vnto vs. The archebisshop consented therunto so ded the other .ij. bishoppes Maistre Goodaker wolde gladly it might haue bene otherwise but he wolde not at that time contende there with them Whan I see none other waye I stepped fourth and sayde If Englande and Irelande be vndre one kinge they are both bounde to y e obedieÌ„ce of one lawe vndre him And as for vs we came hyther as true subiectes of his sworne to obeye that ordinaunce It was but a bisshopprick I sayde that I came thydre to receiue that daye Which I coulde be better contented to treade vnder my fote there than to breake froÌ„ that promise or othe y t I had made I bad them in the ende sett all their hartes at rest for came I ones to the churche of Ossorie I wolde execute nothiÌ„ge for my part there â—â— accordiÌ„ge to y e rules of y e lattre boke With 〈◊〉 lorde chauÌ„cellour right honourably coÌ„mauÌ„â—â—â—â— y e ceremonie to be done after y e boke ThaÌ„ 〈…〉 asseheaded deane a waie more thaÌ„ halfecoÌ„f 〈…〉 Neyther folowed there any tumulte amonge the people but euery man sauinge the prestes was wele contented Than went the archebishop about that obseruacion very vnsauerly and as one not muche exercised in that kinde of doynge specially in the administracion of the lordes holy supper In the ende the lorde chauncellour made to vs and to our frendes a most frendly diner to saue vs froÌ„ excedinge charges which otherwise we had bene at that daye Within .ij. dayes after was I sycke agayn so egerly that no man thought I shulde haue lyued which malladie helde me till after Eastre Yet in the meane tyme I founde a waye to be brought to kylkennie where as I preached euery sondaye holy daye in lent tyll the sondaye after Eastre was fully past neuer felinge any maner of grefe of my syckenesse for the tyme I was in the pulpet Wherat many men and my selfe also greatly merualed Neyther had I for all y e tyme space any minde to call for any teÌ„porall profites which was afterwardes to my no small hynderaunce From that daye of our consecracioÌ„ I traded w t myselfe by all possybylyte to set fourth that doctrine which God charged his churche with euer sens y e beginninge And thought therw t in my minde also y t I had rather that Aethna ded swallowe me vp thaÌ„ to maiÌ„teine those wayes in religion which might corrupte the same For my daily desire is in y e euerlastiÌ„ge schole to beholde the eternall sonne of God both here and after this lyfe And not only to see the fathers prophetes and Apostles theriÌ„ but also for loue of y e doctrine to enioye their blessid feliship herafter And so muche the rather I traded thus with myselfe y t I see than the kinges maiestie y e arhebishopp of Canterbury and the honourable lordes of y e counsell so ferueÌ„tly beÌ„t y e waye as to seke y e peoples helthe in y e same I thought it therupoÌ„ no lesse thaÌ„ my bounde dewtie to shewe my selfe faithfull studiouse diligeÌ„t in y t so chargefull a functioÌ„ My first ê“cedinges in y t doiÌ„ge were these I earnestly exhorted y e people to repeÌ„tauÌ„ce for sinne required theÌ„ to giue credite to y e Gospell of saluacion To acknowledge beleue y t there was but one God him alone w tout any other sincerely to worship To coÌ„fesse one Christe for an oÌ„ly sauer redemer to truste iÌ„ none other maÌ„nis praiers merites nor yet deseruiÌ„ges but in his alone for saluacioÌ„ I treated at large both of y e heauenly politicall state of y e christeÌ„ churche helpars I fouÌ„de none amoÌ„ge my prebeÌ„daries clergie but aduersaries a great noÌ„bre I preached the Gospell of y e knowledge right inuocacion of God I mayntened the politicall ordre by doctrine moued the coÌ„mens alwayes to obeye their magistrates But whaÌ„ I ones sought to distroye the ydolatries dissolue the hypocrites yockes than folowed angers slauÌ„ders coÌ„spiricyes in the ende the slaughter of men Much a do I had with the prestes for y t I had sayd amonge other y t the whyte Goddes of their makiÌ„ge such as they offered to the people to be worshipped were no Goddes but ydoles and that their prayers for the dead procured no redeÌ„pcioÌ„ to the solwes departed Redempcion of sowles beinge only in Christe of Christe by Christe I added y t their office by Christes strayght commauÌ„dement was chifely to preache and instruct the people in the doctryne and wayes of God and not to occupie so muche of the tyme in chauntynge pypynge aÌ„d syngynge Muche were the prestes offeÌ„ded also for y t I had iÌ„ my preachiÌ„ges willed theÌ„ to haue wiues of their owne to leaue the vnshamefast occupienge of other meÌ„nes wyues doughters aÌ„d seruauÌ„tes But heare what aÌ„swere they made me alwayes yea y e most viciouse meÌ„ amoÌ„g theÌ„ What shulde we marrie sayd they for halfe a yeare so loose our liuynges Thinke ye not y t these men were ghostly inspired eyther yet had knowledge of some secrete mischefe wurkiÌ„ge in EnglaÌ„de I for my part haue not a little sens y t time marueled whaÌ„ it hath fallen to my remeÌ„brauÌ„ce Well y e truthe is I coulde neuer yet by any Godly or honest persuasion bringe any of theÌ„ to mariage neither yet cause them whiche were knowne for vnshamfast whorekepers to leaue that fylthye abhomynable occupyenge what though I most earnestly laboured it But sens that tyme I haue consydered by the iugement of the scriptures that the impenytent ydolatour must therwith be also a fylthie adulterer or most detestable sodomite It is his iust plage Rom. 1. We can not stoppe it Lyke wyse the dissemblinge hipocrite in coÌ„temning Gods truthe must nedes folowe errours and lyes in the doctrine of deuyls 1. Timot. 4. to haue in y e ende the greatter confusion Lete him y t is wicked sayth y e Angell to S. Iohan become more wicked and he that is filthie become more filthye that hys damnacion maye be the depar his sorowes extremer Apoca. 22. The lord therfor of his mercie sende discipline w t doctrine into his church For doctrine w tout discipline restraint of vices maketh dissolute hearers And on the other syde discipline without doctrine maketh eyther hipocrites or els desperate doars I haue not written this in disprayse of all y e prestes of KylkeÌ„nye or there about For my hope is y t some of them by thys tyme are fallen to repentaunce though they be not manye An other thinge was there y t muche had dyspleased the prebendaryes and other prestes I had earnestly euer sens my first comminge requyred them to obserue and folowe y e only boke of coÌ„men prayer whych the kynge
bothe dead buried With y t hys grace came to the wyndowe and earnestly behelde me a poore weake creature as though he had had vpon me so symple a subiect aÌ„ earnest regarde or rather a very fatherly care In y e same very iÌ„staunt as I haue bene sens y e tyme credibli iÌ„fourmed hys Grace called vnto hiÌ„ y e lordes of his most honourable couÌ„sell In the same very instaunt as I haue bene sens that time credibly infourmed his grace called vnto him the lordes of his most honourable counsell so manie as were than present willinge them to appoint me to the bishoprick of Ossorie in Irelande Wherunto they all agreably consentinge commaunded the letters of my first callinge therunto by and by to be writteÌ„ and sent me The next daye folowinge which was the xvj daye of August the lettre beinge writteÌ„ by B. Hamptone a clarke of the counsell they very fauourably subscribed to y e same in maner as herafter foloweth ¶ The coppie of y e seyd lettre To our very louinge frende doctour Bale After our hartye coÌ„mendacions For as muche as the kinges maiestie is minded in coÌ„sideratioÌ„ of your learninge wysdome and other vertuouse qualityes to bestowe vpon yow the bishoprick of Ossorie in Irelande presently voyde we haue thought mete both to giue yow knowledge therof and therwithall to lete yow vnderstaÌ„de that his maiestie wolde ye made your repayre hyther to the courte as sone as conueniently ye maye to thende that if ye be enclined to embrace this charge his highnesse maye at your coÌ„minge gyue suche ordre for y e farther procedinge w t yow herin as shalbe coÌ„uenient And thus we bid yow hartely farewell From SouthaÌ„pton the xvj daye of August 1552. Your louinge freÌ„des W. Winchestre I. Bedford H. Suffolke W. NorthaÌ„ptoÌ„ T. Darcy T. Cheine Iohan Gate W. Cecill And to coÌ„clude thus was I called in a maner from deathe to this office without my expectacion or yet knowlege therof And thus haue ye my vocacioÌ„ to the bishoprick of Ossorie in Irelande I passe ouer my earnest refusall therof a moneth after that in the kinges maiesties returne to Winchestre where as I alleged as I than thought my lawfull impedimentes of pouertie age and syckenesse within the bishopes howse there but they were not accepted Than resorted I to the court at London within .vj. wekes after accordinge to the tenure of the forseyd lettre and within vj. dayes had althinges perfourmed perteininge to my election and full confirmacion frely without any maner of charges or expenses wherof I muche marueled On the .xix. daye of decembre I toke my iourneye from Byshops Stoke with my bokes and stuffe towardes Bristowe where as I tarryed xxvj dayes for passage and diuerse times preached in that worshipfull cytie at the instauÌ„t desyre of the cytiezens Vpon the .xxj. daye of Ianuary we entred into y e shippe I my wyfe one seruauÌ„t And beinge but .ij. nyghtes and .ij. dayes vpoÌ„ the sea we arryued most prosperously at Waterforde iÌ„ the coldest time of the yeare so mercifull was the Lorde vnto vs. In beholdynge the face and ordre of that cytie I see many abhomynable ydolatryes maiÌ„teined by y e Epicurysh prestes for their wicked bellies sake The Communion or Supper of the Lorde was there altogyther vsed lyke a popysh masse with the olde apysh toyes of Antichrist in bowynges and beckynges knelinges and knockinges the Lordes deathe after S. Paules doctrine neyther preached nor yet spoken of There wawled they ouer y e dead with prodigyouse howlynges and patterynges as though their sowles had not bene quyeted in Christe and redemed by hys passion but that they must come after and helpe at a pinche with Requiem Eternam to delyuer them out of helle by their sorowfull sorceryes WhaÌ„ I had beholden these heathnysh behauers I seyd vnto a Senatour of that cytie that I wele perceyued that Christe had there no Bishop neyther yet the Kynges Maiestie of Englande any faythful officer of y e mayer iÌ„ sufferiÌ„g so horryble blasphemies The next daye after I rode towardes Dublyne rested y e night folowiÌ„ge in a towne called Knocktouer in y e howse of maister Adam walshe my generall coÌ„missarye for the whole dyocese of Ossorie At supper the parish prest called Syr Philypp was very seruiceable and in familyar talke described vnto me y e howse of the white fryres which suÌ„tyme was in that towne coÌ„cludiÌ„ge in the ende y t the last prior therof called Wyllyam was his naturall father I axed him if y t were in mariage He made me answere No. For that was he sayd against his profession Than counselled I hym that he neuer shulde boast of it more Whie sayth he it is aÌ„ honour in this lande to haue a spirituall man as a byshop aÌ„ Abbot a MoÌ„ke a Fryre or a Prest to father With y t I greatly marueled not so much of his vnshamefast talke as I ded y t adultery forbiddeÌ„ of God of all honest men detested shulde there haue both prayse preferremeÌ„t thiÌ„king iÌ„ processe for my part to refourme it I came at y e last to Dubline wher as I founde my coÌ„panyoÌ„ maistre Hugh Goodaker y e Archebishop of Armach elected mi olde frynde M. Dauid Coper ê‘son of calaÌ„ Much of y e people ded greatly reioyce of our coÌ„miÌ„ge thidre thinkiÌ„ge by our preachiÌ„ges y e popes suê‘stioÌ„s wolde diminish the true ChristeÌ„ religioÌ„ increace Vpon the purificacion daye of our ladye the lorde chancellour of Irelande sir Thomas Cusake our speciall good lorde and earnest ayder in all our procedinges appoynted vs to be inuested or coÌ„secrated as they call it bi George the archebishop of Dublyne Thomas the bisshop of Kyldare Vrbane y e bishop of Duno assisinge him I will not here describe at large the subtyle coÌ„ueyauÌ„ce of that greate Epicure y e archebishop how he went about to diffarre the daye of our consecracion that he might by that meanes haue preuented me in takinge vp the proxyes of my bishoprick to his owne glottonouse vse and in so depriuinge me of more thaÌ„ halfe my lyuynge for that yeare As we were comminge fourth to haue recciued the imposicion of handes accordynge to the ceremonye Thomas Lockwode Blockheade he myght wel be called the deane of the cathedrall churche there desired the lord chauÌ„cellour very instauntly y t he wolde in no wise permyt y e obseruacion to be done after y e boke of consecratinge bishoppes w c was last set fourth in EnglaÌ„de by acte of parlement alleginge y t it wolde be both an occasioÌ„ of tumulte and also that it was not as yet consented to by acte of their parlemeÌ„t in Irelande For whie he muche feared the newe changed ordre of the coÌ„munion therin to hindre his kychin and bellye The lorde chauncellour proponed this matter
y t he shulde treade christe on the hele This excedinge great benefighâ— of the goodnesse of God ought to be remeÌ„bred y t he after y e sinne of our first pareÌ„tes not only receiued this churche to grace but also hath â—uer seÌ„s both preserued defended it But 〈◊〉 great is y t vntowardnesse muche is y t h 〈…〉 nesse of manis harte y t he neglecteth so high a benefight as is also y e patefaction of Christe in y e Gospell by whome we are redemed so remayne vnthankefull for y e same A most swete voyce is it vnto vs froÌ„ y e sonne of God Iesus Christe y t he will not leaue vs as orphanes or faâ—â—erlesse motherlesse childreÌ„ without coÌ„fort but will come vnto vs IoaÌ„ 14. That is Like a geÌ„till mercifull lorde he will coÌ„tinually staÌ„de by his churche assistinge helpinge socouriÌ„ge it alwaiâ—â— I will be w t yow saith he to y e ende of y e worlde Math. 28. Lete this be thy coÌ„fort y u sorowfull churche of EnglaÌ„de staie thy selfe iÌ„ hiÌ„ w c was incarnate lyued wrought taught dyed for thy sinne yea he arose froÌ„ y e deathe ascended to heaueÌ„ for thy iustificacioÌ„ Rom. 4. Cleaue thu fast to him repeÌ„t thy folyes past take heede to thy doiÌ„ges froÌ„ hensfourth Praye fast busily for this frantyck kinde of Deuyls is neuer taken awaye but in prayer fastiÌ„ge Math. 17. So shalt y u be restored pleÌ„teously florish in vertues herafter frutefully to the prayse of one God eternall Which liueth and reigneth worlde without ende Amen FINIS The table of this boke ABel the first electe fol 2. Abel acknowlegeth saluacioÌ„ in Christe by sacrifice .11 Abhominacions aduaunced in Englande .45 Adam constituted a preacher .2 9. Adam called persecuted and deliuered .2 Adultery mainteined in Irelande .18.21.23 Antiquitees of Englande desiered .38 Antony Sellenger knight accused .32 Apostles called persecuted deliuered .3.10 Articles maliciously practised .38.39.41 Augustine complained of Ceremonies .10 Authour fauoured of the kinge .4.16 BAylfye of S. Iuüs .34 Balaam the sothsayer .9 Barnabe Bolgar a maintainer of theues .5.26.27.47 Bishopp of Galwaye .28.31 Bishopp of Rome noysed heade of y e churche .28.31.33 Bishoppes .iij. at inuestinge .18 Boke whie it was written .7 Boke of commen prayer resisted .19.21 Breade wyne worshipped .11.15.20.22.25.27 Bretherne called afflicted and deliuered .7 Britaines beleue afore Christes tyme .12 Britaines subdued by the Saxons .14 Brytish churche first instituted .12 Buggerie a professed virginite .14.27 CAptaine of the shippe taketh 33. excuseth .35 fleeth .36 thretteneth .37 and robbeth .40 Celibatus a cloke of buggerie .14.36.45 Ceremonies of the churche .10 Christe preached in paradyse .2.11 a vniuersall doctour appoynted .2.9 called persecuted and delyuered .2.9 obeyeth an heathen Emperour 29. Churche of Christe what it is .7.48 preserued 48. Churche of y e Britaines instituted .12 Churche of Englande described .11 afflicted .42.43.48 Claudia a Britaine taught of S. Paule .13 Coyne and lyuery tirannouse .46 Commission of the mariners abused .41 Commissioners at Dubline .31 Communion for S. Anne .22 Confirmacion for moneye .28 Consecracion or inuestinge at dublyne .18 Constantine the Emprour .10.13 Contencion about trifles .24.26 Contrarie are we to the papistes .3.45 Cornelius and Iulius Captaines .6 Cornelis a cruell pyrate .37 DAyes hallowed and vnhallowed 29. Dauid Couper person of Calan .18.28 Degrees of men receiuinge Christe .25 DeliuerauÌ„ce of the authour .28.34.35.40.41 Deputie none in Irelande .23.31.33 Discipline in the churche with doctrine .21 Doctours in the primatiue churche .10 Doctours in the British churche .13 Doctours in the Britysh monkerye .13 Doctours of the English monkerie .14 Doctours smellinge out their mischefes .15 Doctrines iÌ„ Britaine afore Christes birthe .12 Doctrine of God commaunded .19 Doctrine in the churche with discipline .21 Dogge brought to be confirmed .28 Douer roade .37 muche doubted .40 Downinges a cruell commocioner .34 Dubline head cytie of Irelande .18.31.33 Duste shaken in witnesse .31 EAre confession a salue for all sores .27 Election vocatioÌ„ of God .9 Epicurish papistes enemies to Christe .7 Epistles .ij. from learned men .38 English Saxons subdue the Britaines .14 English churche described .11 afflicted .42.48 English Antiquitees desiered .38 English shippes robbed .37 Example of Gods chasteninges .42 Examples of vocacion .2 of true nobilite .43 Examples notable for afflicted preachers .44 Exercise of an Irishe bishopp .28 Exequyes for the kinge .30.31 FAlse prophetes are the papistes 21. False rumours of the Irishe men .23 Fathers called persecuted and deliuered .3.9 Fathers in darkenesse faithfull .14.15 Fyshes are howseled of a preste .36 Fryres and sophisters .14 From Hierusalem and not from Rome .12 GEntyles acknowlegynge Christe .11 Gentiles partakers of the promise .11 Gentilman of Cornewale .35 George archebishopp of Dubline wicked .18 slacke .21 an Epycure .18.32 seketh the prymacie 32. Gildas for the Britaines faithe .11.13 God calleth tryeth and deliuereth .7 God now gathereth his churche .15 God mocked of the papistes .45 Good men from hypocrites are knowne .26 Gospell of the wounded man .25 Gossippes at Dubline .32 in procession .15 Grapes and thornes what they are .47.48 Gregorius and Porphirius .45 HElias aÌ„d Baals chaplaines .7 Heretykes in Britaine .13 Hierusalem and not Rome gyueth faythe to Englande .13 Hierusalem of the papistes will falle .44 Hipocrites Idolatours with their plages .21 they dyfferre from good men .26 take awaye the keye of knowlege .43 Holy daye obserued in murther .29 Holmes court a mansion .22.26 Horsegrome of lorde Mountgarret .26 Hugh Goodaker archebishopp of Armach .18 poysened .22 IAmes Ioys a maliciouse Iudas 26.29.47 Iames parish preste of S. Iues .36 Iane Gilforde proclamed Quene .23 Iapheth the father of Europa .12 Idolatour what he is els .21 Idolatours no apte ministers .10 Idolatours hipocrites w t their plages .21.26 Idolatryes of our tyme .11 Idolatryes of Waterforde in Irelande .17 Idolatryes and hypocresies rebuked .21 â–ª Iesus Christe called persecuted deliuered .2.9 Ilandes established in faythe .12 Images of our ladye hereticall .45 Images the laye mennis Calender .45 Impedimentes of the authour .17 Iohan Baptist Hieremy and Paule .3.9 Iohan Euangelist .2 â–ª called .10 exyled .44 Iohan Peter and Paule elected .10 Iohan Zebide bannished .44 Iohan Beuerle a man of God .14 Iohan Bale called afflicted and delyuered .3.4.43 triumpheth in afflictions .4.7 reioyceth in delyueraunce .3.4.41.43 defendeth y e kiÌ„ges boke .19 is sought to be slayne .28.31 receyued at kylkennye .29 temted of prestes .30 he fleeth .31 is taken of pirates .33 accused and examined .34.38 slaundered .38 spoyled of all .40.41 and deliuered .41.43 Ioseph an Hebrue preacheth in Britaine .12 IrelaÌ„d a bishops doughter so brought vp .32 Irish kearnes conspire and rebelle .23.28 Iudgement of popish gouernours .7 Iulius and Cornelius Captaines .6 Iustices are wicked in Irelande .22.30 KEarnes Irishe theues and murtherers .23.28.46.47 KilkeÌ„nie a
those murtherers called Grace gracelesse to helpe y e matter forwarde For he thought by that meanes to haue y e full occupienge of Holmes court yet ones agayne On the thursdaye after which was the last daye of August I beinge absent the clergie of Kylkennie by procurement of that wicked iustice hothe blasphemously resumed agayne the whole papisme or heape of supersticions of the bishop of Rome to the vtter contempte of Christe and his holye wurde of the kinge and counsell of Englande and of all Ecclesiasticall and politike ordre without eyther statute or yet proclamacion They ronge all y e belles in y e cathedrall minstre and parrish churches they flonge vp their cappes to the battlement of the great temple with smylinges and laughinges most dissolutely the iustice himselfe beinge therwith offended They brought fourth their coopes candelstickes holy waterstocke crosse and sensers They mustered fourth in generall procession most gorgiously all the towne ouer with Sancta Maria ora pro nobis y e reest of y e latine Letanie They chattered it they chaunted it with great noyse and deuocion They banketted all y e daie after for y t they were deliuered from the grace of God into a warme sunne For they maye now from thens fourth againe deceiue the people as they ded afore tyme with their Latine mōblīges and make marchaundice of thē 2. Petre. 2. They maye make y e witlesse sort beleue y t they cā make euery daye newe goddes of their lyttle whyte cakes y t they cā fatche their frindes sowles frō flaminge purgatory if nede be w t other great miracles els They maye now without checke haue other mennes wiues in occupiēge or kepe whores in their chambers or els playe the buggery knaues as they haue done alwayes and be at an vttre defiaunce with mariage though it be the institucion of God honourable holye righteouse and perfight I wryte not this without a cause for whie there where some amonge thē w c boasted both of this and muche more to vayne to be tolde And whan they were demaunded how they wolde afore God be discharged They made answere that eare confession was able to burnish them agayne and to make thē so white as snowe though they thus offended neuer se oft And one of them for example was the dronken bishop of Galwaye which besides these vncomly bragges furiosly boasted in the howse of one Martine a faithfull Italiane ād seruaunt to the Earle of Ormonde and in other howses more that y e bishop of Rome was the heade supreme of the christē churche in earthe and shulde so be proclamed in Irelande the seyd Martin as Gods true frinde rebukīge him for it The exercise of this beastly bishop is none other but to gadde frō towne to towne ouer the English part confirminge yonge children for .ij. pens a pece without examinacion of their Christē beleue contrary to the christē ordinaunces of Englande and at night to drinke all at Rob Dauye and Aqua vite like a mā To whome for a 〈…〉 ke now of late a Galoglasse of the lande brought hys dogge wrapped in a shete with .ij. pens about his necke to haue him confirmed amōge neybers children In this he noted this beastly bishop more fitt to confirme dogges thā christen mēnes childrē On the frydaye next folowinge which was the eyt daye of Septembre .v. of my howsholde seruaūtes Rytchard Foster a deacō Rycharde Headley Iohā Cage an Irish horsegrome and a yonge mayde of .xvj. yeares of age wēt out to make haye abought halfe a myle of betwixt .viij. .ix. of the clocbe after they had serued God accordīge to y e daye And as they were come to y e enteraūce of that medowe the cruell murtherers to y e nombre of more than a score leaped out of their lurkynge busshes with sweardes and with dartes ād cowardly flewe thē all vnarmed vnweaponed without mercye This ded they in their wicked furye as it was reported for y t they had watched so lōg afore yea an whole month space they saye and sped not of their purpose concernīge me They fellonously also robbed me of all my horses and of all maistre Coopers horses whiche that tyme soiourned with me for sauegarde of hys lyfe to the nombre of vij dryuynge them afore them In the after none abought .iij. of the clocke the good Suffreu of Kylkennye hauinge knowledge therof resorted to me with an hondred horsemē iij. hondred fotemen ād so with great strengthe brought me that nyght to the towne the yonge men syngynge psalmes and other godly songes all the waye in reioyce of my deliueraunce As we were come to the towne the people in great nōbre stode on both sydes of the waye both within the gates and without with candels lyght in their hādes shoughting out prayses to God for deliuerynge me from the hādes of those murtherers The prestes the next daye to colour their myschefe caused it to be noysed all the contrary ouer that it was by the hande of God that my seruaūtes were slayne for that they had broken they sayde y e great holye daye of our Ladyes natiuite But I wolde fayne knowe what holy dayes those bloudthurstye hypocrites and malyciouse murtherers kepte which had hyred those cruel kearnes to do that myschefe O abhomynable traytours both to God and to all godly ordre Ye here cōmende murther vndre a colour of false religyon to hyde your owne myschefes to the eyes of the people but the eyes of God ye can not deceyue Youre horrible slaughter must now be Gods doinge and yet was it the deuyll that sett ye a wurke Ye prate here of y e obseruaciō of y e holi daye which neuer yet kepte the holy daye as it shulde be kepte For ye neuer yet preached the wurde of God truly neither mynystred the sacramentes ryghtly neyther yet taught the people to honour God purely and to kepe his cōmaundementes inuiolably which are the only kepinges of the holy dayes But on those dayes more than on any other ye pampre them vp in all supersticions false worshippynges and ydolatryes to the vtter defilynge both of y e dayes and of them Ye are much offended y t a good wurke shulde be done on the sabboth daye as were your forefathers y e Pharisees but with whoredome ydolatrye dronkēnesse and slaughter of mē ye are nothinge at all offended but wyckedly ye do mainteine thē as I am able to proue by a thousande of your lewde examples The natiuite of our Ladye was at that daye a feast abrogated by autorite of a Christen Kynge and his whole parlement and yet you saye the holy daye is broken whan it is no holy daye at all but as all other dayes are holye to them only whiche are holy through their true obediēce to Gods most holy
purser My companion Thomas and I takinge our selfes for free passengers desyered to go a lande with them but that might not be he sayde tyll he had bene there afore Yes sayth Thomas I will go a lande if any man go for I haue nothinge to do here Thu shalt not go sayth the Captaine but I will laye y e fast by the fete if thu prate any more With y t one Cornelis stode fourth and sayde We are muche to blame that we haue not dispatched him ere this and throwne him ouer the borde Than doubted I some mischefe in workinge amonge them For one Martin an English pyrate but yet a frenche man borne beinge sumtyme Tompsons maÌ„ and after that Stranguyshes maÌ„ and now one and their vnthriftie noÌ„bre had made them beleue that I was he w c not only had put downe the masse in EnglaÌ„de but also I had caused Doctour Gardiner the bishopp of Winchestre to be kepte so longe in the tower y t also I had poysened whome I loued reuerenced aboue all mortall men the kinge with many other most prodigiouse lyes So went y e Captaine his purser w t all these newes a laÌ„de hauinge also w t theÌ„ my bishoppes seale .ij. Epistles sent me froÌ„ Conradus Gesnerus and Alexander Alesius with commeÌ„dacions from Pellicanus Pomeranus Philippus MelancthoÌ„ Ioachimus Camerarius Mathias Flacius and other learned men desierouse of the English churches Antiquytees and doctrines Which letters I had receyued at Dubline the daye afore I came to the shippe and not yet answered them These Epistles and seale with an other letter sent to me from the counsell of Englande concerninge my first callinge to that pastorall office they had taken out of my male vnknowinge to me For that they had seane the kinges armes in my seale as the maner is of byshoppes seales they layde to my charge the couÌ„terfettinge of the kinges seale vpon the .ij. Epistles heresie and vpon the counsels letter conspiricie against the Quene so wele were they ouerseane in that malice for moneye In Douer amonge all his cuppes this captaine discouered these matters as what a man he had gotteÌ„ in the borders of Irelande suspiciously passinge ouer from thens towardes Scotlande with all the reest And as he had perceiued some of the hearers desierouse of that praie he called a great pece of his tale backe againe and sayde that he had sett vs a laÌ„de at SouthamptoÌ„ and so letten vs go His minde was to haue solde me if any man wolde haue offered him a good somme of moneye After midnyght he returned agayne to the shippe pratinge amonge his cumpany what he had done a lande and how he had almost lost all by his busye talke But he had hearde of me he sayde muche more than he knewe afore and he trusted that I shulde be to him and to all the shippe a ê“fitable prise The next daye in y e morniÌ„ge after his first slepe he arose and w t stought couÌ„tenauÌ„ce boasted y t he wolde strayght to London with his most dauÌ„gerouse carrryage which were we .ij. poore innocent sowles that had done yll to noman sauinge that we coulde not beare with the blasphemies of the papistes against God his Christe Muche to and fro was amonge them about that passage In the ende they all concluded that better it was to tarry still there with y e shippe whyls one or .ij. of them went to the counsell of Englande in massage and came againe than thidre to trauaile with shippe and all To laÌ„de goeth the pursar and an other besides to hyer their horses towardes LondoÌ„ For mouÌ„taines of golde wolde be gotteÌ„ y e wayes they sayde As I behelde this madnesse though I little thaÌ„ cared for my life yet saide I to y e Captaine Maistre Captaine what do yow meane by these strauÌ„ge turmoilinges Thinke ye there is no God Neither yet a reckeninge to be made at y e lattre daye of these mad ê“cedinges The time hath bene sens our first metinge that ye haue taken me for an honest passenger and defended my innocencie against y e cruell pyrate Walter How standeth it with equite than that ye now proclame me so haynouse a traitour I am sure that ye â—nowe now nomore by me than ye ded afore Your allegacions that I had put downe the masse emprisoned Doctour Gardiner poysened the kinge are most false as all the worlde knoweth My seale my other letters are plaine argumentes of my truthe and honest estimacion and might be to your confusion if I chaunced to haue righteouse hearers I praie yow therfor in conscieÌ„ce that ye tell me what euyll ye knowe els by me that ye make here so terrible doynges I can not see sayth the Captaine that ye will be ordered after anye good sort My only misordre was than that my moneye was in my purse and not in his Wherunto I answered w t an hart full of dolour heauinesse to beholde mennis so dampnable practises of mischefe for fylthie lucres sake I am contented maistre Captaine sayd I to be ordered as ye will reasonably haue me What will ye gyue than sayde the Captaine to be deliuered into Flaunders and our purser to be called againe I answered that I wolde gyue as his selfe wolde with reason and conscience require If ye had tolde vs so muche yester night sayde he this matter had bene at a point we by this tyme had bene in ZelaÌ„de Than was all the rable of the shippe bag tag and rag called to the reckeniÌ„ge rushelinge togyther as they had bene the cookes of helle with their great Cerberus an whole hoÌ„dred pounde demaunded for my deliueraunce In the ende it was concluded that no lesse might aswage that Hungrye heate than fiftie pounde at y e least with this Prouiso y t all the moneie which I had in my purse with part of my garmentes also shulde be out of hande deuyded amoÌ„ge them and the Captaine which was .xxj. pounde in the whole I instauntly desiered that it might be receyued in part and payment of the other somme They cred all with one voice Naye we will none of that Than I besought them that I might haue at the least an honest porcion therof for payment of my charges whils I shulde be prouidinge of so great a raunsome as they had layde to me In fine they assented that I shulde haue .vj. crownes of myne owne moneye allowed me for my costes tyll I had fouÌ„de out my frindes Than caused the Captaine a pece of ordinauÌ„ce to be fiered and a gunne to be lete to call backe the purser and his companion In whose returne there was muche to and fro For some wolde nedes to London thinkinge that waye to winne more thaÌ„ to bringe me into Flaunders And of them which wolde into Flaunders some wolde to laÌ„de
ciuile towne in IrelaÌ„de .19.24.27 Kinge Henry y e .viij. assisteth y e Gospell .15 KiÌ„ge Edward y e .6 fauoureth y e authour .4.16 Expelleth papystrye .15 hys deathe .14 hys exequyes .30 they helpe not .31 vndefyled with papistrye .43 Kinge Lucius conuerted of Tymothe .13 Kinge and counsell contempned .18.21.29 Kinges of Britaine no persecuters .13 LAdy Marye proclamed Quene 24.30 Lambe slaine from the beginninge .11 Lambert abrenounceth papistrye .6.41 Latine seruice of Antichriste .45 Lawers and prestes in Irelande .46.47 Learned men saluteth the authour .38 Lecherie of prestes .18.21.27 Leonard an Hollander .34 Lettre of the authours admission .16.38 Letters to be ware of poyseninge .22 Lordes and Captaines cruell .46 Lucius a kinge conuerted of Tymothe .13 MAistres kiÌ„ge was robbed .23 Marryage wyckedly contempned of prestes .21.27.32.45 Martyne a faythfull Neapolytane .28 Martine an English pirate .38 Masse brought in agayne .22.27.30.35 what toyes it hath .30 abolyshed .31 a torde newly paynted .45 Melchisedech and other fathers .9 a father of the Gentyles .12 Mercenaryes loyter and rauish .44 Mihel patrick maistre of theues .23.27.47 Myles Couerdale rayled on .35 Myracles of delyueraunce .28.32.35.40.41 Moneye y e cause of mischefe .34.36.37.38.40 Monkerye amonge the Britaines .13 Monkes amonge the Saxons .14 MouÌ„tgarret maiÌ„teineth murtherers .23.26.46 Murthers done of Irishe men .23.24.28 Murther kepeth holy daye .29 NAtiuite of Christe .29 Natiuite of mary abrogated .29 Nobilite hateth not the truthe .43 Noble meÌ„ taketh not awaye the keye of knowlege .43 how noble meÌ„ become ignoble .44 Noe preached afore y e floude after .9.12 Noyses rumours of mischefe .23.29.41 OBedience to magistrates .20.24.29 Office of a ChristeÌ„ bishopp .2 Office of prestes .20 Office of Christianes .26 Ordre politicall and ecclesiasticall .20.27 Ossorie a bishoprick in Irelande .2.16.42 Othe against papistrie .31 Owners .iiij. of the shippe .40 PApistes yonge lyddernes .3 Papistes haue contrarye reioyces .3.22.24.27.36 Papisme resumed at kilkeÌ„nie .27 Parels escaped of y e authour .5.6.32.35.37.40 Paule boasteth of his vocacion .4 He is elected 10. He reioyceth in persecucyons and delyueraunce 3.4 He infourmeth Claudia and semeth to haue preached in Britaine .13 Paules parels the authours coÌ„ferred .4.5.6 People reioyceth .4.18.28.29 Lamenteth the change in religyon .35 Peoples .iij. in Irelande .46 Persone a monke and inquisitour .41 Peter Iohan and Paule elected .10 Philipp y e Apostle preacheth in Fraunce .12 Philipp y e parish preste of knocktouer .18 Porphirius and S. Gregorie .45 Practise for the masse .23.30 Prayer of Noe for Iapheth .12 Prayer for the dead .17.20.25.30 Preachers of EnglaÌ„de now troubled .42.44 Prestes are persecuters and murtherers .4.5.26.28.29.31 offended with Gods wurde .20 .26 no redemers of sowles .17.20.25.30 will not marrye .20.27 prophecie with the deuyll â–ª .21 disobedyent to the kinge .18.21.27.29 reioyceth in kinge Edwardes deathe .22.27.44 dispute for purgatory .25 peruerteth the scriptures .26 resumeth papistryes .27 defendeth murther .29 kepe holy dayes .29 compared to Sathan .30 ledde by a daunsynge deuyll .31 setteth vp ymages .31 afflicteth the Englysh churche .43 are lecherouse as gotes .43 and saye yea naye to God .44.45 Prestes in procession .ij. disguysed .24 Preste increaceth crysoms .36 howfeleth fishes .36 Preste at masse .30 turneth thryse .30 Primacye of IrelaÌ„de ambicyously sought .32 Pryour of knoctouer W. had children .18 Procession generall of prestes .24.27 Proclamacion for both partyes .31 REcantacyon of the authour loked for .24 RedeÌ„pcioÌ„ is only of Christe not of prestes .20.25.26 Refusall w t .iij. impedimentes .17 Registre of visitacions of Englande .14 Religion now in Englande .44.45 Richarde Routhe a lecherouse Iudas .26.30.47 Robert Shea suffren of kilkennie .5.25.28 Rome called BabyloÌ„ of Christe of Peter .12 Ruffianes in Irelande rebellinge .23.24.28 Rumours and noyses .23.29.41 SAcrament preacheth .ij. thinges 11.25 Saint Iues in Cornewale .34 Samaritane and his offices .25 Samothees and other teachers .12 Sathan alwayes an enemye .28.48 Saxons subdued the Britaines .14 Scriptures ê‘uerted of SathaÌ„ y e papistes .26 Seale of office iudged treason .38.39 Sermons of the authour .21 last sermon .24 Sermons .ij. of the B. of Dublyne .32 Seruauntes .v. were slayne .28.47 Seruaunt to the customer .36 Seruice boke resisted .18.21 Seth Enos and other fathers .11 Syckenesse molesteth the authour .16.19 Sowle of y e kinge not holpen by funeralles .31 Sowles haue not helpe of y e prestes .17.20.25.27 States heauenly politicall .20.27 Suffrages for the kinge .31 SuÌ„me of y e authours doctrine .20.21.24.25 TEachers in Brytayne afore Christe .12 Tempest of the sea .33 Thankes to God for the dead .25 Thomas Cusake lorde chauÌ„cellour of Irelanâ— Thomas Hothe a wicked iustice .22.24.27.30 Thomas lockwode deane of Dubline .18 Thomas a yonge man of Estsexe .32.37 Thornes grapes what they are .47.48 Thre causes of omittinge matters .46 Thre consideracions chaunces .2 Thre peoples of Irelande .46 Thre turnes at masse .30 Thretteninges against the authour .41 Tymothe conuerteth kinge Lucius .13 Tyrauntes hate the verite of God .27.44 Transubstanciacion or God makinge .15 Treason forged to excuse theuerie .34.38 UAriaunce about shaddowes 24. Viciose meÌ„ no fitt ministers .10 Vyllages tirannously oppressed .46 VnthaÌ„kefulnesse to God plaged .36.42.43.49 Vocacion of the Authour iust .4.16 Vocacion and election of God .9 WAlter an Irish pirate betrayeth .6.33 Accuseth .34 is bannished .37 Waterforde an ydolatrouse citye .17.33.34 Weston a lecherouse papist .4.45 interpreteth scripture .45 William priour of knocktouer had childreÌ„ .18 Whoredome boasted of a preste .36 Whoremongers no apte ministers .10 Wyfe of a byshopp prouided for .32 Wyues persuaded to prestes .20 Wounded man restored .25 Writters ij against Coyne and lyuerye .4.6 Zele and studye of the authour .19.29.30.31 FINIS ¶ Correctyons where as faultes hath escaped in the pryntynge Fol. 6. pag. 1. li. 7. at Melita li. 27. drowned pag. ij 14. at the last fol. 8. pag. ij li. 1. domini fol. 9. pag. 1. li. 26. abhominacions pag. ij li. 24. customehowse IteÌ„ homely fol. 10. pag. ij li. 6. Irenaeus fo 13. pag. 1. li. 26. Melanius fol. 15. pag. ij li. ij call togyther li. 26. or a caller fo 16. pag. 1. li. 6. Stoke IteÌ„ do out the .iij. last lines fo 24. pa. ij li. 24. iustice Hothe IteÌ„ li. 26. Our Christe was but one Christe fol. 28. pag. ij li. 3. the clocke fol. 29. pag. ij li. 27. disdayned fol. 33. pag. 1. li. 17. an Irishe pirate fo 40. pag. 1. li. 10. in part of paymeÌ„t fo 45. pag. ij li. 5. ye shall ¶ Imprinted in Rome before the castell of S. Angell at y e signe of S. Peter in Decembre Anno D· 1553. O lorde thu God of truthe I haue hated them y t holde of supersticiouse 〈…〉 nitees my trust hath bene in the. I will be glad and reioyce in thy mercye fâ—â— thu hast considered my trouble hast knowne my sowle in aduersitees Thu hast not shut