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A17087	A briefe treatise concerning the burnynge of Bucer and Phagius, at Cambrydge, in the tyme of Quene Mary with theyr restitution in the time of our moste gracious souerayne lady that nowe is. Wherein is expressed the fantasticall and tirannous dealynges ofthe [sic] Romishe Church, togither with the godly and modest regime[n]t of the true Christian Church, most slaunderouslye diffamed in those dayes of heresye. Translated into Englyshe by Arthur Goldyng. Anno. 1562. Read and iudge indifferently accordinge to the rule of Gods worde.; Historia vera: de vita, obitu, sepultura, accusatione haereseos, condemnatione, exhumatione, combustione, honorificaque tandem restitutione beatorum atque doctiss. theologorum, D. Martini Buceri et Pauli Fagii. English. Selections.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1562 (1562)	STC 3966; ESTC S106051	49,264	190

and abhominable act for which thuniuersitye shall neuer be able to make satisfaction Now vnworthye a thing was it to do all the spyghte that myghte be to hym beyng dead to whō being aliue she exhibited al thonour reuerence she could deuise Now vntolerable a thīg was it to detest and abhorre him as a wycked deceyuer and leader oute of the ryght waye being dead whom in his life time she had folowed and reuerenced with all humility and obeysau●ce as her maister and chyefe guide of her life What a monstruous thing is it not to spare him when he was dead who during his life being aged and alwayes sickelye yet neuer spared him selfe to thentent he myght profyte them Nothinge greued him more all the time he laye sicke bedered than that he was vnprofitable both to them and to the churche of God and yet whē he was deceased he neyther founde obedience among his disciples nor buriall amonge Christen men If manhode and reason coulde not haue obteyned so muche at our handes as to spare his memoriall or to reuerence his ashes yet nature and the common law of all nations by the whiche vpon promise made by the body of the realme he came hyther ought to haue withheld this so great crueltie and extreame barbarousnesse or sauagenesse from his bones Notwithstandinge this infamye of the vniuersitie so openlye gotten Andrewe Perne the Uycechauncelloure wyth hys slaunderous talke mor● encreased For after that Scotte had pronounced the sentēce he made a Sermon before the people takynge that place of the 132. Psalm Beholde howe good and pleasaunte a thynge it i● c. For his theme to enreate vpon where beginning with the commendacion of concorde and of the mutuall kni●tinge together of the mindes he alledged that it was not possible to holde togither onelesse the concord were deriued oute of the heade the whyche he made to be the Byshoppe of Rome and that it also rested in the same When he had made a longe protestacion vpon this place he passed frō it to Bucer vpon whō he made suche a shamefull raylinge that it is not possible to diffame a man more thā he did saying y t his doctrine gaue occasion of diuision in the common welth that ther was not so greuous a mischief which by his meanes hadde not bene brought into y e realm Although all men myght perceyue by such bookes as he had cōpyled what maner of doctryne it was Yet notwithstānding he said he knew it more perfectly him selfe thā any did that he had learned it a part at thautours hand himselfe For at such time as they had cōmunication secretelye amonge them selues he sayd that Bucer woulde oftentimes wyshe he myghte be called by some other name than by the name he had the whyche he did for this purpose as though knowinge hym selfe giltie of so greuous a crime he might by this meanes escape vnknowen to the world and auoide the talke that went amōg men of him Moreouer amonge other thinges he tolde how Bucer held opinion whych thinge he shoulde confesse to hym hys owne selfe that God was the authour and welspring not onelye of good but also of euell and that whatsoeuer was of that sorte flowed from him as from the head spryng and maker ther of The whyche doctrine he vphelde to be sincere how be it for offendinge diuers ▪ mens consciences he durste not put it into mennes heades Manye other thinges he patched together of like purport and effect as of the supremacie of y e bishop of Rome of the maryage of pryestes of diuorcementes and of shamefull vsurie also as though he had demed theym lawfull to be vsed among Christen people wyth diuers other of the same sorte In all whych his allegations consideringe howe lewdly wythout all shame he lyed vppon Bucer as his writinges euidently declare he did not so much hinder his name with rayling vpō him as winne vnto him selfe an inexpiable infamie by forgynge so shamefull leasinges vpō so worthye a man But what needeth witnesse to proue him a lyar his owne conscience shall make as much agaynst him as a number of men It was reported for a truthe and his owne familyar frendes were the bringers vp thereof that he him selfe eyther immediately after his sermō or els somewhat before he went to it striking himselfe on the brest and in maner wepinge wished at home at his house wyth all hys hearte that God woulde graunte his soule myghte euen then presentlye departe and remayne wyth Bucers For he knewe well ynough that his life was suche that if anye mannes soule were worthye of heauen he thought his inespecially to be most worthye Whiles he was thus talking to the people in the meane time the leaues of the church dores were couered ouer with verses in the whiche the yonge men to shewe theyr folly whiche scarce knewe him by sight blazed Bucers name with most shamefull and reprochefull termes Diuers also y t were somwhat more growen in yeares yet more fooles thē the yong mē like eger curres who had bene well serued if their legges had bene brokē for their labour barked all that they coulde agaynst him And to thentent it myghte seme to be done by a great number wherin the papistes greatlie vaunt them selues they enticed vnth y ● same businesse many that by al meanes fauoured Bucer that reuerenced his name as it became them Who notwithstandinge to thentent that vnder this pretext they myghte escape theyr crueltye ful sore agaynst theyr willes fayntly and slenderly pricked at him These thinges being dispatched Perne as though he had sped his matters marueylously well was for his labour of courtesye bidden to diner to Trinitie Colledge by the Commissioners Where after the Table was taken vp they caused the sentence of condemnation to be copy●d out wyth all spede the whyche sygned with the bishop of Westchesters seale the next daye folowing they sent to London with diuers of those verses and slaunderous libels for so a man maye cal them Besides these they sent also theyr owne letters in the whych they both aduertised the Cardinall howe farre they had proceded in that matter and also desyred his grace y t he would ca●se to be sente out of hande to Smith the Maior of the towne the commaundement that is of ordinarie by the lawe commonlye called a Wrytte for the burning of Heretiques For onelesse he had the Quenes warrante to saue him harmelesse he woulde not haue to do in the matter And that which remained to be done in that case could not be dispatched tyll y t warrant came While this pursiuant wente on his iourney they willed to be brought vnto theym the bookes that they commaūded before to be serched out For they determined to throwe theym into the fyre with Bucer and Phagius About the same time Watson takinge occasion vpon the daye bicause it was a hyghe feaste in the whych was wonte to

than paper would serue the turn wel ynough For he sayd a slenderer thing thā that wold last a great deale lenger then those decrees should stande in force Neyther was the man deceyued in his cōiecture For within two yeares after God beholdinge vs wyth mercy called Quene Mary the which princesse the cardinal and the rest of the byshops of England miserablye abused to thutter destruc●iō of Christs church oute of this life the .xvii. daye of Nouember in the yeare of oure Lord. 1558. Unto whom her syster Elizabeth succeding in the kingedome the lyke of whiche princesse a man shal not lightlye finde in perusing the chronicles to haue reygned in manye hundred yeares before raysed sed to life againe the true religion being not onelye sore apalled and commaunded to seeke her a new dwelling place but in maner burnte vp and consumed to ashes The which after the time it ones begā to recouer strength agayne and by litle and litle to lifte vp her head the filthy dregges of y e Romyshe iugling castes began forthwith to melt away Whereupon the Church of God began to be edifyed agayne in England the buylding whereof the Sanaballites and Tobies did not only as then hinder and waste but euen at this day also as Sathā is a most suttle slaūderer worke all the pollicyes they can deuyse that the truthe which is not darke vnlesse men wil be blinded wilfullye should not come abrode and ●e seene in the lyght While the broken and decayed places of this worke were in repayring it came to remembraunce how the ryght reuerend father and sometime our schoolemayster Martin Bucer wyth Paulus Phagius beyng taken with the violent tempest of the former tymes were throwen downe oute of theyr standyng which they had in the wal of this building Whō the moste reuerend fathers in Christ Mathewe Parker nowe archebyshop of Cantorburye and Primate of all Englande which before at his buryall preached honorablye of him and Edmonde Gryndall byshoppe of London who amonge the rest that did him that seruice did helpe to beare hym in his coffin to buriall on h●s shoulders and other both honorable and worshipfull persons among whō was Walter Haddō maister of y e requests to the Queenes highnesse who made a funerall Oration of the death of Bucer beinge him selfe haife dead hauing receyued cōmission of the quenes maiestie to make a reformation of religion in thuniuersitye of Cambridge other partes of the realm decreed that they shold be set in their places againe For y e performāce wherof the foresayd right reuerende fathers adressed their letters to the Uicechauncellor and the Graduates of thuniuersity Andrewe Perne bare still y t offyce who by his good wil could not abide to heare one word spoken as touching the ful restitution of Bucer Phagius when he had persued these letters he poūded the matter to y ● degrees of thuniuersitie whether it pleasen theym that the degrees and titles of honoure taken awaye from Martin Bucer and Paulus Phagius by y e verdit of the whole vniuersitye should by the same be fullye restored againe that al actes done against them their doctrine should be repealed and disanulled The whych demaundes wer openly consented vnto by al the Graduates of thuniuersitye This was about the .xxii. daye of Iuly in the yere of our lord 1560. Albeit that this had bene sufficiente to restore them lawfully againe Neuerthelesse forasmuch as it seemed not ynoughe in consideracion of the dignitye of so worthye men and in satysfaction of the duety of the Uniuersitye ▪ they that were the chiefe doers in this matter called a congregation in S Mary Churche at the last daye of the same moneth sauing one In the whyche place consultacion was had concerninge Bucer and Phagius not with so great furniture and gloriousnesse whiche thinges the truth seketh not gredely for but wyth honest comlinesse to thentent to reconcile mens hartes agayne An oration was made by Acworth the common Oratour of thuniuersity whose wordes I will rehearce in order as he spake them ☞ I am in doubt whether I maye entreate of the prayse and commendacion of so greate a clerke for the celebrating wherof this assemblye and concourse of youres is made this daye or of the vices and calamityes out of the which we be newely deliuered or of them both consydering thone can not be mentioned withoute thother In the whych times ye felt so much anguishe and sorow my right dere brethren that if I should repeat them and bring them to remembraunce agayne I feare me I should not so much worke a iust hatred in vs towards them for thiniuryes receyued in them as renew our olde sorow and heauinesse Againe men must nedes accompt me vnaduised and foolishe in my doinge if I shoulde thynke my selfe able to make him whyche hathe liued before your eyes in prayse and estimation more famous and notable by my Oration which he by his liuing● and conuersacion hath oftētimes polished But the wickednesse of y e times which ende●ored to wipe cleane out of the remēbraunce of men the name y t was so famous renoumed in euery mannes mouth did much profite hī In so much that both in his life time all thing redounded to his cōtinuall renowne inespecially after his decease nothing could be deuised more honourable then w t so solemne furniture and ceremonies to haue gone about to haue hurte y e memoriall of such a worthy man yet could not bringe to passe the thinge that was ●o sore coueted but rather brought that thynge to passe whiche was chiefelye sought to be auoyded For the desire that men haue of the dead hath purchased to many meneuerlasting fame hath not takē awaye immortalitye but rather amplifyed increased the same By meanes wherof it commeth to passe that he y t wil entreat of those thinges that pertayne to the prayse of Bucer after hys death can not choose but speake of the crabbednesse of the times past vpon the whiche ryseth a greate increase and augmentation of his prayse But his ●yfe is so excellently set forth not onlye by the writinges of the learned clerkes Cheke and Carre and by the liuelye voyce of the right famous D. Haddon vttered in this place to the great admiration of all the hearers when his bodye should be layed into his graue to be buried and after hys buryall by the godlye and moste holye preachynges of the ryghte reuerende father in Chryst Tharchbyshop of Caunterbury that nowe is and of D. Readman the which for y e worthinesse and excellency of them oughte to sticke longer in oure myndes vnwrytten then many thynges that are penned put in prynt but also by the great assemble of all the degrees of thuniuersitye the same day in bryngynge him to his graue and the next daye after by thindustrye of euerye man that was endewed with anye knoweledge in the Greeke or Latine tounges of the