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A09100	A defence of the censure, gyuen vpon tvvo bookes of william Charke and Meredith Hanmer mynysters, whiche they wrote against M. Edmond Campian preest, of the Societie of Iesus, and against his offer of disputation Taken in hand since the deathe of the sayd M. Campian, and broken of agayne before it could be ended, vpon the causes sett downe in an epistle to M. Charke in the begyninge.	Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.; Charke, William, d. 1617. Replie to a censure written against the two answers to a Jesuites seditious pamphlet.	1582 (1582)	STC 19401; ESTC S114152	168,574	222

in their recordes called the Rouge with the true causes of the same the yere of our Lorde a thousand fyue hundred thertie seuen the two and twentith of April being Easter monday Of whiche sentence Caluin vnderstanding by frendes of his where he lay secret in the towne chaunged his apparell and fledde pryuilye the same daye from Geneua to Strawsburge And this is extant vnder the publique recordes of the citie as I haue sayed though Beza hath not bene a shamed to publish the contrarie But in processe of tyme by infinite practyzes that the vsed and by the earnest sute of some noble men bothe duche and frenshe whome he had made Caluinists he was recalled to Geneua againe And thē layeing a surer plott than before by bringing in many straungers into Geneua he made his partie so strong as he became as absolute lorde of the towne while he lyued cutting of all his enemies by deuises sleights as Castellio Caroly Bernardin Ochin and Peter Morand Ministers whome he caused to be banished as also diuerse of the nobilitie and among them Perrinus chefe gouernour of the citie with Petrus VVandalus the Balthasars and others whome he made to flye for safegarde of their lyues for that he by forged letters infinite other inuentions had brought them in suspitiō of betrayeing the citie first to the king of fraunce then to the duke of Alvay gouuernour of Millan But the noble men goeing to Berna cleared them selues before the Councell there and by good happe got the Italian which suborned by Caluin had accused them of treasō in Geneua affirming that he was sēt as a spie frō the Duke of Alvay to vewe the citie to treate with those noble men for the takyng therof and hauing affirmed thus muche he was sent awaye pryuilie into Italie againe disguised in apparell and his rewarde payde hym in his purse VVhereof these noble men hauing intelligence by their secret frendes of Geneua caused the way to be layd for hym and by gods prouidence ●ooke hym at Vienna in Dolphine and caused hym to be brought back to Berna where he plainlie trulie cōfessed all the matter to be forged and by whome he was induced and by what rewarde to doe yt VVherevpon the Lordes of Berna gaue furthe a publique testimonie vnder their common notaries hand of the whole matter and of the innocencie of these men But yet Caluins faction of straungers was so strong in Geneua as they could neuer be restored during his life Diuerse suche examples are shewed of the tyrannie and crueltie of Iohn Caluin against those that any waye offended hym As against Montouset a Lutheran Almner to the Queene of Nauarra Caluines cheefe benefactrix whome he made to flye Geneua for speaking a woord or two against his partiall distribution of the Queens almes sent in great quantitie to the poore protestāts of that Citie for the moste parte imbezeled and deuoured by Caluine hym selfe as this man avowched Also against one Peter Ameau whome he made to walke throroughe the citie naked in his shirt with a torche in his hand and to aske hym openlie forgiuenesse for that he had spoken at a supper certaine woordes in his dishonour sayeing that he dyd not see why Caluin should be so muche estemed in Geneua as he was and preferred before all other that euer wrote Also against Seruetus otherwise called Michaell villanouanus doctor of phisik in Vienna of dolphinie an heretique but yet enuious of Caluins glorie vvherevpon he wrote from vienna to Geneua thirtie epistles directed to Caluin together with a litle booke in written hand the yere of our Lorde 1546 wherein he had gathered together certaine faultes escaped Caluin in his institutions VVhiche thing Caluin tooke so greuouslie as presētlie he beganne to purpose his deathe as hym selfe openeth in a secret letter to his deare fre●de Petrus viretus minister of Lausanna And therevpon beganne to accuse hym of heresie bnt yet dissēbling his intention allured hym to come to Geneua as he there confesseth But Seruetus not trusting his woordes kept hym selfe thence vntill the yere of our Lord 1553 at what tyme meanyng to goe into Italie he thought to passe secretlie throrough Geneua to staye there but one night which was Saturday But yet being wearie and knoweing the lawes of Geneua to be that no passingers may be molested for three dayes resolued to stay there Sonday VVhereof Caluin by chaunce hauing secret intelligence presentlie sent his man Nicholas to arrest hym the next daye he sent his brother Anthonie Cauuin to enter an action of deathe against hym which action Iohn Caluin folowed bothe by hym selfe and by his frendes so vehementlye as within few dayes after he caused Seruetus to be burnt alyue in the marquet place with a soft fyar for his greater torment VVhereat many protestants were offended and greuouslie skandallized for that Caluin had set furthe a booke a litle before to proue that no heretique ought to be put to deathe for his religion Now for other behauiour of Caluin as for his intolerable ambition and pryde there are many examples geuen as that to make hym selfe famouse he deuised diuerse letters and other woorkes in prayse of hym selfe and published them vnder the name of one Galasius others and sending them to PETRVS VIRETVS minister of Lausanna to be spread abrode by hym he being well acquainted with Caluins style espied the deuise and was greatly offended therwith and wrote to Caluin that he wolde discredit hym selfe by suche doeings But Caluin answered that it was expedient it should be so done for-the credit of theyre cause and that he meant to vvrite shortlie as muche in the commendation of VIRETVS hym selfe and FARELVS also VVherwith VIRETVS was pacifyed These letters with one and fowertie more were found in the studdie of viretus after his runnyng away from Lausanna and shewed to the Lords of Berna who coulde neuer abyde Caluin after warde for this manifest declaration of his vainglorie and pryde The same Caluin after he had brokē downe the images rased the pictures of Christ and all Saints in Geneua he caused his owne picture to be drawne and set vp in diuerse places of the citie and vsed also to gyue litle pictures and images of hym selfe to gentlewomen and gentlemen to carrie about their necks And when one tolde hym that some thought muche of this he answered he that can not abyde yt let hym brust for enuye An other example of his intolerable pryde vain-glorie is this that foloweth One called Brulle of the towne of Ostune being made a protestant came with his wyfe to dwell at Geneua and for that he was but poore he procured many letters in his commendation to Caluin for his releefe of the common purse which he obtained And being therby made a fast frende vnto hym and verie familiar Caluin on a time bracke with hym and his wyfe in a

at one tyme where Luthers woordes are these Con●igi● me semel sub mediam noctem subitò expergesieri Ibi Sathan m●cū coepit eiusmodi disputationem Audi inquit Luthere doctor perdocte ce It happened that once I awaked about mydnight sayth Luther and then Sathan began this disputation with me Harken sayeth he right learned doctor Luther And then the deuyll layeth downe fyue long argumentes against the masse adding in the ende Age prome vbi scriptum est vbi iussit aut praecepit hoc deus Goe to now shew me where is the Masse writen in scripture where hathe God commaunded yt After this Luther putteth hys owne answers to the deuyll and the deuilles replies to whiche in processe his being not able to answer finallie yeelded to banishe the masse vpon the deuils appointement And this was the honorable beginning of Luthers conuersion and of all protestancie by the expresse woordes and confession of the first beginner hym selfe But heere william Charke hathe a shyft for this fowle matter sayeing that this conference of Luther vvith the deuyll vvas no other than suche a temptation or conflict as Christ and Saint Paul had vvith Sathan that is it vvas no bodilie conference but a spirituall fight in mynde sayeth this minister O fond and blasphemous euasion Suppose it had bene onelie a spirituall temptation in mynde suche as the conflictes of Christ and S. Paul were yet the cōparison is impious for nether Christ nor S. Paul dyd euer yeelde to the persuasions of the deuill as Martin Luther dyd in banishing the masse And this is the difference betwene euill and good men in this lyfe that bothe beinge assaulted with persuasions from the deuill the one yeeldeth to them and the other resistethe Secōdlie it is euidēt that this cōferēce of Martin Luther was more than spirituall as appeareth by the deuilles preface wherein he calleth the fryar right learned doctor according to the veine of pryde wherwith he saw hym puffed vpp and therby redye to receyue his impressions The same appeareth also by the sound of Sathans voyce described in the place alleaged in the Cēsure but especiallie for that in this place Luther confesseth some of his felowes to haue bene slayne by this conferēce For these are his woordes Et ego plane persisasus sum Emserum Oecolampadium similes ●iis actions horribilibus quassationibus subitò extinctos esse And I am plainlie persuaded that Emserus and Oecolampadius and the like were killed sodainlie with these terrible blowes and shakinges of the deuill Finallie the bushell of salt whiche Luther confessethe hym selfe to haue eaten together with this deuill proueth that he had bodilie conference with hym And that this Sathan was become now verie gentle and familiar to Luther albeit he was churlish and kylled other hys companions Towching M. Luthers dronken deathe from his deceitfull deuell as is coniectured M. Charke thinketh it lacke of discretion in me to publishe the same from so insufficient witnesses as he callethe them the cōntrarie being writen by men more indifferent as he sayeth And in the margent in counterpease of all my wittnesses he quotethe onelie Iohn Sleidan a lutheran and the protestants historiographer But what reason is there whie one Sleydan should be preferred before so many learned men and reuerend byshops that haue auowed the matter whoe lyued in Luthers time and many of them were Germanes and dyd know bothe his lyfe and his deathe especiallie seynge of all the historiographers that euer toke penne in hād Iohn Sleydan is the moste infamous for lyeing as may appeare in particular by Fontanus and Pontanus that haue discouered the same as also by Gaspar Genepaeus whoe hath done the same most substantiallie and of purpose And more than all the rest Bartholomeus latomus a singular learned man hathe set furth a book of the Eleuen thovvsand lyes of Iohn Sleidan And Gropperus one of the rarest men that euer oure age had commonlye calleth Iohn Sleidans storie das lugen buck that is the book of lyes The fame thereof cōming at a time to the eares of Charles the Emperour whiche had best cause to know how matters passed being cheefe agent therin hym selfe caused diuerse partes thereof to be redde ī his hearing and in the presence of his captains whoe hearing so infinite vntruethes reported could not contayne but often wolde interrupt the reader sayeing there the knave lieth And a litle after againe there the knave lyeth And so finalie reiecting the booke he commaunded one Gulielmus Mule●aeus a moste eloquent man to refute the same So that Sleidan alone is not sufficient to ouer-beare so many witnesses in this case wherein he was moste partiall that is touching Luther he beinge luthers scholar and writing purposelie bothe at his appointement and in his commendation But yet because you shall not want a sounde testimonie also in this matter I will alleage you IVSTVS IONAS Luthers deare freend and cooke as partiall towards hym as Sleydan hym selfe but onelie that being at his deathe and writinge a booke of the same by the prouidence of God he vttered this point among other For thus Pontacus writeth Martinus Lutherus quem tertium Eliam quidam ausi sunt vocare cum bene potus H●laris in lecto cubuisset manè repertus est mortuus Iustus Ionas eius coquus libro de eius vita obitu refert cum Paulo ante mortem sibi Caelio aliis qui tunc aderant dixisse Orate deū pro domino deo nostro eius euāgelio That is Martine Luther whome some dare call the thyrd Elias goeing to bed well typpled merye was found dead the next morning being the first day of Marche the yere of our Lorde 1544 and the 63. yere of his age Iustus Ionas his cooke affirmeth in a booke written of his lyfe death that he sayd to hym a litle before his deathe and to Celius and others that were present do you pray to God for our lord and God and for his gospell Heere now by Iustus Ionas his reporte Luther praied for Christ at his deathe which ether you must a-scribe to dronkennes or to s●me worse affection he being in his perfect wittes as the author affirmeth And this shalbe sufficient touching the deathe of doctor Martine Luther And now we come to Luthers disse●tion with his owne broode as the Censure sayeth that is to his deadlie warre with his owne folowers and to the discorde betwene Lutheranes Zuinglians which our English protestāts doe beare men in hand to be all one in faith and of one churche and M. Charke heere in this place with the same foreheade as in other matters affirmeth moste confidentlie that they had alvvayes a singular care of vnitie in the gospell And citeth for proofe thereof an acte of cōcorde agreed vpon at Marpurge Anno 1529. But this is intolerable impudencie For Brentius hym selfe

horrible disease of lyfe and wormes whiche dyd eate his whole body ouer the moste lothesome vlcer in his fundamēt and priuie members which dyd stynck so outragiouslie as no man might abyde to be neare hym And this they doe testifye whiche were about hym euen vnto the last breathe in his bodye And they add sayeth our author and doe confirme yt by diuerse witnesses that he dyed swearing and cursing and namyng the deuylls through desperatiō of his extreme paynes● and moste pityfully bewayling the tyme that ●uer he had studyed or writtē booke And all this hathe this author published with muche more touching the lyfe and deathe of Iohn Caluin The same author hathe set furth this present yere 1582. an other historie of the lyfe and māners of Theodore Beza successour of Caluin in his chayre of Geneua and hathe dedicated the same booke to the honorable Magistrates counsailers and other gouuernours of the sayd citie of Geneua for that they can best tell whether most of the reportes be true or no or at leastwyse may learne the same as moste of all it behooueth them And he sayeth that he hathe done it in the time of Beza yet lyuing to the ende he may refute it yf any thing be sayd amysse First therfore to lett passe other insinite things he sheweth how Beza was borne at vezels in fraunce whose father was lyeuetenant for the king in that citie and when he came to dye seyng the moste wicked disposition of his sonne gaue to hym his curse and vnder the hand of a publique notarie and in presence of many witnesses dyd disinherit hym and disclame hym for his sonne Yet had he brought hym vp in studye of learning bothe at Paris and Orleans had procured hym to be made prior of Lōgiumey But he sawe that he turned all to wickednesse without hope of amendement And albeit he abounded in all kynde of vice Yet the excesse of carnall synnes dyd passe all other in hym wherwith he dyd not onely offend God hym selfe but infected also all other whose company he vsed This appeareth beside other testimonyes by an infamouse Epigrame reade in comparison of the two sinnes of adulterie and Sodomie and betwene a boye which he abused and a mans wyfe of Paris that he kept in dishonestie the boye he calleth AVDEBERTVS the harlot CANDIDA though her true name were Claudia The Epigram begynneth thus Abest Candida Beza quid moraris Audebertus abest quid hic moraris And then he goeth on examinyng which sinne he may loue best in the ende preferreth the horrible sinne of Sodomie with his boye before the pleasure of his harlot Cādida And he dyd not onelie make these fylthie verses but also dyd put thē in print the yere 1548 vnder his owne name and Robert Stephanus of Paris dyd prynte them VVhereat the Councell of Paris was so much offended that an arrest was graunted furthe to apprehend Beza VVhich he vnderstanding of fyrst of all solde his Priorie for redye money in hand and then presentlie before the matter was knowen dyd lett out the same to other fermers for fyue yeres taking also money before hand VVhen he had done this he stole awaye and came secretlie from vezels to Paris there agreed with Cādida which was a Taylers wyfe dwelling in Calēder streete she stealing what she coulde from her husbād ranne with hym to Geneua where they were receyued by Caluin and much made of and Beza soone after placed by hym as cheefe minister and publique reader of diuinitie in Lausanna VVhen this was knowen the parties to whome Beza had solde and leased his priory fell together by the eares who shoulde haue it and muche money was spent about the sute in the court of Paris The poore Tailer whoe had lost his wyfe and some goodes besides coulde not tell which waye to looke nor where to complaine Afterward in the yere 1561 when the kyng of Fraunce had graunted a free disputation to the protestants at Poysie and safe conduct to all them that wolde come whereat Beza was also as one bothe the foresayd Tayler the buyars of his benefice came thither to meete with their Marchant But by reason of the kinges safe conduct the poore Tayler hauinge no freendes was prohibited to ps●cute the matter against Beza so that he was fayne to lett goe his wyfe Beza keepeth her for his wife at this daye But the fermers making more freendes thē the tayler could got a hundred crounes delyuered them by the handes of one MATHEVV LAVNOY a minister one of their cheefest disputers at that tyme but sence returned to the Catholique faithe hath opened their dealinges in many bookes Monsieur Beza beyng now in credit in Geneua and reader of diuinitie in Lausanna folowed his olde manners still in seekinge newe and freshe baytes notwithstanding the presence of Candida for hauyng begotten his seruant with childe whiche was yong and fayre called Claudia fearing leste the matter should come to the magistrates ●ares feigned bothe hym selfe and the mayde to be sicke of the plague whereby none should dare to come vnto them and so obtayned of PETRVS VIRE●VS minister also of lausanna that they might bothe be placed in two chambers of his in an vtter gardyne which was graunted And then he caused a poore yong man that was a barboure to come vnto hym and persuaded hym to take a grosse quantitie of bloode from Claudia the mayde and moreouer to gyue her a strong purgation whiche he dyd and therevpon she was soone after delyuered of her childe deade whiche they buryed in that gardyne as the same barbour afterward confessed and the authour hearde it from his owne mouthe But in this meane space whilest those things were in doeinge Beza to couer matters and to deceyue the people the more made certayne spiritual songs of the great paynes whiche he suffered by vehemencie of the plague and sent them to be printed at Geneua where as in deede he was not syck at all After this trouble of Child byrth vvas past Beza with his maister Caluin as long as he lyued and after his death he alone imployed hym selfe to all kynde of wickednesse not onelie at home but also abrode And first the conspiracie for taking the yong king of Frāce at Amboise was contriued from Geneua and one Villemongis a noble man fledde from digieon in France a litle before for counterfaiting the kings brode seale was sent from Geneua as cheefe in this matter And after that infinite treasōs appeared from Geneua as for the taking of Lions Orleās Poytiers and other Cities whiche all or the moste part came from Beza his heade as diuerse parties executed haue confessed Also sone after he deuised the death of the noble Duke of Guise and committed the execution thereof to one Pultrot whoe dyd it in deede at the onelie motion and persuasion of Beza as he openlie protested at his