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A22076	The first examinacyon of Anne Askewe lately martyred in Smythfelde, by the Romysh popes vpholders, with the elucydacyon of Iohan Bale.	Askew, Anne, 1521-1546.; Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1546 (1546)	STC 848; ESTC S100286	39,105	120

chosen yow xij and yet one of yow is a deuyll meanynge Iudas that false vnfayth full prest No lesse sayth Peter 2. Pet. 2. of those lyēge curates by whome the truthe is blasphemed and the people made merchaundyce of in their couetousnesse If the yll frute than be all one with the yll tree in noughtynesse the worke of a deuyll must be deuylysh God sayd vnto the wycked prestes ●sa j. Licr 6. Amos 5. and Mala. 2. that he abhorred their sacryfyces and also hated them euen at the verye hart wyllynge both heauen earthe to marke it Into Iudas entered Sathan after the soppe was geuē hym Io● 13. where as the other Apostles receyued the bodye and bloude of Christ. The table was all one to them both so was the breade which their mouthes receyued The inwarde receyuynges i●an in Peter and in Iudas made all the dyuersyte whych was beleue and vnbeleue or faythe and vnfaythfulnesse as Christ largelye declareth in the vj. of Iohan where as he shewed afore hande the full doctryne of that mystycall supper Onlye he that beleueth hath there the promes of the lyfe euerlastinge and not he that eateth the materyall breade Of God are they taught and not of men whych trulye vnderstande thys doctryne Anne Askewe Fiftly he asked me what I sayd cōcernynge confession I answered hym my meanynge whych was as Saynt Iames sayth that euerye man ought to acknowlege hys fa●tes to other the one to praye for the other Iohan Bale Thys cōfessyon onlye do the scripture appoynt vs Iac. 5. as we haue offended our neyber But yf we haue offēded God we must sorowfullye acknowlege it before hym-And he sayth Saynt Iohan 1. Iohan. 1. hath faythfullye promysed to forgeue vs our synnes yf we so do and to clense vs from all vnryghtousnesse If the lawe of truthe be in the prestes mouthe he ys to be sought vnto for godlye coū sell Mala. 2. But yf he be a blasphemou se hypocryte or superstycyouse fole he ys to be shourned as a most pestilēt poyson Anne Askewe Sixtly he asked me what I sayd to the kynges boke And I answered hym that I coulde saye nothynge to it bycause I neuer sawe it Iohan Bale All craftye wayes possyble fought thys quarellynge qwestm●nger or elsthe deuyll in hym to brynge thys poore innocent lambe to the slaughter place of Antichrist Moche after thys sort sought the wycked Pharysees by sertē of their owne faccyon or hyered satellytes with the Be rodyanes to brynge Christ in daunger of Cesar so to haue hym slayne Mat. 22. Mar. 12. Luce 21. Anne Askewe Seuenthly he asked me if I had the sprete of God in me I answered if I had not I was but a reprobate or cast awaye Iohan Bale ●lecte are we of God sayth Peter through the sanctyfyenge of the sprete j. Petri j. In euerye true Christen beleuer dwelleth the sprete of God Io. 14. Their sowles are the sanctyfyed temples of the holye Ghost 1. Corin. 3. Be that hath not the sprete of Christ sayth Paule is non of Christes Roma 8. To them is the holye Ghost geuē whych heareth the Gospell and beleueth it and not vnto them whych wyll be iustyfyed by their workes Gala. 2. All these worthye scryptures cō firme her saynge Anne Askewe Then he sayd he had sent for a prest to examyne me whych was there at hāde The prest asked me what I sayd to the Sa cramēt of the aul●e requyred mo●he to knowe therin my me a ninge But I desyred hym agay ne to holde me excused concernynge that matter Non other answere wolde I make hym be cause I perceyued hym a papyst Iohan Bale Mockynge prestes sayth Esaye hath rule of the lordes people Whose voyces are in their drūc●nnesse Byd that maye be bydden forbyd that maye be forbyddē kepe backe that maye be kept backe here a lyttle and there a lyttle Esaie xxviii A plage shal come vpon these for why they haue chaunged the ordynaunces and made the euerlastinge testament of nō effect Esa. 24. They witholde sayth S. Paule the veryte of God in vnryghtousnesse Roma 1. They brede cockatryce egges sayth Esaye and we●e the spyders webbe Who so eateth of their egges dyeth But if one treadeth vpon them there cometh vp a serpent Esaie 59. Anne Askewe Eyghtly he asked me if I ded not thynke that pryuate masses ded helpe sowles departed And I sayd it was great Idololatrye to beleue more in thē than in the deathe whych Christ dyed for vs. Iohan Bale Here ryseth the serpent of the cockatry ce egges worckemālye to fulfyll the afo re alleged prophecye If their Masses had bene of Gods creacyon ordynaunce or commaundement or if they had bene in anye poynt necessarye for mannys behoue they had bene regestred in the boke of lyfe whych is the sacred Byble But therin is neither mencyon of Masse pry uate nor publyque seuerall nor commen syngle nor double hygh nor lowe by fore not on horse backe or by note as they call it If they be thynges added by mannys inuencyon as they can be non other not beynge there named thā am I sure that the scriptures call them fylthynesse rust chaffe draffe swylle dronckēnesse fornycacyon mēstrue mannys dyrt adders egges poyson snares the breade of wycked lyes and the cuppe of Gods curse Their orygynall grounde shulde seme to be taken of the Druydes or pagane Prestes whych inhabyted thys realme longe afore Christes incarnacyon and had than practysed sacryfyces publyque and pryuate Loke Cornelius Tacitus Caius Iu lius Plinius Strabo soch other authours That name of pryuacyon added vnto their Masse clerelye depryueth it of Christen communyon where one man eateth vp all dystrybuteth nothynge How soche ware shulde helpe the sow les departed I can not tell But wele I wote that the woūded man betwixt Hie rusalē and Hierico had no helpe of thē Luce 10. The Samarytane whych was rekened but a pagane amōge them was hys onlye cōfort In the most popysh tyme was neuer more horryble blasphemye than thys is Thys wyckednesse impugneth all the promyses of God concernyn ge faythe and remyssyon of synnes It repugneth also to the whole doctryne of the Gospell The applycacyō of Christes sup per auayleth them onlye that be alyue takynge eatynge and drynkynge that ●s therin mynystred Nomore can the prestes receyuynge of that sacrament profyght an other man thā can hys receyuyn ge of Baptysme or of penaunce as they call it If it profyteth not the qwyck how can it profyght the dead No sacrifyce is the Masse nor yet good worke but a blasphemouse prophanacyō of the Lor des holye supper a manyfest wyckednesse an horryble Idololatrye and a fowle abhomynacyon beynge thus a ryte of worshyppynge without the worde yea agaynst the expresse worde of God Anne Askewe Then they had me frō thens vnto my lorde Mayre And he examyned

Blandina put to her sydes So had Anne Askewe the flamynge brā des of fyre Full of God and hys veryte was Blandina So was Anne Askewe to the verye ende Christ wonderfullye tryumphed in Blandina So ded he i● Anne Askewe whan she made no noyse on the racke and so cr●estlye afterwarde reioyced in hym Blandina was geuen fourth to wylde beastes to be deuoured So was Anne Askewe to cruell Bys hoppes prestes whom Christ calleth rauenynge wolues deuourers and theues Math. 7. Ioan. 10. Blandina vpon the scaffolde boldelye reprehended the pagane prestes of their errour So ded Anne Askewe whan she was fast tyed to the stake with stomack rebuke that blasphemouse apostata Shaxtō with the Byshoppes and prestes genera cyon for their manyfest mayntenaunce of ydolatrye Blandina at the stake shewed a vysage vnterryfyed So ded Anne Askewe a countenaunce stowte myghtye and ernest Infatygable was the sprete of Blā dina So was the sprete of Anne Askewe The loue of Iesus Christ the gyft of the holye Ghost and hope of the crow ne of martyrdome greatlye mytygated the paynem Blandina So ded those iii. worthye graces the terrour of all tormentes in Anne Askewe The stronge sprete of Christ gaue stomack to Blandi na both to laugh and daunce The same myghtye sprete not the popes despera te sprete made Anne Askewe both to re ioyce and synge in the preson So bolde was Blandina sayth Eusebius that with a presumpcyō of stomack she cōmo ued with Christ vnseane I suppose Anne Askewes lattre examynacyō wyll shewe her not to do moche lesse Gentyll was Blādina to the ●hristē beleuers terry ble to their aduersaryes So was Anne Askewe verye lowlye to true teachers but scornefull and hygh stomaked to the enemyes of truthe Manye were conuerted by the sufferaunce of Blandina A farre greatter nombre by the burnynge of Anne Askewe Though Blandina we reyonge yet was she called the mother of martyrs Manye men haue supposed Anne Askewe for her Christen constancye to be no lesse Blandina prayed for her persecuters So ded Anne Askewe most feruentlye The ashes of Blandina and of other martyrs were throwne into the flood of Rhodanus What was done with the Ashes of Anne Askewe her companyons I can not yet tell All these former reportes of Blandina and manye more besydes hath Eusebius in Ecclesiastica historia libro 5. cap. 1. 2. 3. Hugo Floriacensis Hermannus Contractus Uincentius Antoninus Petrus Equilinus and other hystoryanes more And as touchynge Anne Askewe these ij examynacyons with her other knowne handelynges in Englande are wytnesses for her suffycyent Thus hath not the fyre taken Anne Askewe all whole from the worlde but left her here vnto it more pure perfyght precyouse than a fore as it wyll also Iohan Lassels within short space So that concernynge her it maye wele be sayd that Paule verefyeth 2. Cor. 12. The strength of God is here made perfyght by weakenesse Whan she semed most feble than was she most strōge And gladlye she reioyced in that weakenesse that Christes power myght strongelye dwell in her Thus choseth the lorde the folysh of thys worlde to confounde the wyse the weake to deface the myghtye Yea thynges despysed thought verye vyle to brynge thynges vnto nought whych the worlde hath in most hyght reputacyō I thynke yf thys martyr were ryght lye conferred with those canonysed mar tyrs whych haue had and yet hath styll sensynges and syngynges massynges ryngyngesi the popes Englysh churche cause with cause and reason with reason as haplye here after they shall she shuld be a great blemysh vnto them An example of stronge sufferaunce myght thys holye martyr be vnto all them that the lorde shall after lyke maner put forewarde in thys horryble furye of An tichrist to the glorye of hys persecuted churche Amen A table compendyouse of thys first boke BArnes and Tyndale pre 3 Beastes eate the prestes God 14 Bedas prophecye pre 2. 8 Beleue in prestes lecherye 36 Blandina with Anne Askewe pre 7. 8. 9 Bokes condēpned brent pre 5. 22. 43 Bokes not yet answered 42 Bokes of Iohan Wycleue pre 6 Bonner a craftye wolfe 18. 29. 42 Bonner playeth the foxe 18. 19. 20. 22 Bonner a false surgeon 24 Boxers of their God 26 Breade in a boxe 26 CAyphas of London 22. 23. 25. 29 Catholick not estemed 38. 39 Chauncellour of London 10. 16. 30 Christes dyuynyte 9 Christiudged an heretyke 25 Comparyson of Blandina pre 7. 8. 9 Counsels for recantynge pre 7 Crome and Shaxton pre 7 DElayes of delyueraunce 40 Doctryne of the supper 4 Dogges Rhetoryck 32 Dronkennesse of prestes 14 Druydes are pagane prestes 7. 30 EAtynge dyuerse 4 Englysh women lerned 11 Englande all for the pope 30 Eua an Ankorasse 26 Examynacyons written pre 5. 6 FAyth of the fathers pre 3 Fayth of the pope 36 Feast of Corpus Christi 26 Fyre taketh not all awaye pre 9 Forcronners of Christ pre 2. 3 Fryres for their Masse 30 GErmanes rayled on 43 God a sprete no breade pre 7. 14 God falleth is eaten 14 God in the boxe 26 Guimundus Auersanus 9 Hawkynge of Byshoppes 20 Helias sprete in our age pre 2. 3 Henrye Spenser warreth 29 Heresye is Christes doctryne 25 Hieremyes prophecye brent pre 5 22 Hilda a woman lerned 11 Hystoryanes dyuerse pre 9 Hypocrytes resysted 45. 46 Host a God of the papystes 14 Iames the apostle pre 4 Idolaters without wytt 14 Ignoraunt magistrates 8 In Godstede 28 Ioakim brent scriptures pre 5. 22 Iohan Baptyst great pre 3. 4 Iohan wycleues bokes pre 6 Iohan wycleue dysputeth 30 Iohan wycleue and huss 45 Iohan frith offendeth 21 Iohan Lassels martyred pre 3. 7 Israelytes conuerted pre 2 Iudas sent to betraye 12. 21 25 KYnge to be honoured 46 Kynges godlye enterpryse 5. 42 Kynges in Gods cause resysted 45 Kingedom of the pope 46. 43 LEcherye honoured 36 Legendes and hystoryes pre 4 Lordeshyppes of the clergye 33. 35 MAnne wounded 7. 24. 26 Marryage of prestes 35. 39 Martyrs of the pope pre 4 Martyrs hallowed and sensed pre 9 Masse is not of fayth 3. 36 Masse is no good worke 7 Masse a mamm●trouse Mazon ▪ 21 Masses pryuate common 6. 30 Myce howseled of papystes 9 Myracles loked for pre 4. 5 Mouse eateth God 8 NEwe martyrs of Christ pre 3. 4 Newe artycles of fayth 36 Newe sayntes of the pope pre 4 Nobylyte wherof it ryseth pre 6 No felde yet gotten 42 No suertyes for Christ. 11 OBieccyon of papystes pre 4 Obeye and praye 45 Offence of prestes daungerouse 17 Order of popysh scoles 14. 15 PEryn a foxish fryre 8. 14. 30. 43 Peryn howseleth a mouse 9 14 Peryns iij. sermons 43. 44 Peryn the popes ape 44 Practyse of prestes 13. 18. 22. 28. 40 41. Prestes mynystracyon in synne 4.