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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19567	The copy of certain lettres sent to the Quene, and also to doctour Martin and doctour Storye, by the most reuerende father in God, Thomas Cranmer Archebishop of Cantorburye from prison in Oxeforde: who (after long and most greuous strayt emprisoning and cruell handlyng) most constauntly and willingly suffred martirdome ther, for the true testimonie of Christ, in Marche. 1556	Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556.; Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558.; Martin, Thomas, d. 1584.; Story, John, 1510?-1571.	1556 (1556)	STC 5999; ESTC S116426	13,460	34

The copy of certain lettres sent to the Quene and also to doctour Martin and doctour Storye by the most Reuerende father in God Thomas Cranmer Archebishop of Cantorburye from prison in Oxeforde who after long and most greuous strayt emprisoning and cruell handlyng most constauntly and willingly suffred Martirdome ther for the true testimonie of Christ in Marche ▪ 1556. Psal 119. I spake of thy testimonies O Lorde euen before Kinges and was not confounded To the reader THe Lorde of lyght lyghten thyne eyes to se the thyng that is right geue the an hearte to obeye the same Amen Thou mayest good reader besydes the open tyrannye as in a glasse playnly see in these lettres that the popishe kingdome is the kingdome of faces that is the myghtye Antichrist that Daniel wryteth of yf thou consydre only what face of iustice in most open iniustice it maketh towarde the most mylde Moses Thomas Crāmer that most worthy Archebishop of Cantorbury He cyteth him to appeare to make answere at Rome geuing hym .lxxx. dayes respite for his appearaunce there Is this any thing but a face of iustice as thoughe the court of Rome wolde condemne no man before he answered for him selfe as bothe lawe and equitie require But the very same instaunt tyme Antichristes holynesse contrary to that visoured iustice sent his commissiō vnto that periured beastly Brockes B. of Gloucestre to degrade and depriue him of his dignitie Which thing he did not only before the .lxxx. dayes were ended but before ther were .iiij. of thē spent Furthermore wher as the sayd most reuerende father was fast deteyned in most greuous and strayt prison so as he coulde not appeare which thing was notorious both in Englande and also in the Romishe court and therfore had a lawfull and most iuste excuse of his absence by al lawes euen popishe and other yet at Rome in the ende of the sayd .lxxx. dayes was that mylde good mā decreed Cont●max that is sturdely frowardly and wilfully absent And in payne of the same his absence cōdemned and in fyne most cruelly and mercyleslye martyred alas for pytie euen by the ministerie of them for whose soules sauegarde he put him selfe to that hasarde and gaue his lyfe Consydre therfore I praye thee howe the shauen hipocrites with their complices haue rolled the Quenes maiestie in wilfull murther by their wynking wyles For what is it but wilfull murther to cause a man to be cyted and yet to detayne him still in fast prison knowing his absence to be his condemnaciō Considre also what manifest periurie and tyrannye they haue wrapped not the Quene alone but with her the hole realme of Englande in For which the indignacion of God is so prouoked that he can not longer forbeare to plage as he hathe begonne alreadye● and wyl no doubt procede onles spedy repentaūce folowe The Lorde vttre their falseh●d and treason AMEN ▪ Tharchebish ▪ of Cantorburies letters to the Quenes highnesse IT maye please your maiestie to perdone my presūpciō y t I dare be so bolde to wryt to your highnesse But very necessitie cōstrayneth me that your maiestie may knowe my mynde rather by myne owne writing than by other mennes reportes So it is y t vpon Saturdaye being the .7 daye of this moneth I was cited to appeare at Rome y e .lxxx. daye after ther to make answer to suche maters as should be obiected against me vpon the behalfe of the king and your most excellent maiestie which maters the Thursday folowing were obiected against me by Doctour Martin and D. Storie your maiesties proctours before the bishop of Gloucestre sittyng in iudgement by Commissiō from Rome But alas it can not but greue the heart of any natural subiecte to be accused of the king and Quene of his owne realme specially before an outward iudge or by autoritie comming frō any person out of this Realme Wher the kīg and Quene as they were subiectes within their owne realme shall complayne and requyre iustice at a straūgers handes against their owne subiecte being allready condemned to deathe by their owne lawes As though the king Quene coulde not doo or haue iustice w tin their owne realmes against their owne subiectes but they must seke it at a straungers handes in a straunge lande The like wherof I thinke was neuer sene I wolde haue wished to haue had some meaner aduersaries and I thinke that deathe shall not greue me muche more than to haue my most dradde and most gracious souerayne Lorde and lady to whom vnder God I doo owe all obedience to be myne accusers in iudgement within their owne realme before any straunger outwarde power But for asmuche as in the tyme of the prince of most famous memorie king Henry the .8 your graces father I was sworne neuer to consent that the bishop of Rome should haue or exercise any autorite or iurisdiciō in this realme of Englāde Therfore least I should alowe his autoritie contrary to myne othe I refused to make answer to the B. of Gloucestre sittyng here in iudgement by y e popes autoritie least I should renne in to periurie An other cause why I refused the Popes autoritie is this that his autororitie as he claymeth it repugneth to the crowne imperiall of this realme and to the lawes of the same which euery true subiecte is boūden to defende Furst so that the pope sayeth that all maner of power aswel temporal as spirituall is geuen furst to him of God And y t y e tēporal al power he geueth vnto emperours kinges to vse it vnder him But so as it be alwayes at his cōmaundemēt becke But contrary to this clayme the emperial crowne and iurisdicion temporal of this realme is taken immediatly from God to be vsed vnder him only and is subiecte vnto non but to God alone Moreouer themperiall lawes and customes of thys realme the king in his Coronacion and all Iustices whā they receaue their offices be sworne and all the hole realme is bounden to defende and mayntene But contrary hereunto the Pope by his autoritie maketh voyde and commaundeth to blotte out of our bokes all lawes and customes being repugnaunt to his lawes And declareth accursed all rulers gouernours all the makers wrytours and executours of suche lawes or customes as it appeareth by many of the popes lawes wherof one or two I shal rehearse In y e decrees Distinct. 10. is written thus Constitutiones contra Canones decreta praesulum Romanorū vel bonos mores nullius sunt momenti That is The constituciones or statutes enacted against the canones and decrees of the bishoppes of Rome or their good customes are of non effecte Also Extra de sententia excommunicationis Nouerit Excommunicamus omnes haereticos vtriusque sexus quocunque nomine censeantur fautores receptatores defensores eorum nec non qui de caetero seruari fecerint statuta aedita consuetudines contra