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A17087	A briefe treatise concerning the burnynge of Bucer and Phagius, at Cambrydge, in the tyme of Quene Mary with theyr restitution in the time of our moste gracious souerayne lady that nowe is. Wherein is expressed the fantasticall and tirannous dealynges ofthe [sic] Romishe Church, togither with the godly and modest regime[n]t of the true Christian Church, most slaunderouslye diffamed in those dayes of heresye. Translated into Englyshe by Arthur Goldyng. Anno. 1562. Read and iudge indifferently accordinge to the rule of Gods worde.; Historia vera: de vita, obitu, sepultura, accusatione haereseos, condemnatione, exhumatione, combustione, honorificaque tandem restitutione beatorum atque doctiss. theologorum, D. Martini Buceri et Pauli Fagii. English. Selections.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1562 (1562)	STC 3966; ESTC S106051	49,264	190

A briefe treatise concerning the burnynge of Bucer and Phagius at Cambrydge in the tyme of Quene Mary with theyr restitution in the time of our moste gracious souerayne Lady that nowe is Wherein is expressed the fantasticall and tirannous dealynges of the Romishe Church togither with the godly and modest regimēt of the true Christian Church most slaunderouslye diffamed in those dayes of heresye Translated into Englyshe by Arthur Goldyng Anno. 1562. ☞ Read and iudge indifferently accordinge to the rule of Gods worde ¶ Imprinted at London in Flete-strete nere to saynct Dunslons Churche by Thomas Marshe IF causeles anye yet do doubt whether the wilye Papistes be the lōg foretold and looked for Antechristes to theyr oft con●uted doctryne let him ioyne the iudgement of theyr dāned dedes And discerne that theyr faith whose iustification they iustly flye by the filthines of theyr frutes Which reason was whilom among them of such force that in stede of disprouing doctrine they curiously searched others innocent liues as blamelesse them selues Not fearing as the abhominable harlotte who vpbrayded her chaste neyghbour with her owne shame most impudently to appeache others of vnhonest life where thē selues are so staynd with al kinde of vncleannes as but for that shamelesse dissemblinge which serueth thē to so many mischieues theyr conscyences would euen in theyr blushyng faces crie y ● contrary to theyr shamelesse wordes Neyther minde I by a fewe to defame them all or by a rascall noumber to stayne the best but euen with historical sincerity to propose the paterne of the perfectst that as the iudgemente is like of thinges alike so much more plainelye mayst thou d●me what the rascal rable be when the best be such So wilye in worldly affaires arguinge their ignoraunce in spirituall So dissēbling in al their dealing cloking not cancelling their crimes So cruell vnder colour of disguised mercye So farced with fables sor fatherlye doctrine Suche deluders euen of the learned vniuersity as though forgetting him whō no mā may deceiue measurīg religion by worldly estimation they had madlye proposed dissembling deceyt the end of theyr lewd profession yf they thē whom the simple sort had vainly in such admiration so deluded our expectacion euen in that time when both theyr wittes learnings chiefelye flourished power wanted not to assist their wordes if thē I say those yelded such rottē frutes of their great conceyued hope alas what is to be loked for eyther of the same yet liuinge crueltye the mightiest bulwarke of theyr doctrine wanting or of the rest whō neither wit nor worthines hath raysed either to so learned iudgement or to so graue report For to ouerpasse the rest againste whō theyr causeles pitied state bids sparelye to speake who worshipped Ormanet any lesse thē a liuīg saint ▪ who estemed him otherwise than the angel that should disclose the secretes lodged in the cardinals brest● whom they knewe to be enspired w t that romishe owlishe doue So hath honor reuerēce long since swerued frō that vprightnes of life whereto Philosophye at the first linked it waxd cōtented to be the mate of power the meede of the monstruous beaste of many heades But shall our good opinion of theym growe wyth theyr iust deserued woe Or shall we conceyue more of thē vnarmed whome the dreadfulst tormentes of fier famine could not proue soūdly learned Or shal we deme that rusty corners yet shroude others that could speake muche more O let vs not be more wittye to proue them eyther learned or godly then them selues are able And thou O Reader as the readyng of this litle treatyse shall often moue the to rue the miserye of the times wherein they were rufull so if prosperity haue not wholye blunted the prickes of vertue in thee they shall styrre the alyke to the consideracion of these ●appy yeares wherein they are not onelye lothed sorowed and mourned but euen hated detested and condemned Wherein so appeares the filthe of those wicked Tirauntes as yet euen after tombe and fyer flouryshe the ashes faine of theyr weake foes Theyr beggery nowe appearyng so beastly by theyr fal as wonted is the death of the deceyuinge detter to descrie his manye deceytes to the greate losse wracke of his creditours If you thinke it deserueth not the name of an historye for that pertiallye perhaps in thy opinion the guiltye are touched consider to whom it was forbidden to write ought vntruly from him was not ●rempted the causes and reasons of thinges disclosed to nippe the euil and prayse the good Unlesse thou wilte forbid him to thinke of eyther parte what it deserueth or what he thinketh to speake The fyrste of the whych as thou canst not forclose me so the other the benefite of the tyme graunteth me In the which to couer my iust affection what impiety wer it Wherfore wishing the fauorably to weygh my frendly meanyng in al poyntes syth what so ener I dyd I was enforced in respecte of common commoditye to do I remyt the to the perusinge of my doynges with such fauorable iudgement as is due to well meaning though it wante expressing CArdinall Poole thre yeares after his returne into Englād hauyng somewhat wythdrawen hys mynd from other affaires of the realme and hauing in all poyntes established the Romishe religion the which a certaine yeares past during the time of king Edward the .vi. was clerely abolished and worne out of custome began to haue an eye to the vniuersitie of Cambrydge the which it selfe inespecially semed to haue nede of reformation out of hande For he thought it should be to no purpose to bestowe his trauaile in purginge the residewe of the bodye if he left that parte still infected with maladies diseases frō whēce al other members should fetche their strength and nourishemēt To performe this charge were chosen Cuthbert Scot not long before consecrated bishoppe of Westchester Nicolas Ormanet an Italian Archepryeste of the people of Bodolon in the dyocesse of Uexon professed in both the lawes Thomas VVatson elected bishop of Lincolne Iohn Christoferson elected byshop of Chychester and Henrye Cole Prouoste of the Colledge of Eton. There was good cause whye the matter was inespecially committed to these persons For as touchinge Ormanet it is well knowen that he was a man of muche estimation wyth Iulius the thyrde at that tyme bishop of Rome whose businesse they dyd sitte vpon in this Commission and that for the same purpose he was appoynted to come into Englande wyth Cardinall Poole bycause that without his knowledge as in whō he put his chyefe trust and confidence the byshop would haue nothynge done that was of any importance or weyght The residewe were sent thither eyther for experience in matters of thuniuersitye or els they seemed of all others most meete to be put in trust with thandlynge of that case because they were taken for moste stoute Champions and earnest defenders of the Romyshe relygion

to be suffered to kepe his conscience free whē there is no manifest proof to be laid to his charge But muche more vniust is it y t a mā should be cōstrained perforce to accuse him selfe ▪ Neuertheles those persons also after muche altercation at length condicionally that theyr fayth geuen before to the Colledge were not empeached thereby were contented to be sworne Three daies long lasted the inquisition there This was now the third day of their comminge and it was thoughte that the case of Bucer and Phagius was delayed longer than neded For they looked to haue had muche altercation and businesse about the matter Nowe forasmuch as the present estate of the case required good deliberation and aduisemēt the Uicechauncellour and the maysters of the Colledges assembled at the common schooles where euerye man gaue his verdite what he thoughte meete to be done Aftermuch debating they agreed al togither in this determinacion That forasmuche as Martine Bucer whiles he lyued had not only sowed pernicious erroneus doctrine amonge thē but also had him selfe bene a sectarie and famous heretique erring from the Catholike church and geuinge others occasion to fall from the same likewyse I supplication shoulde be made to the L. Commissioners in the name of the whole Uniuersitie y t his deade carcas might forthwith be digged vp for so it was nedefull to be done to thentente that inquisition myght be made as touchinge his doctryne the whych being brought in examination if it were not found to be good and wholsome the lawe myght procede agaynst him For it was agaynste the rule of the holy Canons y t his bodye should be buryed in Chrysten buryall Yea and besides that it was to the open derogation of Goddes honour and the violating of his holye lawes wyth the great perill of manye mennes soules and thoffence of the faythfull inespecially in so difficult and contagious a tyme as that was Wherfore it was not to be suffered that they whiche vtterlye dissented from all other men in theyr trade of liuinge lawes and customes shoulde haue anye parte with them in thonour of burial And therfore the glorye of God inespecially and before al things ought to be defended the infamye whych through this thyng riseth on them with al spede put awaye no roome at all to rest in lefte vnto those personnes who euen in the same places where they lay wer iniurious and noisome to the very elementes But the place ought to be pourged and all thinges so ordered as myght be to the satisfyeng of the consciences of the weake In executinge whereof so notable an example ought to be geuen to al men y t no man hereafter shouldr be so bolde to attempt the lyke They gaue y ● same verdit by cōmon assent vpon Phagius also Unto this writing they annexed another by the which they lawfully authorised Andrew Perne the Uicechācellour to be y ● common factour for thuniuersity He was a man metest for y t purpose bothe for thoffice that he bare also bicause y t by the testimonie of Christophorsō he was demed to be most catholike of al others This Supplication confyrmed by the consent of all the degrees of thuniuersity and signed with their common seale the next day whych was the .xiii. of Ianuary the Uicechauncellour put vp to the commissioners Se what a feate conueyaunce this was to suborne this man vnder a colourable pretence to desire this thing of them by waye of peticion as who should saye if he had not done so they would neuer haue gone about it of them selues But this glosse was soone found out For the Commissioners had geuen him instructiōs in writing before But peraduenture they thoughte by this meanes to remoue thenuye of thys acte from them selues The vicechauncellor came to the Commissioners according to appoint mēt made the day before about seuen of the clocke in the mornyng He had scarce declared the cause of his comminge but that he had not onelye obteyned his sute but also euen at the verye same time receyued the sentence of condemnacion and takynge vp of Bucer and Phagius fayre copyed out by Ormanet Datarye him selfe This was to be confirmed by the consente of the degrees of thuniuersitye Whereupon a congregation was called for the same purpose to be at nyne of the clocke whē the graduates were come together the demaund was propounded as concerninge the condemnacion of Bucer and Phagius causes were openly alledged the verye same whiche euen nowe we declared to haue bene alledged by the maysters of the houses in theyr consultacion the daye before The degrees layd their heades togither in geuing of their voices ratified the said sentence The which beynge red ouer request was made agayne that the same myght be signed wyth theyr cōmon Seale The which request was verye lightlye and easely obtayned And it was no maruayle For nowe after the death of king Edward since the time that the gouernemente of the realme came to the hande of Quene Mary all suche persons being driuen away as had reiected the romishe religion in whō well nye alonlye rested whatsoeuer witte and learning was in the whole Uniuersitye besydes such a sort of rascalles were put in theyr roomes that all places nowe swarmed with vnlearned and vnnurtured chaplaines To whō nothing was greater pleasure then to cause al men speake slaunder and reproche of Bucer There were diuers yet leste among them that spake agaynst theyr demaundes But they because as it cōmo●ly commeth to passe that mighte ouercomm●th ryght could nothing auayle For this is a common custome in all such matters and ordinaunces that looke what the greater nūber decreeth is publyshed in the name of them al and that which the more parte disaloweth seemeth as though nomā allowed it at all The next day Bacon maister of Gonwell hall bade the Uicechauncellour D. Yoong D. Haruie Swineborne Max●ide with others home to diner These men immediatly after diner caused the common Seale of thuniuersitye to be put to the foresayd instrument of condemnacion according as was determined the daye before by the generall consent of the Graduates of thuniuersitye And by and by after they caried the same to the Cōmissioners to their lodginge The whyche when they had receyued forasmuch as after more diligent perusing therof it liked theym not in all poynctes some thinges thei rased out some they enterlined other some they chaūged so that in fine they wer fain to take the peyne to engroce it newe againe About this time almost one of the Kinges Colledge of the nomber of them that chaunced to be there at suche time as the Commissioners tooke a view of thornamentes of the Church and of other thinges that the Pryestes occupie in theyr ceremonies hearinge Ormanet call for the Oyle wherwyth sycke folke are wont to be annealed the whiche as it should seme he had neuer sene before after his departure beinge desirous to