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some who conscientiously adopted ti different
policy were evidently moved by the authentic
and startling evidence in favour of the Church
of England s claims, which Leander had so
ably collected and efficiently arrayed : while the
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fact that Pope Urban the Eighth so soon saw
fit to commission a second envoy to obtain fresh
information and to continue the charitable
labours of his predecessor in favour of Re-union,
is an evidence that the Court of Borne was
thoroughly sincere in its respect for the policy
of Anglican prelates and their frequently-
expressed desire for peace.
The second envoy was Father Gregory
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Panzani, an Oratorian priest of Arrezo,* who
came over to England in the latter part of the
year 1634. In an audience of the Queen, soon
after his arrival, he presented a letter from
Cardinal Barberini, who commended him to
Her s Majesty protection, and set forth the
double object
of his mission. For some months
he busied himself with making enquiries con
and in
cerning the state of religion in England,
the cardinal in
carefully reporting it, through
to the authorities in liome. In this
question,
work he appears to have been impartial,
faith
ful and explicit. The position and influence of
* So well and discreetly did this envoy perform his
duties, that on his return to Rome he was made Canon of
S. Lawrence in Damaso, and afterwards Bishop of Mileto.
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