d_o 26_o henry_n ramsey_n martyr_n 12_o 1557_o  _fw-fr e_fw-la 27_o thomas_n thyrtle_n martyr_n 12_o 1557_o 4_o f_o 28_o margaret_n hyde_n martyr_n 12_o 1557_o  _fw-fr g_o 29_o agnes_n stanley_n martyr_n 12_o 1557_o  _fw-fr at_fw-fr 30_o william_n nchol_n martyr_n  _fw-fr 1558_o ¶_o may_n have_v 31._o day_n the_o moon_n thirty_o day_n of_o their_o death_n year_n of_o our_o lord_n 11_o b_o 1_o philip_n and_o jacob_n apostle_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr c_o two_o john_n hus_n martyr_n  _fw-fr 1415_o 19_o do_v 3_o hieronymus_n savonarola_n martyr_n 23_o 1499_o 8_o e_fw-la 4_o dominike_n martyr_n 23_o 1499_o  _fw-fr f_o 5_o silvester_n martyr_n 23_o 1499_o 16_o g_o 6_o friar_n roy_n mar._n  _fw-fr 1531_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr rob._n king_n mar_v  _fw-fr 1532_o 5_o a_o 7_o robert_n debnam_n martyr_n  _fw-fr 1532_o  _fw-fr b_o 8_o nicholas_z marsh_n martyr_n  _fw-fr 1532_o 13_o c_o 9_o 〈◊〉_d card-maker_n aliâs_fw-la taylour_n preacher_n martyr_n 31_o 1555_o 2_o do_v 10_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr e_fw-es 11_o john_n warne_n mar_v 31_o 1555_o 10_o f_o 12_o margaret_n ellis_n confessor_n 13_o 1556_o  _fw-fr g_o 13_o hugh_n laâ—erocke_n martyr_n 15_o 1556_o 18_o a_o 14_o john_n apprice_n mar_v 15_o 1556_o 7_o b_o 15_o katherine_z hut_n widow_n martyr_n 16_o 1556_o  _fw-fr c_o 16_o elizab._n thackuell_a martyr_n 16_o 1556_o  _fw-fr 15_o d_o 17_o jone_n horn_n mar_v 16_o 1556_o 4_o e_fw-la 18_o a_o blind_a boy_n and_o another_o with_o he_o mar_v 5_o 1556_o  _fw-fr f_o 19_o thomas_n spycer_n martyr_n 21_o 1556_o 12_o g_o 20_o john_n denny_n mar_v 21_o 1556_o 1_o a_o 21_o william_n poole_n martyr_n 21_o 1556_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr john_n flesh_n confessor_n 30_o 1556_o  _fw-fr b_o 22_o william_n norant_a martyr_n 29_o 1557_o 9_o c_o 23_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr d_o 24_o steven_n gratwike_n martyr_n 29_o 1557_o 17_o e_fw-la 25_o john_n thurstone_n confessor_n  _fw-fr 1557_o 6_o f_o 26_o william_n seaman_n martyr_n 19_o 1558_o  _fw-fr g_o 27_o thomas_n carman_n martyr_n 19_o 558_o 14_o a_o 28_o thomas_n hudson_n martyr_n 19_o 1558_o 3_o b_o 29_o william_n harry_n martyr_n 26_o 1558_o  _fw-fr c_o 30_o rich._n day_n mar_v 26_o 1558_o 11_o do_v 31_o christian_a george_n martyr_n 26_o 1558_o ¶_o june_n have_v 30._o day_n the_o moon_n xxix_o day_n of_o their_o death_n year_n of_o our_o lord_n  _fw-fr e_o 1_o 〈…〉_o martyr_n 1_o 1416_o 19_o f_o two_o anne_n askew_n martyr_n joh._n lassels_n gent._n mar._n nich._n belman_n mar._n  _fw-fr 1546_o 8_o g_o 3_o tho._n hawk_n mar._n tho._n waâ—tes_n mar._n â—â—_o 1555_o 16_o a_o 4_o john_n simplon_n mar._n john_n ardlâ—y_n mar._n nic._n chamberlain_n mar_v 14_o 1555_o 5_o b_o 5_o tho._n hosmond_n mar_v w._n brainford_n mar._n tho._n harland_n mar._n 15_o 1555_o  _fw-fr c_o 6_o john_n osward_n mar._n tho._n read_v mar._n 6_o 1556_o 13_o do_v 7_o tho._n abington_n mar._n tho._n wood_n minist_n mar._n tho._n milles_n mar._n 20_o 1556_o 2_o e_fw-la 8_o wil._n adherall_n minister_n confessor_n 23_o 1556_o 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edm._n allen_n and_o katherine_n his_o wife_n mar_v io._n bradbrige_n mar_v  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 1_o b_o 19_o i._n manning_n mar_v eliz._n a_o blind_a maid_n mar_v tho._n moor_n mar_v 18_o 1557_o  _fw-fr c_o 20_o nich._n white_a mar_v nich._n pardâ—â—e_v mar_v 19_o 1557_o 9_o do_v 21_o i._n fishcocke_n mar_v barbara_n final_a mar_v bradbrige_n with_o mar._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr e_fw-es 22_o bendens_fw-la wife_n and_o wilson_n wife_n mar._n 19_o 1557_o 17_o f_o 23_o rich._n woodman_n mar_v  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr nat._n of_o s._n john_n bap._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 6_o g_o 24_o g._n stephens_n w._n mainard_n alexander_n hosmans_n man_n martyr_n 22_o 1557_o  _fw-fr at_fw-fr 25_o tomasin_n a_o wood_n maid_n margery_z morris_n jam._n 22_o 1557_o 14_o b_o 26_o morris_n son_n dennis_n burges_n asdowns_n wife_n grove_n wife_n martyr_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 3_o c_o 27_o henry_n pond_n mar_v r._n estland_n mar_v 27_o 1558_o  _fw-fr d_o 28_o ro._n southam_n mar_v mat._n ricarby_n mar_v  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr peteâ—_n and_o paul_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 11_o e_fw-la 29_o john_n lloyd_n mar_v 27_o 1558_o  _fw-fr f_o 30_o john_n holiday_n mar_v rog._n holland_n mar_v  _fw-fr  _fw-fr ¶_o july_n have_v 31._o day_n the_o moon_n thirty_o day_n of_o their_o death_n year_n of_o our_o lord_n 19_o g_o 1_n henry_n uoz_n mar._n john_n esch_n mar_v â—_o 1522_o 8_o a_o 2_o 〈…〉_o martyr_n 4_o 1523_o  _fw-fr b_o 3_o andrew_z hewet_n martyr_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 16_o c_o 4_o anthony_n person_n martyr_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 5_o d_o 5_o robert_z testwood_n martyr_n h._n finnemore_n mar_v 18_o 1543_o  _fw-fr e_fw-la 6_o john_n bradford_n preacher_n martyr_n 1_o 1555_o 13_o f_o 7_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr two_o g_o 8_o john_n leafe_n mar_v john_n polley_n mar._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr at_fw-fr 9_o will._n ming_n minister_n mar._n richard_n hooke_n mar._n 2_o 1555_o 10_o b_o 10_o john_n blande_n preacher_n mar._n 12_o 1555_o  _fw-fr c_o 11_o john_n frank_n mar_v humphrey_n middleton_n mar._n 12_o 1555_o 18_o do_v 12_o nich._n shetterden_n martyr_n 12_o 1555_o 7_o e_fw-la 13_o william_n dighel_n martyr_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr f_z 14_o dirike_v carver_n mar_v john_n launder_v mar_v 2_o 1555_o 15_o g_o 15_o thomas_n jueson_n martyr_n 3_o 1555_o 4_o a_o 16_o nich._n hall_n mar._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr b_o 17_o john_n alewoorth_n confessor_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr john_n careless_a confessor_n john_n gwin_n mar_v 1_o 1556_o 12_o c_o 18_o julius_n palmer_n a_o schoolmaster_n and_o askine_n martyr_n â—6_n 1556_o 1_o do_v 19_o katherine_n cauche_n and_o paratiâ—e_v massy_a with_o her_o child_n not_o one_o hour_n old_a and_o guillemine_a gilbert_n mar._n 17_o 1556_o  _fw-fr e_fw-la 20_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 9_o f_z 21_o thomas_n dungate_n mar_v  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr g_o 22_o john_n foreman_n martyr_n 18_o 1556_o 17_o a_o 23_o simon_n miller_n mar._n elizabeth_n cooper_n martyr_n 13_o 1556_o 6_o b_o 24_o mary_n magdalene_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr c_o 25_o richard_n yeoman_n minister_n mar_v 10_o 1558_o 14_o do_v 26_o william_n pike_n mar._n 14_o 1558_o 3_o e_fw-la 27_o james_n apostle_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr f_o 28_o stephen_n cotton_n martyr_n 14_o 1558_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr john_n slade_n mar_v â—4_n 1558_o 11_o g_o 29_o stephen_n wight_n mar._n rob._n milles_n mar_v 14_o 1558_o  _fw-fr at_fw-fr 30_o rob._n dines_n mar_v 14_o 1558_o 19_o b_o 31_o tho._n benbricke_n gentleman_n mar_v 19_o 1558_o ¶_o august_n have_v 31._o day_n the_o moon_n thirty_o day_n of_o their_o death_n 〈…〉_o our_o lord_n 8_o c_o 1_n leonard_n keyfer_n martyr_n 16_o 1527_o 16_o do_v 2_o james_n abbes_n mar_v 2_o 1555_o 5_o e_fw-la 3_o john_n demy_fw-fr gentleman_n mar_v 8_o 1555_o  _fw-fr f_o 4_o john_n newman_n martyr_n â—8_o ibid._n 13_o g_o 5_o patrick_n patingham_n mar_v 28_o ibid._n 2_o a_o 6_o will._n coker_n mar_v 23_o ibid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr wil._n hopper_n mar_v 23_o ibid._n  _fw-fr b_o 7_o henry_n laurence_n martyr_n 23_o ibid._n 10_o c_o 8_o richard_n collier_n martyr_n 23_o ibid._n  _fw-fr d_o 9_o william_n steere_n martyr_n 23_o ibid._n 18_o e_fw-la 10_o richard_n wright_n martyr_n 23_o ibid._n 7_o f_z 11_o elizabeth_z warn_v martyr_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr g_o 12_o george_n tankerfield_n mart_n 26_o ibid._n 15_o a_o 13_o richard_n smith_z martyr_n 8_o ibid._n 4_o b_o 14_o 8_o ibid._n  _fw-fr c_o 15_o stephen_n horwood_n martyr_n 30_o ibid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr thomas_n fusse_fw-fr mar_v 30_o ibid._n 12_o d_o 16_o william_n haile_o martyr_n 31_o ibid._n  _fw-fr e_o 17_o robert_n samuel_n preacher_n mar_v 31_o 1555_o  _fw-fr f_o 18_o joane_n waste_n mar._n  _fw-fr 1556_o 9_o g_o 19_o william_n bongeor_n martyr_n 2_o 1557_o  _fw-fr at_fw-fr 20_o robert_n
paris_n anno_o 1260._o petrus_n joannis_n a_o minorite_n who_o be_v burn_v after_o his_o death_n anno_o 1290._o robertus_fw-la gallas_n a_o dominicke_n friar_n anno_fw-la 1291._o robert_n grosthead_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n which_o be_v call_v malleus_fw-la romanorum_fw-la anno_o 1250._o lord_n peter_n de_fw-fr cugnerijs_fw-la anno_o 1329._o to_o these_o we_o may_v add_v more_o our_o gulielmus_fw-la ockam_n bongratius_fw-la bergomensis_n luitpoldus_n andraeas_n laudensis_n vlricus_fw-la hangenor_n treasurer_n to_o the_o emperor_n joannes_n de_fw-fr ganduno_n anno_o 1330._o mention_v in_o the_o extravagantes_fw-la andraeas_n de_fw-fr castro_n buridianus_fw-la euda_n duke_n of_o burgundy_n who_o counsel_v the_o french_a king_n not_o to_o receive_v the_o new_a find_v constitution_n and_o extravagantes_fw-la of_o the_o pope_n into_o his_o realm_n dante_n be_v alligerius_fw-la a_o italian_a who_o write_v against_o the_o pope_n monk_n and_o friar_n and_o against_o the_o donation_n of_o constantine_n anno_o 1330._o taulerus_n a_o german_a preacher_n doctrinâ—m_fw-la conradus_n hager_n imprison_v for_o preach_v against_o the_o mass_n a_fw-mi 1339._o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n call_v poenitentiarius_fw-la asini_fw-la compile_v about_o the_o year_n 1343._o michael_n cesenas_n a_o gray_a friar_n petrus_n de_fw-fr corbaria_n with_o joannes_n de_fw-fr poliaco_n mention_v in_o the_o extravante_n and_o condemn_v by_o the_o pope_n joannes_n de_fw-fr castilione_n with_o franciscus_n de_fw-fr arcatara_n who_o be_v burn_v about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1322._o herbipoâ—ensis_n joannas_n rochtaylada_o otherwise_o call_v haybalus_fw-la with_o a_o other_o friar_n martyr_v about_o the_o year_n 1346._o franciscus_n petrarcha_n who_o call_v rome_n the_o whore_n of_o babylon_n etc._n etc._n a_o 1350._o tritemio_n georgius_n ariminensis_n a_o 1350_o joannes_n de_fw-fr rupe_n scissa_fw-la imprison_v for_o certain_a prophecy_n against_o the_o pope_n a_o 1340._o gerhardus_fw-la ridder_n who_o also_o write_v against_o monk_n and_o friar_n a_o book_n call_v lacryma_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la a_o 1350._o godfridus_n de_fw-fr fontanis_n gulielmus_fw-la de_fw-fr landuno_n joannes_n monachus_n cardini_n armachanus_fw-la nicholaus_fw-la orem_n preacher_n a_o 1364._o militzius_n a_o bohemian_a which_o then_o preach_v that_o antichrist_n be_v come_v and_o be_v excommunicate_a for_o the_o same_o a_o 1366._o jacobus_n misnensis_n 11._o mathias_n parisiensis_fw-la a_o bohemian_a bear_v and_o a_o writer_n against_o the_o pope_n a_o 1370._o joannes_n mountziger_n rector_n of_o the_o university_n of_o vlme_n illirico_n anno_fw-la 1384._o nilus_n arch._n of_o thessalonica_n henricus_fw-la de_fw-la â—ota_fw-la henricus_fw-la de_fw-fr hassia_n etc._n etc._n i_o do_v but_o recite_v the_o principal_a writer_n and_o preacher_n in_o those_o day_n how_o many_o thousand_o there_o be_v which_o never_o bow_v their_o knee_n to_o baal_n that_o be_v know_v to_o god_n alone_o of_o who_o we_o find_v in_o the_o writing_n of_o one_o masseo_n brushius_fw-la that_o xxxvi_o citizen_n of_o maguntia_n be_v burn_v a_o 1390._o who_o follow_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o waldenses_n affirm_v the_o pope_n to_o be_v the_o great_a antichrist_n also_o massaeus_n record_v of_o one_o hundred_o and_o forty_o which_o in_o the_o province_n of_o narbon_n be_v put_v to_o the_o fire_n for_o not_o receive_v the_o decretalle_n of_o rome_n beside_o they_o that_o suffer_v at_o paris_n to_o the_o number_n of_o twenty-four_o at_o one_o time_n anno_fw-la 1210._o and_o the_o next_o year_n after_o be_v four_o hundred_o burn_v under_o the_o name_n of_o heretic_n beside_o also_o a_o certain_a good_a eremite_n 1._o a_o englishman_n of_o who_o mention_n be_v make_v in_o john_n bacon_n dist._n 2._o quest._n 1._o who_o be_v commit_v for_o dispute_v in_o paul_n church_n against_o certain_a sacrament_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n a_o 1306._o to_o descend_v now_o somewhat_o lower_v in_o draw_v out_o the_o descent_n of_o the_o church_n what_o a_o multitude_n here_o come_v of_o faithful_a witness_n in_o the_o time_n of_o john_n wickleffe_n as_o ocliffe_n wickliff_n a_o 1376._o w._n thorp_n white_a purvey_v patshall_n payne_n gower_n chaucer_n gascoigne_n william_n swinderby_n walter_n brute_n roger_n dexter_n william_n sautry_n about_o the_o year_n 1400._o john_n badby_n a_o 1410._o nicholaus_fw-la tayler_n rich._n wagstaffe_n mich._n scrivener_n william_n smith_n john_n henry_n w._n parchmenar_n roger_n goldsmith_n with_o a_o ancresse_n call_v mathilde_n in_o the_o city_n of_o leicester_n lord_n cobham_n sir_n roger_n acton_n knight_n john_n beverley_n preacher_n john_n husse_n hierome_n of_o prage_n schoolmaster_n with_o a_o number_n of_o faithful_a bohemian_o and_o thaborite_n not_o to_o be_v tell_v with_o who_o i_o may_v also_o adjoine_v laurentius_n valla_n and_o joannes_n picus_n the_o learned_a earl_n of_o mirandula_n but_o what_o do_v i_o stand_v upon_o recital_n of_o 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that_o scarce_o not_o one_o prelate_n be_v find_v that_o have_v not_o covenant_v with_o the_o party_n promote_v for_o the_o half_a yearly_a or_o at_o the_o least_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o say_a benefice_n so_o bestow_v and_o by_o this_o mean_n the_o say_a statute_n be_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o right_n of_o s._n peter_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o england_n the_o clergy_n and_o university_n the_o maintevance_n of_o war_n and_o the_o whole_a common_a wealth_n etc._n etc._n 9_o nine_o we_o say_v and_o depose_v etc._n etc._n against_o the_o say_a lord_n henry_n that_o after_o he_o have_v tyrannous_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o government_n of_o the_o realm_n england_n never_o flourish_v since_o nor_o prosper_v by_o reason_n of_o his_o continual_a exaction_n of_o money_n and_o oppression_n yearly_a of_o the_o clergy_n and_o commonalty_n neither_o be_v it_o know_v how_o this_o money_n so_o extort_a be_v bestow_v when_o as_o neither_o his_o soldier_n nor_o his_o gentleman_n be_v pay_v as_o yet_o their_o wage_n and_o fee_n for_o their_o charge_n and_o wonderful_a toil_n and_o labour_n neither_o yet_o the_o poor_a country_n people_n be_v satisfy_v for_o the_o victual_n take_v of_o they_o perjury_n and_o nevertheless_o the_o miserable_a clergy_n and_o more_o miserable_a commonalty_n be_v force_v still_o to_o pay_v by_o menace_n and_o sharp_a threaten_n notwithstanding_o he_o swear_v when_o he_o first_o usurp_v the_o crown_n that_o hereafter_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o such_o exaction_n nor_o vexation_n neither_o of_o the_o clergy_n nor_o lâ—â—tie_n wherefore_o as_o afore_o we_o pronounce_v he_o perjure_a etc._n etc._n 10._o in_o the_o ten_o and_o last_o article_n we_o depose_v say_v and_o open_o protest_v by_o these_o present_n for_o ourselves_o &_o all_o our_o assistant_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o england_n and_o in_o the_o cause_n of_o king_n richard_n his_o heir_n the_o clergy_n and_o commonalty_n of_o the_o whole_a realm_n 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like_o locust_n king_n henry_n slay_v and_o his_o army_n vanquish_v nine_o sack_n full_a of_o christian_n care_n be_v slay_v
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â—ita_fw-la hen._n 5._o pag._n 2._o b._n lin_v 30._o hall_n in_o the_o story_n of_o the_o l._n cobham_n &_o sir_n roger_n acton_n a_o gree_v not_o with_o other_o story_n untruth_n in_o hall_n note_v hall_n doubtful_a in_o the_o story_n of_o sir_n r._n acton_n etc._n etc._n halle_n no_o witness_n in_o sir_n roger_n acton_n case_n repugnaunce_n note_v in_o the_o witness_n against_a the_o l._n cobham_n &_o sir_n roger_n acton_n acton_n 1._o repugnaunce_n in_o the_o place_n place_n 2._o repugnaunce_n in_o the_o place_n ala._n copus_n pag._n 833._o lin_v 12._o 12._o 3._o repugnaunce_n in_o the_o year_n year_n 4._o repugnaunce_n in_o the_o month_n month_n 5._o repugâ—aunce_v in_o the_o day_n papist_n can_v â—ot_n see_v great_a â—â—ames_v in_o their_o own_o eye_n which_o spy_v small_a mote_n in_o other_o pope_n traitor_n to_o their_o emperor_n &_o prince_n the_o pope_n saint_n and_o confessor_n many_o be_v traitor_n r_o scrâ—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈…〉_o and_o 〈…〉_o holy_a 〈◊〉_d pope_n common_o 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