Hakluytus posthumus, or Purchas his pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others . d No£s °fsion, the administration and charge of „ iitre-the Catholike Church pertaineth ; taking tended causesinto consideration the miseries and calami- of deprivingties whereinto the famous Kingdomes of the and Ireland had falne, which in times past were uittwescommended so much for Vertues, Religion, and Christian and Obedience, and now by the impious and unjustEmpire of Elizabeth pretended Queene, and a fewadhering to her
Hakluytus posthumus, or Purchas his pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others . d No£s °fsion, the administration and charge of „ iitre-the Catholike Church pertaineth ; taking tended causesinto consideration the miseries and calami- of deprivingties whereinto the famous Kingdomes of the and Ireland had falne, which in times past were uittwescommended so much for Vertues, Religion, and Christian and Obedience, and now by the impious and unjustEmpire of Elizabeth pretended Queene, and a fewadhering to her, not onely to have come to a dissoluteestate and dangerous to it selfe, but also as infected andvenemous members are wont to cause infection and diseaseto the whole body of Christians: and wanting there thedue remedies which elswhere by help of Christian Princeshe useth, to prevent abuses & to maintaine Ecclesiasticalldiscipline: Forasmuch as Henry the Eight, late Kingof England, a Rebell and forsaker of the Sea Apostolike,separated himselfe and his from the communion ofChristians by force, and Elizabeth the present Usurper 459. ad. PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES 1588. persevereth therein, not without great commotion anddanger of the Neighbour Regions, shewing her selfeobstinate and impenitent, so that there is no hope thatthose Kingdomes may at any time be reformed and reducedto the exercise of Christian Religion, true peace andquietnesse, except shee be deprived of the administrationof the argu- Therefore our most holy Father desiring (as his Officemenu to requireth) to provide for this evill, with present and strong with eJ// remedies inspired to him from God, to the health of theuniversall Church, incited as well by his owne, as hispredecessors affection and zeale, alway borne towardEngland; and moved by the continuall sollicitation,vehement and importunate exhortation of very many, andthose principall men of the said Nation; hee hath usedgreat diligence with d
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