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A22076	The first examinacyon of Anne Askewe lately martyred in Smythfelde, by the Romysh popes vpholders, with the elucydacyon of Iohan Bale.	Askew, Anne, 1521-1546.; Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1546 (1546)	STC 848; ESTC S100286	39,105	120

vessell of the holye Ghost not onlye to replye than agaynst them at Oxforde in the open scooles but also to write a great nombre of bokes agaynst that pestylent popysh kyngedome of theirs lyfe as Martyne Luther hath done also in our tyme with manye other godlye men And lyfe as those false prophetes the fryres ded than attribu te vnto the popes pardons the remyssyon of synnes the deliueraunce from dāp nacyon and the fre enteraunce of heauē whych peculyarlye belongeth to the precyouse payment of Christes bloude i. Petri 1. 1. Ioā 1. So do these false anoyn ted or blasphemouse Eyssoppes and prestes now attrybute them agayne ●n to theyr pryuate and publique Masses the popes owne wares as prowlynge and pelferynge as the pardons with no lesse blasphemye The deuylyshnesse of thys newe doctryne of theyrs shall be re felled in my bokes agaynst fryre Peryn and Wynchestre and therfor I write the lesse here Anne Askewe Then I tolde my lorde that there was a prest whychded hea re what I sayd there before my lorde mayre and them with that the chaunceller answered whych was the same prest So she spake it in verye dede sayth he before my lorde the mayre and me Then were there serten prestes as doctor Standysh and other whych tempted me moche to knowe my mynde And I answered them alwayes thus That I haue sayd to my lorde of London I haue sayd Iohan Bale By thys ye maye se that the Byshoppes haue euery wher ther wachmē least the kynges offycers shuld do anye thynge contrarye to their bloudye behoue Thys Chauncellour wolde not haue thus answered hardelye so agreablye to her tale had it not bene to their aduauntage agaynst her as here after wyll apere Marke here the fashyon of these temptynge serpentes Standysh and hyssellawes And tel me if they be not lyke vnto these rypers whelpes whych came to Iohans Baptym Matthei 3. and to Christ Iesus preachynge Luce 11. I thynke ye shall fynde them the same gegeneracyon Anne Askewe And then doctor Standish desyered my lorde to byd me saye my mynde concernynge that same text of S. Paule I answered that it was agaynst saynt Paules lernynge that I beynge a woman shuld interprete the scriptures specyallye where so manye wyse lerned men were Iohan Bale It is not yet halfe a score of yeares a go sens thys blasphemouse Idyote Standish compared in a lewde sermon of hys the dere pryce of our redemp cyon or precyouse bloude of Christ to the bloude of a fylthye swyne lyke hymselfe a swyne And for hys good doynge he is now becomen a dawe a doctor I shuld saye of the popes dyuynyte and a scolas● cal interpretour of the scriptures to hys behoue Here wolde the swynysh gē tylman haue proued both that S. Steuen dyed an heretyke and S. Paule 〈◊〉 scysmatyke for teachynge that God dwelleth not in tēples made with hādes Act. 7. 17. if he myght haue reasoned out the matter with thys woman But she toke a swyne for a swyne and wolde laye no pearles afore hym as Christ had charged her afore Matthei 7. for all their interrogacyons are now about the temple and the temple wares Matthei 26. Anne Askewe Then my lorde of Londō sayd he was infourmed that one shul de aske of me if I wolde receyue the Sacrament at Easter and I made a mocke of it Then I desyered that myne accuser myght come fourth whych my lorde wolde not But he sayd agayne vnto me I sent one to ge ye yow good counsell and at the first worde ye called hympa pyst That I denyed not for I perceyued he was no lesse yet made I non answere vnto it Iohan Bale No confortable scriptures nor yet anye thynge to the sowles consolacyon maye come out of the mouthes of these spyrytuall fathers But dogges rhetoryck and curres curtesye narrynges brawlynges and quarellynges Whan she was in the myddes of thē she myght wele haue sayd wyth Dauid Delyuer me lorde from the quarelouse dealynges of men that I maye kepe thy cōmaundemētes I deale with the thynge that is lawfull and ryght O geue me not ouer to these oppressers lete not these proude quarellers do me wronge Psalm 118 But amonge all these quarellynges her accusers myght not be seane whych were the grounders of them Anne Askewe Thē he rebuted me and sayd that I shuld report that there were bent agaynst me thre score prestes at Lyncolne In de de quoth I I sayd so for my fryndes tolde me if I ded come to Lyncolne the prestes wolde assault me and put me to great trouble as therof they had made their boast And whā I hearde it I went thydre in dede not beynge afrayed be cause I knewe my matter to be good More ouer I remayned there vi dayes to se what wolde be sayd vnto me And as I was in the mynster readynge vpon the Byble they resorted vnto me by ij and by ij by v. by vi myndynge to haue spokē to me yet went they theyr way es agayne with out wordes speakynge Iohan Bale Rebukes in that generacyō are moch more redye at hande than eyther Christen admonyshmentes or gentyll exhortacyons though they be all spyrytuall● And that cometh by reason of their lo●de shyppes whych wāteth due fournyshynge out vnlesse they haue tyrannouse bragges and braulynges Herin folowe they the examples of their naturall pre decessours the Iewysh byshoppes pharysees and prestes Ioan. 7. and 9. She myght full wele saye that the prestes were agaynst her Forhypocresye Ido latrye were neuer yet with hym whose blessed quarell she toke Marke the fort chaptre of Iohan and so fourth almost to the ende of hys Gospell Beholde also how 〈◊〉 Apostles disciples were han deled of the prestes after hys gloryouse as●yon Acto 4. and all that boke folo wynge ye shall fynde it no new thynge The seruaūt is no better than her mastre whych suffred of that malygnaunt gene racyon lyke quarellynges and handelynges Ioan. 15. Se here how they wondered vpō her by couples for readynge the Byble as their fore fathers wondered vpon Christ for preachynge and doynge miracles Anne Askewe Then my lorde asked if there were not one that ded speake vnto me I tolde hym yeas that there wa● one of them at the last whych ded speake tome in dede And my lorde thait asked me what he sayd And I tolde hym hys wordes were of so small effecte that I ded not now remembre them Iohan Bale So farre was not Lyncolne from London but the Byshopp there had knowlege of thys tragedye Hereby maye ye se their spirytuall occupyenge agaynst Christ and hys faythfull membirs God is the stody sayth S. Iohan of that congregacyon whych is a spirytualte called Sodome and Egypte They reioyce in myschefes amonge thē selues and sende massenges one to an other agaynst

was hys owne promes ye shall be brought before rulers debytees sayth he for my truthes sake Mat. x ye shall be betrayed of your owne nacyon and kyndred so throwne in pre son Luc. 21. If they haue persecuted me thynke not but they wyll also persecute yow Io. 15 Thys serpēt is agayne become the prynce of thys worlde holdeth the gouerners therof captyue Io. 14. Suertees wolde haue bene taken for a thefe or a mourtherer but not for Christes mēbre the byshoppes chaūcellour beynge at hāde nor yet her fryndes permytted to confort her Anne Askewe But in the meane tyme there was a prest sent to me whych sayd that he was cōmaūded of the byshopp to examyne me to geue me good coūsell whych he ded not But first he asked me for what cause I was put in the Coūter And I tolde hym I coul de not tell Then he sayd it was great pytie that I shulde be there without cause and cōcluded that he was verye sorye for me Iohan Bale O temptacyon of Sathan Christ beyn ge in the solitarye wyldernesse alone was after thys flatterynge sort assaulted first of hys enemye Matt. 4. Thys Iudas was sent afore to geue a fryndelye kysse the more depelye to trappe the innocēt in sna re But Gods wysdome made her to perceyue what he was A false prophete is sone knowne by hys frutes amonge them that are godlye wyse Mat. 7. She consy dered with Salomon that more to profyght are the strypes of a frynde thā the fraudolent kysses of a deceytfull enemye Prouerb 27. Anne Askewe Secondly he sayd it was tolde hym that I shuld denye the sa cramēt of the aultre And I an swered hym agayne that that I had sayd I had sayd Iohan Bale In thyobrefe answere she remēbred Sa lomōs coūsell Answere not a fole all after hysfolyshnesse Beware of thē sayth Christ whych come in shepes clothynge for inwardlye they are most rauenynge wolues Mat. 7. God destroyeth the craf tes of the wycked sayth Iob so that they are not hable to perfourme that they take in hande Iob 5 Anne Askewe Thirdly he asked me if I were shryuen I tolde hymno Then he sayd he wolde brynge one to me for to shryue me And I tolde hym so that I myght haue one of these in that is to saye doc tor Crome syr Gyllam or Hun tyngton I was contented bycause I knewe them to be men of wysdome As for yow or anye other I wyll not dysprayse bycause I knowe ye not Then he sayd I wolde not haue yow thynke but that I or another that shall be brought yow shall be as honest as they For if we were not ye maye be sure the Kynge wolde not suffer vs to preache Thē I answered by the saynge of Salomon By commonynge with the wyse I maye lerne wysdome but by talkynge with a fole I shall take skathe Prouer. f. Iohan Bale Se how thys aduersarye cōpaseth lyke a rauenynge lyon to deuoure thyslambe 1. Pet. 5. Now tempteth he her with Cō fessy●n whych hath bene soche a bayte of theirs as hath brought in to their nettes and snares the myghtyest prynces of the worlde both kynges and emprours Se here if they leaue anye subtylte vnsought to obtayne their praye Se recke ned by thys to wynne hys purpose which waye so euer she had taken If she had bene confessed to hym he had knowne whych waye she had bene bent If she had vtterlye refused confessyon he had more matter to accuse her of O 〈◊〉 sede of the serpēr Thys part played your olde generacyon the Pharysees and prestes with Christ to brynge hym in daūger of the lawe Mat. 2● Io. 8. ●o Christē erudycyon bryngeth thys prest nor yet good counsels of the scripture But as Esaye sayth The hypocryte ymagyneth a bhomynacyon agaynst God to famysh the hungrye and witholde drynke from the thirstye Yet shall not the eyes of the seynge be dymme nor the eares of the hearynge be deffe Esa. 32. If the kynge admyt so he preachers as I can not thyn ke it a sore plage remayneth both to hym and to hys people Anne Askewe Fortly he asked me if the host shuld fall and a beast ded eate it whether the beast ded receyue God or no I answered Seynge ye haue taken the paynes to aske thys questyon I desyre yow also to take so moche payne more as to assoyle it your selfe For I wyll not do it bycause I perceyue ye come to tēp t● me ▪ And ●e sayd it was agaynst the ordre of scoles that he whych asked the questyon shuld answere it I tolde hym I was but a woman knewe not the course of scoles Iohan Bale Beastlye was that questyon and of a more beastlye brayne propouned to thys womā Lyttlenede shall other men haue to manyfest their blasphemouse folyes whan they do it so playnelye their selues Who euer hearde afore that their host was a God and myght fall and be eaten of a beast tyll they now so beastlye tolde the tale Though Saynt Paule where as it is ryghtlye mynystred doth call it the bodye of the Lorde j. Corin. 11. Yet doth he not call it a God Though Christ sayth Thys is my bodye Matth. 26. Marei 14. Luce 22. yet sayth he not thys is a God For God is a sprete and no bodye Ioannis 4. Where God is eaten it is of the sprete and neyther of mouse nor ratte as Wynchestre and Peryn with other lyke popysh heretykes haue taught now of late by their owne hande wrytynges Oure God is in heauen and cannot fall nor yet be eaten of beastes If they haue soche a God as maye both fall and so be eaten as thy● prest here confesseth it is some false or counterfert God of their owne makynge If he maye putryfye or be consumed of wormes moule rust beast or fyre Baruch sayth it is an Idoll no God Ba ruch 6. These witlesse ydolatours haue no grace in thys age to hyde their olde legerdemaynes They fare lyke those dronken Gossypes whych tell more than all wh● their heades be full of we le gyngerdeale The proude crowne of the dronken Ephraemytes sayth Esaye shall be tro den vnder fote The prestes and the prophetes do stacker they are so ouerseane with wyne Esa. 28. They stomble in the stretes and haue stayned thēselues with bloude Treno 4. All the dwellers of Iuda sayth the lorde shall I fyll with drō ckennesse both the kynges and the prestes I wyll neyther perdon them spare them nor yet haue pytie on them Hierc 13. And where as that dronckennesse is sayth Salomō there is no coūsell kept Pro. 31. In the ende thys hypocryte full lyfe hymselfe allegeth to thys woman a maner vsed of hys olde predecessours in the scholes of falsehede But frō the scole of truthe he bryngeth nothynge to the confort of her conscyence He declareth full