ABSTRACT
The founder and first general of the Society of Jesus was canonised by Pope Gregory XV in 1622. Apart from Ignatius his Conclave, Ds prose satire of 1611; he expressed lifelong hostility towards the Society of Jesus and its founder. And if God oppose not these new usurpers of the world, posterity will soon see Saint Ignatius worth all the Trinity in possessions and endowments, as that sumptuous and splendid foundation of his first temple in Rome may well create a conjecture and suspicion. The poem is ascribed there to Dr. Dun. Deane of Paules: though Beal notes that Donne's authorship is not certain, and the Latin has been judged indifferent, Healy finds the attribution highly probable, not least for internal reasons. Also Donnean is the pleasure the poem demonstrates in the solution of a problem. A transcription of this poem is also to be found among William Camdens papers, Bodleian MS Smith.
