Untitled - Rore Sanctifica

124 1636 and 1866.
England on the mission indicated. He appears
to have arrived in the spring of 1632, and to have
lost no time in gathering together and trans
mitting any information that appeared to bear
on the subjects entrusted to his charge. Prior
to his arrival he had communicated with Mr.
Secretary Windebank to obtain the s King per
mission, / which the former conveyed */
in the
terms :
"
following Though His Majesty likes
not to give way to a
dispensation in a case so
directly repugnant to the laws of this realm ;
yet in regard of your solemn promise to carry
yourself warily and without offence, His
j */
Majesty hath commanded me to let you know
that he hath given you leave to repair hither
into England, to see your friends and kindred
whenever you shall think fit."* Father Leander
*/
was not very successful as regards the disputes
which existed amongst Roman Catholics, for
party-spirit ran high, and people
took their
sides both with deliberation and a hearty goodt,
d?
will. There were at least two parties in the
disputes, apparently as much marked off from
each other as the so-called
"
Caroline divines r
dictinorum Praeses generalis. Clarendon s State Papers,
vol. i. This religious had been for some time an energetic
defender of the oath of allegiance, in which work he had for
his coadjutors of the same order, Fathers Preston and
David. [Qy.? Father John Barns.] Later on, Father
Leander gave up the position he had maintained, and sub
mitted himself to the opinion and wishes of the Holy See.
* Clarendon s State Papers, vol. i. p. 72.