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Behold!</P>
<P>TWO LETTERS, THE ONE, Written by the POPE to the (then) Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> now <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> King of <HI>ENGLAND:</HI> THE OTHER, An An&s;were to the &s;aid Letter, by the &s;aid Prince, now His Maje&s;ty of <HI>ENGLAND.</HI></P>
<P>Being an Extract out of the Hi&s;tory of <HI>England, Scotland</HI> and <HI>Ireland;</HI> Writ|ten in French by <HI>A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">drew du Che&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e.</HI> Geogropher to the K. of <HI>France, (lib.</HI> 22. <HI>fol.</HI> 1162. Printed at <HI>Paris Cum Privilegio)</HI> and now Tran&s;lated into Engli&s;h.</P>
<P>Printed in the yeare of Di&s;coveries 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>&leaf; The Popes Letter,</HEAD>
<P><HI>MO&s;t noble Prince,</HI> Salvation and light of the divine grace: Fora&s;much as great <HI>Brittaine,</HI> hath alwayes been fruitfull in Vertues, and in men of great worth, ha|ving filled the one, &amp; the other world with the glory of her renown; She doth al&s;o ve|ry often draw the thoughts of the holy A|po&s;tolicall Chaire, to the con&s;ideration of her prai&s;es. And indeed the Church was but then in her Infancie, when the King of Kings did choo&s;e her for his inheritance, and &s;o affectionately, that we beleeve, the Roman Eagles have hardly out-pa&s;&s;ed the Banner of the Cro&s;&s;e&punc; Be&s;ides that many of her Kings in&s;tructed in the knowledge of the true &s;al|vation, have preferred the Cro&s;&s;e before the Royall <HI>Scepter;</HI> and the Di&s;cipline of Religi|on before Covetou&s;ne&s;&s;e, leaving examples of Piety to other Nations, and to the ages yet to come. So that having merited the Principalities and fir&s;t places of ble&s;&s;edne&s;&s;e in Heaven, they have obtained on Earth the Tryumphant ornaments of true holy|ne&s;&s;e. And although now the &s;tate of the Engli&s;h Church is altered, we &s;ee never|thele&s;&s;e the Court of Great <HI>Brittaine</HI> ador|ned and furni&s;hed with Morall Vertues, which might &s;erve, to &s;upport the Charity that we beare unto her, and be an Orna|ment to the name of Chri&s;tianity, if withall &s;he could have for her defence and prote|ction the Orthodox and Catholique truth. Therfore by how much the more, the Glory of your mo&s;t noble Father, and the appre|hen&s;ion of your Royall inclination, delights us, with &s;o much morezeal, we de&s;ir that the gates of the Kingdome of Heaven might be
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opened unto you, and that you might pur|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;e to your &s;elfe the love of the univer&s;all Church. Moreover it being certain that <HI>Gre|gory</HI> the grea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of mo&s;t ble&s;&s;ed memory, hath introduced to the Engli&s;h people, and taught to their K<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ngs the law of the Go&s;p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ll, and the re&s;pect of Apo&s;tolicall authority: We, as in|feriour to him, in holine&s;&s;e and vertue, but e|quall in name and degree of dignity, it is ve|ry rea&s;onable that we following his ble&s;&s;ed foot&s;teps, &s;hould indeavour the &s;alvation of tho&s;e Provinces, e&s;pecially at this time, when your de&s;ig<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> (Mo&s;t noble Prince) elevates us to the hope of an extraordinary advantage: Therfore, as you have directed your journey to <HI>Spaine,</HI> towards the Catholique King, with de&s;ire to allie your &s;elfe to the hou&s;e of <HI>Au|&s;tria,</HI> We do much commend your de&s;igne, and indeed do te&s;tifie openly in this pre&s;ent bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, that you are he that takes the prin|cipall care of our Prelacy. For &s;eeing that you de&s;ire to take in Marriage a Daughter of <HI>Spaine:</HI> from thence we may ea&s;ily conjecture that the ancient &s;eeds of Chri&s;tian piety, which have &s;o happily flouri&s;hed in the hearts of the Kings of great <HI>Brittaine;</HI> may <HI>(God</HI> pro&s;pering them) revive againe in your &s;oule: And indeed it is not to be belee|ved that the &s;ame man &s;hould love &s;uch an alliance, that hates the Catholique Religion, and &s;hould take delight to Oppre&s;&s;e the holy Chaire. To that purpo&s;e we have com|manded to make continually mo&s;t humble Prayers to the Father of lights, that he would be plea&s;ed to put you as a faire Flow|er of the Chri&s;tiani&s;me, and the only hope of great <HI>Brittaine,</HI> in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of that mo&s;t noble heritage, that your Ance&s;tors have purcha&s;ed for you, to defend the authority of the Soveraigne High Prie&s;t; and to fight again&s;t the Mon&s;ters of Here&s;ie. Remember the dayes of old, inquire of your Fathers, and they will tell you the way that leads to hea|ven; and what way the temporall Princes have taken to attaine to the everla&s;ting
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Kingdome. Behold the Gates of Heaven opened, the mo&s;t holy Kings of <HI>England,</HI> who came from <HI>England</HI> to <HI>Rome</HI> accompa|nied with Angels, did come to honour and do hommage to the Lord of Lords, and to the Prince of the Apo&s;tles in the Apo&s;tolicall Chaire: their actions and their examples being as &s;o many voyces of <HI>God,</HI> &s;peaking and exhorting you to follow the cour&s;e of the lives of tho&s;e to who&s;e Empire you &s;hall one day attaine.</P>
<P>Is it po&s;&s;ible that you can &s;uffer that the Heritiques &s;hould hold them for impious, and condemne tho&s;e that the Faith of the Church te&s;tifies to reigne in the Heavens with <HI>Je&s;us Chri&s;t,</HI> and have Command and authority upon all Principalities and Em|pires of the earth? Behold how they tender you the hand of this truly happy inheri|tance, to conduct you &s;afe and &s;ound at the Court of the Catholique King, and that de&s;ire to bring you back again into the <HI>lap of the Roman Church:</HI> Be&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">cching with un&s;peak|able &s;ighs and groanes, the <HI>God</HI> of all mercy for your &s;alvation, &amp; do tender you the arms of the Apo&s;tolicall Charitie, to imbrace you with all Chri&s;tian affection; You, that are her de&s;ired Sonne, in &s;hewing you the happy hope of the Kingdome of Heaven. And in|deed you cannot give a greater con&s;olation to all the people of the Chri&s;tian E&s;tates, than to put the <HI>Prince of the Apo&s;tles in po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion of your mo&s;t noble I&s;land,</HI> who&s;e autho|rity hath been held &s;o long in the King|dome of great <HI>Brittaine&punc;</HI> for the defence of Kingdomes, and for a divine Oracle; which will ea&s;ily arrive, and that without difficulty, if you open your heart to th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Lord that knocks, upon which depends all the happi|ne&s;&s;e of that Kingdome.</P>
<P>It is of our great Charity that we cheri&s;h the prai&s;es of the Royall name; and that which makes us de&s;ire that you and your Royall Father might be &s;tiled with the names of Deliverers, and Re&s;torers of the
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ancient and paternall Religion of Great <HI>Brit|taine,</HI> which we hope for, tru&s;ting in the goodne&s;&s;e of God, in who&s;e hands are the hearts of Kings, and who cau&s;eth the people of the Earth to receive healing, to whom we will alwaies labour, with all our power, to render you gracious and favourable; In the interim take notice by the&s;e Letters of the care of our Charity, which is none other than procure you<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> happine&s;&s;e; and it will never grieve us to have written them, if the read|ing of them &s;tir but the lea&s;t &s;parke of the Ca|tholique Faith, in the heart of &s;o great a Prince, who we wi&s;h to be filled with long continuance of joy, and flouri&s;hing in the glo|ry of all vertues.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at</HI> Rome <HI>in the Pallace of St.</HI> Peter, <DATE><HI>the</HI> 20. <HI>of</HI> Aprill, 1623.</DATE> <HI>in the Third yeare of our Popedome.</HI></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>&leaf; The Popes Letter,</HEAD>
<P>TRes-Noble <HI>Prince, &s;alut &amp; lumiere de la grace divine: Comme ain&s;i &s;oit qu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> la grand'</HI> Bretagne <HI>ait tou&s;iours e&s;t&eacute; abon|dante en vertus, &amp; en per&s;onnages de grand merite, &amp; ait remply l' vn &amp; l' autre monde de lo gloire de &s;a renomme, elle atttire an&s;&s;i tres-&s;ouuentles pen&s;ees du Saint Siege Apo|&s;tolique &agrave; la con&s;ideration de &s;es lo&uuml;anges. Et de fait l' Egli&s;e ne fai&s;oit encore que nai|&s;tre, quandle Roy des Roys la voulut choi&s;ir pour &s;on heritage, &amp; &s;i affectionnement, qu' on tient qu' &agrave; peine les Aigles Romoins y one plu&s;to&s;t pa&s;&s;e que l&punc; e&s;tendart de lax Croix. Ioint que plu&s;ieurs de &s;es Roys in&s;truits en lae cognoi&s;&s;ance du vray&s;alut, ont prefere la Croix au Sceptre Royal, &amp; la di&s;cipline de la Reli|on &aacute; la conuoti&s;e: lai&s;&s;ants des exemples de piet&egrave; aux nations e&s;trangeres, &amp; aux &s;iecles futurs. Si bi en qu' ayans merite dans lo Ciel les Principautez, &amp; preeminences de la Beatitudene, ils ont obtenu en terre des ornaments triomphaux de vraye Saintet&egrave;. Et ores qu' auiourd huyl' E&s;tat de l&punc; Egli&s;e Anglicane &s;oit alter&egrave;, nous voyons neant, moins la Court de la grand</HI> BRE|TAGNE <HI>e&s;tre ornee &amp; munie de ver|tus Morales, qui &s;erviroient de con|&s;olation &agrave; la charit&egrave; que nous luy por|tons &amp; d' ornement au nom Chrestien, &s;i coni<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">inct ement elle pouuoit auoir pour &s;a defence &amp; protection la veri|t&eacute; orthodoxe &amp; vniuer&s;elle. C' e&s;t pour|quoy d' autant plus que la Gloire de vo&s;tre Sereni&s;&s;ime Pere, &amp; le r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;entiment de ve&s;tre Royal naturel, nous delectent, de tantplus grande ardeur re&s;irons-nos que les p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s du R<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">iaume Cele&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s vous &s;oye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t</HI>
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<HI>ouuertes, &amp; que vous&punc;vous acqu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">riez l'<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="4 letters"> de l'Egli&s;e Vniver&s;elle. D' ailleurs, e&s;tant <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ray que</HI> Gregoire <HI>le grand de tres&s;ainte memo|ire a introduit aux peuples d' Angleterre, &amp; en&s;eign&egrave; a leurs Rois la Loy de l' Euangile, &amp; le re&s;pect de l' auctorit&egrave; Apo&s;tolique: Nous comme inferieurs, aluy en &s;aintet&egrave; &amp; vertu, &amp; pareils en nom &amp; degr&egrave; de dignit&egrave;, il e&s;t bien ra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">fonnable, que &s;uiuants &s;es Saints ve&s;tiges nous procurions le &s;alut de ces&punc; Provinces, nomm&egrave;ment aujourd' huy que vi&s;tre heureux de&s;&s;ein</HI> (tres noble Prince) <HI>nous e&s;le<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e &agrave;l e&s;perance d' vn bon-heur ex|traordinaire. Partant, comme vous vous e&s;tes achemin&egrave; el E&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">gne ve<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> per&s;onne du Roy Catholique&punc; auec de&s;ir de vous allier &aacute; la Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ond Au&s;triche, Nous auous bien vou|lu lo&uuml;er vo&s;tre de&s;&s;ein, voire, me&s;mete &s;m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ig|ner ouuer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ement en l' affaire qui &s;e pre&s;ente, que vous e&s;tes cel<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y que regarde le principal &s;oin de n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">st<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e Prelature. Car ain&s;i e&s;tant que vous de&s;irez prendre en mariage vne Fille d' E&s;pagne, de l&agrave; pouuons-nous&punc; ai&s;ement coniecturer, que ces anciennes &s;emences de la Piete Chre&s;tienne, le&s;quelles out &s;y heureu&s;ement fleury dans les c&ograve;eurs des Rois de la grand' Bretague, peuvent (Di<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> leur donnant ac<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i&s;&s;ement) reuerdir en v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|&s;tre a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e. Et de fait il ne &s;eroit pa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> croyable que celuy-l&agrave; aima&s;t vne telle alliance, lequel hayroit la Religion Catholique, &amp; &s;e plairei &agrave; opprimer le Saint Siege. Nous <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> en|&s;uite de ce command&egrave; de faire comi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">elle|ment de tres-humbles prieres an Pere des lumieres, &agrave; ce qu <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">l <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">y plai&s;e de vous mettre comme vne belle fleurdu Christiani&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">, &amp; vnique e&s;perance de la grand' Bretagn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">, en po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion de ce tres noble heritage; que vos ance&s;tres vous <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> acquis, &agrave; deffendre l' auctorit&egrave; du &s;ouuerain Pontife, &amp; &agrave; com|battre les mon&s;tres de l' here&s;ie. Sonne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">z|vous des iours anciens, enquerez-vous de vos Peres, &amp; ils vous d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">t par quelle voy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> l' on va a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Ciel, &amp; quelehemin out <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> les Princes temporels pourpar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ir an Roya<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|me</HI>
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<HI>eternel. Voyez les portes d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Ciel o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|uertes, ces tres-Saincts Roys d' Angl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|terre, qui pareans d' Angleterre pour venir &agrave;</HI> Rome <HI>accompagnez des Anges &s;on<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> venus honorer &amp; faire hominage a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Seigneur des Seigneurs, &amp; au Prince des Apo&s;tres en la Chaire Aqo&s;tolique&punc; Leurs oeuures &amp; leurs exemples &s;ont autant de voix de Die<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> qui parlent, &amp; qui vous exhortent &agrave; ce qu' ayez &agrave;&s;uiure la facon de viure de coux&punc; &agrave; l' Em|pire de&s;quels vous paruiendrez vn iour.</HI></P>
<P><HI>E&s;t-il po&s;&s;ibile qne vous pui&s;&s;iez &s;ouffrir, que les Heretiques tiennent pour impies, &amp; condamnent ceux que la foy de l' Egli&s;e t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;moigne regner dans le Ciel auec Ie&s;us-Chri&s;t, &amp; auoir commandement &amp; auctorit&egrave; &s;ur toutes les Principantez &amp; Empires de la terre? Veil&agrave; qu' ils vous tenden<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> la main de ce&s;te bie<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">-heureu&s;e Patrie, pour vous con|duire &s;ain &amp; &s;auf &agrave; la Cour d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Roy Ca|th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lique, &amp; qui de&s;irent vous ramener au giron de l' Egli&s;e Romaine: laquelle &s;uppli|ant auec gemi&s;&s;ements in<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">arrables le Diu de toute Mi&s;ericorde pour vo&s;tre &s;alut, vous tend les bras de la Charite Apo&s;to|lique pour vous embra&s;&s;er auec toute affe|ction Chre&s;tienn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">, vous qui e&s;tes &s;on de&s;ire fils, en vous mon&s;trant l' <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;perance bie<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|heuren&s;e du Royaume des C<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eux. Pour vray vous ne pourrez donner plus grande con&s;ol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n &agrave; tous les Peuples de l' E&s;tat Chre&s;tien, que de mettre en po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion de vo&s;tre tres-noble I&s;le le Prince des Apo&s;tres, l' Auctorite duquela e&s;te te<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e &s;i long-temps e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vo&s;tre Royaume de la grand' Bretague pour la defen&s;e des Roya<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">mes, &amp; pour oracle de la Divinite. Ce qui arri<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">era &s;aus diffi|culte, &s;i vous <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uurez vo&s;tre eoeur au Seigneur qui frappe, en quoi gi&s;t toutle b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n-heur de ce Roya<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">me.</HI></P>
<P><HI>C'e&s;t de ce&s;te &s;i grande charit&egrave; que nous fauori&s;ons les lo&uuml;anges d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nom Royal &amp; qui nous fait de&s;irer que vous &amp; vo&s;tre Serini&s;&s;i|me pere &s;oyez qualifiez du no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> de Libera|teurs &amp; Re&s;taurateurs de l' anci<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ne &amp; pa|ternelle</HI>
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<HI>Religion de la grand' Bretagne. C<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> que nous esperons, nous confians en la bonte de Dien es mains duquel &s;ont les coeurs des Reys, &amp; qui fait que les Pe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ples de la terre pui&s;&s;ent receuoir guari&s;on, lequell nous ta&s;cher<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">us t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n|&s;iours de tout no&s;tre p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uuoir vous rendre pr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|pice &amp; fauorable. Cependant recognoi&s;&s;ex en ces Lettres le &s;oinde no&s;tre charit&egrave;, qui n'e&s;t autre cho&s;e que pour procurer vo&s;tre b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n|heur: &amp; iamais il ne nous fera mal de les auoir e&s;crites, &s;i la lecture d' icelles vient au moins &agrave; exciter quelque petite e&s;t incelle de la Foy Catholique dans le coeur d'vn&s;i grand Prince, lequel nons de&s;irous e&s;tre comble d'vne ioye de longue duree, &amp; flori&s;&s;ant e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> la gloire de toutes vertus.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Donn&egrave; &agrave; Rome au Palais de Saint Piere le xx. <DATE>iourd' Aurill 1623.</DATE> l' an troi|&s;ie&s;me de no&s;tre pontificat.</DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<TRAILER>Pope <HI>Gregory</HI> the 15^t^h having writ the foregoing LETTER to the Prince of <HI>WALES,</HI> it was pre&s;ented to him by the Nuncio of his Holine&s;&s;e in <HI>Spaine,</HI> he being accompanied with the Italian Lords, that then were in the Court.</TRAILER>
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<HEAD>The Prince of <HI>Wales</HI> having received this LETTER, made this following An&s;wer, which was after publi&s;hed.</HEAD>
<P><HI>MOST Holy Father,</HI> I received the di&s;|patch from your Holine&s;&s;e with great content, &amp; with that re&s;pect which the pietie and care where with your Holyne&s;&s;e writes, doth require: It was an un&s;peakable plea&s;ure to me to reade the generous exploits of the Kings my Predece&s;&s;ours, in who&s;e memory, po&s;terity hath not given tho&s;e prai&s;es and Elogies of honour, as were due to them: I do believe that your Holine&s;&s;e hath &s;et their ex|amples before my eyes, to th'end that I might imitate them in all my actions, for in tru<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">h they have often expo&s;ed their e&s;tates and lives for the exaltation of the Holy Chaire; And the courage with which they have a&s;&s;aul|ted the enemies of the cro&s;&s;e of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, hath not been le&s;&s;e, than the care and thought which I have, to the end that the peace and intelligence which hath hitherto bin wanting in Chri&s;tendome, might be bound with a true and &s;trong concord, for as the commo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ene|mie of the peace, watcheth alwaies to pu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ha|tred and di&s;&s;ention among&s;t Chri&s;tian Prin|ces, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o <HI>I</HI> beleeve that the glory of God re|quires that we &s;hould indeavour to unite them; And I do not e&s;teeme it a g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">r ho|nour to be di&s;cended from &s;o great Princes, then to imitate them in the zeale of their pie|ty, in which it helpes me very mu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> to h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ve knowne the mind<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and will, of our thrice ho|noured Lord and Father, and the holy inte<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|tions of his Catholik<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Maje&s;ty to give a hap|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ie concurrence to &s;o laudable a de&s;igne, for: grieves him extreamly to &s;ee the great e|ills that grow from the devi&s;ion of Chri&s;ti|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> Princes, which the wi&s;dome of your Ho|line&s;&s;e
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fore&s;aw, when it judged the M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">riage which you plea&s;ed to de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">, betweene the <HI>Infanta</HI> of <HI>Spaine</HI> and my &s;elfe, to be nece&s;&s;ary to procure <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o great a good, for 'tis very cer|ta<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ne, that <HI>I</HI> &s;hall never be &s;o extreamly affe|ctionate to any thing in the world, as to en|deavour allya<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ce with a <HI>Prince</HI> that hath the &s;ame apprehen&s;ion of the true Religion with my &s;elfe: Therefore I intreate your Holy|ne&s;&s;e to believe, that I have been alwaies ve|ry far from incouraging Novelties, or to be a part of any Faction again&s;t the Catholike, Apo&s;tolike Roman Religion: But on the con|trary, I have &s;ought all occa&s;ions to take away the &s;u&s;pition that might re&s;t upon me, and that I will imploy my &s;elfe for the time to come, to have but one Religion and one faith, &s;eeing that we all beleeve in one Je&s;us Chri&s;t. Having re&s;olved in my &s;elfe, to &s;pare no|thing that I have in the world, and to &s;uffer all manner of di&s;commodities, even to the hazarding of my e&s;tate and life, for a thing &s;o plea&s;ing unto God: It re&s;ts only that I thank your Holyne&s;&s;e, that you have bin plea&s;ed to afford me the leave, and I pray God to give you a ble&s;&s;ed health and his glory, after &s;o much paines which your Holyne&s;&s;e takes in his Church.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Signed,
CHARLES STVVARD.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Le Prince de <HI>Galles</HI> ayant receu cel LETTRES, il fi&s;t la Re&s;ponce &s;uivante, quy fut pub|lice vn p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u apres.</HEAD>
<P>TRes-Saint Pere, <HI>I'ay receu la Depe &s;che de vo&s;tre Sainte t&egrave; auec vn grand con|tentement dans le re&s;pect que demandent la Piete &amp; la Bienueillance, auec le&s;quelles vo|&s;tre Santet&egrave; l'de&s;crite. Ce qui<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> a e&s;t&egrave; vnplai|&s;ir indicible de lire les exploits genereux des Roys mes Predece&s;&s;eurs, &agrave; la memoire de&s;|quels la po&s;terit&egrave; n'a point donn&egrave; les eloges d'honneur qui l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ur &s;ont deubs. Ie veux eroire que vo&s;tre Saintet&egrave; a mis leur exemple de|nant mes yeux, afin que<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e les imita&s;&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n ton|tes mes actions. Car <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> laveri<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e ils ont expos&egrave; &s;ouuent leur E&s;tat &amp; leurs vies pour l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">exal|tation du Saint Siege. De &s;orte que le co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|vage, auec lequell ils ont a&s;&s;ailly le e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">emis de la Croix de Ie&s;us-Chri&s;t, n'a pas e&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ind<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e que le &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">cy &amp; lapen&s;ee que i'ay, afin qu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Paix &amp; l Intelligence, qui <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nt manque <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ques &agrave; pre&s;ent dans la Chre&s;tiente &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t e|&s;traintes d' vnl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">en d' vne veritable concorde. Car de me &s;me que l' ennemy commun de la Paix veille iou&s;iours pour mettre la hay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e &amp; di&s;&s;en&s;ion pa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">my les Princes Chre&s;tiens&punc; au&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ie croy que la gloire de Dieu demande qu on <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a &s;che de les vnir. Et ie n'e&s;time pas que i' aye vnplus grand honnour d' e&s;tre d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u de &s;i g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ands Princes, que de les imiter <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ans le ze<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> de leur Piete. En quoy il me &s;ert grande|ment d'<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">oir recogn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> la volo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e de no&s;tre tres honore S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ign<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">r &amp; p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e, &amp; les &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">intes intentions de &s;a Maje&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Catholique&punc; p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ur faire reu&s;&s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> heureu &s;ement ce lo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ble de&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="4 letters"> parce qu' elle a un extreme r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">et de voir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es grands mal heurs qui nai&s;&s;en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> de la aiv &s;ion des Princes Chre&s;tiens. Ce que la prudence de vo&s;tre Sainctete a pr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">, lors qu'elle a i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|ge</HI>
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<HI>que le mariage qu' il luy plai&s;t de&s;&s;eigne entre l' Infante d' E&s;pagne &amp; moy, e&s;t nece&s;|&s;aire po<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r procurerv<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;i grand b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">en qu' il est tout certain, que i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ne me p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rter<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> tamais &s;i pa&s;&s;ionement a cho&s;e de monde, qu' &agrave; la recherche de l' alliance <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> un Prince, qui aurale me&s;me &s;entiment de la vraye Religion auec moy. C'e&s;t pourquoy ie pri<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vo&s;tre Salu|tete de eroire que i ay tou&s;iours e&s;t&egrave; fort e&s;loig|ne d' aduantager les nouueautez, ni d' e&s;tre parti&s;an d' aucune faction contre la Religion Catholique Apo&s;tolique Romaine: mais au contraire, que i'ay recherche les occa&s;ions, afin que le &s;oupcon qui peut t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ber &s;ur<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">y &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> entierement <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;te, &amp; que i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ploye de tout m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n re&s;te pour <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">' anoir qu' vne Religion, &amp; qu' vne Foy, puis que nous cryons tous en&s;em|ble en Ie&s;us-Chri&s;t. Ayant re&s;olu de ne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">' <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;pargner point en cho&s;e d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> monde, &amp; de&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">f|frir toutes &s;ortes d' incomm<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ditez <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e de hazarder mon Estat &amp; mavie, pour vne oc|ca&s;ion &s;i agreable &agrave; Di<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u&punc; Il re&s;te &s;eulemont que ie remercie vo&s;tre Saintete de la permi&s;|&s;ion qu' illuy a pleu de <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> accorder, &amp; que i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prie Dieu qu' il luy donne vne heureu&s;e &s;ante, &amp; &s;a gloire, aprestant de trauaux quae vo&s;tre Saintete prend dans &s;on Egli&s;e.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Signe,</HI>
CHARLES STVVARD.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>The&s;e two Letters are Printed (as is afore&s;aid) in the French Hi&s;tory of <HI>England, &amp;c.</HI> and in the two and twentieth Booke, (and 1162. fol.) you may find the &s;ame: which Booke was al&s;o twice Printed in <HI>Paris Cum Privilegio.</HI></P>
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