better lordes worde then y â— wherin england first did instruct you bring you vppe from youre swadlyng cloutes Are you wiser theÌ„ your fathers or more skilful then your mothers Thynke you to be saued more then your parentes or doe you iudge them already condempned For either of you are in harde cases Well well consider your cases and repente in tyme. Get some of that precious roote called Baaras described by Iosephus whiche for euell spirites is very medicinable and dispatche the sprites out of your stomakes Midsomer mone is past you se al your deuises will take no place The nest is founde and the burdes are taken and in cage You re triformed bookes can beare no swynge Men regarde not Turnors boke of the wolfe nor yet the cropeared foxe Hornes Apologie Bales vocation Poynetes folysh coÌ„futacion against the lerned treatyse of doctor Martin strande in no steade Noxes doctrinall of the Masseboke and your newe reuiued lordes worde and haue you not herein an outward face of godlines and in very dede denye theffect thereof The partie which played boo pipe in the wal called the Byrde in the wall of Aldersgate streate at such a tyme as she was examined wherfore she had so deluded the world she answered the lordes worde caused her so to doe And the poore wenche afterwardes making an open coÌ„fession of her practise and desyryng the people at Paules crosse to forgiue her to praye for her made this exclamacion vpon theÌ„ and the like which had procured her to do that feat saying Wo be vnto you heretikes phy vpoÌ„ you all that thus haue the Lorde in your mouthes and the deuell in your hartes This present daye haue I a good cause to crie oute vpon you that in this sorte haue brought me to offende God and the Quenes maiestie in this my late practyse and to be a gasyng stocke to the hoale worlde to my gret shame And therfore beware good people beware of these heretikes for as thei haue vndone me in counsailing me to atteÌ„pte this wicked enterpryse soo they wyll vndo you all vnles ye take hede by times of their noughty opinions With many other woordes spokeÌ„ by her with weping teares against those mischeuous persoÌ„s And there by y â— preacher that day maister Wymsley the hole circuÌ„staunce of that practyse was vttered and was of the audieÌ„ce very much abhorred So I dare saie y â— partie which did haÌ„ge vp the Catte in Cheape syde in mockerie of priestes and delusion of the blessed sacrament of thaltar thought that feate to be a worthy enterpryse And I dare say thought himself a stout champion of the faithe especially escapyng scotfree But lette hym take hede it is an olde said sawe â–ª Qui mockat mock abitur he may peraduenture mocke so longe till he be mocked himselfe And he also thought himselfe a ioly fellowe that did mangle the poore picture of saint Thomas placed ouer the porche of Saint Thomas of Actes by y â— worshypfull companye of the Mercers Who could not tell â–ª what other despight to worke to the Saint but to disfigure the picture But Syr dyd you neuer heare tell of this prouerbe Non-est bonum ludere cuÌ„ sanctis it is not good to mocke with saintes well I feare me you wil mocke so longe til you wil mocke at the gallowse And I dare saie if this man had bene demaunded why he did so his answere wold haue bene the lordes worde prouoked me Thus of the Lordes woorde in all their doynges they make a shypmans hoose to vse it as they liste to do good or il The deuell in his attemptes aswell against man the excellent creature of God as also againste Christe himselfe vsed the titles and places of Goddes worde And is it any marueile though his vnfained ministers practise their maisters lessons Trowe ye that father Browne the Broker of Bedlem could seme so pleasant a maÌ„ to the protestantes and it were not for his cloake of gods worde that hydeth his shepehardes apparell Could his peuishe prophecies be hadde in suche estimacion amonges the warme brethren without his dissimulate vesture and his staffe lyke a shepehooke would the marchant men of LoÌ„don with Pet peny ale Sympering Sysse and other fleeryng flurtes their wiues vse their accustomed peregrinacions and pilgrimages to visite the blissed Rode called poore father Browne that hath the lordes giftes at Islyngton Barnet and other places aboute London were they not moued with the sprite In lent was .xii. moneth at suche tyme as goodman Browne was newely crept out of Bedlem and then lying at Islington to rest his sory bones I harde saie of many prodigious wonders wherof then he enformed the congregacion And I being glad to here y â— prophet speake â–ª resorted thether with two gentlemen of myne acquaintaunce who were desierous to se the maner of the symple soule When we came thether we vnderstoode he laye in a typlyng house next the signe of the Mermayde But our inquisicion too knowe where hee lodged was by a secrete meanes At our eâ—trie into the house there was neuer a worde but gossep all was whist For priuely in a corner certen gosseps were in a marueilous secret talke with father Browne I trowe he was tellyng their sortunes or such lyke At lenght theâ— brake of â–ª Then one gaue him spices to comforte his weake stomake another gaue hym salues to grease his bones whiche before were anoynted with a blisse begger another suger And after their oblacions thus made they departed TheÌ„ weÌ„t he into a parlor wher was assembled another route who very sore longed for his comming partely accusynge him of his loÌ„ge tarriance Being setled to talke the two gentlemeÌ„ and I with diuerse other stepped to the dore partely to heare what he sayde partely to marke the countenaunces of thassemblye For no man except he was of speciall acquaintaunce could be admitted to go in Where secretly he was demaunded questions But for the moste parte we could here no worde but the Lorde be praysed and sawe sondry eleuacions of their eyes towardes the top of the house and suche lyke In fyne before he had done commeth in a poast a prentise of LoÌ„don to tell him his maistres was coÌ„me Forth with Browne brake of from that company and went to the preÌ„tyce maistres who had bespokeÌ„ a parlor hard by Whome we with diuers other folowed And at the first salutacion he called her mother and very ioyfully greted her And after the mother the sonne the sisters had with sondry blissinges and congratulacions wel clawed one another Iacke prentise was called in for his testament who reaching the same from his girdle deliuered it to his maistres and turning the boke she turned to a place of S. Mathewes ghospel where christ saieth to his Apostles Reioyse your rewarde is great in heaueÌ„ for so haue they persecuted the prophetes whiche
were before you c. O good father Browne qv his mother howe haue you been persecuted for the wordes sake what persecution haue you suffered froÌ„ time to tyme But the Lorde be praysed for your deliuerie and coÌ„stancie in quiet suffering thereof The prophetes christ saith hath been so handled Therefore be of good chere maÌ„ take no thought â–ª For one daie I truste we shall all be mery in the lord and shal haue the dewe of the worde once more be sprinckled vpon our faces at what tyme I trust we shal be eueÌ„ with these shauelyng priestes shaue their crownes a litle deper Yes mother qv Browne I am of good chere for I haue good cause so to be for I am cheryshed of suche good women as yeare that I lacke nothyng And howe then can I be sorrowfull hauing such cause to be mery in the lorde In the meane tyme certen other Sisterwiues I thinke thei wer for their apparayle were freese roabes and certen marchantmen tarried in the courte withoute one asking another wheÌ„ the preaching time was And we hearing of some sermon towardes leauing Brownes communication with â—is mother walked vp and doune in the courte Not long after Browne coÌ„meth forth with his mother and sister and Iacke prentise also with his testament â–ª Browne wente into the Stable where tarrying a while belyke in doing his busynes anone he called in the coÌ„gregacion amoÌ„ges them thrust we Where Browne leanynge vpon hys horsebacke whiche was a iade scarse worth syxe pence sitting vpoÌ„ the maunger he beganne to alledge certen places of Ecclesiastes withoute booke one vpon another in heapes Then beganne he to talke of thre Religions The one he termed my lorde Chauncelors religion the other Cranmers Latymers and Ridleys religion And the thirde he called goddes Religion My lorde Chauncelors he sayde was nought Cranmers the others religion not good but Goddes religion was best With suche other vayne woordes not worthy the tyme in rehersal And hearing this beastly talke we departed lamenting the great folly of the people whiche in this sorte dyd dayly spende their tyme too heare suche lying spirites And goyng homewardes we met dyuers companies both of meÌ„ and women of purpose going to Islyngton to heare the sermon of this peltig prophet But within a whyle after I heard saye thys father Browne his brood with the congregacion were remoued from that place and were dispersed into corners Truly pitie it is he is suffred in this sort to range the countreis without restrainte not only for corrupting the people with ill opinions but also for disseminating his vaine Prophecies to excite rumors But this opinion I haue of Browne that he had rather liue a proude confessor then burne a stinking martyr With many such similitudes of Godlines manye of the protestantes in our tyme be inspired Here myght also be rehersed the zeale that the lame maÌ„ that was burnt of late at Stratford had when he called for his croche too haue the same likewise to be burned with him thinking without the same he could not meritie the crown of martirdome And thus they haue certen resemblances of godlines and deny the power thereof And in vsing these their counterfait zeales they doo not onely mocke with God but they deceyue his poore people with inceÌ„sing their frayle natures with a thousand mo of these their practises whiche here I omytte And these their folyshe deuyses are so folyshe if they be duely marked that nothing can be more folishe And if it be well consydered any IndiffereÌ„t man may sone discerne to what ende their purpose is to directe the same for th ende is either to bringe their conceyued opinioÌ„s in credite with the world or els to sturre vp wicked brutes and lies vpon the magistrates suche as please not their fancies to make vproares and comocions within the realme Therby to reedefie their coÌ„fused churche or els to seke the destructioÌ„ of this said noble realme and vs all the people thereof And coÌ„cerning the other vices whiche are of these sortes of meÌ„ wherof saint Paule prophecied because they be partly described before I purpose nowe to conclude exhorting all men that entende to aspire to saluacion to waye diligently the premisses Firste to consider the vnitie of Christes churche whiche in all thinges touching our faith vniformely doth agree and to consider the sundrie factions of y â— protestantes vpon the fayth wherin they do not agree Waye their falshode in alleging the places of the scriptures onely to say euil of the churche and to misreport the same Ponder the wordes whiche S. Paule prophesieth vpon sondrye heretikes whiche should come denying marriage and eatyng of meates to bee vtterly nought and howe maliciously they applye the same vpon the Churche whiche with honourable wordes doth commend them bothe Perceiue aduisedly with your selues what cause the Protestantes haue to shorten their lyues by fyer and what cause they haue to call their iuste punishementes persecutions And consider with youre selues the state of Christes Churche in the beginnyng and the state thereof at this present which in one vnitie of doctrine is all one thoughe not then so firme as it is nowe Waye also the folly of the vngodly whiche presumptuously chalenge to them selues the tytle of Martyrs and more fondly offer themselues to y e fier not coÌ„pelled thervnto as the true Martyrs were but obstinately as who would saye in the despite of the Churche Examine with your selues also what faith the church of Christ teacheth whether it denieth God refuseth the sonne or contempneth the holy ghost as Infideles and other miscreantes do Emonges whiche infideles if these menne suffered then more truely they might name themselues Martyrs But the churche professeth with more sinceritie that God whiche they do that Christe that holy ghost that they do The Churche dothe teache the sacramentes to be in numbre vii as the scripture leadeth and as the Apostles tradicions and holy doctours do prescribe The Churche in nothing concernyng the substaÌ„ce of religioÌ„ doth varie or altar The churche teacheth that the inuisible bodye of Christ sytting at the right hand of God the father is here in the visible formes of breade wyne inuisibly contained in the sacrament of the Altare the dearest iewel whiche Christe lefte vpon earth and offered of the Preist in a lyuely and pure sacrifice at Masse to God the father for the comfort of the whole churche accordyng to the prophecie of Malachie the prophete speaking in the name of God the father these wordes I haue no wyll and pleasure in you and I wyll receiue no offering or rewarde at your hande From the rising of the sunne to the setting my name is great emonges the GeÌ„tiles and in euery place there shal be sacrifice done and a pure and cleane oblatioÌ„ shal be offered to my name The churche also teacheth the adoration of this moste pure sacrifice
anye true christian to poure out a foūtaine of teares to bewayle the calamitie thereof Whose ruyne is exceded so farre that it withdraweth mannes expectaciō to loke for amendement vnles God of his great mercy supernaturally do worke the restitucion aswell of the common wealth politike as also of the true and catholike fayth charitie and good liuyng Agamemnon might now double his exclamaciō in these dayes as Seneca reporteth which is Good life lawe good ordre godlines fayth are nowe decayed Therfore calling to my remembraūce this our carefull case I mused with my selfe what might be the cause thereof and sodaynly occurred to my remembraunce the comfortable promyses of God the father made to the obseruers of his lawes and commaundementes And likewyse I considered hys intollerable threateninges to y ◠breakers of the same Then comparing the wretchednes of our lyues to the sinceritie of his holy preceptes I fynde a marueylous difference Good life was neuer in such cōtempte malice at no tyme bare suche rule the godly neuer more dispysed finally God neuer more dishonoured nor his catholike fayth at any tyme had in so lytle regarde especially of such as moste arrogantly chalenge to thēselfes the name of true christians who in very deede are of all christianitie moste barren To whome the wordes of Christ may be wel applyed where he sayeth If I had not come vnto thē they shuld haue had no synne in them but nowe their synne doth remayne Whiche woordes are verely verified in those false christians which not onely in faith do erre but also moste obstinatly seme to defende the same In whome errour is turned to heresye and of weake and fraile mē are become obstinate heretikes It is by nature geuen to menne in somme thynges to erre but to persiste therein it is againste nature For sayth Tully we be al drawē and ledde to aspire vnto knowledge wherin to passe other we thinke it a goodly matter but to slyde to erre to be ignorant to be deceiued wee counte it euil dishonest Therfore sayth he one thyng is to bee auoyded therein which is that we take not thynges wee knowe not as thoughe wee knewe them and rashely assent to them Wherfore deliberation and aduisement is to bee required in suche causes Nowe then it is the office and duetie of mā to apply his will to the grace of God by whō truth is reueled in tyme wherevnto he ought to consent but to resist his synne doth remaine which is the sinne of Infidelitie a synne doubtles whiche most displeaseth God as appeareth by his plagues executed by his wrath vpon all sortes of infideles But nowe to drawe neare vnto the purpose whiche chiefly is to displaye the factious opinions of suche which not only do erre but also cōtinue in errour and seke with to the and nayle to defendethe same For whose infidelitie God at this daye doeth so sore plague the worlde chiefly this realme whiche for vertue good liuing sake hath bene worthely nominated Decus mundi y ◠floure of the worlde Nowe forasmuche as I know that thei which cōmonly do erre beyng reproued therefore wyll immediately make as thoughe they were ignorant what heresie is sometyme wyll demaunde what heresye is or who is an heretyke To whome if answere be made according to the diffinition of lerned men It is any false or wrong opinion whiche any man choseth to him selfe to defende against the catholike fayth of the vniuersall church Truth in dede say they But what meaneth the catholike church Then answere is made It is that congregacion whiche wholy dothe agre in one vnitie of fayth and ministracion of sacramentes Whiche answer when they likwise affirme Then procede they to know whether it be knowen or vnknowen and so furth Doubtlesse the catholike church is so knowen to y ◠worlde that neither heretike nor other miscreant can pleate ignoraunce to learne that truth whiche leadeth to saluation For the Churche is like vnto a castle stāding vpō an hyll whiche cannot be hyd Whiche hyll is cut out of the harde rocke and exalted so high that is replenisheth y ◠yerth as the prophete Daniel sayth It is resēbled also by the psalmist to a tabernacle placed in the sonne so shyning throughout the world that it can by no cloude or tēpest be obscured It is also as Paule sayth the foundation and pyller of truth and can not be deceyued thoughe her aduersaries allege the contrary Full well doth the late moste famous mā Lodouicus Viues say I doo and wyll stande sayth he to the true iudgement of the churche although I sawe to the contrary a moste manifest reason I may be deceyued as I am diuers times but the church in those thynges whiche tende to religion can not bee deceyued Therfore the churche beyng soo manifestly knowen as it cannot be hidden so replenished and garnished with truth as it is the very foundation and piller of truth with what face or countenaunce can the aduersaries therof stande in contencion therewith Unlesse they be infected w t Circes cuppes or els by her enchantmētes transformed into the shape of swyne But nowe these swinishe aduersaries will obiecte saiyng Syr those which you name heretikes we will proue to bee the true congregaciō And this is their profe We allege preache vtter ▪ or talke of nothing but scripture whiche can not deceiue vs whereby we are the true churche and not you which cal your selfes catholikes Whiche reason semeth to them so infallible that it cannot be auoyded But forasmuch as the knowledge of all truth ouerthrow◠of heresie dependeth vpon the thaucthoritie of the church both for the knowledge of the scriptures and also for the exposition of the same I purpose breifly to say somewhat therin The head of the churche is Christ who by the Apostles was preached to all nations of whō also his doctrine was receiued at least of so many as were conuerted to the fayth The conuerters of whom were the Apostles which in the beginnyng were the mysticall bodye of Christ their head who then beyng the Churche exalted their voyces in suche sorte as it penetrated the whole yearth their wordes extended to the endes of the worlde The succession of whiche Apostles haue continued from tyme to tyme in vnitie of the same fayth Whiche fayth is left vnto the Churche as permanent for euer therby to strēgthen the weake and to confounde the proude to establishe the electe to ouerthrowe all misbeleuers sectes hereticall whiche sectes not onely abuse the open places of that liuely worde but also do falsly expounde the darke mistical places therof as S. Peter wytnesseth of s Paules Epistles But if these ▪ good felowes wyll nedes be of Christes churche as arrogantly thei presume by their owne cōfession They must haue one vnitie of doctrine as y ◠churche hath whiche
The displaying of the Protestantes sondry their practises with a description of diuers their abuses of late frequented Newly imprinted agayne and augmented with a table in the ende of all suche matter as is specially contained within this volume Made by Myles Huggarde seruant to the Quenes maiestie Anno. 1556. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum GO on good booke God graunt that thâ—â— Suche frutefull fauour fynde From readers eies and hearers hartes To banyshe errors blynde And as thy trothe by trade and time Is tried endles trewe So trust thy playn apparant profe Shall endles troth renewe Though wresting wittes or taunting tonges Wyll seke the to deface To fawting foles or spitefull sprites Gyue neither eare nor place For as offence to none is ment So if offence do groo The faute is theirs the fruite is thyne Sythe troth doth force it so The maker myndes to mende eche mys That talke and tyme hath bred Of heresies and errors great That fansies late hath fed Whiche so with witte and wyll haue wrought As wronge hath wrested right From frutefull faieth to fruteles wordes And quenched vertue quyght Belefe is brought to talke of tongue Religion rackt amis Open praier lyplabour cald Fasting folyshe fondnes Prelacy is popishe pompe Vertuous vowes are vaine Ceremonies curious toyes Priesthod popery plaine Thus vice of vertue beareth brute True faieth is fled awey Presuming pryde possesseth place And fansy conscience key No man beleued in his skill Eche wight so wise doth seame As bothe vnskild and eake vnlearnde All learning yet will deame O endles error of selfloue Of ignoraunce the roote Confounder of all faieth and grace And bale in stede of boote O wilfull wretched wyll That workest endles woo O arrogance and heresy That wrestest scripture soo O hedles heapes of feruent sprites Why heat you so in hart By ending flamme to endles fyer Both soules and bodies part What ouerwening spirite Doth puffe you in suche pryde To thinke your selues more godly wyse Then all the worlde besyde What titles and what termes you vse It maketh moste men smyle Howe droncken in the lorde you are How closely you begyle You systers and you brethren both â–ª Thus eche to others saieth The lorde be praysde when fylthy lust Ye vse with feling faieth â–ª And what is founde in all your deades But fruites of lyberty Wynde and wordes wilfull workes A mase of mysery Though in this booke sharpe sense and wordes May seme to some appeare Remember that longe festred sores Sharpe corses doo requere â–ª And you that reade nowe reade to learne Come not with myndes prepard To fynde out fautes or fansy fede â–ª Let all delites be bard Thus wyshing well for whiche I wryte This booke then written thus For good mens gayne for ill mens grief Anâ— truth for to dysâ—us â–ª FINIS ¶ To the moste excellent and moste vertuous ladye and our woste gracious soueraigne Mary by the grace of God Quene of England Spaigne both Sicilies FrauÌ„ce Hierusalem and Irelande Defendour of the faithe Archeduchesse of Austria Duchesse of Millaine Burgundie and Braband Countesse of Haspurge Flaunders and Tyrole Your Maiesties moste faiethfull louinge and obedient seruauÌ„t Myles Huggarde wissheth all grace long peace quiet raygne from God the father the sonne and the holy Ghoste HAuing called too my remembrance my most drede soueraign the manyfolde miseries which by the iuste plague of God dothe nowe raigne amonge vs thoccasâ—ons whereof thoughe euerye man may trulye thinke his owne sinnes to deserue as they doo in dede yet other special causes there be which prouoketh Goddes vengeaunce to light vpon vs as cheifly infidelitie wherby God is most hainously dishonored for the whiche wee are most iustlye punished and also our rebellious murmuring against our regalerulers appointed of God to raigne ouer vs to whome we owe our due allegiauÌ„ce The punishmeÌ„tes of which offeÌ„ces beside al other vices whiche dothe abondauntlye flowe amonge vs at this daye God hathe most greuouslye executed in the olde time to the terroure of all traitours and riotous rebelles As namely for rebellion and mâ—rmuring against the magistrates Chorâ— Dathan and Abyron with manye hundrethes mo may be examples Whose terrible punishemntes the worlde dothe nowe litle regarde nether fearing God nor man And also where Christ cursed two great and notable cities for infidelitee whiche was Chorazin and Bethsaida giuinge them ouer to their own vanities for their faiethles behauoure This curse alsoo is cleane forgot amoÌ„ge vs which appeareth by the infidelitee nowe raininge But god hath not forgot to plague vs for it yet mercifullye and not to our desertes â–ª This I saie most noble Queene hath moued me with the assistence of my freÌ„de to make this litle worke moore profitable in matter then pleasaunte in stile for lacke of eloquence this moued me I saie as I can to displaie and opeÌ„ the horrible inormities of the protestantes Whose murmuringe against their magistrates may well match the rebelious Israelites in their infidelitee the cursed cities of Iurye condemned by the mouth of Christ Whiche ennormities to remoue so much as lieth in me by the helpe of Goddes grace though not in those whiche are peruerse in opinion yet I trust those that be wauering shal heare iuste cause to discredit them and to abhorre their detestable factions and also constant catholikes better confirmed in faieth and good liuinge Whiche thing to that ende being finished my dutie being considered in this behalfe I am thus bold to trouble your highnesse with this liâ—le volume which beyng before this tyme imprinted althouh not in suche perfection as the same is at this present hauyng called sith the first edicion the ayde of my frende and therfore thought it more mete the dedication vnto your maiestie moste humbly besechyng the same to pardon this my rude enterprise praying our LORDE GOD in whose handes are the heartes of all kynges longe to preserue the kinges maiestie And graunt vnto his highnes a safe retourne to bothe your noble heartes desires and comforte of both your maiesties realmes and also preserue your grace in long prosperitie to the discomfiture of all youre highnes enemies Amen Your hyghnes faiethfull and obedient seruaunt Myles Huggarde ¶ The prologue to the reader IT is commoÌ„ly seen that they which with preceptes and rules doo directe others and seme therein to excell because thei suppose thei can not be corrected do eyther much good ouer whome they haue the gouernement or els to y e same thei coÌ„ferre great damage they themselues not escapinge without infamy In lyke maner our late elders and ministers for so they termed themselues if with the holsome erudition of Goddes vndouted truthe and with the admouicioÌ„s and perswasions of the gospel they had applied the same to the correction of lyfe and amendement of the conuersation of them ouer whome they toke vpon theÌ„ the charge no doubte they had doone muche good too the common welthe and to the reformacion of mans
disgracyng him with all vile wordes and histories of his lyfe paste that possiblye hee could deuise he semed euen openly before the kyng to make a coÌ„batte with his spirit For as Plinye sayeth they that speake euel of dead menne seme to contende and fyghte with their spirites So this Prophete then to proue that his stoute diyng made not his quarell good had the wordes ensuing O say thei the maÌ„ died very boldly he would not haue done so had he not been in a iuste quarell This is no good argumente my frendes a man semeth not to feare death therfore his cause is good This is a deceiuable argument he wente to death boldely ergo he standeth in a iuste quarel The Anabaptistes that were burnt here in Englande in diuerâ— townes as I haue hearde of credible men I sawe theÌ„ not my selfe weÌ„t to their death euen intrepride as ye will saye without any feare in the world cherefully wel let them go There were in the olde doctors tymes another kynde of poysoned heretikes that were called Donatistes And these heretikes went to their executioÌ„ as though they shold haue gone to some â—oly recreation or banquet to some belly chere or to a plaie And will you argue then he goeth to his death boldly or cherefully ergo he dieth in a iust cause Nay that sequele foloweth no more theÌ„ this A maÌ„ semes to be afrayd of death ergo he dieth euill And yet our sauiour Christe was afrayde of death himself TheÌ„ he afterwards warneth his audience not to iudge those which are in authorite but to praie for them It becommeth not saith he to iudge great magistrates nor condempne their doynges Vnles their dedes be openly and apparantly wicked Charitie requireth the same for charitie iudgeth no maÌ„ but well of euery body c. Thus Latymer proueth that stoute diyng is no sure token of a good quarell and proueth it a false surmyse if anye doo beleue the cause of death to be true because of sturdines in the tyme of the same Also to proue that it is not the death that maketh a martir but the cause The cronicles make mencion of one Iohn Oldecastell a knyght a valiaunt man although he were wicked who with one Roger Acton togethers with him fauouriug Wickleffes opinioÌ„s coÌ„spired against the kynges maiestie then Henry the fyft onely to sette forwardes their conceiued opinions with a desperate company assembled thynkyng to obtayne the cytie of London from the kyng But beyng preuented he was takeÌ„ and put into the towre of London The sayd Acton also who within a whyle after was worthely put to death but Olde castell escaped pryson not withstandyng within a shorte space he was taken agayne then hanged drawen and quartered But he weÌ„t to his death so stoutly as though he had nothyng deserued to dye But if heresie and treason be no iust causes then he dyed wrongfully as in the cronycles more at large appereth If the stoutnes of death be a iust cause to proue a martyr then many whiche haue denyed Christe to be equall with the father which was the Arrians opynion were martyrs Then Ioane Butcher is a martir TheÌ„ the Flemyng whiche was burnt in Smythfielde in the tyme of kyng Edward is a martyr who lyued in such continencie and holynes of lyfe that before his goyng to meate he woulde fall prostrate vpon the grounde geue thankes to God the father hys dyete was so moderate that in two dayes space he vsed but one meale at the tyme of his death he was so frollicke that he fared muche lyke our martyrs in embracyng the redes kyssyng the poaste syngyng and suche other toyes In lyke sorte the grosse martyr Ioane Butcher handled the matter And where as one Skorie then preached before the people in tyme of her death she reuyled and spytted at hym makyng the sygne of the gallowes towardes him boldly affirming that all they that were not of her opinion shuld be dampned Yea she was so bold to say that a. M. in LondoÌ„ were of her sect Such the like was y â— charitie of Anne Askewe so ofte by Bale lykened to Blandina that true martyr of Christes churche in his furious boke which he wrote of her death a noble pece of worke mete for such a champion to be thauthor The sayde Anne Askewe was of suche charitie that when pardon was offered she defied them all reuyling the offerers therof with suche opprobrious names that are not worthy rehersall makyng the lyke sygnes too the preacher at her death as her pue fellowe systcr in Christ Ioane Butcher dyd at Skorie aforesayde These arrogant and presumptuous martirs in the time of their deathes doo lytle esteme the woordes of sayncte Paule sayinge If I had the spirite of prophecie and knew al misteries and all maner of cunnyng Also if I had all fayth in so muche as I could traÌ„slate and cary awaye mouÌ„taynes yet were I nothyng if I lacked charitie Moreouer if I dyd distribute all my goodes in fedyng the poore people and although I gaue my body to bee burned hauing no charitie it nothynge auayleth me Thus yf they estemed the Godly exhortacioÌ„s of holy scriptures they wold not so vncharitably vse theÌ„selfes especiallye at the extremitie of death But the deuel whose martyrs they bee dothe alwayes instructe his darlinges to followe hys ragyng steppes True are the wordes of the wyseman saying A sturdy harte shall susteine damage and he that loueth peril therin shal perish Therfore sturdynes and selfe loue is the onely cause of the martirdomes of our martyrs wherof do spryng innumerable faultes as Cicero saith When men puffed vp with stoutenes of opinion be shamefully inuolued in folish error Doutles a great faulte it is and coÌ„trary to ciuile life so to be addicted to self loue and arrogaÌ„cie as to thinke our selues to bee so learned that no perswasioÌ„ or terror can beate the mynde from that folly A pitifull case it is to see not only the learned which for waÌ„te of grace do fall but also blynde bayarde who although he be vtterly blind and dull yet his corage is suche that he careth not to leape ouer hedge and dytche I meane the symple ignoraunt whiche only for wante of knowledge do erre and yet haue such audacitie that they care not to spend their liues in their folly And for that these blynde bayardes doo so stycke in their opinions to death it is woÌ„dered at of many not of learned or godly men but of braynesicke foles which like fethers wyll be caried about with euery blast of newe doctrine At the deathes of whiche you shall see more people in Smythfeilde flockyng together on heapes in one daye then you shall see at a good sermon or exhortacion made by some learned man in a whole weke Their glorie is suche vpon these glorious martyrs And why is this because their myndes are geuen wholy to
not y â— outwarde formes of bread and wyne but the body of Christ inuisibly therin contained The churche teacheth all kyndes of lyuely and holsome doctrine as Fasting Prayer Charitie Almesdedes Amendement of lyfe Penaunce and all other good workes mete to be obserued of a christian man Therfore waye with your selues ones more what cause haue these gracelesse menne thus to misreport the church or to spende their lyues against the churche Then fynally consider whether those vices rehersed by saint Paule whiche should be moste frequented in the latter tyme were not moste practised of the saied Protestantes Whiche thynges duely considered I shall moste humbly exhorte all menne for the loue of God and in the Passion of his sonne Iesus Christe and in his name that ye al speake one thing and that there be no dissension emonges you accordyng to the counsaile of saint Paule to the Corinthians And that ye maye be a whole body of one mynde meanyng entreating you also in like maner as he doth in another place saying Whatsoeuer thinges are honest whatsoeuer thinges are iust whatsoeuer thinges are pure whatsoeuer thinges are conuenient whatsoeuer thynges are of honest reporte if there bee any vertue if there be any praise of learning those same haue you in your mynde whiche you haue bothe learned receiued heard and also seene in me the same thinges do and the God of peace shal be with you â–ª Whiche couÌ„saile if we followe doubtles we shal be the membres of one bodie not repugnant or obstinate but meke obedient Then shall we banishe all sectes and opinions and remayne in concorde vnitie TheÌ„ shall wee saye with the prophetâ— Dauid Beholde what a pleasant thing it is for brethren to lyue in vnitie Then shall we reedifie our auncient common wealthe whiche by discorde we haue lost Then shall the membres agree with the belly whiche with discorde in maner was coÌ„sumed for hunger as Menenius Agrippa telleth the histore when he went about to recoÌ„cile the commons to the obedieÌ„ce of the Senators TheÌ„ shall we be inuincible without feare of forein realmes The shall we be impregnable without feare of any nacioÌ„ And finally we shal be acceptable to hym that is the author of attonemente whiche is Iesus Christe the sonne of the the lyuing God To whome with the holy ghoste be all prayse and honor for euer ⸫ Amen An Index or Table mencioning suche speciall matter as is before conteigned in this present volume A. ABbotes of Reding Colchester and Glastonburye and of theyr death fol. 69 Abstinence how profitable a thing fo 27 Abstinence of the Persians fol. 29 Acton a traytor hereteâ— fol. 46. 103 Adoraciâ—Ì„ of the sacrameÌ„t of thalter fo 128 Aeneas verses to Dido fol. 32 AgÌ„amemnon and his sentence recited out of Seneca fol. 9 Albanus a true martir and died for the catholike fayth fol. 66 Alcibiades fol. 41 Alexander the great his coÌ„tineÌ„cie fo 72 Almesdedes fol. 34 Anabaptistes in Englande fol. 18 Anne Askewe with her stoâ—tnes and behauiour in the time of her death fo 47 Antonius an olde father fol. 28 Anncient ordres in this realme for bringing vp of youthe fo 93. Apelles the heretike fol. 75 Aunsweres of catholikes too obiections fol. 13. 108 Apostles purchasing fol. 84 Apostrophe to the vice of libertie our countreymen in Germany fol. 116 â—pohtheÌ„gma of Papinianus Bassianus fo 31 Apprentices their ill education fol. 9â— Aristotels rebuke to Calisthenes his scolleâ— folio 31 Arrius of Alexandria fol. 61. 75 Arrogancie and selfloue the causes why our couÌ„terfaite martirs do burn fo 48 Artemisia quene of Caria compared to our gosseps whiche are in loue with oure mery martyrs fol. 6â— S. Augustine for the burning of heretikes folio 43. 59 B. BAaras a rote medicinable against ill spirites fol. 11â— Bale the freer reuenged vpon a worshypfull man of Hampshere fol. 101 Bales boke called his vocation fol. 118 Beastes be not ingrate fol. 97 Bishops effeminate fol. 80 Blandina a virgine and true martir of Christe fol. 47 Blynde Bayarde and his corage fol. 48 Boasters fol. 8â— Bones of our supposed martirs of some of their confessors preserued for reliques fol. 6â— Bokes of the brethrâ— in Germany 〈…〉 A Bricâ—laier taking vpon him the â—â—â—ice of preaching fol â–ª 19 Browne the shepeheard commoÌ„ly called father browne fol. 〈…〉 Brownes mother fol. 123 Brownes mothers exposition vpon a place of scripture fol. 1â—3 Browne and his Iade fol. 1â—4 Brownes sermone ibideâ— Brutus the fyrst consul in â–ª Rome fol. 54 Burning of heretikes fol. 40 Byrde in the wall in Aldersgate â—â—â—ete fol. 120 C. CAius Pontius the Samnite fol. 14 Caluine fol. 17 Candaules kyng of Lydia fol. 6 Cranmere fol. 17 Cranmere late byshop of Cantorbury a traytor fol. 10â— The Catholiques how they auoyde the place of S. Paule to Timothe obiected by the heretikes and the ryghte sense therof fol. 23 Catholike churche in all thinges obserueth an ordre fol. 29 Catholike churche perswadeth good lyfe â–ª fol. 34 Catholike relegion in this realme how long it hath continued fol. 91 The Catte that was haÌ„ged vp in chepeâ—yde fol. 120 Catholike churche what it is fol. 12 Catholike church how to know it fo 12 Carolstadius and his 〈…〉 fol. 16 Causes of our myseriâ— fol. 10 Causes wherein men ought to spende their lyues fol. 54 Causes why the protestantes in kynge Edwardes tyme did not punyshe the catholikes by death fol. 70 Causes wherin women ought to spende their lyues fol. 78 Causes of Goddes plagues fol. 91 Causes why EnglyÌ„shmen be welcomed in Germany fol. 117 Centaurâ— certen monsters fol. 14 Chrisostome proueth that yonge wydowes did vowe fol. 25 Chrisostome for y e punishing of heretikes 6 The Champion of the fayth fo 118 Circes cuppes fol. â—â— Codrus kyng of Athenes fol. 55 Communion table procedinges about the same fol. 80 Confused ordres about the late communion fol. 83 Constancie wherin our martirs triumphe fol. 5â— Maister Christophersonnes booke against rebellion fol. 103 Couetonsnes â–ª fol. 84. 8â— Crumwell fol. â—0â— The croche of the lame man that was burned at Stratford fol. 12â— Curssed speakers fol. 89 D. THe death of quene Katherine fo 107 Demosthenes tale of an asses shadow 49 Despysers of the godly fol. 99 The difference betwene the catholike Scismaticall churche fol. 127 A discourse touching the burning of heretikes fol. 40 Disobedience to parentes fol. 92 The doctrine of the churche fol. 127 Donatus the heretike fol. 75 A duche man and his opinion fol. 19 A duche man and his hypocrysie fo 46. 57 The Duke of Northumberland fo 102 E. Elders and ministers and of their late wicked preceptes in the church fo 5. 6 Emden a cytie in Frieslande fol. 116 Englande the mother of vs all fol. 6 Essai and their abstinence fol. 28 A text of Esaie the prophet very mysused of the protestantes against fasting 37 Ethelbert fol. 9â— Example of
â–ª 118 True reliques contempned fol. 6â— A Tyler and his opinion fol. 18 V. VNthankefull fol. 95 Virgins of the cytie of Separta fo 79 The vnitie of the churche fo 20. 21. 126 Vnitie the badge of the churche fol. â—0 VV. WEakenes of women fol. 76 Women euer learnyng and neuer able to attayne vnto the truthe fol 74 Women promoters of heresie fol. 75 Whether it be the cause or the death that maketh a martyr fol. 44 What tyme the temporall â—worde begin to serue the ghospell fol. 60 Wyues of certen men called Miâ—i fo 79 Wyat and his practise fol. 7â— Wyat and his treason â–ª fol. 102 Wordes of the ignoraunt people vpon the heretikes passing to death fol. 43 Wordes of father Peyloe a freer of Grene wiche touchyng the partie that dyd hurte hym fol. 101 Y. YAcob and â—ance of Straâ—â—orough folâ—o 116 Z. Zwynglins and his opinion fol. 16 FINIS Imprâ—nted at London by Robert Caly within the precinâ—t of the late dessolued house of the graye Freers nowe conuerted to an Hospitall called Christes Hospitall MENSE IV LII Annâ— 1556. Plato lib. 2. De Re Pub. Herodotus in Cliâ— Libro primâ— â–ª Seneca in Agamemnone Act. 2. The â—â—â— causes of our miseriâ— Ioan. 9. et 15. Obstinacie of opinions is the cause of errour Officiorum lib primo Infidelitie The definicion of heresie The catholike churche what it is Howe to knowe the catholike churche Matth. v. Daniel ii Psal xviii â— Tim. iii. Lib. i. de veritate fidei Homeri odyss libro decimo The heretikes obiections The answere of the catholikes Psal xviii ii Peter iii. Aeneido 6. Virgi anâ—id 8. Lucianus in deoruÌ„ dialog Cicero officiorum lib. 2. This monster was a iust token manifested by God to geue meÌ„ aduertisement to take hede ofsuch false prophetes whiche vnder the godly habites of religious men should seke the subuersion of his churche â—ib 13. histor sui temporis A rebersall of sundryâ— sectes deuised by dyuers heretikes As this good minister loued good ale so he had .iii. ale knights to stande in defence of his opinion called Good alâ— Newe ale â— Rastale Iohn .iii. Vnitie the badge or coâ—â—izance of Christes churche Marc. ix Lu. x. xxiiii Iohn 14. â—1 â— Cor. xii i. Tim. iiii The words of the protestantes In all thinges the protestaÌ„tes sekemeanes to discredit the church Odyss 12. Libertie a pleasaÌ„t harmony to theÌ„ that are coÌ„teÌ„ted to embrace it as the protestantes are This place of s Paule was wonte to be paynted vpoÌ„ the walles of churches to begyle the simple But when thou readest this place waye it wel in the minde theÌ„ giue seÌ„tâ—ce Mariage is not discommendid of y e church but it is magnefied for out of the .vii. Iewels thereof â— Tim. v. Nu. 6. 30. Eccle. v. Iohn ii Poinettes doctrine No doctrin can be ill if it serue for the practise of the hotte protestaÌ„ces who rather then they would lyue chaste wold say theâ—cold not chose but burne i. Cor. vii A question A place of Chrisostom to proue that yong wydowes did vowe The church forbiddeth no meates as the folly of the protestantes doth imagine Act. iiii Sundrye sectes of heretikes that verefied S. Paules prophecie â—ere â—osen gerâ—aines to the protestantes â—uido de hâ— resibus 〈…〉 e profitable abstinence is Leui â–ª lx Numeri vi Matth. xv Roma xiii Gala. v. â— Reg. vii Macha iii. Daniel â— iii. Reg. xiâ— â–ª Iudith .ix. Hester â–ª â—â—iâ— Epist 18. Iosephus â—â—lli Iudâ—â—ci lib. 2. cap. 7. Tâ—â—pertiâ—â— historia Cicero Tusculan quest lib. â— Abstinence of the Persians â—obi iiii The churche in all thinges kepeth an ordre Officiorum Libro i. In definitionibus ecclesiast dâ—gmatum Cap. 66. Gene. ix i. Timo. iiii Roma xiiii Maâ—c xv Gene. iii. Pleasaunt sermons Eras Apotheg libro 8. Plutarch in Sylla Aeneid Virgi Ephe. v. Remedies to auoyde synne Math. iii. Math. ix Math. vi Prayer and almesdedes The catholike church perswadeth austerite of lyfe Math. vii The shepish apparell of the protestaÌ„tes The protestantes consciences A stuÌ„bling stocke very muche vsed in y e mouth of Gospellers The protestaÌ„tes with one trueth do seme to confounde another Heb. xâ— â–ª â—â—â—ot in his booke called the Gouernor A pretie example A discoure touchynge the burning of heretikes and of the fonde imaginatioÌ„s of many coÌ„cernynge the same The HetheÌ„ coulde not abide the despisers of their religion Iustinus librâ— quinto De factis dictis Socratis Deu. xiiii Deu. xviii â–ª ii Thes iii Roma â—vii The maner of our heretikes Gala. iiii ii Cor. x. Gala. v. The fonde woordes of the simple rude people exclamed to the heretikes passing to death Augustinus super Ioannem â–ª Act. xix Whether it be the cause or the death that maketh a martyr Latimers coÌ„bâ—t with syr Thomas Seamers spirit In his .iiii. sermon Polidorus Libro 2 2. Olde castel in a booke that Bale maketh of his death is canoâ—â—zed for a martir A FleÌ„ming of the heresie of y e ArriaÌ„s burnt in Smythfielde Toys vsed of our martyrs Ioane Butcher otherwyse called Ioane of Kent Anne Askewe Officiorum Libro primo Blynde Bayarde Laertins in â—us vita Specialâ— poynces to be required in a martyr Eusebius lib. â— â–ª Cap. â— Act. xxiii Exod xxiâ— Philip. iii. Matth. xxii Paule wasory for hiâ— taunt but the protestaÌ„tes reioyse in theire The constaÌ„cie wher in our martyrs triuÌ„ph De natura deo â—um lib. i. The gouernor y e third boke A true martyr A merueilous resistaÌ„ce of the spirite against the fleshe and a good lesson for our maried votaries Ignatius Policarpus Iustinus In what causes men ought cheifly to spende their lyues A notable death to die for the causes of the kyng and Quenes maiesties Inslinus lib .ii. Actes v. Math. â—v â— Tim. â— Tit. iii. Contra Crescomum gram libro 4. cap. 4. The cauâ—â— why heretikes wernot punyshed in the 〈…〉 tiâ—e â—hu 〈…〉 At what tyme the sword begaÌ„ to serue the Gospell â—◠〈…〉 aâ—◠〈…〉 〈…〉 Epistola ad Galath cap. 1. The bones of our martirs of some preserued for reliques De â—octibus attiâ—is lib. x. cap. xviii True reliques contempned Rogers burnt in Smithfield the fond imaginations of diuers in the tyme of his death Virgil aeneiâ— Sâ—â—urâ—do Loyteryng Adders Another obiection of y e protestaÌ„tes Eusâ—â—ius â—â— â— â–ª â—edaecclesiast historiae gentis AngloriÌ„s lib. 1. Capit. seprâ—mo Saint Thomas of CaÌ„torbury Polydori Virg. Angl. hist li. 13 Charion cromcor lib. 3. quart monar terâ—iae aetatis Georg. Liuius Anno do â–ª â—â—â—â— The lamentatioÌ„ of the people vpoÌ„ the death of s Thomas Iohn Fiswer the bisshop of Rochester Sir Thomas More Polidor lib. 27. The poore monkes of the Charterhouse The abbottes of Rending Colchester and others Wyâ—t the Kentish rebell ii Tim. iii. Math. â— Selfe loue and yelding â—o the flesh Q. Curtius librâ— â— A notable example of Alexander touchinge the brydelinge of his own lustes Titus