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A16784	A briefe historie of the glorious martyrdom of XII. reuerend priests, executed vvithin these tvveluemonethes for confession and defence of the Catholike faith But vnder the false pretence of treason. Vvith a note of sundrie things that befel them in their life and imprisonment: and a preface declaring their innocencie. Set furth by such as were much conuersant vvith them in their life, and present at their arraignement and death. Occidistis, sed non possedistis. that is you haue slaine them, but you haue not gotten possession.	Allen, William, 1532-1594.	1582 (1582)	STC 369.5; ESTC S117618	108,398	164

to vvhat end but aftervvard aduertised hovv the matter stoode and perceiuing that he was to be remoued The key of the doore vvas taken from the keeper and the L. Hoptō after her fashion seased on the purse per vsucapionem he desired leaue to retorne into his chamber to make him selfe ready and to featch his purse which he had left behinde him but it vvould not be graunted but he commaunded him to be deliuered to certaine officers there attending as he said for his conducting to Essex appointed by the cheefe of the councel M. Paine in his cassocke onely went forvvard with them beeing the more gentely dealt with that he vvas not bound at al. On Thursday at night his name vvas recited with about 13. witches As our Sauiour Cum iniquis deputatus est c. other murderers and theeues On Friday about 10. of the cloke he vvas arraigned after this maner First his endightemēt was read viz. that M. Paine should vtter to Eliot at a certaine Christemas lying with him in his chamber that many deuises haue been heretofore concerning the chang of religion and yet none haue prosperously succeded but of al others this seemeth the best vvhich I haue hearde quoth he sometime mentioned of the Earle of Vvestmerland D. Allen and D. Bristovve that 50. men wel appointed with priuy coates and dagges As though the Catholikes vvould care for these if her M. vvere dead This poore captiue ladie is touched in al these forgeres of purpose to make her odious should espie some opportunitie vvhen the Queene were at progresse and sley the Queenes Maiestie the E. of Leicester and M. Vvalsingham and then to proclaime the Queene of Scottes Q. also that it should be no greater an offence to kill the Queene then to dispatche a brute beaste This being read M. Paine denied the endightement and defied al treason Protesting that he alvvaies in minde worde honored the Queenes Maiestie aboue any woman in the world that he would gladly alvvaies haue spent his life for her pleasure in any lavvfull seruice that he praied for her as for his ovvne soule that he neuer inuented or compassed any treason against her Maiestie or any of the nobilitie of England Then M. Morice the Queenes counseller on the parte of her Maiestie begane to proue M. Paine to be a traitor tvvo waies by presumption and deposition The presumption was gathered for that about v. yeres past Either great simplicitie or great deceit to say that in taking orders they svveare to the Pope Persons are named that the lie may seeme more probable he went beyond the seas and retorned againe speedely Secondly because he vvas made Priest of the Bishope of Cambray and so had sworne him selfe to the Pope vvho is our most open ennemy Thirdly that he had speach with traitors in Flaunders with the E. of Vvestmerland D. Allen and D. Bristovve Fourthly that he trauailed vvith a traitors sonne M. Vvilliam Tempest The deposition was of Eliots othe and his ovvne confession on the racke Consequently Eliots svvore that the endightement vvas true and M. Paines confession was read This being donne M. Paine ansvvered to the presumptions saying that to goe beyond the seas was not a sufficient token of a traitor neither to be made Priest of the Bishope of Cambray for so were many others Vvhen he vvas of the seminarie it had no pension of the Pope nothing at al thinking of treason confessing also that he vvas not the Popes scholler neither had any maintenaunce of him To the third he ansvvered that he neuer talked with the Earle of Vvestmerland and that D. Allen and D. Bristovve neuer talked to his knovvledg of any such thinges To the fourth That M. Tempest was an honest gentilman and neuer talked with him about treason neither was it vnlavvfull to keepe him companie seeing that he was seruant to a right honorable counseller Sir Christopher Hatton He refelled Eliots deposition first taking God to witnes on his soule that he neuer had such speach with him Secondly he brought tvvoe places of Scripture and a statute to proue that vvithout twoe sufficient witnesses no man should be condemned the scriptures are Io. 8. v. 17. 1 Elizab. 6.13 Elizab. 1.1 Ed. c. 12. The testimonie of tvvo men is true and Deut. 17. v. 6. In the mouth of tvvo or three vvitnesses shal he perishe vvhich shal be put to death let no man be put to death one only bering vvitnes against him Thirdly Vvhat kinde of men the persecutors procure to be vvitnesses against God Priestes he proued Eliot insufficient to be a witnes for oppression of poore men euen to death for a Rape and other manifest levvde actes with women for breach of cōtracte for cozoning the L. Peter of Money for changing ofte his religion for malice against him self for being attached of murder and such like actes after he made a long discourse of Eliots dessembling vvhen he came to M. Moores for him with a warrant inducing him to warvvicksheere about his mariage Herevpon a Iury vvas impanneld vvho on friday after dinner brought euidence that he was guilty Vpō Saturday a littel befor dinner cōming againe to the barre iudge Gaudy asked M. Paine vvhat he could say for him selfe Vvho ansvvered that he had said sufficiently alledging that it vvas against the lavv of God and man that he should be condemned for on mans witnes notoriously infamous Then the iudge said that if he were not guilty the countrey would haue found it M. Paine ansvvered that those men of the Iury were poore simple men nothing at al vnderstanding what treason is and that he had demaunded the definition of conspiracie before of M. Morice and them which they would not geue but if it please the Queene and her councel A blessed resolution that I shal die I referre my cause to God Then the iudge said that his ovvne vvordes made most against him and if Eliot had svvorne falsly Nether Eliots othe nor the Iuries verdit shal excuse the iudge befor God his death should be required at his handes the vvhich no man knevve but God and him selfe M. Paine said that al was but trecherie in seaking of his bloode In fine iudge Gaudy pronoūced the sentence of condemnatiō and aftervvarde exhorted him to repent him selfe although said he you may better instructe me herin The people are made beleeue that Catholikes put not their vvhole trust in Christ Thos men are no fit matter for Ministers ●o vvorke on persons ladē vvith sinne are subiect to their persuasions M. Paine demaunded the time when he should suffer it was ansvvered on Munday follovving about 8 of the clocke After that he was retorned to prison the highe Sherife and others came to him and demaunded Vvhether he made IESVS CHRIST the only cause of his saluation to whom he ansvvered affirmatiuely professing vnto them the Catholike veritie Al sunday till v. of the clocke one D.

vvith the testimonie of worshipfull men Nothing wil serue to proue their condemnatiō to be iust as the Queenes Atturney D. Hammō D. Levves others and if that vvil not serue here is one of your ovvne companions that vvas the Popes scholler to testifie your offence To the which M. Forde ansvvered that notvvithstanding I am altogether not guilty vvhat soeuer you haue vvritten He cōtinued for the most parte in praier secretly to him self during the time that the Sherife or any other spake to him Then vvas a scrolle of his examination redd by a Minister to some articles he said nothing but to others he said that the POPE for some causes may depose a prince of his estate dignitie discharge the subiectes of their deuties allegeāce for quoth he this question was disputed xiiij yeres since at Oxford by the diuines there Though not determined by whō the prince might be deposed before the Queenes Maiestie and there it vvas made and proued to be a most cleere case in her ovvne presence And here being interrupted A notable cōpaniō for their purpose that wil beare witnes of that which he neuer savv nor hard in his life Munday the Popes scholler being called as a vvitnes said That Forde vvas priuey to their conspiracies but vvas not able to affirme that euer he savv him beyond the seas this his assertion M. Forde vtterly denied vpon his death And being asked what he thought of the Queenes M vvithal vvilled to aske her the whole realme vvhom he had stirred to seditiō forgeuenes He said that he acknovvledged her for his sufferaine and Queene and that neuer in his life he offended her INNOCENCIE so praying secretly desired al those that vvere of his faith to pray vvith him ended with this praier IESVS IESVS IESVS esto mihi IESVS and hanged vntil his fellovv M. Shert belike to terrifie him the more might see him M. Iohn Shert Priest M SHERT being broght frō the herdle and seing his fellovv M. Forde hanged before him vvith a confident courage smyling countenance and vvith his handes lifted vp he spake as follovveth O happie Tom happie àrte thou that didst rūne that happie race His martyrdō and innocencie proued him to be a Sainct as to such a on he praied O benedicta anima thou art in good case That blessed soule pray for me And being lifted into the carte he desired al Catholikes to pray for him and turning to the place of execution by the commaundement of the Sherife seeing his fellovv bovveled and beheaded he kneeled dovvne and cried O Tom ô happie Tom ô blessed soule happie arte thou thy blessed soule pray for me And being found fault withal because he praied to those that were dead he said O blessed ladie mother of God pray for me They cā not abid our Lady to be praied vnto neither A maruelous cōstācy and al the Sainctes of heauen pray for me the Sherife finding fault vvith this as vvith erronious doctrine he ansvvered that it vvas booth sound and true doctrine vvhich he vvould novv seale vvith his bloud after beganne as folovveth O blessed Lord to thee be al honour and praise First I giue the most hartie thankes A● goodly speach worthie such a Martyr for that thou didst create me of nothing to thy likenes similitude secondly for my redemption by the death of thy svveete sonne IESVS CHRIST my Sauiour and redeemer And lastly that thou vvilt bring me thy poore seruāt to so glorious happie a death for thy sake al though in the eies of worldlinges contumelious and reprochefull They seeme in the eies of fooles to die Sap. 3. yet to me most ioyfull and glorious and for the vvhich I yeld the most hartie thankes and therevvith vvas letted to proced further by the Sherife M. Sherife loueth not such good talke vvho said to him aske the Queene forgiuenes for these treasons vvhereof thou arte cōdemned vvho ansvvered The asking of forgiuenes doth implie an offence done Douting thē selues of the vniust cōdēnatiō vvere forced to seeke nevv matter for me to charge my self being innocent it vvere not my deutie and vve haue been racked and tormented for these thinges and nothing hath been found also vve haue been tvvise examined since our condemnation vvhich hath not been seen heretofore in any malefactor those supposed treasons vvhereof I am condemned I leaue betvvene God and my selfe and vpon my death I am altogether innocent and faultles and I vtterly refuse to aske her forgiuenes for this fact vvherof I am condemned for that I am not guilty but if in any other priuat matter I haue offended I aske her and al the world forgiuenes for it is impossible for me to be guilty of the conspiracie at Rhemes or Rome being in England long time before the said supposed treasons committed and continuing here stil sithence the vvhich Munday being his accuser did not much denie for he said he neuer knevv him beyond the seas neither at Rome nor at Rhemes Then Sherife Martine requested a Minister that stoode besyde to reade his examination Vvho ansvvered that as the man is obstinate now so vpō his examination vvas he as obstinate for he vttered nothing that is to be red but that notvvithstāding he red the preface of the booke A prety trick containinge as is there to be seen vvhich being redd the Sherife desired M. Sherte againe to knovvledge his offence seeing that it vvas so manifest and to aske the Queene forgiuenes It vvas manifest by the preface of their ovvne making What a mockery is this affirming that the Queene vvould deale very c They knew he was as in nocēt as the Q. merciful A markable saying mercifully vvith him and that he had authoritie him self if he did acknovvledge his fault to stay his execution and to returne him backe vvithout more a doe and as euen not long since I found fault vvith you for svvearing you cryed God mercie therfore so novv here confesse your offences and be sorie for them vvho ansvvered should I for sauing this carkas condemne my soule God forbid Being asked vvhat he thought of the Queenes Maiestie ansvvered I acknovvledge her for my soueraigne ladie Queene for vvhose prosperous estat and vvel doing in prison and at libertie INNOCENCIE I did alvvaies pray And being demaunded vvhether he thought her to be supreme gouernor vnder Christ of the church of England he said Vvhen they can find no temporal old treasons they flee to the spiritual treasons of their ovvne making I vvil geue to Caesar that vvhich is his to God that that belongeth to God She is not nor cannot be nor any other but only the supreame pastor Vvhat do you meane that vvhore of Babilon the Pope said the Sherife Take heed M. Sherife quoth M. Sherte for the day vvil come vvhen that shal be a sore vvord for your soule

Vvithers and D. Sone were with him persuading him ernestly to ch●ng his religion the which said they if you wil alter we doute not to procure mercie for you This M. Paine tould me him selfe for no body was suffered to come vnto them saying that the Ministers by their foolishe babling did much vexe trouble him I amongest many comming vnto him about x. of the clocke with the officers he most comfortably meekely vttered vvordes of constancie vnto me and vvith a louing kisse tooke his leaue of me The next Morning the ij of April about 8. of the clocke he was laide on the hurdel and brought to the place of execution where kneeling almost halfe an houre he earnestly praied arising and vevving the galloes he kissed it with a smiling countenance ascended and the halter being applied he lifted vpe vp his eies and handes tovvardes heauen a pretie while thē beganne to speake to the people first he made vnto them a declaration of his faith because he was before enformed by me By such lying meanes the ministers beguile the people that the common people thought him to be a Iesuit whose opinion they say is That Christ is not God confessing one God in essence or substance and Trinitie in persons and the VVORDE to be incarnat for mans redemption with other Catholike wordes Secondly he desired God to forgiue him his life past and to haue mercy on al sinners Thirdly he forgaue al which euer had offended him naming Eliot Vvonderful Charitie whom he desired God most earnestly to make with him a companiō in heauenly blisse Fourthly INNOCENCIE he said that his feete did neuer treade his handes did neuer write nor his witte did neuer inuente any treason against her Maiestie but that he alvvaies wished vnto her as to his ovvne soule desiring almightie God to giue her in earth a prosperouse raigne and aftervvarde eternal felicitie The Lord Rich willed him to confesse that he there died a traitor● and to be sorry therefore He cōfessed a trevv confessiō of his innocency before To vvhom very paciently he ansvvered that he defied all treason and to confesse an vntruth was to condemne his ovvne soule I Confesse truly said he that I die a Christian Catholike Priest And desired the L. Rich to beare witnes of his death Good Lord giue her his grace her counsel to consider of the matter saying Svveete my Lorde certifie her Maiestie thereof that she suffer not hereafter innocent bloode to be cast avvay seeing it is no smal matter Then a Minister vvith an admiratiue replie said to the people that in these vvordes he shevved him selfe a great traitor because quoth he this man saith These Ministers truely are mad fellovves that if the Queene touch the annoynted of the Pope she sheddeth innocent bloode M. Paine turning vnto him said Truly you deale very vncharitably with me for saith he I desired my lorde to speake vnto her Maiestie that she suffer not innocent bloode to be cast avvay and then vttered his great affection to the Queene In course of talke my L. Rich said Paine haue you not had alvvaies desire to spende your life A pretie conceit to ētrap the innocēt man they sport thē sel●es vvith innocēt mens bloud for the Queenes death M. Paine then was in contemplation and not hearing ansvvered not if perchance he had ansvvered affirmatiuely not thinking of the word death put so sophisti●ally in the last place but of health then God to vvhom al mens intentions lie open knovveth what the aduersarie would haue gathered thereof A Minister said that although he denied this treason The Ministers spoke yet for al that he was a traitor for said he Campion and his company denied their treason and yet it vvas by more then tvvoe witnesses proued vnto them Ther vvas nothing proued but that thee vvere false vvitnesses The diuel is a lier the author of thes lies that his ministers vtter M. Paine ansvvered that immediatly before their execution he demaunded of them if these accusations of treasons had any grounde they said by their faith that it vvas neuer imagined nor hard of by them Then the Minister said M. Harte had confessed it he ansvvered that he vvould defende no mans doings but his owne and that he knevve not thereof straight waies they affirmed that he confessed such treason to the L. Poole he said that he knevve her not Then the Minister inferred that his brother confessed to him in his chamber seuen yeres a goe that he talked of such an intentiō To this he ansvvered being somvvhat moued Bone Deus My brother is and alvvaies hath been a very earnest protestant whom yet I knovv vvill not say so falsely of me and then desired that his brother should be sent for they called for him but then he was in the tovvne vvhen a sort of vs came from the execution we found his brother in our Inne of vvhō vve asked if this was true vttering vnto him al the matter he svvore vnto vs with great admiration that it vvas most false and tolde vs that he vvould so certify my L. Rich immediatly he vvas sent for to my lorde and I tooke horse to ride avvay and thereof as yet here no more To conclude they vvould not tarry so longe til his brother should be sent for M. Paine often confessed that he died a Christian Catholike Priest If heretikes had any religion they world neuer desire to pray vvith one of an other faith They desired M. Paine to pray vvith thē in English but he vvas attentiue to his ende in cōtemplation and being often called on by the Ministers to ioyne with thē in the lords praier he said that he had praied in a tonge which he wel vnderstood and againe when he was praying repeating their former requestes one answered that he then praied in English perhapps to satisfie the people for he hard not a vvorde After M. Paine told them that he said our lordes praier three times and told them that he would say the Psalme Miserere and said it forth A vvise question The Minister asked him vvhether he repented not that he had said Masse but he heard him not being in contemplation After all very mekely vvhen the ladder was about to be turned he said IESVS IESVS IESVS and so did hange not mouing hand or foote They very courtesly caused men to hange on his feeete and sette the knot to his eare and suffered him to hange to death commaunding Bul the hangman of Nevvgate to dispatch lest he should as they said reuiue and rebuked him that he did not dispatch speedely All the tovvne loued him excedingly the keepers and most of the Magistrats of the shere No man seemed in countenance to mislike with him but much sorovved and lamented his death who most constantly catholikely patiently and meekely ended this mortal life to rise triumphantly his innocency knovven to al the world He