Heylin, who knew a good deal of Laud's mind, says: "I hold it probable enough that the better to oblige the Queen unto him (of whose prevailing in the King's affections he [Laud] could not be ignorant), he might consent to Con's coming hither over from the Pope."—Cyprianus Anglicanus, IV, p. 411.
[ [143]Archives of See of Westminster.
[ [144]Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini.
[ [145]Panzani: Memoirs, ed. Berington (1793), p. 191.
[ [146]Archives of See of Westminster.
[ [147]This statement rests on the authority of Panzani, who had a considerable prejudice against the Jesuits.
[ [148]Père Suffren, the confessor of Mary de' Medici, seems to have been the only Jesuit whom he ever regarded with favour.
[ [149]Jean Jaubert de Barrault, Bishop of Bazas.
[ [150]"Les religieux et particulierement les Jesuites sont estimes en Angleterre broullons, aux affaires destat et les Prestres seculiers n'ont iammais estés soubsonés de ceste faulte."—Archives of See of Westminster.
[ [151]The Proclamation against the Bishop dates from 1628, but it seems only to have been intended to frighten him; he did not leave England until 1631.