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1623 Latin English letter Catholicism Reformation diplomacy Papacy irenicism Spanish Match

This Copie is as I had it somewhat im= perfect To the Prince of Wales in Spaine. Breu. D. N. Pape Gregorii XU. Nobilissimo Wallie principi Magne Brittanie Gregorius Papa XU.

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England’s pe= tition May 5 1643. extract Blame us not &c to feare while we see no contra= diction to ap= peere to Mouns- de Chesne his- booke sold open= ly for many y. in Paris as in London & read at Court which recordes your – Maj. Letters to the Pope pro- mising to uenture /objectat/ objectat. Crowne & all to unite us to Rome again. Of the time & date of those letters enquire. Nobilissime Princeps salutem &c. Lumen divine gratie, Britannia illustrum virorum, ac virtutum verarum, cui vtrumqe terrarum orbem nominis sui gloria impleat, Pontificias etiam cogitations sepissime ad suarum laudum spectaculum evocat. Illa enim in ipsis nascentis ee ecclesie cunabilis tanto studio rex regum soligere voluit hereditate sibi, vt illuc non fe= re prius Romanorum aquile, quas crucis vexilla penetrasse dicantur. Porro autem non pauci ejus reges scientia salutis edocti, exterisqe nationibus ac consequentibus etatibus prebentes Christiane pietatis exem= pla, crucem sceptro, &c Religionis disciplina dominationis cupiditati pretulerunt. Itaqe cum in celis promeruerint principatus beatitudinis sempiterne, consecuti sunt in terris triumphali a sanctitatis ornamenta./ Hoc autem tempore quo Anglicane ecclesie immutatus est, hu= manis tamen virtutibus Anglicanum regem ornari atqe communiri per= spicimus, que charitatis nostre solatia &c Christiani nominis decora forent, si ea habere possent orthodoxe veritatis presidia. quare que nos serenissimi parentis gloria et Regii ingenii tui indoles magis oblectat &c & ut ardentius vobis celestis regni fores patefieri, atqe vniversæ ecclesie amore conciliari cupiamus. Tum cum sanctissime memorie ponti= fex Gregorius magnus Anglie populis regibusqe Euangelicas leges et Apostolice authoritatis cultum intulerit Nos vt sanctimonia ac vir= tute longe inferiores, ita nominis similitudine atqe dignitatis fastigio pares beatissima ejus vestigia par est, in istarum provinciarum salute curanda, presertim in hoc tempore ad alicujus non vulgaris fælicit fælicitatis spem nos dirigat concilium tuum Nobilissime princeps. Quare cum in Hispanias ad Catholicum regem te contuleris Austriaci conju- gii cupidum desiderium hoc tuum apprime voluimus, tum etiam luculenter in presenti rerum opportunitate testari te ad precipuas pontificates nostri curas pertinere. Cum enim Catholicam virginem matrimonie tibi jungere studeas facile conijcere possumus vetera illa Christiane pietatis semina que in regum Brittanorum animis adeo feliciter floruerunt in visceribus tuis (deo incrementum dante) renidescere posse. Neqe enim ejusmodi nuptias amaret quem teneret Catholice religionis odium et Romane sedis oppressio delectaret / Proinde nos accuratissimis precibus assidue orare iussimus patrem luminum vt te Christiani orbis florem et Magne. Brittanie spem, in ejus hereditate possessionem per= durat, quam tibi clarissimam majores tui pepererant Pontificia autho= ritate tuenda &t heresum portentis profligandis. Memento dierum an= tiquorum, interroga patres tuos et dicent tibi qua petatur celum via, quod iter mortales principes insistentes ad sempiterna regna pro- grediantur. Intuere patefactis celi foribus sanctissimos illos Anglie reges qui Roma Angelis comitantibus perfecti dominantium dominum et Apostolorum principem in Apostolica sede coluerunt. Eorum facta atqe exem= pla dei loquentis voces sunt que te hortantur vt eorum instituta secte= ris in quorum imperium pervenire cupis. Fieri ne poterit vt tu ab here= ticis condemnari eos impietatis patiaris et in sempiterni horroris carcere detrudi, quos in celo cum Christo regnare cunctisqe principalibus preesse Catholice ecclesie fides testatur? Ii nunc e beata illa patria tibi manum porrigunt qui sospitem te ad Catholici regis aulam perdux= erunt, atqe Rom. ecclesie gremium reducere cupiunt. Ea vero ge- mitibus inenarrabilis deum clementie pro tua salute venerans, bra= chia Pontificie charitatis protendit te desideratissimum filium amantissi= me complexura, tibiqe Celesti regni spe ostentans. Certe Christiane re= ipublicae nationibus nullum tribuere solatium majus potes quam si principem Apostolorum cujus authoritas regnorum propugnaculum et divinitatis oraculum in Bri= tannia tamdiu habita est. in tue nobilissimae insule possessionem reduxeris. Quod quidem haud difficulter continget si cor tuum quo regni illius prosperitas continetur pulsanti domino patefacies / Tanta charitate Regalis nostris laudibus favemus vt te in orbe terrarum vna cum sere= nissimo parente Brittanie liberatorem restitutoremqe avite religionis nuncupari cupiamus Quod certe desperare nolumus freti deo in cujus manibus corda regum sunt & qui sanabiles fecit nationes fecit orbis terrarum quem tibi omni qua possumus industria conciliare semper conabimur. Tu vero in his literis Pontificie charitatis sollicitudinem agnosce, felicitatem tuam curantis; quas certe numquam nos ex= arasse penitebit si earum lectio aliquos saltem Catholice religionis ig= niculos excitabit in corde tanti Principis quem diuturna Letitia perfrui et virtutum omnium gloria florere cupimus / datum Rome apud Sanctum Petrum die vicesimo Aprilis 1623 Pontificatus nostri anno tertio.

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