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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01469	A letter of a yonge gentylman named mayster Germen Gardynare, wryten to a frend of his, wherin men may se the demeanour [and] heresy of Ioh[a]n Fryth late burned, [and] also the dyspycyo[n]s [and] reasonynge vpon the same, had betwene the same mayster Germen and hym.	Gardynare, Germen.	1534 (1534)	STC 11594; ESTC S110810	25,103	84

¶ A letter of a yonge gentylman named mayster Germen Gardynare wryten to a frend of his wherin men may se the demeanour heresy of John̄ Fryth late burned also the dyspycyōs reasonynge vppon the same had betwene the same mayster Germen and hym ⸫ ALbe it I doute not ye do from tyme to tyme vnderstāde suche newes as be here occurrāt partely by the comen rumour and fame partely by the letters of your other frendes and olde acquayntaunce in these parties mych soner than I can by any certayne messenger aduertyse you of the same yet seynge that for correspondence vnto your goodnes here tofore shewed towardes me in most gentle sorte ye haue euer requyred of me kynde remembraūce onely therof and declaracyon of my desyre to accomplyshe in some parte my dutye by often wrytyng vnto you shewynge howe thankfully what so euer they were ye wolde accepte my letters I haue thought yt my parte to folowe herein your pleasour and to troble you alwaye wyth redynge my rude letters though none other mater were conteyned in theym than ye hadde bothe harde and rede ere that myne could come vnto your handes wherfore hauynge suche occasyon and argument of wrytyng offred vnto me as wherof neyther the comen fame can reporte all the trouthe and whyche is so tedyouse as fewe men wolde accomber theyr famylyare letters wythall beynge neuerthelesse suche as you for your deuocyon to chrysten religyon be most desyrouse to knowe I haue moste gladly embraced the same trustynge by the contentes of these to requyte in some ꝑte the importunytie of myn ydle letters wryten to you before ye haue herde howe John̄ Fryth somtyme scoler in that colledge wherof ye were after his departyng mayster was afterwarde amonges other at Oxenforde found besye in settyng abrode these hersyes whyche lately spronge in Almayne by the helpe of suche folke be spred abrode into soundrye partes of christendome tendyng to nothynge elles but to the dyuysyon and rentyng a sundre of Christes mystycall bodye his chyrche the pullynge downe of all power and vtter subuersyon of all comen welthes And he beyng therfore for his amedement punyshed of obstynatie fledde ouer the sees vnto the fathers of that relygyon where in the company of wyllyam Tyndale George Joy at whose name I am sure ye sygh seing your self to haue ben so deluded with the hope whyche ones ye conceyued of hym and other heretykes he profyted so myche within a whyle in vn graciouse vnshamefast boldnes that beynge not myche aboue the age of xxiiii yeres y e arrogant fole nothyng doutynge the iudgement of the hole worlde toke vpon hym to teache the ●ole chyrche of Chryste reuokynge vs from our errour as he calleth yt of purgatorye wherin we haue thys xv hundred yeres cōtynued willyng vs to truste herein the spyryt whych nowe in the ende of the worlde god hath raysed in his yonge breste to rebuke the worlde of theyr longe horryble errour and destable blyndenes wherein so many hundred yeres all men haue abyden saue onely a small chosen nomber of blessed babes whom it hath pleased god to instruct and teache pryuyly in theyr eares the trouthe of hys gospell from tyme to tyme whych y e pore chyldren feryng by all lykelyhode to be beten yf they tolde any tales oute of the scole kept close amonge theym selfe and lyke good dyspensatours layed vp theyre treasoure surely and secretely for losynge or stelynge awaye tyll theyre mayster retourne Thys yonge apostle sent from the deuell to sowe ●ocle among the corne of Chryste seynge no suche successe or effecte of all his payne and trauayle taken in wrytyng and settynge forth that his holsome worke as he loked for wyllyng in no wyse that by any his negligence or slouth y t bretherne myghte impute vnto hym the mys●ynge of theyr purpose toke vppon hym to come agayne in to England presently to ayde assyste coūsayle and comforte the bretherne of hys guylde here to stande styffe in theyr abstynacye wherof lyke a perfyt doctour he hath gyuen thē example hymselfe persystynge so longe obstynate ●…ll he hath brought hys fylthy carkace to the temporal fyre and his sel● wretched soule to y e fyre euerlastyng as ye shall more playnely perceyue here after For after that he was taken and prysoned in the towre notwythstandynge the daunger of hys lyfe wyth the wrothe of god and all good men whych he had all redy purchased ●y hys shamefull arrogance and abhomynable heresye declared in his fore sayd boke yet so god of his goodnes blyndeth y e enemyes of his doctrine the shamelesse heretyke so declared hym self there as neyther good man nor almost euyll coulde wythout abhorrynge and detestyng his wyckednesse here hym named for so mych as vtterynge hys malyce there agaynst god and the doctryne of his chyrche ferther then he had done before lettynge passe all other heresyes as vnworthy to be treated by suche an apostell and leuynge them for other no● so hyghly after his owne opyniō enspyred with theyr newe holy goste as hym selfe he set vpon the blessed body of our lorde in the sacrament of thaulter denyenge it to be there presentely and affermynge the worshyp therof to be ydolatrye Me thynke I se hereat your ioyntes tremble your ▪ dyes stare ▪ your heares stert vp and all the behauour of your body alter abhorrynge these deuelyshe wordes of thys cursed wretche But who can let the deuyll to be lyke hym selfe After that this goodly apostle had wryten this holsome boke and sente it out alredy amonges his brethern there came vnto hym a leter frome Tyndale warden of theyr guylde exhortynge hym not to medle yet with the blessed sacrament nor no hygh maters passyng as he clalleth them the comen capacyte but wylled hym to crepe lowe by the grounde and folow mekenes for he knewe well the yonge mannys arrogaunce neded y e counsayle how be it gyuynge hym mych deuelysshe counsayle wythall and amonges all other that yf the bysshoppes wolde fall at a composy●yon and be content to suffre the new testament of hys poysened translaciō to be solde then Frith shuld promyse for them bothe to wryte no more and els they wold not spare to wryte styll I trowe the olde apostles had neuer the wytte whych these new haue to put the prechynge of goddes word in compromys tyll a ferther laysour and a more aduauntage How be it he wylleth in the meane season to graunte the bylyefe in the blessed sacrament as indyfferent but in no wyse to confesse it for a necessary artycle of the fayth Hys coūsayle not to medle in hygh maters came to late for thys letter came after that Frythes booke was abrode But thys last counsayle to afferme that a man myght chose whither he wolde byleue the body of our lord to be there or not so that in neyther case he worshypped it y e cay●yfe folowed so long tyll he broughte his owne body into asshes his soule to hell notwythstandynge the