Peter's Church in Rome, and other public places against me. Ordered me within six months to appear before his tribunal, to defend myself, and shew cause why I should not be deprived of all my dignities, states and do minions: my marriage made void, and my children illegitimate. And also incurred other penalties, declared by the canon against heretics. He was then called Pope Pius IV. I did not obey his orders, the King of France protected me.*

Elizabeth, Queen of England, sworn

Q. Are you not Queen of England.

A. I am. I was crowned Queen after the death of my cruel half-sister Mary, in the year 1558.

Q. Did the prisoner at the bar exercise any authority over you as the pretended Vicar of Christ?

A. He did. I had seen so much of the tyranny and cruel conduct of the prisoner during the reign of Mary, that I could not but detest both his name and government. However, my sister's ambassador being yet at Rome, he was ordered to make it known that I had ascended to the throne.

The prisoner, then called Pope Paul IV. according to his usual arrogance, declared that England was held in fee to the Apostolic See of Rome, and I could not succeed, as he

Council of Trent, p, 794.

had by the name of Clement VII. and Paul III. declared me illegitimate. He also asserted, that it was great boldness in me to assume the government of England without his consent; but said that as he was always desirous to shew a fatherly affection, if I would renounce my pretensions, and leave it entirely to him, he would do all he could for me with honor to the Apostolic See.

I treated his pretended fatherly affection with that contempt it merited. The Parliament met. All the laws made by Mary in favor of the Popish religion were abolished. The prisoner's Supremacy denied, Images taken out of the churches and the revenues arising from monasteries under the power of Rome, forfeited to the nation. I was then considered a heretic, yet such was his dissembling conduct, that in the year 1560, he invited me and my Bishops to attend the Council of Trent. This he did when he was called by the name of Pope Pius IV.*

After this he grew outrageous, and would have proceeded against me in this Council, in the year 1563, but was prevented by the ambassadors of the Emperor. However he issued out his Bull to anathematize and excommunicate me and to deprive me of my Crown, Dominions and Title, and to absolve all my subjects from their allegiance. He also

*See Council of Trent. p. 436.

pretended to raise Ireland to an Independent Kingdom, and many other things highly prejudicial to the British Nation. He issued out his Bulls in the name of Vicar of Christ, Prince over all Nations and kingdoms, and arrogated authority both in heaven and earth.

Q. Did he change his name again, after he had assumed that of Pope Pius IV?

A. Yes, several times. His Bull to deprive me, was signed by the name of Pope Pius V. and afterwards by that of Pope Gregory XIII.

Henry III. King of France, sworn.

Q. Are you Henry III. sovereign of France, who was assassinated by one of the prisoner's emissaries called a Monk?

A. I am. The Monk's name was Clement. Q. When did you ascend the throne of France?

A. On the death of my brother, who is known in history by the name of the sanguinary Charles IX. I had previous to my ascension to the crown of France, been chosen King of Poland, but hearing of my brother's death, I with difficulty escaped to France, and quietly took possession of the throne, by the name · of Henry III.

Q. Were you not King, when what was called the Holy League was formed by several princes under the government of the prisoner, to attempt to annihilate the people called Hugonots from off the face of the earth, and at

the head of whom was that noted agent of the prisoner, who spilt rivers of human blood, the Duke of Guise?*

A. I was. I remember the league called the Holy League, and recollect the infamous conduct of the Duke of Guise.

Q. Were you supposed to favor the Hugonots or Protestants, in opposition to the orders of the prisoner, and the league of the princes?

A. Yes, and the consequence was, one Clement, a Monk, under the authority of the prisoner, assassinated me in the year 1589; and the common report throughout Europe was, that I died of the wound.

Q. Do you believe that what this priest did was by the order of, and with the prisoner's approbation?

A. I do believe it; for when he was known by the title of Pope Sixtus V. he delivered a famous oration, in which he applauded this act of the Monk, as both admirable and meritorious.†

Henry IV. King of France, sworn.

Q. Did you succeed Henry III. to the throne of France?

*Historians inform us, that in the civil wars on account of religion, above 1,000,000 of lives were lost, 150,000,000 livres spent; and 9 cities, 400 villages, 2000 churches, 2000 monasteries, and 10,000 houses were burnt or otherwise destroyed. Vide Guth. Geog. France.

+See Spirit of Popery, chap. viii. and Sir R. Steele's Rom. Eccl, Hist. No. III, IV,

A. I did.

Q. Did the prisoner at the bar manifest considerable opposition to you, after you came to the throne?

A. He did. I professed to be an enemy to his government, and he viewed me as a heretic. The consequence was, I had to wade through innumerable difficulties, and was often driven with my little court to the greatest distress for the common necessaries of life. The prisoner wished one of the Cardinals to be proclaimed King, and the princes in league with him, (through my being considered a Hugonot,) appeared ready to obey his mandate. I therefore had to dispute every inch of ground with their combined forces, but at last was established on the throne.

Q. Were you not compelled to own the authority of the prisoner, and profess to be a Roman Catholic?

A. I was. I had experienced such a variety of successful and unsuccessful events, and had so many enemies to encounter with that I was led into this measure from what was recommended to me as prudent, my religion being the only obstacle in the way of the enjoyment of the crown of France in peace. Thus deluded, I went publicly to mass, and with great difficulty obtained absolution from the prisoner. This however produced wonders among the people; all France submitted to my sceptre, and I had only Spain to contend with,