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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73454	[Relation of sixtene martyrs glorified in England in twelve moneths] [with a declaration, that English catholiques suffer for the catholique religion, and that the seminarie priests agree with the Jesuites / by Thomas Worthington]	Worthington, Thomas, 1549-1627.	1601 (1601)	STC 26000.9; ESTC S5341	46,158	101

Relation of sixtene martyrs glorified in England in twelve monethes With a declaration That English catholiques suffer for the catholique religion and That the Seminarie priests agree with the Jesuites By Thomas WORTHINGTON Printed at Doway by the widow of James Boscard 1601. THE MANER OF PROCEDING AGAINST M. IOHN RIGBIE a Catholique Gentleman put to death in London this present yeare 1600. AMongst other common occurrents which minister occation of speach and discourse in sundrie partes of the world it is neither the least nor of least importāce that is dayly reported of manie Catholiques put to death and otherwise afflicted these late yeares in England Whose present hard state and the true cause therof though the best and mightiest Princes and Potentates of the Christian world as also manie others of al estates do wel see and knowe and with compassionable charitie do manie wayes like the good Samaritan Luc. ● releue and assist them yet there be two other sortes of men the one not sufficiently wel the other very il affected towards these distressed Catholiques For the former seing and not regarding their calamities passe on their waies like the Iudaical and carnal Priests and Leuits as if it nothing at al pertained to them either to take notice or to haue care and compassio● of their neighbours miseries Of which kind of people I haue litle more now to say but hartely pray God to make them more mercifull that they may find mercie in the time of nede For that I am here principally to deale with the last sort who more actually persecute Catholiques not only depriving them by violence of their goods liberties and liues but also accusing and slandering them of hainous crimes wherof they are most free and innocent to make them odious or their martyrdom lesse glorious amongst the ignorant at home and strangers abrode saing and auouching with great wordes othes and protestations that they die not nor suffer not for cause of Religion but for matter of treason against their Quene and Soueraigne though in their consciences they can not but knowe it to be farre oterwise For why els besides other proofes are they so vnwilling to report and so loath to heare what maner of treason this is but for that when the same is sincerly declared it easely and euidently appeareth to be no other thing then mere Religion and necessarie confession of the Catholique faith As hath bene very often proued not only by other irreprouable testimonies and manifest demōstrations but also by their owne tribunals in publique place of Iustice in the most principal cities and townes of the Realme as at London Yorke Lanceston Chenceford Lancaster Winchester Durram Newcastle Carlel Oxford Dorcester Glocester Wrixam Warwike Darbie Stafford Bewmatis Nottingam Canturbutie Lincolne and other places But for somuch as our aduersaries persist stil in auouching and mantaining their pretended Iustice in this behalfe I shal for the more honour of God mor● manifestation of the truth and better information of such as be not sufficiently satisfied sincerly relate an other example of trial made in the cause of à Catholique gentleman put to death in London the 21. day of Iune this present holie yeare 1600. In which narration for auoiding of al partialitie I wil omit other proofes of our Religion and iust commendations of the partie which may notwithstanding hereafter be more largely published and simply in tvvo woordes touch those onlie points vvhich concerne the necessarie knowledge of his person and pertained directly to the cause of his death and then set before your eyes the whole processe as it passed before manie vvitnesses in forme and shew of publique iustice The diuulging wherof in print no resonable men and namely the Magistrats and others that concurred in this action can not dislike nor possibly be offended thervvith except their consciences accuse them of some vniust dealing against the person whom they haue so publikly apprehended examined indicted iudged and bereued of his life Briefly therefore his name was M. Iohn Rigbie one of the younger sonnes of M. Nicolas Rigbie of Harrock in the Countie of Lancaster gētleman VVho coming to yeares ad vse of reason cōpetent for that purpose so sufficiētly learned the principal articles of his faith that continually even to death he held al the same to be vndoubtedly true and necessarie to saluation as wel appeareth by that which here foloweth He attayned also the Latin tongue and further proceded not in learning The rest of his youth he spent partly in his fathers house partly in seruice where through humaine frailtie for feare of punishment and in hope of temporal preferment ioyned with il example and earnest perswasions of some worldlie freinds he yelded so farre to the Protestants Parlament lawes made for the abolishing of the holie Sacrifice and other Catholique Rites and for practice of the new forme of english seruice as to heare sometimes the same seruice But being afterwards very sorrowful for having so conformed him selfe by exteriour act and personal presence in the Protestants Chruches VVhich is there the note and character 〈◊〉 13 of conformitie to their religion and therby also depriuing him selfe of the holie Sacraments and necessarie foode of his soule for none may 〈◊〉 13 ●ate of the Altar of Christ that serue the Tabernacle and much lesse that serue a new Religion which was never approued in Gods Church he resolued by Gods grace to leaue againe that course of life and so was absolued from his sinnes and reconciled to God by a Catholique Priest And thence forth liued in great peace of his conscience and alacritie of mind with zeale and feruour of deuotion by word and example dravving so manie as he could to the like good estate for their soules health Amongst others which I may not here omit though I promised breuitie by his earnest prayers most dutiful endeuour and Godlie persuasions he procured his owne father to be reconciled to God in his old age by which worke of singular pietie and by manie others he dayly prepared the way to the glorious crowne that he novv possesseth Wherunto likvvise concurred certaine other occasions which it pleased God also to permit and to vse in bringing him to this blessed end For being as is wel knowne in the seruice of Sir Edmund Hudleston knight he was sent by his maister to Sir Richard Martin Alderman of London about certaine busines Where the young man dealnig somewhat roundly and sincerly as it became a faithful seruant in his maisters affaires this Sir Richard conceiued offence and displeasure against him Which he stil bore in minde like Herode and 〈…〉 Herodias wayting opportunitie to be reuenged of S. Iohn Baptist til a fit time happened for his purpose as shortly it fel out by this accident Maistris Fortescue a Catholique widow and daughter of the same Sir Edmund Hudleston was sommoned to the Sessions at Newgate ●o● cau●es of Religiō who being sicke and not able to