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A19567	The copy of certain lettres sent to the Quene, and also to doctour Martin and doctour Storye, by the most reuerende father in God, Thomas Cranmer Archebishop of Cantorburye from prison in Oxeforde: who (after long and most greuous strayt emprisoning and cruell handlyng) most constauntly and willingly suffred martirdome ther, for the true testimonie of Christ, in Marche. 1556	Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556.; Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558.; Martin, Thomas, d. 1584.; Story, John, 1510?-1571.	1556 (1556)	STC 5999; ESTC S116426	13,460	34

The copy of certain lettres sent to the Quene and also to doctour Martin and doctour Storye by the most Reuerende father in God Thomas Cranmer Archebishop of Cantorburye from prison in Oxeforde who after long and most greuous strayt emprisoning and cruell handlyng most constauntly and willingly suffred Martirdome ther for the true testimonie of Christ in Marche ▪ 1556. Psal 119. I spake of thy testimonies O Lorde euen before Kinges and was not confounded To the reader THe Lorde of lyght lyghten thyne eyes to se the thyng that is right geue the an hearte to obeye the same Amen Thou mayest good reader besydes the open tyrannye as in a glasse playnly see in these lettres that the popishe kingdome is the kingdome of faces that is the myghtye Antichrist that Daniel wryteth of yf thou consydre only what face of iustice in most open iniustice it maketh towarde the most mylde Moses Thomas Crāmer that most worthy Archebishop of Cantorbury He cyteth him to appeare to make answere at Rome geuing hym .lxxx. dayes respite for his appearaunce there Is this any thing but a face of iustice as thoughe the court of Rome wolde condemne no man before he answered for him selfe as bothe lawe and equitie require But the very same instaunt tyme Antichristes holynesse contrary to that visoured iustice sent his commissiō vnto that periured beastly Brockes B. of Gloucestre to degrade and depriue him of his dignitie Which thing he did not only before the .lxxx. dayes were ended but before ther were .iiij. of thē spent Furthermore wher as the sayd most reuerende father was fast deteyned in most greuous and strayt prison so as he coulde not appeare which thing was notorious both in Englande and also in the Romishe court and therfore had a lawfull and most iuste excuse of his absence by al lawes euen popishe and other yet at Rome in the ende of the sayd .lxxx. dayes was that mylde good mā decreed Cont●max that is sturdely frowardly and wilfully absent And in payne of the same his absence cōdemned and in fyne most cruelly and mercyleslye martyred alas for pytie euen by the ministerie of them for whose soules sauegarde he put him selfe to that hasarde and gaue his lyfe Consydre therfore I praye thee howe the shauen hipocrites with their complices haue rolled the Quenes maiestie in wilfull murther by their wynking wyles For what is it but wilfull murther to cause a man to be cyted and yet to detayne him still in fast prison knowing his absence to be his condemnaciō Considre also what manifest periurie and tyrannye they haue wrapped not the Quene alone but with her the hole realme of Englande in For which the indignacion of God is so prouoked that he can not longer forbeare to plage as he hathe begonne alreadye● and wyl no doubt procede onles spedy repentaūce folowe The Lorde vttre their falseh●d and treason AMEN ▪ Tharchebish ▪ of Cantorburies letters to the Quenes highnesse IT maye please your maiestie to perdone my presūpciō y t I dare be so bolde to wryt to your highnesse But very necessitie cōstrayneth me that your maiestie may knowe my mynde rather by myne owne writing than by other mennes reportes So it is y t vpon Saturdaye being the .7 daye of this moneth I was cited to appeare at Rome y e .lxxx. daye after ther to make answer to suche maters as should be obiected against me vpon the behalfe of the king and your most excellent maiestie which maters the Thursday folowing were obiected against me by Doctour Martin and D. Storie your maiesties proctours before the bishop of Gloucestre sittyng in iudgement by Commissiō from Rome But alas it can not but greue the heart of any natural subiecte to be accused of the king and Quene of his owne realme specially before an outward iudge or by autoritie comming frō any person out of this Realme Wher the kīg and Quene as they were subiectes within their owne realme shall complayne and requyre iustice at a straūgers handes against their owne subiecte being allready condemned to deathe by their owne lawes As though the king Quene coulde not doo or haue iustice w tin their owne realmes against their owne subiectes but they must seke it at a straungers handes in a straunge lande The like wherof I thinke was neuer sene I wolde haue wished to haue had some meaner aduersaries and I thinke that deathe shall not greue me muche more than to haue my most dradde and most gracious souerayne Lorde and lady to whom vnder God I doo owe all obedience to be myne accusers in iudgement within their owne realme before any straunger outwarde power But for asmuche as in the tyme of the prince of most famous memorie king Henry the .8 your graces father I was sworne neuer to consent that the bishop of Rome should haue or exercise any autorite or iurisdiciō in this realme of Englāde Therfore least I should alowe his autoritie contrary to myne othe I refused to make answer to the B. of Gloucestre sittyng here in iudgement by y e popes autoritie least I should renne in to periurie An other cause why I refused the Popes autoritie is this that his autororitie as he claymeth it repugneth to the crowne imperiall of this realme and to the lawes of the same which euery true subiecte is boūden to defende Furst so that the pope sayeth that all maner of power aswel temporal as spirituall is geuen furst to him of God And y t y e tēporal al power he geueth vnto emperours kinges to vse it vnder him But so as it be alwayes at his cōmaundemēt becke But contrary to this clayme the emperial crowne and iurisdicion temporal of this realme is taken immediatly from God to be vsed vnder him only and is subiecte vnto non but to God alone Moreouer themperiall lawes and customes of thys realme the king in his Coronacion and all Iustices whā they receaue their offices be sworne and all the hole realme is bounden to defende and mayntene But contrary hereunto the Pope by his autoritie maketh voyde and commaundeth to blotte out of our bokes all lawes and customes being repugnaunt to his lawes And declareth accursed all rulers gouernours all the makers wrytours and executours of suche lawes or customes as it appeareth by many of the popes lawes wherof one or two I shal rehearse In y e decrees Distinct. 10. is written thus Constitutiones contra Canones decreta praesulum Romanorū vel bonos mores nullius sunt momenti That is The constituciones or statutes enacted against the canones and decrees of the bishoppes of Rome or their good customes are of non effecte Also Extra de sententia excommunicationis Nouerit Excommunicamus omnes haereticos vtriusque sexus quocunque nomine censeantur fautores receptatores defensores eorum nec non qui de caetero seruari fecerint statuta aedita consuetudines contra

Now whether I or they speake more to the purpose herein I referre me to the iudgemet of al indifferēt hearers Yea the olde churche of Rome aboue a thousaunt yeares together neither beleued nor vsed the Sacrament as y e church of Rome hathe done of late yeares For in the beginning y e churche of Rome taught a pure and a sounde doctrine of the sacrament But after that the churche of Rome fell in to a newe doctrine of transubstanciacion w t the doctrine they chaunged the vse of the sacrament contrary to that Christ commaunded and the olde churche of Rome vsed aboue a thousaunt yeares And yet to deface the olde they saye that the newe is the olde wherin for my parte I am content to the tryall of stande But their doctrine is so fonde and vncomfortable that I maruail that any man wold allowe it if he knewe what it is But what so euer they beare the people in hande that which they wryte in their bokes hathe nother truthe nor cōfort For by their doctrine of one body of Christ is made two bodies one natural hauing distaunce of membres w t forme and proporcion of a mans perfite body and this body is in heauen But the body of Christ in the sacramēt by their owne doctrine must nedes be a monstrous body hauing neither distaūce of membres nor forme facion or proporcion of a mannes naturall body And suche a body is in the sacrament teache they and goth in to the mouthe with the forme of bread and entreth no farther thā the forme of bread gothe nor tarieth no longer than the forme of bread is by natural heat in digesting So that whan the forme of bread is digested that body of Christ is gone And forasmuche as euil men be as long in digesting as good men the body of Christ by their doctrine entreth as farre and tarieth as long in wicked men as in godly men And what cōfort can be herein to any christian men to receaue Christes vnshapen body it to entre no farther than the stomacke and to departe by by as sone as the bread is consumed It semeth to me a more sounde cōfortable doctrine that Christ hath but one body that hathe forme faciō of a mannes true body which body spiritually entreth into the hole mā bodye soule And though the sacrament be consumed yet hole Christ remayneth fedeth the receauer vnto eternal life if he cōtinue in godlynesse neuer departeth vntill y e receauer forsake him And as for the wicked they haue not Christ within them at al who can not be where Belial is And this is my fayth and as me semeth a sounde doctrine according to goddes worde sufficient for a christian to beleue in that mater And if it can be shewed vnto me that the Popes autoritie is not preiudicial to the thinges before mētioned or that my doctrine in y e sacrament is erroneous which I thinke can not be shewed than I was neuer nor wilbe so peruerse to stande wilfully in myne owne opinion but I shall with all humilitie submitte my selfe vnto the Pope not only to kisse his fete but an other parte also An other cause why I refused to take the b. of Gloucestre for my iudge was the respecte of his owne person being more than ones periured Furst for that he being diuerse tymes sworne neuer to consent that the B. of Rome should haue any iurisdiciō within this realme but to take the king his successours for supreme heades of this realme as by goddes lawes they be Contrary to that lawfull othe the said B. sate than in iudgemēt by autoritie from Rome wherin he was periured and not worthy to syt as a iudge The seconde periurie was that he toke his bishoprike bothe of y e Quenes Maiestie of y e Pope making to eche of them a solemne othe Which othes be so contrarie that the one must nedes be periured And furthermore in swearing to the pope to maintene his lawes decrees cōstitutiōs ordinaūces reseruaciōs prouisions he declareth him selfe an enemy to the Imperial crowne to the lawes state of this realme wherby he declared him selfe not worthy to syt as a iudge win this realme And for these cōsideraciōs I refused to take him for my iudge This was written in an other lettre to the Quene I Learned by D. Martin that at the daye of your Maiesties coronacion you toke an othe of obedience to the pope of Rome And y t same tyme you toke an other othe to this realme to mayntene y e lawes liberties and customes of y e same And if your Maiestie did make an othe to y e pope I thinke it was accordīg to y e other othes which he vseth to ministre to princes which is to be obedient to him to defende his person to mayntene his autoritie honour lawes landes priuileges And if it be so which I knowe not but by reporte thā I beseche your maiestie to loke vpon your othe made to the crowne realme to expende and weighe the two othes together to see how they do agre as your graces cōscience shal geue you For I am surely persuaded that willingly your Maiestie will not offēde nor doo against your conscience for nothing But I feare me that ther be contradictiones in your othes and that those which should haue informed your grace throughly did not their dueties therin And if your Maiestie pondre y e two othes diligently I thīke you shal perceaue you were deceaued than your hignesse maye vse y e mater as God shall put in your hearte Furthermore I am kept here frō cōpanie of learned men from bokes frō coūsail from penne inke sauing at this time to writ vnto your Maiestie which all were necessary for a man being in my case Wherfore I beseche your maiestie y t I maye haue suche of these as maye stande w t your Maiesties pleasure And as for myne appearaunce at Rome if your Maiestie wil geue me leaue I will appeare ther. And I trust that God shall put in my mouthe to defende his truthe ther as well as here But I referre it holly to your maiesties pleasure To Doctour Martin and Doctour Storye I Haue me commended vnto you And as I promysed I haue sent my lettres vnto the Quenes Maiestie vnsigned Praieng you to signe thē deliuer them w t al spede I might haue sent them by the ●aryer soner but not surer But hearing M. Balif saye that he wolde goo to y t court on Frydaye I thought him a meter messagier to sende my lettres by For better is later and surer thā soner neuer to be deliuered yet one thing I haue written to the Quenes Ma. inclosed sealed which I require you may be so deliuered w t out delay not be opened vntill it be deliuerd vnto her graces owne hādes I haue writtē al y t I remēbre I sayd except y t which I spake against y e B. of Glou. owne person which I thought not mete to wryte And in some places I haue writtē more thā I said which I wolde haue answered to y e B. if you wold haue suffred me You promised I should see mine answer to y e .xvi. articles y t I might correcte amēde and chaunge them wher I thought good which your ꝓmyse you kept not And myne answer was not made vpon myne othe nor repeted nor made in Iudicio but extra iudiciū as I ꝓtested nor to y e B. of Glou. as iudge but to you y e kynges Quenes proctours I trust you deale syncerely with me without fraude or crafte vse me as you wold wishe to be vsed in like case your selues Remember y t Qua mensura mensi fueritis eadam remetietur vobis That is what measure you meate y e same shalbe measured to you agayne Thus fare you well And God sende you his spirite to induce you in to all truthe The furst cause why tharchebish wolde not make answer to the popes comissary is to auoide periury The .2 cause is that the popes Lawes are contrary to the crowne lawes of Englande The crowne temporal power is takē immediatly frō God The othe of the king and iustices and the duety of Subiectes Other the popes lawes be vnlauful or els all England is accursed Note wherin the popes lawes and the lawes of Englande do varye Marke this wel The duety of the cleargye neclected in the parliament Note The .3 cause why he could not allowe the Pope The popes religion is against Christes religion why latin seruice ought not to be restored in Englande The papistes can saye yea and naye to one thīg with one breathe The pope commaundeth bothe against God and natural reason The Sacrament ought to be receaued in bothe kyndes of all christianes Marke wel The deuil and the pope are like The pope is Antichrist that is Christes enemye wherfore the pope is ●ichrist Note this conclusion The causes why the Archebishop spake wrote thus The sacrament The papistes make Christ two bodies Marke The sounde true doctrine of the Sacrament That can they neuer doo The bishop of Gloucestres periury The B. of Gloucestre a traitor and an enemye to the realme worthy othes wherby periury must nedes be cōmitted No ye shalbe despeched nerer home Martyn and Story promise breakers

ecclesiae libertatem nisi ea de capitularibus suis intra duos menses post huiusmodi publicationem sententiae fecerint am●ueri Item excommunicamus statutarios scriptores statutorū ipsorū necnon potestates consules rectores conciliarios locorum vbi de caetero huiusmodi statuta cōsuetudines aeditae fuerint vel seruatae necnon illos qui secundum ea praesumpserint iudicare vel in publicam formam scribere iudicata That is to saye We excōmunicat all heretikes of bothe sexes what name so euer they be called by and their fauourers and receptours defendours and also them that shall hereafter cause to be obserued statutes and customes made against the libertie of the church except they cause the same to be put out of theyr bokes or recordes within two monethes after the publicacion of this sentence Also we excommunicate the statute makers and wrytours of those statutes and all the potestates cōsules gouernours counsaillours of places wher suche statutes and customes shall be made or kept also those that shall presume to geue iudgement according to them or to wryte in to publike forme the maters so iudged Now by these lawes if the bishop of Romes autoritie which he claymeth by God be lawfull all your graces lawes and customes of your realme being contrary to the popes lawes be naught And aswell your maiestie as your iudges Iustices and all other executours of the same stande accursed among heritikes which God forbidde And yet this curse can neuer be auoided if y e pope haue suche power as he claymeth vntil suche tymes as the lawes and customes of this realme being contrary to his lawes be taken awaye and blotted out of the lawe bokes And although ther be many lawes of this realme contrary to the lawes of Rome yet I named but a fewe as to conuicte a clearke before any temporall iudge of this realme for debte felonye murther or for any other tryme which clearkes by the popes lawes be so exempte from the kinges lawes y t they can be no wher sued but before their ordinarie Also the pope by his lawes maye geue all Bishoprikes and benefices spirituall which by the lawes of this realme cā be geuen but only by the king and other patrons of the same except they fall in to the lapse By the popes lawes Ius patronat●●● shalbe sued only before the ecclesiasticall iudge But by the lawes of this realme it shalbe sued before the temporal iudges And to be shorte y e lawes of this realme doo agree with the popes lawes like fyre and water And yet the kinges of this realme haue prouided for their lawes by the Praemunire so that if any man haue let the execucion of the lawes of this realme by any autoritie from the sea of Rome he falleth in to the Praemunire But to mete with this the popes haue prouided for their lawes by cursing For who so euer letteth the popes lawes to haue full course within this realme by the popes power standeth accursed So y t the Popes power treadeth al y e lawes customes of this realme vnder his fete cursing al that execute them vntil suche tyme as they geue place vnto his lawes But it maye be sayed that notwithstāding all the popes decrees yet we doo execute still the lawes and customes of this realme Naye not al quietly without interruption of the pope And wher we do execute them yet we doo it vniustely if the Popes power be of force and for y e same we stande excōmunicate and shall do vntill we leaue thexecucion of our owne lawes and customes Thus we be wel reconciled to Rome allowing suche autoritie wherby the realme standeth accursed before God yf the Pope haue any suche autoritie These thinges as I suppose were not fully opened in the parliament house whan the Popes autoritie was receaued agayne within this realme For yf they had I do not beleue that either the Kyng or Quenes Maiestie or the nobles of this realme or the cōmons of the same wolde euer haue cōsented to receaue agayne suche a forain autoritie so iniurious hurtful preiudiciall aswell to the crowne as to the lawes and customes and state of this realme as wherby they muste nedes acknowlege them selues to be accursed But none could opē this mater wel but y e cleargie that suche of them as had redde the Popes lawes wherby the Pope hath made himself as it were a God These seke to mayntene the pope whom they desyred to haue their chief head to thintent they myght haue as it were a kingdome lawes within them selues distincte from the lawes of the crowne wher with the crowne may not medle And so being exēpt frō y e lawes of the realme myght lyue in this realme lyke lordes kynges w tout damage or fear of any mā so y t they please their highe and supreme head at Rome For this consideracion I wene some y t knewe the truthe helde their peace at the parliament wher as yf they hade done their dueties to the crowne and hole realme they should haue opened their mouthes declared the truthe and shewed the periles and daungers that myght ensue to the crowne and realme And yf I should agree to allowe suche autoritie within this realme wherby I must nedes confesse that your most gracious hyghnes and also your realme should euer continue accursed vntyll you shall ceasse from thexecucion of your owne lawes and customes of your realme I coulde not thynke my selfe true eyther to your hyghnesse or to this my natural countrey knowing y e I do knowe Ignoraunce I knowe may excuse other men but he that knoweth howe preiudicial and iniurious the power autoritie which he chalengeth euery where is to the crowne lawes and customes of this realme and yet wyl allowe the same I can not see in any wyse how he can kepe his due allegeaūce fidelitie and truth to the crowne and state of this realme An other cause I alleged why I could not allowe the autoritie of the pope which is this That by his autoritie he subuerteth not only the lawes of this realme but also y e lawes of god So that who soeuer be vnder his autoritie he suffreth them not to be vnder Christes religiō purely as Christ did commaūde And for one example I brought furthe that wher as by Goddes lawes all christian people be boūden diligētly to learne his worde that they maye knowe howe to beleue lyue accordingly And for that purpose be ordayned holy dayes whā they ought leauyng aparte all other businesse to geue them selues holly to knowe serue God Therfore Goddes will cōmaūdement is that whā the people be gathered together y e ministers shoulde vse suche language as the people may vnderstāde take profite therby or elles holde their peace For as an harpe or lute yf it geue no certain sounde that me maye knowe what is striken