The anatomie of popish tyrannie wherein is conteyned a plaine declaration and Christian censure, of all the principall parts, of the libels, letters, edictes, pamphlets, and bookes, lately published by the secular-priests and English hispanized Iesuties, with their Iesuited arch-priest; both pleasant and profitable to all well affected readers.

Preamble. V.

Of the distinction of Popish religious orders.

AL religious men, are indifferently called monkes or friers, for these names are not proper to any in parti∣cular, but common to all Popish religious orders in gene∣rall. The Carthusians, the Dominicans, the Benedictines, the Franciscans, the Carmelites, the Capuchines y^• Theati∣nes, the Iesuates & the Iesuites, with y^e rest, are all general∣ly called monkes or Fryers, the Iesuites being the last vp∣start of them all. All these & the rest, generally are cowled, and distinguished by there verie habits; but the Iesuites being newly hatched and punies to all, must needes ouer∣rule all, and be like to none at all. I haue spoken more at large of them, both in my booke of motiues, and in my booke of suruey. Which mine assertions in those bookes, the secular Priests haue now iustified and made good, in their late printed bookes; so as my sincere dealing therein, is by indirect meanes made apparant to the world. The Iesuites haue vowed these three thinges, pouertie, chastity, and obedience, as all other religious papistes haue done. Of these Iesuites some bee Priestes, and some lay-brothers; which lay-brothers make also the said triple vow, & therevpon they are called religious fathers, though they be but porters or doore keepers; and they will take vpon them I warrant you, and so forth. Of these good fellowes you shall heere mirabilia, before the ende of this discourse. The other priests in Englād, thoughe brought by

in the seminaries, doe not make this triple bow afore na∣med, and therefore are they called seculars, or secular and not religious priestes. The persons that are called Iesui∣ted, are those men and women, aswell priestes as lay-per∣sons; which are foolishly so denoted to the Iesuites, that they will doe at a becke, whatsoeuer the Iesuites shall ap∣point to be done; euen as if they had made the selfesame vow. This preamble I haue put downe, because I haue vnderstood, that manie are ignorant of these thinges. See the second booke the fourth chapter, and seuenth Para∣graph.

Notes

• The Iesuits are poore monkes by profession, but lordly fellowes in all their con¦uersation.