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A08486	A famous and godly history contaynyng the lyues a[nd] actes of three renowmed reformers of the Christia[n] Church, Martine Luther, Iohn Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaracion of Martin Luthers faythe before the Emperoure Charles the fyft, and the illustre estates of the empyre of Germanye, with an oration of hys death, all set forth in Latin by Philip Melancthon, Wolfgangus Faber, Capito. Simon Grineus, [and] Oswald Miconus, newly Englished by Henry Bennet Callesian.; Historia de vita et actis Martini Lutheri. English	Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Bennet, Henry, fl. 1561, compiler and trans.; Capito, Wolfgang, 1478-1541. De vita Oecolampadii. aut; Grynäus, Simon, 1493-1541. De J. Oecolampadii obitu. aut; Mykonius, Oswald, 1488-1552. De H. Zuinglii vita et obitu. aut	1561 (1561)	STC 1881; ESTC S120757	69,569	198

to digres if I recite the causes also for that they aduertise posterity of many excellent thynges Further by thys narracion the sycophancye and sinistre reporte of them maye be refuted who vaunt he was encouraged by certayne Princes and other eminent Estates of the sacred Empire to deface the dignitie of Bishops or prouoked wyth inordinate desyre he brake the band of seruitude in hys Monaslical estate And it had bene most requisite this discourse had bene wrytten by hym selfe For albe it currish detractors would haue obiected thys common prouerbe ¶ Such as wyth hawtye style adnaunce theyr proper prayse Deflect frō Sophies golden saw●s and sue Morias wayes Yet we that knowe what rare vertues harbored in his head what constancie lodged in hys diu ne brest are perswaded he would iustly and faithfully haue recited hys proper hystory And many graue and godly men liue presently who would haue condemp ned hys follye if he had forged an other historye as Po●tes in their poesies are wont to faine considering he vnderstode the perfect order sequele of hys actes were not vnknowen vnto them But since hys fatal day hath preuented the publicacion of such an history I wyl truly recite that partlye by familiare conuersacion I haue sene and partlye by informacion and approued testimonies of hys perfecte friendes I haue heard Ther is an auncient Famely and amplye augmented of meane degree surnamed Luther in the territorie of the Noble Earles of Mansfield Mar tine Luthers Parentes firste inhabited the Towne Isleben anon after they remoued to Mansfield wher his Father Iohn Luther exercised the office of a Magistrate was syngularlye estemed amonge all sortes for hys integrity of lyfe Hys Mother named Margaret besydes that the had vertues worthy an honest Matrone thys was syngular Ther shined in her continency feare of God and inuocacion and al other vertuous persons constantly planted their eyes vpon her as on a patron president of al moral vertues I haue some tyme enquired of her at what time her sonne was borne she answered that she remembred the houre the day of his natiuity but of the yeare she was ignoraunt She affirmed he was borne the .x. day of Nouember at night about a leuen of the clocke And the cause why he was called Martin was for that the morow after he receiued Baptisme was S. Martins day But his brother Iames an honest and vpright mā said the whole Famely held opinion he was borne the yere after the Natiuity 1483. After he was growen to yeares of vnderstandyng hys Parentes diligently taught hym to feare knowe God and accustomed hym to all domesticall duties of honest vertues They foorthwith addressed hym to schoole and George Aemilius Father led hym a lytle Infant to schole who lyueth yet and can recorde the truth Euen about this tyme the Grammer Schooles began to flooryshe in the Townes of Sa●ony Wherefore the sayd Martin fully fourtene yeres olde was sent to Magdeburg wyth Iohn Keynech who hath prooued a worthy man and by his vertue acquired high authority in his Countrye There cōtinued since a conglutinate mutual loue betwixt Luther Keynech proceding either of agreement of nature either of society in chyldish study And yet Martine studied no lenger then one yeare at Magdeburg Departing from Magdeburge he repaired to Isenach wher he studied foure yeares vnder one Scholemayster who taught hym the Grammer more promptly and luckely then any other I haue heard Luther cōmende his wyt He was sent to thys towne because his Mother was borne in the same of honest and auncient house Here he atchieued his study in Grāmer And for that he hadde a lyuelye pregnant subtil wit and passingly apt to eloquence he was preferred aboue his schoolefeeres and excelled the other yonge Impes that learned with him in opposicion of hard questions in copy of wordes in composition of an Oration in prose and in writing of Verses Hauyng then tasted the sweetenes of learning as he was prone ther vnto he went to an Vniuersitye as to the fountayne of al Sciences And yf he had founde meete and conuenient Instructors he had knowen and comprised al kyndes of Sciences orderly so great was the force of his vnderstā dyng And it maye be some pleasaunt study of true Philosophie and care to polysh hys tonge would haue mollefied hys natural vehemency But at Erford he met wyth the Dialectique of that tyme the whych by dexteritie and redynes of wytte vnderst andyng more exactly the causes sprynges of instruction then others hys compagnions he greedely deuoured and had in memory And for that the excellencye of hys wyt embracing good litterature required many those selected things he priuately red diuers workes of the auncient latine Authors as Cicero Titus Liuius Virgil others He studied not these as the yong scholers are wont collecting onely the Phrases but as a doctrine or representacion of humayne lyfe And therfore intentiuely applyed hym selfe to vnder stande the sence sentence of the Authors And hauyng a naturall good memory he had as it were before hys eyes prest all that he had learned or hearde He so excelled in hys younge yeres that the whole Vniuersity had hys wyt in great admiracion Beyng twentye yeres olde he was graded Maister of Arte and then he gaue hym selfe to the study of the Ciuil law by the aduise of hys familiar and nyghest friendes in so much that they iudged this marueilous pregnācy of wyt and eloquence ought not to lurke in obscure place but be made notorious hereafter to serue and be a neressary instrument of the publicke weale And the next yere which was the .xxi. of hys age he sadaynly besydes the expectacion of hys Parents and friendes repayred to the Couent of the Augustines at Erphord Wher he entreated admission beyng admitted he learned wyth marueilous diligence not onelye the doctrine of the Couent but also gouerned hym selfe wyth a great seueritye of discipline and surpassed al other in all exercises of Religion in lections in disputacions in fastinges and in prayers He was naturally a smal feeder wherat I haue mused much sithe he was of stature tall and strong of body I haue considered in him this abstinence foure continual daies when he was well disposed and healthy he would refraine from meate drinke And often tymes I haue seene when a long season he would dyet hym self with a small peece of breade and one hearyng The cause wherefore he addicted him selfe to this Monasticall order of life was because he beleued the same to be most conformable to sincere religion and to the vnderstanding of Gods doctrine as he hath related many hath knowen Often tymes he was takē with great and trembling feares when he attentiuely considered the wrath of God the marueylous examples of his punishmentes that he was in a maner reft of hys wyttes And I haue marked at a certaine tyme that

adm●n●●●on was geuen hym of a singular good wyl and great clemency In the shutting vp of hys Oration he added m●na●inges saying that yf he would abyde in hys purposed entent the ●mp●rour would procede further exterminate hym the Empire perswadyng hym deliberatlye to ponder and aduise these and other thynges Martine Luther aunswered Most noble Princes my moste gracious Lordes I render most humble thankes for your benignities and syngular good wylles whence proceedeth thys admonicion For I knowe my selfe to be so base as by no meanes I can deserue a●monicion of so great Princes Then he frankely pronounced he had not reproue● all Councels but onely the Councel of Constance and for this principal cause that the same condempned the word of God whych appeared in the ●●n●empnacion of thys Article proponed by Iohn ●usse The Churche of Christ is the Communion of the P●●●e●●inate It is euident the Counc●l of Const●c● abolished thys article consequently thys article of our faith I beleue the holy Church vniuersall And that he was ready to spend lyfe and bloud s● he were not compelled to call backe the manyfest word of God for in defence therof we ought rather to obey God then men And that in thys he coulde not ad-2noyde the scandale of fayth for there is two scandales or offences to saye of Charity of Fayth The scandale of Charity consisteth in maners in lyfe The scandale of Fayth or doctrine resteth in the word of God as touching thys last he could escape it no maner of wayes for it laye not in his power to make Christ not y● stone of scandale If Christes sh●pe wer fed wyth pure pasture of the Gospell If the fayth of Christ wer sincerely preached if ther were any good Ecclesiastical Maiestrates who duly executed their office we should not nede to charge the Church with mens tradiciōs Further he knew wel we ought to obey the Maiestrates higher powers how vniustly peruers●● so euer they lyued We ought also to geue place to our iudgmet al which he had taught in al hys workes adding further he was ready to obey them in al pointes so that they inforced him not to deny the woord of God Then Luther was byd stand aside and the Princes con●u●●ed what aunswer thei might geue him This done they called him into a Parlour wher as the Doctor of Bade repeated hys former matters admonithyng Luther ●o submyt hys writinges to the Emperour and Empires iudgement Luther aunswered humbly and modestly he coulde not neyther woulde permit that men should say he would thunne the iudgement of the Emperour Princes supreme Estates of the Empyre weying so s●lenderlye their examinacion that he was contented to suffer his writings most diligently to be read ouer considered iudged of the simplest so y● this were done with the authority of the word of God holy scripture And that the word of God made so much for hym and was so manyfest vnto hym that he woulde not geue place vnles they taught sound doctrine then the word of God And y● S. Au●ten wryteth he had learned to geue this honor onely to those bookes which are called Canonicall that he beleued them to be true And as touching the other Doctors albeit in holynes and excellency of learning they passed he would not credit them vnles they pronounced truth Further that Sayncte Paule had wrytten to the Thessalonians proue all things folow that is good And to the Galathians although an Aungel should descend from heauen if he preach otherwyse let him ●e accursed and therfore not worthy to be beleued Finally he mekely besought them not to vrge his conscience fastened with the ●andes of the woorde of God and holy scripture to deny that same excellent word And thus he cōmended hys cause and hym selfe to them and specially to the Emperors Maiestye requiring their helpe he myghte not be compelled to do anye thyng in thys matter agaynste hys conscience And otherwyse he would submyt hym selfe in all causes most obedientlye And answering thus Ioachime Elector Marques of Brandeburge demaunded if he had sayd he would not yelde vnles he were conuinced wyth the scripture Yea trulye ryght noble Lord quoth Luther or els by auncient and euident reasons Thus the assemble brake and the Princes repayred to the Emperours court The Archbishop of Triers abode accompanied with hys Official Iohn Ecke Cochleus cōmaūded Luther to come into hys chamber Ierome Schurff Nicholas Ambsdorff assisted to mayntaine Luthers cause Then the Official began to frame an argument like a Sophist Canonist defending the Popes cause That for the most part at al tymes holy scriptures haue engendred errors as the same of Heluidius the Arian out of that place in the Gospel where is expressed Ioseph knew not his wyfe til she was deliuered of her fyrst chylde Further he grew to ouerthrow thys proposiciō that the Catholik Church is the Cōmunion of Sayntes presuming also of Cocle to make wheat of bodily excremēts to cōpact mēbers Martin Luther Ierome Schurffe reproued these folyes other vaine and ridiculous matters whych Ecke brought forth but modestli as things not seruing to the purpose Somtyme Cochleus would entermedle his murmuring chattes and laboured to perswade Luther to desist from hys purpose vtterly to refraine thenceforth to wryte or teach so they departed About euening the Archbyshop of Triers aduertised Luther by Ambsdorff the Emperours promise made vnto him was prolonged two daies in the meane season he would conferre wyth him the next daye and for that cause he woulde sende Doctour Peutinger the Doctor of Bade the morrow after to hym and he himself would also talke with hym The Friday then that was Saynt Markes day Peutinger the Doctor of Bade trauailed in the forenone to perswade Luther simply and absolutely to submit the iudgement of his writinges to Themperor Empire He aunswered he would do submyt any thing they woulde haue hym so they grounded with the authoritye of holy scripture otherwyse he woulde not consent to do any thing For god sayd by his Prophet saith he Trust ye not in Princes nor in the children of men in whom there is no health Also cursed be he that trusteth in me And seyng them vrge him more vehemently he aunswered We ought to submit no more to the iudgement of men then the word of God doth So they departed and prayed hym to aduise for better aunswer and said they would returne after Dynner After Dynner they returned exhortyng as before but in vayne They prayed him at the least he would submit his writyng to the iudgement of the next general Councel Luther agreed therunto but wyth this condicion that they them selues shoulde present the Articles collected out of his bookes to be submitted to the Councel in this maner notwythstandyng that the sentence awarded by the coūcel should be authorised by the scripture

remembraunce of hys doctrine I weye litle the braid sclaunder of the Epicures and Hipocrites who scoffe and condempne the manifest truth But I stay wholy here vpon that the vniuersal Churche hath consented perpetuallye to thys very doctrine which is preached in our Church where vnto we must frame our lyfe and deuocion conformable And I beleue that this is the doctrine wherof the sonne of God speaketh If any loue me he wyll keepe my commaundementes and my father wyll loue him and we wyll come to hym and plant our dwelling with hym I speake of the somme of the doctrine as it is vnderstāded and explaned in our Churches by the faithfull learned Ministers For al be it that some one often times expoundeth the same more aptly and elegantly then some other yet as touching the effect the learned and faithful doo agree in all poyntes Then weying perpending with my selfe long tyme the doctrine that hath bene of al tymes it semeth vnto me that since the Apostles there haue bene foure notable alteracions after the first purity of y● Gospel Origene had his tyme. Al be it there wer some of a sound and sacred opinion as Methodius who reproued the furies and ●otages of Origene yet he cōuerted the Gospell into Philosophye in the hartes of many that is to saye he aduaunced this perswasion that one meane discipline of reason deserueth remission of synnes and that thys is that iustice wherof is sayd The iust shall lyue of his fayth That age almost lost the whole difference of the Law and the Gospel and forgat the words of the Apostles For they vnder stoode not the naturall significacion of these wordes Letter Spirite Iustice Fayth Now when the proprietye of wordes was ●o●t whych be notes of the very thinges it was necessary that other thinges should be contriued Out of this seede sprang Pedagius error which wandred largely abrod And therfore al be it the Apostles had geuen vnto y● Church a pure doctrine as cleare salutiferous foūtaines yet Origene medled the same wyth muche ordure and impuritye Then to correct the errors of that tyme or at the least some part of the. God raised S. Austen who repurged an some part the fountaynes and I doubt not if he were iudge of dissencions at this day but he wold speake for vs defend our cause Certenly as concerning free remission iustificacion by faith the vse of the Sacramentes and indifferent thynges he consenteth wholy wyth vs. And albeit that in some places he exp●undeth more eloquently and aptly that he wyl say than in some yet yf in readyng any do cary wyth them a godly spirite and quycke ▪ vnderstandyng and al euil iudgement ceaseth they shall soone perceyne he is of our opinion And where as our aduersaries sometime do cite sentences selected out of his bookes agaynst vs and wyth clamour prouoke vs to the auncient Fathers they do it not for any affection they beare vnto the truth or antiquity but maliciously to cloke them wyth the authority of the auncient fathers in the presence of their Idols whych antiquity neuer knewe of any these horned beastes dombe Idols as we haue knowen in these dayes Neuertheles it is certain ther wer● see●es of supersticion in the tyme of the Fathers and auncient Doctors therefore S. Austen ordeyned some thyng of vowes although he wrote not therof so straungely as other for soth y● best some tymes shal be spotted wyth the blemysh of the follyes that reygne in theyr age For as naturally we loue our Country so fondly we fauour the present fashions wher in we be trained educated And very wel alludeth Euripides to thys What customes ●e in tender youth by Natures lore receaue The same we loue lyke alwayes and lothe our ●ust to leaue But would to God y● such as vaunt they follow S. Austen wold alwaies represent one lyke opinion mynoe as S. Austen Certaynly they would not clyppe and mutilate hys sentences to serue their purpose And the lyght restored by S. Austēs workes hath much profited posterity For Prosper Maximus Hugo and some other lyke that gouerned studies to S. Bernardes tyme haue for the most part imitated the rule of S. Austen And this whyle styl the regiment and rytches of the Bishops encreased and therof ensued a mo●e thē gigantal or monstrous raygne prophane and ignoraunt men gouerned the Churche among the whych certayne were enstructed in sciences and practises of the Romayne Courte and some other exercised in pleadynges Then the orders of Dominicke and S. Fraunces Friers began who beholding the excesse and ritches of the Byshops contempnyng their vngodly maners determined to lyue in more modest order or as I myght say to enclose them in the prisons of discipline but first ignoraunce encreased the supersticions Then after when they considered mens myndes wholy addicted to the study of y● ciuil lawes for that pleading at Rome aduaūced many to great authority enrytched them they endeuoured to reuoke men to the study of Diuinity but they missed of their purpose and theyr counsayl fayled them Albert and his semblables that wer geuen to Aristotles doctrine beganne to conuert the doctrine of the Churche into prophane Philosophy And the fourth age not onelye fylled with ordure the fountaines of the Gospell but vomited poyson to say opinions manifestly approuyng all idolatries Thomas Aquin Scotus and their lyke haue brought in so manye labyrinthes false opinions that ▪ the godly sound sort of deuines haue alway desired a more plain and purer kinde of doctrine Neither can we deny without great impudencye but it was expedient to alter this kind of doctrine when it is manyfest that such as employed theyr whole age in this maner of teaching vnderstoode not the great part of the Sophismes in theyr Disputacions Further it is playne Idolatry confirmed when they teache the applicacions of sacrifice by woorke wrought when they allowe the inuocation of Images when they deny that synnes be freelye remitted by fayth when of ceremonies they make a slaughter of consciences Finally there are many other horryble and pernicious deuises that when I thynke of theym Lorde howe I tremble and quake of feare Let vs render thankes vnto God the eternall Father of our Lorde Iesus Christe who hath pleased by the Ministerye of Diuine and godly Luther too purifye the Euangelicall fountaynes of all ordure and papistical infection and restore siucere doctrine to the Church wherof minding euermore we maye conioyne our lamentable peticions and with zeious affection besech God to cō●●rine that he hath atchieued in vs for hys holye Temples sake Th●s is thy voice and prom●se lyu●ng and iust God eternal father of our Lord Iesus Christ creator of a● thinges and of the Church I wyll haue compassion on you for my names sake I wyll doo it for my se●●e yea truelye for my selfe that I be not blasphe●ed I beseche

before your eyes Men preach the truth in vain and litle preuaile wordes for if we wil subdue Sathan if we determine to shape this world after Christ this specially that now is we had neede of a cleare and holy lyfe of a heauenly courage and mynde See ye not what cloudes appeare what tēpest begins to noise what alienacion of myndes what impiety raigne yet ye must be constāt and couragious assured the Lord wil dispose al in iust order O the I myght be with you in your tribulacions and expose thys my lyfe for the truth but it may be so for as muche as the loue of godly men and the band in Christ is indissoluble and haue all thynges common amonge them Suche discourse hadde Ecolampadius concernyng religion generally with vs his brethren and then he began to touch hym selfe Where I am sc●aundered sayth he that peruerslye I haue corrupted the truth I force not for praised be god I depart to appeare before the throne of Christ in pure consciēce there shal I truly knowe if I haue seduced the Churche I leaue you wytnesses of thys myne opinion and attestacion the which I mayntayne and confirme in these my last sighes And when he had sayd thys the brethren gaue hym theyr handes and faithfully promised to take care for y● church The morow after which was the. r● day he had layed sycke he commaunded his Children to be brought before hym and fyrst he tooke them by the hand then he stroke them on the head notwithstanding their tender yeres could not conceiue the fathers mynde for the eldest was but thre yeres old Go to fayth he Eusebie you Irena and you Alith●a my deare Children i●u● ye God your father And when theyr Mother hadde made a sygne of graunt ●he would fulfyl his cōmaundement he vended hys eyes towards hys wy●● hys mother in law other hys 〈…〉 saying I haue wyth thys my last restament bound ye that ye end 〈…〉 my Children be such as I sayd euen now and as I haue euer desyred that is fearing God peaceable meeke and true And after all those that were present had geuen agayne consent and faythfull promise to obserue hys request he caused hys chyldren to be re 〈…〉 ed from hym Thys was the last nyght and all the br●●hen were wyth him wyth whom it semed hauing de 〈…〉 ●o rest he conferred very ly 〈…〉 A certayne friend of his came in againe that went foorth whom he required to ●●l s●m newes the other aunswered he knew none But I wyll tell thee newes sayth Ecolampadius Euery man was silent to heare what thys myght be I shall be shortlye sayth he wyth Christe my Lord. Anon after one demaunded hym if the lyght hurted hym not and laying hys hande on hys stomacke aunswered here is lyght inough The daw●ing of day appeared and the Sunne began wyth hys radiaunt beames to cleare the whole worlde when hys fatall houre approched Hys last prayer whych we could vnderstand and which he pronounced wyth great payne yet casye to be vnderstanded was the .li. Psalme of Dauid which contayneth Dauids penitent prayer for hys synnes the which thys godlye man recited at large in the presence of vs with sighes drawen from hys diuine brest Thys done he paused a while and as one sodaynelye awakened sayde thys prayer Iesus Christ saue me Thys was the last voyce that issued out of that venerable mouthe We were ten brethren kneelyng rounde about hys bed and lyf●ynge vp oure handes wee made oure prayer vnto God It was uowe cleare and perfect day● ▪ and the su●ne ascended our horisont when thys holy mā rendred his ghost to God hys Creatour so meekelye humbly with such affiaunce in Christ hys Lord that al good people wer no lesse comforted wyth hys godly ende then they had bene edefied by hys vertuous lyfe Thus Ecolampadius ended hys dayes whose lyfe shied in integrity and innocencye The cause recited in the beginning moued me yea truely me that haue bene a luculent witnes wyth diuers credible persons of all these thynges wrytten not to swarue from testification of the truthe but faythfully to aduertise the same And now my deare friende Capito synce you haue exhorted me to set forth hys fatal end reduce you to memorye the order of hys lyfe For you know what pleasure the godly shall receyue and what prouocacion thys shal be for thē to imitate hys godly steppes I do not in vayne require you to attempt this for no man can more lyuely descriue the same then you ▪ with whō all hys syfe tyme he had great familiaritye and learned conference Then seyng thys ample occasion is offred vnto you to satisfy the thurstye expectacion of the godly and gratefy the gredye desyres of all honest and vertuous people I doubt not and the rather at the contemplation of my request you wyll publysh to the whole world the great abundaūce of grace it pleased the Lorde to poore in thys man who is worthy to be calendred in the Catalogue of famous and godly pyllers of the Christiā church Farewel ▪ ¶ The history of the Lyfe and Death of Huldericke Zuinglins Wrytten by Oswa●d Mi●●●●●s ⸫ ¶ Oswald Miconius wysheth perfect health to hys friende Agathius Ber●●●●● YOVR request is deare friend Agathy I should publysh a matter as worthy notice as surmounting the compasse ●●ing skyll For great thynges requyre supportacion of great power as yet I haue ramforced onely For I am bothe weake to attaynd to high matters and naturally giuen to atchieue low enterprises Think you this is a triuial argumēt to discourse I wyl not say descriue the historye of Zuinglius lyfe for suche is not your desire weying the sterility of my skyl and eloquence Tully the Prince of al good learning the famous Plutarche might with their greatest vessels wade in thys large sea without eclipse of their glorious cunning and elegant style So great is Zuinglius among his sincere friendes so s●●lly estemed among hys illiterate prophane enemies herof springeth your doubt There be some you allydge that in praysing him make the same a myrour of godlynes and some in contemning hym paint him out lyke an horrible and monstrous wyght whych moueth you to maruaile the yearth canne sustaine so facinerous a creature Thus the laud of hys friends alluryng you to reuerence the sclaūder of his foes prouoking you to abhore his lyfe and actes You seme to suspende your resolute iudgement of him and hys learned woorkes and therfore requires to be credibly enformed by some his familiar friendes of his demeanure and cōuersacion that such is your zelous affection as hys excellent monumēts shine in al Christianity and sincere doctrine so they maye receyue condigne credit and godlye reporte of all Christian people I maye ryghte boldlye affirme I knewe Zuinglius familyarlye who was my Mecenas with whom I had learned conference for the which I am obliged vnto hym manyfoldly But

thys That thys my vehement rebuke may not agreue trouble thee O vertuous man vnderstād I touch thee not nor in thys matter I haue to do with thee Sometime he digressed from hys theame when matters interceadyng enforced hym too surcease hys begunne purpose But now the blessed happy tyme expired the soūdest and best part of the people embraced truth he discoursed in hys sermons against thynges lesse tollerable in the Church he condempned the priuate gaynes of Priestes suche as by priuate power abused the church whych moued the priestes and laity to omit no time of consultacion by what wyle or policies they myght entrap hym But of thys perhaps I wyl discourse more at large Now let vs returne to hys studies Emong so many laborius affaires he ceased not to read al approued Greeke authors as Homere Thucidides and Lucian that is more playne and easy Theocritus Hesiodus Aristophanes and other tyll he had redde and reuolued them all And for that hys studye required and Andrewe Boscheustyn learned in the Hebrue tounge was come to Zurick to professe the same Zuingglius was hys diligent Scholer who receyued foorth wyth a marueylous taste of thys tong And hauing obtained of the Senate the erection of a Colledge of good learnyng and the three tounges he solicited the same to send for Iames Cepor 〈…〉 us a yong man wel learned in those tounges to be a publicke professor there Vnder whom he determined to atchieue all that concerned the Greke Grammer Awhyle after by conference of the Seuenty and S. Ieromes translacion he tooke boldnes to expounde the text of Esay and Hieremy ryght excellent Prophetes accompanyenge hym selfe wyth Leo Iuda who had then studyed and trauayled in that knowledge and Felix Mantius who synce was defamed wyth the heresy● of the Anabaptistes He studyed continually stanoyng vp ryght and prescribed certayne houres to studye at whyche he neuer fayled if hee were not pressed wyth matters of importaunce From earlye morning tyl tenne of the clocke he applyed hym selfe to reade interpretate instruct write as tyme and occasion required After Dinner he attended to such as would conferre wyth hym in any matter or required counsell or he deuised and walked wyth hys friendes tyll twoo of the clocks at whych tyme he returned to hys studye After Supper he walked a lyttle whyle and then after he gaue himselfe to wryte letters the whyche sometymes he vsed tyll mydnyght Further if the Senate hadde neede of hym in any vrgent matter he was alwayes ready at theyr commaundement And nowe Agathye if it delyghte you to heare Zuinglius trauayles agaynst the enemyes of truth and the attemptes of wy●ye woorkers wee must deryue our dyscourse from a far ther and hygher begynnynge Albeit that Fraunces Lambert Friar obseruant of Anguiō whose name is wel knowen to the French Germayne nacion ought not to be enrolled among hys enemyes yet for that of the fyrst principal he broched this busynes agaynst Zuinglius he must not here be buryed in the vale of oblition He came to Zurick in hys Fryars weede disputed openly agaynst Zuinglius touching the intercession of Saints but I cannot tel who pricked hym if it were the truth or that he set but a face theron For after certen propositions he was contented to be reformed gaue thankes to God that he had reuealed the truth vnto hym so playnly by hys excellent Organe Awhyle after came Iohn Faber Martine Blanshe Preacher of T●ding addressed thyther by Hugo Byshop of Constaunce at the request of the inhabitauntes of Zurick And albeit as thei reported they had none other Commission thē to vnderstand the cause of the differentes and endeuour to pac●fy and end them Neuertheles occasion so offered matters so fallyng out they fell into question of the Gospel the intercession of saintes humaine constitucions and other thynges in such ●ort that they passed and consumed theyr whole iourney in disputacion herein and not wyth out emolument For al the assembly whych was about syxe hundred parsons considered wel how vyle frayl al worldly matters were respect of celestial thynges It sufficed not the Byshop to haue sent these foresayde parsons For anon after hys Suffragan came to Zuricke in deliberacion to perswade them to beleue the intercession of Sayntes the sacrifice o● the Masse The whych by hys booke published abroade and approued by many scholes he hath labored to confyrme But he lost tyme For a certen noble man of illustre famely magnanimous beyng demaunded what the Suffragan had gotten he aunswered The Vicar hath driuen away the Sow and we bryng the Pygges or as I mought sai the Suffragan hath beaten the bush and Zuinglius hath taken the Byrdes These thynges so happely fynished by y● singular goodnes of almyghtye God Zuinglius was enforced to set pen to the paper I wyl not here enterlace the Catalogue of hys bokes nor declare the vtinty of them considering they be published and beare sufficient wytnes of them selues I wyl briefely say thys there is a sounde doctrine iuigned wyth simplicity in them and I know not where any more efficacy or solid●tye maye be founde in anye mannes woorkes then in hys in myne opinion In thys hurly burly I cannot tel what aduertisment the Pope hadde hereof but incontinētly he addressed hys Ambassadour to vs and wrate hys Apostolicall letters or schedule the tenour wherof ensueth Adrian the Pope the syrte of thys name We●de●oned S●●●●e we grete thee well and sende ou● Apostolicall benediction We a●●●●sse oure reuerende Brother Enn●u● ▪ Byshoppe of Verules domesticall Prelecte oure Messenger and of oure Apostolicall Sea a prudent and faythfull member to repayre to the inuincible and most confederate nacion vnto vs an● our Apostolicall Sea to streate wyth the same of matters of importaunce and whych appertayne as well to the sayde Sea as to the whole estate of the Christian common weale Albeit wee haue enioyned hym to propone these thynges publickely yet beyng enfourmed of thy vertue and effectually embracing thy deuotion as hys whom we singularly credit and haue in speciall regarde We haue geuen expresse commaundement to the sayd Byshoppe our Messenger to delyuer vnto thee our letters apart and to aduertise thee of our good wyl towards the same We therefore exhort thy deuocion in our Lorde that thou credit him in all thynges and that thou haue in recōmendacion our affaires and the affayres of the Apostolicall Sea as we haue thyne honour aduauncement and profytte by thys meane thou shalt encurre our special grace and fauour Geuen at Rome at S. Peters sealed wyth the Fysshers Kyng 23. day of Ianuary 1523. The cause y● moued me to publishe this letter here is to testify y● if Zuinglius had bene more ambicious then he was sincere godli he might haue had preeminēt estate abundance of welth For not onelye the Pope wrate vnto hym but also to Fraunces Zuiggien to practise

as accuse vs. Ye haue tryed our constancye and faythfulnes and well perceyued our enemies leuity and dissimulaciō Be present wyth our company obserue constantly the fayth ye owe to God men What shal I say further dread nothyng we wyl atchieue al thynges so prosperously God helping vs as ye shall not be a shamed nor repent ye haue combyned your selues wyth vs. These were Zuinglius woordes whych I haue recited here to declare how iniustlye he is nominated of certayne a Bloudsucker It is most true he was magnanimous and cōstant in greatest daungers but alwayes cyrcumspect prouident and wise He neuer thursted the bloud of anye no ●ot of hys extremest foes whych euerye wyse man Christiā Minister ought to detest The very ground foundacion of al hys enterprises was the libertye of hys Countrye the vertue of the Aunceltors the glory of Christ what so euer his enemies ceblaterate the which I protest in trouth before God He was twyse in the warres of the confederates which bare y● name of a Monasterye called the Chappell He wyllinglye went to the firste because he would be present at the consultacion fearyng any thyng shoulde be decree● ther contrary to right and equity The matter was ended well and without effusion of broud I haue heard him say he perceiued more malice and peruers counsel ther then euer before he red in vokes or had learned by experience In the second war he was elected Pastor of the armye where he went vnwyllyngly foreseing the peryl that was iminent The condicion of the warre mysliked hym marueilously and the rather for that he sawe the enemyes victailes cut of vnderstanding well what myschiefe hunger would brede compel Albeit to speake truly after those of Zurick had enterprysed the same wherunto certayne whom we knowe prycked them of a good zeale hopynge in the meane season there would be a consultacion and treaty of peace made notwithstanding the Lordes of Zuricke had chose the warce Zuinglius was not determined to alter anye thyng doubting the enemyes woulde make no accompt of them as he passed not much to wythstand theyr inuasion Fourtene dayes before the armye was encamped I hearde hym twyse say in pulpit wher he preached in the midst of this broil I know wel what thys meaneth all thys is to procureiny death He declared secretly to certayne of his friendes that the blasing starre which appeared many wekes and whiche we supposed to portende Ecolampadius decease signified hys fatal fall The Soldiours of Zuricke rushed forth in great disorder I cannot but sorowfully lament when I cal to mynde that doleful tyme. They marched not lyke men of warre in euen rankes but lyke a sorte of venturours some straglyng abroade some runnyng before and behynde the Enseygne destitute of conduct counsell and pollecye and accorded not one wyth an other I cannot name them to be any great nomber of me of armes for wher thei wer mustred 5000. they appeared not in the field ful 4000. Then as thys lyttle nomber approched to encountre a huge army and in perfect order Zuinglius folowed mounted on hors backe accordyng to the maner of the Country I cannot expresse the dolor and sorrowe I susteyned when I beheld him truly I was astonished ther with We mourned all that day and made our humble prayer vnto God But he hadde decreed an other thyng for vs and not agaynst vs as I holily expounded the same For by thys we haue learned to be more circumspect and to take better hede reuerencyng more the Gospel and fearyng God also And the enemyes that resisted the Gospel are now disclosed and manifested to vs. About the euenyng of the day we were aduertised that the battayles had ioyned very hotely that we had lost Zuinglius The brute went he was thrise dismounted with the checke of the Troupe but incontinētly he was holpen vp on horseback● agayn and the fourth tyme he was stryken on the chynne with a terryble blowe and fallyng downe from hys horse vpon hys knees he sayd what euyl hap is thys they may flea the body but not the soule and thys spoken he departed in our Lord. After thys ouerthrow the enemies hauyug good leysure for our Soldiours were retired into place of safegarde sought for the body of Zuinglius But who teld them he was in that battayle and slayne The body beyng founde was condempned and after sentence geuen dismembred burnt to ashes Behold y● discourse of Zuinglius lyfe lo the accident of his death which he suffered for the singular affection he bare to hys Countrye and Christian common weale Truth it is thys end is horryble in the syght of mortall men but precious before God and is predestinate to al faithful Ministers by diuine iustice if y● Lord of hys grace and syngular bountye spare them not I suppose Agathy I haue satisfied your request I haue obserued as I promysed trouth ioyned wyth breuitye not forcyng for fyne termes and elegāt phrases I pray God some learned and godlye man succedinge me may descriue and beautefy thys historye as truely ornately and learnedly as the profite of the studious sort and the dygnitye of thys excellent man doe requyre Farewell it maye please you to accept thys my trauayle in friendly part At Zurycke the yeare 1532. Virescit vulnere virtus ¶ To the fauourable Reader IHumbly require thee fauourable Reader to beare wyth such faultes as haue escaped in the prynting I trust in the next impression more emendaily to publish these godlye histories In the meane season I thought good to admonishe thee of one absurdirye whiche might argue mere ignoraunce if I would not aduertise thee of the same In my Epistle dedicatorye to the Lorde Wentworth where as is wrytten and the body is no body but a sepulture reat sepulchre The rest I submit to th● learned correction Farewel Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdely dwellyng in lytle Britayne str●te by great S. Battelmewes ⸫ ●cla●nder gaynste Luther His ●o try and rentes The yeare of Luthers ●●rth The ●oun 〈…〉 acions of 〈…〉 ys study 〈…〉 he liueli 〈…〉 s of spi 〈…〉 His study in the ciui 〈…〉 law His entry● into the monastery Incredible sobriety What moued him to Monkery His abashmentes at the wrath of God Hys studie in the holy scripture He is comforted by an old mā ●re remissiō of sins An excellent declaracion of ▪ s Bernard touchyng fayth The profit of s Austins vokes Instituciō of the Vniuersitye at Vitteberg Luther passed Doctor Luther taught Iesus Christ Luthers Proposicions of pardons The sclaūders of Tecel Iacobite Homere Prayse of Fridericke Duke of Sarony Erasmus approueth Luthers doctrine Declaracion of the principall poyntes of Religion Who were ●n cause the cerimonies ●ver chaunged Wormes Chaunges are daungerous The gouernaunce ●f y● Church Prudenc● to discerne offices Monetarius sedicions Assurance of the doctrine of the Gospell Four chaūges since the Apostles Ignorāce of tyme marreth that sentence S. Augustine restorer of the doctrine Deprauation of Ecclesiastical ministers The beginning of 2. sortes of Friars The Gospel turned into Philosophy The impieties of the Scholastical doctrin Luther hath repurged y● doctrine The sōme of all that Luther taught Luther is sent for to Wormes Constancy in Luther Luther is 〈…〉 roughte ●efore the ●mperor In●errogacio● Ierome Shurffe Lut●ers aunswer Luther is exhorted to be constant Luther geueth accompt of hys faythe before the Emperor He requireth to be instructed if he haue erred Luther sollicited agayne to submyt hym selfe Luthers absolute answer The Emperors aun●wer a●aynst Luther ●●●la●●cions made to Luther to seduce 〈…〉 The councel of Constance condempned the woorde of God Scandale of Fayth Charity The word of 〈…〉 onely true False argumentes for y● Pope 〈…〉 Familiar talke betwene the archbishop Luther Counsel● Gamali●l ▪ ●uthers cō●●ncy Luthers ●parture ●● Wormes The sycknes of Lother Hisdiseas● The sōm of ●uther doctrine The gouernment of the churche Doctour sent of go to gouer● y● Church The fyr 〈…〉 Guides ● the chur 〈…〉 The sucssors of apostles Luther hathe manifested y● doctrine Erasmus testimonye of Luther Luthers conf●i●tes Luthers vehemēcie excused Luthers humanity Luthers integrity Luthers earnest prayers Subtilty of hys Spirite Hys eloquence Feliciti in the other lyfe The Aungels whyche ascend descend A prayer of thankes geuyng Iohn 14. The last cōmendaciōs of Iohn Ecolampadius Ecolampadius Country Discourse of Ecolampadius study Ecolampadius hated ambicion The carle Palatine sent for Ecolāpadius He was in 〈…〉 ituted Preacher The vanitye of ▪ false Preachers 〈…〉 a d 〈…〉 to be a 〈…〉 ch●r at Bas●●e Erasmus ayded of Ecolampadius Ecolampadius apointed Preacher in Auspurg Ecolampadius agreeth to be a Moonke He is prrsecuted Fraunces Sickengen a louer of truth Ecolampa dius professeth diuini●y● at Basile His translacions Contencion for the Gospel The iourney Reformacion of the gospel at bern Sediciō at Basile The censure of excōmunicacion receiued The exer 〈…〉 ses of Ecolampadiu● The of●●es of a tru 〈…〉 astor Scla●nde of that death of Ecolanpadius The insatiable malice of the wycked aga●●● the ●●ste godly Ecolampdius trauayles Suyces warre Brotherly friendly visitacion of Ecolampadius Ecolampadius last exhortacion The waye to ouerthrow Sathan Hys protestaciō that he taughte the verity The place ●her zuinclius was orne His parēts Zuinglius was a Musician Zuingliꝰ is sent to Berne His studye of Philosophy The profit of M●●●● Theologie corrupted wyth Philosophy Zuinglius chosen Pastor of Glaris Things requisite to a Preacher whēre we ought to ta 〈…〉 the knowle●e of y● holye Scripture Zuingliꝰ zeale against Pensionaries Zuingliꝰ called to Zuricke Martine Luther Zuingliꝰ Lectures A letter sēt by Adrian y● Pope to Zuingliꝰ The Popes mandate The Monkes see at lyberty Heresye of Anabaptistes Zuingliꝰ oppo●●th hymself agaynst the heresies of the Anabaptistes Iniuries blasphemyes agaynst Zuinglius Disputation at bad● The Pristes and Monkes ▪ growē on of credit Zuingliꝰ writeth to hys friendes