The first examinaciō of Anne Askewe latelye martired in Smythfelde by the Romyshe popes vpholders wyth the Elucydacyon of Iohan Bale Psame cxvi The veryte of the Lorde endureth for euer Anne Askewe stode fast by thys veryte of God to the ende ¶ Fauoure is disceytfull bewtye is a vayne thynge But a woman that feareth the Lorde is worthye to be praysed She openeth her mouthe to wysdome and in her language is the law of grace Prouerb xxxi Iohan Bale to the Chrysten readers AMonge other mooste syngular offyces dylygent reader which the lord hath appointed to be done in the ernest sprete of Helyas by the forerōners of hys lattre aperaunce this is one verye specyall to be noted They shall turne the hartes of their auncient elders into the chyldren Mala. iiii And the vnbeleuers of theyr tyme to the wysdome of those ryghteouse fathers as ded Iohan Baptyste afore hys fyrste commyng Luce. i. That is say the Bedas cap. lxviii de temporum ratione the fayth and feruent zele of the prophetes and Apostles shal they plant in their hartes whych shal in those dayes lyue and be among men conuersaunt than wyl breake fourth sayth he as a verye true prophete such horryble persecucyon as wyl fyrst of all take from the worlde those myghtye helyases by triumphaunt martyrdom to the terryfyenge of other in the same faythe of whom some shal becom through that occasion most gloryouse martyrs vnto Christ also some very wycked Apostataes forsaking his lyuely doctrine For by the seyd Bedas testymony in the begynnyng of the same chaptre two most certayne sygnes shall we thā haue that the lattre iudgement daye is at hande The returne of Israels remnaunt vnto theyr lord God and the horryble persecucion of Antichrist Conferre with this treated scripture and former prophecye of that vertuous man Bedas the worldes alteracyon now with the terrible turmoilynges of our tyme. And as in a mooste clere myrrour ye shal well perceyue them at this present to be in moost quick workynge And as concernynge the Israelytes or Iewes I haue bothe seane and knowne of them in Germanye mooste faythfull Christen beleuers Neyther is it in the prophecye Osee. iii. that they shoulde at that daye be all conuerted no more than they were at Iohan Baptystes preachynge Luce. i. For as Esaye reporteth thoughe the posteryte of Iacob be as the see sande innumerable yet shall but a remnaunte of them conuerte than vnto theyr lorde God Esaie x. And thoughe the Lorde hathe syfted that howse of Israell as brused corne in a syffe amonge all other nacyons Amos. ix Yet shal not that remnaunt of theirs peryshe but at that daye be saued throughe the onelye electyon of grace Romano xi Nowe concernynge the afore seyd foreronners in this most wonderful change of the worlde before the latter ende therof I thynke within thys realme of Englande besydes other nacions abroade the sprete of Helyas was not all a slepe in good Wyllam Tydall Robarte Barnes suche other more whome Antychristes vyolence hathe sent hens in fyre to heauen as Helyas went afore in the fyrye charet iiii Regum ii These turned the hartes of the fathers into the chyldren suche tyme as they toke from a greate nombre of oure nacyon by theyr Godlye preachynges and wrytynges the corrupted beleue of the pope his mastery workers which were no fathers but cruel robbers destroyers Ioā x. reducynge thē agayn to the true faithe of Abraham and Peter Gene. xv and Math. xvi The pure beleue in Christes birthe and passion which Adam and Noe sucked out of the first promes of God Iacob and Moses out of the seconde Dauid and the prophetes out of the thirde and so fourthe the Apostles fathers oute of the other scriptures so firmelye planted they in the consciences of manye that no cruell kynde of deathe coulde auerte thē from it As we haue for example their constaunt discyples and now stronge witnesses of Iesus Christ Iohan Lassels and Anne Askewe with theyr other ii companions verye gloryous martyrs afore God what thoughe they be not so afore the wronge iudgynge eyes of the world whom the bloudye remnaunte of Antechrist put vnto mooste cruell deathe in Smythfelde at London in the yeare of our lorde M.D.XLVI in Iulye Yf they be onely as was Iohan Baptyst great afore the Lorde by the holye scriptures allowaunce which are strongelye adourned with the graces of hys sprete as faythe force vnderstandynge wisdome pacyence loue long sufferaunce and suche lyfe I dare boldelye afferme these iiii myghty wytnesses also to be the same so well as the martirs of the primatyue or Apostles churche For so strongelye had these those vertues as they and so boldelye obiected their bodyes to the deathe for the vndefyled Christen beleue agaynst the malygnaūt Synagoge of Sathan as euer ded they for no tyrannye admyttynge any create or corruptyble substaunce for theyr eternal lyuynge god Yf their blynd babyes to proue them vnlyke do obiect agaynst me the myracles shewed at theyr deathes more than at these as that vnfaythfull generacyon is euer desyerous of wonders Math. xii I wold but knowe of thē what myracles were shewed whan Iohā Baptystes head was cut of in the preson Marci vi and whan Iames the Apostle was byheaded at Hierusalem Acto xii These ii were excellent afore God what though they were but miserable wretches light fellowes sedycyouse heretykes busye knaues lowsye beggers in the syght of noble king Herode and hys honorable counsell of prelates For had not rochettes and side gownes bene at hande haplye they had not so lyghtlye dyed Yf they allege Steuen to maynteyne theyr purpose that he at his deathe behelde heauen open I aske of thē againe what they were whiche se it more than his own persone Sure I am that their wycked predecessours there presente se it not For they stopped theyr eares whan he tolde them therof Actoru vii Yf they yet bringe fourth the other hystoryes of Apostles and martyrs I answere them that all they are of no suche autorite as these here afore The popes martyrs in dede were moche fuller of myracles than euer were Christes as hys selfe tolde vs they shulde be so Mathey xxiiii Yet wrought fryre Forest Iohā Fisher Thomas More no miracles what though manye be nowe regestred in theyr lyues and legendes by the fryres of Fraunce Italye and Spayne Besydes that Iohan Cochleus hathe writtē of them ad Paulum Pōtificem ad regem Henricum and also in theyr defence against doctor Sampson With that Erasmus ded also ad Huttenū P. M. ad Basparem Agrippam Albertus Pighius Riuius Fichardus a great sort more And as for the holye mayd of kēt with Doctor Bocking though they wrought great wonders by theyr lyfe yet apered non at their deathes Of hys owne chosen martyrs Christ loketh
for non other myracle but that onelye they perseuer faythfull to the ende Mathe. x. And neuer denye his verite afore men Luce. xii For that worthye vyctorye of the synnefull worlde standethe in the inuyncyblenesse of fayth and not in myracles and wonders as those waueringe wittes suppose i. Ioan. v. Ryght wonderfullye wyl this apere in the. ii myghtye conflyctes here after folowynge whych the faytfull seruaunt of Iesu Anne Askewe a gentylwoman verye yonge dayntye and tender had with that outragynge Synagoge in her ii examynacions about the xxv yeare of her age whom she sent abroade by her owne hand writynge The handelynges of her other iii. companyons shall be shewed in other seuerall treatyses at layser For the glorye and greate power of the lorde so manifestlye aperynge in hys elect vessels maye not nowe perysh at al handes be vnthankefullye neglected but be spred the worlde ouer as we le in Latyne as English to the perpetuall in famye of so willfully cruel and spyghtfull tyrauntes Nothynge at all shall it terryfye vs nor yet in anie point lete vs of our purpose that our bokes are nowe in Englande condempned and brente by the Byshoppes and prestes with their frantick affinite the great Antichristes vpholders whyche seke by all practises possyble to turne ouer the kynges most noble and godlye interpryse But it wyll from hens forth occasyon vs to set fourth in the Latine also that afore we wrote onlie in the English and so make theyr spirytuall wyckednesse and treason knowne moche farther of What auayled it Ioakim to burne Hieremies proyhecye by the vngracyouse counsell of his prelates Hiere xxxvi Either yet Antiochus to set fyre on the other scriptures i. Macha i. After the Apostles were brought afore the counsell and strayghtlye cōmaunded to cease from preachynge they preached moch more thā afore Acto iiii In most terrible persecucions of the primatiue churche were the examynacions answers tormentes and deathes of the constaunt martyrs written and sente abroade all the whole worlde ouer as testyfyeth Eusebius Cesariensis in his ecclesyastyck hystorye Their coppyes haboūde yet euery where Great slaughter burnynge hath bene here in Englande for Iohan wycleues bokes euer sens the yeare of our lorde M. CCC LXXXII Yet haue not one of them throughlye perysheth I haue at thys houre the tytles of a C. and XLIIII of them which are many more in nombre For some of thē vndre one title comprehendeth ii bokes some iii. some iiii Yea one of them contayneth xii I thinke not the contrary but ere the worlde be at a full ende God wyll so gloryfye that twentye tymes condempned heretyke execrated cursed spitted and spatled at that al your popish writers before hys tyme and after wyll be reckned but vyle swyne heardes to hym for the good fauer he bare to Chrystes holye Gospell A very madnesse is it to stryue agaynst God whā he wyll haue the longe hydden inyquytees knowne As the godlye wyse man Gamaliel sayd Acto v. If this enterpryse that is now taken agaynst yow be of God ye shal neuer be able with all your tirannouse practyses to dyssolue it Now concernynge that blessed woman Anne Askewe which latelye suffered the tyrannye of this world for right wisnesse sake In Lyncolneshyre was she borne of a verye auncyent and noble stocke Sir William Askewe a worthy knyght beynge her father But no worthynesse in the fleshe neyther yet anye worldlye noblenesse auaileth to god warde afore whome is no acceptacyon of persone Actorum x. Onlye is it faythe with his true loue and feare which maketh vs the accepte noble and worthye chyldren vnto God Ioan. i. Whereof by hys gyfte she had wonderfull habundaunce Soch a wone was she as was Lydia the purple sellar whose harte the lorde opened by the godlye preachynge of Paule at Thiatira Acto xvi For dylygent hede gaue she to his worde whan it was ones taught wythoute supersticion would no lōgar be a false worshipper or ydolatour after the wicked scole of Antichrist But became frō thens forth a true worshipper worshipping her lorde God whych is a sprete not breade in sprete in veryte accordinge to the worde of his Ioan. iiii The Gospell of Christ bare she in her harte as ded the holye mayde Cecilia neuer after ceased frō the study therof nor frō godlye cōmunycacion prayer tyll she was clerlie by most cruel tormentes taken from thys wretched worlde By her do I here dere fryndes in the Lord as ded the faithfull Bretherne in Fraunce at the cities of Lions and Vicuna by a lyke faythfull yonge woman called Blandina Whyche was there put to deathe with iii. myghtye companyons more amonge other as thys was for her Christē beleue about the yeare of our lorde C. and. lxx in the primatiue sprynge of their Christyanyte They wrote vnto their Bretherne in the landes of Asia Phrygia verye farre of her mightie stronge sufferinges for Christes faith which the knewe nothing of afore I write here vnto yow in Englād the double processe of this noble woman wherof ye are not ignoraunt for so moch as it was there so manyfestly done amonge yow Coupled I haue these ii examples togither bycause I fynde them in so manye pointes agree Blandina was yonge and tender So was Anne Askewe also But that which was fraile of nature in thē both Christ made most stronge by hys grace Blandina had iii. ernest companions in Christ. Maturus Sanctes and Attalus so feruently faythfull as her selfe So had Anne Askewe iii. fyre fellowes a gentylman called Iohan Lassels her instructour a preste and a tayler called Iohan Adlam men in Chrystes veryte vnto the ende most cōstaunt With Blādina were in preson to the nombre of x. whych denyed the truthe and were clerelie forsakē of God for it How manye fell frō Christ besydes Crome Shaxton whan Anne Askewe stode faste by hym I am vncerteyne But I counsell them as saynte Iohan counselled the Laodycyanes in the myserable estate they are now in to hye them through tryed golde of Christ least they perysh all togither Apoca. iii. If they had not styll remayned in that chauncell whome Christe commaunded Iohan in no wyse to measure Apoc. ii They had neuer so shamefullye blasphemed lyke as Bedas also toucheth in hys former prophecye Prompt was Blandina and of most lustye corage in renderynge her lyfe for the lyberte of her faythe No lesse lyuelye and quyck was Anne Askewe in all her enprisoninges and tormētes Great was the loue Blandina had to Christ. No lesse was the loue of Anne Askewe Blandina neuer faynted in torment No more ded Anne Askewe in sprete whan she was so terrybly racked of the chaūceller and Ryche that the strynges of her armes and eyes were peryshed Blādina deryded the cruelte of the tyrauntes So ded Anne Askewe
God for their most specyall treasure and haue hym in soch intiere loue that they had moch leuer to lose themselues than hym The wicked desperates haue the voluptuouse pleasures of thys vayne worlde so dere that they hade 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 lefte her in thys paynefull conflycte for his 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 dyd Manye men sore wondre now a daies that Wrisleye whiche was in my lorde Cromwels tyme so ernest a doer against the pope is now becomen agayne for his red larye wares so myghtye a captaine But they remembre not the common adage that honour chaungeth maners and lucre iudgementes These great ynne kepers they saye hadde leuer to haue one good horse man to hooste than vi men on fote specyally if they weare veluet whodes or fyne rochettes What els foloweth Chryst but beggery and sorowes whyche are verye hatefull to the worde Where fatnesse is cawse of euerye mannys laboure there is yet sum what to be loked for If hys chrysten zele be soch that he wyll haue no she heretykes vnponnyshed lete hym do fyrste of all as we reade of dyuerse ryghtfull gouerners amonge the heythen Lete hym serch hys owne howse wele Parauenture he maye fynde aboute my ladye hys wyfe a rellycke of no lytle vertue a practyse of Pythagoras or an olde midwyues blessyng which she carryeth closelye on her for preseruacyoÌ„ of her honoure Her opinyoÌ„ is folke saye that so loÌ„ge as she hath that vpoÌ„ her her worldlye worship can neuer decaye I praye God this prouysyon in short space deceyueth her not as it hath done pope Siluester the seconde and as it dyd of late yeares Thomas wolsye our late Cardynall This heresye goeth neyther to the racke nor to 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 paynefull bones as euer had pacyente Iob I thanke my lorde God therof Then my lorde Chauncellour sente me worde if I wold leaue my opynioÌ„ I shuld waÌ„t nothinge If I wold not I shuld fourth to Newgate so be burned I sente him agayne worde that I wold rather die thaÌ„ to breake my faythe Thus the lorde open the eyes of their blinde hartes that the truthe maye take place Fare wele dere frynde and praye praye praye Iohan Bale Beholde in thys last parcell most euydeÌ„t signes of a christeÌ„ martyr and faythfull witnesse of God besydes that went afore She allegeth not in all thys longe processe lienge legendes popyshe fables nor yet olde wiues parables but the most liuelie autoritees and examples of the sacred Byble Se putteth her selfe here in remembraunce not of desperate Cayne nor yet of sorowfull Iudas but of most pacyent Iob for example of godlye sufferaunce For Anguysh and payne of her broken ioyntes and broused armes and eyes she curseth not the tyme that euer she was borne as the maner of the vnfaythfull is But she hyghlye magnyfyeth and prayseth God for it Neyther was she peruerted with flatteringe promyses nor yet ouer coÌ„men with terryble threttenynges of deathe Neyther doubted she the stynke of Newgate nor yet the burnynge fyre in Smythfelde But coueted rather deathe of her bodye for the syncere doctryne of Christe than lyfe of the same vndre the ydolatrouse doctrine of the Romysh pope She desyred God to take mercye of her enemyes and exhorted all Christen people instauntlye to praye for them If these be not the frutes of a true beleuer what other frutes els can we axe Anne Askewes answere vnto Iohan Lassels letter Oh frynde most derelye beloued in God I maruele not a litle what shuld moue yow to iudge in me so slendre a faythe as to feare deathe whiche is the ende of all myserye In the lorde I desyre yow not to beleue of me soch wyckednesse For I doubt it not but God wyll perfourme hys worke in me lyke as he hath begonne Iohan Bale I woulde but knowe of them which are common readers of chronycles and Sayntes lyues where they euer redde of a more feruente and lyuelye faythe than was in thys godlye yonge woman As lyght a matter estemed she deathe as dyd Eleazarus that auncyent senyour or yet the vii Machabees with their most worthie mother ii Mach. vi vii For she sayde that it was but the ende of al sorowes She reckened not with the couetouse man the remembraunce therof bytter Eccle. xiiii But with the righteouse she thought it a mooste redie swyfte passage vnto lyfe Ioan. v. The feare of deathe iudged she great wickednesse in a Christen beleuer was in full hope that God wold not suffer her to be troubled therwith For whye deathe loâ—seth vs no life but bringeth it in vnto vs lyke as the harde winter bringeth in the most pleasauÌ„t somer Who can thynke whaÌ„ the sunne goeth downe that it vtterly so perysheth Death vnto the righteouse beleuer is as a profitable haruest which after sweate labour bringeth in moste dylectable frutes None otherwyse thought it Anne Askewe than a verye entrauÌ„ce of lyfe whaÌ„ she had it thus in desyre faithfullie trusted with Paule that God wolde fynyshe in her that he than begonne to hys owne glorye Philippen i. Anne Askewe I vnderstande the counsell is not a lyttle dyspleased that it shulde be reported abroade that I was racked in the towre They saye nowe that they dyd there was but to feare me Wherby I perceyue they are ashamed of their vncomelye doynges and feare moch least the kynges mageste shuld haue informacion therof Wherfore they woulde no man to noyse it Well their crueltye God forgeue them Your hart in Christe Iesu. Farewele and praye Iohan Bale Hypocrites and tyrauntes wolde neuer be gladly knowne abroade for that they are in dyde But for that they are not they loke alwayes to be gloryouslye noysed Wrisleye Ryche woulde yet be iudged of the worlde ii sober wyse men and verye sage counsellers But this tyâ—â—nnouse example of theirs maketh a most manyfest shewe of the contrarye Yea and the God of heauen wyll haue it so knowne to the vnyuersall worlde to their ignomynyt and shame So is he wonte to rewarde all cruell Apostataes as he rewarded Iulianus for their wylfull coÌ„tempt of his verite The martyr of Christ for her pacyent sufferaunce shall leaue here behinde her a gloryouse report whereas these forworne enemyes and pursuers of his worde haue purchased themseluâ—â— a perpetuall infamy by their cruelte and myschef In excuse of their madnes they saye they dyd it only to feare her Is it not
permyt her to be ouercommen of the flatteryng worlde neyther yet to geue place to his enemyes And I doubt it not but these are mooste euydent sygnes that she was hys faythful seruaunt I know certaynly that all the power of hell can not preuayle agaynst so earnest a faythe Math xvi For he hathe so spoken it there whiche can not lye Luc. xxi and. i. Petri. ii In thys lattre part she sheweth the nature of Christes lyuelye membre and of a perfyghte christen martyr in .ii. poyntes first she desyreth god to forgeue her enemyes as Christe desyred hym in the tyme of hys passyon Luc. xxiii And as holy Steuen also did for the tyme of his death Actorum vii Secondlye she desyreth theyr hartes to be opened that thei maye trulye beleue and be saued Actorum xvi Thys supernaturall affecte of charyte hadde she onelye of the sprete of Christe whyche wylleth not the deathe of a frowarde synner but rather that he be from hys wyckednes turned and so lyue Ezech. xxxiii Thus is she a Saynt canonysed in Christes bloud though she neuer haue other canonysacyon of pope preste nor Byshoppe The destroyer shall be destroyed without bandes Daniel viii The Balade which Anne Askewe made and sange whā she was in Newgate LYke as the armed knyght Appoynted to the fielde With this worlde wyl I fyght And fayth shal be my shyelde Fayth is that weapon stronge Whych wyl not fayle at nede My foes therfore amonge Therwyth wyll I procede As it is had in strengthe And force of Christes waye It wyll preuayle at lengthe Though all the deuyls saye naye Fayth in the fathers olde Obtayned ryghtwysnes Whych make me verye bolde To feare no worldes dystresse I nowe reioce in harte And hope byd me do so For Christ wyll take my part And ease me of my wo. Thou sayst lorde who so knocke To them wylt thou attende Vndo therfore the locke And thy stronge power sende More enemyes now I haue Than heere 's vpon my head Let them not me depraue But fyght thou in my steade On the my care I cast For all theyr cruell spyght I set not by theyr hast For thou art my delyght I am not she that lyst My anker to let fall For euerye drystynge myst My shyppe substancyall Not oft vse I to wryght In prose nor yet in tyme Yet wyll I shewe our syght That I sawe in my tyme. I sawe a tyall trone Where Iustyce shulde haue sytte But in her stede was one Of modye cruell wytte Absorpt was tyghtwysnesse As of the ragynge floude Sathan in hys excesse Suete vp the gyltelesse bloude Then thought I Iesus lorde Whan thou shalte iudge vs all Harde is it to recorde On these men what wyl fall Yet lorde I the desyre For that they do to me Let them not tast the hyre Of theyr inyquyte God saue the kynge God hath chosē the weake thynges of the world to confounde thynges which are myghty Yea thynges of no reputaciō for to bryng to nought thynges of reputacion that no fleshe shulde presume in his syght 1. Corin. 1. The Conclusyon THus hast thou dylygente reader the ende of these ii examynaciōs and answers of the moost christen martyr Anne Askewe with other addycyons besydes Marke in thē the horryble mad furye of Antychrist and the deuyll how they worke in thys age by their tyrannous mēbres to brynge the last vengeaunce swyftlye vpon thē Afore tyme hath not bene seane soch frantyck outrage as is now the iudges wythout all sober dyscressyon ronnynyge to the racke toggynge halynge and pullynge therat lyke tormentours in a playe Compare me here Pylate wythe Wrisleye the hyghe chauncellour of Englande wyth Riche and wyth other whych wyl be counted no small moates And se howe moch the pagane Iudge excelleth in vertue and wisdom the false christened iudge yea rather prodygyouse tyraunte Whan Pylate had enquired what accusacyon the Iewes clergye had agaynste Christ he perceyued they dyd all of malyce and refused to meddle therin Ioan xviii In Wrisleye and Ryche is no suche equite But they rather seke occasyon to accomplyshe the full malyce of Antychriste Pylate shewed the accused all fauer possyble He examyned hym pryuatelye he gaue hym fryndelye wordes he had hym not feare to speake he hearde hym wyth gentylnesse he counselled wyth hym that he myght the more frelye suppresse theyr madde furye and he promysed they shulde do hym no wrong in case he wolde vtter his ful mynd Ioā xviii Farre contrarye to this were Wrisleye and Ryche whych not all ignoraunt of the Byshoppes beastlye errours malycyouslye wythout all feare of God and shame of the worlde executed vpon this godly woman moste terryble tyrannye Pylate spake for the innocent excused hym defended hym layed fourth the lawe pleated for hym sharpelye required them to shewe mercye alleged for hym theyr custome declared him an innocent sought by all meanes to delyuer hym Mat xxvii These periured magistrates Wrisleye Ryche not onlye examyned thys innocent woman with rigour but also hated her scorned her reuyled her condempned her for an heretike with vnspeakable tormentes sought to enforce her to brynge by accusacion other noble women and men to death More ouer Pylate wolde shede no innocent bloud but laboured to mytigate the Byshoppes furye instaūted them as they were relygiouse to shew godlye fauer concludynge that he coulde by no lawe of iustice iudge him worthie to die Marci xv These vengeable tyrauntes Wrisleye and Riche insaciably thirsted not onlie the innocēt bloud of this faithfull seruaunt of God but also the bloud of the noble duchesse of Sothfolke the bloud of the worthye countesse of Hertforde and of the vertuouse countesse of Suffexe the bloude of the faythfull ladye Dennye of the good lady Fizwilliams and of other godlye women more soche widowes and wiues as Paule Peter and Iohan commendeth in their epistles besydes the bloude of serten noblemen of the kynges hygh counsell And all at the spyghtfull callynge on of the Byshoppes Slacke eare gaue Pilate to the prestes he regarded not ther dyspleasure he detected their proternouse madnesse by delayes he dyfferred the sentence and fynallye washed hys handes as one that was clere from their tyrannie Luce. xxiii Swyft eare gaue Wrisleye Ryche with their wycked affynyte to the puffed vp porkelynges of the pope Gardiner Bonner soch other they folowed their reuell counsell they enprysoned her iudged her condempned her racked her at the laste with their owne poluted bloudie tormentours hādes till the vaynes and synnowes brast If ye marke the scriptures wele ye shall easelye perceyue that Pylate was not in fawte of Chrystes bufferynges bearynges scornynges face spyttynges crownynge with thorne and soch other extreme handelynges But the malycyouse Byshoppes prestes which waged Iudas to betraye hym hyred false wytnesse to accuse hym monyed the