hys father or mother hys sonne or doughter hys prynce or gouernour aboue me he is not mete for me Math. 10. I feare me thys wyll be iudged hygh treason But no matter So soÌ„ge as it is Christes worde he shall be also vâ—dre the same iudgement of treason Lete no man care to be condeÌ„pned with hym for he in the ende shall be hable to rectyfye all wronges Marke here an example most woÌ„derfull and se how madlye in their ragynge furyes men forget themselues and lose their ryght wittes now a dayes A kynges hygh counseller a Iudge ouer lyfe and deathe yea a lorde Chauncellour of a most noble realme is now become a most vyle slaue for Antichrist and a most cruell tormentoure Without all dyscressyon honestye or manhode he casteth of hys gowne and taketh here vpoÌ„ hym the most vyle offyce of an haÌ„gemaÌ„ and pulleth at the racke most vyllanouslye O Wrisleye and Riche ij false christianes blasphemouse apostaraâ—s froÌ„ God What chaplayne of the pope hath inchauÌ„ted yow or what deuyll of helle bewytched yow â–ª to execute vpoÌ„ a poore coÌ„deÌ„pned womaÌ„ so prodygyouse a kynde of tyraÌ„nye Euen the verye MaÌ„mon of inyquyte that insacyable hunger of auarice whych coÌ„pelled Iudas to betray vnto deathe hys most louynge master IoaÌ„ 12. The wynnynges were not small that ye reckened vpon whaÌ„ ye toke on ye that cruell enterpryse wolde haue had so many great men and women accused But what els haue ye wonne in the ende than perpetuall shame and confusyon God hath suffered yow so to dyscouer your owne myscheues that ye shall nomore be forgotten of the worlde than are now Adonisedech Saul Hieroboam Manasses Olophernes Haman Tryphon Herode Nero Traianus and soche other horryble tyrauntes And as concernynge the innoceÌ„t womaÌ„ whoÌ„ yow so cruellye tormeÌ„ted Where coulde be seane a more clere and open experyment of Christes dere membre than in her myghtye sufferynges lyke a lambe she laye styll without noyse of cryenge and suffered your vttermost vyolence tyll the synnowes of her armes were broken and the strynges of her eys peryshed in her heade Ryght farre doth it passe the strength of a yonge tendre weake and sycke woman as she was at that tyme to your more confusyon to abyde so vyolent handelynge yea or yet of the strongest man that lyueth Thynke not therfor but that Christ hath suffered in her and so myghtelye shewed hys power that in her weakenesse he hath laughed your madde enterpryses to scorne Psalm 2. Where was the feare of God ye tyrauntes Where was your christen professyon ye helle houndes Where was your othe and promes to do true iustyce ye abhomynable periures whan ye went aboute these cursed feates More fytt are ye for swyne kepynge than to be of a prynces counsell or yet to gouerne a Christen commen welthe If Christ haue sayd vnto them whych do but offende hys lytle ones that beleue in hym that it were better they had a mylstone tyed aboute thyir neckes and were so throwne into the bottom of the see Luce 17. What wyll he saye to them that so vyllaynouslye pull at the racke in ther myscheuouse malyce These are but warnynges take hede if ye lyst for a full sorowfull plage wyll folowe here after Anne Askewe Then the lyefetenaunt caused me to be loused from the racke Incontynentlye I swounded and then they recouered me agayne After that I sate ij longe houres reasonynge with my lorde Chauncellour vpon the bare floore where as he with manye flatterynge wordes persuaded me to leaue my opynyon But my lorde God I thanke hys euerlastynge goodnesse gaue me grace to perseuer and wyll do I hope to the verye ende Iohan Bale Euermore haue the olde modye tyrauntes vsed thys practyse of deuylyshnesse As they haue perceyued themselues not to preuayle by extreme handelynges they haue sought to proue masteryes by the contrarye With gaye glosynge wordes and fayre flatterynge promyses they haue craftelye â—nÌ„passed the seruauntes of God to cause them consent to their wyckednesse And in thys temptynge occupacyon are Wrisleye Riche verye câ—nnynge Notwithstandynge they shall neuer fynde the chosen of God all one with the forsaken reprobates The electe vessels holde the eternall God for their most specyall treasure and haue hym in soch inteire loue that they had moch Iener to lose themselues than hym The wicked desperates haue the voluptuouse pleasures of thys vayne worlde so dere that they had leuer to forsake God and all hys workes than to be sequestred from them Thys godlye yonge woman referreth prayse vnto her lorde God that he hath not left her in thys paynefull conflycte for hys verytees sake but perseuered stronge with her beynge in hope that he wolde so styll contynewe with her to the verye ende as without fayle he ded Manye men sore wondre now a dayes that â—risleye whych was in my lorde Cromwels tyme so ernest a doer agaynst the pope is now becomen agayne for hys pedlarye wares so myghtye a captayne But they remembre not the common adage that honour changeth maners and luâ—re iudgementes These great ynne kepers they saye had leuer to haue one good horse man to hoste than vâ— men on fote specyallye if they weare veluet whodes or fyne rochettes What els foloweth Christ but beggerye and sorowes whych are verye harefull to the worlde Where fatnesse is cawte of euerye mannys laboure there is yet sumwhat to be loked for If hys christeÌ„ zele be soch that he wyll haue no she heretykes vnponnyshed lete hym do first of all as we reade of dyuerse ryghtfull gouerners amonge the heythen Lete hym serche hys owne howse wele Paranenture â–ª he maye fynde aboute my ladye hys wyfe a rellyck of no lyttle vertu a practyse of Pythagoras or an olde midwyues blessynge whych she carryeth closelye on her for preseruacyon of her honoure Her opynyoÌ„ is folke saye that so loÌ„ge as she hath that vpoÌ„ her her worldlye worshyp can neuer decaye I praye God thys prouysyon in short space deceyueth her not as it hath done pope Siluester the seconde and as it ded of late years Thomas Swolsye our late Cardynall Thys heresye goeth neyther to the racke nor the fyre to Newgate nor yet Smythfelde as contynuallye doth the pore Gospell Anne Askewe Then was I brought to an howse and layed in a bed with as werye and payneful bones as euer had pacyeÌ„t Iob I thaÌ„ke my lorde God therof Then my lorde Chauncellour sent me worde if I wolde leaue my opynyon I shuld want nothynge If I wolde not I shuld fourth to Newgate and so be burned I sent hym agayne worde that I wolde rather dye thaÌ„ to breake my faythe Thus the lorde open the eyes of their blynde hartes that the truthe maye take place Fare wele dere frynde and praye praye praye Iohan Bale Beholde in
godlye wyse Thus to your owne dampâ—â—â—◠〈…〉 Anne Askewe TheÌ„ came to me doctor Coxe and doctor Robynson In conclusyon we coulde not agree Then they made me a byll of the sacrament wyllynge me to set my hande therunto but I wolde not Then on the sondaye I was sore sycke thynkynge no lesse than to dye Therfor I desyred to speake with â—atymer it wolde no be Then was I sent to Newgate in my extremyte of syckenesse For in all my lyfe afore was I neuer in soch payne Thus the lorde strengthen yow in the truthe Praye praye praye Iohan Bale What an hurlye burlye is here for thys newe beleue that Christ shuld dwelle in the breade whych is maÌ„nys creature not gods Christ is the lyuynge breade whych came froÌ„ heaueÌ„ Ioan. 6. But that is not suffycyeÌ„t saye the prestes vnlesse ye beleue also that he is that dead breade whych came froÌ„ the waffer bakers And theruÌ„to must ye set your owne haÌ„de writynge els wyll it not be allowed in the spirytuall courte For he that speaketh great thynges and blasphemyes whych is Antichrist makynge warre with the sayntes wyll haue it so Apo. 13 In the Apostles tyme manye yeares after it was ynough for a christeÌ„ maÌ„nys ryghtwysnesse to beleue with the hart that Iesus is the lorde that God raysed hym vp froÌ„ the dead Roma 10. But now we must beleue that he coÌ„meth downe agayn at the wyll of the prestes to be inpaned or inbreaded for their bellyes common welthe lyke as he afore came downe at the wyll of hys heauenlye father to be incarnated or infleshed for our vnyuersall sowles helth And vnto thys we must set our hande writynge that we maye be knowne for Antichristes cattell Els shall we to stynkynge Newgate by their spirytuall appoyntment be we neuer so sycke and within a whyle after to the fyre in Smythfelde For Christes membre must tast with hym both esell and gall Anne Askewe The confessyon of me Anne Askewe for the tyme I was in Newgate coÌ„cernynge my beleue I fynde in the Scriptures sayth she that Christ toke the breade and gaue it to hys dyscyples saynge Eate Thys is my bodye whych shall be broken for yow meanynge in substaunce hys owne verye bodye the breade beynge therof an onlye sygne or sacrament For after lyke maner of speakynge he sayd he wolde breake downe the temple in iij. dayes buylde it vp agayne sygnyfyenge hys owne bodye by the temple as S. Iohan declareth it IoaÌ„ 2. And not the stonye temple it selfe So that the breade is but a remembraunce of hys death or a sacrameÌ„t of thankes geuynge for it wherhy we are knytt vnto hym by a communyon of Christen loue Although there be manye that can not perceyue the true meanynge therof for the vayle that Moses put ouer hys face before the chyldren of Israel that they shuld not se the clerenesse therof Exo. 34. 2. Cor. 3. I perceyue the same vayle remayneth to thys daye But whan God shall take it awaye than shall these blynde men se. Iohan Bale Ye wyll saye paraueuture that the symylytudes here of breade and of the teÌ„ple are not lyke For he blessyd the breade with thankes geuynge So wyll ye saye an other tyme for your pleasure and aduauntage that he blessyd the temple also and called it both the howse of hys father and also the howse of prayer I praye ye be as good here to your market place as ye are to your sale wares therin for your onlye bellyes sake For the one wyll not do wele to your commodâ—te in ydelnesse without the other But take good hede of it if ye lyst For Christ hath alredye called one of them an howse of merchaundyse and a denne of theues by reason of your vnlawfull occupyenge therin Ioan. 2. and Luce 19. Be hath also promysed to ouerthrowe it Math. 24. and not to leaue one stone therof standynge vpon another Marci 13. Bycause ye haue not regarded the tyme of your vysytacyon or not accepted hys eternall worde of helthe A warnynge myght the turnynge ouer of your monasteryes haue bene vnto yow if ye were not as ye are altogyther blynde I cannot thynke the contrarye but he calleth the other also as ye handle it now a dayes in the popes olde toyes of conueyaunce the abhomynacyon of desolacyon or soch an abhomynable ydoll as subuertynge Christes true relygyon wyll be your fynall destruccyon both here and in the worlde to come For ydolles are called abhomynacyon all the Scriptures ouer Yet shall it endure sayth Daniel sumwhere vnto the ende of all Daniel 9. Wherby ye maye weâ—e perceyue that it comprehendeth not onlye the tryumphauut stremers of Tyberius or golden ymages of Caligula whych both preuented the subuersyon of Hierusalem but some other â—doll els whych shuld contynewe And it foloweth in the Gospell texte that he shuld sytt in the holye place for the tyme of hys contynuaunce Mathei 24. And not in the paganes temples Tell me if your Masses be done anye where els than in your hallowed sanctuaryes vpon your sanctyfyed aulters and in your holye ornamentes and consecrate cuppes Neyther maye anye do theÌ„ vnlesse they be anâ—ynted therunto of your Byshoppes and sorcerers Not without the holye place sayth Christ is that abomynacyon but in it Math. 24. Antichrist sayth S. Paule shall sytt not without but within the verye temple of God â— Thessalon 2. The papacye is not without but within the verye churche of Christ what though it be no part therof Apoca. 11. Thefor it shall be mete that we be ware and separate our selues from them at the admonyshmentes of hys holye doctryne least we be partakers with yow in their promysed dampnacyoÌ„ Apoca 18. By the vayle ouer Moses face she meaneth the blynde confydence that manye men yet haue in olde Iewysh ceremonyes and beggerlye tradycyons of men as S. Paule doth call them Gala. 4. Wherby the veryte of God is soreble myshed The spirytuall knowlege whych cometh by the clere doctryne of the Gospell mynystreth no soch impedymentes of darkenesse But all thynges are clereâ—lye sâ—ane to them whych are endued theâ— with They can be deceyued by non oâ— Sathans subtyle conuayers but perceyueth all thynges whych haue obtayneâ— the pure eyes of faythe Anne Askewe For it is playnelye expressed in the hystorye of Bel in thâ— Bible that God dwelleth in nâ—thynge materyall I kynge sayth Daniel be not deceyued Daniel 14. For God wyll be in nothynge that is made with haÌ„des of men Acto 7. Oh what styffnecked people are these that wyll alwayes resyst the holye Ghost But as their fathers haue done so do they bycause they haue stonye hartes Written by me Anne Askewe that neyther wyshe deathe nor yet feare hys myght and as merye as one that is bowne towardes heaueÌ„ Truthe is layed in pryson Luâ—ce
set hym forth in but in soch a shappe onlye as the waffer baker hath ymagyned by hys slendre wytte Gods creatures were they whom the ydolaters toke for their Goddes but thys cake is onlye the bakers creature for he alone made it breade if it be breade And so moch is it a more vnworthye God than the other Farre was it from Christ to teache hys dyscyples to worshypp soch a God eyther yet to haue hymself honoured in soch a symylytude Nothynge is here spoken agaynst the most holye table of the lorde but agaynst that abhomynable ydoll of the prestes whych hath most detestablye blemyshed that most godlye and wholsom communyon A gloryouse witnesse of the lorde ded thys blessyd woman shewe her self in the answere makynge to thys blasphemouse beggerye whaÌ„ she sayd that god was a sprete and no waffer cake wolde be worshipped in sprete and veryte not in superstycyon and iuglynge of the ydoll prestes Godlye was she to denye Christes presence in that execrable ydoll but moch more godlye to geue her lyfe for it Her alleged scriptures proue that God dwelleth not in teÌ„ples but a fowle abhomynacyon in hys stede as is shewed afore In that she feareth not the power of deathe she declareth her self a most constaunt martyr praysynge her lorde God for hys gyft She called to remembraunce the promyses of her lorde Ihesus Christ that they shuld se no deathe whych obserued hys worde Ioan 8. Agayne they that beleued on hym shuld ioyfullye passe through from deathe vnto lyfe Ioan. 5. And vpon these promyses she most stroÌ„gelye trusted She consydered also with Peter that Christ had swallowed vp deathe to make vs the heyres of euerlastynge lyke 1. Petri 3. More ouer that he had ouerthrowne hym whych sumtyme had the rule of deathe Hebre. 2. And also taken awaye the sharpe stynge of the deathe it self â—see 13. Anne Askewe My lettre sent to the lorde Chauncellour The lorde God by whome all creatures haue their beynge blesse yow with the lyght of hys knowlege amen My dutye to â–ª your lordshyppe remeÌ„bred c. It myght please yow to accepte thys my bolde sute as the sute of one whych vpoÌ„ due coÌ„syderacyons is moued to the same and hopeth to obtayne My request to your lordeshypp is only that it may please the same to be ameane for me to the kynges magestie that hys grace maye be certifyed of these fewe lynes whych I haue writteÌ„ coÌ„cernynge my beleue Whych whan it shall be trulye coÌ„ferred with the harde iudgemeÌ„t geueÌ„ me for the same I thynke hys grace shall wele perceyue me to be wayed in an vneuenpayer of balauÌ„ces But I remytt my matter and cause to almyghtye god whych ryghtlye iudgeth all secretes And thus I commende your lordeshypp to the gouernaunce of hym and felyshypp of all sayntes Amen By your handemayde Anne Askewe Iohan Bale In thys byll to the chauncellour apereth it playne all frowarde affeccyoÌ„s sequestred what thys womaÌ„ was She is not here deiected with the desperate for vnryghtouse handelynge mournynge cursynge and sorowynge as they do commoÌ„lye But staÌ„dynge vp stroÌ„gelye in the lorde most gentyllye she obeyeth the powers she blesseth her vexers persuers wysheth them the lyght of Gods necessarye knowlege Luce 6. She consydereth the powers to be ordayned of God Romanorum 13. And though their autoryte be sore abused yet with Christ and hys Apostles she humblye submytteth herself to them thynkynge to suffer vndre them as no yll doer but as Christes true seruaunt 1. Pet. 4. Notwithstandynge she layeth forth here both before chauÌ„cellour kynge the matter wherupon she is condempned to deathe that they accordynge to their bâ—unde dewtye myght more ryghtlye waye it 3. Regum 10. Not that she coâ—â—ted therby to auoyde the deathe but to put them in remembyaunce of their offyce concernynge the swerde whych they ought not vaynelye to mynystre Roma 13. and that they shuld also be without excuse of ignoraunce in the great daye of reckenynge for permittynge soch vyoleÌ„ce to be done Roma 2. In the ende yet to make all sure she commytteth her cause and quarell to God wherin she declareth her onlye hope to be in hym and no man Psalm 145. Anne Askewe My faythe breuelye written to the kynges grace I Anne Askewe of good memorie although God hath geueÌ„ me the breade of aduersyte and the water of trouble yet not so moch as my synnes haue deserued desyre thys to be knowne to your grace That for as moch as I am by the lawe coÌ„deÌ„pned for an euyll doer Here I take heauen and earthe to recorde that I shall dye in my innocencye And accordynge to that I haue sayd first and wyll saye last I vtterlye abhorre and detest all heresyes And as coÌ„cernynge the supper of the lorde I beleue so moch as Christ hath sayd therin whych he confirmed wyth hys most blessyd bloude I beleue also so moch as he wylled me to folowe beleue and so moch as the catholyck churche of hym doth teache For I wyll not forsake the commaundemeÌ„t of hys holye lyppes But loke what God hath charged me with hys mouthe that haue I shutte vp iÌ„ my harte And thus breuelye I ende for lacke of lernynge Anne Askewe Iohan Bale In thys she dyschargeth her self to the worlde agaynst all wrongefull accusacyons iudgemeÌ„tes of heresye what though it be not accepted to that blynde worlde vnto whome the lorde sayd by hysprophete Your thoughtes are not my thoughtes neyther yet are your wayes my wayes But so farre as the heauens are hyer than the earthe so farre do my wayes excede yours my thoughtes yours Esa. 55. Heresye is not to dyssent froÌ„ the churche of Rome in the doctryne of faythe as LaÌ„fraÌ„cus in hys boke de Eucharistia aduersus BerengariuÌ„ Thomas waldeÌ„ in hys worke of sermoÌ„s Ser .21 Dyffyneth it But heresye is a voluntarye dysseÌ„tynge froÌ„ the veryte of the scriptures of God and also a blasphemouse deprauyuge of them for the wretched bellyes sake to maynteyne the pompes of thys worlde Thus is it dyffyned of S. Hierome in coÌ„mâ—ntarâ—â—â— Hiere S. Augustyne and Isidorus a greynge to the same CoÌ„sydre thaÌ„ whether he be the these that sytteth vpoÌ„ the beÌ„che or he that standeth at the barre The popysh clergye that condempneth or the innocent that is condempned Athanasius in hys boke defuga aduersus Arrianos calleth them the heretykes whych seketh to haue the Christen beleuers murthered as ded the seyd Arryanes Thys godlye womau hyr innocencye to clere laboureth not here to an inferyour membre of the realme but to the head therof the kynges owne persone Whome she beleueth to be the hygh mynyster of God the father of the lande and vpholder of the people Sapi. 6. that he myght faythfullye and ryghtlye iudge her cause But who can thynke that euer it
become a God to be worshypped A myracle were thys aboue all the myracles that euer were wrought and a worke aboue all the workes that euer were done if it were true as it is most false Though our eternall God created heauen and earthe in the first begynnynge and fourmed all other creatures Gene. 1. Yet reade we not of hym that he made of hys creatures anye newe God to be worshypped In that poynt are our oyled Antichristes afore hym And where as he rested whollye in the seuenth daye from that offyce of creacyon Gene. 2. and neuer toke it vpon hym sens that tyme as testyfyeth Iohan Chrisostome Augustyne Hierome Bedas Alcuinus and all ther other doctors Yet wyll they take vpon theÌ„ to create euerye daye a fresh and whan their olde God stynketh in the boxe remoue hym out of the waye and put a newe in hys rowme yea they can make of breade wkych is but mannys corruptyble creature and ordayned onlye to be eate soch a God as shall stande checke mate with the great God of heauen parauenture deface hym also Oh blasphemouse wretches and theues Be ones ashamed of your abhomynable blyndenesse and submytt your selues to a iust reformacyon Anne Askewe But as touchynge the holye and blessyd supper of the lorde I beleue it to be a most necessarye remembraunce of hys gloryouse sufferynges and deathe More ouer I beleue as moch therin as my eternall onlye redemer Iesus Christ wolde I shuld beleue Fynallye I beleue all those scriptures to be true whom he hath confirmed with hys most precyouse bloude Iohan Bale No godlye instytucyon nor ordynaunce of Christ do thys faythfull woman contempne but reuerentlye submytteth herself therunto in the kynde that he ded leaue them She protesteth here to beleue so moch as can be shewed by the scriptures of both testamentes And what is more to be requyred of a Christen beleuer Onlye ded she in conscyence refuse and abhorre the ydell obseruacyons the paganes superstycyons the sorcerers in chauntmentes and the most parellouse ydolatryes whych the Romysh pope and hys clergye haue added to their Masse for couetousnesse In thys I suppose she remembred the wordes of saynt Paule 1. Corinth 2. My talkynge sayd he and my preachynge was not with persuasyble or entysynge wordes of mannys corrupt wysdome but in vtteraunce of the sprete and of power that your faythe shuld not stande in the wysdome of men but in the power of God For that sayth Christ whych semeth hygh and holye afore men is fylthye abhomynacyon before God Luce 16. Anne Askewe Yea and as S. Paule sayth those scriptures are suffycyent for our lernynge and saluacyoÌ„ that Christ hath lefte here with vs. So that I beleue we nede no vnwritten verytees to rule hys churche with Therfore loke what he hath layed vnto me with hys owne mouthe in hys holye Gospell that haue I with Gods grace closed vp in my harte And my full trust is as Dauid saych that it shall be a lanterne to my fote steppes Psalme 118. Iohan Bale Styll are these frutes of inestymable wholsomnesse declarynge thys womaÌ„ a most perfyght and innocent membre of Iesus Christ. In thys whole processe marke it hardelye she â—â—nneth not for socour to the muddye waters or broken pyttes of the Phylistynes Hieremye 2. Whych are the corrupt doctrynes and tradycyons of men But she seketh to the verye welsprynge of helthe fouÌ„tayne of saluacyon IoaÌ„ 4. All vnwritten verytees left she to those wauerynge wanderers whych wyll eternally perysh with them And in the verytees written appoynted she to iournaye amonge the true Christen beleuers towardes the laÌ„de euerlastynge In all her affayres most fyrmelye she cleaueth to the scriptures of God whych geueth both sprete and lyfe Ioan. 6. As the harte in the forest desyreth the plesaunt water brokes so longed her sowle and was desyerouse of the manyfest glorye of her eternall God Psal. 41. If her porcyon be not in the lande of the lyuynge Psal. 141. Yea if she be not allowed a cytezen with the Sayntes Ephe. 1. And her name regestred in the boke of lyfe Apoca. 20. Yt wyll be harde with manye But certayne and sure I am that with Marye Marthaes systre soch a sure part haue she chosen as wyll not be takeÌ„ awaye from her Luce 10. Anne Askewe There be some do saye that I denye the Eucharystye or sacrament of thankes geuynge But those people do vntrulye report of me For I both saye and beleue it that if it were ordered lyke as Christ instytuted it and left it a most syngular confort it were vnto vs all But as concernynge your Masse as it is now vsed in our dayes I do saye beleue it to be the most abhomynable ydoll that is in the worlde For my God wyll not be eaten with tethe neyther yet dyeth he agayne And vpon these wordes that I haue now spoken wyll I suffer deathe Iohan Bale All the workes of God and ordynaunces of Christ she reuerentlye admytted as grounded matters of Christen beleue But the Romysh popes creatures wolde she in no case allowe to stande vp checke mate with them The Masse whych is in all poyntes of that fylthye Antichristes creacyon toke she for the most execrable ydoll vpon earthe And ryghtlye For non other is the chylde to be reckened than was hys father afore hym â–ª be he man or beast The whelpe of a dog â—e is non other than a dogge whan he cometh â—nestâ— hys age Idolles sayth Sauid are lyâ—e them that maâ—e them â—o are they also whych put their trust in them Psalme 113. An ydâ—ll doth Zacharye call that proude slaughterouse shepehearde Zacharye 11. Who then can denye hys prodygyouse ordynaunces to be the same What other is the worke of an ydolatrouse worker than an exccrable ydoll And loke what propyrrces anye ydoll hath had or feates hath wrought yet sens the worldes begynnynge the popes prodygyouse Masse hath had wrought the same with manye conueyaunces more Of popes â—ath it receyued dysgysynges instrumentes blessynges turnynges and legerdemaynes with manye straunge obseruacyons borowed of the Iewes and paganes â—lde sacryfyces be sydes pardons for delyucraunce of sowles Of monkes haue it gotten a purgatorye after manye straunge apparycyoÌ„s with a longe ladder from thens to scale heauen with It hath obtayned also to be a remedye for all dyseases both in man and beast with innumerable supâ—r stycyons els Of vnyuerfytees and their doctours haue it cawte all the subtyltees and craftye lernynges of the prophane phylosophers to be defended by as is to be seane in the workes of their sentencyoners lyke as I haue shewed in the mysterye of iniquyte fo 33. It serueth all wytches in their wytcherye all foreerers charmers inchaunters dreamers sothsayers necromansers coniures crosse dyggers deuyll raysers myracle doers doggeleches and