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A22076	The first examinacyon of Anne Askewe lately martyred in Smythfelde, by the Romysh popes vpholders, with the elucydacyon of Iohan Bale.	Askew, Anne, 1521-1546.; Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1546 (1546)	STC 848; ESTC S100286	39,105	120

vessell of the holye Ghost not onlye to replye than agaynst them at Oxforde in the open scooles but also to write a great nombre of bokes agaynst that pestylent popysh kyngedome of theirs lyfe as Martyne Luther hath done also in our tyme with manye other godlye men And lyfe as those false prophetes the fryres ded than attribu te vnto the popes pardons the remyssyon of synnes the deliueraunce from dāp nacyon and the fre enteraunce of heauē whych peculyarlye belongeth to the precyouse payment of Christes bloude i. Petri 1. 1. Ioā 1. So do these false anoyn ted or blasphemouse Eyssoppes and prestes now attrybute them agayne ●n to theyr pryuate and publique Masses the popes owne wares as prowlynge and pelferynge as the pardons with no lesse blasphemye The deuylyshnesse of thys newe doctryne of theyrs shall be re felled in my bokes agaynst fryre Peryn and Wynchestre and therfor I write the lesse here Anne Askewe Then I tolde my lorde that there was a prest whychded hea re what I sayd there before my lorde mayre and them with that the chaunceller answered whych was the same prest So she spake it in verye dede sayth he before my lorde the mayre and me Then were there serten prestes as doctor Standysh and other whych tempted me moche to knowe my mynde And I answered them alwayes thus That I haue sayd to my lorde of London I haue sayd Iohan Bale By thys ye maye se that the Byshoppes haue euery wher ther wachmē least the kynges offycers shuld do anye thynge contrarye to their bloudye behoue Thys Chauncellour wolde not haue thus answered hardelye so agreablye to her tale had it not bene to their aduauntage agaynst her as here after wyll apere Marke here the fashyon of these temptynge serpentes Standysh and hyssellawes And tel me if they be not lyke vnto these rypers whelpes whych came to Iohans Baptym Matthei 3. and to Christ Iesus preachynge Luce 11. I thynke ye shall fynde them the same gegeneracyon Anne Askewe And then doctor Standish desyered my lorde to byd me saye my mynde concernynge that same text of S. Paule I answered that it was agaynst saynt Paules lernynge that I beynge a woman shuld interprete the scriptures specyallye where so manye wyse lerned men were Iohan Bale It is not yet halfe a score of yeares a go sens thys blasphemouse Idyote Standish compared in a lewde sermon of hys the dere pryce of our redemp cyon or precyouse bloude of Christ to the bloude of a fylthye swyne lyke hymselfe a swyne And for hys good doynge he is now becomen a dawe a doctor I shuld saye of the popes dyuynyte and a scolas● cal interpretour of the scriptures to hys behoue Here wolde the swynysh gē tylman haue proued both that S. Steuen dyed an heretyke and S. Paule 〈◊〉 scysmatyke for teachynge that God dwelleth not in tēples made with hādes Act. 7. 17. if he myght haue reasoned out the matter with thys woman But she toke a swyne for a swyne and wolde laye no pearles afore hym as Christ had charged her afore Matthei 7. for all their interrogacyons are now about the temple and the temple wares Matthei 26. Anne Askewe Then my lorde of Londō sayd he was infourmed that one shul de aske of me if I wolde receyue the Sacrament at Easter and I made a mocke of it Then I desyered that myne accuser myght come fourth whych my lorde wolde not But he sayd agayne vnto me I sent one to ge ye yow good counsell and at the first worde ye called hympa pyst That I denyed not for I perceyued he was no lesse yet made I non answere vnto it Iohan Bale No confortable scriptures nor yet anye thynge to the sowles consolacyon maye come out of the mouthes of these spyrytuall fathers But dogges rhetoryck and curres curtesye narrynges brawlynges and quarellynges Whan she was in the myddes of thē she myght wele haue sayd wyth Dauid Delyuer me lorde from the quarelouse dealynges of men that I maye kepe thy cōmaundemētes I deale with the thynge that is lawfull and ryght O geue me not ouer to these oppressers lete not these proude quarellers do me wronge Psalm 118 But amonge all these quarellynges her accusers myght not be seane whych were the grounders of them Anne Askewe Thē he rebuted me and sayd that I shuld report that there were bent agaynst me thre score prestes at Lyncolne In de de quoth I I sayd so for my fryndes tolde me if I ded come to Lyncolne the prestes wolde assault me and put me to great trouble as therof they had made their boast And whā I hearde it I went thydre in dede not beynge afrayed be cause I knewe my matter to be good More ouer I remayned there vi dayes to se what wolde be sayd vnto me And as I was in the mynster readynge vpon the Byble they resorted vnto me by ij and by ij by v. by vi myndynge to haue spokē to me yet went they theyr way es agayne with out wordes speakynge Iohan Bale Rebukes in that generacyō are moch more redye at hande than eyther Christen admonyshmentes or gentyll exhortacyons though they be all spyrytuall● And that cometh by reason of their lo●de shyppes whych wāteth due fournyshynge out vnlesse they haue tyrannouse bragges and braulynges Herin folowe they the examples of their naturall pre decessours the Iewysh byshoppes pharysees and prestes Ioan. 7. and 9. She myght full wele saye that the prestes were agaynst her Forhypocresye Ido latrye were neuer yet with hym whose blessed quarell she toke Marke the fort chaptre of Iohan and so fourth almost to the ende of hys Gospell Beholde also how 〈◊〉 Apostles disciples were han deled of the prestes after hys gloryouse as●yon Acto 4. and all that boke folo wynge ye shall fynde it no new thynge The seruaūt is no better than her mastre whych suffred of that malygnaunt gene racyon lyke quarellynges and handelynges Ioan. 15. Se here how they wondered vpō her by couples for readynge the Byble as their fore fathers wondered vpon Christ for preachynge and doynge miracles Anne Askewe Then my lorde asked if there were not one that ded speake vnto me I tolde hym yeas that there wa● one of them at the last whych ded speake tome in dede And my lorde thait asked me what he sayd And I tolde hym hys wordes were of so small effecte that I ded not now remembre them Iohan Bale So farre was not Lyncolne from London but the Byshopp there had knowlege of thys tragedye Hereby maye ye se their spirytuall occupyenge agaynst Christ and hys faythfull membirs God is the stody sayth S. Iohan of that congregacyon whych is a spirytualte called Sodome and Egypte They reioyce in myschefes amonge thē selues and sende massenges one to an other agaynst

reforme me therin with most godlye counsell Iohan Bale O vengeable tyraunt and deuyll How subtyllye sekyst thu the bloude of thys innocent woman vndre a coloure of fryndelye handelynge God ones commaunded the ernestlye in no case to compasse thy neyber with deceyt to the effusion of hys bloude Leu. 19. But hys commaundement thu reckenest but a Caunterburye tale By swearynge by thy fydelyte thu art not all vnlyke vnto Herode whō Christ for lyke practyses first to put Iohan and than hym to deathe called also a most craftye cruell foxe Luce 13. Thu laborest here to haue thys woman in snare with serten of her fryndes But God put in her mynde at thys tyme to recken the a dogge and a swyne Matth. 7. and therupon to haue fewe wordes Anne Askewe On the morowe after my lorde of London sent for me at one of the clocke hys houre beynge appoynted at thre And as I ca me before hym he sayd he was verye sorye of my trouble desyred to knowe my opynyon in soche matters as were layed agaynst me He requyred me also in anye wyse boldelye to vtter the secretes of my harte byd dynge me not to feare in anye poynt For what so euer I ded saye within hys house no man shuld hurte me for it I answered For so moche as your Lordeshypp appoynted iij. of the clocke and my fryndes shall not come tyll that houre I desyre yow to pardon me of geuynge answere tyll they come Iohan Bale In thys preuentynge of the houre maye the dylygent reader perceyue the gredyneffe of thys Babylon Byshopp or bloudrhurstie wolfe cōcernynge thys praye Swyft are their fete sayth Dauid in the effusion of innocent bloude whych haue fraude in their tunges venym in their lyppes and most cruell vengeaunce in their mouthes Psal. 13. Dauid in that Psalme moche marueleth in the sprete that takynge vpon them the spi rytuall gouernaunce of the people they can fall in soche frencsye or forgetfulnesse of themselues as to beleue it laufull thus to oppresse the faythfull and to deuoure them with as lyttle compassyon as he that gredylye denoureth a pece of breade If soche haue redde anye thynge of God they haue lyttle mynded their true dewtye therin More swyft sayth Hieremye are our cruell persecuters than the egles of the ayre They folowe vpon vs ouer the mountaynes and layepre●ye wayte for vs in the wyldernesse Trenorum 4. He that wyll knowe the craftye haukynge of Byshoppes to brynge in their praye lete hym lerne it here Iudas I thynke had neuer the x. part of their connynge warkemanshyppe Marke it here and in that whych foloweth Anne Askewe Then sayd he that he thougt it mete to sende for those iiii men whych were afore named appoynted Then I desyred hym not to put thè to the payne For it shuld not nede by cause the 〈◊〉 gentylmen whych were my fryn des were able ynough to testyfye that I shuld saye Anon after he wēt into his gallerye with mastre Spylman and wylled hym in anye wyse that he shuld exhort me to vtter all that I thought Iohan Bale Christ sheweth vs in the vii chaptre of Mathew in other places more of the Gospell how we shall knowe a false prophete or an hypocryte and wylleth vs to be ware of them Their maner is as the deuyls is flatteryngly to tempt deceyt fullye to trappe that they maye at the lattre most cruellye ●ee Soche a won sayth Dauid hath not hynge in hys tun ge but playne deceyt He layeth wayte for the innocent with no lesse cruelte than the lyon for a shepe He lurketh to rauysh vp the poore And whan he hath gottē hym into hys nette than throweth he hym downe by hys autoryte Psalm 9. Thys is the thirde temptacyon of thy● byshopp that the woman shuld vtter to her owne confusyon Anne Askewe In the meane whyle he commaunded hys Archebeacon to commē with me who sayd vnto me Mastres wherfor are ye accused I answered Axe my accusers for I knowe not as yet Thē toke he my boke out of my hande and sayd Soche bokes as thys is hath brought yow to the trouble ye are in Be ware sayth he be ware for he that made it was brent in Smythfelde Then I asked hym if he were sure that it was true that he had spoken And he sayd he knewe wele the boke was of Io han frithes makynge Then I asked hym if he were not ashamed for to iudge of the boke be fore he sawe it within or yet kne we the truthe therof I sayd also that soche vnaduysed hastye iudgement is a token apparēt of a verye slendre wytt Thē I opened the boke shewed it hym He sayd he thought it had bene an other for he coulde fyn de no faulte therin Thē I desyred hym nomore to be so swyft in iudgemēt tyll he through ye knewe the truthe And so he departed Iohan Bale Here sendeth he fourth an other Iudas of hys to betraye this true seruan̄t of God Marke the good workemanshypp hardelye and tell me if they be not the of sprynge of the serpent Moche are they offēded with bokes for that they so play nelye do manyfest their myschefes Iohan Frith is a great moate in their eyes for so turnynge ouer their purgatorye and heauynge at their most monstruose Masse or mammetrouse Mazon whych sygnyfyeth breade or feadynge Notwithstandynge Daniel calleth it Maozim betokenynge strēgth or defence Dan. 11. because the false worshyppyng ●s therof shuld be so myghtelye defended by worldlye autoryte and power No newe thynge is it that good men their bokes are destroyed now a dayes whā they toucht the myschefes of that ge neracyō For Ioakim the kynge of Iuda cutt Hieremyes prophecyes in peces with a penne knyfe in hys madnesse threwe them into the fyre commaundynge both Hieremye whych taught them and Baruch that wrote them to be put to deathe Hieremie 36. Whan kynge Antiochus had sett vpon the aultre of God the abhomynable Idoll of desolacyon whych is now the poyshmasse Mat. 24 the bo kes of Gods lawe commaunded he to be torne in peces and brent in the fyre sendynge fourth therupon thys cruell proclamacyon That what so euer he was whych had a boke of the Lordes Testament founde about hym or that endeuoured themselues to lyue after the lawes of God the Kynges commaundement was they shuld be put to death 1. Machabe●rum 1. Anne Askewe Immedyatlye after came my cosyne Bryttayne in with dyuerse other as Mastre Hawe of Grayes inne soche other lyke Then my lorde of London persuaded my cosyne Bryttayne as he had done oft before which was that I shuld vtter the bot tom of my harte in anye wyse Iohan Bale Thys is the fort temptacyon or craftye callynge vpō to vtter her mynde that he myght saye of her as Cayphas sayd of Christ. Matt. 26. what