A cleare, sincere, and modest confutation of the vnsound, fraudulent, and intemperate reply of T.F. who is knowne to be Mr. Thomas Fitzherbert now an English Iesuite. Wherein also are confuted the chiefest obiections which D. Schulckenius, who is commonly said to be Card. Bellarmine, hath made against Widdrintons [sic] Apologie for the right, or soueraigntie of temporall princes. By Roger Widdrington an English Catholike.

The Adioynder.

Wherein first it is cleerely shewed, that Widdrington hath truely charged M^r. Fitzherbert with falsitie in two respects.

2 Widdringtons first exposition of that clause of the oath [Also I doe from my heart abhorre, detest and ab∣iure as impious & hereticall, this damnable doctrine and position, That Princes which be excommunica∣ted or depriued by the Pope may be deposed or mur∣thered by their Subiects or any other whatsoeuer] is proued to be sound and sufficient, and to be voide of all ab∣surditie, or contradiction, as is conuinced by those foure ex∣amples of propositions, which M^r. Fitzherbert bringeth to confute the same.

3 M^r. Fitsherberts fraude and ignorance are disco∣uered, and the causes of his errour are declared.

4 The two vsuall significations of the word hereticall among Catholikes are laid open, whereby it is made mani∣fest, that not onely the doctrine of murthering, but also of deposing Princes may bee truely abiured for here∣ticall.

5 Widdringtons second exposition of the aforesaid clause is proued to be sound, and agreeable to the common sense and vnderstanding of the words, and M^r. Fitzher∣berts exceptions against the same are proued to be insuffi∣cient, and not agreeable to the approued rules assigned by Diuines and Lawiers for the interpreting of the words of euery Law.

6 Lastly, Widdrington from the premises draweth foure conclusions cleane opposite to the foure conclusions, which M^r. Fitzherbert from his premises collecteth: and finally he concludeth, that neither this clause, nor any other is sufficient to make the oath vnlawfull, or to moue any Catholike to refuse the same, adding withall, what little hope of sinceritie, and sufficiencie the Reader may expect from the rest of M^r Fitzherberts Replyes, seeing that in this (of which neuerthelesse hee and his fauourers doe so greatly bragge) hee hath shewed such great want of lear∣ning, and sinceritie.