haeret imago Primatui cordi non abolenda meos Doctus eras facundus eras gratissimus vnus Omnibus ob mores ingeniumque tuum Per quoscunque gradus ires Seu laurea hacca Siue Magisterij te decoraret honor Primus eras princepsque gregis cessere priores Partes palmam caetera turba tibi Post vbi maturis fieres prouectior annis Procurator eras hic honor amplus erat Multorum interea prudens pius atque peritus Nobilium doctor Caetera quid memorem Omnia pro Christo reputas quasi stercorâ— nâ—uem Scandis angustas traijcis exul aquas Moxque Duacena consistis in vrbe doÌ„moque Anglorum cuius Praeses Alanus erat Totus es in studijs suoris quorum anteâ—semper Pene tibi puero mirits inhaesit amor Timotheo similis didicisti valde adolescens Quae peritura foreâ—t non aliquando bona Accessit sacris studijs sacer gradus illum Sacra Duacenae iura dedere scholae Pergis ascendis caelestia versus honores Nec petis humanos aemplius alta magis Et diuina petis Domus est celeberrima IESV Nomine dicta illi te sociare cupis Is Romam factus socius de nomine IESV Iussus es Arctoas mox peragrare plagas Bruna tibi primùm post est habitata Vienna Tertia pâ—stremò mansio â—â—â—ga fuit Hic tibi creuit honor creuit nomenque decusque Famaque Teutonico grandis in orbe tua est Multa doces scribis loqueris Rectore iubente Omnia tam facÃlè quà m iubet ille facis Siue perorares rhetor facundia qualis Seu metra conficeres quis meliora dedit AMBROSIA est testis sic dicta tragaedia cuius Applausum incessit tota theatra tremor Sed tamen excellens inter tua talia multa Festo quoque die Sermo latinus erat Obstupuere homines docti quae maxima turba Adfuit attonitus Caesar ipse fuit Os tibi mellifluum faciâ—i gratâ— venustas Vox dulcis lenis plena sâ—nora grauis Res sacrae eloquium sanctum diuina loquelâ—â— Spiritus accensus totus amore Dei. Haesere astantes in te vultúque manúque Inque tuas voces pendula turba fuit Quid multis multas animas lucraris ab orco Hussum Lutherum saepe valere iubent Hos inter varios conatus atque labores Iussus es ad patrios ire repente lares Anglia mox repetenda tibi est quae relligionis Causa iam pridem terra relicta tibi est Longum iter ingressus pedibus latéque patentes Permensus terras ad tua vota venis Saluus incolumis Christo duce littorae prensaâ— Formidanda alijs sed tibi tuta satis Haeresis hic regnat non vna aut altera multos Multorum errores insulae parua colit Hanc syluam ingressus variaruÌ„ hinc inde feraruÌ„ Te pugnae contra tot fera monstrá paras Immo vltrò inuitas sed nemo restipulatur Horror erat tecum disseruisse palam Scribis adhuc modicum sed magno pondere librum Ecce nouus metus maior in hoste furor Interea peragrans regionem vltróque citróque Atque docens veram Câ—â—â—olicamque fideâ—â— Omnia trâ—xisti tecum liquefacta fluebant Ligna Petrà montes ignibus icta tuis Magnatum ipsorum mollescunt corda tuâ—rum Fulmine verbâ—rum caetera turba magis Poenituit vitae pariter fideique prioris Et se tam miseros ante fuisse pudet Ardor inest animis deuotio pectora complet Iamque colunt mira relligione Deum Post annum captus vinctus ductúsque triumphâ— Tortus in mortem iudicis oâ—e datus Denique perpossus quacunque habet iste libellus Inter tot fratres MARTYâ— ad astra migras O foelix vitae cursus finisque beatus Fortiter in domino pro Dominoque mori Sis mihi quasò tuo facilis patronus alumno Nec cesses pro me saepe rogare Deum Thus far of the three first vvhich only of the xiiij condemned the xx and xxi of Nouember 1580 vvere as you haue heard together executed Novv hovv after long tract of time straite handeling and much arte vsed to make them either confesse the fained fact or deny their faith Seuen moe of them vvere Martyred after their examinanation in these articles folovving their seueral ansvvers subscribed vvith their ovvne handes and with the iiij commissionâ—rs attestation of the truth of the act vve vvil briefly report THE ARTICLES MINISTRED TO THE 7 PRIESTES AND OTHERS CONDEMNED VVITH THEM VVITH the ansvveres of these 7 to the same 13. Maij. 1582. WHETHER the Bull of Pius quintus against the Queenes Maiestie be a lavvfull sentence and ought to be obeyed by the subiects of England 2 Whether the Queenes Maiestie be a lavvfull Queene and ought to be obeyed by the subiects of England notvvithstanding the Bul of Pius quintus or any other Bul or sentence that the Pope hath pronounced or may pronounce against her Maiestie 3 Vvhether the Pope haue or had povver to authorize the Earles of Northumberlande and Vvestmerland and other her Maiesties subiects to rebell or take armes against her Maiestie or to authorize Doctour Saunders or others to inuade Irelande or any other her dominions and to beare armes against her and vvhether they did therein lavvfully or no 4 Vvhether the Pope haue povver to discharge any of her highnes subiects or the subiects of any Christian prince from their allegiance or othe of obedience to her Maiestie or to their prince for any cause 5 Vvhether the said Doctour Saunders in his booke of the visible monarchie of the Church and Doctour Bristovve in his booke of Motiues vvriting in allovvance commendation and confirmation of the saide Bul of Pius quintus haue therein taught testified or mainteined a truth or a falsehood 6 If the Pope doe by his Bull or sentence pronounce her Maiestie to be depriued and no lavvful Queene and her subiects to be discharged of their allegiance and obedience vnto her and after the Pope or any other by his appointment and authoritie doe inuade this Realme vvhich part vvoulde you take or vvhich part ought a good subiect of England to take Luke Kirbyes Ansvvere LVKE KIRBY To the first he saith that the resolutioÌ„ of this article depeÌ„deth vpon the general question whether the Pope may for any cause depose a prince vvherein his opinion is that for some causes he may lavvfully depose a prince that such a sentence ought to be obeyed To the second he thinketh that in some cases as infidelitie or such like her Maiestie is not to be obeyed against the Popes Bul and sentence for so hee saith he hath read that the Pope hath so done de facto against other princes To the third he saith he cannot ansvvere it To the fourth that the Pope for infidelitie hath such povver as is mentioned is this article To the fifth he thinketh that both Doctor Saunders and Doctour Bristovve might
bee deceiued in these poynts of their bookes but vvhether they vvere deceiued or not he referreth to God To the last he sayth that vvhen the case shall happen hee must then take counsel vvhat vvere best for him to doe Luke Kirby Iohn Popham Thomas Egerton Da. Levves Iohn Hammond Thomas Cottoms Ansvvere THOMAS COTTOM To ye first in this al other questions he beleeueth as the Catholique Church vvhich he taketh to be the Church of Rome teacheth him And other ansvvere he maketh not to any of the rest of these articles By me Thomas Cottom Priest Iohn Popham Thomas Egerton Da. Levves Iohn Hammond Lavvrence Richardsons Ansvvere LAWRENCE RICHARDSON To the fifth article hee ansvvereth that so farre as Doctour Saunders Doctour Bristovve agree vvith the Catholique doctrine of the Church of Rome hee allovveth that doctrine to be true And touching the first and all the rest of the articles hee sayth that in all matters not repugnant to the Catholike religion hee professeth obedience to her Maiestie and othervvise maketh no ansvvere to any of them but beleeueth therein as hee is taught by the Catholique Church of Rome Lavvrence Richardson Iohn Popham Thomas Egerton Da. Levves Iohn Hammond Thomas Fordes Ansvvere THOMAS FORD To the first he saith that he cannot ansvvere because he is not priuy to the circumstances of that Bull but if he did see a Bul published by Gregory the thirteenth he would then deliuer his opinion thereof To the second hee saith that the Pope hath authoritie to depose a prince vpon certaine occasions and vvhen such a Bul shal be pronounced against her Maiestie he vvill then ansvvere vvhat the duety of her subiects and vvhat her right is To the third he saith he is a priuate subiect and vvil not ansvvere to any of these questions To the fourth hee sayth that the Pope hath authoritie vpoÌ„ certaine occasions vvhich he vvil not name to discharge subiects of their obedience to their Prince To the fift he saieth that Doctour Saunders and Doctour Bristovve bee learned men vvhether they haue taught truely in their bookes meÌ„tioned in this article hee referreth the ansvvere to them selues for him selfe vvil not ansvvere To the last he sayth that vvhen that case shal happen he vvil make ansvvere and not before Thomas Forde Iohn Popham Thomas Egerton Da. Levves Iohn Hammond Iohn Sherts Ansvvere IOHN SHERT To all the articles he saith that he is a Catholique and svvarueth in no poynt from the Catholique faith in other sort to any of these articles he refuseth to ansvvere Iohn Shert Iohn Popham Thomas Egerton Da. Levves Iohn Hammond Robert Iohnsons Ansvvere ROBERT IOHNSON To the first he saith he can not ansvvere To the second he cannot tel vvhat power or authoritie the Pope hath in the poynts named in this article To the third he thinketh that the Pope hath authoritie in some cases to authorize subiects to take armes against their Prince To the fourrh he thinketh that the Pope for some causes may discharge subiects of their allegiance and obedience to their natural Prince To the fifth he saith the ansvvere to this article dependeth vpon the lavvfulnesse of the cause for the vvhich the Pope hath giuen sentence against her but if the cause vvas iust then hee thinketh the doctrine of Doctour Saunders and Doctour Bristovv to be true Whether the cause vvere iust or not hee taketh not vpon him to iudge To the last he saith that if such depriuation and inuasion should be made for teÌ„poral matter he would take part vvith her Maiestie but if it vvere for any matter of his faith he thinketh hee vvere then bouÌ„de to take part vvith the Pope Robert Iohnson Iohn Popham Thomas Egerton Da. Levves Iohn Hammond VVilliam Filbee his Ansvvere VVILLIAM FILBEE To the first he saith the Pope hath authoritie to depose any prince and such sentences vvhen they bee promulgated ought to be obeyed by the subiects of any prince but touching the Bul of Pius quintus he can say nothing but if it vvas such as it is affirmed to be he doth allovv it and saith that it ought to be obeyed To the second he saith it is an hard question and therefore he can not ansvvere it but vpon further aduisement he ansvvereth as to the first To the third he knovveth not vvhat to saye thervnto To the fourth hee sayth that so long as her Maiestie remaynerh Queene the Pope hath no authoritie to vvarrant her subiects to take armes against her or to disobey her but if he should depose her then hee might discharge them of their allegeance obedieÌ„ce to her Maiestie To the fifth he sayth he vvil not meddle vvith the doctrine of Doctour Saunders and Doctour Bristovve To the last vvhen this case happeneth then hee saith hee vvill ansvvere if he had bene in Ireland vvhen Doctour Saunders vvas there hee vvoulde haue done as a priest should haue done that is to pray that the right may haue place VVilliam Filbee Iohn Popham Thomas Egerton Da. Levves Iohn Hammond THE MARTYRDOMES OE THE REVEREND PRIESTES M. THOMAS FORDE M. Iohn Sherte M. Robert Iohnson the XXVIII of Maye 1582. And first of M. Thomas Forde priest and Maister of arte THEY vvere al trailed vpon herdles from the Tovver of LoÌ„don alonge the streates thereof vnto Tyborne betvvixt vj vij of the clocke in the morning first M. Ford being set vp in the carte he blessed him self vvith the signe of the Crosse being so vveake as he fel dovvne in the carte after he vvas vp he said I am a Catholike and do dye in the catholike religion and therevvith he vvas interrupted by Sherife Martine They caÌ„ not abid the coÌ„fessioÌ„ of the Catholike faith saying you come not hither to confesse your religioÌ„ but as a traitor and malefactor to the Queenes Maiestie and the vvhole Realme They harpe alwaies vpoÌ„ one string thâ—t vvil not sound mouing and sturing of sedition And therfore I pray you goe to and confesse your fault and submitte your selfe to the Queenes mercie and no doubt but she vvould forgiue you Vvherevnto he answered That supposed offence vvherof I vvas endyted condemned vvas the conspiring of her Maiesties death at Rome and Rhemes Neither was he euer as Rome or Remes in al his life vvhereof I vvas altogether not guitly for the offence vvas supposed for conspiring the Queenes Maiesties death in the 22 yere of her Maiesties raigne at vvhich time I vvas in England remaining longe before that for I haue remained here for the space of vj or vij yeres and neuer departed this realme vvhereof I might bring the vvitnes of an hundreth yea fyue hundreth sufficieÌ„t men and had therevpon been discharged at the barre A notable charitie and worthy such a priest if I would haue disclosed their names vvith vvhom I had been vvhich I did forbeare onely for feare to bring them in to trouble Then Sherife Martine said here is your ovvne hand vvriting
to religion whom they had reconciled where they said Masse who harboured relieued them They racke Catholikes for triffeling causes vnvvoūtedly what they heard in confession a barbarouse impietie and such like for we may not thinke that they vse torments only for disclosing of great treasons or other crimes as they had wont to do and that not without great occasion but tovvards Catholikes and specially Gods annointed Priests they sticke not novv without pitie to vse al kind of torture often rather for a punishment of them or to make them by paines to forsake their faith or of malice and despite of the Catholike faith then for any matter they looke to be opened by them So they laid M. Tomson a learned graue Priest vpon the racke before they euer examined him M. T. bacheler of Diuinitie a thing most cruel and disorderly hauing nothing to charge him withal but onely to what end he kept certaine superaltares which were found in his chamber As for religion onely hauing no other pretence in the world they thrust him as is said v weekes together after the Lieutenant had spoiled him of v poundes and Thomas Burschoaghe Thomas Burschoagh a Catholike yong man and learned a quarter of a yere together into a grisely dongeon called Vvhalesboure without candel light and water til by the priuie there they were vvel neere pestred to death So did they afflict Iohn Hemslovv Iohn Hemslovv onely for burying his Catholike mother in the Church yard being cast out of their heretical synagogue for her faith thrusting him into a filthie vile hole after they had discharged him of his money for that is medius terminus euer al a lent long vvithout light fire or place to ease nature in til by his ovvne excrements discharged into a dongeon vnder him he had like to haue been stiffiled vvith stinch They racke Priests on sundaies holydaies specially And vvhich is vvorth the marking or rather lamenting of al Christian harts that for our more affliction they prophanely make choise to giue the torture to our brethren vpon sundaies and hie holydaies in Gods Church after the old maner of the heathen persecutors rather then vpon vvorken daies And to feede them selues vvith our calamities By vvhat cruel meanes they terrifie the Catholike prisoners and eftsons to terrifie other confessors the rather to enforce them from their faith they bring some nevv racked vnder their fellovv prisoners vvindovves and to their dores that by hering their pitiful sighes grones and complaints proceding of infinite paines they may be moued to relent in religon yea vvhich is more inhumanitie they set some of the confessors in bye darke corners vvhen other their brethren are in tormenting And no lesse torment both of body and minde is it to be haled and forced against their vvilles to their heretical church and sermons vvhere they must heare blasphemie and vvickednes and if they say nothing be rated of the Puritans and called dombe dogges if they reproue their Ministers they be offered violence and strokes As namely once a spiteful puritane laying his hand vpon his dagger A puritans spirit his teeth grinning in his head his face enflammed vvith malice came to one of the reuerend Priests and said thus Before God if it vvere not for feare of lavves I vvould presently stabbe my dagger to thy hart smale euidence would serue a Ieurie of such fellowes to cast away a thousand honest men and many dozens of these you may haue good cheape in England and this is our miserie novv that vve haue not onely the coulor of lavv against vs but al the vvicked of the realme our ennemies M. Hart miserably handeled for his conscience And al these pitiful vexations are they done vnto them for any thing but religion vvhen after M. Harts that learned reuerent Bachiler of Diuinities condemnation yet they vvould not let him rest but caused him to be conferred vvith al by Rainolds and others and vvhen he would not yeld miserably afflicted him by dongeon famine and other miseries Had they any cause then but religion or vvas it euer heard of in our realme that one alreddy hauing his iudgement should be aftervvards so manifoldly tormented M. Lieutenants courtesie For vvhat crime vvas it that the Lieutenant made a motion to D. Hammon his fellovv commissioner that the Priests last cōmitted to the Tovver might be sent to Bride-vvel to be vvhipt ô prophane irreligious and malicious Athiest That vvas a trike of Nortons spirit vvho could find in his hart to haue Norton his counsel sent the honorable confessor M. Povvnd to Bedlem to be treated like a mad man and had brought the Lieutenant to promise it befor a hal al most ful at his ovvne hovvse but as Gods prouidence hath directed matters sithence that diet is more fit for Nortons wife They say the Epistle of persecution hath rethorically amplified the Catholikes calamities in England So doth D. Humphrey in his vnlerned pamphlet against the Iesuists but our Lord IESVS vvho onely seeth through our miseries knovveth it hath not vttered the least parte of our daily distresses And how great or greuous so euer they be for religiō onely for no other treasons they are no other causes at the first pretended nor after any thing generally pursued but how to make them relēt in faith releasing euery body vvhat treason soeuer pretended if they would condescend vnto them in matter of religion Yea such as so did though they were these mens companions at Rome when and where these conspiracies were pretended to be wrought and some of them sent dovvne in their company and for the same ende yet vvere they neuer questioned vvithal of any such matter if they once vvould take the othe of the Q. supremacie ouer the church of England as Paschal Nicolls Osborne Caddey and such like as either of feare or for preferment then or aftervvard yelded Vvho should neuer haue eskaped so if they had been acquainted with such horrible treason the mistrust or pretence vvhereof vvas not as then skarcely formed in the Counsels intention nor resolued vpon vntil a good vvhile after they had apprehended examined and racked F. Campion The great desire they had to make a vvay F. Campiō vvas the cause of al this actiō vvhom they vvere exceding desirous to put away by some coulorable meanes thereby to extinguishe this spiritual practise in cases of religion in our countrey Diuers had been racked before that and nothing found or much mistrusted concerning this pretended conspiracie but to see their constancie in religion and pacience in their extremest torments that appalled the commissioners excedingly in so much that D. Hammon vpon the racking of M. Brian D. Hammons speach at M. Brians tormenting vttered in great terror of his conscience That if one vvere not very vvel grounded in his faith this geare might shake him And when M. Hart vvas taken from the
mercie generally against 〈◊〉 of the Catholike societies beyond the seas the â—reater opinion of the mens excellencie and innoâ—encie daily ariseth And the povvers of the realme â—ode stil in great perplexitie vvhether it vvere â—ood to execute the rest that vvere condemned or 〈◊〉 them selues being not cruel The Q. merciful and her M. euer â—uch enclined to mercy loth they vvere to put â—em al to death knovving their innocencie in the â—atters pretended better then any man els did and â—eling the affection of the subiects of al sorts and â—e great mutation of mindes that the constant â—eath of so many qualified men were like to make â—et more loth to seeme by pardoning of them â—ithout any iote relenting Reasons vvhy they follovv this course either touching their â—ith or their supposed fact as it vvere to confesse â—eir vvrongful condemnation and their ovvne â—rmer error or to be ledd out of their intended â—urse by the out cries of the world or complaints 〈◊〉 Catholikes Therfore euen straight after the execution of â—e first Acknovvledging any offence or relenting in religioÌ„ might haue saued their liues they sent certaine vnto the condemned â—rsons to moue them to aske the Q. Mercie and â—rgiuenes and to acknovvledge onely in general at they had offended her highnes or at least to â—ent any litle in religion and they should liue â—d that they might do it vvith better pretence they brought preachers to conferre vvith some of them and vvhen that vvould not serue as is noted before thrust them into dongeons but vvhen after vj monethes they saw nothing could be obtained of those innocent constant confessors As M. Hart vvas they resolued plainely to execut them But least the last error should be worse then the first and especially for that there were not long before raised nevv brutes and muttering of vneauen dealing in the sending avvay of M. Paine so fare of to be arraigned and executed M. Paines sending avvay bread nevv concepts from vvhose mouth as they pretended before the rest vvere specially accused and condemned They sought their vvittes vvhich are in truth by long exercise and experience very pregnant of subtile inuention hovv to make them avvay vvith lesse offence to the vvorld to enduce her M. also to be vvilling they should be put to death vvhich by a certaine pitie and natural clemencie she is often hardly dravven vnto they deuised avvay hovv to make them to seeme as vvel to her M as to the people vvorthie death and in apparance plaine traitors though they vvere not guiltie at al of the crimes for vvhich they vvere endited arraigned and condemned A sinful pollicie Vvhich vngodly practise of executing them in the peoples sight for causes vvhereof they vvere neuer directly endited arraigned and vvhich in deed is by lavv no treason at al do proue againe most euidently that of the former offences whereof they vvere accused and condemned they vvere not at al guiltie Their deuise vvas to send vnto theÌ„ iiij lawiers ij of the common lavv vvho vvere the Q. Atturney and Soliciter and tvvo ciuilians D. Levves and D. Hammon To dravve out of them by vj articles or interrogatories not vvhat treasons or trespasses they had committed vvhich vvas none but what they had in their cogitatioÌ„s what were to be done vvhat they vvould doe By Ifs and And 's they vvould driue these poore men into the compasse of treason if such a thing or such a thing should fal what if they had been in Irland vvhen the rebellion vvas there vvhat vvould they haue done Vvhether there be any meanes to depose her M. or any other king for vvith these men it vvas not inough to ansvvere they al acknovvledged her for their lavvful soueraine that they neuer committed any thing in vvord nor deede against her M but they would knovv of them for the future time and for their very cogitations hart and affection vvhat they thought to be done Strange interrogatories and vvhat they meant to do for any cause hereafter that is for any Heresie Arianisme or the like or for Apostacie Turcisme or Atheisme from al which inconuenience CHRIST IESVS defeend her M. and the realme alvvaies whether yet if for any such crimes that the frailtie of Princes is subiect vnto she should be deposed vvhat then vvould they counsel the people to do or whether may she for any such matters be depriued To vvhich thinges being proposed vnto them by the said iiij lavviers the xiij of May 1582. in form of vj. articles or demaunds they ansvvered in the feare of God and simplicitie of hart as you see set dovvne hereafter seuerally together with the articles them selues euen as they vvere published by authoritie which ansvvers though conceiued of her M. and some other her Ministers as though they were tokens of their il affection tovvards her that thought any cause might euer happen for vvhich she might worthely be depriued and in some part seeming at the first sight to the simple to be odious and vndeutiful though in deede by no lavv nor reason they can be dravven to any treason and therefore not much vrged in their arraignements though some of them had geuen the same ansvvers to the like demaundes before as they haue set dovvne also in the same libel Yet they thought good to publish them and to make theÌ„ more odible to the shew they ioyne to them certaine passages of D. Saunders and D. Bristovves vvrittings A strong practize and a preface to al that of their ovvne making vvhich should thus not onely passe abrode amongest the subiects for a warning but specially vvas to be redd and spred as an other litle liueret vvas at the death of the former but this novv with more authoritie at the place and time of execution Vvhere there was appointed the strangest thing that euer we haue seen The second arraignemeÌ„t and coÌ„demnation euen at the gallovves redd or heard of as it were a nevv arraignement whereat not novv xij men representing the countrey but the whole people should be iudge therfore at the daies of their death euery one there as he vvas put into the cart was willed to confesse the treason which being denied of them euery one vpon their saluation and death Antony MuÌ„day brought to the gallovvs then Antony Munday one of the former false accusers was brought furth before al the presence called for by the Sherife who was redy to auouch whatsoeuer you would to their faces though of the seuen executed those twoe daies he neuer I thinke savv none beyond the seas where the treason was fained to be contriued saueing only M. Kirbie of vvhom in particular he could say nothing neither Yet it serued them for a pretie coulor to say in the hearing of the multitude Loe here is one of your companions the Popes ovvne scholler to aduovv it to your face But when they found the foole in deede could say