of the Gospell Therfore it is wrytten we shall rather obey God then men I haue also redde in the prophete Malachie I shall cursse your blessynges and blesse your curssynges If my conscieÌ„ce had iudged me to haue done euyll I shoulde haue desisted for your curssynges or elles for your brotherlyke warnynges but because I vsed no vngodly deede I suffered paciently your curssinges beleuynge firmely that the Lorde woulde turne your curssynges into blessynges ¶ The seconde article ☞ Thou false hereticke didest say that a priest standynge at the aultare saiyng Masse was lyke a foxe waggyng his tayle in Iuly ¶ The answer ⧠My Lordes I said not so these were my saiynges The mouynge of the bodie outwarde wythout the inward mouing of the hert is noughte els but the plaiyng of an ape not the true seruyng of god For God is a secrete sercher of meÌ„s hertes Therefore who wyll trulie adorne and honoure god he muste in spirite and veritie honour him Then the accusar stopped his mouth wyth another article ¶ The thirde article ☞ Thou false hereticke preachedst agaynst the sacramentes saiynge that there were not seuen Sacramentes The answer ⧠My lordes and it be your pleasures I taughte neuer of the nuÌ„ber of the Sacramentes whether they were seuen or an eleuen So many as are instituted by Christe and are showen to vs by the EuaÌ„gell I professe openly Excepte it be the worde of god I dare affirme nothynge ¶ The iiii article ☞ Thou false hereticke hast openly taught that auricular confession is not a sacramente And thou sayest that we shoulde onely confesse vs to god and to no priest ¶ The answer ⧠My Lordes I say that auricular coÌ„fession seinge that it hath no promesse of the Euangell therfore it cannot be a sacrameÌ„t Of the coÌ„fession to be made to god there are many testimonies in scripture as when Dauid sayeth I thoughte that I woulde knoweledge myne iniquitie against my selfe vnto the Lorde and he forgaue the trespase of my synnes Here confession signifieth the secrete knoweledge of oure synnes before God When I exhorted the people in thys maner I reproued no maner of confession And farther sainct Iames sayeth Knowledge your sinnes one to an other and so let you haue peace amonge your selues When that he had sayed these wordes the bishoppes and their complices cryed and girned wyth their teeth saiynge Se ye not what colours he hath in his speakyng that he may begile vs and seduce vs to his opinion ¶ The fifte article ☞ Thou hereticke dyddest say opeÌ„ly that it was necessary to euery man to knowe and vnderstand his baptisme and what it was CoÌ„trary or generall councels and the states of holy churche ¶ The answer ⧠My Lordes I beleue there be none so vnwyse here that wyll make marchauÌ„dice with a freÌ„ch maÌ„ or any other vnknowen strauÌ„ger excepte he knewe and vnderstode fyrst the condition or promesse made by the frenche man or straunger So like I would that we vnderstode what thynge we promesse in the name of the Infant vnto god in baptisme For thys cause I beleue ye haue confirmation Then saied maister Bleiter chaplaine that he had the Deuyl within hym and the spirite of erroure Then answered hym a chylde saiyng the Deuil cannot speake such wordes as yonder maÌ„ doth speake ¶ The. vi article ☞ Thou hereticke traytoure and thiefe thou saydest that the sacrameÌ„t of the aultare was but a piece of breade bakeÌ„ vpon the ashes and no other thynge elles and all that is there done is but a superstitious rite agaynst the commaundement of God ¶ The answer ⧠Oh Lorde God so manifest lies blasphemies the scripture doeth not teache you As concerning the sacrament of the aultare my Lordes I neuer taught any thinge agaynst the scripture the whiche I shall by Goddes grace make manifeste thys daye I beinge readye therfore to suffre death The lawefull vse of thys sacrament is most acceptable vnto god but the greate abuse of it is verie detestable vnto him But what occasion they haue to saye such wordes of me I shall shortly shewe your Lordshippes I once chauÌ„ced to mete with a Iewe when I was saylyng vpon the water of Rene. I dyd enquire of hym what was the cause of his pertinacie that he dyd not beleue that the true Meslias was come considerynge that they had seene all the Prophesies whiche were spoken of hym to be fulfilled Moreouer the prophesies taken away and the ceptre of â—uda by many other testimonies of the scripture I vanquest him that Messias was come the whiche thei called Iesus of Nazareth Thys Iewe answered agayne vnto me When Messias cometh he shal restore all thynges And he shall not abrogate the lawe whiche was geuen to oure forefathers as ye do For why we see the pore almoste perishe thorowe hungar amonge you yet ye are not moued wyth pietie towardes them But amonge vs Iues though we be pore there are no beggers founde SecoÌ„darely it is forbyddeÌ„ by the lawe to fame any kinde of Imagery of thynges in heauen aboue or in the earth beneth or in the sea vnder the earth but one God onely to honoure But your sanctuaries and churches are ful of Idols Thyrdly a piece of breade baken vpoÌ„ the ashes ye adorne worship say that it is your God I haue rehearsed here but the saiynges of the Iewe which I neuer affirmed to be true TheÌ„ the bishops shoke their heades and spitted into the erth And what he meÌ„t in this mat ter farther thei would not heare ¶ The. vii article Thou false heretike diddest say that extreme vnctioÌ„ was not a sacrameÌ„t The answer ⧠My Lordes forsoth I neuer taught any thyng of extreme vnction in my doctrine whether it were a sacrament or no. The. viii article ☞ Thou false hereticke saydest that holy water is not so good as washe suche lyke Thou contemnest coniuryng and sayest that holy churches curssynges auaile not The answer ¶ My Lordes as for holy water what strength it is of I taughte neuer in my doctrine CoÌ„iuringes exorzismies if ther were coÌ„forma ble to the worde of god I woulde commende them but in so farre as they are not conformable to the coÌ„ maundement and worde of God I reproue them ¶ The. ix article ☞ Thou false hereticke and runnagate haste sayed that euery ley maÌ„ is a priest and suche like Thou sayest that the Pope hath no more power then any other man ¶ The answer ¶ My Lordes I taught nothing but the worde of god I remembre that I haue reade in some places in saincte Iohn and sainct Peter of the whiche one sayeth he hath made vs kynges and priestes The other sayeth he hath made vs the kingli priesthod Wherfore I haue affirmed any man beinge cunning in the worde of God and the true fayth of
were kende I woulde sayed I make suche memoriall Yt of thy name I had intelligence I am Dauid that carefull Cardinall Whiche doth appeare sayed he to thy presence That sometyme had so greate preeminence Then he beganne his deedes to endyte As ye shall heare and I beganne to wryte The Tragedie ¶ I Dauid Beaton some tyme Cardinall Of noble bloude by lyne I dyd descende Duryng my tyme I had no peir equall But nowe is come alas my fatall ende Aye gree by gree vp warde I dyd ascende So that in thys realme dyd neuer reigne So greate a man as I vnder my soueraigne When I was a yonge ioyly gentleman Princes to serue I set my whole entent First to ascende at Arbroth I began An abbasie of greate ryches and rent Of that estate yet was I not content To get more ryches dignitie and glore My herte was set alas alas therfore I made suche seruice vntyll our Souereigne He dyd promote me to more high estate A Prince aboue all priestes for to Reigne Archbishoppe of sainct Andrewes consecrate To that honour when I was eleuate My prydefull herte was not content at all Tyll that I was created a Cardinall Yet preste I to haue more authoritie And finally was chosen Chauncelat And for vpholdynge of my dignitie Was made Legate then had I no compare I purchest for my profit singulare My cofers and my treasure to auaunce The bishopriche of Merapois in Fraunce Of al Scotlande I had the gouernal But myne aduise concluded was not certeyne Abbot bishoppe archbishoppe cardinal In thys realme no higher coulde I reigne But I had ben Pope Emperour or souereigne For shortnes of tyme I am not able At length to shewe myne actes honourable For my moste princely prodigalitie Amonge prelates in Fraunce I toke the pryce I dyd shewe my lordly liberalitie In banketyng playinge at cardes and dice In suche wysedome I was holden wyse And spared not to playe wyth hynge or knyght Thre thousand crownes of gold vpō one nyght In Fraunce sir I made honest voyages Where I dyd artes digne of remembraunce Thorowe me were made triumphant mariages To our souereigne both profit and pleasaunce Quene Magdalē the fyrst doughter of Fraūce With great riches was into Scotland brought That mariage thorow my wisdō was wrought After whose death into Fraunce I past agayne The seconde quene homewarde I dyd conuoye That lustie Princesse Mary de Loraine Whiche was receiued wyth tryumph and Ioye So serued I our ryght redoubted Roye Sone after that Henrie of Englande kynge Of our soueraigne desyred one communyng Of that metyng our kynge was wel content So that in Yorke was set both tyme and place But our prelates and I woulde neuer consent That he shoulde see kynge Henry in the face But we were wel content so that his grace Had sayled the sea to speake wyth any other Except the king which was his mothers brother Where thorowe there arose great war mortal strife Great heirships hūgar darth desolatiō On the other syde many dyd lose their lyfe If I woulde make any true narration I caused all that tribulation For to take peace I neuer woulde consent Wythout the kynge of Fraunce had ben cōtent Duryng these warres were taken prisoners Of noble men fyghtyng ful turiously Many a Lorde baron and bacchillers Where thorowe our kynge toke such melancoly Whiche draue him to the deede ryght dolefully Extreme dolour ouerset dyd so his herte That from thys lyfe alas he dyd departe But after that boeth strength speach were losed A paper blanke I gatte his grace subscriue Into whiche I wrought al that me pleased After his death whiche longe were to discriue Thorowe that wrytyng I purposed belyue Wyth support of some lordes beneuolence In thys region to haue preeminence As for our Lorde our rightuous Gouernour If I woulde shortly shewe the veritie To hym I had no maner of fauour Durynge that tyme I purposed that he Shoulde neuer come to none authoritie For his support therfore he broughte among vs Forth of Englande the noble Erle of Anguishe Then was I put abacke from my purpose And sodenly caste into captiuitie My prideful herte to breake as I suppose Deuised by the high diuinitie Yet in my herte sprange no humilitie But nowe the worde of God ful wel I knowe Who doth exalt hym selfe God shal hym lowe In the meane tyme when I was so subiected Ambassatours were sent into Englande Where they both peace and maryage cōtracted And more suerly for to obserue that bande Were promised diuerse pledges of Scotlande Of that contracte I was no waye content Nor euer woulde therto geue my consent To captaines that kept me in warde Gyftes of golde I gaue them greate plentie Rulars of courte I rychely dyd rewarde Wherby I escaped from captiuitie But when I was free at my libertie Then lyke a Lyon losed of his caige Out thorow this realme I begā to raile raige Contrary the Gouernour and his companie Ofte tymes made I insurrection Purposyng for to haue hym hastely Subdued vnto my correction Or put hym to extreme subiection Duryng thys tyme if it were wel dissided Thys realme by me was vtterly deuided The Gouernour purposyng to subdue I raysed an hoste of many a bolde baron And made a rode which Lyghgowe yet may rue For we destroyed one myle aboute the towne For that I gate many blacke malison Yet contrary the Gouernours entent Wyth our yong princesse we to Steruiling wēt For high contemptation of the Gouernour I brought the Erie of Lemox forth of Fraunce That lustie Lorde lyuyng in greate pleasure Dyd lose that laude and honest ordinaunce But he and I fell cone at variaunce And thorowe my councell was in short space Forfaited and banished he gate no other grace Then thorowe my prudence practice and ingine Our Gouernour I caused to consente Ful quietly to my councel incline Wherof his nobles were not wel content For why I gate dissolued in playne parliament The bande of peace contarcted with Englande Where thorow came harme heirship to Scotlande That peace broken arrose newe mortall warre By sea and lande suche theifte wythout releue Whiche to reporte it frayeth my herte farre The veritie to shewe in termes breue I was the rote of al that greate mischeue The South countrey may say it had ben good That my nourice had smored me in my coud I was the cause of mykle more mischaunce For vpholde of my glore and dignitie And pleasure of the potent kynge of Fraunce ▪ Wyth Englande woulde I haue no vnitie But who consider woulde the veritie We myght full wel haue lyued in peace and rest Nyne or tenne yeres and then played lose or fast Had we wyth Englande kept our contrackes Our noble men had lyued in peace and rest Our marchauntes had not lost so many packes Our commune people had not ben opprest On thother syde al wronges had ben redrest But Endenburgh sence that Lyth Kyngorne
The day and houre maye ban that I was borne Our Gouernour to make hym to me sure Wyth swâ—te and subtile wordes I did hym fyle Tyll I his sonne and heyre gat in my cure To that effecte I founde that craftie wyle That he no maner of way myght me begyle Then laughed I when his liege dyd alleage Howe I his sonne had gotten into pleage The Erle of Anguishe â–ª his germaine brother I purposed to ryd them out of thys lyfe Ryght so to haue destroyed many other Some wyth the fyre some with the sworde knyfe Especially many gentlemen of Fyfe And purposed to haue put to torment Al fauourers of the olde and newe testament Then euery man toke of me suche feare That tyme when I had so greate gouernaunce Greate lordes dreading I shoulde do them deare They dursie not come at courte but assuraunce Sence that tyme there hath not ben such variauÌ„ce Nowe to our princesse barons obediently Wyth assuraunce they come ful curteously My hope was moste in the kynge of Fraunce To gether wyth the Popes holynes More then in God my worshippe to auaunce I rested so into their gentlenesse That no man durst presume me to oppresse But when the daye came of my fatal houre Farre was from me their support and succour Then to preserue my ryches and my lyfe One strength of walles high and brode I made Suche a fortresse was neuer founde in Fyfe Beleuynge there durste no man inuade Now fynd I true the saiyng which Dauid sayd Without God of an house be maister of warke He worketh in vain though it be neuer so starke For I was thorowe the high power deuine Right dolfully stroken downe among the asshe Which could not be thorow mortall maÌ„s ingine But as Dauid dyd slaye the greate Golyasse Or Olopharne by Iudeth kylled wasse In mydde amonge his triumphaunt armie So was I slayne in my chiefe citie When I had greatest dominion As Lucifer had in the heauenly Empire Came sodenly my depriuation By them whiâ—he dyd my dolent conspire So cruell was their furious burnynge Ire I gat no tyme leasure nor libertie To saye In manus tuas domine Beholde my fatal infelicitie I beinge in my strength incomparable That dreadful doungion made me no saftie My greate ryches nor rentes profitable My syluer warke Iewelles inestimable My papall pompe of golde my riche treasure My lyfe and al I loste in halfe an houre To the people was made a spectacle Of my dead and deformed carion Some sayed it was a manifest miracle Some sayed it was devine punition So to be stayne in my stronge doungion When euery man had iudged as him list They salted me and then closed me in a chist I laye vnburyed seuen monethes and more Or I was borne to cloyster churche or quiar In a donghyll whiche is payne to deplore Wythout suffrage of chanon monke or friar Al proud prelates by me maye learne to be wisar Whiche reigned so longe and so triumphantly Sence in the dust stroken downe so dolefully ¶ His exhortation To the Prelates O ye my bretherne Princes of the priestes I make you hertely supplication Both nyght and daye reuolue in your breastes The processe of my depriuation Consider what is your vocation To folowe me I praye you not pretende you But read at length this shedul that I sende you Ye knowe howe Iesu his disciples sent Ambassatours to euery nation To shewe his lawe and his commaundement To al people by predication Therfore I make to you narration Seeinge you to them are very successours You ought so to do as dyd your predicessours Howe dare ye be so bolde to take in hande To be heraldes to so greate a Kynge To beare his message boeth to borough lande Ye beinge domme and can pronounce nothynge Lyke minstrels that can not playe nor synge Or why shoulde men geue suche heardes hyre Whiche can not guide their ship out of the myre Shame ye not to be christen seruitures And for your fee haue greate temporal landes Seeinge of your office ye can not take cures As coÌ„mune lawe scriptures you coÌ„maundes Ye wyl not waÌ„t teathing sheaffe nor offeringes Tithing wol teathing laÌ„be teathing calfe like thinges To do you true seruice you make many abusinges My deare bretherne do not as ye were wount AmeÌ„d your lyfe now while your dayes indures Truste wel ye shal be called to a count Of euery thynge belongyng to your cures Leaue Idolatrie your harlotrie and whores Remembryng on my vnpromised dede For after death maye no man make remede Ye prelates which haue thousaÌ„des for to spend Ye sende one simple fryar for you to preache It is your crafte I make it to you kend Your selues in your temples for to teache Therfore marueil not at their flattering speach For and they playnely shewe the veritie Then will they want the bishoppes charitie Wherfore is geuen to you suche royal rent But for to fynde the people spiritual fode Preaching to them the olde and newe testameÌ„t The lawe of God doeth playnly so conclude Put not your hope in your worldly good As I haue done beholde my greate treasure made me no healpe at myne vnhappy houre That daye when I was bishoppe consecrate The greate Bible was bounde vpon my backe What was therin litle I knâ—we God woate More then a beast bearynge a precious packe But hastely my couenaunt I brake For I dyd forget wyth myne owne consent The lawe of God to preache wyth good entent Bretherne ryghte so when ye were consecrate Ye so got you all in the same wyse Ye maye be called bishoppes counterfayte As gallandes busked to make a gyse Nowe thynke I princes are nothynge wyse To geue a famouse office to a fole to rule As who woulde put a mytar vpon a mule Alas and ye that sorowful sight had sene Howe I laye blentheryng bathed in my bloude To amende your lyfe it had occasion bene And lefte your olde corrupte consuetude Blamynge the same then shortly I conclude Wythout ye from your rybauldrie aryse Ye shall be serued on the same wyse ¶ His exhortation to the Princes Imprudent princes wythout discretion Hauing in earth power imperiall Ye be the cause of thys transgression I speake to you all in generall Whiche do dispone all office spirituall Gyuyng the soules whiche are Christes sheepe To blynde postours wythout coÌ„science to keepe When ye princes do lacke an officer A baker a brewer or any maister coke A tryme taylour a cunnyng cordiner Ouer al the lande at length ye wyll sende to loke Moste able men suche office to broke â–ª A brewer whiche can brewe moste holsome ale A cunnyng coke whiche best can season cayle A taylour whiche fostered hath ben in Fraunce That can make garmentes of the gayest gyse Ye princes be the cause of thys mischaunce That when there doth voyed any benefice Ye oughte to do euen the same wyse Go searche and seche both borough and lande The lawe of God who
cleaueth vnto the true word of doctrine that he may be able to exhorte with wholsome learninge to improue that which they saye against hym The fourth part of his sermō was how heresies should be knowē Heresies quod he be knowē on this maner As the goldsmith knoweth the fine golde frō the vnperfit by the touchstone So likewise may we knowe heresy by the vndoubted touchstone that is the true sincere vndefiled word of god At the last he added that heretickes should be put downe in this presēt life To whiche proposion the gospell apeared to repugne whiche he entreated of Let them not growe vnto the harueste the harueste is the ende of the worlde Neuertheles he affirmed that thei should be put downe by the ciuile and maiestrate lawe And when he ended his sermon incontinentlie they caused maister George to ascend into the pulpet there to heare his accusation and articles For ryghte againste hym stode vp one of the fedde flocke a monster Iohn Lander laden full of curssynges wrytten in paper Of the whiche he toke out a rolle voeth longe and also full of curssynges threates maledictions and wordes of dyuylyshe spytte and malice saiynge to the Innocēt maister George so many cruel abhominable wordes and hit hym so spitefully wyth the Popes thunder that the ignorant people dreaded leste the earth then woulde haue swallowed hym vp quicke Notwythstanding he stode styll wyth great patience hearyng their saiynges not once mouynge or chaungyng his countenaunce When that thys fed sowe had red thorowout al his liyng manassynges his face runnyng downe with swette and frothing at his mouth like a beare spit at maister George his face saiynge what answereste thou to these saiynges thou runna gate traytoute thiefe whithe we haue duely proued by sufficient wytnesse against the Maister George hearynge thys sate downe vpon his knees in the pulpet makynge his prayer to God Whē he had ended his prayer swetely and christianlike he answered to them all in thys maner ¶ Maister George his oration MAnie horrible saiynges vnto me one christian mā manie wordes ahhominable for to heare ye haue spokē here this day Which not only to teach but also once to thinke I thought euer great abhomination Wherfore I pray your discretions quietly to heare me that ye may knowe what were my saiynges the maner of my doctrine Thys my petitiō my lordes I desire to be heard for three causes The fyrste is because thorowe preachynge of the worde of god his glory is made manifest It is reasonable therfore for the auauncynge of the glorie of god that ye heare me teachynge truly the pure worde of god without any dissimulation The secōd reason is because that your health springeth of the word of god for he worketh all thing by his worde It were therefore an vnryghtuous thinge if ye should stoppe your eares frō me teaching truly the word of god The third reason is because your doctrine speaketh furth many pestilētious blasphemous abhominable wordes not comyng by the inspiration of God but of the deuyll on no lesse peril thē my life It is Iust therfore and reasonable your discretiōs to know what my wordes doctrine are and what I haue euer taughte in my tyme in this realme that I perish not vniustly to the great peril of your soules Wherfore both for the glory honor of god your owne health and sauegard of my life I beseche your discretions to heare me and in the meane tyme I shall recite my doctrine wythout any colour First chiefly sence the tyme I came into this reame I taught nothing but their cōmaundementes of god the xii articles of the fayeth and the prayer of the Lorde in the mother tonge Moreouer in Dundie I taughte the Epistles of Saincte Paule to the Romaynes And I shal shewe your discretions faithfully what fashion and maner I vsed when I taughte wythout any humane dreade So that your discretions giue me your eares beneuolente and attente Sodenlie then wyth an high voice cryed the accusar the fedde sowe thou hereticke runnagate traytoure and thiefe It was not lawefull for the to preache Thou haste taken the power at thyne owne hande without any authoritie of the churche we forthynke that thou haste bene a preacher so longe Then all the whole cōgregation of the prelates wyth their complices sayed these wordes And if we giue him licence to preache he is so craftie and in the holy scripture so exercised that he wyll persuade the people to his opinion and rayse them agaynste vs. Maister George seinge their malicious and wycked intent appealed to an indifferent and equal Iudge To whō the accusar Iohn Lander aforesayed with hoggishe voice answered Is not my Lorde Cardinal the second person wythin thys Realme Chaunceler of Scotland Archbishoppe of sainct Andrewes byshop of Meropois Commendator of Aberbrothoke Legatus natus Legatus a latere And so recitynge as many titles of his vnworthy honours as would haue loden a shippe muche soner an asse Is not he quod Iohn Lander an equall Iudge apparantly vnto the Whō other desirest thou to be thy Iudge To whome thys humble man answered saying I refuse not my Lorde Cardinall but I desire the worde of god to be my iudge and the temporal estate with some of pour Lordeshippes myne auditours because I am here my Lorde Gouernours prisoner Wherupon the prydefull skornful people that stode bi mocked hym saiynge Suche man suche Iudge Speakinge seditious reprochefull wordes agaynst the Gouernour other the nobles meanynge them also to be heretickes And incontinente wythout all delaye they woulde haue geuen sentence vpon maister George that wythout farther processe had not certerne men there councelled my lorde Cardinal to read againe the articles and to heare his answeres therupon that the people myght not cōplaine of his wrongfull cōdempnation And shortly for to declare these were the articles folowinge wyth his answeres as far as they woulde geue hym leaue to speake For whē he entended to mittigate their leasynges shewe the maner of his doctrine by by thei stopped his mouth with an other article ¶ The fyrst article ☞ Thou false hereticke rūnagate traitoure thiefe disceiuer of the people despiseste the holy churche curssinges in like case cōtēpneste my lorde Gouernours authoritie And this we know for suertie that when thou preached est in Dūdy wast charged by my lord gouerner his authoritie to desist neuertheles thou wouldest not obei but perseus redst in the same And therfore the bishop of Brothē curssed the dell uered the into the deuils hādes gaue the in cōmaundemet that thou shouldest preache no more That not with stāding thou diddest cōtinue obstinately ¶ The answer ⧠My Lordes I haue red in the actes of the apostles that it is not lawefull for the threates and manassinges of men to desist from the preachynge
and tormentes whiche ye see alreadye prepared for me But I exhorte you that ye loue the worde of God and suffre patientlie and wyth a comfortable herte for the wordes sake whiche is youre vndoubted saluation and euerlastynge comfort ⧠Moreouer I praye you shewe my brethren and sisters whyche haue hearde me ofte before that they cease not nor leaue of the worde of God whyche I taughte vnto them after the grace gyuen vnto me for no persecutions or troubles in thys worlde whyche lasteth not And shewe vnto them that my doctrine was no wyues favies after the coÌ„stitutioÌ„s made by men And if I had taughte mennes doctrine I had gotten greate thankes by menne But for the wordes sake and trewe Euangell whiche was geuen to me by the grace of God I suffre thys daye by menne not sorowfullie but wyth a gladde herte and mynde For thys cause I was sente that I shoulde suffre thys fyer for Christes sake Consider and beholde my visage ys shall not see me chaunge my coloure Thys grimme fyer I feare not And so I praye you for to doe if that anie persecution come vnto you for the wordes sake And not to feare them that slaye the bodye and afterwarde haue no power to slaye the soule Some haue sayed of me that I taughte that the soule of man shoulde sleepe vntyl the laste day But I knowe suerlye and my fayeth is suche that my soule shal suppe wyth my Sauioure Christ thys nyghte or it be sixte houres for whome I suffre thys Then he prayed for them whyche accused hym saiynge I beseche the father of heaueÌ„ to forgeue them that haue of anie ignoraunce or elles of anye euyll mynde forged anie lyes vpon me I forgeue them wyth all my herte I beseche Christ to forgeue them that haue coÌ„dempned me to death thys daye ignorauntly ⧠And laste of all he sayed to the people on thys maner I beseche you brethren and sisters to exhorte youre Prelates to the learnynge of the worde of God that they at the laste maye be ashamed to do euyll and learne to do good And if they wyll not conuerte them selues from theyr wycked erroure there shall hastelye come vpon them the wrath of god whyche they shall not eschewe Many faythfull wordes sayed he in the meane tyme takynge no hede or care of the cruell tormentes whyche were then prepared for hym And laste of all the hange man that was his tormeÌ„tor sate downe vpon his knees and sayed Sir I praye you forgeue me for I am not giltie of your death To whoÌ„ he answered Come hither to me When that he was come to hym he kissed his cheke and sayed Lo here is a token that I forgeue the and I beseche Christe to forgeue the. My herte do thine office And then by and by he was put vpon the gibbet and hanged and there burnt to pouder When that the people behelde the greate tormentynge they myghte not wythholde from pitiouse mournynge and coÌ„playning of thys innocente laÌ„bes slaughter ¶ Imprinted at London by Iohn Day and William Seres dwellynge in Sepulchres parish at the signe of the Resurrection a litle aboue Holbourne conduite ⧠⧠☞ ⧠Cum gratia priuilegio ad imprimendum solum The secret iudgement of God executed in all ages God fyrste entred into iudgement with Adam Ciuile power geue to Adam in earth Cain an enuious and couetous minister The iudgemeÌ„t of god agaynste Cain and al his issue The iudgemeÌ„t of god agaynste the whole worlde The iustice of God agaynst the Chaldeis The fyrste occasion of Idolatrie Pharao Abimelech Saule Asa. Joram Ochosias Athalia Salomons bloude destroyed Athalia slayne Ioas Amasias Ozias alias Asarias Achas The. x. tribes of Israell Manasse Amon Iosias Sedechias Balthasar Amos Antiochus Herode Herode The Bishoppe of Rome Dauid Beaton of Scotland Al countreis loue winchester The cause of Beatons death George Wysehart Dauid Beaton slayne Lucifer The loue of God taketh a way al humane dreade The deane of saincte Andrewes was summonet A pritie taunt Maister George his aliues Iohn Wintyme preached Heresie The cause of heresie l. ad TituÌ„ The maner to know 〈◊〉 hereticks Mat. xiii Iohn Lander accusar The way to feare the ignorant The fruites of that charitie The causes why master George deserued to be hearde Maister George his doctrine The crye of the scribes and phariseis Master George apprateth to the Gouerner The style of an unworthye prelate Beholde their traiterous hertes These be their accustomed termes Curssinges Mala. ii The priâ—st at masse True worshippynge of God 〈◊〉 Sacramentes Howe many sacrameÌ„tes be allowed Auricular confession Ps. xxxii Iac. v Baptisme Baptisme necessarily to be knowen of all men Confirmation Maister Bleiter Answerth by a chylde The sacramente of the aultare The laweful vse of the sacrament of the aultare The tale of a Iewe The pore Images The sacrament of tâ—â— aultare Extreme vnction Holy water ley man a priest The Popes authoritie â—po â— â— v â— Pet. ii Ro. i. The instrumente to bynde and lose Free wil Iohn viii Eating of meates TituÌ„ i. The creature doeth not â—anctifie wtout the word Praying to saÌ„ctes To honor one God is certeyne Mat. iiii To pray to sainctes The surest way is to be folowed Purgatorie Purgatoriâ—â—ot once named in scripture Uowes Three kyndes of chast men Mat. xix The dâ—unger of vnchastitie General councels Thei ruÌ„ne a pase to shed bloud Iohn Grayfynd Scotte an hastie buccher to his slaughter Building of churches ii Re. viii Iob. xi Whereunto churches shuld serue Mat. xviii Fastyng The true fastyng he alloweth Of the reseruing of the soule The faithful soule shall neuer sleepe Maister George condemned Iohn xvi Maister George his prayer for the toÌ„gregation of God Maister George confessed Maister George prayeth for the reliefe of the pore Maister George answereth the fryers temptynge hym His praier His sermoÌ„ to the people His vpryght conscience felt no death His prayer for his accusars His exhortation for the clergie to learne Goddes worde His wordes to the hangman