The black box of Rome, or, A true and short discourse shewing the blasphemous treacheries and conjurations of the wicked Iesuites when they intend and encourage any of their impious disciples to murther a king and overthrow a kingdome Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A28270 of text R13171 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B3043). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A28270) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 48250) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 14:13) The black box of Rome, or, A true and short discourse shewing the blasphemous treacheries and conjurations of the wicked Iesuites when they intend and encourage any of their impious disciples to murther a king and overthrow a kingdome Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654. 7 p. s.n.], [S.l. : 1641. Attributed to Alexander Ross. Cf. Wrenn, J.H. A catalogue of the library of the late John Henry Wrenn. Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York. eng Regicides. A28270 R13171 (Wing B3043). civilwar no The black box of Rome or, A true and short discourse, shewing the blasphemous treacheries and conjurations of the wicked Iesuites, when they [no entry] 1641 1210 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2003-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2004-01 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2004-01 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2004-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE BLACK BOX OF ROME OR , A True and short Discourse , shewing the blasphemous Treacheries and Conjurations of the wicked Iesuites , when they intend and encourage any of their impious Disciples to murther a King , and overthrow a Kingdome . Printed in the Yeare , 1641. THE IESUITES BLASPHEMOVS CONIVRATIONS TO ENCOVrage their Proselytes to King-killing-treacheries . SUch is the most bloudy , and most blasphemous impudencie of these Romish Incendiaries , that when they put on a divellish and desperate resolution , to murther any Emperour , King , or Prince whom they have once pronounced to be an Hereticke , and excommunicate person ; and thereupon intend to murther him by some Raviliack , whom they make choice of for the execution of the said Treason ; that after such an unfortunate and wretched person , is once allured , and entred into their place of consultation , or chamber of ( Philonicall ) prayers , ( for sooth ) as they call them : These infernall firebrands kneele all downe , who in their prayers observe their time ; and put before the intended Traitor , a knife folded up in a scarfe ; shut up in a little Box , covered with an Agnus Dei ; written about with black letters of perfumes , odorifirous Characters : and when they draw it out themselves , they cast or sprinckle some drops of holy water upon it , and which done , they hang at the hafte of the said knife , five or six graines of Corrall , which are blessed by them , who blaspheamously they give him to understand , and make him beleeve that so many blowes , as shall be given by him with the said knife ; so many soules shall be released out of Purgatorie . Afterwards , putting the knife into the intended Murtherers hand , they pronounce these words saying : Goe now like Iephte , with the Sword of Sampson in thy hand , the Sword with which David did cut off Golia's head , the Sword of Gedion ; yea , the Sword with which Iudith did cut off Holophernes head , the sword of the valiant Machabees , and the same with which Saint Peter did cut off Malcas his eare , yea I say , the sword of Pope Iulius the second , with the which ( breaking the forces of oppugning Princes ) he tooke out of their hands with great effusion of blood , the Citties of Sezza , Imola , Fayance , Bologna , and many other Cities : goe thus I say , thou magnanimous Champion of the chaire of Rome , and be valiant , and God strengthen thine arme for the great worke now intended by thee . After which , this infernall kennell of Romish blood-hounds kneele all downe , and the most wretchedly renowned and cursedly quallified amongst them , with a cauterized conscience and immarbled heart , pronounceth the bloody Conjuration , impiously and impudently saying as followeth . Come Cherabims , come Seraphinns , and highest Thrones that rule , come blessed Angels : yea , blessed Angels of charitie , come and fill this holy Vessel with glory and eternity , and bring him presently the Crowne of the Virgin Mary , of the Patriarches , and of the Martirs , for he belongeth no longer to us , but to you . And thou Oh dreadfull and terrible God , who hast revealed to him in these our Prayers and meditations ; that he ought to murther a Tyrant , and confound a Hereticke , and to give the Crowne to a Catholike-King . And being by us disposed to this meritorious Murther , vouchsafe to fortifie his senses , and increase his forces : to the end that he may accomplish this thy great will ; and vouchsafe to arme and furnish him with the Harnesse of thy powerfull providence , that he may valiantly performe the worthy worke he hath piously undertaken , and may happily escape from those , who would apprehend him : give him Eagles winges , that the spight and malice of those Barbarians whom hee goes against , may not once touch his sanctified members . Extend also the beames of thy joy and coelestiall felicitie upon his sacred soule , to the end that by the blessed influence thereof , the parts and members of his body also ; may be encouraged and enabled to this great worke , and that it may chearefully dispose it selfe to this holy Combate without feare or shrinking pusillanimity . This accursed Conjuration being thus audaciously and gracelessely uttered , they carry the thus inchanted bloody Regicide , and set him before an Altar , where they shew him a Picture wherein the angels are seene and showne to have lifted up and elevated long since Iames Clement , a bloody Iacobine Fryer , and represented him ( as it were ) before the Throne of God , saying : Lord behold thy Pupill , behold thy well-instructed Champion , and the accomplisher of thy justice : Whereupon all the Saints rise out of their seates to make him roome , and give him place among them . And when all these things are thus done and finished , there are no more but foure Iesuites only left with him , who when they come neare him ; they with diabolicall impudencie and lying flatterie , say unto him : that they seeme to perceive that there is some Diety infused into him , and that they are so astonished with the radiant light-shining and glistering in him , that they hold it their honour to kisse his hands and feete , and make him madly to beleive that they account him not a meere man any longer ; but that they esteeme themselves ( as it were ) as they say , halfe unworthy of the happinesse and glory which hee hath already obtained by his Catholicke resolution , and sighting deepely before him : they say unto him ; we would that God had chosen us , and called us to your estate : since we should be truly assured , that we should goe really , and directly into Paradice without comming at Purgatorie . And thus having intoxicated and bewitched the miserable wretch , they thus leave him to his intended bloody designe . The end of the Conjuration . FINIS . O Lord preserve our Noble King Charles , and all his posteritie , from the power of all such Romish regicides and bloody Traitors , who thus plot and practice to build up their Romish Synagogue with blood . And grant good God , that our gracious King Charles , may with his posterity , long continue a happie and prosperous raigne over this Kingdome , for the maintenance and propagation of Christs Gospell in despight of Antichrist , and all his bold and bloody adherents : and let every good , and loyall subject and true hearted English Christian say , Amen , and Amen .