[Footnote 136: Henrietta Maria speaks of nine hundred persons converted by the Capuchins, besides some ministers. P.R.O. Roman Transcripts. Henrietta Maria to Cardinal Barberini, 1658. Du Perron says that every year between two and three hundred persons were converted by means of the Capuchins and the Oratorians, and that besides a large number were converted by English priests working under the protection of the toleration.] [Footnote 137: See Memoirs of Père Cyprien de Gamache.] [Footnote 138: Prynne, _Popish Royal Favourite_.] [Footnote 139: The King contented himself with taking one-third instead of two-thirds of the property of recusants.] [Footnote 140: Archives of See of Westminster.] [Footnote 141: Bishop Hacket: _Memoirs of the Life of Archbishop Williams_ (1715), p. 87.] [Footnote 142: Madame de Motteville, in the account of the troubles of England, which she heard from Henrietta Maria, says, "l'Archevêque de Cantorberi qui dans son coeur étant très bon Catholique...."--_Mémoires de Mme. de Motteville_ (1783), t. 1, p. 242. 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 Anglicans_, IV, p. 411.] [Footnote 143: Archives of See of Westminster.] [Footnote 144: Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini.] [Footnote 145: Panzani: _Memoirs_, ed. Berington (1793), p. 191.] [Footnote 146: Archives of See of Westminster.] [Footnote 147: This statement rests on the authority of Panzani, who had a considerable prejudice against the Jesuits.] [Footnote 148: Père Suffren, the confessor of Mary de' Medici, seems to have been the only Jesuit whom he ever regarded with favour.] [Footnote 149: Jean Jaubert de Barrault, Bishop of Bazas.] [Footnote 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.] [Footnote 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.] [Footnote 152: P.R.O. Roman Transcripts.] [Footnote 153: Archives of See of Westminster. Bishop Smith had compromised his position at Rome by expressing himself willing to resign his See and afterwards refusing to do so.] [Footnote 154: The details of Douglas' mission are to be found in papers among the Roman Transcripts P.R.O.]