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A17087	A briefe treatise concerning the burnynge of Bucer and Phagius, at Cambrydge, in the tyme of Quene Mary with theyr restitution in the time of our moste gracious souerayne lady that nowe is. Wherein is expressed the fantasticall and tirannous dealynges ofthe [sic] Romishe Church, togither with the godly and modest regime[n]t of the true Christian Church, most slaunderouslye diffamed in those dayes of heresye. Translated into Englyshe by Arthur Goldyng. Anno. 1562. Read and iudge indifferently accordinge to the rule of Gods worde.; Historia vera: de vita, obitu, sepultura, accusatione haereseos, condemnatione, exhumatione, combustione, honorificaque tandem restitutione beatorum atque doctiss. theologorum, D. Martini Buceri et Pauli Fagii. English. Selections.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1562 (1562)	STC 3966; ESTC S106051	49,264	190

A briefe treatise concerning the burnynge of Bucer and Phagius at Cambrydge in the tyme of Quene Mary with theyr restitution in the time of our moste gracious souerayne Lady that nowe is Wherein is expressed the fantasticall and tirannous dealynges of the Romishe Church togither with the godly and modest regimēt of the true Christian Church most slaunderouslye diffamed in those dayes of heresye Translated into Englyshe by Arthur Goldyng Anno. 1562. ☞ Read and iudge indifferently accordinge to the rule of Gods worde ¶ Imprinted at London in Flete-strete nere to saynct Dunslons Churche by Thomas Marshe IF causeles anye yet do doubt whether the wilye Papistes be the lōg foretold and looked for Antechristes to theyr oft con●uted doctryne let him ioyne the iudgement of theyr dāned dedes And discerne that theyr faith whose iustification they iustly flye by the filthines of theyr frutes Which reason was whilom among them of such force that in stede of disprouing doctrine they curiously searched others innocent liues as blamelesse them selues Not fearing as the abhominable harlotte who vpbrayded her chaste neyghbour with her owne shame most impudently to appeache others of vnhonest life where thē selues are so staynd with al kinde of vncleannes as but for that shamelesse dissemblinge which serueth thē to so many mischieues theyr conscyences would euen in theyr blushyng faces crie y ● contrary to theyr shamelesse wordes Neyther minde I by a fewe to defame them all or by a rascall noumber to stayne the best but euen with historical sincerity to propose the paterne of the perfectst that as the iudgemente is like of thinges alike so much more plainelye mayst thou d●me what the rascal rable be when the best be such So wilye in worldly affaires arguinge their ignoraunce in spirituall So dissēbling in al their dealing cloking not cancelling their crimes So cruell vnder colour of disguised mercye So farced with fables sor fatherlye doctrine Suche deluders euen of the learned vniuersity as though forgetting him whō no mā may deceiue measurīg religion by worldly estimation they had madlye proposed dissembling deceyt the end of theyr lewd profession yf they thē whom the simple sort had vainly in such admiration so deluded our expectacion euen in that time when both theyr wittes learnings chiefelye flourished power wanted not to assist their wordes if thē I say those yelded such rottē frutes of their great conceyued hope alas what is to be loked for eyther of the same yet liuinge crueltye the mightiest bulwarke of theyr doctrine wanting or of the rest whō neither wit nor worthines hath raysed either to so learned iudgement or to so graue report For to ouerpasse the rest againste whō theyr causeles pitied state bids sparelye to speake who worshipped Ormanet any lesse thē a liuīg saint ▪ who estemed him otherwise than the angel that should disclose the secretes lodged in the cardinals brest● whom they knewe to be enspired w t that romishe owlishe doue So hath honor reuerēce long since swerued frō that vprightnes of life whereto Philosophye at the first linked it waxd cōtented to be the mate of power the meede of the monstruous beaste of many heades But shall our good opinion of theym growe wyth theyr iust deserued woe Or shall we conceyue more of thē vnarmed whome the dreadfulst tormentes of fier famine could not proue soūdly learned Or shal we deme that rusty corners yet shroude others that could speake muche more O let vs not be more wittye to proue them eyther learned or godly then them selues are able And thou O Reader as the readyng of this litle treatyse shall often moue the to rue the miserye of the times wherein they were rufull so if prosperity haue not wholye blunted the prickes of vertue in thee they shall styrre the alyke to the consideracion of these ●appy yeares wherein they are not onelye lothed sorowed and mourned but euen hated detested and condemned Wherein so appeares the filthe of those wicked Tirauntes as yet euen after tombe and fyer flouryshe the ashes faine of theyr weake foes Theyr beggery nowe appearyng so beastly by theyr fal as wonted is the death of the deceyuinge detter to descrie his manye deceytes to the greate losse wracke of his creditours If you thinke it deserueth not the name of an historye for that pertiallye perhaps in thy opinion the guiltye are touched consider to whom it was forbidden to write ought vntruly from him was not ●rempted the causes and reasons of thinges disclosed to nippe the euil and prayse the good Unlesse thou wilte forbid him to thinke of eyther parte what it deserueth or what he thinketh to speake The fyrste of the whych as thou canst not forclose me so the other the benefite of the tyme graunteth me In the which to couer my iust affection what impiety wer it Wherfore wishing the fauorably to weygh my frendly meanyng in al poyntes syth what so ener I dyd I was enforced in respecte of common commoditye to do I remyt the to the perusinge of my doynges with such fauorable iudgement as is due to well meaning though it wante expressing CArdinall Poole thre yeares after his returne into Englād hauyng somewhat wythdrawen hys mynd from other affaires of the realme and hauing in all poyntes established the Romishe religion the which a certaine yeares past during the time of king Edward the .vi. was clerely abolished and worne out of custome began to haue an eye to the vniuersitie of Cambrydge the which it selfe inespecially semed to haue nede of reformation out of hande For he thought it should be to no purpose to bestowe his trauaile in purginge the residewe of the bodye if he left that parte still infected with maladies diseases frō whēce al other members should fetche their strength and nourishemēt To performe this charge were chosen Cuthbert Scot not long before consecrated bishoppe of Westchester Nicolas Ormanet an Italian Archepryeste of the people of Bodolon in the dyocesse of Uexon professed in both the lawes Thomas VVatson elected bishop of Lincolne Iohn Christoferson elected byshop of Chychester and Henrye Cole Prouoste of the Colledge of Eton. There was good cause whye the matter was inespecially committed to these persons For as touchinge Ormanet it is well knowen that he was a man of muche estimation wyth Iulius the thyrde at that tyme bishop of Rome whose businesse they dyd sitte vpon in this Commission and that for the same purpose he was appoynted to come into Englande wyth Cardinall Poole bycause that without his knowledge as in whō he put his chyefe trust and confidence the byshop would haue nothynge done that was of any importance or weyght The residewe were sent thither eyther for experience in matters of thuniuersitye or els they seemed of all others most meete to be put in trust with thandlynge of that case because they were taken for moste stoute Champions and earnest defenders of the Romyshe relygion

than paper would serue the turn wel ynough For he sayd a slenderer thing thā that wold last a great deale lenger then those decrees should stande in force Neyther was the man deceyued in his cōiecture For within two yeares after God beholdinge vs wyth mercy called Quene Mary the which princesse the cardinal and the rest of the byshops of England miserablye abused to thutter destruc●iō of Christs church oute of this life the .xvii. daye of Nouember in the yeare of oure Lord. 1558. Unto whom her syster Elizabeth succeding in the kingedome the lyke of whiche princesse a man shal not lightlye finde in perusing the chronicles to haue reygned in manye hundred yeares before raysed sed to life againe the true religion being not onelye sore apalled and commaunded to seeke her a new dwelling place but in maner burnte vp and consumed to ashes The which after the time it ones begā to recouer strength agayne and by litle and litle to lifte vp her head the filthy dregges of y e Romyshe iugling castes began forthwith to melt away Whereupon the Church of God began to be edifyed agayne in England the buylding whereof the Sanaballites and Tobies did not only as then hinder and waste but euen at this day also as Sathā is a most suttle slaūderer worke all the pollicyes they can deuyse that the truthe which is not darke vnlesse men wil be blinded wilfullye should not come abrode and ●e seene in the lyght While the broken and decayed places of this worke were in repayring it came to remembraunce how the ryght reuerend father and sometime our schoolemayster Martin Bucer wyth Paulus Phagius beyng taken with the violent tempest of the former tymes were throwen downe oute of theyr standyng which they had in the wal of this building Whō the moste reuerend fathers in Christ Mathewe Parker nowe archebyshop of Cantorburye and Primate of all Englande which before at his buryall preached honorablye of him and Edmonde Gryndall byshoppe of London who amonge the rest that did him that seruice did helpe to beare hym in his coffin to buriall on h●s shoulders and other both honorable and worshipfull persons among whō was Walter Haddō maister of y e requests to the Queenes highnesse who made a funerall Oration of the death of Bucer beinge him selfe haife dead hauing receyued cōmission of the quenes maiestie to make a reformation of religion in thuniuersitye of Cambridge other partes of the realm decreed that they shold be set in their places againe For y e performāce wherof the foresayd right reuerende fathers adressed their letters to the Uicechauncellor and the Graduates of thuniuersity Andrewe Perne bare still y t offyce who by his good wil could not abide to heare one word spoken as touching the ful restitution of Bucer Phagius when he had persued these letters he poūded the matter to y ● degrees of thuniuersitie whether it pleasen theym that the degrees and titles of honoure taken awaye from Martin Bucer and Paulus Phagius by y e verdit of the whole vniuersitye should by the same be fullye restored againe that al actes done against them their doctrine should be repealed and disanulled The whych demaundes wer openly consented vnto by al the Graduates of thuniuersitye This was about the .xxii. daye of Iuly in the yere of our lord 1560. Albeit that this had bene sufficiente to restore them lawfully againe Neuerthelesse forasmuch as it seemed not ynoughe in consideracion of the dignitye of so worthye men and in satysfaction of the duety of the Uniuersitye ▪ they that were the chiefe doers in this matter called a congregation in S Mary Churche at the last daye of the same moneth sauing one In the whyche place consultacion was had concerninge Bucer and Phagius not with so great furniture and gloriousnesse whiche thinges the truth seketh not gredely for but wyth honest comlinesse to thentent to reconcile mens hartes agayne An oration was made by Acworth the common Oratour of thuniuersity whose wordes I will rehearce in order as he spake them ☞ I am in doubt whether I maye entreate of the prayse and commendacion of so greate a clerke for the celebrating wherof this assemblye and concourse of youres is made this daye or of the vices and calamityes out of the which we be newely deliuered or of them both consydering thone can not be mentioned withoute thother In the whych times ye felt so much anguishe and sorow my right dere brethren that if I should repeat them and bring them to remembraunce agayne I feare me I should not so much worke a iust hatred in vs towards them for thiniuryes receyued in them as renew our olde sorow and heauinesse Againe men must nedes accompt me vnaduised and foolishe in my doinge if I shoulde thynke my selfe able to make him whyche hathe liued before your eyes in prayse and estimation more famous and notable by my Oration which he by his liuing● and conuersacion hath oftētimes polished But the wickednesse of y e times which ende●ored to wipe cleane out of the remēbraunce of men the name y t was so famous renoumed in euery mannes mouth did much profite hī In so much that both in his life time all thing redounded to his cōtinuall renowne inespecially after his decease nothing could be deuised more honourable then w t so solemne furniture and ceremonies to haue gone about to haue hurte y e memoriall of such a worthy man yet could not bringe to passe the thinge that was ●o sore coueted but rather brought that thynge to passe whiche was chiefelye sought to be auoyded For the desire that men haue of the dead hath purchased to many meneuerlasting fame hath not takē awaye immortalitye but rather amplifyed increased the same By meanes wherof it commeth to passe that he y t wil entreat of those thinges that pertayne to the prayse of Bucer after hys death can not choose but speake of the crabbednesse of the times past vpon the whiche ryseth a greate increase and augmentation of his prayse But his ●yfe is so excellently set forth not onlye by the writinges of the learned clerkes Cheke and Carre and by the liuelye voyce of the right famous D. Haddon vttered in this place to the great admiration of all the hearers when his bodye should be layed into his graue to be buried and after hys buryall by the godlye and moste holye preachynges of the ryghte reuerende father in Chryst Tharchbyshop of Caunterbury that nowe is and of D. Readman the which for y e worthinesse and excellency of them oughte to sticke longer in oure myndes vnwrytten then many thynges that are penned put in prynt but also by the great assemble of all the degrees of thuniuersitye the same day in bryngynge him to his graue and the next daye after by thindustrye of euerye man that was endewed with anye knoweledge in the Greeke or Latine tounges of the