beste can vnderstande Make him bishippe that prudently can preache As doth perteyne to his vocation A person whiche his parisheners can teache Cause vicars make dewe ministration Also I make you supplication Make your abbotes of ryghte religious men Whiche Christes lawe can to their couent ken But not to rybauldes newe come from the roste Nor to a lackey stollen out of a stable Whiche into the scholes made neuer no coste Nâ—r euer was to spirituall science able Excepte the cardes the dice the chest and table To Rome rakars nor to rude ruffianes To quarell pykars nor to prophanes Nor to phantastatical fantased flatterars Moste mete to gether muscles in Maye To lacke lattins nor yet to flatterars That in the churche can neither synge nor saye Though they be cloked vp in clerkes araye Iyhe doughtie doctors newe come out of AtheÌ„s And mumble ouer a payre of mangled mattens Not qualified to broke any benefice But thorowe sir Simons sollicitation I was promoted in the same wyse Alas thorowe Princes supplication And made in Rome thorowe false narration Bishoppe Abbot but no religious man Who me promoted I nowe their banes ban Howbeit I was Legat and Cardinall Litle I knewe therin what shoulde be done I vnderstode no science spirituall No more then dyd blynde Alane of the mone I dread the kynge that sitteth on heaueÌ„ly throne On you Princes he shall make sore punishment Ryght so on ve thorowe ryghtuous iudgement On you Princes for vndiscrite gyuyng To ignorauntes suche offices to vse And we for our importune ashyng Whiche shoulde haue done suche dignitie refuse Our ignoraunce hath done the worldly abuse Thorowe couetice of ryches and of rent That euer I was a prelate I repent O Kynges make you no care to gyue in cure Uirgins profest into religion Into the keepyng of one commune whore To make thynke ye not greate derision A woman person of a paryson Wherin are twentie thousande soules to guyde That from harlottes can not hir lyppes hyde What and Kynge Dauid lyued in these dayes Or out of heauen what and he loked downe The which dyd founde so many fayre Abbayes â–ª Scinge the greate abomination In many Abbayes of thys nation He would repeÌ„t that narrowed so his boundes Of yerely rent three score thousande poundes Wherefore I counsayle euery christened Souereigne Wythin hys realme make reformation And suffre no mo rybauldes for to reigne Abusyng Christes true congregation Faylyng therof I make narration That ye Princes and prelates al at ones Shal buryed be in hell soule body and bones That euer I broked benefice I rewe Or to suche height so proudly dyd pretende I muste departe therfore my friende adewe Where euer it pleaseth god now must I wende I praye the to my friendes me recommende And fayle not at length to put in wryte My Tragedy as I haue nowe endyte FINIS ¶ The accusation of maister George wysehart gentlemaÌ„ who suffered martyrdome for the faith of Christ Jesu at S. Andrewes in ScotlaÌ„d the first day of March. In the yere of our Lorde M D. xlvi wyth the articles which he was accused of and his sâ—ete answeres to the same whereunto are ioyned his godly oratioÌ„s praiers WYth most tendre affection and vnfeyned herte considre gentle reader the vncharitable maner of accuâ—ation of maister George Wyseharte made by the bloudie enemies of Christes sayeth Note also the articles wherof he was accused by ordre digested and his meke answeres so farre as he had leaue and leasure to speake Finally ponder wyth no dissembling spirite the tyraÌ„nicall fury infernall crudelitie of the malingnant churche in aponing the saied articles and of the contrary the humble pacient moste pleasaunt answeres of maister George made to them sodenly wythout all feare not hauyng respecte to their glorious manassinges bostious threates but cheritably and wythout stoppe of tonge answered not mouyng his countenauÌ„ce nor chaunginge his visage as in his accusation hereafter folowinge manifestly shall appeare to the sayed maister George beinge in captiuitie in the castle of saincte Andrewes the Deane of the same towne was seÌ„t by the coÌ„maundement of the Cardinal his wicked counsayle And there summoned the sayed maister George that he shoulde vpon the morne folowing appeare before the Iudge then and there to geue accompte of his seditious hereticall doctrine To whoÌ„ maister George answered what needeth sayed he my lorde Cardinal to suÌ„mon me to answer for my doctrine openly before hym vnder whose power and dominion I am thus strayghlie bounde in Irons Maye not my lorde coÌ„pell me to answer of his extort power Or beleueth he that I am vnprouided to render accompt of my doctrine To manifest your selues what men ye are it is well done that ye keepe your olde ceremonies and constitutions made by menne Upon the nexte morne my Lorde Cardinall caused his ser uauntes to adresse them selues in theyr moste warlyke arraye wyth Iacke Knapskall Splente Speare Are more seming for the war then for the preachyng of the true worde of God And wheÌ„ these armed chaÌ„pioÌ„s marchyng in warlike order had coÌ„ueyed the bishops into the abbaye churche IncontineÌ„tly thei sent for Maister George who was conueyed into the sayed churche by the captayne of the castle and the numbre of an huÌ„dreth men adressed in maner aforesayed Lyke a lambe ledde they hym to sacrifice As he entred in at the abbaye churche dore there was a pore man liynge vexed wyth great infirmities askinge of his almesse to whom he slange his pursse And when he came before the Cardinal by and by the suppriour of the abbaye called Dane Iohn Wyntime stode vp in the pulpet made a sermon to all the congregation there then assembled takynge his matter out of the. xiii Chapter of Mathew Whose sermon was diuided into foure principall partes The fyrste parte was a shorte and briefe declaration of the Euangel The seconde parte of the interpretation of the good sede And because he called the worde of god the good side and heresie the euyl sede he declared what heresie was and howe it shoulde be knowen which he defined on thys maner Heresie is a false opinion defended wyth partinacie clearely repugning the worde of god The thirde parte of his sermon was the cause of heresy wythin that realme and all other realmes The cause of heresie quod he is the ignorauÌ„ce of them which haue the cure of mennes soules to whom it necessarily belongeth to haue the true vnderstaÌ„dinge of the worde of god that they may be able to wynne agayne the false doctours of heresies with the sword of the spirite whiche is the worde of god And not only to winne agayn but also to ouercome as sayeth Paule A bishop must be faultles as becometh the minister of god not stubburne not angrie no druÌ„kard no fighter not geueÌ„ to filthy lucre but herberous one that loueth goodnes sobre minded rightuous holy temperate such as
cleaueth vnto the true word of doctrine that he may be able to exhorte with wholsome learninge to improue that which they saye against hym The fourth part of his sermō was how heresies should be knowē Heresies quod he be knowē on this maner As the goldsmith knoweth the fine golde frō the vnperfit by the touchstone So likewise may we knowe heresy by the vndoubted touchstone that is the true sincere vndefiled word of god At the last he added that heretickes should be put downe in this presēt life To whiche proposion the gospell apeared to repugne whiche he entreated of Let them not growe vnto the harueste the harueste is the ende of the worlde Neuertheles he affirmed that thei should be put downe by the ciuile and maiestrate lawe And when he ended his sermon incontinentlie they caused maister George to ascend into the pulpet there to heare his accusation and articles For ryghte againste hym stode vp one of the fedde flocke a monster Iohn Lander laden full of curssynges wrytten in paper Of the whiche he toke out a rolle voeth longe and also full of curssynges threates maledictions and wordes of dyuylyshe spytte and malice saiynge to the Innocēt maister George so many cruel abhominable wordes and hit hym so spitefully wyth the Popes thunder that the ignorant people dreaded leste the earth then woulde haue swallowed hym vp quicke Notwythstanding he stode styll wyth great patience hearyng their saiynges not once mouynge or chaungyng his countenaunce When that thys fed sowe had red thorowout al his liyng manassynges his face runnyng downe with swette and frothing at his mouth like a beare spit at maister George his face saiynge what answereste thou to these saiynges thou runna gate traytoute thiefe whithe we haue duely proued by sufficient wytnesse against the Maister George hearynge thys sate downe vpon his knees in the pulpet makynge his prayer to God Whē he had ended his prayer swetely and christianlike he answered to them all in thys maner ¶ Maister George his oration MAnie horrible saiynges vnto me one christian mā manie wordes ahhominable for to heare ye haue spokē here this day Which not only to teach but also once to thinke I thought euer great abhomination Wherfore I pray your discretions quietly to heare me that ye may knowe what were my saiynges the maner of my doctrine Thys my petitiō my lordes I desire to be heard for three causes The fyrste is because thorowe preachynge of the worde of god his glory is made manifest It is reasonable therfore for the auauncynge of the glorie of god that ye heare me teachynge truly the pure worde of god without any dissimulation The secōd reason is because that your health springeth of the word of god for he worketh all thing by his worde It were therefore an vnryghtuous thinge if ye should stoppe your eares frō me teaching truly the word of god The third reason is because your doctrine speaketh furth many pestilētious blasphemous abhominable wordes not comyng by the inspiration of God but of the deuyll on no lesse peril thē my life It is Iust therfore and reasonable your discretiōs to know what my wordes doctrine are and what I haue euer taughte in my tyme in this realme that I perish not vniustly to the great peril of your soules Wherfore both for the glory honor of god your owne health and sauegard of my life I beseche your discretions to heare me and in the meane tyme I shall recite my doctrine wythout any colour First chiefly sence the tyme I came into this reame I taught nothing but their cōmaundementes of god the xii articles of the fayeth and the prayer of the Lorde in the mother tonge Moreouer in Dundie I taughte the Epistles of Saincte Paule to the Romaynes And I shal shewe your discretions faithfully what fashion and maner I vsed when I taughte wythout any humane dreade So that your discretions giue me your eares beneuolente and attente Sodenlie then wyth an high voice cryed the accusar the fedde sowe thou hereticke runnagate traytoure and thiefe It was not lawefull for the to preache Thou haste taken the power at thyne owne hande without any authoritie of the churche we forthynke that thou haste bene a preacher so longe Then all the whole cōgregation of the prelates wyth their complices sayed these wordes And if we giue him licence to preache he is so craftie and in the holy scripture so exercised that he wyll persuade the people to his opinion and rayse them agaynste vs. Maister George seinge their malicious and wycked intent appealed to an indifferent and equal Iudge To whō the accusar Iohn Lander aforesayed with hoggishe voice answered Is not my Lorde Cardinal the second person wythin thys Realme Chaunceler of Scotland Archbishoppe of sainct Andrewes byshop of Meropois Commendator of Aberbrothoke Legatus natus Legatus a latere And so recitynge as many titles of his vnworthy honours as would haue loden a shippe muche soner an asse Is not he quod Iohn Lander an equall Iudge apparantly vnto the Whō other desirest thou to be thy Iudge To whome thys humble man answered saying I refuse not my Lorde Cardinall but I desire the worde of god to be my iudge and the temporal estate with some of pour Lordeshippes myne auditours because I am here my Lorde Gouernours prisoner Wherupon the prydefull skornful people that stode bi mocked hym saiynge Suche man suche Iudge Speakinge seditious reprochefull wordes agaynst the Gouernour other the nobles meanynge them also to be heretickes And incontinente wythout all delaye they woulde haue geuen sentence vpon maister George that wythout farther processe had not certerne men there councelled my lorde Cardinal to read againe the articles and to heare his answeres therupon that the people myght not cōplaine of his wrongfull cōdempnation And shortly for to declare these were the articles folowinge wyth his answeres as far as they woulde geue hym leaue to speake For whē he entended to mittigate their leasynges shewe the maner of his doctrine by by thei stopped his mouth with an other article ¶ The fyrst article ☞ Thou false hereticke rūnagate traitoure thiefe disceiuer of the people despiseste the holy churche curssinges in like case cōtēpneste my lorde Gouernours authoritie And this we know for suertie that when thou preached est in Dūdy wast charged by my lord gouerner his authoritie to desist neuertheles thou wouldest not obei but perseus redst in the same And therfore the bishop of Brothē curssed the dell uered the into the deuils hādes gaue the in cōmaundemet that thou shouldest preache no more That not with stāding thou diddest cōtinue obstinately ¶ The answer ⧠My Lordes I haue red in the actes of the apostles that it is not lawefull for the threates and manassinges of men to desist from the preachynge
of the Gospell Therfore it is wrytten we shall rather obey God then men I haue also redde in the prophete Malachie I shall cursse your blessynges and blesse your curssynges If my conscieÌ„ce had iudged me to haue done euyll I shoulde haue desisted for your curssynges or elles for your brotherlyke warnynges but because I vsed no vngodly deede I suffered paciently your curssinges beleuynge firmely that the Lorde woulde turne your curssynges into blessynges ¶ The seconde article ☞ Thou false hereticke didest say that a priest standynge at the aultare saiyng Masse was lyke a foxe waggyng his tayle in Iuly ¶ The answer ⧠My Lordes I said not so these were my saiynges The mouynge of the bodie outwarde wythout the inward mouing of the hert is noughte els but the plaiyng of an ape not the true seruyng of god For God is a secrete sercher of meÌ„s hertes Therefore who wyll trulie adorne and honoure god he muste in spirite and veritie honour him Then the accusar stopped his mouth wyth another article ¶ The thirde article ☞ Thou false hereticke preachedst agaynst the sacramentes saiynge that there were not seuen Sacramentes The answer ⧠My lordes and it be your pleasures I taughte neuer of the nuÌ„ber of the Sacramentes whether they were seuen or an eleuen So many as are instituted by Christe and are showen to vs by the EuaÌ„gell I professe openly Excepte it be the worde of god I dare affirme nothynge ¶ The iiii article ☞ Thou false hereticke hast openly taught that auricular confession is not a sacramente And thou sayest that we shoulde onely confesse vs to god and to no priest ¶ The answer ⧠My Lordes I say that auricular coÌ„fession seinge that it hath no promesse of the Euangell therfore it cannot be a sacrameÌ„t Of the coÌ„fession to be made to god there are many testimonies in scripture as when Dauid sayeth I thoughte that I woulde knoweledge myne iniquitie against my selfe vnto the Lorde and he forgaue the trespase of my synnes Here confession signifieth the secrete knoweledge of oure synnes before God When I exhorted the people in thys maner I reproued no maner of confession And farther sainct Iames sayeth Knowledge your sinnes one to an other and so let you haue peace amonge your selues When that he had sayed these wordes the bishoppes and their complices cryed and girned wyth their teeth saiynge Se ye not what colours he hath in his speakyng that he may begile vs and seduce vs to his opinion ¶ The fifte article ☞ Thou hereticke dyddest say opeÌ„ly that it was necessary to euery man to knowe and vnderstand his baptisme and what it was CoÌ„trary or generall councels and the states of holy churche ¶ The answer ⧠My Lordes I beleue there be none so vnwyse here that wyll make marchauÌ„dice with a freÌ„ch maÌ„ or any other vnknowen strauÌ„ger excepte he knewe and vnderstode fyrst the condition or promesse made by the frenche man or straunger So like I would that we vnderstode what thynge we promesse in the name of the Infant vnto god in baptisme For thys cause I beleue ye haue confirmation Then saied maister Bleiter chaplaine that he had the Deuyl within hym and the spirite of erroure Then answered hym a chylde saiyng the Deuil cannot speake such wordes as yonder maÌ„ doth speake ¶ The. vi article ☞ Thou hereticke traytoure and thiefe thou saydest that the sacrameÌ„t of the aultare was but a piece of breade bakeÌ„ vpon the ashes and no other thynge elles and all that is there done is but a superstitious rite agaynst the commaundement of God ¶ The answer ⧠Oh Lorde God so manifest lies blasphemies the scripture doeth not teache you As concerning the sacrament of the aultare my Lordes I neuer taught any thinge agaynst the scripture the whiche I shall by Goddes grace make manifeste thys daye I beinge readye therfore to suffre death The lawefull vse of thys sacrament is most acceptable vnto god but the greate abuse of it is verie detestable vnto him But what occasion they haue to saye such wordes of me I shall shortly shewe your Lordshippes I once chauÌ„ced to mete with a Iewe when I was saylyng vpon the water of Rene. I dyd enquire of hym what was the cause of his pertinacie that he dyd not beleue that the true Meslias was come considerynge that they had seene all the Prophesies whiche were spoken of hym to be fulfilled Moreouer the prophesies taken away and the ceptre of â—uda by many other testimonies of the scripture I vanquest him that Messias was come the whiche thei called Iesus of Nazareth Thys Iewe answered agayne vnto me When Messias cometh he shal restore all thynges And he shall not abrogate the lawe whiche was geuen to oure forefathers as ye do For why we see the pore almoste perishe thorowe hungar amonge you yet ye are not moued wyth pietie towardes them But amonge vs Iues though we be pore there are no beggers founde SecoÌ„darely it is forbyddeÌ„ by the lawe to fame any kinde of Imagery of thynges in heauen aboue or in the earth beneth or in the sea vnder the earth but one God onely to honoure But your sanctuaries and churches are ful of Idols Thyrdly a piece of breade baken vpoÌ„ the ashes ye adorne worship say that it is your God I haue rehearsed here but the saiynges of the Iewe which I neuer affirmed to be true TheÌ„ the bishops shoke their heades and spitted into the erth And what he meÌ„t in this mat ter farther thei would not heare ¶ The. vii article Thou false heretike diddest say that extreme vnctioÌ„ was not a sacrameÌ„t The answer ⧠My Lordes forsoth I neuer taught any thyng of extreme vnction in my doctrine whether it were a sacrament or no. The. viii article ☞ Thou false hereticke saydest that holy water is not so good as washe suche lyke Thou contemnest coniuryng and sayest that holy churches curssynges auaile not The answer ¶ My Lordes as for holy water what strength it is of I taughte neuer in my doctrine CoÌ„iuringes exorzismies if ther were coÌ„forma ble to the worde of god I woulde commende them but in so farre as they are not conformable to the coÌ„ maundement and worde of God I reproue them ¶ The. ix article ☞ Thou false hereticke and runnagate haste sayed that euery ley maÌ„ is a priest and suche like Thou sayest that the Pope hath no more power then any other man ¶ The answer ¶ My Lordes I taught nothing but the worde of god I remembre that I haue reade in some places in saincte Iohn and sainct Peter of the whiche one sayeth he hath made vs kynges and priestes The other sayeth he hath made vs the kingli priesthod Wherfore I haue affirmed any man beinge cunning in the worde of God and the true fayth of
reade the rest of the articles and not to tary vpon his wittie godly answeres For we may not abyde them quod be no more then the Deuyl maye abide the signe of the crosse when it is named The. xvi article ☞ Thou hereticke sayest that it is vayne to buylde to the honoure of god costly churches Seing that God remayneth not in the churches made by mennes handes nor yet god cā be in so litle space as betwixt the priestes handes ¶ The answer ¶ My Lordes Salomon sayeth If that the heauē of heauēs cā not comprehende the howe muche lesse thys house that I haue buylded And Iob consenteth to the same sentence Seing that he is higher then the heauens therefore what can thou buylde vnto hym He is deepar then hell then howe shalte thou knowe him He is lōgar then the earth broder thē the sea So that god can not be comprehended into one place because that he is infinite These saiynges notwithstādyng I sayed neuer that churches shoulde be destroyed But of the contrary I affirmed euer that churches should be susteyned and vpholden that the people should be cōgregated into thē there to heare of god And moreouer wher soeuer is the true preachynge of the word of God and the lawefull vse of the sacramētes vndoubtedly there is God presente hym selfe So that boeth these saiynges are true together God cā not be comprehended into anie place And where so euer there are two or three gathered in his name there is he present in the middest of them Then saied he to his accusar If thou thynkest any other wise then I saye shewe forth thi reasōs before this auditory Then he without al reasō was dom could not answer one word The. xvii article ☞ Thou false hereticke contemnest fasting and sayest thou shouldest not fast The answer ¶ My Lordes I fynde that fasting is cōmended in the scripture therefore I were a sclaunderer of the gospell if I cōtemned fastyng And not so onely but I haue learned by experience that fastynge is good for the health of the bodie But god knoweth who fasteth the true fast The. xviii article ☞ Thou false heresicke hast preached openly saiynge that the soule of man shall sleepe to the later daye of iudgement and shal not obteine lyfe immortall vntyl that daye The answer ⧠God ful of mercie and goodnes forgeue them that sayth such thinges of me I wotte and know surely by the word of god that he which hath begonne to haue the fayth of Iesu Christ and beleueth firmly in hym I knowe suerly that the soule of that man shall neuer sleepe but euer shall lyue an immortal lyfe The whiche lyfe from daye to daye is renewed in grace and augmēted Nor yet shall euer perishe or haue ane nde but euer immortall shall lyue with Christ. To the whiche lyfe all that beleue in hym shall come and rest in eternall glorie Amen ¶ When that the Bishoppes wyth theyr complices had accused thys innocente man in maner and forme afore said incontinently they condempned hym to be burnte as an hereticke not hauynge respecte to his Godly answeres and trewe reasons whiche he alledged nor yet to theyr owne cōsciences Thynkyng verily that they shoulde do to God good sacrifice cōformable to the sayinges of sainct Iohn They shall excommunicate you yea and the tyme shall come that he whiche kylleth you shal thinke that he hath done to God good seruice ¶ The prayer of maister George O Immortal god howe long shalt thou suffre the wodnesse and greate crudelitie of the vngodlie to exercise their fury vpon thy seruauntes whiche do farther thy word in this world seeynge they desyre to be contrarie that is to choke and destroye thy trewe doctrine and veritie by the whiche thou haste shewed the vnto the worlde whiche was all drowned in blyndnesse and misknowledge of thy name O Lorde we knowe suerly that thy trewe seruauntes must needes suffre for thy names sake persecution afliction and troubles in thys present lyfe whiche is but a shadowe as thou haste shewed to vs by thy Prophetes and Apostles But yet we desyre the hertely that thou conserue defende and healpe thy congregation whiche thou haste chosen before the beginning of the worlde And geue them thy grace to heare thy worde and to be thy trewe seruauntes in thys present lyfe ☞ Then by and by they caused the commune people to remoue whose desire was alwaies to heare that innocente speake And the sonnes of darckenesse pronounced theyr sentence definitiue not hauynge respecte to the iudgemente of God When all thys was done and sayed my Lorde Cardinall caused his tormentours to passe agayne wyth the meeke lambe into the Castle vntyll suche tyme the fyer was made readye When he was come into the Castle then there came two gray findes Fryar Scotte and his mate saiynge Sir ye muste make your confession vnto vs. He answered and sayed I wyll make no confession vnto you Go fetch me younder man that preached thys daye and I wil make my confession vnto him Then they sente for the Supprior of the Abbaye who came to him with all diligence But what he sayed in his confession I can not shewe When the fyre was made readye and the gallouse at the weste parte of the Castle nere the Priorie my Lorde Cardinall dreadynge that maister George shoulde haue bene taken awaye by his friendes therefore he commaunded to bende all the ordinaunce of the Castle forryghte agaynste that parte And commaūded all his gūners to be ready and stande besyde theyr gunnes vnto suche tyme he were burned All thys beinge done they bounde maister Georges handes behynde his backe and ledde hym furth wyth theyr souldiars from the Castle to the place of theyr wycked execution As he came furth of the Castle gate there mette hym certeyne beggars askynge of his almesse for God his sake To whom he answered I wante my handes ▪ wherewyth I shoulde geue you almesse But the mercifull Lorde of his benignitie and aboundaūce of grace that feedeth all menne vouchsafe to geue you necessaries boeth vnto your bodies and soules Then afterwarde mette hym two false findes I shoulde saye fryars saiynge Maister George praye to our Ladie that she may be mediatrix for you to hir sonne To whom he answered meekelie Cease tempt me not my brethren After thys he was ledde to the fyre wyth a Rope about his necke and a cheyne of Iron aboute his middle When that he came to the fyre he sate downe thryse vpon his kneees and rose agayne And thryse he sayed these wordes O thou Sauiour of the worlde haue mercie on me Father of heauen I commende my spirite into thy holie handes When he had made thys prayer he turned hym to the people and sayed these wordes ⧠I beseche you christian brethren and sisters that ye be not offended in the worde of God for the aflictions
and tormentes whiche ye see alreadye prepared for me But I exhorte you that ye loue the worde of God and suffre patientlie and wyth a comfortable herte for the wordes sake whiche is youre vndoubted saluation and euerlastynge comfort ⧠Moreouer I praye you shewe my brethren and sisters whyche haue hearde me ofte before that they cease not nor leaue of the worde of God whyche I taughte vnto them after the grace gyuen vnto me for no persecutions or troubles in thys worlde whyche lasteth not And shewe vnto them that my doctrine was no wyues favies after the coÌ„stitutioÌ„s made by men And if I had taughte mennes doctrine I had gotten greate thankes by menne But for the wordes sake and trewe Euangell whiche was geuen to me by the grace of God I suffre thys daye by menne not sorowfullie but wyth a gladde herte and mynde For thys cause I was sente that I shoulde suffre thys fyer for Christes sake Consider and beholde my visage ys shall not see me chaunge my coloure Thys grimme fyer I feare not And so I praye you for to doe if that anie persecution come vnto you for the wordes sake And not to feare them that slaye the bodye and afterwarde haue no power to slaye the soule Some haue sayed of me that I taughte that the soule of man shoulde sleepe vntyl the laste day But I knowe suerlye and my fayeth is suche that my soule shal suppe wyth my Sauioure Christ thys nyghte or it be sixte houres for whome I suffre thys Then he prayed for them whyche accused hym saiynge I beseche the father of heaueÌ„ to forgeue them that haue of anie ignoraunce or elles of anye euyll mynde forged anie lyes vpon me I forgeue them wyth all my herte I beseche Christ to forgeue them that haue coÌ„dempned me to death thys daye ignorauntly ⧠And laste of all he sayed to the people on thys maner I beseche you brethren and sisters to exhorte youre Prelates to the learnynge of the worde of God that they at the laste maye be ashamed to do euyll and learne to do good And if they wyll not conuerte them selues from theyr wycked erroure there shall hastelye come vpon them the wrath of god whyche they shall not eschewe Many faythfull wordes sayed he in the meane tyme takynge no hede or care of the cruell tormentes whyche were then prepared for hym And laste of all the hange man that was his tormeÌ„tor sate downe vpon his knees and sayed Sir I praye you forgeue me for I am not giltie of your death To whoÌ„ he answered Come hither to me When that he was come to hym he kissed his cheke and sayed Lo here is a token that I forgeue the and I beseche Christe to forgeue the. My herte do thine office And then by and by he was put vpon the gibbet and hanged and there burnt to pouder When that the people behelde the greate tormentynge they myghte not wythholde from pitiouse mournynge and coÌ„playning of thys innocente laÌ„bes slaughter ¶ Imprinted at London by Iohn Day and William Seres dwellynge in Sepulchres parish at the signe of the Resurrection a litle aboue Holbourne conduite ⧠⧠☞ ⧠Cum gratia priuilegio ad imprimendum solum The secret iudgement of God executed in all ages God fyrste entred into iudgement with Adam Ciuile power geue to Adam in earth Cain an enuious and couetous minister The iudgemeÌ„t of god agaynste Cain and al his issue The iudgemeÌ„t of god agaynste the whole worlde The iustice of God agaynst the Chaldeis The fyrste occasion of Idolatrie Pharao Abimelech Saule Asa. Joram Ochosias Athalia Salomons bloude destroyed Athalia slayne Ioas Amasias Ozias alias Asarias Achas The. x. tribes of Israell Manasse Amon Iosias Sedechias Balthasar Amos Antiochus Herode Herode The Bishoppe of Rome Dauid Beaton of Scotland Al countreis loue winchester The cause of Beatons death George Wysehart Dauid Beaton slayne Lucifer The loue of God taketh a way al humane dreade The deane of saincte Andrewes was summonet A pritie taunt Maister George his aliues Iohn Wintyme preached Heresie The cause of heresie l. ad TituÌ„ The maner to know 〈◊〉 hereticks Mat. xiii Iohn Lander accusar The way to feare the ignorant The fruites of that charitie The causes why master George deserued to be hearde Maister George his doctrine The crye of the scribes and phariseis Master George apprateth to the Gouerner The style of an unworthye prelate Beholde their traiterous hertes These be their accustomed termes Curssinges Mala. ii The priâ—st at masse True worshippynge of God 〈◊〉 Sacramentes Howe many sacrameÌ„tes be allowed Auricular confession Ps. xxxii Iac. v Baptisme Baptisme necessarily to be knowen of all men Confirmation Maister Bleiter Answerth by a chylde The sacramente of the aultare The laweful vse of the sacrament of the aultare The tale of a Iewe The pore Images The sacrament of tâ—â— aultare Extreme vnction Holy water ley man a priest The Popes authoritie â—po â— â— v â— Pet. ii Ro. i. The instrumente to bynde and lose Free wil Iohn viii Eating of meates TituÌ„ i. The creature doeth not â—anctifie wtout the word Praying to saÌ„ctes To honor one God is certeyne Mat. iiii To pray to sainctes The surest way is to be folowed Purgatorie Purgatoriâ—â—ot once named in scripture Uowes Three kyndes of chast men Mat. xix The dâ—unger of vnchastitie General councels Thei ruÌ„ne a pase to shed bloud Iohn Grayfynd Scotte an hastie buccher to his slaughter Building of churches ii Re. viii Iob. xi Whereunto churches shuld serue Mat. xviii Fastyng The true fastyng he alloweth Of the reseruing of the soule The faithful soule shall neuer sleepe Maister George condemned Iohn xvi Maister George his prayer for the toÌ„gregation of God Maister George confessed Maister George prayeth for the reliefe of the pore Maister George answereth the fryers temptynge hym His praier His sermoÌ„ to the people His vpryght conscience felt no death His prayer for his accusars His exhortation for the clergie to learne Goddes worde His wordes to the hangman