THE cause of my being at present at London requiring some satisfaction and just vin­dication, I thought fit to set my self in the publick view of my Country, and once more to appear with the poor and begger­ly Cloak of my former American Stile. The object of my discourse being a Jesuite and a Dominican, both professours of a sole fancy-pleasing Religion, my pen shall drop before thee a dream, the relation whereof may peradventure de­light the sense and fancy of some, and from thence get further into the hearts of some others now holding the Stern of the weather-beaten ship of this Common-wealth. It is a most true and well experienced saying, that odia Religionum sunt acerbissima, and may be instanced both at home and a broad, but especially between the Jesuites and Dominicans, both clothed with out­ward weeds of dissembled mortification, but both inwardly Lu­pi rapaces, ravening Wolves, with sharp teeth of Passion biting and [Page 2] devouring one another▪ This Passion begun with the birth of Ignatius, founder of the Jesuites Order, a fiery birth seconded speedily with a fiery name; what else signifieth Ignatius, but Igni­natus, born for fire of mischief and sedition? This fire began to burn at Paris, and with it that ever since lasting quarrell between the Ignatians (now Jesuites) and the Dominicans. There it was that Ignatius like a Cobler beyond his Last, took upon him to soar above his reach, and to search into the mystery of the blessed Trinity, which proving too hard for his weak brain, brought him to a publike censure and judgement, & for his spee­dy triall the Dominicans (being the Grand Inquisitors of the In­quisition Court) were nominated Judges; who finding Ignatius too saucy with the secret Trinity of one glorious and Immortal God, and traducing it with blasphemous and erroneous princi­ples, condemned him to a publike punishment, no less then whip­ping. Lashes they were, that did not only gall Ignatius his back, but ever since have caused lashing and clashing between Ignatius his children and the Dominican Whippers. And if Ignatius his name betray his fire, stil blown and further kindled in most parts of the world by his train of Jesuites; so likewise doe the Domi­nicans in their Legend Confession, acknowledge fire to be blown by them, who boast that when their founder Dominick was born, his mother saw in a dream stand by her a Dog with a lighted Torch in his mouth and a Globe; which, if true, may bet­ter signifie that he and his children also should kindle fire of re­bellion and sedition in the world, then what they most foolishly fancy upon it. Thus Gentle Reader, if you please, you may take notice of these two fiery brands of Christendome, the Ignatian Jesuite, and the barking and biting dog with fire in his mouth the Dominican. But as two fire-brands laid together upon one hearth, strive with the fire that is in them, not only to burn what comes neer or is laid upon them, but further are active in burning and consuming each other. Even so where ever these two, the Jesuite and Dominican do meet, they according to their from hell infused Activity indeavour to kindle not only the fire of discord and rebellion in the Common-wealths or Kingdomes where they live, but also burning passionately each against the o­ther, doe indeavour like fire-brands one to consume the other. Oh how did Ignatius his fire with a violent flame about the yeere 1620 run in Spain over all the houses and Cloisters of the Domi­nicans, [Page 3] who by the Jesuites then were so prosecuted that with weapons they were forced to defend their lives in their Cloi­sters against the fury of the common people stirred up against them by the fiery Jesuites, and were like to bee banished that Kings Dominions for heresie imputed to them, because against the Ignatians and Suarez his Crew, they held that Mary Christs mother was conceived in sin, and not like Jeremy sanctified in her mothers womb. Tedious I might be in relating their clashings in China, Iapan, in Rome, yea and in England; but I must make hast to Madrid, and from thence give thee, Reader, intelligence of a sin­gle Combate or Duel fought before the King and his Court in the Kings Chappel between Florentia a grand Jesuite and Domingo de Torres a Dominican, both Chaplains to that Majesty when my self was living in Valladolid in Spain. Florentia envying the Domini­cans fortune & honor, who by the Laws sof Arragon are constant Confessours to the Kings of Spain, and ambitious of that place himself, thought if he could any wayes banish them from the Court of heaven, he might soon cause them to be banished from the Court of Madrid, and from hearing that Majesties Confessi­ons. Whereupon he plotted a feigned dream and sleep that should befall him in the Pulpit, ready to preach before his Majesty and his Nobles. Up to the Pulpit he goes to act in publike his secret­ly contrived plot; before the naming of his Text, hee faineth a sleep, resting upon his hand and Elbow, the Court being for a while in suspension, wondring what had befallen the sleepy and drowsie Jesuite, at last he awakes with a dissembled amazement, and craving pardon of his Majesty, relates his dream, as follow­eth. Sacred Majesty, being in a sleep I have dreamed that I was in heaven, (Wel said Jesuite, thou mayst dream of heaven, that is all thou art like to have) and there I saw the glory of all the Saints, and among them Herme, Negildus, and many other Kings of Spain, with Philip your Father, whose glory may be your Majesties in­couragement, I saw also of all religious Orders some, but above all Ignatius was most glorious with his train of Saints; but prying earnestly amongst them, and casting a carefull eye about all the Corners of that capacious Court, I could see no Dominican Saint, which hath made me Judge that surely their lives here upon earth are unworthy of eternall life in glory, and that their ambition to be great here, especially about your Majesty, is cause of their losse of any greatnesse hereafter in heaven. Thus having [Page 4] with a lying Dream unthroned all Dominicans from Seats in glory (who doubtlesse without a lye may be said to have none there) and banished them that Court, hoping to work a banish­ment of them from the heart and affections of his Majesty and his Nobles, he went on to his Text, suiting his discourse with his faigned dream & fancy. But the Dominicans hearing of this Jesuiticall plot against them, made choice of one of their best Champions by name, Domingo de Torres, who might enter into Duell with Florentia, having Goliah-like defied the host of the Guzman or Dominican families. Therefore upon the next Lords-day, Domingo de Torres being appointed to preach in the Kings Chappell, no sooner gets up into the pulpit, but like as Florentia before, he fals a sleep for a small time and dreams. But awaking out of a dissembled slumber before any choice of Text was made, he relates unto his Majesty his dream thus. May it please your Majesty, This place as it breeds too much sleep and dulnesse in the hearers of our Sermons (which therefore work so little upon their hearts) so it seems the Preachers themselves are here subject to slumbering, yea and to dreaming, as hath appear­ed in Father Florentia; and now again in my selfe; who have dreamed that I saw hell opened before me, and that by some chief Devils I was carried about all the corners thereof, where I saw many Kings damned for their wicked lives, unjust commands, and tyrannizing power over their subjects, whose damnation I hope will prove a terrour to your Majesty from acting like them: there also I saw some who have bin of yours & of your Fathers Councell; yea let flattering of Princes be far from my mouth, I dreamed that neer unto the gates of hell I saw a Coach driving furiously, and in it your Majesty with many of your Nobles here present, & that the Count of Olivares did drive the Coach. I hope it will but prove a dream, and that none about your Majesty will for the time to come drive your soule by wicked Counsels to that dismall house of darknesse and eternall ruine. Further I saw many Fryers of mine own Order damned, yea & of all other Orders with them, beside Bishops, Abbots, Prelates, and many Priests for lewd and carnall lives; yet I must confesse, that in all the places I had gone through, I saw not one Jesuite, which made me wonder that they all should live so holily that none of them should goe to hell. But being at the gates ready to come out, I demanded of some chief devils, whither they had no Je­suites [Page 5] in their dark and horrid dungeons; and unto me they re­plyed, they had more of them then of any other Orders, and that if I would goe back, I should see the place and number of them. I went back, and at the furthest part of hell was shewed unto me, a Wel covered with a stone of a vast and mighty bignesse, and for the taking of it up Legions of Divels were gathered together; the Well being opened, I saw a bottomless pit burning with fire and brimstone, wherein were thousand thousands of Jesuites; And further demanding why they were kept in hell by them­selves under more restraint of so waighty a stone then others. Answer was made by some chief devils, that they feared the Jesu­ites power and liberty more then all others, and that as in the world where they have power, they are Masters of Kings, peo­ple and Laws to subvert and ruine all; so if they should in hell give Jesuites liberty, & not keep them under great restraint, they would there also become Masters; and as in the world they rule by breeding rebellion and sedition, so if power and liberty were given to them in hell, they would to eternally racking torments adde a further fire of mutiny, faction and sedition. Thus much affrighted with the sight of so many damned Jesuites, & fearing they should rise up and master all hell before the Well were co­vered again, I made hast to depart. I was not far gone out, when like as father Florentia in the way, I saw heaven also opened, and looking carefully where the Dominicans were, that could not be seen by Florentia in his dream, I saw that at the furthest part of heaven, they were hid under our Ladies mantle, and that as in the world they serve her most, so in heaven they have protection under her glorious garment and mantle. Thus Torres having delivered his dream freely, went on to preach suitably against the Jesuites over ruling power in States, Common-wealths, Courts or Kingdomes. The Duell being ended between these two dis­sembling dreamers, the event followed that Torres was promo­ted to the Archbishoprick of Saint Foy in the West-India's, and Florentia his ambitious thoughts with other his brethren were stopped, and with great care and vigilancy their too great pow­er prevented and weakned. Thus, Gentle Reader, with dreams I have pleased thy fancy; indeed they were dreams, but according to my true and faithfull relation they were really acted before the King and Court of Spain; Let them therefore enter beyond our fancy, to work a horrid detestation of such fire-brands, [Page 6] dissemblers and dreamers amongst us, that our Nation and Peo­ple may not be deluded with doctrine of mantles in heaven, nor our State and Common-wealth subverted with indulgence of power and liberty to them, to whom devils (according to Tor­res his dream) dare not indulge too much command and power in hell. But lastly, Reader, I must shew thee a further foil and fall of a Jesuite in our City of London, and so give satisfaction to some of my present being here, because my coming out of the country hath been misconstrued by some, who will not know that high Powers have commanded me up, and by those that know it, aspersions have been laid upon me, that for delin­quency and siding with some Gentlemen in Kent now prisoners in London, by warrant from high powers I was commanded to come and answer for some misdemeanors against the present Government. Know therefore that upon the second of February, 1650. at the Marques of Winchester his house in Coven garden was apprehended a Jesuite, by name Peter Wright, alias Bele, and for high treason committed to Newgate; whither also was trans­ported from the Clink, one Thomas Dade, a long time prisoner, upon suspition of being Superiour of all the Dominican fry­ers in England. These men being to be tryed at the Sessions and generall Gaol delivery holden at the Old Baily upon the 14. 15. and 16. day of this present month of May, and the right hono­rable Henry Rolle Lord chief Justice of England and member of the Right Honourable Councell of State, being informed that I was able upon Oath to give in evidence against both the Iesuite and the Dominican, by his warrant commanded me up from Deal in Kent, the place of my abode. In obedience unto which Order I came up, having no thought of Peter Wright the Iesuite, but con­fident that with safe Conscience I could give evidence against Thomas Dade as a Fryer and Superior of the Dominicans, for that he was formerly mine own Superiour, when I professed obedi­ence to those superstitious wayes, and particularly to the Or­der of the Dominicans. Being come to town I began to weigh with my self the danger on the one side I might be in by reason of the bloudy Tenents of Popish enemies, and the greatnesse of the Marquesse his friends, whose cause must needs bee published with the publike triall of his Priest. On the other side I weighed the service of my Country and the State, whose bread I eat and whose protection I enjoy, and resolved that no danger could be [Page 7] great that I should undergoe, nor death more glorious the what I should suffer for the Common-wealth of England as now setled by authority of this present Parliament. Being therefore commanded by my Lord chief Justice of England in com­pany of Mr. Clark of the Warrants, and others to visit first in New-gate Peter Wright and Thomas Dade, with other prisoners there in hold, to see if I did know them; I was by words unci­villy entertained by them, whose tender mercies would prove cruelties against me, if they could with advantage finde me here, or beyond Sea catch me within the command of their tyrannical Court of Inquisition, instituted by the bloudy men of Belial the Dominicans. Thomas Dade, I found to be indeed the same man that he was indited for, Superior of the Dominicans, who also had formerly owned me, (when a Dominican) for his inferiour, and had exercised authority over me. Peter Wright I found to be a Grand Jesuite, formerly Chaplain to Colonel Gage my bro­ther and to his Regiment in Flanders, who from thence came over with him to Oxford, took up Armes with him against the Parlia­ment of England; whom I had often seen say Masse in and about Gant in Flanders, where out of a deadly inbred spite against Do­minicans he was a meanes to cast out of my Brothers Regiment one Peter Martyr, alias Craft, a Fryer of that Order. This man was actually Chaplaine and heard Confessions of the Papist Souldiers and Commanders when one Captaine Vincent Burton of the same Regiment harboured Satanicall thoughts of mur­thering my person, and with such base continued thoughts (no doubt but formerly confessed) came from Flanders into England, where hee indevoured an assault upon my Lodging, and mur­ther upon my body, but by the watching providence of God was prevented, and himselfe escaped. The Dominican pleaded for mercy and found it, the evidence not being very strong to prove Orders or Masse saying, but onely to prove him a Fryer with command in England over that Order. The Jesuite having no­thing to say against strong evidence was cast and condemned; and so let ever justice and righteousnesse spring forth, and flou­rish in the State and Common-wealth of England: So let men of Belial be destroyed, Shebaes cast over the wall, Zimries and Cozbies be slain, and no doubt but the plague will cease. Now, Gentle Reader, if after this my publike service any untimely or violent death or mischiefe shall befall me here in town or in my [Page 8] return to Kent, or any time hereafter, I desire thee from this my declaration to take notice, that through spite, malice, hatred and envious contrivances of bloud thirsty enemies, I have been butchered, and by their butchering of me, a doore hath beene opened unto me to let me goe through a dark and dismall entry into a glorious place of Rest, which I doubt not but that I shall enjoy it, when once I have finished my course and fought a good fight as faithfull to the Lamb against all Antichristi­an Abettors, and so I take leave of thee, well affected Reader, with the Angels Carroll and Doxology; Glory to God on high, on Earth peace, and good will towards men, especially in mine and this States enemies, that they may learn with good will and affection better to affect those that seek the glory of God, the Kingdome of Christ here, the inward peace of God and their Consciences. Vale, veni, vidi, vici.