** The papers marked with asterisks were not printed in the former edition of this work.

CONTENTS.

PART V.-JAMES I.

ARTICLE I.

Cobham, Raleigh, and others, charged with plotting.-Accession of James, 8.

Parties disappointed, 2. Raleigh and Brooke, 3. “ The Bye”, 4. Indi-

viduals concerned in it, bid. Plans of the conspirators, 5. They are

apprehended, 6. "The Main", ibid. Arrest of Cobham and Raleigh, 7.

Trials of the prisoners, 2 and 7. Execution of Clarke, Watson, and

Brooke, ibid. Negotiations of Winter and Wright, 8. They fail, 9. Pro-

clamation for the banishment of all jesuits and seminary priests, ibid.

Mission of Dr. Gifford, ibid. James's sentiments in regard to Catholics,

10. His speech to his first parliament, ibid.

ARTICLE II.

Conference at Hampton Court.-Origin and progress of the puritans, 14.

Controversy about predestination, 15. Lambeth Articles, ibid. The Mille.

nary Petition, 16. James issues a proclamation, 17. And appoints a con-

ference, 18. Its proceedings, 19. And result, 21. Dissentions among

the reformers in Holland, 22. The Gomarists, ibid. The Arminians, 23.

The Belgic confession, ibid. Distinguishing tenets of the two parties, 24.

They appeal to the secular power, ibid. The States of Holland issue a

decree, 25. King James interferes, ibid. Vorstius chosen professor at

Leyden, 26. James accuses him of heresy, ibid. He justifies himself,

ibid. He leaves Leyden, 27. "The Rigorous Resolution", ibid. Barne-

veldt accused, ibid. James advocates the cause of the Gomarists, 28.

Prince Maurice takes possession of the Brill, 29. Arrest of Barneveldt and

the other Arminian leaders, ibid. Synod of Dort, 30. James sends de-

puties from the English church, ibid. Their instructions, 31. Subjects of

discussion in the Synod, 32. Protest of the English deputies, ibid. Fate

of Barneveldt and his companions, 33. Opinions on the proceedings and

decisions of the synod, 34.

ARTICLE III.

Gunpowder Plot.-Expectations of the catholics on the accession of James, 35.

They are disappointed, 38. The king is hostile to them, ibid. He banishes

the missionaries, ibid.

And orders the statutes of recusancy to be en-

forced, 39. Their cruelty, ibid. Parliamentary enactments, ibid. Pro-

gress of the persecution, 40. Catesby conceives the idea of blowing up the

parliament house, 41. The persecution encreases, ibid. Terrors of the

catholics, 42. Catesby's associates, ibid. They take an oath of secrecy,

43. The mine is opened, 44. Faukes hires a cellar under the parliament

house, ibid. Other accomplices are enlisted, 45. Scruples of the con-

spirators, ibid. Catesby's conversation with Garnet, 46. Letter to Lord

Mounteagle, 48. Apprehension of Faukes, 51. His companions pur-

sued, 52. They are taken or killed at Holbeach, ibid. Extract from

Gerard's narrative, 53. Punishment of catholic peers, 55. Different opi-

nions concerning the plot, 56. The catholics not chargeable with it, 59.

Breve of Clement VIII., 60. James acquits the catholics, 62. Letters

from Rome, 63. The archpriest condemns the plot, 64.

ARTICLE IV.

Oath of allegiance.-James's hostility to the catholic religion, 66. Revision of

the penal laws, 67. Fresh enactments against the catholics, ibid. They

are deprecated by the French king, 68. Proclamation against the mis-

sionaries, ibid. James describes his motives for requiring the oath, 69.

They are irreconcilable with his proceedings, as connected with the other

parts of the statute, 70. Memorial of Persons, ibid. Objects proposed to

themselves by the framers of the oath, 71. Real ground of objection to it

at Rome, ibid. It is required to be taken, 72. Consultations and alarms

of catholics, 73. The archpriest opposes it, ibid. But changes his opinion,

ibid. The question carried to Rome, 74. The pope issues a breve against

the oath, ibid. Blackwell refuses to publish it, ibid. James renews the

persecution, ibid. A second breve, confirmatory of the first, 75. Black-

well takes the oath, ibid. Bellarmine and Persons write to him, ibid. He

is deposed, ibid. The king's "Apologie", and other writings on the sub-

ject, ibid. Proceedings of Birkhead, the new archpriest, with the advocates

of the oath, 76. Another proclamation, ibid. Act to enforce the taking of

the oath, 77. Its opponents in England actuated only by religious scru-

ples, 78. Refusal of Rome to specify its objectionable parts, ibid. Sketch

of its subsequent history, 75. Arguments of its advocates and oppo-

nents, 81.

ARTICLE V.

Colleges and monasteries erected abroad.-English benedictine mission, 84.

Its houses at Douay and Dieulewart, 85. Opposed by the jesuits, 87.

Charges advanced by father Persons, 88. They are refuted by father

Anselm, ibid. The benedictines revive the English congregation of their

order, 89. Projects for a union of the English, Spanish, and Italian con-

gregations, 90. It is effected between the former two, 93. Proceedings of

the definitors, 94. They are confirmed by the pope, ibid. The English

congregation renounces its dependence on that of Spain, 95.

Sketch of its

its religious, 106.

subsequent history, 96. Benedictine monasteries at St. Malo's and Paris,

98. In Germany, 100. Establishment of benedictine nuns at Brussels,

102. At Cambray, 103. At Ghent, ibid. Its foundation and subsequent

history, 104. Names of

Augustinian nuns at Louvain,

ibid. Jesuitesses, 108. Their conduct is impeached, 109. Their nego-

tiations at Rome, ibid. And pecuniary difficulties, 110. Their institute

is suppressed, 111. Convent of poor clares at Gravelines, ibid. At Brus-

sels, 112. Establishment of Theresians at Antwerp, ibid. Its foundation,

ibid. Contest of the nuns with the friars of the same order, 113. The

house is placed under the superintendence of the bishop, 114. Edifying

character of the religious, 115. Their names, ibid. Franciscan friars at

Douay, 116. The English province of the order restored, 117. Franciscan

nuns at Gravelines and other places, ibid. Establishments of jesuits, 118.

At Louvain, ibid. At Watten, ibid. At Liege, 119. Sketch of the esta-

blishment of those houses, ibid. "House of the Third Probation" at Ghent,

120. Scots' colleges at Paris and Douay, 121. English college at Lisbon,

123. The jesuits seek to obtain it, 129. It is confirmed to the clergy, 130.

The fathers continue to obstruct the design of the founder, ibid. But are

compelled to desist, 131. The house is erected, ibid. Further opposition

from the fathers, ibid. The foundation is completed, ibid. Sketch of the

situation, 132. Arras college, in the university of Paris, 133. Projected in

opposition to a protestant college at Chelsea, ibid. Its foundation and ob-

jects, 135. Appointment of the bishop of Chalcedon, 137. Nature of his

jurisdiction, ibid. Institution of the chapter, 138.

ARTICLE VI.

Character of James.-His personal qualities, 140. His learning, 143. His

religious opinions, ibid. Motives of attachment to the church of Rome,

144. He persecutes the catholics, 145. Lewknor's letter, 146. Negotia-

tion of the archbishop of Embrun, 149. James's correspondence with

Rome, 153. His treaties with France and Spain, ibid. His conduct

towards the palatine, 155. Remarks on arbitrary power, 157.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE I.

Persecution. Particular instances of persecution in Yorkshire, 160. Means

adopted to harrass the catholics, 168. The council, ibid. The high com-

mission and its officers, ibid. The sheriff and his men, 172. Pursuivants,

173. Grants out of recusants' estates, 174. Revenue derived from fines

and forfeitures, 175. Catholics driven into Lincolnshire, ibid. Their suf-

ferings, ibid. Extortions of the pursuivants, 176. Ineffectual commission

to repress them, ibid. Great number of catholic gentry, 178. Imprison-

ments, ibid. List of clergy and laity executed for religion, 179.