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 THANKFVLL 
 
 REMEMBRANCE 
 
 Of Gods Merc je. 
 
 In an Hiftoncall Collection of the 
 
 great and mercifullDeliuerancesof the 
 
 Chnrch and State of England, fince the 
 
 <7^r#beganne here to flourifli , from 
 
 tfee beginning of Queene 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 Collected by Geo: Carleton, 
 
 Doctor of Divinitie, and late Bifliop 
 of Chichester. 
 
 1 he fourth Edition reVifcd. 
 
 PS A L M. III. 2. 
 
 The "Storks of the Lord are great , and ought to l* 
 fought out of all them that lo\e Him. 
 
 L O ND O AT, 
 
 Printed by Jug. Math, for Kobert Melbourne, 
 
 and Humphrey Robinfon at the figne of the three 
 
 Pigeons in Pauls Church-yard, 
 
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 THE HIGH, NOBLE, 
 
 AND MOST VERTVOVS, 
 
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 PRINCE OF GREAT 
 
 Britain, Duke of C orn^ 
 vv a ll and ofYoRK e^&c. 
 
 thejjfirit of^ifedome^ith 
 increafe of Honour, 
 
 SIR: 
 
 S the great Workes of 
 God ought to be had in 
 remembrance c£ all men, 
 fo this dutie is more re- 
 quired of Princes , then 
 of other men. Becaufe 
 their charge is greater then the charge of 
 other men : for they muft anfvver both for 
 the government off bemfelues ,znd of 'others 
 
 A ? under 
 
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 3V7G2-. 
 
The Epislle Dedicatorie* 
 
 under them. Wherefore hauing obferved 
 die works of God in deliuering this Church 
 and State, fro the cruell plots of the adver 
 faries, from the beginning of Queene Elu 
 zabetb to this time : I found my felfe moft 
 obliged toprefent this to your Hg^nejfe- 
 bo:K becaufe my fervice , next to his Mate* 
 ftiejs mod due to your Htghnes, 8c becaufe 
 the remembrance of the great Workes of 
 God is a Glaffe fit for a Tr'mce to looke on. 
 For your Htghnefs may beaffurcd,thatthe 
 Aduerfaries will not change their difpofi- 
 tion , unlefle either wee were reduced to 
 their blindritfi y or they drawne to imbrace 
 the truth with us. 1 hauemade this Qolletli* 
 o«,that by examples of things pa/l, we may 
 better iudgc of things to come My labour 
 herein is nothing. For I make not the Stofy y 
 but take it of others. And when I light 
 'upon the beft Narration, as that of the 
 Gun*fomder treafm } 1 haue fet ic downc as 
 I findc it without alteration. Becaufe as 
 that canno: be mended, fo tofetaworfe 
 Narration in the place thereof, were no 
 IeiTe then to abufe the Reader. I leaue the 
 
 honour 
 
The Epijlle Dedicatorie. 
 
 honour entire to them that have made the 
 Storie, I rake no partthereof to me. One- 
 iy my care hath been to obferve upon thofe 
 great Deliverances the Tborkes of God, that 
 God may be glorified , and the caufe iuslu 
 fied which God hath maintained from 
 Heauen. S i r, I iuppofe it is hard to find 
 a Narration containing more miraculous 
 Protection of Gods Church fince that time 
 wherein God fhewed his Miracles in pro- 
 tecting the people of IfraeL Which con- 
 fideration may ferve to faften your High- 
 nefs to the love and ferVsce of that great 
 God , that doth foftrongly maintaine his 
 ferVants. That as hitherto you haue had 
 a gracious experience of his grace and 
 goodnellc towards youj fb your noble 
 Heart may grow every day more and 
 more in the love and obedience of the 
 Truth. Wee are all charged by Gods 
 Word to pray for %jngs and Trinces. That 
 charge which God hath layd vpon us 
 all 3 no man can put off But when your 
 Highnefs hath effectually made knowne 
 your Angular care and love to the com- 
 mon 
 
 3W.02: 
 
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 The EpiHk Dedicatoric. 
 
 mon good,tothe rcioycing of all faithfull 
 men. this muft needs draw the hearts of 
 all faithfull men neerertoyour Htjfinejfi. 
 And this is a part of your happine lTe . for 
 the fearc of God. and loueof Subjects is 
 able to make Kjngs and Princes ftrong a. 
 gainft all their enemies. Godgfve bis tudge* 
 ments to the f\j n £-> and bis righteoufnejje to the 
 Kings Jonne > and therewith , all blefsings^ 
 grace and honour hcre^and^/^j hereafter. 
 
 Tour Highnefifc ancient Cbaplai^ / 
 andmoH humble few ant, 
 
 Geo.Cicestriensj?. 
 
^^W^^^^ d 
 
 The Summarie. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 QVeene Elitabeths entrance jvith the Pope 
 curfe and excommunication agamft her. Pag. i . 
 
 C H A P. I T. 
 The Rebe&wn of the Ear Us of Wdtmerland , and 
 Northumberland. pag.ij. 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 Donlohnof k\ibn*hispracfife. pae.25. 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 Stucley's Attempt. iwg.?7, 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 Nic. Sanders the firebrand of Rebellion, pag. 4 1 . 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 The feats of Father Parfons and Campian. pas . ? o 
 
 CHAP. VII. ** 
 
 Somcrviles attempt, and Throgmortons treafin. 
 
 P a g 73 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 Crcightons torne papers ,& Parries treafon. pas.84.. 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 Savage his barbaroufnefje , WBabingtons Trea- 
 
 f on ' pag.ioo. 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 The French Embajfadors plot with Stafford, pa. 1 2 3 
 
 B CHAP. 
 
I 
 
 TheSummarie, 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 A Treatie of Peace, betrveem Qneene Elizabeth , and 
 the Duke of Parma. nap.iio. 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 The Invincible Armad o quelled. t>a a . i a a 
 
 chap! xiii. Pd 4 * 
 
 Lopez his Treafon. pag.itf? 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 Squire's Treafon. pag.ip8. 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 Tyrone's treachene. pag.214. 
 
 CHAP.XVI. 
 Tyrone' sfained (ubmifion. pa<*. 2 2 1 
 
 CHAP. XVII. 
 Watfon's frojeft agairii Kwg Iames-, paa. 241 
 
 CHAP. XVIII. 
 The damned Gun-powder Treafon. mz. 2 47 
 
 COR ON IS. P3 47 
 
 The Conclusion contames divers Confederations pro- 
 ofed to them that f and not well ajfe fled to Re- 
 ligion. pag.288. 
 
 A THANK- 
 
A THANKFVLL REMEMBRANCE 
 OF GODS MERCIE. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 The make efiate of this Kingdome at guecrte Eli- 
 zabeths entrance. Her government bleffedwith might 
 and money beyond expectation all on afxddenjo the ter- 
 rors of the enemies of the Gofpell , and comfort of the 
 Profeffors thereof. The ancient government of the Low 
 Countries,tAf it was. The treafon flf Arthur Pool 
 discovered and defeated. The Popes Excommunication 
 andcurfe again ft <$neen Elizabeth turned by Chrift 
 (whofe Go$ellfl)e maintained) into a blefing. 
 
 Auing a purpofe to obferve Gods 
 great and mercifull Deliverances of 
 the Church of England, and Gods 
 holy protection of the [une , againft 
 B 2 the 
 
trcd Anno 
 IJJ8. 
 
 / Cap. i. Atbankfull Remembrance 
 
 the manifold , moft dangerous , moft defperate 
 | practices of the adverfaries,that have with ffrange 
 malice and crueltie fought the deftru<5tion there- 
 of; and intending to fetch the beginning of this 
 fearch from the beginning of theraign of Queene 
 Elizabeth of blefTed memory : I knew no 
 better way how to enter into this Narration, then 
 to begin with the consideration of the State of 
 Queene El izae eth at her firft entrance 5 for 
 therein will appeare a wonderfull worke of God- 
 and my intention is to obferve the great Workes 
 of God,that God may be glorified. 
 
 When this famousQueene firft entrcd,fhe found 
 the State much afflicted ,. and weakened. AH the 
 great States about her were enemies , Friends 
 none. King P/>////>,who offered his love and kind- 
 nelTe to her,and would haue married her 3 offering 
 to obtaine the Popes difpenfation for him to mar- 
 ry two Sixers, as the like difpenfation was obtai- 
 ned by Fcrdmand his great Grand-father, fox his 
 daughter Kaihtrint to marry two brothers, he of- 
 fering this kindneffe, and being refufed and reje- 
 cted , grew raft into dillike and difcontent,aftcr- 
 wards into hatred, and at Iaft brake out into open 
 Wars. ;l*he French King Henry the 2. with whom 
 Hie fought peace,fell ofFalfo into open Wars. His 
 fonnc Francis having married Mam Queene of 
 Scotland, was moved by the Guyftansytocaute the 
 Armes of England to be joyned to the Armes of 
 Scotland, and to profeffe the Queene of Scots 
 the Heire of England 5 and becaufe Elttghtth 
 was accounted by them an Heretike , therefore 
 
 i fe 
 
of GODS Merck. Chap, i . 
 
 they fought to put her by, to fei theQuecnc 
 of Scots in her place ; fo mould the £rench 
 King have England alfo. For the effecting of 
 this , they fcnt their Armies into Scotland , pur- 
 poilng from thence to haue fubdued England. 
 In fo much, that Sebasiianpu Martignius , a young 
 Noble man of the Family of Luxenburg, who 
 was fcnt into Scotland with a thoufand foot, 
 and fome Companies of Horfe, could hardly be 
 diffwaded from entring England prefently. So 
 that Spaine, France , and Scotland were enemies. 
 The State was then much troubled and oppref- 
 {ed with great debt , contracted partly by Henry 
 the eight, partly by Edward the fixt in his mi- 
 noritie, and partly by Queene Marie. Thetrea- 
 fure was exhaufted-CaMtf was loft. Nothing fee* 
 med to bee left to her but a weake and poors 
 State, deftitute ofmeancs and friends. If fhee 
 would have admitted the Popifh Religion, then 
 might all thefe dirficulties hauet?eeiiereraoGve& 
 But efrablifhing the Gofpell, fhee underftood 
 well , that fhee drew all thefe troubles vpon her 
 owne head, yet fhee gave the glory to God, 
 and in hope of Gods holy protection , fhee 
 eftablifhed Gods holy Trueth. And verily ftee 
 did not ferve God in vaine. For it is a thing 
 to bee wondred at , that the Land being then 
 without ftrength, without Forces, without Soul- 
 diers, yea, without Armour . all things necefla- 
 rie mould bee fb fuddenly furnifhed. Shee had 
 provided Armour at Antwerp , but King Philip 
 caufed that to be flayed. Yet fhee was notdifcou- 
 • B 3 raged, 
 
4 | Cap. I. A tbankftdl Remembrance 
 
 raged, but layd out much money vpon Armour, 
 though fliee found the Treafury bur poore. Shcc 
 procured Armour and Weapons out of Germa ny. 
 Shecaufed many great Guns to becair,of Braffe 
 and Iron. And Gods providence and favour ap- 
 peared in her protection. For new Mines of 
 BrafTe were- found at Kcfvick , that had long been 
 neglected. From whence there was not only fuffi- 
 cient matter to fjpply her wants , but abundance 
 thereof to bee tranfported to other Countries. 
 The Stone called Lapis CaUminaru, whofe ufe is 
 needfull for working in BrafTe , was alfo at the 
 fame time firft found in England. There was pro- 
 vifion made at home alfo for the making of Gun • 
 powder. Which was done firft here by her com- 
 mandement. For before, it was bought and im- 
 ported. Berwick before her time was weake,and 
 had but 500 Soldiers : She fortified the Towne, 
 made the new inner wall,and increafed chenur Ti- 
 ber of Souldiers, and their (Upends, that provifi- 
 on might bee madefor the training u£ of experi- 
 enced Souldiers and martiall men. She provided 
 a Navie,thc beft furnilhed that ever England £w. 
 Neither needed Hie to doe as her Father and An- 
 ceftours were wont to doe , when they wanted 
 Ships , to fend for Ships , and hire them from 
 Htmburg, Lnbeck, Danttsk, Genua,zn& Venice ; for 
 fhehad them ready at home to ferue her. Yea all 
 the good Townes vpon the Sea coau\beholding 
 this incredible alacntic and forwardn?ffe in their 
 Prince,ftrived alfo to imitate the £ ime,and there- 
 fore with great chearfulneffe and readinefle built 
 
 Ships 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap. i 
 
 Ships for Warrc. I So that in a fiiort time, the 
 Queries Ships and thofe of the Subjects joyned 
 together rcfe to ihch a numbcr,thai: they were a- 
 bletoimploy twenty thoufand men in-S;a-fight 
 at o~ce. The Noble-men , the Gen le-men, and 
 Yeomen did all'ftriue to anfwerib noble arefolu- 
 tion of their Prince. And therefore great ftore of 
 Armour and Weapons were every where provi 
 ded t And braue fpiiirs were bred and inabled to 
 fervice, wherby they became an helpe and orna- 
 ment to their Countrey. So that Queene -Eliza- 
 beth was quickly grown fo ftrong,that all her ad- 
 verfaries were not able to hurt her. And was riot 
 this a great work of God? That fo weake a Wo- 
 rn^ fhould be able to defend her fclfc againft fb 
 ttiany,fo potent enemies ? Yea, and not onely to 
 matth them,but to M after them i This was Gods 
 doing. Behold what it is totruftin GV,and not in 
 an arme ofFlejh. God will haue his great works 
 to be had in remembrance, that all men, efpecial- 
 ly Princes,maybe taught to know that their fafe- 
 tie is not in worldly policy , but in God which 
 never forfaketh them thattruft in him. Here then 
 we haue a worke,for which we are bound to glo- 
 rifie God. Elizabeth; a Prince, at the beginning '• 
 weak,deftitute of friends ? unfurnimed of treafure, 
 unprepared of all things, had in no other account 
 of her great neighbours round about her , but as 
 one left as a prey to the ftronge/1 that would in- 
 vade her and her Kingdome • yet preparing her 
 heart to God, giving God the glory ,eftabli(hing 
 his truth in her Land, trufting in him, (he was in a 
 
 few 
 
6 l Cap. I . A thankfull ^jmemkrance 
 
 few ycares madeftrong againft her enemies jthey 
 .feared her more then (here feared them. This is an. 
 example can hardly be parallelled. It was a work 
 of God in defence of his Church heere,and wee 
 yecld all glory and praife unto God for his mer- 
 cies (hewed herein. From this example Princes 
 may take a worthy inftru<5tion to reft upon God, 
 and to feekc his glory , and know aflbredly,that 
 when they are at theweakeft ftate, if they give 
 their heart to God,& their fervice to his true Re- 
 ligion,God will raifethem to greatncs,who hath 
 i.Sim.x}o. proraifed to honour them that honour him, and 
 threatned that they that difionour himjhallhe d> (fi- 
 fed. Before I leave this example of Gods prote- 
 ction of this noble gnetne in her firft 'ntrance^let 
 this bee remembred, chat as all the great Princes 
 adjoyning , with the Pope and all, were her great 
 enemies , fo there were no friends able to helpc 
 her : for they that were friends , and would have 
 I helped if they cou!d,ftood all in need of her help. 
 The Scots were fare troubled with the French Ar- 
 mies procured by the Guy funs y but fliee helped 
 them,and protected the King in his minority ,and 
 freed that State from the tyranny of the French 
 government. The Low-countreys were tyrannized 
 by the Duke D'Mva, who changed their govern- 
 ment, and inhibited their meetings in Councell. 
 For to fpeake fomewhat of the ancient governe- 
 ment of that pcoplc 5 to ftop the common imputa- 
 tions caft upon them by fuch as arc not wejl affe- 
 cted to them. Their government was by a ge- 
 neral! aflfembly of the States. Their Governours 
 
 were 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 1. 1 y 
 
 1 were fuch as were borne within the feuenteene 
 Provinces,no ftrangers.Thefc were anciently the 
 .- Cicrgie^ thcNobilkie , and the Deputies of the 
 I Provinces, and ot good Townes, meeting toge- 
 ther in their generall Affemblies. Thefe fo mee- 
 ting > made lawes and orders whereby that State 
 was governed. The Deputies were fent to the 
 generall Aflemblies, by the Suffrages of thepeo- 
 p!e,and upon caule they were recalled by the peo- 
 ple,and other fent in their roomes. This manner 
 of government fome of the Dukes of Burgundu, 
 and fbme others difliked,as giving too much po- 
 wer to the people , and too little to their Dukes : 
 and therefore laboured to change it, but could 
 not. Charles, the fift Emperour would gladly have 
 changed their government - y but when hee few 
 that it could not bee done without the commoti- 
 on of the whole State,he left it undone. ?Mif the 
 fccond,vfr/w 1549. Iuty 8. tooke his-oath,which 
 he made and renued againe^ww 1 5 5 5 . to keepe, 
 
 maintaine , and prefervc thef^Countries in their 
 ancient rites, priviiedges, andcuftomes, without 
 breaking them, or fuffering them to be broken,in 
 any fort or manner. But .when the Duke D' Alva 
 was Governour there under the King, heepra<5ti- 
 fed the contrarie , and profeffed that the King 
 was not to governe them as his ancient Inheri- 
 tance, but as upon anew Conqueft,makingwhat 
 Lawes hee would, and fating what government 
 beft pleafed him. Whereupon bis whole drift 
 and praaife was for a new Conqueft of all the 
 Provinces and Townes. The pretence of Religi- 
 
 C on 
 
8 (Cap. i. A tbankfuHtffjmemhrance 
 
 on was fought: but it was refolved by the Coun- 
 ccll of Spaint , to change the whole government, 
 and to ereft a new. This appeared as well by the 
 Dukes open profeffion, as by thofe defignes 
 which he pra&ifed vpon the pcifons of fome of 
 the Nobihtie, and vpon the good Townes. For 
 when the Earles of Egmont and Home , were ap- 
 prehended and put to death, miftrufting nothing, 
 becaufe they knew no caufe to miftruft : they that 
 did this could not pretend Religion, becaufe 
 thefe Earles were of the Popifh Religion. They 
 could not pretend any difloyaltie againft them 3 
 for their firme loyaltic and their great fervices to 
 the King made them fo confident ; onely it was 
 thought , that thefe Noble men would never 
 yeeldtothe change of the -government of that 
 State, therefore they were cut off. The like ap- 
 peared in the ftrange furpri(es,and cruelty pradH- 
 Ced againft many townes,which were of the Po- 
 pifh Religion. For divers townes that were fTrme 
 to the Spaniard iMic poyntof Religion, and in 
 
 leKi 
 
 obedience to thelCing , when Armies were fent 
 to them , entertaining the Armies in all obedi- 
 ence, opening their gates, fhewingall love and 
 friendfhip to the Spanijh Armies , were of a fud- 
 daine furprized, and brought to utter mine \ the 
 Spaniards killing and maflacring all ^ taking their 
 goods,abufing their wines and daughters , as the 
 manner of fuch barbarous men is in a new Con- 
 queft,exerci(?ng more cruekies againft their pro- 
 feffed friends , then they cou\d doe to their ene- 
 mies. Such barbarous cruelties were praclifed 
 
 
 agai 
 
 ainft. 1 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap. i . 
 
 againft the Towne oCMacblin, MaeftrichjZutfhtn, 
 NAcrden, Antwerp , and others who were their 
 friends, agreeing in the fame religion with them, 
 holding, as then , their obedience firme to the 
 King : yet were they ipoykd, killed, ranfacked, 
 and oveithrowne like enemies. Which ftrange 
 cruelrie declared , that it was not Religion that 
 mooved this crueltie , but ,that which the Duke 
 D' Aha did openly profeffe, that the King muft 
 hold all the Low-Countries by a new conque(r,that 
 Co he might change the government, and impoie 
 what lawes he would. 
 
 It may feeme a ftrange ufe of the Popes Au- 
 thoritie which King Pbtltp made, when from the 
 Pope heegot a difpenfation of that oath, which 
 hee had taken at his entrance into the Low-Coun- 
 tries. That is an ufe of a Pope fit indeed for them 
 that would doe whatfoever they lift without con- 
 fcience, or the feare of Gods lawes, or mans. If 
 fuch an ufe may be made of the Popes power,then 
 Popim Princes muft needs m the fight of the 
 world, feeme to have a great advantage over o- 
 -thers. But if they may Co difpenfe at their plea- 
 fure with oathes and promifes,then may all thofe 
 of the Religion fee plainly, that there are neither | 
 human nor divine bands or fecurity that can bind 
 Papifts: for when they pleafe,the Pope will free 
 them Co all bands of confcience,from the lawes 
 of God, of mah,of nature,of nations. But God 
 will not be thus ferved. And therefore by Gods 
 juft judgments they that relie upon fuch ungodly 
 pra&ifes , lofe more in the end, then they gaine 
 
IO 
 
 I Cap. I . A tkankftcll ^mhnbrance 
 
 by fuch profane dealings. Thiswasthccaufeof 
 their troubles in the Low-Countries. That State 
 being then Co troubled , could yeeld no hclpeto 
 Queene Elizabeth ,yet did me yeeld helpc to them. I 
 
 The King of Denmarke and the Proteftants in ! 
 France were not able to helpe her ,- nor to helpe ( 
 themfelves without her meanes.This muft needs I 
 bee acknowledged an extraordinary blefiing of | 
 God , to make her able to withftand thegreateft j 
 enemies, and to helpe all that were diftre&d for 
 Religion. 
 
 This famous Queene,though troubled by for- 
 raine States in the beginning ofher raigne,yet had i 
 great peace and quietnefle at home. This was the ; 
 fruit of true Religion: her Sub je&s lived in peace * 
 and tranquillity ; no motions then attemptcd,only 
 in the fourth yeere ofher raigne,^f/>«r JWe,and 
 his brethren,comming of the race of George Duke 
 of Clarence , who was brother to Edward the 
 fourth, and Anthonie Forteskue, who married their 
 lifter, with fame «her of that confpiracie, were 
 brought to their triall,for that they had confpired 
 to flieto the Gttife into France, and thence to. come 
 with an armie into Wales, and there to declare the 
 Scottijh Queene, to be Queene of England,and Ar- 
 thur Poole Duke o£ Clarence. All which they freely 
 confeffed at their triall ; yet protefting,that it was 
 not their purpofe to execute this Defigne, as long 
 as Queene Elizabeth lived, who as they fuppofed j 
 mould dye within a yeere : for fo fome coicning | 
 AHrologians had told them. Whereupon they ! 
 were condemned , yet their lives were fpared in k 
 
 refpecl- ) 
 
of G O D S Mercie. Cap.i. 
 
 re/pectof their blood. Wherein we may acknow- 
 ledge the goodneffe of God indifcovering facha 
 plot before it tooke ftrength,and the noblenature 
 of theQ^eenc^that dealt fo nobly with her owne 
 blood. 
 
 Thus the Land within refted in great quietnes, 
 for fome yeares.The Church was eftablimed,and 
 increafed,Iearning flourifhed, godlinefTe and true 
 pietie prevailcd,Popifh ignorance was driven in- 
 to corners. The Papifis,that then were, were con- 
 tent to keepe thcmfelves quiet. Either they kept 
 their Religion private to themfelves, or elfe they 
 came to our Churchcs,as mod of them did. But 
 the enemy of all goodnes envying this peaceable 
 ftate o£ EnglandMwed up the Pope to give occa- 
 sion to new troubles , and to wrap the kingdome 
 into dangers. Whereby as the Church hath been 
 more troubled then it was before , fo the Papitfs 
 have got nothing by the bargaine,but loft much, 
 by ftirring up the peaceable inclination of the 
 Prince againft them , by provoking the State to 
 make fevere Lawes to curbe them , who might 
 have lived quiet!y,if they had not procured their 
 owne trouble. 
 
 Paulm I T 1 1, was Pope when Queene Elizabeth 
 began to raigne ; this Pope was not troublefome 
 againft her. His iucceilbr was Vim MI. who Tee- 
 med to be a moderate man. For he was mooved 
 by the Count of Feria, (who ferved the King of 
 Spain) to excommunicate Queene Elizabeth , but 
 hec thought it not good to proceed to fuch extre- 
 mities. For feeing the Popes authoritie is a thing 
 
 C 3 confi- 
 
 ii Hi I ii m 
 
 III i|, , wi 
 
 I I 
 
12 
 
 An nt Dim. 
 I }6». 
 
 Cap. i . ^ thankfull Remembrance 
 
 -■- -■■■•■•■*-"—-■ 
 
 confifting rather in the conceits of fome men, 
 then in any truth and fub^ance : If it fhould once 
 appearethat this thunderbolt of excommunicato 
 on^vhereby he hath fo much terrified the world, 
 mould prove idle, ineffec*tuall without all power, 
 then might this great authority fall into con r ept, 
 and fo be made ridiculous.W nether for this caufe 
 or what other, he would not be perfwaded to ufe 
 this extremitie againft the Queenc , but fent Let- 
 ters, mewing fome love and kindne(Te,by an Ab- 
 bot Parfalia, by whom alfo he fent certaine fecret 
 Mandates. Which what they were was not open- 
 ly knowne. But fome,acquaintcd weil with State 
 affaires then , reported that the Pop: offered to 
 recall and difanull the fentence as unj'jft , which 
 was given againft her Mothers marriage, and to 
 connrme the Englijh Ltiturgie by his authoritie, ; 
 granting alfo the ufe of the Sacrament under both 
 kinds, fo that me would ioyne her felfe to the Ro- 
 »wwChurch,and acknowledge the Popes fupre- 
 macie. And for the effecting heercof, a great 
 fumme of gold was promifed to fome that mould 
 bee ufed as inftruments for this purpofe. But 
 Queene Elizabeth remaining SemperEadem, 
 ever like her felfe, utterly denied to have any 
 thing to doe with the Pope, 
 
 
 But 
 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap. i. I I } 
 
 - — — — — ~— ■ ,*— «— ™— i 
 
 , 
 
 
 'lion of tic Tories gf Nortljumber. at 
 
 Westmoreland * TrUHtJr^.w. 
 
 — j- tt/atlp- 
 
 But the next Pope,Fw#K.that fuccceded,tooke 
 another courfe,whcther a better or worfe, let the 
 event declare. For in the yeere 1569. he fent out 
 an excommunication againft her , & all adhering 
 to her , wherein her fubje&s were abfolved from 
 the Oath of their Alleagiance,and from all other 
 offices and duties,and that all that mould obey her 
 were accurfed. Which thing brought more trou- 
 ble upon the Papijis, then upon the gueene, or any 
 of her obedient fubje&s. And hath openly decla- 
 red to all the world, that theitytf curfe is a thing 
 proceeding from private fplecne and malice, and 
 now nothing feared but contemned , when all 
 men may fee,tbat the Popes curfe is turned by the 
 favour of God into an extraordinary blefTing,and 
 - L_ that l 
 
 This Bull was 
 dated Aftmt 
 Dom. 1 369. 
 Quint* Col. 
 M*rt. 
 
»4 
 
 Gap. I . A thankfitB %emmbrance 
 
 that the Pope is not Ckri&s Vicar in thefe minifte- 
 ries 3 becaufe hee is contrary to Christ , and Ckri& 
 contrary to him. The Pope curilng 5 and CbrijlbkC- 
 /ing • the Pope feeking thereby to deftroy the 
 Qieene ? C^//? maintaining hcr,madc her Wronger 
 after this curfe 5 then ever fhe was before. Yet it is 
 true that many troubles did rife thereby,but God 
 turned them all unto her good, that men may un- .! 
 derftand the fruit of true Religion eftablifhed 
 which bringeth the protection of God with it. 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 < 
 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 CHAP. 
 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap.2. 1 1 5 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 The Rebellion of the Earles f/Weftmerland W 
 Northumberland, related d/ftwcfly by Hieronymus 
 Catena Jo ftrongly plotted ,fe fecretly carried, by the 
 hand of God dij appointed and broken in pieces, Leon : 
 Dacres his overthrow by it. This is thefiuitofPope- 
 ty^andthefrfi ejfefi of the Popes Bull. 
 
 t HerTr/rpoyfoned/w/ofthisexcom. 
 L munication was rotten before it could 
 "/*». There was an intention of a great 
 and terrible Rebellion. The Duke of 
 Norfilke was excited to flirre what Forces hee 
 could , and to joync with the Earles of Weftmer. 
 land ^Northumberland: at the fame time an Ar- 
 
 D 
 
 my 
 
\6 
 
 Cap. 2. A thankful! Remembrance 
 
 my was to come out of Ireland, and an other Ar- 
 my to be fent from Duke D'Alva in the Low-coun- 
 tries. If all thefe had joynedtogether,asthc inten- 
 tion was,God knoweth what might have infued. 
 But there is no counfell can prevaile againft God. 
 AH the plot was broken in pieces without any o- 
 ther trouble,faving that which fell upon the plot- 
 ters themfelvcs & their inftruments. The King of 
 Spaine t \v\\o watched all opportuniries to doe mif. 
 chiefe, wrote one Letter to the Duke ofNorfilkc, 
 exciting him to raife a power within England,and 
 v/rote another to the Earle of Onnoxtd , to raife a 
 tumult in Ireland. But both the Duke and die Earle 
 mewed the letters to the Queene, declaring there- 
 by a purpofe to be loyal! . The Duke furlered him- 
 felfe to be wrought upon top much by pernicious 
 inflruments. The inifaimehts were the Billiop of 
 ifo/*,who lay in London, under pretence of being 
 AmbafTadour for the Queene of Scots, and one 
 Robert Riddfe, a Nobje-man of Florence, who lay 
 in London , in the habit and pretence of a Factor. 
 Thefe peftiferous inflruments laboured to per- 
 fwade the Duke to marry the Queene of Scots , 
 who being next heire to the Crowne of England, 
 would bring great hopes with her^'and by fiibttll 
 and pernicious counfell drew the Dukefo farre, 
 that againft his promife made to the Queene, hee 
 began to thinke of that Marriage, and the hopes 
 that might follow the fame, and entred into a fe- 
 cret courfe of writing and receiving letters from 
 t he queene of Scots, by fecret characters. All which 
 together with a Commentary fent to him by the 
 
 Scots 
 
of G O D S Mercie. Cap. I. 
 
 Scots tQteene, the Duke commanded his Secretary 
 Higford to burne.But he laid them under the Matt 
 in the Dukes chamber. And being apprehended, 
 declared where they were. At the Dukes arraign- 
 ment a letter was produced , written to him from 
 the Scots guecncr lignify ing her griefe for that the 
 Earlesof Wcjlmzrland 8c Northumberland were up 
 in armes before the Duke had raifed his powers. 
 ForQueene Elizabeth, finding whereunto things 
 tended , apprehended the Duke, and lent far the 
 Earles to come to Court - y but becaufe they had 
 once excufed their abfence, (lie lent peremptorily 
 for them,all excufe laid afide, upon their alleagi- 
 anceto come up. Suppofing that if they were in- 
 nocentjthey would come,but if guilty ,then mould 
 their purpofe fooner breake out into open fight. 
 As it fell out. For they fuppofing by this,the plot 
 to be betrayed, brake out into open rcbellion,be- 
 forc the helpe which they looked for from other 
 parts could come to the. This rebellion was plot- 
 ted by the Pope Pius V. and by the King of Spain, 
 and was fo cunningly handled , and carried with 
 fuch fecrefie, that it was well knownc to Grangers 
 before it was knowne to vs whom molt the mat- 
 ter concerned. And no marvell, feeing ftrangers 
 were the devilers and rlrft authors of it. I will 
 thet fore declare it in the words of a ftranger,who 
 fet it foorth in Print at Rome , before it was well 
 knowne in England. Hitronymus Catena in the life 
 of Pius V. writeth thus. 
 
 " When Pius V. was inflamed with a zeale to re- 
 " ftore the Roman Religion mEftgland,znd to di£* 
 
 D 2 place 
 
 ~— — — — — ______ — r , ^ im i 
 
i8 
 
 Cap. 2 . A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 cc 
 
 u 
 
 u place Queene Elizabeth out of that Kingdom c. 
 " and yet could not have his Nuntio ApoAoIicall, 
 c 'nor any other publike perfon fit to efied this 
 " thing : he ordered the matter fo 5 that Robert Ri. 
 " dolf, a Gentleman of Florence , (who flayed in 
 England under colour of Merchandife) fiiould 
 ftirrc vp the minds of men upon the deftruction 
 c< of Elizabeth. Which thing he diligently execti- 
 cc tcd 3 not oncly among the Catholikcs, but alfo a • 
 cc mong feme Protcjlants, who confpired together 
 " herein^fome out of private hatred agatnft them 
 f c that afpired to the Kingdome , others out of a 
 " deiire of a chanqe.Whilft thefc times were fe- ■ 
 " cretly carried, a contention rofe betwecne the 
 < c Sfattyard and Elizabeth , upon the becaftonof a 
 cc fumme of money going to the Dukel* V?'<*,but 
 cc intercepted by Eli^ibeth. 
 " This occafion the Pope apprehended to per- 
 " fwade ihtSp4marA,\hsi he would he! pic the con- 
 " fpira tours in England againft Elizabeth , that Co 
 "he might have his affaires in the Netherlands in 
 " greater fecurky, and the Roman Religion might 
 cc -bcreftoredin2?>7/rf/>. The Pope affoperfwa- 
 " ded the French, mewing him that this he ought 
 " to the Scots Queene , affianced to him , and wor- 
 " thily to the Scots , who by their Incuriions had 
 cc withdrawne the Forces of England, that they 
 u could doelelTehelpeto the Protcjlants oC France, 
 " neither did the noble confpiratours of England 
 " deferve lefTc favor of him 3 who by their cunning 
 " have hindered the Queene of England to give 
 u any helpe openly to the Protcjlants of France. In 
 
 this 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap.2. 
 
 *9 
 
 cc thisrefpect the French King promifed themayd 
 " for the deliverance of the Scots £ueene } but failed 
 <c of performance of any thing. In the meanetime 
 cc Riaotyhm erTe&ed thus much , thatthe confpira- 
 " tors ihould draw the Duke of 'Norfolk, into their 
 cc focietie 5 and make him chiefe thercin,to whom 
 £C they promifed marriage with the Scots gsteene, 
 " whereto flice confented. The Pope to fet thefe 
 " things forward , by his Bull publimed, depofed 
 cC Elizabeth from her kingdome, and abfolved her 
 cc fubjects from all oath and alleagiance, fending 
 cc the printed Copies to Rtdolphus , which might 
 cc bee difperfed over England. Whereupon the 
 " Earles of Northumberland and Wejtmerland took 
 "■ Armcs againft their Prince, who prefently, mo- 
 " ney and meanes fayling , withdrew themfelves 
 {< - i nto Scotland. The Duke of Norfolk with others 
 cc were committed to prifbri. Among them was 
 " Ridotyhus , whom the Pope had appoynted to 
 "helpetheConfpirators with anhundreth and 
 cc fiftie thoufand Crownes, which thing he could 
 " not doc being clapt vpin prifon. But when the 
 ' c Queenc could not pierce into the fecrets of the 
 * c confpiracie , hee was fent out of prifon with o- 
 €c thcrs , and then hee diftributed thofe Crownes 
 " to the confpirators. Who fent him to the Pope 
 cf to informe him that all things were prepared in 
 Cf a readinefle and ordered againft Elizabeth : and 
 $ to intreat the Spanifl) King to joyne his Forces 
 cc from the Netherlands as foone as may bee : the 
 " Pope commended the enterprife, albeit, the 
 " Duke D'Alvd did noriike it, as being full of dif- 
 • D 3 faculties, 
 
2 / Cap. Z* A thankful! ^ememirance 
 
 <c Acuities , when as Ridolpbits in his journey told 
 cc him the matter. The Pope fent Rtdolfe to the 
 "Spanyard, under another pretence , and to the 
 cc King ofP&tttga/lvfith inftruclions ; and at the 
 f< fame time writing to the Duke of Nerfolke y pro- 
 "mifed him aid. He did much urge the Spanyard 
 " to helpe the confpirators,& to the end he might 
 cc the mo re vehemently ftir him up, he promifed, 
 cc if need were , himfelre would goe for to helpe 
 " them,and would ingage all the goods of the Sea 
 cc Apoftolike, Chalices, CrofTes, and holy Veft- 
 <c ments. Declaring that there was no difficulty in 
 <c it,if he would fend Chapimu Vitellius with an ar- 
 " my into England from the Low-Countries. Which 
 " thing the King oispaine commanded to be done 
 " with great alacrity .And the Pope provided mo- 
 c< ney in the Netherlands. Thefe things were not 
 cc pleating to the Duke D'alva , both becaufe hee 
 " envied Vltellitts this glory , wherein hee rather 
 " wifhed his owne fonnc to be imployed, and be- 
 cc caufe hee feared fome hoftile Invaflon out of 
 cc France , and propofed it to be confidered,whe- 
 <c ther England being overcome would fall to the 
 <c Spanyard, whether the French would not refill: 
 <c that projed, and whether the Pope were able to 
 <c bring helpe enough to effect fo great a matter. 
 cc Notwithstanding the Spawfi King expreffcly 
 " commanded him to fet upon England. Ridolfe 
 c< was fent backe with money tothe Netherlands. 
 " But fee how God would have it : AH the matter 
 was opened to Elizabeth by a orange r without 
 the Kjngdome. The Duke of Norfolke was ap- 
 prehended 
 
 cc 
 
 cc 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap. 2 A z\ 
 
 " prchcnded and put to death. Which thing the 
 cc Pope tookc heavily ,the $f award condoled,who 
 cc before the Cardinal! of Alexandria , the Popes 
 <c Nephew, (aid, that never any Confpiracie was 
 " more advifedly begun,nor concealed with more 
 w conftancie and confent of minds , which in all 
 " that time was not opened by any of the confpi 
 cc rators : that an Annie might eafily be lent out 
 cc of the Low-countries, in the fpace of 24. houres, 
 cc which might fuddenly have taken Jthe Queene 
 <c and the citieof London unprovided,reftored Re- 
 cc ligion , and fet the Scots Queene in the Throne. 
 <c Especially when as Stukley an Engiifh fugitive 
 cc had undertaken at the fame time with the helpe 
 "of 30c o. Sfany ards , to reduce all Ireland unto 
 " the obedience of the King of S fame, and with 
 " one or two Shippes to burne all the EngliOi 
 " Navie. Thus farre Catena writeth of thefe 
 things 5 opening fome things that before were not 
 knowne to the Engiifh. TheBooke was printed 
 at Rome , Ann. T>pm. 1588. by the priviledge of 
 PopcZV^V. 
 
 This is the Narration of a PapiB, published at 
 Rome by the authorise of the Pope. It may 
 feeme ftrange to men that have any feeling of the 
 feare of God, that a Popefhould fo boldly pub- 
 lish his owne fhametoall the world. The Pope 
 doth prac'tiie treafon againft States , fets his in- 
 struments to raife rebellions , ftirreth vp Princes 
 againft Princes , one Kingdome againft another, 
 and when hee doth this , hee will not underftand 
 that hee is , in this doing, the instrument and fer- 
 
 vant 
 
 HI' 
 
22 
 
 Gap. 2 r A tbankfall Remembrance 
 
 vant of the Devill to diforder the world. If any 
 would cxcufc this, as being done againft an< 
 Heretikc: diat cxcufe will not ferve heere ; for I 
 ipeake not of excommunicating fuppofed Here- 
 tikes, but of railing rebellions againft Princes, to 
 fet the fubje&s to murther the Prince, or to ftirre 
 up one Prince to murther another.' thefe things 
 be wicked and vngracious practices $ but the Pa. 
 plis are growne to fuch an obduration in thefe 
 finnes , that they judge thefe no finnes , to mur- 
 ther, orfecretly topoyfon, or by any horrible 
 mifchiefe to compaiTe their owne ends. The 
 things that are by the Lawes of God, of Nature, 
 of Nations, wicked and abominable, againft the 
 Ordinances which God hath fet in the world, 
 muft forfooth change their Nature , if the Pope 
 command them ; nay, if any of their Superiours 
 command fuch things , their doctrine of blindt 
 obedience fets them upon any mifchiefe; and fo 
 they doe not onely teach for docirtnes mens tradi- 
 tions , but make doclrincs for mens deHruttions. If 
 the Popes prefume that they have fuch a privi- 
 Iedge, that the things which are horrible finnes in 
 other men , arc no finnes in them : this were in 
 effect as much as for the Pope to proclaime him- 
 felfe the Man of finne , that runneth into all finfull 
 couries with greed^neffe , with an open profcHion 
 of the fame. For what can any man of finne doe 
 more,then to command finne , to warrant finne, to 
 commit finne,to glory in finne 5 If all this be done 
 by the Pope,who can iuftly deny him this Title of 
 the Man of finne f 
 
 But 
 
ofGODSMercie. Cap. z. 
 
 But blcflcd be the name of God,that alwayes 
 deliuered his Church heere from fuch wicked 
 practices , and hath brought the mifchiefe that 
 thefe wicked men have devifed, upon their owne 
 head. Now let all understanding men judge 
 where God is,where godlinefle is, where Religi- 
 on and the feare of God is. Wheher with them 
 that by bloody, vnjult, u.nlawfull practices feeke 
 their owne ends , or with them that are persecu- 
 ted by this bloody Nation , and in patience fuf- 
 fer all their mifchievous and cruell practices, 
 committing the matter to God the revenger of 
 blood,and trufting in God, rejoyce under his ho- 
 ly protection , being kept in fafetie by him thar 
 comtnandeth all the world < For what power 
 could bee able tokcepehis Church from being 
 fwallowed up by fuch cruell adverfaries, but one- 
 iy the hand and holy protection of our God i 
 Muft not wee then glorifie his Name that hath 
 done fo great things for us * And for our adver- 
 saries , they have their power limited , and they 
 have their time limited , and fet forth vnto them 
 beyond which they cannot paffe. But the fbules 
 of them that reft under the Altar , whofe blood 
 hath been iried on every fide by this bloodie 
 generation , for the testimony of Christ 5 theSe 
 eric out with a lowd voyce , Vfquequo Domine ? 
 How long Lord, hoi) and true ? Doett thou not judge 
 and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the 
 earth ? Yea fo blind are theSe blood- fuckers, that 
 they labour Still to increaSe this crie$ but G O D 
 will give patience to his Saints , and in his time 
 
 E cut 
 
 *i 
 
 Apoc.«.io. 
 
2 4 I Cap. 2 . Ai hankfutt 3^ manbrancc 
 
 Pfal.59.5. 
 
 Pfal.124 6. 
 
 cut ofTthis wicked Nation. Be not m.rc'tfnllo Lcrd 
 to them tb.it fir.nt of malicious wicktdncjje. 
 
 Thus then this rebellion that was To ilrongly 
 plotted , fo feci etly carried , was by the hand of 
 God difappoynted, and broken into pieces. We 
 have caule to blcfle the Name of God therefore : 
 Praifedbee the Lo-d ? that bath not given w as a prey 
 to their teeth. Thus can wee comfort our jdves m 
 God. But can our adverfaries comfort themfdves ■ 
 in their owne mifchiefes? The iflue was, the 
 Pope and the Spaniard were difappoynted , the 
 I World wondered , how this State was fo foone 
 A».Dc?nA]6) quieted. The Earles of Northumberland and Wtft- 
 \ wetland, feduced by a Prieft that the Pope had 
 fent,one Nicholas Morton , came to Dm bam where 
 they had the Mafic fct vp. From thence they mar- 
 ched to Clifford-Moore , not farre from Wether, 
 by , where hearing that the Scots Qaeene, ( for 
 whofe deliverance they tooke Armes ; was car- 
 ried from Ttitburyxo Coventry, under the cufto- 
 die of theHarles of Shrewsbury and Huntingdon, 
 and that the Earle of Suffcx on the one fide had 
 gathered a ftrbng Annie againfr them , that Sir 
 George Fcnvcs was behind them , having fortified 
 Bernard OIrJc,that the Lo.d Scroop and the Earle 
 of Cumberland had fortified Car lit I, and gathered 
 an Armie the: e in readine[fc,that the Souldicrs of 
 Berwick with the power of Northumberland were 
 in New- cast L/hey turned backcagaine,and b.fie- 
 gcd Bernard Caf/e. Sir George Bowes, and his bro- 
 ther M r . Robert, being driven by an hard fiege,arid 
 wanting provision, yeelded the Gaftle , and they 
 
 and 
 
of GODS March, Cap. 2 . 
 
 and theSouldicrs were dii miffed , carrying their 
 Armes with" them as it was covenanted. Vpon the 
 firltnewes of the feares which the Earle of Suffe'x 
 brought againft them, the Earles fled to Hexham, 
 from thence 3 feekingby-wayes,to.N.f!JW'/A Caftle. 
 Whence the two Earles fled into Scotland , the 
 Ea.de of Northumberland hid himiclfe in thehoufe 
 of Hector of Harlaw an *^rmftrangMwing confi- 
 dence in him that hee would be true to him, who 
 notwithstanding for money betrayed him to the 
 Regent of Scotland. It was obferued that Hector y 
 being beforea rich man,fel poore of afudden 3 and 
 Co hated generally ,that he never durit goeabroad, 
 in fo muchjthat the Provevbe to take Hectors cloake, 
 is continued to this day among them , when they 
 would expreffe a man that betraveth his friend, 
 who trufted him.The Earle was afterward delive- 
 red into England,md condemned of high treafon, 
 and beheaded. Weflmer land found meanesto hide 
 him a while with FernihurH and Bucklougb , and 
 eicaprd into the Low Countries , where being fu- 
 ftained by a poore Penfton of the King of Spaine, 
 he lived a poore life all his time. 
 
 This is the fruit of Popery. It bringeth Noble 
 houfes to deftru&ion. It pitied their hearts , a- 
 gainft.whom the rebellion- was raited , to fee fuch 
 Noble perfons brought to fuch a deftruclion.But 
 the Pope is without pittie and mercie , the PrieBs 
 and Iefuites that bring fuch Noble men into fuch 
 fuares,have no pittie n^>r mercy. Therefore it be- 
 hooveth all n )ble perfons to be wife,and to avoid 
 peftiferous waies,that is, to (hut their eares againft 
 
 E z Priefts 
 
 *5 
 
IBaa ^ , — , 
 
 % 6 / Cap. %• A thankful Remembrance 
 
 Priests and lefuites. Thi'fe bee p?rnicious inftru* 
 mcnts, that fecretly convey them Tel vts into great 
 mens favour,to bring them toruine^they tell them 
 of the Religion of their Fathers,but true Religion 
 bringeth a bleffing^and Religion that bringcth al- 
 wayes a curfe,is to be fufpected.And to lay truth, 
 the Religion of Rome, as now,is not the Religion 
 of our Fathers. For Religion was changed in the 
 Trent Counctll-jsA therefore they cannot fay they 
 have now that Religion which their Fathers had. 
 And that Religion was changed in the Trent Sy- 
 nod, is by learned men fufficiently prooved, and 
 we are readie to maintaine it : for where the Rale 
 of Faith is changed, there rauft needs follow a 
 change of Rdigton 3 and a change of the Church. 
 But in the Trent Conncell the rule of Faith is chan- 
 ged. And therfore men may obferve a great diffe- 
 rence betweene thefe men that are now called Pa- 
 fijls, and their forefathers. God bleffed their Fa- 
 therSjbecaufe they ferved God in ilnceriry,accor- 
 ding to that meafure of knowledge which was 
 revealed to them- for he that ferveth God trucly, 
 according to that meafure of knowledge which 
 hee hath,and holdeth the rule of Faitb,is without 
 doubt accepted of God,and God doth blefTe fuch. 
 But after that God hath revealed a greater mea- 
 fure of knowledge,by thefpreading of the favour 
 of his Gofpcll , they ,who then forfake the trueth 
 offered 3 are followed with great curfes. And ther- 
 fore wee may plainly obferve the curfes of God 
 upon them that forfake God and his truth -Where 
 the Pope curfethjWee fee that God doth blerTe,and 
 
 no 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap.2. I 2J 
 
 no evill folbweth : where God doth curfe, wee 
 fecdeftrudtion followeth. 
 
 This rebellion was fcarce extinguifhed , when 
 another little flame rofe from this greater com- 
 bullion. Leonard Dacres the fecond fonne of Wil- 
 liam Lord Dacres of Gillejland (whole eldeft bro- 
 thers fonne was killed with a Valting horfe ) was 
 much grieved to fee fo great a patrimonietogoe 
 from him to the daughters of the Baron whom 
 the Duke ofJNorfilke their Father in law had joy- 
 ned in marriage with his fonnes. This fo troubled 
 Leonard Dacres , that having no other way to re- 
 venge himfeife, he tooke the courfe of impatient 
 and difcontented men , to revenge all upon him- 
 feife, and joyning himfeife to the rebells,ftrivcd, 
 but in vaine , to deliver the Scots Qucene. When 
 they were in Armes , then was Leonard Dacres at 
 Command offered the Queen all his hdpe agamft 
 them,and for that fervicewas fenthome. But (as 
 it came to light afterward)in his journey by mef- 
 fengers with the rebels hee had communication, 
 and incou raging them , undertooke to kill the 
 Lord Scroofe , and the Bifhop of Carhel. Which 
 when he could not effe<5t,he tooke GraftockeCajlle, 
 and oth:r houfes of the Lord-D<*<;ra,and fortified 
 Naworth Cajlle folding it as in his owne right, and 
 gathered fouldiers about him. Againfthim came 
 the Lord Htmfdon , with the trained fouldiers of 
 Berwick, Leonardnot trufting tahis fortified places,- 
 came to meet the LordHunfdon y and meeting him 
 when he patted the river Ge//,after a fharp battell, 
 finding himfeife put to the worfe, his men killed, 
 
 „_ Ej he 
 
 A9.D«m.is6tj. 
 
28 
 
 G ap. 2 . A thankful! H(enmn hrance 
 
 he fled into Scotland. And To went into the Low- 
 Countries , and in a poore eft ate dy^d at Lovaine. 
 The Queen by Proclamation pardoned themulti- 
 tude which he had drawne to take his part. 
 
 Thismanranaftrangecourfe. When hemi^ht 
 have been out of danger, he runne into a quarreil 
 which he might evidently fee to be loft before he 
 came to iu But hee was drunkt with the cup of 
 Rome ; for who would run fuch courfes but drun- 
 ken menf It may teach others to beware of thofe 
 that bring fuch poyfoned and intoxicating cups 
 from Rome. 
 
o/GODS Mercie. Cap.j, 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 A Commotton in Ireland inflamed by Iohan.Men- 
 doza, ex 'Unguifind by the Earle 0/Ormond. The 
 King of Spaine fret ends tfk enlargement tf the 
 Scots Quecnc, but intends the enlargement of his 
 owne Dominion. Don Iohn ef Auftria goeth about 
 to deliver and marry the Scots gueene. Hee fends out 
 a perpetuallEdtci of Peace, and prefently breaketh out 
 into wane. Be dyetb on afttdden/indfi his purfofe was 
 d^appoynted. 
 
 *9 
 
 O proceed and to declare the peftilent 
 fruit of the Topes Excommunication, 
 which wrought ftill to the confufion 
 of them that ferved it. At this time 
 in Ireland, Edmond and Peter Eotlers, brethren to 
 
 the 
 
 Att.Dem.i^Sp 
 
JO 
 
 Cap. J . A tlmnkfull Remembrance 
 
 the Earle of Ormend, joyning with lames fitz, Mo- 
 rice ofDeJmands family , and with others, fought 
 to doc fervice to the Pope and Spaniard againft 
 Religion , and with a purpofe to draw Ireland a- 
 way from the obedience of Queene Eli^abeth.To 
 this end they made a league among them. To in- 
 flame this rebellion Iohanms Mendo^a came fecret- 
 ly out of S faint : and to extinguish the flame, the 
 Earle o£Ormond went out of England into Ireland, 
 who laboured fo efFe&ually , that hee perfwaded 
 his brethren to fubmit themfelves. They were 
 put in prifon, but that they might not be brought 
 to judgment, the Earles daily intercefllon prevai- 
 led with the Queene. It grieved the Earle excee- 
 dingly, to fee fuch a blot vpon fo noble a family- 
 Ana the Queene was willing to prefcrue the ho- 
 nour of the houfe: as for the rdiques of that rebel- 
 lion,they were in fliort time diffipated by the wif- 
 domc of the Lord Deputy, and the induftry of Sir 
 Humftey Gilbert, 
 
 This was but afmall motion: but it flieweth the 
 reftles fpiritspf the Pope and Spaniard againft our 
 Church & State. And we render thanks to God for 
 breaking the purpofes of our adverfaries before 
 they grew great. This is his goodneffe toward his 
 Church^and his judgement vpon the adverfaries. 
 The King of Spaine neuer refted to ftirre up 
 troubles to Queene Elizabeth , pretending the 
 deliverance of the Scots Queene • but it appea- 
 reth that his intention was for himfclfe , as the 
 Duke Dalva understood it. This is evident by that 
 which wee have mentioned out of Catena. For 
 
 Duke 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap, j. | 5 t 
 
 Duke Z>4/i>*was in fome fcare,that if Queene Eli- 
 zabeth were overthcovvne , yet the Kingdom e of 
 England might not fall- to the Spanyard, but to the 
 French. So that it was-in their intention certainly 
 tobe'caftupbntheiibwA otSfanyard'i'and Here 
 was no reckoning made of the Queen of Scots. So 
 that hbwfoever the pretence was for her delive- 
 rancej»y 'dotherci'vvas another thing intended. For 
 keiWQ Queene' ElizaM) was excommunicated, 
 and depofed, if fliee coukiunee be overthrowne, 
 then they' made no other reckoning but that Eng- 
 land would: fall to the ftrongeft.NOw the Spanyard 
 thinking him felfe the ftronger, fought this prerd-' 
 gative for himfelfe,and therefore he ceafed not to 
 raife troubles to ihejgueene , & the rather ,becaufe 
 hee held it a tiling impoifible for him to recover 
 xhAdw-countii.es, unleife he had England. But be- 
 caufe he found it a matter of great difficulty to fet 
 upon England t his firfb enterprife was to fet vpon 
 Ireland. But when that fucceeded not>at laft. with 
 all forces that might be raifed with many yeares 
 preparations , hee fet openly vpon England. But 
 thefc things are to be fpoken in order. Onely this 
 I prcmife,that we may know from whom all our 
 troubles have proceeded. 
 Many conspiracies brake out one after another, 
 j under pretence of delivering the Queene of Scots. 
 I To effect this thing, Thomas Stanley , and Edward a*.d<t».iv* c 
 j his brother,theyonger fons of the Earle of Darby , 
 j Thomas Gerard, Rolftw,Hall t and other in Varby- 
 i jhire confpired. But the fonne of itolftonwhich. was 
 j Penfioner to the jjtora^di&lofed the confpiracie. 
 
 F And 
 
 ■ ■ ■■■■ i - ■— w^wnw— — 1 
 
3* 
 
 Cap. j . 
 
 A ibankfuU J(emembrance 
 
 jta.Dom.lS7i 
 
 And they were imprifoned, all except ffall, who: 
 efcaped into the Ijleo/Man. From whence by the 
 commendation of the Bifhop of Rofs; he was fent 
 to Qumbriton. Where when afterward the Caftle 
 wa$twonne;he was taken 3 and brought to Undon, 
 where he fufrered death . 
 
 Before the Duke of Norfilk was beheadcd,there 
 were that cqnfpired to deliver him out of prifon. ! 
 TheBifhopof Rap, at this time, a dangerous in- j 
 ftrument againft England,, and as dangerous a- '. 
 gainft the Scots Quccne, for whom bee laboured, \ 
 gaue defperate cotmfell to the Duke , '-that with a 
 choyce company of Gentlemen, he Ihouki inter- ' 
 cept the Qaeene of a (udder,, and trouble the P>ir- 
 Itamcnt, To mew that this was eafie,hc save fomc 
 reafons. But the Duke abhorred to heare of that 
 counfell as pernicious & dangcrous.Sir Henrftcr- j 
 cie at that time offered to the Bi.fliop of Rofs his 
 helpe to free the Scots Qmcm , fo that Grange and 
 Can of Femihurit would icceivc her at the bor- 
 dcrs,and his brother the Earlc of Northumberland 
 might be delivered our of Scotland. But when hee 
 was fufpe&ed for the inward familiarity which he 
 h?.d with Burg/Ay, and deferred the matter a longer 
 time, this counfell came to no effect. As did alfo 
 that of Towel of S^rnford., one of the Gentlemen 
 Pencionarics, and of Own, one that belonged to 
 the Earle of Arundel. Thele tvvoundcrtookcthe 
 fame builneffc alfo for the. Scots Quectes deiive- 
 rance 9 but the Biihopof Rejsftayd that,bccaufe he 
 toc&e them for men of ameaner ranke,thento be 
 fit for that bufines. After the Duke was the fecond 
 
 time 
 
i ii a in 
 
 o/GODS M\rcie. . Op^ | : } 5 j 
 
 : time imprifoned,many were for this matter impri- 
 soned alfo.The Earles 01 Arvnddznd Southampton 
 the Lord Lumlc^ , the 'Lord Cobban, ThomxrXfa j 
 brother \ Sir &&&P? PtfflJR B,iniHc?\ Loa>tfar,Gtrdnr 9 
 Powel, and others were commuted 3 who in hope 
 of pardon told that they knew. 
 
 Barnes & Mathers joined with Hcrlem a bloudy 
 practice to deliver the Duke , and kill certaine of 
 the Privy Councellers. But Herlebting the chiefe 
 in the villany , opened the project. When Barnes 
 was brought before him, & found tierk to be the 
 accufer, he fmiling upon him,faid, Herb, thouhaH 
 prevented me -jf thou hadft flay d but one houre longer, T 
 fhouldthen hauefioodinthy place the aceujer, and thou 
 in my place to bee hanged. j < 
 
 Whmlohn DukeefAuJlriacame into the goveni 
 me^tof the Low-Countries , hee found the States 
 ftrong. The crueltie that the Duke If Alva and o- 
 thers had vfed, was fo far from bringing them in- 
 to a fervile fubjection , that it rather armed them 
 with refolution to defend their liberties, their 
 Iawes^heir rcligion,& their lives. Which may ad- 
 monifh great Princes to ufe moderation in govern- 
 ment : for much hath bcene loft by crueltie , no - 
 thing gotten by it^but nothing can ferve tomode- 
 rare reftlerTe fpirits^fuch a fpirit brought Don John 
 with him into the Low -Countries , who beholding 
 the vnlucky ends of them that ftrovcto delive-the 
 Qucene of Scots , hee notwithftanding fought to 
 worke her deliverance,and to marry hcr,and fo to 
 enjoy both England and Scotland. But to hide his 
 purpofc the better,hee made mew of a perpetuall 
 
 F 2 Edid 
 
 ua.D0m.1sjf 
 
 Am.Dtm.ilf6 m 
 
5 4 / Cap. % i ^ thmkfutt Remembrance 
 
 wi.* 
 
 .>— A *V. I 
 
 Edict for peace,as he called it : & for that pUrpofe 
 &nt Gafielhs to Elizabeth. Who throughly vnder- 
 fhnding'tbe D«M meaning,yct a^ if flic had been 
 ignorant, fent Daniel Rogers to Don John > to con- 
 gratulate for his perpetuall Edict of peace. Albeit 
 me certainly knew 3 that he had refolved to deliver 
 and m4rry the Scots gkcene^nd in his conceit had 
 devoured thekingdomesof England'znd Scotland, 
 bytheperfwafion of the Earle of Weftmerland } zx\d 
 of other fugitives,andby favour and countenance 
 of the Pope wid the Gttifes. And that Don John had 
 a .purp'ofe "out'-of hand to furprife the lh ef Man in 
 the Info feas, that he might have a fitter opportu- 
 nitieto invade England out of Ireland , and the 
 North coaft' of £f0//a/7i;/, where the Scots Qhccm 
 had many at her devotion, and the oppofire parrs 
 of England , as Cumberland, LancafnirCyChejhire, 
 Nortfovxles, ,had many that,as he was in formed ^fa- 
 voured Popery. 
 
 The trueth is, Don Iohn of" AuJIria { as it was 
 knowne from Pereftw , Secretaric to the King of 
 Spaine ) being before this carryed away with am- 
 bition , when hrc was difappoymed of the hope 
 whdch.h'ce had of the Kingdomcof Tftnis,pra£ii- 
 fed fecretlywith the Pope for the overthrow of 
 Qjeene Elizabeth , marrying of the Scots guecne, 
 and fubduing England. That the Pope might excite 
 the King ofSpaitic to warre againft England^ out 
 of a defire to thepublicke good. 3 on John be- 
 fore hec came out ofSpaine to goe to the T^jther- 
 Unds y did forward this motion in Spatne what hee 
 could 3 and afterward fending Efcovedm out of 
 
 the 
 
o/GO D S Merck. Cap. 3 . 
 
 the Netherlands to tyrf/w , did defire to have the 
 Havens m Bifiay, whence a Navie might invade 
 England. But King Philip (happily referring Eng- 
 land as a morfell for his ownc mouth) neglected 
 Don lohn as a man too ambitious, Queene Eli^a- 
 beth understood not thefe things, untill the Prince 
 of Orange opened them to her. Don lohn in the 
 meane time profecuteth the matter of the marri- 
 age with feci efie. And to diiTemble the matter, 
 fent meiTengers to Queene Elizabeth, to hold her 
 with a tale of perpetuall peace ; but of a fudden 
 brake out into warre , and tookc divers Townes 
 and Caftles by fleight and trechery , and wrote to 
 Spaine , that the bed: courfe h to take Zealand,be- 
 fore the more inner Provinces : and being prone 
 to beleevc that which he defired, hee wrote that 
 England might be had with greater eafethen Zea- 
 land, and hee laboured by Efcovedus to perfwade 
 the Spanifl) King. But the Queene feeing all tend 
 to warre in the Netherlands , cntred a.league with 
 the States for mutuall helpe, and fent Thomas 
 Wilkes into Spaine, tocomplaine of the headie 
 courfes of the Duke of Aujlria. And in the meane 
 time prepared for warre. But behold, when Do n 
 John was in the height of his pride and ambition, 
 in the flower of his age, in the midft of bufinefle 
 and preparations, hee dyed on a fudden, as fome 
 thought of the Plague. Some thought that upon 
 g iefe , that hee was not fo refpected of the King 
 his brother, hee ended his foolifh ambition with 
 his life, after that he had imbraced in his ambiti- 
 ous delire the Kingdome of Tunis - 3 whereupon 
 F 3 Culcta 
 
 ?5 
 
 An t D»m.\ffl* 
 
 He died Anno 
 
g 6 I Gap. ? . A ibankfiJl fymembrance 
 
 GuUta was loft in Africa, and after tint the Ktng- 
 dome of England: and had confirmed a league 
 with theGuifians, without the knowledge of the 
 French and Spanijl) Kings, for defence of both 
 Crownes. Thus was the enemy difappointed-thc 
 Queenc, the Land , the Church preferved ; And 
 have we not caufe to remember thefe Workes of 
 God,& to giue God the glory of his owne workc, 
 that is,of delivering his Church i England was as 
 a Stage , whereupon divers entred to play their 
 parts,one after another. The part that they played 
 was alwayes treafon;fbme was kept further offby 
 Gods providence, to dolefTe harme; fome brought 
 the danger neerer home, fyjt God taking the pro- 
 tection of his Church in England,nonc prevailed. 
 And could any other power , but the power and 
 protection of God prefervea land from fomany, 
 fo deadly dangers + Let all mouthes be flopped, 
 and let this continuall courfe of deliverance bee 
 acknowledged the Workc of God. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
of GO D S Mercie. Cap.4. 
 
 j . . . f t ,, J — , .-., ■ 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Stucley his attempt and practice with the Pope 
 and Spmyavdjfor thefubduing of Ireland and Eng- 
 land with Italian Souldien , by Gods providence an- 
 nulled. 
 
 37 
 
 Stucley encouraged . by. Pope and Ktiia of Svaync rayseth rebellion 
 
 ^B E next man that came vpon this 
 Stage,was Thomas Stucley , but the 
 malice that he and the Pope by his 
 emploiment intended againft£#£- 
 land, was turned cleane another 
 way by Gods providence. 
 
 Thomas Stucley an Engltjh man borne, when hee 
 had fpent his eftate in ryot, prod igalkie,and bafe 
 meanes, went into lreland>Ann. 1 5 70 . And gaping 
 
 for 
 
?* 
 
 JthDtm.1^% 
 
 Cap. 4. -^ thankfull Remembrance 
 
 for the Stewardlhip of Wexford, and milling the 
 fame 5 began to utter contumelious words againft 
 the bed defer ving Prince > but he was contemned 
 as one that could doe no hurt. From Ireland hec 
 went into Italic to fins V. Pope. It is a thing in • 
 credible what fauour he got with the old ft^,that 
 breathecl^othingbur the deftru&ioa of Elizabeth. 
 Stuck] with magnificent of teritatton , (as he was 
 a man fingular in oftentation ) made the fope be- 
 leeve,that with three thoufand Italians , he would 
 drive- the Englijh out of Ireland, and burnethe 
 Qoeenes Navie. And indeed thefe things hemoft 
 wickedly attempted afterward , but to his owne 
 deftruclion. 
 
 fins V. having, procured all the troubles that 
 pofllbly he could againft^g^^fjB/^^/^feemed 
 to die for fpite that he could not hurt her. After 
 himfucceeded Gregorie 13. This Pope hadfecret 
 confultations with the King of SpAim , for the 
 invading of Ireland and England both together. 
 Meaning f under the maske of Religion, to, ferve 
 their own ambitious ends. The Popes end was to 
 make his Tonne lames "Boncomfagrio , whom he had 
 lately made Marquefle of Vimola , now King of 
 Ireland, IhcSpanyardscnd was, fecrerly tohelpe 
 the Rebels of Ireland ', as Elizabeth did the Dutch, 
 and m {aire words cntcrrainc a fliew of friendfhip 
 on both fides. The King of Spaine had a farther 
 reach , even to get the Kingdomeof Englurd by 
 the Popes authorise , that from thence hee m ight 
 with more cafe tame the Dutch that were confe- 
 derate againft him. This he found hard for him to 
 
 doc^ 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 4. I 59 
 
 doe, unlelTe he were Lord of the Seas,which hee 
 faw he could not be,unlefife he had England. And 
 there was no doubt b ut as he owed rhe kingdbmes 
 of NaflcSySicilf, Navarre to the bmericence of the 
 P«pe y {o with all his heart he would have held Eng- 
 landby the like favour. 
 
 They knowing ^ that the greateft ftrength of 
 England Hood inthe Navie of the guecnes fhips, 
 and Merchants (hips , which were alfo built and 
 framed for the ufe of warre, thought tint the bed 
 way to leffen the Navie, was to let on the Mer- 
 chants of Italic ^nd Netherlands, tohyre many of 
 the Merchants {hips , feeking divers fcverall pre- 
 tences, and having hired them, to fend them unto 
 the farthefls Navigations, that whilft thefe are ab- 
 fent, theQueenes Navie might bee overthrowne 
 with a greater Navy : and then at the fameinftant 
 Thomas Stncley the Engltjh fugitive , might joyne 
 his forces with the rebels of Ireland jStu dty,abare- 
 worne deceiver , did no lefle coufen this nextfuc- 
 ceeding Pope,th?n he had done his predeceflbur, 
 with admirable bragges. He protnifed the King- 
 dome of Ireland to the Popes haftard fbnne, and 
 got fuch favour with the old ambitious Pof>e 3 that 
 hee honoured him wirh the Titles of Marqueffeof 
 Lagen , Earleof Wexford, and Cater loght , Vicotmt 
 of Morongh , and Baron of ' Rofs. Thefe bee famous 
 places in Ireland And made him Generall of 
 DCCClta/ian fbuldiers,the King of Sfame pay- 
 ing their (Upends , and fo fent him into the Irifh 
 warre. Stuclcy came with thefe to Portugale , to 
 the mouth of Tagtx, purpofing to fibdue Ireland. 
 
 G ' But 
 
 Gregor, 13, 
 
40 / Cap 4. A thankful! Remembrance 
 
 An.Dom.itfZ 
 
 But thepurpofeof God was otherwife. And that 
 which the Pope and Spanyardlud with fuch deli- 
 beration projected, was by the counfcll of Cod 
 diffipated and brought to nothing. For Sebastian- 
 King of Portugal!, to whom the chiefe conduct of 
 the forces againft England was committed ; (for 
 this Prince , puffed vp with a heat of youth and 
 ambition,had long before offered all his power to 
 the Pope, to be im ployed again ft Mahumetanes and 
 Protestants) was then intifed and dr; wne by many 
 great promifes of Mahomet fonne of Abdalla King 
 of Fefs , unto the African warre. SibaHian being 
 thus dravven from the EngOJh Wanes another 
 way^dealt with Stucleyjiax firftlof all hee would 
 carry his Italian Souidiers into Mauritania-, Stucley 
 finding the Span/Jl) King not againfi this project, 
 (for the SpanyarddKdalned that the Popes baftard 
 mould bee King of Ireland) went with Sebastian 
 into Mauritania , and was killed in that memo- 
 rable battel^ wherein three Ki'^gs, S.ebuHian,Ma. 
 hornet , and Abdal Mc'ecb were all ilaine. And fo 
 Stucley had too honourable an end of a diihonou- 
 rable life. 
 
 By the death of Sebastian , the Spaniard w 0.5 
 cleane drawnc away from thinking cf thcEvcftJJ) 
 Invafion for a time,and fct all his forces upon the 
 Invafion of Portugall. If this occasion had pot 
 drawne away the Spamyard , a g rear .temped of 
 Warre mould haue Fallen upon En^L?;d t iif any 
 credit may bee given to the EngUy) fugitives) for 
 they declared that thofe huge Armies, which the 
 Spaniard had provided againfi: England out of 
 
 Italy, 
 
of GODS Mercte. Cap. 5. 
 
 Italy /were now all to beimployed upon the (ib- 
 duing of Portugal : neither would heebe by any 
 meanes perfwaded then, to thinke of the Engliftj 
 Invafion, albeit rhe Englifh fugitives did much 
 urge him,and the Pop: promifed a Crnama in this 
 war,as in the holy Warre was ufed. The King of 
 Spaine was fo wholly defixedwpon Portugal, that 
 nothing could remove him from tha f refblutiofo. 
 Now when it was knownethat Stuctey, and ail his 
 Italians in Mauritania were flaine , and 'ha: the 
 Spanjard thou^dto^ nothi ^gbut Portugal^hcEng- 
 "lijh Navie, that watched for Stucley vpon the Irtjh 
 Seas,was called home , and all was quiet in Eng- 
 land and Ireland. 
 
 By this Pageant wee may obferve how zealous 
 thefe holy Fathers of Rome are , ftot to mafoules 
 to Cbrisi , but to winne Kingdomes to their Ba- 
 ft ards. Tw- » Popes proceed in the f '.me courfe of 
 malice and makdilhon againft Queene Elizabeth, 
 and one Englifh fugitive makes them both fooles. 
 But our part is to remember who governerh the 
 world, and turneth the wife and politike counfels 
 of all the enemies of his Church into foolifhnes. 
 Wee give God the praife, and remember thefe 
 things for no other end , but to give the glory to 
 him. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 Nich: Sanders fetteth on the Rele lis in Ireland, 
 animateth them in their bloodie practices , getteth a, 
 confeerated Banner from the Pope for them. San- 
 -=> __^ G 2 — le&phu*!' 
 
4* 
 
 Cap.^. A thankfull%emtmbranci I 
 
 Iofephus 5 n^ 7 oo Italians dnat Spaniards' fettfren I 
 the Pope andthe King of Spa'me, ever mte Ireland to ■ 
 helpetbe rebels y yeeldeth the fort. The Bark Deftaond, 
 a great maintamcr of this rebellion, killed by a common \ 
 Souldier in bis wandering. Sanders , the firebrand of] 
 the rebellion falleth mad y anddieth miferably of famine. \ 
 Obfirvatww hereupon. The Explication of that place, j 
 2 Thef 2 . i p. applied to the Papifts in repel both cf\ 
 their doctrines and doings. 
 
 T)eJinonAs treapnt , Zr* Moody P 
 
 N the next- place comes up Nichlas 
 Sanders, that in the defence of rheifo 
 [ manviftble Monarchy Ecclefaficall had 
 g wrirtrn. Put f nding rhat hee could 
 doc no good by writing, hee falleth 
 now unto another courft. to be the firebrand of a 
 
 Rebel- i 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 5.! 43 
 
 Rebellion in Ireland. Tames fitz. Morice being par- 
 doned for a former rebellion, withdrew himfelfe 
 [mo France, promifingthe French King, that if he 
 would fend help,he would joyneall Ireland to the 
 French Scepter, and reftorc the Rcmanc Religion in 
 the Ifle. But being wearied with delayes , and 
 finding himfelfe derided , from France hee went 
 to S faint , and promifed the fame to the Spmy 
 ard. Who fent him to the Pope. From the Pope 
 at the earned fute of 'Nicholas Sanders, an English 
 Prieir,and one Alan an Irifh Prieft, he obtained a 
 little money. And to Sanders authority Legatirie 
 was granted, hee got forfooth a confecrated Ban- 
 ner^ Letters of commendation to the Spanyard, 
 and fo returned into Spaine. From Spaine he came 
 into Ireland with thofe Priefts,three fhippes , and 
 a fmall company of fouldiers. He landed at Smer- 
 mckt'm Kirria , a Cherfines in Ireland , about the 
 fir ft of Inly, Ann. 1 5 79. Where , when the place 
 was firft orderly confecrated, he railed a fort, and 
 withdrew his fliippes. Which fhippes were pre- 
 fently furprifed , and carry ed away by Thorns 
 Courtney an Englifli GentIeman,who -with a warre 
 fhip ftayed by chance in a neere haven, and fo ex- 
 cluded the Sp/nyards from the benefit of the Sea. 
 John Defmond and lames , brethren to the Earle 
 of Defmond, fpeedily joyne themfelves to their 
 coufin Fitz, Morice.. The Earle himfelfe, who 
 heartily favoured the caufe , counterfeiting the 
 contrary, called his men together, in mew to re- 
 fill- them , but craftily caufed the Earle of Clan- 
 ticket to withdraw, himfelfe, who was comming 
 
 G ; to 
 
 An.D&m.iyjv 
 
44 
 
 Cap. 5. A tbtnkfull Remembrance 
 
 to helpe him againft the Rebells. 
 
 The Lord Depntie underftanding by certaine 
 MefTengers, that the enemies were landed , fent 
 Henry Davtl , an Englifli Gentlem:m,a man of va- 
 lour, and who had good acquaintance with the 
 Dejmonds, to the Earle of Defmond and to his bre- 
 thren , commanding them prefently to let upon 
 the Fort, which the enemies had railed. But that 
 they rcfufedto do,as a thin^ full of dangers. And 
 as Davil returned , Iohn Desmond folio wethhim^ 
 and overtaketh him at Trally in an Inne. And in the 
 night time,having corrupted the hoft , came into 
 his chamber,with fome other cut-t roats, having 
 drawn fwords in their hands; where Davtlus (lept 
 in,fecuritie with Arthur Carter, an olde Souldier, a 
 man of worth, Deputie- go vernour ofMonmuth. 
 But being awaked with the tumult, when hee faw 
 Iohn Defmond with a naked fword ru' hing towards 
 him, What is the matter,my fonne,quoth he,(for 
 fo hee was wont familiarly to call him:) Nay, 
 laid Defmond , I am no more thyfonne,nor thou myfk- 
 ther Jor thou jhalt die. And prefently thruft him and 
 Carter, which lay with him , through with many 
 wounds, and killed them both. Davdta his foot- 
 boy defended his Matter with his naked body^re- 
 ceiuing many wounds to fave hisMaft'er if hfce 
 could. Then he killed all Dav'iU fcrvants,which 
 Slay fcattered in divers places. And returning to 
 I the Spaniards all imbrued in blood, hee gloried of 
 the daughter which he had made. Lettbifjaid he, 
 be a pledge of my faith to you, and to the caufe. Doctor 
 Sanders commended this aclion,asafweetfacri- 
 
 fice 
 
of GODS Mercie^ Cap. 5. 
 
 fice before God. lames fit^M once blamed the ma- 
 ner .of the (laughter, hce would haue had it rather 
 in the way,then in their bed. The Earle,when he 
 heard of it,utterly dcteftcd it. 
 
 When the Spaniards faw but a few Irijh ioyne 
 themfelvcs with them , and they poore and un- 
 armed ; far re other wife then^s M&rice had pro- 
 mifcdjthey began to diftrufi: 5 to cry out they were 
 undone,to bewaile their foi tunes,feeing all wayes 
 was fhut vp fo, that they faw no meanes to efcape 
 by Sea or Land. Tit\Morice exhorts them to ex- 
 pect with patience awhile- he told them great for- 
 ces were comming to helpe them. And himfelfe 
 tooke a journey to the holy croffe of Ttppararia, 
 pretending to performe a Vow which he made in 
 Sfaim ; but in truth to gather together the kdixi- 
 ous of Comcb and Fitter. 
 
 Whilft he was thus in journey with a few horfe, 
 and tweluefoot, as he paffed by the land of Willi- 
 am a Burg his kinfman, and taking fome horfes 
 from the Plough >bccaufe his horfes tired: thehuf- 
 bancmen made Hue and cry,and raifedthe neigh- 
 bourhood to recover the horfes. Amongft thofe 
 that went to recover the horfes , were the fonnes ! 
 of William i Burg, forward young men , who pur- I 
 fu.ed them fo fharply , that they overtookethem, 
 Fitz, Morice feeing Theobald a Burg , and his bre- 
 thrcn 5 who had indeed in a former rebellion taken 
 part wkhfitz Morice : Coufms, quoth he 3 let vs r,ct 
 J firivefor two or three paltry jades, J doubt not , but if 
 yon knew the caufe why I am returned into Ireland, you 
 would joyne yourfehes with mec. Theobald anfwered, 
 
 // 
 
 45 
 
4 6 I Cap. J . A thankful! fymembrance 
 
 I 
 
 It repenteth mee } my F 'ather t and all our friends cf our 
 lali rebellion. But now wee have fvcrnc our fealtie to 
 cur mott gracious Princeffe, who bath granted to us our 
 lives, and wee tvillkeepe our faith and alkagiance : and 
 therefore rejlore the horfes , or I will make therefore 
 them. And withall, hee ranne up in him with his 
 | Speare. They fought a while together. Tkeobal- 
 I das and another of his brethren, with fome other 
 were fiaine. Fitz, Monce alfo himfelfe being run 
 through with a Speare, and his head mot through 
 with a bullet, was flaine with divers of his men. 
 Queene Elizabeth hearing of this chance, wrote 
 Letters full of forrow and love to William a Burg, 
 comforting him for the death of his fonnes. She 
 honored him with the title of Baron of Cond Caft He, 
 and rewarded him withayeerely Penfion. The 
 old man being over-joyed with fuch unexpected 
 favours,died not long afcer. 
 
 Sir William Drury then Lord Deputy ,came neere 
 to Kdmaloch , and fenr for theEarle of Defmond: 
 who comming to hi»n,promifed his faith Srallea- 
 giance to his Prince, and fwarc that himfelfe and 
 his men mould fight againft the rebels. Whereup- 
 on he was difmilfed to gather his companies, and 
 to returne to the Lord Deputie. John Defmond the 
 Earles brother , who was by the rebel Is put in the 
 place of Ftt\Moricc , lying in ambufh, did intrap 
 Herbert & Pn/e,with the bands which they led,and 
 killed them,himfelfe being hint in the face. Some 
 fuppliescame out of England 3 and Pierrot vvs fenr 
 with fix war-fhipsto defend the coaft : the Lord 
 Deputie grew (o fkke,that he was forced to with- 
 draw 
 
of GODS Mcrcii. I Cap. 5 J | '47 
 
 drawto Waterford fot his healths fake^andappoin- 
 ted Nicholas Malbey , Governour of Cormacb, a fa 
 mous and approved Souldier,to follow the wars. 
 And worthy Sit William Drury foone after dyed. 
 Malbey fent to theEarle of Defmond,and often ad- 
 monifhed him of his duty & promife: and feeing 
 it notgood to linger in (lich a bufines, he brought 
 his forces into Conies, woody country ,again(l the 
 rebels. There was John Defmond, who, in battell 
 array and with the Popes confecrated Bann?r diC- 
 plaied,received the forces of Malbey. It was marply 
 fought on both fides. Butthevertueof zhc Engli/J) 
 prevailed;/^ Defrpond&ed rirft away,and left his 
 men to the (laughter. Among them was found 
 Alan the Irifli Prieft , who exhorting them to the 
 battell had promifed them the victory Malbey by 
 a mefTenger fent for the Earle to come and his for- 
 ces with him : and when he in vaine expected him 
 I foure dayes , hee came to Rekel, a towne of Def- 
 m&nd. Heerethc Earle began to fhew himielfe 
 plainly for therebels,after that he had a long time 
 ufed dillimulation in his words and countenance. 
 The fame night the rebells fct upon Malbey his 
 tents in the darke, but finding them well fortified, 
 they went away and did no harme. After the death 
 of Sir William Drury ,Wiltiam Pelham was fentLord 
 chiefe Iuftice into Ireland 3 \mth the authority of a 
 Deputy, until a Deputy mould be fcnti& tne E ar ^ e 
 of Or mend was made governour of Munltir^ who 
 fent Defotonds fonne {which he had with him as a 
 pledge)to be kept at TnMin. Pelfiam i chie& luftice 
 cometh to Munfier ,fends forDefmond^ but he fen- 
 _^ H ding 
 
4» 
 
 An*Dom. J $7 9 
 
 Cap. 5. A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 ding letters by his wifeexcufeth hi m fdfe. Where- 
 upon the Earle of Ormond was fentto him , to ad- 
 monifh him to deliver into the hands of the Lord 
 chiefe lu&ic^Sanders the Prreft,the forrainc foul- 
 diers,and the Caftles o£Car?gofoil,& Askctten^nd 
 to fubmit himfelfe abfolutely, & turne his forces 
 againft his brother and the other rebells. Which 
 thing if he would doe,he might obtainc pardon of 
 his rebellion 3 othei wife hee was to be declared a 
 traitor and enemy to his Country .Whilft he held 
 off with delay es and ddufons , hee was declared a 
 traytor in the beginning of December., Ann. 1 5 79. 
 That he had dealt with forrainc Princes for inva- 
 ding and fubvei ting his Country : That he had re- ' 
 tained Sanders andfitz Notice, rebels : That he had 
 helped the Spanyrds after they were gone out of 
 the Fort at Smcrwkk : That hee had hanged rhe 
 Queenes faithfull fubje<5ts-had advanced the Ban- 
 ner of the Pope againil the Quecve • that hee had 
 brought. ftrangers into the Kingdomc. After this 
 proclamation,the chiefe Iufiice appointed the wars 
 againQ: Pefmond to be profecuted by the Earle of 
 Ormond: The Earle of Ormond with his forces de~ 
 ftroyedC^/^.the onely. refuge which the rebells, 
 had 5 ■hee.-dra.Ve-away their Canell- 3 and gavethpn! 
 a prey to be divided among his fouldiers.Hc han- 
 ged the Bailifc of ToughalL before his d 00 re, be - 
 caufe he had refufed to take a band of -Englh'h into 
 the Towne. And then fccgan to befiege the tyani- 
 atyifm $trangical -. but they, fearing ilich a thing, 
 had conveyed themfclucs out of danger. Yet the 
 BngUfh followed thenv 3 and killed them all. And e- 
 
 m i ■ ■— ' 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 5. 1 49 
 
 very way through Mtwffier preffed the rebels mod 
 fharply. Defmondtk his brethren were Co hard dri- 
 uen, hiding thernfelves m their lurking holes/hat 
 they wrote to the chisfe Iufticefignifymg that they | 
 had taken vpon them the patronage of the Catfo- \ 
 like faith in Ireland , and prayed him to take part 
 with them.This mewed their caufe was defperate, 
 they had no hope, unlefTe hee that was come pur- 
 pofely againft them would helpe them. The chiefe 
 Iufticc laughing pleafantly at the motion, went to 
 MunBer , and called the Nobles to him , and kept 
 them,neither would difmiiTe them,until they had 
 given pledges , and promifed their helpe againft 
 the rebels to joyne with him and the Earle of Or. 
 mond.Thzy therupon dividing their bands,fought 
 out the rebels. They forced the Baron of Lixnaw 
 •to yeeld himfelfe: they befieged Carigofod Cattle, 
 which 'Iulitis an Italian with a few Sf.irfiards main- 
 tained , and breaking the walls by the force of 
 great Ordnance,they entred,and killed or hanged 
 all that kept the place with lnltm alfo. 
 
 At this time came Arthur Lord "Grey Lord 2>e- 
 putie into Ireland', An. 1 5 8©. Soone after his com- 
 ming, about feven hundred Italians and Spaniards 
 fent from the Pope and King of Spaine, under the 
 government ofSan-Iofepbtis, an Italian, came into < 
 Ireland, under the pretence of reftoring the Romam 
 reIigion,but the pnrpofe was to divert the gjieenes 
 forces,& call her. from other cares to Ireland only. 
 They tooke land without any trouble at Smerrvick 
 in Kirriafot Winter, that had a good while ftayed 
 in that coalt with fhippes,wayting for them, was 
 
 H 2 
 
 now 
 
 Aa.Dom.\<,%9. 
 
jo /Cap. 5. Atbankfull^emejtibraftce 
 
 ' 
 
 now returned to England, thinking they would 
 not come in winter. They made the place (Irons, 
 and called it Fort del or. But afToone as they heard 
 that the Earle of Ormond was comming towards 
 them,by the perfwafion of the Irifh they left the 
 Fort,and betooke themfelvcs into the valley Gla- 
 mingcl , which was compafled about with high 
 mountaines and woods. The Earle tooke Tome of 
 them, who being queftioned of their number and 
 purpofe,they confeflfed that 700 were come$ that 
 fo much armour is brought that may ferve 5000, 
 that moe are daily expe&ed out ofSpaine, that the 
 Pope and King ofspawc are rcfplyed to drive the 
 Engltfh out of Ireland $ that for that end they have 
 fenta huge fumme of money, which they haue de- 
 livered into the hands of Sanders the Popes Nuntie, 
 of the Earle of Defnond, and John his brother. 
 That night the Italians and Spaniards were much 
 to feeke , not knowing what way to turne them- 
 felves,not knowing to hide themfelves 3 as the Irifh 
 doe, in dens and bogs, and therefore in the darke 
 they went backe to their Fort-neere to which the 
 Earle ofonmndhzd pitched : but being unprovi- 
 ded of Ordnance, and other things needfull for 
 oppugnation, lice flayed for the comming of the 
 Lord Deputic. \fy ho foone after came , accompa- 
 nied with Zoucb, Raleigh, Dennie, MacworthjAchmy 
 and other Captaines. At that time came^to 
 out of England with warre-fhips,rnuch blamed for 
 withdrawing himfelfe when there was need of 
 his fcrvice. 
 The Lord Deputy fent a Trumpetter to the Fort 
 
 to 
 
of GODS Met tie. Cap.'?. 
 
 to demand what they were , what bufinciTe they 
 had in Ireland I Who fent them < Why they had 
 fortified a place in the Queencs Kingdome t And 
 withall to command them prefently to depart. 
 Their anfwere was , that of them fome were fent 
 from the molt holy Father thePo/x? of Romejome 
 from the Catbolike King of Spaine , to whom the 
 Pope had given Ireland-Jor as much as QueenejE- 
 li^abeth had loft her right in Ireland by rcafon of 
 herefie. And therefore that which they had taken 
 they would hold,& get more if they could. When 
 the Lord Deputy and Winter had confultcdof the 
 maner of the fiege,they brought fbme CuTverings 
 out of the fhippes in the darke of the night 5 and 
 digging through the banke , they drew them the 
 neareft way,and placed them. TheSouldiersaJ/b 
 mounted their great Ordnance againft the wall, 
 and did beat upon the fort continually foure dales 
 together. The Spanyatds once or twice made /al- 
 lies out,but ftill to their lofle.Of xheEnglijh none I 
 was killed, fa ving onely John Cbeke,a goodly yong 
 man and valiant,the fonne of that learned Knight 
 Sir Iobn Cheke. 
 
 Stn-Iofephus y who was governour within the 
 Fort, a weake man, and terrified with the daily 
 (hot, began quickly to thinke of yeelding. And 
 when as Hercules Ptjavtts and other Captaines 
 difTwaded him earneftly from that,as a thing un- 
 worthy of military men,urging that al fhouJd pre- 
 pare for a defence , left by their negligence they 
 might withdraw the courage of the Irifh , which 
 were comming to helpe them. But nee, being a 
 H 3 man 
 
 5» 
 
52 I Gap. ^ . A thttnkfuli Remembrance 
 
 man of Angular cowardife, affayed the mindes of 
 the fouldiers , and wrought fo, that the fouldiers 
 feditioufly offered force to the other Captaines, 
 that at laft they conferred to yeeld. Whereupon 
 the fift day,when they faw no hope o£ helpe,nei- 
 ther from Spdj/k nor Definond, they put out a 
 white Flag, and demanded parley. Which thing 
 was denied them, becaufethey had joyned them- 
 felves with the rebels,with whom it was not law- 
 full to have any parley.Thenthey demanded that 
 with bag and baggage they might depart 3 but 
 neither was this granted. Then tbey intreated 
 that this favour might bee granted at lead to the 
 Governour and f§me few befides , but that', 
 though they much befought it,coald not be gran- 
 ted. But the Lord Deputy, inveighing againft the 
 ■Pope ,• commanded that without any condition 
 they mould limply yeeld themfelves. A id when 
 they could obtaine no more , they put out their 
 white flag againe , and cryed miftrtcordia, rxiferi- 
 cordtA.hnd fo fubmitted themfelves (imply to the 
 Lord Deputy his mercy. Who prcfcntly fell into 
 cofultation what were beft to do. The adversaries 
 were in number as many as thcEngliJhjmd danger 
 was feared of the/«/ferebels,who were more then 
 ijco at hand. The Engl/jl) wanted vicltials and ap- 
 parell , fo that they were ready to make a tumult, 
 unlefle they might bee relieved by the fpoiles of 
 the enemies out of the fort,&fhips were wanting 
 to carry away the enemies. At la(t they came to 
 this conclufion,(The Lord Deputy being much vn- 
 willing & wecping)that the Captaines mould bee 
 
 pre- 
 
, of G Q D S Mer ae. . Cap. 5 . 
 
 preferved,tfac reft (liouldbe all flaine promifcuouf- 
 ly in terrour of others that mfght attempt lo here- 
 after. The Irifli mould 1 bee \\x ged £ which was 
 prefenriy executed. The ^ucci/t was not pieced 
 at the manner of this exe.cution 5 and wifhed it had 
 been undone,hating cruelty, though neceffary, a- 
 gainft fuch as have once yeeldcd, and was hardly 
 after drawne to admit any excufe of the daughter 
 committed. This was done -^#.15.80. Somethree 
 yeeres after the Earle of Dejmond y oH noble houfe 
 but of a barbarous nature , who barbaroufly had 
 fworne,that He would rather for Jake G?'4, then fir fth 
 hU /»«*, wandring-from place to place*, was. at tfaljt 
 found of a common fouldier in a poore Cottage. 
 The Earle was in a poore eftateunknowne,till the 
 fouldier had almoft ftrucke off his arms. 'Then-lie 
 defcried liiini^lfe.aii<j- vf^s/k\]i^ mM^MH f im 
 that had drawne the Earle; into this tebeliion^^we! 
 at the lame time fpent with famine ^.and forfaken 
 of all fuccour : and being impatiently grieved at 
 .the evilj fucceffe of this Rebel lion ,pr*>e<?edingfo 
 muchagainft his deiires/eeing ne«tej&$epes 
 b1efling,nor the con fee rated Banner, ao#£he au- 
 thoritie by the Pope committed to him could do 
 him anyhelpe,, he.loft;himfelfe r and ranneftarke 
 \WA s^andring up and dowrtf inrjbe mou-wirtcs 
 . and woods, and finding no comfort dyed mifera- 
 bly . j When he was dead, there were found in his 
 fcjip fome Orations and Epiftles written to con- 
 -firme the Rebels a n*lled with great promifes of the 
 tope and Spanjard. 
 
 : Thus Gods jufticc met with a reftles & wretch- 
 
 ed 
 
54 
 
 a.TheC*. 
 
 C ip . 5*. A thtnkfull ^pmmkranct 
 
 ed man, and that foule mouth was flopped up with 
 famine, that was ever 9pen to ftirre up rebellions 
 againft: the State , that had uttered fo many blas- 
 phemies againft God, and his holy truth,and in- 
 vented fo many ftrange lies againft men. This 
 man firft of all men devifed a notorious lie againft 
 thebir h of the £heews mother j which none of 
 her enemies ever heard or knew, fhee being in the 
 hatred of fo many Papists, that would not have 
 fpared to havefpokenevilI,yct was it never heard 
 or knowne for fourtie yeeres after. And the ac- 
 compt of the time ck>th prove it fall e , and him- 
 felfeiike a forgetfuli liet.doth plainly refute him- 
 fclfe. This Pageant of the Pope and his Legat San- 
 den wee may not let paffe without fome obferva- 
 tions , Seeing there is no way to ex&tiate their 
 cruehie , wee pray that it may pleafe God tare- 
 move tHeir coecitk and obduration , if it bee his 
 good pleafure, that they may on<c truely fee 
 themfelves and their ungracious aclions , where- 
 of the fight ijs now taken from them by reafon of 
 their bUndnefle* For We hold this to proceed ra- 
 ther from their blindnefle, then fromawilfull 
 andobftiftateftriving againft the knowne truthi 
 but this wee warne them , to labour to know the 
 truth, ^and tofet their hearts to fceke^ left they 
 bee wrapped farther and farther into that great 
 judgement , wherein, as yet, they are : flrider his 
 power which worketh with all power and fiptn and 
 lying wonders , in all deceivablenefji Vj of uWtghkouf- 
 nefje, among them thatpenjh , becaufe they receive not 
 the love of the trueth , that they might beef avid. And 
 
 there- 
 
of G O D S Mercie. Cap. 5. 1 5 5 
 
 therefore God frail fend them prong illusions , that they 
 fhould bdeeue lyes , /£** all they might bee damned 
 which bdeevednot the truth , but had pleasure in un- 
 righteoufhejfe. Two things arc hcere contcined in 
 thefe words, which jumpe with thefe Prietfsznd. 
 Seminaries which the Pope fendeth foorth- the do- 
 clrine which they teach , and the attions which 
 they pra&ife. Their doclrines which they teach 
 are lyes. The Apoftle warned us they fhould be- 
 leeve lyes ; this is a juft judgement upon fuch as 
 love not the truth : Their ufuall pracitfe is unrigh- 
 teoufaejp. What greater lyes can be invented then 
 to lay, that Whatjoeverthe Pope will allow for a Tra- 
 dition of his Church , that is the Word of God. A lye 
 with a witnefTe, and withall a blafpheray againft 
 the moll: High. What greater umighteoufneffe , 
 thentogive away other mens poffef ions to fir angers, 
 that have no right to them • to d/$oJJeJJe Kings • to 
 give Kingdomei which is none of yours to give ^ to kill, 
 tomurther , tomafjacre, to doe any acl of unrighteouf. 
 neffe at the commandtimtnt of the Pope or my Superi- 
 our: Thefe I am fure are the pra&ifes of unrigh- 
 teoufnelTe; would to God thefe men would once 
 Iookebacke upon themfelvesand their owne ac- 
 tions , and conflder what a difference is betweene 
 the ancient Bifhops of Kerne, and thefe of late ; be- 
 tweene godly Divines, and the Popes Clergie. The j 
 ancient Bifhops did never draw the fword to pro- 
 pagate the faith • the Apoftles left no fuch exam- 
 pic to them , but by their labours in Preaching, 
 and their patience in fuffering they gathered "a 
 Cfuirch , and eftablifhed the Faith s but behold, 
 
 I how 
 
5 6 I Cap. 5. A thankfull tf{em em Iran ce 
 
 how unrighteoufneffeand villany is now come in 
 place I An ungracious bloody wretch kils a man 
 in his bed.a man that was his friend • fuch a thing ' 
 chancing in the Warres may bee borne with, but 
 in bed to murther his friend , is an extraordinarie 
 figne of barbarous crueltie : And yet,that Sanders 
 the Popes Legate mould pronounce this thing to ; 
 be a fweet facrifice to God,this paffeth all imagi- j 
 nation. Can any either practifc thefe things, or j 
 commend thefe practices 3 but onely fuch men as 
 the Apoftle defcribeth , that are given up to be- 
 leeve lyes,and to worke unrighteoufneffe i If any 
 man fhall anfwere mee heere with that old wornc 
 Cuckow Song , that thefe things are not under- 
 stood by them to bee tmrighteom which the Pope 
 commandeth,that they do thefe things in obedience 
 to Chrift his Vicar. I anfwer , they .that would 
 make fuch an anfwer , are cither fuch as are men 
 of 'conscience , or altogether without conscience . If 
 they be men without confeience , I have nothing to 
 fay to fuchjbut wim them better then they doe to 
 themfelves, that they had fome feeling of confei- 
 encc. If thefe men have any fparke of conscience y 
 then I would intreat them fcrioufly to confidcr 
 what is that which the Apoftle,in the place before ] 
 cited,calleth thcdeceivablenes of unrighteoufhes: 
 For this word fheweth that there is fome plaine 
 and downe-rtght unriqhteoujncffe , and alfo fome 
 deccivablenejje of unrightcou\ne([e. What is that 
 deceivablcnefje of u might eon fm(je ? Surely there is 
 fomcthing herein for them to ftudic , that are fo 
 readie at the Popes command to doe vnrighteous 
 
 things: 
 
of G ODS Merck. Cap. 5. II 57 
 
 things^and make not Gods Word, but the Popes word 
 to be the rule to know what is righteous /what un- 
 righteous. When the law of God t the law of nature, 
 thelaw.of #4fww,the;Iaw of otir land- y when I fay, 
 all law.es forbid a thing^and onely the Pope com- 
 mands it,& commands it againft alllawes^thenif 
 a man obey xhePope'm fuch things,he is deceived, 
 amdJie doth unrighteously. Here is the deceivable- 
 .tfseffeofiuimghteoufrejje. But you muft underftand, 
 that thefe men are thus deceived by him whofe com- 
 ming is by the working of Satan , with all power ,. and 
 figves, and lying wonders, \ and in all deceivableneffe of 
 ftnrighteoufnes in them tbatperifh,becaufe they, reteive 
 not the -love of the truth. Let men that have any 
 care to fave their foules ', learne to love thetruth; 
 die truth will deliver therri. And. let them obferve 
 that maintaining offilpdsffrines, and ^fumtghte- 
 ousaihons^t things joy ned>to*ether,one follow- 
 eththe other.Now becaule wc feefalfe do&riries 
 or lyes maintained byPapifts, and unrighteous 
 and ungracious actions by them ordinarily at- 
 tempted ^therefore we hold them undoubtedly to | 
 be the fervants of AmkhriH, who are given up to 
 beleeve Iyes,becaufe they love not the truth. But 
 for our felves , wee know that the Scriptures are 
 the Word of God : We beleeve the Scriptures : 
 we truft in God : we worfhip him as himfelfe hath 
 revealed and commanded: If our enemies wrong 
 us, we haue recourfe to God by prayer • we have 
 found by continuall experience, that God taketh 
 the protection of them that thus truft in him: We 
 have trufted in him 3 we have found his protection: 
 
 I 2 We 
 
58 
 
 Cap.5« A thankful! Remembrance 
 
 We reft in patience, and commit the vengeance to 
 God,Is there any man in the world that knoweth 
 any thing of religion, that can deny that we are in 
 a good ftate 3 and our enemies in a defperate ftate * 
 we have comfort,but they can have none. Confidtr 
 this you that forget Godjejl be flucke you up, andthere 
 be none to deliver you. Now,which is our chiefc end 
 IrTThefe collections, for our deliverance we.blctife 
 the name of God; and we doc acknowledge wi*h 
 all humilitieandthankfgiving, that all our delive- 
 rances come from theundeferved loveand favour 
 of our moft gracious God and Father. And wee 
 find our felvesmoft ftri&ly obliged unto this du- 
 tie , becaufe wee fee God hath made our enemies ; 
 his enemies: they cannot fight againft us,but they 
 muft fight againft God j how much then are wee 
 bound to honour and fervethis great God of hea- 
 ven and earth,that hathfhewed fuchfavour.to his 
 Church in EngUndl> 
 
 CHAP. 
 
of G O D S Mercie. Cap. 6, 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 7& wjliutthn of the CollcdgesofSemimty Priefts 
 tt be the tncendtaries of England • difference ficm the 
 foundation ef ancient Colledges. The feates of Father 
 Parfbns andEdm. Campian and others to draw the 
 allegiance of the Englift from their Queene, This 
 drew upon themjcveritteof Lawes, eBablifbedin Par- 
 liament agaikM Papifts, and approved by the parallel 
 example of the Larves made againfi the Donatifts in 
 S.Auguftines ?*>»'. 
 
 59 
 
 T this time, Ann. 1580. the Sembark 
 Priefts and Iefuites increafing in England, 
 neceflary lawes were provided againft 
 them. Thefe in truth were maintained 
 I 3 b 
 
do 
 
 — — = 1111 a 
 
 Gap, 6* A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 by the adver fades of England as a Seminary of re- 
 bellion ; for fo ftill they proved. Their firft foun- 
 dation was at Doway in the Low-countries , where 
 by the procuring oi William Alw y an Oxford man, 
 afterward Or4inall,there was a Colledge provi- ! 
 ded for them, in theyeere 1568 ; where fugitive 
 Priefis were brought vp , not fo much in Religion, 
 as in new and ftrange practices oftreafin. The 
 Pope aflig&edthema yeereiy ftipendi Thus they 
 ftood for fome yeeres. But when the Low-'Coun- 
 tries began to bee troubled with warres f Rcquefe- 
 niu*,who was governour there under the Spanijl) 
 Kingydid thruft out ail Engli\h fugitives out of the 
 Low-countries. Whereupon they that were willing 1 
 to make ufe of fuch inftruments to tvoubkEnglana A j 
 thought good to giveentertainment to them. And 
 thereforetwo Colledges were fet up for the Eng-, 
 lijh fugitives,the one at Rhemes,by the G»//a,aqor 
 ther at Romeby Pope Gregory i^.Fromthefe Col- 
 ledges they were fentinto England, under pretence 
 of Religian,but indeed to withdraw fubjcds fcoqp 
 obedience to their Prince,& to draw the kind 'un- 
 to the fubje&ion of Grangers. They called them- 
 felves Seminaries, becaufethey were to fowe the 
 feed of the Romane Religion in England '• And 
 what is that feed o^ Roman Religion ,but the feed of 
 Rebellion ? Certainly foit hath ever proved. Thefe 
 men to mew their zeale to their new Founders, 
 and their hatred to their Countrey, difputed and 
 defined the Popes authoritie by Gods law CO have 
 the plenitude of power over the whole work! in 
 all thingsEccle{iafticali& Politicals out of winch 
 
 plenitude 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap.6. j 6 1 
 
 plenitude he might excommunicate Kings,and af- 
 ter Excommunication , depqfe them from their 
 thrones,and abfolve their fubj efts from ailcrathes j 
 ofallegiance.Thus was the Bui of Pius 5 .published 
 An.1569. From whence rofe the rebellion in the 
 North of England,and thofe rebellions of 'Ireland, 
 of which wee have fpoken. Hanfc, Nelfin, Main, 
 SkenvoodJPnedsjhen taught that jjhteene Elizabeth 
 was a fchifmatike and an heretike , and therefore 
 worthily to be depofed 5 for which they fuffered 
 defervedly 5 but ftill others were fent into their 
 places 5 and though they came in upon defperate 
 points,as fouldiers upon a breach, yet others fol- 
 lowed as defperate as the firft: And would not vn- 
 derftand that they ventured both foule and body 
 in the caufe of the Pope againft chriftjot fuch is the 
 caufe of treafon being commanded by the Pope, 
 and forbidden by CbriH. 
 
 The Priefts and Iefuites at this time fpent all 
 their learning and skill to ftirre up rebellion in 
 England, giving out in corners 3 & in publike prin- 
 ting Bookes , to declare that the Pept and King of 
 .5^4/#£ had confpired, that £??g/W mould bee o- 
 verthrowne and left as a prey. This was done of 
 purpofe to confirme their owne fide , and to de- 
 terre others from their obedience to their Prince. 
 Whereupon the jguecne tet out a 'Proclamation, 
 fignifying that fhe had never made attempt upon 
 any Prince,onely defended her owne , not inva- 
 ding the Provinces of other Princes, though fhee 
 had beene provoked with wrongs , and invited 
 by opportunitie. If any Princes mould oppugne 
 
 her. 
 
 An.vom.15%0 
 
4z 
 
 C ap . 6 . A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 her , fhee doubted nor but by Gods favour fhee 
 mould defend her ovvne^ & hud therfbre muftered 
 her forces by Land nd Sea,and was ready againft 
 any hoirile incurfion. She exhoneth her fakhfull 
 fubje&s to hold their faith and allegiance firme to 
 God, and to their Prince/Sods Minifter. For o- 
 thers that had ihaken off the love of their Coun^ 
 trey,and obedience to their Prince 5 She comman- 
 deth them to carry themfelves modeftly, and not 
 to provokethefeveritie of juftice ; for fhee would 
 no longer endure fparing of evill men, left fo fhee 
 might be cruell againft the good. 
 
 Among the Iefuites that came then into England, 
 Robert Parfons and Edmund Campian were chiefej 
 they had procured a temper or qualification of 
 the Bull of Pius V, obtained of Greg. 13. in thefe 
 words : Let petition bee made to our hdly Father, that 
 the Bull declaratory of Pius V. againft Elizabeth and 
 her adherents he interpreted : which the Catholikes de- 
 fir e to bee vnderftoodfo, that it bind her and her et ikes 
 alwayes,but not Catbolikes, things ftanding as they doe . 
 But one ly then when the publike execution of the Bull 
 may be had. Thefe forefaid favours the Pope gran- 
 ted to Robert Parfons and Edmund Campian , now 
 readie to goe into Englandxhc 13. day of Aprill, 
 1 5 80. in the prefence of Oliver Manarcus aflifting. 
 This was procured to give fome content to the 
 Recufants that were offended at the publicati- 
 on of the Bull , and found that it did them more 
 harme then good. Parfons and Campian came 
 fecretly into England, and changed their cxte- 
 riour habit and apparejl,that they might the bet- 
 ter 
 
cf GODS Mercie. Cap. 6. 1 6 5 
 
 ter paffe unknowne. Sometimes they went like 
 ruffians, fometimes like mimfters, fometimes like 
 noblemen, fometimes like finldiers, fometimes like 
 apparitonrs • they walked lecretly from Recufants 
 houfes to Recu/ants houfes, and did in words and 
 Writings roundly fee forward the bufinefle for 
 which they came. Parfenswzs the fuperior,a man 
 of a feditious and turbulent fpirit, armed with I 
 audacioufhes,he brake out fo farre among the Pa- 
 pists againft the Qucem , as to propofe the project 
 of depofing of her. In fo much, that fome Papifls 
 themfelves ( as they, themfelves have laid ) did 
 thinke to have delivered him into the hands of 
 the Magiftrate. Campian was fomewhat more 
 modeft , yet by a Booke which he had much la- 
 boured and brought with him , which , as him- 
 Celfe faith j might bee taken with him, if he were 
 apprehended, did provoke the Mihifters of the 
 Church of England to difputation,the Booke was 
 intituled, A booke often Reajons or Arguments, writ- 
 ten politely in Latine to confirme the Doclrines 
 of the Church of Fome. Parfom wrote more viru- 
 lently againft M r Charkt, who had written fober- 
 ly againft Campians Provocation: but Campians 
 ten Reufins were throughly and folidly anfwered 
 by D; Whitaker , Campian was taken^and brought 
 to difpuration , where it was found , that in lear- 
 ning and knowledge hee came farre fhort of that 
 expectation which himfelfe hadraifed of him 
 fdie> y the whole Deputation was afterward fet 
 foorth in Print. In the meanetime many threat- 
 ningswere publilhed againft the Church and State 
 
 K of 
 
tf A I Gap. 6 . A thankfull ^em em bran ce 
 
 of England^ni much fpeech was of the Pope and 
 the Spaniards preparations to fubdue England. 
 
 By which manner of proceedings it may ap- 
 
 peare, that the end why thefe and other &ch were 
 
 lent into England, was not to draw men to God, 
 
 but to betray the Land to ftrangers 5 for thcfe men 
 
 cared not what became of England, fo the church 
 
 of England might be difplanted , and Popery fct up 
 
 againe. For which purpofe wee may obfei ve the 
 
 Cottedges for Semwancs fet up at Rbemes and 
 
 Rome.Thefe Colledges did ftrangely fwervc from 
 
 the end and foundation of the ancient Colledges. 
 
 The ancient Colledges were founded for learning 
 
 and Religion 5 thefe for meerc fail ton : t he ancient 
 
 Colledges were for the furtherance of godlinejje, 
 
 and pietie , thefe for the pra dices of ungodlinejfe^ 
 
 and ungracious treafons. Let no man tell me that 
 
 the ancient Colledges were founded by Papists, 
 
 and fo were thefe Seminaries , and therefore for 
 
 the maintenance of the fame Religion i for this is 
 
 nothing but colouring and daubing of their new 
 
 practices from the fight of the ignorant ; for all 
 
 their hope is in the ignorance of men,hoping that 
 
 they (hall have the greareft part, becaufc the 
 
 greateft part are ignorant. But now God in his 
 
 mercie hath fo plentifully revealed the truth ,the . 
 
 ignorance of men is not fo great as the Papists 
 
 would haue it 5 for men are taught toknow,that in 
 
 the Councell of Trent , there hath been ha r ched a 
 
 new birth of Popery. Where they have changed the 
 
 Rule of Faith, which was ever maintained in the 
 
 Church of Rome before that time. Whereupon 
 
 there 
 
of G O D S Mercie. Cap.6.j 6k 
 
 there followeth a change of the Churchy a change 
 of Religion, They that founded the ancient Col- 
 ledges, knew not this new Churchy this new Religi- 
 on, which is newly hatched in the Trent Counce II 
 Therefore thefe late Colledges of Seminaries are 
 founded upon a new Religion. This new Religion 
 of Rome is nothing but the pra&ice of Treafbns 
 againft States. Surely it muft be a ftrange Religi- 
 on that muft be maintained by ungodly pra&ifes. 
 There was never any Religion that allowed fuch 
 praclifes. And herein the Papists exceed the Hea- 
 then, who,being guided onely by the light of Na- 
 ture,yet have difallowed fuch ungodly and ungra- 
 cious practices which the Papifis ufe. Let all men 
 confider whence this new Religion of Rome procee- 
 ded , that in ungodly practices is founded and 
 maintained • that all fuch practices proceed from 
 the devill,no man can doubt : that God hath pre- 
 J /ervedthis Church of England from all thefe prac- 
 tifes., this is that which caufcth Us to truft in God, 
 and to give all the glory of our deliverance to his 
 holy Name. 
 
 Edmund Campian , Rafe Shemin , Luke Kirby, 
 Alexander Br iant were taken in the yeere 1581. 
 an,d being brought to judgement, wereaccufed 6t 
 Trea/bn againft the ^ueene and State ; that they 
 were dircSed by the Pope, came into England, to 
 ffce up fcdition,and to make a ftrong partie; and 
 beereupon they were condemned as offending a- 
 gainft the Lawcs. Campian was demanded whe- 
 ther hee tooke gueene Elizabeth to bee £)neene of 
 England by right and law * To that he refufed to 
 J K 2 anfwer, 
 
Cap. 6 . A thankful! ^pnemhrance 
 
 anfwer. Then he was demanded,iftheP0/>£ fhould 
 fend an Armie into England againit the guecne , . 
 whether hee would take the Popes part, or the 
 gueenes ? To this hee protefted openly, that hee ] 
 would take the Popes part , and confirmed it by 
 his hand-writing 5 he was put to death, and fome 
 others for the fame caufe. When as yet from the , 
 time of the Rebellion there was but five put to ! 
 death in this caufe. The Queene , thinking that } 
 mens confeiences fhould not be forced, did often 
 complaine, that fhee was neceffarily driven to 
 thefe courles,unleffe fhe would fuffer a mifchiefe 
 to fall vpon her felfe and her fubje&s by them that 
 fought to colour their treafons under a pretence 
 of confeience and Catholike Religion. And yet (he 
 thought that fome of the poore Priests y that were 
 fent, were not acquainted with the fecret plots of 
 treafon 5 but found that their fuperiors fifed thefe 
 as instruments of then wicked intentions^and they 
 yeelded the whole diipoiing of themfelves to the 
 judgement of their fisperiors. For they that were 
 then & afterward apprehended, being demanded, 
 whether by the authoritie of the Bull of Pius V. 
 the fub jeers were fp abfolved from their oath and 
 allegiance, that they might take Armes againft 
 the Prince < Whether they held her for a lawful] 
 gueenef Whether they ycclded their confent to- 
 . the. opinions of Sanders and Brulow concerning 
 the authoritie of that Bull i Whether,if the Popt 
 fhould warre againft the Jgueette , they would take I 
 his part or hers i To thefe things they anfwered, i 
 lome Co ambiguoufly , fome fo fiercely, fome by 
 
 prcva- 
 
 -~— — ■ ■ — ■ ■I^M^MM—MMl ■■■ ■■■Mil ■ ■■ I I ~ ~ '- Ml J ■ 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 6* 
 
 prevarication or by filence fhifting. that divers o" 
 thcr Papitfs, who were not acquainted with the 
 fecrets of their villanies , began to fufpe<5t. that 
 furely they nourifhedfome fecret mifchiefe - and 
 Iehn Bif1)op,otherwife much addicted to their Reli- 
 gion, wrote and foundly proved that the Confti- 
 tution obtruded in the name of the Councdlof La- 
 ter an , from which they founded all their au- 
 thorise to abfolve Subjects from their Allegi- 
 ance,and to depofe Princes , was indeed nothing 
 but a decree of Imocentim 1 1 1, nor was ever ad- 
 : mrtted in England. Yea , that Councell was no 
 Councell , and that nothing was decred there by ' 
 the Fathers. 
 
 Sufpidonswere ftill increafed,by reafon of the 
 number of Prie&s daily .comming into England, 
 and creeping in corners , who fecretly fought out 
 the mindes of men, and taught that Princes 
 excommunicated were to bee throwne out of 
 their Kingdomes • that Princes that profeflfed not 
 the Roman Religion, were fallen from the title and 
 kingly authority- that they who had taken orders, 
 were by the liberty of the Church freed from all 
 jurifdidion of princes^neither werebound totheir 
 Lawes 3 or bound to reverence their Majeffie- that 
 the Magiftrates of England wait not lawfull, and 
 therefore not to be accounted as Magiftrates. Yea' 
 and moreover, that what things foever had bin e- 
 ftablimed by the guetnes authority, after the pub-, 
 liming of the Bull of Pi™ the fifr,were void alto- 
 gether by Gods law, and mans law, and to be re- 
 fpe&ed as things of no account. Neither did they 
 
 K 3 dif- 
 
 67 
 
68 
 
 Cap. 6. A tbankfuB Remembrance 
 
 diffemble their purpofe, that they were come into 
 England for this end,that this Bull mightbe effect- 
 ed^ that they might in private confeifions recon- 
 cile men,and fo abfolve them from all faith and al- 
 legiance toward the goeeneJTbis thing feemed to 
 be more eafily effected, when men wereabfolved 
 from all mortall finne , as the Priests perfwaded 
 them,and this way was the fafeft 5 becau(e the moft 
 fecret,and under the feale of Confeffion. 
 
 Thefe practices extorted of the Parliament held 
 then in Ianuary y An. 1582. new lawes and more fe- 
 vere againft thefe Popijh practifes.By which lawes 
 it was madetreafon to diffwade any fubject from 
 their allegiance to their Prince,and from the Reli- 
 gion which was then eftabliflied in England h or to 
 reconcile any to the Romifh Church , the fame pu- 
 nifhment was to bee inflicted upon them which 
 were fo perfwaded or reconciled. To fay Mafle, 
 was punifhed with two hundred marks ,and a yeeres 
 imprifonment , and to bee farther punifhed untill 
 they had payed.To be prefentat Maffe willingly, 
 was punifhed with an hundred markesfine , and a 
 yeeres imprifonment: They that refufed to come 
 to their Parifh Churches,were to pay twenty pound 
 a monetb. 
 
 This maner of punching refra&ary men,thatin 
 matters touching the Church were troublefome 
 and. fed itious,was taken from an ancient maner of 
 punifhing fuch men in the time of S c AugujUnefov 
 he fpeaketh divers times of the Pecuniary mulct of 
 the Emperors, which was inflicted upon the Do- 
 nates. And becaufe the Seminary Priefts and le- 
 
 fuires. 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 6. 
 
 fuites,whohavc bin punifhed, not for Religion,h\Xi 
 for Trcafins in the execution of civill Iuftice, for 
 offending againft the Lawcs of the Land , have 
 giuen out that they have becne perfecuted for 
 Religion,andfomeofthem have been made Mar- 
 tyrs : (thefe bee a new kinde of Martyrs, not for 
 Chrtfts caufc, but for the Popes caufe againft ChriH y 
 and againft his Word and Commandement.) 
 It fhallnotbceamiffe to obferve the ftate of the 
 Churchin S c Auguflwesume^znd the judgment of 
 the Church then , which in divers refemblances 
 doth anfwer to our times - y for then the Emperour 
 had that power and authority, which we now give 
 ] to our Kings. The Pope had no more authoritie 
 then, then we would yeeld him now,if he would 
 maintaine the Do&rine that the Popes then did. 
 The Pope was then under the Emperour; the Em- 
 perour punifhed both Pope & others, if they offen- 
 ded his lawes. Parmenianm a Donatift complained 
 they were punifhed by the Emperour , and perse- 
 cuted , and called their per fecution Martyrdome, 
 as did the Papifis that were punifhed. S t Auguftine, 
 anfivering the Donattftsfahh 5 Si qmj'qm ab Impe. 
 cc more&c. If every man that is punifhed by the 
 "Emperour, or by the Iudges which he fendeth, 
 " muft prefently be accounted a martyr, then fhall 
 cc we have all prifons full of Marty xs^c. And after 
 <c he filth : Therefore not every one that in fome 
 cc queftion of Religion is punifhed by the Em pe- 
 " rour muft prefenrly be accounted a Marryr , for 
 cc hee is juftly punifhed for Superption , which he 
 cc thought to bee Religion. No man verily that in 
 any 
 
 6 9 
 
 Lib.l.cdp.Q. 
 centr.Epift, 
 Par men. 
 
.70 j Cap. 6. A tbankfult Remembrance 
 
 Math.?. 
 
 ibid.edf.io; 
 
 Gakt-J.ip. 
 
 cc any refpc<5t is a Chriftian dare avouch this- for 
 cc fuch men 3 proceeding like blindc men , fee not 
 cc that they who thus thinkjpiocecd Co farre,as to 
 cc proove that the very devils may thus challenge 
 " to themfelves the glory of Marty rs,becaufc they 
 " fuffer this perfecutionby the Chrtflian Emperors, 
 u forafmuch as their temples aredeftroied over all 
 " the world in a maner , their Idols are broken in 
 cc pieces,their facriMces are forbidden , they who 
 cc honour them , are puniflied if they bee found. 
 " Which if it be madnes to maintaine 3 then it fol- 
 tC loweth, that righteoufneffe is not proved byfuf- 
 cc fcnng,bnt by righteoupiejjfe,fuffertng is made glo- 
 cc rious: therefore the Lord faid not y Blefedare they 
 c< that fiffcr perfection , but hee addeth that which 
 cc maketh the difference between pietie and facri- 
 cc ledge , Bleffed are they which fuffer perfecuiion for 
 cc righteoufneffe, &c. And after hee Jaith : Ifthefe 
 cc men,being convicted of their wicked practices, 
 " mall acknowledge,that they who are thus puni- 
 cc ihed for their mad tricks may not be accounted 
 cc Marty rs ? but yet they will fa?/, that thefc things 
 " ought not to belong to the Emperour to pu- 
 tc niflif (luff as the Pap ffs fay, the pimifhment of their 
 " Clergie belonged not to the MagiHrate ) I demand 
 cc then, faith Auguffine , whether they thinke that 
 cc the lupcriour Powers ought not to have care 
 <c of Religion , and of punifhing falfe religion i 
 " The Apoftle faith, The works of the fkjh are mam- 
 "fifti whtch arc adultery, fornication, umleannefe, 
 Cf wantonnefje, idolatry-pitcher aft, hatred, debate,emu- 
 " laUon 3 wrath , contentions, f edit ions, herefies , envy, 
 
 mur- 
 
of G O D S Merck. Cap. 6. 1 .71 
 
 "mvrtbers, drunkennejje , gluttonie, and fuch like. 
 "What reafon can thefe men render, why it 
 " mould bee juftice for the Emperours to punifh 
 " Idolaters, murtherers, and fuch, and not by the 
 cc fame reafon to be like juftice in them to punifh 
 cc Heretikesc' When as they are accounted in the 
 " fame fruits of iniquitieby the Apoftolicall au- 
 tc thority. If the Magiftratebe not bound indutie 
 cc to punilli fuch finners , why doth he beare the 
 cc Sword? and why is he called the Minister of God, 
 "for vengeance against them that dee evill ? Vnlefle 
 cc haply Tome of them bee fo ignorant as to inter- 
 " pret this honour given to the Magiftrate of ho- 
 " nour Ecclefiafticall , that by the Sword may bee 
 " understood a fpiritaall cenfure, which worketh 
 " excommunication: But the Apoftle moft provi- 
 " dently doth plainly open in the procetfe of the 
 cc fame words,what he meaneth : for hee addeth, 
 "fir thii caujeyou pay tribute : and in another place, 
 " Give to Cafir tbofe things that are Cafars , and to 
 " God thofe things that are Gods. But thefe men are 
 "difobedient in both; for they neither giue to 
 " God his true worfliip , nor to Kings humane 
 "feare and reverence. Where further hee dccla- 
 " reth , that again ft thefe Donatijts>thax. held their 
 cc Conventicles againiithe Lawes eftabli(hed,the 
 "Emperours mufe was exacted, and the place 
 " where fuch Conventicles were kept, was to be 
 " forfeited to the Emperours Exchequer. Thus, 
 "fine Augustine. 
 
 By this we fee that the eftate of the Church then 
 was much like the eftate of the Church in thefe 
 
 L times. 
 
 Math.i*. 
 
 Cdf.it. 
 
 \ 
 
fZ /Cap. 6. A thankf nil Remembrance 
 
 
 times.Hh.t reverend judgement of S c Augufline the 
 fame with the judgements of the Btfhops in Eng- 
 land, The unlawfull and ungracious practices of 
 the Donates, like the practices of the PapiJis h Ca- 
 ving that the Papiiis have proceeded more deepc- 
 ly in wicked practices 5 and have gotten a greater 
 head then the DomtiHt ever had. The Lawcs of 
 the civiiyviagiftrate then and new much alike. 
 
 
 CHAP. 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap.7. 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 The V nefts feditious Books agjinfi thegwene brings 
 on Somervils furious attempt to ktllher. They move 
 with the Ladies of Honor to doe it. The Queenes mild- 
 nes and wonder full mercy towards this vermine. Men- 
 dozaf^Spanim Ambajjador ,for yratfiftngagainH 
 the Queene,/* thruft out 0/England.Tnrogmortons 
 confefion,and condemnation for treafen. 
 
 73 
 
 Fter this , in theyeare 1 583 . the Prietfs 
 and lefuites wrote very feditioufly dan- 
 gerous Bookes againA Jgueene Elizabeth, 
 & fome other Princes excommunicated. 
 Thefe Bookes being written with great bitternes, 
 did prevaile Co farre with fome that admired the 
 
 L 2 Popes 
 
 Au.Dim.i&l. 
 
74 
 
 Ao.Dtm.\&*. 
 
 Cap. 7. A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 Popes power,that they drew them cleane from o- 
 bedience of their Pnnce,fothat,!ike men that had 
 cad: off the yoke,thcy entertained a hatred of her. 
 Amongft other, one Scmervil, a Gentleman, was 
 fo bewitched by them,that he fecretly fought en- 
 trance to the gueenes pretence , and breathing out i 
 nothing but blood againft the ProteJ.ants,like a I 
 mad man he fet upon one or two by the way with I 
 a drawne fword in his hand. And being appre- | 
 hended, he confeiTed that hi&gui'pofc was to have 
 killed the gueene. (Did ever any of'the-Doriatiffs 
 or Circumcelltans practice a more furious attempt, 
 then this man? ) For this he was brought to judge- 
 ment, and , by his difcovery , Edward At dtrn his 
 father in law, a Gentleman ofWanvickfl)irc,and 
 Arderns wife , and their daughter Somervils wife, 
 and Hall a Prieft , were condemned as guiltieto 
 Somervils practice. After three dayes Somervil 
 was found ftrangled in the prifon. (Fox fcare be- 
 like that he might have difcovered more ) Ardern 
 being condcmncd,was hanged the next day. This 
 is the common end that Priefls bring fuch Gentle- 
 men unto , who are willing to hcarethem,and be 
 perfwaded by them. 
 
 The next yeereafter,(fof feldome did any yeerc 
 paffe without fome treafon)fome Englifh Gentle- 
 men began to practice the deliverance of the 
 gueentoi Scots. FrancisTkrogmorton fell firft into 
 fufpition, by certaine Letters intercepted written 
 to the guttnt of Scots, As foone as he was com- 
 mitted to prifon , and began to confefTe fome- 
 thing, pf e&ntly Thomas Lord Paget \ and Charles 
 
 Arundel 
 
 — - 
 
of GODS Marie. Cap.7. 
 
 Arundel , a Courtier, fecretly fled the land , and 
 went into France, Thefe men meeting with other 
 devoted to the Rorxane Religion , did much com- 
 plaine, recounting their forrowes among thera- 
 felves , that the gueenc was eft ranged from them 
 without their fault by the cunning ofLeicefter and 
 Walftngham . that themf elves were expo fed to un- 
 worthy contumelies and ignominies ; that Angu- 
 lar trickes were found out , and fecret fnares laid 
 fo cunningly , that improvident men , will they- 5 
 nill they, muft needs be intangled in fuch fnares • 
 that to rcmaine at home there could be no faferic 
 for them. It was thought at this time, that fbrn° 
 cunning was pra&ifed to feele mens afFe&ions ; 
 and that counterfeit Letters were written under 
 the name of the Scots ^ueene , and of fome fugi- 
 tives,knownc traytors to the State- which Letters 
 might be left in the houfes of Recufants,and that 
 fpies were fent abroad to gather rumours, and to 
 catch fu/pitions. Divers were drawne into fnares. 
 Among others , Henry Earleof Northumberland^ 
 and Philip Earle of Arundel was commanded to 
 keepe his houfe 5 his wife was committed to Sir 
 Thomas Shirley to bee kept^and Henry Howard the 
 Dukes brother was often examined of Letters 
 fent from the Scots gueene , from Charles Paget, 
 and from one A/0/v,then unknown. Some blamed 
 the narrow fearching of things,andthe manner of 
 drawing men into danger. Others thought that 
 all the meanes that might be ufed to prevent the 
 Queenes danger, and to fave her life was but necef- 
 iary. And indeed the outragious malicioufnelTe of 
 
 75 
 
 i_~ 
 
 the 
 
76 
 
 Cap. 7. A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 the Pafifis againfl: the gtuem brake out daily • for 
 by Bookes imprinted they exhorted the gueems 
 maids and Ladies of honour to doe the fame againfl; 
 the Jgueene which ludith did againfl: Holofirnes. The 
 Authour of that Booke was not found , Gregorie 
 Martin was fufpected,a man learned in the Greek 
 and Latin tongues, and chofen by the Duke to be 
 the bringer up of his children. Carter the Statio- 
 ner,that caufed the Bookes to be printed, was pu- 
 nifhed for it. 
 
 The^gjww, that was much traduced forcruel- 
 tie,knowing her owne mildneflTe , and defirous to 
 leave a good remembrance of her name behinde 
 her, was much offended with the ludges of the Pa. 
 f */?* apprehended,if they parted any cruell fenten- 
 ces againfl: them,which might be injurious to her 
 honor. Infomuch that they were forced to excule 
 themfelves by publike writings,w herein they pro- 
 tefted,thatthe Priejlsy$£re much more mildly ufed 
 the they deferved: that no queflion ofreligionwas 
 moved tothem,but onely of fuch -pernitious ma- 
 chinations againfl: their Countrey , againfl: their 
 Prince,whercof they were either found guilty, or, 
 by the difcovery of others,fufpe<fted. That Cam- 
 pan was never foracked,but that presently he was 
 able to walke , or to fubfcribe to his confe.lions. 
 But for BriAntj who flubbornly denyed to utter 
 by fpeech or by writing, who was the man that 
 wrote thefe fecrct things which were found about 
 him- to this man meat was denied, untill by wri- 
 ting he would ask it.Forall this the gueen was not 
 iatisrled,and therefore (hee commanded xhc-Ex*- . 
 
 miners 
 
i 
 
 of GODS Mercie. Cap. 7. 
 
 miners to abftaine from tormenting men , and the 
 Indges from funijbing. And fhorr after, ihee com- 
 manded feuentie Priests to be fent out of Engiwds 
 wherof fome were condemned to die^all of them 
 were intangled within the danger of the Lawes. 
 The chiefe of theie were Gaffer Haywood, the fon 
 of Haywood the Epigrammatic, who of all the Ie- 
 fuitcsfirft entred £#£/W, lames Bojgrave, which 
 wasaIfoaIefuite,/0?#H4r/, the moft learned a- 
 mong therewith whom Dolt. Reynolds had confe- 
 rencejand Ed. Rijhton,a wicked and ungratefull man 
 who wrote a booke prefently after,fhewing forth 
 the poyfon of a cankred heart againft the gueene, 
 to whom he owed his life. 
 
 The Lord Paget and Arundel, who went into 
 France, were narrowly oblerved there by Edward 
 Stafford, the Ambaflador Leiger there for Queene 
 Elizabeth h but hee could not find out what they 
 pra&ifed 5 yet he dealt with the French King, that 
 they, Morgan , and fome other Englijh fugitives, 
 who were knowne to be practifers againft their 
 Prince and their Country, might be thruft out of 
 France. But it was anfwered,that if they pra&ifed 
 any thing in France,th.£Kmo > would by law punifh 
 them- but if rhey had pra&ifed any thing in Eng- 
 land, that of fuch things the King could take no 
 notice , nor by law punifh them : that all King- 
 domes were free for fugitives : that it behooved 
 Kings to maintaine their owne liberties : That E- 
 tizaleth not long before had admitted into her 
 Kingdome Montgomery, the Prince of Condie,and 
 others of the French nation,and that Segneres Am- 
 
 bafTadour 
 
 77 
 
 \ 
 
7» 
 
 Cap.7» A thankful! Remembrance 
 
 baffadour of the King of Navarre was in England* 
 pra&ifing of fome things that concerned the 
 FHmh State. 
 
 In the meanetime, Bernardimu Mendo^a the 
 King ofSpaine his Ambafladourfor EngUnd^oXt 
 fecretly into France, fretting and fuming, that hee 
 was thruft out of England by & violation of the 
 right of an Ambaffador : when as indeed he was a 
 man of a troublcfomefpirit,& had abufed the re- 
 verend right of Ambatfadors, by the practices of 
 treafon againft this State wherein he was. He was 
 commanded to depart out of theRealme/whereas 
 many thought fit that hee mould have been with 
 fomefeverity cenfured for violating the office of 
 an Ambaffador. For he hadpraclifed with Threg. 
 
 morton 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap.7. | 79 
 
 morion and others to bring in Grangers into Eng- 
 land,™ invade the Iand,and to remove the gueene. 
 And being gently reprooved for thefe things, hee 
 was Co farre from offering to excufc thefe things 
 with a modeft anfwer, that he began to accufe the 
 gueene and the Councellfov the money taken from 
 the Merchants ofGema^nd for helping the States 
 of the Nether lands, of the Count Jnjow,of Anthony 
 of Portugal , and charged them with the fpoyles 
 that S r Francis Drake had taken from the Spanyards 
 in the weft Indies. But that the Spanyard might the 
 better undeiftand , that this which Queene £//£/*- 
 beth had done in fending away Mendoza , was no 
 violating of an Ambauadour, but a cenfure of 
 Mendotyhis wicked practices, Sir William Wade 
 was ient to Spaine,vfho might plainly informe the 
 King, how unworthily he had behaved himfelfe 
 in his arabaffage ; and might alfo fignih*e,that the 
 gueene would not have this fending away of him 
 to be interpreted a renunciation of friend (hip,but 
 that {he would maintaine all offices of humanitie, 
 if hee would fend any Other that were carefull to 
 conferve friendfhip betweene them , fo that the 
 like offices were performed to her Ambaflador in 
 Spaine. The SpaniJJ) King would not admit Wade 
 to his prefence>but referred him to his Councell: 
 Wade hereupon declared boldly, that thecuftome 
 was received among Nations,that even inburning 
 warre, AmbafTadours were admitted into pre- 
 fence of their enemies , and that Charles the fifth, 
 Emperour, Father to the King of Spaine admitted 
 into his prefence an Herald , who denounced to 
 
 M him 
 
So {Cap. 7. A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 him wars from the French King,& denied tocom- 
 municate the Inftrudtions of his Ambaffage to his 
 Councellers. Idiacim the Kings Secretaire could 
 by no cunning fifhout of Wade what were his In- 
 ftructions, untill he understood the whole matter 
 from Mendoza then lurking in France. Then the 
 Secrctaric laying afide his publike perfon , did 
 familiarly declare to S r William Wade that he was 
 forry that fome men did labor craftily to diifolvc 
 friendfhip among Princes v and to nourifh hatred 
 betweene them 5 The injuriethat was done, was 
 not done to the AmbafTadours , but to the Catho- 
 likc King;that there was no caufc for him to accufe 
 Mendoza to the King , who was fufrlciently puni- 
 flied with an ignominious extrufion out of Eng 
 land Tor the fault , if there were any /which he co- 
 mitted. Neither might he complainc if he were 
 not admitted- for the CatbolikeKing did nothing 
 herein but quit like with like, feeing Mendoza was 
 difmilTed from the Qncenc, unheard . And as fliee 
 tefened Mendoza to her Counctljfo the King had 
 referred him to the Cardinal! GranvitUma.. Wade 
 anfwered^thcre was great difference in their cafes; 
 for himfelfe lxe had never offended the Catkolike 
 King:but AtaaS^j* had grievoufly offended againft 
 the Queene,and for a longtime through his owne 
 infoleneie difdained to come,and had committed 
 many things vnworthy the office of an AmbafTa- 
 dour. Yet he could not be admitted,but returned 
 unheard.The crimes that he would have -objected 
 againft Mendoza ,were taken out of the. confefiion 
 ofThrogmorten. For Francis Tbrogmortan /when he 
 
 was 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 7. 
 
 was apprehended, fcnt privily one packet of Let- 
 ters to Mendo^a. 
 
 His other packets being fought & opened,there 
 were two Catalogues found ; In the one of them 
 were the names of all the havens of England that 
 were for forces to land in : In the other were con- 
 tained the names of the Noble-men,\vh\ch here and 
 there throughout England favoured the Rcmam 
 Religion. Theie papers when Throgmorton Caw 
 produced, hee cryed out that they were counter- 
 feited, that hee had never feene them before, that 
 they were devifed for his deftru&ion. But when 
 he was againe brought to the racke, he denied not 
 to anfwere what hee knew to the queftions pro- 
 pofed. Being therefore demanded of thofe Cata- 
 logues , to what purpofe they had been written,he 
 made this narration; that not many yeeres fince 
 hee went to the Spaw water , where, with Jeney and 
 Fr: Inglefieldy he had counfell and communication 
 how England might be taken by ftrangers,and the 
 forme of the government changed. For that pur- 
 pofe he de/cribed the names of the havens,and of 
 Noble -men j that Morgan had certified him by 
 Letters out of France, that the Catholtke Princes 
 were refolved to invade England-, that theQueene 
 of Scots mould bee fet at libertie by the forces of 
 the Guifes. To this project there was nothing wan- 
 ting but money , and the helpe that was expected 
 out of England, To effect this the better, Charles 
 Paget under the name of Mope , was fecretly fent 
 into Suffix, where the Gttife purpofed to take land : 
 that he had communicated the matter to Mendo^a, 
 
 M 2 and 
 
 81 
 
 ThregmertOH, 
 
82 /Cap. 7. A tbankfuU Remembrance 
 
 and told him the names of the Noble- men , who 
 knew all thefe things before fully of the confpi- 
 ratours: Neither denyed hee that himfelfe had 
 promifed his helpe to Mexdoza, , and withall that 
 hee admonifhed Mcndoza, of thofe Nobles that 
 were fit for him being a publike perfon to deale 
 withall,which himfelfe being a private man could 
 not doe without danger. And that he had taken 
 order with him, & concluded of the meanes to be 
 ufed , namely, that the chiefe Catholikes } as foone 
 as ever the forraine forces drew neere , mould 
 mufter fouldiers in the gueenes name, who mould 
 joyne themfelves with the forraine forces. Thus 
 much he confeffed willingly. 
 
 Yet when hee came to judgement in the Guild 
 HaII at London ,he denied all,and faid that all thefe 
 were fained devices to fave him from the racke, 
 and openly accufed the ^neenc of crucltie , the 
 Examiners of fal flood; feeking a flatting hole from 
 the fpace of time which pafTedbetweene the time 
 ' of the committing his crime, and the time of his 
 judgement ; for in the XIII. of Elizabeth cer- 
 taine crimes are made treafon , for which no man 
 mould be called in queftion,unleiTe the delinquent 
 were accufed within fix moneths after the crime 
 committed , and the crime were proved by wit- 
 neife and oath of two , or by the partie his owne 
 free confefTion. Now hee pleaded that this time 
 was pair, and therfore that he was not to be called 
 into judgement. But the Iudges anfwered , and 
 fhewed that the crimes objected againft him,were 
 of another kind j for hee had oflFended againft an 
 
 old 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap.7. 
 
 old law of treafon made in the time of Edward 3, 
 which admitteth no circumfcription of time or 
 proofe. And from that law hee was condemned. 
 Afterward being pcrfwaded and better thinking 
 ^nthematter,he craved the Queenes mercie, and 
 by writing confefTed all at full againe , which hee 
 had done before : and as a man unconftant 5 began 
 to deny againe at the gallowes. 
 
 M? 
 
 CHAP. 
 
 85 
 
84 
 
 Cap. S. A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 m CHAP. VIII. 
 Newpraclifes of our enemies dijcouered, not without 
 a miracle by Crcightons torne papers. The mtfcbie- 
 vohs but unfucceJfefuU conclusion of Alan, IrHefield 
 aadRokagainjl Jgueene Elizabeth and King lames! 
 Parries treafon opened: his confefiion, and execution. 
 Lowes in Parliament enacted againft Priefts and Re- 
 cufants. Philip Howards intention to leave the Land 
 difewered before it could be effected. 
 
 Veene Elizabeth at this time 
 fought a faire opportunitie and 
 meanes to fet the gueenc of Scots 
 free: and for that purpofe had 
 tent Sir William Wade , that was 
 now returned out of Spaine, to 
 
 con- 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 8. 
 
 conferrc with her of the meanes 3 and was about to 
 fend S r Walter Mildmaj to bring that matter to a 
 farther end. But fome terrors and feares broke in 
 between them which difturbed that project. Efpe- 
 cially by a difcovery of papers , whicli Creigkon 
 a&a**Mute failing into Scotland, .did teare then 
 when iiee was taken by Dutch Pyrats. Creigkon 
 tore the papers,and threw them into the Sea 5 but 
 they were by the force of the wind blowne back 
 againe into the iliip , not without a miracle , as 
 Creigkon himfelfe laid ; the papers being brought 
 to Sir William Wade,\vixh much labour and Angu- 
 lar skill hee joyned them together againe 5 and 
 found that they contained new pra&ifes of the 
 Pope, the Spanyard, the Guifes refolution to invade 
 England, 
 
 Whereupon 5 and becaufe many other rumors 
 of dangers were increafed ; to the end that the 
 wicked andtreafonable pra&ifes 3 might be in time 
 prevented , and the Jihieenes life and fafetie might 
 be procured, upon whofe fafety both the eftate of 
 the Kingdome, and of Religion depended: A great 
 number throughout all England, of allfortsof 
 men out of common charitie, whilell: they fhevv- 
 ed their love and care of the Qi<eeM,bound them- 
 felves by an Affociation, ( as then it was called) by 
 their mutual promifes/ubferiptions of their hands 
 and feales , to profecute all fuch by alltheir force 
 even to death, whofoever fhould attempt any 
 thing againfc the life of the j^?w. The Earleof 
 Leicester was fuppofed to bee the authour of this 
 affociation. Surely it was ufefull, aud held many 
 
 35 
 
 m 
 
86 
 
 Cap . 8 . A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 in order. The gueene of Scots tooke this as devifed 
 to bring her into danger, and wasfo continually 
 fet on by feditious fpirits, that if they may have 
 accefle , are able to draw the greateft Princes to 
 deftrudtion. And what hath been their Practice, 
 but to bring great perfonages, and great houfes to 
 ruine i Lamentable experience meweth openly 
 the fruit of their malice and wicked plots for trea- 
 fen, which they call religion. The Scots £ueent 
 led on by her blind guides dealt fomwhat raihly, 
 but with importunity to the Pope and Spanyard by 
 S r Francis Ingle field, that by allmeanes they would 
 with fpeed undertake their intended bufineffc.; 
 There were fbme alfo that laboured to draw 
 Queene Elizabeths affections altogether from the 
 Scots Queene - y They told her that Cardinal! Alan 
 for the Engliih Catholikes Ecclc ft attic alf Inglefield 
 for the Laicks, and for the gueene of Scots , the 
 Bifliop of Rofi had undertaken , and were among 
 themfelvcs agreed , and with the confent alfo of 
 the Pope and Span-yard, had fully refolved upon 
 thefe poynts : That gueene Elizabeth fhouldbe de- 
 prived of her Kingdome ^ the King of Scots as a mani- 
 fest favourer of herefie , flwuld vtterly be disinherited 
 of the Kingdome of England • that the Scots Queene 
 pull marry feme 2JJ>ble-man of England, which is a 
 Catholike; that this man mujl bee chofcn King of Eng- 
 land by the Catholikes of England h that the choyce fo 
 made , mutt bee confirmed by the Pope- that the chil- 
 dren of him fo chojen begotten of the Scots £Hfene 
 must bee declared SucceJJors in the Kingdome. All 
 thefe things were confirmed to bee true by tefti- 
 
 mony 
 
o/GODS Mercie. Cap.g . I 87 
 
 mony of Hart the Prieft. Who was this noble Eng- 
 Ufh man , that mould marry the Scots gueem, was 
 now much inquired after. Sir Francis Walfingham 
 fought it out with all diligence , yet found it not 
 out. There was fufpition of Henry Howard,bvoihct 
 to the Duke ofNorfolke, who was noble by birth, 
 unmarried,and a favourer of that Religion 5 and in 
 great grace and favour with theon 
 
 Thefe things that were difcovered by Throgmor- 
 ton, by Crcightons papers , and other meanes , were 
 matters which bred fufpitions and feares, though 
 they were never fo erTe&ed as they wereintended. 
 But wee flnde by thefe things , that France and 
 Spaine , and the (trength of the Pope were here all 
 combined againft Queene Elizabeth and King 
 lames, for no other caufe, but for their Religion^ 
 becaufe both Queene Elizabeth and King lames 
 had eftablifhed the fame religion. Againft which 
 Religion all the great powers of the world were 
 combined,and were therefore ready with their ut. 
 moft ind avours to root out thefe two Princes 
 from England 'and Scotland, If a man (hall eonfider 
 the Councells, the Policies ; the (trength ofthefc 
 great powers , which were fet againft thefe two 
 Princes,it is a matter to be wondred at, how they 
 mould (land againft fo deepe & defperate dangers. 
 Here I wi(h that a Papift of any undemanding 
 would take this matter into his confederation. And 
 Iooke bur a little further to the end and event of 
 things. What man purpofed,WhatGod wrought. 
 What became of thefe two Princes,, Queene Eliza- 
 nth, and King lames, againft whom the world 
 
 N thus 
 
8 8 / Cap. 8. A thankfuU Remembrance 
 
 thus confpired t Queene Elizabeth after Co many 
 malicious projects againft her by open warres, by 
 fecret con! piracies, yet lived to fee all the malici-. 
 ous pradifes againft her defeated and overthrown , 
 'he praclifers themfelves ruinated, her people and 
 Kingdome defended , Gods truth maintained, her 
 fervice for the truth rewarded - y and after all, dyed 
 quietly in her bed , and hath left a blefied memo- 
 ry behind her. King lames that was in the fame 
 caufe with her , in the fame manner threatned for 
 his Religion, to be made incapable of the inheri- 
 tance of England, and then neither could he have 
 holden Scotland , for hee muft either have all his 
 right,or lofe all ;for there is no middle way in the 
 inheritance of Kings; yet after all thefe threatned 
 dangers by the great powers of the world , after 
 a number of dangerous and devillifli pra&ifes a- 
 gainfthimathome,hehath not only quietly pof- 
 felTed that which hee had, but is in the peaceable 
 pofTeiTion of England, with fuch love,fuch gladnes 
 of heartand common rejoycing,thatthe like hath 
 not been known in former times. And which was 
 never done by any before , though much wifhed, 
 and attempted, He hath in his royall perfon knit 
 England and Scotland together; He hath not onely 
 maintained the truth of Religion by his authority 
 as all Chriftian Princes are bound todoe 5 but alfo 
 by his tvifedome , by his learning confirmed the 
 ' truth,drawne many to the knowledge of it by his 
 learned Labours. Wherein he hath not only farre 
 exceeded all his Progenitours in this Kingdome > 
 but hath left all the Kings and Emperours in the 
 
 world 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap.8. j 89 
 
 world farre behind him in this honor- fo that imce 
 the beginning of the time of Grace to this day , the 
 world never faw a King fo furnifhed and inabled 
 to maintaine the truth , and to difcover the blind - 
 neflfe and fuperftition of falfe Religion. And t here- 
 fore hath God bleffed him with extraordinary 
 bleflings^ the love of his fubjefts, the peaceable 
 eftate of Ireland, which before his time was never 
 governed in peace, efpecially the fruit of Religi- 
 on, and the reward of Religion maintained is the 
 grcateft bleffing that Kings can looke for. This 
 hath been,and is the ftate of thefe religious Prin- 
 ces; fothat men-mall fay , Doubtlejje there is a re- 
 ward for the righteous , verily there is a Gddthatfudg. 
 eth the earth. And becaufe my purpofe in writing 
 this Booke,is to declare the greifc Workes of God 
 in the defence of this*Ghurch of England , mice 
 Religion planted here by Queenc Elizabeth 5 and 
 to give God all the glory both of the planting and 
 maintaining thereof; WJee-therefore remember 
 thefe rhingswith great gkdnefle and joy of heart 
 to Gods glory, giving thankesto his holy Name 
 for the favours that hee hath exhibited to his 
 Church here by the faithfull fervice of thefe two 
 royall fervants of God , in whom is truly verified 
 that which the Prophet Efiy foretold/peaking of 
 Gods favour to his Church : Kings '/ha/l 'be thynur- 
 cing Fathers, and Jfrteenesjhal be thy N twees. In theie 
 things we can lift vp our hearts to God , and <?ive 
 him the glory and thankes for all his goodneffe. 
 But can our adverfaries doe the like,whofe practi- 
 ces againft thefe noble Princes were wicked and 
 
 N 2 malicious 
 
 Pfa! $8 11. 
 
po 
 
 Cap. 8. A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 ma!icioiis,and by God confounded i Let men fee 
 and confeflTethe hand of God in maintaining them 
 that maintaine his truih , and dilhonouring them 
 that diflionour him* 
 
 A».Dom.\S%s 
 
 The next yeere,that is, Ann. 1 5 S j.there was a 
 Parliament held , wherein there was in the lower 
 Houfealavv propofedagainft/e/w/w.- Which was 
 judged needfull & accepted of all without contra- 
 diction, faving onely William Parry, a. Welfhman, 
 obfcure,of meanc fortunes , yet a DoOor of the 
 Civill Law 5 He fpakeagaintf that law which then 
 was exhibited,and faid it was acruell bloody law, 
 and defperate , and pcrnitious to the Englifh Na- 
 tion : Being required to fliew his reafois for that 
 ftrange opinion of his 3 he obftinately refufed To to 
 
 doe* 
 
*/GODS Merck. Cap. 8. 
 
 doe, unlefle it were before the gueenes Counccll : 
 Wiiereuponhee was committed to prilon. But 
 after his reafons were heard , and his fubmitiion 
 made, he was againe admitted into the alfcmbly. 
 Prefently after, he was accufed by Edward Nevil, 
 i who chalenged the inheritance of the Nevih, 
 and che Title of the Lord Latimer , as next hey re 
 male.) Edward Nevil charged him for piactifing 
 the gueenes death. 
 
 This Parry fome two yeres before returning out 
 of Italy, to the end that he might win favour and 
 credit with the £heene , declared fecre ly to her 
 what Morgan and other fugitives had pra&ifed to 
 her deftru&ion. Making fcmblance to xhegtteent, 
 that he was converfant with them for no other end 
 butonly to fearch out theirfecret purpofes,that fo 
 he might the better be a meanesto provide for the 
 gueenes fafetie. Whereupon the gueenc did not 
 eafily give credit to 2v>z;//the accufer. Yet fix co- 
 manded S r Francis Walfmgham to aske Parry ^ht- 
 ther he had n» >t dealt with fomeperfon difconten- 
 ted and fufp£cl:ed of that matter,onely to trie the 
 man. Which thing being demanded,hc utterly de- 
 nied. The foole law not, thar by this meancs the 
 gttcexes kniue opened a way for him to efcape 
 the danger; for furely i^ he had figniried,that only 
 for to trie the man he dealt with A>v//,whom he 
 knew to be a man difcontented & fufpected, as he 
 had foretold the Quecne > he might have avoyded 
 the danger^but they who in their heart once have 
 given intertainment to wickednefTl' and treafon, 
 though otherwife they bee of wit and fharpe un- 
 ___ N 3 derftanding, 
 
 9* 
 
9* 
 
 C ap • 8 . At bank full 0{t membrance 
 
 dcrftanding are made blind, by a jaft judgment of 
 G od. Now when as Nevd had no witnes againfi 
 Parry, there was no great difference betweene Par- 
 ry his word and bis. But Parry, after fome fliarpe 
 words had palTed betwecuethem,was imprifoned 
 in the Tower^where he freely cofefled thus much: 
 "In the yeeie 1570 (faidhee)l was admitted a 
 " fworne fervant to the Qucene,I remained devo- 
 cc ted to her Majefty till the yeere 15 80. At which 
 " time If cl inro great danger of my life^with great 
 cc ignominy ,(for he had broken into the chamber 
 u otHngh Hart, inwhofedebt he was,and woun« 
 cc ded him,whereupon being condemned by law, 
 " his life was faved by the g^enes pardon ) after 
 cc that, I lived much vexed in minde, and getting 
 cc leave to travell, I went into France , and had no 
 " cc purpofe to returne,becaufe I had given my felfe 
 cc torhe Catholikc Religion. At Paris I was reconci- 
 cc led ; at Venice I had communication.with Bene- 
 cc dill Palmim a Iefuit, touching the afflicted Catho- 
 (C likes in England, and I fignified that I had found 
 cc out a way to helpe them , if the Pope,or fome 
 " learned Divines would avouch it to be a lawfull \ 
 " courfe. He commended this thing as pious : He 
 " commended me to Campegius the Popes Nuntio 
 '" at Venice, and Campegim to the Pope. I moved 
 " that I might come to Rente with fafetie. Where- 
 cc upon Letters of publike credence were fent to 
 cc me by the Cardinal 1 of Come .-bur thefe were not 
 " large enough , and therefore other more large 
 cc were fent. But then was I returned inro France, 
 " Where meeting with Morgan,he fignified , that 
 
 there 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 8. 
 
 <c there was an expecl:ation,that I mould performe 
 " fome fpeciall fervice to God , and to the Catho- 
 " like Church. I anfwered,that I was moft ready to 
 cc kill,if it were the greatest fubjeft of 'England. O 
 " but(faid he;and why nor the gueene her felfei I 
 <£ faid that this alfo might be eaiily done 3 fo that it 
 " might appeare to be lawfull. For Wait a Pricft, 
 cc whofe advice I asked in this matter, fupprefling 
 <c the names, told mee plainly,that it was not law- 
 " full, (and Creghton the Iefuite is of the fame o- 
 tc pinion,tcaching that cvillmuft net bee done , that 
 "good may come : that God is more delighted with 
 cc adverbes then notmes, and the thing that is done 
 " wcllSc lawfully, pi eafeth him better then a thing 
 "good: and that by the deftruc'tion of one,many 
 cc foules are not to be redeemed , without an ex- 
 "prcfTecommandcmentof God.) Yet for all this, 
 " feeing I had in Italy bound my felfe by letters & 
 cC promife 5 I could notgo back, if the Pope did ap- 
 " pr.ove it,& would grant me a plenary- Indulgence* 
 £C Which I requefted in my letters to the Popeby 
 " Raga^onius the Popes Nuntio in France. Who co- 
 cc mended the enterprife,&fent my letters toRome. 
 " Being returned into England,! gat acceffe to the : 
 Queene. And all being remooved , I opened the | 
 " whole cofpiracy,yct hiding many things with as ! 
 "great art as poflibly I could. She heard itundaun- 
 " ted,unterrified. I departed daunted & terrified* 
 " Neither can I forget that which (he faid,that no 
 " Catholikes were to be brought into queftion for j 
 "Religion or for the Popes fupremacy,fo that they j 
 " carry themfelves as good fubjecls. In this time j 
 
 whilft I 
 
 93 
 
94 [Cap.S. A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 " whilft I ftaied daily in Court, feeking to bepre- 
 cc ferred with the Mafterfhip of S c Katharines , I 
 " receiucd Letters from the Cardinall of Come, 
 " wherin the attempt was commended, and I was 
 " abfolved in the Popes name. Thefe Letters I 
 " (hewed the gueene . how they did worke with 
 cc her I know not : but with me they wrought fo 
 "farre, that they feta new courage in me to at- 
 u tempt the enterprife, and tooke all fcruple out 
 "of my minde-, yet it was not my minde to offer 
 "any force, if by any reafon ihee might beper- 
 " fwaded to deale more gently with C&tholtkes. 
 " And to the end I mould not commit (laughter, 
 " alwaies when I had accede to her I laid afide my 
 " dagger.So oft as I considered her & her princely 
 a vermes, I was diffracted by an ambiguous care, 
 u for my vowes were in heaven , my Letters and 
 " promifes with men. And to my CqHc I revolved 
 " thefe things in my mind. Shee never deferved 
 " well of me. It is true mee pardoned my life- but 
 cc for fuch a caufe to take away my life,\vere ty ran- 
 cc nicall. Thus not content with my ftatcj depar- 
 cc ted frona Court, and I light upon Doctor Alans 
 " Booke, written againfl: the Iulliceof England, 
 " Who tcacheth that Princes being excommuni- 
 cc cate for hereiie,are to be defpoiled of their king- 
 u domes and lives ; that Booke did very fharply 
 " ftirre me up to finifli mine attempt $ I read this 
 " Booke to Nevil , whom I entertained at my 
 " Table ■ and this was done full fixe moneths bc- 
 " fore he accufed me. After this hee came to me, 
 " And let us dare,faid he,to doe fomething,feeing 
 
 of 
 
of GO DS Merck. Cap.8. i ^5 
 
 « 
 
 of the $»tent we can obtaine nothing. And he 
 propofed forac things of the delivery of the 
 <c Scots guttne. I did here interpofe; O but I have 
 <c a greater matter in my head, & more profitable 
 " for the CaMike Church. The next day he came, 
 <c & fware upon the Bible that he would keepe my 
 cc counfeI,& conftantty^roCecute whatfoever was 
 cc ufefull for the Cathjike Religion. And I fware in 
 " like fort. Our determination was to let upon the 
 " £™ tnt with ten horfemen as (bee was riding in 
 " the fields,and fo to kill her. Which thing Nevil 
 cc concealed all this while. But when the newes 
 cf came , that the Earleof WeftmcrUnd was dead, 
 " whofe inheritance he hoped to haue prefently, 
 <c not refpe<5ting his oath, hee opened thefe things 
 "againftme. Thefe things Parry confeflfed in the 
 prefence of the Lord Hunfifon, SixChrifiopher Hat- 
 te*,and S r Francis Walfingham^V rivie Councellersj 
 and farther by his letters to the Queene,to Burgbley 
 Lord Treafurer, and to the Earle of Leicefler, hee , 
 acknowledged his faulr,and craved pardon. 
 
 Some few dayes after he was brought to Wc&- 
 minjler Hall to judgement, where the heads of his 
 accufation being read, he confeffed himfelfe guil- 
 ty. S r Chrittopber Hatton, to fatisfie the multitude 
 prefent,t hough t it fit that the crime fhould punctu- 
 ally be opened out of his ownc confelfion. Which 
 Parry himfelfe acknowledged to be free , not ex- 
 torted : and the^ludges intreated that hee would 
 readethem. But the Clai kc of the Crowne read 
 them : and the Letters of the Cardinall of Come, 
 and Parry his Letters to the gntcne , to the Lord 
 _• O Burghlty, 
 

 &S I GapuU- A tbankfuB Remembrance 
 
 Burghley , and the Earle of Leicester, all which hce 
 granted to be true. Yet hee denied that he was at 
 any time refolved to kill the gnetne. He was there- 
 fore commanded to fpeake , if he had any thing 
 to fay why judgement mould not pafTc. Here he 
 anfwered with perturbation^ one troubled with 
 the confeience of the crime J fee / mufi die t bccaufei 
 was not revived. And being defired to fpeake more 
 plainly , if he would fay any thing- My bloodfaid he, 
 be among you. When fentence of death was pro- 
 nounced againfthim,he ragingly cited the Jgueene 
 to the tribunall feat of God. Being brought to the 
 I gallowes , hee bragged much that hee had been a 
 faithfull keeper of the Jgueene, becaufc he had not 
 killed her. Thus like a glorious Roman Catklike, 
 never once in one word commending himfelfe to 
 God, he died like a traytour in the Court before 
 Wejlminfter Hall,where the Lords and Commons 
 were then aflfembled in Parliament. 
 
 In this Parliament fome lawes were enacted for 
 the gueenes fafetie againft the Jefuites and Prit&r, 
 | who attempted daily horrible treafons from the 
 Bull of Pirn V. 
 
 c c It was therfore ena#ed,that within forty daies 
 " they fhould all depart the Land. If any came in 
 " againe after that ,and flayed heere, they mould 
 cc be guiltie of treafon : that if any received them 
 "wittingly and willingly, or intertained them, 
 U nourimed, or helped them, fuch mould be guil- 
 " tie of fellony : that they who are brought up in 
 "the Seminaries, if they returne not within fixe 
 * moneths after warning given , and mould not 
 
 fubmit 
 
of GODS Merae. Cap.S*. j 97 
 
 u fubmit thcrafclves to the Qu&ne , before a Bi- 
 <c /hop or two Iuftices of Peace, they fhould bee 
 <( guilty of treafon. And they who had fubmitted, 
 " if they fhouid within ten yeares come to the 
 w Court , or nearer then ten miles of the Court, 
 " that then their (ubmiflion mould be void. They 
 u who fentany money by any meanestothe Stu- 
 <c dents of the Seminaries, {\10\1\d beguiltie of Pra?- 
 " munire. If any of thePeeres of the Realme,that 
 " is,Dukes,Marqaefles,Earles,Vifcounts, Barons 
 u of the Parliament mould offend againft thefe 
 " lawes,he mould bee tryed by his Peeres. They 
 cc who know any Iejmtes or Priefis to lye lurking 
 <c in the Realme,and within twelve dayes doc not 
 <c detect them,malbe fined at the <%ueenes pleafure, 
 c< and put in prifon. If any be fufpected to be one 
 " of thofe Iefuites or Prklis , and (hall not jubmit 
 " himfelfe to examination, for his contempt hee 
 " malbe imprifoned untill he fubmit. He that mill 
 cc fend any Chriftian , or any other to the Semina- 
 "rtes and CoHedges of the Popifli profeflion, mall 
 cc be fined an hundred pounds. They that arc fo 
 cc lent, mail not fucceed in inheritance,nor enjoy 
 <c any goods what way foever they may chance. 
 cc And fo mall it bee to them that within a yeere 
 " rcturne not from thofe Seminaries • unlefTe they 
 " conforme themfelves to the Church- of Eng- 
 " Und.\£ the keepers of havens permit any td patfe 
 " the Seas without the gntwes licence , or the li- 
 " cence of fixe Councellers,except Mariners and 
 "Merchants , they {hall be remooved from their 
 " places • the Ship-mafter that carries them mall 
 
 O 2 lofc 
 
p 8 I dp. S. A thankfuO ^ememhrance 
 
 cc lofe the Ship ar*4 ail the, goods in her,and be im- 
 tc prifoned a whole yeere. 
 
 The feveritieof thefe Lawes ( which were no 
 lefts then ncceflfary for fuch times , and fuch mif- 
 chic Fes) made the Paptfis in England afcard , and 
 amor g others, Philip Howard Earlc of Arundel-^ in 
 fc much , as fearing left hee might offend againft 
 thofe lawesjhepurpofedto leave hiscountrey. He 
 had his blood rcftorcd by the gueenes favour three 
 yeeres before. And after that being dif-favoured 
 by reafon of fee ret fuggeftions of certaine great 
 perfonages againft him,he fecretly gave himfelf to 
 the Ptpijh Religion,and made choyceofanauftere 
 life. Surely if good inftru&ions might havebeenc 
 admitted to him , he might haue been eafily and 
 happily confirmed in the truth. Hee was once or 
 t wife called before the Councelltable,and refuted 
 the things objected to him. Yet was he comman- 
 ded to keepe his houfe. Six moneths after he was 
 fet at liberty ,& came to the Parliament ^but the firft 
 day , whilft the Sermon was preached, he with- 
 drew hirrjfelf out of the company .The Parliament 
 being ended,being as then rcfolved to depart,hec 
 wrote to the gueene a long and mournfullcom- 
 plaint,which letters he commanded fhould be de- 
 livered after his departure : he complained of the 
 envieof his potent adverfaries,whereunto he was 
 forced to yeeld^ feeing they triumphed over his 
 innocency.He recounted the unfortunate deftinies 
 of his anceftors,of his great grandfather condern- 
 ned,his caufe not being heard : of his grandfather > 
 who for matters of fmall moment was beheaded; 
 
 and 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 3. ) 99 
 
 and of his father } whom he affirmed to be circum- 
 vented by his adverfaries,who yet never had an e- 
 vill minde againfl: his Prince nor Countny. As for 
 himfelfejeft he mould fucceed the heire of his fa- 
 thers infelicitie,faid he, to the end that he might 
 ferve God,and provide for the health of his foule, 
 he had forfaken hiscountry,kit not his allegiance 
 to his Prince. After thefc Letters were delivered, 
 he went into Sujfcx, and having provided a fliip in 
 an obfcure corner, and now being ready to take 
 (hip , hee was apprehended by the meanes of 
 thofe whom he trufted,and by the Matter of the 
 fliip difcouered, and was fent into the Tower as a 
 prifoner. 
 
 03 
 
 CHAP. 
 
I o o I Cap. 9 . A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 The lamentable end of Henry Percy ^/^/Nor- 
 thumberland in the Tower. A pretended title of the 
 King tf/Spaine to the Crowne of England. Savage a 
 barbarous fellow , vpon the infligation of Rhemi/h 
 Priefts,v<w<r^ to killgueen Elizabeth. Babingtons 
 treafonahleprattice to take away the Queenes life, upon 
 d motion from Ballard the Priejljefeaud^ and he with 
 bis complices defer vedlj pumjhed. 
 
 T thattimewas/7^VfVm>,EarIe of 
 Tijrthumberlandm the Tower, fufpec- 
 ted to bee of counfell with Throgmorton 
 and the Lord Paget , and the Guifes , to 
 invade England ', and to free the Scots Jgueene. Hee 
 
 was 
 
of G O ITS Mercie. Cap. 9 
 
 was found dead in his bed , (hot with three bul- 
 lets under his left pap 5 the chamber doore bol- 
 ted on the infide. The Crowntrs Enquctt found a 
 dagge and gun- powder in the chamber , and exa- 
 mining the man that bought the dagge , and him 
 that fold it , they found that the Earle had beene 
 the caufe of his owne death. Three dayes after, 
 the Lords met in the Starre-Cbamber. The Lord 
 Chancellour Broumley , briefly declared , that the 
 Earle had entred into treafonable councels against 
 hisPrinceandCountrey, which now when hee 
 perceived that they were come to light , troubled 
 in confcience for the thing , hath offered force to 
 himfelfe. And to fatisfie the multitude then pre- 
 fent , hee willed the gueenes Atturney Generall, 
 and the reft of the gucenes Councell plainly to 
 open the caufes why hee was kept in prifon , and 
 the manner of his death. Whereupon Popbam 
 then tAtturmy , beginning from the Rebellion of 
 the North fixteeneyeeres before , hee declared, 
 that for this Rebellion , and for a purpofe tode- 
 liver the Scots gueene that hee was called into 
 queftion,acknowledged his fault, fubmitted him- 
 felfe to the g^eem's mercy , was fined fTue thou- 
 fandmarkes; That the gueene of her clemencic 
 tooke not of that fine fo much as a farthing, and 
 after his brothers death , confirmed him in the 
 honour of the Earlcdome. Notwithftanding all 
 this,he had entred into pernicious counfell to de- 
 liver the Scots Jgueene , to overthrow the Englifh 
 gueene , with the State and Religion : that Men- 
 dozA the Spanyard had told Throgmorton , that 
 
 Charles 
 
 IOI 
 
102 
 
 Cap. p. A tkankfull Remembrance 
 
 Charles Paget under the name of Mope had fecretly 
 dealt with him in S*(fcx of thcfe things : that the 
 Lord Paget had fignified the fame to Throgmorton, 
 as appeared from Creighton the Scots I efuites pa- 
 pers. And that Charles Paget had (hewed the fame 
 things to William Shelley, when he returned out of 
 France. After that Egerton the Queenes Sollicitor'm- 
 fcrred the fame from circumftanccs, and a care of 
 concealing the matter : That when as there was 
 none in England 'that could accufe theEarleof this 
 crime,except the Lord Paget $ (with whom Throg* 
 morton had familiaricie ) hee had provided a (hip 
 for the Lord Paget by Shelley , a few dayes after 
 Throgmorton was apprehended. So was the Lord 
 Paget fent away into France. And when Throgmor- 
 ton began to confe(Te fome things , the Earle de- 
 parted from London to Petworth , and fending for 
 Shefleyjold him that hee was in danger of his life 
 and fortunes , he intreated him to keepe counfell, 
 and to put a way thofe that knew of the departure 
 of the Lord Paget, and of the comming of Charles 
 Paget. Which was prefently done , and himfclfe 
 fent farre off that fervant which he ufed to fend to 
 Charles Paget. The Solltcitour addcth , that when 
 he was in prifon, hee dealt often with Shelley , the 
 Keepers being corrupted , to vnderftand what 
 thofe things were which hee had confdTed : But 
 when by a poore woman fecretly fent betweene 
 them , Shelley had fignificd , that he could keepe 
 counfell no longer, that there was great difference 
 betweene their two conditions,that he mufl come 
 under the rackc, which the Earle in refpect of his 
 
 place 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 9. 
 
 1 o 3 
 
 place and order was freed from, and had written to 
 him what he had confefTed: The Earle thereupon 
 fighcd, and faid,as Pantin his Chamberlaine hath 
 confefTed , that Shelley his confeflion had undone 
 him. Aftcr,the manner of his death was declared 
 by the teftimonie of the Enqueft 3 and by Pdntins 
 teftimony. Many good men were very forrowfull, 
 that a man of fuch nobilitic,wifedome and valour 
 was Co loft. 
 
 My purpofe is in this Narration,to obferve the 
 great and manifold deliverances of this Church. 
 When I am drawn by the courfe of the Hiftory to 
 open thefe practices , in which Noble men have 
 been mif-led : this I confeiTe I relate with great 
 commiferation; for feeing that Noble houfes are the 
 honour of thz King, the ornament of the King^ome, 
 thereisnoman,that loveth th? honor of his owne 
 Conntrey, that can write or fpeake of the fall of 
 fuch men but with gricfe and forrow. Of fuch f 
 will make no other obfervations , but onely the 
 teftifi cation of mine owne forrow^ But yet here I 
 mult obferve one thing for the good and inftructi- 
 on of their pofteritie> or the like , that they may 
 take heed of thefe pernicious inftruments, Pnejls, 
 lefuites y and thofe that are infected yea and poyfo- 
 ned with the infection of them. Thefe gncelcflc 
 Merchants have utterly undone many Noble per- 
 fons,which without their reftlefie fuggeftions and 
 counfells, might and doubt leflfe would have been 
 great ornaments to their Countries,both in peace 
 and warres. Was there ever any Noble houfe in 
 thefe times ruinated without the practice of thefe 
 
 P wicked 
 
104 I Cap. 9. A thankfull 'Remembrance 
 
 ! Ja.Dom.\$%5 
 
 wicked mifcreants i Let all the blood that hath 
 been (feed in this Land in the Northern rebellion 
 and at other times be laid upon thefe wicked in- 
 struments of blood. And let the world confider 
 the outragious wickedneiTe of this generation, 
 that having in former times fucked the blood of 
 the Saints, as greedie Inftrumcnts of the great 
 Whore , that is drunk e with the blood of the Saints : 
 now by a juit,but Arange judgement of God they 
 are fallen into fuch practices, as fried their owne 
 blopd,& the blood of fuch as are mif-led by them. 
 God is to be reverenced in all his judgements,and 
 let not men ftrive againft God to maintaine a caufe 
 which God will overthrow with all the maintai- 
 ners thereof. 
 
 And it is not much to be marveiled,if thefe cun- 
 ning ftirrers have deceived feme of our Nobles- 
 for we fee that they have coufened great kings and 
 princes. For foone after this in they ere 1 5 8<5.thefe 
 pernitious medlers , thefe Icfirites (hewed them- 
 felves m other colours. For when thefe bloody 
 inftruments that had fo long laboured the mine 
 of England, and were out of hope to reft ore the 
 Romjh Religion to England, either by the Scots 
 £ueene,vthich was now more ftridly kept, or by 
 the King then of Scotland, whohzd plainly profef- 
 {cd and eftablimed the Gofpel in his kingdome : 
 they fell now to a new and a ftrange practice, 
 which might make the world to wonder : they be- 
 gan out of their falfe and lying forgeries to fer a 
 foot an imaginary title of the King of Spaine to 
 the right and Succeflion of the Englijh Crowne. 
 
 To 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap. p. I 105 
 
 To this purpofe , as Pafquirm difcovercd, they 1 
 fent into England one Shamiers ,( if it bee not a | 
 counterfeit name) a Iefuit,which might draw the j 
 difcontented Nobles unto the Spamjh fide 5 and \ 
 throw the Scots Jgueene headlong into dangers and j 
 defpaire, fignifying to her, that if me mould bee 
 troublefome to hinder their defignes, that neither 
 me nor her fonne mould reigne here. And ftirred 
 vp new troubles in France to withdraw her cou- 
 fens the Guifes from hindering their devices , by 
 wrapping theminnewgarboilesagainftthe King 
 of Navarre and the Prince ofCondte. In which the 
 King ofSpaine had a hand 3 to fet France in trou- 
 bles , that he in the meane time might the better 
 proceed in his intentions for England. Thefe de- 
 fperate courfes drew the Scots Queene into more 
 danger. 
 
 At this time a molt defperate & pernitious con- 
 spiracy brake out; which 3 as by the free confefiions 
 of the Confpirators appeareth, was thus. Some 
 Englijh Divines of the Rhemijh Seminar ?e, whilft 
 they feemedto admire as menaftonimed or rather 
 doting an omnipotency inthePope,did labour to 
 perfvvade themielves,that Pirn V. his Bullagainft 
 Queene Elizabeth was indited by the Holy GhoH^& 
 that it was a thing meritorious to kill excommu- 
 nicated Princes, yea, and that it was martyrdome 
 to lofe their lives in that quarrel!. Giffard 7 a Do- 
 ctor of Theologie , Gilbert Gijfard, and Hodgefon,- 
 Priefts,did fo hammer thefe devices into the cor- 
 rupt head of lohn Savage, (who they fay was a Ba- 
 ftard) that hee being heady and bloody, (a fit inftru- 
 
 P 2 ment 
 
 
I 06 
 
 Cap. 9. A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 mcnt for leptites ) made a vow to kill Queene Eli- 
 zabeth. At the fame time they fet out a Booke(for 
 no other purpofe, but with great cunning to draw 
 the Qnecw and Councell into fecuritie , and to lay 
 their ungracious plots more deepely, and fo with 
 more eafe to come to that mifchievous end they ! 
 mot at.) In which Booke they admonifh the Pa- l 
 fifts '\n. England , that they pra&ife no hurt to the 
 jgiitmt, for that they were onely to ufe fuch wea- 
 pons as arelawfull for Christians to ufe, that is y 
 tcaresfyirhuall armor, daily payers patchings, fajlings 
 againft their adverfariesj this was their Fox- craft. 
 And withall they fpread a falfe rumour by their 
 whifperers, that George Giffard, one of thejgueencs 
 Gentlemen Penctonarus , had fworne to kill the 
 gueene , and for that caufe had wiped the Cuifi of 
 a great fumme of money. 
 
 At Eaftcr following,/?/?/* Ballard,* Prieft of the 
 Rhemijli Seminary , who had aflayedthe minds of 
 many Papists , to whom hee travelled to conferre 
 with through England and Scotland , was now re- 
 turned into England. T his man had dealt with Ber- 
 nard™ Mende%a 7 now the ordinary Spanijh Ambaf- 
 fadour in France, and with Charles Paget for an in- 
 vafion of England. Declaring that now was the 
 fitted: opportunitiefor that fervice, whilft the Mi- 
 litary men were abfent , being then imployed in 
 the LotP-Countrtes. A fitter time could never bee 
 hoped 5 for as much as the Pope , the Spaniard, the 
 Gwfc , the Duke of Parma had refolved to invade 
 England, toturne theWarres from the Nether- 
 lands. And albeit Paget had made it evident , that 
 
 as 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 9 J 107 
 
 as long as the gueene Jived , the invafion of Eng- 
 land would be in vaine$yet was Ballard fvvorne and 
 fent into England , to procure all the help;? that 
 might be to the confpiratours , and the liberrie of 
 the Scots cktecne. 
 
 At Pentecoft following, xhnftlkcn Vricfi came 
 into England in a Souldicrs habit , with a feigned 
 name, called Capraine Fofcue. This man had con- 
 ference in London with Anthony Babington , a Gen- 
 tleman ofDarbyJhire,yowg y rich,witty, and lear- 
 ned above the expectation of his yeeres^and being 
 addicted to the Romijl) Religion , had a littlebefore 
 got into France without leave. Where hee had 
 familiar converfation with Thomas Morgan , and 
 with the Bifhop otGlafco , the Scots gucenes Am- 
 bafladour. Thefe men extolling the heroick ver- 
 mes of the Scots gueene , made to him great orien- 
 tation of affured hopes of honour by her meanes 
 to bee obtained. The ambitious young man was 
 eafily drawne to take hold of that faire glittering 
 eftate propofed by them. And they were as ready 
 cunningly to fet him forward j and before he had 
 well thought of the matter,they commended him 
 by Letters to the Scots Jgueenc. For when he was 
 returned into England, (he faluted him favourably 
 with her Letters 5 from that time Morgan ufed his 
 helpe in fending Letters to her,untill fhe was com- 
 mitted to the cuftodie of Amice Pattlet, For after 
 that , the young man finding the danger , ceafed. 
 With this Babington , Ballard had conference of 
 the things aforefaid. But he thought a(furedly,fo 
 long as Queene Elizabeth lived , that the Invafion , 
 
 P 3 of I 
 
i o 8 I Cap. 9. A tbankfuli ( l{emembrance 
 
 of England would come to nothing. But when 
 Ballard, {ignified to him, that Qurene Elizabeth 
 would not long bee alive , ( for Savage who had 
 vowed to kill her , was now come into England^) 
 Babington thought not good that fo great a matter , 
 mould bee committed to Savage, onely , left hee \ 
 might be flopped from the enterprife. But rather j 
 to fixe valiant andrefolute Gentlemen , in which j 
 number Sauag: fhould be one,that he might not be 
 condemned for not performing his vow. Where- 
 upon Babington tooke anew courfe for theinvafi- 
 on, touching the Ports where the fttangcrs might 
 land , and the forces that mould be ioyned with 
 them, and the delivering the Scots gueene } and 
 the Tragick flaughter of Queene Elizabeth, as hee 
 called it. 
 
 Whilft he was fixed in thefe cogitations , hee 
 received Letters by an unknownc boy , written 
 from the Queene of Scots in that familiar chara- 
 cter which was uf ed betweene them. She blamed 
 him, but mildly, for his long filence,& willed him 
 to fend her the Packet of Letters fent from Mor- 
 gan , and delivered by the French Ambafladors 
 Secretary .Which he did accordingly. And by the 
 lame mciTcnger fent to her a Letter , wherein he 
 exciifed his fllence, for that he wanted opportuni- 
 tie of fending , fince that fliee was in the cuftody 
 of Amke Paulet , a Puritan, ameere Leictsirian, 
 and a mod bitter enemy of the CathoUke Faith. 
 He declared what hee had refolved with Ballard, 
 that fixe Gentlemen were chofen to performe the 
 tragicke flaughter, and that him felfe with an hun- 
 dred 
 
of G O D S Mercie. Cap.9. i cp 
 
 dred others would deliver her. He intrcated ttat 
 to thefe Heroick Acfors,((6 he called them Ore- 
 wards might be propofed,or to their pofteritie, if 
 they fliould failc in the action. The twentie fe- 
 vcnth of luly , anfwer was made to thefc Letters. 
 Babington his forward defire of promoting the j 
 Catholike Religion was commended. Heewas 
 warned that it might be undertaken confiderately 
 and that nothing be moved before they were /ure 
 of external forces: that an afTbciation among them 
 might be madc,as if they feared the Vmitans: that ■ 
 fome trouble might be ftirred in 7r*/W,whiIft the 
 ftroke might be given here at home : that Arundel 
 and his brethren , and Northumberland mould bee 
 drawne to the fide • Wejlmerland, Paget, and others 
 might be fecretly called home. The way to deli- 
 ver her was alio prefcribed i either to overturnc a 
 Coach in thegate 5 or to fet the Stables on fire \ or 
 to intercept her whilft fhee rode to take the ayre 
 betweene Chart ly and Stafford. Laft of d$^Bkbing- 
 ton was warranted to undertake for rewards , and 
 to pawne his credit to the fixe Gentlemen and 
 others. 
 
 Nowhad he gathered about him certaine Gen- 
 tlemen inflamed with a fiery zeale of the Romijh 
 Religion, Of whom the chiefe were Edward Wwd- 
 [ore,bxoxhtt to theL: Wtndjore, a yong Gentleman 
 of a foft diCpofmon^Thomas Salisbury of a Knights 
 houfe in Denbigh-frirc • Charles Tilney, an ancient 
 Gentleman , the oncly hope of the Family , one 
 oftheQueenes Pencionaries , whom Ballard had 
 reconciled to the Romane Church • both proper 
 
 young 
 
1 I 
 
 II 1 
 
 o ( Cap. 9. A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 young men : Cbidioc Tychburne of Hampftire- Ed- 
 ward Abington, whof e father was the ^utenes Cof- 
 ferer ; Robert Gage of Surrey ^ John Trauerfe, and lohn 
 Char nock of Lancajb'ire^ Iobn Aw£f,whofe father was 
 Q^ieene Maries Tailor; Savage,Barnivell y z Gentle- 
 man of Irelandflcnry Dun, Clarke of the firft fruit 
 Office. Into this focietie Polly alfo infinuated him- 
 felfe,a man wel acquainted with the affaires of the 
 Scots gueene^ man well skilled in the art of fimu- 
 lation and difllmulation. Who was thought dai- 
 ly to reveale all their counfells to Sir TmncU Wal- 
 fmgham , and to thruft them headlong into mif- 
 chicfc, who were forward enough of thcmfelves 
 to evill. Albeit Navus,x\\Q Scots £)ueenc$ Secretary, 
 warned them to beware of him. 
 
 To thefe did Babington communicate the mat- 
 ter- but not all to each one. His owne letters,and 
 the Scots gueenes letters hec mewed to Ballard , to 
 Tychburn^rxd Dun. He dealt with Tilncy and Tych- 
 burn to be the ftrikers. They at firft denied to de- 
 file their hands with the blood of their Prince. Bal- 
 lard and Babtngtonhbour to proove it Jawfull to 
 kill Princes excommunicated j and If right Jhould 
 be violated, then for the Catholtke religion it is to be vi- 
 eUted. Hereupon , hardly pei fwaded, they yeeld 
 their confent in a fort. AbingtenfBarnwelljCharnock, 
 and Savage readily and roundly without fcruple 
 fvveareto kill her. Salisbury could by no mcanes be 
 per Avaded to be a Qnecne-killer,but to deliver the 
 Scots Quccne hee offered his fervice willingly. Ba- 
 bmgton defigneth Tychbnrn above the number to 
 helpe the percuflors^of whofe fidelity and courage 
 
 he 
 
of GODS Mercie. r Cap. 9. 1 m 
 
 — 
 
 he had perfwaded himfelfe much.Buc he was now 
 abfent , travelling abroad. Babmgton commands 
 that they impart the matter to none,except fjrft an 
 oath be taken to keepe filence.Thefe confpirators 
 now and then conferred of thefe matters in Saint 
 Giles fields,in Pauls Church,in Tavernes,in which 
 they had their daily feafts , being now puffed vp 
 with the hopes of great matters.Sometimes com- 
 mending the valour of the nobles of Scotland y who 
 lately had intercepted the King at Stirling .• and of 
 Gerard the Bur yonlan, who killed the Prince of O- 
 range. And fo far they proceeded in their foolifh 
 vanrtie , fo ftrangely infatuated , that thofe that 
 mould ftrike the guecne they had pourrrayed in 
 lively pictures,and in the midftof them Babington 
 with this Verfe : 
 
 Hi mibifunt comites^uos ipfapericuU ducunt. 
 
 But when this Verfe was difliked , as feemirig 
 too plainer for it, they fet in place thefe words : 
 guerfim hsc ali$ proper amibu^s ? Thefe pictures 
 were taken, as it was faid, and brought to the 
 Jjtueette • who knew none of their countenances, 
 but onely Barrmeis ,who ufed ofren to come in her 
 prefence/ollowingthecaufes of the Earle otKil- 
 tUr'e^ham heferved : and (he tooke notice of him 
 by other marks. Verily one day as mee was wal- 
 king abroad, me faw Barm%el . fte looked fharply 
 and undauntedly upon the man, and turning to 
 ShChriflopber Hatt on ',Gaptaine of the Guard, and 
 to fome others : Amnotl (quoth (he) well guarded, 
 
 Q_ voho 
 
1 11 
 
 I 
 
 Cap. p. s A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 who have not fo much as one. man in my compante that 
 hath a [word? For Barnwell told this to the other 
 confpirators , and declared how cafily fhee might 
 have beene killed , if the confpiratours had then 
 beene prefent. Savage in like fort reported the 
 fame. 
 
 Now there was nothing that fo much troubled 
 Bab:ngton,3s the feare led the promife of cxrernall 
 forces might faile. And therefore to make that 
 good 3 he ref olved to goe into France , and to fend 
 Ballard fecretly before , for whofe pafTage he had 
 procured licence for money under a counterfeit 
 name. And to remove all fufpition from himfelfe 
 by Polly, hee infinuateth himfelfe into Sir Francis 
 VValfwgham } 2\\6. dealeth earneftly with him,to in- 
 treat of the gwene licence for his pafTage into 
 France , promifing to doe fome fpeciall fervice in 
 fearching and difcovefing the fecret attempts of 
 the fugitives of the Scots jgueene. He commended 
 the purpofe of the young man 3 and promifed not 
 only to obtainc him licence to travell, but he pro- 
 mifed withall great and goodly rewards to him,if 
 he would doe fuch a fervice ; yet holding him in 
 fufpencejhe delaied the matter,and knew his pur- 
 pofe and drift well , having fiflied all out by an e- 
 fpecial! skill he had in difcovering treafons , but 
 efpecially by the difcoverie of Gilbert Giffard> a 
 Prieftjhe was made acquainted with their intcnti- 
 ons,which they thought were kept fo fecret , that 
 the Sun had notknowne any thing thereof. 
 
 This Giffardvtte borne at Chelli»gton,whetc the 
 Stots gutm was kept y and fent by the fugitives 
 
 into 
 
of G O D S Mercie. Cap. 9. 1 11$ 
 
 into England, under the name of L»fen,to put Sa. I 
 iMf * in mind of his vovy undertaken, and to lurke 
 as a fit meanes to tranfmit Letters betweene them 
 and the Scots J%ueene,bcca.ufe in fo dangerous a bu- 
 fineflethey could not draw in to ferve their eurne 
 herein, neither the Counteffe of Arundel, nor the 
 Lord Lumky , nor Henry Howard, nor Sir George 
 Shirley. 
 
 The fugitives,to trie whether the way was fafe 
 by Gtffardto tranfmit Letters,firft fent blanks ma- 
 ny times fealed like Letters and packcted , which 
 when by the anfwers they perceived to be truely 
 delivered,now growne more confident, wrote of- 
 ten of their affaires intended in fecret Characters, 
 But Giffdrd before this, whether vexed in his con- 
 Ccicncc^ or corrupted before with money , or tepe- 
 fied with feare, had opened himfelfe to Sir Francis 
 Walfinghdm, and declared with what purpofe hee 
 was fent into Englandgnd offered all his fervicc as 
 from the love to his Country and his Prince, and 
 promifed to communicate to him all the Letters 
 that he received either from thefugitives } or from 
 the Scots guecne. S r i^wr/^imbracing theoppor- 
 tunitie offered , intcrtained him courreouily, and 
 lent him into Staffordjlrire, and wrote to S r sstmice 
 PAwlct, willingly to fufferfomc of his fcrvanrsto 
 be corrupted by (7/^W,& to wink at it. But he be- 
 ing unwilling,as he faid,to fuffer any of his houfc- 
 hold iervants by fimulation to become a tray tor- 
 y^ though unwillingly,he fuffered that the Bre- 
 wer, or the man that provided Provender for his 
 horfe, who dwelt neere him, might be corrupted 
 ' Q2 _by 
 
1 14 
 
 Cap. 9 . A thankfull ^e?n embrance 
 
 - 
 
 by Gtjfard , Giffard eafily corrupted the Brewer 
 with fome piece of gold,whoby a hole in the wall 
 where a ftone was fet,which might be remooved, 
 fent Letters fecretly, and received others ,. which 
 alwayes by meffengers provided for the purpofe, 
 came to the hands of S r Francis Walfwgham. Who 
 opened the feales,copied out the Letters , and by 
 the lingular cunning of Thomas Philips, found 
 the fecret Character , and by the skill of Arthur 
 Gregory ,fealcd them up againe fo cunningly , that 
 no man could fufpcd that they were opened, and' 
 then fent them to the parties to whom they were 
 directed. Thus were difclofed thofe former Let- 
 ters from the Scots gucene to Babington,2.nd his an- 
 fweres , and others againe from her to him , ( in 
 which there was a Poftfcript cunningly added in 
 the fame Charac>er,to write the names of the fix 
 Gentlemen , and happily fome other things.) 
 Moreover , the fame day, the Letters to Mendoza 
 the Spanifh Ambaffadour, to Charles Paget ,to the 
 Lord Paget s.oxhe Archbifhop ofGlafio,and to Sir 
 Francis Inglefield, were all coppied out and tranf- 
 mitted. 
 
 The J2»«w,as fooneas fheunderftood fo rough 
 a tempeft hanging over her head , both from in- 
 ward tray tours and forraine enemies , fliee com- 
 manded^ the end that the confpiracy might the 
 fooner bee quelled , that Ballard ihould be appre- 
 hended. Whereupon he was fuddenly taken, in 
 the very nicke, when he was ready to depart into 
 France , being taken in Babtngtons houfe. Here- 
 i pon Babington was afraid and fore troubled, and ' 
 
 vexed! 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap. 9 
 
 vexed with a thoufand cogitations , hee came to 
 Tycbburne , and with him advifeth what is beft to 
 doe. His advice was, that the confpirators mould 
 p'efently difperfe themfelvesand flie, yet Babing- 
 ton thought it beft to fend Savage and Chrmk pre- 
 lently tokill xht^eene. Butfirftto put Savage in 
 braver and more courtly apparell,that io he might 
 have a more eafie paflage. And of this project he 
 had the fame day fpecch with him in Pauls 
 Church* But prefently changing his mindc, and 
 concealing his fecret cares and fearcs , hee wrote 
 Letters to Sir Francis Walfingham , being then in 
 Court,wherein with great earneftnes he intreated 
 that now at laft hee might have licence to depart 
 into France - y and withall he madefute for Ballards 
 deliverance, who might be of great ufe to him in 
 his propofed bufineffe. S' Francis with faire pro- 
 mifes keepes him from day to day in hope 5 That 
 Ballard was takenjie laieth all the fault vpon long, . 
 that cunning hunter of Papitfs , and upon fome 
 other Catcb-poles • and warneth Babington to take 
 heed to fuch kind of men,as friendly admonishing 
 him , and eafily perfwadeth the young man , .that 
 until) the gueme might bee at leafure to figne the 
 Bill for his paffage , he would return e to London > 
 and lodge in his houfe at London , to the end that 
 they might confer more fecretly of fo great mat- 
 ters. And that by his often comming the fugitives 
 might not have any fufpir ion, when he came into 
 France. In the meane time Skidmorf? Francis Wal- 
 fwgktm his fervant was rorrandf d to obferve him 
 moft ftri&ly, and fhould be with him whither fo- 
 
 CL$ _ ever 
 
 *>5 
 
i i 6 I Cap.?. A thankful! ^emembran. 
 
 ever he went, in {hew ; that fo hee might be fafer 
 from meffengers that otherwife might apprehend 
 him.Thus farre S r Francis Walfingham hadclofely 
 carryed thisbufinefTc without the knowledge of 
 other of the Privie Councell , and would have 
 proceeded farther : But the ^uecne would not; left 
 (as (hee faid ) by not preventing the danger when 
 jhee might , jlxc might fceme rather to tempt God, 
 then to trust in God, Whereupon Sir Francis from 
 Court wrote to his man that hee fhouWobferve 
 Babington with an efpeciall care. This Letter was 
 not fealed , but fo delivered , that as the man read 
 it , Babington fitting at Table with him , did alfo 
 reade it. Whereupon rinding himfdfe guilty , and 
 fufpec"ting that all was difclofed., the next night 
 when he and Skidmor and one or two of Sir Fran- 
 cis his fervants had fupped fomewhat freely in a 
 Taverne, hee rofe,as going to pay the reckoning, 
 and leaving his cloakc and rapier,fled away in the 
 darke to Weftminfler. Where Gage changed ap- 
 parell wi:hhim,whoprefcntly put off the fame a- 
 gaine in Charwch chamber, and put on Charmcks. 
 And conveyed themfeives both into S r Johns 
 Wood ncere to theC///V. Whither Barnwel and 
 Dun amt to them. In the meane time they were 
 declared traytors throughout England, They hi- 
 dirg themfeives in woods and by-wayes, after 
 j they had in vain expected money from the French 
 ' Ambafladour and horfe from Tychbttrn, they cut 
 oftBabingions hayre, and defaced his native beau- 
 tie , with rubbing his €\ce over .with the greene 
 huskes of Walnuts. And being forced by hunger 
 j _____ tnc V 
 
of GODS Mack. Cap.p I 117 
 
 they came to Bellamia houfc, neerc to Harrow on 
 the Hill, who was a great favourer of the Romifi 
 Religion : where they were hid in barncs,& fed and 
 cloached with rufticall apparell. After ten dayes 
 they were found and brought to London. Hereup- 
 on the Citiewitneffed their publike joy by ring- 
 ing of bells, by bonefires in the ftreets,by finging 
 of Pfalmes,in fo much that the Citizens had great 
 thanks given them from the gueenc. 
 
 The other confpirators werefoone caught,rna- 
 ny of them neere the Citie • Salisbury in Stajford- 
 Jhire , his horfe being killed under him by them 
 who followed him $ and Traverfe was taken with 
 him, after they had fvvimmed over theriuer We- 
 ver ; And lenes in Wales, who was not acquainted 
 with the invafion intended ,but only received them 
 into his houfe , after he knew them to be proclai- 
 med rebels,and hidthem } and had furnimed Salis- 
 bury as hee fled , and his man (who was a Prieft)- 
 with a changed cloake. Onely Wind/ore was not 
 found. Many dayes were fpent in examining of 
 them,who by their confeflions betrayed one ano- 
 ther^oncealing nothing. 
 
 All thistimethe Scots £)ucene and her fervants 
 were kept by fuch a diligent watch of Sir Amice 
 Pdulet , that thofe things were altogether hidde 
 from her, though now well knowne over all Eng- 
 land. But after that thefe were apprehended, 
 Sir Thomas Gorge wasfent to acquaint her with 
 thefe things in few words.Whiclvhedid purpof- 
 ly when (hee thought leaft of the matter , as mee 
 was taking horfe to ride a hunting. Neither was 
 
 foe 
 
nS 
 
 Cap. 9 . A.thankfull Remembrance 
 
 (he permitted to returne,but in fhew of honor /he 
 was carried about to Noble-mens houfes. In the 
 meane time, Iohn Manners, Edward Ajhten, Richard 
 Bagot , and William Wade, ( who ignorant of the 
 whole matter had been fent into thefe parts ) re- 
 ceiving authorise from the gueenc , did commit 
 Navus and C«r/<?,Secretaries,and other fervants,to 
 fuchas might keep them aiTunder,that they might 
 not conferre together among themfelves,nor with 
 the Scots gueene. And breaking up the Chamber- 
 doorcs,they tookeall Chefts and Boxes wherein 
 they found letters, and fent them fealed with their 
 feales to the Court, After that Sir Amtce Faulet, 
 being commanded, tooke all the money, left fhee 
 might corrupt fome for money, and gave his pro- 
 mife to reftore all againe. When the packets of 
 Letters were opened before the gueenc , the Let- 
 ters of many forrainers were found, and Copies 
 of many Letters to others-and about fixtie Tables 
 of fecret Characters ; and fome Letters from cer- 
 taine Noblemen of England, with a full declarati- 
 on of their love and fervices- Which thing not- 
 withftanding , Queene Elizabeth d i fie m bled that 
 matter in filence,and accordingly uled that word: 
 Video ,taceo h I fee and fay nothing. But they fmelling 
 the matter, left they might fecme to favourthe 
 Scots .Queene, after that began to mew themfelvcs 
 enemies againft her. 
 
 Now Giffard, after hee had played his part in 
 this play , was fent away as a banifhed man into 
 France j leaving before he went an indented paper I 
 with the French Ambaffadour Leiger in England, 
 
 with 
 
of G O D S Mercie. Cap. 9. 1 119 
 
 -« . 
 
 with this inftruc"tion, that he mould deliver Let- j 
 ters which he might receive from the Scats gueent 
 or from the fugitives to none other , but onely to 
 him who exhibited a paper anfwering to that in- 
 dented paper. Which paper was by him fent fc- 
 cretly to Sir Francis Walfwgbam. Gtffard retur- 
 ning into France , after a few moneths was impri- 
 foned for his filthy life ; and fufpe&ed of thefe 
 things dyed miferably 5 confeffing many of the 
 forefaid matters , which was alfo found in his 
 papers. 
 
 The X 1 1 1, of September feven of the confpi- 
 ratours being brought to judgement , confefTed 
 themfelves guiltie, and were condemned of trea- 
 foo. Other feven came the nex: day, who denied 
 that they wereguiltie^and committed themfelves 
 to God and their Countrey ; yet were they con- 
 demned by their former confellions. Onely Polly, 
 though guiltie of all,yet when he affirmed that he 
 difclofed fome of thofe matters to Sir Francis 
 Walfwgbam , was not called to Iudgement. The 
 twentieth of thatmoneth,thc firft feven were han- 
 ged and quartered in S c , Giks fields , where they 
 ufed to meet. Ballard, the contriver of all the mif- 
 chicfe, asked pardon of God and of the Jgttcexe, 
 conditionally, if hee had finned arjainft her. Ba- 
 bington ( who without feare beheld Ballards death, 
 whilft the reft were upon their knees in prayer) 
 freely confefTed his finnes,and after he was taken j 
 downe from the Gallowes, cryed out in Latin, 
 Parce mihi lefu : the reft in their order likewife 
 were hanged and quartered. • 
 
 R After 
 
i 2 o i Cap. 9 . A ihankfull ^cmembrame 
 
 After the punifhment of thefe, Navaj a French 
 man, and Cuflm a Scot , Secretaries to the .tof/ 
 garptt , were called into queftion upon the fet- 
 ters that were taken in the lodging of the Scots 
 Jgueene , and freely confeffed that thofe Letters 
 were of their owne writing, dictated by her in 
 French , aid fo taken by Navtis, turned into Eng- 
 tifi by Curie , and written in fecret Characters 5 
 I whereby (hec was at laft brought into queftion, 
 ■ which brought her alfo to her end. 
 \ The thing which we obferve upon this Narra- 
 jtion,is'0 continue our complaint of thefe grace- 
 ■lefTe Instruments the Priests and lefmtes , that by 
 their wicked fuggeftions bring Princes , Nobles, 
 Gentlemen of good place, which might have 
 do^c good fer vice to their Prince and Countrey, 
 fuch 1 lay doe thefe wicked inftruments bring to 
 mine , and fecme to take a pleafure in the deftru- 
 ct : onof men. May we not fee how they come in 
 fecretly,and (cau 1 ein corners likeSerpems i It 
 is true, the enmitie is of old fer berweene the Wo- 
 wans feed and the Serpents fled: and the Chunk 
 which is the womans iced hath felt the expe- 
 rience hereof at all times. But never had any 
 Church in the world a mce lively experience j 
 hereof then this Church of England, ao^'mlk whom 
 all this hath been wrought. The Church is the 
 Houfeof God, and this Church of England is here 
 with vs Gods Honfe. It is appa' ant that this Houfe 
 was builr,not upon the Sand , but upon the Rocke 5 
 for the winds have blowne fiercely upon it , the wa- 
 ters have rifen againftit, the great and huge tern- 
 
 peft 
 
i efGODS Merck. Cap. 9 
 
 pefls have beaten vpon if , and yec it fhndeth. And 
 tor this wee praife Gods Name , that it fhndeth 
 MI. And for this purpofe is this fmall Worke 
 undertaken , to give the watch-ward to all them 
 that fare God, and love rhc comming of our Lord, 
 to give molt hnmhle and mi l^^^thankesunto 
 God, for this inestimable favour of God, that af- 
 ter all thefe a.faul-s which have been "greater in 
 danger, more in number then any Nation in the 
 world ar this day can number, that after all, I fay, 
 our Church ftandeth andflourifheth.! this is our 
 reioycing in God , in his g >odneffcand mercie. 
 But now confider who oppugne us : the Serpents 
 fed • for car any man with any rcafon deny thefe 
 men to be the feed of the Serpent ? I m -ane the 
 femhury Priefisand l-j li'es. Are n >t th ?fe the Cctd 
 of the S 'rpent < Tuey plot and pra&ife treafons, 
 they raife reb llions , their heads and hands are 
 full of blood and murcher. And what c n the fer- 
 pent his feed doe more t They are men acquain- 
 ted with the deepeneffe of S 'at an ,-hey lay fn ares and 
 wicked plots for deftrucldon of States , and left 
 men mould -defcrie their mifchiefe, they fc. a 
 cleane contrary countenance upon their actions, 
 giving out, that their weapons are Preces ejr ia- ■ 
 chrymje , Prayers andteares, and that it is unlawfull ; 
 for them to ufe any other weapons ; even then 
 when they are about their moft bloody defignes : 
 and what can the Serpents (ccd doe more < Can . 
 the feed oftheferpent proceed moremalicioufly, 
 more cruelly , more deepely in blood then thefe, 
 have done ? Then let them be knowne to be the 
 > . . R 2 feed 
 
 12 I 
 
 Cottiic4f<iC/e 
 merits agunt 
 tragadtat 
 
122 
 
 Cap. p. A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 feed of the ferpent. As for us, we reioyce to be the 
 feed of the woman, the true Church of God : wc 
 fuffer, we are reviled, llandered, called Herenkes : 
 We lcarne of our Mafter to indure the OoJJe, to dc- 
 Jpife the Jhame : We run with patience the race which 
 hee hath Jet before tts. And wee ferve God not in 
 vaine y for we fee that there is a reward for them 
 that ferve him. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
 L 
 
 i • 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. i o j 12$ 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 The French Ambaffadors plot with Stafford , to 
 
 take away the life of the Qaecne, detected by Stafford 
 
 himfdfe. The end of Yorke and Stanley, traytors to 
 
 their Coiwtrey. 
 
 H * next y cere following , which was 
 the yeere i587.the Scots gueembc- 
 ing before condemned, but yetrefer- 
 ved alive y difcontented perfons like e- 
 vill fpirits did continually haunt her • though fhee 
 her felfe would have been quiet , yet would not 
 they let her reft , untill their bufie and pernicious 
 woikingbroughthertohergravc 5 for/V«^#/»^^ 
 the French AmbaiTador Leigcr in England, a man 
 
 R 3 ___ wholly 
 
 >**. £<?».!} 87 
 
I 2 A [Cap^* o A thxtikfy.ll Remembrance 
 
 wholly devoted to the Guifuw Faction , went a- 
 bout to helpe the captiveq Queene , not by faire 
 ni< ine^hut by treaf bn. Firflj he conferred fecret- 
 ly tc^k-iU the £$*&* withWil/iam Stafford,* young 
 Gentleman , dine to bee drawne to new hopes, 
 whofe mother was of the ghtcenes bed chamber - y 
 his brother was th-cEngliih Leiger in France at 
 this time. Afterward , fv:e dealt more plainely 
 with him touching this proj & , by his Secre- 
 tarie Jfaffim 5 Who prcmifed 10 Stafford, if hce 
 would vndertake that matter,not onely great glo- 
 ry^grcat ftore of money, but e ■ r pcc tall grace and 
 favour wi:h the Pop: , with the Gmfes^nd with all 
 the Catbdikes. Stafford,his confeience grudging at 
 Co great a wickednefie , rc-fufed to undertake it. 
 Yet he commended one Moodfa cut throat, a man 
 fit for fuch a buimeffe , that It money were given 
 him, would undoubtedly undertake and difpatch 
 thebufucs. To him wen St jfW, where he fouid 
 him kept in prifon in London , and told him that 
 (he French Ambaflador would gladly fpeake with 
 him. He anfwered that he was w l!ing,fo that he 
 might be freed out of bnfon.Inthemeane time,he 
 intreated that Cordalwn another of the Amba'fa 
 dors Secretaries-might be fentto him, with whom 
 he had familiar acquaintance . The next day Trap- 
 plm was fentto him with Staffer ■</. Who when Staf. 
 fartiwas remooved, conferred with Moody of the 
 manner of killing cbpj***k». Moody propped A 
 courfe to do it by poifon,iorby a ficke of twermie 
 pound of Gunne-powder , to be ' layd under the 
 ^ueencs chamber, and to be fired tecrctly . Thefe 
 
 courfes 
 
of GODS Merae. Cap. i o. | 1 zz 
 
 c^urlcs pleafed not Ukapfm, but he wilLed that a 
 man of fuch courage might be found,as was that 
 Bur Ionian who killed the Prince ofOrenq-c. 
 
 Thefc things were prelently revealed to the 
 Jgueenes Councell by Stafford. Whereupon Trap 
 piu* now purpofing to goe into France, was inrer- 
 cepted,and examined of theie things. Afterward 
 the Ambaffadour himfelfe the twelfth ofJatU/aty 
 was lent for unto the houfe of Secretary Cecil, and 
 came in the evening - where were together by • he 
 gucenes comrrrand,Cftr// Lord BttrghLy, Secretary, 
 theEarleof Leiccjlcr , Sir Christopher Button, and 
 Davifon another secretary : Theie fignific to the 
 French Ambaffadour,that they fent for him,to let 
 him know the caufe why they intercepted Trap- 
 pirn his Secretary, when he was ready togoe into 
 France-yind they did open every thing whxh Staf- 
 ford, Moody, and Tra^piut himfelfe had conferTed. 
 A id that they might tefrifie the fame in his pre- 
 fence 5 thev commanded them ro be called in. The 
 AmbafTador,who bending his brows, heard the/e 
 things with m.xh impatience, riling up, faid, that 
 himfelfe being an Ambafladour, would not heare 
 any accufacions to wrong his King, or in the pre- 
 judice of Ambafladors.But when they anfwe.ed, 
 that thefc men fhould' not bee produced asaccu- 
 fer^but only that he mght be fatisfied that th-fe 
 things were not fained nor falfe ; then he relied; 
 As foone as Stafford was produced,and began to 
 fpeake ,.he prefently interrupted him, and railing 
 upon him , affirmed that Stafford firft prop fed 
 the matter to him j and that hinsfelfe had threat- 
 
 ned 
 
1 6 j Cao. i o. A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 ned to fend him bound hand and foot to the 
 £*uct*e> if hce would not defiit from fo wicked 
 an enterprife ; yet chat he fparcd him for the An- 
 gular affection which he bare to the mother, the 
 brorherand fitter of Stafford. Stafford falling upon 
 his knecs,protefted in many words upon his falva- 
 tion , that the AmbafTadour propoled the matter 
 firit to him. But when the AmbafTadorfeemcd to 
 be extraordinarily moovedyfojfWwas comman- 
 ded to d?part,and Moody was no: produced. 
 
 Hereupon when BurghUy had mildly charged 
 the Ambaffadour to beguilticof fuch a co icei- . 
 ved wickedneQe, both from his owne words,and 
 out of the confefTion of Trappim : heeanfwered, 
 that if he had been confeious , yec being an Am- 
 balTadour, hee ought not to difclofeit bur to his 
 owne King. But BurghUy interpofing told him, 
 that if it were not the Office of an Ambaffadour 
 ( which thing is yet inqudtion ) todifclofe f ,ch 
 a mifchievous practice which bringeth the life of 
 a Prince in danger ; yet was it the off ce of a Cfoi- 
 ftian to reprelTeiuch notorious injuries, not one'y 
 for the fafetie of a Prince, but for the fafetie of 
 any Chriftian. But the other ftoutly denied that; 
 and withall faid , that not long (ince , the French 
 Ambaffadour being in Spaine , and having notice 
 of a Confpiracie to take away the Span/ft Kings 
 life, yet difclofcd it not to the Spamfly King , but 
 to his owne King,and was therefore commended 
 of the King and of his CouncellerS. The Lord 
 BurghUy gave him a grave admonition, to take 
 heed that hereafter he offended not in fuch a point 
 
 of 
 
o/.LmuDS Mercie. Cap. 1 o 
 
 of treafon againft the Prince, and not to forget 
 the office of an Ambaffadour, nor the Prince her 
 demencie, who would not wrong good Ambaf- 
 fadours by the punilhment of an evill one ; and 
 though he were not pttntfied, yet was he not jufii- 
 ficd, but did carry with him the^#/7;,though not 
 the punilhment or fuch an offence. 
 
 Though this inrended evill came to no effed, 
 as all the other bloody practices have been with- 
 out effect: yet may wee make good ufe of it to 
 blcflfe Gods Name for all his great and manifold 
 deliverances. That it wasdifappointedjit was his 
 goodnes : foragainft thofe Kings thathad notgi 
 ven their fervice to God for the maintenance of 
 true Religion, great and bloody practices have 
 been committed by leiTe and more contemptible 
 meanes. And as we have juft caufe to bleffe God 
 for all his deliverances , fo th° adverfaries of our 
 peace have juft caufe to fea^c, to examine their 
 owne doings , and ferioufly to con(ider 3 whether 
 they have not alhhis while (triven againit God,in 
 ftriving folong againit thafe whom God doth fo 
 miraculoufly defend. 
 
 Not long after this followed the ignominious 
 proditionof William Stanly , and Rowland Yorke. 
 This Torke was a Londoner, a. man of loofe conver- 
 sion and a&ions,and defperate. He was famous 
 among the Cutters of his time, for bringing in a 
 new kind of fight, to run the point of a rapier in- 
 to a mans body ,this manner of fight he brought 
 firft into England , with great admiration of his 
 audacioufnejje. When in England before that time 
 
 S the 
 
 127 
 
128 
 
 Gap. I d. A thankful! Remembrance 
 
 the ufc was with little bucklers , and with broad 
 fwords to itrike, and not to thrtfft, andit was ac- ; 
 counted vnmanly to ftrike under tbegirdU, This 
 man, provoked as hetooke it by fome injury of 
 the Earle of Leicejlerficd to the Spaniards, and for 
 fome time after ferved among the Spanyards. Af- 
 terward being reconciled, was made Captaine of 
 a Sconce neere to Zutpben. After all this,he was fo 
 fet upon revenge, that being corrupted with mo- 
 ney, he did not onely betray the place to the ene- 
 my, but drew alfo Stanly with htm , being a man 
 that had ferved with great fidelitie and valour in 
 the Irijh warres. Stanly was not eafily perfwaded to 
 b;- falfe, but this defperate fellow never ceafed to 
 draw him into the fellowship of wickednefTe with 
 him by many afleverations and oaths often repea- 
 ted ; telling him that it was certainly knowne in 
 England, that hee was of Babingtons conlpiracie $ 
 that he was alreadie difcovered by their confeffi- 
 onSjandthatourof handheeihouklbefentforto 
 thegallowes. Thus he perfwaded Stanly to betray 
 the rich and well fenced Towne ofDeventer to the 
 Spanyards jAgainft. his oath given to Leicejler and to 
 the States. And feeking fome pretence of honefty 
 againft a fa& fo di fhoneft & difloyal,he feemed to- 
 pleafe himfelfe inthis,that he had reftorcd a place 
 to the true Lwd y which was held from him by r<- 
 beJis. And being extreame Popifb t he fent for Priefts 
 to his Company ,which confifkd ofi^oo.Englifh 
 and Irtjb , to inftruft them in the Popifb Religion y 
 boafting that this mould be the Seminary Legion^ 
 which fhould defend the Romane Religion with 
 
 Jr/nes y 
 
of GODS Menie. Cap. I o 
 
 129 
 
 A.m:s> as the Seminary Pritp defend it with mi- 
 ***&'• To this purpofe A Aw,who a little after was 
 cWwi*//,fem Priefts prefenrly to him,and wrote a 
 Booke alfo, wherein hecommcnded this prodiio- 
 rious a& from he authority of the Bull of Pin V. 
 again ft Qjeene Elizabeth , and ftirred vp others to 
 fuch perftdi ^ufneif *,as if they were not bound to 
 ferve and obey a gjccnc excommunicated. But 
 lookej pra/,to the end. 
 
 The Spdtyards fct Torke and Stanly together in 
 contention one again 1 the other • and foonc after 
 they poifon Torke t zni take his goods; his b dy af- 
 ter thre yecres wa> d gg^d - : pbythecommande-- 
 m nt of he States ,md lunged rill it rotted. They 
 drew Stanly and his Compinies out of Dcvamr, 
 and toffing them from place to place , they makt 
 them the object of all dangers , andfo uled th~m 
 With all con uT«eiies,that fame of them dyed for 
 hunger,others f creily fled away. Stanly himfelfe 
 went into Spaine in hope of reward,and orTred his 
 helpe to invade Ireland: but neither found hee en 
 tertainment according to his expectation, neither 
 could hebctrufted ; for the Spanyards ufed to fay, 
 that/W honour might hec given to a tray tour , but m 
 tru/t.U was now too laxe for him to leame,but yet 
 he [quqn&i;ttM. he had mofl of ail betrayed him- 
 fclfc. 
 
 '. . 
 
 
IJO 
 
 Cap. 1 1 . A tbankfuB fymmbrdnce 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 The Spanilh preparations of the Invincible Na- 
 vie. The Duke of Parma treateth of a peace. Delegates 
 font over about it. The Conference of the Delegate* 
 broke off without fruit. 
 
 {^.^.1588. ' 
 
 Oflogepmm 
 1 3<>** mira- 
 btiimnntu. 
 
 E are now come to that fatal! ycerc, 
 which the &4pologer$ called the 
 MarveUoud yeerefomefaid it' Was the 
 Clymaftericalt yeere of the world; 
 And they that r ruft not in the living 
 Gpd. but in fiperfiitions , tooke the opportuaitie of 
 this fata ft yeere, as they fuppofed, now utterly to 
 overthrowc the Church of England and 5;*/*. 
 which before they could not doe. The Pope 2nd 
 
 Spaniards 
 
of GODS Mrcie. Cap.ii.J 131 
 
 Spaniards layd up all their hopes vpon this yeeres 
 deftime. 
 
 The rumors of warre daily increafed; at lafl: it 
 was cenainly confirmed by the newes on all fides, 
 that in Spaine there was an Invincible Navie prepa- 
 ring againft England ± that the raoft famous Cap- 
 taines in Military knowledge , and the beft Soul- 
 diers were fent for into Spaine ,£tom Italy Sicily, yea 
 from America. For the Pope and fome religious 
 Spaniards and Englifh fugitives now recalled the 
 Spaniard to the cogitation of furprifing of Eng- 
 /W,which purpofe was interrupted by the Portu. 
 £4#warres. They exhorted himearneftly to doe 
 God this fervice that had done fo much for liim : 
 now that he in joyed Portugal! with the Weft Indies , 
 and many rich Hands, to 2ddc England to all, were 
 an efpecial fervice of God rtt for his Catholike Ma- 
 jeftie. By this mcanes he might adde thefe flouri- 
 ihing Kingdbmes to his Empire ; and fo keepe the 
 Lew -countries in peace , fecure the Navigations to 
 bozhlndies. That the preparations of Spaine were 
 fo great,that no power was able to refift it. They 
 made him bcleeve that it was an eafler matter to 
 overcome England,.then to overcome the Dutch 
 /W, becaufethe navigation from Spaineto England 
 wa< much fhorter then to the Netherlands. And 
 by furprifing o£ England, the other would eafily 
 follow. * 
 
 Hereupon the confutation began to be had of 
 the beft way and meanesto oppreffe England. Al- 
 varm Baffanm, the Marquefs ofS.CroJft, who was 
 shiefe Commander in the Navie, advifed fir ft to 
 S 3 make 
 
! 2 2 | Cap. ii. A thankfull ^emtmbrauct 
 
 make Cure fomepart of Ht//a»d or Zealand by the 
 land- forces of the Duke of farmland by fending 
 before fome Sfomfh {hips , fo to take fome place 
 on a fudden, where the Spantjb Navie might have 
 a receptacle,andfrom whence the Invafion might 
 with convenience begin. For in the Engltjb Sc-\ 
 which is troublefome , the winds oft changing, 
 the tydes unknowne, the Navie could not bee in 
 fafctie. With him agreed Parma, who much urged 
 this expedition. Yet others difliked this council, 
 as a matter of great di_ficuluc and danger , of 
 long time,of much labour,of great expence,ofun- 
 certaine fucceflfe. And that neithc r fecretly nor o- 
 pcnly if could be performed , and eaiily hinder d 
 bv the Englift. Thcfc thought that with the feme 
 labour and expences EngUnd might bee wonnc : 
 and the vi&orie would b: fure, if a well prepared 
 armie from Spain* might with a ftrong Navie be 
 landed on Thames fide , and on a fudden furprife 
 Linden the chiefe Citie by an unexpe<5r?d aflaulc. 
 This fcemed athiagmofteafiero be effected. And 
 therfbre all agreed upon ir. Yet fotnc among rhem 
 thought good that a denunciation of the warre 
 mould be made by an Herald, which they held a 
 politikc device, both to remoove fufnition out of 
 the minds of neighbour Princes, and to force the 
 <$Httne t a> they fuppofed, to call to her heipe for- 
 raine mercenary foulrliers-conceiving that accor- 
 ding to th? ufuall infolencie of mercenarics,they 
 would tumult and fpoyle the countries fo might 
 the £uetne bee brought into hatred of her owne 
 people: that fo all things in EngUnd would be 
 1 '-• brought 
 
/ 
 
 of GODS Merck. Cap. 1 1 . 1 i j ^ 
 
 brought into a confufion, which might be helped 
 by the Engltfi CatMkes. But neither could xki 
 advice be heard. For they being confident of their 
 6wne ftrength , thought it was ■fufficient to com 
 mend the Invincible Navit to the prayers of the 
 Pope and of their other Catholtkes, and to the inter- 
 ceffion of Saints: and to fet out a Booke in print to 
 the terrour of the EngUJh , in which Booke all the 
 preparation was particularly related. Which was 
 Co great through Spaine, Italie, and Sicily y that the 
 Spanjards themfelves were in admiration of their 
 owne forces, and therefore named it the Invincible 
 Fleet. 
 
 The Duke of Parma alfo in Flanders , by the 
 commandement of the Spanyard built fhips,and a 
 great company of fmal broad veflTels,each one able 
 to tranfport thirtie horfes, with bridges fitted for 
 them feverally • and hired Mariners from the Eaft 
 part of Germany 5 and provided long pieces of 
 wood,marpned at the end 3 and covered with iron, 
 with hookes on the fide 5 And twentie thoufand 
 veflels with an huge number of faggots^ & placed 
 an armie readic in Flanders of 1 03 Companies of 
 foot^and 4000 horfmen. Among thefe were 700 
 Englifh fugitives , which were had of all other in 
 moft contempt. Neither was Stanly refpe&cd or 
 heard who was fet over the Engltjh, nor rVetfmer- 
 /W,norany other who offered their helpe^but for 
 their impiety towards their owne Country ^were 
 fhutout from all confultarions,and as menunomi- 
 nous rejected not without deteftation. And Pope 
 \Sixiw V. that in fuch a purpofe would not bee 
 ,._ .„. wanting 
 
 i 
 
'?4 
 
 Cap.n. A thankful! Remembrance 
 
 wanting,fent Cardinall Alan into Flanders ,and re- 
 nucd the Bulls declaratory of Pirn V. and Greg. 
 XI 1 1. He excommunicateth the gvee»e,dcpoCeth 
 her,abfolveth her fubje&sfrom allallegiance,and 
 as if it had been againfl: the Turkes and infidels, he 
 fet forth in print a Cruciata, wherein hebeftowed 
 plenary Indulgences out of the treafure of the 
 Church upon all that would ioyne their helpea- 
 gainft England. By which meanes the Marquefs a 
 Bur raw of the houfeof Juftria,the Duke ofPaftrd- 
 na, Amady Duke of Savoy , Fe/fatian Gon&aga, Ubn 
 Medices,and divers other Noblemen weredrawne 
 intothefewarres. 
 
 Queene Elizabeth, that fhe might not be furpri- 
 fed at unawares,prepareth as great a Navie as fhe 
 could,and with lingular care and providence ma- 
 keth ready all things necefTary for wane. And fhe 
 her felfe, which was ever moft judicious in discer- 
 ning of mens wits and aptnelTe,and moft h&fpt in 
 making choice when fhe made it out of her ovvne 
 judgement, and nor at the commendation of o- 
 thcrs,defigned the beft & mod ferviceable to each 
 feverall imployment. Over the whole Navie fhe 
 appoynted the Lo: Admirall Charles Howard. In 
 whom fhe repofed.muchtruft,and fent him to the 
 Weft parts of England , where Captaine Drake 
 whom fhe made Vice- admirall, joy ned with him. 
 She commanded Henry Seymour the fecond fon to 
 the Duke of Somerset , to watch upon the Belgick 
 fhoare with 40 Englijhand Dutch fhippes,thatthe 
 Duke of Parma might not come out with his for- 
 ces. Albeit fome were of opinion,that the enemy 
 
 was 
 
P I IM1I ■■ ■■ I ■■ ■ — ■ , ■ ■ I — — — 1 
 
 ■of GOD S Mercie. Cap. 1 1 I i ? $ 
 
 was to bee expected and fet upon by land forces, 
 according as it was upon deliberation refolved in 
 the time of Henry the 8. when the French brought 
 a gteac Navie upon the Englijh fhore. 
 
 By Land there was placed on the South fhores 
 twentie thoafand. And two Armies be/Ides were 
 muftered of the choyceft men for warre.The one 
 of thefe, which confided of a thoufand horfe, 
 twenty two thoufand root, was thcEarleof Leice- 
 fier fer over. And camped at Tilbury on the fide of 
 Thames. f+ox the enemy was refolved firft to fet up- 
 on London. The o:ht r armie was governed by the 
 Lo: //«»/^w,confi a ingof 34 thoufandfoot, and 
 two thoufand horfe ro guard the gneene. 
 
 The Lord Grey, S r Francis Knotty S r Uhnl{jr- 
 rice y S r Richard Bingham :,S r Roger • Williams ', men 
 famOuflykaowne for Military experience, were 
 chofen ta f coriferoFrheIand-fight.Thefe thought 
 fit that.all thofe places fhould be fortified with m?n 
 and murii:ion,\vhich were commodious to land in 
 either out of Spaing, or out of Flandirs, as^Mifford 
 Haven , Falmouth, Plinpkauth j Portland, xhetfljof 
 Wight, Port j r mouth, ,the open fide of Kent called the 
 Dotpnes , the mouth of Thames, Harwich, Tar mouth, 
 #0/,dxThattramed fouldicrs through all the Ma. 
 ritw^ovwes fixraklm"eet,upon warning givcn,to 
 defend thefe places : that they fhould by their beft 
 meanes and powerrhmder the enemy to takeland- 
 if he fhould take land, then fhould they wafte the 
 Couinrreyaliabou€,and fpoyleevery thing that 
 mightbeofanyufetotheenemy,that fo he mi^ht 
 find no more victuals then what he brought upon 
 L T his 
 
i j 6 I Gap. 1 1 . A tbankfuH %emembranci 
 
 his (boulders with him. And that by continuaM/k- 
 rums the enemy mould find no reft day or night. 
 But they (liould not trie any battell untill divers 
 Captaines were met together with their Compa- 
 nies. That one Captaine might be named in every 
 Shire which might command. 
 
 •At this time divers told the Jgueene, that the 
 Span-yards were not fo much to be reared without, 
 as the Papijls within ; for the Spaniards d\x& make 
 no attempt upon England,but upon confidence of 
 their helpe within. And therefore,for the fecuri- 
 tie of the whole,their heads were vpon fome pre- 
 tences to be cut oifj. Producing for this thing the 
 example of Henry the 8 .For when the Emperor and 
 French King at the Popes inftigation were combi- 
 ned and ready to invade England, King Henry pre- 
 fently executed the Marcfuefs of Exeter, the Lord 
 Montacnte , Edward Nevit , and others , whom he 
 fufpected to favour the enemies 5 which thing as 
 fooneas hee had done, the intended invafion was 
 flopped and proceeded no further. But this advice 
 the gucene utterly difliked, as being cruel] , fhee 
 thought it enough to commit fome of the PapiHs 
 to Wisbich CaHle in cuftody 5 and cafting her eyes 
 and mind on£very fide, me ftirred up her Nobles' 
 with Letters of:en,though they were careiull and 
 watchfull ofthemielves. She certified Fitz, Willi- 
 ams , Lord Deputie of Ireland, what fhee would 
 have done there. She fent to the King of Scots, to 
 warne him to take good heed of Papists, and the 
 Sfartijh faction. But he,kno wing well what a tem- 
 per!: and defolation was hanging , and threatning 
 
 both 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 1 1 
 
 both alike , having already fet his heart upon the 
 maintenance of" true Religion, & rcfolving to take 
 part with the truth inprofperitie and adverfitie, 
 which is onely able to fave and deliver her main- 
 tamers • had a little before refufed to heare the Bi- 
 mop ofDumbUn, fent thither from the Pope . and 
 hac caufed a lcagiie to bee made among the Prote. 
 ft ants o£' Scotland for refinance of the Spaniards . 
 and himfelfecomraingto Anandale with an armie, 
 befieged Maxwel, and tooke him, and committed 
 him toprifon , who was lately returned out of 
 Spainewgainil his faith and allegiance , and came 
 with ariintcnt to favour the Spanijh fide h hee de- 
 clared the Spaniards fhould be held as enemies,and 
 againft them caufed all with great alacritie to bee 
 TeadyinAM-nes. 
 ' Amot\s?x\\efe ] pre}>dratfamfir warre,which were 
 great on both fides , theCouncels of peace were not 
 utterly ca ft away. 
 
 si rfTwo.y eeresfoeiore^the Duke of Parma confide- 
 
 tfmg how hard a matter it was to end the Belgicke 
 
 warre,fo long as it was continually nourifhed and 
 
 fupporred with ayd from the Queene, hee moved 
 
 ,for.a treatie of Peace by the meanes of Sir lames 
 
 Croftyonc of theprivie Councel,a man defirous of 
 
 peace,and AndrewsLoe a Dutch-man , and profefTed 
 
 that tht Span-yard had delegated authoritie to him 
 
 ,-for this purp )fe. Butthe gueene fearing that there 
 
 was fome cunning in this feeking of peace , that 
 
 the frienc'fhip betweene her and the confederate 
 
 Provinces might beedi(To!ved , and char fothey 
 
 might fecretly be drawne to the Spaniard; me de- 
 
 T 2 ferred 
 
 M7 
 
 - ' ■ 
 
1,8 
 
 Cap. i I. A tbankfutl^emcvtbrance 
 
 fei red that treaty for fometlme.But now^thatthe 
 Warres oft both fides prepared , might be turned 
 away, fhee was content to. treat oi Peace t butfo as 
 ftill holding the Weapons in her hand. 
 
 For this purpofe m- February Delegates were 
 fent into F Under s 9 \hz Earle of Derby, the Lo; Cob- 
 h>r,n> S r Umcs Croft, D* Dalcji\d D'Rpgers. Tliefe 
 wire received With ail humanity on the Baku be* 
 halfe,and they prefentJy fent D r Dab to him, that 
 I a plice might be appoynted for the treating , and 
 j tha they might feejthcauchority to him delegated 
 ' ( from the Spawfli King.. Hee appoynted theiplace 
 I neere to It end , not in o&end, which then was 
 holden ofEaglijh againft the King : his authoritie 
 delegated hce promifed then to ihow when they 
 were once met together. He wihedtheih to make 
 good fpced in the bufineiibyteft fomewhat might 
 fall out in the meane time which might trouble 
 the motions of peace. Ricbardotjml'pzbefomer 
 what more plainly , that he knew f>0£ what in this 
 interim ihould be done agamftj£#pfe/. Not long 
 after D r . Rogers was fent to the Prince' by an ck- 
 preffe commandement from the gueene y to know 
 the truth , whether the Spaniard had refolved to 
 invade England) which hee and RichardoUis did 
 feemc to i^gnifie. He affirmed, that he did not fb 
 much as thinke of theinvafion of Englandwhm 
 hce wifhed that the bufaeiTe might proceed with 
 fpeed. And was in a maner offended with Rtcbar- 
 ditut^ who denied that fuch words fell from him. 
 The ii.ofjlpriljthc Count Aremberg, Champtgtty, 
 JUcbardotus, D. Maeftts yandGarmer ? delegated 
 
 from 
 
»f GODS Merae. Cap. i i j 139 
 
 from the Prince of P*rma , met with the Engltjh, 
 and yeddcd to them the honour both in walking 
 and fitting. And when they affirmed that the Duke 
 had full authority 'o trcate of Peace; the Enghjh 
 mooved that firft a truce might be made. Which 
 they dcnyed,ailedging that that thing muft needs 
 bee hurtful! to the Spaniard., who had for fix mo 
 ncths maintained a great Army,which might not 
 bee difmiffed vpon a Truce , but upon an abfolute 
 Peace. The Engl/Jh urged that a truce was promi- 
 sed before they came into Flanders, The Spmyard 
 againft that held, that fix moneths fince a truce 
 was promifed ; which they granted, but was not 
 admitted. Neither was ir in the Quccncs power to 
 undertake a truce for Holland and Zealand, who 
 dariy attempted hoftility. The Engltjh mowd in- 
 ftandy ,that the truce might b' j generall for ail the 
 j^enes Territories , and for the Kingdome of 
 Scotland: but they would have it burfbrfbure 
 Dutch Townes which were in the gueenes hands, 
 that is , Oskfidy Fl/,jhing y BergejiHfzJome , and the 
 W/ ; and thefe onely during the treating and 
 ■nventie dayes after, atid that in the meane' time it 
 mi° ht be lawful! for the gucene to invade Spaine, 
 _9r for the SpanjiwAio iqv.add England, either from 
 Sfainc'oj Flanders. .Whiift thefedclaies were made 
 co "iteming the truce and place, which at laft was 
 appointed at Bwrhurg^ Croft upon an earned: defire 
 to peace, wen r privately to Bruxejls , without the 
 knowledge of the other Delegates, and privately 
 propofed fome Ankles. For which afterward by 
 Eekeffers motion he wasimprifoned : albeit thofe 
 
 T 3 articles 
 
140 
 
 Cap.i i . A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 articles propofed by him were in the iudgement 
 of the other Commiflioners not to be difallnved. 
 But Delegates have their limits circumfcnb'.'d , 
 which they are not to parte. At laft when the EngJ 
 l[f!) could not obtaine an abftinence from Armes, 
 andcou'dbyno meanesfee theCharter by which 
 the Duke of Parma had this authoritie granted to 
 treat of peace,they propofed thefe thingsjthat the 
 ancient Leagues betvveene the King of England, 
 and the Dukes of Burgwdie might berenued and 
 confirmed ; that all the Dutch might fully enjoy 
 their own priviiedges^thatwith freedome of con- 
 fcience they might ferveGod : that the Spanijh and 
 forraine fouldicrs might be put out of Dutchland, 
 that neither the Dutch nor their neighbouring na- 
 tions might feare them. If thefe things might be 
 grahtedjthe guene would come to cauall conditio 
 ons concerning the Townes which now me held, 
 (that all might know that fhe tooke up armes,fiot 
 for her owne gatne, but for the necefiary defence 
 both of the Dutch & of her ft lfe)fo that the momiy 
 which is owing therfore be repaied. They answe- 
 red : that for renuing the old leagues there fhould 
 be no dimcultie, when they might have friendly 
 conference of tliatthi' g.That concerning the pri- 
 viledgcsoftheD»^,there was no csufe why for- 
 raine Princes mould take care, which priviledges 
 were mo'f favourably granted, not oncly to Pro- 
 vinces and Townes reconciled , but even to fuch 
 as by force of armes are* brought into fubjcclioh'. 
 That forraine fouldieft were held upon urgent 
 necefllty,when as HotlandjENg/and, & Francc,\vtte 
 
 all 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. i jr. J 141 
 
 all in armes. Touching thofe Towncs taken from 
 the king ofSpaineyZnd the repaying of the money, 
 they anfwered that the Spanyard might demand fo 
 many myriads of crownes to bee from the gueene 
 repayed him , as the Belgick warre hath coft him, 
 fince the time that fhee hath favoured and prote- 
 cted the Butch againft him. 
 
 At this time D r Dale by the Jguccnes command 
 going to the Duke of Parma, did gently expostu- 
 late with him touching a Booke printed there,fet 
 out lately by Cardinall Allan, wherein he exhor- 
 teththe Nobles & people of England and Inland, 
 to joyne themfelvesto the King of'Spaines forces, 
 under the conduct of the Prince of Parma,£or the 
 execution of the fentence ofSixtus r.Popeagainft 
 tbc'Jgueexe , declared by his Bull. In which fhee 
 is declared an heretike , illegitimate , cruel/ againft: 
 Mdrytfoe Scots gucenc,md her fubjecls were com- 
 manded to helpe Parma againft her : ( for at that 
 time a great number of thofe Bulls & Bookes were 
 printed at Antwerpe, to be difperfed through Eng- 
 land.) The Duh denied that hee had feene fuch a 
 Bull or book,ndther would he do any thing by the 
 Popes authorities for his owneKing,hira he muft 
 obey .Yet he faid that he fo obferved the £>uecn for 
 her princely vertues,that,afterthe King ofSpatne, 
 he offredall fervketo her.That he had perfwaded 
 the King ofSpaine to yeeld to this treaty of peace, 
 which is more profitable for England , then Spa- 
 nijh. For if they mould be overcome,they would 
 eafily repaire their lofTe : But if you be overcome, 
 ItheKingdomeis loft.To whom Dak replied: that 
 L our 
 
1 4 * I C a P- l1 -' A tbankfull fymembrdnft 
 
 our g^jtnt was fufriciently furnifbed with forces 
 to defend the Kingdome. That a Kingdomewill 
 not eafily be gotten by the fortune of one battel!, 
 feeing the King otSpaine in fo long a warrc is not 
 yet able to recover his ancient patrimonie in the 
 NetlnrUnds.. Well,quoththe Z>«£*,be it fo.Thefe 
 things are in Gods hands. 
 
 After this the Delegates contended among them- 
 fclves by mutuall replications , weaving and m± 
 weaving the fame webb. The EngUjl) were earn. ft< 
 in this,a toleration of Religion might be granted at 
 leaft for twoyeeres to theconfederate Provinces* 
 They anfwered,that as the King of Spams had not 
 intrcated that for Englifh Cathhkes : fo they ho* 
 ped that the gueene in her wifdome would not in-- 
 treat any thing of the King of 'S 'faint wjikh might 
 (rand againft his honour,nis oath,and his conlcr- 
 eoce. When they demanded the money dueifroni 
 the States of Brabant, itwasanfwered,thar the mo- 
 ney was lent without the Kings authorise or pri^ 
 vitie. But let the accompt bee taken , how much 
 that money was , and how much the King hach 
 fpent in thefe warres , and then it may appeare, 
 who fhould looke for repayment.By fuch anfwers 
 they drive off the Englifh of purpofe, untillthe 
 Spamftfleet were come neerethe Englifh more,and 
 the noyfe of Gunnes were heard from Sea. Then 
 had they leave to depart, & were by the Delegates 
 honourably brought to the borders neere to Calls. 
 The Duke of Parma had in the meane time 
 brought all his forces to the Sea more. Thus this 
 conference came to nothing • undertaken by the 
 
 gucene, 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap. 1 1 
 
 gjteenc , as the wifer then thought to avert the 
 Spamjh Fleet . continued by the Spanyard, that he 
 might oppreflfe the <$*eene y being as he fuppofed, 
 unprovided , and not expe&ing the danger. So 
 both of them tryed to fowc the Fox-skin to the 
 Lyons. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
 *4* 
 
144 
 
 Cap. 1 2 . A tkankfull <%jmeml>rdnce 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 The Invincible Artnic defer ibcd. At the fir!? fit- 
 ting out Jhaken fire with a tempest. The gefts of each 
 day related particularly and punctually. They trufiedtn 
 their fir mgth,wc in the name of our God ± They are fd- 
 Unhand we ft and vpright. 
 
 jSSSgfj He Spanijh Fleet ,the beft furnHhed with 
 " Men, Munition, Engines, and all war- 
 like Preparation , that was ever feene 
 upon the Ocean, and by that arrogant 
 Title called Invincible , did confift of 
 
 150 Ships, wherein there were 19290 Souldiersj. 
 
 Mariners 83 50 -chained rowers 2080- great Ord- 
 
 nance 2630. The chiefe commander was Perezitts 
 
 ' - W- 
 
of GODS Merc'te. Cap. i t 145 
 
 Guzmannus > Dukeo{ Medina Sidonia. (For Antoni- 
 tts Column* , Duke of Palian and Marqucfs of S. 
 Crajf/^towhom thechiefe government was allot- 
 ted , dyed whilit things were preparing.) And 
 under him lohannes Martinus Recaldm , a man of 
 great experience in Sea aflfayrcs. The 30 of May 
 they looked out of the river Tagtts, and purpofing 
 to hold their courfe to the Groyne in Gallitia , they 
 were beaten and fcattered by a tern pert: three Gal- 
 lies by the helpe of David Gum an Englijh fei vant, 
 and by the perfidioufnefle of the Turkes which 
 rowed , were carried-away into France. 'Xhtflea 
 with muchadoe, af er fome dayes , came to the I 
 Grey* & other harbour- neereadjoyning. The re- 
 port was tha' the-fcet was fo iriaken with this tern - 
 peft,that the Qnecne wasperfwaded, that (hee was 
 not to expect that fleet chis yeere. And S r Francis 
 Walfwgham,Sccrctd.Ty, wrote to theLo: Admirall, 
 that he might fend back foureof thegreateft mips, 
 as if the warre had been ended. But hee did not 
 eafily give credit to that report , but with a gentle 
 anfwer intreated him to beleeve nothing haftily in 
 Co important a matter , that he might keepethofe 
 fliips with him , though it were upon his owne 
 charges. And finding a favourable wind turned 
 failes toward Spainc, to furprifethe enemies fhaken 
 mips in their harbours. When he was not far from 
 the more o£Spaine,t\\c wind turned, and he being 
 \ charged to defend the Eighfk flioare, fearing that 
 the enemies unfeene might by the fame wind bee 
 driven to England, he returned to Vlimmouth. 
 With the fame wmde the 1 2 of Inly, the Duke 
 
 V 2 of 
 
146 
 
 Cap. 12. A thankfull%emmibrance 
 
 of Medina with his /7wf departed from the Groine, 
 And after one day or two he lent Rboderictu Teli- 
 m into Flanders, to admonim the Duke of Parma, 
 giving him noticethat the Fleet was approaching, 
 that he might be ready. For Medina his Commii- 
 fion was to joyne himfelfe with the fhips & foul- 
 diers of Parma , and under the protection of his 
 Flea to bring them into England , and to land his 
 land forces upon Thames fide. Now as the relator 
 of this Story hath taken paines to declare what 
 was done each day,! will follow him herein. 
 
 The 1 6 day there was a great calme,and a thicke 
 cloud was upon the fea till noone : then the North 
 wind blowing roughly , & againe the Weft wi d 
 till midnight , and after that the Eaft 1 the Spantjh 
 Navie was fcattered and hai dly gathered together 
 untill they came within the fight of England the 
 19 day of July. Vpon which day the Lord Admi- 
 rall was certified by Fit mming ( who had been a 
 Pyrat ) that the Sfamjh Fleet was entred into 1 he 
 Engltfh Sea, which the Mariners call the Channel!. 
 And was defcried neere to the Lizard. The Lord 
 Admirall brought forth the Engl/Jh fleet into the 
 Sea, but not without great difficulty, by the skill, 
 labour,and alacririe of the fouldiers and Mariners, 
 every one labouring^yea the Lord Admirall him- 
 felfe had his hand at the worke. 
 
 The next day the Ettglifh Fleet viewed the Spa- 
 nijh fleet comming along with towers like Caftles 
 in height, her front crooked like thefafijon of the 
 Moone, the homes of the front were extended one 
 from the other about feven miles afunder,fayling 
 
 witr* 
 
of GO DS Merae. Cap. 12, 147 
 
 with the labour of the winds , the Ocean as it were 
 groaning under it • their fayle was but flow, and 
 yet at full faile before the wind. The Englijb gave 
 them leave to hold on their courfe,and when they 
 were parted by , came behind them, and got the 
 helpe of the wind. 
 
 The 2 1 otluly, the Lord Admirall 0$ England 
 fent a Pinnace before, called the Defiance , to de- 
 nounce the Battel! ) by mooting offfome Pceces. 
 And being himfelfe in the Arckroyall, (the Eng^ 
 lijh Praetorian Shipp or Admirall ) hee fet upon 
 a Ship which he cooke to be the Spanijh Admira/i, 
 but it* was the SMp oft vtifonfe Leva, Vpon that 
 hce befto wed muck flioi Prefemly Brake, Haw- 
 kins, FroUjher came in upon thtSpaniJJ) hindmoft 
 Shippes which Recaldus governed. Vpota thefe 
 they thundred 5 Recaldus laboured what he could 
 to ftay his men who fled to their Navie,untill his 
 Sfrnpe beaten and pearced with many fhot , did 
 hardly recover the Fleet. At which time the Duke 
 Medina gathered together his diffipated Fleet, and 
 ktting up more fayle they held their courfe. In- 
 deed they could doe no other,for the EngHjh had 
 gotten the advantage of winde,and their Shippes 
 were much more nimble & ready with incredible 
 celeritie , to come upon the enemie with a full 
 courfe, and then to turne and returne , and bee on 
 every fide at their pleafiire. When they had fought 
 two houres , and taken fome tryall of their owne 
 courage and of the Spanyards • The Lord Admirall 
 thought good not to continue the fight any longer 
 then, feeing that fortie fhips were abfent which 
 _. V 3 were 
 
14s 
 
 Cap.i2. A thankfull 'Remembrance 
 
 werefcarcedrawne out of Plimmouth haven. The 
 night following , S. Catharin a Spanijh fhip being 
 lore tome with the fight , was received into the 
 midit of the Navie to be mended. Heere a great 
 CaxtafaiaxM$.ofOqitei9da,whcte\n was the Trea- 
 furer of the Campe,by force of Gunpowder that 
 had taken fire, was fet on fire ; yet was the fire 
 quenched in time by the mips that came ro helpe 
 her. Gf .thefc that came to helpe the fired mip, 
 one wasa(7d/ftrc?,in;which was Vetrus.Wdckz, • the 
 foremaft of the 'Calcon was caught in the tackling 
 of another fliip, and broken. This was taken by 
 fitiaktjNho fentWa2de£$Q Btrtwwtb • the money 
 fiftifftetfohpddDjtcnts .hedifbifouted among his 
 Souldiers. That night hee was appoyntcd to fet 
 foorthlight,butneglec'rrdit, and Come German* 
 Merchants fhippes xromming by that night , hee 
 thinking them to bee enemies, followed them fo 
 fane, that the Englifh Navie refted all night when 
 they could fee no. light fet forth. Neither did he 
 nor the reft of the Navie finde the Admiral untill 
 the next day at eVen. The AdmtraH all the night 
 preceding with the Beareznd Marj Rofedid follow 
 the Spaniards with watchfulnes.TheD«& was bu- 
 lled in ordering his Navy .Alfonfiu Leva was com- 
 manded to joyne the firft&lafl: companies. Every 
 ; Ship had his ftation affigned , according to that 
 prescribed forme which was appointed in Spaim, 
 |. it was prefent death to forfake his ftation. This 
 ' done, he fent Clic bus an Anc'unt to Parma , which' 
 j might declare to him in what cafe they wcre^and 
 j left that Cartiabrtan fhip of Oqucnda to the windi 
 
 and 
 
of GODS Mercie, Gap. r 2.\ 149 
 
 and fca,having taken ouc the money and mariners 
 and put them in other ihips. Yet it feenieth that 
 he had not care of all : for tha; (hip the fame day, 
 with fifty mariners and fouldiers,lamed and halfe 
 burnt , fell into the hands of the Engltjb, and was 
 carry cd to Weymouth. 
 
 The 2 3 of the fame moneth, the Spanyards ha- 
 ving a favourable North wind,turned failes upon 
 the Engltjb $ the Engltjb being muc h readier in the 
 ufe of their mippes , fet about a compaffe for the 
 wind , and having gotten advantage of the wind, 
 they came to the fight onboth fides. They fought 
 a while confufedly with variable fortune : whiKl 
 on the one fide the Engltjb with great courage de- 
 livered the London flips which were inclofed about 
 by the Spanyards \ on the other fide the Spanjakis 
 by valour freed Rec&ldm from the cxtream danger 
 he was in : there was not greater eftulminations 3 
 by beating of Ordnances at any time , then was 
 this day. Yet the loffe fell upon the Spanipfide^ 
 becaufe their ihips were fo high,that the fiior went 
 over the Engltjb fhipps , but the Engltjb having a 
 fairemarke at their great fhips,fhot never in vaine. 
 Onejy Ceck an Englifh man , being caught in the 
 midft of the Spanijh fnips,could not be recovered; 
 he.pcrifhed but with great honour revenged KTrn- 
 felfe. Thus a long time the Engltjb ihippes with 
 great agilitie were fometimes upon the Spanyards, 
 giving them the one fide , and then the other,and 
 prefently were off againe , and tooke the Sea to 
 makethemfdves ready to come in again*. Where* 
 as the Spamjh heavy fhips were troubled and hin- 
 / dred 
 
i c o [ Cap i Z- A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 dred,and flood to be marks for the Engltjh bullets. 
 For all that the Admira/l would not admit theEng- 
 Hfh to come to grapple , and to boord their fhip% 
 becaufe they had a full army in their fhips,which 
 he had notj their fhips were many in numbcr,and 
 greatcr,and higher, that if they had come to grap- 
 ple , as fome would have had it , the Engltjh that 
 we re much lower then the Spamjh Shippes, muft 
 necdes have had the worfe of them that fought 
 from the higher Shippes. And if xheEnglifli had 
 been overcome , the loffe would have been grea- 
 ter then the victory could have been, for ours be- 
 ing overcome, would have put the kingdomein 
 hazard. 
 
 The 24 day , they refted from fight on both 
 fides. The Admtraltfent fome fmall Barkes to the I 
 next Englijh fhore , to fupply the provifion. And 
 divided all his Navie into foure fquadrons The 
 raft was under his owne government ; the fecond 
 Drake governed^the third Hawkins-^hc fourth Fro- 
 bibber. And he appoyrted ouc of every fquadron 
 certaine little fliips , which on divers fides might 
 fet upon the Spaniards in the night , but a fudden 
 caime tookethem,and fo that advice was without 
 cfleft. 
 
 The 25 day, being S c . lames day , S c . Arme^xht 
 C-aleon of Portugal/, not being able to hold courfe 
 with the reft, was fet upon by fome fmall Engltjh 
 fliips, for whole ayd came in Leva, and Didactu i 
 Tefles Emques,whh three Galeajfes: which the AcL 
 w/>4/7 andthe Lord Thomas Howard cfpying^ made 
 in againfhhe Galeajjes(thz calme was fo great,that j 
 
 J 
 
 they ! 
 
J afG O D S Merck. Cap. 1 1 
 
 they were dravvne in by boats with cords)and did 
 fo beat upon the Galcajfcs with great mot>that with 
 much adoe & not without great lofTe 3 they hardly 
 recovered the Gabon. The Spaniards reported that 
 the Admit all of Spain was that day in the hindmoft 
 company, and being neater the Englijhftiips then 
 before^ was fore beaten with the Englijh great Ord- 
 nance, trimy men ilaifte in her , her great Maft o- 
 verthrowne. And after that,the Admiral! of Spainc 
 accompanied with Recaldus and others,did fet up- 
 on the English. JdmiraH f who by the benefit of the 
 wjnde turning efcaped. The Spaniards hold on 
 their courfe againe, and fend to the Duke of Far- 
 «w,that with all fpeed he mould joyne his fhippes 
 with the Kings Fleet. Thefe things the Engltjb 
 knew not , who write that they had ftricken the 
 Lanterne from one of the SpanifJj (hips, the Stemme 
 from another, and had fore beaten a third , doing 
 much harme to her. That the Non Parigly and the 
 Mary, /fr/e fought a good while with the Spanyards, 
 and thcTriumpb being in danger,other mips came 
 in good time to helpe her. Thus it is itr ifit- 
 tell,they who are prefent and actors report not al- 
 way es the fame of the fame things ; each reporting 
 what himfelfe obferved. 
 
 The next day the Lord Admirall knightedrlie 
 Lord Thomas Howard , the Lord Sheffield , Roger 
 Tomiefend, Uhn Hawkins , and Martin Frobtjher for 
 their valour well imployed in the laft fight. Af- 
 ter this they refolved not to fet upon the enemy 
 vntill they came into the ftraight of Calis , where 
 Henr'u Seymour and William Winter flayed for their 
 / X com- 
 
 151 
 
\ci Cap. i 2. 4 thankful! Remembrance 
 
 comming. Thus with a fairegale the Spamjh Fleet 
 goeth forward, and the Engltjh followed. This 
 great Spanijh Armado was fo farre from being e- 
 fteemed Invincible in the opinions of the Enghfh, 
 that many young Noblemen and Gentlemen , in 
 hope to be partakers of a- famous vi&ory againft ; 
 the Spanyards, provide^ (hjps of their own e-char- 1 
 ges,and joyned themfelves to the EngUjh Fleet,a- 
 mong whom was the Earles of 'Effck, of Northum- 
 berland, of Cumber Una, Thomas, and Robert Cecills, 
 U. Br cokes , Charles Blunt \, Walter Raleigh .William 
 Hatt on, Robert Cary, AmbrofcWttfoHgbbfrThvmds G<- 
 tard, Arthur Gorge ,and other Gentlemen of name. 
 
 The 27 day at even, the Spaniards caft anchors 
 neere to Calls, being admonifhed of their skilfulr 
 fea-men,that if they went.any farther,they might 
 be indangered by the force of the tyde to be dri- 
 ven into the North Ocean. Neere to them flood the 
 Engliih K^Admirall with his Fleet within a great 
 Gunnes fliot.To the Admirall Seimour and Winter 
 now joyne their mips • fo that now there were an 
 hundred and forty fhips in the Engltjh Fleet , able 
 and well furni(hed for fTghr, for faile,and to tume 
 which way was needfull : and yet there were but 
 fifteene of thefe which bore the burden of the 
 battelljand repulfed the enemy. The Spanyard, as 
 often he had done before, fo now with great ear- 
 neftnerTe fent to the Duke of Ear ma to fend forty 
 Fly-boats, without the which they could not fight 
 with the Englifh , becaufe of the greatnefle and 
 flownefTe of their ownc fhips , and the agilitic of 
 the Englijh fluppes. And intreating him by all 
 
 meanes 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. i z 
 
 meanes now to come to fcawith his Army,which 
 Armie was now to bee protected as it were under 
 the wings ofxhcSpaniJh Armado, untill they tooke 
 land in England. But the Duke was unprovided, 
 and could not come out at an inftant. The broad 
 fhippes with flat bottomes, being then full of 
 chinkes muft bee mended. Vi&ualls wanted, and 
 muft be provided , the Mariners being long kept 
 againft their willes, began to flirinke away. The 
 Ports of D tinker kc and 2{jrvport , by which hee 
 muft bring his Armie to theSea,were now [o be- 
 fet with the ftrong (hips of Holland and Zealand, 
 which were "fupnimed with great and fmali Mu- 
 <"ttition , -that he was not able to come to Sea, un- 
 lefle hee would come vpon his owneapparantde- 
 ■ftruclion , and cafl him-felfe and his men wilfully 
 into a headlong danger. Yet he omitted nothing 
 that might bee done,being a man eager and indu- 
 ftriousand inflamed with a defireof overcom- 
 ming England. 
 
 But ggcaie Elizabeth her providence & care pre- 
 vented both the diligence of this man & the credu- 
 lous hope of the Spanjard. For by her commande- 
 ment thenexc day the Admir all tooke eight of their 
 worft fliips^and dreflfed them with wildfire, pitch 
 and r-ofen^and filled them full of brimftone, and. 
 fome other matter fit for fire 5 and thefe being let 
 on fire by the minifterie and guiding of Tong and 
 Prowfe were fecretly in the night, by the helpe of 
 the wind, fet full upon the Spaai/h Fleet as they lay 
 at Anchor. When the Spaniards faw them come 
 neere,the flame flnning- & giving light overall the 
 
J *4 
 
 ■■ \ » ■■ 
 
 Cap. 12. A tf)attkfuli${ctttemhr4nce 
 
 fez : they fuppofing thofe mips befides the danger 
 of the fireto have bin alfo furnimed with deadly 
 engins to make horrible deftru&ion among them- 
 lifting vp a.moft hiddeous woefullerie, fomepull 
 up AmbmSomt for haft cut their Cables, they fet 
 up their Sayles ,thcy apply their Oares, and ftricken 
 with a Pannick terro»r,'m°tc&t hafte they fledmoft i 
 confufedly. Among them the Prt&torean Galcajfe 
 floating upon the Seas, her Rudder being broken, ! 
 in great danger of feare drew towards Cain , and 
 (ticking in the fand , was taken by Amits PreHon, 
 Thomas Gerard, and Harvey ^ Hugh Moncada the 
 Governor was killed, the Souldier.s and Mariners 
 were either killed or drowned ; in her there was 
 found great (tore of gold,which fell tobe-the prey 
 of the Engkfo-, The Ship and Ordnance fell to the 
 (hare of the Governor of Calx. 
 
 The Spanyardf report, that the P#fo,when hee 
 faw the fiery fliips comraing, commanded all the 
 fleet to put up their Anchors, but fo as the danger 
 being paft, every fhip might returne againe to his 
 ftation. And he himfelfe returned,giving a figne 
 to the reft by mooting off a Gunne. Which was 
 heard but of a few, for they were farre offfcatte- 
 red,fome into the open Oceanfome throngh feare 
 were driven upon the fhallowes of thefhoare of 
 Flanders, 
 
 Over again ft Graveling the Spamft fleet began to 
 gather themfelves together. But upon them came 
 Brake and Tenner , and battered them with great 
 Ordnance: To thefe Fenton, Southwell, Beesion, 
 Croffe ? Riman,zn& prefently after, the Lord Admi- 
 
 rail, 
 
tfGOJDi.Afacie. , Gap.u 
 
 raU^th^n/u HMwdgnd Sheffield jtzmz in , and all 
 joyned together. The Duke Medina, Lrua^xa^ 
 da y R&ddus t> zwk <&Iky$ with much adoe getting 
 themfelvcs out of the flnriow§/uftainedthe£a^^ 
 ///fc tbrce as well astfcey raight^intill -moft-oft&eir 
 fhips were pearced and torne. The Gdton S* Ma- 
 tkiv y g6vemedby J)iegBF*mepteU&s.>. commbg to 
 aid Francis T*leta»bticig-m tbG&Mtipwikpexr- 
 ced and lhaken with the reiterated foots ofSetmokr 
 and lVwter,ai\d driven to Qftettd&sd was at laft ta- 
 ken by the Flujhingers. The S. Philip c^mt to the 
 like end. So did the <7*&fl» of Bifcay, andidivers 
 other. 
 
 The laftday of this moneth,the Spantfh fleet dri- 
 ving to recover the Straights againe, were driven 
 toward Zealand, The Englijb left offpurfuing of 
 them^as the Spaniards thought, becaufe they faw 
 them in a maner caft away. For they could not a- 
 void to be caft upon the fhallowesof Zealand, But 
 the winde turning, they gotout of the fhallowes, 
 and then began to confult what were die beft for 
 them to do. By commonconfcnt they refolved to 
 rerurne into Spaine by the Nertherne feas, for they 
 wanted many neceffaries , efpecially mot , their 
 fhips were torne , and they had no hope that the 
 Duke of Parma could bring forth his forces. And 
 fo they tooke the 1 fea and followed the courfe to- 
 wards the North, .The Engltjh Navie followed,and 
 fometimes the Spdnijb turned upon the Bnghjh, in- 
 fomuch that, it was thought by many , that they 
 would return back againe. Vpon which report the 
 gutwe came into the Campe at Tilbury , and mu- 
 ( X 3 ftered 
 
 '55 
 
?5 
 
 Cap,!*' AthmtkfuU ( ^pn£^hr'am\ 
 
 ftcredthe Armie,' riding among them with a iwi 
 dersftaffe in her hand,artd did by her pretence attd 
 fpeech animate bothcaptaincs arid fouldiers with 
 incredible courage. tf 
 
 The day wherin the M fight wa$j the Duke of 
 Parma, after his vowes offred to the Lady tfHalla, 
 came fornwhat too late toDttnhrk y 6c was received 
 with fome opprobrious words ofthe Spanyards,zs 
 if in favour of Queene Elizabeth he had flipd the 
 j faireft opponunitie that could bee to doe the fer- 
 vice. Hee to make fome fatisfaction^punimed the 
 Purveiours thathadnot made provifibn ready Se- 
 cretly fmiling at the infolencie of the Spanyards, 
 when he heard them glory ing,that what way fo- 
 everthey came upon Eng£and,thcy would have an |: 
 undoubted victory -that the Englifl) were not able 
 toindurethe fight of them. Ttirnardiriiu Mcjtdoza 
 did indeed by -Bookes. in France fing a "foblifli and 
 lying triumphant Jong before the viliory. The Englijh 
 Admirall appoynted Seimour and the Hollanders to 
 watch upon the coafts of Flanders, tbat;the : Dtike 
 of Tarma mould not come oUt : himfe!fe>foJ'k>wc<I 
 the Spaniards upon their backes, tmtill they were 1 
 pair Edenboroughfiith. 
 
 \ Thz.Spanyards feeing all hopes faile 3 and finding 
 
 no other helpe for themfel ves but by flight , fled 
 
 i amaihe, and never made ftay . And fe this great 
 
 Navie being three yeeres preparing with great 
 
 coft 3 was within a moneth overthrownc, and,after 
 
 ! many were killed,being chafed away ; (of Englijh 
 
 there was not one hundred loft , nor one fhip loft, 
 
 ■ f,:v':v^:h<\:ofCoc r :r -v/^s driven :;hcvra! ! B?$/t$$r, 
 
of GODS Merck* Gap. i 3 
 
 by ScotUndyOrcadesJreUndytofc&avt&fcakeri with 
 tempefts and much leflenedjahd came home with- 
 out glory. ■; Whereupon fome Monty was coy- 
 ned with a Navy flying afoay at fiilfailqand this in- 
 scription ; yemt f Vidit t Fugih Other were coyned 
 with the flips fined, the Navie confounded, in ho- 
 nour of the jgWfttff j ipfaibcdii Dxxfaniinafacff. 
 As.they fled; it is cerrairae&at many oftheir fhips 
 were ca.ft away upon the mores of rSwtland & Ire* 
 Und> Moe then 700 fouldiers and Mariners were 
 cart vpojQ the Scottifh fhore y who at the Duke of 
 Parma his interceffion .-writhi-JtbeMftcKing:-, the 
 gucene of England con fen: ing; were after a yeere 
 fent into Flanders. But they that were caft upaipon 
 the Irifh fhore by tempefts cameto more miferable 
 fortunes;for fome were killed by the wild Irijh,o- 
 thersby xheDeputies cemmand- for he fearing that 
 they might joynethemfelves to the wild Irijh ? znd 
 Bingham the Covernour of Comacb being once or 
 twice commanded to flay them having yeelded, 
 but refufing to doe it 5 Fowls the Vnder-Marfhall 
 was fent , arid killed them j which crueltie the 
 guttm much condemned, whereupon the reft be- 
 ing afraid,iicke and hungry, with their fornemips 
 committed themfelves to the fea,and many were 
 drowned. 
 
 Qucene Elizabeth came in publicke Thankfgi- 
 ving to Pauls Church,her Nobles accompanying 
 her , the Citizens were in their colours,the Ban- 
 ners that were taken from the enemies were fpred: 
 fhee heard the Sermon,and publike thankes were 
 rendred unto God with great joy. This publike 
 
 - _____ j°y 
 
 «57 
 
I 5 8 | Cap. f z* A tlvtnkftitL Qtynenihrnkee 
 
 :Pfa!.m. 
 
 joy was augmented when Sir Robert Sidney return 
 ned out of Scotland, brought from the King af- 
 furance of. his Noble minde, andafFe&ion to the 
 Jggj&bimkpd Religion \ Which as mftncerttie heC 
 bad ertablifbed ,. fo bee purpofed to maintaine with 
 all his^bjpb'. S r Robert was fentto hifn when the 
 Sponijh Fketyt&s. cotnming , tx> congratulate amf 
 tQ give hirrr thankesffor propenfe affecnon-to-- 
 waids the maintenance of the common caufe- and 
 to declare how ready (lie would be to helf>e hirrf, 
 if the Spanyardr mould land in Scotland^ i^nd that 
 he might recall to memory with what ftrarige am- 
 biritDTi thcSpanyard had gaped for alt Britain* , ur- 
 ging the Pope to excommunicate him,to the end 
 hee might be thruft from the Kingdome of Scot- 
 land, andfrom-thefuccelEonmjB^Wj and to 
 give him notice of the thrcatning ofMendo^a and 
 the Popes Nuntio , who had threatned his mine if 
 they could worke it • and therefore warned him, 
 to take efpeciall heed to the Scottifh Paptsls. The ' 
 King pleafantly anfwered, that he looked for m other 
 benefit of the Spaniard , then that which Polyphemus 
 promifedto FlyfjeSyto devoure htm lafi after all his fel- 
 lows were favoured. 
 
 Now thefe things be fuch , as whenfoever we 
 thinke upon them , we cannot choofe but lift up 
 our hearts to God • for hee hath put a fong of joy 
 and thanktfgiving in our nwuthes , and taught us to 
 lift up our eyes ta him from whence commeth onr 
 helpe. Our hclpe commeth from the Lord which hath 
 made the Heaven and tfo 'Earth, hee will not fuffier thy 
 foot tofltppc , for hee thatkapeth thee will not fumber, 
 
 behold 
 
I 
 
 o/GODS Merck. Cap. ill 159 
 
 behold , hee that leeefith Ifrael will neither (lumber nor 
 (kcp,the LordU thy keeper, the Lord is thy defence at thy 
 right hand. Then lee others boaft of their Jlrength 
 or tvifdome, or deep? policies , their invincible Ar- 
 mies by Sea and Land : wee glory ia the Name of 
 our God , which hath done fo great things for us. 
 Tf a man with an impartiall eyelo Ac upon thefe, 
 though hee be an enemie, though he bee a Icfutte- 3 
 he m jft n^eds confefTethat God was on our Gde, 
 yea , though hee be an Atheitt, as Don Pedro Wal- 
 dez, who fcomingly fpeaking and thinking of Re- 
 ligion, yet confdfed,that now hee perceived that 
 CbriH W44 a Lutheran. The enemies of Religion 
 could not but fecrecly acknowledge the hand and 
 great power of God cob?efor us againft them. 
 Now this being athingconfeffed on all fides,that 
 God was wivh us againft: 'he Spanyard, why will 
 not our adver faries that are men of underftandi ng 
 enter into the confiderarion of this caufe which 
 God harh fo often, fo mightily maintained i The 
 Worfas of the Lord art great , and ought to bee had 
 in remembrance of them that fear e him. And this 
 dutie is required of us that have feene the great 
 workes of God , to declare them to other t For 
 one generation /hall praifc thy wcrkes to another gene- 
 ration , anddtclare thy power. T he workes of G od 
 muft be fought our , had in remembrance, and decla- 
 red 'to othr. The word of God is the rule of our 
 faith,a direction to us, a Lanterne to our feet, and a 
 light to our paths , but the word of God being con- 
 firmed to us by hisworkes, ismademorefweetto 
 I us. This muft needs be comfortable to us, that 
 
 Y have 
 
 Pfal.ui. 
 
 Pfrl. 14J.4. 
 
 i \ 
 
i6o 
 
 Cap. i 3 . A clwikfull (Remembrance 
 
 have the Word of God among us , fent unto us, 
 planted among us by his owne hand , we were as 
 farre from deferving this favour,as they that fit in 
 dark ne(T-, and in the fhadow of death ; for fo wee 
 fate in darheffe , and in theflmdorv of death , fo long 
 as wee fate in the ignorance of Poperie 5 but when 
 it pleafed God of his owne free mercie to fend 
 his light among us , the truth of his GoTpeIl,and 
 out of the fame Fountaine of his goodneffe and 
 mercie rayfedbelccving Princes among us,which 
 have eftablifhed his true Religion in our Land,, a 
 guecne of iuch Pieties King of fo great Knowledge, 
 and Learning) and Piety , as kmwth the truth , and 
 is fo able to maintaine it : God I fay havingof his 
 goodneffe raifed fuch bieflings to us , hath never 
 ceafed to maintaine his owne worke. Let us never 
 ceafe to give him the glory. But can our adverfa- 
 ries take any comfort in their doings € The King 
 of Spaine may once enter into the consideration 
 of things, he may remember how he and his pre- 
 deceffours have been fo many times beguiled by 
 the Pope , how often hath the Pope and his Iefuites 
 confecrated his Banner? , promifed him viclorie 
 agamftus, as againft Herepkes forfaken of God 
 and man $ let them know that there u a God that 
 rukth the world, and not the Pope. If they wouH 
 have their defignes to profper , they muft follow 
 the exaples of our godly Princes,who are bleffed 
 for the finceritie of Religion which they imbrace. 
 They muft give over injuftice and crueltie^for the 
 crueltie of the Spaniards have loft them all that 
 they loft in the Netherlands : Their pride and crn- 
 
 eltie 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap. \z\ \6\ 
 
 eltic was~highly raifed againft vs,buc to their own 
 hurt and diihonour,not to ours, becaufe wee truft 
 in God. They would have extinguifhed the true 
 lights of Britain , (which then did mine like two 
 glorious Candles put in their fockets,and held up 
 in the hand of Chrift,andasnow,to the comfort 
 of both Nations,joyned in one great Light) thefe 
 they laboured to extinguish , and to tread do wne 
 the Soule of the Turtle • but our Prayer is , Give not 
 thefoule of thy Turtle Dove unto tht BeaB, and forget 
 not the congregation of the poor e for ever. Confiderthy 
 Covenant, , for the darke places of the earth are full of 
 the Habitation of the cruel/. Arfefl Lord, and main- 
 taine thine oxvne caufe , remember the daily reproach 
 oftkfoolijh : forget not the veyce of the enemie 5 fir 
 the tumult of them that rife againft thee afcendeth 
 continually. God j2nW[hefoulcof his Turtle, hee 
 remembredxhe. congregation of the poore that tra- 
 iled in him,he confidercd h\s covenant , he maintai- 
 ned his owne caufe , and of this we rejoyce. But 
 where are thofe darke places of the earth, which 
 are full of the habitation of the cruel I, as the Pro- 
 phet faith £ Surely let the Icfuites looke to thatj 
 and Jet thern expound thofe words if they be a- 
 ble, for furely no man can expound thofe words, I 
 but he mall finde Superstition and cruelty infepara- 
 bly joyned together ; their fupersiii ion maketh 
 the places of their habitations dark places ; their 
 Supcrttition breedeth crueltie ; for greater cruel- 
 tie the world hath not feene , then hath procee- 
 ded from them : truely then may wee fing with 
 the Pfalmift, that the darke places of the earth are full 
 
 r * 4. 
 
 Pfil.74 !<?. 
 
i6i 
 
 Cap. i 2. A thankful! Remembrance 
 
 of the habit auom of the cruell. There is no hope to 
 amend thefe hfmtes that have given themfelves o- 
 ver to the fervicc of the man of fin, and to the pra- 
 <5tife of impietie,of fuch I fay t>.ere is no hope to 
 perfwade them, becaufe they love not the truth. But 
 the Kings and Princes that have been fo long abu- 
 Ccd and beguiled by them,may in time underftand 
 the difference betweene truth & falfhood^nd may 
 joyne with our religious Kings against the great 
 Deceiver, and our hope is , that they will under- 
 ftand his deceits and illufions , and forfake him : 
 for orherwifethey muft perifh with him. They 
 that are wile wil underftand and confider the caufe 
 which God hath fo long,fo ftrongly maintained; 
 they will confider the power,the fury,and rage of 
 our adverfaries have been continually fruftrated 
 by Gods power jthey may confiderthat thefe ex- 
 traordinary bleflings upon Gods Church among 
 us,and the memorable judgements of theadverfa- 
 ries,are but fore-runners of fome greater ftroakes, 
 and heavier judgements of God againft them , if 
 they will not turne and forfake fuperfiitious vani- 
 ties, and ferve God with vs. Which God granr y 
 that the Kingdomeof Chrift may be inlarged, his 
 true Religion ftrongly maintained, his name glori- 
 fied, his people comforted, and let all that worfhip 
 not the Lord I e s v s , and love not his comming, 
 perifh* 
 
 CHAP. 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap, i $ | 163 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 Stephen Ferrcra de Gama , with other dtfconicn- 
 ted Portugalls , prattifwg againU Don Antonio 
 t heir King , who was fled into England for ficcour, 
 were taken by gucene Elizabeth, W delivered to King 
 Antonio and their Letters were intercepted, whereby 
 it appeared upon examination , and boultmg out of the 
 matter , that they had pratttfed with the King of 
 Spaine , not onely to doe away King Antonio,&»/ aU 
 fo to take away gucene Elizabeths life by poyfon, and 
 that, by the meanes ef Doctor Lopez a lew, the 
 gueenes Fhyfician, for fifty thoufandCrownes promt fed 
 him, and to bee payed by the inflruments of the Spany- 
 ard. Ferrera's treafbn againH Don Antonio dif co- 
 vered by a Letter fent toDolhr Lopez in a little piece 
 of paper wrapt in a handker chief e , intercepted by the 
 King, Lopez his fliffe deniall of his privitie to this 
 treafon againTi King Antonio brings out {by good ex- 
 amination made by the Commifioners,andby thejeve- 
 rall Confefions of his Confederates) not onely that, but 
 his intended treachery againli gucene Elizabeth. 
 Manoel Lovvys Tinoco hisfrtt examination , and 
 the two Letters taken with him , the one from Secret arie 
 Ibarra jht other from the Count Fuentes. Pedro Fer- 
 rera his examination gives tight to the difcovery of the 
 fecrct villany intended. Stephen Ferrera dc Gama his 
 examination. Manoel Lowys his Jecond examination, 
 and the enlargement of his Confefion under his owne 
 hand. Doctor Lopez with mnchadoe at loft confeffeth, 
 that Vexrerzhad promised him fifth thoufandCrownes 
 
 * r 3 to. 
 
1 64 
 
 Cap. M • A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 to foe pay d out of the King of Spaines Coffers, to poy Jon 
 gueene Elizabeth , andtbefe were the goodly Wares 
 of Doehr Lop?z , precious and of high cjieeme in the 
 eyeoftheSyznyzxd, as Manoel Lowys expounded 
 that myfiicall letter written in a Merchants /hie. This 
 pratttfe of poy fining, it was one ofthefinnes of the Ca- 
 naanites , it was brought into the Church by Popes, 
 and reckoned among the finnes of the Antichriftian 
 Synagogue, and taught for Doclrine by the Romifh 
 Rabbies. 
 
 . oacz^ comoc 1 uidmsj -to poy 
 
 Fter this great tempeft from Spaine was 
 paft , the Sunne did mine as pleafontly 
 o# England, as before. By all the Spanijh 
 preparations -there was not a man called 
 from his husbandry in England, nor any Artificer 
 
 from 
 
of GO D S Mercie* Cap; i $ 1^165 [J 
 
 from his Trade jthere was nor Co much as one cot- 
 tage burned. Did ever the Englifk make any iour- 
 ney into Spaine , and returned without doing no 
 more harme then the Spaniards did to us i The 
 Englifl) made after this two journeyes into Sfiine, 
 and in both did that which they intended to doe, 
 thatis 5 ranfackedTownes, and put to flight the 
 armies which incountred them. But this is beyond 
 the limits of my purpofe, which is only to declare 
 our deliverances, and to give thankes and honour 
 to God for the fame. 
 
 Now we come in the next place to declare the 
 foulepradtifeofDoclorX^s. A thing hatcfull 
 and dcteffable to thinke on. Wherein,in the judg- 
 ment of an honeft man,the king of Spain loft more 
 honour,then if in a fetbattelliie had loft the field. 
 For the lotfe of afield may be recovendjowi the loffe 
 9f reputation By praeliiiing or procuring villany can 
 never be repaired. The matter was thus difcovered. 
 When Don Antonio King of Vortugali was driven 
 out of his Countrcy,and came into Znglandfome 
 Gentlcm: 1 of Portugal! followed the diftreiTcd 
 King for a time. But finding his eftate to grow 
 worfe and worfe , and jn the end defperate and 
 without hope of recovery : they began tothink of 
 a courfe to helpe themfelves, as they fiippofcd,by 
 forfaking and betraying King Antonio , and re- 
 conciling themfelves tottie King of Spaim. And 
 then their care was to recommend themfelves to 
 iheSpanyardby fome efpeciall fcrvice,& knowing 
 treafonable praclifes to bee a fervice well accep- 
 ted of him,entred into a deepeand villanous prac- 
 
 tife 
 
i66 
 
 jtm.Dtm. 15^3 
 
 Cap. 1 J . A thankful! fyrnembrance 
 
 tife of creafon,not onely againlt Don Antonio , but 
 alfo againft the life of Qucene Elizabeth, and the 
 whole State. The manner of defcrying of it was 
 thus. 
 
 It theyeere 1 593, the gueate was eiven to un- 
 derftand,that a Gentleman of Portugal named Ste* 
 fben Ferrer a de Gama , a follower of the King Don 
 Antonio, uponfome difcontentment had a ptirpofe 
 to goe to the King ofSpaine, and had pra&iied to 
 procure the eldeft fonne of the King Antomo and 
 divers other Portugals fervants , and followers of \ 
 the faid King to offer their fervice to the King of 
 Spaine,Sc feeke to their peace with him. Hereupon 
 xhcjgueene gave directions to the Earle of Effex 
 about the midftof 0#0£*r,fortheapprehenfion of 
 the faid Ferrer* , and to hour his papers fearched. 
 Who lay at that time in London , in the houfc of 
 Doctor Lopez,onc of her Majcftics Phificians for 
 herhoufhold. Betweene Za/xx and Ferrer a there 
 was very ftricl: & inward f riendihip..Ffrm'4 being 
 taken and brought to Windjor was delivered over 
 to the King Don Antomo , who remained then at 
 Exton. At the time of his apprehenfion (trie"* order 
 was given by the Earle ofEjJex to the Pofl for the 
 Low-countries yihzx all f ich Letters as might come 
 to his hand directed to any Portugal Si\ Juld be prc- 
 fently fent to his Lerdfl.p.The fame direction was 
 given by his LcrdjhtP y o (li ^d y Poits,efp°cialIy to 
 Dover. Rye, 2nd Sandwich-^ and l*ke order was taken 
 for the ftay of any Portugal that might repaire in- 
 to thisRealmc at thofe places. This order and di- 
 rection was no fooner given,but the ordinary Poft 
 
 at 
 
of GODS Merae. Cap. 1 3 I 167 
 
 at London fent divers Letters to his Lordjbip , dire- 
 &ed to Portugali Merchants , and others of thar 
 Nation remaining about London. Among the reft 
 there were Letters addreffed to one Dwgo Hernan 
 des from Francis Torres , whitten in the Portugali 
 !anguage in ftile of Merchandife and in a difguiied 
 hand. By which Letters it did appeare that this 
 Hemandes had advertifed matters of great impor 
 tance to the enemy. Ferrer a, being narrowly exa- 
 mined and (hewed thofe Letters,did acknowledge 
 that thofe letteis were addreifed to himfelfe un 
 der that fained name,andthat Francifco Torres wa:> 
 a Portugall that had feryed the King Don Antonio 
 called Manoel Lowys, and remained now at Bruxcls 
 about the Count Fuentes,znd the Secretary Ibarra 
 HeeconfefTed funher under his hand, that DonE 
 manuel,ddQ& fonneto King Don Antonio ,\\ad been 
 wrought to fubmit to the King of Spaine. And 
 that both himfelfe and divers other Portugals at- 
 tending on the King , heere meant to feekc their 
 peace with the King of Spaine. And that Doc-lor 
 Lopez, was acquainted with the purpofe ofDonE- 
 manuel. Andfurther,how he himfelfe had written 
 to Von Chrifiophoro deMoro,ind the Secretary ibar- 
 raj.o offer his fervice to the King of Spaine , and 
 had received Letters from them in acceprance of 
 his fervice and offers. 
 
 The gueene , being made acquainted with this 
 declaration,and how farre Doctor Lopefyvas tou- 
 ched in the fame, was nevertheleffe i'o fane from 
 fufpe&ing him, that her Highneifegave direction 
 he fhould be ufed to perufe rhe papers of Ferrer a, 
 
 Z being 
 
i68 
 
 Cap.i J . A thankfall ^Remembrance 
 
 being in the Portugal language. At the fame time 
 a Portugal called Manoel Pays, a follower of King 
 Dm Antonio, by the order afore taken 5 was appre- 
 hended at Dover with a great packet of Letters, 
 which Ferrer a had delivered to him to bee con- 
 veyed to Manor/ Lowys being then at Bruxcls. And 
 within a few dayes afrer,the Poll: of Antwerp arri- 
 ved at Dover, znda Portugal! called Comes d' Avila, 
 was fet on land there. Who both were flayed at 
 that Port, and diligently fearched. And both the 
 letters and their perfons fent to the faid Earle. 
 
 In the Packet of Manoel Pay , among other 
 things was a Letter which Ferrera fent to Stephen 
 Ibana , and a Letter which Lopez, had fent to 
 Ferrera from the Court, Ferrera being at the 
 houfe of Lopez, in London, There was found alfo a 
 Letter from Cbrifiopboro Moro,z Portugal! by birth, 
 one whofe advife the King of Spainc chiefly ufed 
 infubduing theRealme of Portugal!. And is fo' 
 ufed by the King as an inftrument in thofe fervices 
 which men of birth will not lightly undertake. It 
 appeared that this Ferrera had bin a notable Spie, 
 advertising the King of Spaine and his Minifters, 
 which thing he could not doe of himfelfe,but by 
 the helpe of fome other here within the Realme, 
 that did furnifh him from time to time with intel- 
 ligence. In the Letters fent from Manoel Lowys to 
 " Ferrera, Lowys faith, That the Merchants on the 
 " other fide do wonderfully efteeme & commend 
 his Wares and Merchandifes to bee efpeciall 
 good, rare, well- coloured and in *>reat requeft. 
 " AfTuring him of good account and returne, and 
 
 they 
 
 (t. 
 
 (C 
 
■ I llf. !■>>■■ fHf H.» 
 
 o/GODS Mr/ £ Cap, i ? . I i 6 9 
 
 "they confetti*, they near had any Factor that 
 cc kit fo f^j« Wares. And therefore they defired 
 cc to continue him there fome time. Theycom- 
 " mended the Ierveli he fent,and reported how the 
 " Amber and Mnske was highly elfceemed. And 
 cc fpake of Broadcloth,Sca- let,Thredsof Pearles, 
 cc a Diamond,and fundry kinds of Merchandifes, 
 fo forted and matched as it might eafily appeare, 
 thofe words did ferve for Cypher to colour great 
 matters. By thefe and orher Letters it appeared, 
 that Ferrer a had advertifed fome important and 
 fecretmatter,of which anfwerand refolution was 
 -expected out o£spaine. 
 
 Vpon further examination it was found , that 
 Gomes d' Avila had bven fent two moneths be- 
 fore , which was in the midft of September, from 
 Ferrer'ato MamelLorvys, and the Secretary Ibarra-, 
 who was Secretary at Warres for the King in the 
 Lew-countries. A marc whofe vile difpofitionap- 
 peared,that wanting (belike) other vertuous parts 
 to advance himfelfe,did feeke to get credit by diC* 
 honeft meanes. 
 
 As foone as Gomes dAvila was brought to the 
 Courtjheeufed all meanes he could to let Lopez, 
 underftand of his apprehenfion. And intreated an 
 honeft Gentleman that underftood the Spanifb 
 tongue, being by chance in the Earle of Effcx 
 chamber at that time, to tell him fo much. Who 
 meeting with Lope^ in the bafe Court at Windfor, , 
 did the meflage,and obferved fudden alteration in ] 
 Lope^his countenance. Hereupon by the cunning 
 of Lope^jnuch meanes was ufed for his inlarge- 
 
 Z 2 ment; 
 
 I 
 
i 7 o 
 
 Cap. i J . A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 men: ; for LopeT^ feared that the other wojld not' 
 conccale him. Therefore hee fo jnd the meanes 
 that a woman , which D' Avila had ufed for his 
 wife mould vvorkc the deliverie of her fuppofed 
 husband; Thewomanbeing a anninq peece,did I 
 follicit it with great importunirie very diligent- \ 
 ly. And under colour of her importunirie Lopez \ 
 himfelfe moved her Majefty for his inlargement. 
 Gomes confefled that there was a great fummc of 
 money certainly tobefent hither^and named fifty 
 thoufand crownes. Many liftings were ufed and 
 pretences.that this money was onely for Don An- 
 tonio. And the letters were expounded by Ferre- 
 ra to import onely matters of Portugal!. But after- 
 ward it was confeiTcd , that the Letters which D' 
 Avila brought, were in anfwer to the Letter made 
 by Lopez to takeaway the Queenes life. And 
 when anfwere fhould come out of Spaine , when 
 and in what fort it mould be done,andof themo- 
 ney which was promifed for this fervicc (as they 
 tearmed it,) Manoel Lowys himfelfe for more affu- 
 rance mould bring the anfwer. Nowbecaufe it did 
 appeare by thefe Letters and confefiions , that a 
 Portugali called Francis C&ldera , who came over 
 hither with the Vidam of Charms, and remained 
 for the moft part with the French AmbafTadour, 
 did concurre with thefe parties to advertife all 
 things hee could learne about the Vidam , ' 6x the 
 AmbafTadour; order was taken alfo for his appre- 
 henfion. 
 
 In the meane time Lopez beftirred himfelfe in 
 giving hard information to her Majeftieando- 
 
 thers, 
 
of CODS Mercie. Cap. i 3. 1 7 1 
 
 thers,of the King Do» Antonio, How cruelly hec 
 had dealt with Ferrer a. He declared what fervice 
 might be drawne from him 3 if he were let efcape, 
 that there was no fitter instrument in the world to 
 worke a peace betweene thofe two kingdomes, 
 and faid that they two had already layd a good 
 •foundation to worke upon for that matter. Hee 
 mewed extraordinary courtefie and all comple- 
 ments to thofe who by hrrMajefties order dealt 
 in that matter. He flicked not(fuch was his impu 
 dency ) to propound to her Majeftie what a good 
 deed it were to coufen the King ofSptine. Which 
 fpeech,uttered by him purpofely,her Majeftie did 
 both greatly miflike^nd fharply reprehend. Hee 
 devifed very lewd fugge/tions againft fuch as hee 
 doubted would difplay his treachery , to make an 
 impreflion before hand to diminifh the credit 
 whence the accufation might come. 
 
 Ferrera thought that hee had fatisfTed al! with a 
 declaration which he had made of Portugal! mat- 
 ters. Yet he doubted much that the anfwer which 
 was to come & daily expected out ofSpawe from 
 the King about ike great flrvice, as they termed ir^ 
 mould fall into the Earle of EJJex hands , who had 
 taken fuch (Met order>as :to ufe their own words) 
 a paper could not efcape. He praclifeth with his 
 keeper , a young man , one Pedro Ferrer a 3 put in 
 trul by the King to bee his keeper , of whom ha- 
 ving madeproofein fome matters of leffe impor- 
 tancc,the chiefe care he had, was to give warning 
 to Lope^jn any cafe to find the meanes,thac Gomes 
 D' AviU y being cxprefly fent by Loptz,, (whofe 
 _ Z 3 arivail 
 
 . 
 
1 7 * j Cap. i } . A thmkfull Remembrance 
 
 arivall was as yet kept from Ferrer a) might bee 
 flayed c* the other fide, and all the Letters alfo 
 flayed that might be fent hither by any Portugall. 
 Firft heepra&ifed with this young man, to de- 
 fire Francis Colder a , being then at the French Am- 
 bafradorshoufejWholay in Eaton Colledge,notfar 
 from the lodging where the King remained , to 
 paffe by his window to fpeake two or three words 
 with him. Colder a. anfwered,hedurfl not put it in 
 hazard , becaufe it might turne to both their 
 harmes.And finding by thereturne of the anfwer 
 that Pedro Ferrer a had done his meflage faithfully, 
 he did adventure to truft him with a letter to CaI- 
 ^4,before the faid Colder a was reftrained, where- 
 in he willeth him in any wifeto wifhDodor LopeT^ 
 to prevent the comming over of Gomes d'AviU. 
 For if he mould be taken, the Doctor were utter- 
 ly undone. Anfwer was returned,that the Doctor 
 had already taken order in that matter , and fent 
 twice or thrice , and that hee would fpare no ex- 
 pence , though it mould coft him three hundreth 
 pounds to flay thofe letters. But thefe things long 
 after were discovered. 
 
 Ferrer a having no meanes to fend againe to CaU 
 <&fti,who now was clofe prifoner at Button PArke, 
 wrote to the Doctor in a little piece of paper,and 
 fent the fame in an handkercher , which by the 
 Kings meanes was intercepted. And thereupon 
 Ferrer a being examined, and imagining that Do- 
 ctor Lopez had delivered his Letter to the King 
 Don Antonio, did fet downe under his ownehand 
 a Declaration, to fbew that Lopez was acquainted 
 
 with 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 13 1 7 3 
 
 with the fubmiffion fet downe in writing , which 
 Dm Emanuel Cent to the King of Spaine. And that 
 he had feenethe letters from DcnCbrifiophoroMoro 
 and the Secretary Ibarra to Ferrera , and how the 
 Doctor had cunningly got Andrada out of prifon, 
 a Ponugail that had practifed with Bernardino de 
 Mandoza to kill the king Don Antonio. And that the 
 Doctor of long time had been at the devorion of 
 theKingofSpawe. \ 
 
 Hereupon was Lopez, examined before the Lo: 
 Trcafirer ,the Ea. o£Effex,and S r Rob. Cecil. Lopez, 
 like a IeWjdid utterly with great oathes and execra- 
 tions deny all the poynts, articles, and particulari- 
 ties oftheaccufation. Heehad alittle before bur- 
 ned all his papers touching thefe matters , that a- 
 mong them nothing might be found againft him. 
 After fome other examinations^ wherein his ufu- 
 all anfwer was by oathes and execrations , hee was 
 committed to the Tower, 
 
 In the meane time the Difpatch came out of 
 Spine , and the anfwer in this great matter. Ma- 
 noel Lowys Tinoco , who was referved for this ipe- 
 ciallfervice, wasprefently difpatched, and uni- 
 fied with the fame. For none but Portugals were 
 ufed in this bufineffe, and that was not done with- 
 out a great myfterie. For the King oispaine with 
 one itone would give two ftroaks. If the praclife 
 fhould be difcovered,it would be a riddance of fo 
 many Portugals, and make that Nation more odi 
 ous to Queene Elizabeth. Lowys thus comming to 
 Calais, flayed rhere a while to heare from friends, 
 and to deliberate what courfe to take. At laft 
 
 he 
 
>74 
 
 Cap.! $ . A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 hee refolved to have a Pafport for colour of his 
 comming over, making offer that he would dis- 
 cover matters of great importance concerning her 
 Majeftie and the Mate. And fo was he brought to 
 the Court. The £hjcne appointed S r Rob. Cecil to 
 take his examination. And having af:erward per- 
 ufed the Declaration exhibited, and calling to 
 mind how the Earle of Ejjex was only acquainted | 
 with the examinations taken in thofe Fortuga/l , 
 caufes,impartcd the fame to the Earle. Who pre- j 
 fently told her that this pai tie was a pi incipall : 
 a<5lor in conveying of thefe Portugal! pra&ifes, \ 
 and the onely man of whom choyce was made 
 to bring the difpatch when it mould come out of 
 Spame. Which now by all likelihood was retur- 
 ned. Wherefore the guetne commanded that he 
 mould be examined by the Earle of Ejfix and Sir 
 Rob. Cecil. 
 
 This Lowys in his examination declared great 
 affection to the State , to advance matters of im- 
 portance, and what great fervice he would doe to 
 her Majeftie, if he might be fecretly and fpeedily 
 difpatched. And faid,the onely way to give him 
 credit, was to permit him to fpeake with Lopez, 
 Thefe earneft motions of his made the Lords 
 more watchfull of him. Being examined what 
 Letrers he brought , and concerning thatanfwer 
 from the Spamjh King which he was to bring,hee 
 fbrfvva're the bringing of any Letters. But being 
 after this more ftri&ly examined he produced two 
 Letters,which all this while he had concealed and 
 denied upon oath. Thefe Letters were delivered 
 
 unto 
 
I 
 
 of GODS Mercie. Cap. i J 
 
 175 
 
 unto him by Count F mates and Secretary Ibarra, 
 and dire&ed to Ferrer a. The true Copies of the 
 Letters were thefe. 
 
 From Secretary Ibarra to Stephen 
 Ferrer a deGama. 
 
 " A/f A NOEL Tin o co goeth toward your 
 « JYL Worfliip,and carietha Letter of theEarle 
 c « Fuemes, to whom for many refpe&s this Letter 
 cc dial referre you,and to that which more in par- 
 cc ticular your Worfhip fliall underftand of the 
 " faid Tintco ; who by reafon of the conferences 
 cc and difcourfes paft between us, goeth very well 
 " inftru&ed & acquainted of the good forward- 
 " neflTeand difpofition that we have here both to 
 <c direct and conduct all thefe affaires,the which 
 " in effect come to relie and to be refolved in the 
 " will and determinate refolution s with the which 
 "your Wormip meaneth to imbrace that which 
 " ftandeth with your liking. And doing on your 
 u part your indevour,and that which by your Iet- 
 cc ters I am fully perfwaded , you may affure your 
 <c felfe to obtaine all that you may expect of him 
 " that can doe fo much both to remaine a friend, 
 "and to remunerate what good office foever is 
 cc performed in his fervice 5 andfo much for the 
 " benefit of the world. And you {hall find them 
 cc here that fhall aifift you therin with all the truth 
 " and fincerity that tbe confidence your Worfhip 
 " hath had in us doth require, Bruxelis this 14 of 
 "December. 15P3. 
 
 A a From 
 
1 7*6 \ Cap.i J- . A thdnkfuU^membrana 
 
 From the Count Fuentes. 
 
 cc •TTHc Bearer goeth inftn;<fted of that which \ 
 " -1 here is offered , to informe you thereof by j 
 cc word of mouth. And forallthatj have thought ! 
 cc g°°4*° write thefe few lines which is all to one ' 
 " effect. ■■"■■ ; 
 
 " Fii ft, if you (hall have commodity togoeinto 
 cc Portugall^s they offered your Worfhip 5 let or- 
 u der be taken there,thatin comming into Spaine, 
 Ct you advertife Bon Christophers de Moro where- 
 £C fbever hebe,andto communicate in fecret with 
 " him,and to follow the directions which mall be 
 ct fent, that you may the better accomplish the fcr- 
 " vice of his Majefty - for in 10 doing we will take 
 " in hand to accomplish with your Worfhip ac- 
 u cording to your defire. 
 ft The other poynt , that is,of thofe fhaddowes 
 " your -Worfhip fpeaketh in your Relation, have 
 "been the ocealion notro intrcat of thecommif- 
 ct (ion. And thatyoudefireto be informed of that 
 u which is orTered,you may doe it. And fithence 
 a the princi pall matter is the fervice of the King, 
 <c & your Worfhip as a man zealous doth defireit, 
 " confider well before you take in hand your voi- 
 " age,if you can give order therein from thence, 
 " it fhall bee better then to difcover it with your 
 " going. But this and the whole is referred to him 
 " who is infhu&ed in thofe affayres , as are thefe 
 " prefents alfo. And that which 'aboue all impor- 
 " teth,that you goe thither with the commiflion, 
 
 for 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 13. j 177 
 
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 cc 
 
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 for the profit that is tocometherof,and to your 
 " Worfhip in your particular. And if in this mcane 
 "time it mall feeme good that Bernardo Nunes and 
 cc ManoelPays go to keepe ; account, pf that which 
 " hath p'aft their hands \ it cannot prejadice your 
 " Worfhip any thing in your affaires. So much 
 ' c the rather, if they (hall goe in fervice of his Ma-" 
 \ jqftie, as is their dutie, In the particular of that 
 young Gentleman it feeraesh not convenient to 
 <c moveany thing till we fee the refolution of your 
 cc Worfhip,whom God keepe. From Bruxels this 
 I cc 1 2 . of D ecember* 1593. 
 
 Thefe tetters being firft opened, and advifed- 
 ly perufed by he* Maieftie , it did eafily appeare 
 to her, that there was greater fubftance contained 
 in them, then the matters of Portugall. ShQQdid 
 prcfemly note the fufpicious teaimes, namely the 
 paddowes , xhtbenefite of the world. And how the 
 Letter from Count Fuemes was divided into feve- 
 rail parts. YixRjrcating of matters ofPortuga//,thm 
 of 'other, matters , which needs mufl be underftood 
 to concerne this Reakne. Therefore MavoelLowys 
 was by the Earle and Sir Robert Cecil dealt withall 
 to expound the meaning and fecret fenfe of thole 
 Letter>,feeing it appeared by the fame,that he was 
 made acquainted with.the contents , fully instruc- 
 ted in this bufineife , and fent efpecially to direct . 
 and advance this pra&ife,& to him all things were 
 referred. But he held his mouth foclofe,and had \ 
 his leflbn £o, well conned , as a man might eafier 
 plucke out his teeth,then the truth by any perf wa- 
 fion. It was more folly for him to denie,that hee 
 
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 was acquainted with the contents. And being fur- 
 ther dealt withalljatlaft he confeffed,that he veri- 
 I ly thought the fervice required of the Doctor was 
 la thing horrible to be named , much more to be 
 j imagined , and moft deteftableto be undertaken, 
 I to poifon herMajeftie. And for reafons to induce 
 h,m to conceive the fame, he did alledgethat hee 
 j knew the Doctor of a Profcffion(meaning him to 
 J be a frtr)to doe the King no fervice in his Warres, 
 ! and by the credit with her Majeftie and rcafon of 
 j accefTe,might eafily doe fuch a villany . 
 
 Manocl Lotvys was removed to the Gate-bouje in 
 Wejlminfter , and when he was laid in his bed, all 
 his Cloathes were fearched, and among other 
 things were found two Letters of credit in very 
 ample manner without limitation of fumme, 
 which being ftrange and unufuall increafed fufpi- 
 tion,and being examined upon them, hefaidthey 
 were given him for fifty crownes that was due to 
 him. 
 
 Thefe matters were hitherto caried with great 
 clofeneiTe,yet fo,that divers waves fome light ap- 
 peared to defer y the foule praclife intended. After 
 this many examinations palTed , but the greateft 
 light appeared in the examination of Pedro Fer- 
 rera, the yong man that was the keeper of Stephen 
 Ferrer a , and by him ufed to further the intended 
 praftife. 
 
 Pedro Ferrer a being examined, among other 
 
 ^things confefTed, that Stephen F err era calling this 
 
 examinate to him , faid , / hold you to bee anhontH 
 
 man , and intend to doe yon good, and I doe meant to 
 
 com- 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. i $ j ijp 
 
 commit to your trujl and fecrefie a matter that doth 
 greatly import me, which I intended my felfe to deliver 
 tn Spaine. The matter is contained in thefe Letters: and 
 then heegave to this examinate ccrtainc Letters, 
 one to Chriflofero Moro, two to Stephen Ibarra, the 
 fourth to Manoel howys, 
 
 Thefe Lettersthus received by this examinate, 
 Ferrera told him further by mouth : if the Letters 
 which now lexpecl ftom ^Antwerp Jhould happen to 
 he taken jl am lott : for the King of Spaine cannot Jave 
 mce. Andalfo if the Letters , which I had about me at 
 the time 1 was taken , had not beenc burned, I had beene 
 undone. For in thofe Letters was the whole refo- 
 lution taken for the poyfoning of the Queenes 
 Majeftie. He faid alfo, that htm felfe and ' Lope^had 
 written into Spaine , and made offer to give the gueette 
 ptyfon. 
 
 When this examinate perceived that Ferre- 
 ra and Lopez had determined the death of the 
 gueene , hee asked ©f Ferrera, if you take away the 
 gueenes life , what pyall become of the King my Ma. 
 fer? Ferrera anfwered, that they had heretofore 
 written concerning the King , offering the like for 
 him. 
 
 Hee gave alfoinftru&ionsto this examinate,to 
 goeinall fecreCieio the Low-Countries, and gave 
 him little tickets fern in Tiis letters,which were lit- 
 tle fquare pieces of paper an inch every way : In 
 them was with his owne hand written in fome^/J 
 in others[ivV] . Thefe were to be returned in the 
 L"tter> from thence, in this fort. If the anfwere 
 were come out of Spaine for the refblution of the 
 
 Aa 3 King 
 
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 Stephen Terre- 
 ra de Gtm*. 
 
 King and aflfurance of the money , the li.tle piece 
 of paper wherein Q/"]was written mud: be returned 
 inclofed in their letters, though the words of the 
 letter mould difcourfe of other matters: otherwife I 
 if the long expected anfwere vverenot come, then I 
 one of the other fquare papers muft be fent backe j 
 included in their letters,wherein was of his ownc ; 
 handwritten [<V<?]. Heere was an obfeure and 
 new invented cypher found out for fo villanous 
 and uncouth a practife , which all the wits of the j 
 world could never have difcovered. without the | 
 efpeciall goodneffe of God, which did guide the 
 faithfull labours diligently impbyed in this dis- 
 covery. 
 
 Stephen Fcrrera was removed to the Tower, to 
 be morefeverely examined: butobftinatcly deni- 
 ed the maine poynt,yet he confefled that Andrada 
 imparted to him the Do ftors offer. His confeflion 
 Febr. 1 8 . 1 5 9 3 . was, that aboue ten moneths paft, 
 Doctor Ruy Lopc\6\d write twolettersin his own 
 houfe in London addreifed to Chriflopb.de Moro, the 
 which letters the Doctor did put into the hands 
 of the faid Ferrera,to caufe them to be delivered. 
 The Letters were written- by the hand of Fcrrera, 
 but indited by the mouth and word of Doctor 
 Lopez,. In which Letter the laid Doctor did pro- 
 mi fe to the King to doe for his fer vices all that 
 which the King mould command him. And hee 
 faid particularly to the faid Ferret <a', that the King 
 knew already the bufinelTe,and for this regard thp 
 Doctor made him write in obfeure and covered 
 words, fuch as Ferrer a did not well underftand. 
 
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ofGODS Me'rcie. Cap. 1 3 
 
 8 
 
 He doth bekeve,that if the King had lent him mo- 
 mey,thc Doctor had poy foncd the g^eene. And 
 farther faith , that the Doctor faid to him every 
 day, that he was ready to doe the fervice,but that 
 he had no anfvver from thence. Heremembrcth 
 1 hat hee faith to Peter Ferrer a , that if the King of 
 Spaine would fend the money ,without doubt Do- 
 ctor Lopez would poyfon the Queene. Hee faith, 
 that Manoelde Andrada about a moneth before he 
 went out of England, did declare to him, that if 
 the King of Spaine would , Doctor Lopez would 
 poyfon the Queene of England, and the King Don 
 Antonio alfo. T he fp. ech ufed by Andrada, Stephen 
 Ferrer a did communicate to Doctor Lopez neere 
 to the dooreof his garden. Wherunto the Doctor 
 anfw. red : As for the King, he (ball die with the 
 firft ficknefTe which fliall happen to him : but for 
 the Queene , we have no anfwerc yet from the o^ 
 ther fide. 
 
 The knot of thefe Treafons they had bound 
 with oathes , fecret conveyance , Arrange cipher, 
 and all clofe carrying for a time. But when Fer- 
 rer a faw a refolution as peremptory to exact the 
 truth, as his denials were obftinate toconceale it, 
 hee would faine have indented with theEarle,and 
 craved his Lordfhips hand and promife.and there- 
 upon he did offer to con feiTe : but the Earle would 
 admit no condition , but willed him to yeeld 
 where refiftance would not prevaile. Then hee 
 feeing himfelfe fo hardly followed , did at the 
 length yeeld,and acknowledge that the confeffion 
 of Pedro Fen era was true. Hee cortfeffed alfo,that 
 
 hee 
 
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 he had feene the two Letters of Exchange, which 
 Mar.oelLowjs brought with him, and faith that 
 he never faw Co large Letters,and that upon them 
 as much money might be taken up as they would 
 demand 1 and that hebeleeveth that if the Doctor 
 had feene thofe Letters, he would have poyfoned 
 her Majeftie : That the Letter which Gomes d' 
 AviU brought to Stephen Ibarra y \vzs written by 
 himfelfe the faid Ferrer a with the confcnt of the 
 Doctor. In which letter he did advertife the faid 
 Ibarra that Doctor Lope^Jzid , If hee might have 
 fiftie thoufand crownes given him , hee was con- 
 tent , and would undertake to poyfbn rne Queenc 
 of England^ And faid , that the faid Letter was 
 written in the houfe and lodging of the faid Lope[ 
 at London , in the moneth of September laft And 
 that after he had written that letter, he did impart 
 to Doctor Lopez, what was written, and how hee 
 had fent the Letter by Gomes £ Avila. And hee 
 faith, that the Doctor faid often to him , that hee 
 wondred that the money and anfwere came not, 
 and that hee was ready ,if the anfwere and money 
 came , to poyfon the Jgueene , and that hee would 
 goe live at ConttantmopU. Thus much Stephen 
 Ferrera. 
 After this was ManoelLowjs re-examined,/ 7 ^/*. 
 22.1 593. andconfe(fed,I ManoelLowys confefle, 
 that Count Fuentes , and Secretary Ibarra cal- j 
 led me to the Cabinet of the Court. And both | 
 of them together either of them for his owne 
 part tooke my hands putting them within their 
 owne, and told mee that before they would de- 
 clare i 
 
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 cc clareunto me a certainc bufincs of great impoi •- 
 cc tance, thou miiift give unto us thy faith and ho- 
 <p mage to'keep it fecret. That although thou hap- 
 ** pen to, bee taken there of the Engltjh, thou (halt 
 cc not difcover this fecret, becaufeit importerh the 
 ec quietnefTeof Chriflcndome. And after I had given 
 u them my word and faith with all fictelitie and 
 " fervice in fuch an affaire , they told me. Stephen 
 " Ferrer a de Gama hath written to us , how that 
 P Doctor Lopez, hath offered and bound himfelfe 
 " to kill the Queen of England with poyfon, upon 
 " copdition that the King of Spam mould recom- 
 " penfe his fervices according to the qualitie of 
 *? them. And becaufe it importeth much,I mould 
 " tell Stephen Ferrer a , that the AmbafTage being 
 u given him,he mould give order for this bufmes, 
 <c and bring the newes himfelfe , or clfe that pre- 
 " femly with my proper Letter I mould adveittfe 
 " them what Merchants friends of confidence Do- 
 " clor Lepe^hzA in Antwerpefor to give order by 
 "them to fend him the Commiflionheedefired, 
 " And a later that I brought was nothing els,but 
 " to this purpofe,to mew the fame to Doclor Lo- 
 u pe/^ and Franca Caldera* Whoalfo looked for 
 "intertainment toconcurre with the advices that 
 " they mould get out of thefe parts. When I was 
 " to paffe the Port , in truth I made thefe femem- 
 " brances . And the caufe I did not difcover thofe 
 "things afore this time, was my faith, word and 
 " oath, which I had given to Count Fumes itA 
 ' Stephen iharra. All which paiTed in the Citie 
 of £ruxe!is,\n the houfe of Count Fueritcs.znd as 
 
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184 
 
 ManoelLtwjt. 
 
 Cap. i\?. A xhankfull^mmhana 
 
 " farre as I can remember, it was the ninth day of 
 " J>\ainbtY Jaft, AH this I certige ta have paffed 
 % in great truth and ccrtaintie, and fol affirms it 
 ■" u'nder mine oath. 
 
 When Low-js had confeflfed thus much, (hortly 
 after volu/varily he fit downe under his hartd,and 
 |lw.it to Sir Robert dell 3 this inlurgement of his 
 con -fcfii on. ' 
 
 " I Manoel Lowys, a Gentleman of Portngall, doe 
 1 " ppfti^^ft that it is true , that being in Bruxels, in 
 \ " ihe houfe of Count Futntcs, he caufed me to be 
 j cc called for, and demanded of me of what quali- 
 j" tic and Countrey Andradawzs. And af:er that 
 c< I had told hirfi all that I knew of him,hee com- 
 " manded his .Secretary to mew me all the Letters 
 " that Andrada had vyritten to him from Calais. 
 cc Hee lhewrdmee three Letters. In the firft hee 
 " fignified that he was come from England, where 
 " hee had been a prifoner a long time. And that 
 "hee was fent by order from Doctor Lopez,(who 
 " was a man very zealous and-frHeridly. to the ier- 
 u vice of the King o£' Castile:) Seeing the great 
 cC robberies, hurts , and lofTes, which the Queerie 
 a q£ England caufed to be committed by her fub- 
 cc je&s,hc was determined to doe the King fuch i 
 <c piece of fervice, as thereby he might with great 
 "fafetie fctjsfie himfelfe of the Enghjh Nation. 
 cc But fo as the King mould recompence his fer- 
 u yices with honours and favours according to 
 " the qualitie thereof. For he was old and many 
 " wayesindebted,and would now find reft for his 
 old age. And declaring the qualitie of the fer- 
 
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 " vice,he told him that Do&ot Lopez, bound him- 
 "felfe to difpateh the Queene with poyfon. 
 "Wherefore it behooved him to advertiie the 
 " King of Spaine thereof with all fpeed. And he 
 cc would attend at Callau , untill the anfwere come 
 ^ from Madrtl; In* the other two letters he deman- 
 cc ded anfwer, wondring that the King caufed not 
 " order to bee gm n for the effecting of this bufi- 
 " netfe being of fo great importance. And ere we 
 " had read over" thefe Le~ters,the Count came in, 
 " and told me that he had received a Letter from 
 " the King,wherein he advtrtifed him that he an- 
 " fwercd not directly to thebufines whereof An- 
 cc drada had given intelligence, becaufe he had no 
 " good opinion of him. Efpecially becaufe Ste- 
 "phen Ftner a, de Gama had written nothing there- 
 " of; And feeing I wisinBruxe/s he mould iearne 
 " of me if T knew anything of the matter. I anfwc- 
 <c nd him, that I knew no fuch thing, and that I 
 " thought Steph. Ferrer a was not acquainted there- 
 " with, becaufe hee had told me nothing thereof 
 "I prayed leave of the Count that I might en- 
 " quire further of Andrada y who at this prefent 
 " was come to Antmrpe. Who gave me leave to 
 " doe fo , and that I mould alfo let him know. I 
 " had feene hisfetters which he had written from 
 cc Cal/ais to the Count Fuentes'. Meeting therefore 
 cc with Andrada, I imparted theie things to him. 
 "And demanded of him if Stephen Ferrer -a were 
 - acquainted therwith. He fware unto metl lat the 
 " Do;5tor would truft no man therein but him. I 
 told him the king of Spaine would give no credit 
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 to his Letters, becaufe hee faw no Letter from 
 S.tcpkn Ferrer d , to afTure him of the Dolors 
 good will . And therefore it behooved him to 
 write to him, that hee muft truft Ferrer a there- 
 with, and impart to him his intention. Where- 
 upon hee font his fervant Iohn'vtvth Letters to 
 the Lord Treafurer. Wherein hee gave adver- 
 tifement of <ertaine publike newes. Whereby 
 I conceive that the Do<5tor was conftrained to 
 declare this matter to Stephen Ferrera. Where- 
 upon hee fent Gomes ct Av/U,who came at fueh 
 time , as the next day the Port departed for 
 Spairte. By which meanes the order came from 
 the King, wherewith the Count lent me, decla- 
 ring to me all this negotiation of Doctor Lopez. 
 in the fame manner as I have confefTed; Telling 
 me many other matters of Credence , which I 
 was to deale in with Ferrera , that the Doctor 
 might bee maintained in his purpofe^ Remcm- 
 bring him that he had daughters to marry , and 
 that the King would beftow them , and honour 
 them; And that hee mould difpatch with fpeed. 
 For he had order from the King to give whatfo- 
 ever he required. And therefore he fhould con- 
 sider what Merchants in Jntwerpehec had for 
 friends , that by them hee might receive fatif- 
 fa&ion. And mould be carefull to give the King 
 a merry £rt/^,advertifinghim of the time when 
 he intended to put the mattter in execution. For 
 fo it behooved. And that the Doctor fhould be 
 more earned: therein, they gave mee a Letter 
 Which Sitfhcn Ferrera fhould fhew him , telling 
 
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 cc him that he mould be of good courage : for fee 
 " here the Letter : and if you will have money, 
 " here is ManoelLowys that mall goe fetch it 3 And 
 " if you wil not have it from ^#to>cv/>,tcllme your 
 cc mind, & let me haveanfvver. Which letter was 
 <c only to incourage him,& not to any other efTed j 
 " for Andrada had told them before, that the Do- 
 " dor was determined upon difpatch of thebufi- 
 " nes to go to Antwerp^nd that he would have no 
 " money made over into England. So this Letter 
 <c was only to incourage him. And I would toGod 
 the money could bee gotten by it , there fliould 
 
 cc 
 
 " want no diligence in mee. For I want neither 
 <c good will to doe it, nor defire to doe fome fuch 
 cc fervice from henceforward,as may make recom- 
 " penfe for the euil fervice I have done: Which I 
 " confelTe,and with moft obedient fubmiflion doe 
 v humbly defi re pardon. Submitting my. felfe to 
 " the gHeemsHighneJfe&nd to the noble mind and 
 cc good inclination of )w#r Honour ^andof my Lord 
 " the Earle o/Effex • Affuring your Honour, that all 
 cc thefe things let down in this confefiion are very 
 cc true, and for fuch I figne them with my hand in 
 " this prifon where Iremaine. 
 
 ManoelLowys Tmoco. 
 
 After this Stepb. Ferrer a inlarged his confefiion, 
 which wasto the fame purpofe,declaring thatDo- 
 c*t.or Ruy Lopez, was zealoufly bent to do the King 
 of Spaine that great fervice to poyfon the Queene 
 of England. 
 
 Hereupon Do&ovLepez, was examined againe. 
 B b 3 For 
 
l 8 8 . I Cap. i $• A thankful! l{emembrance 
 
 For being once before examined in the Tower,he 
 anfwered with oathes and execrations and impre- 
 cations upon him, if ever he intended any eviii a- 
 gainft Queene Elizabeth. Vofsllove^ueemEli^x- 
 btthjfaid hefatter then I love lefaChrifi. Some be- 
 leeved that therein he faid truly ; for he was a lew. 
 But now after thefe confelfions of thofe Portugal*, 
 the Doctor was againe exhorted to confeffe fo ap- 
 par;int,revealed, and acknowledged a truth. And 
 had that favour (hewed him, as thefe two perfons 
 were confronted with him; Who did not only a- 
 vow their confeflfions to his face,but very earneft- 
 ly advifed him to ftand no longer obftinately in 
 deniall of that which they two, his confederates, 
 had delivered. And further voluntarily did offer 
 to affirme that which they had fet down? upon 
 their corporall oathes. Bur the Do<5tor,iikea per- 
 fidious renegate, moft irreligioufly forfware the 
 whole accufation. 
 
 Report being made hereof to her MajefHe,and 
 the plainnerfe of the matter appearing fo evident- 
 ly in the whole courfe of the examina ions taken; 
 and one thing moft notably to be obferved, how 
 Ferrer a and Lorvys, the one remaining on rhis fide, 
 and the other on the other fide of the Sea , and al- 
 vvayes kept afTunder 5 & in places diftant untill that 
 very time, did concurre in all points, circumftan- 
 ces,and matters fully and wholly- It was thought 
 meet that the Dodor fhould once againe be dealt 
 withall , and admonifhed to bethinke htmfelfe to ; 
 take a more Chriftianand honeft courfe. Her Ma- 
 jeftie therefore appoynted theEarleof Ejfex,thc 
 
 Lord 
 
of GODS Merae, Cap. i $ , i 8p 
 
 Lord Admirall,md S r Robert Cecil to repaire to the 
 Tower,and if he were not altogether gracelefleto 
 pcrfwadehim tobethinke himfelfe. 
 
 Being called before their Honours, and with 
 grave and milde perfwafions exhorted not to ag- 
 gravate fo fou'e offences with impudentand fruit- 
 lefle denials,againft the teftimony of thofe which 
 were acquainted with the whole courfe of his trea 
 fons, the one by him heere 3 the other by them on 
 the other fide , and thereby alfo condemning and 
 accufing themfelves: he ftil fell to his byace } knee- 
 led downe very folemnlv,Hfting up his hands,his 
 eyes , and countenance toward heaven } besought 
 God(in what fort I am loth to fay) to heap vengeance 
 upon him and his here , and in the world to come jf there 
 were anyfuch thing. eye Being dealt withall in parti- 
 culars, and fliewed the agreement of thofe perfons 
 concurring with the Letters and all the circum- 
 ftances: he was at a ftay,and very beaftly faid,he 
 could not tell what to fay , urdtjje hee might being 
 drttnke ufe fuch Jpeeches. It was told him he was not 
 fo overihot, but he could when hee came to him- 
 felfe remember what had palTed in a matter of 
 that quality. Then he made new proteftations , he 
 never meant any fuch thing. It was told him that | 
 was not the question. But whether hee had any 
 fpeechesor conference of any fuch matter. Whe- 
 ther did Ferrer a write in fuch fort to make that of- 
 fer? Then hefluck not to fay Ferrer a might write fo, 
 and hee did let him write what helift , and fo by 
 like difficulty he before had-ufed went ©n untill he 
 had confeifed all as followeth. 
 
 Febru- 
 
ipo 
 
 Cap. i } • A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 February 25". 159 3. 
 Do<5tor Lopez, being advifed to declare the taith 
 of the pra&ife and ipeech that paflcd betweene 
 him and Stcph.Ferrera about thepoyfoning of the 
 Ghteene y&oth confeffe for difcharge of his confei- 
 ence , that fuch fpeeches paffed between? Ferrera 
 and this Examinateat his houfe in London. And 
 faith , that after Ferrcra had written to the Secre- 
 tary Ibarra , to allure him that the laid Lopez, was 
 willing,and did offer to poy fon the Queene/o he 
 might have the 5 o coo crownes; Trie faid Fen era 
 did acquaint the faid Lopc^ that he had wrirten in 
 fuch fort to the Secretary lbarra,zrid fent the Let- 
 ters to him by Gomes d Avila, bur he doth protcfl 
 that he never meant to doe it. But he doth affirme 
 that Ferrcra. meant verily that her Majeftie fhould 
 bedeftroyed withpoyfon in a Syrrup. Which he 
 faid,becaufe this examinate knew that her Maiefty 
 did never ufe to take any Syrrup. 
 
 Hee confeffeth further, that Ftrrera told him 
 I there fhould one come in falhion of a Mariner that 
 mould bring the value of 5 0000 crownes in Ru- 
 bies and Diamonds. And hee faith alfo that it 
 cannot bee chofen,but the King of Spaine was ac- 
 quainted with this matter. For the money mould 
 have come from the King of 'Spaine. He doth fur- 
 ther confeffe, that Stepb. Ferrer* told this Fxami- 
 #4/*,that if hee would offer to the Count Fuentes 
 this greatfervice to poifon her Majefty, he Ihould 
 be fure he fhould want no money. And hereupon 
 hee was content that Fernra fhould write to the 
 
 faid 
 
of GOD S Merck. Gap. 5 i ; j 1 9 1 
 
 faid Count Fucntes, or the Secretary Ibarra to af- 
 fure them, that the faid Doctor would undertake 
 to poyfon her Majeftie. But hee faith, when the 
 money was come,hee meant to have brought the 
 fame to her Majeity,and to have told her what the 
 King oFSpaifte had fent him to poyfon her Maje- 
 ftie. And he faith further,he would have told her 
 Majeftie of it long fince, but for feare of jealoufie 
 her Majeftie might have conceived thereby. And 
 the faid Doctor Lope\^ doth further confefTe, hee 
 did often ufe to fay to Stephen Terr era , when will 
 the money come i If the money were come, hee 
 was ready to doe the fervice. He confeffeth alfo, 
 that hee did fir ft breake this matter to Andrada, of 
 the poyfoning of her Maieftie, to abufe the King 
 of Spaine. And did give him charge to declare fo 
 much from him to the Secretary Ibarra and the 
 Count Fuenteu And afterwards perceiving that 
 Andrada had told this fecret to Steph. Ferrcra, the 
 faid Dodo r doth anfwer that he did acquaint, and 
 had conference with Stephen Ferreraof the fame. 
 And all this his confeffion he protefteth to be true, 
 and to containe the very truth. 
 
 Roger Lopez. ' 
 
 Thus farre was this wild beaft traced. A bare 
 and filly excufethetraitour had onely to pretend. 
 And for my part ( faith the Colletteur of thefe ex- 
 aminations) I doe from thebottome of my heart 
 thanke God , that this onely refuge was left him, 
 to fay,(the plot being prevented and failing in the 
 execution ) it was not meant and purpofed in the 
 • Cc , intention; 
 
Ip* 
 
 ■^ »■ • • I ■ . ■ HI I I I ■ ■! 
 
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 intcntion 5 becaufe it was undone. And God in his 
 mercy grant that fuch wicked confpiracies againft 
 our Soveraigne the Lords Anointed,may al waies 
 bee fo foreleene and preuented , that the wicked 
 contrivers may never by the event and fequent be 
 charged, but by the intent and practife. Which 
 hath been evidently manifested in this caufe , by 
 over many overt a£ts. 
 
 Thefc three confpirators having now confefTed 
 thefe lothfome treafons y ito<w/ Lwys was further 
 required to declarethe true fenfe of the Letters he 
 fent by Gomes 4' Avila,which he willingly did rm~ 
 der his owne hand in this fort.. i 
 
 xxv). J thru An], fjfcz* 
 
 This Letter whkh I wrote to Stephen Ferrer a 
 by GmifD 1 e/tf'V/^coneeraiflg the poynt which 
 fpeaketh of ? carle sand the price of them, was ta 
 give him to underftand , that the Newes which 
 hce had fent, ( how that the De&or would kill the 
 <%ueene ) was very gladly accepted , and much er 
 fteemed of the Count Fumes and of Ibarra. And 
 touching the poynt which concerneth the Muskc 
 and Amber, the Count Fuentes told mee that hce 
 cfidlookefor a flejolution from the King of great 
 importance, and when it came, there mould bee 
 a great matter. Which I did underftand, that 
 hee did determine to fend or procure to burne 
 the gmws Shippes , and to kill Antonio Perez , 
 of whom they nave\great feare. For they fcare 
 that hee fhould difcover all the feerets which hee 
 knoweth^ 
 
of GODS Mereie. Cap, i j. j 195 
 
 knoweth, which are many. Seeing fto man knew 
 more fecrets of the King then he. 
 
 Hee was in like manner to expound the letters 
 from Count Pucnustobd Secretary Ibarra, which 
 he did in this fort. Concerning the poynt of th£ 
 letter from Ibarra, and the promifes which in his 
 offer Ferrer a made,ft is meant of the death of the 
 S^teene, whereof mould arife great fervice to the 
 King^nd to the benefit of the whole world.Tou- 
 ching the fecoad poynt of the letter of Count Fu- 
 tntts : By thecommiflion is underftood the death 
 of the Jgueene. And concerning the poynt which 
 importeth the going thither with thecommiflion 
 for the fruit that (hall come of it , is to give free 
 order for the death of the Quetne. And to give 
 to understand , that Ferrer a thinking good toad- 
 vertife by me in what termes thebuhnefleftood, 
 and hee being determined to remaine heere, the 
 Earle would fend raee into Spine by pofts to give 
 account of all things to the King otcafiile. Con- 
 cerning the bufincsof the D ottos determination, 
 it imported much to know, if it were pofllbIe 5 the 
 very day of the execution of hispromhes, telling 
 me moreoverthat 1 mould tell slefh. Ferrera, that 
 heflioold procure to bring certaine knowledge of 
 allthofe things I have fpoken of, vi^. of the IJle of 
 Wight, of the flips of the Dotrnes ejrc For at that 
 very inftant the King of Spaim purpofed to caafe 
 the gueenes jhips to be burned , and to furprife the | 
 ijle of Wight. Telling me that thefe things were of J 
 great importance for the (erviceof the King of 
 spaine. But that it was convenient to handle all 
 
 Cc 2 with 
 
iP4 
 
 Cap. i 3, A thankful! Remembrance 
 
 with that fecrcfle, that this voyage might not bee 
 knowne. 
 
 - This Narration concerning Lopez containeth 
 things of. much obfervation, and diffcreth much 
 from the other practifes which were attempted* 
 Though this fecret pra&ife of poyfoning hath 
 becne attempted by others befides Lopez, as by 
 Squire and others. Thevillany ofz^^wasvery 
 deepe^But he faid he meant no harme. The mini- 
 fters of the Spamjh King , and the King himfclfe 
 was acquainted with it, and gave directions in it: 
 The mopey muft-bc ready, fifty thpu&nd crowns; 
 this money he would not have to be brought in- 
 to England, for fo Lopc^ gave efpeciall charge hee 
 would receive it at Anttterpefrot in England; And 
 yet the lew meant no harme. For he would, faith 
 hee, have brought the money to Queene Eliza- 
 beth. But when himfelfe had given order that the 
 money fhould not come into England, but be rea- 
 die at Antveape , how could hee bring it to the 
 ghteem f Word muft bee brought to the Spamjh 
 King,ofthe very day wherein the poyfon was to. 
 bee given , that hee might rejoyce in the wicked- 
 nelTe , and have ffis armies ready to invade fomc 
 part of the land, and deftroy the (hips. The King 
 of Spaineyite much fallen from that fliew of cou- 
 rage which he made mew of in 88. For then hee 
 came openly like a King , "but now hee fought to 
 come in by ftealth^ Not to Wime , but to Steale 
 a Kingdome. Which in former times hath been 
 the CaUilian pra&ife. But the proper obfervation 
 of this place is the meanes whereby this pra&ife 
 
 was 
 
-..rc-ofc 
 
 of GODS Merck. Cap.ij , 1^5 
 
 was to bee wrought, that is, by poy fining of'jgtteene 
 Elizabeth, the moft vnkingly , the moft vnmanly 
 refolution that could enter into the heart of a 
 King , or o£ another man. And yet the King of 
 Sfaim may feeme in fom^fb'fttobeex-cufed. 'For 
 what can a Topifh Prince doe, but follow the com- 
 mon examples and pra&ifes of them , to whofe 
 counfelland advice hee hat-h; given himfeli^ovTr 
 wholly^tohee -governed ? 'This practice of p'efy:- 
 foning is one of thofe mines which the Popes have 
 brought into their Church. For it hath beene 
 moft commonly moll: tvngracioufly pra&ifed by 1 
 Popes.. Efpeciaily after Sytvttftrwiis; made Pope/ 
 After that' time the Pa facie was long bpprVfiecf 
 with fuch as commonly practifed Sorceries and 
 Poy fining. For this is a thing generally obferved 
 both in the writings of the holy Scripture, and in 
 humane Authors , that Poy fining , Witchcraft , and 
 Sorcerie are commonly reckoned finnes of one 
 kind. And therefore <?^^wV and ^^?ww; which 
 properly fignifieth a Poy finer , Venificw, is com- 
 monly taken for a Sorcerer. And is numbred up 
 amongthofefinncs,2>e//f.i8. for which finnes Mo- 
 ps faith , The Lord did colt out thofe Nations before 
 ffrael. That which in the Hebrew in that place, 
 is tytfyo the Septuagint hath ^^twt, the com- 
 mon Lame Tranflation hath Malcficus, others Ve- 
 nefew. In Englijh it is commonly translated & Sor- 
 cerer. But this Sorcery is understood Poyfining. 
 This ♦'hen was one of thofe finnes for which the, 
 Lord thd raft out -the Canaanites out of that land.; : 
 And rherefore they, who with an ungracious 
 
 Cc 3 bo!4- 
 
 Detu.jfr.il. 
 
 Mtchafkjhcph 
 
*9 6 
 
 Cap. i J • d tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 ApOC.5.19itI. 
 
 boIdnefTe doepra&tfe fuehfinnes , may juftly ex- 
 pe&the like judgements of God to caft them out 
 of their land, how firmely foever they may feeme 
 to be confirmed in their habitations. 
 
 Now as this was one of the finnes which threw 
 out the Nations before Ifrael , Co it is in the New 
 Teftament reckoned among the finnes of the 
 Church of Antichrift. Saiot Iofm recounteth the 
 principal! finnes of that Synagogue, Idolatry, mur- 
 der , for eerie , fornication , and theft. And he de- 
 clareth then when the Iudgements of God had 
 fcourged them for their (innes,yet they repented 
 not. His words 5 They repented net of the mrJees of 
 their hands , that they fbould not swrjhip dcvills , and 
 idols of gold, and of fther,and of braffe, andoffione, 
 and of wood , which neither can fee , neither hcare, nor 
 goe, Alfo they repented not of their murthers , and of 
 their jbrcerie, neither of their fornication, nor of their 
 theft. 
 
 My purpofe is not now to expound rhe place 
 at large j neither is it fit for my prefent intention. 
 But all undemanding men may fee how the finnes 
 of the prefent Church of Rome are deciphered, as if 
 they were drawen with a Pcnfill. 
 
 That which we translate Sorcery , is in the Ori- 
 ginall, wfUAHti*, that is^poy fining. And is not this 
 a great matter, that the pra&ife of poyfoning, 
 which is fo branded in the Scripture, as a kind 
 of Sorcerieand Witch-craft , or Necromancie, 
 and fo reckoned among profane Authors , and 
 had ever in deteftation , even of the Heathens 
 therafelves , who were guided by the light of na- 
 ture 
 
(f G CD S Merck. Cap,ftj 1 97 
 
 tureonejy : That fuch a finne mould bepra<5ti(ed 
 with boldncs,isnot this a matter to bee wondred 
 ate' The Sfanyards y t\ax. are found morebold itKrid 
 pnuftife of this (inne then others, learned this dc- 
 villifh leflbn of their Mafters of Rome, For what 
 other things can they learne of them, but fuch 
 things as they fee them commonly praftife? Nay, 
 the Mafters of that Synagogue ftay not in the prac- 
 tife- therof,they profe/fe it,they teach it for doclrints. 
 For they are run fo rarre in thefe depths ofSathan, 
 that fome of them are not afhamed to teach^hzx a 
 Prince which they call an Hcretike, may bee uken a- 
 tvay bypeyfort. 
 
 And have not thefe men proceeded well in the 
 devils fchoole i Then we fee from what fountaine 
 thefe pradifes of poyfoning proceed. It com- 
 raeth from the Popijh Doctors. But let them 
 know, and let all the world know, that they may 
 as well juftifie the deftru&ion of a Prwceby Sorce- 
 ry or Witchcraft , as by Pdyfon. But happily thefe 
 men will not fticke at that. Here we may behold 
 the great and juft judgements of God , thatfuffe- 
 reth them, who have forfaken the love of the 
 truth , to runne fo defperately,and to fall into the 
 bottome of vile aflfe&ions . To teach fuch things 
 for doctrines as are fo exprefly forbidden in Gods 
 Word; to juftifie and mamtaine fuch fmnes ; for 
 which God threatrteth tocaft out themaintainers 
 and practifers thereof from among men. It is not 
 our part to judge when thefinnes of the Church 
 of Rome-tit ripe, that God may bring upon them 
 that deftru&ion which he hath threatned in Scrip- 
 
 tures: 
 
»*iroS H?ap.i4- AtlxmkfxBQ&ttenibrance 
 
 tures^but this we fee, that if they be not yet come 
 to the full ripening,they draw very neereit • that 
 we leave to God. And wcedoe from our hearts 
 bleflc/jthe Name of God, that fiath delivered our 
 Princes and Church from thefe horrible praclifes. 
 And pur hope is, that the fame God will ever de- 
 liver us from every wicKed way. 
 
 
 rp-i 
 
 , ■ 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 Squire carried into Spaine, madeknowne to R'. 
 Walpool a Icfuite • who perceiving that bee had fome 
 employment about the Queenes S table \and 'finding him 
 to be a refolvedPapiftjbought he might be a fit inftru- 
 .ment by whom to workt miCchiefe. Whereupon be breaks 
 -with him , fir s~t to.hll the Earle of- EfTex , and then to 
 poyjonthe Pommel/ of "ihe Queenes Saddle. He wakes 
 him vow to doe it in confefton , then hec confirmes him 
 in his vow with his bencdiclion, then hee diredls him 
 \how to difeofe .of the < poyfon by ce/4aine tnsJructionj. 
 Thte Squire arfdrejjes bmfdfe to England, layes the 
 poyfon on the Pemmell of the Queenes Saddle , as hee 
 was taughty a little before jhee was to take horfe • but 
 Gods providence, intervening , quite defroyeth the ver- 
 tue efthepoifon,tbat it did no hurt. This treafon was de- 
 teffed by the tatlmg of 'Walpool ; who imparted it to 
 fome Engli(hfugitiues,in whom a great expcllatton be- 
 ing raifedjwhen they fee nothing come of it, they made a 
 convict totU 'hat Squire had been falje to them. Here- 
 upon they accufe Squire of treafon : upon their accufati- 
 on Squire is examined, and by ventilation of fome cir- 
 
 .....cum- 
 
of CODS Mercie. Cap. 1 4 
 
 cumftances, the whole f lot of Walpool and praefije of 
 Squire is dif covered , jw without Gods working , tr£0 
 made their owne tongues tell out their- fhame. Yea their 
 owne tongues did make them fall,and all men that 
 fee it,did Iay,This hath God done j for they did 
 perceive that it was his workc* 
 
 IP9 
 
 fares Jfmeti/e iff pays cm the ^ccne^ . 
 
 N the yecrc 1 ?ptf , the Englijh Fleet 
 went to Cales. About this time 
 another ungracious plot was dif- 
 covercd in a ftrange manner. The 
 relation therof came to my hands 
 lately ,written by an Englifh Gen- 
 tleman , to another Englifh Gentleman his friend 
 remaining then at Padua. And printed by Chri- 
 
 Dd ftopher 
 
 1596. 
 
 -A 
 
200 
 
 "01 
 
 r 
 
 I ., .-1 11! . , ™ » ' " M 
 
 Cap. 1 4. Jthankfull-^ememBrance 
 
 Jlopher Barker , y*»w 1 599. Printer to the gueenes 
 Majeftic. TheCopie is rare to bee found, and 
 worthy to bepreferved. And therforefit to befet 
 dovvne here in this place. The relation foJJoweth j 
 thus. 
 
 " Sir , I thanke you for your Relation of Fer. 
 <c rera • and to make you paiment in the like com- 
 modities , 1 returne to you a true report of a 
 f refh accident of State, happened here with us; 
 memorable for the ftrangenefTe of the matter 5 
 cc and the great fignification it carryeth with it of 
 cc Gods extraordinary and moft vifible providence^ 
 cc but other wife worthy to be damned to perpetu- 
 " all oblivion, as well for the deferrable nature of 
 " the fact, as yet more (if more were poffible) for . 
 " the impietie of the perfwafion^ fuch as I allure 
 you,a man ought to make fcruple to infame the 
 times,or infect mens cogitations with the repe- 
 tition of it , were it not that thefe workes of 
 " darkneflTeare framed and forged in fuch a deepe 
 <c vault of hypocrifie, as there is more danger that 
 " they fhould be unrevealed or unbeleeued , then 
 cc that being brought to cleare light , they mould 
 cc provoke an imitation in any, of that which isfo 
 cC odious and foule. 
 
 " AndthisSiryoumaybeleeve, that as I have 
 
 cc had good meanes to inf orme my felfe to the full, 
 
 " of that which paiTed in this matter, & the truth 
 
 of all the particulars, as well thofe which were 
 
 opened at the arraignment of Edward Squire, 
 
 "one of the offenders,as thofe which were refer- 
 
 * ved,fo I have fet downe this Narration , rather 
 
 abridged 
 
 cc 
 
 cc 
 
 cc 
 
 cc 
 
 cc 
 
 a 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 1 4 
 
 — ' .■--■■■ 
 
 " abridged of fomecircumftanceSjthenany waies 
 "amplified or inlarged. 
 
 * This Squire dwelt in Greenwich diners yeeres, 
 " and tooke upon him the pra&ife of a Scrivener, 
 " yet rather as a hclpe to maintaine himfelfe for a 
 cc time, then that he bare a minde to fettle in that 
 <c trade. He obtained alfo before his going to Sea, 
 <? for fome two yeeres fpace,an imploiment about 
 u the gueenes Stable, by way of deputation to one 
 " Jfo/VjaPurveiourofthofe provisions. But being 
 <c of a wit above his vocation , difliked with that 
 " condition of life,and put himfelfe into action by 
 c< Sea, in the laft voyage S r Francis Drakem8.dc in- 
 <c to the Indies j.\\ which voiage it was his hap,that 
 " thei^^w^Cafmall Barke wherein he went) was 
 " fcattered from the Fleet about Guadalupe ,and ta- 
 cc ken by five Spanifh Frigots. And fo was Squire 
 c< brought prifoner into Spaine, where foone after 
 <c he was fet at libertie. 
 
 " Not long after his enlargement , hee became 
 ? knowne to Richard Walpook an Englifli fugitive, 
 " and by Order a lefuite , a man of principall cre- 
 " dit there, and a kinde of Vicar generall to Par. 
 "fens in his abfence. This Waif 00k carying a wa- 
 " king and wayting eye , upon thofe of our Na- 
 cc tion , to difcover and fingle out fit inftruments 
 "for the greater! treafons, obferved this Squire, 
 " found him a man of more then ordinarie ienfe 
 " and capacitie , for his qualitie and education ; 
 " found him a man that had parted his middle age, 
 cc well advifed and yet refolved enough , and not 
 <c apprehenfive at all of dangers ; ( for I doe af- 
 
 Dd 2 firme 
 
 loi 
 
2 o 2 I Cap. 1 4. 4 thankfull Remembrance \ 
 
 " firme this unto you , that never man anfwered 
 
 <c upon his tryall for life and death,with Iefle per- 
 
 <c turbation,nay fcarcely with any alteration, as if 
 
 c< he underftood not his perill and calamkie, and 
 
 <c yet as fenfible for fpeech , as infenfible for pafli- 1 
 
 <c on.) Butbefidesthe difpofition and temper of | 
 
 cc the manJValpwle difcerned in him two conditi- 
 
 cf ons of fpeciall advantage ^ The one,thatcom- 
 
 " ming intoSpaine a. prifoner , and not a fugitive, 
 
 " his retnrne into England would be fubj^cl to leffe 
 
 " fufpition: The other, that hcunderftoodytyw* 
 
 " had formerly had fome attendance about the 
 
 u gueems Stable, which hee (freight caught hold 
 
 cc of,as an opportunity. 
 
 " Yet nevertheleiTe , the better to prepare him, 
 cc and worke him to his purpofe-and the berter al- 
 <c fo to give colour , (when Squire mould returne 
 cc into England) that he was a man that had fuffc- 
 cc red in Spaine for his confcience,fubtilly he com- 
 cc parted , that upon a quarrell picked , Squire was 
 " put into the Inquisition. By this meanes, when he 
 <f had got his heart into his hands , mollified by 
 cc diftreiTe,and became fecure of him, that he was 
 " a fixed and refolved Papift. 
 tc After probation and preparation fufficient,he 
 tc beganto open himfelfe unto him-and firftfor in- 
 " trodu&ion/ell into the ordinary burden or fong, 
 " of that kinde of people, touching the tyrannies 
 " and perfecutions exercifed heerc in England a- 
 <f gainft Catholiques-though Sir,you know very 
 " well,the diftinclion and moderation of the pro- 
 " ceedingsherein Ecclefiafticall caufes,with what 
 
 lenitie 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap.14. | 205 
 
 " lenitie 5 and gentlenes,it bath been-caried, except 
 <c where it was mixed with matter of ftatejfor clfc 
 " I would gladly learne,what fliould make the dif- 
 " ference betweene the temper of the Lawcs in 
 " the firft yeere of the Jj>uec»e,md in 2 3 .or 2 7 .but 
 cc that at the one time,they were Pafifts in confci- 
 cc ence,and at the other they were growne Papists 
 " in faction; or what mould make the difference at 
 cc this day in Lawe, betweene a Queene Marie 
 " Prieft,and a Seminarie Prieu\fave that the one is 
 cc a Prieftof fuperftition,and the other is a Prieft 
 " of fedition. But to the purpofe; After the Icfuite 
 w had at fundry confereces difcourfed his pleafure 
 cc of the miferies of Catholikes herein England, 
 " and of the (landers of the government^and upon 
 <c how few perfons lives , the (late here did ftand^ 
 " and Squire on the other fide , (who wanted no 
 cc wit to perceive which way he was lcd)had firft 
 " made fome fignification , and after fome more 
 cc ferious and vehement proreftation of his minde 
 tc and devotion to doe fervice to the caufe : when 
 cc the wicked Frier faw he was gotten into the true 
 circle,he began to charme 5 & yet not having the 
 power to fal upon the higheft point fi rft,without 
 " a gradation or bridge Jt were no dot* bt(fcm\\ he)an 
 " a£i very meritorious to kill the Ear k efEjJeXfhnt V- 
 " num neceffarium,^ thing is necefjary. And ha- 
 lving kept him infufpenceawhile, brake with 
 " him plainly, & told him that he would put a fer- 
 " vice into his hands,that he might execute and ac- 
 cc complifh without any evident pei ill of his life, 
 " becaufe it was to be done, what time the Queene 
 . ■ Dd 3 her 
 
 tc 
 
 cc 
 
204 
 
 Cap.14. A thankfuU%emembrana 
 
 " her felfe mould not bee in prefcnce; ( which I 
 cc thinke hee fpake as having heard that which is 
 « very true, of fame confpirators, that having un- 
 " dcr taken and vowed her Ma jetties deftru&ion, 
 " have neverthdefTeat the very inftant of the ac- 
 u cefTe and opportunitie,been ftricken with afto- 
 "nimment, and had no power to execute their 
 " malice. Nay further he faid, that he mould not 
 " need to feare, in the doing thereof to bee feenc 
 cc or obfcrved by any perfons of care or judgment, 
 " but fvch as might bee eafily converted withall 
 * c without fufpition : And it was the empoyfon- 
 cc ment of the pommell of the Queenes Saddle,at 
 cc fuch time as (he mould ride abroad ; her Majeftie 
 " being like to reft her hand thereupon for a good 
 " time together , and not unlike for her hand to 
 Xl come often about her face, mouth,and noftrils; 
 " and this by reafon of his former acquaintance 
 " & fervice about the Stable,he thought he might 
 " eafily performe and fafely ; And yet hee faid, 
 " If imminent death jlwuld enfue thereupon, hee might 
 not accompt of it , as being affurtd that hee fhould 
 exchange his frcf'ent fiate , with the fate of a glori- 
 " ous Saint in heaven, Vnto which accurfed pro- 
 " pofition after that Squire had aiTented , then did 
 c * the Fryer ufc all diligence to confirme and bind 
 " him to refolution and performance. And to that 
 cc ende , at fandrie confefTions tookc his vow and 
 cc promife to be conftant j caufing him to receive 
 " the Sacrament upon it ; renewed his devillifh 
 " perfwafions , varying them in all formes to be- 
 " iiege his mindeand cogitations, that hee might 
 
 find 
 
 « 
 
of G O Dl S Merck. Cap. 1 4 I 205 
 
 cc find no way to get out of this wicked purpofe $ 
 " Telling him that be flood now in the fate ofdamna- 
 " tionjfhe did not his uttermofl endeavour to performs 
 <e his vow. And bid him remember how thatfinne 
 " didfeldome obtaine far don - and if hee did but once 
 " make doubt of the Uwfulne([e or merit of the acl , it 
 M was enough to cajl him headlong downe into bell: And 
 w if he did caft any difficulties or terrors,he wifli- 
 "ed him to confider , What it didav-aile a man to 
 " winne the whole world, and to leefe his owne Joule. So 
 " as now Squire rauft not defcend into himfelfe, 
 u he muft make no objections 5 caft no doubts -but 
 u the eyes of his undemanding blinded and fealed 
 cc up,he muft only contemplate upon thefc vowes 
 W and adjurations. And for a conclusion and finall 
 " benediction of this mod execrable plot, Squirt 
 cc kneeling before Walpoole at confeflion,hee lifted 
 cc him up 5 hugged him about the necke with his 
 cc left arme (fuch were Squires owne words ) and 
 cc crofllng him with the other hand after fome 
 " words mumbled in Latin, faid diftin<5tfy to him 
 cc in Englifh, God blejjethee andgivje theeflrength my 
 u finne- y be of good courage, Ipawne myfoulefor thine, 
 " and thou flub have my prayers dead and alive. And 
 " upon this imbracement and inchantment 5 this 
 cc defperate wretch and thisblafphemousExorcift 
 " parted for that time. 
 
 " Then doth he give him full injft ructions for the 
 " difpofing of this poyfoti; mewing him that hee 
 cc mould receive it in a double bladder, and when 
 " it mould bee ufed , hee was to pricke the blad- 
 " der full of holes upon the upper part, and fo to 
 carie 
 
2,o6 
 
 ec 
 
 Cap.14. A thankfuU%epiembranct 
 
 cc cary it within the palme of his hand with a thick 
 cc glove for the fafcguard of his hand : and in the 
 cc intrant when it was to bee applyed, hee mould 
 " turne it in his hand the upfide down, & fo preffe 
 cc it hard vponthc pommell of the faddle : telling 
 :c him further of the nature of it , That it would 
 " lye and tarry bng where it was laid; and that it 
 " would not bee checked by the ay re. And laftly 
 cc upon his commingaway delivered him the co's- 
 < c feclion it felfe , in fuch a bladder as was before 
 cc defcribed. 
 
 <c This was the true manner of the fubornation 
 cc of Edward Squire, by Richard rValfoolt, as it was 
 cc confefled by the fame Squire almoft in the (ame 
 tc words, as well for the perfwafions as for the in- 
 cc ftru&ions. Which confeflion I doe affirme unto 
 cc you upon knowledge , was delivered without 
 torture or (hew of torture: and was roundly and 
 fenfibly uttered with all circumftanees of a cre- 
 " dible narration, for that part which concerneth 
 " the manner of the empoyfonment : and for that 
 " part which concerneth the manner of the per- 
 cc fwafion,was fet down by an advifed declaration 
 " under his own hand,and the fame as farre as hi- 
 " therto wee have gone, was maintained and con- 
 " h*rmed 5 and in no point retracted or difavowed, 
 " either at his triall,or at his death. 
 " It feemes alfo that Walpool in fome of bis con- 
 ferences did infift upon the impoyfonment of 
 " the Earle ofEjfexjhe rather to defeate the voy- 
 " age by Sea,then expected, (for thefe things part 
 " about May , 1557-) .So as Squire conceived it, 
 
 there 
 
« 
 
 o/GODS Merck* Cap. 1 4 
 
 cc there could be no one thing more acceptable in 
 " the fecond degree. 
 
 " Now after that Squire had received both poy- 
 " fons,as well the fpirituall poyfon of wicked re- 
 " folution , as the materiall within the bladders ; 
 cc and that Waif 00k had interlaced fome promife 
 " to him of rewards and comforts, befides thofe 
 " of the other world,and had fchooled him for {e- 
 crefie,which he madcto be parceil of his vowe, 
 " there refted onely his difpatch for England. 
 " Whereunto to give an apt colour,it was deviled 
 " that there fliould bee a permutation treated by 
 " the meanes of a Chanon in Civil of two Spanijb 
 " prifoners here, taken at Coles, friends of the /aid 
 " Chanon,for Squire and Rowlcs now prifoners in 
 " the Tower, who came over with him, whereby 
 " it might be carried farre off from fufpition,that 
 " Squire did not returne as a man impioyed , bnt 
 <€ upon that private occafion. According to which 
 " project he was fent away conveniently money - 
 " cd^that hee might be the better in heart,and yet 
 "not fo abundantly as might make him love his 
 " life too well,and to goe away with his fare qui- 
 cc etly , though indeed there were more money 
 " ftirring,but not in that hand. 
 " And being arrived heere in England about a 
 "fortnight before the E Aries fitting forth toward 
 " the Hands, hee did addrefle himfelfe to a Coun- 
 " celler of ettate heere , both to {hew himfelfe to 
 " the end to avoid fufpition,and with pretence al- 
 " fo of fome advertifcmentSjto the c nd to win the 
 " better opinion and truft ? and finding his. com- 
 • Ee ming 
 
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 Ct 
 
 cc 
 
 Cap. 1 4. A tlwikfull Remembrance 
 
 u ming wel coceived of according to hisdefire,he 
 tc did craftily & fubtilly devifewith himfelfe 5 that 
 cc if he could findeany opportunity to execute his 
 Cc purpofe before the Earle went , (fuppofing that 
 u the poy fon could not wot k but in fpace of time) 
 cc it would be morefccurity for him to be abfent, 
 " & in the voy age,left pcrcafe fome f ufpitious to- 
 u kens of poy fon appearing,fomewhat might fall 
 cc out ( upon fuch diligent Inquifition as in fuch a 
 " cafe were like to bee made) tobedifcovereda- 
 gainft him^and therefore made his meanes to go 
 with the Earle in his fhip,and obtained his fute. 
 fc So as now making his reckoning to have thepe- 
 cc rill upon hisbacke 5 he did but watch his time. 
 " And it pleafed God for the manifeftation of 
 cc his glory, that the Munday fevennight next after 
 cc Squires comming home out oiSfame, he under- 
 cc flood that the horfes were making ready for heir 
 cc Majefties rMing abroad.Wherupon,full ofthofe 
 " evill fpirits wherewith fomariy exorcifmes had 
 " poffefled him,he came into the ftableyard where 
 ,c her Majefties horfe flood ready fadled 5 and in a 
 £C familiar and cheerefullmaner, in the hearing of 
 cc divers that flood therby,having all things ready 
 " according to his inftruci:ions,hee layed his hand 
 " upon the pummell of the Saddle,& faid^Godfaue 
 " the gueene, (Wherein it pleafed God to take his 
 cc wordsand not his mcaning)and bruifed thepoi- 
 " fon as he was directed. 
 
 " Thus was her Majefties facred and precious 
 " life by the All-hade of a fecond Judas betrayed, 
 " the attempt put in a&,& all the confpirators part 
 _______ played 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 1 4 
 
 w plaicd to the uttermoft line & title- there refted 
 " only Gods part? for fo it was,that her Maiefties 
 " going abroad held ; and as the Viper was upon 
 " S.iW/ hand,and fhaked offwithout hurt- fo this 
 cc done, was in luly in the heat of the yeere, when 
 " the pores and veines were opencfl: to receive a- 
 cc ny maligne vapor or tin&ure,if herMajeftieby 
 " any accident had laid her hand upon the place. 
 <c And as the heathenim people atthattime did ar- 
 " gue and conclude thereupon that S c .fW was a 
 " God,fo we may Chriftianly inferre that it was 
 cc Gods doing and power who hath defended his 
 cc handmaid & fervaht by hisfecret and more then 
 cc naturall influence and prefervatiye from fo a&u- 
 <c all and mortal a danger,fpeaking by thefefignes 
 " to all her difloyall fubje&s and ambitious ene- 
 a mies,That as he hath done great things by her, 
 " pafi: ordinary difcourfe of reafon , fo hee hath 
 <c done,andwilldo as great things for her,beyond 
 cc the courfe of his ordinary providence. 
 cc For furely, if a man confider how many times 
 cc her life hath bin fought & affailed, fince the be- 
 cc ginning of her reigne,by violence,by poifbning, 
 cc by fuperftitious votaries, by ambitious vnderta- 
 cc kers,by lingular Confpirators,by Confpirators 
 cc combined,(fpeaking of thofe that have been re- 
 " vealedjbefides a number (no doubt) of the like 
 cc which have groveled indarknes,& never came to 
 cc light)he will not find the like reflexion of Gods 
 u favor in any foveraign Prince that hath raigned. 
 <c But in the meane time you fee the ftrange my- 
 <c fteriesof the lefiites doct ine that have mingled 
 
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 C&p. 1 4. A ihankfull^imtmhrancz 
 
 cc heaven and hell,and lift up the hands of fub jecls 
 <; againft theanoynted of God- arming them with 
 £t the invifible armour of Scriptures 5 Sacraments, 
 cc Vowes, Prayers, and Bleflfings againft their na- 
 cc tuuall Soveraigncs. Wherein there is great dif- 
 cc ference between the Spirit that wrought in Da~ 
 cc vidyZiid this that worketh in them. For Datvid 
 " when relation was made to him (by one that 
 : cc thought hee had done Saul the laftgood office ) 
 cc how Saul had fallen upon his own fword in bat- 
 C£ tel!,and being in the anguifh of death,and care- 
 cc full not to fall alive in the hands of the Pbiltjiims, 
 " a people uncircumcifed, deTlred this fouldier to 
 cc make an end of him,who did fo,and was there- 
 " fore by David adjudged todie,becaufc he dared 
 " to lay his hands vpon the anointed of the Lord: 
 " and yctwas Saul a king forfaken and abandoned 
 " of Gcd;he had taken his mortall wound before, 
 " £0 as this fouldier tooke from him hispaine,and 
 " not his life ; and it was to a good end,left a hea- 
 " thenifh people fhould reproch the name of God 
 " by infulting upon theperfon ofSaul. 
 cc And furely for my part I doe wonder that 
 " Princes donor concurre in looting thefe bands, 
 and fuppreifing this Sect , which maketh a traf- 
 flque of their facred lives, concluding and con- 
 " trading for them with thefe blinded Votaries in 
 " the fecrefie of confeffions and fhrifts. For I doe 
 cc not fee that Pirates (whom the Civilians account 
 " to be Publici bojies focietatis humana, and therfore 
 " Princes bound as they affirme, though they bee 
 " otherwife in no league one with another, yea 
 
 and 
 
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of GODS Mercie. Cap. 14! m 
 
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 <c 
 
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 <c and though they be enemtes,to joyne in thefup- 
 " prcfnng and extirpation of them ) are any fuch 
 " dift urbeis of humane focietie asthefe are. Nci- 
 cc thcr doe I thinke, that the order of xheTemplers 
 (that was put downe throughout Chrisietidome in 
 a few weekes ) were ever offenders in fo high a 
 a degree. And I fTnde fomewhat ftrange that the 
 " Bifhop ofRome(i£ it were but to avoid the afper- 
 cc iion of fo great a flander and imputation to that 
 " Religion ) fhould not purge out this leaven fo 
 ftrange and odious. 
 But to returne : within five or fixe dayes after 
 fC this fact committed , Squire went to Sea in the 
 " Earles owne fliip,and belike as Tacitus faith,^- 
 <c roxfcclerum quia prima frovenerant^Vm^ there- 
 "maineof the fame poyfon with him in a little 
 cc pot in his portmantue , when the Earle was at 
 cc Sea betweene Fatal and S . Michael, he beftowed 
 " it upon the pommels of a chaire of wood, where 
 " the Earle uied to dine and fup : but thanks be to 
 " God nothing came of it neither. 
 cc Now let mee acquaint you a little with the 
 cc manner of detecting of this matter,which God 
 
 a 
 
 cc 
 
 " did likewife ftrangely bring about. Squire flept 
 cc now in fecuritie : for although he foiled of fuc- 
 " ceffe,yet he tooke himfelfe to be out of danger : 
 "thinking becaufe it was carried betweene his 
 Confeffor and him, it could never be revealed. 
 But his Confeffour,whom it concerned not fo 
 much to keepe it fecret as it did Squire, tickled 
 belike with the joy, that he had fuch an yron in 
 the fire,imparted it(forhis owne glory )to fome 
 Ee 3 prin- 
 
 ce 
 
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2X2 
 
 Cap. t 4. A thankful! (Remembrance 
 
 cc principal! of the fugitives there - y There rayfed a 
 cc great expe&ation in them of fome effect to infue. 
 " When time pa(Ted,and nothing came of it,they 
 a made conftru&ion of it , that Squire had beene 
 " falfe to them. One of the more paffionate of 
 " them invcigheth bitterly againft Squire , tells 
 " how he was trufted,and how he had undone the 
 " caufe; and the better to bee revenged on him, is 
 cc content that one{that they let flip hither as if he 
 tc had fled from them) mould give information of 
 cc this matter, not with the circum (ranees, but ge- 
 ce nerally againft Squire, partly to winne himfelfe 
 cc credit , partly to wrecke themfelves on Squire. 
 cc And this fellow , becaufe he would be thought 
 " to do the better fervice, would not bring this in 
 " his mouth,but in a letter , which he pretended 
 " to have ftolne out of one of their Studies- This 
 " letter compared with another letter that the 
 cc fame man brought as written from a feveral per- 
 cc fon,both which letters had one and the fame bu- 
 cc fie knot to both names,is fufpected to be coun- 
 <c terfeited^it is fo found. Hereupon it is collected 
 w that this was but an engine againft Squire , and 
 " that he was an honeft man. Yet becaufe it was a 
 " tender matter, Squire was fent for & examined. 
 " For a time he denieth 5 after, hee commeth to 
 " fbmecircumftances,which concurring with the 
 " others tale,itgave it to be underftood that there 
 " was fomewhat true y and that all was not an in- 
 cc vention againft him: hold was taken of that^and 
 " thereupon Squire , not knowing howfarrehis 
 " Confeflfour had broken truft with him,by good 
 per- 
 
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 <c perfwafion,and Cods good working, difclofed 
 " all without any rigour in the world. 
 cc Eur upon a fecond advife being a man of a ve- 
 " ry good reach, finding that it had beene his wi- 
 tc feft" way to haue confefTed the whole plot and 
 cc fubornation which was knowne to WalpooU&nd 
 " thereto have ftopt,& not to have told of the put. 
 " ting of it in execution, which was only knowne 
 cc to himfelfe,and which indeed was wonnefrom 
 " him by good following, he indevored at his ar- 
 raignment to havedi{1:in^uifh<rd, and avouching 
 , " the firft part,to have retracted the fecond • pre- 
 I" tending that, although he undcrtooke it, yet hce 
 ! " had not any purpofe to performe ir. 
 . "%Whereupon one of the Commitfioners being 
 " well acquainted with all the particular circum- 
 , cc ftances, did fet before him theabfurdity of his 
 cc deniall againft his former confeffion which was 
 cc voluntary, particular, and needlefle ( othcrwife 
 " then in confeience of truth) upon which fpeeeh 
 " he being ftricken with remorfe,and convicted in 
 lC himfelfe , acknowledged and jultifled the truth 
 " of his former confefTioriin the hearing of all the 
 "{landers by. 
 
 cc Thus Sir , I have entertained you with a Dif- 
 cc courfe, which I think in reading willaffedl you 
 " diverfly,as it did me in writing; But in the end I 
 cc thinke we fhall joyne in congratulating for our 
 " good deliverance, and defiring of God the con- 
 "tinuanceof herMajeftie, in whom our good 
 u good dayes doe confiit. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
214 
 
 Cap. * 5 A tbankfull Gfymembrance 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 Trouble from Ireland by Tyrone lurking in Spaine. 
 His many diffemblin? (kbmifiioxs t$ the Queene of 
 •England. A treatise/ peace^oncluded. 
 
 m 
 
 Tyrone Icftrel a parley Wttb the X,orA Lieutenant . 
 
 H E next danger intended and threat , 
 ned , brake out in Sfatne by Tyrone, y 
 They that have written of Tyrone , fay 
 that hee was a baftard , a baniflied fu- 
 gitive; hee lay lurking infywfty.promifing to 
 doe fome fervice to the Pope and Spnytrd , as 
 fome had done before , hee was railed to the ho- 
 nour dfan Baric by the gnccne , and being twice 
 
 in 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 15 
 
 i n danger (once for a murther , and then for ufur- 
 ping the title of O-neale) was pardoned for both- 
 Hugh, Baron ofDunganno , now Earle of Tyrone, 
 being fet on by the Spanyard to worke fome mif- 
 chiefe^Ann.Dem. 1597. fuddenly affailed the Fort 
 of Blacktvater. Which done,he wrote to Kildare to 
 fide with him , and at the fame inftant to Sir lohn 
 Norrice,(who was then fent out Lord Generall in- 
 to Ireland, with thirteen hundred of the Netherlands 
 old Souldiers newly retired from the Warres in 
 Britain*,) to him Tyrone wrote , that hee might be 
 mildly dealt withall , and not be driven headlong 
 upon the dangerous rockes of difloyalcie ; in the 
 meane time he was alwayes guarded wirh a thou- 
 fand Horfe,and 6280 Foot of r/tf^befides 2 300 
 ofConnaugh^ hereupon hee and all his partakers 
 were proclaimed tray tours. Thus was the rebel- 
 lion rai fed , which was hardly quenched with 
 much blood. Sir lohn Norrice was a Generall as 
 well experienced in warre as any that then lived : 
 yet in the Irtfb warres hee was not fo acquainted. 
 The advantage of the enemy was fiich, that time 
 was rather fpent in taking of booties, and frivolous 
 Parlies, then in any memorable exployt. The one 
 looking ftill for fitter opportunities, and the o- 
 ther expecting daily his promifed fuccours from 
 Spjine. 
 
 To fpare the fhedding of blood , the gueene 
 commaunded her Commiffioners , theTreafurer 
 and Chiefe IuBice, to conferre with Tyrone ± who 
 complained of wrongs offered to him by Sir Hen- 
 rie Bagnal, Marfhall : and thereupon exhibited a 
 Ff petition 
 
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 A1t.D9m.1s97 
 
21 6 I Cap. i 5- dthankfull Remembrance 
 
 petition in humble manner , containing that him- 
 felfeand all his followers might be pardoned,and 
 be reftoredto their former eftates: that they might 
 freely cxercife their Romifh Religion : that no 
 Garrifon fouldiers,Sheriffe,or other o;ficcr fliould 
 imermeddle within the jurifdidtion of his Earle- 
 dome: that the company of fifty Horfemen with 
 the gueenes pay, might bee reftored to him in the 
 fame elate that formerly he had led them: that the 
 fpoylcrs of hiscountrey and people might be pu- 
 j nifhed,and that Sir Henry Bagnal mould pay him a 
 thoufand pound promifed in dowry with his fi- 
 fter,whom Tyrone had married, and who was now 
 d* ceafed. Others alfo laid out their grievances 
 conceived , fuch were Odone^Brian Mac Hughoge, 
 Mac Mabwt, and Ever Mac Conly : They received 
 reafonable anfweres to their demands. But unto 
 them the Commifiioners propofed cerraine Arti- 
 cles : That they mould forthwith lay downe their 
 Armes , difperfe then Forces , fubmiflivdy ac- 
 knowledge their dill oyalties, admit the gueenes 
 Officers in their government, reedifie the Forts 
 they had defaced,fuffer the Garrifon to live with- 
 out di^urbance,make rcftitution of fpoylcs taken, 
 confefle vpon their oathes how farre they had 
 dealt with forraine Princes , and renounce all for- 
 raine ayd. 
 
 Thefe proportions the Rebells liked nor, but 
 departed with a refolurion to maintaine their 
 owne demands. Which moved Generall Norrice, 
 avded with the Lord Deputie , to march with his 
 Army to Armagh. When Tyrm heard of his ap- 
 proach» 
 
of GODS Mode. Cap. 1 5 I 2 1 7 
 
 proach , in great perplexitie he forfooke the Fort 
 of Black-water, fet on fire the Villages about, and 
 plucked downe the Towne of Dungamon , with 
 part of his ownehoufe, bcwayling his ftate to be 
 paft recovery. 
 
 The Countrey thus wafted, and no vi<5hialls to 
 bee had , Norrice fet a Garrifon in the Church of 
 Armagh, ftrengthened Menahan, and proclaimed 
 Tyrone traytour in his owne Territories. Tyrone 
 to gaine time prefented to him a faigned Petition 
 figned with his owne hand , caft himfclfe downe 
 at the Queenes Pictures feet, ungirthisfword, 
 and craved pardon upon his knees 5 And in the 
 meane time dealt for aydes out of Spame^ wherein 
 hee prevailed fo farre , that King Philip fern mef 
 fengers with Capitulations^that at a prefixed time 
 hee would fend him a competent Armie to joyne 
 with the /n/fc,that all conditions of peace with the 
 Englijh mould bee rejected , and that the Re- 
 bells mould bee furnifhed with Munition from 
 Spaine. 
 
 Hereupon (though there was a ceflation from 
 Armcs)hebegan to hurry and wafte the Country, 
 and burne Villages^nd arive_away Booties. And 
 having done this,put onthe vizard of difllmulati- 
 onagaine,and fued for pardon,which to erTe<5t,he 
 fent the Letters of King Philip his promifes to 
 the Lord Deputie,v/ixh the caufes of his owne dis- 
 contents ^ fo he muffled, that by his diflimulation, 
 or by the negligence of others moft part of Con- 
 naught and all Vlftr were revolted and in a re- 
 bellion. 
 
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2l8 
 
 Cap. i 5« AtbankfuU Remembrance 
 
 In which cftate Thomas Lord Bumugh was lent 
 Lord Dcputie into Ireland 5 he was no fooncr arri- 
 ved, but Generall Norrice , b?ing crofted at the 
 Court , or difcontented , dyed as was thought 
 through griefe. The Lord Deputie fet prefently 
 forward to meet with theRebells,whom hee en- 
 countred at Moiry, and defeating them tooke the 
 Fort ofBUckrvater. The enemies feeking to refcue 
 it, were defeated by the Earle of Kildare , but Ty- 
 rone, thinking all his' hope was gone if he loft that 
 Fort, beleaguerd it. The Lord Deputie preparing 
 ftraight way to refcue the place, wasfuddenly ta- 
 ken with ficknes and dyed. 
 
 Tyrone lay (till before the Fort of Blackwaterfor 
 the railing of his fiege Sir Henry Bagnal was lent 
 with T4Enftgnescfthechoyceft Troups. Thefe 
 the Earle met neere to j4rmagb 3 znd being molt ea- 
 gerly bent againft Sir Henry, by hisexaS care and 
 diligence,or by the others negligence, he got the 
 victory, wherein Sir Henry loft his life. The Eng- 
 lijh had not received fuch an overthrow fince their 
 firft fettingfoot in Ireland. 15 Captaines were kil- 
 led, and 1500 Souldiers were routed , and put to 
 flight. The Garrifon ofBlackwater hereupon fur- 
 rendred , and the Rebells were thereby furniihed 
 with Munition and Armour,and Tyrones glory ex- 
 tolled. By this the ftrength of the rebellion was 
 increafed. 
 
 In this defperate eftate flood Ireland, when 
 Robert Earle ofEffex was fent thither Lord Lieu- 
 tenant, and Lord Governour Generall. Hce led 
 
 twentie thoufand Souldiers r 
 
 fixtecne thoufand 
 foot, 
 
 
 
of GO D S Merck. Cap. i 5 | 2 ip 
 
 foot,the reft horfemen. As foone as he came, hee 
 called a Counceil touching the affaires ; It was 
 thought fitted:, that Mound 'er fhould bee firft clea- 
 red of thofe pettie Rebells lying neereft, where- 
 upon (contrary to his owne opinion, and his dire- 
 ctions received from the Queene)hee made firft to 
 Mounfter , and cleared rhofe parts , though with 
 more lolfe of time and men , then was well liked 
 of the State heere : from thence hee went into 
 Leinsler againft the Cottars and O Neiles, whom 
 he vanquifhed. Thence he fent Sir Comers Clifford 
 againft o Rork , himfelfe taking another way to 
 diftra& the Forces of Tyrone. Sir Comers Clifford 
 was defeated and flaine: Whereupon the Lord 
 Generall made towards Vl&er , and came to 
 Louth. Tyrone (hewed himfelfe upon the hills 00 
 the other fide of the river. And falling unto his 
 wonted vaine of diflimulation , defired a parley 
 with the Lord Lieutenant, but hee rejected it , an- 
 fwering,thatif he would conferre with him , hee 
 fhould finde him the next morning in the head of 
 his Troups. On which day after a light skirmifh, 
 a horfman of Tyrones Troupes cry ed with a loud 
 voyce, that Tyrone was not willing to fight,but to 
 parley upon peace with the Lord Generall -which 
 thing was againe denied. The next day as the 
 Lord Lieutenant was in his March forward , one 
 Hagan fent from Tyrone met him , and declared 
 that the Earle moft humbly defired to haue the 
 gueenes mercie and peace , and b fopgrr that his 
 Lordfhip would bee pleafed toaffoord him audi- 
 ence , which if hee would granr^then would hee 
 Ff 3 with 
 
2 20 
 
 Cap.i 5. A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 with all reverence attend at the Ford of the river 
 not farre from Louth. To this motion at laft hee 
 confented,and fent to difcoverthe place; and ha- 
 ving a Troupe of Horfe upon the next hill , came 
 downe alone to the river. Tyrone, mending on the 
 other fide,afToone as he (aw his approach } rode in- 
 to the River up to the Saddle, and with femblance 
 of reverence faluted the Lord Lieutenant. And ha- 
 ving had fome conference together the fpace ofan 
 houre, both returned to their Companies. After 
 this , Tyrone making fuit for a further conference^ 
 the Lord Lieutenant taking with him the Earlc of 
 Southampton, Sir George Bourcber, Sir Warr am Saint 
 Lcger, Sir Henry Danvers,Sk Edward WwgfeldyZnd 
 Sir William Conflable went to the Foord 5 where 
 Tyrone with his brother Cormac , Mac Gennts, Mac 
 Guir, Ever Mac Corvly, Henry Ovington,znd O Jguin, 
 attended their comming. And upon conference 
 it was concluded , that certaine CommiflionCrs 
 mould the next day meet for a treaty of peacc,and 
 in the meane time there mould bee a celTarion of 
 Warres from fixe weekes to fixe weeks, untill the 
 firft day of May, yet fo as it might be free on both 
 fides after fourteen daies warning given to refume 
 hoftilitie afrefh. And if any of Tyrones confede- 
 rates would not thereto confent, to be profecuted 
 at the Lord Lieutenants pleafure. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
o/GODS Mercie. Cap. i 6 I zzi 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 f7>0» /& commingof the Earle of Eflcx into Eng- 
 land /row Ireland , Tyrone contrary to his promise 
 ftirrelh andrebeBeth afrejh , and is encouraged by the 
 Pope, andaydedhy the King of Spaine. Thefe forces 
 are vanquijhed by the Lord Depurie. Hcereupon Don 
 Iohn de Aquila , & Spariifli Captame , who w&fm 
 to ayd the Rebells ' f aifd kept Kih{ale , capitulates for 
 Peace, Tyrone firfa ken ofh^followerSjftb^^hi^ 
 felfe to the Lord Deputie 7 }tnd 'ufafidwed. .[J$ttfing 
 a new Rebellion , when hee was called hf Pm^fet^n- 
 ftvere afuite of the Btjhop of Derryjhin&ngfMirta- 
 fin to bee discovered by O Cane 3 who infirmmphe 
 Btjhop in hi* f nit e, fled out ^/Ireland. In thefe trebles 
 And treafinSy fee the Machinations of Sathans fegd a- 
 gainfi the feed of the Woman, that is, the Church 
 and the miraculous deliverances and victories of the 
 Church, accordwgto that , The Womans feed fliall 
 breake the Serpents head , Jpoken of Qhn^appltg. 
 ble to the Church, and particularly to the Church of 
 England, which that Balaam of Komejeekesnow by 
 allmt&nes to draw from God, becaufe hee knowes he can- 
 not prcvaile again ft vs. till we for fake God. 
 
 The 
 
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XX 
 
 X |Cap.i6\ A thankfuU^emembrance 
 
 HE Jgueene was prefenrly informed, 
 that in Ireland the Spring , Summer, 
 and Autumne were rpent without fer- 
 vice upon the A&ch-Ri bell , that her 
 men were diminished , large fummes 
 of money confumed , without doing that for 
 which hee was feat , that by this meanes the Re- 
 bells were encouraged, and the Kingdome of 
 Ireland layd at hazard to bee loft. Whereupon 
 the Jgueene wrote fomewhat fharply to the Lord 
 Lieutenant j which mooved him fo much , as lea- 
 ving his charge to be managed by others 5 he came 
 into EnglandMoy'mg to pacifie the jgf/tfw.When 
 hee came, he was commanded to keepe his cham- 
 _______ ber, 
 
of GO DSMercie. Cap.i6) zz$ 
 
 ber,and foone after was committed to the cufto- 
 dy of the Lord Keeper, 
 
 No fooner'was the Lord Generall departed 
 from Ireland, but that Tyrone ( notwithftanding 
 the ceflation from Warre) drawing his Forces to- 
 gether,tooke the field j to whom Sir William War. 
 r#* was fent , to charge him with breach of pro- 
 mi(e • hee aufwered , that his doings were accor- 
 ding to Covenants 3 having given warning before- 
 hiscaufe was jul,for that the Lord Lieutenant was 
 committed in 'England, upon whofe honour hee 
 repofed his whole eftate, neither would hee have 
 any thing to doe with the Counfcllers of Ireland. 
 Hereupon prefuming upottSpaine,hc£ fent Odonel 
 into Connaught , received tumultuous perfbns, 
 ftrengthened the weak,glorying every where that 
 he would reftore againe.she ancient Religion and 
 libertie of Ireland , and expell the Englifh out of 
 IreUnd. To which end.fome money and munition 
 was fent from Spaine,md Indulgences from Rome. 
 And for an efpeciall favour , the Pope fent him a 
 Plume of 'Vhamx feathers for a Trophie of his 
 Victories. 
 
 Tyrone under pretence of devotion in mid-win- 
 ter went jtothe Monaftery otTipperar.y to wormip 
 the Cr,ofTe: from thence he fent out Mac Gnir with' 
 a number of rif- ling robbers to fpoyle and prey 
 upon the peaceablefubje&s, with whom Sir War- 
 ram Stint Lcger met, and at thehxlt encounter ran 
 Mac Gmr through the body witha Lance,and was 
 likewife runne through with his Lance. Where- 
 upon Tyrone made ready to returne from Moun- 
 _ Cg fter 
 
... 
 
 224 Cap. i 6. A tbankfull Qtjmmbrante 
 
 Jier fooner then was expected or himfelfe meant. 
 ji».Dom.i<>oo ' At this time , Chirks Blunt Lord Mountjoy was 
 Tent Lord Lieutenant Gener all mo'lr eland. At his 
 firft comming , hearing that Tyrone was to depart 
 out ofMounJler, he haftened to ftop his paflage in 
 Feridl , and there to give him battell , which the 
 Earle prevented by taking another way, having in- 
 telligence of the Lord Generall his defignes. The 
 Spring drawing on,the Deputy put himfelfe in his 
 March toward Vlftcr , with purpofc to drive the 
 Earle to a (land. In the meane time,Sir Henry Doc- 
 wray at Lottghfoil , and Sir Matberv Morgan at Beli- 
 ftanon planted the Garrifons, which they effected 
 with fmall refinance 5 and repreflfedthe rebells.in 
 divers overthrowes. 
 
 The Lord Generall likewife held Tyrone very 
 hard,and with light skirrnimes ever put him to the 
 worft : fo that heenow perceiving nis fortunes to 
 decline,withdrew himfelfe backwards into his old 
 corners. The Lord Lieutenant entred in Leaft, the 
 place of refuge & receipt of all the rebels in Lein- 
 \ fier^ where he Hew Ony Mac Rory-Og,chiefe of the 
 family of the Mores y z bloody,bold and defperat 
 yong man 5 and fo chafed out the reft of his com- 
 panions^ that never flnce they were Teen in thofe 
 parts- And though Winter began to draw 6n 3 yer 
 marched hee forward to the entrie of the Mairy, 
 three miles beyond Dundalk. 
 
 The paflage into Fljier is every way naturally 
 
 curaberfome,and it was helped by the rebels,who 
 
 had fortified and blocked up the entrance with 
 
 fences offtakes ftucke in the ground, with hurdles 
 
 jpyncd 
 
©/GODS Merck. Cap. i 6 j 225 
 
 joyned together, & ftones in the midft,with turfes 
 of earth laid betwecne hills, woods, and bogges, 
 and manned the place with a number of fouldiers. 
 But the Englifh brake through their Pallifadocs, 
 and beat backe the enemie. The Lord Depute, 
 placed a Garifbn eight miles from Armagh t whcrc 
 ia memorie of Sir John Norrice , hce named the 
 Fort Mo vn t No r r 1 g e . In his returne hee 
 had many skirmishes. At Carlingford the enemies 
 were afiembled to flop his way , but were all dif- 
 comfited and put to-flight. In the midft of Win- 
 ter hee entred the Gltnnes , that is, the valleyes of 
 LeinflerjL fecure receptacle of the Rebels. There 
 he brought into fubjc&ion DonelSpanioh, Phelim 
 Mac Pheegh, and the Toeles- y of whom he tooke 
 hoftages. Then went he to Tired and drave Tirel, 
 the moft approoved Warriour of all the Rebells, 
 from his Faftneffe,(that is 5 his bogges and bufhes) 
 unto Vllier , and after fome other good fervices 
 done here, the Spring approaching, hee marched 
 into Vlfttr, fortified Armagh, and removed Tyrone 
 from the Fort of Blackwater,v/h&c he had fortifi- 
 ed himfelfe. 
 
 In the meane time the Pope and the king o£spaitte 
 laboured to maintainethe rebellion in Irelandjznd 
 to helpe Tyrone JXhcix agents were a Spanyard elec- 
 ted Archbifhop of Dublin by the Pope, the Bifhop 
 of Cloivfortyxhe Bifhop oiKil/aloe, and Archer a re- 
 fute. Thefe by prayers and promijes of heavenly 
 rewards , perfrraded the Spanyard to fend fuccours 
 into Ireland , which hee did, under the General! 
 'Don lohn d' iA(\mU, a man that conceived great 
 1 Gg 2 hopes 
 
zz6 Cap. i 6. A thankfull l{ememfaa?ice 
 
 hopes , and was confident of muchayd from the 
 titular Earle Defmond , and Florence Mac Carty /a 
 rebeli of great povverjwhcreintheman was much 
 deceived £ for Sir George Carew Lord Prefidentof 
 Muntter had prevented all hisdefignes , and fent 
 them prifoners into England ', where they were 
 fa(r. Don Aquila with two thoufand Spanyards of 
 old trayned fouldiers,with certaine Irtjh fugitives 
 landed at Kmfale in Mounjler the lad of October, 
 Anno 1600. and prefently published a writing, 
 wherein he (tiled himfelfe Mafier Genera.ll 'and cap- 
 raine of the Catholike King in the warres of God, 
 for holding and keeping the faith in Ireland : this 
 drew divers diftempcrea and evill affected per/bns 
 on his fide. 
 
 The Lord Deputy gathering his Companies ha- 
 ft ed to Kin fate, & incamped neere unto the towne 
 on the land fide.In the meane time,Sir Richard Le- 
 vifen withtwo of the J>>ueenes mips inclofed the 
 haven,to forbid all accefle to the Spanyard, Then 
 on both fides the Canon played upon the towne. 
 
 But newes was brought that two thoufand Spa. 
 niards more were arrived at Beere Haven , Balti- 
 tnor, and Cafile haven. Sir Richard Levi fon was im- 
 ploy ed upon them \ in which fer vice he funke five 
 of their mips. Vnto thefe new landed Spanyards, 
 ( whofe Leader was Alfinfo O-Campo) O -donel over 
 the ycc by fpeedie journeyes , and unknowne by- 
 way es repaired,unfeeneof the Englijh, And a few 
 dayes after, Tyrone himfelfe with Roik, Raymund, 
 BurkjMac Mahun, Randal Mac Surly , Tirrtl the Ba- 
 ron ofLixttave , with the choyce of the Nobles, 
 
 making 
 
 
of GODS Merite. Cap. i 6 | 
 
 making fix thou/and foot and" five hundred horfc- 
 A1J confidentof vi&Orie, being frefh, ftrong, and 
 more in number then the EngCtjh , who were out- 
 wearied with a winter fiege,with fcarcity of yiSu- j 
 als,their horfeweake with lore travell. 
 
 In this hope Tyrone upon an hill not a mile from 
 the Englifh campe made a bravado two daies toge- 
 ther , intending to have put thefe newiupplies of 
 Spattyards,whh eight hundred Irifh by night into 
 Kwfale, as did appeare by letters intercepted from 
 Don Aquila. To prevent this',the Lord Deputy ap- 
 poynted eight Enfignes to keepe watch ,and him- 
 felfe with the Prefident ofMoxnshr , and the Mar- 
 Jha/IcLt the foot of the hill chofe out a convenient 
 plot to give the Earle battell ; who the next mor 
 ning feeing the Englifh fo forward , by his bagpi- 
 pers founded the retreat - whom the Lord General! 
 followed^and forced them to a ftand in the brinke 
 of abogge, where their horfmen were difordered 
 and routed by the Earle ofclan-Ricard. The maine 
 .battell was charged by the Lord Deputy hjmfelfe, 
 whodifcharged the parts of a. provident Captaine, 
 and of a valiant Souldier. The Rebels notable to 
 withftandhim,brake their array cs ? and fled confli- 
 fcdlyin diforder In the purfuitynany wereflaine. 
 Tyrone, O-donel and the reflflung away their wea- 
 pons,and fhifted for themfelves by flight. Alfonfo 
 O-Campo and fixe Enfigne-bearers were taken pri- 
 foners,nine of their Enfignes were borne away by 
 the Englijh , and twelve hun.dred Spanyards fiaine. 
 This victory obtained difmayed' both the Spany- 
 ards in Kinfak, and the rebels. Tyrone was forced 
 Gg 3 into 
 
 8tt2ti 
 
228 Cap.i6. A thankfull^emembrance 
 
 Am.D9m.i601 
 
 into his (tarring notes in Vlfter. O-donel fled into 
 spaine. The reft of the rebels were driven to hide 
 themfelves. 
 
 The Lord Genera/1 returningto thefiege o£Kin- 
 [ale, beganto raifeRampires j and to mount his 
 Canons necrer the towne , in which worke fixe 
 dayes were fpent without any impeach from the 
 Spanjards, Don AquiL feeking no w to get cleare 
 and bee gone, fent his Lieutenant with the Vrttm- 
 major,to the Lord Z>^0//>- wherein he craved that 
 fome Gentleman of credit might be fent into the 
 towne,with whom he might parly for peace.The 
 Lord Deputie fent Sir William Godolpkin, to whom 
 Don Aqutla fignified that hee had found the Lord 
 Deputie, though his eager enemy,yet an honoura- 
 ble perfonj the Irijl) of no valom/ude and uncivill, 
 yea, and (that which he fore feared) perfidious and 
 falfe 5 That he was fent from the king oi Spaine his 
 Matter to ayde two Earles , and now hee much 
 doubted whether there was any fuch in return na- 
 tura $ confidering that one tempeftuous puffe of 
 war had blowne the one of them into Sptwe, and 
 the other into the North , fo as they were no more 
 to bee fecne : willing therefore hee was to treate 
 about a peace,that might be good for the Englijh, 
 and not hurtfull to the Spanjards. Albeit he wan- 
 ted nothing requifite to the holding out of the 
 fiege, and expedted every day out of Spaine frefti 
 fupplies to nude the Eng Itjb worke and trouble 
 enough. 
 
 The matter thus propofed^ the Engfifh being 
 weake , and wearied with a Winter-fiege , the 
 
 Lord 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. i 6 229 
 
 Lord Depuiie confented to an agreement upon 
 thefe Articles. 
 
 1. That Iohn d' Aquih mould quit the places 
 which he held tn the Kingdome of Ireland,** well 
 in the Towne of Kinjale , as in the Forts and Ca- 
 ftle of Baltimar, Ben-haven, and Cajlle.haven, and 
 mould deliver them unto -the Lord Deputie, or to 
 whom he mould appoynt. 
 
 2 . That Dm d } AqutU and his Spaniards mould 
 depart with Armes, Money , Munition, and Ban- 
 ners difplaied. The Souldiers notwithftanding to 
 beare no Armes againfl the gueene o£ Engla#d,xill 
 fuch time as they were unjhipped in fomepart of 
 Spaine. 
 
 3 . That Ships and Victuals fliould be granaed 
 to them in their departure , for their money, at 
 fuch reafonable prifes , as the Countrey could af- 
 ford. 
 
 4. That , if contrary windes inforced them 
 into any other part of Ireland or England, they 
 might bee entertained as friends with fafetie of 
 Harbour and Provifions neceffarie for their m©«. 
 ney. 
 
 5 . That a ceffatiw mould be from Warre,a fe- 
 curitie from injuries* 
 
 6. That the Shippes in which they mould be 
 imbarqued , might freely pafle by other Englijh 
 Shippes without moleftation , and the Shipps ar- 
 riving in Spaine , might fafely returne backe a- 
 gaine without any impeachment of the Spanj.tr ds. 
 For fecuritie whereof, the fay d Don d' Aqmte 
 ffeoutd deliver for Hoftages fuch three of their 
 
 . . Cap 1 
 
 7 
 
z 2 o | Cap. 16. A than} full Remembrance 
 
 f_ 
 
 Captaines as the Lord Deputy would choofe. Ty- 
 rone feeing his hopes gone,his men flaine,his reft- 
 leiTe Confcience gave him no repofe , hee fhifted 
 from place to place in much feare and perplexity. 
 In the meane time the Lord Deputy refrefhed his 
 weary and Winter-beaten Souldiers,repaired the 
 decayes,renewed the Garifons in Mounfttr. This 
 done , hee departed for Dublin, From thence to- 
 ward the Spring, by an eafie march well appoyn- 
 ted hee Returned into Vlfter, meaning to belay the 
 enemy on every fide by planting his Forts, fo to 
 take him in his toyle. Thus comming to Bhckwa- 
 tcr,hce tranfportedhis Army over the River upon 
 floats,and beneath the old Fort he erected a new r 
 which thing fo terrified the Rebcll ; that hee fet 
 on fire his owne houfe at Dunganon,and got him- 
 felfe further from danger. The Lord Deputie fol- 
 lowed him clofe , fpoyled the Corne-fields, arid 
 burnt the Villages , and booties were brought in 
 on every fide. The Forts in Lough Crew , Lough 
 flftg£,and Mtgfer Lecond were yeelded up , and 
 Garrifons placed in Lough, Tijangh&x Stony, and 
 in Menaghan^ whence with their continuall {allies 
 they kept the enemies in luch feare, that they hid 
 themfelves in woods, complying & exclaiming 
 againft Tyrone , that hadbrought them all to ruine 
 for his private difcontents , and began to repent 
 them,fo farre as they made hafte who fhould firfl 
 come in to the Lord Deputie, The Eark feeing 
 how the world went , thought good to prevent 
 ifihewofftbyhis fubmiu1on 5 which in hum ble let- 
 ters hee feat to the £*£**** who gave the Lord 
 
 ■M ? 1 .^ '!■ ■! .mm w 1 mm* ■ . ' "■* ' -■■■■—;-■ 1 ■■ 1 ■ ii , ,| , 1* 
 
of G O D S Meme; Cap. i 6 
 
 Deputy authoritieto pardon his life, though hard- 
 ly drawne to remit his offences- his friends daily 
 (blicited the Lord Deputtc for his peace ; whkh at 
 laft was granted,to put his life and revenues<with- 
 out any condition , to the will of the guecm. 
 Whereupon at itf*#//W accompanied with two 
 perfons and no raore,he hadacceffe to the Cham- 
 ber of Prefence,wherethe Lord Deputie face in a 
 Chaire of Eftate. 
 
 Tyrone in bafe and poore aray , with a dejected 
 countenance , at the firft entrance fell downe up- 
 on his knees , andfo reftedtiil hee was comman- 
 ded to arife- andeommingneerer, fteppirig two 
 paces, hee ,fell downe proftrate, and with great 
 fubmiifion acknowledged his Jinnes agiinft: God, 
 ancr>his fault againft her Majeftie. The next day 
 the hov&rD,eputie 'departing from Dublin , tooke 
 ^r^thither, meaning to tranfport him £o*Eng-- 
 land. Bat the death of Queene Elizabeth flayed 
 that, defigne, and King lames fucceeding, and 
 being received with admirable love of all forts 5 at 
 his firft entrance pardoned Tyrone. And Ireland 
 hath been finceheld in greater peace then ever in 
 the memorie of any Stories hath been formerly 
 knowne. 
 
 .■After.aIlthis;Tjr«tf, a man not framed for a 
 peaceable courfe but onely for trouble , £dl into 
 his laft Pageant in this manner, 
 
 Mv Moungomerie was' made Lord Bifhop of 
 Berry, {who was after Lord Bifhop otMeatb) and 
 becaufe the reveuuesof that of Deny , and ibme 
 other Bifliopricks neere adjoyning^were fo much 
 _ Hh impaired, 
 
 2 ? l 
 
2 $2 
 
 Gap. i (5- A thankful! Remembrance 
 
 impaired , that they were no way able to make a 
 reasonable maintenance- the Biihop fought by 
 lawful! meane.s to get fome Lands taken: without 
 right or Law fi otnins iBifhopricke , and to Wk ' 
 ver things dcfperately loft,if he could. This thirtg 
 could not bee efte&ed without the offence of Ty- 
 rone > who had gotten lirita- his hands thegreateft 
 part, of the Biihopricke latjid. In fp tnuch that Ty- 
 rone , underftanding the Bifliop fought to recover 
 the lands of the Bi(hoprieke,told the Bifhop thus 
 much; My Lord, you have two or three Bjjhoprickes, 
 and ' yihym ar? : not content } with them % you feeke the 
 Umds of my -Earldom. My lord, quoth the Bifliop, 
 your E ark dome is fivolne fo.bigge with the bands of 
 the Church ,, that it will bitrtt if it bee wot. vented. 
 The Bift>op,iatending in a lawfoll courfe to reco* 
 ver the Lands lon\ found that there wa£flO»mari~ 
 could give him better light .and knowledge- of 
 thofe things then Cane, ,who had beene great 
 with Tyrone : and to make ufeof him,was a matter 
 of dirhcultie ^yet fome meanes being ufed to him, 
 hee came of his owne accord to theBifhop , fcnd 
 told him , that hee could helpe him to the know- 
 ledge of that which hee foughr 5 but lice was afraid 
 of Tyrone ; 2V^,faid t he Bifhop, / will not traft you, 
 for J how that one bottle of Aqua vtt& will drawe you 
 from mtcto Tyrone. Whereupon he tooke a booke 
 and laid it on his head , faying; Terliuro, terlturo: 
 which as my Lord of Mtaih faid, ( who told me 
 thisStorie) is one of the sreatenVkinde of affir- 
 ming a truth which the Ir'ijh have, and after this 
 Ccremonie performed they keipe their promife: 
 
 O Cane 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. i 6 z j j 
 
 o Cane ufing this ceremony promifed to reveale 
 all that he knew in that matter,if he would on the 
 other fideprcmife him to fave him from the vior 
 lence of Tyrwe> and not to deliver him into Mng* , 
 land i which hee promifed to doe. Whereupon 
 theBifnop refolved to bring him to the Councell 
 of Ireland, there to take his confeflion ; as they 
 came along by Dungannen , Tyrones fonne came 
 foorth withfixteenehorfemen, but finding the 
 Bifhop wellappoynted , and guarded with men, 
 told him that hee came foorth onely to attend his 
 £ordfhipfome part of the way , and fo after hee 
 rode with him a reafonable way , tooke his leave 
 and returned. The Bifhop feared that he came to 
 take O Cam from him,and thought that he meant 
 to doe it, if the Bifhop had not beene better pro- 
 vided then He Avas . 
 
 Thus they comming peaceably to the Coun- 
 cell „ the confeffion of o Cane .was taken, After 
 this , ProeefTe were fent to Tyrone , to warne him 
 to come at an appoynted time, to anfwere to the 
 fuite of theLorci Bifhop of»D<vry.- Theresas no 
 other intention then,but in a peaceable manner to 
 bring the fuit to a tryall. But behold the burthen 
 of an will, c&nfcience. Tyrone had entred into a 
 new confpiracie, to raife another rebellion; of 
 this Confpiracie msOC^c. This thing was 
 fecrer, the Councell knew nothing of it. Tyrone 
 being ferved with ProeefTe to anfwer the fuit, be- 
 ganne to fufped that this was but a plot to draw 
 him in : that furely allthetreafonwas revealed by 
 o Cant , whom he knew to be of the confpiracie ; 
 Hh 2 that 
 
*H 
 
 Genej.if. 
 
 Cap. 1.6. A ihankfull ^emembrayice * 
 
 that the pretence was a Procefle and atriali in law, 
 but the intent was to have his head. Vpon this 
 bare fufpition Tyrone refolved with fuch other 
 as was in theconfpiracie to flie, and thereupon 
 fled out- of Ireland with his confederates , and left 
 all thole lands in the North of Ireland, which by 
 his Majeftiesauthoritie , and the diligence of his 
 Majefties fubje6ts which have been Vndertakers, 
 are now planted with a more civill people then 
 before. 
 
 This Storie of Tyrone , being compared with 
 that of Stucley and other. If ifh Commotions, may 
 proove the implacable mind of the Pope , and the 
 favour of God in delivering us. Stucley-, by the 
 providence of God was turned another way, and 
 came not into Ireland,zs bee purposed : they who 
 came, were ever deflroyed. But hoenemiedid 
 ever more hurt there then Tyrone. But when the 
 accompt is caft up , what have all the adverfaries 
 of England got in the end? They have like fecret 
 Serpents -mbUd- at-tfeh'eik* 'And indeed this hath 
 becn-the pra&ifeof xkt'olde Serpern'm troubling 
 the Church. And we have both warning of his 
 malice , I and a promife of deliverance, and in the 
 endetb tread on hu Head, that now btteth at 9ur 
 Utiles. The Wimans Seed fhall brealee the Serpents 
 Head, but the S&pent jball bmife hu Heele. The pro- 
 mife is fulfilled in chrtft lefus our Head,and yet by 
 the Apofile extended to the Church , Rom. 16.20. 
 The God of Peace fhall tread Saihan vnderyour feet 
 jhortiy. It is true, that fhis'is done in a fitrituajl 
 battell, wherein Sathan and Smne fhall bee over- 
 
 throwne : 
 
of GODS Merae. Cap. i 6 j 135 
 
 thro wne : yet to comfort his Church and to teach 
 us to ftay with patience the finall fulfilling of his 
 promifes , hee doth in the meane time fend many 
 deliverances to his Church, and many times bea- 
 teth downe Sathan and Sathans instruments under 
 the feet of his Church. For is not this a treading 
 do wne ot Sathans head, when we fee all the inftru- 
 ments that Sathan hath ftirred up to our deducti- 
 on to bee by the hand of God beaten and trodden 
 toduft? Verily, unto us it iszftgne of comfort, 
 and that from the Lord , but to our adver/aries a 
 ftgne offeare. The true Church of God hath a pri- 
 viledge above others in this world, though perfe- 
 cted in and by this evill world , yet there appea- 
 reth alwayesan eminent priviledge of the Church. 
 When the Iewes were Gods Church, this appea- 
 red among them , what was their priviledge < 
 They were called by God from and before all o- 
 ther Nations , not becaufe they were f ranger y or 
 greater, or wifer , but becaufe Cod would fulfill hk 
 promife to their Fathers. And to them were commit- 
 ted the Oracles of God - y And as the Ap'oHlt doth in- 
 large the fame thing , to them pertained the adoption, 
 and the glorie^and the covenants, and the giving of the 
 Law, and 'the fervice of Cod , and the promifes. In all 
 which may appeare whoxGod did for them , and 
 what he doth for his C^k^ alwaies : but what are 
 "hey to doe to God ? o'nely to worfhip him accor- 
 dingtothefeOw/iwjthis Z4W,thefe Couenants,tht:fe 
 Promifes , which God hath given them. By thefe 
 things then may the Church be knowne,wee may 
 adde another thing to thefe whereby wee finde 
 ••> Hh 3 that 
 
 Rom.3.2, 
 
 Rom. 9. 4, 
 
2$6 
 
 Cap.i6. A thankful! fymembrance 
 
 that God would alwayes bee knowne to bee the 
 God of his people of his Church, that is, a miracu- 
 lous protection of his Church and ftrange deliverance 
 out of dangers. 
 
 This miraculous protection and deliverance 
 God (hewed to Israel divers waves; and this hath 
 hee likewife mewed to the Church of Christians, 
 and then efpecially when the Church hath beene 
 mod oppugned. And this mercy hath God decla- 
 red to no Church more then to the Church of Eng- 
 land : wee have the Oracles of God among us , and 
 thefe we labour to preferve withont mixture, that 
 no oracles of men may be joyned with them in any 
 equality. This we profefTe,and for this we fuffer. 
 This is our glory, that wee fuffer as the Church of 
 God hath alwayes fuffered.This is our glory,that 
 wee are pefecuted by a people that have forfaken 
 their God. For they that have forfaken the onely 
 preferment by the Oracles of God committed to 
 their truft; and have againft that truft, thruft in 
 mens Oracles, mens traditions, to match the Or a- 
 cles of God in equall authoritie : they who worfliip 
 not God according to Gods Oracles delivered to 
 them , but according to their owne inventions ^ 
 thefe men have forfaken their God. And thefe be 
 they that glory fo much of the name of the Catho- 
 like Church againft us. God knoweth his Churchy 
 For the Lord knoweth who are his . But our adverfa- 
 ries dealc not with God to fleafe him , but with 
 men to deceive them. If they mould deceive fome 
 men with the maske and with the emptie title of 
 theCatholike Church, what have they gotten 
 
 there- 
 
of G O D S Mercie. Cap. i 6 I 237 
 
 thereby ^ God is not deceived, and God will in 
 his time make it knowne where his Catholike 
 Church is. God will not have his Catholike Church 
 maintained with lyes , with wicked and ungracious 
 praclifes, with treafons and rebellions,with confpira- 
 ««;they whopractife fuch things can never prove 
 themfelves to bee the Catholih Church ; but the 
 true Cathelike Church is knowne by holding the 
 Oracles ofGodfcy worftipping God according to his 
 owne Oracles , byjuffering patiently the pra&ifes 
 of wicked men, by committing their caufe to God, 
 by trufting in God, and in the power of his might, 
 and by miraculous deliverances out of danger by the 
 onely hand and power of God. This holy and hea- 
 venly prote&ion of God of the Church of England 
 may plainly prove unto all the world, that the 
 Church of England is a part and true member of 
 that Catholike Church that ferveth God in truth 
 and finceritie , enjoying thofe priviledges and fa- 
 vours which God doth vouchfafe to no people fa- 
 ving to his owne Church. 
 
 Now let the Pope goe on in his courfe and ful- 
 fill his meafure: let him honour wretched and 
 wicked rebdsjhefcum of the earth : let him fend 
 a Peacockes taile, as he did to Stucley : let him fend 
 a Plume of Ph mix feathers , as hee did to Tyrone (if 
 they were Phtnix feathers , or if the Pope did not 
 collude in one thing, as that Fryer did in another 
 thing , who undertooke to fliew to the people a 
 feather '6f the wing of the Angel GabrieL a plume 
 of whole^^} was more befitting the Pope to 
 fend, if his Holineffe hath fuch command over An. 
 
 & di 
 
2 2 8 [ Cap. i 6. A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 Num. 27.17. 
 
 gels, as they fay he hath: ) Let them I fay proceed 
 in the workes of darkeneffc s as they have done, 
 and as they continue to doe : let us truft in the 
 Lord who hath manifefted to all the world by his 
 great, mercifull , and manifold deliverances that 
 hee hath taken the protection of us. And ashee 
 hath done hitherto , afluredly hee will doe to the 
 ende, if wee faile not : for God will not forfake vs, 
 if wee forfake not him. Indeed if wee forfake him, 
 and fall away from the trueth of Religion in the 
 Church, and from the execution of Iuslice in the 
 State, and from obedience to the faith : then may 
 wee lofe our part in God , and lofe our confi- 
 dence in his helpe, and lofethe bleffed benefit of 
 his protection. They can never prevaile againft us 
 by any other way,then by our forfaking of God. 
 When BiUak the King of Moab had fent for Ba- 
 laam the falfe Prophet , and by him underftood 
 that it was impoffible for him to prevaile againft 
 Israel, though Balaam was fent to curfe them : At 
 laft he was informed by his falfe Prophet Balaam, 
 that there was no hope to prevaile againft ifrael, 
 unleffe there were fome meanes devifed to draw 
 ifrael into finne againft God, and fo would God 
 bee offended with them , and then might their ad- 
 versaries prevaile againft them : Thisadvife was 
 moft pernicious againft Ifrael. For the women 
 of Moab were fent among the Israelites to,intife 
 them both to bodily and Jpirituall Fornication. 
 And this indeed provoked Gods anger: and there- 
 fore the Lord commanded ifrael to vexe the Mi- 
 dfanites , and to fmite them , for they trouble you 
 
 with 
 
©/GODS Mercie. Cap. i 6 
 
 with their wyles. The King of Spatne hath pro- 
 cured Balaam the falfe Prophet, the Pope of Rome 
 to r#r/S the Church and £/*/* of England : 
 hee hath beene as greedily bent to curfe Eng- 
 land, as ever Balaam was to curfe l/rael. His cur- 
 fes by Gods goodneffe have beene turned into 
 bhfitngs upon us. The more hee hath curfed , 
 the more have wee received bleffings from God.* 
 The Pope perceiving that his curfes cannot pre- 
 vaile againft: us , hath entred into the confuta- 
 tion of Balaam the falfe Prophet , to fend among 
 us Priests and Iefttites fecretly, who (as they fay; . 
 are well acquainted both with carnall and Jpiri- 
 tuall fornication. Thefe come among us,and trou- 
 ble us with their wyles. And if by their wyles we 
 bee once drawne away from God,then may they 
 prevaile , but not orhcrwife then as the devill 
 hath fometimes permiflion to prevaile againft 
 Gods people. But To Jong as wee ftand the 
 Church of God, Holding the Oracles of GOD 
 committed to us, Worshipping God according to 
 the rules of holy Doctrine, wee may with joy 
 of heart exped the protection of God as wee 
 have had. Of thefe things what can our adver- 
 fartes denie i Can they denie that wee have the J 
 Oracles ofGodamongvs, onely reverencing them i ; 
 Can they denie the miraculous protdlion of God 
 over us from time to time againft all their wic : 
 ked pra&ifes i Let our enemies bee Iudges heere- 
 in. Can they deny that the Pope hath runne the 
 courfe of falfe Balaam againft us ? Can they de- 
 nie that their Prietfs and lefmtes come creeping 
 
 Ii in 
 
24© Cap. 1 6. J thankfull Remembrance 
 
 in among us , to draw us away from God to be 
 partakers with them in their fuperftition and ido- 
 latry < thefe things are manifeft to the world 3 and 
 to their owne confeiences : then wee leave them 
 unto the fervice of their Balaam, let them leaveus 
 to the fervice of our Qod % 
 
 \ 
 
 CHAP. 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap. 1 7 
 
 CHAP. XVII. 
 
 A great mijchiefe intended to King Iames 
 at his fir ft entrance into the Kingdome of England fa- 
 fore his Coronation^ atfon 404 Clarke Prufts admi- 
 mftringoathes of ficre fie, and applauding theprojeft. It 
 came to nothing by Gods mercy. The Kings Majefties 
 clemencie toward the Confptrators after judgement paft 
 upon thtm. No treafon tn England attempudbut had a 
 Romifti Prieftin thepracJife, 
 
 Veene Elizabeth , after Co many 
 bloody and dangerous praSifes at- 
 tempted againft her,being mighti- 
 ly protected by God , ended her 
 dayes in peace and fafetie. The e- 
 nemie was not permitted to hurt 
 Ii 2 her 
 
■ 
 
 2 4 2 I ^ a P' * 7* ^ thankfull Remembrance 
 
 her with all their bloody and barbarota pradtifes. 
 After her, fucceeded our peaceable Solomon , King 
 James, who laboured to cftablifh peace,if it might 
 be : But when hec /fake of p*ace t they prepared tbem- 
 fclvesfor tvarre. 
 
 Hee was firft encountred with fuch a prac*Hfe, 
 whereof becaufe I know not the truth and bot- 
 tomed mud follow fuch relations as I find King 
 lames, our gracious Soveraigne, being called into 
 the right of his owneiuhexitance 3 by thegreat and 
 admirable applaufe and affections of all good men 
 from the highefi to the lowefl of England 3 znd decla- 
 ring his conftant refolution for the maintenance 
 of Religion 5 deferred his Coronation till Saint 
 James fay. In the meane time fome unquiet fpirits 
 entred into a confpiracy ,(their vaine hopes,for ad- 
 vancing of their Religion/ailing) their defigne^as 
 is faid, wastofurprizethe2frtf£and Prince He/try. 
 Of forces they prefumed>meaning to retain them 
 prifoners in thcTower , and with treafurcs therein 
 to maintame their intent , or to carry them to Do- 
 ver Caftle,and there by violence either to obtaine 
 their owne pardons,a toleration of Religion 5 anda 
 removall of fome Counfellers of State; or clfe to 
 put fome other project in execution. To conceale 
 I this treafon,W4//wnhe Pw/?devifedoarhes for fe- 
 crefie , and himfelfe with Clarke another PrteB, 
 taught ^ that theacl was lawfully eing done before the 
 Coronation : for that the King was no King before 
 he was awintedjtod the Crownefolemnly fet up- 
 on his head. 
 
 The other perfons involved in this praclife were 
 . Henry 
 
of GO D S Mercie. Cap* 1 7 J 243 
 
 Henry Brooke Lord Cobban* , Thomas Lord Gray of 
 Wilton, Sir WWw Raleigh, Sir Griffin Mar Mam, Sir 
 Edward Far ham, George Brooke ,Banholmew Broekcsby 
 aid Anthony Co fly. All which, were apprehended 
 and committed. Tue ikkneffe being then rife in 
 London , the Tearmc was kepi at Winchester , the 
 placedefigned for their arraignment,™ hither they 
 were conveyed vnder ftrong guard. The. full 
 brought to trial 1 was George Brooke brother to the 
 Lo ! d Cobham,Sir G rijfin Markham ,Sir Edward Par- 
 ham,Brookesby,Cofly,Watfonx\d Clarke. The Indite- 
 ment was, that they had confpired firft to deftroy 
 the King : then to raife rebellion, to alcer Religi- 
 on,to fubvert the State,to procure for raineinvafi- 
 on. Thefe their intents they had made knowne 
 to the Lord Gray , whom they intended to make 
 Earle Marfhall of England, Watjdn Lord Chancelour, 
 George Brooke Lord Treafurer, Markham , Secretary* 
 that with the King the Lords alio mould be furpri- 
 2ed in their Chambers at Greemvic/j x andxh£ Lord 
 Maior and dldermcnof London ihould be fent for, 
 and fo (hut up in the Twer. 
 
 George Brooke anfwered, that he had Commifion 
 from the^ing to do that he did,oply to try faith- 
 full fubieels-but being required to fhew hisCom- 
 miifion, he could produce none. Sir Grijftn Mark, 
 ham , excepting onely the imputation of blood, 
 confeffed his offence penitently • allcdging it was 
 through a difcontented minde , and cleared the 
 Lords to be a meane to the King for mercy. Wafon 
 and CUrke,(xhe former of which confeflfed that he 
 ,haddrawne all thofe Gentlemen intothofe plots) 
 I _ Ii 3 like 
 
2 44 
 
 Gap.17^ Atlwikfull^metnbrJnce 
 
 like true Reman Priefls , averred that they held the 
 Kingtor noKingjmt\\\ he was crowned $ and there- 
 fore it could not b? treafon: alledging that Saul was 
 no King, till hee was chofen in M ifj> ^though hee 
 hadljinanointed in Rn'mot A by the Prophet Samu- 
 el .- Neither Ieroboam,\v\\o in the dayes of Solomon 
 had been confirmed by the Prophet toraigneo- 
 v£i*lfiael, imtlH thepeoplemade him King upon 
 ihi fSdlifh anfwe'f of ' Rehboam : making no diffe- 
 rence between the mediate and ordinary fucceffion 
 of lawfull Kings in common- wealths eftablifhed, 
 and thofe which God himfelfe extraordinarily ad- 
 vanced to bee fcourges to an uni ratefuJI land. It 
 was told them,that in England the King never dyeth, 
 that there is no interregnum, that the Coronation 
 is but a ceremony to (hew the King to the people. 
 <Tw6 dayes af er was S r Walter Raleigh brought to 
 the BarYe,he was indited f Or combining with the 
 Lord Cohham , (his accufer as it was {aid in the 
 forefaid deilgnes ) hee pleaded not guilrie,and Co 
 ftood for his purgati on . F Te pleaded for himfelfe 
 a long time , and with fame admiration of men, 
 who thought that a man of fuch underftanding 
 would hardly bee drawne into a plot Cofeule and 
 {ofiohjh: yet he was found guilty and had fentence 
 of death. 
 
 The like Iudgement a few dayes after, pafTed 
 upon the Lord Cobbam and Gray arraigned on two 
 feverail dayes. The former was indred for com- 
 bining with Sir Walter Raleigh , and George Brooke, 
 to procure Forces from the King of Spa/ne, and 
 the Arch-Duke for Invafion : the other for joy- 
 ning 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. iy] 245 
 
 ning with the forefaid Priefts, Knights and Gen- 
 tlemen in their confpiracics. Six Edward Par bam 
 was onely acquitted by the Iury. Of the ; relr,on- 
 ly three dyed , Waifon , Clarke and George Brooke, 
 Watfoii had before in Print laid open at large the 
 treafonable praclifes of the hfuites, and at his 
 death left this fufpition on theni , that they in re I 
 venge had cunningly drawnehim into thi> a£i£n ! 
 which brought him to his end. A&a l this t $f\ 
 Lords Cobham and Gray , and Sir Griffin Miirkham 
 were by a warrant to be executed the Friday next, j 
 But the King inclined to mercy^fent at the day ap 
 poynted a Pardon for them ; the manner where- ■ 
 of was fuch,as gave unexpected joy to them that 
 looked for nothing but death. The Pardon was 
 brought to the place where they were to bpe exe- 
 cuted by Mafter Gihb a Gentleman , fo fecretly 5 
 'that none prefent underftood any thingtherof.Sir 
 Griffm Markham was firft brought to the Scaffold 
 (erected in the, Caftle Greene, )and made himfelfe 
 ready for the ftroke of the Axe. When fecretiy 
 Mafter Gibb delivered to the High Sha-tffe the 
 Kings Warrant to the contrary , who under/lan- 
 ding his Ma jetties intent , tooke backe the prifo- 
 ner(as if he were firft to confront thetwo Lords, 
 upon fbme fervice of the King ) and brought him 
 unto the Caftle Hall. Then was the Lord Gray 
 brought foorth > who having powred out his 
 prayers unto GOD, at length kneeling downe 
 for the ftroke of death , the Sheriff* bad (iay, tel- ; 
 ling the Lord that fome further fervice was ex- 
 pected of him- and thereupon led him likewife 
 into 
 
246 
 
 Cap.i 7. A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 into the Cattle Hall. The Lord Cobbam waslaft 
 brought forrh: who being in preparation & pray- 
 ers , the Lord Gray, and Sir Grtfftn were brought 
 backe againe. All the three prtfoners appearing 
 together on the Scaffold ,' the Sheriffe notified his 
 Majefties Warrant for the flay of the execution. 
 At which example of clemency unexpected both 
 of the prifoners andfpe&ators , there arofe great 
 (houts oFthepeopIe^crying,^^/** /&#/#£. The 
 condemned wifhed that they might facrifice their 
 lives to rcdeeme their faults, and to repurchafe fo 
 mercifull a Prince his love. 
 
 This attempt feemed to be a matter of leffe dan- 
 ger, becaufe there appeared neither ftrengthto a<5i 
 the bufineiTe intended, nor heads to carry it. But 
 our thankfulnes muftappeareto Godforourleaft 
 deliverances. It is certaine by their confeffions, 
 that a great mifchiefe was intended, howfoever 
 they might feeme unable to effect it. And this we 
 may obferve, that no treafon was ever attempted 
 without a Romijh Priefi. The treafons attempted in 
 England have that proper and peculiar marke, to 
 have a VritH in the pra&ife. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
f Gul>SM^ v CajxiS 
 
 C.HAIUXVllf, 
 
 *// horrible treafon was 4 hatching and breeding 
 in the l&tl yen of Jguetne Elizabeth. By Garnets 
 meanes and others t the King of Svainc is dealt withaS 
 for an Invafton ; he eniertatnes the motion* but upon the j 
 entrance of King I a m E s , did not pr Heed to any for- \ 
 eible emerprife. TV&^Gunne- powder Treafon takes 
 \ ground and life from the dottfint of Parfons and the 
 Iefuites. It wasfirBpropoundefiMGkitesby to Win- 
 ter. The Oath of fecrefie<taiffi 1 ^?8:e Conjpiratours. 
 Provifon of Powder and W$d forjhe Mwe. 'Their 
 confutation what tp doe afyr the blowwns given. The 
 Lettfr feni to the Z^Mounteaglc, (canned by the 
 Earle of Salisburie, arid other Pitqie Councellers , but 
 truly interpreted by the King , in whofe mouth there! 
 was a diyine Sentence at that time, fo that he did 
 not erre in judgement. The examination of Fawkes. 
 The apprehenfion and confufion of the Powder-tray- 
 tors. Cod from heaven both by hu Word and protecti- 
 on hath manifestly Jhowne our Church to bee the true 
 Church , and the Poptfb Church to bee the malignant 
 Church, and degenerate from the ancient Romane 
 Church both in manner s and dotlma* 
 
 247 
 
 K'k 
 
 Now 
 
OWI eater upon a Narration, 
 which may fully open our adver- 
 faries to the world : wherein ap- 
 peareth the profunditie of malice, 
 and crueltie 5 and ungodlinefre,and 
 whereby all men may underftand 
 by what fpirit*hefe men are ledd. The Hiftories 
 of former times containe no example like it. 
 Which fheweth , that wicked inventions are 
 growne to i greater ripeneffe in the Romifh gene- 
 ration. And when they are come to their/w//ripe- 
 ncfle, they themfelves may underftand what they* 
 are to lookefor. In the meane time, let all men 
 underftand the difference betweene the Church 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap.iS, 
 
 of God, and that which in the Scripture is called i 
 Ecclefiam malignant ium. That Church of the ma- 
 lignant may furficiemly appeare by all the former 
 pra&ifes , but efpecially by this of the Gunpowder 
 Tnafon. 
 
 This Treafon was firft thought on in the laft 
 yeere of Queene Elizabeth , when Benrie Garnet 
 the Superiour of the malignants here, Catesby , and 
 others fent Thomas Winter into Spainexo negotiate 
 with the Spanijh King in the name of the Englijh 
 Catholikes : Firft,to fend an Army to them, who 
 werenowinreadinefle to joyne their forces with 
 his : fecondly , to grant fomepenfions to fundrie 
 perfons devoted to his fervice in England : And 1 
 thirdly , Winter was to give advertifement of the 
 difcontenrs that the young Gentlemen and Soul- 
 diers had conceived upon the death of Ejjex , 
 whereby a fit occafion was offered to forward 
 the Popffh caufe. To profecutc thh bufineiTejhec 
 made for his meanes Father Crejwel the Leigcr 
 Iefiite in Spaine , Bon Pedro Francefa,(ccor\d Secre- 
 tary to the State , and the Duke of Lerma : All 
 which affured Winter, that the office of his im- 
 ployment would bee very gratefull to his Matter. 
 The place of landing concluded upon by^them, 
 was Kent or Ej[ex t i£ the Kings Army were great- 
 if other wife, then Milferd 'Haven in Wales was 
 held fitteir. With thcfe and other like projects 
 Winter all this Summer, followed the King in his 
 \ Progreflfe : And lafHy , had anfwer by the Count 
 Miranda, that the King would beftow an hundred 
 thoufand Crownes towardsthe Expedition, ha! fe 
 K k 2 thereof 
 
 249 
 
 Odfoi eccleji* 
 maltgfutHttuat 
 Pfai. *?.?•'• 
 edtt.Vulgati*. 
 
*5° 
 
 ■ — - - 
 
 Cap. i 8. A thankfuB Remembrance 
 
 thereof to bee payed that yecre , and the reft the 
 next Spring 3 when at the rarthefr he meant to fet 
 foot in England. On whofe behalfe he willed the 
 Englijh Catholikes to maintaine their promife, 
 whom heerefpe<5tcd(as was faid)as his owne pro- 
 per Cafl Hans • and further defired their continuall 
 advertifmems,if in the meane time it chanced the 
 old Queene to die. 
 
 Winter thus laden with hopes , returned from 
 Spaine, andacquainted Garnets, Catesby, and Tref- 
 bam with wha: had parted, which they related to 
 oth> rs.All were glad to hearethe newes,& refted 
 fatisn*ed,expeSingtheday. But before the next 
 Spring Queene Elfybcth died. To give notice of 
 her death , Christopher Wright was from Catesby 
 and others f ent into S paint. Guy Fawkes was like- 
 wife fent from Bruxclls, by Sir William S tardy into 
 Spaine , both of them to profecute the former 
 negotiation, alluring the Spamfh King , that King 
 lames would runnethe fame courfe , and proceed 
 as rigoroufly againft the Catholikes , as the late 
 Queene had done, for whofe defence they defired 
 inftantly that fome Spanyards might bee tranfpor- 
 ted unto Milford haven ; Where the Englifh Papitts 
 would be forward to aflift them,having in a readi- 
 nelTe two thoufand horfe furniflhed for the enter- 
 prife. But the Spanyard would not now hearken to 
 their motions,or proceed any further to any forci- 
 ble enterprife. 
 
 In the meane while, the lefiites had been tam- 
 pering to difTwade the acceptance of King lames 
 into£^/W,urging it that death was rather to bee 
 
 indured* 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. 1 8 z 5 1 
 
 induredjthen to admit an Heretike. And thofethat 
 gave him confenr 5 they held liable to excommuni- 
 cation by the ccnfure of Pope Clement the eight. 
 The Papsfls feeing their great anchor-hold tofaile 
 them from Spain, began to enter into more de- 
 fperate courfes; Catethy tooke his ground from 
 the doctrine of Father Parfons: That the whole 
 Schooles both of Divines and Lawyers , take this 
 pofition vndoubtedly to be beleeved , That if any 
 Chrisl/an Prince flail manifestly turns from the Catho- 
 Uke Religicn , and defite , or feeke to reclaime others 
 from the fame , hee prefently fallcthfiom all Princely 
 power and dtgnitte, and that &lfo by vertuc and fewer of 
 the Law itjelfe both Divine and Humane, even before 
 any fentence pronounced againfl him by thefupreame 
 Paliout and ludge : And that his fubje&s of what 
 eftate or condition (<>ever,are freed from all bond 
 of oath of alleagiance , which at any time they 
 had made unto him as to their lawfull Prince. 
 Nay , that they both may and ought ( provided 
 • they have competent ftrength and force ) cart out 
 ftich a man from bearing rule among Chrifiians, 
 as an ApoHata, an Heretike, a Backflider, a Revotter 
 from our Lord Chrift , and an enemie to his owne 
 State and Commonweal b h left perhaps hee might 
 infe# others , or by his example or command 
 tume them from the Faith: yea they arrirme tur- 
 ner, That if. a Prince flail but favour or jhzw coun- 
 tenance to an heretike, beeprejently lofethhU k>ngdome. 
 &y t'iis fierie Divinitie of their owne making, 
 01 receiving it from the fpirit^ of errour and do 
 ftrines of devils, (for'thofc things that are taught 
 Kk 3 for 
 
 InhisBooke 
 PhtUfAter. 
 
 sea*. 
 
*5* 
 
 (Cap. i 8. A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 for Doctrines, not being found in the Word of 
 God , are Do&rines of Devills > much more they 
 that are contrary to the Doctrines of Gods word) 
 by thefe Doctrines the Gunpowder -treafon tooke 
 flrength. The Parliament diffolved thefeavemb 
 of luly , and was prorogued untill xhefeaventh of 
 Ftbruarj following. Catesby being then at Lam. 
 betb, fent for Thomas Winter, who had beene im- 
 ployed into Spame, and brake with him upon the 
 blowing vp of the Parliament Houfe ; who anfwe- 
 redjbat indeed firucke at the reot : but if it mould 
 not take efTect,faid he, as mod of this nature mif- 
 carry ,rhe fcandali would bee fo great which Ca- 
 tholike Religion might heereby fuftaine , as not 
 one!y our enemies , but our friends alio would 
 with good reafon condemne us. Catesby anfwe- 
 red , the nature of the difeafe required fo fharpe 
 a remedic , and asked him if hee would give his 
 corrfent. Yes,faid hec,in this or what elfe foever, 
 he would venture his life. But hee propofed diffi- 
 culties , as want of an houfe, and of one to carry 
 the Myne, noyfe in the working ,ind fuch like. 
 Catesby anfwered,let us give the attempt,& where 
 it faileth patfe no further : But flrtr, quorh he,bc- 
 caufe wee will leave no peaceable and quiet way 
 un'ryed, y< u (hall goe over and informe the Con- 
 I jlable of the ftate of the Catholikes here in Eng- 
 /Wjintreating him to follicite his Majefty that the 
 penal Lawcs may be recalled,& we admitted into 
 the ranke of his other fubje&s. Withall,youmay 
 bring over fome confident Gentlemen, fuch as 
 you mall understand beft able for this bufinefTe, 
 
 and 
 
v/GODS Mercie. Cap. i 8 j 252 
 
 and named unto him Matter Fatvkes. Shortly af- 
 ter , Winter parted the Seas,and found the cinfla- 
 blc at Bergen neare Dunkirk : where by he Ipe of 
 Mafter Ow^ hee delivered his meflage. Whofe 
 anfwere wa s , that hee had ftrid command from 
 his Mafter , to doe all good offices for the Cat ho. 
 hkes , and for his owne part hee thought himfelfe 
 bo ind' in confeience fo to doe, and that no good 
 occafion (hould be omitted, but hee fpake to him 
 nothing of this matter. 
 
 Returning to Dunkirk with Mafter Owen, they 
 had fpeech whether the Conjtable would faithfully 
 helpe them, or no : Owenhid , hee beleeved no- 
 thing lefle,and that they fought onely their owne 
 ends, holding fmall account of Catholikes. Win- 
 ter told him, that there were many Genrlemen in 
 England , who would not forfake their Coun- 
 trey until! they had tryed the uttermoft. And to 
 adde one more to their company , as a fit man 
 both for Counfell and Execution of whatfoever 
 they fhotld refolve , wiflied for Mafter Fawkes, 
 who as hee had heard ," was a man of good com- 
 mendation. Owen told him the Gentleman de- 
 ferved no ieffe , but was at Brufjells, anchhat if he 
 came not, as happily he might before Winters de- 
 parture, hee would fend him fhortly after into 
 England. Winter went fhortly after to OUend^ 
 where Sir William Stanley as then was not^butcame 
 two dayes after. Winter remained with him three 
 or f ->ure dayes. 1 1 which time hee asked him ^ if 
 the Catholikes ;n England mould do any thing to 
 helpe themfelues , whether he thought the Arch- 
 Duke 
 
*54 
 
 Cap.i 8 . A thankfuti Remembrance 
 
 Duke would fecond them i he anfwered,No. For 
 all thofe parts were fo defirous of peace wier: Eng- 
 land, as they would endure no fpeech of other cn- 
 terprifc.Neither were it rlt/aid he,to Tetany pro- 
 ject a foot,now the peace is uponconcluding.frF/*- 
 ter told him there was no (uch resolution, and fell 
 into other fpeech , asking him of Matter Fawkes, 
 whom SixWtUiam much commended : and'as they 
 were in fpeech , Fawkes came in. Sir Willtam told 
 him,this is the Gentleman you fpake ofianu^after 
 they had imbraced , Winter told Fawkes that Tome 
 good friends of his wifhed his company in Eng- 
 Tand,and appointed to meet at Dunkirk, where they 
 might conferre. 
 
 Meeting at Dunkirk, they had conference,and 
 refolved both to come into England. They came 
 firft to Catesby, where came Matter Thomas Percy. 
 The firft word hee fpake after hee came into their 
 company, was , Shall wee alwayes , Gentlemen, talke 
 and nevtr doe any tbtng ? Catesby tooke him afide, 
 and had fpeech of fomewhat to bee done , fo as 
 firil- they might all take art oath of fecrecie; which 
 within few dayes af er they did. The path was 
 this : Totljhallfreare by the bleffed Trinitie , and by 
 the Sacrament you nowpurpofe to receive , never to dif- 
 clofe , dirciily nor indtreltly, by word or circumfiance, 
 the matter that [hall bee proofed to you to keeft ^ 
 cret, nor deft ft from the execution thereof, vnttll the nfi 
 Jhall give you leave. This oath was firtt taken by 
 Catesby, Percy, Wright and Fawkes , behinde Saint 
 Clements. After the Oath taken , they went into 
 the next roome and heard Majfe, and received 
 the 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. i 8 
 
 the Sacrament upon it. That done 5 Catesby dif- 
 clofed to Percic , and Winter and Iacke Wright to 
 Farvkes the bufineffe, for which they tooke the 
 oathjWhich they approved. Then was Percie fent 
 to take the houfe, which they underftood did be- 
 long to one Ferris^ which withfbme diflficultie in 
 the end he obtained,and became Tenant to Whin- 
 yard, as Ferris was before. Farvkes underwent the 
 name of Matter Percie his man , calling himfelfe 
 lohnfin 9 becaufe his face was moft unknowne,and 
 received the keyes of the houfe,untill they heard 
 that the Parliament was adjourned to the feaventh 
 of February. At which time th.y all departed feve- 
 rall waics into the Countrey,to meet againeat the 
 beginning of Michaelmas Terme. It was thought 
 convenient to have a houfeto receive provifion of 
 Powder and wood for the Mine ; from which houfe 
 the provifion might bee conveyed to that houfe 
 which Percy had taken: this was taken in Lambeth, 
 and Keyes was appointed the truftie keeper thereof. 
 When they were agreed to begin and fet things 
 in order for the mine,they were ftaied a while,be- 
 caufe the Scottijh Lords were appoynted to fit in 
 conference of the Vnion in Percy his houfe. The time 
 of their fitting being pafl: , they entred upon the 
 mine,having provided them f elves of baked meats, 
 the leiTe to need fending abroad. 
 
 Whileft they were together/hey fell into dif- 
 couriewhat they (hould doe after this deed was 
 done.The firft queftion vvas,howthey might fur- 
 pi ife the next heire * The Prince happily would 
 bee at Parliament with the King his Father : how 
 I LI flwuld 
 
 2 55 
 
2$ 6 
 
 Cap. i 8. A thankfull fymembrance 
 
 fhould they then bee able to feaze upon the 
 Duke ? This burden Percy undertooke,that by his 
 acquaintance hee with other Gentlemen would 
 enter the Chamber without fufpition, and having 
 fbme doozen others at feverall doores to expect 
 His comming, and two or three on horfebacke at 
 the Court gate to receiue him , hee would under- 
 take {the blow being given , untill which hee would 
 attend in the Dukes Chamber) to carry him fafc 
 away : for he fuppofed mod of the Court would 
 beeabfent,and fuch as were there, not fufpe&ing 
 or unprovided for any fuch matter. For the Lady 
 Elizabeth, it were ea fie to furprize her in thecoun- 
 trey j by drawing friends together at an hunting, 
 neere the Lord Harringtons , and dsby , Matter 
 Catesby his houfe being notfarreofF, was a fir 
 place for preparation. The next was for money 
 and horfes , which if they could provide in any 
 rcafonable meafure, ( having the heyrc apparant) 
 and the firft knowledge by foure or five daies was 
 oddes fufrkient. Then what Lords they fhould 
 fa vc from the Parliament, which was firft agreed in 
 generall , as many as they could that were Cttho- 
 tikes or fo difpofed ; but after they defcended to 
 fpeake of particulars. Next, what forraine Princes 
 they fhould acquaint with this before , or joyne 
 with after. For this poynt they agreed ,that firft 
 they could hot in joyne Princes to that fecrecie, 
 nor oblige them by oath , fo to be fecure of their 
 promife • befide,they know not whether they will 
 approve the project or diflike it. And if they doe 
 allow thereof,to prepare before might beget fufpi- 
 tion i 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap.iS 
 
 tion ; and not to provide untill the bufineffe were 
 a<5ted ; the fame letter that carried the newes of 
 the thing done, might as well intreat their helpe 
 and furtherance S faint is too flowe in their pre- 
 parations, to hope any good from the firfi: extre- 
 mities , and France too neere and too dangerous, 
 who w'th the Sh pping of Holland wee feared of 
 all the world might make away with us. While 
 they were in the middle of thefe difcourfes, they 
 heard that the Parliament would bee anew adjour- 
 ned untill afVr Michaelmas y upon which tidings 
 they brake off both difcourfe and working. About 
 Candlemas they brought over in a Boat the Pow- 
 der which they had provided at L*mbcth,m& laid 
 it in Matter Percy his houfe ; becaufc they .would 
 have all their danger in one place. Then fallingto 
 their worke in the Mine , they came againft the 
 ftone wall, which was very hard to beat through. 
 At which time they called Kit Wright to their 
 company . but as they were working upon the 
 wall,they heard a rufhing in a Cellar of removing 
 of coales. Whereupon they feared that they had 
 been diCco vered, and they fent Fatvkes to go to the 
 Cellar^vho finding that the coales were a felling, 
 and that the Cellar was to be let, viewing the op- 
 portunity thereof for their purpofc 5 Percy went 
 and hired the fame fur yearely rent. They had be- 
 fore this provided twenty Barrel Is of Powder, 
 which they removed into the Cellar,and covered 
 them with billets and faggots which they had pro- ' 
 vided for that purpofc. " 
 
 After this they thought fit to fend Fawkes to 
 _ LI 2 acquaint 
 
 257 
 
258 
 
 C ap. i 8 . A thankfull ^membrance 
 
 acquaint Sir William Stanly and Mafter; Owen 
 with this matter , but fo, that they might receive 
 the Oath of f cr fie. The reafoa why they de- 
 fired Sir William Stanly mould bee acquainted 
 herewith, was to have him with them fj foone as ] 
 hee could. And for Mafter. Owen , hee might 
 hold good coi refpondencies after with forraine 
 Princes. Mafter Fawkes departed away about Ba- 
 fier for F landers, and returned in the end ofAuguft. 
 He brought word that Sir William Stanly was not 
 returned from Spaine , fo as hee uttered the mat- 
 ter onely to Owen , who feemed well pleafed with 
 the bufineiTe , but told him , that furely Sir Wil- 
 liam would not bee acquainted with any plot , as 
 having bufineiTe now a foot in the Court of Eng- 
 land • but heehimfelfe would bealwayes ready to 
 telllrim j- and fend him away fo foone as it were 
 done. 
 
 About this time Mafter Percy and Catesby met 
 at the Bathe, Where they agreed,that the compa- 
 ny being yet but few , Catesby fhould have the o- 
 thers author.itie to call in whom hee thought beft. 
 Whereupon hee called in Sir EverardDigby , and 
 afrer that, Mafter Trefiam. The firft promifed 
 fiftcene hundreth pounds, the fecond two thou- 
 fand pounds. Mafter Percy promifed all that hee 
 could get of the Earle of Northumber lands rents, 
 which was about fourethoufand pounds , and to 
 provide many gallopping Horfes, to the number 
 often. 
 
 Meane while, Fawkes and Winter brought fome 
 new Powder , as fufpc cling the firft to bee danke, 
 
 and i 
 
o/GODS Mercie. Cap. i S i 259 
 
 and conveyed it intotheCellar,and fetit in order 
 as they refolved it mould ftand. Then was the Par- 
 liament anew prorogued untillthe fifth of Novem- 
 ber, So that all of them went downe till fome ten 
 dayes before. When Catesby came up with Fawkes 
 to an houfe by Enfeldchafe, called Whitembs , whi- 
 ther Winter came to them : Catesby willed Winter ta 
 inquire whether the yong Prince came to the Par. 
 liament. Winter told him , that hee heard that his 
 Grace thought not to be there. Then laid Catesby, 
 mud wee have our horfes beyond the water, and 
 pro virion of more company to furprife the Prince, 
 and leave the Duke alone. 
 
 All things thus prepared , the Saturday of the 
 weeke immediately preceding the Kings returne, 
 which was upon Tburfday, (being but tenne dayes 
 before the Parliament : ) The Lord Mont eagle, 
 ionne and heire to the Lord Morky > being in his 
 owne lodging ready to goe tofupperat feaven of 
 the clocke ac night, one of his foot men , whom 
 hee had fent of an errand over the ftreet, was met 
 by anunknowneman, of a reafonable tall perfo- 
 nage, who delivered him a Letter , charging him 
 to put ir into my Lord his Matters hands : which 
 my Lord no fooner received,but that having bro- 
 ken it up, and perceiving the fame to be of an un- 
 knowne,and fomewhat unLgibIehand,and with- 
 out either date or fubferip; ion ; did call one of his 
 men to him for helping him to reade it. But no 
 fooner did he conceive the Ptrange contents there- 
 of , although hee was fomewhat perplexed what 
 conftru&ionto make of it, (as whether of a matter 
 .... LI 3 of 
 
2 6 o I Cap. i 8. A cbankfull Remembrance 
 
 ofcopfeqtience, as indeed it was , or whether fome 
 foolijh devifed Pafquill by fome of his enemies, 
 to skarre him from his attendance at the Parlia- 
 ment, ) yet did hee as a raoft dutifull and loyall 
 fubjedt conclude not to conceale it , what ever 
 might come of it. Whereupon, notwithstanding 
 the lateneflfe and daikeneffe of thenight,in fuch a 
 feafon of the yeere , he prefenrly repaired to his 
 Majefties Pallace of White-hall , and there delive- 
 red the fame to the Earle of Salisburie , his Maje- 
 fties principall Secretary. The Earle having read 
 the Letter, and heard of the manner of comming 
 of it to his hands,did greatly incourageand com- 
 mend the Lord for his discretion ; telling him 
 plainly , that wharfoever the purpofeof the Let- 
 ter might proove heereafter, yet did this accident 
 put him in mind of divers advertifements he had 
 received from beyond the Seas , wherewith hec 
 had acquainted as well the Ktng himfelfe , as di- 
 vers of his Privie Cotmcellonrs concerning fome 
 bufinefife the Papists were in , both athome and 
 abroad , making preparation for fome combina- 
 tion among them againft this Parliament time ; 
 for inabling them to deliver at that time to the 
 King, fome Petition for toleration of Religion, 
 which fhould bee delivered in fome fuch order, 
 and fo well backed , as the King mould bee 'loath 
 to refufe their requcfts ; like the Stur die Beggars 
 craving almes with one open hand , but carrying 
 a ftone in the other in cafe of refufall. And there- 
 fore did the Earle of Salisbury conclude with the 
 Lord Monteagle , that hee would in regard of the 
 Kings 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. i 8 j 16 1 
 
 Kings ah fence, impart the fame Letter to fome 
 more of his Majefties Conncell. Whereof the 
 Lord Monteagle liked well , oncly adding this re- 
 queft , by way of protection , that whatfoever 
 the.event hereof might prove , it mould not bee 
 imputed to him , and proceeding from too light 
 and too fudden an apprehenfion that hee delivered 
 this Letter , being onely mooved thereto for de- 
 monstration of his readie devotion and care, for 
 prcfervation of his Majeftie and the State. And 
 thus did the Earle of Salisbury prefently acquaint 
 the Lord Chamberlawe with the faid Letter. 
 Whereupon they two in the prefence of the Lord 
 MontcAgU, calling to minde the former intelli- 
 gence already mentioned , which feemed to have 
 fome relation with this Letter 5 the tender care 
 which they ever had to the prefer vation of his 
 3/4;V//te/perfon,made them apprehend, that fome 
 I perillous attempt did thereby appcare to bee in- 
 tended againft the fame , which did the more 
 neerely concerne the Lord CbamberUim to have 
 care of, in, regard that it doeth belong to the 
 charge of his Office 5 to overfee as well all places 
 of AiTcmblie where his Maicsiic is to repaire, as 
 his Higbnejfe owne private houfes. And there- 
 fore did the faid two Councellers conclude,that 
 they fhould ioyne unto them three more of the 
 Councell , to wit, the Lord Admirall, the Earles 
 ofWorctsier and Northampsn , to beealfo particu- 
 larly acquainted with this accident. Who having 
 all of them concurred together to the re-exami- 
 nation of the.Ccmtents of the faid Letter, they 
 
 did 
 
i6z 
 
 Cap.i8. A thankfuU^membrance 
 
 did conclude,that how fleighta matter it might at 
 the firft appeare to bc,yet was it not abfolutely to 
 be contemned 5 in refpecl of the care which it be- 
 hooved them to have of the prefervation of his 
 Majejlies perfon. But yet ref olved for two reafons, 
 firft to acquaint the King himfelfe with the fame, 
 before they proceeded to any further inquifltion 
 in the matter,as well for the expectation and experi- 
 ence they had of hisMajeflies fortunate judgement 
 in clearing and folving of obicure riddles, and 
 doubtfull myftcries$as alfobecaufe the more time 
 would in the meane while bee given for the pra- 
 clife to ripen,if any was, whereby the difcoverie 
 might bee the more cleare and evident, and the 
 ground of proceeding thereupon more fafe, juft, 
 and eafie. And fo jeeording to their determinati- 
 on did the Earle of Salisbmy repaire to the King in 
 his gallery upon Friday being Alhallow day in the 
 afternoonc,which was the day after his Majefties 
 arrivall,and none but himfelfe being prefent with 
 his Highneszx. that time : where without any other 
 fpeech or judgement given of the Letter,but only 
 relating fimply the forme of the delivery thereof, 
 he presented it to his Maiefiie, the contents of the 
 Letter are as followeth. 
 
 My Lord, out of the love I heare to feme of your 
 friends , / have a care of your prefervation. Therefore 
 I would advife you , as you tender your life , to devtfe 
 fome excufe to jhift off your attendance at tin Parlia- 
 ment. For God andman have concurred to punifJ) the 
 wickedncjje of thu time. And thtnh not Q'gitly if this 
 advertifement , but retire your fife into your Countrey, 
 
 where 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap. i 8 
 
 265 
 
 where you may expect the event infafetie : for though 
 there bee no Apparance ofanyjltrre , yet J fay, theyfhaH 
 receive a terrible blow this Parliament , and yet they 
 (hall net fee who hurt them. This counfell is not to bee 
 contemned, becaufe it may doyou good,and can do you no 
 harme : for the danger is paft ,as foone as you fiall have 
 burned this Letter. And I hope God will give you the 
 grace to make good ufe of it • To whofe holy protection I 
 commendyou. 
 
 The King no fooncr read the Letter, but after a 
 little paufe, & then reading it over againe,he deli- 
 vered his judgment of it in iuch fort as he thought 
 it was not to be contemned. For that the ftyle of 
 it feemed to be more quick and pithy, then is ufu 
 all to be in a Pafquill or Libell t ( the fuperfluities of 
 idlebraines.) But rhcEarle of Salisbury perceiving 
 the King to apprehend it deeplier then hee looked 
 for,knowing his nature,told him, that he thought 
 by one fentence in it , that it was like to bee writ- 
 ten by fomefoole or mad-man, xtzding to him this j 
 fentence in it : For the danger ts past as foone at you 
 have burned the L%tcr ; which , hee faid , was like 
 to bee the faying of a foole. For if the danger 1 
 was part fo foone as the Letter was burnt , then 
 the warning behooved to be of little availe,when 
 the burning of this Letter might make the dan- 
 ger to bee efchewed. But the King by the con- 
 trary, confidering the former fentence in the Let- 
 ter. That they mould receive a terrible blme At 
 this Parliament , and yet Jhould not fee who hurt them- % 
 joyning it to the fentence immediately following 
 alreadiealkadged, did thereupon conjecture that 
 ' M m the 
 
264 
 
 Cap. 18. A tbankfull Remembrance 
 
 rhe danger mentioned fliould bee fome fudden 
 danger by blowing up of powder : for no other in- 
 funedion, rebellion, or whatfoever other private 
 or defperate attempt could bee committed or at- 
 rempted in time of Parliament , and the authours 
 hereof unfeene,except it were only by a blowing 
 up of Powder , which might bee performed by j 
 one bafe knave in a darke corner. Whereupon 
 heewas mooved to interpret and conflrue the lat- 
 ter fentence in the Letter , (alleaged by the Eirle 
 of Salisbury ) againlt all ordinary fenfe andcon- 
 ftruction in Grammar , as if by thefe words,F<v 
 the danger is f>aft , as Joone as you haue burned the 
 Letter, fhouki bee clofelyunderftood the fudden 
 and quickneffe of the danger , which fliould bee 
 as quickly performed and at an end , as that pa- 
 per fhould bee of blazing upin the fire , turning 
 that word , asfoone , to that fenfe of, as quickly. 
 And therefore wifhed , that before his going to 
 Parliament j the under-roomes of 'the Parliament 
 Honfe might bee well and narrowly fearched. It 
 mull bee confeffed , that God pat this under/lan- 
 ding in the Kings heart. For albeit now upon the 
 event made knowne,a man may eafily fee that no 
 other conftruclion can be made of the Letter,then 
 that which the Kingmade : yet before the event 
 was knowne,the wifeft did not apprehend that un- 
 demanding. And therforewe muft acknowledge, 
 that God would have it knowne, and brought to 
 knowledge by the King himfelfe, that all the bo- 
 die of the kingdome might reft moft under God, 
 beholding to the King, their Bead, for the general! 
 
 de- 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. I S ) 265 
 
 deliverance. .The Earle of Salisbury wondring at 
 his Majejhes commentary ,which hee knew to bee 
 farre contrary to his ordinary and naturall difpo- 
 (Hon , who did rather ever finne upon the orher 
 fide, in not apprehending, nor trufting dueadver- 
 tifementsof praciifesan&p.rils,whct\ he was duely 
 informed of ;hem, whereby hee had many times 
 drawn himfelfc into many defperate dangers, and 
 interpreting rightly this extraordinary caution at 
 this time to proceed from the vigilant care he had 
 of the whole State more then of his owneperfon, 
 which could not but have all perimed togerher,if 
 this defignement had fucceeded : hee thought 
 gond to diffemble (till unto the King , that there 
 had been any juft caufe of fucti apprehenfion. And 
 ending the purpofe with lome merry jeft upon 
 this fubjeft, as his cuftome is , tooke his leave for 
 that time. 
 
 Bit though hee feemed fo to neglect it to his 
 Majeftie^et his cuftomable and watchfull care of 
 the King and the Sra*e Till boyling within him, 
 and having with the blefTed Virgin Marie, layduf 
 in his heart the Kings fo ft ange j idgem:nr , and 
 c m'kucli* m of ir,he coi\\d W%t beat reft till he ac- 
 quainted the forefaid lods what had pa fled be- 
 tweene the King and Him in private. Whereupon 
 they were all fo earned to renew againe th \ me- 
 mory of the fame purpofe to his Maj -fty,as it was 
 agreed,that he mould the next da v being Saturday, 
 repaire to his Htgfaefl. Which he did in the fame 
 ; privie gallery, and renewed the memory thereof, 
 j the Lord Chawberlane then being prefent with ihe 
 ' Mm 2 King. 
 
266 
 
 C ap. i 8 . A thankfnll %ememhrancz 
 
 A»Dom.V>o$ 
 
 King. At which time it was determined,that the 
 faid Lord Chamberlaim mould according to his cu- 
 j (tome and OrKce, view all the Parliament houfes, 
 \ both above and belowe^and confider whatlikeli- 
 ' hood or appearance of any fuch danger might 
 ■ poflibly be gathered by the fight of them.But yet ' 
 | as well for ftaying of :dlcriimours,as for being the 
 more able to "difcerneany myftery the neerer that 
 I things were in radkieiie, his journey thither was 
 ordained to be deferred till the afternoone before 
 the fitting downe of the Parliament , which was 
 upen the Uunday following. At what time hee 
 (according to his conclufion) went to the Parlia- 
 ment ^^accompanied with the Lord Mont eagle, 
 being in zeale to the Kings fervice earneit and cu- 
 rious to fee the event of that accidem,whereof he 
 had the fortune to be the fii ft difcoverer. Where 
 having viewed all the lower roomes^hee found in 
 the vault under the upper houfe great ftore of pro- 
 vifion of Billcts,Faggots andCoaies. And inqui- 
 ring of Whinjard keeper of the Wardr#p, to what 
 ufe hee had put thofe lower roomes and cellars f 
 he told him that Tbemat Percy had hired both the 
 Houfe,and part of the Cellar or Vault under the 
 fame. And that the wood and coalc therein, was 
 the fayd Gentlemans ownc proviflon. Where- 
 upon the Lord Chamberlam cafting his cyeafide, 
 perceived a fellow Handing in a corner there, cal- 
 ling himfelfe the faid Percy his man,and keeper of 
 that houfe for him,which was Guidd Fdwks,xhz in- 
 ftrument which fliould have acted that monftrous 
 i tragedie. 
 I The 
 
of GODS Merck* Cap. i 8 1 267 
 
 The Lord Chamber /<«/;tf,lookingupon all things 
 with an heedfull eye , yet in outward appearance < 
 with but a careleffe and rackieffe countenance, hee ! 
 prefently addrefled himfelf to the King in the faid ; 
 privy Gallery, where in the prefence of the Lord j 
 Treasurer, the Lord Admrall } x.hc Earles oiWorcc- 
 fter,Northampon and Salisbury, he made his report 
 what hee had feene and obferved there. Noting, 
 that Monteagle. had told him , that hee no fooner 
 heard Thomas Percy named to bee the poffeifour of 
 that houfe,but confidering both his backwardnes 
 in Religion , and the old dearenefTe in friendship 
 between himfelfe and the faid Percy ,he did great - 
 ly fufpeel the matter , and that the Letter mould 
 comefrom him. The Lord Chamber lainc alfo told, 
 that he did not wonder a little at the extraordina- 
 ry great provifion of wood & coale in that houfe, 
 where Thomas Percy had fo feldome occafion to 
 remaine : as likewife it gave him in his mind,that 
 his man looked like a very tall and defperate fel- 
 low. This could not but increafe the Kings former 
 apprehenfion and jeloufie.Whereupon he infifted 
 as before, that the houfe was narrowly to be fear- 
 ched>and thatthofe Billets and Coales would be 
 fearched to the bottoms, it being mod: fufpitious, 
 that they were laid there onely for the covering of 
 the powder. Of this fame mind alfo were all the 
 Cpunceliers then prefent.. 
 
 But upon the fafhion of making the fearch was 
 
 itlong debated.For on the one fide they were al fo 
 
 jelous of the #/'»£* fafety,that they all agreed,that 
 
 there could not be too much caution ufed for pre- 
 
 _^__ Mm 3 venting 
 
6 8 |^ a P ■ $■ A cbanktull^emanbrance 
 
 1 
 
 venting tha danger^and yet on the other par,they 
 were aliextreanve loath & da n-y,that in cale this 
 Lerter fhould prove to be nothing but the evapo- 
 ration of an idle brainc ,thcn a curious fearch bCr 
 ing made , and noihing found , mould nor onely 
 rurne to the generall fcandall of the King and the 
 State, as being fo fufpitious of every lightand fri- 
 volous toy, but like wife lay an il-favoured impu- 
 tation upon the Earle of Nor th umber land, one of his 
 Majeftks greateft Sublets and Councellors , this 
 Thomas Facie being his kinfman, and moft confi- 
 dent familiar. And the rather w re they curious 
 upon this point, knowing how farre the King dc- 
 tefted to bee thought fufpitious or jealous ot any 
 of his good Subje&s, though of the meaneft de- 
 gree. And therefore though they all agreed upon 
 the maine ground , which was to provide for the 
 fecuritie of the Kings perfon , yet did they much 
 differ in circumfl:ances,by which this action might 
 be beft carried with leaft dinne, and occafion of 
 flander. But the King himfelfe ftill perfifting that 
 there were divers fhrewd appearances , and thar a 
 narrow fearch of thofe places could prejudice no 
 man that was innocent, he at laft plainly received 
 them,that either muft all the parts of rhofc roomes 
 be narrowly fearched , and no podibilirie of dan- 
 ger left unexamined, or elfe hee and they all muft 
 refblve nor to meddle in it at all , but plainly to 
 goethe next day to the Pat Lament , and leave the 
 fucceffe to Fortune , which hee beleeved they 
 would bee loath to take upon their Conferences : 
 for in fucha cafe as this , an hdlfe doing was wor'fi 
 
 then 
 
of GODS Mtrcie. Cap. i 8 | 2 69 
 
 then no doing at all. Whereupon it was at laft con 
 eluded; , that nothing mould be kft unfearched in 
 thofe houfes. And yet for the better colour and 
 ftay of rumour,incafc nothing werefound,it was 
 thought meet, that upon a pretence of Wbinyards 
 miffing fome of the Kings ftufle or hangings, 
 which he had in keeping,all thofe roomes (hould 
 be narrowly ripped for them. And to this purpofe 
 was Sir Thomas Knevet, (a Gentleman of his Ma- 
 jefties Privie Chamber) imployed,being a Iuftice 
 of Peace in Westminster ,and one,of whofe ancient 
 fidelitie both the late guccne, and our now Sovc- 
 raigne have had large proofe. Who according to 
 the truft cominirted unto him , went about the 
 mid- night next after to the Farliamcnt Houfe y ac- 
 companied with fuch a fmall number,as was fit for 
 that errand. But before his entry into the houfe, 
 finding Thomas Perries alleadged man (landing 
 without the doores , his Gloathcs and Bootes on 
 at (b dead a time of night , hee refolved to appre- 
 hend him,as he did, and thereafter went forward 
 to the fearching of the houfe. Where, after hee 
 had caufed to bee overturned fome of the Billets 
 and CoaleSjhe firfl: found one of the fmall Barrels 
 of powder,and afcer,all the reft, to the number of 
 thir tie fixe barrels great and fmall. And thereafter 
 fearching the fellow whom hee had taken , found 
 three matches , and all other inftruments fit for 
 blowing up the powder,ready upon him • which 
 made him inftanrly confeffe his owne guiltinefTc : 
 declaring alfo untohim,that if he had happened to 
 be withinthe houfe when he tookc him, as he was 
 
 im- 
 
270 Cap.i 8. A tbankfuil Remembrance 
 
 immediately before (at the ending of his worke) 
 he would not have failed to have blowne him up, 
 houfe and all. 
 
 Thus after Sir T^ww hadcaufed the wretch to 
 be furely bound, and well guarded by the compa- 
 ny he had brought with him,he himfelfe returned 
 backe to the Kings Pallace , and gave warning of 
 his fucceffe to the Lord Chamber lame and Earle of 
 Salisbury , who immediately warning the reft of 
 the Councell that lay in the houfe, as foone as they * 
 could get themfelves ready , came with their fel- 
 low Ccumelkrs to the Kings Bed-chamber , being 
 at that timeneere foure of the clocke in the mor- 
 ning.And at the flrft entry of the Kings Chamber 
 doore, the Lord Cbamberlaine, being not any lon- 
 ger able to conceale his joy for the preventing of 
 fo great a danger,told the Kmg in a confuted hafte 
 that all was found and difcovered,and the tray tor 
 in hands and faft bound. 
 
 Then order being flrft taken for fending for the 
 reft ofthcCeuncell that lay in the towrre, the prifb- 
 ner himfelfe was brought into the houfe, W here 
 in refped of the ftr angenefle of tl>c accident, no 
 man was ftayed from the fight in fpeaking with 
 him : and within a whileafterthe Councell did exa- 
 mine him . Who,feeming to put on a Romane refo- 
 lutim, did both to the Councell, and to every other 
 perfon that fpake to him that day,appeare fo con- 
 stant and fetled in his grounds,as they all thought 
 they had found a new Mutius Sc&voU borne in 
 England. Fornotwithftandingthe horrour of the 
 fa<5,the guilt of his confcience,hisfudden furpri- 
 _ fl"& 
 
of G u U o Mbrcie. Cap. i S 
 
 fing/bc terror which mould have ftrucken him by 
 comming into the presence of fo grave a Counceu, 
 and the reft lefle and confufid queitions that every 
 man all that day did vexe him with • yet was his 
 countenan e fo far from being deje*5ted,ashe often 
 fmikd in fcornfull manner, nor only avowing the 
 fad,,b it repenting oncly with the laid Swvdahls 
 failing in me execution thereof; whereofjhe faid. 
 The bevitt and not God, was the discoverer . an- 
 fwering q »ickly to everymans obje£tions,fcofHng 
 at any idl que" 5 ions which were propounded to 
 him , and joting with fuch as he thought had no 
 auth oritie to examine him. All that day could the 
 Council get nothing out of him touching his 
 complices , refuting to anfwer to any fuch quefti- 
 oms which he \ nought might difc ^ver his plor,and 
 laying all the blame upon himftlre. Whereunto 
 he (aid, he was moved onely for Religion and con- 
 fcience fake, denying the King to be his UwfullSo- 
 veraigne, or rheanoyntedof God, in refpect hee 
 was an Hemike > and giving himielfe no other 
 name then lohn Iohnfon, fervant to Thorns Percie. 
 Butthencx: m>ning being carryed to th^To- 
 wer ; he did not there remaineabotie two or three 
 dayes , being twice or thrice in that fpace re exa- 
 mined , and the Rsckc onely offered an.' (hewed 
 unto him, whem the maske of his Romifl) fortitude 
 did vilibly begin to weare and Hide off his face. 
 And then did hee beginne to confefle pair of the 
 truth , and thereafter to open the whole matter. 
 Oar of hisconfeffion, and ei^ecially out of the 
 confeilion of TbomasWinter, have we drawne the 
 . Nn pra?- 
 
 ZJl 
 
2jz I Cap. i S. AthankfklltSjmBmbrance 
 
 preceding narration.- The confetfion of Farvkes 
 was taken prefently after his apprehenflon. The 
 confelfion of Winter was takenthe 2.3 .of Novem- 
 ber before the Lords otxhcCwncell. 
 
 They that were ftrft in the treafon,and laboured 
 in the Mine, were Robert Catesby , Robert Winter, 
 Efquires, Thomas Percie , Thomas Winter ,Iohn 
 Wright, Christopher Wright, Guido Fawkes, Gentle- 
 men , and Bates, Catesbies man. They, that were 
 made acquainted with it , though not perfbnally 
 labouring in the mine nor in the cellar,were Eve- 
 rard Digby , Knight , Ambrofe Rookewood , Francis 
 TrejhantjtS^m^ylohn Grant, Gentleman, and Ro- 
 bert Keyes. 
 
 The newes was no fooner fpread abroad that 
 morning, which was upon a Tuefday , the fifth of 
 November, and the fiift day defigncd for that Sec- 
 tion of Parliament : but fome of thofe Confpira- 
 tors , namely Winter, and the two Wrights , bre- 
 chren,thought it high time for them to haften out 
 of the Towne,(for Catesby was gone the night be- 
 fore, and Percy at foure of the clocke in the mor- 
 ning the fame day of the difcovery)and al of them 
 held their courfe with more haft then good fpeed 
 to Warwickjhire toward Coventry , where the next 
 day morning being V/ednefday ; and about the fame 
 hourc that Fawkes was taken in Weftmtnfier , one 
 Gram , a Gentleman , having aflbciated to him 
 fome others of his opinion,aii violent Papists, and 
 ftrong Recufants, came to a Stable of one Bcnock,z 
 rider of great horfes,and having violently broken 
 up the fame,carried along with them all the great 
 
 horfes 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. iS 27} 
 
 horfes that were therein, to the number of fevea 
 or eight, belonging to divers Noblemen & Gen- 
 tlemen of that Countrey , who had put them in- 
 to theriders hands to be made fit for their fervice. 
 And fo both that compaiie of them which fled 
 out of London, asalfc Grant and his complices met 
 all together at D unchurch^ Sir Everard Digby his 
 lodgingjthe Tuefday at night after the difcovme 
 -©f (this treacherous attempt. The which Digby 
 .had likewife for his part appbynted a match of 
 (hunting to have been hunted the next dayywhich 
 was Wednesday, though his mind was Nimrodltke, 
 upon a farrc other manner of hunting, more bent 
 upon the blood of reasonable men, then of bruit 
 beasts. 
 
 This company and hcllifh focierie thin conve- 
 ned , finding their purpofe difcovered , and their 
 treachery prevented ,• did refolve to runne a dejpe- 
 rate courfe,and fince they could not prevaile by Co 
 private a blow, to pra&ifc by a publike rebellion, 
 either to attaine to their intents, or at leaft to fave 
 themfelves in the throng of others. And therefore 
 gathering all the company they could unto them, 
 and pretending the quarrell of Religion , having 
 intercepted fuch provifion of armour, horfes and 
 powder, as the time could permit, thought by 
 running up and downe the Countrey, both to 
 augment piece by piece their number : (dreaming 
 to themfelves, that they had the vertue of a Snow- 
 bad, which being little at the rlrft , and tumbling 
 downe-a great hill , groweth to great quantitie, 
 by increasing it felfe with the fnow that it meeteth 
 I Nn 2 in 
 
2 74 I C ap . i 8 . A thankfull Remembrance 
 
 in the way) and aifo that they beginning firft this 
 brave (hew in one pan of the Countrey,lhould by 
 their timpamy and example ftir up and hcoura^e 
 the reft of their Religion in other pahs of England \ 
 to rife , as they had done .there; Eat when they 
 had gathered their Force to the greateft , they 
 came not to the number of fourefcore,. And yet 
 were they troubled all the houres of the day , to 
 keep" and containe their owne fervans tnm I tea- \ 
 ling from them. Who no withftandhg of all 
 their care,daily lefc them, being farre inferiour to 
 Gideons hofte in number, hux. farre more in faith and 
 jiwnciTe of the quarrell. And lb after that this Ca- 
 tholike troupe had wand red a while through War- 
 mckflnre to VForcejlirJlurc, and from thence to the 
 edge and borders of Staffordjhirt , this gallantly J 
 armed band had not the honour at the laft to bee 
 beaten with a Kings Lieutenant , or ex f raordinarie 
 Commilfioner fentdownefor thepurpofe, but 
 oncly by the ordinary Sberijfe of Worcejlerfhirc, 
 were they all beaten, killed, taken,and difperfed. 
 Wherein ye have to note this following circum- 
 ftance , fo admirable and Co lively difplaying the 
 greatnefTeof Gods jiiftice,as it could nor be con- 
 cealed without betraying in a maner the glory due 
 to the Almighry for the fame. Although divers of 
 the Kings Proclamations were poffed downc after 
 thefe tray tours with all fpeed pofiible 5 declaring 
 the odiouiheffe of the bloody attempt, the necef- 
 fitie to have had Ptrcie preferved alive, if it had 
 been polfible , and the afTemblie of that rightly 
 damned crew D now no more aWtfft/confpirators, 
 
 but 
 
cf GODS Mcrcie. Cap. i 8 1 ?, y 5 
 
 bu-.opcn and avowed Rebel - ; yet the fane diftance 
 
 of the way ,( which was above an hundreih miles) 
 
 together with che cxtrearn'?decpnefEr therof joy- 
 
 ned alio with th ■-..■ mortnefle of the day , was the 
 
 cjufe that; th beanie and loving aftcclions of the 
 
 Kings good f ibj X\s in thofc parts , prevented the 
 
 fpeed of his Erodam attorn , For upon the third day 
 
 after the flying downeuf chefe Rebels,which was 
 
 upon the Friday next after the difcovery of their 
 
 plot, rhey were molt of them all furprifed by the 
 
 Sberiffe ofWo'cejlerJlnre ztHclbcacb^bont the noone 
 
 of the day,in manner following. 
 
 Grant , of whom mention was made before for 
 the taking of the great horfes,who had not all the 
 preceding time ftirred from his owne houfe till 
 the next morning after the attempt mould bee put 
 in execution , hee then laying hU accompt without 
 . his Hott, ( as the Preverbe is ) that their plot had, 
 without failing, received the day before their ho- 
 ped for fuccefTeyook or rather ftoleoutthofe hor- 
 fes,for inabling him & fomany of that foule-lefTe 
 fociety that had ftil remained in the country neere 
 about him , to make a fudden furprize upon the 
 Kings elder daughter 5 the Lady Elizabeth , having 
 her residence neere ro that place , whom they 
 thought to have ufed for the colour of their trea 
 cherous defign°(his Majcftie her Fathcr^her Mo- 
 ther, & male children being all deftroyed above.) 
 And tothispurpofe alfohad that NimrodDigby 
 provided his hunting march againfr the fame time, 
 that, numbers of people being flocked together 
 upon the pretence thereof, they might the eafilier 
 _ Nn 3 have 
 
 
2 - 5 | Cap. i 8 . A tbankfuU Remembrance 
 
 have brought to palfethi fudden furprife ot h?r 
 perfon. 
 
 Now the violent taking away of thofe horfes 
 long before day, did feerne to bee fo great a ryot 
 in theeiesofthe common people^that knew of no I 
 greater myftery,and the bold attempting thereof, i 
 did ingender luch afufpition of fome following ; 
 Rebellion in the hearts of the wifer fort, as both j 
 great and fmall beganne to ftirre andarme them- 
 felves vpon this unlocked for accident. Among ' 
 whom S r Fulk Grevil the elder, Knight,as became 
 one both fo ancient in yeresand good reputation, I 
 and by his office being Deputy Lieutenant of 'War- 
 wickshire , though unable in his body , yet by the 
 zeale and true fervencieof his mind , did firfl: ap- 
 prehend this forefaid ryot to bee nothing but the 
 fparkles, or fure Indices of a following rebellion. 
 Whereupon both ftoutly and honeftly hee tooke 
 order to get into his own hands the munition and 
 armour of all fuch Gentlemen about him,as were 
 either abfent from their owne houfes , or in a 
 doubtfull guard,andalfofent fuch direction to the 
 townes about him , as thereupon did follow the 
 ftriking of Winter by a poore Smith , who had 
 likewife beene taken by thofe vulgar people, but 
 that hee was refcued by the reft of his compa- 
 nie ; who perceiving that the Countrey before 
 them had notice of them , haftened away with 
 lofle in their owne fight, fixteene of their follow- 
 ers being taken by the Townefmen, and fent pre- 
 fently to the Sheriffeat Warwicke, and from thence 
 to London. 
 
 But 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. i 8 | 277 
 
 But before twelve or fixeteene houres part, 
 Cdtcsby, Percie , the Winters , Wrights, Rookwood 
 and the reft bringing then the aiTurance that their 
 maine plot was fayled and bewrayed, whereupon 
 they had builded the golden raountaines of their 
 glorious hopes : they then tooke their laft defpe- 
 rate refolution,toflocke together in a troupe, and 
 wander as they did,for the reafons aforetold . But 
 as upon the one part , the zealous dutie to their 
 GOD and their Soveraigne was fo deepely im- 
 printed in the hearts of all the meaneft and poo- 
 reft fort of the people,(although then knowing of 
 no farther myfterie , then fuch publike misbeha- 
 viours ; as their owne eyes taught them ) as , 
 notwithstanding their fayre fhewes and pretence 
 of their Catbolique Caufe , no creature , man or 
 woman through all the Countrey would once 
 fo much as give them willingly a cup of drinke, 
 or any fort of comfort or fupport , but with exe- 
 crations detefted them. So on the other parr, 
 the Sknfvs of the Shires where- through they 
 wandered , convening their people with all /peed 
 potfible, hunted as hotely after them , as the 
 evilnefle of the way , and the unprovidedne/Te 
 of their people upon that Ridden could pcr-^ 
 mit them. And fo at laft after Sir Richard Vcr. 
 ney , Sheriffe of Wiirwickefhirc had carefully and 
 ftraightly beenc in' chafe of them to the con- 
 fines of his Countie , part of the meaner fort 
 beeing alfo apprehended by him : Sir Richard 
 Walfn, Sheriffe of Worcejlerfhire,did likewife du- 
 tifully and hotely purfue them through his Shire. 
 
 And 
 

 278 Cap.iS. A thankfull^mtrnbmnce 
 
 Holle<tch in 
 Ststffoiejlurfy 
 the hmfcof 
 Stephen Lit' 
 titton. 
 
 And having gotten fare mail of their taking har- 
 bour at the houfe above-named , hee fent Trunv 
 petters a:id Meffengers unto them, commanding 
 them in the A'/^rNamc, to render to him his 
 Majefties Minifter^and knowing no more ar rhat 
 time of their guilt, then was publikely vifible, | 
 did promiic,upon tlieirdutifull and obedient rem \ 
 dring to him, to intercede at the Ktms hands for ! 
 the fparingof their lives; who received onely j 
 from them this fcornefull ar.fwerc ( they being ; 
 better wirneiTes to themfelvcs of their inward e- 
 vill conferences ) that hee had need of berer afTi- 
 ftance, then of thofe few numbers that were with 
 him,before hee could be able to command or con- 
 troll them. 
 
 But here fell the wondrous workeof Gods Iu- 
 frice , that while this rrtef&gc patted betweene the 
 Sheriff and them : the Sheriffs and his peoples zeale 
 being juftly kindled and atigmen edby their arro- 
 gant anfwer, and fo they preparing themfelves to 
 give a furious affault: and the 01 her 'pas tie ma- 
 king themfelves readie within the houfe to per- 
 i forme their promifc by a defence as rcfoIire 5 it 
 pleafed God , that in the mending of the f re in 
 their Chamber , one fmall fparke mould ftye out 
 and light among leiTe then two pound weight of 
 Potvd.r, which was drying a little from the Chim- 
 ney : which being thereby blowne up, fo maimed 
 the faces of fome of rhe principal! Rebel!? , and 
 the hands and {ide^ of other of them,(b'owing up 
 with italfoa great bag full of Powder,which not- 
 withstanding never tcoke fire ) as they were not 
 -; onely 
 
 I 
 
of GO D S Mfrae. Cap. i 8 
 
 oncJy difabled and difcouraged hereby from any 
 farther refiftance,in refpeft Catesby himfelfe, Rcok- 
 wod,Cra»t, and divert others of greateft account 
 among them 5 were thereby made unable for de- 
 fence, but alio wonderfully ftricken with amaze- 
 ment in their guiltie Confciences, calling to me- 
 mory how God had jujily punifhed them with that 
 fame inftrument , which they fhould have ufed 
 for the effectuating of io great a finne; according 
 to the old laying , In quopeccamtHyin eodem plefft- 
 mur In as much as they prefently , (fee the won- 
 derfull power of Gods juftice upon guilty confci- 
 ences) did all fall down upon their knees,praying 
 God to pardon them for their bloody Enterprife. 
 And after that , giving over any f! irther debate, 
 opened the gate , furfered the Shenjfh people to 
 rum in furiouily among them , and defperately 
 fought their owneprefcntdeftru&ion ; The three 
 fpecials of them joyningbackes together, Catesby, 
 Percie and Winter ; whereof two with one mot, 
 Catesby and Percy, vt&c {laine-JVtmcr was taken and 
 faved alive. 
 
 And thus thefe refolute and high-afpiring Ca- 
 Mikes, who dreamed of no leffe then the deftru- 
 ction of King* and Kingdomts , and promifed to 
 themfelves no lower eftate then the government 
 of great and ancient Monarchies , were miferably 
 defeated and quite overthrowne in an inftant,/*/- 
 ling into the pit which they had prepared for others • 
 And fo fulfilling that fentence which his Maieftie 
 did in a manner prophefie of them in his Oration 
 to the Parliament : Tome prefently flaine , others j 
 _ ___ Oo deadly j 
 
 *19 
 
2 8 o I Cap, i 8. A thankful! Qfythembrdnce 
 
 deadly wounded, Gripped of their cloathes , left j 
 lying miferably naked , and fo dying rather of 
 coldjthenof die danger of their wounds * aid the 
 reft that either were whole , or but lightly hurt, 
 taken and led prifoner; by the SherirTe 3 the or- 
 dinary Minittcr of Iuftice, to the Gaole , the ordi- 
 nary fhet even of the bafeft malefactors ; where 
 they remained till their fending up to London , be- 
 ing met with a huge confluence of people of all 
 forts , defirous K) fee them as the rareft fort of 
 Monitors*, fooles to laugh at them , women and 
 children to wonder, all the common people to. 
 gaze, the wifer fort to fatisfie their curiofitie in 
 feeing the outward cafes of fo unheard of a vd- I 
 lany 5 and generally all forts of people to fatiate I 
 and fill their eyes with the fight of them,whom* 
 in their hearts they fo farre admired and detefted, 
 ferving fo for a fearefull and publike fpe&acle of 
 Gods fierce wrath and juft indignation. They 
 lived blindly , they pra&tfed divellifhly , they dyed 
 defperately 5 Their memory is ourfed through- 
 out all generations. 
 
 Now what have our adverfaries to fay to thefe, 
 or what can wee fay to thefe things, but that there 
 is a Cod in heaven, that deftroyeth all the purpofes 
 of the Pope on e arth ? Whatsoever have beene at- 
 tempted againft us, the Pope is firme on their fide; 
 God hath manuefted himfelfe many wayes to be 
 onourfide. What caufe have we then, and how 
 many wayes are we pr ovoked to truft ir God, to 
 love him , to worfhip him , that fo miraculously 
 
of GODS Merck. Cap. i 8 I zS i 
 
 hath defended us t to cleave with all fingleneffe 
 of heart to that caufe that ha^h been fo mightily 
 maintained by Gods hand and power? And what 
 caufe have our adversaries to examine themfelves, 
 and more, narrowly to examine the caufe which 
 God by fo many Judgements hath condemned { 
 The people of Ifracl were mightily protected by 
 the hand of God, and fo long as they truely ferved 
 God.alL their adversaries could never prevaile a- 
 gainft them , they were defended by power from 
 aboue, God did watch over them $ but when they 
 fell from God y God did fuffcr them to fall into the 
 hands of 'their enemies. There will hardly be found a 
 ny preiident even among the people of God, that 
 for fo many yeeres together they have been con- 
 tinually delivered from fo many,fo cruelly inten. 
 ded,fo dangerous affaults. The deeped: devifes of 
 malice, reaching even from hell unto hellifhmen 
 upon earth,havebeene pra&ifed againft us.as this 
 Ia!t which came from the deepnefje of Satan: where- 
 in without fword or fpeare, without any fhew of 
 warlike preparations, their hellifo device' was at 
 pne blowe to root out Religion , to deftroy the 
 State , the Head with the Body,the King with the 
 State , the Father of our Countrey , the Mother of 
 our Countrey , the olive branches the hppefuli fuc> 
 ce/fion of our King, the Reverend Clergic, the Ho- 
 nourable Nobilttie , the ¥aiihfu\\ Councilors, the 
 grave Judges , thegreateft part of Our Knights and 
 Gentrie, the ehoyceft Burgeffes,xhc Officers of the 
 Crowne, Councell,Sigmt, Scales, and of other Seatcs 
 °i Judgement, the learned Lawyers , with an infinite 
 
 O o 2 num- 
 
z8z 
 
 pfai.124.1. 
 
 Cap* 1 S. A tbfikfuU Remembrance 
 
 ■ .■■■•■ 
 
 number of Common people, the Hall of Iuftice , the 
 Houfes of the Parliament , the Church ufed for the 
 Coronation of our Kings, the Monuments of our 
 former Princes, all Records of Parliament , and 
 of every particular mans right, with a ereatnum- 
 ber of Charters, and other tilings of this nature- 
 all thefe things had the Devill by his agents de- 
 vifed at one fecret blow to deftroy. // the Lord 
 fjadmt bedtk $n our fide, may ifraelnowfay , if the 
 L or a had not Letne on our fide when men rofe upagainfi 
 us, they hsd then fallowed us ny qtticke, when their 
 wrath wat kindled aga-mH vs : praifed bee the Lord, 
 wl»ch h4t% not given us up a prey to their teeth, our 
 (ouh is efcaped, as a Bird out ofthefnare of the Fow- 
 le s * tht fnare u broken, and wee are delivered : our 
 helpe is in the name of the Lord which hath made hea- 
 ven and earth. 
 
 Wee labour againft the Papiffs to proove our 
 Church a true Church of God : They on the o- 
 ther fide labour to proove themfelves the onely 
 Cathdtke Church , and our ArTemblies tobec , as 
 they call them, AfTemblies of Heretikes. God, 
 hath determined this Controverfie moft evident- 
 ly by his Word, and mob powerfully from Heaven, 
 by his continuall protection of us 3 and deftru<5H- 
 dn of all the wicked pradtifes which they have 
 attempted againft us. Was there ever anycaufr 
 in the world fo ftrongly maintained on the one 
 fide , as our caufe hath becne i Was there ever 
 any execrable praciifes in the world fo powerfully 
 condemned from heaven , as their prafltfes have 
 beene? God open their eyes, that they may 'fie* 
 
 and 
 
o/GODSMenie. Cap. i S j 28j 
 
 and underftand that they fight agatnH GOD. The 
 Church of Rente , fo long as it ftocd the Church of 
 God , did never pra&ife either by open warres, 
 or by fecrct Con (piracies , to deftroy Kings , 
 and fubvert Kingdomcs - y but by the preaching of 
 Gods Word , by examples of pietie and fancli- 
 monie , laboured to draw the ignorant unto the 
 knowledge and obedience of the truth. That courfe 
 is now utterly forfaken of them . for how can 
 they teach the truth to others, that are themfelves 
 in Ignorance, and in the fhadow of death ? Or how 
 can they give Examples of an holy life , whofe 
 whole practice and converfation is in bloud , in 
 malice,in wicked and wretched actions * And wil 
 they never undcrftand , that they whe pra&ife 
 fuch things , cannot inherite the Kingdome of God f 
 cannot bee the Church of God t cannot pray to 
 God,nor expe& any blefiing from him upon their 
 execrable praclifes * There is a manifeft change 
 o f their Church ,md they will not feeit. Theyaske 
 us, when was this change,under what King,\mdex 
 what Emperor, under what Pope ? But if they were 
 wife, they would flrft inquire whether there bee a 
 change or no i and then inquire further of the 
 time and manner of it. Wee fay that which no 
 man can denie, that there is a notorious change : 
 this is evident ; for the Church of old never al- 
 lowed the crueltie , the impietie, the execrable 
 wickednefle which is daily pra&ifed by the great 
 Matters of the Church of Borne , and allowed and 
 approved by the Pope. Then there U a change, and 
 k is evident to all. But Mis is a change of manners 
 
 Oo 
 
 of 
 
284 
 
 Cap.18. A thankfull^emembrance 
 
 of the Chunk , notof .the Doctrines. If therefore j 
 they demand of us, how a change of the doctrines \ 
 may bee prooved i 1 Wee are able to*poyntout 
 from time to times, that thz Doffnnes, which they i 
 have invented^ were never heard of in i\\t Church 
 before fuch times as we are able to pioynt at. Ma- 
 I fler Jewel the reverend Eilbop of Salisbury, for pie- 
 I tie and learning the mirrour.ofhis time,hath made j 
 full and faire proofe,that ofthofe Articles, where- ; 
 in hce challenged all the learned of the Church ; 
 of Rome , not one of them was ever taught in the 
 Church before theyeere of Chrift 600. his Proofcs 
 ftand unanfwered to this day. Though Matter 
 Harding hath done his bed: to examine them,who 
 wanted neither Learning nor Eloquence, but onely 
 Trtteth wanting on his fide , the challenge is (till 
 made good. Wee are ajfo able to poynt to ano- 
 ther time,before the ycare of CkriH ioco, many 
 of the greateft and grolTeft errours in Popery were 
 never taught or heard in the Church ; as the Do- 
 ctrines of Tranjkbftamiation , of the Real! prefence, 
 as it is underllood in the Church of Rome, of tlie 
 Popes power to depofe Kings 5 and abfolve their fub- 
 je<5ts from their allegiance, or to warrant their 
 Subjects to rebell againft them , of the Doctrines 
 of Grace and Iusltfication , as now they are taught 
 in the Church of Rome, of the doctrine of Merits, 
 whether excongruo or condigno,of the Seven Sa- 
 craments , and many other of this nature,of which 
 wee are aiTured , that not one of them can bee 
 proved ever to have beene taught or heard of in 
 the Church before theyeere of Chrift One thou- 
 {and. 
 
of GODS Mercie. Cap. i 8 | 285 
 
 fand. Wee are further able to poynt to another 
 time, before which the Rule of Faith was never 
 changed in the Church, this was their laft attempt 
 m the poynts of Doctrine, a defperate attempt a- 
 gainfi: the trueth. For from the Jpoliles time till 
 the Counceli of Trent, the Rule Gf Faith was ever 
 held inthe Church one and the fame , that isjhe 
 Doctrine contained in the facred Canonic all Scrip, 
 tures. That this onely Rule of Faith w T as held in 
 the Church till the Counceli of Trent , it is evi- 
 dently proved by the full confent of the ancient 
 Fathers , and moreover by the confeflion of all 
 Writers in the Church of Rome before the Coun- 
 celi of Trent : fuch as were a Bernard, b Peter Lum- 
 bar d , c Thomas Aquinas , d Iohannes Scotm , c Du- 
 randus , f Clemens 1 . Pope , § Cardinalis Camcracen- 
 fts , ' Iehn Gtrfon , k Conradus Chngius , ] lop Accfa, 
 m Alfonfm de CaHro , and many others . To repeat 
 the Teftimonics of all , would bee tedious. Let 
 it fuffice to repeate one Teftimonie of Aquinas, 
 wherein all the reft agree. Aquinas in the fTrft 
 place cited, faith : Prophet arum & ApoHolorum do- 
 cirina , dicitur Canonic a , quia elf regula intelleclm 
 nosiri , & idea nullus aliter debet docere ; that is, 
 The DocJrine of the Prophets and apostles is cal- 
 led Canontcallj becaufe it is the Rule of our under - 
 fianding , and therefore no man ought to teach other- 
 wife. And in the fecond place cited , hee faith, 
 Innititur Fides noFira revelattoni Apsshdis ejr Pro- 
 phetis facia ; that is, Our Faith refteth zpon the re- 
 velation made to the tsfpoflcs and Prophets. Then, 
 Traditions was never accounted the Rule of our 
 
 under- 
 
 a In Cant. 
 Cant. firm. 30, 
 b Lib.i lent. 
 
 iift.x. 
 
 c/» i.adTim. 
 
 par.i.j i.ar.%. 
 
 d lit prolog. 
 
 Seo.f.i. 
 
 c Vrtf.tn Sent. 
 
 f Difttnii.-tf 
 
 f.14. 
 
 gSent.q.i art. 
 
 l-\.corottJtt,H 
 
 i De com. fub 
 
 ntrdtj h (frecie. 
 
 k Locor.ltb.$. 
 
 cap 29. 
 
 1 De reyel An- 
 
 ttchr.ayudPof- 
 
 frvin.Btbliotk. 
 
 feleft. lib. z. 
 
 cap 25. 
 
 m Lib.13. y:r- 
 
 bo&rtptur*. 
 
S 6 | Cap. i $ A tfmikfnil Qttmtmbr&nce 
 
 * Cottfenfit* 
 Catholtc* EC' 
 etefta contra 
 Trtdcnttnou 
 
 understanding, or that whereup^ruour Faith muft 
 ren\ though the fame be more fully proved out of 
 the Scriptures themselves , and from a full content 
 of the ancient Fathers, as is * otherwhere manite- 
 fted; yet this I thought heere might fuffice to de- 
 clare the opinions of them that lived in the 
 Church of Rome next before the Councell of Trent, 
 as many of thefe did, which I have before named. 
 So that this is evidenr,the rule of faith was never 
 altered in the Church of Rome before the Coun- 
 cell of Trent. Then did they alter this Rule, by 
 putting Tradttions of their Church into the rule of 
 Faith 9 and LuctferMke matching,equalizing and 
 mating the Wifedome of God with their ownc fol- 
 lies. Then all is changed,when the manners of the 
 Church,the doctrines of the Church , and che ve- 
 ry rule of faith is changed. What greater change 
 may be looked for hereafter in the Church of An- 
 tichrifl, 1 know not - y but this is fuificient to move 
 us to forfake them as the congregation of the im- 
 pious, the Church of the malignant. And becaufe 
 they haveforfaken God and his truth , therefore 
 by the juft judgement of God are they permitted 
 to runne into fo many foule errours, and fiich wic- 
 ked and execrable praclifes , that neither Christians 
 nor Heathen, guided onely by the light of na- 
 ture,could ever approve. If they fay,that we alio 
 have our faults and (innes : I anfwere , that when 
 wee turne our felves to confider our finnes againft 
 GOD, wee all finde our felves guiltie , and not 
 able to anfwere one of a thoufand , that hee may juft- 
 ly charge us withall. OurunthankfulnefTe to him 
 
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 is fo great for his manifold bletfmgs,and wonder- 
 foll.prdce&ion- our finnes we conceale not from 
 him , wee acknowledge unto G jd, that if he lay 
 his rodde upon us , as wee have deferved , if 
 hee ihould caft: our Land backe againe in*o that 
 former blindenefle , wherein it lay in Popcnc , 
 GO D -is juft , wee have deferved great. punish- 
 ments. But if wee turne our felves uftto ano- 
 ther confideration , comparing our Religion 
 with theirs , our pra&ifesv/'vh theirs , rhen I fay, 
 though wee cannot juftifie our felves before God, 
 yet are wee able to % iftifie our felves in reftcci 
 of ' them % \jex our enemies bee oar Judges. When 
 cvill hcommitted among us, it is punifhed, and 
 therein wee rejoyce , that cvill is puiimed. It 
 was never found that execrable pra&.fes were 
 ^pprooved by us 5 for that were to forfoke Re- 
 ligion: but themoft wicked pra&iles that have 
 beene heard of, are not onely committed by 
 them , bur approoved^ yea and commended: as 
 the killing of Henrie the third of France wzspra- 
 ttifcd by a Fryer , and commended by the Pope. 
 Thefe be the finnes that<loerip?n them for Gods 
 judgements. For the time will come when great 
 Babylon flktlf come in remembrance before the Lord, to 
 give *vnto her the -cupof Wine of the fierceneffe of his 
 wrath ; And againe , Therefore pall her plagues 
 come at one day,death^ndforrow, and famine, and /hee 
 fhall bee burnt with fire ; for frongis the Lord God 
 which wiU condemne her. In the meane time wee 
 wayt upon Cod, and wee doe in all humblenefiq 
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 aright of thefe things: but Learning may bee al- 
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 malicious, uncleane, aduherers,idolaters,murthe- 
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 are the fruits of the fiefk contrary to the fruits of "the 
 Spirit. 
 
 9 From thefe principles if the Princes that are 
 of the Rmifh Religion would bee pleafed to ex- 
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 ned and religious men, their Dotfrines, their Pra- 
 clifes 5 they might by a generous fear c h eafily 
 finde where is God* Church , and where is Gods 
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 more illuftrious examples of Gods mereie will 
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 yeres delivered this Churchypvefctxed us in peace, 
 when all the Nations about us haye been in bloo- 
 dy warres. 
 
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 fuch manner andfo many wayesdefend a Nati- 
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 1 2 It can never be prooved that they that pro- 
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 and fuch other workes of the flejh are the true Church 
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 15 They that make falfehood their refuge , and 
 hide themfelves under vanitie , have no caufe 
 to boaft themfelves to bee the Catholike Church. 
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 have invented againft Luther, Catvi»,Bez,a,againft 
 divers reverend f?//ft<>/tf , whereof fome are departed, 
 fomeyet living, againlt the Church and State of 
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 particular lyes. They underftand well enough 
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