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thou_o receive_v i_o thy_o poor_a servant_n into_o thy_o grace_n and_o favour_n and_o pardon_v the_o sin_n of_o my_o persecutor_n to_o one_o that_o stand_v by_o he_o say_v brother_n fight_v the_o good_a fight_n of_o faith_n with_o i_o and_o pray_v for_o i_o so_o long_o as_o you_o see_v life_n to_o be_v in_o i_o and_o while_o he_o be_v yet_o speak_v the_o tormentor_n strangle_v he_o the_o dead_a body_n be_v a_o little_a scorch_a with_o the_o fire_n be_v take_v thence_o and_o hang_v on_o a_o gibbet_n by_o pamelle_n whence_o he_o be_v take_v down_o in_o the_o night_n and_o bury_v ¶_o john_n de_fw-fr boschane_n drown_v in_o a_o tub_n in_o prison_n the_o twenty_o eight_o day_n of_o february_n in_o the_o city_n of_o antwerp_n anno_fw-la 1561._o the_o evening_n before_o he_o suffer_v many_o of_o the_o faithful_a expect_v what_o shall_v be_v do_v unto_o he_o but_o the_o magistrate_n of_o the_o town_n fear_v a_o uproar_n know_v that_o he_o be_v a_o man_n free_a of_o speech_n and_o belove_v of_o 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john_n the_o baptist_n be_v in_o the_o night_n this_o holy_a servant_n of_o christ_n have_v valiant_o stand_v to_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v soon_o after_o condemn_v to_o die_v now_o fear_v lest_o any_o tumult_n or_o sedition_n shall_v be_v raise_v in_o the_o city_n of_o antwerp_n he_o be_v behead_v in_o the_o prison_n about_o one_o or_o two_o of_o the_o clock_n in_o the_o night_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o confusion_n of_o his_o adversary_n anno_fw-la 1561._o ¶_o simon_n harme_n martyr_n who_o have_v sentence_n of_o death_n pronounce_v two_o several_a time_n upon_o he_o in_o the_o city_n of_o lisle_n in_o flanders_n this_o simon_n be_v accuse_v to_o have_v utter_v some_o speech_n long_o since_o against_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n witness_n be_v produce_v against_o he_o in_o the_o town-house_n the_o magistrate_n condemn_v he_o to_o be_v behead_v now_o according_a to_o their_o custom_n in_o that_o place_n his_o hat_n be_v take_v from_o he_o after_o sentence_n pronounce_v he_o be_v return_v back_o again_o to_o prison_n expect_v the_o hour_n of_o his_o execution_n then_o be_v send_v unto_o he_o certain_a friar_n to_o confess_v or_o rather_o to_o vex_v and_o torment_v he_o but_o this_o godly_a man_n be_v thorough_o fence_v with_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n make_v they_o know_v to_o their_o shame_n that_o they_o be_v great_o mistake_v for_o the_o friar_n return_v back_o to_o those_o who_o have_v employ_v they_o in_o this_o business_n report_v that_o this_o simon_n be_v a_o most_o notorious_a heretic_n which_o the_o magistrate_n of_o the_o city_n hear_v cause_v he_o by_o and_o by_o to_o be_v call_v he_o the_o martyr_n have_v his_o hat_n send_v he_o which_o be_v take_v from_o he_o to_o judgement_n send_v he_o his_o hat_n again_o which_o they_o take_v from_o he_o in_o token_n that_o they_o have_v revoke_v the_o sentence_n first_o pronounce_v to_o enter_v a_o new_a process_n against_o he_o 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wherein_o to_o preach_v the_o word_n public_o in_o regard_n of_o concourse_n of_o people_n resort_v thither_o it_o happen_v that_o the_o forename_a john_n martin_n boast_v every_o where_n that_o he_o will_v cut_v off_o the_o minister_n nose_n of_o angrongne_n be_v soon_o after_o set_v upon_o by_o a_o mad_a wolf_n who_o do_v indeed_o eat_v his_o nose_n from_o his_o face_n god_n a_o remarkable_a judgement_n of_o god_n die_v mad_a thereof_o himself_o and_o yet_o it_o be_v never_o observe_v that_o this_o wolf_n have_v ever_o hurt_v any_o before_o which_o terrible_a judgement_n be_v so_o manifest_a that_o it_o be_v noise_v among_o all_o the_o neighbour_n village_n thereabouts_o an._n 1561._o ¶_o
the_o lord_n but_o the_o one_o to_o saint_n walburgne_n call_v the_o church_n of_o andenard_n and_o the_o other_o to_o their_o lady_n which_o be_v within_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o pamelle_n john_n tuscaen_fw-la direct_v his_o course_n towards_o this_o church_n to_o perform_v that_o which_o long_o before_o he_o have_v in_o his_o own_o thought_n project_v be_v come_v into_o the_o choir_n of_o the_o church_n in_o pamelle_n behold_v there_o a_o multitude_n of_o people_n utter_o estrange_v from_o the_o true_a worship_n of_o god_n ready_a to_o fall_v down_o and_o prostitute_v themselves_o before_o a_o breaden_a cake_n forthwith_o not_o cast_v what_o shall_v be_v the_o issue_n be_v urge_v thereto_o through_o a_o zeal_n of_o god_n glory_n draw_v towards_o the_o priest_n while_o he_o be_v elevate_a and_o show_v the_o people_n that_o which_o they_o call_v the_o host_n and_o with_o great_a vehemency_n snatch_v it_o out_o of_o his_o hand_n cast_v it_o to_o the_o ground_n and_o 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