall
            
             Authority
             raign
             's
             ,
             are
             disquieted
             ever
             and
             anon
             ,
             and
             corrupted
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             impunity
             of
             
               Clericall
            
             Libertines
             .
             And
             what
             other
             thing
             can
             be
             hence
             expected
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticks
            
             being
             exempted
             totally
             from
             
               secular
            
             justice
             ,
             may
             arme
             themselves
             ,
             and
             joyn
             in
             Bands
             ,
             and
             turn
             their
             
               Cloysters
               ,
            
             when
             they
             please
             ,
             to
             so
             many
             
               Castles
               ,
            
             that
             trampling
             so
             under
             foot
             the
             Authority
             of
             their
             Princes
             ,
             they
             may
             stablish
             another
             Kingdom
             within
             a
             Kingdom
             ?
             That
             wisdom
             which
             sits
             at
             the
             stern
             of
             the
             Republick
             of
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             will
             never
             suffer
             her
             own
             Subjects
             to
             be
             able
             to
             bandy
             against
             her
             ,
             by
             the
             protection
             and
             support
             of
             any
             forraign
             Authority
             .
             
               Clerks
            
             are
             punished
             when
             they
             
             offend
             temporally
             against
             the
             tranquillity
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             not
             els
             .
             And
             if
             it
             seems
             strange
             to
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
            
             that
             the
             
               Venetians
            
             assume
             to
             themselves
             
               temporall
            
             jurisdiction
             over
             
               Ecclesiasticks
               ;
            
             much
             more
             seems
             it
             strange
             to
             the
             
               Venetians
               ,
            
             that
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticks
            
             should
             usurp
             worldly
             Dominion
             over
             the
             persons
             of
             
               Seculars
               .
            
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             they
             know
             well
             ,
             that
             Christ
             professed
             openly
             to
             have
             no
             
               Kingdome
            
             in
             this
             world
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             IX
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               desiring
               to
               understand
               the
               last
               differences
               which
               have
               been
               controverted
               'twixt
               the
               Republick
               of
               
                 Venice
              
               and
               
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               is
               inform'd
               by
               a
               noble
               
                 Venetian
                 ,
              
               in
               thess
               words
               :
            
          
           
             THe
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
            
             was
             reverenc'd
             by
             us
             in
             that
             manner
             ,
             
             which
             was
             fitting
             for
             Christ's
             lawfull
             
               Spouse
               .
            
             But
             she
             corresponding
             with
             little
             gratitude
             ,
             hath
             not
             only
             oftentimes
             conspir'd
             our
             ruine
             ,
             but
             at
             last
             hath
             thrown
             out
             of
             doors
             the
             monument
             of
             our
             services
             ,
             which
             have
             been
             proclaim'd
             to
             the
             world
             for
             so
             many
             ages
             ,
             by
             the
             trump
             of
             fame
             ,
             by
             the
             true
             narration
             of
             Historians
             ,
             and
             approv'd
             in
             publick
             
               Elogies
            
             by
             all
             her
             precedent
             Bishops
             .
             This
             
               Lyon
            
             can
             hardly
             endure
             to
             have
             that
             glory
             eclips'd
             ,
             which
             was
             alwayes
             the
             food
             of
             his
             generous
             thoughts
             :
             And
             it
             seems
             very
             strange
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             
               Venice
            
             having
             rescu'd
             a
             
               fugitive
               Pope
               ,
            
             and
             plac'd
             him
             in
             his
             
               lost
            
             Chaire
             ,
             with
             the
             expence
             of
             so
             much
             
               Venetian
            
             gold
             and
             bloud
             ,
             the
             memory
             of
             this
             high
             desert
             should
             
             be
             now
             thrust
             out
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
             Yet
             the
             
               Republick
            
             being
             very
             unwilling
             that
             any
             incongruity
             should
             arise
             'twixt
             her
             ,
             &
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             ,
             consented
             that
             the
             Crowne
             of
             
               France
            
             should
             be
             umpire
             of
             the
             difference
             .
             But
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             since
             he
             diffreth
             so
             much
             from
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             will
             not
             confes
             when
             he
             denyes
             the
             truth
             ;
             
               Per
               le
               voci
               del
            
             Gallo
             .
             But
             persevering
             in
             an
             obstinat
             opinion
             ,
             not
             to
             restore
             the
             
               Elogy
               ,
            
             is
             contented
             by
             a
             foolish
             Capricio
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             to
             usurp
             this
             glorious
             attestation
             for
             the
             Church
             ,
             that
             she
             was
             ever
             serv'd
             by
             Princes
             of
             al
             sorts
             :
             So
             that
             ancient
             inscription
             which
             was
             seen
             registred
             in
             the
             Vatican
             ,
             as
             a
             Monument
             of
             
               Ecclesiasticall
            
             gratitude
             towards
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             that
             which
             time
             it self
             could
             not
             deface
             all
             this
             
             while
             ,
             the
             
               Barberini
            
             have
             annihilated
             at
             last
             ,
             because
             peradventure
             that
             having
             banish'd
             all
             vertue
             from
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             it
             displeaseth
             them
             to
             see
             
               gratitude
            
             lodg'd
             under
             the
             roof
             of
             their
             House
             :
             Or
             rather
             ,
             because
             the
             
               Barberini
            
             do
             not
             hold
             themselv's
             beholden
             for
             those
             services
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             receiv'd
             from
             St.
             
               Mark
               ,
            
             because
             they
             are
             more
             her
             Betrayers
             ,
             then
             Governors
             .
             In
             the
             interim
             ,
             we
             cannot
             but
             be
             sensible
             of
             this
             ingratitude
             ;
             yet
             we
             comfort
             our selves
             ,
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Popes
            
             disaffection
             hath
             no
             means
             to
             do
             us
             any
             hurt
             ,
             that
             is
             able
             to
             extend
             it self
             further
             then
             the
             wals
             of
             his
             own
             House
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             X.
             
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               being
               departed
               from
               
                 Venice
                 ,
              
               resolves
               to
               go
               towards
               the
               State
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               so
               embarques
               for
               
                 Ancona
                 .
              
               In
               his
               Voyage
               he
               is
               accompanied
               with
               a
               subject
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               who
               after
               a
               long
               absence
               return'd
               to
               see
               his
               Parents
               ,
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               asking
               him
               of
               his
               being
               ,
               and
               the
               cause
               of
               his
               so
               long
               exile
               ,
               declared
               his
               miseries
               in
               this
               manner
               :
            
          
           
             I
             Was
             born
             a
             subject
             under
             the
             
               State
            
             of
             
               the
               Church
               ,
            
             and
             that
             's
             enough
             ,
             O
             good
             Fryer
             ,
             to
             pronounce
             me
             unhappy
             .
             The
             Civil
             Government
             administred
             in
             my
             Country
             by
             
               Ecclesiasticks
               ,
            
             the
             Authority
             abus'd
             by
             them
             that
             govern
             ,
             and
             custom
             degenerating
             daily
             into
             cruelty
             and
             rapine
             ,
             have
             made
             the
             subjection
             insupportable
             ,
             and
             the
             lives
             of
             those
             most
             miserable
             ,
             who
             live
             under
             the
             temporall
             
               Scepter
            
             of
             the
             
             
               Roman
            
             Ecclesiasticks
             .
             My
             voice
             cannot
             sufficiently
             ,
             expres
             the
             corruption
             of
             their
             government
             .
             Let
             ev'ry
             one
             comprehend
             by
             the
             Tyranny
             they
             do
             exercise
             abroad
             ,
             what
             they
             do
             at
             home
             .
             I
             was
             inforc'd
             to
             forsake
             my
             House
             for
             a
             Tax
             impos'd
             upon
             me
             for
             living
             well
             .
             This
             Tax
             is
             a
             new
             way
             of
             confiscating
             for
             ev'ry
             light
             occasion
             .
             When
             a
             rich
             yong
             man
             is
             discovered
             by
             greennes
             of
             age
             ,
             and
             heat
             of
             bloud
             ,
             to
             be
             prone
             to
             any
             lightnes
             ;
             presently
             comes
             a
             new
             Edict
             ,
             which
             will
             make
             him
             lye
             under
             a
             grosse
             summe
             of
             mony
             .
             Herby
             it
             comes
             often
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             a
             small
             
               fillip
            
             doth
             ,
             equall
             
               murther
               ,
            
             and
             words
             are
             as
             dangerous
             as
             deeds
             :
             For
             all
             comes
             under
             the
             title
             of
             
               transgression
               ,
            
             though
             the
             
             fault
             be
             oftentimes
             be
             no
             otherwise
             than
             a
             slip
             of
             youthfull
             lightnes
             .
             Furthermore
             ,
             the
             Ministers
             which
             govern
             our
             
               State
            
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             under
             colour
             of
             zeal
             to
             our
             salvation
             ,
             are
             wont
             to
             send
             often
             certain
             Catchpols
             ,
             to
             search
             mean
             blind
             places
             and
             Cottages
             ,
             to
             see
             whether
             any
             subject
             cohabit
             with
             a
             Concubin
             :
             Every
             thing
             lyes
             under
             the
             curiosity
             of
             the
             prowling
             eyes
             ,
             and
             insolent
             hands
             of
             these
             Ragamuffins
             I
             wil
             say
             no
             more
             then
             this
             ,
             that
             under
             the
             dominion
             of
             other
             Princes
             ,
             the
             
               Jews
            
             are
             more
             gently
             us'd
             ,
             then
             we
             are
             under
             the
             regiment
             of
             
               Ecclesiasticks
               .
            
             Nor
             is
             it
             a
             wonder
             for
             some
             
               Ecclesiasticks
            
             of
             our
             times
             ,
             are
             haply
             greater
             enemies
             to
             the
             
               Gospel
            
             of
             Christ
             ,
             then
             some
             Christians
             are
             to
             the
             
               Talmud
            
             of
             the
             Hebrewes
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             XI
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Ship
               that
               carried
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               towards
               
                 Ancona
                 ,
              
               happens
               by
               distresse
               of
               weather
               ,
               and
               contrary
               winds
               ,
               to
               be
               beaten
               upon
               the
               Coasts
               of
               
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
              
               and
               striking
               into
               
                 Ragusi
                 ,
              
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               meets
               there
               with
               a
               
                 Maronit
              
               Passenger
               ,
               who
               some
               few
               weeks
               before
               had
               come
               from
               
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               begins
               to
               mingle
               speech
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               asks
               him
               of
               his
               Country
               ,
               and
               the
               motives
               that
               induc'd
               him
               to
               come
               to
               
                 Italy
                 ,
              
               ●nd
               what
               opinion
               he
               had
               form'd
               within
               himself
               of
               
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               wherunto
               he
               thus
               answers
               :
            
          
           
             MY
             Country
             is
             
               Armenia
               ,
            
             and
             my
             Religion
             is
             the
             
               Christian
               ;
            
             the
             cause
             which
             brought
             me
             to
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             was
             no
             other
             then
             a
             desire
             to
             learn
             the
             true
             Tenets
             of
             that
             Catholick
             Doctrin
             ,
             which
             in
             our
             Regions
             is
             adulterated
             with
             such
             a
             multiplicity
             of
             Sects
             ,
             that
             they
             confound
             one
             another
             .
          
           
             The
             eleventh
             yeare
             is
             now
             come
             
             almost
             about
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             breath'd
             under
             the
             Climes
             of
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             and
             I
             sojourned
             most
             in
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             being
             led
             thither
             by
             Fame
             ,
             which
             somtimes
             useth
             to
             represent
             things
             otherwise
             than
             they
             are
             in
             their
             own
             Essence
             .
             I
             imagin'd
             within
             my self
             that
             City
             to
             be
             she
             ,
             who
             as
             she
             pretends
             ,
             so
             she
             had
             deserv'd
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             head
             of
             all
             Christian
             people
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             school
             of
             sanctity
             ,
             and
             patterne
             of
             all
             innocence
             .
             And
             truly
             at
             first
             sight
             ,
             I
             thought
             I
             was
             not
             awhit
             deceiv'd
             by
             any
             extern
             appearance
             ,
             which
             oftentimes
             doth
             dazzle
             and
             inchant
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             simple
             .
             The
             magnificence
             of
             her
             Temples
             ,
             the
             grea
             ▪
             number
             of
             pardons
             ,
             such
             a
             confluence
             of
             people
             flocking
             to
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             visit
             of
             holy
             places
             imprinted
             
             within
             me
             such
             an
             opinion
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             piety
             ;
             that
             when
             afterwards
             ,
             I
             fell
             to
             observe
             the
             lives
             and
             luxury
             of
             the
             
               Cardinals
            
             (
             little
             compatible
             with
             the
             Doctrin
             of
             Christ
             )
             I
             ascrib'd
             the
             cause
             of
             my
             mistake
             rather
             to
             mine
             own
             ignorance
             ,
             than
             to
             want
             of
             Religion
             in
             others
             .
             But
             when
             I
             seriously
             descended
             into
             my self
             ,
             I
             thought
             I
             was
             not
             born
             sencele
             .
             Proces
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             mature
             reflections
             made
             me
             discern
             afterwards
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Religion
             consisted
             most
             in
             Ceremonies
             of
             exterior
             worship
             ,
             which
             were
             it
             properly
             defin'd
             ,
             might
             be
             cal'd
             ,
             a
             kind
             of
             
               practise
               of
               life
               in
               the
               smaller
               sort
               ,
               and
               an
               hypocrisie
               in
               the
               greater
               :
            
             For
             the
             rest
             ,
             every
             action
             being
             judiciously
             examin'd
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             it
             tending
             
             to
             objects
             of
             privat
             interest
             ,
             and
             temporall
             benefit
             .
             Profit
             and
             delight
             are
             the
             two
             Poles
             ,
             wheron
             the
             Firmament
             of
             
               Roman
            
             designs
             doth
             wheel
             about
             .
             If
             Christ
             and
             his
             Law
             be
             embrac'd
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             embrac'd
             for
             the
             true
             finall
             end
             ,
             but
             as
             means
             to
             compasse
             some
             terrene
             busines
             ,
             which
             transform'd
             me
             to
             wonder
             ,
             while
             I
             observ'd
             ,
             how
             much
             
               Christ
            
             was
             vilified
             amongst
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
            
             considering
             how
             much
             he
             serves
             their
             turn
             for
             the
             increase
             of
             their
             temporall
             interests
             .
             You
             shall
             find
             all
             vices
             reduc'd
             in
             this
             City
             ,
             as
             to
             their
             proper
             center
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             worse
             ,
             blanch'd
             over
             with
             specious
             titles
             of
             Holines
             .
             Their
             
               pomp
            
             appears
             under
             the
             name
             of
             Church
             -
             decorum
             ,
             their
             
               ambition
            
             
             under
             the
             title
             of
             Majesty
             ,
             their
             
               tyranny
            
             under
             the
             semblance
             of
             zeal
             :
             Nay
             ,
             most
             scandalous
             lusts
             are
             brought
             into
             the
             Houses
             of
             the
             greater
             sort
             ,
             under
             the
             mantle
             of
             spirituall
             recreations
             .
          
           
             Adulation
             hath
             founded
             here
             her
             Palace
             ,
             for
             you
             shall
             hear
             it
             preach'd
             most
             impudently
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Pope
            
             cannot
             erre
             ,
             notwithstanding
             ,
             that
             his
             actions
             are
             the
             very
             topps
             of
             error
             .
             Tell
             me
             ,
             O
             reverend
             Fryer
             ,
             if
             the
             
               Pope
            
             cannot
             erre
             ,
             wherfore
             are
             ther
             Decrees
             and
             Ordinances
             of
             Councels
             instituted
             ?
             'T
             were
             enough
             for
             every
             one
             to
             be
             regulated
             by
             his
             will
             only
             ,
             without
             importuning
             any
             Synod
             ,
             or
             attending
             any
             rules
             from
             the
             universall
             consent
             of
             Christianity
             .
             But
             to
             unbowell
             unto
             you
             my
             true
             
             meaning
             ,
             I
             hold
             that
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticks
            
             now
             that
             they
             see
             ,
             they
             cannot
             fit
             the
             customs
             of
             the
             
               Pope
            
             to
             the
             Laws
             ,
             they
             procure
             to
             fit
             the
             Laws
             to
             his
             Customs
             .
             God
             furgive
             them
             ,
             who
             fomenting
             a
             Parasiticall
             Doctrin
             ,
             introduce
             so
             many
             abuses
             to
             Gods
             House
             ,
             so
             frontles
             and
             void
             of
             shame
             ;
             These
             being
             dandled
             with
             ambition
             ,
             have
             transported
             Saint
             
               Peters
            
             Seat
             from
             
               caves
               ,
            
             to
             
               thrones
            
             of
             gold
             .
             These
             being
             carried
             away
             with
             avarice
             ,
             do
             declare
             this
             magnificence
             to
             be
             necessary
             for
             the
             dignity
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             together
             with
             those
             worldly
             dominions
             ,
             so
             expresly
             forbidden
             by
             Christ
             .
             Poor
             Church
             ,
             to
             what
             a
             case
             art
             thou
             reduc'd
             !
             The
             time
             was
             ,
             when
             the
             Clergy
             were
             reverenc'd
             for
             the
             sanctity
             of
             their
             lives
             .
             
             for
             the
             profoundnes
             of
             their
             learning
             ,
             for
             the
             fame
             of
             their
             miracles
             .
             Now
             they
             raise
             to
             themselves
             respect
             by
             worldly
             rule
             and
             greatnes
             ,
             for
             nothing
             els
             makes
             thē
             to
             be
             reverenc'd
             in
             these
             dayes
             .
             But
             to
             compasse
             this
             mundangrandeur
             ,
             which
             is
             founded
             most
             commonly
             upon
             the
             basis
             of
             gold
             ,
             what
             unlawfull
             path
             is
             not
             trodden
             ?
             what
             iniquity
             is
             not
             praetis'd
             ?
             The
             Law
             of
             Christ
             being
             turn'd
             by
             the
             ministry
             of
             the
             
               Romans
               ;
            
             to
             be
             a
             Law
             of
             ruine
             and
             rapine
             .
             Ther
             is
             no
             action
             exercis'd
             in
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             ,
             but
             you
             shall
             find
             it
             conjoyn'd
             with
             the
             interests
             of
             earthly
             emolument
             .
             O
             how
             deplorable
             are
             these
             times
             ,
             were
             they
             paralell'd
             with
             those
             of
             the
             Ancients
             ,
             yea
             ,
             when
             the
             world
             was
             depriv'd
             
             
             
             of
             Evangelicall
             Light
             .
             Then
             ,
             amongst
             the
             
               Pagans
               ,
            
             if
             an
             
               Alexander
            
             rise
             up
             ,
             who
             with
             an
             immense
             kind
             of
             cupidity
             snatcht
             at
             every
             thing
             ,
             
               Nature
               who
               is
               a
               friend
               to
               Counterpoises
               ,
            
             created
             a
             
               Pholosopher
               ,
            
             who
             glorying
             in
             his
             poverty
             ,
             contemn'd
             the
             possession
             of
             all
             mundan
             greatnes
             .
             But
             now
             amongst
             the
             Christians
             ,
             if
             a
             
               Pope
            
             starts
             up
             ,
             which
             with
             insatiable
             appetit
             goes
             about
             to
             grapple
             all
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             find
             that
             vertue
             hath
             that
             force
             as
             to
             dispose
             any
             
               Ecclesiastick
               ,
            
             to
             shew
             a
             counter
             example
             of
             that
             poverty
             which
             is
             commanded
             him
             by
             Heaven
             .
             Good
             Fryer
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             ever
             been
             in
             the
             dominions
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             you
             will
             be
             astonish'd
             at
             such
             abominations
             ,
             wherwith
             the
             worship
             of
             God
             is
             daily
             prophan'd
             .
          
           
           
             Moreover
             ,
             you
             shall
             hear
             nothing
             els
             preach'd
             in
             the
             Pulpits
             but
             Paradoxes
             ,
             the
             delight
             ,
             not
             the
             utility
             of
             souls
             being
             the
             scope
             of
             their
             matter
             ;
             And
             so
             the
             ears
             being
             tickled
             with
             this
             Doctrin
             ,
             the
             collections
             use
             to
             be
             greater
             ,
             which
             under
             the
             name
             of
             almes
             is
             afterwards
             drawn
             from
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Auditors
             .
             But
             their
             sacrilegious
             greedines
             stops
             not
             here
             ,
             you
             shall
             often
             see
             many
             lame
             miracles
             publish'd
             for
             gain
             :
             You
             shall
             often
             see
             a
             number
             of
             those
             inspir'd
             Fathers
             use
             certain
             acts
             of
             conjuraration
             ,
             rather
             ,
             to
             drain
             mony
             out
             of
             the
             purse
             ,
             then
             to
             cast
             Devils
             out
             of
             the
             body
             :
             You
             shall
             see
             somtimes
             many
             neglected
             Images
             ,
             making
             themselves
             miraculous
             upon
             a
             sudden
             ,
             to
             enrich
             the
             
               Ecclesiastick
            
             Possessors
             ,
             
             deluding
             by
             this
             trick
             the
             simplicity
             of
             those
             who
             hold
             ,
             that
             the
             vertue
             of
             doing
             miracles
             being
             lost
             in
             men
             ,
             is
             retir'd
             now
             into
             Statues
             and
             Pictures
             .
             In
             summe
             ,
             the
             abuses
             are
             so
             many
             which
             are
             introduc'd
             by
             the
             avarice
             ,
             and
             rapacity
             of
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
            
             that
             I
             prognosticat
             ,
             that
             that
             apparance
             of
             
               Religion
            
             will
             be
             quite
             extinguish'd
             ere
             it
             be
             long
             ,
             and
             
               faith
            
             it self
             also
             as
             much
             as
             remains
             ;
             for
             I
             have
             observ'd
             ,
             that
             Christ
             did
             not
             live
             long
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             put
             between
             
               theeves
               .
            
             Ther
             is
             an
             opinion
             that
             is
             current
             amongst
             some
             Theologues
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             
               Host
            
             begins
             to
             moulder
             ,
             the
             
               divine
            
             presence
             departs
             immediatly
             from
             the
             
               Eucharist
               :
            
             Now
             ,
             if
             
               Christ
            
             cannot
             stay
             ,
             no
             not
             the
             least
             moment
             in
             corrupted
             
             bread
             ,
             how
             shall
             we
             think
             he
             can
             abide
             to
             stay
             amongst
             a
             corrupt
             people
             ?
             Friend
             ,
             if
             your
             salvation
             be
             deare
             to
             you
             ,
             turn
             face
             about
             ,
             and
             never
             go
             to
             
               Rome
               ;
            
             cast
             your self
             rather
             upon
             the
             remotest
             shoares
             of
             
               India
               ,
            
             whither
             they
             say
             all
             vertue
             and
             Religion
             is
             retir'd
             ,
             perhaps
             to
             be
             the
             further
             off
             distant
             from
             the
             
               Roman
            
             vices
             .
             One
             cannot
             sojourn
             in
             this
             City
             ,
             without
             endangering
             the
             Christian
             faith
             .
             Take
             example
             by
             me
             ,
             who
             being
             come
             from
             amongst
             the
             Mahumetans
             ,
             to
             learn
             how
             to
             lead
             the
             life
             of
             a
             Catholick
             ,
             do
             now
             go
             away
             hence
             with
             strange
             kind
             of
             confus'd
             imperfect
             thoughts
             to
             turn
             Turk
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             XII
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Sea
               being
               calm'd
               ,
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               makes
               sayle
               ,
               and
               arrives
               at
               
                 Ancona
                 ,
              
               whence
               he
               goes
               to
               
                 Loretto
                 ,
              
               and
               while
               he
               pass'd
               in
               a
               Fryers
               weed
               hard
               by
               a
               Village
               ,
               he
               was
               earnestly
               cal'd
               in
               to
               confesse
               a
               Cardinall
               that
               was
               a
               dying
               :
               He
               goes
               in
               ,
               and
               hears
               the
               confession
               he
               made
               expressed
               in
               the
               words
               following
               :
            
          
           
             
               FAther
               ,
            
             I
             feel
             the
             pangs
             of
             death
             come
             upon
             me
             ,
             God
             summons
             me
             to
             satisfie
             the
             debt
             of
             human
             frailty
             .
             My
             soul
             finding
             her self
             in
             these
             extremes
             ,
             trembleth
             to
             appear
             before
             the
             face
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             regard
             she
             is
             so
             full
             of
             mundane
             spots
             .
             It
             is
             your
             function
             ,
             to
             help
             me
             to
             wash
             them
             off
             ,
             while
             these
             eyes
             of
             mine
             shall
             aford
             you
             tears
             ,
             &
             this
             panting
             spirit
             ,
             though
             strugling
             with
             the
             assaults
             of
             death
             ,
             shall
             endeavour
             to
             declare
             unto
             you
             in
             short
             periods
             the
             
             sum
             totall
             of
             all
             my
             offences
             pass'd
             .
          
           
             Know
             then
             ,
             that
             I
             was
             born
             to
             a
             poor
             fortune
             ,
             but
             Nature
             ,
             who
             hath
             also
             her
             portion
             of
             goods
             in
             this
             World
             to
             dispense
             among
             Mortals
             ,
             was
             pleas'd
             to
             endow
             this
             body
             with
             such
             Prerogatives
             ,
             that
             my
             parents
             might
             well
             formalize
             some
             hopes
             within
             themselves
             of
             my
             greater
             aduancement
             at
             
               Rome
               .
            
             Being
             grown
             up
             to
             twelve
             yeares
             ,
             devoting
             my self
             not
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             to
             ambition
             ,
             they
             cloath'd
             me
             with
             the
             habit
             of
             an
             
               Ecclesiastick
               ,
            
             and
             to
             stablish
             the
             foundation
             of
             their
             hopes
             the
             better
             ,
             they
             applyed
             me
             to
             the
             service
             of
             a
             Cardinall
             :
             
               Wher
               the
               end
               is
               crooked
               ,
               the
               means
               tending
               to
               that
               end
               ,
               can
               hardly
               prosper
               .
            
             Hence
             comes
             it
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             now
             adayes
             in
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             to
             arrive
             to
             the
             
             pervers
             ends
             of
             their
             designs
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             use
             for
             means
             ,
             
               learning
            
             and
             
               vertue
               ,
            
             the
             effects
             of
             a
             true
             heavenly
             vocation
             ;
             but
             
               courtship
            
             and
             
               flattery
               ,
            
             which
             are
             the
             base
             parts
             of
             that
             interest
             ,
             that
             hath
             an
             eye
             alwayes
             to
             the
             worldly
             advantage
             of
             ones
             self
             .
             I
             applyed
             my
             particular
             study
             to
             be
             a
             proficient
             in
             the
             garb
             and
             fashions
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             other
             thing
             ,
             then
             to
             devote
             ones
             person
             to
             any
             pleasure
             of
             the
             great
             ones
             .
             He
             who
             confesseth
             ,
             must
             conceal
             nothing
             ,
             but
             be
             pleas'd
             ,
             O
             
               Father
               ,
            
             to
             comprehend
             in
             your
             imagination
             all
             wherin
             an
             engag'd
             ,
             and
             well
             respected
             youth
             may
             sin
             ,
             and
             suppose
             it
             in
             me
             ,
             and
             so
             my
             feeble
             tongue
             shall
             be
             exempted
             from
             the
             labor
             of
             long
             narrations
             .
             Only
             this
             I
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             
             I
             knew
             how
             to
             gain
             the
             entire
             affection
             of
             the
             Prelat
             ,
             my
             Protector
             ,
             and
             he
             for
             my
             sake
             was
             not
             ill
             look'd
             upon
             at
             Court
             .
             Pensions
             did
             raign
             upon
             my
             person
             ,
             which
             made
             me
             wonder
             at
             that
             which
             the
             Ancients
             write
             ,
             that
             
               Jove
            
             should
             metamorphose
             himself
             into
             a
             showre
             of
             gold
             only
             for
             
               Danae
               ,
            
             when
             he
             converts
             himself
             so
             ,
             more
             often
             for
             
               Ganimeds
               .
            
             This
             my
             youthfull
             age
             was
             free
             from
             those
             passions
             ,
             which
             use
             ordinarily
             to
             transport
             the
             minds
             of
             young
             men
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             to
             love
             women
             :
             I
             do
             not
             deny
             to
             have
             tryed
             it
             ,
             and
             I
             suddenly
             left
             it
             off
             ,
             it
             seeming
             to
             me
             very
             strange
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             pray
             ,
             who
             was
             us'd
             to
             be
             prayed
             unto
             ;
             but
             I
             continued
             not
             long
             in
             that
             state
             ▪
             my
             humor
             alter'd
             with
             my
             age
             ,
             then
             
             I
             intangled
             my self
             in
             feminine
             love
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             short
             space
             I
             tryed
             what
             was
             adultery
             ,
             fornication
             ,
             and
             incest
             :
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             I
             arriv'd
             to
             that
             age
             which
             is
             capable
             of
             Priesthood
             ,
             then
             taking
             Orders
             ▪
             I
             liv'd
             awhile
             retir'd
             within
             my self
             ,
             being
             perswaded
             to
             a
             moderation
             of
             life
             ,
             by
             that
             
               Synderesis
               ,
            
             that
             touch
             of
             conscience
             ,
             which
             comes
             somtimes
             by
             nature
             ,
             &
             teacheth
             some
             sort
             of
             respect
             to
             be
             had
             to
             such
             a
             Sacrament
             :
             But
             at
             the
             end
             ,
             
               too
               much
               familiarity
               turn'd
               to
               contempt
               ;
            
             for
             wheras
             at
             first
             ,
             I
             began
             to
             sin
             with
             some
             scruple
             ,
             those
             scruples
             quickly
             flew
             away
             from
             my
             conscience
             ,
             And
             so
             I
             came
             to
             such
             a
             reprobat
             sence
             ,
             that
             fornication
             ,
             rebellion
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
             and
             and
             celebrating
             of
             the
             Masse
             ,
             was
             in
             my
             person
             but
             the
             
             act
             of
             one
             houre
             .
             
               Father
               ,
            
             't
             was
             no
             Sacrament
             ,
             't
             was
             a
             Devill
             that
             then
             entred
             into
             my
             soul
             ,
             when
             I
             took
             the
             character
             of
             a
             Priest
             :
             It
             was
             an
             infernall
             spirit
             that
             perswaded
             me
             not
             to
             fear
             that
             Christ
             which
             was
             daily
             to
             passe
             through
             my
             hands
             :
             I
             found
             my self
             immediatly
             disposed
             to
             every
             wickednes
             :
             And
             wheras
             at
             first
             ,
             no
             other
             affection
             molested
             me
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             lust
             ,
             me
             thought
             ,
             that
             all
             vices
             assayl'd
             me
             in
             a
             moment
             :
             Nor
             is
             it
             to
             be
             wondred
             at
             ;
             for
             if
             
               Judas
            
             found
             himself
             disposed
             to
             betray
             Christ
             after
             he
             had
             taken
             the
             sop
             unworthily
             ,
             though
             but
             once
             ,
             much
             more
             must
             it
             be
             suppos'd
             ,
             that
             those
             impious
             Priests
             must
             be
             inclinable
             to
             all
             motion
             of
             prophanenes
             ,
             who
             every
             day
             receive
             the
             sacramentated
             Redeemer
             ,
             
             peradventure
             more
             unworthily
             than
             
               Judas
               :
            
             And
             covetousnes
             came
             to
             be
             my
             inseparable
             companions
             ,
             fomented
             chiefly
             by
             occasion
             of
             that
             command
             and
             authority
             I
             began
             to
             get
             in
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             wher
             while
             I
             exercis'd
             the
             office
             of
             a
             Shepheard
             ,
             I
             learn't
             quickly
             the
             art
             to
             shear
             my
             sheep
             close
             :
             All
             that
             belong'd
             to
             the
             subject
             ,
             was
             created
             ,
             me
             thought
             ,
             by
             nature
             for
             the
             service
             of
             my
             affections
             ;
             my
             favours
             were
             still
             expos'd
             to
             the
             highest
             offerer
             ;
             nor
             did
             I
             ever
             refuse
             a
             present
             from
             any
             hand
             ;
             I
             did
             wonder
             at
             the
             custom
             of
             the
             Priests
             of
             the
             old
             Testament
             ,
             which
             rejected
             many
             oblations
             ,
             as
             unworthy
             for
             the
             saciifice
             ,
             and
             so
             concluded
             within
             my self
             ,
             that
             because
             the
             times
             and
             lawes
             
             were
             alter'd
             ,
             the
             Priests
             of
             the
             new
             Testament
             ought
             to
             receive
             any
             thing
             offred
             them
             .
             But
             this
             was
             the
             least
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             Parishioner
             did
             not
             do
             it
             voluntarily
             ,
             I
             found
             wayes
             to
             snatch
             it
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             I
             remember
             ,
             that
             amongst
             other
             passages
             ,
             taking
             occasion
             once
             to
             visit
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             who
             was
             within
             the
             compas
             of
             my
             jurisdiction
             ,
             I
             observed
             in
             his
             house
             some
             pictures
             of
             good
             value
             ,
             and
             giving
             him
             an
             inkling
             of
             my
             desire
             ,
             he
             with
             many
             humble
             complements
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             be
             very
             unwilling
             to
             dispossesse
             himself
             of
             them
             ;
             I
             kept
             this
             deniall
             in
             my
             breast
             ,
             and
             having
             trac'd
             a
             way
             ,
             by
             means
             of
             the
             holy
             
               Inquisition
               ,
            
             to
             clap
             him
             in
             prison
             ,
             he
             presented
             unto
             me
             those
             Pictures
             ,
             
             that
             he
             might
             only
             be
             remov'd
             to
             a
             gentler
             gaole
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             ,
             for
             his
             full
             liberty
             ,
             he
             was
             forc'd
             to
             suffer
             the
             better
             part
             of
             his
             Estate
             to
             be
             confiscated
             .
             But
             ,
             feariug
             that
             by
             his
             appeal
             to
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             this
             act
             of
             mine
             might
             be
             too
             narrowly
             winnow'd
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             might
             run
             a
             hazard
             of
             the
             precipitation
             of
             my
             fortunes
             not
             yet
             so
             firmly
             grounded
             ,
             to
             secure
             my self
             from
             after-claps
             ,
             I
             cal'd
             him
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             rebuking
             him
             for
             his
             coorse
             carriage
             towards
             me
             at
             first
             ,
             it
             made
             me
             ,
             by
             right
             of
             that
             incumbency
             I
             held
             over
             him
             ,
             to
             reform
             all
             misdemeanors
             ,
             to
             teach
             him
             how
             to
             comply
             with
             Church-Governors
             for
             the
             future
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             for
             the
             reparation
             of
             his
             losses
             pass'd
             ,
             I
             made
             him
             a
             friendly
             promise
             ,
             to
             point
             
             him
             out
             a
             way
             how
             he
             might
             be
             made
             capable
             to
             wear
             an
             
               Ecclesiastick
            
             habit
             ,
             and
             so
             ascend
             to
             the
             dignity
             of
             a
             
               Prelat
               ;
            
             for
             they
             under
             the
             
               Roman
               State
               ,
            
             amongst
             the
             multitudes
             of
             their
             miseries
             ,
             have
             no
             other
             comfort
             but
             this
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             easily
             arrive
             to
             such
             a
             condition
             as
             may
             inable
             them
             to
             revenge
             upon
             some
             others
             the
             wrongs
             they
             receive
             themselves
             .
          
           
             By
             these
             means
             I
             knew
             how
             to
             feather
             my
             nest
             so
             well
             ,
             that
             I
             return'd
             afterwards
             to
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             to
             live
             in
             the
             lustre
             of
             a
             conspicuous
             
               Prelat
               ,
            
             by
             introducing
             into
             my
             house
             the
             wonted
             pomp
             and
             exces
             of
             the
             old
             
               Romans
               ▪
            
             I
             parallel'd
             any
             other
             in
             ornament
             of
             rich
             hangings
             ,
             of
             magnificent
             Coaches
             ,
             in
             number
             of
             Grooms
             and
             
             Laquays
             ,
             and
             specially
             ,
             in
             multitude
             of
             Courtiers
             ,
             and
             gelded
             Musitians
             ;
             The
             greatnes
             of
             
               Rome
            
             being
             ambitious
             to
             shew
             her self
             barbarous
             ,
             yea
             ,
             in
             the
             pomp
             of
             
               Eunuchs
               .
            
             Eleven
             youths
             did
             undergo
             the
             martyrdom
             of
             
               Origen
               ,
            
             of
             purpose
             to
             devote
             themselves
             to
             the
             luxury
             of
             my
             pleasures
             :
             Poor
             boyes
             ,
             by
             what
             a
             strange
             effect
             doth
             the
             lusts
             of
             others
             make
             you
             chast
             !
             While
             I
             did
             lead
             this
             splendid
             life
             ,
             the
             Cardinall
             ,
             my
             Protector
             ,
             came
             to
             the
             Popedome
             .
             By
             this
             exaltation
             ,
             my
             hopes
             soar'd
             very
             high
             ,
             nor
             did
             ther
             much
             time
             passe
             ,
             when
             I
             saw
             my
             person
             ,
             being
             a
             creature
             of
             the
             Popes
             ,
             advanc'd
             to
             the
             dignity
             of
             the
             
               Hat
               ;
            
             so
             I
             mounted
             to
             the
             degree
             of
             
               Cardinal
               ,
            
             wherin
             I
             stand
             now
             .
             Now
             if
             my
             voice
             had
             strength
             
             to
             unmask
             every
             particular
             thing
             ,
             you
             would
             be
             struck
             with
             amazement
             ,
             to
             discover
             a
             life
             so
             impious
             in
             the
             persons
             of
             them
             who
             glory
             in
             the
             title
             of
             Christs
             Disciples
             .
             I
             'le
             tell
             you
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             time
             I
             obtain'd
             the
             Cardinalship
             ,
             I
             never
             kept
             
               Lent
               ,
            
             I
             never
             recited
             my
             
               howrs
               ,
            
             I
             never
             confessed
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             now
             ,
             in
             these
             extreme
             agonies
             of
             my
             sicknes
             :
             Such
             being
             the
             custom
             almost
             of
             all
             Cardinals
             ,
             who
             finding
             themselves
             in
             a
             posture
             to
             aspire
             to
             the
             keyes
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             do
             think
             perchance
             to
             be
             able
             one
             day
             to
             find
             a
             way
             to
             enter
             there
             ,
             without
             any
             necessity
             of
             good
             works
             .
             But
             wo
             is
             me
             ,
             I
             perceive
             now
             to
             have
             deviated
             from
             the
             way
             of
             Heaven
             ;
             I
             discern
             too
             well
             by
             the
             light
             of
             
               divine
            
             grace
             (
             which
             
             knows
             not
             by
             what
             exces
             of
             mercy
             may
             please
             to
             save
             me
             for
             all
             this
             )
             that
             to
             lead
             an
             
               Ecclesiasticall
            
             life
             ,
             as
             is
             now
             accustom'd
             ,
             is
             nothing
             at
             all
             to
             live
             like
             a
             Christian
             :
             But
             if
             
               Pagans
               ,
            
             yea
             
               Atheists
            
             perceiving
             their
             own
             errors
             ,
             have
             hopes
             to
             be
             saved
             ,
             why
             should
             I
             despair
             ?
             This
             is
             the
             only
             argument
             of
             my
             hopes
             ,
             although
             I
             think
             the
             salvation
             of
             an
             
               Infidell
            
             more
             easie
             ,
             then
             that
             of
             a
             
               perverse
               Christian
               ;
            
             because
             my
             soul
             finds
             at
             this
             very
             moment
             ,
             that
             the
             
               understanding
            
             is
             more
             easily
             illuminated
             ,
             then
             the
             
               will
            
             humbled
             and
             rectified
             ,
             being
             too
             tenacious
             of
             her
             delights
             in
             those
             pleasures
             ,
             which
             she
             must
             now
             relinquish
             with
             the
             
               Hat
               ,
            
          
           
             But
             
               Father
               ,
            
             my
             spirit
             fayles
             me
             ,
             give
             me
             an
             absolution
             ,
             for
             I
             feel
             
             my self
             upon
             point
             of
             expiring
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XIII
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               having
               comforted
               the
               dying
               Cardinall
               ▪
               goes
               to
               
                 Loretto
                 ,
              
               where
               he
               is
               detain'd
               some
               dayes
               by
               the
               rain
               ,
               there
               he
               fals
               into
               the
               friendship
               of
               a
               Minister
               of
               
                 Savoy
                 ,
              
               who
               return'd
               from
               
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               with
               a
               dispensation
               obtain'd
               for
               a
               marriage
               'twixt
               the
               Prince
               Cardinall
               
                 Maurice
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               Princesse
               his
               Nee●●
               ,
               and
               being
               question'd
               about
               it
               ,
               he
               makes
               that
               following
               relation
               :
            
          
           
             THere
             are
             not
             many
             yeares
             ,
             that
             the
             Houseof
             
               Savoy
            
             hath
             complied
             according
             to
             the
             custom
             of
             Princes
             ,
             with
             the
             ambition
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             by
             receiving
             a
             Cardinals
             
               Hat
            
             in
             the
             person
             of
             Prince
             
               Maurice
               ,
            
             not
             by
             way
             of
             vocation
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             have
             this
             for
             an
             
               Ecclesiasticall
            
             life
             ,
             but
             to
             secure
             the
             posterity
             of
             the
             elder
             brother
             ,
             from
             all
             aspirings
             ,
             
             and
             〈◊〉
             ▪
             jealousies
             and
             dangers
             .
             This
             Prince
             then
             did
             frame
             his
             Customs
             sutable
             to
             the
             life
             that
             he
             had
             propos'd
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             to
             shun
             the
             better
             the
             troubles
             of
             those
             warlike
             spirits
             ,
             which
             use
             to
             be
             naturally
             of
             his
             race
             ,
             he
             resolv'd
             to
             retire
             himself
             to
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             esteeming
             this
             City
             the
             rendevouz
             of
             repose
             ,
             and
             center
             of
             tranquillity
             ,
             for
             all
             Church-men
             .
             Poor
             Prince
             ,
             he
             was
             herein
             mightily
             deceiv'd
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             put
             to
             suffer
             such
             termes
             of
             incivillity
             from
             the
             indiscretions
             of
             the
             
               Barberini
               ,
            
             that
             oftentimes
             he
             repented
             to
             have
             underlaid
             the
             decorum
             of
             his
             nativity
             ,
             to
             the
             handling
             of
             persons
             so
             meanly
             born
             .
             The
             ill
             satisfaction
             which
             he
             received
             hapned
             every
             day
             ,
             so
             that
             one
             time
             breathing
             out
             his
             
             passions
             unto
             me
             ,
             he
             said
             thus
             :
             I
             cannot
             but
             blame
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             ,
             because
             she
             useth
             to
             confer
             the
             Papacy
             most
             commonly
             upon
             men
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             obscurity
             of
             their
             birth
             ,
             cannot
             adapt
             themselves
             to
             treat
             with
             Princes
             :
             Wherunto
             I
             answered
             ,
             you
             cannot
             blame
             the
             Church
             ,
             while
             she
             follows
             the
             institutions
             of
             Christ
             ,
             who
             conferr'd
             the
             ministry
             of
             the
             Apostleship
             upon
             people
             of
             the
             meanest
             rank
             :
             But
             they
             rather
             are
             to
             be
             blam'd
             ,
             who
             with
             the
             ministry
             of
             the
             Apostleship
             ,
             receive
             no
             more
             that
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             at
             other
             times
             did
             sanctifie
             and
             indoctrinat
             poor
             Fisher-men
             in
             the
             art
             of
             catching
             the
             benevolence
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             the
             affections
             of
             whole
             entire
             Provinces
             .
             So
             I
             answered
             .
             
             But
             the
             distasts
             of
             this
             Prince
             requir'd
             further
             satisfaction
             ;
             A
             fancy
             took
             him
             at
             last
             to
             return
             to
             
               Savoy
               ,
            
             wher
             being
             come
             ,
             he
             found
             the
             Court
             so
             rent
             into
             faction
             ,
             by
             the
             domestick
             grudges
             betwixt
             the
             brother
             
               Tomaso
               ,
            
             the
             Cosin
             
               Mother
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Tutres
            
             of
             the
             pupill
             
               Duke
               ,
            
             that
             he
             concluded
             within
             himself
             ,
             that
             some
             Princes
             may
             be
             born
             never
             to
             find
             peace
             .
             He
             was
             constrain'd
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             to
             stand
             neutrall
             ,
             to
             declare
             himself
             for
             the
             Brothers
             side
             ,
             wherupon
             he
             obtain'd
             the
             government
             of
             the
             most
             important
             County
             of
             
               Nizza
               .
            
          
           
             Many
             accidents
             well
             known
             to
             the
             world
             fell
             out
             since
             ,
             from
             the
             dis-union
             of
             this
             Cosins
             bloud
             ,
             the
             interesses
             of
             
               two
               Crowns
               ,
            
             now
             
             in
             Enmity
             interposing
             ,
             when
             the
             Stars
             changing
             their
             Aspects
             ,
             turn'd
             discord
             into
             love
             ,
             and
             hatred
             into
             union
             .
             Some
             sparks
             of
             amorous
             complacency
             began
             to
             kindle
             in
             the
             breast
             of
             the
             Prince
             Cardinall
             towards
             the
             tender
             person
             of
             his
             Neece
             ;
             And
             he
             was
             solicited
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             at
             last
             he
             resolv'd
             to
             renounce
             the
             
               Hatt
               ,
            
             to
             get
             her
             for
             his
             
               Spouse
               ;
            
             Nor
             did
             the
             regards
             of
             affinity
             of
             bloud
             ,
             or
             of
             disparity
             of
             years
             oppose
             this
             resolution
             ;
             because
             as
             the
             one
             was
             held
             feasable
             in
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             though
             with
             some
             expence
             :
             so
             the
             other
             did
             not
             fall
             under
             any
             consideration
             amongst
             them
             ,
             who
             with
             the
             eye
             of
             prudence
             and
             policy
             foresee
             the
             benefit
             which
             will
             arise
             out
             of
             this
             marriage
             ,
             to
             settle
             the
             peace
             of
             
               Savoy
               .
            
             
             Matters
             then
             being
             brought
             to
             such
             termes
             ,
             I
             ,
             an
             ancient
             servant
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             was
             imployed
             to
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             as
             a
             Messenger
             of
             the
             Renunciation
             ,
             and
             a
             procurer
             of
             the
             Dispensation
             ,
             which
             having
             obtain'd
             with
             more
             facility
             ,
             and
             lesse
             charge
             then
             I
             could
             expect
             ,
             I
             determin'd
             at
             my
             return
             ,
             to
             passe
             by
             this
             holy
             place
             ,
             to
             give
             Heaven
             thanks
             for
             the
             successefull
             issue
             of
             my
             negotiation
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             consolation
             which
             I
             reap
             by
             the
             peace
             of
             others
             .
             But
             me thinks
             ,
             O
             Reverend
             
               Father
               ;
            
             to
             see
             you
             listen
             to
             this
             story
             with
             too
             austere
             a
             look
             ,
             as
             if
             you
             judg'd
             it
             strange
             for
             a
             Cardinall
             of
             the
             holy
             Church
             to
             renounce
             the
             
               Hat
               ,
            
             to
             marry
             with
             his
             own
             Neece
             .
             
               Father
               ,
            
             excuse
             me
             ,
             if
             you
             were
             vers'd
             in
             the
             practises
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             you
             would
             
             thank
             the
             
               divine
            
             providence
             ,
             and
             ascribe
             to
             an
             effect
             transcending
             human
             vertue
             ,
             that
             that
             Cardinals
             
               Hat
            
             did
             not
             infuse
             into
             Prince
             
               Maurice
            
             his
             head
             worse
             affections
             than
             these
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XIV
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               directs
               his
               cours
               from
               
                 Loretto
              
               to
               
                 Rome
                 :
              
               In
               his
               lodging
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               he
               over-hears
               two
               persons
               reasoning
               one
               with
               the
               other
               ,
               in
               this
               manner
               :
            
          
           
             FRiend
             ,
             you
             afflict
             your self
             too
             much
             for
             the
             prohibition
             which
             was
             lately
             made
             of
             your
             Books
             in
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             if
             laying
             aside
             the
             heat
             of
             passion
             ,
             you
             will
             lend
             your
             ears
             to
             my
             words
             ,
             I
             shall
             perchance
             make
             you
             know
             ,
             that
             ,
             as
             the
             times
             are
             ,
             a
             more
             desiderable
             fortnne
             could
             not
             befall
             the
             pains
             of
             your
             
             pen
             ,
             nor
             a
             greater
             glory
             to
             the
             sweat
             of
             your
             wit
             .
          
           
             The
             title
             of
             
               prohibition
               ,
            
             considered
             in
             it's
             own
             essence
             ,
             is
             not
             as
             ev'ry
             one
             imagines
             ,
             either
             shamefull
             or
             infamous
             ;
             for
             were
             it
             so
             ,
             the
             Tree
             of
             Life
             which
             was
             
               prohibited
            
             to
             our
             first
             Parents
             ,
             and
             the
             Terrestriall
             Paradise
             which
             was
             
               prohibited
            
             to
             all
             mankind
             ,
             should
             partake
             of
             the
             infamy
             and
             shame
             ;
             As
             also
             the
             holy
             scripture
             vulgariz'd
             ,
             which
             is
             
               prohibited
            
             to
             the
             simple
             ,
             and
             certain
             reliques
             which
             are
             
               prohibited
            
             to
             all
             prophane
             hands
             .
             In
             summe
             ,
             all
             those
             things
             which
             are
             prohibited
             ,
             either
             by
             nature
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             Law
             ,
             to
             our
             appetit
             or
             desires
             ,
             should
             be
             infamous
             :
             He
             is
             deceiv'd
             who
             breaths
             with
             such
             an
             opinion
             ;
             for
             
               prohibition
            
             of
             it self
             can
             bring
             
             with
             it
             ,
             neither
             honor
             nor
             dishonor
             ;
             but
             he
             that
             considers
             this
             point
             seriously
             ,
             will
             find
             that
             't
             is
             not
             the
             
               prohibition
               ,
            
             but
             the
             cause
             of
             it
             that
             renders
             a
             man
             glorious
             or
             infamous
             ;
             therfore
             it
             behooves
             you
             to
             know
             why
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Rome
            
             hath
             
               prohibited
            
             your
             Books
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             frame
             a
             judgment
             ,
             whither
             such
             a
             
               prohibition
            
             may
             bring
             you
             ,
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             men
             of
             sound
             understanding
             ,
             either
             discredit
             ,
             or
             a
             good
             name
             ,
             and
             so
             either
             affliction
             ,
             or
             contentment
             .
          
           
             The
             causes
             have
             bin
             divers
             ,
             why
             
               Rome
            
             hath
             accustom'd
             from
             time
             to
             time
             to
             
               prohibit
            
             Books
             ;
             The
             most
             ancient
             causes
             were
             ,
             a
             zeal
             to
             preserve
             the
             purity
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             a
             care
             that
             the
             lives
             of
             Christians
             should
             not
             be
             corrupted
             with
             those
             Doctrins
             ,
             
             that
             an
             ill
             Author
             may
             suggest
             :
             The
             modern
             causes
             are
             ,
             an
             aversion
             that
             some
             great
             ones
             have
             ,
             that
             their
             vices
             should
             be
             reprehended
             ,
             and
             expos'd
             to
             publick
             censure
             .
             He
             that
             first
             left
             the
             ancient
             use
             of
             the
             
               Cane
               ,
            
             to
             bring
             in
             the
             
               quill
               ,
            
             did
             ,
             in
             my
             judgment
             mysteriously
             allude
             ,
             that
             as
             it
             is
             naturall
             to
             the
             
               quill
            
             to
             fly
             freely
             up
             and
             down
             ;
             so
             the
             conceits
             that
             go
             along
             with
             it
             ,
             should
             partake
             of
             the
             same
             liberty
             .
             That
             
               quill
            
             which
             fals
             upon
             the
             dunghill
             of
             some
             base
             respect
             ,
             fals
             from
             it's
             own
             naturall
             prerogative
             ;
             Nor
             can
             that
             Author
             be
             ever
             famous
             ,
             who
             with
             an
             opinion
             inslav'd
             to
             the
             sense
             of
             another
             ,
             discovers
             himself
             to
             have
             servile
             intellectuals
             .
             But
             tell
             me
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             if
             an
             Author
             be
             a
             lyar
             ,
             what
             greater
             infamy
             
             and
             punishment
             can
             befall
             him
             ,
             then
             that
             his
             lies
             be
             publish'd
             to
             the
             world
             :
             If
             he
             write
             Truth
             ,
             why
             should
             that
             Truth
             be
             kept
             from
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             people
             ?
             We
             read
             that
             Christ
             did
             
               open
            
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             blind
             ;
             but
             we
             do
             not
             read
             ,
             that
             he
             ever
             
               made
            
             any body
             blind
             to
             bring
             him
             to
             Heaven
             .
             But
             shall
             I
             tell
             you
             my
             opinion
             ,
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticks
            
             have
             wish'd
             all
             men
             blind
             ,
             since
             their
             vices
             have
             grown
             so
             visible
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XV
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               arrives
               at
               
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               at
               the
               gates
               wherof
               he
               meets
               with
               an
               Angell
               standing
               very
               melancholy
               ,
               and
               he
               was
               the
               guardian
               Angell
               of
               
                 Urban
              
               the
               eight
               ,
               he
               makes
               himself
               known
               to
               the
               Angell
               ,
               and
               expostulates
               with
               him
               ,
               why
               he
               had
               abandoned
               the
               care
               of
               the
               Popes
               person
               ,
               wherunto
               the
               Angel
               makes
               this
               answer
               :
            
          
           
             I
             Stand
             here
             ,
             O
             holy
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             to
             gard
             the
             gates
             of
             this
             City
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             
             not
             in
             my
             power
             any
             longer
             to
             preserve
             the
             soul
             of
             
               Vrban
               :
            
             It
             is
             impossible
             to
             bridle
             his
             Capricio's
             ,
             nor
             can
             any
             Angelicall
             strength
             do
             it
             ;
             I
             having
             tryed
             all
             means
             imaginable
             to
             reduce
             him
             to
             the
             way
             of
             reason
             ,
             but
             all
             in
             vain
             ;
             I
             will
             not
             expose
             to
             scorn
             any
             longer
             the
             
               divine
            
             inspirations
             ,
             so
             I
             intend
             to
             take
             my
             flight
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             give
             God
             an
             exact
             account
             of
             the
             deviations
             of
             this
             soul
             ,
             to
             supplicat
             afterwards
             his
             
               divine
            
             benignity
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             be
             pleas'd
             to
             disburden
             me
             of
             the
             weight
             of
             so
             heavy
             a
             charge
             ,
             which
             hath
             in
             a
             manner
             perturb'd
             the
             whole
             peace
             of
             my
             Angelicall
             state
             .
             It
             is
             a
             great
             happines
             for
             holy
             
               Paul
            
             to
             be
             made
             an
             Angell
             ;
             but
             he
             that
             knew
             ,
             how
             heavy
             the
             Ministry
             of
             garding
             human
             souls
             ,
             wherin
             we
             
             Angels
             are
             imployed
             ,
             fals
             out
             somtimes
             ,
             specially
             when
             we
             encounter
             refractory
             humors
             in
             a
             soul
             ,
             as
             in
             that
             of
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             he
             would
             peradventure
             esteem
             the
             happines
             of
             
               man
            
             to
             be
             more
             ,
             who
             having
             travell'd
             but
             one
             age
             only
             in
             this
             lower
             world
             ,
             goes
             afterwards
             to
             enjoy
             ,
             without
             any
             disturbance
             ,
             the
             repose
             of
             Heaven
             .
             Nor
             do
             I
             repine
             at
             the
             state
             of
             others
             ;
             but
             you
             well
             know
             ,
             that
             he
             must
             needs
             be
             somwhat
             mov'd
             ,
             who
             sees
             he
             cannot
             serve
             his
             own
             Lord
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             as
             he
             desires
             .
             You
             who
             have
             had
             the
             incumbency
             to
             instruct
             people
             ,
             and
             convert
             whole
             Nations
             ,
             know
             it
             by
             experience
             ,
             how
             uncoth
             it
             is
             ,
             to
             observe
             the
             humors
             of
             men
             .
             And
             now
             that
             you
             have
             understood
             the
             
             grounds
             of
             my
             grievances
             ,
             tell
             me
             freely
             whither
             I
             complain
             without
             cause
             ,
             for
             perchance
             God
             hath
             sent
             you
             hither
             ,
             either
             to
             correct
             me
             ,
             or
             comfort
             me
             .
          
           
             The
             twentieth
             yeare
             runs
             now
             ,
             that
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             holds
             the
             Papacy
             ,
             whence
             one
             may
             easily
             calculat
             how
             few
             yeares
             of
             his
             life
             are
             left
             behind
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             true
             what
             is
             cōmonly
             spoken
             ,
             that
             no
             Pope
             shall
             see
             the
             dayes
             of
             
               Peter
               .
            
             But
             I
             ,
             if
             I
             may
             unfold
             my
             own
             thoughts
             ,
             do
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             spoke
             those
             words
             ,
             seem'd
             to
             prophecye
             ,
             that
             none
             shall
             see
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             in
             that
             state
             of
             Christian
             perfection
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             in
             the
             days
             of
             
               Peter
               :
            
             But
             be
             it
             as
             it
             will
             ,
             the
             more
             yeares
             come
             on
             ,
             the
             faster
             ev'ry
             man
             runs
             headlong
             to
             that
             pit
             ,
             
             which
             is
             the
             center
             wher
             all
             Mortals
             terminat
             their
             cours
             ,
             being
             drawn
             down
             by
             the
             weight
             of
             that
             earth
             wherof
             humanity
             is
             compos'd
             .
             Most
             commonly
             old
             men
             ,
             when
             they
             come
             to
             such
             a
             period
             of
             yeres
             ,
             use
             to
             check
             within
             themselves
             those
             spirits
             which
             in
             their
             youth
             were
             us'd
             to
             lash
             out
             into
             a
             thousand
             inordinat
             passions
             ,
             endeavouring
             ,
             being
             now
             as
             it
             were
             abandon'd
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             to
             acquire
             unto
             themselves
             by
             means
             of
             a
             true
             repentance
             some
             sort
             of
             shelter
             in
             the
             Sanctuary
             of
             
               divine
            
             grace
             ,
             which
             at
             all
             times
             is
             ready
             to
             receive
             those
             that
             are
             forlorn
             .
             Be
             astonished
             ,
             O
             holy
             
               Paul
               !
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             the
             older
             he
             grows
             ,
             the
             more
             loose
             he
             leaves
             the
             reins
             to
             his
             own
             senses
             ,
             and
             the
             nearer
             he
             approacheth
             
             to
             death
             ,
             the
             further
             he
             is
             from
             good
             operations
             :
             He
             excessively
             loves
             the
             pleasure
             of
             his
             nephews
             ,
             nor
             doth
             he
             operat
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             what
             aymes
             at
             their
             interests
             .
             He
             never
             reflects
             upon
             the
             incumbency
             of
             his
             charge
             ,
             and
             if
             at
             any
             time
             some
             flying
             thought
             represents
             unto
             him
             his
             own
             duty
             ,
             he
             discerneth
             well
             ,
             that
             a
             kind
             of
             relation
             passeth
             'twixt
             the
             Papacy
             ,
             and
             his
             person
             ;
             but
             he
             flattereth
             himself
             with
             this
             fond
             conceit
             ,
             that
             the
             Papacy
             is
             more
             bound
             to
             serve
             his
             person
             ,
             than
             his
             person
             the
             Papacy
             .
             He
             detests
             in
             the
             extreme
             the
             memory
             of
             his
             excesses
             ,
             the
             most
             effectuall
             means
             that
             the
             garding
             Angels
             use
             to
             tame
             the
             proudest
             souls
             .
             He
             will
             not
             as
             much
             as
             think
             on
             death
             ,
             or
             if
             somtimes
             he
             
             is
             brought
             to
             think
             on
             't
             ,
             by
             converting
             the
             physick
             into
             poyson
             ,
             he
             applyes
             his
             cogitation
             presently
             ,
             in
             ruminating
             how
             he
             may
             aggrandize
             his
             House
             before
             lie
             goes
             .
             If
             I
             should
             tell
             you
             how
             often
             I
             found
             him
             chymerising
             within
             himself
             ,
             how
             he
             might
             make
             it
             possible
             to
             render
             the
             Popedome
             Electif
             ,
             and
             to
             depend
             no
             more
             upon
             the
             Consistory
             ,
             but
             solely
             upon
             the
             person
             regnant
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             establish
             it
             in
             his
             posterity
             ,
             you
             would
             be
             amazed
             at
             those
             extravagant
             imaginations
             ,
             that
             often
             possesse
             the
             mind
             ,
             even
             of
             the
             Vicar
             of
             Christ
             .
             But
             would
             God
             were
             pleas'd
             ,
             that
             such
             wishes
             did
             terminat
             altogether
             in
             the
             vanity
             of
             the
             designe
             .
             They
             end
             commonly
             in
             more
             practicable
             resolutions
             ,
             to
             
             drain
             the
             patrimony
             of
             Saint
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             for
             to
             enrich
             their
             own
             Houses
             with
             the
             spoiles
             of
             the
             holy
             Church
             .
             But
             the
             avidity
             of
             
               Vrban
            
             stops
             not
             here
             .
             He
             little
             esteems
             the
             millions
             of
             gold
             purloyn'd
             from
             the
             Altar
             ,
             to
             leave
             his
             Nephews
             the
             possession
             of
             an
             independent
             principallity
             ,
             wher
             they
             may
             lay
             up
             the
             unsecured
             Trophyes
             of
             their
             own
             rapines
             .
             Ther
             was
             was
             ever
             yet
             in
             the
             world
             a
             greater
             number
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             wish
             to
             be
             Princes
             ,
             then
             Principalities
             themselves
             .
             Hence
             it
             comes
             ,
             that
             to
             purchase
             these
             from
             the
             tenacious
             hands
             of
             others
             ,
             ther
             must
             be
             
               force
            
             necessarily
             us'd
             ,
             because
             hardly
             any
             reasons
             can
             be
             found
             which
             may
             perswade
             the
             mind
             of
             man
             to
             lay
             down
             voluntarily
             the
             right
             of
             a
             free
             dominion
             ,
             
             which
             makes
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             being
             transported
             by
             his
             passions
             ,
             to
             machinat
             violent
             means
             for
             to
             invest
             his
             Nephews
             in
             another
             Princes
             Estate
             .
          
           
             I
             could
             tell
             you
             some
             further
             designs
             and
             fury
             of
             his
             .
             He
             accounts
             often
             upon
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             
               Naples
               ,
            
             but
             he
             finds
             the
             Enterprise
             to
             be
             fuller
             of
             
               desire
               ,
            
             than
             
               hopes
               :
            
             He
             thinks
             upon
             the
             Duchy
             of
             
               Milan
               ,
            
             lending
             his
             eare
             unto
             the
             glosing
             offers
             of
             some
             Minister
             of
             a
             
               Tramontane
            
             Crown
             ;
             but
             he
             dares
             not
             trust
             to
             that
             ,
             for
             if
             others
             should
             intervene
             ,
             he
             cannot
             leave
             all
             to
             the
             
               Barberini
               .
            
             He
             fixes
             his
             eyes
             upon
             
               Lucca
               ,
            
             but
             perceiving
             it
             a
             petty
             State
             ,
             he
             doubts
             whether
             the
             benefit
             will
             countervaile
             the
             charge
             .
             He
             hath
             a
             months
             
             mind
             to
             
               Mirandola
               ,
            
             but
             being
             feuditary
             to
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             a
             place
             that
             breeds
             some
             jealousie
             'twixt
             the
             neighbouring
             Princes
             ,
             he
             is
             afraid
             to
             draw
             
               Germany
            
             or
             
               Lombardy
            
             on
             his
             back
             ;
             Lastly
             ,
             he
             turns
             his
             eyes
             to
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             and
             this
             enterprize
             being
             made
             lesse
             difficult
             by
             the
             advantage
             of
             some
             pretences
             ,
             he
             purposes
             to
             deprive
             the
             poor
             Duke
             (
             beginning
             with
             
               Castro
            
             )
             of
             all
             his
             possessions
             .
             I
             put
             him
             in
             mind
             how
             much
             it
             did
             misbecome
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             other
             Prelats
             of
             the
             holy
             Church
             ,
             who
             make
             profession
             of
             a
             life
             diffring
             from
             swordmen
             ,
             to
             change
             the
             Crosier
             into
             Musket-rests
             ,
             Rockets
             into
             Corslets
             ,
             and
             their
             Myters
             to
             murrions
             .
             I
             put
             before
             his
             eyes
             ,
             the
             scandall
             that
             would
             redound
             to
             all
             Christendome
             
             therby
             ,
             the
             scorn
             that
             
               Infidels
            
             would
             couceive
             of
             it
             ,
             &
             the
             danger
             the
             Church
             would
             incurre
             ,
             foretold
             by
             our
             
               Saviour
               ,
            
             who
             positively
             warneth
             ,
             
               That
               every
               Kingdome
               divided
               in
               it self
               bath
               it's
               dissolution
               near
               at
               band
               :
            
             But
             it
             is
             to
             beat
             the
             ayre
             ,
             to
             tell
             
               Vrban
            
             of
             all
             this
             ,
             which
             hath
             every
             thing
             for
             his
             aym
             ,
             but
             the
             indemnity
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             Finding
             that
             these
             arguments
             were
             of
             little
             force
             ,
             I
             applyed
             unto
             him
             the
             spur
             of
             nature
             ,
             alleadging
             ,
             that
             the
             events
             of
             war
             were
             dubious
             and
             dangerous
             ,
             to
             raise
             in
             him
             therby
             some
             apprehensions
             of
             feare
             ,
             which
             commonly
             takes
             place
             in
             old
             mens
             breasts
             :
             But
             
               nature
            
             could
             prevaile
             little
             ,
             
               reason
            
             lesse
             ,
             and
             the
             
               inspiration
            
             of
             an
             Angell
             nothing
             at
             all
             over
             the
             
             hair-brain'd
             humors
             of
             
               Vrban
               .
            
          
           
             He
             that
             now
             entreth
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             sees
             a
             
               Pope
            
             turn'd
             Armiger
             ,
             now
             in
             his
             decrepit
             times
             ,
             one
             that
             
               takes
               up
               arms
            
             then
             ,
             when
             he
             should
             meditat
             how
             to
             
               lay
               down
               his
               life
            
             to
             nature
             ;
             And
             which
             his
             woorse
             ,
             he
             thinks
             all
             this
             to
             be
             according
             to
             the
             dictamen
             of
             reason
             ,
             so
             that
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             never
             doth
             that
             which
             he
             beleeves
             ,
             but
             beleeves
             in
             that
             which
             he
             doth
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             when
             he
             tears
             
               Italy
            
             to
             peeces
             ,
             and
             snatcheth
             the
             State
             of
             another
             ,
             he
             publisheth
             his
             actions
             to
             be
             right
             ,
             his
             intentions
             holy
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             tends
             to
             the
             service
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             object
             of
             good
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             formality
             of
             good
             in
             his
             Idea
             ,
             were
             different
             from
             that
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             all
             other
             men
             .
             
             But
             I
             omit
             many
             Extravagances
             wherwith
             this
             capricious
             soul
             hath
             abus'd
             my
             last
             patience
             .
             Once
             he
             setled
             a
             resolution
             within
             himself
             ,
             not
             to
             give
             any
             satisfaction
             at
             all
             to
             the
             Princes
             of
             Christendome
             ,
             notwithstanding
             ,
             that
             I
             often
             put
             him
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             this
             was
             the
             basis
             wheron
             was
             founded
             the
             conservation
             of
             the
             Christian
             obedience
             .
             Another
             time
             he
             resolv'd
             to
             creat
             no
             more
             Cardinals
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             to
             merit
             the
             more
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             abolishing
             so
             perverse
             a
             generation
             ;
             but
             he
             repented
             himself
             afterwards
             of
             this
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             reason
             ,
             but
             because
             I
             oppos'd
             him
             in
             this
             resolution
             .
             If
             a
             tutelar
             Angell
             can
             suffer
             greater
             contempts
             ,
             tell
             me
             ,
             O
             thou
             Apostle
             of
             God
             .
          
           
           
             I
             find
             that
             the
             reputation
             of
             Angelicall
             custody
             ,
             is
             too
             much
             engag'd
             in
             continuing
             to
             stand
             about
             him
             thus
             .
             Therfore
             in
             despaire
             of
             his
             amendment
             ,
             I
             have
             given
             over
             all
             care
             of
             his
             person
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             not
             delay
             my
             return
             to
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XVI
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               having
               understood
               the
               complaints
               of
               the
               Tutelar
               Angell
               of
               
                 Urban
              
               the
               eight
               ,
               enters
               
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               wher
               he
               attends
               the
               perfecting
               of
               the
               Proces
               ,
               but
               an
               accident
               befell
               him
               ,
               which
               inforc'd
               him
               to
               fly
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               going
               along
               ,
               another
               Angell
               comes
               in
               his
               way
               ,
               whom
               he
               encounters
               with
               these
               expressions
               :
            
          
           
             YOu
             come
             ,
             O
             heavenly
             Messenger
             ,
             peradventure
             to
             charge
             me
             from
             his
             divine
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             avoid
             
               Rome
               .
            
             Behold
             ,
             how
             I
             have
             left
             her
             already
             before
             
             your
             comming
             ;
             for
             
               divine
               inspirations
               fore-run
               the
               very
               flight
               of
               Angels
               .
            
             But
             now
             that
             I
             am
             come
             out
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             let
             us
             repose
             awhile
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             relate
             unto
             you
             the
             unexpected
             cause
             of
             my
             hasty
             departure
             .
          
           
             You
             know
             already
             ,
             O
             Angell
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             I
             was
             sent
             from
             Heaven
             to
             Earth
             to
             hear
             the
             complaints
             of
             Mortals
             ,
             and
             to
             forme
             a
             Proces
             against
             this
             adulterous
             and
             naughty
             
               Spouse
               .
            
             I
             lighted
             to
             this
             purpose
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             wher
             having
             fully
             understood
             by
             all
             degrees
             of
             people
             her
             dissolut
             deportments
             ,
             to
             confirm
             with
             my
             own
             eyes
             what
             came
             from
             other
             tongues
             ,
             I
             resolv'd
             at
             last
             to
             come
             to
             the
             City
             of
             
               Rome
            
             it self
             .
             I
             pass'd
             too
             and
             fro
             at
             first
             in
             the
             froc
             of
             a
             Fryer
             ;
             There
             ,
             as
             I
             went
             through
             a
             
             little
             blind
             Hamlet
             ,
             I
             was
             call'd
             in
             to
             confesse
             a
             dying
             Cardinall
             ;
             which
             gave
             me
             warning
             ,
             that
             the
             habit
             descrying
             me
             to
             be
             a
             religious
             person
             ,
             t
             was
             likely
             ,
             that
             entring
             so
             to
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             I
             might
             (
             according
             to
             the
             custome
             )
             be
             question'd
             for
             the
             Patent
             of
             my
             Orders
             ,
             or
             the
             license
             of
             my
             superiors
             ;
             I
             herupon
             ,
             to
             evade
             the
             telling
             of
             any
             lye
             ,
             held
             it
             expedient
             to
             lay
             down
             the
             
               Froc
               ,
            
             and
             take
             my
             
               sword
               .
            
             So
             I
             came
             into
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             intending
             to
             lodge
             in
             some
             Convent
             of
             Fryers
             ,
             who
             being
             us'd
             to
             thrust
             themselves
             into
             worldly
             affairs
             ,
             more
             than
             the
             
               Seculars
            
             themselves
             ,
             I
             thought
             I
             could
             there
             very
             leisurely
             have
             a
             free
             and
             exact
             information
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             specially
             ,
             because
             the
             freedome
             of
             speech
             is
             retyr'd
             now
             into
             
             Cloysters
             for
             more
             security
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             extreme
             rigor
             which
             is
             us'd
             to
             punish
             those
             who
             speak
             any
             thing
             against
             the
             Court
             .
             The
             Monastery
             wher
             I
             was
             lodg'd
             ,
             was
             famous
             for
             the
             study
             of
             Letters
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             was
             frequented
             by
             many
             learned
             men
             ;
             (
             But
             the
             greatest
             concourse
             was
             of
             strangers
             ,
             who
             so
             abound
             in
             
               Rome
            
             of
             all
             Nations
             )
             wher
             desiring
             to
             know
             what
             conceit
             Forreners
             had
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             I
             disputed
             often
             upon
             some
             points
             of
             Religion
             .
             Ther
             hapned
             to
             come
             thither
             a
             
               Turk
               ,
            
             rather
             to
             heare
             ,
             as
             I
             imagine
             ,
             the
             noise
             of
             the
             disputation
             ,
             and
             see
             fashions
             ,
             then
             to
             inform
             his
             judgment
             ;
             so
             I
             ask'd
             him
             his
             opinion
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             wherunto
             beyond
             all
             expectation
             ,
             he
             answered
             thus
             :
          
           
           
             Amongst
             the
             
               Turks
            
             it
             is
             held
             for
             certain
             ,
             that
             God
             doth
             favour
             those
             people
             most
             ,
             wher
             he
             is
             truly
             ador'd
             ,
             so
             ,
             from
             the
             prosperity
             of
             the
             Turkish
             Empire
             ,
             we
             infer
             ,
             that
             our
             faith
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             the
             observance
             of
             it
             not
             displeasing
             to
             God
             .
             Touching
             the
             
               Christian
            
             Religion
             ,
             we
             have
             an
             opinion
             ,
             that
             she
             was
             not
             naught
             ,
             untill
             she
             was
             adulterated
             ,
             and
             made
             naught
             by
             Christians
             themselves
             .
             But
             in
             the
             state
             she
             is
             now
             in
             in
             this
             City
             ,
             we
             beleeve
             her
             to
             be
             abominable
             to
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             specially
             ,
             since
             we
             see
             that
             of
             late
             yeares
             she
             goes
             annichilating
             ,
             and
             mouldring
             away
             by
             little
             and
             little
             ,
             by
             her
             own
             inward
             and
             endlesse
             discords
             .
             Such
             was
             the
             conclusion
             of
             the
             
               Turk
               ,
            
             which
             made
             me
             ,
             I
             confesse
             ,
             to
             marvell
             
             not
             a
             little
             ,
             while
             I
             observed
             ,
             that
             even
             those
             who
             professe
             not
             much
             knowledge
             ,
             can
             deduce
             from
             far
             fetch'd
             Principles
             ,
             consequences
             so
             near
             the
             truth
             .
             Having
             had
             
               his
            
             opinion
             ,
             I
             went
             on
             in
             making
             a
             further
             scrutiny
             ,
             and
             I
             fell
             to
             expostulat
             with
             a
             
               Greek
               ,
            
             who
             was
             usd
             to
             repair
             to
             
               Rome
            
             for
             the
             opportunity
             of
             studying
             in
             
               Clementin
            
             Colledge
             ,
             who
             answer'd
             to
             my
             interrogatories
             thus
             :
          
           
             The
             
               Roman
            
             and
             
               Greek
            
             Churches
             are
             Sisters
             issued
             from
             one
             Father
             :
             But
             the
             
               Greek
            
             is
             the
             
               first
               born
               ,
            
             and
             I
             know
             not
             by
             what
             wiles
             the
             
               Roman
            
             came
             to
             take
             away
             her
             birth-right
             .
             For
             this
             cause
             they
             live
             in
             most
             grievous
             disgusts
             one
             with
             the
             other
             :
             But
             the
             
               one
            
             enjoyes
             the
             possession
             of
             all
             her
             paternall
             goods
             ,
             
             wheras
             the
             
               other
            
             lives
             as
             
               Esau
            
             did
             ;
             excluded
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             dominion
             of
             another
             .
             Touching
             the
             particular
             customs
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             ,
             I
             say
             nothing
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             censures
             her
             in
             this
             
               City
               ,
            
             shews
             he
             knows
             not
             his
             own
             danger
             ,
             and
             he
             who
             approves
             her
             carriage
             ,
             understands
             not
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             .
             With
             such
             words
             the
             
               Greek
            
             satisfied
             my
             demands
             .
             As
             touching
             the
             opportunity
             which
             was
             offer'd
             me
             ,
             to
             mingle
             speech
             with
             a
             
               French-man
            
             upon
             the
             same
             subject
             ,
             I
             understood
             his
             conceit
             thus
             :
          
           
             The
             name
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             is
             reverenc'd
             by
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             
               France
               ;
            
             but
             the
             wisdome
             of
             our
             Governors
             hath
             never
             permitted
             the
             
               Pope
            
             to
             extend
             that
             excesse
             
             of
             pre-dominion
             beyond
             the
             Alps
             ,
             which
             he
             doth
             exercise
             in
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             for
             our
             policy
             is
             supported
             by
             particular
             
               Gallican
            
             Rites
             :
             And
             the
             reason
             is
             ,
             because
             the
             
               French
            
             being
             naturally
             impatient
             ,
             and
             now
             that
             almost
             half
             
               France
            
             (
             to
             withdraw
             it self
             from
             under
             the
             
               Roman
            
             yoake
             )
             is
             infected
             with
             Heresie
             ,
             certainly
             if
             the
             
               Pope
            
             should
             exercise
             upon
             the
             consciences
             of
             that
             spritfull
             people
             the
             tyranny
             he
             doth
             exercise
             in
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             the
             rest
             of
             that
             great
             Kingdome
             would
             fall
             from
             him
             quite
             .
             Such
             were
             the
             expressions
             of
             the
             
               Frenchman
               ,
            
             which
             did
             stir
             in
             me
             a
             curiosity
             by
             way
             of
             opposition
             ,
             to
             hear
             what
             the
             
               Spaniard
            
             would
             say
             .
             Nor
             was
             it
             difficult
             for
             me
             to
             obtain
             my
             desire
             ,
             by
             meeting
             with
             a
             Nobleman
             of
             
             
               Sevill
               ,
            
             who
             frequenting
             the
             same
             Convent
             ,
             I
             entred
             into
             his
             friendship
             ,
             and
             he
             rendred
             me
             satisfied
             by
             such
             discours
             .
          
           
             Friend
             ,
             to
             serve
             you
             ,
             I
             will
             speak
             ,
             beyond
             my
             custome
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             with
             all
             ingenuity
             of
             heart
             :
             The
             reverence
             which
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             do
             professe
             to
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             ,
             may
             be
             considered
             in
             two
             manners
             ,
             
               inward
            
             and
             
               outward
               .
            
             If
             you
             ask
             me
             of
             the
             
               inward
            
             reverence
             ,
             suppose
             it
             to
             be
             not
             unlike
             that
             of
             other
             people
             ,
             who
             have
             full
             knowledge
             of
             her
             customs
             ;
             (
             The
             
               Spaniards
            
             being
             of
             a
             genius
             apt
             to
             esteem
             things
             as
             they
             are
             in
             value
             )
             But
             if
             you
             ask
             me
             of
             the
             
               outward
            
             reverence
             ,
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Spanish
            
             Nation
             in
             extern
             apparance
             shew
             themselves
             very
             observant
             of
             the
             
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             ,
             because
             ,
             that
             having
             found
             her
             alwayes
             most
             partiall
             to
             the
             interests
             of
             their
             Crowns
             ,
             they
             hold
             themselves
             oblig'd
             by
             termes
             of
             gratitude
             to
             correspond
             with
             her
             at
             least
             in
             
               outward
            
             observance
             .
             My
             King
             knows
             well
             how
             available
             for
             the
             depressing
             of
             the
             suspected
             greatnes
             of
             his
             Subjects
             hath
             bin
             the
             pretext
             of
             the
             holy
             
               Inquisition
               :
            
             He
             lives
             mindfull
             of
             that
             promptitude
             shew'd
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             to
             deny
             an
             absolution
             to
             the
             House
             of
             
               Borbon
               ,
            
             untill
             he
             had
             conform'd
             it self
             to
             the
             
               Austrian
            
             satisfaction
             ;
             And
             lastly
             ,
             he
             knows
             how
             much
             to
             this
             very
             houre
             ,
             the
             pragmaticall
             
               Jesuits
            
             have
             serv'd
             him
             to
             dilate
             in
             every
             part
             ,
             with
             their
             own
             advantage
             ,
             the
             bounds
             of
             the
             
               Castilian
            
             Empire
             ;
             So
             
             that
             in
             contemplation
             of
             all
             these
             respects
             ,
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             hold
             themselves
             oblig'd
             to
             reverence
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             ,
             in
             exterior
             appearance
             at
             least
             ,
             though
             she
             were
             far
             worse
             then
             she
             is
             .
          
           
             Here
             the
             
               Spaniard
            
             did
             terminat
             his
             period
             ,
             while
             my
             diligence
             ,
             which
             desisted
             not
             to
             procure
             all
             punctuall
             advertisements
             ,
             brought
             me
             to
             discourse
             with
             an
             
               English-man
               ,
            
             who
             gave
             this
             modest
             answer
             :
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             declar'd
             an
             Enemy
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             ,
             therfore
             my
             words
             ,
             I
             presume
             ,
             can
             gain
             no
             credit
             with
             you
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             desire
             to
             know
             what
             respects
             this
             Church
             finds
             
               Northward
               ,
            
             read
             our
             Doctors
             ,
             and
             perchance
             your
             curiosity
             will
             be
             fully
             satisfied
             .
          
           
           
             Thus
             ,
             O
             Angell
             of
             God
             ,
             I
             endeavoured
             in
             
               Rome
            
             to
             bring
             to
             perfection
             the
             proces
             which
             was
             committed
             ●o
             my
             charge
             against
             the
             adultresse
             
               Spouse
               ;
            
             And
             passing
             one
             morning
             by
             a
             Church
             ,
             wher
             they
             were
             casting
             out
             a
             Devill
             ,
             I
             went
             in
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             noise
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             ill
             spirit
             knew
             my
             person
             ,
             and
             began
             to
             cry
             out
             ,
             her
             's
             Saint
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             her
             's
             Saint
             
               Paul
               ;
            
             Truly
             ,
             he
             is
             come
             in
             an
             ill
             time
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             view
             the
             state
             of
             that
             Church
             for
             which
             he
             shed
             so
             much
             sweat
             :
             Good
             Saint
             ,
             what
             motives
             brought
             him
             to
             this
             lower
             world
             ?
             Was
             it
             to
             see
             how
             his
             labours
             fructified
             ?
             Ah
             ,
             the
             pure
             grains
             of
             that
             Doctrin
             which
             his
             Eloquence
             sowed
             in
             the
             Vineyard
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             are
             turn'd
             to
             tares
             ,
             and
             
             become
             food
             for
             ravenous
             birds
             ,
             such
             as
             these
             are
             ,
             who
             stand
             about
             me
             now
             ,
             to
             disconjure
             me
             with
             their
             hideous
             noise
             .
             Vpon
             this
             cry
             ,
             the
             Priests
             began
             to
             fix
             their
             looks
             upon
             me
             ,
             wherupon
             ,
             fearing
             to
             be
             discovered
             ,
             I
             softly
             retyred
             ;
             but
             the
             words
             took
             such
             impressions
             in
             the
             mind
             of
             the
             Exorcist
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             conjure
             the
             spirit
             by
             violent
             threats
             to
             manifest
             who
             I
             was
             ,
             who
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             to
             resist
             the
             violence
             ,
             confess'd
             I
             was
             Saint
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             who
             by
             resumption
             of
             humane
             shape
             (
             he
             knew
             not
             why
             )
             wandred
             now
             upon
             earth
             .
             The
             Priest
             had
             no
             sooner
             knowledge
             herof
             ,
             but
             he
             presently
             found
             means
             to
             give
             notice
             to
             the
             
               Pope
               ;
            
             A
             little
             after
             ,
             my
             lodging
             being
             found
             out
             by
             Spies
             (
             wherof
             the●
             
             are
             a
             multitude
             in
             
               Rome
            
             )
             I
             suddenly
             perceiv'd
             a
             Courtier
             making
             towards
             me
             ,
             and
             breaking
             into
             these
             words
             :
             O
             holy
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             in
             the
             name
             of
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             I
             come
             to
             do
             you
             reverence
             ;
             He
             is
             well
             inform'd
             of
             the
             condition
             of
             your
             being
             here
             ;
             He
             earnestly
             desires
             that
             you
             would
             please
             to
             favour
             his
             House
             with
             your
             presence
             ,
             for
             he
             is
             ambitious
             to
             have
             a
             stranger
             of
             so
             high
             a
             quality
             for
             his
             guest
             .
             The
             Courtier
             ,
             O
             Angell
             of
             God
             ,
             spoke
             to
             me
             thus
             in
             very
             proper
             phrase
             ;
             for
             in
             these
             times
             ,
             
               Saints
            
             use
             to
             be
             call'd
             
               Strangers
            
             in
             the
             State
             
               Ecclesiastick
               ;
            
             whither
             I
             was
             astonish'd
             or
             no
             ,
             to
             see
             my self
             thus
             surpriz'd
             and
             discover'd
             ,
             judge
             you
             ;
             I
             thank'd
             his
             
               Beatitude
            
             in
             the
             best
             manner
             I
             could
             ,
             for
             his
             courteous
             
             offer
             ,
             and
             excus'd
             my self
             not
             to
             be
             able
             to
             receive
             that
             honor
             ,
             in
             regard
             I
             was
             of
             necessity
             to
             depart
             from
             
               Rome
            
             within
             a
             few
             houres
             ;
             when
             I
             had
             dis-intangled
             my self
             thus
             from
             the
             Courtier
             ,
             I
             cal'd
             my
             thoughts
             to
             counsell
             ,
             and
             feeling
             ,
             that
             my
             heart
             did
             presage
             me
             some
             sinister
             accident
             ,
             I
             resolv'd
             upon
             flight
             ;
             And
             I
             was
             gon
             but
             few
             paces
             further
             ,
             when
             the
             same
             Courtier
             came
             again
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             ,
             thus
             :
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             doth
             remand
             me
             to
             you
             ,
             O
             holy
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             to
             second
             his
             first
             invitation
             ,
             but
             if
             in
             case
             you
             are
             resolv'd
             not
             to
             grace
             his
             Palace
             with
             your
             presence
             ,
             I
             have
             order
             to
             propose
             another
             request
             to
             you
             :
             In
             your
             Epistles
             we
             read
             ,
             O
             Apostle
             of
             God
             ,
             certain
             passages
             which
             manifestly
             contradict
             
             the
             humors
             of
             our
             holy
             Father
             ,
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             he
             prayes
             you
             to
             mend
             them
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             not
             fitting
             that
             
               Paul
            
             should
             gain-say
             the
             will
             of
             
               Peters
               Successor
               ;
            
             And
             if
             you
             desire
             to
             know
             which
             are
             those
             passages
             ,
             one
             amongst
             the
             rest
             is
             ,
             that
             ,
             
               Let
               every
               soul
               be
               subject
               to
               the
               higher
               powers
               .
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             would
             ,
             that
             from
             this
             so
             universall
             a
             proposition
             ,
             the
             souls
             of
             
               Popes
            
             should
             be
             exempted
             ;
             He
             thinking
             it
             not
             fitting
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Popes
            
             should
             be
             subordinat
             to
             any
             other
             Law
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             their
             own
             affections
             and
             fancy
             ,
             for
             so
             their
             actions
             should
             not
             be
             censur'd
             by
             every
             sensles
             man
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             ever
             and
             anon
             now
             adays
             :
             His
             Holines
             also
             much
             desires
             ,
             that
             these
             words
             be
             utterly
             expung'd
             ,
             which
             assigning
             
             to
             every
             Bishop
             in
             his
             own
             incumbencies
             ,
             do
             speak
             in
             particular
             .
             
               Diaconos
               habeant
               non
               turpe
               lucrum
               facientes
               ,
            
             Let
             them
             have
             Deacons
             not
             given
             to
             base
             lucre
             .
             These
             periods
             displease
             in
             a
             high
             measure
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             for
             he
             of
             necessity
             must
             have
             about
             him
             his
             
               Nephew-Cardinals
               .
            
             Here
             the
             Courtier
             stopp'd
             ,
             when
             I
             poor
             
               Paul
            
             fell
             to
             discourse
             with
             my self
             thus
             :
             See
             ,
             thou
             art
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             entrapp'd
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             thou
             hast
             been
             confirmed
             in
             the
             state
             of
             grace
             ,
             but
             what
             could
             be
             expected
             lesse
             in
             
               Rome
               ?
            
             perceiving
             at
             last
             that
             he
             attended
             no
             answer
             ,
             I
             put
             my self
             to
             reason
             with
             him
             thus
             :
             O
             
               Papall
            
             Messenger
             ,
             the
             busines
             which
             you
             propound
             to
             me
             ,
             is
             of
             no
             light
             moment
             ;
             for
             he
             who
             is
             tender
             
             of
             his
             own
             repute
             ,
             cannot
             be
             easily
             induc'd
             to
             un-say
             himself
             :
             You
             know
             that
             my
             Doctrin
             hath
             run
             through
             the
             world
             till
             this
             day
             without
             alteration
             ,
             Now
             what
             will
             people
             say
             to
             see
             it
             now
             differ
             from
             times
             pass'd
             !
             And
             who
             will
             not
             perswade
             himself
             ,
             that
             the
             alteration
             proceeds
             rather
             from
             the
             malignity
             of
             some
             convicted
             Heretick
             ,
             than
             from
             
               Pauls
            
             pen
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             to
             what
             purpose
             will
             it
             be
             to
             vary
             Apostolicall
             Doctrins
             ,
             when
             the
             Popes
             ,
             without
             any
             regard
             to
             them
             ,
             do
             operat
             still
             according
             to
             their
             own
             fancies
             ?
             But
             now
             ,
             that
             his
             
               beatitude
            
             doth
             desire
             this
             superfluous
             alteration
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             fayle
             to
             serve
             him
             in
             the
             best
             manner
             that
             God
             shall
             inspire
             me
             .
             The
             Courtier
             departed
             with
             this
             
             answer
             ,
             which
             he
             took
             for
             a
             promise
             ;
             but
             I
             ,
             to
             reserve
             my self
             to
             execute
             what
             God
             had
             enjoyn'd
             me
             ,
             did
             immediatly
             fly
             away
             from
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             being
             warned
             from
             Heaven
             so
             to
             do
             .
             I
             was
             scarce
             out
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             when
             I
             remembred
             to
             have
             left
             my
             sword
             behind
             ,
             and
             being
             in
             suspense
             with
             my self
             ,
             whether
             I
             should
             return
             to
             fetch
             it
             or
             no
             ,
             I
             spie
             comming
             after
             me
             ,
             one
             who
             was
             also
             a
             Forrener
             in
             the
             same
             Convent
             wher
             I
             had
             lodg'd
             ,
             and
             often
             shew'd
             me
             arguments
             of
             love
             ,
             who
             comming
             near
             me
             ,
             cryed
             out
             ,
             friend
             ,
             be
             gone
             ,
             be
             gone
             ,
             I
             come
             after
             you
             of
             purpose
             to
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             were
             scarce
             gone
             ,
             but
             another
             Courtier
             came
             to
             seek
             you
             ,
             and
             being
             inform'd
             of
             your
             flight
             ,
             he
             carried
             
             newes
             therof
             to
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
            
             and
             a
             little
             after
             the
             
               Pope
            
             himself
             came
             to
             your
             lodging
             ,
             who
             finding
             not
             your
             person
             ,
             took
             away
             your
             
               sword
               ,
            
             saying
             in
             a
             kind
             of
             choller
             ,
             that
             if
             
               Pauls
               pen
               refuse
               to
               serve
               me
               ,
               his
               sword
               shall
               .
            
             This
             sword
             shall
             force
             Princes
             to
             bend
             and
             bow
             at
             my
             feet
             ;
             This
             ,
             this
             shall
             conserve
             
               Castro
               ,
            
             subdue
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             and
             shew
             the
             world
             that
             ther
             is
             no
             necessity
             of
             reason
             ,
             wher
             the
             edge
             of
             a
             slashing
             sword
             can
             make
             way
             .
          
           
             Giving
             a
             thousand
             thanks
             to
             my
             friend
             ,
             who
             knew
             not
             what
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             nor
             what
             sword
             the
             
               Pope
            
             spake
             of
             ,
             I
             took
             my
             leave
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             continued
             my
             flight
             ,
             being
             troubled
             in
             my
             thoughts
             ,
             that
             my
             armes
             should
             be
             left
             in
             such
             a
             hand
             ,
             which
             imployes
             them
             to
             the
             service
             of
             such
             
             tyrannicall
             affections
             to
             the
             universall
             scandall
             of
             Christianity
             .
             Nor
             knew
             I
             well
             what
             resolution
             to
             take
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             were
             possible
             ,
             O
             Angell
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             bend
             him
             to
             the
             voice
             of
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             I
             could
             wish
             you
             to
             go
             and
             inspire
             him
             to
             peace
             :
             But
             
               Vrban
            
             hath
             too
             too
             refractory
             a
             soul
             ;
             therfore
             I
             hold
             it
             more
             expedient
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             please
             to
             imploy
             your
             inspirations
             amongst
             the
             Princes
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             to
             incite
             them
             to
             take
             out
             of
             his
             hand
             these
             armes
             ,
             which
             were
             taken
             from
             me
             without
             reason
             ,
             and
             are
             now
             drawn
             out
             against
             them
             without
             justice
             .
             To
             this
             end
             I
             have
             fram'd
             a
             Letter
             ,
             address'd
             to
             the
             
               Italian
            
             Princes
             ,
             wherunto
             I
             held
             it
             not
             much
             necessary
             to
             affixe
             my
             name
             ▪
             
             because
             it
             is
             known
             already
             I
             am
             on
             Earth
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             of
             this
             tenor
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               to
               the
               Christian
               PRINCES
               .
            
             
               
                 URban
              
               the
               eight
               ,
               O
               Princes
               ,
               transported
               with
               the
               violence
               of
               an
               injust
               wrath
               ,
               took
               possession
               of
               my
               sword
               ,
               of
               purpose
               to
               make
               use
               of
               it
               against
               the
               quietnes
               of
               your
               States
               :
               If
               you
               will
               not
               resolve
               to
               take
               it
               out
               of
               his
               hand
               ,
               I
               do
               exhort
               you
               in
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Divine
               Majesty
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               not
               fit
               ,
               that
               that
               that
               blade
               which
               is
               design'd
               for
               the
               conversion
               of
               
                 Infidels
                 ,
              
               should
               be
               stain'd
               in
               your
               bloud
               ;
               Nor
               let
               that
               idle
               scruple
               amuse
               you
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               your
               Shepheard
               ,
               for
               the
               true
               Shepheards
               do
               
               guide
               their
               flocks
               with
               gentle
               wands
               ,
               not
               with
               weapons
               .
               Remember
               ,
               that
               
                 Isaak
              
               suffer'd
               himself
               to
               be
               slain
               by
               the
               hands
               of
               of
               his
               Father
               ,
               to
               be
               sacrificed
               to
               
                 GOD
                 ,
              
               not
               to
               the
               
                 fury
              
               and
               
                 passions
              
               of
               his
               Father
               .
               And
               Saint
               
                 Peter
              
               left
               a
               Fishers
               knife
               behind
               him
               ,
               to
               be
               us'd
               against
               Fish
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               creatures
               of
               our
               Element
               ,
               to
               intimat
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               that
               if
               at
               any
               time
               she
               takes
               up
               armes
               ,
               she
               must
               imploy
               them
               against
               
                 Infidels
                 ,
              
               which
               living
               out
               of
               her
               fold
               ,
               may
               be
               cal'd
               animals
               of
               another
               Element
               .
               Encourage
               your selves
               therfore
               by
               this
               counsell
               of
               mine
               ,
               neither
               think
               ye
               the
               design
               difficult
               ;
               for
               although
               
                 Vrban
              
               seem
               furious
               ,
               yet
               he
               that
               is
               not
               habituated
               to
               handle
               weapons
               ,
               may
               easily
               let
               loose
               his
               hold
               .
               God
               inspire
               your
               hearts
               ,
               and
               prosper
               your
               resolutions
               .
            
             
             
               This
               is
               the
               tenor
               ,
               O
               Angell
               of
               God
               ,
               of
               this
               Letter
               ,
               which
               I
               beseech
               you
               to
               carry
               (
               with
               your
               inspirations
               )
               to
               the
               hearts
               of
               Christian
               Princes
               .
               I
               ,
               in
               the
               interim
               ,
               before
               I
               return
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               must
               go
               and
               visit
               
                 Ierusalem
                 ,
              
               to
               kisse
               again
               that
               place
               ,
               where
               the
               very
               inanimat
               stones
               being
               more
               gratefull
               then
               men
               ,
               keep
               yet
               fresh
               the
               memory
               of
               divine
               mercy
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XVII
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Angell
               readily
               offers
               to
               do
               Saint
               
                 Pauls
              
               will
               ,
               but
               first
               he
               relates
               to
               him
               what
               he
               over-heard
               in
               a
               
                 Parlatory
              
               of
               Nuns
               ,
               whither
               out
               of
               curiosity
               he
               betook
               himselfe
            
          
           
             I
             Shall
             obey
             ,
             O
             holy
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             your
             instructions
             ,
             and
             will
             instantly
             carry
             your
             Letter
             consign'd
             to
             the
             Princes
             ,
             inspiring
             them
             for
             the
             recovery
             of
             your
             sword
             from
             
               Vrbans
            
             
             hand
             :
             But
             be
             pleas'd
             to
             hear
             what
             I
             lately
             understood
             in
             a
             
               Parlatory
            
             of
             Nuns
             ;
             for
             perchance
             it
             will
             not
             be
             impertinent
             for
             you
             to
             annex
             this
             to
             your
             proces
             ,
             expressing
             the
             grievances
             of
             the
             unhappiest
             creatures
             ,
             living
             under
             Christs
             Law
             .
          
           
             You
             know
             already
             ,
             O
             Apostle
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             of
             those
             Angels
             ,
             which
             never
             descended
             before
             to
             Earth
             ,
             and
             if
             in
             strange
             Countries
             the
             curious
             mind
             of
             the
             Passenger
             desires
             to
             satisfie
             it self
             ,
             I
             confes
             that
             amongst
             other
             things
             which
             I
             desir'd
             to
             see
             ,
             one
             was
             a
             Monastery
             of
             
               Nuns
               ,
            
             who
             were
             so
             much
             spoken
             of
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             I
             took
             them
             to
             be
             Angels
             on
             Earth
             .
             Being
             come
             therfore
             to
             one
             of
             the
             prime
             Cities
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
               ,
            
             I
             took
             the
             forme
             of
             a
             
             strange
             youth
             ,
             and
             entred
             at
             the
             privatest
             hower
             I
             could
             into
             a
             Monachall
             
               Parlatory
               .
            
             I
             found
             at
             the
             windowes
             a
             young
             
               Nun
               ,
            
             which
             had
             no
             other
             busines
             it
             seems
             ,
             but
             to
             attend
             the
             comming
             of
             some
             body
             .
             I
             was
             scarce
             spyed
             by
             her
             ,
             when
             she
             ask'd
             me
             an
             account
             of
             my
             Country
             ,
             and
             what
             fancy
             took
             me
             to
             traverse
             the
             world
             up
             and
             down
             in
             that
             manner
             ,
             I
             ,
             bethinking
             my self
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             answered
             ,
             my
             Country
             ,
             most
             gentle
             Sister
             ,
             is
             too
             far
             distant
             from
             this
             place
             ,
             and
             wherunto
             few
             of
             this
             Region
             arrive
             Touching
             the
             fancy
             that
             leads
             me
             thus
             to
             traverse
             up
             and
             down
             the
             world
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             other
             ,
             then
             a
             curiosity
             ,
             which
             often
             drawes
             youthfull
             lightnes
             to
             neglect
             their
             own
             profit
             ,
             and
             to
             regard
             
             others
             .
             Foolish
             youthfulnes
             ,
             which
             canst
             not
             learn
             how
             to
             value
             thy
             Countries
             good
             but
             afar
             off
             ;
             then
             
               I
            
             added
             ,
             happy
             are
             they
             ,
             who
             never
             departing
             from
             within
             the
             Paradise
             of
             these
             holy
             wals
             ,
             seem
             as
             so
             many
             Angels
             alwayes
             appearing
             before
             the
             face
             of
             God
             .
             She
             being
             as
             full
             of
             spirit
             as
             she
             was
             ,
             of
             beauty
             ,
             answered
             thus
             :
          
           
             O
             how
             many
             os
             us
             would
             willingly
             change
             our
             Paradise
             for
             your
             Peregrination
             ,
             wherfore
             then
             do
             you
             complain
             so
             causlesly
             of
             your
             Travels
             ?
             which
             being
             no
             other
             then
             the
             motions
             of
             a
             civill
             life
             ,
             it
             cannot
             chuse
             but
             be
             so
             much
             the
             sweeter
             to
             elevated
             minds
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             the
             higher
             the
             motions
             of
             their
             souls
             are
             :
             Behold
             the
             
               Sun
               ,
            
             behold
             the
             
             
               Planets
               ,
            
             which
             never
             staying
             still
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             delight
             to
             be
             continuall
             Travellers
             in
             the
             Vnivers
             .
             
               I
            
             being
             much
             taken
             with
             the
             vivacity
             of
             her
             spirit
             ,
             replyed
             :
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             Lady
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Sun
            
             and
             the
             
               Planets
            
             are
             in
             a
             kind
             of
             continuall
             peregrination
             ;
             but
             ther
             are
             in
             Heaven
             
               fixed
            
             Stars
             also
             ,
             which
             ,
             because
             haply
             they
             are
             more
             noble
             ,
             are
             superior
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             consequently
             nearer
             to
             the
             Throne
             of
             the
             Almighty
             .
             Those
             
               Nuns
            
             then
             ,
             who
             to
             serve
             God
             are
             alwayes
             permanent
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             like
             the
             
               fixed
            
             Stars
             ,
             may
             more
             then
             any
             other
             Mortals
             ,
             comfort
             themselves
             with
             an
             assurance
             that
             they
             are
             nearer
             God
             .
             The
             beautuous
             mayden
             sigh'd
             at
             these
             words
             ,
             and
             then
             answered
             :
          
           
           
             God
             ,
             
               I
            
             deny
             not
             ,
             dwels
             nearer
             to
             the
             
               fixed
            
             Stars
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             desperat
             souls
             ;
             And
             now
             you
             discover
             your self
             to
             be
             a
             true
             stranger
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             not
             acquainted
             with
             our
             miserable
             condition
             .
             The
             cruelty
             of
             our
             parents
             ,
             and
             the
             rigor
             of
             our
             destiny
             hath
             penn'd
             us
             in
             here
             for
             ever
             ;
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
            
             concurring
             herunto
             by
             admitting
             any
             pretext
             whatsoever
             ,
             bear
             with
             me
             Sir
             ,
             that
             I
             speak
             thus
             .
             It
             is
             a
             hard
             fate
             to
             be
             borne
             to
             a
             perpetuall
             prison
             ,
             while
             't
             is
             seen
             ,
             that
             all
             other
             living
             creatures
             have
             the
             whole
             world
             to
             solace
             themselves
             in
             ;
             And
             that
             prison
             ,
             which
             it
             seems
             the
             very
             Infants
             do
             fly
             from
             ,
             when
             they
             sally
             out
             of
             their
             mothers
             wombs
             ,
             before
             they
             have
             as
             it
             were
             any
             sense
             of
             life
             ,
             we
             are
             constrain'd
             
             to
             endure
             ,
             after
             that
             nature
             hath
             given-us
             the
             perfect
             use
             of
             sense
             ,
             and
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             knowledge
             of
             our
             own
             miseries
             ;
             the
             destiny
             of
             that
             Mortall
             must
             needs
             be
             a
             hard
             one
             ,
             who
             is
             born
             to
             live
             in
             restles
             infelicity
             .
             This
             Cloyster
             ,
             which
             surrounds
             our
             liberty
             ,
             is
             not
             as
             you
             imagine
             ,
             a
             
               Paradise
               ;
            
             for
             in
             
               Paradise
            
             there
             dwels
             no
             discontentment
             ;
             It
             is
             rather
             a
             
               Hell
               ,
            
             where
             in
             the
             flames
             of
             inextinguishible
             desire
             ,
             the
             naturall
             affections
             of
             our
             humanity
             are
             condemn'd
             to
             be
             tortur'd
             every
             minute
             .
             I
             will
             not
             stand
             to
             expresse
             the
             cause
             why
             our
             Parents
             are
             so
             inhumanly
             cruell
             unto
             us
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             too
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             for
             to
             spare
             that
             dowry
             which
             is
             due
             to
             our
             sex
             ,
             they
             condemne
             us
             'twixt
             these
             wals
             ,
             to
             be
             depriv'd
             for
             ever
             of
             
             any
             worldly
             delight
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             cause
             ,
             but
             because
             we
             are
             borne
             women
             .
             Yet
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             shutting
             us
             thus
             by
             force
             between
             these
             stones
             ,
             cannot
             deprive
             us
             of
             those
             carnall
             affections
             ,
             which
             may
             well
             be
             
               cover'd
               ,
            
             but
             not
             
               quench'd
            
             in
             that
             religious
             habit
             which
             you
             see
             about
             us
             ;
             Nor
             can
             this
             kind
             of
             life
             conduce
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             considering
             ther
             is
             no
             concurrence
             of
             the
             
               will
               ,
            
             which
             is
             so
             acceptable
             to
             the
             all-knowing
             Lord
             .
             We
             are
             rather
             destinated
             to
             an
             Abisse
             ,
             by
             a
             cours
             clean
             contrary
             to
             our
             genius
             ,
             being
             bereft
             also
             of
             that
             common
             priviledge
             ,
             which
             other
             souls
             use
             to
             have
             to
             go
             to
             Hell
             what
             way
             they
             please
             .
             In
             ancient
             times
             it
             was
             the
             custom
             to
             slay
             the
             Victimes
             first
             ,
             and
             then
             sacrifice
             them
             to
             good
             ,
             
             because
             haply
             the
             principall
             Seat
             of
             the
             corporeall
             affections
             lying
             in
             the
             bloud
             ,
             't
             was
             not
             held
             convenient
             to
             offer
             his
             divine
             Majesty
             any
             Holocaust
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             first
             purg'd
             by
             effusion
             of
             that
             bloud
             from
             all
             earthly
             passions
             ;
             But
             this
             is
             not
             observ'd
             in
             us
             by
             our
             Parents
             ,
             who
             do
             make
             sacrifices
             of
             us
             ,
             with
             all
             our
             bloud
             and
             passions
             about
             us
             ▪
             then
             how
             can
             we
             beleeve
             that
             it
             is
             gratefull
             to
             God
             ?
             and
             being
             not
             gratefull
             to
             him
             ,
             consider
             in
             what
             a
             despair
             our
             souls
             are
             plung'd
             in
             ,
             which
             see
             themselves
             shut
             out
             of
             the
             world
             here
             ,
             without
             any
             assurance
             to
             enter
             Heaven
             herafter
             ,
             in
             regard
             we
             have
             not
             power
             to
             extinguish
             our
             naturall
             affections
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             in
             danger
             to
             precipitat
             our selves
             headlong
             into
             
             Hell
             ,
             through
             a
             kind
             of
             suppos'd
             innocence
             ,
             If
             Christ
             died
             to
             reduce
             us
             to
             such
             a
             hard
             condition
             ,
             O
             how
             better
             were
             it
             for
             us
             that
             he
             had
             not
             died
             .
             Be
             not
             offended
             ,
             O
             stranger
             ,
             at
             these
             words
             ,
             for
             the
             toungs
             of
             the
             damned
             can
             bring
             forth
             nothing
             but
             blasphemies
             :
             Yet
             we
             know
             that
             Christ
             hath
             no
             hand
             in
             this
             our
             hard
             condition
             ,
             for
             ▪
             his
             death
             had
             for
             it
             's
             principall
             object
             the
             
               freedome
            
             and
             enlargement
             of
             souls
             ,
             not
             their
             captivity
             .
             The
             
               Popes
            
             are
             most
             in
             fault
             ,
             by
             yeelding
             to
             the
             cruell
             covetousnes
             of
             our
             Parents
             ,
             to
             transvert
             the
             keyes
             of
             
               Paradise
            
             iuto
             the
             keyes
             of
             a
             prison
             .
             It
             was
             not
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             no
             ,
             it
             was
             the
             impiety
             of
             
               Herod
               ,
            
             that
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             humanation
             of
             our
             
               Saviour
            
             caus'd
             so
             many
             Innocents
             to
             be
             slain
             .
             Behold
             ,
             
             we
             are
             in
             a
             case
             equall
             to
             theirs
             ,
             because
             we
             being
             yet
             innocent
             children
             ,
             under
             a
             mark
             of
             holines
             ,
             we
             are
             segregated
             and
             cut
             off
             from
             the
             society
             of
             the
             living
             ,
             ther
             being
             no
             difference
             'twixt
             us
             and
             them
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             died
             before
             buriall
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             buried
             before
             death
             .
             Nor
             can
             our
             innocency
             ,
             or
             our
             fears
             prevaile
             any
             thing
             ;
             nor
             are
             those
             priviledges
             sufficient
             ,
             which
             nature
             hath
             granted
             these
             faces
             of
             ours
             (
             for
             which
             peradventure
             you
             stiled
             us
             Angels
             )
             to
             implore
             from
             others
             piety
             any
             succour
             ,
             having
             found
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
            
             so
             ingratefull
             ,
             while
             we
             consider
             that
             the
             time
             was
             when
             Saint
             
               Peter
            
             was
             freed
             by
             an
             Angell
             out
             of
             prison
             ;
             but
             now
             clean
             contrary
             Angels
             are
             cast
             into
             
             prison
             by
             the
             
               Successors
            
             of
             Saint
             
               Peter
               .
            
          
           
             But
             whither
             doth
             the
             violence
             of
             a
             just
             passion
             transport
             me
             thus
             to
             rave
             ?
             Helas
             ,
             the
             name
             of
             
               Angels
            
             doth
             not
             suit
             with
             our
             condition
             ,
             and
             lesse
             with
             our
             operations
             :
             For
             although
             we
             are
             brought
             Innocents
             hither
             ,
             yet
             we
             cannot
             preserve
             our selves
             long
             in
             this
             Monastick
             life
             from
             the
             motions
             of
             desperat
             passions
             ;
             The
             Religion
             which
             clap'd
             us
             in
             here
             is
             not
             ador'd
             ,
             but
             detested
             by
             some
             of
             us
             ;
             vanity
             and
             feminine
             wantonnes
             is
             here
             in
             the
             height
             ;
             Here
             dwels
             curiosity
             in
             exces
             ,
             and
             desire
             of
             knowledge
             in
             worldly
             matters
             without
             end
             ;
             Ambition
             ,
             envy
             ,
             discord
             ,
             and
             hatred
             ,
             is
             never
             wanting
             amongst
             us
             :
             Lastly
             ,
             her
             's
             
             observ'd
             neither
             constitution
             ,
             Law
             ,
             or
             vow
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             pure
             necessity
             ,
             and
             unavoydable
             violence
             .
             But
             what
             shall
             I
             say
             of
             that
             mayden
             
               chastity
            
             for
             the
             conservation
             wherof
             we
             are
             principally
             penn'd
             in
             here
             ?
             I
             leave
             that
             for
             you
             to
             imagine
             ,
             it
             being
             not
             permitted
             to
             femal
             modesty
             to
             make
             any
             further
             expressions
             in
             this
             kind
             ;
             I
             only
             tell
             you
             this
             ,
             that
             we
             procure
             all
             means
             possible
             to
             outrage
             and
             abuse
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             without
             reason
             ,
             for
             if
             this
             
               chastity
            
             hath
             bin
             the
             principall
             thing
             that
             hath
             retrench'd
             our
             Liberties
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             we
             ought
             to
             aym
             and
             bend
             our
             chiefest
             forces
             to
             be
             reveng'd
             of
             our
             chiefest
             Enemy
             .
             And
             here
             this
             beautuous
             
               Nun
            
             blush'd
             ,
             and
             broke
             the
             thread
             of
             her
             discours
             .
          
           
           
             I
             confssse
             unto
             you
             ,
             O
             holy
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             that
             if
             I
             had
             a
             breast
             capable
             of
             terrene
             affections
             ,
             I
             would
             doubtles
             have
             tenderly
             resented
             the
             misery
             of
             this
             discontented
             soul
             ;
             but
             compassion
             is
             vain
             ,
             wher
             ther
             is
             no
             power
             to
             comfort
             ;
             therfore
             I
             held
             it
             expedient
             to
             take
             my
             leave
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             not
             imbitter
             her
             passions
             any
             further
             ;
             so
             at
             my
             departure
             I
             said
             ,
             when
             I
             came
             in
             hither
             ,
             O
             most
             beautuous
             
               Nuns
               ,
            
             I
             look'd
             upon
             you
             as
             on
             so
             many
             Seraphims
             ;
             but
             hearing
             the
             state
             of
             your
             hard
             condition
             ,
             I
             find
             you
             to
             be
             the
             unhappiest
             creatures
             that
             live
             under
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             .
             Were
             it
             permitted
             me
             to
             help
             you
             ,
             I
             promise
             you
             I
             would
             batter
             down
             these
             wals
             ,
             and
             give
             you
             that
             liberty
             which
             others
             take
             from
             you
             ;
             but
             since
             't
             is
             
             not
             lawfull
             for
             any
             to
             do
             so
             ,
             comfort
             your selves
             at
             least
             ,
             that
             Heaven
             is
             reserv'd
             for
             your
             suffrances
             .
             And
             although
             you
             protest
             not
             to
             suffer
             for
             Christ
             ;
             yet
             Christ
             is
             so
             mercifull
             ,
             that
             he
             can
             give
             beatitudes
             to
             those
             
               Cyreneans
               ,
            
             who
             carry
             his
             Crosse
             ,
             though
             forc'd
             therunto
             :
             And
             I
             dare
             assure
             you
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             cannot
             gain
             Heaven
             as
             
               Virgins
               ,
            
             you
             shall
             gain
             it
             at
             least
             as
             
               Martyrs
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Paul
              
               being
               arriv'd
               in
               
                 Messina
                 ,
              
               doth
               imbark
               himself
               for
               
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               the
               Angell
               carrieth
               the
               Letter
               to
               the
               Princes
               ,
               and
               so
               takes
               his
               flight
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               wher
               having
               received
               new
               Orders
               ,
               he
               descends
               in
               
                 Ierusalem
                 ,
              
               and
               retrieves
               Saint
               
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               to
               whom
               with
               the
               divine
               Commission
               ,
               he
               declares
               the
               affairs
               of
               
                 Italy
              
               in
               this
               manner
               :
            
          
           
             I
             Return
             ,
             O
             holy
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             from
             the
             execution
             of
             your
             Commands
             ,
             I
             
             come
             to
             give
             your
             curiosity
             an
             account
             of
             the
             Estate
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             and
             to
             your
             
               desires
               ,
            
             an
             information
             of
             the
             divine
             will
             .
          
           
             Know
             then
             ,
             that
             I
             did
             invisibly
             represent
             to
             the
             hearts
             of
             Christian
             Princes
             the
             contents
             of
             your
             Letters
             ,
             and
             I
             found
             them
             so
             dispos'd
             to
             take
             your
             sword
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             their
             eyes
             being
             opened
             to
             foresee
             their
             own
             danger
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             more
             need
             to
             advise
             them
             of
             the
             means
             ,
             than
             excite
             them
             to
             the
             enterprize
             .
             The
             
               Pontificiall
            
             Army
             did
             display
             their
             Colours
             already
             upon
             the
             Frontiers
             of
             
               Modena
               ,
            
             and
             imperiously
             demanded
             passage
             ,
             to
             go
             on
             to
             the
             ruine
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             when
             the
             demand
             was
             understood
             by
             the
             confining
             Princes
             ,
             upon
             a
             sudden
             ,
             
             the
             spirit
             of
             a
             sleeping
             resentment
             was
             seen
             to
             stir
             .
             Flying
             Couriers
             did
             immediatly
             fly
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             and
             upon
             a
             sudden
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             in
             a
             moment
             ,
             a
             league
             was
             miraculously
             concluded
             against
             the
             insolent
             pretences
             of
             the
             
               Pope
               :
            
             Now
             let
             every
             one
             know
             the
             difference
             'twixt
             the
             present
             army
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             ancient
             Army
             of
             the
             people
             of
             
               Israel
               ;
            
             for
             at
             the
             marching
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             the
             Sea
             it self
             divided
             to
             let
             it
             passe
             ,
             but
             at
             the
             marching
             of
             this
             ,
             all
             the
             world
             seem'd
             to
             close
             together
             to
             hinder
             the
             passage
             .
             
               Don
               Tadeo
               ,
            
             one
             of
             the
             
               Popes
            
             Nephews
             ,
             had
             the
             supreme
             direction
             of
             this
             Church-Army
             ,
             but
             with
             martiall
             dignity
             ther
             joyns
             not
             alwayes
             that
             generosity
             which
             ariseth
             from
             birth
             ,
             or
             
             experience
             .
             
               Don
               Tadeo
               ,
            
             that
             was
             not
             us'd
             to
             other
             atchievments
             than
             to
             those
             of
             
               Castro
               ,
            
             wherin
             he
             had
             no
             opposition
             ,
             when
             he
             heard
             the
             report
             of
             this
             League
             ,
             he
             turn'd
             his
             back
             ,
             wherby
             he
             discover'd
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             
               thief
               ,
            
             rather
             than
             of
             a
             
               souldier
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             interim
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Parma
            
             could
             not
             contain
             the
             vigor
             of
             his
             innated
             hereditary
             courage
             ,
             within
             such
             short
             &
             narrow
             bounds
             ;
             but
             he
             unites
             his
             Cavalry
             ,
             and
             puts
             spurs
             to
             his
             horse
             ,
             and
             so
             entreth
             like
             a
             whirlwind
             into
             the
             
               Papall
            
             Territories
             ,
             in
             scorn
             of
             the
             
               Barberini
               ,
            
             and
             so
             on
             towards
             the
             wals
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
          
           
             The
             generous
             Prince
             expected
             ,
             that
             either
             Front
             or
             Rere
             on
             the
             
             Enemies
             side
             would
             have
             appeared
             ,
             but
             at
             his
             voice
             all
             vanish'd
             as
             it
             were
             ;
             Nor
             could
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             State
             
               Ecclesiastick
            
             imagine
             what
             became
             of
             their
             
               militia
               ,
            
             nor
             the
             
               militia
            
             what
             became
             of
             
               Don
               Tadeo
               ,
            
             nor
             
               Don
               Tadeo
            
             what
             became
             of
             his
             
               heart
               ,
            
             or
             whither
             it
             was
             fled
             ,
             when
             God
             wrought
             a
             kind
             of
             miracle
             :
             For
             the
             
               Duke
               ,
            
             who
             a
             little
             before
             found
             himself
             at
             the
             last
             period
             of
             an
             irreparable
             ruine
             ,
             entreth
             triumphantly
             with
             three
             thousand
             Horse
             only
             into
             the
             Enemies
             Countrey
             ;
             He
             incamped
             the
             first
             night
             not
             far
             frm
             
               Vrban
               Fort
               ,
            
             which
             questionles
             ,
             had
             it
             been
             capable
             of
             motion
             ,
             had
             followed
             
               Don
               Tadeo
            
             when
             he
             fled
             ;
             but
             because
             of
             it's
             naturall
             immobility
             ,
             it
             could
             not
             stir
             an
             inch
             from
             it's
             
             own
             trenches
             ,
             therfore
             it
             stood
             quiet
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             least
             noise
             ,
             for
             feare
             the
             
               Duke
            
             should
             over-hear
             ,
             nor
             was
             any
             soul
             seen
             to
             peep
             out
             all
             the
             while
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             felicity
             of
             this
             beginning
             ,
             the
             spirit
             of
             the
             
               Duke
            
             being
             heightned
             ,
             he
             resolv'd
             to
             push
             on
             to
             the
             very
             wals
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             to
             present
             to
             the
             
               Pope
            
             the
             crying
             of-spring
             of
             his
             immoderat
             passions
             ,
             all
             Forts
             and
             Towns
             at
             the
             
               Dukes
            
             approach
             did
             open
             their
             gates
             to
             receive
             him
             ,
             ratther
             for
             a
             
               Father
            
             then
             a
             
               Foe
               ;
            
             And
             alalthough
             the
             Country
             could
             not
             choose
             but
             be
             damnified
             by
             the
             march
             of
             such
             a
             tumultuary
             unfurnish'd
             Army
             ;
             yet
             the
             vassals
             of
             the
             
               Ecclesiastick
            
             state
             are
             accustom'd
             to
             such
             hard
             usage
             from
             their
             own
             
             Governors
             ,
             that
             the
             dammages
             which
             the
             hostile
             Troops
             did
             them
             seemed
             but
             light
             ;
             The
             
               Duke
            
             with
             unexpected
             fortune
             advanceth
             towards
             
               Rome
            
             wher
             he
             found
             nothing
             but
             fear
             and
             confusion
             ;
             I
             want
             words
             to
             set
             down
             the
             strange
             effects
             that
             the
             tydings
             of
             his
             approach
             did
             produce
             .
          
           
             Questionles
             ,
             the
             Castle
             of
             St
             
               Angelo
            
             had
             not
             bin
             capacious
             enough
             to
             hold
             all
             those
             that
             ran
             into
             it
             ,
             unles
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             fugitives
             had
             bin
             much
             lessen'd
             and
             shrunk
             .
             The
             
               Pope
               ,
            
             and
             the
             chiefest
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             began
             for
             more
             security
             ,
             to
             stowe
             into
             the
             said
             Castle
             their
             tresure
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             costly
             movables
             ,
             adorning
             ,
             as
             one
             may
             say
             ,
             
               that
               Capitoll
               ,
            
             with
             the
             triumphs
             of
             their
             
             cowardize
             ,
             wher
             valour
             was
             us'd
             to
             hang
             up
             the
             Trophyes
             of
             her
             victories
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             
               a
               just
               sword
               is
               formidable
               ,
               what
               hand
               soever
               doth
               weld
               it
               .
            
             That
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             which
             in
             ages
             pass'd
             could
             look
             
               Hannibal
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Gaules
            
             in
             the
             face
             ,
             doth
             now
             fall
             into
             a
             shaking
             palsie
             at
             the
             approach
             of
             three
             thousand
             Horse
             only
             ,
             which
             came
             to
             vindicat
             the
             affronts
             done
             to
             the
             
               Farneses
               .
            
             In
             this
             confusion
             ,
             ther
             was
             not
             one
             that
             would
             offer
             to
             propose
             the
             facing
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             every
             one
             was
             so
             busie
             to
             stand
             upon
             his
             gard
             ;
             Ev'ry
             gate
             seem'd
             a
             
               Diocesse
               ,
            
             each
             having
             some
             
               Bishop
            
             appointed
             to
             keep
             it
             .
             And
             such
             was
             the
             timorousnes
             of
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
            
             that
             finding
             themselves
             not
             able
             to
             secure
             
             their
             City
             with
             wals
             ,
             and
             
               bastions
               ,
            
             they
             went
             to
             do
             it
             with
             
               Breviaries
               ,
            
             for
             
               all
               preparations
               rais'd
               and
               regulated
               with
               fear
               ,
               do
               terminat
               in
               acts
               of
               simple
               defense
               .
            
             Now
             what
             would
             Christ
             have
             said
             ?
             who
             told
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             
               O
               you
               of
               little
               Faith
               ,
               why
               have
               you
               doubted
               ?
            
             rebuking
             the
             weaknes
             of
             their
             Faith
             ,
             and
             consequently
             of
             their
             fear
             ,
             when
             the
             boat
             was
             toss'd
             with
             waves
             ,
             and
             upon
             point
             of
             sinking
             .
             In
             such
             a
             confusion
             
               Rome
            
             was
             involv'd
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             and
             tydings
             therof
             comming
             to
             Hell
             ,
             the
             chiefest
             Cacodaemons
             began
             to
             sit
             in
             Councell
             ,
             and
             one
             amongst
             the
             rest
             smoak'd
             out
             this
             following
             speech
             :
             Brethren
             ,
             
               the
               state
               of
               the
               Roman
               Hierarchy
               is
               now
            
             
             
               in
               apparant
               danger
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               fitting
               we
               should
               suffer
               a
               friends
               Kingdom
               to
               perish
               ,
               for
               therby
               ther
               would
               follow
               some
               reformation
               in
               Christianity
               ,
               which
               would
               hinder
               the
               peopling
               of
               this
               Kingdome
               ;
               Therfore
               we
               must
               lend
               our
               wonted
               help
               and
               Counsels
               ,
               since
               that
               the
               pusillanimity
               of
            
             Vrban
             
               can
               do
               little
               good
               :
            
             At
             these
             words
             ther
             starts
             out
             a
             
               Daemon
               ,
            
             that
             was
             most
             practis'd
             in
             policy
             amongst
             them
             all
             ,
             and
             offring
             to
             support
             the
             common
             cause
             ,
             he
             took
             a
             flight
             to
             Earth
             ,
             and
             came
             invisibly
             to
             the
             soul
             of
             
               Vrban
               ,
            
             who
             was
             in
             extreme
             anguish
             ,
             and
             us'd
             this
             speach
             :
          
           
             Vrban
             ,
             
               what
               dost
               dost
               thou
               ?
               behold
               thy
               temporall
               dominion
               is
               tumbling
               down
               ,
               thy
               mundane
               greatnes
               is
               upon
            
             
             
               point
               of
               extinguishing
               ,
               what
               dost
               thou
               pawse
               upon
               ?
               fear
               cannot
               repair
               thy
               losses
               ,
               nor
               thy
               squandred
               and
               baffled
               squadrons
               thy
               honor
               ,
               it
               is
               needfull
               to
               have
               recourse
               to
               craft
               .
               Empires
               use
               to
               be
               conserved
               by
               the
               same
               artifices
               they
               are
               got
               .
               Treat
               of
               an
               accommodation
               ,
               propose
               hostages
               ,
               and
               promise
               restitution
               ,
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               the
            
             Dukes
             
               forces
               may
               waste
               ,
               break
               thy
               word
               ,
               what
               matters
               it
               ?
               it
               will
               not
               be
               the
               first
               time
               ;
               Thou
               art
               a
            
             Pope
             ,
             
               And
               so
               canst
               dispense
               with
               Oaths
               ,
               as
               thou
               shalt
               think
               most
               convenient
               .
            
          
           
             This
             parly
             the
             Demon
             held
             with
             
               Vrban
               ,
            
             who
             immediatly
             followed
             his
             counsell
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             
               Hell
               oftentimes
               executes
               that
               which
               Heaven
               determines
               ,
               but
               for
               differing
               ends
               .
            
          
           
           
             The
             Princes
             of
             the
             League
             might
             in
             this
             confusion
             ,
             and
             tremblings
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             have
             seized
             upon
             the
             whole
             State
             
               Ecclesiastick
               .
            
             The
             Duke
             of
             
               Modena
            
             might
             have
             gain'd
             the
             City
             of
             
               Ferrara
               ,
            
             to
             which
             he
             hath
             so
             just
             pretensions
             .
             The
             Duke
             of
             
               Florence
            
             might
             have
             made
             himself
             Master
             of
             the
             Duchy
             of
             
               Vrbino
               ,
            
             the
             Fees
             therof
             appertaining
             to
             his
             House
             by
             dotall
             right
             .
             The
             Republick
             of
             
               Venice
            
             might
             have
             vindicated
             those
             outrages
             which
             have
             bin
             so
             often
             offer'd
             her
             upon
             her
             confines
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             those
             colleagu'd
             Princes
             might
             have
             redeem'd
             from
             
               Papall
            
             tyranny
             the
             unhappy
             vassals
             throughout
             all
             the
             
               Roman
            
             dominion
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             omnipotent
             Majesty
             
             saith
             ,
             since
             these
             Princes
             cannot
             husband
             the
             opportunity
             which
             Heaven
             offreth
             them
             ,
             I
             decree
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             their
             irresolution
             ,
             that
             the
             setling
             of
             peace
             be
             prolong'd
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             interim
             ,
             
               Vrban
            
             have
             means
             by
             a
             new
             breach
             of
             faith
             to
             work
             upon
             their
             credulity
             .
             So
             the
             counsels
             of
             Hell
             joyning
             with
             the
             Decrees
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             
               Vrban
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             by
             the
             mediation
             of
             Cardinall
             
               Spada
               (
               sword
               )
            
             found
             a
             way
             to
             spin
             out
             the
             busines
             at
             length
             ,
             and
             to
             amuse
             the
             
               Duque
               ,
            
             till
             his
             Troops
             (
             which
             could
             not
             be
             idle
             )
             being
             diminished
             by
             these
             dead
             delayes
             ,
             he
             was
             inforc'd
             to
             abandon
             the
             enterprise
             ,
             having
             reap'd
             no
             other
             fruit
             by
             this
             march
             ,
             but
             the
             glory
             
             to
             have
             displayed
             his
             colours
             almost
             in
             the
             face
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
          
           
             In
             this
             case
             I
             left
             the
             affairs
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             when
             to
             stay
             no
             longer
             on
             Earth
             ,
             I
             reascended
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             whither
             I
             came
             in
             a
             fit
             conjuncture
             of
             time
             ,
             for
             amongst
             those
             bliss'full
             spirits
             it
             was
             discours'd
             ,
             that
             a
             proposition
             was
             made
             in
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             to
             lay
             hands
             upon
             
               Sixtus
            
             his
             Tombe
             ,
             every
             one
             concluding
             ,
             that
             these
             garboiles
             would
             much
             redound
             to
             the
             expence
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             to
             the
             exhasting
             of
             
               Peters
            
             patrimony
             .
             And
             Saint
             
               Peter
            
             concurring
             in
             the
             same
             opinion
             with
             the
             rest
             ,
             went
             one
             day
             before
             the
             
               Lord
            
             with
             his
             hand
             upon
             his
             cheek
             ,
             crying
             out
             ,
             oh
             Sir
             ,
             The
             
               Barberini
            
             who
             have
             
             unsheath'd
             the
             
               Ecclesiastick
               sword
               ,
            
             in
             lieu
             of
             hurting
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             have
             hit
             me
             upon
             this
             eare
             ,
             wherunto
             the
             
               Lord
            
             said
             ,
             that
             he
             understood
             well
             what
             he
             alluded
             unto
             :
             The
             time
             was
             ,
             that
             
               Peter
            
             with
             the
             armes
             of
             the
             Church
             cut
             off
             
               Malchus
            
             his
             eare
             ,
             and
             now
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             wondred
             at
             ,
             if
             to
             fulfill
             the
             Law
             of
             retaliation
             ,
             the
             
               Barberini
            
             with
             the
             same
             armes
             ,
             cut
             off
             a
             member
             of
             Saint
             
               Peters
               ;
            
             this
             being
             said
             ,
             the
             
               Lord
            
             turn'd
             towards
             me
             ,
             and
             commanding
             me
             to
             him
             ,
             said
             ,
             I
             intend
             now
             to
             come
             to
             the
             expedition
             of
             the
             
               Spouse
               ,
            
             therfore
             go
             and
             retrieve
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             and
             tell
             him
             from
             me
             ,
             that
             he
             consigne
             the
             Processe
             to
             you
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             already
             framed
             ,
             which
             you
             shall
             
             cause
             to
             be
             publish'd
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             
               she
            
             will
             defend
             her self
             ,
             
               she
            
             may
             produce
             her
             proofs
             ;
             Let
             
               Paul
            
             in
             the
             interim
             continue
             his
             sojourne
             on
             Earth
             ,
             and
             make
             an
             inquisition
             upon
             all
             
               cloyster'd
               Regulars
               ,
            
             that
             when
             the
             Divorce
             is
             granted
             ,
             the
             world
             may
             know
             who
             are
             spurious
             ,
             and
             who
             are
             my
             true
             and
             legitimat
             children
             .
          
        
         
           
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           A
           CAVEAT
           TO
           THE
           Knowing
           Reader
           .
        
         
           EVery
           Language
           hath
           certain
           
             Idiomes
             ,
          
           Proverbs
           ,
           and
           peculiar
           expressions
           of
           it's
           own
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           rendible
           in
           any
           other
           ;
           therfore
           he
           over-acts
           the
           office
           of
           an
           
             Interpreter
             ,
          
           who
           doth
           servilize
           himself
           too
           strictly
           to
           words
           and
           phrases
           .
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           an
           excesse
           amongst
           
           
             Limmers
             ,
          
           call'd
           ,
           
             Too
             much
             to
             the
             life
             ,
          
           when
           one
           aymes
           at
           
             similitude
             ,
          
           more
           then
           
             skill
             .
          
           So
           in
           version
           of
           Languages
           one
           may
           be
           so
           over-punctuall
           in
           words
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           marre
           the
           matter
           ;
           The
           greatest
           fidelity
           that
           can
           be
           in
           a
           Translator
           ,
           is
           to
           keep
           entire
           the
           true
           genuine
           sense
           and
           designe
           the
           Author
           drives
           at
           ;
           And
           this
           was
           the
           thing
           chiefly
           observ'd
           in
           this
           version
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           think
           it
           not
           strange
           ,
           that
           ther
           are
           some
           Italian
           words
           made
           free
           denizons
           
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           this
           Discours
           ,
           for
           by
           such
           means
           our
           Language
           hath
           grown
           to
           be
           so
           copious
           ,
           and
           grows
           every
           day
           more
           rich
           ,
           by
           adopting
           ,
           or
           natularizing
           rather
           the
           choicest
           forren
           words
           of
           other
           Nations
           ,
           as
           a
           Nosegay
           is
           us'd
           to
           be
           made
           out
           of
           a
           tuff
           of
           flowers
           ,
           gather'd
           from
           divers
           beds
           and
           banks
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             H.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .