Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	church_n	faith_n	rome_n	4,081	5	7.0107	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02794	Strange and wonderfull things. Happened to Richard Hasleton, borne at Braintree in Essex, in his ten yeares trauailes in many forraine countries. Penned as he deliuered it from his ovvne mouth	Hasleton, Richard.; Barley, William, d. 1614.	1595 (1595)	STC 12925; ESTC S106122	19,287	32

linnen bréeches and l●dged in a stable on the colde ground Thus I being almost in dispaire euer to recouer yéelded my self● to the will of Almightie God whom it pleased in the en● to giue me a little strength And after for the space of two years or more I was diuers times at my labour at the oares end after my accustome● manner till such time our sléete of Gallies 〈◊〉 wi●h the Gallies of Genua néere the Christian shore and they following ●● in cha●e it chanced by reason of tempest that our Galley was cast away néere vnto the wea● side of the Iland Fermonterra there were in it of Christians and Turkes to the number of two hundred and fiftie which were all drowned except fiftéene of which my selfe with two others with great difficultie brake o●r chaines and taking hol●e vpon an Oare we escaped to the shore not without great danger of drowning We being now gotten to land and accompanied both with Turkes and Christians we tooke our rest vnder bushes and thickets the Turkes were very vnwilling to depart with vs thinking to finde some other Galley of the company to take vs aboard and carie vs back to Argire but we hoping now to get out liberties conueyed our selues as secretly as we could into the w●●ds and went vnto a ●●ck and with sharpe stones we did beat off our Irons and s●ed ●●mediatly to the Christians and yée●ded our selues but one of them which escaped with me who was borne in S●lauony tol●e them that I was and English Lutherian Then was I presently caried aboard a Gallie of Genua and put in chaines and vpon the mo●row was I sent ouer into the Isle of Iuisey being within the iurisdiction of Maiorque which all are in the dominion of Spaine there was I imprisoned in the high Tower of the towne Castell with a paire of bolts vpon my héeles a claspe of Iron about my necke there hanging a chaine at the claspe where I remained nine dayes fed with a little bread and water Now because I had in no respect offended them I demaunded wherefore they molested me saying it was contrary to law and the profession of Christians Then did they aske me if I had spoken any thing against the king and against the Church of Rome I answered nothing Then they tolde me I should be sent to Maiorque to answere before the Inquisition Then the Iustice or chiefe officer of Iuesey brought me backe to Genua requesting to haue me chained in a Galley which the Captaine did asking the Iustice who should be my surety for running away He demaunded if there were not a spare chaine he said yes then he commaunded a chaine to be brought foorth and chained me at the sixt Oare before where I rowed vntill we came to the Porte of Spine in Maiorque garding me with xiiij Gallies Then were the ●●●icers of the Inquisition sent for by the Captaine which came the second day after our comming there and at their comming they offered me the Par which I refused to touch wherevpon they reuiled me and called me Lutheran taking me presently out of the Galley carried me on shore in Maiorque and finding the Inquisitor walking in the Market place presented me to him saying Here is the prisoner He immediatly commaunded me to prison whether they carried me and put a paire of shackles on my héeles where I remained two daies Then was I brought forth into a Church where the Inquisitor sate vsually in iudgement who being ready set commaunded me to knéele downe and to do homage to certaine images which were before me I tolde him I would not do that which I knew to be contrary to the commaundements of Almighty God neither had I béene brought vp in the Romaine lawe neither would I submit my selfe to it He asked me why I would not I answered that whereas in England where I was borne and brought vp the Gospell was trulie preached and mainteined by a most gracious Princes therefore I would not now commit Idolatrie which is vtterly con●emned by the word of God Then he charged me to vtter the truth otherwise I should abide the smart Then was a stoole set and he commanded me to sit downe before him and offered me the crosse bidding me reuerently to lay my hand vpon it and vrged me instantlie to do it which mooued me so much that I did spit in the Inquisitors face far which the Scribe gaue me a good buffet on the face So for that time we had no more reasoning for the Inquisitor did ring a little Bell to call vp the kéeper and caried me to warde againe and the third day I was brought forth againe to the place aforesaid Then the Inquisitor asked me what I had séene in the Churches of England I answered that I had séene nothing in the Church of England but the word of God truly preached then he demaunded how I had receiued the Sacraments I replied that I had receiued them according to the institution of Christ that is I receiued the bread in remembrance that Christ in the flesh died vp●n the crosse for the redemption of man How said he hast thou receiued the Wine whereto I replied and said that I rec●iued the wine in remembrance that Christ shed his bloud to wash away our sinnes ●e said it was in their manner I said no then he charged me to speake the truth or I should die for it I told him I did speake the truth and wou'd speake the truth for said I it is better for me to die guiltlesse then guiltie Then did he with great vehemency charge me againe to speake the f●●th and sware by the Catholick Church of Rome that if I did not I should dye in fier then I said if I died in the faith which I had confessed I should die guiltlesse and tolde him he had made a vaine othe And so I willed him to vse no circumstance to diswade me from the truth for you cannot preuaile though I be now in your hands where you haue power ouer my body yet haue you no power ouer mysoule I told● him he made a long ma●ter farre from the truth for which he said I should die Then he had me say what I could to saue myselfe where I replied as followeth Touching the maner of the receiuing of Sacraments where he said it was like to theirs you said I when you receiue the bread say it is the very body of Christ and likewise you affirme the wine to be his very bloud which I denied saying that it was vnpossible for a mortall man to eate the materiall body of Christ or to drinke his bloud Then he said I had blasphemed the Catholick Church I answered that I had said nothing against the true Catholick church but altogether against the false church he asked how I could prooue it saying if I could not prooue it I should die a mos● cruell death Note by the way that when any man is in durance