[136] Bartoli, ibid.
[137] Ranke’s Hist. of the Popes, vol. i. p. 512. (Eng. trans.)
[138] Camden, A.D. 1580.
[139] It was secretly printed in Lady Stour’s house, and widely circulated.—See Crét. vol. ii. p. 272.
[140] Crét. vol. ii. p. 266.
[141] “Robertus Parsonius et Edmundus Campionus facultatem impetrârunt, a Gregorio XIII. in hæc verba. Petatur a summo Domino nostro explicatio Bullæ Declaratoriæ per Pium V. contra Elizabetham et ei adhærentes, quem Catholicis cupiunt intelligi hoc modo, ut obliget semper illam et hæreticos, Catholicos vero nullo modo rebus sic stantibus, sed tum demum quando publica ejusdem Bullæ executio fieri poterit. Has prædictas gratias concessit summus Pontifex Padri Roberto Parsonio et Edmundo Campionio, in Anglicam profecturis die 13 Aprilis 1580, præsente Padre Oliverio Manarco assistente.”—Camden, p. 464.
[142] It is well known that this adventurer, whom the Pope had made his chamberlain, when off the coast of Portugal with the fleet which had been equipped for the invasion, was persuaded by king Sebastian to accompany him in his enterprise against Morocco, where he perished along with the imprudent monarch of Portugal.
[143] Ranke’s Hist. of the Popes, vol. i. p. 324. (Eng. trans.)
[144] Ann. Litt. 1583.
[145] Bart. dell. Ing. F. 117.