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A22095 The lattre examinacyon of Anne Askewe latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the wycked Synagoge of Antichrist, with the Elucydacyon of Iohan Bale. Askew, Anne, 1521-1546.; Bale, John, 1495-1563. 1547 (1547) STC 850; ESTC S109052 47,906 146

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Vtrecht in hollāde where as the seyd Pyghius dwelt was for hys papystrye in great autoryte I knowe certaynlye the mā there was moch more casye to please in that cause thā in an other sleuelesse matter of hys owne cōcernynge Martyne Bucer Hys gallaūtes also warran̄ted there I knowe to whome that the Romysh pope by the Emprours good helpe shuld withī fewe yeares haue in Englāde as great autoryte as euer he had afore I doubt not but sū what they knewe of their masters good cōueyan̄ce but of thys is not the kynge infourmed I coulde write here of manye other mysteryes cōcernynge the obseruaunt fryres other ran̄gynge Rome ronners what newes they receyue wekelye out of Englāde frō the papystes there in what hope they are put of their returne thydre agayne For I haue seane ther braggynge letters therof sent frō Emeryck to Frislāde frō the cūtraye of Coleyne into Westphalye Of thys and soch other cōueyan̄ces the kynge is not yet in fourmed that I trust he shall be Anne Askewe Thē cōmaunded they me to shewe how I was maynteyned in the Counter and who wylled me to stycke by my opynyon I sayd that there was no creature that therin ded strengthen me And as for the helpe that I had in the Counter it was by the meanes of my mayde For as she went abroade in the stretes she made to the prentyses and they by her ded sende me moneye But who they were I neuer knewe Iohan Bale Ioseph was in pryson vndre Pharao the fearce kynge of Egypte yet was he fauourablye handeled and no man forbydden to consort hym Gene. 39. Whan Iohan Baptist was in stronge duraunce vndre Herode the tyraunt of Galile hys dyscyples ded frelye vysytt hym and were not rebuked for it Math. 11. Paule beynge emprysoned aud in cheanes at Rome vndre the most furyouse tyra●̄te Nero was neuer blamed for sendynge hys seruaunt Onesimus abroade not yet for writynge by hym to hys fryndes for socour Philem. 1. Neyther yet was Philemon troubled for releuynge hym there by the seyd Onesimus nor yet hys olde frynde Onesipherus for personallye there vysytynge hym and supportynge hym with hys moneye lyke as he had done afore also at Ephesus Now conferre these storyes aud soch other lyke with the present handelynge of Anne Askewe and ye shall wele perceyue our Englysh rulers and iudges in their newe Christyanyte of renouncynge the pope to excede all other tyrauntes in all crueltye spyght and vengeaunce But loke to haue it no otherwyse so longe as mytred prelates are of counsell Be ashamed cruell beastes be ashamed for all Christendome wondereth on your madnesse aboue all Anne Askewe Then they sayd that there were dyuerse gentyl womē that gaue me moneye But I knewe not their names Thē they sayd that there were dyuerse ladyes whych had sent me moneye I answered that there was a mā in a blewe coate whych delyuered me x shyllynges and sayd that my ladye of Hertforde sēt it me And an other in a vyolet coate ded geue me viij shyllynges and sayd that my ladye Dennye sent it me Whether it were true or no I can not tell For I am not suer who sent it me but as the men ded saye Iohan Bale In the tyme of Christes preachynge what though the holye clergye wer than not pleased therwith but iudged it as they do styll to thys daye most horryble heresye yet serten noble women as Mar ye Magdalene Ioāna the wyfe of Chusa Herodes hygh stewarde Susanna manye other folowed hym frō Galile mynystred vnto hym of their substaūce cōcernynge hys bodylye nedes Luce 8. These with other more after he was by the seyd clergye done to most cruell deathe for the veryte preachynge both prepared oyntmentes and spyces to anoynte hys bodye Luce 24. and also proclamed abroade hys gloryouse resurreccyon to hys Apostles and other Ioā 20 contrarye to the Byhoppes in hybycyon Acto 4. Yet reade we not that anye man or womā was racked for the accusement of them A woman amōge the Macedonyanes dwellynge in the cytie of Thya●●ra called Lydia by name a purple seller verye rytche in merchaūdyse receyued Paule Sylas and Timothe with other suspected bretherne in to her howse habn̄dauntlye releued thē there Act. 16. yet was she not troubled for it In lyke maner at Thessalonica a great nōbre of the Grekes and manye noble woman amonge thē beleued Paules forbydden doctryne and resorted boldelye both to hym and to Sylas Acto 17. yet were they not cruellye handeled for it Be ashamed than ye tyrauntes of Englāde that your horryble tyrānyes shuld excede all other Iewes or Gentyles turkes or Idolaters More noble were these w●mē here rehearced forthus releuynge Christ and hys members than for anye other acte eyther yet degre of nobylyte For where as all other haue peryshed these shall neuer perysh but be censerued in the most noble and worthy ē scriptures of God the tyrannouse Byshoppes and prestes with their tyrannouse maynteners there condempned A through Christē charyte is not lightlye terryfyed with the tempestes of worldlye affliccyons nomore than true faythe is changed in men that be Christenlye cōstaunt Soch can not chose but consydre that it is both gloryouse to be afflicted for Christ 1. Petri 3. and also most merytoryouse to releue them here in their afflyccyons Math. 25. Vnto that Christen offyce hath Christ promysed the lyfe euerlastynge at the lattre daye where as Masse hearynge is lyke to remayne without rewarde except it be in helle for ydolatrye and blasphemye Not vnto them that in pryson vysyteth murtherers and theues if ye marke wele the texte is thys rewarde promysed For they are not there allowed for Christes dere mēbers but vnto them that releue the afflicted for hys verytees sake Anne Askewe Then they sayd there were of the counsell that ded maynteyne me And I sayd no. Then they ded put me on the racke bycause I confessed no ladyes nor gentyll women to be of my opynyon and theron they kepte me a longe tyme. And bycause I laye styll and ded not crye my lorde Chauncellour and mastre Ryche toke peynes to racke me their owne handes tyll I was nygh dead Iohan Bale Nicodemus one of the hygh counsell was sore rebuked amonge the senyours of the Iewes for defēdyng Christes innocēcye whā they wēt aboute to slee hym Ioan. 7. And therfor it is no newe thynge that Christes doctryne hath supp●rtacyon amonge the counsels of thys worlde All men be not of one corrupted appetyte nor yet of one vngracyouse dyete Christ promysed hys dyscyples that they in one how sholde shuld fynde both hys enemyes and fryndes I am come sayth he to set man at varyaunce agaynst hys father and the doughter agaynst her mother and the doughter in lawe agaynst the mother in lawe He that loueth
Wynstane of Euesham whych are the best of the Englysh martyrs to the touche stone of Gods worde ye shall fynhe their martyrdomes and causes full vnlyke to theirs whom the Byshoppes murther now apace in Englande In all these Englysh martyrs reherced here afore ye shall fynde verye fewe coloures or yet tokens that Christ sayd hys martyrs shuld be knowne by vnlesse ye take pylgrymages pōpes rellyckes women battels hūtynges ydelnesse mōkeryes moneye treasure worldlye kyngedomes contēpt of marryage superstycyōs soch other vanytees for thē And than wyll I saye not lye in it that ye are moch better ouerseane thā lerned in the scriptures of God as your olde blynde bl●dderynge predecessours hath bene Ye wyll axe me here if I reckē Englāde thā all barrē of Christē martyrs Naye marry do I not For I knowe it hath had good store sēs the popes faythe came first into Englande to the Gospels obscuracyō though their names be not knowne to all mē Great tyrānye was shewed by the heythnysh emprours kynges at the first preachynge of thē Gospell in the prymatyue churche of the Brytaynes by the cruell callynge on of the pagane prestes But nothynge lyke to that hath bene shewed sēs in the Englysh churche by the spirytuall tyran̄t of Rome hys mytred termagaūtes at the prouocacyō of ther oyled swylbolles blynd Balaamytes For they most cruellye brēt those innocētes whych ded but only reade the testamēt of God in their mother tunge do not yet repent them of that myschefe but contynewe therin If ye marke wele these ij examynacyons of Anne Askewe ye shall fynde in her and in her other ●ij companyons besydes other whō the Byshoppes in our tyme and afore hath brent the expresse tokens that Christ sealeth hys martyrs with They apered as shepe amonge wolues They were throwne in stronge preson They were brought forth into counsels and synagoges Their answers were out of Gods sprete as her in apereth and not out of their owne They were reuyled mocked stocked racked execrated condempned and murthered as is sayd afore By a spirytualte also as he promysed they shuld be Math. 23. and 24 Yea those spirytuall tyrauntes besydes their mortall malyce vpon the innocent bodyes haue most blasphemouslye vttered in their spyghtfull sermons and writynges that their sowles are dampned as is to be sea●e in the bokes of wynchestre and Peryn But lete them be ware least they dampne not their owne wretched sowles For full sure we are by Christes stronge promes Luce 12. That their sowles they can not harme with all their popes blacke c●rses Full swetelye rese they now in the peace of God where their slaunderouse and malycyon se iudgementes can not ●urte them at all ●api 3. Lete those Epycures pygges dampne them with as manye blasphemouse lyes as they can ymagyne for other armour they haue no● ●nd we shall on the other syde can●nyse them agayne with the myghtye wordes and promyses of Christ whych they shall neuer be ●able to resist The father of our lorde Iesus Christ graunt the lyght of hys worde so to sprede the worlde ouer that the darke mystes of Sathan maye clerelye be expelled to the specyall confort of hys redemed churche and glorye of hys eternall name Amen The lattre examinacion of the worthye seruaunt of God mastres Anne Askewe the yōger doughter of Sir Wyllyam Askewe knyght of Lyncolne shyre latelye martyred in Smithfelde by the wycked Synagoge of Antichrist The censure or iudgemēt of Iohan Bale therupon after the sacred Scriptures and Chronycles CHrist wylled hys most dere Apostle and secretarye Gaynt Iohā the Euangelist to sygnyfye by writynge to the euer fear or preacher of the congregacyon of Pergamos that there onlye are hys faythfull mēbers murthered where Sathā inhabyteth or holdeth resydence And for exāple he bryngeth forth hys constaunt witnesse Antipas whych was there most cruellye slayne of that Synagoge of hys for confessynge the veryte Apoca. 2. That Behemorh sayth Iob that Leuyathan that Sathan regneth as a most myghtye kynge ouer all the spirytuall chyldren of pryde Iob 42. A murtherer sayth Christ to the spirytual●e of the Iewes and a blasphemouse lyar is that father of yours hath bene from the worldes begynnynge Ioan. 8. These maners hath he not yet left but contynueth them styll in hys wycked posteryte Iu the prymatyue churche as restyfyeth Bedas they persecuted the heares of Christes head whych were so pure as the whyte w●lle that is apte to receyue all colours Apoca 1. They slewe those true beleuers whych hys worde sprete had depured from all false worshyppynges and made fytt for all trybulacyons to be suffered for hys names sake In these lattre dayes they meddele with his fete whych are lyke vnto brasse burynge as it were in an whote furnace Apo. 1. For they that beleue now agreably to hys worde and not after ther corrupted and cursed customes are consumed in the fyre As here after wyll apere by thys godlye woman Anne Askewe whych with other more was brent at London in the yeare of our lorde a M.D.XLVI For the faythfull testymonye of Iesu agaynst Antichrist Whose lattre handelynge here foloweth in course lyke as I receyued it in coppye by serten duche merchauntes cōmynge frō thens whych had bene at their burnynge and beholden the tyrannouse vyolence there shewed First out of the preson she wrote vnto a secrete frynde of hers after thys ma●er folowynge Anne Askewe I do perceyue dere frynde in the lorde that thu art not yet persuaded throughlye in the truthe concernynge the lordes supper bycause Christ sayd vnto hys Apostles Take eate Thys is my bodye whych is geuen for yow In geuynge forth the breade as an outwarde sygne or token to be receyued at the mouche he mynded them in a perfyght beleue to receyue that bodye of hys whych shuld dye for the people or to thynke the deathe therof the onlye h●lthe and saluacyon of their sowles The breade and the wyne were left vs for a sacramentall communyon or a mutuall pertycypacyon of the inestymable benefyghtes of hys most precyouse deathe and bloud shedynge And that we shuld in the ende therof be thankefull togyther for that most necessarye grace of our redempcyon For in the closynge vp therof he sayd thus Thys do ye in remēbraunce of me Yea so oft as ye shall eate it or drynke it Luce 22. and 1. Corinth 11. ●ls shuld we haue bene forgetfull of that we ought to haue in daylye remembraunce also bene altogyther vnthankefull for it Iohan Bale Agreable to thys womānis doctryne here are the scriptures of both testamēice Wherin these wordes Edere Bibere to eate to drynke are oft tymes spirytuallye taken for Credere to beleue or receyue in faythe The poore sayth Dauid shall eate and he satisfyd All that seke to please the