A letter of a Catholike man beyond the seas, written to his friend in England including another of Peter Coton priest, of the Society of Iesus, to the Queene Regent of France / translated out of French into English ; touching the imputation of the death of Henry the IIII, late K. of France, to priests, Iesuites, or Catholicke doctrine.
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             A letter of a Catholike man beyond the seas, written to his friend in England including another of Peter Coton priest, of the Society of Iesus, to the Queene Regent of France / translated out of French into English ; touching the imputation of the death of Henry the IIII, late K. of France, to priests, Iesuites, or Catholicke doctrine.
             Owen, Thomas, 1557-1618.
             Coton, Pierre, 1564-1626.
          
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           A
           LETTER
           OF
           A
           CATHOLIKE
           MAN
           Beyond
           the
           seas
           ,
           written
           to
           his
           friend
           in
           England
           :
           INCLVDING
           Another
           of
           
             Peter
             Coton
          
           Priest
           ,
           of
           the
           Society
           of
           Iesus
           ,
           to
           the
           Queene
           Regent
           of
           France
           .
        
         
           Translated
           out
           of
           French
           into
           English.
           
        
         
           TOVCHING
           The
           imputation
           of
           the
           death
           of
           Henry
           the
           IIII
           ,
           late
           K.
           of
           France
           ,
           to
           Priests
           ,
           Iesuites
           ,
           or
           Catholicke
           doctrine
           .
        
         
           Cypr.
           Epist
           .
           55.
           ad
           Cornel.
           
        
         
           Haec
           est
           vera
           dementia
           ,
           non
           cogitare
           ,
           &
           scire
           ,
           quòd
           mendacia
           non
           diu
           fallant
           .
        
         
           This
           indeed
           is
           madnes
           ,
           not
           to
           thinke
           and
           know
           that
           lyes
           do
           not
           long
           deceaue
           .
        
         
           Permissu
           Superiorum
           :
           M.
           DC
           .
           X.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           DEARE
           Syr
           ,
           hauing
           vnderstood
           by
           one
           of
           yours
           ,
           that
           both
           you
           &
           other
           of
           our
           friendes
           there
           ,
           haue
           byn
           much
           astonished
           of
           late
           with
           the
           suddaine
           newes
           of
           the
           execrable
           slaughter
           of
           the
           Great
           and
           Potent
           Monarch
           Henry
           the
           IIII.
           King
           of
           France
           :
           I
           nothing
           meruailed
           ,
           the
           same
           astonishment
           being
           common
           to
           vs
           heere
           ,
           and
           I
           thinke
           to
           all
           the
           Christiā
           world
           .
           But
           hauing
           further
           vnderstood
           by
           the
           reading
           of
           yours
           ,
           that
           there
           with
           you
           ,
           the
           same
           so
           detestable
           a
           parricide
           was
           imputed
           commōly
           to
           Priests
           ,
           or
           Iesuites
           ,
           and
           by
           some
           to
           the
           Pope
           himself
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           most
           part
           to
           Catholick
           Doctrine
           :
           for
           answere
           
           of
           yours
           ,
           I
           sent
           you
           first
           the
           Copy
           of
           a
           letter
           of
           a
           principall
           man
           ,
           no
           lesse
           then
           a
           Counseller
           of
           France
           ,
           namely
           
             Monsieur
             du
             Wick
          
           the
           Gouernour
           of
           Cales
           his
           brother
           ,
           writtē
           by
           his
           own
           hand
           to
           a
           friend
           of
           his
           in
           Italy
           ,
           which
           I
           my selfe
           turned
           into
           English
           ,
           word
           for
           word
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           
           set
           downe
           by
           him
           in
           French
           ;
           where
           he
           writeth
           ,
           that
           the
           miserable
           wretch
           that
           killed
           the
           sayd
           King
           ,
           affirmed
           that
           neuer
           any
           man
           perswaded
           him
           to
           that
           enterprize
           of
           his
           :
           the
           which
           (
           sayth
           he
           )
           we
           all
           belieued
           ,
           because
           in
           all
           his
           examinations
           ,
           &
           interrogations
           ,
           euen
           vntill
           he
           was
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           he
           perscuered
           still
           cōstant
           in
           the
           same
           assertion
           .
        
         
           Besides
           I
           certified
           you
           of
           a
           certayne
           Booke
           which
           was
           written
           heere
           in
           Italy
           in
           answer
           of
           our
           Kings
           Booke
           about
           the
           Oath
           ,
           which
           being
           presented
           to
           his
           Holines
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           sayd
           ,
           was
           not
           permitted
           to
           be
           printed
           ,
           because
           of
           a
           rash
           assertion
           therin
           contayned
           about
           the
           question
           of
           killing
           of
           Kings
           .
           For
           which
           cause
           the
           Authour
           therof
           seeking
           to
           print
           his
           sayd
           booke
           in
           Germany
           ,
           was
           through
           the
           prudency
           (
           as
           I
           vnderstād
           )
           chiefly
           of
           an
           English
           Gentlemā
           remaining
           in
           those
           parts
           ,
           forbidden
           likewise
           there
           to
           print
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           things
           which
           since
           haue
           hapned
           ,
           haue
           made
           me
           lesse
           to
           meruaile
           ,
           that
           there
           with
           you
           such
           things
           were
           spread
           :
           when
           
           as
           in
           Frāce
           ,
           yea
           in
           Paris
           it selfe
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           so
           Noble
           and
           Catholike
           a
           Citty
           ,
           in
           the
           eyes
           &
           eares
           of
           thē
           that
           knew
           the
           contrary
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           cleare
           shining
           light
           of
           the
           truth
           it selfe
           ,
           the
           cōmon
           enemy
           of
           truth
           hath
           had
           so
           much
           power
           ,
           as
           to
           find
           some
           impudent
           instrumēts
           ,
           to
           affirme
           &
           publickly
           to
           preach
           the
           same
           calumnie
           .
           
           But
           truly
           was
           it
           sayd
           ,
           
             Fortior
             est
             omniū
             Veritas
             ,
             &
             vincit
             :
          
           Truth
           is
           strongest
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           will
           ouercome
           at
           length
           :
           although
           for
           a
           while
           by
           some
           violence
           it
           may
           remaine
           oppressed
           ,
           or
           disguised
           .
           For
           so
           euen
           now
           in
           France
           ,
           in
           the
           sayd
           Citty
           of
           Paris
           ,
           it
           is
           come
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           Iesuites
           which
           were
           in
           part
           ,
           although
           far
           of
           ,
           calūniated
           about
           that
           matter
           ,
           being
           afterwards
           heard
           ,
           and
           the
           truth
           knowne
           ,
           not
           only
           haue
           byn
           iustified
           &
           deliuered
           frō
           such
           a
           false
           &
           iniurious
           slaūder
           :
           but
           also
           honoured
           &
           esteemed
           more
           thē
           before
           ,
           as
           most
           louing
           &
           loyall
           subiects
           to
           that
           Noble
           Monarch
           ,
           which
           had
           beene
           in
           his
           life
           time
           alwaies
           so
           louing
           &
           affectionat
           towards
           thē
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           world
           knoweth
           :
           
           And
           who
           at
           the
           very
           instāt
           of
           so
           vnworthy
           a
           calumniation
           ,
           imployed
           thēselues
           to
           honour
           the
           same
           King
           ,
           as
           their
           most
           deare
           Father
           ,
           in
           trāsporting
           with
           great
           solēnity
           his
           own
           hart
           ,
           bequeathed
           to
           thē
           by
           himself
           in
           his
           life
           time
           ,
           &
           deliuered
           thē
           after
           his
           death
           by
           cōmandmēt
           of
           the
           Q.
           Mother
           ,
           Regent
           of
           Frāce
           ,
           to
           the
           Noble
           Vniuersity
           
             de
             la
             Flesche
          
           ,
           built
           for
           thēselues
           of
           late
           years
           by
           the
           said
           King
           of
           glorious
           Memory
           .
           And
           because
           I
           haue
           by
           good
           hap
           gottē
           the
           fight
           of
           a
           little
           Treatise
           writen
           in
           the
           Frēch
           tongue
           ,
           expresly
           in
           Cōfutatiō
           of
           the
           falsity
           ,
           begō
           to
           be
           spread
           in
           Paris
           ,
           against
           the
           Iesuits
           ,
           the
           w
           ch
           also
           doth
           fully
           answere
           to
           the
           like
           calūnious
           oppositiōs
           ,
           &
           false
           obiectiōs
           spread
           abroad
           by
           the
           treachery
           of
           the
           common
           enemy
           of
           truth
           there
           in
           your
           parts
           :
           I
           thought
           it
           necessary
           to
           turne
           it
           into
           the
           English
           tōgue
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           truth
           may
           there
           also
           be
           known
           to
           the
           honor
           &
           glory
           of
           the
           author
           of
           all
           truth
           ,
           &
           cōfort
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           the
           īnocēt
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           al
           thē
           ,
           that
           with
           true
           charity
           desire
           to
           know
           the
           truth
           ,
           &
           maintaine
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   A
                   LETTER
                   DECLARATORY
                   OF
                   THE
                   COMMON
                   Doctrine
                   of
                   the
                   Fathers
                   of
                   the
                   Society
                   of
                   Iesus
                   ,
                   conforme
                   to
                   the
                   Decrees
                   of
                   the
                   Coūcell
                   of
                   Constance
                   :
                   VVritten
                   to
                   the
                   Queene
                   ,
                   Mother
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   Regent
                   in
                   France
                   .
                   By
                   Father
                   
                     Peter
                     Coton
                  
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Society
                   ,
                   his
                   Maiesties
                   ordinary
                   Preacher
                   at
                   
                     Paris
                     .
                     1610.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     MADAME
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   GOD
                   ordained
                   in
                   the
                   old
                   Testament
                   that
                   the
                   kidd
                   should
                   not
                   be
                   boiled
                   in
                   the
                   milke
                   of
                   his
                   damme
                   ,
                   to
                   signify
                   ,
                   as
                   Philo
                   the
                   Iew
                   doth
                   expound
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   one
                   which
                   is
                   already
                   afflicted
                   ,
                   is
                   no
                   more
                   to
                   be
                   oppressed
                   with
                   new
                   affliction
                   .
                
                 
                   According
                   to
                   the
                   which
                   rule
                   ,
                   deriued
                   from
                   nature
                   it selfe
                   ,
                   those
                   of
                   our
                   Society
                   did
                   hope
                   ,
                   that
                   with
                   this
                   dolefull
                   accident
                   ,
                   the
                   terrour
                   wherof
                   hath
                   shaken
                   the
                   two
                   poles
                   of
                   the
                   Christian
                   world
                   ,
                   they
                   might
                   haue
                   had
                   at
                   least
                   their
                   breath
                   free
                   to
                   sigh
                   ,
                   after
                   their
                   incōparable
                   losse
                   :
                   A
                   losse
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   as
                   particuler
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   as
                   generall
                   and
                   cōmon
                   
                   to
                   all
                   .
                   But
                   it
                   hath
                   happened
                   to
                   them
                   as
                   to
                   men
                   which
                   find
                   themselues
                   vnder
                   the
                   ruine
                   of
                   a
                   house
                   ,
                   where
                   one
                   stone
                   doth
                   not
                   expect
                   the
                   other
                   to
                   couer
                   and
                   ouerwhelme
                   them
                   ,
                   vpon
                   whome
                   it
                   falleth
                   .
                   We
                   were
                   both
                   in
                   mind
                   &
                   body
                   occupied
                   about
                   the
                   transporting
                   of
                   that
                   precious
                   gage
                   ,
                   and
                   remarkable
                   pledge
                   ,
                   which
                   it
                   hath
                   pleased
                   your
                   Maiestie
                   by
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   the
                   Prince
                   of
                   Conty
                   ,
                   to
                   giue
                   consigned
                   vnto
                   vs
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   which
                   the
                   Chiefe
                   Lords
                   of
                   France
                   rendred
                   the
                   last
                   honours
                   :
                   when
                   some
                   no
                   welwillers
                   of
                   the
                   Catholike
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   thē
                   of
                   our
                   profession
                   ,
                   to
                   purchase
                   vs
                   in
                   famy
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   make
                   their
                   gaine
                   of
                   our
                   absence
                   ,
                   spread
                   abroad
                   certaine
                   rumors
                   ,
                   so
                   farre
                   from
                   all
                   likelihood
                   and
                   probability
                   ,
                   that
                   a
                   man
                   would
                   neuer
                   haue
                   thought
                   ,
                   that
                   such
                   ca-Iumnies
                   could
                   euer
                   ,
                   euen
                   in
                   any
                   mad
                   mood
                   ,
                   enter
                   into
                   the
                   thought
                   of
                   a
                   resonable
                   soule
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   this
                   began
                   by
                   the
                   occasion
                   of
                   a
                   naughty
                   booke
                   ,
                   the
                   doctrine
                   wherof
                   hath
                   
                   byn
                   rightfully
                   condemned
                   by
                   the
                   Court
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ;
                   some
                   maintayning
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   doctrine
                   of
                   the
                   Booke
                   was
                   the
                   common
                   doctrine
                   of
                   all
                   Iesuits
                   ;
                   others
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   doctrine
                   was
                   so
                   proper
                   to
                   his
                   Author
                   ,
                   that
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Society
                   had
                   written
                   the
                   contrary
                   ,
                   and
                   altogeather
                   had
                   condemned
                   it
                   some
                   yeares
                   agoe
                   in
                   the
                   body
                   of
                   a
                   Prouinciall
                   
                   Congregation
                   :
                   the
                   which
                   controuersy
                   men
                   
                   without
                   passion
                   did
                   straight
                   determine
                   ,
                   cōcluding
                   that
                   this
                   would
                   be
                   knowne
                   by
                   disauowing
                   therof
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   expected
                   what
                   we
                   would
                   say
                   therin
                   .
                   Wherupon
                   I
                   my selfe
                   hauing
                   beene
                   named
                   particulerly
                   ,
                   haue
                   taken
                   occasion
                   at
                   this
                   present
                   to
                   take
                   pen
                   in
                   hand
                   ,
                   briefly
                   to
                   represent
                   vnto
                   You
                   (
                   Madame
                   )
                   as
                   to
                   Her
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   singulerly
                   affectioned
                   to
                   the
                   true
                   Religion
                   ,
                   most
                   interessed
                   in
                   the
                   good
                   of
                   this
                   whole
                   State
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   most
                   assured
                   refuge
                   that
                   innocencie
                   can
                   haue
                   ,
                   that
                   which
                   the
                   Doctors
                   of
                   our
                   Society
                   haue
                   written
                   vpon
                   this
                   subiect
                   .
                   Knowing
                   that
                   nether
                   the
                   greatnes
                   of
                   busines
                   would
                   easily
                   permit
                   you
                   of
                   your selfe
                   to
                   seeke
                   them
                   out
                   ,
                   nor
                   the
                   small
                   affection
                   which
                   backbiters
                   do
                   beare
                   vnto
                   vs
                   ,
                   would
                   permit
                   them
                   to
                   make
                   you
                   the
                   true
                   report
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   after
                   that
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   shew
                   with
                   the
                   
                   same
                   breuity
                   ,
                   what
                   is
                   the
                   common
                   sense
                   and
                   opinion
                   of
                   our
                   Society
                   ,
                   spread
                   through
                   the
                   whole
                   world
                   ,
                   touching
                   the
                   matter
                   wherof
                   we
                   speake
                   :
                   Laying
                   for
                   a
                   ground
                   of
                   all
                   ,
                   such
                   verity
                   as
                   cannot
                   be
                   called
                   into
                   doubt
                   ,
                   no
                   not
                   by
                   them
                   which
                   may
                   be
                   foūd
                   most
                   hatefull
                   and
                   enuious
                   of
                   this
                   florishing
                   Crowne
                   .
                   I
                   meane
                   that
                   the
                   matter
                   which
                   was
                   debated
                   in
                   the
                   Councell
                   of
                   Constance
                   ,
                   &
                   
                   which
                   afterward
                   hath
                   beene
                   declared
                   more
                   at
                   large
                   by
                   the
                   Catholick
                   Doctors
                   ,
                   touching
                   the
                   expulsion
                   of
                   Tyrants
                   ,
                   doth
                   not
                   at
                   all
                   touch
                   the
                   happy
                   ,
                   renowned
                   ,
                   and
                   most
                   honorable
                   memory
                   of
                   him
                   ,
                   of
                   whome
                   now
                   we
                   be
                   waile
                   the
                   death
                   ;
                   his
                   life
                   hauing
                   byn
                   as
                   farre
                   from
                   all
                   blame
                   of
                   Tyranny
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   hath
                   beene
                   ,
                   and
                   shal
                   be
                   alwaies
                   to
                   all
                   the
                   Monarches
                   of
                   the
                   Earth
                   ,
                   a
                   modell
                   of
                   piety
                   ,
                   iustice
                   ,
                   clemency
                   ,
                   valour
                   ,
                   benignity
                   ,
                   and
                   fatherly
                   affection
                   towards
                   his
                   subiects
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   First
                   of
                   al
                   presenteth
                   himselfe
                   the
                   most
                   Illustrious
                   Cardinall
                   Tolet
                   ,
                   a
                   man
                   of
                   rare
                   learning
                   ,
                   Spanish
                   by
                   nation
                   ,
                   and
                   French
                   by
                   affection
                   ,
                   who
                   in
                   the
                   5.
                   booke
                   and
                   6.
                   chapter
                   of
                   his
                   Summe
                   ,
                   teacheth
                   in
                   expresse
                   tearmes
                   ,
                   That
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   lawful
                   to
                   attempt
                   any
                   thing
                   against
                   the
                   life
                   of
                   a
                   Prince
                   ,
                   allthough
                   he
                   abuse
                   his
                   Princely
                   power
                   :
                   adding
                   therunto
                   that
                   to
                   maintaine
                   the
                   contrarie
                   ,
                   is
                   an
                   hereticall
                   doctrine
                   ,
                   condemned
                   by
                   the
                   Councell
                   of
                   Constance
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   The
                   most
                   Illustrious
                   and
                   most
                   learned
                   Cardinall
                   Bellarmine
                   ,
                   answering
                   to
                   the
                   very
                   same
                   obiection
                   in
                   the
                   thirteenth
                   chapter
                   of
                   his
                   Apologie
                   to
                   a
                   Booke
                   of
                   the
                   king
                   of
                   Great
                   Britany
                   ,
                   speaketh
                   thus
                   :
                   I
                   haue
                   neuer
                   read
                   ,
                   nor
                   heard
                   it
                   sayd
                   ,
                   that
                   euerlasting
                   life
                   hath
                   beene
                   promised
                   to
                   them
                   that
                   attempt
                   against
                   the
                   life
                   of
                   kings
                   :
                   but
                   rather
                   
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   I
                   haue
                   read
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   proposition
                   ,
                   
                     Euery
                     Tyrant
                     may
                     ,
                     and
                     ought
                     lawfully
                     to
                     be
                     killed
                     ,
                  
                   was
                   long
                   since
                   condēned
                   in
                   the
                   fiftēth
                   session
                   of
                   the
                   Councell
                   of
                   Constance
                   .
                   True
                   it
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   Iohn
                   VVickliffe
                   an
                   Englishmā
                   whome
                   the
                   Protestantes
                   doe
                   so
                   much
                   esteeme
                   ,
                   and
                   haue
                   put
                   forth
                   his
                   prayses
                   in
                   the
                   fore-front
                   of
                   their
                   Histories
                   ,
                   taught
                   ,
                   That
                   no
                   temporal
                   ,
                   nor
                   Ecclesiasticall
                   Prince
                   retayneth
                   any
                   longer
                   his
                   power
                   and
                   authority
                   ,
                   after
                   he
                   is
                   fallen
                   into
                   any
                   mortall
                   sin
                   :
                   the
                   which
                   error
                   of
                   his
                   ,
                   the
                   sayd
                   Councell
                   condemned
                   in
                   the
                   eight
                   session
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Gregorie
                     of
                     Valentia
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   man
                   of
                   eminent
                   learning
                   ,
                   as
                   is
                   manifest
                   by
                   the
                   publique
                   testimony
                   of
                   
                     Italy
                     ,
                     Spayne
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Germanie
                   ,
                   writing
                   vpon
                   the
                   sixtie
                   foure
                   Question
                   of
                   the
                   second
                   Part
                   of
                   
                     S.
                     Thomas
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   conforming
                   himselfe
                   therin
                   to
                   the
                   doctrine
                   of
                   other
                   Schoole-Deuines
                   ,
                   determineth
                   ,
                   in
                   no
                   wise
                   to
                   be
                   lawfull
                   to
                   attempt
                   against
                   the
                   life
                   of
                   the
                   Prince
                   ,
                   although
                   he
                   abuse
                   his
                   authority
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Alsonsus
                     Salmeron
                  
                   in
                   the
                   thirteenth
                   Tome
                   of
                   his
                   workes
                   ,
                   expounding
                   the
                   thirteenth
                   Chapter
                   of
                   the
                   Epistle
                   to
                   the
                   Romans
                   ,
                   affirmeth
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   citing
                   the
                   Councell
                   of
                   Constance
                   ,
                   and
                   referreth
                   the
                   fact
                   of
                   Aöd
                   ,
                   against
                   Eglon
                   King
                   of
                   the
                   Moabites
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   expresse
                   &
                   manifest
                   commandement
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   whereof
                   
                   of
                   no
                   man
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   iudge
                   in
                   his
                   owne
                   cause
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Martin
                     del-Rio
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   famous
                   man
                   likewise
                   in
                   all
                   kind
                   of
                   learning
                   ,
                   in
                   his
                   Commentaries
                   vpon
                   
                     Hercules
                     Furens
                  
                   of
                   Seneca
                   ,
                   the
                   920.
                   number
                   ,
                   sayth
                   ;
                   That
                   ,
                   that
                   saying
                   of
                   the
                   Poet
                   is
                   dangerous
                   :
                   and
                   there
                   alleageth
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   ,
                   the
                   decree
                   of
                   the
                   Councell
                   of
                   Cōstance
                   ,
                   which
                   decree
                   vpon
                   this
                   subject
                   cannot
                   to
                   often
                   be
                   inculcated
                   ,
                   repeated
                   and
                   declared
                   to
                   the
                   People
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Sebastian
                     Heissius
                  
                   in
                   his
                   Apologeticall
                   declaration
                   of
                   the
                   Aphorismes
                   attributed
                   to
                   the
                   doctrine
                   of
                   Iesuites
                   ,
                   sheweth
                   by
                   Mariana's
                   owne
                   wordes
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   hath
                   spoken
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   owne
                   opinion
                   .
                   And
                   he
                   himselfe
                   perceauing
                   that
                   he
                   did
                   exceed
                   the
                   Iimits
                   of
                   the
                   common
                   doctrine
                   ,
                   acknowledged
                   his
                   doctrine
                   to
                   be
                   subiect
                   to
                   errour
                   ,
                   and
                   submitted
                   himselfe
                   to
                   the
                   censure
                   of
                   whome
                   soeuer
                   .
                   And
                   by
                   and
                   by
                   after
                   he
                   setteth
                   down
                   his
                   owne
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   common
                   opinions
                   of
                   all
                   Deuines
                   of
                   our
                   Society
                   ,
                   the
                   which
                   he
                   opposeth
                   against
                   the
                   opinion
                   of
                   the
                   sayd
                   Mariana
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Martin
                     Becanus
                  
                   in
                   the
                   answere
                   to
                   the
                   ninth
                   Aphorisme
                   ,
                   remitteth
                   the
                   Reader
                   to
                   the
                   Councell
                   of
                   Constance
                   ,
                   shewing
                   that
                   the
                   lawfull
                   Princelooseth
                   not
                   his
                   superiority
                   ,
                   although
                   he
                   become
                   a
                   Tyrant
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   
                   
                     Iames
                     Gretser
                  
                   Reader
                   of
                   Deuinity
                   at
                   Ingolstad
                   ,
                   in
                   his
                   Booke
                   intituled
                   
                     Vespertilio
                     Haretico-politic
                     ꝰ
                  
                   ,
                   answering
                   to
                   the
                   obiectiōs
                   which
                   were
                   made
                   him
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   opinion
                   of
                   Mariana
                   ,
                   saith
                   with
                   Heissius
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   common
                   opinion
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   followed
                   ,
                   leauing
                   that
                   of
                   Mariana
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   himselfe
                   submitteth
                   to
                   other
                   men
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Leonard
                     Lessius
                  
                   Reader
                   of
                   Deuinity
                   at
                   Louaine
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   ninth
                   Chapter
                   &
                   fourth
                   doubt
                   of
                   his
                   second
                   booke
                   
                     de
                     Iustitia
                     &
                     Iure
                  
                   ,
                   affirmeth
                   likewise
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   common
                   sentence
                   ,
                   That
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   lawfull
                   to
                   enterprize
                   against
                   the
                   person
                   of
                   the
                   Prince
                   ,
                   although
                   he
                   should
                   abuse
                   his
                   authority
                   ,
                   grounding
                   his
                   saying
                   vpon
                   that
                   aduertisement
                   of
                   the
                   Prince
                   of
                   the
                   Apostles
                   :
                   
                     Seruants
                     be
                     subiect
                     to
                     your
                     maisters
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     only
                     to
                     them
                     which
                     be
                     good
                     and
                     modest
                     ,
                     but
                     also
                     to
                     the
                     froward
                     and
                     ill
                     conditioned
                     .
                  
                   And
                   after
                   that
                   he
                   alledgeth
                   the
                   decree
                   of
                   the
                   Councell
                   before
                   mentioned
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Nicolas
                     Serarius
                  
                   writing
                   vpon
                   the
                   thirteenth
                   chapter
                   of
                   the
                   booke
                   of
                   Iudges
                   ,
                   in
                   his
                   first
                   question
                   ,
                   doth
                   shew
                   that
                   the
                   fact
                   of
                   Aod
                   cannot
                   ,
                   nor
                   ought
                   to
                   serue
                   the
                   detestable
                   Assassines
                   ,
                   parricides
                   ,
                   and
                   murtherers
                   of
                   their
                   kings
                   ,
                   for
                   their
                   defence
                   or
                   example
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Iohn
                     Azor
                  
                   in
                   the
                   second
                   part
                   of
                   his
                   morall
                   
                   institutions
                   ,
                   the
                   eleuenth
                   booke
                   ,
                   fifth
                   c●apter
                   ,
                   and
                   tenth
                   question
                   ,
                   doth
                   shew
                   him self
                   yet
                   a
                   more
                   rigorous
                   enemie
                   of
                   the
                   bould
                   and
                   sacrilegious
                   enterprizes
                   of
                   them
                   who
                   attempt
                   against
                   the
                   〈…〉
                   e
                   of
                   their
                   Princes
                   :
                   where
                   he
                   teacheth
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   lawful
                   to
                   go
                   about
                   to
                   kil
                   ,
                   no
                   not
                   thē
                   who
                   should
                   haue
                   vniultlie
                   inuaded
                   any
                   state
                   :
                   grounding
                   his
                   doctrine
                   chifely
                   vpon
                   this
                   ,
                   that
                   no
                   man
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   condēned
                   before
                   he
                   be
                   heard
                   ,
                   &
                   without
                   discussiō
                   of
                   his
                   cause
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   which
                   noe
                   particuler
                   man
                   can
                   be
                   a
                   cōpetēt
                   Iudge
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   As
                   for
                   
                     Lewis
                     Richeome
                  
                   ,
                   his
                   Apologie
                   makes
                   perētory
                   proofe
                   of
                   the
                   irrecōciliable
                   hatred
                   which
                   he
                   beareth
                   to
                   the
                   doctrine
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   teach
                   against
                   the
                   authoritie
                   of
                   kings
                   :
                   in
                   so
                   much
                   that
                   the
                   L.
                   Pasquier
                   himselfe
                   a
                   Criticall
                   Censurer
                   of
                   his
                   works
                   ,
                   hauing
                   repeated
                   his
                   wordes
                   in
                   his
                   third
                   booke
                   ,
                   and
                   fifth
                   chapter
                   ,
                   praiseth
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   sayth
                   ,
                   he
                   cannot
                   but
                   loue
                   him
                   ,
                   adding
                   these
                   words
                   :
                   
                     Yet
                     I
                     must
                     needs
                     honour
                     thee
                     seing
                     thee
                     so
                     to
                     paint
                     the
                  
                   Idaea
                   
                     of
                     obedience
                     of
                     a
                     subiect
                     towards
                     his
                     King.
                  
                   A
                   praise
                   which
                   he
                   might
                   haue
                   giuen
                   to
                   many
                   others
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Society
                   ,
                   who
                   hauing
                   examined
                   this
                   matter
                   with
                   
                     S.
                     Thomas
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   Schoole
                   deuines
                   ,
                   do
                   all
                   conclude
                   conformably
                   to
                   the
                   Sorbones
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   Decree
                   of
                   the
                   Councell
                   of
                   Constance
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   then
                   being
                   the
                   opinions
                   and
                   the
                   
                   determinations
                   of
                   these
                   doctors
                   ,
                   graue
                   ,
                   and
                   principall
                   men
                   of
                   our
                   Society
                   ;
                   what
                   preiudice
                   can
                   the
                   particuler
                   opinion
                   of
                   one
                   Mariana
                   bring
                   to
                   the
                   reputation
                   of
                   a
                   whole
                   Order
                   ?
                   the
                   which
                   being
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Institute
                   ,
                   most
                   carefull
                   to
                   maintaine
                   all
                   holy
                   ordinances
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   and
                   bearing
                   respect
                   to
                   the
                   power
                   and
                   authority
                   of
                   Kings
                   ,
                   who
                   for
                   the
                   temporal
                   ,
                   depend
                   on
                   God
                   only
                   ,
                   hath
                   long
                   time
                   since
                   disauowed
                   the
                   lightnesse
                   of
                   this
                   rouing
                   pen
                   :
                   and
                   namely
                   in
                   the
                   Prouincial
                   Congregation
                   of
                   France
                   ,
                   held
                   in
                   the
                   Citty
                   of
                   Paris
                   the
                   yeare
                   1606.
                   where
                   
                   more
                   then
                   this
                   ,
                   the
                   Reuerend
                   Father
                   
                     Claudius
                     Aquauiua
                  
                   General
                   of
                   our
                   Society
                   ,
                   was
                   requested
                   ,
                   that
                   those
                   who
                   had
                   written
                   in
                   preiudice
                   of
                   the
                   Crowne
                   of
                   France
                   ,
                   should
                   be
                   repressed
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   bookes
                   suppressed
                   .
                   Which
                   the
                   sayd
                   Reuerend
                   Father
                   did
                   afterward
                   very
                   earnestly
                   and
                   exactly
                   ,
                   being
                   most
                   sory
                   that
                   by
                   ouer-sight
                   ,
                   he
                   being
                   absent
                   and
                   knowing
                   nothing
                   ,
                   nor
                   hauing
                   seene
                   the
                   workes
                   ,
                   one
                   should
                   vse
                   therin
                   his
                   consent
                   :
                   the
                   words
                   which
                   he
                   vseth
                   in
                   his
                   answere
                   are
                   these
                   .
                   
                     VVe
                     haue
                     approued
                     your
                     Congregations
                     iudgment
                     ,
                     and
                     carefulnes
                     ,
                     and
                     haue
                     byn
                     very
                     sory
                     ,
                     that
                     no
                     body
                     perceaued
                     the
                     fault
                     ,
                     vntill
                     the
                     bookes
                     were
                     printed
                     :
                     the
                     which
                     notwithstanding
                     we
                     haue
                     presently
                     commanded
                     to
                     be
                     corrected
                     ,
                     &
                     will
                     vse
                     great
                     care
                     herafter
                     ,
                     that
                     such
                     things
                     happen
                     no
                     more
                     .
                  
                
                 
                 
                   And
                   so
                   it
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   now
                   you
                   should
                   scarce
                   haue
                   found
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   one
                   copy
                   of
                   Mariana
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   had
                   not
                   beene
                   for
                   the
                   pernicious
                   liberality
                   of
                   the
                   heyres
                   of
                   VVechell
                   ,
                   who
                   are
                   
                   knowne
                   to
                   be
                   of
                   the
                   pretended
                   reformed
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   haue
                   printed
                   the
                   same
                   booke
                   at
                   their
                   owne
                   costes
                   and
                   charges
                   :
                   moued
                   not
                   so
                   much
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   presumed
                   ,
                   with
                   desire
                   to
                   serue
                   the
                   publique
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   hurt
                   in
                   particuler
                   our
                   Society
                   .
                   Some
                   haue
                   thought
                   that
                   they
                   haue
                   added
                   somewhat
                   of
                   their
                   owne
                   ,
                   others
                   haue
                   iudged
                   that
                   the
                   bookes
                   of
                   the
                   first
                   impression
                   were
                   yet
                   worse
                   ,
                   but
                   this
                   controuersy
                   serues
                   to
                   no
                   purpose
                   :
                   for
                   although
                   it
                   were
                   so
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   no
                   body
                   had
                   holpen
                   the
                   first
                   so
                   imprudent
                   pen
                   ,
                   yet
                   is
                   there
                   no
                   cause
                   ,
                   why
                   that
                   one
                   mans
                   pen
                   should
                   more
                   hurt
                   the
                   body
                   of
                   our
                   Society
                   ,
                   then
                   the
                   writings
                   of
                   
                     Iohn
                     Petite
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   his
                   like
                   ,
                   should
                   hurt
                   the
                   Vniuersities
                   and
                   Orders
                   of
                   which
                   they
                   were
                   Schollers
                   ,
                   Bachelers
                   ,
                   Maisters
                   ,
                   and
                   Doctors
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   ,
                   Madame
                   ,
                   seeing
                   that
                   I
                   haue
                   heere
                   aboue
                   promised
                   to
                   expound
                   clearly
                   and
                   distinctly
                   ,
                   what
                   is
                   our
                   opinion
                   touching
                   the
                   question
                   we
                   haue
                   proposed
                   :
                   now
                   I
                   come
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   which
                   shal
                   be
                   the
                   second
                   part
                   or
                   this
                   discourse
                   .
                
                 
                   1.
                   
                   All
                   the
                   Iesuites
                   generally
                   and
                   particulerly
                   will
                   confirme
                   ,
                   euen
                   with
                   their
                   own
                   
                   bloud
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   haue
                   not
                   in
                   this
                   matter
                   ,
                   or
                   
                   any
                   other
                   ,
                   any
                   beliefe
                   ,
                   doctrine
                   ,
                   or
                   opinion
                   ,
                   then
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   Catholike
                   Church
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   That
                   amongst
                   all
                   sorts
                   of
                   gouernement
                   and
                   publicke
                   administration
                   the
                   Monarchie
                   is
                   the
                   best
                   .
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   That
                   such
                   is
                   the
                   spirituall
                   gouernmēt
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   vnder
                   the
                   Vicar
                   of
                   Iesus
                   Christ
                   successor
                   of
                   
                     S.
                     Peter
                  
                   :
                   such
                   is
                   the
                   temporall
                   gouernment
                   of
                   the
                   State
                   and
                   Realme
                   of
                   France
                   ,
                   which
                   dependeth
                   of
                   the
                   person
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   our
                   Soueraigne
                   Lord
                   and
                   Maister
                   .
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   Kinges
                   are
                   ,
                   as
                   Homer
                   calleth
                   them
                   ,
                   the
                   children
                   and
                   fosters
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   or
                   rather
                   his
                   own
                   liuely
                   Images
                   as
                   sayd
                   Menander
                   :
                
                 
                   5.
                   
                   That
                   they
                   are
                   annointed
                   ,
                   and
                   therfore
                   called
                   the
                   Christs
                   of
                   our
                   Lord
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   (
                   as
                   sayth
                   Simeon
                   the
                   Archbishop
                   of
                   Thessalonica
                   )
                   that
                   euery
                   one
                   may
                   vnderstand
                   that
                   they
                   be
                   inuiolable
                   ,
                   and
                   should
                   be
                   respected
                   as
                   holy
                   and
                   sacred
                   things
                   .
                
                 
                   6.
                   
                   That
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   damnable
                   heresy
                   ,
                   as
                   holy
                   Irenaeus
                   noteth
                   1400.
                   yeares
                   agoe
                   to
                   thinke
                   
                   that
                   Kings
                   are
                   giuen
                   to
                   men
                   casually
                   :
                   seeing
                   that
                   all
                   power
                   comes
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   therfore
                   sayth
                   
                     S.
                     Isidore
                  
                   of
                   Damieta
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   most
                   ancient
                   pictures
                   we
                   see
                   a
                   hand
                   put
                   out
                   of
                   heauen
                   ,
                   which
                   setteth
                   the
                   Crowne
                   vpō
                   the
                   head
                   of
                   Kings
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   
                   7.
                   
                   That
                   he
                   which
                   resisteth
                   kinges
                   or
                   rebelleth
                   against
                   them
                   ,
                   purchaseth
                   to
                   him selfe
                   his
                   owne
                   damnation
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   doctrine
                   of
                   the
                   Apostle
                   .
                
                 
                   8.
                   
                   That
                   obedience
                   is
                   due
                   vnto
                   them
                   ,
                   not
                   for
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   vertuous
                   ,
                   wise
                   ,
                   potēt
                   ,
                   or
                   indued
                   with
                   any
                   other
                   laudable
                   qualitie
                   ,
                   but
                   because
                   they
                   are
                   Kings
                   ,
                   established
                   by
                   God
                   himselfe
                   .
                
                 
                   9.
                   
                   That
                   our
                   Kings
                   of
                   France
                   are
                   the
                   eldest
                   children
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   enioying
                   rare
                   and
                   singular
                   priuiledges
                   ,
                   aboue
                   the
                   common
                   ,
                   of
                   other
                   Kinges
                   of
                   the
                   world
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   10.
                   
                   That
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   lawfull
                   to
                   denie
                   to
                   thē
                   obedience
                   ,
                   &
                   much
                   lesse
                   to
                   reuolt
                   against
                   them
                   ,
                   although
                   they
                   were
                   vicious
                   ,
                   froward
                   ,
                   hard
                   to
                   suport
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   same
                   Apostle
                   speaketh
                   .
                
                 
                   11.
                   
                   That
                   being
                   such
                   ,
                   we
                   ought
                   to
                   pray
                   for
                   
                   them
                   as
                   the
                   Prophet
                   would
                   haue
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   for
                   the
                   prosperity
                   of
                   Nabuchodonosor
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   sonne
                   Baltazar
                   ,
                   &
                   that
                   the
                   afflictions
                   ,
                   losse
                   of
                   goodes
                   ,
                   persecutions
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   in
                   commodities
                   which
                   are
                   endured
                   patiently
                   ,
                   not
                   rebelling
                   therefore
                   against
                   their
                   Superiours
                   ,
                   are
                   things
                   very
                   acceptable
                   to
                   God
                   ,
                   &
                   conforme
                   to
                   the
                   praise
                   which
                   in
                   like
                   case
                   
                     S.
                     Paul
                  
                   giueth
                   to
                   the
                   Hebrews
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   that
                   ordināce
                   w
                   ch
                   he
                   hath
                   published
                   in
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   saying
                   :
                   
                     Euery
                     soule
                     be
                     subiect
                     to
                     the
                     Superiour
                     powers
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   12.
                   
                   And
                   therfore
                   that
                   not
                   onely
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   
                   lawfull
                   to
                   lay
                   hands
                   vpon
                   their
                   Persons
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   an
                   execrable
                   parricide
                   ,
                   a
                   prodigious
                   trespasse
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   detestable
                   sacriledge
                   .
                
                 
                   13.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   decree
                   of
                   the
                   Councell
                   of
                   Constance
                   in
                   the
                   15.
                   
                   Session
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   receaued
                   of
                   all
                   and
                   maintayned
                   inuiolably
                   .
                
                 
                   14.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   declaration
                   of
                   the
                   Sorbon
                   of
                   the
                   year
                   1413.
                   &
                   that
                   also
                   of
                   the
                   4.
                   of
                   Iune
                   of
                   this
                   presēt
                   yeare
                   is
                   good
                   ,
                   wholsome
                   &
                   holy
                   .
                
                 
                   15.
                   
                   That
                   euery
                   one
                   should
                   stand
                   vpon
                   his
                   guard
                   ,
                   and
                   take
                   heed
                   of
                   diuers
                   bookes
                   that
                   are
                   spread
                   abroad
                   ,
                   contrary
                   to
                   the
                   Lawes
                   ,
                   the
                   reading
                   of
                   the
                   which
                   is
                   not
                   onely
                   in
                   this
                   matter
                   very
                   dangerous
                   ,
                   but
                   so
                   much
                   the
                   more
                   to
                   be
                   feared
                   ,
                   by
                   how
                   much
                   the
                   Authors
                   of
                   them
                   being
                   to
                   our
                   great
                   griefe
                   separated
                   from
                   the
                   Catholike
                   Church
                   ,
                   make
                   no
                   accompt
                   neyther
                   of
                   the
                   Councell
                   of
                   Constance
                   ,
                   nor
                   of
                   the
                   Catholike
                   Censures
                   and
                   Doctors
                   aboue
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   yea
                   rather
                   (
                   which
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   lamented
                   )
                   they
                   are
                   the
                   more
                   obstinate
                   in
                   their
                   opinions
                   by
                   opposing
                   themselues
                   ,
                   and
                   thereby
                   they
                   thinke
                   to
                   get
                   the
                   greater
                   praise
                   and
                   admiration
                   from
                   others
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   I
                   would
                   cite
                   bookes
                   ,
                   quote
                   the
                   places
                   ,
                   and
                   alleadge
                   the
                   words
                   ,
                   were
                   it
                   not
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   farre
                   better
                   that
                   such
                   thinges
                   remaine
                   swallowed
                   in
                   the
                   bottomlesse
                   pit
                   of
                   forgetfulnes
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   more
                   to
                   the
                   purpose
                   to
                   make
                   knowne
                   ,
                   that
                   innocency
                   is
                   far
                   stronger
                   
                   then
                   recrimination
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   cause
                   also
                   I
                   would
                   haue
                   abstained
                   altogeather
                   from
                   this
                   aduertisment
                   ,
                   had
                   it
                   not
                   beene
                   to
                   shew
                   thereby
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   body
                   of
                   our
                   Society
                   cannot
                   be
                   infected
                   by
                   the
                   opinion
                   of
                   one
                   only
                   person
                   ,
                   the
                   which
                   hath
                   beene
                   so
                   authentically
                   disauowed
                   by
                   the
                   same
                   :
                   no
                   more
                   then
                   those
                   of
                   the
                   pretended
                   reformed
                   Religion
                   doe
                   not
                   hould
                   themselues
                   any
                   whit
                   interessed
                   by
                   the
                   erroneous
                   Doctrine
                   of
                   some
                   of
                   theirs
                   ,
                   whome
                   they
                   reiect
                   ,
                   difauow
                   ,
                   and
                   condemne
                   ;
                   being
                   willing
                   to
                   liue
                   with
                   vs
                   vnder
                   the
                   Lawes
                   of
                   our
                   Realme
                   ,
                   and
                   with
                   the
                   obedience
                   and
                   voluntary
                   submission
                   which
                   we
                   do
                   render
                   to
                   the
                   Scepter
                   of
                   our
                   Kinges
                   ;
                   perswading
                   my selfe
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   they
                   had
                   the
                   pen
                   in
                   hand
                   which
                   I
                   haue
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   speake
                   with
                   vs
                   &
                   thūder
                   out
                   Anathema
                   ,
                   with
                   one
                   common
                   voice
                   against
                   those
                   infamous
                   Authors
                   .
                   Which
                   being
                   maturely
                   and
                   wisely
                   considered
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   by
                   the
                   Court
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   as
                   by
                   the
                   sacred
                   Colledge
                   of
                   Sorbon
                   ,
                   they
                   haue
                   not
                   made
                   any
                   mention
                   in
                   their
                   arrest
                   and
                   decrees
                   of
                   the
                   Doctrine
                   of
                   Iesuits
                   ,
                   knowing
                   very
                   well
                   as
                   iust
                   iudges
                   and
                   Doctors
                   ,
                   that
                   faultes
                   are
                   personall
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   there
                   would
                   be
                   no
                   innocency
                   in
                   the
                   world
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   fault
                   of
                   one
                   were
                   imputed
                   to
                   another
                   :
                   and
                   that
                   this
                   hath
                   beene
                   a
                   lamentable
                   and
                   
                   incommunicable
                   property
                   of
                   the
                   sinne
                   which
                   the
                   first
                   man
                   committed
                   to
                   haue
                   byn
                   extended
                   vpon
                   others
                   ,
                   because
                   his
                   posterity
                   was
                   represented
                   in
                   his
                   person
                   ,
                   knowing
                   also
                   on
                   the
                   other
                   side
                   by
                   the
                   frequent
                   deposition
                   of
                   the
                   malefactor
                   ,
                   that
                   Mariana
                   had
                   not
                   in
                   any
                   thing
                   holpen
                   to
                   this
                   execrable
                   parricide
                   ,
                   nor
                   could
                   help
                   ,
                   considering
                   the
                   malefactour
                   had
                   not
                   sufficient
                   knowledge
                   of
                   the
                   
                   tongue
                   in
                   which
                   his
                   booke
                   was
                   written
                   .
                   Wherein
                   is
                   discouered
                   the
                   vncharitable
                   intentiō
                   of
                   those
                   which
                   spread
                   abroad
                   that
                   he
                   knew
                   all
                   the
                   booke
                   by
                   hart
                   ,
                   thereby
                   to
                   cast
                   the
                   publique
                   hatred
                   of
                   all
                   this
                   mischeefe
                   vpon
                   others
                   ,
                   then
                   vpon
                   the
                   guilty
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   it
                   ,
                   Madame
                   ,
                   wherein
                   we
                   do
                   most
                   humbly
                   beseech
                   you
                   to
                   imploy
                   your
                   Soueraigne
                   authority
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   ordaine
                   that
                   all
                   those
                   writings
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   in
                   their
                   beginning
                   matches
                   to
                   kindle
                   rebellion
                   and
                   within
                   few
                   howers
                   become
                   fire
                   brāds
                   of
                   seditiō
                   ,
                   be
                   taken
                   away
                   from
                   before
                   the
                   eyes
                   of
                   the
                   French
                   :
                   you
                   are
                   our
                   Soueraigne
                   Lady
                   endowed
                   of
                   God
                   with
                   high
                   vnderstanding
                   ,
                   &
                   with
                   such
                   vertue
                   as
                   you
                   haue
                   but
                   few
                   your
                   equals
                   ,
                   who
                   doth
                   see
                   clearely
                   of
                   what
                   importance
                   it
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   liue
                   all
                   vnited
                   ,
                   if
                   not
                   in
                   one
                   faith
                   (
                   such
                   being
                   these
                   iniurious
                   times
                   )
                   at
                   least
                   in
                   fidelity
                   ,
                   obedience
                   ,
                   and
                   mutuall
                   affection
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   conseruation
                   of
                   
                   peace
                   .
                   We
                   haue
                   a
                   King
                   which
                   doth
                   represent
                   vnto
                   vs
                   in
                   his
                   yong
                   age
                   ,
                   the
                   wit
                   &
                   substance
                   of
                   the
                   great
                   Henry
                   his
                   Father
                   your
                   husband
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   which
                   with
                   the
                   increase
                   of
                   yeares
                   will
                   haue
                   (
                   if
                   it
                   please
                   God
                   to
                   continue
                   vpon
                   him
                   his
                   benigne
                   influences
                   )
                   his
                   valour
                   ,
                   his
                   prudence
                   ,
                   his
                   happines
                   ,
                   &
                   his
                   experience
                   :
                   it
                   pertayneth
                   to
                   vs
                   to
                   cherish
                   this
                   treasure
                   ;
                   to
                   serue
                   with
                   al
                   our
                   harts
                   this
                   great
                   &
                   litle
                   Maister
                   ;
                   to
                   obey
                   willingly
                   You
                   his
                   most
                   worthy
                   Mother
                   ,
                   our
                   Regent
                   ,
                   &
                   Mistresse
                   .
                   And
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   that
                   nothing
                   do
                   trouble
                   the
                   vnion
                   which
                   only
                   after
                   God
                   can
                   conserue
                   this
                   potent
                   Monarchie
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   it
                   all
                   wayes
                   dreadfull
                   to
                   her
                   enemies
                   ;
                   how
                   much
                   were
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   desired
                   ,
                   Madame
                   ,
                   that
                   none
                   could
                   perceiue
                   amongst
                   vs
                   any
                   backbytings
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   impostures
                   were
                   banished
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   impostors
                   receyued
                   their
                   recompence
                   due
                   to
                   their
                   calumnie
                   ;
                   that
                   hatreds
                   were
                   rooted
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   any
                   sinister
                   report
                   is
                   made
                   ,
                   that
                   each
                   one
                   suspended
                   his
                   iudgement
                   :
                   and
                   in
                   a
                   word
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   coūsaile
                   of
                   the
                   Apostle
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   maintayne
                   inuiolably
                   the
                   band
                   of
                   Charity
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Otacoustes
                   &
                   Prosagogides
                   of
                   this
                   time
                   are
                   greatly
                   to
                   be
                   feared
                   :
                   men
                   know
                   also
                   that
                   your
                   Maiestie
                   would
                   willingly
                   haue
                   such
                   tongues
                   receiue
                   their
                   recompence
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   anciēt
                   Quadruplators
                   :
                   but
                   if
                   they
                   receiue
                   
                   it
                   not
                   of
                   mē
                   ,
                   they
                   must
                   expect
                   it
                   of
                   the
                   incuitable
                   iustice
                   of
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   author
                   ,
                   protector
                   ,
                   &
                   at
                   length
                   remunerator
                   of
                   Innocency
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   Our
                   little
                   Society
                   is
                   amongst
                   ,
                   and
                   aboue
                   all
                   the
                   religious
                   families
                   ,
                   the
                   most
                   exposed
                   to
                   the
                   hatred
                   and
                   calumny
                   of
                   them
                   that
                   will
                   not
                   take
                   the
                   paine
                   to
                   know
                   it
                   :
                   you
                   know
                   Madame
                   how
                   often
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   our
                   good
                   Maister
                   hath
                   fauourably
                   defended
                   it
                   :
                   &
                   made
                   it
                   respected
                   .
                   You
                   cā
                   beare
                   witnesse
                   ,
                   and
                   none
                   better
                   then
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   wheresoeuer
                   was
                   that
                   great
                   Prince
                   ,
                   there
                   had
                   we
                   a
                   King
                   ,
                   a
                   Father
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Protector
                   :
                   but
                   alas
                   he
                   is
                   here
                   no
                   more
                   ,
                   that
                   great
                   Henry
                   hath
                   beene
                   violently
                   taken
                   away
                   from
                   vs.
                   
                
                 
                   Oh
                   France
                   ,
                   the
                   eye
                   of
                   Christendome
                   ,
                   the
                   rose
                   of
                   Empyres
                   ,
                   the
                   pearle
                   of
                   the
                   world
                   ,
                   
                   how
                   great
                   is
                   this
                   thy
                   losse
                   ?
                   how
                   horrible
                   is
                   this
                   thy
                   ship
                   wracke
                   ?
                   France
                   the
                   fauorite
                   of
                   heauen
                   ,
                   the
                   wellbeloued
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   who
                   hath
                   taken
                   from
                   thee
                   the
                   mantle
                   of
                   glorie
                   ,
                   which
                   did
                   couer
                   thee
                   ?
                   the
                   Crowne
                   of
                   honour
                   which
                   stood
                   so
                   high
                   ouer
                   thy
                   head
                   ?
                   Who
                   hath
                   so
                   (
                   oh
                   chosen
                   of
                   God
                   )
                   who
                   hath
                   so
                   afflicted
                   thee
                   ?
                   But
                   thou
                   our
                   poore
                   Society
                   which
                   didest
                   not
                   subsist
                   but
                   by
                   the
                   benefit
                   of
                   that
                   Monarch
                   ,
                   who
                   hath
                   made
                   thee
                   so
                   desolate
                   ?
                   Who
                   hath
                   abased
                   thee
                   so
                   lamentably
                   ?
                   who
                   hath
                   ouerwhelmed
                   thee
                   so
                   miserably
                   ?
                   The
                   mischiefe
                   is
                   cōmō
                   to
                   al
                   ,
                   but
                   
                   it
                   is
                   in
                   singuler
                   manner
                   proper
                   to
                   thee
                   .
                   The
                   blow
                   hath
                   strooken
                   the
                   whole
                   bodie
                   of
                   the
                   kingdome
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   wounded
                   thee
                   almost
                   to
                   death
                   :
                   oh
                   how
                   true
                   is
                   it
                   ,
                   &
                   how
                   sēsibly
                   dost
                   thou
                   feele
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   sorrow
                   that
                   can
                   be
                   expressed
                   is
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   called
                   sorrow
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   which
                   write
                   these
                   things
                   ,
                   how
                   iust
                   cause
                   haue
                   I
                   ,
                   yea
                   more
                   then
                   any
                   other
                   to
                   let
                   my selfe
                   run
                   into
                   the
                   accents
                   of
                   a
                   doleful
                   voyce
                   ,
                   &
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   farewell
                   the
                   wonder
                   of
                   Kings
                   ,
                   farewel
                   the
                   ornament
                   of
                   the
                   world
                   ,
                   our
                   ioy
                   ,
                   our
                   glory
                   ,
                   our
                   honour
                   ;
                   farwel
                   the
                   Father
                   of
                   the
                   cōmonwealth
                   ,
                   the
                   restorer
                   of
                   the
                   State
                   ,
                   the
                   secōd
                   foūder
                   &
                   chiefe
                   benefactor
                   of
                   our
                   Society
                   ;
                   farewell
                   my
                   King
                   ,
                   my
                   Prince
                   ,
                   my
                   defēder
                   ,
                   you
                   had
                   giuē
                   vs
                   in
                   this
                   vale
                   of
                   miseries
                   the
                   repose
                   that
                   here
                   could
                   be
                   had
                   :
                   rest
                   you
                   then
                   in
                   peace
                   and
                   remaine
                   for
                   euer
                   amongst
                   the
                   lilies
                   and
                   the
                   roses
                   ,
                   free
                   from
                   the
                   thornie
                   care
                   and
                   solicitude
                   of
                   this
                   Monarchie
                   :
                   enioy
                   happily
                   not
                   earth
                   but
                   heauen
                   :
                   here
                   you
                   haue
                   beene
                   the
                   most
                   eminent
                   subiect
                   of
                   the
                   fauour
                   of
                   god
                   ,
                   be
                   now
                   there
                   aboue
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   euer
                   the
                   obiect
                   of
                   his
                   mercyes
                   ;
                   the
                   Lawrells
                   of
                   this
                   base
                   earth
                   were
                   to
                   much
                   subiect
                   to
                   withering
                   ,
                   your
                   head
                   expected
                   others
                   more
                   fresh
                   and
                   flourishing
                   :
                   the
                   victories
                   ,
                   the
                   triumphes
                   ,
                   the
                   Empyres
                   ,
                   which
                   pertained
                   to
                   you
                   here
                   beneth
                   ,
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   chāged
                   into
                   a
                   glorie
                   much
                   more
                   
                   eminent
                   ;
                   liue
                   then
                   for
                   euer
                   enioying
                   that
                   possession
                   so
                   much
                   desired
                   :
                   your
                   happinesse
                   will
                   make
                   vs
                   breath
                   ,
                   your
                   absence
                   wil
                   make
                   vs
                   sigh
                   ,
                   &
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   we
                   esteeme
                   you
                   to
                   be
                   ,
                   will
                   make
                   vs
                   seeke
                   after
                   you
                   :
                   for
                   relying
                   vpon
                   the
                   mercie
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   the
                   wofull
                   circumstances
                   of
                   your
                   decease
                   haue
                   not
                   depriued
                   vs
                   of
                   the
                   hope
                   to
                   see
                   you
                   againe
                   in
                   the
                   shining
                   splendor
                   of
                   one
                   common
                   day
                   ,
                   where
                   we
                   shall
                   find
                   the
                   principall
                   himselfe
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   circumstances
                   of
                   this
                   wofull
                   diuorce
                   of
                   ours
                   :
                   and
                   during
                   the
                   irckesomenes
                   of
                   this
                   expectation
                   ,
                   you
                   ,
                   Madame
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   King
                   his
                   liuely
                   image
                   wil
                   wipe
                   away
                   some
                   part
                   of
                   our
                   teares
                   ,
                   we
                   will
                   acknowledge
                   his
                   person
                   in
                   your
                   persons
                   ,
                   his
                   Crowne
                   in
                   your
                   Crownes
                   ,
                   his
                   Kingly
                   authority
                   in
                   yours
                   ;
                   and
                   although
                   all
                   your
                   Subiects
                   be
                   obliged
                   thereunto
                   by
                   all
                   sort
                   of
                   dutie
                   ,
                   our
                   Society
                   being
                   therto
                   boūd
                   extraordinarily
                   hath
                   giuē
                   me
                   charge
                   to
                   present
                   before
                   your
                   Maiesty
                   the
                   most
                   sincere
                   vowes
                   of
                   her
                   fidelitie
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   most
                   affectioned
                   offers
                   of
                   her
                   most
                   humble
                   seruice
                   ,
                   the
                   which
                   
                     (
                     Madame
                  
                   )
                   I
                   doe
                   as
                   willingly
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   can
                   with
                   singuler
                   affection
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Your
                     Maiesties
                     most
                     humble
                     Seruant
                     ,
                     most
                     obedient
                     ,
                     and
                     most
                     faithfull
                     Subiect
                     ,
                     PETER
                     COTON
                     of
                     the
                     Society
                     of
                     IESVS
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           BY
           this
           letter
           is
           sufficiently
           layd
           open
           to
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           the
           iniquity
           of
           all
           those
           ,
           that
           now
           a
           dayes
           are
           so
           desirous
           to
           find
           some
           kind
           of
           fault
           or
           suspicion
           thereof
           in
           some
           one
           Iesuite
           or
           freind
           of
           theirs
           ,
           therby
           to
           traduce
           &
           calumniate
           the
           body
           of
           the
           whole
           Order
           ,
           although
           otherwise
           innocent
           and
           wholy
           detesting
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           will
           of
           the
           whole
           Order
           were
           represented
           in
           the
           person
           of
           each
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           no
           lesse
           then
           ,
           in
           the
           person
           of
           Adam
           only
           ,
           was
           represented
           all
           mākind
           .
           The
           absurdity
           whereof
           is
           so
           manifest
           that
           it
           requireth
           not
           any
           further
           explication
           :
           for
           so
           scarce
           any
           community
           ,
           linage
           ,
           or
           ancient
           familie
           should
           now
           be
           found
           in
           England
           ,
           or
           France
           ,
           or
           any
           Countrey
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           which
           hath
           not
           often
           beene
           ruined
           by
           one
           crime
           or
           other
           ,
           of
           true
           or
           false
           imputation
           ,
           to
           some
           one
           of
           their
           body
           ,
           contrary
           to
           that
           indgement
           of
           God
           :
           
             Filius
             non
             portabit
             iniquitatem
             patris
             ;
             &
             anima
             quae
             peccauerit
             ipsamorietur
             .
          
        
         
         
           This
           only
           was
           sufficient
           in
           that
           Catholike
           Countrey
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           discouer
           
           the
           malignity
           and
           iniustice
           of
           such
           far-fetcht
           accusations
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           obtayne
           for
           satisfaction
           of
           so
           publike
           an
           iniurie
           publike
           fauour
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           loue
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           with
           whose
           great
           applause
           the
           sayd
           Iesuits
           are
           now
           by
           especial
           grace
           incorporated
           into
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Vniuersitie
           of
           Paris
           ,
           and
           begin
           to
           open
           their
           Schooles
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           accoūted
           a
           very
           iust
           remuneration
           :
           seeing
           their
           first
           leauing
           of
           teaching
           came
           by
           a
           like
           fact
           of
           one
           mā
           imputed
           to
           their
           whole
           Order
           ;
           although
           the
           same
           man
           was
           not
           so
           much
           as
           of
           their
           Order
           ,
           nor
           then
           ,
           any
           of
           their
           schollers
           ,
           but
           one
           that
           before
           in
           his
           life
           time
           had
           only
           frequented
           their
           schooles
           ,
           chiefly
           because
           that
           it
           was
           found
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           they
           deserued
           not
           any
           such
           imputation
           for
           any
           fact
           or
           fault
           of
           theirs
           ;
           but
           contrariwise
           for
           their
           great
           affectiō
           and
           seruice
           ,
           which
           alwayes
           they
           shewed
           towards
           their
           King
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           deserued
           all
           contrary
           commendations
           and
           fauour
           
           for
           that
           also
           besides
           their
           house
           wherein
           they
           dwelt
           before
           ,
           besides
           the
           Colledg
           in
           which
           they
           began
           againe
           to
           teach
           ,
           they
           haue
           begun
           to
           build
           the
           third
           house
           for
           their
           Nouitiate
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           only
           by
           the
           Princes
           graunt
           ,
           permitting
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           also
           with
           his
           owne
           liberality
           allowing
           for
           the
           charges
           therof
           .
           This
           is
           the
           nature
           of
           vertue
           ,
           the
           more
           to
           increase
           &
           flourish
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           is
           resisted
           and
           kept
           downe
           .
        
         
           Wherin
           it
           is
           to
           be
           obserued
           ,
           that
           although
           for
           defence
           of
           the
           Iesuites
           in
           Paris
           ,
           it
           sufficed
           (
           as
           by
           the
           fore
           said
           letter
           only
           
           it
           appeareth
           )
           that
           the
           opinion
           of
           Mariana
           was
           not
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           Society
           :
           which
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           place
           there
           quoted
           ,
           and
           by
           experience
           through
           the
           whole
           world
           is
           euident
           ,
           is
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           any
           Order
           or
           Congregatiō
           may
           be
           ,
           addicted
           to
           all
           due
           obedience
           towards
           Magistrates
           ,
           Princes
           and
           Kings
           ;
           &
           do
           instruct
           their
           schollers
           and
           hearers
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           any
           wayes
           depend
           on
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           obedience
           ,
           subiection
           ,
           and
           reuerence
           towards
           all
           
           sortes
           of
           Superiours
           ,
           and
           especially
           towards
           their
           Soueraignes
           .
           Yet
           that
           ,
           which
           either
           for
           modesties
           sake
           in
           defending
           thēselues
           ,
           or
           els
           for
           breuity
           in
           such
           a
           letter
           semed
           best
           to
           thē
           to
           omit
           ,
           as
           not
           so
           much
           needfull
           at
           that
           time
           (
           they
           hauing
           all
           the
           reason
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           )
           I
           thought
           good
           not
           to
           neglect
           ,
           seeing
           it
           maketh
           not
           a
           little
           more
           for
           the
           full
           answere
           to
           yours
           about
           Iesuites
           and
           Catholicke
           Doctrine
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           :
        
         
           
           That
           Mariana
           himselfe
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           aduersaries
           was
           chosen
           amōgst
           al
           the
           Iesuits
           ,
           as
           only
           guilty
           of
           that
           great
           trespasse
           of
           killing
           of
           Kings
           ,
           saith
           nothing
           but
           by
           manner
           of
           probleme
           ,
           examining
           the
           question
           
             pro
             &
             contra
          
           ,
           bringing
           the
           proofes
           of
           both
           parts
           :
           which
           being
           done
           ,
           as
           he
           inclineth
           more
           to
           the
           one
           side
           then
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           so
           doth
           he
           not
           precisely
           determine
           any
           thing
           on
           either
           ,
           as
           absolutely
           true
           &
           certayne
           ,
           but
           as
           seeming
           to
           him
           more
           probable
           ,
           &
           therfor
           perswadeth
           not
           any
           man
           to
           follow
           one
           or
           the
           other
           opinion
           ,
           but
           contrariwise
           submitteth
           &
           offereth
           
           himselfe
           ready
           to
           follow
           other
           mens
           better
           iudgement
           ,
           &
           to
           thanke
           them
           for
           it
           :
           his
           words
           being
           these
           ,
           which
           euery
           mā
           may
           read
           in
           the
           Author
           himself
           ,
           
             Haec
             nostra
             sentētia
             est
             ,
             sincero
             animo
             certe
             profecta
             ,
             in
             qua
             falli
             possum
             vt
             humanus
             :
             si
             quis
             meliora
             attulerit
             ,
             gratias
             hab●am
             .
          
        
         
           
           And
           this
           opinion
           that
           there
           Mariana
           doth
           propose
           as
           indifferent
           ,
           to
           be
           proued
           or
           disproued
           by
           other
           men
           ,
           what
           opinion
           is
           it
           ?
           Is
           it
           of
           killing
           of
           Kinges
           wherof
           now
           the
           question
           is
           ?
           Nothing
           lesse
           ,
           he
           handleth
           no
           such
           question
           ▪
           there
           is
           no
           such
           doctrine
           in
           the
           Catholicke
           Church
           .
           Wherof
           then
           speaketh
           he
           in
           that
           place
           ?
           Of
           killing
           of
           Tyrants
           :
           for
           the
           which
           question
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           to
           whome
           the
           booke
           was
           dedicated
           ,
           and
           by
           whome
           it
           is
           both
           praised
           and
           priuiledged
           ,
           was
           neuer
           offended
           with
           the
           Author
           :
           nor
           yet
           Henry
           the
           IIII.
           late
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           if
           such
           thinges
           had
           beene
           written
           against
           them
           ,
           they
           most
           worthily
           thinking
           themselues
           farre
           from
           any
           suspicion
           of
           Tyranny
           :
           for
           the
           which
           
           cause
           also
           the
           Emperor
           Charles
           the
           fifth
           ,
           was
           neuer
           angry
           with
           Soto
           ,
           his
           Confessarius
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           Kinges
           haue
           beene
           offended
           with
           other
           Authors
           ,
           who
           heretofore
           haue
           written
           an
           hundred
           times
           more
           ,
           and
           more
           resolutely
           then
           Mariana
           ,
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           same
           opinion
           .
           Neyther
           are
           they
           indeed
           to
           be
           esteemed
           eyther
           true
           subiects
           ,
           or
           wise
           men
           that
           find
           any
           fault
           with
           such
           mens
           writings
           ,
           as
           written
           against
           their
           Kinges
           ,
           thereby
           esteeming
           their
           owne
           Kinges
           Tyrants
           ,
           or
           such
           as
           worthily
           may
           feare
           to
           be
           taken
           for
           such
           .
        
         
           Finally
           wheras
           Mariana
           about
           this
           
           matter
           affirming
           the
           least
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           is
           yet
           most
           of
           all
           ,
           yea
           only
           amongst
           all
           accused
           ,
           and
           his
           writinges
           therefore
           condemned
           and
           burnt
           with
           such
           seuerity
           &
           rigour
           ;
           it
           is
           manifest
           they
           could
           not
           be
           cōdemned
           for
           the
           doctrine
           they
           did
           cōtayne
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           Authors
           sake
           that
           wrote
           them
           :
           nor
           the
           Author
           himself
           so
           iniuriously
           vsed
           for
           his
           owne
           sake
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           coate
           he
           weares
           ,
           &
           for
           the
           badge
           of
           the
           name
           of
           Iesus
           ,
           which
           both
           he
           and
           
           his
           booke
           doth
           carrie
           .
           They
           are
           enemies
           of
           that
           holy
           name
           ,
           that
           condemned
           Mariana
           for
           any
           such
           Doctrine
           .
           They
           are
           only
           the
           enemies
           of
           Iesuites
           ,
           that
           so
           calumniously
           deriued
           the
           crime
           from
           one
           Mariana
           to
           all
           Iesuites
           .
           They
           are
           enemyes
           to
           Catholike
           Religion
           that
           accuse
           the
           Catholicke
           Church
           of
           any
           such
           doctrine
           .
        
         
           
           And
           hereby
           we
           may
           easily
           come
           to
           find
           the
           first
           ofspring
           of
           all
           these
           calumnies
           :
           the
           first
           &
           only
           author
           and
           teacher
           of
           all
           calumniators
           ,
           is
           Satan
           the
           head
           calumniator
           himselfe
           .
           Who
           knoweth
           not
           this
           ancient
           fraud
           &
           accustomed
           fetch
           of
           that
           cōmon
           enemy
           both
           of
           God
           ,
           &
           all
           mankind
           ,
           who
           hath
           no
           more
           potent
           meanes
           to
           resist
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           oppresse
           his
           seruants
           ,
           and
           hinder
           the
           progresse
           of
           true
           vertue
           and
           religion
           ,
           then
           to
           bring
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           as
           opposite
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           endeauours
           ,
           into
           suspicion
           with
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Emperors
           ,
           calling
           them
           in
           question
           for
           matters
           of
           State
           ?
           So
           did
           he
           vse
           Aman
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           
           as
           an
           instrument
           to
           bring
           into
           disgrace
           with
           King
           Assuerus
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           dispersed
           throughout
           his
           Prouinces
           ,
           slaundering
           them
           for
           seditious
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           lawes
           of
           his
           Realme
           .
           So
           Daniel
           was
           cast
           into
           the
           Lions
           den
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           done
           against
           the
           lawes
           of
           the
           Medes
           and
           Persians
           ,
           forsooth
           he
           serued
           and
           adored
           God
           almighty
           ,
           whome
           they
           acknowledged
           not
           for
           God.
           Likewise
           Antiochus
           held
           all
           for
           traytors
           ,
           and
           
           violators
           of
           his
           Law
           ,
           whosoeuer
           vnder
           his
           Dominions
           kept
           &
           obserued
           the
           law
           of
           God.
           Samuel
           therfore
           had
           good
           cause
           when
           he
           was
           sent
           of
           God
           to
           annoint
           for
           King
           ,
           Dauid
           the
           sonne
           of
           Iesse
           ,
           to
           be
           afraid
           that
           Saul
           would
           kill
           him
           ,
           as
           guilty
           of
           treason
           against
           his
           Crowne
           ,
           who
           already
           had
           the
           possession
           therof
           ,
           and
           who
           afterward
           being
           possessed
           with
           a
           Diuell
           sought
           continually
           to
           make
           away
           Dauid
           ,
           although
           a
           true
           seruant
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           him
           ,
           only
           vnder
           pretence
           of
           state
           .
        
         
           
           And
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           what
           other
           meanes
           had
           the
           Diuell
           to
           batter
           the
           Ghospell
           ,
           and
           oppugne
           our
           Sauiour
           him
           
           selfe
           ,
           then
           by
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           as
           his
           instrumēts
           to
           accuse
           him
           before
           
             Pontius
             Pilate
          
           ,
           to
           call
           him
           in
           question
           of
           state
           ,
           as
           seditious
           ,
           and
           forbidding
           to
           pay
           tribute
           to
           Cesar
           ,
           and
           calling
           himselfe
           King
           ;
           the
           which
           bare
           accusation
           without
           any
           proofe
           is
           of
           such
           nature
           ,
           so
           potent
           ,
           and
           soe
           odious
           amongst
           worldly
           men
           ,
           that
           be
           the
           fact
           neuer
           so
           false
           ,
           wherof
           a
           man
           is
           so
           accused
           it
           sufficeth
           to
           discredit
           and
           opresse
           him
           ,
           be
           he
           neuer
           so
           innocent
           ,
           as
           may
           appeare
           
           by
           that
           example
           of
           Christ
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           most
           innocent
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           yea
           innocency
           it selfe
           .
           For
           although
           Pilate
           seeing
           him
           guiltlesse
           ,
           endeauoured
           to
           deliuer
           him
           :
           yet
           the
           malicious
           redoubling
           that
           accusation
           ,
           &
           therwith
           threatning
           Pilate
           himselfe
           ,
           saying
           if
           thou
           let
           him
           go
           ,
           thou
           art
           not
           a
           friend
           to
           Cesar
           ,
           they
           so
           terrified
           him
           with
           the
           only
           name
           of
           Cesar
           ,
           that
           straight
           he
           let
           himselfe
           be
           carried
           away
           ,
           to
           the
           greatest
           act
           of
           iniustice
           that
           was
           committed
           since
           the
           world
           began
           .
           Wherin
           the
           Diuell
           hauing
           had
           so
           good
           successe
           ,
           as
           to
           haue
           condemned
           Christ
           ,
           and
           put
           to
           death
           the
           Author
           of
           
           life
           (
           but
           yet
           so
           ,
           that
           in
           fine
           all
           fell
           vpon
           his
           owne
           head
           ,
           our
           Sauiour
           therby
           being
           exalted
           in
           glory
           ,
           and
           all
           mankind
           deliuered
           from
           the
           Diuells
           tyranny
           )
           hath
           still
           continued
           by
           the
           same
           way
           ,
           as
           most
           assured
           &
           effectuall
           to
           persecute
           all
           Gods
           seruants
           ,
           and
           true
           followers
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           And
           therfore
           the
           Apostles
           following
           straight
           after
           ,
           were
           forced
           also
           against
           such
           calumnies
           opēly
           to
           teach
           and
           commād
           Christians
           to
           obey
           their
           Soueraigns
           ,
           and
           magistrates
           ,
           to
           pray
           for
           them
           ,
           to
           render
           them
           tribute
           to
           whom
           tribute
           appertaineth
           ,
           and
           honour
           to
           whome
           honour
           .
           After
           the
           Apostles
           the
           ancient
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Church
           were
           also
           forced
           often
           to
           imploy
           their
           pennes
           ,
           and
           shew
           that
           true
           Christians
           were
           not
           enemies
           of
           Emperours
           ,
           but
           did
           offer
           sacrifices
           for
           their
           state
           and
           prosperitie
           :
           and
           yet
           because
           those
           Emperours
           ,
           as
           worldly
           and
           wicked
           men
           ,
           preferred
           the
           least
           thought
           of
           their
           owne
           estate
           before
           the
           greatest
           reasons
           that
           might
           be
           alleaged
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           innocency
           ,
           alwayes
           such
           calumnies
           haue
           preuailed
           ,
           as
           first
           against
           
           the
           head
           himselfe
           ,
           so
           after
           against
           his
           members
           and
           followers
           .
        
         
           
           Although
           at
           length
           by
           the
           almighty
           power
           of
           God
           ,
           truth
           hath
           alwayes
           had
           the
           victory
           ,
           &
           the
           Diuell
           togeather
           with
           his
           instruments
           haue
           byn
           confounded
           .
           As
           is
           notorious
           first
           in
           the
           old
           Testamēt
           by
           Aman
           ,
           by
           the
           enemies
           of
           Daniel
           ,
           by
           Saul
           ,
           and
           Antiochus
           their
           deathes
           :
           and
           in
           the
           new
           ,
           by
           Pilate
           who
           died
           in
           banishment
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           whole
           nation
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           who
           were
           first
           so
           miserably
           destroyed
           by
           Titus
           and
           Vespasians
           armie
           ,
           &
           haue
           alwayes
           since
           remayned
           as
           vagabonds
           vpon
           the
           face
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           Afterward
           what
           miserable
           deathes
           haue
           befallen
           all
           those
           Emperours
           that
           by
           such
           vniust
           wayes
           haue
           persecuted
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           vnder
           colour
           of
           state
           ,
           it
           were
           too
           lōg
           here
           to
           rehearse
           :
           it
           will
           shortly
           come
           to
           your
           view
           fully
           set
           down
           in
           the
           secōd
           part
           of
           a
           learned
           Treatise
           cōcerning
           Policy
           and
           Religion
           .
           So
           that
           allwaies
           they
           haue
           byn
           inexcusable
           before
           God
           &
           mā
           ,
           who
           haue
           concurred
           by
           power
           of
           Princes
           ,
           to
           the
           oppressing
           of
           good
           men
           ,
           vnder
           
           the
           calumnious
           pretext
           of
           dealing
           in
           State
           matters
           .
        
         
           
           But
           most
           inexcusable
           in
           this
           our
           dayes
           ,
           is
           this
           calumniation
           obiected
           by
           Heretickes
           to
           the
           Catholicks
           ,
           and
           Catholicke
           doctrine
           ,
           it
           being
           on
           the
           contrary
           side
           proper
           to
           Hereticks
           to
           impugne
           their
           Princes
           ,
           and
           to
           Hereticall
           doctrine
           to
           maintaine
           it
           as
           lawfull
           ,
           yea
           the
           only
           meanes
           wherby
           heresies
           haue
           sprong
           vp
           ,
           &
           Hereticks
           first
           entred
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           haue
           beene
           their
           rebellions
           against
           their
           Magistrates
           ,
           their
           lawfull
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Princes
           .
           The
           reason
           wherof
           is
           manifest
           ;
           Heresie
           being
           of
           her
           owne
           nature
           a
           separation
           and
           diuision
           from
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Catholicke
           Religion
           ,
           and
           therfore
           must
           needes
           begin
           with
           rebelling
           against
           the
           Catholicke
           Church
           ,
           and
           consequently
           against
           their
           Catholicke
           Kings
           and
           Soueraigne
           Princes
           .
           But
           the
           experience
           hereof
           is
           much
           more
           manifest
           :
           for
           as
           
             Luthers
             ,
             Zuinglius
             ,
             Caluins
          
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           hereticks
           beginning
           of
           innouation
           ,
           came
           by
           teaching
           all
           their
           followers
           ,
           that
           Princes
           may
           be
           restrayned
           by
           force
           ,
           pursued
           ,
           
           iudged
           ,
           &
           punished
           by
           the
           people
           ,
           excommunicated
           ,
           depriued
           ,
           deposed
           ,
           and
           cast
           into
           hell
           by
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           condemned
           and
           put
           to
           death
           by
           inferiour
           Magistrates
           ,
           whensoeuer
           in
           their
           opinion
           ,
           they
           become
           Tyrants
           ,
           and
           opposite
           to
           the
           Ghospell
           ,
           as
           writeth
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           booke
           of
           
             Dangerous
             positiōs
          
           ,
           in
           his
           fourth
           and
           fifth
           chapter
           ,
           and
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Suruey
             of
             pretended
             discipline
          
           .
           Their
           practice
           of
           the
           foresaid
           doctrine
           hath
           byn
           too
           too
           well
           knowne
           through
           the
           whole
           world
           .
        
         
           
           For
           first
           in
           
             Germany
             ,
             Luthers
          
           followers
           incited
           by
           such
           doctrine
           of
           his
           ,
           tooke
           armes
           and
           rebelled
           with
           such
           violent
           headines
           throughout
           all
           that
           Countrey
           against
           their
           owne
           Prince
           ,
           that
           ,
           as
           Sl●ydan
           a
           Protestant
           Author
           affirmeth
           ,
           at
           that
           only
           time
           besides
           the
           euersion
           of
           infinite
           numbers
           of
           fortresses
           ,
           and
           Castles
           ,
           aboue
           an
           hundred
           and
           thirty
           thousand
           people
           were
           slaine
           .
           And
           afterwards
           the
           followers
           of
           Luther
           deuiding
           themselues
           into
           different
           sects
           of
           
             Luther
             anisme
             ,
             Zuinglianisme
             ,
             Caluinianisme
             ,
             Anabaptisme
             ,
          
           new
           
           Arianisme
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           with
           ech
           of
           them
           followed
           euery
           where
           new
           rebellions
           against
           their
           Princes
           :
           as
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           which
           way
           soeuer
           you
           looke
           ,
           either
           towardes
           the
           North
           ,
           where
           you
           shall
           find
           fresh
           memory
           of
           their
           rebellions
           in
           
             Saxony
             ,
             Denmarke
             ,
             Sueueland
             ,
             Polonia
             ,
          
           and
           Transiluania
           :
           or
           towardes
           the
           South
           in
           
             Zwitzerland
             ,
             Grisons
             ,
             Sauoy
          
           ,
           and
           their
           Confines
           ,
           where
           Zuinglius
           himselfe
           in
           the
           Cantons
           of
           Switzerland
           his
           owne
           countrey
           was
           the
           chiefe
           stirrer
           of
           rebellion
           ,
           and
           was
           slayne
           himselfe
           in
           the
           field
           .
           And
           at
           
             Geneua
             ,
             Caluin
             ,
             Beza
          
           and
           other
           Ministers
           incited
           the
           Subiects
           against
           the
           Duke
           of
           Sauoy
           ,
           and
           other
           their
           naturall
           Princes
           .
        
         
           Towardes
           the
           East
           the
           Heretikes
           ioyned
           their
           forces
           with
           the
           Turke
           himselfe
           ,
           against
           the
           Emperour
           their
           Soueraigne
           :
           and
           so
           Boscaine
           that
           famous
           Caluinian
           Rebell
           ,
           forced
           the
           said
           Emperour
           to
           leaue
           him
           for
           his
           life
           tyme
           the
           Princedome
           of
           Transiluania
           .
           Towards
           the
           west
           ,
           to
           wit
           in
           France
           through
           the
           which
           I
           haue
           trauailed
           some
           time
           ,
           and
           there
           
           haue
           spent
           some
           yeares
           of
           my
           age
           ,
           I
           haue
           seene
           in
           all
           places
           where
           I
           haue
           beene
           ,
           such
           pittifull
           ruines
           of
           Townes
           ,
           and
           Fortresses
           ,
           and
           haue
           heard
           recounted
           such
           Barbarous
           ,
           yea
           rather
           Beast-like
           cruelties
           committed
           in
           their
           rebellions
           ,
           that
           the
           only
           memory
           therof
           sufficeth
           euery
           where
           for
           a
           perpetuall
           infamy
           and
           confusion
           of
           those
           that
           are
           there
           of
           the
           pretended
           reformed
           religion
           .
        
         
           In
           Flanders
           also
           ,
           what
           part
           therof
           hath
           beene
           free
           from
           the
           like
           ruines
           ,
           &
           massakcres
           effectuated
           by
           thē
           that
           there
           rebelled
           against
           their
           natural
           Soueraigne
           ,
           of
           whome
           as
           yet
           remayneth
           one
           part
           in
           Holland
           and
           Zeland
           ?
           in
           Scotland
           what
           seditious
           rebellious
           were
           stirred
           vp
           first
           against
           the
           noble
           Queene
           Marie
           Regent
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           Grandmother
           to
           our
           Soueraigne
           that
           now
           raigneth
           ,
           by
           those
           stirring
           Ministers
           ,
           
             Knox
             ,
             Goodman
             ,
             Dowglasse
          
           and
           others
           :
           &
           afterward
           against
           Queene
           Marie
           Regnāt
           ,
           Mother
           of
           our
           Soueraign
           by
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Cōgregation
           as
           they
           called
           themselues
           ,
           indeed
           Hereticall
           rebells
           ,
           with
           direction
           of
           their
           Ministers
           ,
           
           assisting
           them
           in
           person
           and
           all
           according
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           their
           Ghospel
           ,
           that
           is
           of
           Heresy
           ,
           whose
           substance
           and
           nature
           is
           ,
           as
           before
           is
           sayd
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           it selfe
           a
           rebelliō
           against
           the
           Catholike
           Religiō
           ,
           &
           Catholike
           
             Kings
             ,
             &
             Princes
          
           .
           And
           to
           cōclude
           with
           England
           ,
           we
           haue
           seene
           that
           in
           fiue
           yeares
           time
           ,
           or
           therabout
           of
           the
           Catholike
           raigne
           of
           Queene
           Marie
           ,
           were
           broached
           and
           set
           on
           foote
           more
           Rebellions
           by
           proportiō
           ,
           then
           in
           fortie
           yeares
           of
           her
           Protestant
           Sister
           Queene
           Elizabeth
           next
           following
           her
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           the
           cause
           why
           in
           these
           Coūtreys
           
           wise
           men
           discoursing
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           esteemed
           it
           a
           most
           ridiculous
           thing
           that
           Lutherās
           or
           Caluinists
           or
           any
           other
           Hereticks
           should
           obiect
           to
           the
           Catholike
           Church
           the
           doctrine
           of
           rebellion
           ,
           and
           killing
           of
           their
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           thing
           so
           contrary
           to
           al
           Catholike
           Religion
           ,
           and
           so
           naturall
           to
           heresy
           it selfe
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           Coūcell
           of
           
             Constance
             Sess
          
           .
           15.
           where
           they
           are
           condemned
           for
           heretikes
           that
           doe
           obstinatly
           hould
           any
           such
           propositions
           :
           that
           euery
           Tyrāt
           ought
           
             
             to
             be
             killed
             :
             and
             that
             he
             may
             be
             killed
             both
             lawfully
             and
             meritorously
             ,
             by
             any
             vassell
             or
             subiect
             of
             his
             :
             and
             that
             by
             any
             deceiptfulnes
             ,
             or
             subtilitie
             :
             notwithstanding
             any
             oath
             or
             agreement
             made
             to
             the
             contrary
             :
             &
             that
             without
             any
             sentence
             or
             iudgment
             .
          
           These
           were
           the
           propositiōs
           of
           Wickliffe
           then
           cōdemned
           by
           that
           Catholike
           Councel
           :
           these
           are
           the
           propositiōs
           of
           the
           hereticks
           of
           our
           time
           ,
           
             Luther
             ,
             Caluin
             ,
             Beza
             ,
             Buchanan
             ,
          
           &
           others
           their
           companions
           ,
           &
           by
           thē
           most
           iniuriously
           restrained
           in
           particuler
           to
           the
           Princes
           thē
           liuing
           ,
           as
           namely
           to
           Charles
           the
           9.
           
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           yea
           to
           the
           
             Q.
             Mother
          
           &
           al
           her
           whelpes
           ,
           as
           they
           tearmed
           thē
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           all
           her
           honorable
           Childrē
           ,
           the
           sayd
           King
           Charles
           with
           al
           his
           brethren
           :
           likewise
           
             Q.
             Mary
          
           of
           Englād
           ,
           &
           other
           Princes
           of
           Germany
           :
           which
           doctrine
           ,
           &
           practice
           of
           the
           hereticks
           of
           our
           time
           ,
           is
           condemned
           by
           the
           doctrine
           and
           practice
           of
           the
           Catholike
           Church
           at
           this
           time
           :
           so
           that
           the
           hereticks
           obiecting
           to
           Catholikes
           any
           such
           doctrine
           or
           practices
           ,
           do
           but
           vse
           the
           way
           of
           preuention
           ,
           like
           naughty
           womē
           who
           knowing
           what
           
           is
           to
           be
           obiected
           to
           them
           ,
           will
           first
           of
           all
           in
           scoulding
           obiect
           it
           to
           others
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           comming
           to
           make
           an
           end
           of
           my
           Letter
           ,
           I
           haue
           thought
           good
           to
           ad
           one
           thing
           in
           steed
           of
           newes
           ,
           and
           in
           few
           wordes
           let
           you
           vnderstand
           ,
           what
           is
           the
           
           iudgement
           here
           about
           the
           Oath
           that
           you
           cal
           of
           Allegiāce
           ,
           the
           rumor
           wherof
           is
           now
           spread
           through
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           &
           many
           books
           are
           abroad
           about
           that
           subiect
           :
           the
           wisest
           sort
           of
           men
           heere
           ,
           leauing
           a
           fide
           their
           iudgements
           about
           the
           questions
           themselues
           set
           downe
           in
           that
           oath
           ,
           to
           wit
           about
           the
           Kinges
           lawfull
           right
           &
           title
           to
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           &
           of
           other
           forraine
           Princes
           authoritie
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           :
           leauing
           I
           say
           the
           discussing
           of
           them
           aside
           ,
           they
           doe
           much
           disproue
           the
           only
           proposing
           therof
           to
           subiects
           ,
           to
           be
           by
           them
           confirmed
           by
           oath
           .
           For
           say
           they
           ,
           a
           King
           already
           in
           peaceable
           possessiō
           of
           his
           Crown
           ,
           should
           no
           more
           propose
           to
           his
           subiects
           the
           discussion
           of
           his
           rights
           and
           titles
           ,
           for
           that
           no
           mā
           of
           any
           consciēce
           can
           sweare
           any
           such
           thing
           whithout
           perfect
           examination
           ,
           triall
           ,
           and
           knowledge
           therof
           ,
           
           by
           the
           which
           he
           may
           be
           sure
           in
           Conscience
           of
           swearing
           truly
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           subiects
           are
           forced
           to
           enter
           into
           diuers
           considerations
           of
           many
           circūstances
           which
           were
           more
           cōuenient
           for
           thē
           to
           belieue
           ,
           thē
           to
           examin
           ,
           being
           such
           oftētimes
           that
           learned
           Lawiers
           cōming
           to
           discusse
           thē
           ,
           are
           so
           doubtful
           ,
           that
           neither
           they
           ,
           nor
           the
           Princes
           thēselus
           wil
           be
           so
           bould
           to
           sweare
           them
           ;
           being
           content
           to
           remaine
           in
           Lawfull
           possession
           against
           any
           pretender
           that
           shall
           oppose
           himselfe
           .
           Yea
           if
           by
           any
           such
           occasion
           of
           questiō
           made
           about
           any
           such
           right
           ,
           or
           title
           ,
           warre
           should
           chance
           to
           be
           waged
           ,
           the
           subiects
           are
           to
           belieue
           their
           Princes
           and
           Countreis
           cause
           to
           be
           iust
           ,
           &
           may
           without
           any
           preiudice
           of
           their
           saluation
           ,
           yea
           are
           bound
           to
           shed
           their
           bloud
           in
           such
           a
           cause
           :
           yet
           are
           not
           they
           bound
           ,
           nor
           the
           Prince
           himselfe
           ,
           to
           take
           an
           oath
           ,
           that
           his
           cause
           is
           iust
           ;
           and
           therfore
           it
           were
           great
           imprudency
           for
           a
           Prince
           in
           such
           a
           cause
           ,
           to
           tender
           such
           an
           oath
           to
           his
           souldiers
           :
           for
           so
           he
           should
           find
           his
           companies
           much
           diminished
           ,
           and
           therof
           would
           follow
           that
           euident
           absurditie
           ,
           that
           if
           
           the
           souldiers
           of
           ech
           side
           should
           sweare
           their
           owne
           Kinges
           cause
           to
           be
           iust
           ,
           all
           the
           souldiers
           of
           one
           side
           must
           needes
           be
           forsworne
           ,
           it
           being
           as
           Deuines
           do
           hold
           ,
           impossible
           ,
           that
           any
           warres
           should
           be
           iust
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           in
           law
           that
           ech
           part
           should
           haue
           truth
           and
           iustice
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           because
           that
           such
           questions
           that
           eyther
           by
           warre
           ,
           or
           by
           Law
           are
           to
           be
           decided
           ,
           doe
           alwayes
           consist
           in
           a
           contradiction
           ,
           by
           affirming
           ,
           and
           denying
           one
           and
           the
           same
           thing
           :
           and
           by
           such
           oathes
           ,
           as
           the
           one
           side
           must
           alwayes
           needes
           bee
           forsworne
           ,
           so
           the
           other
           must
           needes
           do
           ill
           in
           swearing
           rashly
           such
           doubtfull
           things
           .
        
         
           
           Much
           lesse
           is
           it
           thought
           conuenient
           to
           propose
           to
           subiects
           the
           examining
           of
           the
           power
           &
           right
           of
           any
           forraine
           King
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Authoritie
           of
           the
           Pope
           himselfe
           aboue
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           the
           same
           reasons
           ,
           but
           also
           because
           therby
           many
           learned
           men
           which
           before
           were
           quiet
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           question
           yealded
           obedience
           to
           the
           prince
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           forced
           openly
           to
           refuse
           such
           an
           
           Oath
           pertaining
           to
           faith
           ,
           about
           the
           Authority
           of
           Christ
           his
           Vicar
           vpon
           earth
           ,
           but
           also
           openly
           to
           professe
           the
           contrary
           ,
           both
           by
           word
           and
           writing
           .
        
         
           
           And
           such
           sort
           of
           Oathes
           that
           are
           taken
           by
           force
           ,
           with
           doubt
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           scruple
           of
           conscience
           ,
           doe
           rather
           hurt
           then
           good
           ,
           euen
           to
           that
           end
           to
           the
           which
           they
           are
           giuen
           .
           For
           whensoeuer
           any
           occasiō
           should
           happē
           of
           shewing
           their
           loue
           and
           affection
           towards
           their
           Prince
           ,
           they
           would
           allwayes
           be
           found
           most
           backward
           that
           haue
           beene
           so
           iniuriously
           forced
           to
           take
           such
           Oaths
           against
           their
           wil
           ,
           and
           peraduenture
           would
           dispense
           with
           themselues
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           vniustly
           exacted
           ,
           and
           rashly
           made
           :
           and
           they
           would
           alwaies
           be
           found
           most
           faithfully
           in
           keeping
           all
           loyalty
           towards
           their
           Prince
           ,
           who
           do
           offer
           themselues
           most
           ready
           to
           sweare
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           do
           plainely
           refuse
           to
           sweare
           any
           more
           .
           For
           as
           this
           ,
           they
           do
           refuse
           for
           their
           duty
           towards
           God
           :
           so
           that
           ,
           they
           will
           performe
           for
           their
           duty
           towardes
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           towards
           God
           that
           gaue
           them
           him
           :
           Quia
           
           
             omnis
             potestas
             à
             Deo
             est
          
           :
           and
           this
           is
           according
           to
           our
           Sauiours
           prescript
           ,
           Reddere
           
           
             quae
             sunt
             Caesaris
             Caesari
             ,
             &
             quae
             sunt
             Dei
             Deo.
             
          
        
         
           This
           only
           all
           wise
           men
           in
           these
           parts
           do
           agree
           vpon
           ,
           wherin
           I
           assure
           my selfe
           no
           man
           with
           you
           of
           any
           wisdome
           ,
           will
           any
           way
           contradict
           ,
           that
           euery
           subiect
           is
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           obay
           his
           lawfull
           Prince
           ,
           and
           that
           also
           to
           promise
           by
           Oath
           when
           it
           shal
           be
           exacted
           .
           And
           such
           an
           Oath
           although
           in
           other
           Realmes
           through
           the
           whole
           world
           is
           not
           wont
           to
           be
           exacted
           of
           all
           subiects
           ,
           but
           only
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           and
           Gouernours
           of
           others
           ;
           yet
           such
           occasion
           may
           fall
           out
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           stand
           with
           prudence
           to
           tender
           it
           to
           euery
           one
           in
           particuler
           :
           and
           such
           an
           Oath
           of
           obedience
           towardes
           his
           Prince
           and
           Soueraigne
           ,
           no
           good
           Catholicke
           will
           refuse
           ,
           nor
           Catholicke
           Doctrine
           doth
           disallow
           .
        
         
           
             Yours
             euer
             T.
             A.
             
          
        
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A08697-e140
           
             The
             occation
             of
             writing
             this
             letter
             .
          
           
             The
             Iesuits
             iniuriously
             slaundered
             .
          
           
             Mariana
             his
             opinion
             cōdemned
             by
             all
             other
             writers
             of
             the
             Society
             ,
          
           
             and
             the
             Court
             of
             Parlament
             in
             Frāce
             .
          
           
             The
             Authors
             intentiō
             .
          
           
             Tolet.
             
          
           
             Bellarmine
             .
          
           
             Valētia
             .
          
           
             Salmer●
             
          
           
             Del-Rio
             .
          
           
             Heissius
             .
          
           
             Becanus
             .
          
           
             Gretser
             .
          
           
             Lessius
             .
          
           
             Serarius
             
          
           
             Azor.
             
          
           
             Richeome
             .
          
           
             The
             opinion
             of
             Mariana
             condemned
             in
             a
             Cōgregatiō
             of
             the
             Society
             in
             Frāce
             and
             mis
             liked
             by
             the
             Generall
             of
             the
             same
             order
             .
          
           
             Malice
             of
             Protestants
             .
          
           
             The
             generall
             opinion
             of
             Iesuites
             touching
             Kings
             .
          
           
             Tren
             .
             l.
             5.
             c.
             24.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             1.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Pet.
             2.
             
          
           
             Baru
             .
             1.
             11.
             
          
           
             The
             pious
             intentiō
             of
             the
             Authour
             .
          
           
             Malicious
             dealing
             .
          
           
             The
             Society
             most
             exposed
             to
             hatred
             .
          
           
             An
             Apostrophe
             to
             Frāce
             .
          
           
             God
             hath
             turned
             this
             slāder
             raised
             against
             the
             Society
             to
             the
             best
             .
          
           
             The
             Society
             in
             fact
             and
             doctrine
             as
             obsequious
             to
             Kings
             as
             any
             other
             Order
             .
          
           
             Mariana
             not
             resolute
             in
             the
             opinion
             for
             which
             he
             is
             cōdemned
             by
             the
             Aduersaries
             .
          
           
             Mariana
             speaketh
             only
             of
             Tyrāts
             .
          
           
             Mariana
             his
             book
             and
             doctrine
             cōdemned
             for
             hatred
             to
             the
             Society
             .
          
           
             Sathan
             the
             Author
             &
             Father
             of
             all
             Iyers
             &
             slanderers
             .
          
           
             An
             ancient
             deuise
             to
             draw
             matters
             of
             religion
             into
             crims
             of
             State.
             
          
           
             Exāples
             in
             the
             new
             testament
             
          
           
             Our
             Sauiour
             called
             into
             questiō
             for
             matter
             of
             state
             against
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             &
             condemned
             for
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             Gods
             seuere
             punishment
             vpon
             vniust
             iudges
             .
          
           
             Heresies
             haue
             first
             sprōg
             vp
             in
             our
             dayes
             by
             rebellion
             .
          
           
             The
             practise
             of
             Protestantes
             in
             matters
             of
             rebelliō
             .
          
           
             Rebellious
             doctrine
             proper
             vnto
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             condēned
             by
             Catholicks
             .
          
           
             What
             strangers
             doe
             iudge
             &
             speake
             of
             the
             oath
             of
             allegiāce
             and
             the
             proposing
             therof
             ▪
             
          
           
             The
             discussing
             of
             the
             Popes
             Authority
             not
             conuenient
             .
          
           
             Forced
             swearing
             more
             hurtfull
             then
             profitable
             .
          
           
             Matt.
             22
             ▪