i9L3 ? 
 
 Cov^^e^fb^( ^z^/ yr^ohom^nis 
 
i 
 
THE 
 
 THIRD PART 
 
 OF A TREATISE 
 Intituled 
 
 OF THREE CONVERSIONS 
 
 OF ENGLAND. 
 
 Contcyiiinge an examen of the Calendar or Catalo- 
 gue of Proteftant Sain tes^ Martyrs and Confeflbrsjde^ 
 uifed by Fqx , and prefixed before his huge Volume of 
 AAes and Monuments: V Vitba Paralel or Compari- 
 fon therof to the Catholikc Roman Calendar , and 
 Saintes thenn conteyned. J 
 
 THE LAST SIX MONETHES. 
 
 VVlurvntQ is annexed in the end, another feaeraU Treat ife, caU 
 Ud : A re-view of ten publikc Dilputations^ or C^w- 
 ferences, held in England about matters of Keligion^ ejpecial-- 
 Ij about the Sacrament and Sacrifice of the Altar, vnder King 
 Edipard and Qucenc Marjf. 
 
 By N. D. 
 
 S, ^ii^Aib. 3. iontra Parmen- cap. 6. 
 Sacrilegious fchifmatiks and impious herctiks,darc prcfum<j Vvhtn 
 they are punished, to accompt the punishnacut 
 Of ihcir fury for true martyrdomcs. 
 
 Math. 1$. Vtrf, a- 
 €0d f hall fcparatc them a funder (at the day of iudgemcnt j as the 
 f hcphcard doth fepaiatc the fheep from goatcs. 
 
 Imprinted '^ith licence^ Anno Domini iCoj^. 
 
The gencf all Contcntcs & Partes of the whole Tr ea- 
 tife, intituled, of three Conuerfionsof England^ 
 publilliedin three fcucrall Tomes. 
 
 F I K S T TO M E. 
 
 Til ^fir(lT$fne ftieweih three Conuerfwm of our CQuntrej^ 
 from pa^anifme te Chrtfltan faith. The jirji vnder the 
 ApojUes tn the firfi age after Chrtjl. The fecond vnder ?o^^ 
 lileudicrius, tnthefecoudage. The third vnder ^opcCrc- 
 gory the Phil tn thc fixt age. And that the f^me Religion was 
 truly CathoUke and Romaine , andhath endured vntoourtyme. 
 And that the Protefiant Religion had neuer any beginning orprO' 
 grejfc in England before the[eouf dajes. 
 
 SECOND TOME. 
 
 The fecond Tome examineth the new Calendar- Saintifett 
 downe by Vox in his Alls & Monuments for thefirft fix Monethes 
 of they ear e-j And hath annexed vnto yt in the end by way ofAp^- 
 fcndix.k defence of a ccrtainc relation^/^m /wr^ England, 
 concerningea TrtalUnadeinthe yeAre\6oo. bettreenethe Bi^ 
 ffwpp tf/Eureux and Monfieiir Plefsis in the prefcnce of the 
 KingofPrzncQ that now is, andhi$nobiltty, touchmge diuen 
 falfityes obieHed to the faid Plelsis. 
 
 THIRD TOM E. 
 
 The third Tome difcujfeth the faid Calendar ofEoxian Saints 
 f of the fecond fix Monethesoftheyeare.And hath for his adiotnder 
 ifitheend, A re- view often publikcdifput^itions, fc^W/w 
 Ingit^d vnder K. Edward and Q^Mary, about dh4ersprincipall 
 fomti of Religion, 
 
 THE 
 
THE 
 
 E P 1ST L E 
 
 DEDIC ATGRYxu 
 
 t^To thegloriom Company cfEn^t^h 
 SaMes in heauen. 
 
 ovv cannot be ignorant 
 (mott blcflcd Society) in- 
 ioying as yovv do, the hap- 
 py pre{eftce Sc vifion of your Lord 
 and Maifter the lambe of God ^ in 
 vvhomejand by vvhomc all things 
 are fecne^ and who is the light aiid 
 lantern e and funne yt fclfe of that 
 your royall and celeftiall Cittyj 
 j how that vpon this' day twelue- 
 I moneth^ being our and your foU 
 
 I lemne feftiuall day of ^ AllSamUs, 
 
 I I conceaued a full purpofe to dedi- 
 cate this whole workc ( as then yc 
 1 was defigned ) vnto yovv the gl-o- 
 jrious Saints^andglorified fpiritts of 
 ,1;-. *i our 
 
■Thelpi^lededlcatorr 
 
 to be matched with fuch compa- 
 nions: but vpon yovv by intrufion 
 and violence J vvhohauc cuer dc- 
 tcrted fuch heieticall mates . And 
 forthac I hauc Ipoken fufficiently 
 in the Epiftle dedicatory of my fc- 
 cond Tome^concerning the fhamc 
 anddifhonour, which accrueth to 
 Proteftants by this coniundion , I 
 fhall now fpeake of your iniury 
 only.,vvhich is fo much the greater, 
 and more intolerable in all mens 
 fightj by how much more high 8c 
 lacred is your ftate , and your hea- 
 uenly mynds repugnant to theirs. 
 
 For firft what greater iniury can 
 there be offered towards wights 
 of your worthinefle , then that 
 wheras yovv haue by n feafed now 
 for fo many yeares and ages togea- 
 ther, of that immortall ioy and 
 bliflbj which yovv poflefleinthc 
 fight and company of our Sauiour^ 
 
 and 
 
id the flarioui (ompanygfEn^lub Saints in heAuen. 
 
 and the lame being belccucd, ac- The fiift 
 knovviedged,and publifhed vpen fu" oir 
 earth by the teftiraony of his vni- E,igf„'h, 
 ucrfall Church &. Kingdomc, in all 
 her hifiory es,maity rologcs and Ec- 
 clefiafticall Calendars j what thing 
 (Kay) or attempt may bethought 
 or cilcemedjmore violent wrong- 
 fall , or iniurious , then now to be 
 diipoflelledtherof, anddriuen out 
 in a certainc manner,by this incur- 
 fion ofFoxian Saints into our Eng- 
 iifh Calcndar^wherin not fo much 
 as one oi: your order , that is to (ay, 
 of our Englifhj Brittifh, or Scottiih 
 Saints , hath byn fuffered to kecpe 
 his roome , or permitted to hould 
 his place, but all without differece 
 remoued and fhutt out from that 
 * Ecclefiafticall fenate of his, though 
 fome few of other contrcyes he 
 doth iett ftand as he found them in 
 our Calendar , wherby doth ap- 
 
 * 4 peare 
 
The Ififile ded'icdteri 
 
 pearc the fpeciall flomakc that 
 was 3 andisagainft yovv and your 
 honour in particular. And this for 
 the firft point. 
 The ff< The next iniury offered yovv is 
 
 cond in; ^ , •' . \ • r -r 
 
 lurydonc lomcvvliat gtcatet then this : tor ir 
 rrme'^ in your places he had aduaunccd to 
 Saints, jj^g honour of Saints Martyrs and 
 Confeflbrs, (bme, more eminent 
 in mcritt of vcrtue and (aniftitie 
 then your felues ^ fuch is your per- 
 fedion of humility , and entire loue 
 of truth and iuftice in the moft per- 
 fed: ftate which now yovv pof- 
 fefle as no caufe of offence could 
 grow to yovv or others thcrby: 
 But the bale exchanges he makcth 
 of yovV;, and for yovv in this be- 
 halfe_,are indeed more intoilerablc, 
 then the iniurie yt felfe of llri- 
 kinge your names out of his Ca- 
 lendar j vvherin I referre me to 
 that which hath byn often noted 
 
 before 
 
to the glorious cmpAuy of f.nglUh .faints in heauett. 
 
 before in this kind , by compa- 
 ringc the two Calendars togca- 
 ther J and by confrontingc page 
 with page , day with day , and 
 faind with faind in euery mo- 
 neth both of thcs and the former 
 fix monetbcs ^ wherin yow fhall 
 find, that for a mayne multitude 
 of moft venerable and learned Bi- 
 fiiopps. Fathers, and Dodors , glo- 
 rious Martyrs j moft admirable 
 Confej(lbrs_,holy VirginSjEremitcSj 
 Anachorites and religious rcty- 
 red Saints abandoninge the world, 
 and followinge Chrift after the 
 ftraiteft manner of life, exprefl'ed in 
 ourCalendar, all which did agree 
 both exadlie in one faith and Re- 
 ligion , though in diiferent ftate 
 of life J each one fought to glori- 
 fie his Sauiour in the higheft de- 
 gree : yow fhall find (I fay) that for 
 all thefc , and in their places Fox 
 
The Efiflk dedicator)/ 
 
 and his fellovves haue brought in 
 and canonized a rablcment of moft 
 contemptible people partly Eng- 
 lifh , and partly of other nations 
 dravven togfrather from allTribu- 
 nalls of luftice, where they haue 
 byn punifiied for their vvicked- 
 nellc^ & particularly for their difa- 
 greeinge in Religion, afvvell from 
 vSj as amonge thcmfelueSj being 
 willfully giuen to feds and obfti- 
 natc fancy es of their owne braines 
 both men and weomcn, as by rea- 
 ding of this hiftory is euident j and 
 yow (mojft glorious Saints) in hea- 
 uen cannot but moane and lament 
 fuch madncfl'e of your contrcy- 
 men, Co farre forth, as your prefcnt 
 happy flare may be capable of 
 compaflion towards the ridicu- 
 lous folly of fuch attempts. 
 
 There rcmaineth the third and 
 grcatefl iniury of all , though not 
 
 indeed 
 
t9 thegloriom compmy of English Saints in heanen. 
 
 indeed conccrninge (o much yovv 
 and your particular honours, as the 
 honour of your Lord andMaifter, 5c grea- 
 vvho taught yovv both by his do- 
 drine, & example of conuerlation, 
 the true vvayes of hfe and fandity, 
 vvherby youafcended to the {kmc: 
 which vvayes thefe men haue 
 fought to difgrace and difauthorizc 
 as much as in them lay-_, byaduan- 
 cinge to this title and ftile of Saints, 
 fuch men as tooke the quite con- 
 trary courfe to that of yours, & op- 
 pofite to all Saints that euer went 
 before yovv. 
 
 For V vheras the firft ftepp to fan- 
 dity in yovv, was vnion and moft 
 cxad conformity in faith, as before 
 vve haue fhevved thefe men hauc 
 plcafed to make their choyfe of 
 nyne or ten different condemned 
 (tOis for their Catalogue of Saints, ^ 
 as in the * narration of the firft fix ^^^'*'f* 
 
 - 1 '^•T- 3' 
 
 monethes 
 
The Epiftle dedicdmy 
 
 iniury in deed that both yovv and 
 your Maifter our Sauiour do re- 
 ceaue at thefe mens hands. 
 Theeon* VVherforc to conclude this my 
 amfau- dcdicatotle Epiftle or prefentation 
 tSZr' ^^^^^ fmall vvorkc againft your 
 aduerfaryes ( moft glorious Saints 
 & ccleftiall fpiritts)! do moft hum- 
 bly befcech yovv by that inflamed 
 loue & charity ,vvhervvith I kno v v 
 yovv are indued in that hcauenlie 
 citty by the fruition of your euerla- 
 ftinge creator and redeemer^ to ac- 
 cept in good part, this fmall obla- 
 tion of myneas proceedingc from 
 thehigheft degree of all venerable 
 and dutiful! affedion towards you 
 andyoureftate, and to protedthc 
 author & offerer with the mighty 
 fhield of your holie prayers and in- 
 terceftion forhim that in fome part 
 atlcafthemay follow and imitate 
 your happy fteps in the feruice of 
 
 your 
 
to theghriem cem^any of tnglUh Saints in heauen. 
 
 your King and Maifter^ and therby 
 ariue finallie to that euerlafting fe- 
 licitic which youpofTcflcSecond- 
 lie to rcfped: your deare countrey 
 afflided in this age with multipli- 
 citie & infelicitiejoffeds/chifmes^ 
 andherefieSj the hcauieft fcourge 
 that pofTiblie could fail vpon herj 
 vvhcrin notvvithftandinge by the 
 great andiingular mercie of our Sa • 
 uiourand your intcrcejflion j, there 
 haue not failed manie vvorthic 
 fchollers and children of yours to 
 ftandmoft conftantlie in thiscon- 
 fradion , euento thcfheddino-eof 
 their laft bloud in defence of the 
 pietie, & puritie of Catholikc faith 
 & Religion ^ vvhome in like man- 
 ner I comend to the continuance 
 of your protedion^as alfo I do moft 
 carneftlie the redudion of thofc 
 that are yetaducrfaryes, and out of 
 the vvay,depriued of true light,and 
 
The Epifile dedicatory 
 
 dcceaued with the falfe fhcvv of 
 pretended reformation and verball 
 hoUncs in thefc new Saints by 
 their foHfidian Iuft*fication,deuoid 
 of all true fandity both of faith and 
 works, and of all good exercifes of 
 Chriftian piety , as in this hiftory I 
 doubt not J but will aboundantly 
 appeare. Andfo I end , moft hum- 
 bly and dutifully takingemy leaue 
 of yow , vntill we meetc in that 
 yourhcaucnly Hierulalcm, whcr- 
 vnto I befeech yow to be perpc^ 
 tuall aydcrs and interceflors (oi mc. 
 ThisfirftofNouenibcr 1603. 
 
 A TABLE 
 
A TABLE OF THE 
 
 PARTICVLAR CONTENTS 
 
 and chapters of the whole treatife 
 of the Conuerfions of England. 
 
 Thefreface to thejirft T$me, vvherin diuersprincifall 
 points are handled : about iudgement in matters of 
 faith and with hon^, great care and fiUicitudethe 
 fame ought to be confidered of. 
 
 THE FIRST PART5 
 
 Of this Treatife concerninge plantingc 
 and continuance of Cathoiikc 
 Religion in England. 
 TX / H E f H E R England, & Englishmen haue f arti- 
 cular obligation to the Sea of Rome aboue other 
 nations, andofthejirH Conuerfion of Britansto Chri- 
 fiian Religion in ijme of the Apoflles, Chap. L 
 
 An anjitere to certainecaui]latiom^lyes,& falsifica- 
 tions of Syt Francis Haftings, c^/;i* Maijiers Fox 
 and the Magdeburgians, about thefirft preaching of 
 Chriflian faith in Bntany; wherin is handled alfo the 
 controuerfteofCc\chTztmgQE^i\cT, Chap. II. 
 
 The former comreuerfieh handled more particular" 
 Ijf, how the Grecian cufleme of celebratinge Eafler 
 day after the fafhion of the lenses , came fir ^l into the 
 British and Scottish Church, andhott^ vntrulj and wic- 
 kedly lohn Fox & lohn Bale do behauethcmftlues 
 about this matter. Ch a p. i i f . 
 
 Of the fecond conuerfion o/Britany vndcr K.Lu- 
 cius by Pofc Eleurherius 5 andteachers fent from 
 Rome, about theyedre ofChrifi: iSo. and oj thenoto^ 
 
A TABLE 
 
 tiom abfurd cmilUtms of heretlkes aim the fame 
 alfo. C H A p. I V. 
 
 of another hereticall fmfte dout the former con^ 
 uerfm of Biicany vnder Pope Eleucherius , and 
 K. Lucius 5 as though the faith of Rome , that was 
 then, did not remayne now : which is reproued by ttpo 
 eutdent demonflrations , againfl the infiants gtuen by 
 lohn Fox, and Sly r Francis Hafungs, the one de^ 
 monfiration being negatiue , the other affirmatiue, and 
 firflofthenegatiue, C h a p. V. 
 
 It is proued by the fecond kind ofajfirmatiue, orpofi^ 
 tine arguments , thut the points of Catbolikedoiirme 
 before denyed by Fox, and Syr Francis, were in vfe 
 in Pope HIeuchcrius his tyme.and in the ages imme- 
 diatly followinge , and this by tefimony of Protefiant 
 vvrytersthemfelues. Chap. V f. 
 
 The (lime argument is continued , and it is ffjetred 
 out of the Magdeburgians hou^ they accuje , and 
 abufe the Fathers of the fecond and third age , for hoU 
 dinge with vs agamfl them : wherof is inferred, 
 that thofe two ages were then alfo of our Religion. 
 Chap. VII. 
 
 of the third conuerfm of our Uand, and English 
 nation by S. AuRen, and hisfcHowesfent fiom VopQ 
 Gregory the jirfi anno Domini 596. and ofdiuers 
 notorious hereticall pufteSj and ijnpudencyes vfed to de^ 
 face the faid two excellent men S. Gregory, and 
 S. Auften, and the Religion brought into England by 
 them. Ch /VP. V 1 1 1. 
 
 That the Roman Religion brought into England 
 by S. Auguftine vnder Pope Gregory , was the * 
 very fame y that was brought in before vnder Pope 
 Elcuthcrius by Fugacius and Damianus , and 
 
 conti* 
 
OF THE CHAPTERS. 
 
 eontinued afterward amonge the Britans vntill the 
 eomminge of S. Auguftine to the English nation* 
 Chap. I X. 
 
 The continuation of the fame matter , vvherin is 
 fiiewsdby diuers proofes, and examples, that the Bii- 
 tzns before S. Gregoryesr/w^, vvereof the fame 
 religion that he fent into England by S. Auguftine, 
 tovvitt, of the Rormnc^ Chap. X. 
 
 The deduction of theajorefaid Catholike Komane 
 Religion planted in England bjf S. Auguftme , 
 ImtymevmoQur dayes:^ and that from K. Ethelbert 
 whejirjl receauedthe fameynto K. Henry the eight, 
 there was neuer any publiks interruption of the faid re^ 
 llgioninour land. Chap. XI. 
 
 How the fame Catholike Religion had continued, & 
 ferfeuered in England duringe the tymes and raignes of 
 K.Henxy the eighty and his three children, K.Ed- 
 ward, QJVlaryj^wrf (^Eliz^hQthynottpithJlan" 
 iinge all the troubles, chaunges, alterations, and tribu-^ 
 lations that haue fallen out therabout, & that the fame 
 religion ii like to continue to the worlds end,yfour fmne^ 
 hinder it not. C a a p . X 1 1 . 
 
 T HE SECOND PART^ 
 
 For Searchinge of the Proteftant 
 Church and Religion. 
 
 Ov how great importance Ecclefiafticall fuc- 
 cefsion is for triall of true Religion, and howfe-- 
 daryeshauefoughtto the force therof, by faying that 
 the Church is inuifible: how fond a ffofft this is,andhow 
 foolishly Fox doth behatie himfelfe therin, Ch a p. !• 
 
 The 
 
A TABLE 
 
 ThepdYticular examination of the difcent or fuccef* 
 fton of lohn Fox Church in England, or eU where 
 for thefirfi 3 0 o.jeares after Chrifl: to witt, vnto the 
 tjtneofthe Emperour Conftantine, and whether 
 4ny fuch Church yya^ extant then in the world orno, 
 and in whome? Chap. 1 1 • 
 
 Iheprofecution ofthe fame matter: to wit t, of the 
 difcent of the CathoUki & Protefiant Church for other 
 ^00. yeares, that is from Pope Sylueftcr^wrfCon- 
 ftantine, to Pope Gregory, Mauritius ffc^ 
 Bmperour^ and where lohn Foxhis Church lay hid 
 inthistyme. Chap. HI, 
 
 How matters pafed in the Chrijlian Church both 
 airoad,andat home in England duringe the third Ra- 
 tion of tyme fiomPopc Gregory, and K. Ethel- 
 bert of Kent, vnto K, Egbert (^//r jirfl Monarch, 
 conteyninge the Jpace efi o o .yeares. Chap. IV. 
 
 The fourth ftation or diuifon oftymes from K. Eg- 
 bert rwfo William Conquerour conteyninge the 
 Jpace ef fomei^o. yeares. And how lohn Foxfci 
 Church paffed in thefe dayes^ and whether there were 
 anyPopQ loMC^ or no? Chap. V. 
 
 The narration of English Ecclefiafiicall affaires du^ 
 rtnge this fourth flation or diflintVton oftyme, is conth- 
 nued.and the abfurdityes 1 ohn Fox are difcouered. 
 Chap. VI. 
 
 The jifth Station of tyme conuyninge other 100. 
 yearesfrom William ConquQVour vnto the tyme of 
 lohn WicklifFe , wherin is examined, whether the 
 Cath. Roman Church did perish in this tyme as Fox 
 affirmeth. Heere is treated alfo of Pope Hilde- 
 brand34«rf(?/Mariageo/Pricfts. Chap. VII. 
 
 JjHrc foUowcth a dreaminge imagination of lohn 
 
 Fc«c 
 
OP THE CHAPTERS. 
 
 Fox contrary to jt felfe,about the fall of the Church of 
 Rome, and rifinge of Antlchrifl ; with the refi that 
 remayneth of our EcclefiaJiicaU hijiorjf from the Con- 
 queftfAVicklilFc. ^ iCnur. VllL 
 
 Ofthe tymefrom lohii WicklifFe^vwYdi the begin" 
 nlnge of theralgne ofK. Hcnvy the 8. conteyninge 
 about ahmdred and fortieyeares, andhotvthe Church 
 of Rome, and Fox his Church faffed in thefetymes^ 
 Chap. IX. 
 
 The moft abftird & ridiculous fuccepon of feSiaryes tOt 
 appointed by lohn Fox, for the cotinuance of his Churchy 
 from Pope Innocentius 3. downeward^ where alfo 
 by this occafion is declared the true nature, and condition 
 oflaipfullEcclefiafticallfticcefion. _ Chap. X# 
 
 The fearch of lohn Fox his Church is continued % 
 vnder the gouernment^and raigne o/K.Hcnry the 8. 
 and his children ^ andyt is difcuffed what manner of 
 Church lolm Fox then had, or may be imagined to 
 hauehad. Chap, XL 
 
 V Vhetim lohn Fox his Church hath had any place nl 
 vnder K. Edward, Qi^Mzry ^and her Maiefiie that 
 noip raignethiand how farre it hath bine admitted,or k 
 admitted at this day. Chap. X'I I. 
 
 The conclufton of both the fe former farts, togeathet ^ 
 with a particular difcourfe of the notorious different 
 proceeding ofCatholiks & Frotejlants, in fearcbing out 
 the truth of matterslncontrouerfre. Chap. XIII» 
 
 Thefe Chapters are handled in 
 the lirft Tome. 
 
 THE 
 
A TABLE 
 
 THE THIRD PART, 
 Concerninge the examen of lohn Fox his 
 
 , Eccieiiaflicall Calendar and Proceftanc 
 ^r v U-. Saints therein concerned. 
 
 A Double Calendar, the eneCatholtke, the other 
 deuifed lohn Fox ,fer the peculiar Saints of 
 his Church. 
 
 i4 direHionor inflruHion to the discreet and f torn 
 Aeader , hoip to vfe this double Calendar to his^reatefi 
 Jpirituall comoditj, and increafe of deuotion. 
 
 CHAPTERS. 
 
 of the Calendar of lohn Fox hii Martyrs, prefixed 
 before his Alls and Monuments-^ how ahfurd a thtngeyt 
 
 and different from theCathoUke Calendar: and horn 
 therinhe doth imitate old heretiki, bj fettingedowne 
 malef allots for Martyrs ofhisfeii, and defacinge other 
 that are true, and Cath. Martyrs indeed. Chap. I. 
 
 of the particular caufes that moued the auncient 
 Cbrifiian Church to keep a Calendar of Saints feafls, 
 andvvhat forts of honour fuevfed towards them: and 
 that me one pomt therof agreeth to lohn Fox his 
 Church or Samts, by his owne confefwn^ Chap. lU 
 
 A conftderation ofnym (euerall fe£is,that haueprin" 
 cipally troubled the Church of God forthefelafi 400, 
 jearspafl: to witt, from theyeare ofchrtfi 1200. vn- 
 tiU our tyme : And that all opinions and articles ofbe^ 
 leefe , held by the Foxian Saints of this enfuinge Calen^ 
 dar different from the CathoUke, may be reduced, to one 
 or more of thefe nyne fells , as their heads and origins. 
 Chap. III. 
 
 What 
 
OF THE C H A P T E K S, 
 
 what may he thought oflohn Fox hU Martyrs about 4, 
 ther forwardnejfe in ojferinge themfelues to dyfor their 
 opinions: and vrh ether yt may he called confiancy or ob- 
 fiinacy? Chap. IV. 
 
 Thefuruey ofeuery moneth inpartlcular • andfirft 
 of lanuaryj and of the lexian Martyrs therin contey-- 
 tied, theprimipallwherof aretheferubricate fett forth 
 in redd Utters,lohn Wicklilfe preacher, Syr Ro- 
 ger A (Son Knight, and lohn Philpot artificer. 
 Chap. V. 
 
 of the moneth (^/'February, andi6. Toxlan Mar- 6^ 
 tyrs centeyned therin^ wherof eyght are rubricate, or in 
 redd colour s^to mtt : Oldcaftle, Onley, Luther, 
 Rogers, Sanders, Hooper, Taylor 4«(iFarrar, 
 And the ojher iS. in hlacke attyre^ wherof Agnes 
 Potten and Trunchficlds w/(^, are the lajl. 
 Chap. VI. 
 
 OfthemenethofM^tchy and Foxian Saints and 7^ 
 Martyrs therin conteyned,namety Bihiey and Cran- 
 mer, that are the principally with other accompaninge 
 them. Chap. VII. 
 
 of the moneth of April! , and of the Saints and 8* 
 Martyrs.which lohn Fox afigneth therin to haue hyn 
 of his Religion-y with a hrtefe examination both of their 
 beliefe, Hues, and deathet. Chap. VIII. 1 
 
 The examination of the moneth of May, and of the 
 Martyrs & Confefforscanonizjed therin fc/IohnFox 
 for Saints of his Church, and fopublif oedin his Calen- 
 dar. Ch AB. I X. 
 
 Thedifcufwn of the moneth of lune , and what 10* 
 Martyrs and Confeprs lohn Fox doth place in the 
 Catalogue and Calendar therof as appertayninge to his 
 triumphant Church. Chap. X. 
 
 ;^ ^ 4 Thcfi 
 
A D O V B L £ 
 
 , CALENDAR- 
 
 The one Catholike^ the other deuifed 
 by lohn Fox^ for the pecuUar 
 Saints of his Church. 
 
 In thejirjl, are conteyned the names ofthofe Saints, whevof 
 the Roman Church doth celebrate the memorjes and feftiuall 
 » \daj^s inher Calendar, 4^ alfo thofe, tphichour English Calen- 
 [dar of the vfe of Szvum doth add of the f articular Saints of 
 leurcontrey. And where neither af thefe two Calendars hath 
 any celebrity, or Saints feafi, but only Fer ia, there isfu^lyed 
 fome one for that day, out of the Roman martyrologe. 
 
 For which caule the letters c% r. in the faidCa- 
 tholik^ Calendar cnfuinge, doe fignilie C4/^«- 
 darium Romanum: c. 5. ^alendarium Sarum y and 
 Mc R» Martyr ologiumRomanum. 
 The fecond Calendar, is the fame , word for vvwd , which 
 Tox deuifed and prefixed before his volume of Aits mdMenu- 
 ments^conteynmge the Catalogue of fuch his Martyrs and Con- 
 fejfors. Of hepefumedtobe of his Church only, and not of ours, 
 for that they were in fome pints of belief e different , and for 
 the fame caufe punished by ours, and fo he maketh a Calendar 
 ofthem apart, admittinge only fome few of our Calendar , as 
 yow wiil fee bj the vie we. 
 
 To both which forts of Sauus, there is added in 
 cache Calendar a briefe note or explication what 
 eueryonewas J which may ferue for an epitome; 
 or fummary of that , which is handled afterward j 
 more largly in the examen of euery moneth feue-j 
 rally, and in the comparifons thervnco adioyned ; 
 of both Calendars togeather. ! 
 
Ann'] Dies 
 Chr. menf. 
 
 303 
 
 30^ 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. luly. 
 
 The Moneth of luly. 
 
 K. SS. lulij & Aaronis mart. Thejeweire 
 two holy mien of the Britti/h nation, thatfujf 'e- 
 red death in England with S. Albane. Se Gild, 
 lib. de excid. Brit, a^d S. Bede lib, i. cap, 7. 
 gefl. Anglo rum. and others. 
 
 R. Virtratio B. Mai 13: duplex. The celebra- 
 tion ofthts feajl of the mother of God, in re- 
 memhrance of her iorney into the mount ay nes of 
 luddato vifit the mother ef fainU lohn Baptift 
 Luc I. "uvas infiituted by the Church vfon the 
 yeare afChrifi i^^p.to obtayne the rather by her 
 intercejfion the takinge away of a certayne 
 fchifme , which foone after vHjos obtayned, Se 
 V\M-in the life ofVope Boniface the 5>.t^ others. 
 
 R. Heliodori Epilcopi & Confeflbris. 
 was a holy Bifhopp of great learninge highly 
 efiee77iedby S.Hierome,w^(? liued in htsdayes, 
 and to whome he wrote a large epiftle in the 
 praife offolitary lifcy as alfo he dedicated to him 
 the epitaph of the death of ^t^oiixxwxs ^making 
 mention' of him like manner in many other 
 places of his works : cp. 1. ad Nepotianum 
 & 37. ad lulianum. c^r. 
 
 M. R. Theodori Epifcopi 5c mart. This man 
 was of Libia in Africke andB, of a Citty na- 
 med Cyrene , he wa^ beaten to death with 
 balls of lead for Chriftian faith vnder Biocle 
 fian, his tongue being firfi cutt of that his com 
 plaint might not be heard. See the Greeke me 
 '/ialoge, the Roman Martyrologe, and others, 
 
 M. R 
 
Ann- 
 
 Dies 
 mcnl- 
 
 15-33 
 
 1^43 
 
 7H3 
 
 Fox Ills Cdknditr. Inly. 
 
 The Monctli of luly. 
 
 Henry Vces Silohn Ifck mart. Tliefe were two 
 Apollata friars of Luthers owne order , to 
 witt oftKehabittofS. i^uften, though not'of 
 the Religio being run out of their monaftery 
 for libertyjthe former of them was notaboue 
 14. years old j they were both burnt togea- 
 ther at Bruxells in the yeare 1^13. Se cii.n.i^, 
 lohn : riti> Mrt- c- r. This was a yong mar-, 
 ryed man of London , who being imbued 
 with the fpiritt of new dodrinc in the begin- 
 ninge of proteftancy in England , went ouer 
 the Sea to Tyndallin Flanders, and afterward 
 returninge defended lira nge opinions againft 
 the Biftiops,and went to the fire for the lame, 
 as yow may lee in his Hory at larg. cap, n, 
 num.1. ^.^..^,6. & deinceps, 
 Andrew Hevvit, Sc Antony Terfin mart. The 
 firft of thefe two , was a yong apprentife to a 
 Taylor of London , fome yeares yonger 
 chtnFryth , who offered to dy for Fryth his 
 opinions , though he knew not well what 
 they were. The fecond was a pariih prieil of 
 VVindefore who had deuifed a new opinion 
 about the blefled Sacrament , to witt , that 
 Chrifis body was the word of God, and the 
 bread to be broken to the[people , and that this 
 was the meaninge of thofe words : he tooke 
 bread and brooke, e^r. See ibid, num.i6,i7.i^» 
 Robert Tefiwood mart. This was a mufition 
 of the Church o ( VVindefore who was indigh 
 ted and condemned vpon the Ibtute of 6, ar~ 
 tides for fpitefuli raylinge fpeaches againll 
 the blefled Sacrament of the Akar,& for per- 
 takinge with Antony Perfon^ in his new made 
 hcrefie about the fame. See ibid, num,i^.i<). 
 
[Dies 
 'menf. 
 
 7TJ 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. ^ luly; 
 
 M.R. Zox mart. This vva4 a holy woman, 
 wife of S. Nicollratus the martyr , vvhoge- 
 uinge herfclfe wholy to deuotion, and Being ta- 
 ken one day prayinge at S. Peters Altar , was 
 \for that caufe beaten firfl by the perfecutors^ and 
 then hanged vp by the hay re on a tree, and cho- 
 ked with fmoke of fire made vnder her. See her 
 pajjion fett forth ^^Sur. rom.i. lan.^o. S. Bede 
 in his martyrologe, and others, 
 M . R. Romuli Epifcopi & m^vi.This manvvtvs 
 made Bifhopp of Fefula in Tufcane by S, ?eter 
 the Apoftle , and was martyred for Chr^ian 
 Religion under Bomitian the Emperor, See An 
 ton. part.i. tit.d. cap.i(^. Volater, and others. 
 
 M. R. SS. Willibaldi & Heddi Epifcoporum 
 &Confeff. & S. Edii:>urgx' V^rg. AUthefe 
 three were Znglifh SainBs, died in this mo- 
 n^th. The firfl was compagnion to S. Bonifa- 
 ci us , andfirflBijljopp of the Citty ofEydsidin 
 Germany. The fecond was Bifhop of the Weft- 
 faxons' And the tktrd was daughter of Annas 
 K. of the Eafl- Angles. See Bed. lib.3. cap.y. & 
 8. &iib.4. cap.<;. lib.y. cap. 10. and others. 
 
 M. R. Quinqiiaglnta militum mart. Thefe 
 were put to death vnder the Emperor A\iTelia,n 
 for confejiion of their faith , in the hauen of 
 Rome. They were conuerted by the preachinge 
 of a holy woman called S.Bonofa. See Roman. 
 Mart, ^w^^ Dam. in vita Felicis PP. and others. 
 
 M. R. 
 
Dies Fox his Calendar. jq ly^ 
 
 mGnC jjg^ry Filmer martyr. This was alfo a townef. 
 jman o£Windefore and an affociate of the for- 
 jmer two in fowinge of here fie, andraylingc 
 {at Catholike Religion in K. Henryes dayes 
 Ifor which he was condemned and burned to 
 ;geather with them. They tippled lb merely 
 in the prifon and at the fire fide , as Fox con 
 jfefleth that fome held they died dronke. Sec 
 ibid. num. 1^,10. 
 
 iohn Bradford Preacher martyr. This mar 
 being borne SitManehefier ln Lancaihire^was 
 firll a feruingman to Syr John Harrington 
 jknightin K. Henryes daycs , but afterward 
 being made a Proteflant in K. Edwards dayes 
 became mini fler and preacher, being yet a 
 lay man, and refufingto be made Deacon by 
 the orders then in force, as Fox confefleth 
 being a precifition, be was burned afterward 
 in Q^Maryes tymefor Caluinifme. See his 
 llory ac large. cap,ii.nH.ii,i^,x^, & deinceps, 
 lohn Leafe martyr. This was an apprentife to 
 a tailow-chandclor in London, who being 
 not able to wryte or read , yet afterward he 
 anfweredfo defperately to the Bijfhopps , as 
 none like him. And when his hereticall ar- 
 ticles were fent to him to acknowledge, he 
 being not able to fubfcribe , pricked his fin- 
 gar with a pin, and befpotted the paper with 
 bloud , fendingethe fame backefor his fub- 
 fcription he was burned in Smithfield. See 
 ibid, num. 
 
 Margery VuUey and William Minge mart. The 
 firfb of thele z. was a poore woman of Tep- 
 pingbury in Kent , burned for willfull flan- 
 dinge in diners herefies. The fecond was an 
 Apoftata prieft imprifoned at maidjlone, and 
 there died in prifon : Here Fox calleth him a 
 Martyr , but in his Ads a Ccnfeflbr only. 
 See ibid.'nnm, 18. 
 
 'Richard 
 
Litt. ' 
 pnic. 
 
 A 
 
 Chr. 
 
 Dies 
 9 
 
 US 
 
 lO 
 
 IJO 
 
 II. 
 
 380 
 
 5>0 
 
 13 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. 
 
 M. R. Anatolia: virg. 8c mart. Th^ was a fa- 
 mous Chriftta virgin of the coutrey ^?/Spoletum 
 in Italy, that dtd infinite miracles, e5» hetng cafl 
 to ft hidtOHS ferpent, was not hurt by the fame^ 
 fo laftly was fe arced through with a [word 
 vnder the Emperor Dtcms^See of her S.Bede in 
 mart. & Pet.Diac. 1. de vir.Illuftr. and others, 
 c.R.Septem fratrum mart..Scmititip]cx. Thefe 
 were y. children of a holy woman of^ome na- 
 med Felicitas , who was alfo martyred for 
 Chriftian faith', and thefe her children were all 
 put to death on one day in ^ome vnder Antoni- 
 nus the Emperour , whofe names are expreffed 
 in the Roman martyrologe. S, Gregory the firft 
 made a Jermon in their Church vpon their fe fii- 
 uallday, Homil.3. in Euangel. and others, 
 c. R. Pij Papa^ & mart. This Pope was in the 
 beginnmge of thefecond age after Chrifl.fuccee- 
 dedS. Higinius, and went before S. Anicetus 
 both Popes and Martyrs. Of htm doth wryte 
 S. Iren. lib. 4. hift. c. 10. he was put to death 
 vnder the Emperor Antoninus Pius , [as mofi 
 authors do hold, though others fay vnder Mar- 
 cus Aurelius Antoninus, 
 c. R. Naboris & Fxlicis mart. Thefe z, ble/fed 
 Martyrs were put to death at Millaine vnder 
 Maximinian the Emperor. And S. Paulinus 
 wry tinge the life ofS.AmbrofeyVvithwhome 
 he liued, teflijieth the great deuotion of that 
 people in vijy tinge their bo dyes and fepulchers in 
 thofedaycs. See S. Ambrofe lib. 7. in Lucam. 
 cap. 13. & ep. ad Marccllin. * j 
 c. R. AnacletiPP. & mart. Semidupici. Of 
 this bleffed Pope Martyr thai vvfCs the third 
 or fourth after S. Peter, andgaue his bloud for 
 the confejftonof Chriftian faith TnderDomi- 
 rian the Emperor, do make mention. Ircn.lib.3. 
 cap. 3. Eufeb. lib. 3. cap.i. Optar. lib. 2. cont. 
 Parinen. Aucr. ep.i8c. ^^^^'^^^■'^i. 
 
 C. R. 
 
Ann 
 Chr. 
 
 ^ Dies 
 menf. 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 II 
 
 Fox his Calendar, 
 
 Richard Hooke mart. This was a certaine craf - 
 tefman of Wefichefter burned for new opi- 
 nions in the 3. yeareof QJd^aryes raigne. 
 Foxaddethno particulars; but that he was 
 burned, /r^/^ true vvUnss of the Lord$ triith. 
 See ihU. num, 
 
 lohn Bland preacher martyr , This Bland was 
 Minifter& Vicar of the Parifh oi Roluyndon 
 n Keht, ,who aunfwered roundly and flatly 
 (faith Fox) the articles propofed vnto him^ 
 and fo finally ftiewing himfelfe obftinate, he 
 jwas burned with 3. other companions (the 
 ifourth relcntinge) at Canterbury , the fame 
 lyeareijjj. See cap, it, ndm, ibid, 
 
 lohii TrankiJJje and Humfrey Middleto?} mart- 
 iThefeare two of Bland the preachers com- 
 panions j and were biirned with him, though 
 Fox giue them feiierall dayes \ therby to ex-- 
 tend his Calendar. The firft was a miniHer 
 the fecond an artfficer , whofe difagreeinge 
 aunfwers yow may fee ibid, num,z^,ip. 
 
 Nicolas Sheterden mart. This was another ar- 
 .tificer companion to the former, but fbr that 
 Fox faith he conquered DoCtor Uarpesfield and 
 [Maifter CoUyns the B. Chat>lin,in difputation, 
 yea ^/y^(?/> himfelfe and others, he 
 
 geueth him a feuerall feftiuall day , as alfo a 
 large difcourfe of his Ads and Gefts in that, 
 di fp u ta ti o ri . See ibid, num .19. 
 William Dighill and Dirick Caruer mart. The 
 firft of thefe was a craftefman burned in 
 Kent. The fecond was a beere-brewer of the 
 Parifti of Brighthamfied in the County of 
 Suffex burned at L<rI;^'^'^:bbth their opiiiions, 
 andanfwers, as' alfo their obftinacy therin 
 yow may fee ibid, num, 30. . 
 
 ★ lohri^ 
 
Litt. 
 ( 
 
 Ann' 
 Chr. 
 
 1175 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 H 
 
 g 308 
 
 33^8 
 
 15 
 
 Id 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 The Catholike Calendar, luJy. 
 
 c. K. Bonauentur^E Epifcopi & Confefs. Se-| 
 miduplcx'. X^/^ vva^ tt, great learned'^and holy 
 man of S.Francis Ord€r,as hU works doe tefli- 
 fie , he irjds Cardinal! and B. <?/Albane , and 
 v^fu canonizjed by Pope Sixcus 4. See of him 
 S.Anton, p. 3. tit.z. c.3. & ^.andothers. 
 M. R. Catiilini Diac & mart. This man with 
 dtuers other companions of his, was fut to death 
 in the citty of Cardiage in Africa. In whofe 
 praife S. Auften nyide a large learned fermon 
 \^cisVof^i^oni\xswryteth in his life C2l^ , ^ » He 
 fuffered 'vnder th^ Emperor Diocletian. And 
 their reliques were kept with honour in the 
 Church of S,Fmi\us, Of which yovvmayfee 
 Concil. Carthag. 6, & Concil. African, c.i/, 
 Vidor. l.i. de perfecut. Vandal, and othrrs. 
 M. R. Faufli mart. This fame Fauftus is he 
 whofe Church is mentioned in the precedet day. 
 He was nay led to a Cro/fe vnder T>eciiis the 
 Trnperor and continued y. dayes with life , a^id 
 at the end was fljott through with arrowes: 
 fee the Greeke menaloge and Komanummarty- 
 rologe. and others, 
 c. R. Alexij Confefloris. This was ayiohle 
 young man of Rome y fonne of a Senatour named 
 Euphemianus, ^'^'/^(? tew^ forced to marry, left 
 his Wife -untouched,^ ft ealing away by ntght, 
 went as apelgrim ouer the world to vtjitt holy 
 places , and ; eturninge vnknowne after many 
 yearesywas receyued in his owne Fathers houfe 
 as a feruant and pilgrim, and neuer defcryed vn 
 till after his death. See the Roman martyrologe 
 and his Acis out of Mctaphrafles in Lippom. 
 torn. 7. & Sur. torn. 4. 
 
 c. R. SimpKorofa! cum 7. filijs mart. This 
 wonder full woman was of the Cttty of Ty- 
 bur by Rome vnder the Emperor Adriane ; fhe 
 wfiu the wife of one Getulius that was mar- 
 tyred for Chrifl , as fJ^e alfo was with 7. chil- 
 dren 
 
Liic. Ann. 
 Riiic. Chi\ 
 
 Dies 
 mcnf. 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 lohn Launder mart. This Launder was a huf 
 bandman of the Parifli of Godftone in the 
 County of Surrey of i^. years ould, and bur- 
 ned at Stenninge in this yeare for ob/linatc 
 defendinge diuers hereiies , which yow may 
 read ibid, num, 3 o . 
 
 Thomas luefonmcirt. This was a carpenter of 
 the Parilh of Godftone alfo , and was burned 
 this yeare, and vpon this Moneth at Chiche 
 i]:er: He held amonge other opinions, hU 
 fynnes were not vvajhed away by BapPifhe, 
 but that his body only was vvMjud therbyi See 
 ibid, nam, 30. 31. 
 
 Nicolas Hall mart, and lohn Alevvorthe Conf. 
 Thefirllof thcfez. was a brickelayer of the 
 Parifh ofD^r//i?r^, who offered him feife to 
 the fire for his opinions .The kcondi was im- 
 prifoned for like caufe at Reading^md died in 
 the (lime prifon , for which'caule Fox giueth 
 him the title of Confeffor, Seer. 11. 30. 31. 31. 
 lohn Careleffe confeffor. This was a weauer 
 of Couentry, that died in the Kings bench at 
 London, being commy tted thither for here - 
 fie, vpon the fourth yeare of Q^Maryes 
 raigne , his opinions lohn Fox fetteth not 
 downe , fo as he might be of any fed what-. 
 Ibeuer , for any thinge we know to the con- 
 :rary. See ihid, m/n-}^. 
 
 luiiits Valmer . lohn Huyn , and Atk/ns mm. 
 The firil of theft was a you,nge man 
 yf*ares old, thai nauingebyn put ouf*ofMag- 
 dalin Collcdgc in Oxford for iibeJlingea- 
 gain!! the prelident, became a ghofpeilex,and 
 
 ■■^^ ^ 
 
Ann. 
 Chr. 
 
 Dies 
 mcnf. 
 
 350 
 
 19 
 
 140 
 
 84 
 
 It 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. i-'y 
 
 dren haning pajfedfirfl many forts dfmdfltrmll 
 torments. See of her Mombrit torn. 1, & Pet. 
 in catal. lib. 6. and others. ^ 
 
 M. R. Macrina: virgihis* Thi^ holy virgin wa* 
 fyfler to the two famom DoBors of the Church 
 Bafill, and S. Gregory Niflene, hywhome 
 flje was taught both to keepe the holy fiatecf\ 
 virginity , as alfo to exercife all other perfeBion ] 
 of life. Of vvhofe vvonderfuEvertues the Jaidi 
 Greg. Niflen vvryteth a large treatife cp. ad 
 Olymp. and others* 
 
 c.R. Margarita: virg.& mart. This hleffed vir- 
 gin ftifferedat Antiocli in Alia vnder the I?n- 
 peror i>ecius,and dtuers authors haue vvrytten 
 her glorious pafjion at large, and^amonge others, 
 Bapt. Mantuaniis in verfe , as alfo Hieron J 
 Vida B, of Albe, and others. 
 c.R. Praxedis virginis. This was one of the 
 daughters of S. Pudens Senator of Rome , that 
 firji receyued S,Veter and S, Paul into his houfe, 
 an d fyfler aljo to S. Pudentiana/^^;^3^ S. Noua- 
 tus , and after a mofi holy life , gaue vp with 
 like holynes her fpiritt to our Sauiour, See the 
 mart. ofS. Bede and Mombr* torn. i» de vitis 
 Sandorum. and others. 
 c, K. -;(^ »'. duplex. 
 
 c.\. Apollinaris Epifcopi & mart* -^emidii- 
 ' This bleffed man was ordayned iifffop by 
 ^. Peter the Apoflle , and fentto B^uenna in 
 Italy ^ where after many confliBs with the 
 perfecutors of thofe dayes , and many miracles 
 vvr ought by him , he was finally put to deaih 
 vnder Vcffafian the Emperor: See of him fainci 
 Gregory the great lib, 5-. ep. 31. Venant. Fort, 
 in Sacris Hym. Sur. torn. 4. and others. . 
 
 C. R J 
 
Litt. 
 Dnic. 
 
 ;^4 
 
 Ann. 
 dir. 
 
 Dies 
 menf 
 
 1^6 
 
 19 
 
 %0 
 
 11 
 
 11 
 
 2'3 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 gott vnto him Gum and Atkins^ for his com- 
 panions , he had his mothers curfe for his 
 euill behaujour, and foone after was burned, 
 and To became a Martyr of Fox his Church 
 See mm* ihid, 
 
 Catherine Catuhes , GuiUemine Gilbert , and 
 PerQtine Majfy , with her child not one hotm 
 oldy Martyrs. Thefe 3. weomen were hanged 
 and burned in Garnefy for theft and herefyj 
 the iirft was'mother of the other twojand the 
 laft being a fecret ilrompett , notconfelfinge 
 her felfe to be with child , the fame brake 
 forth of her belly and fell into the fire when 
 ihe was on the gallowes , but was borne 
 iead: fe their fioryat large. ib.n.i/^,-^^,i6,^c. 
 Thomas Dungate martyr. This was a poore 
 iimpje man burned at Greeufteedin Suilex for 
 obftinacy in certayne'new opinions about 
 Religion, which yet Fox fetteth not downe, 
 but only faith, that he fufferedfor righteoufnes 
 fake. ^tQ ibid, n^um.^'^, 
 John 'Formanmart. This 'Foreman was fellow 
 to Vungate , and as vnlearned as he , and no 
 lefle obflinate ', for which caufe he was bur- 
 ned with him at Greenfteedyy^on the 4.yeare 
 of the raigne of <i^Jvlary. See ibid ;;«m.4y. 
 
 Mary Mai^dalyn, 
 Symon Miller martyr. This was a craftefman 
 ofLimte burned at Norwich : Fox telleth no 
 particulars of him, but that he went vp and 
 downe carryinge his confeffion in his Ihoe, 
 and asked the. people, where he might go to 
 communion, for which he was apprehended, 
 and carryei to Doctor Dunnings thc Chan 
 celor. See ibid, num. 45". 
 
 * * ★ 3 liiza- 
 
Lift. 
 
 nnic, 
 b 
 
 Ann'^jDies 
 Chr. meiif. 
 
 41 
 I 
 
 301 
 
 ^95 
 
 4 16 
 
 84 
 
 2'4 
 
 2'f 
 
 z6 
 
 2-7 
 
 The Catholikc Calendar. lu ly . 
 
 , Vigilia.Chrifrina: virg.<5: mart. This ad- 
 mirable virgin being daughter of a pagan Judge, 
 that was feruent tn Idolatry ^ he perceauing 
 that his faid daughter not only was a Chrt- 
 ftian y but had broken certame golden IdoUs of 
 hisy andgiuen the money to the poor e, caupdher 
 to fajfe an incredible number of torment i of 
 water ^burning lyme^^erpents and the Uke.fi'om 
 all which being deliuered by miracle, flie was 
 finally martyred by many arrovves fhott through 
 her body. See Vincent, in Ipec. lib. 11. cap.36. 
 Anton, |), J, tir,^. £^)%d others, 
 c. k-obi ApoitoH duplex. 
 
 R. Annarmarns B.Marix duplex. O/^^ftf 
 holy woman mother of the bl. Virgin do make 
 mention many auncient leathers y as S. Epiph. 
 ha:r.73. & 79. & in coment. de laud. Deipar. 
 S. loan. Damafc. 1. 4. cap.iy. and the Emperor 
 Emanuell in his conftitution acknowledged the 
 fame for afefiiuallday in hts tyme tit. de jEerijs. 
 c. R. Pantaleonis mart. Thts was a famoiu 
 phifition in the perfecution vnder Maximinus 
 the Emperor , who confejfinge Chrifi mofl con- 
 fiantly, wns by many torments put to death in 
 Nicomedia,c$» his fefiiuallday was kept with 
 celebrity prefently after in the Greeke Church, 
 as appear eth by the for faid Conftitution ofEma,- 
 nucii the Emperor tit. de ferijs. a72d others. 
 c. v.. Victoris PP» &niart. oc Innocentii PP. 
 
 Confefs. Semiduplcx. The firfi ofthefe two 
 Fopes fucceeded Eleu.theiiuSii'uho conuerted the 
 f>ritans vnder K.Lucius, and was martyred 
 vnder the Emperor Seuerus, the other Innocen- 
 tiu4 liued a mofl holy life in S, Hierome and 
 S. Auflens tymc^ of whofe great fantHty both of \ 
 them do make mention, and others, 
 
 u^lcT. This was 
 
 Marthar virginis.5 
 
 (yfler of S.Mary Magdalen , andofLazjiruSy 
 \vvho receaued our Satuour into her houfe in 
 
 Bethania 
 
Litt. 1 Ann 
 nniJChr. 
 b 
 
 Dies 
 nienf. 
 14 
 
 1^8 
 
 g 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 %6 
 
 ^7 
 
 ^9 
 
 Elizabeth Cooper mart. This Elizabeth was a 1 
 pewterers wife of Norwich , who hauingej 
 firfl recanted her new opinions, fell to tbem i 
 a^^aine , cryinge out openly in the Church! 
 (iaith Fox) that fhe reuoked her former re-j 
 cantai ion * Ihc was burned with the forcfaid 
 Afi^/'atNor\vlch, Set ibid. nHm.^<^, 
 
 lames Apoftlc. 
 RicBardTeoman martyr a This T&oman was an 
 Apoflata Prieft, who being tempted with the 
 flelh gatt him a woman , with whome he li- 
 ued for a whole yearc ihutt vp in a chamber, 
 fhe fpinninge, and he cardinje the wooll; he 
 hadmany children by her , and at laft was 
 burned ^.t Norwich. Sec cap. 11. num. ^6 47- 
 William F ikes martyr .TWis was a tanner bur- 
 ned at Bramford y, myles from London, to- 
 geather with j. other Craftcfmen of like oc- 
 cupations, for fundry new opinios: all which 
 Fox calleth the fiirhfuU wittnefles of the 
 Lords trew Teftament, as though the Lord 
 had two Teftaments , the one trew the other 
 falfe. See ibid. num. 48 .45?. jp. 
 Stephen Gotten mart. This was one of the far- 
 mer company of craftefmen and artificers ta-r 
 ken at IJlington by London at their meetings 
 in the fields , and was examined by D. Dar- 
 bifhirc Chauncelor to Bifhop Bonner, and fi- 
 nally being obfi:inate,he was condemned and 
 burned likelife at Brainford, See num. ibid. 
 
 lohn Slade and Stephen Wright mart. Thcfe 
 were other two of the forefaid crew , who 
 were fix in ail,burnedat Brainford^and albeit 
 ★ ★★4 they 
 
!Ann. 
 Chr. 
 
 4J0 
 
 438 
 
 Dies 
 mcnl 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. Inly. 
 
 Bethanla Jhe liued c^. died moft ho lily, after her 
 departure from ludea, tQ Marfeeles and Taraf- 
 cum in France, See Mombrit, to.i. (5* others, 
 c.R. Abdon & Sennen mart. Thefe were two 
 Chrifiian Terfians brought jrom thence in 
 chaynes to Rome vnder Decius the Emperor, and 
 there after many torments fuffered for Chrijl, 
 they were beheaded. See Mart. Rom. Bed. Sc 
 Mombrit. tom.i. Pet. in Cm\A,6,& others, 
 M. R. German! Epifc. & Conf. This holy man 
 being a Bifljopp in France, came twife into Bri- 
 tany before Englifhmen were ChrijHas^to rcfyfl 
 the pelagians, Li^^/r^ he did both by works yand 
 miracles, carry inge with him many r cliques of 
 Saints to that effeB , as wryteth S. Bede lib.i. 
 hift.c.ii. andbefore him Grcg.Turon de glor. 
 Confefs.c.41. Profp.in chron,and^many other. 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. Au^^ulh 
 
 The Moneth of Auguft. 
 
 c, R, Petri ad vincula. duplex. Thts memory 
 or celebrity of the chaines wherwith S, Peter 
 was bound ^, as well tn Hierufalem as Rome, 
 uz'os inftituted about the yeare of Chrifi 438. 
 when the Empreffe Eudoxia wife t^/Theodo- 
 ilus the younger hauinge gone in pilgrip^age to 
 Hierufalem , had prejented vnto her the two 
 chaines, that S, Feter vnas tyed with all vnder. 
 Herod, hjvherof there is mention Ad. ii. of 
 which, flje retayned the one in Confiatinople,i^ 
 fent the other to Rome to Eudoxia her daugh 
 ter, wife c/Valentinian the Emperor : in me- 
 mory of which tvvo chaines , and the miracles 
 done by them, were two Churches ereEied, the 
 one in Conftantinople,the other in Rome, See Si- 
 gebert in chron. an. 438. & ^6^, and others. 
 
Ann 
 . Chr. 
 
 1^58 
 
 Dies I 
 menfJ 
 
 30 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 they were burned all togeather vpon the 14 
 day of Iuly,yet Fox extendeth them to diuers 
 for benefitt of his Calendar. See cap.n.n.^^. 
 Robert MiUe$ \ and Kobert Bines mart. Thefe 
 were two other artificers of the former com- 
 pany , who had nothinge to fay for them 
 felues , but to defie the Pope of Rome , and 
 fuch other like raylinge fpeaches. See ibidem 
 num, 4^. (i» yo. 
 
 Thomas Brenbricke mart. This fellow is cal- 
 led Brenbrtdge by Fox euery where in his 
 Ads ^ Monuments he was of the Dlocefle 
 of Winchefler and condemned by D. VThite 
 Bifhop of that Sea^he recanted at the fire,and 
 wrote his recantation vpon ones flioulder, 
 but yt was to hx^' See ibtd. mm.^Z. 
 
 Fpx hi^ Calendar* Aue^a:^. 
 
 The Moneth of Auguii 
 
 temard Keyfer mart. This was a poore obfti- 
 nate Dutchman of Banana , burned at the 
 towne of Vaffavv the 18. yeare of the raigne 
 of K. Henry theeyght , he died for Luthera- 
 nifme, and for diuers particular fancyes of 
 his owne , as for example ; that there were 
 three Confeflions to be admitted, to witt 
 Confeifion ofJaith , Confeflion of charity, 
 and Confeflion of counfell,but not of fynnesi 
 by obligation. See cap, 11. nffm,i.$. 
 
 lames 
 
Dies ' 
 mcnf. 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. A"^uft. 
 
 c. R. Stephani PP. Sc nurt. Th^ witf moft 
 zdmtrMe man for his zxale and fermur in 
 Jpreadinge ahror^d Chriflian Reltgtcn j he con 
 uerted mary g/eat men vveomen tn the tyme 
 :ff his Fopedotney which vvti6 hut -i.yearci : he 
 vvfvs finally beheaded in his ovvne feate , by the 
 Emperor Valerian his officers. See the bocke cj 
 Dam. Rom. marc. The greeke menaloge, 
 Metaphraftes. and ethers, 
 c. Inuentio S. Stephani protomart. Semi- 
 T^z/ is the memory of that day when 
 by reuelation from God the body of S. Stephen. 
 was found tn Hieriifalem t geatherwith t]n: 
 hodyes ofdiuers other Saint s^ vvherby many mi- 
 racles were done (t6 S.Auften recountethlih,ii. 
 de ciuit. Dei. cap. 8. feim. 3i-3i-33« &: ep. 103. 
 and other wryters. It happened vnder Ho no 
 rius the Emperor about an* 410. 
 c- R. DommTo' confcflbris. duplex. This ho- 
 ly man wa^ founder of the order of preachinge 
 f'iarSywhtfh had their name of him:yovv may 
 jee of his rare uertues and many miracles , and 
 namely of 3. dead men rayfed to life by htm, in 
 Siir. torn. 4. & S. Anton, p. 3. tit.15. cap. 1.1,3. 
 and others, 
 
 c. R. Dc^ic^t S. Marix Ni'ies. duplex. 
 This memory is held (f 'the Church huildcd and 
 dedicated to the lie fled Virgtn by a Jpeciall reue 
 lation from Qod , and confirmed by a miracle of 
 fnew fallen vpon this day^when the heates are 
 greateji tn Romejn the place where the Church 
 was commaunded to be built vnder Tope Li be 
 rius , but more perfeBed afterward by Pope 
 Sixtus 3. See Dam. in Sixd 3. Adiiani PP. 
 
 ad Cl^TolumMno^. and others, 
 - Truj-.figLirad.. Dr^TMni. <iup». This 
 fefiiuall day was infi'ituted by the Church in 
 auncient tyme , in memory of that admirable 
 
 ttanf- 
 
Lirr. |Ann. 
 ' Chr. 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 t 
 
 Fox his Calendar, Aupuii, i 
 
 . . - .i.Mimn f 
 
 lames Ahhes m^'trtyr. This was a poore beg-l 
 ginge boy accufed to the B. of ^Norwichfor 
 herefie, which he hailing abiured.was (iifmif- 
 fed by him, with an almes alfo.^ bur after rc- 
 pentinj^ehimfelfe (faith Fox) he returned to 
 the Bifliopp,and dilputed both with him, and 
 his Chaplyns, and finally being; incorrigible 
 was burned. See ibid> num, 4. 
 
 lohn Benley gentlemm martyr. This Denlcy 
 was of Maidfione in Kent, and a great peruer- 
 ter of people to herelie in Q^4aryes dayes, 
 hecarryed alwayes about him hiis Confeflion 
 in wrytinge,full of phantafticall opinions: in 
 which he perfiftinge obftinately, was finally 
 burned at Vxbridge. See his ^ftory at Urge 
 capAi. num. <^.6. 
 
 lohn Newman mart. This was a pewtereir of 
 the forfaid towne of Maidfione , and one of 
 JDenleyes fchollers , who held the fame opi- 
 nions with him, & concjuered in difputation 
 (yf we beleeue Fox) D. Thornton Suffragan 
 of Kent, with diuers other learned men, and 
 was finally burned with Denley at Vxbridge. 
 See ibid, num, 5-. 6, 7. 
 Patrick Fatingham mart. This was a craftef- 
 man alfo of the fame towne of Maidftone, & 
 another of the forfaid Denleyes fchollers, de- 
 fending all his'opinions,as of a new Apoflle, 
 he was not burned at Vxbridge with Denley 
 8c Newman^ but at Sajfron-Walden in Eflex. 
 See cap, ibid, num. ibid. 
 
 William Coker martyr. This was an artificer 
 or labouringe man of Kent , which with fiuc 
 othersjwas brought before the farfaid DcB:)r 
 
 Thornton 
 
Ami. 
 menf. 
 
 $66 
 
 304 
 
 158 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 10 
 
 Catholike Calendar. Aurnift. 
 
 trnsfiguration made hy our S amour y enth 
 Mont Thabor , before three of his difciples, 
 Math. 7. Marc.p. See of this feajl both the La 
 tin and Greeke martyrologes , and the canfiitu- 
 ^/j7» Emanuel the Emperor Ut, 7.,cap, i, 4 
 Tritcm. lib.i. cap.j^^. and others, 
 
 c. R. Donati Epifc, & mart. This was a holy 
 B, of the Citty of Arctium in Italy in the tyme 
 of lulian the Apofiata : yovv may read of his 
 miracles and vvonderfuU life, amonge other au- 
 thors S. Greg, the great li b.i. dial. c. 7. where 
 he fhewethy that the officers lulian, hauinge 
 broken a chalice in peeceSythe fame by his prayers 
 was made whole againe, 
 c. R. Cyriaci, Largi & Smaragdi mart. Thefe 
 were ^,7toble men, that fuffered martyr dome in 
 Rome vnder Diocletian for Chrifiian faith , to- 
 geather with lo- moreyOn the fame dayywhofe 
 memory vv^ fo honoured among the Kotn^nSyfts 
 S.Greg, the great]. 9. Kegifkr. cip. 11. doth fhew 
 that there was a Churth in his dayes ereBed in 
 Rome in honour of S. Cyriacus. And almofi a 
 100* y cares before that againe, there is mention 
 of the faid Church in the A^s of the fecondRo 
 man Synod vnder Pope Symmachus. ^c, 
 Vigilia. c R. Rpmani mart. This Romanus 
 was a perfe^utinge fouldiar one of them that 
 tooke S. Laurence,/?«^/ hauing feene his confian 
 cyy was fo mnch moued therwith, as he defired 
 to be bapty^ed by him , which bei7ig doney pre 
 fently he vyas taken by the tormmtorSy ^f^^^ 
 much beatinge was beheaded. See the Acts of 
 Laurence in the mart. ofS, Bedc, Sur. to. 4 
 and others^ 
 
 c« R^- Liurentiinart. dupkx. "This was that 
 admirable Roman Deacon who Jeeinge Tope 
 SyxtnSyWhome he was wont to ferue at t»af]e, 
 to be carry ed to death ly the fouldiars of Vale- 
 rian 
 
Dies 
 menf- 
 
 Fox his Calendar* 
 
 10 
 
 Thornton B* of Doucr, D. Harpesficld Arch- 
 deacon of Canter bury,and other learned men 
 in commiflion , whome this ignorant obfti- 
 nate heretike with his fellowes (b contemned 
 and reproached,as was intolerable,and in the 
 end he was burned at Canterbury* See ibidem 
 num. 8. 
 
 William Hopper martyr. This was another of 
 the fame crew, who fir ft (faith Fox) fcemed 
 to graunt the faith, and determination of the 
 CathoIike^Church: but after calling himfelft 
 better to mynd^moft conftantly offered to dy 
 for the contrary. This is Fox his I.ricomyon 
 of him^ S(^Q ibid^ num.^.^.iOk 
 
 Henry Laurence martyr. This is a third com- 
 panion of thofe Kentiih labourers and craf 
 tefmen , who befides his hereticall opinions, 
 rayled alfo mofl fpitefully againft the iudges 
 fayinge : Tee are all of Antichrifi^ andhimyee 
 follow: SeQiHd, nHtn»^*iQ. 
 
 Richard CoUiermtrt This Is the fourth com- 
 panion of the forfaid Canterbury combina- 
 tion of obftinate artificers, he was of tki 
 Towne of Afliford, and more rafh, bold, and 
 blafphemous inauouchinghis opinions then 
 any of the reft : fo as finally he was condem- 
 ned and burned for the fame at Canterbury, 
 ho perfuafion auayling with him to the con- 
 trary. ScQcap. ibid, num, did. 
 WiUiam Steere fnart. This Was the fifth com- 
 panion of the foriaiti crew of Canterbury, 
 who being an ignorant poore man was fb in 4 
 folent notwithftandinge in his anfwers , asi 
 jfhewcdi 
 
Lite. 
 3?nic 
 
 I Ann 
 
 x:hr. 
 
 I Dies 
 I men! . 
 
 304 
 
 ^ 15:8 
 
 21 
 
 13 
 
 The Catholike Calendar, Augufl. 
 
 rian the Emperor, cryed out (as S, Ambrofe and 
 others do recount ) why do ye leaue me o fa- 
 ther ; yow were neuer wont to oH^er facrifice 
 without me your minifter ^ and fo at laft he 
 was burned on a ho ate gridyron. See S. Am- 
 brofe lib. I. offic. C.41. & J.i. c. 18. S. Augull. 
 trad:.i7. in loan. & Serm.37.38. andothers. 
 c,R. SS.Tiburtij & Sufannje mart. Theje were 
 both Romans and fuffered vnder Diocletian the 
 Emperor* Tiburtius wa4 after many other tor- 
 ments beheaded: Sufanna x'X'/w a moft ntble 
 virgin andneece to Pope Caius , put to death 
 tfter the fame manner. See Sur. torn. i. dc 4^ 
 Greg. lib.^. Kegiflr. ep.ii. and ethers, 
 c.R. Clara; virginis.r/?ftf wa^ a noble wbm^.n 
 borne in A ffi fium the Bukedome of ^^o\c- 
 tum in Italy , who being fjrred vp by the ex- 
 ample and h:lynes of b. Francis , boyne in the 
 [fame tovvae , did inflitute a religious order of 
 weomen.with whome fJoe liued in mofi admi- 
 rable fanBity for many year es fhe was Cano- 
 nized by Pope Alexander the 4. about they care 
 ofChrtfi iijj-. See Anton, p. 3. tit. 14. cap. 6, 
 andothers, 
 
 c. R. Hyppoliti & Caffiani mart. The firfl of 
 thefe 2. i;vas a noble Roman baptized by S.Lau 
 rence, who fhewtnge himfelfe moft conftant in 
 confejjion of faith , was drawne naked at a 
 wild harfe hts tayle through great thtcketts of 
 t homes and bryers,vntill he was dead, and 10. 
 more of his cwne houfe were martyred with 
 him, Caffianus being a fchoolemafler, was de~ 
 liuered naked to his faid fch oilers to be flayn€ 
 with their penknifes in the markett place of 
 ^ci\h in Rome, See Prudent.hym.ii.Mombrit, 
 to. I. Sur. torn. 4. and others, 
 Vigilia. M. R. Eufebij Confeilbris. This was 
 a moft Catholike Vrieft that flood againftthe 
 Arrians in the tyme r/Conllantius the Empe 
 
 ror 
 
Litt. 
 J>rdc, 
 
 Ann' 
 CLr. 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 II 
 
 14 
 
 Fox his Caiendai% Anpift: 
 
 lliewed well the phrenfy of herefy which 
 pollefled him, for being GOmmanded by the 
 ludge to anfwere to the articles laid againft 
 him, he bidd htm commaund his dogges,and not 
 adding fur ther,/^^/ Bieke ofI>ouer (who 
 was the Biftiopp) had no authority oner him 
 See cap,ii, num.io. 
 
 Richard Wright martyr. This was the lail: of 
 that Canterbury compaay of artificers, who 
 being conuented before the forefaid Biftiopp 
 and other learned men in the pubhke conli 
 rtory,anfwered with lite immodefty & will 
 full obliinacy, as the reft, and fo at length he 
 was burned with them. See ihid. num,%.r^ <;» 
 ^liz^aheth Warm mart. This was an Vphol- 
 fters wife in London , and fo refolute in her 
 exrrauagant opinions , as when ftie was ex- 
 horted to be better inftruded,, ftie anfwered 
 (faith Fox)do what ye will, for yfChrift'was 
 in error, then am J m error, and not othervvife-^ 
 and with, this ajQTurance ftie went to the fire! 
 See ibid, num.ii, 16. 
 
 George Tankerfield mart. This was a proud 
 arrogant fellow,by occupation a cooke,who 
 ioyninge with a painter as infolentas him- 
 fclfe, vfed intollerable, and contemptuous 
 words towards B, Boner, and being condem- 
 ned , did communicate himfelfe before he 
 went to the fire, with a loafe of bread and a 
 pynt of Malmefy, without help of a minifter. 
 SeciW. nnm, ti. 11. 13. 14. c^r^ 
 
 Robert Smith martyr. This was the painter, 
 companion of Tankerfield-, B.Bonsr called.oqe 
 of them the fpeaker of the houfc & the other 
 
The CathoHkis Calendar, y vuguin 
 
 ror, who being Jhutt vp in prifon cd7ittnueTy4 
 monethes togeather in prayer,^ he dying t her in 
 vvws of fuch fame for his holynes , (m not longe 
 after he had a Church huilded in honour of him 
 in Rome publikely , as appeareth by the Jirjl Ro 
 man Synod vnder Pope Symmachus , vvhich 
 endureth vntill thps day. See Mombrit. torn. i. 
 and others. 
 
 c. Aflumprio Bv MarJie virg this ts an an- 
 cient fejliuity in the Church of God in remem- 
 brance ef the Affumption of the bleffed Virgin- 
 the Mother of God to euerlaftinge ioy and glory 
 in the company of her bleffed Sonne Sauiour, 
 Of this fefiiuity do make mention S. Bede, 
 Vluard, Ado, and others in their mar tyrvloges 
 as alfo the Greeke menaloge, (J^ the conftitutio)i 
 ^>/Emanuell the Emperor, S. Gregi in Sacram, 
 Coricil.Moguntin.fub Carolo mag. others, 
 M. R. Simpliciani Epifc. & Confefs. This man 
 was B. of Millayne, and of great holynes in the 
 tyme of S. Ambrofe and S. Auflen , betweene 
 whome there was Jlrayte frendfhtppy as appea- 
 reth by Paulinas in the life ofS,Ambrofe and by 
 ,diuers Bpifiles ofS. Ambrofe -unto himyOs alfo by 
 \S. -^«/?^;?lib.4.Confers.cap.2.3. & y. who de- 
 \dicated dtuers bookes vnto him, 
 M. R. Mamantis mart. This Martyr being ta- 
 ken by the per fe cut or s in his youth , was conti 
 nued in affltBion for Chriftian faith for many 
 ye ares togeather , vntill at length vnder Aure- 
 lianus the Emperor, he finiflyed his martyr dome 
 in CxhiQOi of Cappadecia y vvhofe exceedtnge 
 praifes are celebrated by S. Baiill, S. Greg. Na- 
 zianz. and other Fathers, S. Greg, the great 
 made a fermon in hts Church vpon his fefiiuall 
 day horn, i*^, 
 
 M. R. Helenas Gonftantini matris. This was 
 a lady borne tn Britany , and mother to the fa- 
 mot^s Conftantine the great ^ Jhe was zealous in 
 
 Chri- 
 
 Litt. 
 Dxiic, 
 
 Ann 
 Ckr 
 
 ' Dies 
 
 47 
 
 308 
 
 16 
 
 2^74 
 
 330 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
Lift. lAnn^ Dies 
 Diiic. Chr. menf. 
 
 Fox his Calencflr^ 7u^ 
 
 ^1 ,^555 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 the controuller for their arrogancy in difpu- j 
 tinge and Iangling,wherby they made them- 
 fellies Captaines and falfe guides to other 
 poore men andweomen, that were prifoners 
 with them, and depended vpon them^ he was | 
 burned in Smithfield; See ilid, num.iu 
 
 Stephen Harvvcod m^.rt. This was one"of the 
 fchoilers and profelites of the cooke and 
 paynteraforefaid, who followinge their ob- 
 flinacy and arrogancy in defending'herelies, 
 was condemned with them by the B. of Lon- 
 don, and burned at Stratford. See cap. ibidem 
 num, ibidem. 
 
 Thorns Tuft mart. This was another of the 
 fime company by occupation afnomaker, 
 who applauding to the anfwers of the cooke 
 and paynter at length pofed the Bifeopp, by 
 askinge him, where he f'Aind any greafmge or 
 annoynting in Gods hooked By which yow may 
 perceyue his fkiil : he was burned afterward 
 a.t ware. See ih 'id, num.ii,ii,i^, 
 William Ha lie mart. This hayle was an arti- 
 ficer borne in the towne of Thorpe in the 
 County of Eflex, & fent vp prifoner to Lon- 
 don by Syr Nicolas Hare , and other commif- 
 fionars in company of the forlaid Tanherfield 
 the Cooke, and Smith the paynter, by whofe 
 wholfome dodrine he'cryedto the people; 
 Beware of the Idolater, and Antlchrifi the b'^ 
 \ofLcndQn, .See ibid. num.i6» 
 
 l^obert Samuel preacher mart. This was an 
 [ApofbtaPrieft., that being tempted of the 
 Ifiefti looke a woman in K.Edwards dayes,& 
 ^ "k^-kiz would 
 
Dies 
 menf. 
 
 19 
 
 10 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. Aiu>uf>. 
 
 Chrifiian 'Religion ^ of great holynes of life, & 
 ancient authors do vvryte mofi honorably of 
 her, and that finally Jhe died and was huryed in 
 Rome, See Nicepo. lib.8. cap. 3. Eufeb. in vit. 
 Conftant. lib. 3. cap. 41. Socrat. lib. i. cap.ii. 
 Zozom. lib.i. cap.i. and others. 
 
 M. R. lulij Senatoris mart. This w 06 amble 
 man and fenatour of Rome, who in the tyme of 
 Commodus the Emperor being accufed of Chri- 
 fiian Religion, mdjhevvlnge himfelfe conftant, 
 was by the Bmperors owne comma?idement 
 beaten to death with cudgeUs for the fame. See 
 the E.om. inartyrol. and alfo S. Bede, Vfuard 
 and others, 
 
 c- R. Bernardi Abbatis i.ip'e t. This wa^ a 
 great renowned man both for learning and ho- 
 lynes of life , and many miracles which he 
 wrought: He liuc din 1^ ranee in the tyme of K, 
 Henry the 1, ofl^ngland , to whome he wrote 
 diners I^pifiles, See his life wrytten in ^. books 
 by Godefridus Clarcuallenfis, md others. 
 
 M. R. Cyriac^e Vidwa^ & mart. Thu wtis a 
 
 holy z)vyddow of Rome , who giuinge herfelfe 
 wholy topiOi^ works of almes andburyinge of 
 Martyrs bodyes, ahdth£ like, being apprehended 
 for the fame, was beaten fo long with balles of 
 lead, and fccrpions, 'V72ttUjlje ga^ie vp the ghofl, 
 "jnder the 'Emperor Valerian. See Rom. mart. 
 ^ Prudent. and others, 
 
 |c. R. Simphoriani mart. This Martyr was put 
 \to death i7i the head Citty of Burgundy named 
 !ALigufl:odunum,^?2^/ a7icicnt wryters do make 
 ^\rnofl honorable mention of him and his mother 
 that ran after h.m, when he went to niarty 
 dome, cryinge: fonne, fonne, be myndfuUof eutr-^ 
 laflinge life , looke vp to heauen and remember 
 
 who 
 
Litt. jAnn 
 Dnic.'Chr. 
 
 Dies 
 mcuf. 
 
 19 
 
 hl7 
 
 . 10 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 would nor forgo e her in Q^jiaryesj he fer 
 aed for minifter at Bamfieldin Sulfolke, and 
 was imprifoned for herelie in Ipfwich, where 
 his cheefe fchollers were Apies Fatten , and 
 loane Truchfield, of whonie he had many vi- 
 lions as Fox affirmeth : He finally was bur- 
 ned at the fame towne: See ihd,^.iy.iS. i^.xo, 
 loane Waft and William Bongeor mart. The 
 firft ofthefe 2. was a poore woman of Darby 
 borne blynd. The fecond was a glalier of' 
 Colchefter , both of them being ignorant and 
 willfull, flood refolutely to their fancyes,and 
 would by no meanes leaue the fame, or be in- 
 formed of the truth- See ihid,num,xi,zi,^ 13. 
 
 Robert ? ureas mart,^ This man is called Wil- 
 liam Furca^ by Fox in his Monuments • he 
 v>^as a fuller by occupation, & one o{ Bongeor 
 Ills Companions at Colchefter , withw^home 
 he was apprehended and condemned for the 
 fame herefies, to witt, againfl the bleiTed Sa 
 crament, mafle, & other points of Catholike 
 Keligion , and burned at the fame place. See 
 ihid. num. 13. 14. 
 
 Thomas Bennold martyr. This was a tal'ow- 
 cliandeior of the former company of Col- 
 cheiler , and fiioodin the fame herelies with 
 them , who by no means could be remoued^ 
 from the fame, whervpon at length, all three 
 were condemned , and burned togeather at 
 Colchefler the yeare of Q^laryes raigne. 
 See ihid. num.%7^, i^i6. 
 Agnes Siluerftde alias Smith mart. This was an 
 old poore woman infeded with herelie in 
 the fame towne of Colcheffer , who being 
 called to aLin[\vere in company of theafore- 
 faid artificers, wouldnot feeme to be behind 
 them in feruour of fpiritt, & thervpoh crved 
 out as a niadd woman; that fhe louedno confe- 
 •k^i^-k z cration^ 
 
Lirr. 
 Dnic. 
 
 Ann. 
 Chr. 
 
 140 
 
 73 
 1170 
 
 80 
 
 Dies 
 mcnf. 
 
 14 
 
 '-5 
 
 16 
 
 i7 
 
 18 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. Aiig:uf!. 
 
 who raigneth there: See Greg. Turon. lib. 2. 
 hifl. cap. 15-. Venanr. Fort, lib.7. others, 
 Vigilia M.R. Eutichij Confefs. This man was 
 the dtfciple of S, lohn "Euayigelifl , hy whome 
 being [ent into diners ccntr^yes to f reach Chrt- 
 fiian 'Religion , and hauinge fuff( red dine rs im- 
 pnfonments , whippings , and torments of fire, 
 'and deliuered hy miracle from the fame, died at 
 laft quietly in his bedd.See the Greeke menaloge, 
 and Rom. mart, and others. 
 c. R.BarchoIomei Apoftoli. duplex. 
 c.R. Ludouici Regis & Conk ffoxis, This w^ 
 S, Lewes, the ^. of that name K. of France, 
 whofe holy life, and conuerfation is wrytten hy 
 many authors , as namely hy Gaufredus h. 
 S. Anton, p.3. dt.3. cap.i. arid others, he was 
 canoniz^id hy Vope Bonifacitis the 8. 
 
 c. R. ZepKerini PP. Sc mart. This Tope was a 
 Loman home, and ruled thatfea ^. years during 
 the perfecution of Seuerus the Imperor that 
 died. at Torke m ^nghnd, whofe fonne Antoni- 
 nus Caracalla r tu ninge toRome, Ckufedhim 
 to ht put to death: See of him Eufeb. lib.^.hift. 
 cap.i/. «S:iib.d. cap.iy.Aug.ep.i^j. /iWt^^^w. 
 
 1. R. Rufi Epifcopi & mart. This was a great 
 
 noble man fonne of a fenatour in Home, conuer- 
 ted i^nd baptiz( d wit hall hie famdy ^jk S. Apol- 
 linaris B, of Rauenna and afterward being 
 made B, ofC3.ipU3,,was martyred for Chriflian 
 Beligion. See ihe acis ^?/S.Apollin. in Siir.to.4. 
 /^.ndHicr. Pvubeus in lufl.Rauen.l.i. others, 
 c. R.Auguflini IpUa)_L^i Coni:viTorjs EciJ- 
 Doftoi is. duplex. Tkii was that famctts T>oo 
 Bor of the Church , who of an heretike of the 
 
 Manichies 
 
Litt. *Ann. 
 Dnic. Chr. 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 2-3 
 
 c 
 
 f 
 
 1^7 
 
 14 
 ^5 
 
 ^57 
 
 16 
 
 A 
 
 ^57 
 
 ^7 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 crationfor that the bread vv(ts the vvorf ther- 
 by rather thtn h tter. See num. ibid. cap. ibid, 
 Ellen Evvrtnge mart. This was wife to a Mil- 
 ler by Colcbefter , and'of the foreCiid crew: 
 ihe anfwered (faith Fox) in effed as the other 
 did , cleerly denyinge all iawes fett forth by 
 the Pope : /he was fomevvhat thicke (quoth 
 he) of h aring \ yet quiche in vnderjlnnding the 
 Lords matters: See ca^. ibid, num^i}* x6. 
 
 irthi-Irn-- ^-vY ApolHe* 
 'Elizabeth Telkes maid mart. This was a fer- 
 uingmayd in Golcheiter but fo forward in 
 the new ghofpellingefpii'it of thole dayes, as 
 Ihe became a miftrefle in peruerting others 
 & being brought before the commifiioners, 
 behaued herfelfe mofl: infolently in fpeachcs, 
 vrgingethem tocondemnc her. See ibid.num. 
 13. 17. 18. 
 
 William Munt mart.This was a hufbandman, 
 that dwelt alfo neere to Colchefter , whc 
 being apprehended togeather with his w.'fe 
 and daughter in .law and fent yp to Lender 
 by the Earle of Oxford and the Lord Darcy. 
 B. Boner vpon promiie of amendment , lett 
 them go againe , but growinge after wart; 
 worie 3c more obfbinare then before, he waf- 
 finally condemned and burned at Colchcficr, 
 See ibid. num. 10. 7^1. 
 
 Alice Munt mart. This was wife to the fore- 
 faid William Munt of Colchefter, who being 
 as forward in heielie as her hufband , after 
 her firft difmiffion, was apprehended againe, 
 with many other of the fame crew vpon ac- 
 cufation of the whole conorey, 3c fo burned. 
 See cap, ibid. num. ib d. 
 
 Kofe Allen maid mart. This was daughter tc 
 the foreiaid Al ee Muni of the age of 10. 
 yea res, as Fox affirmerh, but of uich a fpite • 
 vv ★ ★ 3 full 
 
Litt. 
 
 Ann 
 Chr. 
 
 304 
 
 ^5^ 
 
 Dies j The Catholike Calenrlar. Aii^rufle 
 menf. jyi^-inichies feB^vvlu conucrtcd and made a good 
 Catholikehy S. Ambrofe^. of Millaine , and 
 after was the ouerthrovv of all heretiks of his 
 tyme and before, which his admirable works 
 do tefiifie. See Poflidon. in his life and many 
 other^. 
 
 ^9 c.R rK-i ,^/:i;.rc So k^ari. I'ipnTl.T. <^"plex. Cf 
 thisfeafl of th? decollation of S, John B/^ptifl hy 
 Herod, mentioned Math.i4.Marc.6'.Luc.5i. do 
 wryte both S.Bede , Vfuardus , and others in 
 their m arty iologes , 06 al[o the Greeks intheiv 
 menaloge, and among otht rfeafls in the Confii- 
 tutionof Emanuel the Imptror tit. 7. cap. i. 
 apud TKeodor.Balfam. -fl^;^^^ others. 
 
 30 |c. R. Firlicis & Adaudi mart. Thefirfl ofthefe 
 li. was a Vricft m Rome, who after many tor- 
 ments vnder Diocletian the lEmperor , being led 
 to d' ath mett with one vnknowen , who faid 
 he was d^firom to dy with him , which the 
 magifirats htar-ngcjpehcaded him indeed with 
 the other y and for that his name was not 
 knowne\ he was called by Chriflian people 
 AdauduSjC^ a inonafiery wo/s ere Bed in Rome 
 in honour of them both, as yow may fee in Da- 
 mafus in ihe lift of Pope lohn the firfl. an.y ji. 
 
 31 M.R. Aidanus Epirc.& ConMs.Thls man was 
 '5. Lindisferne in theKingdomeofthe'i>lor- 
 thumhers , /^ndwas of mofl admirable life in 
 the E gliflj primitiue Church, whofe foule 
 j5. Bede faith that S. Cuthbert thoi being but a 
 :fhefpard , fiing one day to be carry ed vp to hea- 
 \uen iy the h nds of Angells ^ wcvs conuerted 
 therhy to a religious life. See S. Bede lib. 3. hifl. 
 cap.3.5'.i4. in vit.Cuthberti c.4. and others. \ 
 
 Th< 
 
Litt. 
 
 ©mc. 
 
 Ann' 
 ehr. 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 1^7 
 
 1557 31 
 
 30 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 full hereticall fpiritt, as is incredible in a 
 wench of tiiofe years : fee her arrogant and 
 contumelious fpeaches*. cap.ii, mm^^i. 
 
 John Iohn[on mart. This was a labourer one 
 of the former crew of Colchefler a difciple 
 o£ William Munt , who did approuc and ap 
 plaud his anfwers in all things, & finally was 
 condemned and burned with him, vpon thi s 
 monerh and ycare of Chrift lyj/. See ihidem 
 num. 1^. 
 
 George "Eagles mart. This Eagks was by his 
 crafta Taylour , called otherwayes Tr/^i^^?- 
 uer-the-vvorld for that he was a famous wan- 
 derer, walking vp and downefrom countrey 
 to countrey,andinftillinge'his new opinions 
 to as many as he could, and therwithall fedi- 
 tion and treafon alfo. againfl the ftate , for 
 which he was indighted, condemned, hanged 
 and quartered , and his quarters fett vp at 4. 
 feueralltownes, to Witt^Colchsfler, Harwich, 
 Chelemsford and S, Rentes. See iW. num. 33. 
 34.3^. d»36-. 
 
 One Friar ^ the /aid George Eagles Jifler mart. 
 Of thefe 1. Martyrs we haue no further nar- 
 ration but thefe words of Fox : About the 
 fame tyme, one named'Friar , with a woman 
 accompagningc him , who was the fyfter of 
 George Eagles, in like caufe ofrighteoufnes 
 fuffered like martyrdome. But what this ftiar 
 or woman was , or what was their righte- 
 oufnes, we read not. See ibid, num.iy 
 
 -^^^^A The 
 
Dies 
 .ncnf. 
 
 480 
 
 37P 
 
 120 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. September^ 
 
 The Monctli of Septembei. 
 
 c. R. Aegidij Abbatis. This man wets home in 
 Athens of Greece, and of royall lynage.vvhofor- 
 fakinge the world , and geuinge all his goods to 
 the poore went to hide himfelfe in France, 
 where he liued many ye ares in a wilderncs 
 neere to the cjHy of Arles,andwa^ maintayned 
 only by the milke of a do, that at certaine tym^ 
 by Gods appointment came vnto him., which do 
 being one day chafed with the hounds of King 
 Ciodoueus, ran to this fainci for fuccour , and 
 t her by he was found out , and intreated by the 
 faid K. to take vpon him the gouermeyit of a mo- 
 naflery , which in that place he would build. 
 See Vincent, in fpec. lib. 23. cap. 13 <?. Anton 
 p. 1. tit.13. cap. 6". and others. 
 M. R, lufti Epifcopi & Confefs. This was the 
 13. of Lions in France f anions for his vertue 
 and learninge , ^nd was fent legate for the 
 whole cleargy of that countrey to the Councell 
 ofAquilea in ihe tyme of Gratian the lumper or, 
 who returninge from that Councell , left his 
 BifJjopricke and went to liue an eremitical! life 
 in the wildernes of Aegipt, where he wrought 
 many miracles, and died a great fainBe, See his 
 Acts in Sur. to.j-. & Ado hii cronicle an. 37^. 
 and others, 
 
 VI. R. Serapi:^ Virg. & mart. This was a noble 
 young Virgin of Rome, who prof effing Chrifiian 
 Religion and virgi7iity vnder Adrian the Empe- 
 ror, flje was firjl deliuered to i.lafciuio us young 
 men to abufe her, but fhe by Gods help ouercom 
 minge them, was cafl mto a fire, and deliuered 
 from thence alfo without hurt^ whervpon (Ije 
 was firfi beaten with cudgells and after b' he a 
 ded. See the mart, of Bede , Vjuard , Ado and 
 Others, as alfo Sur. to. 5-. 
 
 M. R 
 
Litt. 
 Dnic 
 
 \nn 
 Chr. 
 
 Dies \ 
 menf, 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 1418 
 
 1418 
 
 The Monetli of September 
 
 Father Abraham martJT\\\s was an old poore 
 limple man of Colcheller burned for Lollar- 
 difme and Wickliffianiune in the tyme of 
 IK. Henry the lixth, almoft lOO. yeares paft 
 ihis particidar opinions are not knowne noi 
 recyted by Fox , for which he was a Martyr 
 Sttcap,i^,mm,i*i. 
 
 William White Triefl martyr. This was an 
 Apollata Prieft that vpon VVickliffes do- 
 drine, gaue ouer his Priefthood (faith Fox) 
 andtooke vnto him a godly young woman, 
 nm-i^Moane : for which he being apprehen- 
 ded by order of Henry Chichely Archbilhopp 
 of Canterbury abiured , but for relapfe w^as 
 burned at Norwich afterward , vnder the 
 aforefaid K. Henry the fixth. See ibid, num.i 
 
 lohn VVftddon Priejl marty,.Th.is was another 
 Wickliffian Priefl, like vnto William IThite 
 before mentioned , whofe articles faith lolin 
 Fox , v^'ere not vnlike to thofe of the other, 
 but yet whai they were in particular,or what 
 opinions he held in Religion , As nor fett 
 downe , but yf they were the comon Wic- 
 kliffian opinions, 'yow may read them after 
 wards cap,^. Sec ibid, num,%, 
 
 William 
 
Dies 
 
 The Catholike Calendar, leptembcn 
 
 M. R. Marcelii mart. This 'uva^ a principall 
 man of the Citty c>/Cabylon in France , who 
 being inuyted by the prefident of that countrey, 
 ?ia^ned'Pn{cus, to a banquet.iSf* when he favv 
 prophane idolatrous ineate come in , he detefled 
 the fame , for which he wets put into ground 
 vp to the middle , and the refi left naked Wfts 
 abufed and tormented by all kind of cruelty for 
 3 . dayes togeather , notvvithfiandinge which 
 he neuer ceafed to finge praifes to God : this his 
 martyrdome happened under Antoninus the 
 Umperor. See the Roman Martyrologe , as alfo 
 S, Bede, Vfuard, and Sm\ to, and others, 
 M.R. Viftorini Epifcopi 3c mart. Thts was B, 
 of a tovvne called 'Ami tern urn in Italy , who 
 being fent into Banifloment vnder the Emperour 
 Nerua, was afterward by a cruelliudge han- 
 ged vp three dayes by the feet e^ with his head 
 downeward for ths, Confejfton of Chrijl,and fo 
 he died. See the Alis of S. Nereus and Archi- 
 leus in Siir. torn. 3. die 12. Maij. and others. 
 M. R. Onefiphori Epifcopi 8c mart. This was 
 fchoUer to S. Vaul 3 of whome he maketh men- 
 tion in his fecond Epiftle to Timothy , in the firfi 
 and fourth Chapter: he was B. of Colophon, 
 and goinge about to preach was taken by the 
 Emperors prefident, and mofi cruelly beaten, and 
 tome in peeces with vzyld horfes. See Mart 
 Rom. Bed. Adon.&: alios, and the Greeke me- 
 naloge vpon the i8. of Apr ill. 
 M.R. loannis mart. This was a great noble 
 man of the Citty of Nicomedia , who when 
 the two perfecutinge Emperors Diocletian and 
 Maximinian were prefent in the fame citty, ^ 
 had fettvp cruell Edicts againH Chrifiians, he 
 tore them downe , as rebellious againft Chrifl, 
 whervpon he was tormented vnto death by all 
 kind of mofl exquifite torments: See Eiifeb. 1.8. 
 hift. c.j. Niceph. I.7. c.^. and others. 
 
 r. n 
 
Litu .Ann. 
 
 Dnic. 
 b 
 
 Clir. 
 
 Dies 
 men.f. 
 4 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 VVilIiam Gardener, and William Allen martyr. 
 The fonner of thefe two,v>^as a young fador 
 to a marchant of Briftow, named Pagett,who 
 was burned in Li6bone of Portugal! for a mo ft 
 defperatefad, of fnatching the bleiF^d Sacra-, 
 ment out of the Prince Cardi nails hands of 
 Porrugallin a follemne mafle , at the mar- 
 riage of t\YQ K. fbnne in K. Edward the fixth 
 his dayes. The fecond named Allen was a 
 limple labouringe man of VValfinghum, bur- 
 ned vnder Q^iary for obftinacy in certayne 
 Caluinian opinions. See ihid.%.^so.\\,i2^,i^, 
 
 Thomas Cohb and Roger Coo martyrs. The for 
 mer named Cobb was a bucher, and Coo was a 
 Sherman. Yow may fee both by their difpu- 
 tations with the Biftiop of Norwich^ and his 
 Chancelor , and their ftrange vidory ouer 
 them, as alfo their infolency, pride, and ob- 
 ftinacy, as Fox recounteth the ftory. ibidem 
 num.i^.i^A^,i6. 
 
 William Andrew and lohn Wade confejfors, 
 Thefe 2- Confeilors died , the firft in New- 
 gate , the fecond in the Kings bench, being 
 laid in for Proteftant Religion as Fox affir 
 methj the firft of them was a Carpenter, the 
 fecond a craftefman of another occupation: 
 See ibid, num.i^. 
 
 Thomas Leyes confejfor. This was an artificer, 
 companion oflohn Wade , and fallinge ficke 
 in the fame prifon with him, they were per 
 mitted to go forth vnto their frends houfes 
 in London, where afterward dyinge,they are 
 heere canonized both of them, as yow fee 
 by lohn Fox for Confeflbrs of his Church, 
 ScQ ibid' num.i^. 
 
 George 
 
Litt. 
 j>nic 
 f 
 
 Ann. 
 menf. 
 Ante- 
 chri- 
 ftum, 
 
 *4i8 
 
 304 
 
 Dies 
 menf 
 
 130(5^ 
 
 10 
 
 II 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. 
 
 R. Natiuitas B. Mali.': Viri^,. duplex. Thts 
 fefiiuity of celchr At Inge hy amuall memory the 
 hyrth of the bleffed Virgin uviis injiituted after 
 the Councell of"^ Ephefiis, wherin the fupreme 
 title of Mother of God was giuen vnto her 
 againjl Nefiorim the heretike, though not in all 
 places at one tyme. See S. Bernard. Serm. 4. Sup 
 Salu. Reg. ^^^^i^S.Ioan.Dainafc.orat. de natiu. 
 Dei Genetr, and both the Rom, and Ore eke. 
 menaloge, 
 
 c. R. Gorgonij mart. Thii vveu a nolle man iw 
 great honour and fauour with Diocletian thei 
 Emperor-, he one day in his prefence ccnfejjing to\ 
 he a Chrifiian at the Citty of Nicomedia , he. 
 commaunded him prefently to be hanged vp by, 
 the f est e and beaten with whippes , a?id thenj 
 his fkyn to be pulled of his backe and belly , and 
 the flefh to be rubbed with fait , and then to be 
 layd on an hoate gridyron\ all which he hauing 
 p^-fi y ended his life by flranglynge. See Eufeb 
 lib.8. cap.6'. Niceph.lib.7. cap. 5". and others. 
 
 R. Nicolai confefF ris. Thi6 was a reli- 
 gions man of the order of S, Auften of a Citty in 
 Italy called Tolentmum, who lead a very holy 
 life more then 3C0 years gone ^ and afterward 
 was by Pope Eugenius canonized vpon the 
 yeare of Chrifh 1446'. he died anno 130 See 
 
 Anton, p. 3. tit. 12. cap. 11. and Sur tomt 
 and others. 
 
 R. Proti & Hiacinthi mart. The fe were 1. 
 Eunuches that didferue the noble Virgin Euge- 
 nia in Alexandria rfEgipt.who wayting vpcn^ 
 her afterward.to Rome in the time ^y'Galienus 
 the Emperor y where fl)e was put to death alfo\ 
 for Chrifi an Reli ion vpon the 23. of December :i 
 thefe i.her faithfuU feruants were martyred by\ 
 all kind oj tormets in like manner, tnwhofe me J 
 mory there was a Church eretiedin Rome fo one. 
 ^after. See Dam.in vit.PP.Symmachi.(> othersA 
 
 M. R.I 
 
Litt. 
 
 
 Dies 1 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 5 
 
 f 
 
 Chr. 
 
 menf* ( 
 8 1 
 
 ( 
 
 - 
 
 George Catmer martyr. This was an artilicer 
 Durned at Canterbury vpon the third ycare 
 3f QJ^laryes raigne,togeatherwith 4,other$ 
 lis companions , no lefle willfull and obfli- 
 nate then himfelfci yow may fee his fond 
 anfwers. ca^.iy num.i-jA^oi^. 
 
 g 
 
 
 9 
 
 'Robert Streater martyr. This was another ar- 
 tificer of the fame of Cmterbury with Cat- 
 mer , of whoine Fox wryteth little but ofily 
 that he -denyed lloutly diuers articles of our 
 Religion , but with how much reafon or 
 ground he hadfo to do, is caiy to ghelle. See 
 ibid, num,iy. 
 
 A 
 
 
 10 
 
 Antony Burvvard mart.Of this BurvvardzKo 
 another companion of the former feilowlhip 
 of Canterbury craftfmen Fox wryteth little 
 in particular , but that he was as foreward to 
 dy, as the reft, and wouldnot yeld aiotein 
 his conceyuedphantafyes. See cap,ibid,nK,ib. 
 
 b 
 
 ^555 
 
 II 
 
 George Bradhridge Sc lames Tutty mart, Thefe 
 two made vp the former number of artificer 
 martyrs aforfaid burned at Cantcrbury.Their 
 anfwers were much a like in raylinge and 
 defyinge confeflion, mafle, the reall prefencc 
 and other fuch like articles, which they igno- 
 rant men vnderftood not. See ibid* num^i-/* 
 
 Thomas 
 
.Chr. 
 
 300 
 
 21^ 
 
 di8 
 
 90 
 
 Dies 
 nenl. 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 16 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. September. 
 
 . ..R. An tonini Epifcopi & mart. This good 
 BtJJjof flyinge out of Italy into the e^fl j^arts.vn- 
 der the crtitllperJecHtion ojDiocletian.njvcvs ta- 
 ken afterward by thegcnttUs at maffe^iy flaine 
 by the Altar-fide, See his atis torn. 5. Lippom. 
 Sur. tom.y. md others, 
 
 M.R. Philippi mart. This rjvas the Father of 
 the forfaid Eugenia, who being Gouernour of 
 Fgypt, left his office under Caracalla the Lmpe- 
 ro}\, for that he was a Chrifti/in, and could net 
 with fafe confcience execute the Zmpenrs 
 lawes made againfl them, for which caufe his 
 Succeffour Terentius caufed him to he behea- 
 ded. See the Rom. mart, and that cf S. Bcde, 
 Vfuard, and others. 
 
 c.R. t/--ut:o 5c Crucij.auplex. This fefiiuali 
 day is hep in memory of the rccouermge backe 
 the Crojfe of our Sauiou iut ofVcriUyby Hera- 
 clius the Emperor after the njictory of Coir hoes 
 King of I^erih, which happened vpon the ye are 
 618. albeit the like, f .afi of exaltation of the 
 Crojfe was ufed amonge the Greeks , before this 
 vidory happened , as appeareth in the life of 
 S. Ch yfoltome and other a^icient Fathers: See 
 alfo Lippom. torn. 7. 
 c. R. Nicomcdis mart. This w(ts a holy Friefl 
 of Rome vnder Domitian the Emperor , who 
 being commaunded to facrifice vnto IdoUs aun- 
 fvvered : I do 'not vfe to facrifice but to one God 
 only, which is omnipotent, for which he was 
 tormented to death; he had foo7ie after an aun- 
 cient Church ere Bed in honor of him in Rome, 
 wherof there is mention in the jirsi Roman 
 Councell voider Rope Symmachus . ^ee Sur.to.3. 
 II. 2.1]. and others. 
 
 c. s. Edithx \iTginr>. This Virgin was an 
 Englifljwomran , and daughter of the excellent 
 K. Edgar, and fyfler fi> K. Edward the martyr- 
 after 
 
tt, 
 
 nic. 
 c 
 
 Ann^ 
 Chr. 
 
 ^555 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 Thomas Hay ward and J<?^» Gorevvay or Go 
 rey mart, Thefe i. were men of like quality 
 CO the former burned at Canterbury, Fox fet- 
 teth not downe for what articles they died, 
 but prefumeth them to haue byn of his R^li 
 Jon,becaufe they were punifted by vs: they 
 were burned atLychfield. See ihid.num.iy^iZ, 
 Robert Glouer mart. This man was of Man- 
 chelier, and being called before the Biihop-p 
 of Lichiied for the common Zwinglian and 
 Caluinian hereiies of thofe dayes,he behaued 
 himfelfe mofl: infolently , and belides this, 
 wrote many feditious and fpitefu^^ letters 
 abroad to per uert o thers . Wherof fee at large 
 cap, tbid, mim,iS.i^,io,ii'ii,z^. 
 
 Cornelias Bungay mart. This was a Capper 
 'oiCotuntryy who after great paines and la 
 bour taken with him for his conuerlion, by 
 the Biihop and other learned men, he remay 
 ninge obftinate and infolent, was burned in 
 the fame towne , togeather with the forena 
 med Glouer, See the cappers herefies, pride ^ 
 arrogancy. ibid, num. 11,1^*10. 
 
 Ydvvard Sharpe mart. This was a poorearti 
 ficer, or feruingcman burned at Bri flow, to- 
 geather with another youth that was a car 
 penter,vpon the fourth yeare of the raigne of 
 Q^ ary. Fox fetteth d6wneno articles of 
 heir beleefe , but only fiith that they died 
 mo ft gloriouily, to the terror of the wicked 
 ind comfort of the good, 0*c, See cap. ibid, 
 num, ibid, 
 
 lolmHarty zndThomOd' Kauenfdale mart. The 
 liril: of thefe two was a fnomaker, and the fe- 
 cond was a Cuniar, burned togeather a 
 i Ixlaifield 
 
Ann^ Dies 
 Chr. mcnf 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. 
 
 171 
 
 1*7 
 
 300 
 
 310 
 
 18 
 
 ^9 
 
 September. 
 
 after vvhofe death diners of the nolility 
 people 
 
 and\ 
 
 j-^^j... would haue crowned her J^ieene be-\ 
 fore Etheldred her brotherin-law ybut fhe re-X 
 fufinge all worldly preferment 7nade herfelfe a 
 'nunne , in the monaftery of Wilton and there 
 both liuedand died moft holyly. See her excellent 
 life in Policron. lib.V. cap. 7. andS>\xx. tom.j. 
 andothsrs, 
 
 M. R. Iull:ini prefbyteri & mart. Thiswttsa 
 holy Vrieft of 'Rome who was mofi famous for 
 his conflancy in Chriftian Religion ^ duringe the 
 perfecutions of V^lQiiAnm Galieniis , he 
 ^yvasprefent at the death of S.Laurence und 
 Pope Sixtus , and gathered vp their Jacred re- ^ 
 [lic^ues and after was put to death htmfelfe vn- ' 
 der the 'Emperor Claudius . See the Acts of 
 ;S. Laurence , andwryters therof P^om. mart.' 
 and others, *• ! 
 
 M. R. Ferreoli mart. This wcvs a Tribune or 
 Coronelly under the Emperor Biocletian.of great ^ 
 Tie ale in Chriftian Religion, for which he being 
 apprehended .Vienna in E ranee, and caft into^^ 
 a darke dungeon^ all the gates were opened in ^ 
 the night ^ all his chaines broken with a cleere ^ 
 light appear inge a7id guidinge him forth ^ but 
 being after taken againe, he was beheaded. See 
 of him Venant. Fortun. I/b. 7. Sydon. Apoili 
 nar. lib. 7. Epifl. i. and others, 
 c.R.Ianuarij Epifcopi 3i Sociorum mart. This 
 man was B, of Beneuentum in Italy , but he 
 was put to death at Puteolis fa(l by Naples 
 with diuers others of his Church vnder Diocle 
 tian • his head ayid blond are kept at this day in 
 feuerall places at Naples, andvpon his fe aft are 
 brought togeather with foUcmne proccjjion , at 
 which meeting the bloud that is dry before, doth 
 miraculoufty wax moift and deer e to the admi- 
 ration of all them , that behotdd the [a^ne pu- 
 hlikely. See Sur. to. j.Mombrit.to.i./?;^^ others, 
 
 c 
 
 1\ 
 
Lite. 
 
 Ann' Dies 
 Chr, menf. 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 Maifield in Suffex for pertinacity in diners 
 hereticail opinions , which they had chofen 
 to defend; Fox wryteth alfo of them, that, 
 they died glorioufly in the iuft quarrellof 
 Chrifts ghofpeli, but this ghofpell flretcheth 
 farre with Fox. See niim.^y^6. 
 
 lohn Boms and mother vvomm martyrs .This 
 Home was a poore fellow of the towne of 
 VVolto7i-vnder-hedge in Clocefterihire : The 
 woman Fox declareih not what jfhe was, nor 
 whataccjuaintancefhe had withH^r;?^j but 
 that ioyning togeather in defen(fe of certaine 
 heretical! opinions (which yet Fox declareth 
 not what they were) they were burned , in 
 the fame place togeather. See ibid, num,z^^ 
 
 lohn Kurd and Cecily Orm?$ mart. The firft of 1 
 thefe two was a ftomakcr of theParifti of 
 Shir/ham in Nor thamptonj^nre ^and burned in 
 Southampton; the other was a fimple woman 
 of Norwich/but fo obftinate, as ftiedifputed 
 with the Bilhopps Chancelor , rayied and 
 fcoulded extreemelv , and could not be kept 
 from the fire. See thd.num,i6.i7^}0. 
 
 Rafc Alkrton,RtchardRoth,S: loyce Lewes m, 
 Ofthefc 3. thefirll wasaTaylour burnedat 
 IJlinglen, he was a great Preacher & Capraine^ 
 to all the reft, hauing hadm.any long & large! 
 difputations with B. Bonner, and his learned! 
 Affiftents. Re>//? was an artificer burned with! 
 him at the fame place. And loyce Lewes was j 
 wife of one Thomas Levvcs ofManceter, who j 
 prefentcd her to the B. of Coucntry for herj 
 lexcefliue vnquiet Tpiriteof herefie. See//';.-/.' 
 
Lut. Ann 
 t>nic. Clir. 
 d no 
 
 e 
 f 
 
 ■ 5)0 
 303 
 
 ■7 'J I'-; 
 
 d8 
 
 70 
 
 A 
 
 110 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 10 
 
 21 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. Scpttuibcr, 
 
 c. Vigilia. Euftachij & Sociorum mart.j 
 5". JEuflachiU4 vva^ before his baptjfine called 
 V\2Lcidus,andvv(is a jamom 'vvarryer ^ great 
 Captayns vnder Titus 0» Vefpalian Emperors, 
 at the onerthrovv of Hierufalem , but after- 
 T^vard being made a Chrifiian , he vvcvs appre- 
 hended for the fame vnder Adrian the Itnperer 
 togeather with his 'vvife and x. Children, and 
 all foure were caft to lyons^ but not being tou- 
 ched by them , they were put into a brafen bull 
 With fire "under them, and fo ended thetr mar- 
 tyrdome. See Ni(;epli. lib. 3. Kifi. cap. Sur. 
 torn. 5:. and other 
 
 c. R. Matlia,i y^poilpli. duplex, 
 c. Mauritii 8c Sociorum mart. S. Maurice 
 was Captaine of a legion of fouldiars vnder 
 Maximtnian the Emperor , called the The ban 
 hgion, all which rejufinge to facrifice to Idols, 
 were after many torments by the [aid Emperors 
 commandement y put cruelly to death at SqA\x- 
 nium in France. 6^^ Sur.tom.y.Mombrit.to.i 
 Vcnant. Fort. lib. 2. ^nd others, 
 
 c.K. Lim PapsE & mart. Et comm. S. Thccla- 
 virg. & mart. The firfl of thefe 1. was Pope of 
 'Rome next after S, Feter (as Jaith Iren. I.3. c.3. 
 and Eufeb. I.3. c.ii.) and martyred afterward 
 vnder tiero,The fecond which ts Thechybejng 
 a difciple of S. Eaul, after incredible variety of 
 torments Ji^ffered, both of fre, beafs, beatwge, 
 and other like , died^ at lafi quietly in her bedd, 
 and all auncient Fathers do vvryte wonderful! 
 praifes of her. See S, Gregor. Na^ianz. exhor 
 tat. ^dvii ginit. and others, 
 M. R. Audochij presbytcri& fociorum mart. 
 Tht^ Erie ft was home in Afia , and fent from 
 thence with two companions Thirfis (3* Fcclix 
 by S, Eolicarpe to preach Chrifitan doBrine in 
 France , vvho were taken at Auflum in Bur- 
 gundy , 
 
1557 
 
 ^57 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 10 
 
 ^57 
 
 '^557 
 
 11 
 
 2-3 
 
 14 
 
 Fox his Calendar, l^r;*:: r.; . 
 
 lames Auflovv md Margery his wife mart. 
 Thefe i.were burned alfo at Iflington togea- 
 ther with AUerton the Taylor, who was their 
 checfeDodorin hereficthey behaued them> 
 felues very obftinatly, efpecially the wife, of 
 whome Fox faith , that they were as found in 
 matters of faiths and ar^fwered as truly, as euer 
 any dtd , ejpecially the woman to whome the 
 Lord had giuen the greater knowledge ^ (^c. 
 See ibid, num.ie,!^.}^^ 
 
 iMathcw Apoftle. 
 Jgnes Bongeor mart. This was a mofl: willful! 
 woman of Colchefter, w}io being accufed of 
 herelie andof many blalphemous and fpite- 
 full rpeach.es againft tliuers points of Catho- 
 like Religion , and of her peruerfe opinions 
 therin, fhe perlilied obilinate , and being re- 
 priued after the burninge of fome others to 
 the intent to faue her, ihc would in noe wife 
 confent thervnto. See ihid. mim.^^, 
 Margaret Thwfi an mart. This was a compa- 
 nion of the former Agnes Bongeor no lefT:: 
 malepart , arrogant, and willfull then Ihe, 
 who being put in pride ^and vanity that ihe 
 ftiould bean eled Martyr and Confeflorof 
 Clirift, fo glorious to poilerity vnder that 
 title, ran willfully to'the fire, and was burned 
 at Colchefter the fifth yeare of Q^Aaryes 
 raigne. See cap. ibid, num.ibtd. 
 
 John Warner mart. This Warner was burned 
 alio at Colchefter with three other com pa - 
 jnions , that en fue after vpon feueraii dayes 
 'for fo doth Fox thinke conuenient to honour 
 ,them , though they were all burned on one 
 
Lkt, [Ann, 
 Dnic dir. 
 
 300 
 
 101 
 
 Dies • 
 mcnf. 
 
 2-5 
 
 301 
 
 16 
 
 18 
 
 The Catliolike Calendar. Scp^Cihtc; » 
 
 gundy, and there whipped and hanged vp by the 
 hands, ^ cafi into the jire^ hut cculd not be bur- 
 ned. Andfo at laft they were beheaded. See the 
 Rom. mart. Beda, Vlliard,Pet. in Catal.lib.8. 
 cap. 1 6^. md others. 
 M. R. Firmini Epifcopi & mart. This was the 
 firfiB, (?/Amians in trance, who in the perfe- 
 cutiorf of Diocletian after many torments ftiffc- 
 red was beheaded by commndemer^t of the pre- 
 fident Ridiouariis. See the Rom. mart, as alfo 
 that of S.Bcdc, Vfuard, and Democar.I. i. de 
 Sacriiic. Mifli. and others, 
 c. R. Cypriani & luflinxmart. ThU S. Cy- 
 prian is not that famous Do^or and Martyr, 
 that was B. of Carthage, but another borne at 
 Antioch, who fir ft was a Magitian, before he 
 was a Ch) ifiian,andwas conuerted by the ho- 
 ly perfuaftons of the Virgin luftina , whcme by 
 Magtcke art , he would haue drawne to his 
 luft. Botjo of them fuffered glorious martyrdome 
 /afterward vnder Diocletian at Nicomedia. 
 See Sur. tom.y. Lippom. tom.d. and others. 
 c. R. Cofma: dc Damiani mart. /:c:p.hUiv 'v, vj 
 Thefe were 1. brethren famous phiftttons in the 
 Citty of Atgca in Arabia, who being called he- 
 fore Lycias preftdent of that ccuntrcy for being 
 Chriftians, and they ftandinge conflantly to the 
 fame, were firft beaten with whipps and after\ 
 bound and caft into the fea,whmce being mira- 
 culoufiy deliuered,lhey were tyed to a ftake and, 
 fire put to them, but it would not touch them, ^ 
 whervpon at length they were beheaded. See 
 Bcde, Vfuard, ioan. Diac in vit. S. Gregor. 
 lib. I. cap. I. Rom. mart, and others. j 
 R. Priuati mart. This was a Bcman, who 
 being affiHed ( ds Job was) with a leprojy oner 
 all his body, was miraculoufiy healed by S. Ca- 
 lixtLis ?rpe the firft of that name , wherat the 
 Zmperor Alexander Scucrus takinge difd^ynv^ 
 
 that 
 
Lite. )Ann 
 Pnici Chr. 
 
 ^57 
 
 Dies 
 menf 
 
 16 
 
 2'7 
 
 18 
 
 Fox liis Calendar. 
 
 day,^he wrytetK no particular neither of him 
 Qor his fellowes , but only faith in <^enerall, 
 that tliey fiiifered for the true teftimony of 
 right eoufnes. See ibid, num.i^. 
 
 Chrifiim Gr otter mart. This was one of the 
 torfaid companions of Warner burned with 
 him vpon this monethand yeareat Colche 
 fter: Fox faith that he wanted the records, & 
 therfore could fett downe nothinge particu- 
 lar of her , more , then that /he died for the 
 true teftimony ofrighteoufncs. See ihid.n.i^. 
 Thoma^s Athoth mart* This was another com- 
 panion ofvrarnery one that had forfaken his 
 priefbhood , and taken vnto himfeJfea mate, 
 and was become a newghofpeller, and being 
 obll:inate therin, was condemned by B.Chrt- 
 ftophorfon of Chichefber, and burned with the 
 reft at Colchefter. See ihid, m^ l'i* 
 
 lohn AfloiiOne mar t,This was the fourth com- 
 panion of the fordid Crew of Colchefter, 
 Fox deliuereth only their names, ancfcoqfe- 
 tjuently we know not of wjiat fed they 
 might be in particular , or what priuate opi- 
 nions or hereiies they might hold. See ibidem 
 num» 35-. 
 
 Thomas Spurdance martyr. This was a feruanr 
 (as Fox faith) to Q^Iary, and being accu- 
 fed of herciie by cercayne of his fellowes ; as 
 namely lohn Hammon and George Lavvfon, he 
 was apprehended andfent prifoner to Bury. 
 
 h-k-k^-k and 
 
Litt. Ann^ 
 Dnic. Chr, 
 
 f 
 
 420 
 
 ?4T 
 
 IIS7 
 
 Dies I The Catholike Calendar, 
 nienf. that the Cl^ifttan Btfiofps Jhould vvorke mi- 
 racles caufed him to be beaten to death with 
 balles of lead^and the Tope alfo that healed him. 
 See torn* 7. Sur. and the Acis of S. Calixtus 
 Rom. mart, and others. 
 19 c. R. Dedicatio S. Michaclis Archang. dupL 
 30 c. R. 1 Iferonymi pre^byteri &: conftfs. £ccl. 
 Dod. duplex. This is that renowned BeBor 
 and Father of Gods Church, borne in Daln^tir; 
 vnder Conftantim the Emperor , baptized, 
 brought vp in learning ^ made Priefi in Rome, 
 but died in Bethlem , where he liued many 
 yeares with admiraile holynes. Of him fee at 
 [large his life wrytten by Marianus Vidorius 
 !B. ofKe^ti , gathered out of his owne works 
 and others. 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. Oftobcr. 
 
 TheMonethof Odober. 
 
 c. R. Remlgij Epifcopi & confefs. This was 
 B. of Rhemes in Trance which Church he go- 
 uernedmore them yo» yeares with great ho- 
 lynes of life, he conuerted and baptizea Clodo- 
 ueus the fir fi Chriflian K. of the french nation. 
 See of him Concil. Mogunt. cap. 3d. Greg. 
 Turon. lib. 8. cap. 11. hift. Franc, ^igeb.in 
 chron. and ethers* 
 
 s.Thomx I lercfo 1 den llsE pi fc. ^' confefs. 
 duplex. ThUwof an ^gtiftman loxm ofnolh 
 parentage , who after fiudy in Oxford , Paris] 
 ^and other places , was firjt made Chancelor of 
 \Oxford,and then of the whole realme vnder K. 
 \H27iry the third, andvpon they ear e 1175:. was 
 'chofen S. of Hereford, and goinge afterward to 
 
 P.cme^ ! 
 
Ann 
 Chr. 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 19 
 50 
 
 Fox his Ca lendar, ScpTembcr . 
 
 and there , after fome cyme r^mayninge.ilil^ 
 pbftinatein his opinions, he was burned. See 
 ibid. num. 3d. 
 
 Michell ArchangelU , 
 lobn Fortune martyr . Of this fain(^;belng the 
 laft in this Mon^thof ^September , iohn Fox 
 wryteth, that he was by occupation a black- 
 fmyth ; in Jpiritt zealo^is and ardent infcri- 
 pturcs ready -J in Chrifiescaule fiout 1^ valja?2t, 
 mdin his anfuvers m^armlom^ O'C, Yow may 
 fee his difputations with the Bifhopps iind 
 Do<2:ors, fomewhat at large, and his lingular 
 arrogancy , and maruelQm anfuvers theri*i, 
 iW. w«w.36'^37.38.35>-4©. 
 
 Fox his CaleifHiW-' Oftoben 
 
 TheMoncth of Odober. 
 
 Bartholet Millan mart^ This was a frenchman 
 burned in Paris in the yeare i5'34« which Was 
 the ly. of the raigne of K.Henry the 8. partly 
 for herefie, and partly for fedition efpecially 
 for hauinge caft abroad and ^ett rp diners 
 blafphemous bills and libells agakifl fundry 
 points of Chriftian Religion in fenerall 
 places of that citty. 5"ee cap.i^, num 2.3. 
 John de Burge a rich mar chant martyr^ This 
 was companion to the forefaid Barrholetr, 
 conuidred of the fame fedition and herefie 
 and burned with him in Paris for the fame 
 eaufe. Fox doth not fett downe what their 
 particular opinions were ; fo as they might 
 be of what fed foeuer for any thinge that 
 'k'k ■k'k ^ he 
 
Anil. I Dies 
 
 Chr. 
 
 1116 
 
 1^6 
 
 IIOI 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. (.I&o be r7 
 
 Ro?ne , in his returns died m Italy , md aboue 
 100. ye ares after vpon proofe of his excellent life 
 and miracles was canonized vnder Pope lohn 
 the 11. in the yeare 1413. See his life in Sur. 
 to. 5". Pol. Virg. Wcflmon. and others, 
 M.R.Heualdorum fratrum m3,ruThefe were 1. 
 'EngUJh Priejisfas S,Bed,doth recoutjthat in fer- 
 uotir of our primatiue Englijh Church went fir ft 
 into Ireland to gaine foulesy ^ then into Saxony 
 where they were flame by pagans vpon this 
 day for confefjion of Chrifiian religion-^ their bo- 
 dyes brought to Colen ^ K- Pepin of Trance, 
 are honoured there vnttU this day, ^ many mi- 
 racles wrought by the fame. See S.Bede Ly-hift. 
 c.ii.Math,Weftran.er^.Sig.in chr. and others. 
 c. R J-'i-ancirci C o nf eilo 11 <^ • duplex . This holy 
 man was founder of the order who of his name 
 are called¥T:xndk^ns j he was home Affi 
 lium /» Italy, gaue all away that he had to the 
 poor e, was of admirable fan^ity .wrought ma- 
 ny miracles andwus canoniz^ed by Pope Greg, 
 the an,iii8. See S.Bonauent. tn his life, and 
 S.Anton, p. 3. tit.21. c.io. and others. 
 M.R. Charitin^e virg.& mart. This was a holy 
 Virgin^who vnder Diocletian th* Emperor being 
 accufed to be a Chrifiian,^ confeffmg conflantly 
 the fame, was caft firfiinto the fire.i^ tnto 
 the Sea.from both which being deliuered mira- 
 culoufly, her teeth were beaten out cf her head, 
 and her hands and feete cut of and fo fhe gaue 
 'vp theghofi tn prayer.See the Greeke nienaloge 
 and the Rom. mart, and others, 
 xM.R. Brunonis conf. This was a man of great 
 fanciity in the prouince of Calabria in Italy, 
 who aboue 5-00. y ere 5 gone was author of the 
 order of Carthufids,which fince that tyme hath 
 brought forth fo many holy men. His admirable 
 life, rare vertues and 'm^iny miracles, are wryt- 
 ten by diu: rs authors which you may fe related 
 in Sur.zo.^, and diuers others. c.R. 
 
IC. 
 
 Chr. 
 
 Dies 
 menf, 
 
 Fox his Caiendai*. C 
 
 he flieweth to the contrary. See num. 
 1. 0*3, 
 
 r/?^ receyuer of Naunts mart This was ano- 
 ther fellow of that company burned in Paris 
 with the former two, whofe name yt feemed 
 that Fox knew not, as neyther his Ads or 
 Gefts,and yet perfuadeth himlelfe alTuredly 
 that he was of his Church and Religion. See 
 cap,ilid. num.ibid. 
 
 Uenry Toile martyr. This was a fourth com- 
 panion of the former feditious and hereticall 
 ;crcw,that fet vp blafphemous bills and libells 
 in Paris ^oncerninge matters of Religion, he 
 was burne^ with his forefaid company. Sec 
 bidem. 
 
 Catelle a fchoole-maifires marfyr. This was a 
 buify fyfter of the former hereticall congre- 
 gation in Paris , who was burned with the 
 forefaid company at Pan's, and whome Fox 
 prefumeth to haue bin a Saint of his Church, 
 chough he knew not what opinions fhe held. 
 See ibid. 
 
 Stephen, de la Torge mar chant mart. This was 
 rhe (ixt (k laft brother of the forfaid Parifian 
 combination , who albeit they were burned 
 all in one day , yet do their feftiuall memo- 
 ryes occupy 6. feuerall dayes in Fox his Ca- 
 lendar, as yow fee, for la'ke of better furni- 
 ture to ftuffe them with all. See ibid,n.i^& 3. 
 
35^ 
 
 99 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 7 
 
 <j44 10 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. 0(^l:ober. 
 c. R. Marci PP. & conFefs. ^}fi4 J^ope vv/^ t 
 Roman home, and ^ucccd^d S. Siliieflcr m tytn. 
 •jfConJiantim the great: and albeit he kept the 
 feat hut 3. monethes; yet i vets his holynes of life 
 fo great , that foone after there -were diners 
 Church's erected in his fnemory as appear eth hy 
 the firfl Councell held in 'Rome %ndeY Pope 
 Symmachus. S^^ Dam. in vie. Nicolai P'!P. 
 p. A^Vian. PP. ad Carol, mag. and others, 
 
 M. R. Symeon)s Senis confefToris. Thisholy 
 old man was ' that teoke our Sauiour Chrif 
 in his armes and pronou72ced h 'm to be the Mef 
 [iaSy vuhen he was ynin his fvvadlinge cloth, s 
 Luc 1. The memory of hts holy departure is ce- 
 lebrated both i7j the Latyn and Greeke Church, 
 though the Grecians keep his. feafl on the firfi of 
 this monethy(ts appear eth by their menaloge. 
 
 R. Dionylij , Pvuftici , & Eleutherij mart, 
 iScini duple x.^^^ Dionyfius vvcu he , who 
 veing^Or^udg^'in Athens of the Tnbunall named 
 Aieopagiis, x^x^^ conu^rted by S, Paul, and af- 
 ter cdmminge to Rome was fent by Pope Cle- 
 ment, fucceffor of S. Peter to preach in Trance, 
 togeathervvith i. companions RuAicus aJPriffi 
 Eleutherius a Deacon, all which were 
 martyred at Paris by VeCcennius gouemour of 
 that countrey for the Emperor Traianus. See 
 Hincmarus B. of Rhemes ep. ad Carolum 
 Caliium, Sc Siir. torn. 5-. and others. 
 M.R. Paiilini Epifc.& conf.This man was fent 
 from Rome by 5. Greg, the great vnto S. Auflen 
 our Apoflle in England to ajfift htm-^ and by him 
 ( faith S. Bede) the holy Pope fent all things ne 
 ceffary for the Altars (5* facrtfice of the maffe,/ls 
 ch.alices,veftements,/?;7/^ the like. He was B,of 
 Torke,c^ conu^rtedK, Edwyn ei' theNorthum- 
 hers to the Chriftid faith died ^n, Dni-6'44. 
 
 S.Bed. I.r.hift.c.i9.& 1.2.c.5).ii,#f large. a?td 
 others, R. 
 
tltt. I 
 
 Dnic. 
 
 Ann. 
 Chr. 
 
 1536 
 
 1^7 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 7 
 
 15:3s 
 
 10 
 
 Fox his Calendar. O&obcr. 
 
 William Tyndall martyr. This was firfi: a 
 Prieft in K. Henry the his ciaycs,and being 
 refufed of B.Tonftall to be his chaplin,tooke 
 a wife , and made diuorce with Catholikc 
 Religion. He tranfiated much of the Bible 
 into Englifh , and that moll: falfely and cor- 
 ruptly as K. Henry and his parlament decla- 
 red, he was burned in Flanders at the townc 
 of Filford for diuers herelies. See ciip. 14. 
 
 4.^.6". 7. ^ demceps. 
 William Layton mart. This was an Apoftata 
 monke, who forfakinge his order and ]iabit;t 
 ioyned hinifelfe to a woman , and after that 
 became fo lewd in fcoffinge Q^eaches againfl: 
 diuers points of Xatholike Religion , as K. 
 Henry himfelfe commaunded him to be bur- 
 ned for the fame. See ibid, num.i^j, 
 
 Puttedevv, a»d lohn L/nmhert mctvt. The iirfl 
 of thefe 2. was an obfcure fellow, whofe pro- 
 per name Fox knew not, nor what he held in 
 Religion, but only that he was burned about 
 this tyme in Sufolks, * Lambe rt Wwis of much 
 more fame , being condemned by K. Henrv 
 himfelfe , and by Cranmerand Cromwell in 
 a follemne iudgementfor Zwinglianifme, &: 
 burned in Smithfield. See ibid, mfm,i^,io,zi. 
 ^ deinceps. 
 
 Colyns and Couhridge martyrs. The firll: of 
 thefe 1. Fox confeilerh to haue byn a mad- 
 man, & to'haue held vp a dog<^ in the Church 
 to be adored in derifion of the bleffcd Sacra- 
 ment. Ccuhridge he granreth beli^Ies all other 
 blafthemyes , to haue denyed the name of 
 Chriil: expreffly. See ibid. num.io.->^i^y^. 
 
 Trter\ 
 
SMiic. 
 
 d 
 
 Ann 
 menf. 
 316 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 II 
 
 90 
 
 740 
 
 14 
 
 The CatliolikeCalendar. 
 
 M. R. Sarmatae mart. Th^ vva^ a holy monke of 
 lE-gipt dtfcifle of Antony , a)id famom both for 
 his learning and fauBity of Itfe^ (U S. Hierome 
 tefiifieth y and was Jlaine forthecoitfefjioncf 
 Chriflby the Saracens in the monafiery founded 
 by S.Antony himfelfe. See S. Hierome in chron* 
 an. 2.1. Conftant. Imp. and others, 
 M. K. Wiifridi Epifc. & confefs. This vvfts a 
 holy man of the 'Englijh nation B, ofTorke , and 
 t vvife driuen out of his Btjhoi ricke hy vidsnce 
 which occajian God vfed (as in the di^rfion of 
 th* Apofllesjto the conuerfion of the Southangh $ , 
 vvhome he concerted from paganifme , as alfo 
 the lie of^\^t,\See S. Bede at large of his life 
 and gefislih^y cz^.iZ, lib^^.cap.iijib.j-. c.io» 
 and others. 
 
 M.R.Carpi Epifcopi & Co nftSorh, This was 
 one of S. Paul the Apoflle his fchoUers , made ky 
 him B.ofTvosiS in Afia Minor: he was a m n 
 of great holynes of life ^ and his feafi is celebrated 
 both by the Greeke and Latyn Church : hut the 
 Grecians hold him to be one of the yi, difciples, 
 chofen by Chrifi. SeeS* Paul.i.Tim.4^»^Dio 
 nylius Areopag. ep»8. and othen. 
 
 R. Calixti PP. &matt. ^emidupkx '^his 
 Pope was a Roman boms , and of great holynes 
 vnder the wicked Emperors Macrinus , and 
 Heliogabolus: he huilded that famous Ce^nite 
 ry of Calixtus where infinite Martyrs reliques 
 were kept, and himfelfe finally being taken, and 
 kept without me ate for certaine dayeSy (j^ bea- 
 ten with whippe,s,was at lafl throwne out of 
 vvyndow headlonge into a deepe priuy, and fo 
 ended his martyrdome. See Sur. to.j.Mombrit. 
 to.i. and others, 
 
 M.R. Tecla: Abbatifla?. This holy woman was 
 called out of England by S.WinJride afterward 
 called Boniface Archhijhcp of Mentz, (5* ^pofile 
 
 
 
Litt, 
 pnic. 
 
 a 
 
 Ann. 
 Chr. 
 ^59 
 
 ^59 
 
 II 
 
 Dies I Fo x bis Calendar, C^l>; r ^ \ 
 
 menf. Peter a German martyr. The furname of this 
 Peter was not knowne vnto Fox , nor is his 
 llife or faith fett do wne by him, though Ala- 
 \nm Coptic do Ihew ^ that he denyed Chriil to 
 haue taken fiefti of the blefled Virgin , and 
 that Fox confefll'd the fame in his former 
 edition. See r^/. 14. num.i^, 
 Lmcekt,lohn a painter, & Giles German mar- 
 tyrs, Thefe 3. were burned in S.Giles field vn- 
 der K. Henry the eyght , vpon the yeare of 
 Chrift 1^3^. for certayne opinions , which 
 eyther Fox knew not , or would not fett 
 downc-fome fufpition there is that they were 
 Anabaptifts , wherof yow may fee more at 
 large, ibid, num, 1^,1 6. 
 
 12, 
 
 13 
 
 Robert Barnes mart. This was an Auguftine 
 friar of Cambrtdge^yvho beconimingan Apo- 
 flata , firfl recanted and abiured his herefies, 
 but after returned to them againe , ran oucr 
 the feato Luther in Germany, whofe opi- 
 nions he dekadcd afterwards againfl both 
 Catholiks .md Caluinifbs vnto the death : he 
 was afterwards taken , and burned ia Smith- 
 field in England. See ihtd. num, 
 Thomas Gc rrard mart.This was a Prief^ com- 
 panion to Barnes but yet oppoiite to him, in 
 the article of the real! prerence,and other Lu- 
 theran articles , for that he was an earneft 
 Zwinglian, and was burned for the fame in 
 company of Friar Barnes as yow may f^ ^^id. 
 num^i'/.i2, ci* deincefs. 
 
 William Hierome ?nartyr. This was another 
 Priefl of the fame crew burned inthefame 
 fire alfo with Barnes and Gerrard vnder King 
 
 Henry 
 
lAnn 
 ►.Chr. 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 787 
 
 131 
 
 5>o 
 
 16 
 
 18 
 19 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. Oftober. 
 
 17 
 
 of G^rmanye who hauinge comer ted that na~ 
 ton to Chrifl^and being dejired by the Chrijiiaji 
 vveoinen thcrof to injtitute amongi^ them fome 
 nunryes of rcligiom dtfapUne and regular life, 
 he called out of England , being an iLnAijhman 
 himfelfe^this TcchyVz/tth diuers other 'vveomcn 
 of great vertue and holyn.s as Cunigildes, Ber- 
 gita,CunitrLides,Lioba,Waiburga, & others. 
 Seethe life of S. Boniface apud Sur. y. lunij. 
 Mart., Ro m an . and 0 the rs. 
 M.Pv. LuUi Epifcopi & confeffbris. r/?^^ Biflwp 
 being borne in England of a noble houfe^and Co- 
 Jn to S. Boniface JS.ij/MenrZjW^ called oner 
 ?y him into Germany, and after good experience 
 of religiom life was made I'nejt by him, and at 
 length appointed . fuccejfor in his hifhopricke 
 which he held for ^i,)'eares after him , with 
 great demonfcration of janciity and miracles 
 wrought by him, as loth all German and other 
 hiftoriographers do record. See the life ofS, Bo- 
 niface, fts alfo Vincent in Spec. lib. ^3. c. 137. 
 Triteni.lib.3. de vir. lllulcr.c.1^3. f.nd others. 
 M. R. Heronis Epifcopi & mart. This was a 
 famous holy man B, of Antioch fchoUer of Sam^ 
 Ignatius Jo who me he wrote his 13 epi/llt^and 
 he wrote a?iother in like manmr to 6. Ignatius 
 after his martyr dome defyring: his prayers, htm- 
 felfe alfo being foone ajter martyred for the 
 fame. See Eufeb. lib. 3. hill. cap. 30. Niceph. 
 lib. 3. cap. ly. & Baron, in Annal. ann. 11 
 dc 1^1* and others.^ 
 C.R.. LucxJtuangeliftx. duplex, 
 c. s. Fridcfiiidx Virginis. duplex. This Virgin 
 wfts of' the Citty of Oxford , a^d daughter of a 
 noblj man named Di Jao; and whe) as fJje was 
 foUicitedby another princtpall nohle man called 
 Algarus, toy eld vnto hii luft , flje refy fringe tht 
 fame, efcaped mirf^ciiloufly his violence he being 
 on thefuddayne firoken blyndby God for offering 
 
 the 
 
Litt. Ann 
 Dnic. Clir. 
 
 ^55 
 
 a . 
 
 Dies 
 rnenf. 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 ^9 
 
 Fox his Ccilentiar. Odober. 
 
 Henry the eyght,for holdinge 2wingl[us his 
 opinions about: the Sacrament of ihe Altan 
 They agreed not in opinions concerninpe 
 rheir beieefe,and yet Fox maketh them Mar- 
 tyrs of one Church : and albeit they were 
 burned all three in one day , yet he alloweth 
 them three feuerail dayesfor their folemnity. 
 See cap. ibid. rnim. ibid. 
 
 William VVolfey mart, 'This was a labouringc 
 man of Wijhich wi\\o being infeded with he- 
 reiies,<&: called. before the commiffionars for 
 the fame, behaued himfelfe fo infolently and 
 contumelioufly towards them in contem- 
 ptuous and blafphemous fpeaches,as was in- 
 tolerable 5 he was a Zwinglian in his opi- 
 nions, and for theilime was burned. See ca^. 
 
 Robert Vyggot martyr. This was a paynter of 
 the fame towne oi V]^i/hichy and a companion 
 to VVolfey , the one of them ftyrringe vp the 
 other to anfwere proudly and reproachfully 
 to Do^or Shaxton fuEragan to the B. of Ely, 
 and other commiffionars authorized to exa- 
 mine them: they were both burned at Ely for 
 Sacramentary opinions, & confequently were 
 ;heretiks vnco Luther himfelfe.See capjb.nAh, 
 Luke EuungelifL \ 
 NicoLit. Kiql^v liifhopp manvr. This man! 
 was a Priefb borne in Northampton ihire,| 
 brought vp ztNevvcafile, and firft was madej 
 Chaplyn to K. Henry the 8. of whcfe Reli- j 
 gion he was during the Kings life : he made 
 him B. of Rochefler; but after ioyninge with [ 
 Cranmer in K. Edwards da yes to promote I 
 
 Zwin-! 
 
Litt. lAnn' Dies 
 rnic. Chr. meni: 
 
 ^66 10 
 
 38^ 
 
 11 
 
 1% 
 
 The CathoJike Calendar. Oc>o!r^ 
 
 the fame. See Pol. virg. lib. 5-. hifl. Math. Pa- 
 rifiens.Molan. inaddit.ad Viuard.mart.Rom. 
 aud others* 
 
 M. R, Artemij mart. This vvns noUe man of 
 high authority vnder Conftantine the greaty 
 being prefident oner fix prouinces ijiEgift , a- 
 gainfi vvhome lulian the Apoftata hearing en 
 uy for his zeale to Chrtftitin religion caufed him 
 to be pHtt to death by greuou^ torments. See 
 Theodoret, lib.3. hilt cap.17. Niceph. lib.io, 
 cai^,}^, and others. 
 
 c. R. Hibrionis Abbatis, 1'^ -^*" " ""^ ^ uiji 
 cvSc c.^ 0/ the holy Abbot Hilariony his 
 rare life^ and miracles, and cf his goinge to fee 
 S. Antony in the deferts of Aegipt , S, Hiercme 
 c5* others do wryte largely. As for S. Vrlula and 
 her fellovveSy they were Br itt an Virgins about 
 an eleuen thoufand , accordinge to the common 
 aocount of all authors. They were fnppedtn 
 great Brit any to paffe oner into little Brirany in 
 Trance, there to hapie byn marryed to others of 
 that nation, but being driuen by tejnpeft downe 
 to the Mcuth of Bhene neere vnto the Citty of 
 Colen , they were fame by the Hunnes and 
 others enemyes of Chriftian faith', for defence 
 therof and defence of their chaflity. See Gauf. 
 Monumet. lib. y. cap. ij. Weft. an.3p2./7W^i 
 many others, 
 
 M.R. Cordular virg. 5: mart. This was aprin- 
 ctpall Virgin 07ie of S, Vrfula her compamo'r.s, 
 who bcmg terrified with the JpeBacle of the 
 cruell death ofherfellcv i f 5, hid hcrfelfe, but the^ 
 next day repetninge her owne frailty, cams anh 
 
 . offere^ 
 
Dies 
 menf. 
 
 10 
 
 21 
 
 21 
 
 Fox his Calendar, Q ■ 
 
 Zwinglianilme , he gat by that meanes the 
 Bifhopncke of London by depnuation of 
 j5. Bonner, and was afterward in Q^iaryes 
 raigne burned for herefie and treafon. See his 
 ftory at large. c,i^,n. ^0,^1.^1,^7,.^ deinceps. 
 Hugh Laumer Bxihop ii^arryr. Thisfman was 
 borne in £^f<f/i^i^/>i?,ltuddied at Cambridge, 
 was an earneft Catholike ; but by Ihryuinge 
 o£Thomas Bilney (faith Fox) he was conuer- 
 ted to fauour Protefrants religion, which yet 
 he abiured many tymes afterward , and \iras 
 made B. of Worcefler in K. Hcnryes da yes, 
 and after depriued for his euill demaynour 
 and neuer could be reftored by K. Edward: 
 He was at lafl: burned at Oxford togeather 
 with theforfaid Ridley.: See ibid»num»^^,^^, 
 deinceps 
 
 John Webb gentiimany and George Uoper mart, 
 Tliefe were 2. fimple contreymen burned at 
 Canterbury vnder Q^_Maryes raigne: Their 
 articles (faith Fox) were the common articles 
 miniftred in thofe dayes , towitt, againfl 
 Zwinglianifme & Caluiniline 5 their anfwcrs 
 wereiniolcnts fond, & obftinate, as of igno- 
 rant deceyued men* See ibid^ mm66u 
 
 Gregory Tarke mart. This was a third com 
 panion of the former two burned at Canter 
 bury, no ielle vn learned and ignorant then 
 ■they, nor yetleffe obftinate and arrogant in 
 ihls aunfwers j they went with fuch fond 
 I •^★★•Ar*^ raihnes 
 
Litt, 
 pnic. 
 
 Ann 
 Chr. 
 
 $66 
 
 610 
 
 l60 
 
 110 
 
 1^1 
 
 Dies i The C atholike Calendar. 
 mcnU cftred herfelfe willingly to martyrdome'^ See 
 S, Vrfula her life in Sur.to. y. and diners others 
 
 M. R. Theodori prefbyteri &mart. ThUvvas 
 a Priefi of Siuill in Sfaine^ who m tyme of In- 
 lian the Afoftata (loewinge himfelfe conficmt in 
 Chrijiim religion, wct4 after many torments of 
 rackinge, andburninge his fides hy tear inge his 
 flefh with hoat yrons , beheaded, SeeXoiom 
 'lib.5'.cap.7. Mart. Kom. and others, 
 14 M. R. Maglorij Epifc. &Confefs. ThlsMa- 
 glorius was a Br it tan Borne, and a monke, but 
 goinge oner to preach Chriftian religion in the 
 leffer Brittany of France, was there made B, 
 which after he left agatnefor defire of retyring 
 himfelfe to an 'Er emits life , w her in he Jhined 
 with rare holynes and workinge of miracles 
 alfo. See Trit. lib. 3. de vir, llluftr. cap. jo. & 
 lib.4. cap.i7.^W others. 
 c. R. Chrifanthi &:Darixmart. Thefewere 
 1. noble 'Remans man and wife j who giuinge 
 themfelues wholy to deuotion , and gatheringe 
 togeather of Martyrs reliques, were taken and 
 fut to firaunge torments, and at laft were putt 
 into the ground vp to the head and fhoulders, 
 and fo ftoned to death. See Gregor. Turon.lib 
 deglor. mart. c^S.andSni.to.^, and others. 
 
 z6 
 
 2-7 
 
 c. R. EuarilH Papas & mart. This holy Pope li- 
 uedinthe firft age foone after the Apojiles, he 
 was a Grecian borne, and illuftrated much the 
 Church of God by his life and martyr dome. See 
 of hi6 fuccefjion Iren. lib. 3. cap .3. Euleb. lib.3. 
 cap. 1 8. and others, 
 
 M. R. Vigilia. Vincentij m.art. This man fuffe- 
 red at Abu la in Spaine vnder Diocletian the 
 "Emperor , by commandement of Dacianus the 
 frefident of that Cou?2trey, He is another diffe- 
 rent fiom that Vinctntius the famous Deacon 
 
 martyredi 
 
Litt. jAnn 
 X)nic.:Chr. 
 
 I445> 
 
 Dies 
 enf. 
 
 2'3 
 
 14 
 
 2'7 
 
 Fox his Calendar. Q {; 
 
 raftines to the fire , as one of them gaue a 
 greake f kipp when he came vnto yt. See cap, 
 ibid, num. ibido 
 
 Adatn Wallace mart. This was a poore fimple 
 Scottifliman ( as FoxafErmeth ) condemned 
 & burned in Edmburrough, during the raigne 
 of K. Henry the fixth, to witt vpon the ycare 
 I44P* He held certayne Wickliffian and Lol 
 iards opinions* as yow may fee ibid,num.6z, 
 
 Marke Burges , and William Hooker mart. Of 
 thefe two, Marke Surges was a ihipman bur- 
 ned in Lijbone for Zwinglian opinions : and 
 VVilltam Booker was his fnippboy killed with 
 flones ( yf we may beieeue Fox ) vpon the 
 fame yeareat Siuillin Spaine, by the youthes 
 of that citty for the famc.caufe* See ibid.n,6i. 
 
 Simpfon Vriefi.Beuerkh Trlar.^.ni. Dmiy Strat- 
 tongentilman martyrs, Thefe three Martyrs 
 are only found in Fox his Calendar, but not 
 in his Ads and Monuments : fo as we find 
 neither their Ads or Gefts, or articles of be- 
 leefe, nor where, nor why they were burned, 
 albeit yt may be ghefled at , yf the yeare of 
 their burninge be true which he noteth , to 
 witt lyyd. See cap,^, num^SA^, 
 Keyler Black friar, Norman G or ley Vicar of D^- 
 lor martyrs. Thefe alfo being fellowes of the 
 former , are not found in any of Fox his 
 tables ; fo as we haue only their bare names 
 in his Calendar with their Canonization for 
 Martyrs. See ibid, 
 
 \a Black Canon with 4. others martyrs, Thefe 
 fiuein like manner are not found but only in 
 this place of the Calendar. And heere yow fee 
 how lohn Fox fcrapcth togeather only bare 
 names of vnknowcn Martyrs to fill vp his 
 -k if i< -k -k i< 1 Calendar: 
 
Ann 
 Chr. 
 
 64, 
 140 
 
 140 
 
 180 
 
 Dies 
 nicnf 
 
 i8 
 ^9 
 
 30 
 
 Th^ Catholike Calendar. 05otii^r. 
 
 martyred vnder the fame Dacianus in the Cit- 
 ty of Saragozza. Seg Vafeus in chron. ^tnd 
 others, 
 
 c. R. Simonif Si lihlx A po/lolorum. duplex. 
 M. R. Narcifci Epi.fcopi ^ Confefs. This vvf!6 
 a very holy man, and the thirtith l^ijhoff of the 
 Citty of Hierujalem: he lyued vntillhe vvcu an 
 hundred (3» Jixiene years of agey andvvds high- 
 ly commended by the auncient leathers for his 
 rare life and miracles. See Eufeb^ lib.4.,cap.i^, 
 and Niceph. lib.y, cap-^?. and othets. 
 
 M. R, Eutropi^e virg, 6c mart. This vva^a] 
 Virgin' of Jilexandria , who vnder Decius the 
 Emperor y goinge to vifitt Martyrs in prifon was I 
 taken for the fame^and put to exquifite torments 
 vntill fhe gmevp the ghofl, See the Greekc! 
 Menaloge, Roman Martyrologe, Sur.j 
 tom.j, and diuers others. 
 M. R. Vigiiia. Quifidini mart. This was a 
 noble Cittizen of Rome , of the order of Sena-l 
 tours , who vmer Maximinian the Emperor > 
 was putt to death in 'France for Chriflian Re- ; 
 ligion at the Citty now called of his name 
 S. Quindaines : his body was reueyled by' an 
 Angell ^o^yeares after his death y and found vn^ | 
 corrupt , and many miracles wrought therby.\ 
 See Greg, Turon. lib. de glor, mart. cap. 71.' 
 & 73. Sur, torn. 5-. and other s- 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. Noaembcr. 
 
 TIieMoneth of Noucmben 
 
 c.R.Feftum omnium Sand^orum. duplex, ; 
 c. R. Commemoratio omnium fideh'iim dc*- 
 jfundorum, duplex. This piom office to pray 
 
Litt. fAnn 
 Dnic. Chi . 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 i8 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 15:41 
 
 Fox his Calendar, 
 
 Calendar : for neither is there hUcke or Hue 
 canon found in his Ads and Monuments, and 
 much lelle the other foure companions by 
 him vnnamed. See /foW. mm. 6^. 
 
 innon and hide. * 
 
 Three died in prif n at Chichefier confejfors. 
 Here yow fee , that as before we had Mar- 
 tyrs , fo haue wc now Confcflbrs without 
 namejfor that they died in Chicheller prifon : 
 But for many caufes they might be put there, 
 and confequently , they are very doubtfull 
 Confeflbrs , and very fitt for lohn Fox his 
 Catalogue. See'Jbid. num,6^. 
 Mother Seaman confejfor. This was an old 
 poore woman of Norwich, who though ihe 
 died at home in" her bed, yet for that Ihe had 
 byn pratlinge about new opinions , and had 
 byn called before'the comiflionars for the 
 fame, fheis canonized for a Confeflbr^by 
 lohnTox, See ihd. 
 
 Mother Bemiet confejfor. This was another 
 poore woman alfo of Norwich companion 
 to tke aforefaid Mother Seaman ^w'lth. whome 
 fhe had byn examined, butdifmiiled, and fo 
 died in her o wne houfe as iohn Fox confef- 
 feth. And with her he endeth the Moneth of 
 O do ber . See ihid, num, 65- • 
 
 Fox his Calendar. Nouember 
 
 The Moneth of Noiicmber« 
 
 ThefeaftofallSaindes. 
 Richard Mekinges martyr. Thi% was a poore 
 boy of London , burned in Smithfield vnder 
 ★★★★★★3 K.Henry 
 
99^ 
 
 66\ 
 
 1$6 
 
 Dies j The Catho like Calendar. Nounn ber, 
 men[» \yg^yly upon a certaine day for all foules depar- 
 ted, fj^tth bin an auncicnt cuflome amongfi Chri- 
 Jhans in the Catholike Church: Ex maiorum 
 traditione (faith TertuUian in the fecondage 
 after Chrift) pro defundis annua die facimus. 
 We do by tradition of our anceftors yearely offer 
 vp facrifices for the dead, lib.de coron.mil. and 
 the like hath Greg. Nazianzen. orar. in fun. 
 Cefarij frat. and others, though this particular 
 day was inftituted afterward, S^eSigeb. an. 
 ^c?8. and others, 
 
 c, s, Winifridx' virg. & marr. duplex. This 
 Virgin being of fhe '^ritifh t'loud, was beheadsd 
 by Cradocus fonne of K. Alane of North- 
 I Wales for that fhe would not yeld to the vio- 
 lence of his concupiscence j in place of which 
 martyrdome Jpronge vp miraculoufly a well 
 which indureth to this day , by the name ofS. 
 Winifrides well Her r cliques were kept in the 
 Church of Shrew fbury with great honour. See 
 Robert. Salop, that wrote her life^ Sur. to, 6, 
 MohnMsLit^Kovn, and others, 
 c. R. Vitalis 6i Agricola^ mart. Thefe two. 
 were apprehended in the Citty of Bonony in 
 Italy vnder Diocletian the Emperor for fprea- 
 ding Chrifiian docirine, Vit^hs was boundman 
 vnto Agricola,^^/' made his fellow by martyr- 
 dome :yea preferred before him in the Calendar, 
 for th^t he ftiffered more tormets then the other. 
 Of them both 5. Ambrofe wryteth at large lib, 
 de exhort.ad virgin, and S, Vaulinus Bijljop of 
 Nola, natal. \9. Greg. Turon. lib. i. cap. i6. 
 and others, 
 
 M. R. Zacliari^e & Elizabeth. Thefe were the 
 holy parents of S. lohn Baptifi, f tghly comm n- 
 ded jor their holynes in the ghojpell Luc. i. See 
 filjo S.Epiphanius of their rare life mid vert uei 
 lib. de vit. Prophet, cap. 23. and others. 
 
 M. R, 
 
I Ann 
 •Chr. 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 1541 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 m ■ — ' if ..- 
 
 K. Henry the eyght , vpon the ftatute of fix 
 articles, he denyedthe reall prefence, and faid 
 at the fire fide , that Friar Barnes had taught 
 him that opinion , but Fox faith that could 
 not be fo , for that Barnes was neuer of that 
 opinion himfelfe. Sec cap,i^, 7iHm,i.z,^* 
 
 Richard Spencer martyr.This was an Apoftata 
 Piieft ofSariJhury, that had taken a woman, 
 and with her left his vocation of Priefthood 
 (faith Fox) & became a player of Enterludes, 
 & further then this fell to deny the reall pre- 
 fence in the Sacrament, 3c fo was condemned 
 and burned in the fame citty vpon the ftatute 
 of fix articles. See thd, num.i.^ , 
 
 Andrew Hevvit martJThis was acomediant, 
 one of the fellow-players o£Spe?icer the mar- 
 ryed Priefl ; he was condemned and burned 
 with him in Salifbury the fame yeare Sc day 
 as yo w may fee cap, iUd* num. ibid. 
 
 John Sorter mart. This was an Apprentlfe 
 that died in Newgate in K. Henryes da yes, 
 he was put in prifon vpon the Statute of fix 
 articles j he had (faith Fox) an audible voycc 
 andread the Bible in Englifh to fuchasrc- 
 forted to him , which was then lawfuU , but 
 he was accufed for makinge falfe commenta- 
 ryes theron: See ihid, num,4^. \ 
 ★★★★★*4 Thomeu 
 
Jchr. 
 559 
 
 7l6 
 
 Dies 
 ncnf. 
 6 
 
 The Catholike Calendar . Noucmber 
 
 M. Leonard! confefs. This wcu a holy man 
 of Aquitmy in 'France , who being fcholLer to 
 S.Remigius J?. ^/Rhemes,(i» mflrucheei by him 
 in all kind offan^ity ofUfe^retyred himfelfe /»- 
 t$ his coHntrey,^ liued in a defert,^ wrought 
 many miracles both before and^ after his deaths 
 See Sur.to.^.Trit.I.3.de virMlx.i^-and others, 
 M. R. Willebrordi Epifcopi & Confeflbris. 
 This vvas an 'Englifhman , borne in Torkefhire^ 
 who in the zeale of our primitiue Church going 
 forth of England to preach Chrifiian religion t& 
 the gentills of forraine nations , 04 many other 
 did, he conuerted very many of the Frtfians and 
 Danes , and was ordayned B. of Vtright in 
 Frtfeland, and his name Willebrord changed 
 into Chmcnty fee Bed.I.j.hift.cap,ii.Tritem. 
 lib.3. de vir, Illuftr. cap. 137. and others. 
 c.R. Sandorum quatuor Coronatorum mart, 
 Thefe were 4. brethren put to death in Rome 
 vnder Diocletian , whofe names being then not 
 kuowne-^ their reliques were kept^i^f* Churches 
 builded to them vnder the title offoure crovvnd 
 brethren , as may appear e by S. Gregor, lib. 4. 
 regift. indid:. 13. cap. 44. afterward their 
 names were reueyled to be Seuerus, Seueria- 
 nus, Carpophorus,/r»^ Vidorinus. Bed, 
 Vfuard, Rom. marc, and others^ 
 c. R.Dedicat. Balilica: Saluatorjs. duplex. Ei 
 3nimciiv S. Theodori mart. Of the firft, to 
 vvitt the dedication of the later an Church in 
 Rome to S. lohn Baptift in honour of our Sa- 
 uiour.fce Pet.Damianus, W others alleaged by 
 Baronim in hvs notes to the RemMartyrol.vpon 
 this day. S. Theod. was a Chrifiian fouldiar 
 put to death in Amalka of the countrey of ?on- 
 tiis by exquifite tormets, vnder Maximintan the 
 Emperor , in which Chrifi appeared vnto him 
 & comforted him extraordinarily. Sc Mctaphr. 
 i7. i^eb. & x6. Nou. & Sur. to. 3. and others, 
 
 C. R. 
 
Ann. 
 Clir. 
 
 1^42 
 
 1^46 
 
 15-4 d 
 
 Dies 
 rnenf. 
 6 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 Thomas Bernard mart. This was an artiflcei 
 
 f Lincolne, who in the dayes of the lame 
 Henry was apprehended and examined by 
 B, Longland of that Diocefie , and ftiewinge 
 himfelfe very infolent andobftinace in cer- 
 tayne hereticall opinions was burned in the 
 lame citty. ^ttibid, num,\. & 
 lames Morton marf. This was another poore 
 fellow of the fame towne ofLincolne , com- 
 panion of the for laid Bernard and burned 
 with him ;( faith Fox ) for hauinge S, lames 
 epiflle in EngUlh:but this is refuted cap.jbid, 
 num* ihd. 
 
 George Wtfchart mart. This was a Scottilh - 
 man condemned of fedition and herefie in 
 Scotland vpon the yeare iy4<^. which was the 
 lafl of K. Henryes raigne of England, and the| 
 Mth of Q^ary of Scotland^ He behaued 
 himfelfe moft contemptuoufly & feditioufly 
 :n his publike arraignment, and was burned: 
 It S. Andre wes. See his defcription and ftory 
 ibid, num.6. 
 
 lohn Kerhy martyr. This was a poore labou-| 
 ringe man of Ipfich wholy vnlearned , yetj 
 b:ingonce pcruerted by the perfuafion of, 
 'bme of Zwinglius his fed, he was fo willfullj 
 herin , and in denyinge the real! prefence in! 
 che blelled Sacrament, as no reafon or per-! 
 fuafion to the contrary would ferue, but that 
 iie would needs to the fire, and there how in- 
 fjlently he behaued himfelfe , yow may fee 
 c ap, 1 ^. nam »ii,iz. 
 
 I 
 
 Ko{rer i 
 
Dies 
 menf. 
 
 10 
 
 II 
 
 12. 
 
 437 ^3 
 
 14 
 
 TLe Catholike Calendar. Noueniber, 
 
 c R. Tryphonis, Refpicij & Nimpha* mart 
 Thefirfi of thefc three eonuertedvnto Chrift the 
 other two ; for that being put to torments for 
 confeffion of his faith y his confiancy vvtvs fuchyOi 
 he conuertedfirfl Refpicius the Emperor Becins 
 his Trtbtmey and afterward Nimpha a Virgin^ 
 both which were for the fame martyred with 
 him. See the Greeke menaloge i. Feb. Procop 
 l.i. de a^dif. Iiiflin. Imp. of the f amours Church 
 ereBedm honour S.Tryphon in Conftantinoph 
 mid others* 
 
 c.R. M , ^'-^M, /v-.Confefio)-dupfex 
 Thii is that renowned S. Martin B. ofTowars 
 in France, though borne in Hungary of heathen 
 parents, and at lo.yeares oldwa6 called by God 
 to be a Chriftian againfi their willeSyand after- 
 ward liued a moft holy life, of whome all an 
 tiquity dowryte mofi honorably, as Sulpitius 
 Seuerus in his life , S.Pauluius^, <?/ Noia, 
 Greg. Turon* and others, 
 
 R. Martini Papx & mart. Semiduplcx.^^ 
 P(pe was borne in Italy, fate in the 'Roman 
 Sea vnder Qonfians the Emperor of Conftanti 
 nople , who being infeBed with Arrianifme 
 was offended with him for that he condemned 
 one Paulus an heretical! patriarch of Conftanti- 
 nople, and can fed him t$ be apprehended in Kome 
 fe^it into Banifhment to an Hand of Mare 
 Aegeum , where he died with mifery . See 
 Sur. torn, 6. and many others^ 
 M.R. Arcadij & Sociorum mart. VVith this 
 4rcadius were put to death by exqui/ite tor- 
 ments inSpaine three others named Pafchafius, 
 Probus, 0» Eutychianus vnder Genfericus K. 
 of the Vandalls for that they would not yeld to 
 Arrian herefie. See an excellent Fpiftle of Anto- 
 ninus J5. of Cenftantinople in thofe dayes vnto 
 Arcadius exhorting him to Conftancy.o* others, 
 M. R. Laurentij Epifcopi <$c Confeflbris. Thi6 
 
 wot 
 
Ann. 
 Chr. 
 I54d 
 
 Dies 
 nenf. 
 
 10 
 
 1% 
 
 Fox his Calendar. Nouem ber: 
 
 Roger Clark martyr. This was a labourer alfo 
 of the towne of Bury and fellow to the for- 
 mer Kirby , whofe difciple he feemed to be 
 for that he followed him in all things , and 
 confequently holding his herelies alfo about 
 the blelled Sacrament , was condemned and 
 burnedat the fame towne of Bury, SQcibid. 
 
 Richard Bayfield alias Somerfam mart. This 
 was an Apollata monke of the forfaid towne 
 of Bury, whofe office being , to receaue pil- 
 grims that came by that monaftery, he fell 
 acquainted with two bricklayers or London, 
 by whome he was inftriided in the new do- 
 ftrine, tooke a woman, caft of his coule,and 
 became a booke-feller, & at length was bur- 
 ned at the fame place. See ibid, num*i^*i^* 
 lohn Clark Confejfor. This was a labouringe 
 man of Kent, who being apprehended , and 
 examined vpon new opinions was commyt 
 ted to the Caftle of Canterbury, and there 
 died,and by that meanes came to be regiftred 
 by Fox for a Confeflor , togeather with 4. 
 other companions which do enf we. See ibid. 
 
 Dunflan Chittiden c onfejf or. TVi^ was another 
 pooremanofthe former company imprlfo- 
 ned at Canterbury , and though they agreed 
 not in their anfwers, but vpon ignorant /imp It- 
 city (faith Fox) fvvarued a little in the num- 
 her of Sacraments : yet were they fo refolute 
 and willful! to go to the fire,as nothing could 
 ftay them. See ibid, num.^. 
 William Tofter confejfor. This was another of 
 i rhe m 
 
\Aniu 
 menf. 
 
 Dies 
 iiienf. 
 
 S6I 
 
 1140 
 
 16 
 
 1100 
 
 17 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. Nouembcr. 
 
 vvof a holyB. of Vuhlyn in Ireland, vvhofe ex- 
 cellent life aud achyov v may fee fett dovvne at 
 large inSiir. torn. 5, vpon this day. He was 
 Canonized by Pope Honorius 3, in the 10. y care 
 of his F ope dome, which was of Chrijl 1 2.14, 
 
 G. 5, Machud Epifcopi Confeflor. rfiiplex. 
 This w(U a holy man of the Brtttifh nation, 
 who was otherwaife called Meclouj us before 
 the Conuerftonof the Englifh nation by S, Ah- 
 ften : He was of rare life for vertue , and 
 wrought diners miracles, and wertt into leffer 
 Brittany , where he was made B, and died fi- 
 nally in France, hts life is wrytten by Sigebert^ 
 in Siir. to. 6^. and in his chron. an.j-di.Tritem* 
 de vir, illuflr.lib.j. csLp,^^, and others, 
 c. s, Edmundi Epifcopi & Confcfs. duplex 
 This man was Avchhifhop of Canterbury, who 
 •after a holy life, feing the liberty of his Church 
 to be greatly infringed, ^ many disorders grow 
 which he eould not remedy , chofe rather toga 
 into voluntary banifhmet, (3* fo retyred himfeJfe 
 to a religioHi life in a monafiery in Tranc by 
 Sueffon, and fix years after his death was ca- 
 noniz^ed by Innocentius 4. to witt an. 15-45 
 See Math, P^ris hoc an. Pol, Virg. lib. 16^. 
 and others^ 
 
 c. s, Hugonis Lprfcop! 6^ Conreilor . duplex. 
 This holy man was by nation a Burgundian of 
 the order of Carthtifians,who through the fame 
 of his learninge and holynes of life, being called 
 into England by K, Henry the fecond,vvas made 
 firfi prior pf a monaflery of hts order at Wy- 
 dam, and then B, of Lincolme, wherin he liued 
 and died very holily ^ and lo, years after his 
 death to witt 1110. he was canonized by Pope 
 Honorius 3. See Math. Paris. Siluefter Giral- 
 dus Sur.to.d. and others. 
 
Ann. 
 Clir. 
 
 Dies j Fox liis Caleniiaf . Nouember, 
 
 menf. that died in the forefaid Caftle of Can-| 
 terbury vnder Q^Tary , or rather he was j 
 Captaineof all the reft, though none more | 
 ignorant then he : he /aid yt was as good to | 
 Icarry the ^allowes about in proceiHon for ] 
 jthem whofe Fathers were hanged, as to carry j 
 |th€ crofle in memory of Chrifts pa/fion, Seei 
 
 Alice Pet lam cvnfejfor. This was the wife of ^* 
 poore craftefman , bur fo malepart in new: 
 dodrines, and fo proud therwith, that being- 
 asked by the commifllonars of her age, aunf- 
 wered , that accordinge to her old byrth ftic 
 had 49. years , but accordinge to her new 
 byrth Ihe was but of one yeare old. See caf^ 
 '(hid, num, ibid. 
 
 I ^ \lohn Archer ccnfejfc n- Thi s was the laft of thf 
 former crew of Canterbury Cafble 'Confef-) 
 ifors, by occupation a weaucr, and in his opi~ 
 Inionshe profelledto hold with the othersj 
 jfor fome of them ( faith Fox'^j) graunted but 
 one Sacrament , which ii Chrifi hmgirige m 
 the Qroffe, See ibid^ 
 
 J7 
 
 lohnHoohe martyr. Of this man lohn Fox 
 wryteth no more , but that he read, that in 
 this prefent iss^» was burned one I%hn HoGla 
 a true witrncfle of the Lords truth at Che- 
 fter,(3^c. but what this truth was , and how 
 truly Hooke did wittnefle the fame he fhewcth 
 not in particular. Sqq ibid, num*iy» 
 
Ul. Anil 
 nic. Chr. 
 3^5 
 
 1^6 
 
 870 
 
 ll6 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 iS 
 
 19 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 TheCatholike Calendar. 
 
 c. R. Dedicar. Baiilicarum Petri dc Pauli. du 
 plex. This is the memory of that day , when 
 Conftantine the great 300. yeares after Chriji 
 did lay the foundation of 1, famous Churches of 
 S» Peter and 6". Paul in Kome , confecrated by 
 Pope Siluefter, but longe before this, euen from 
 the faid Apoftles martyrdoms, their bodyes were 
 honoured with great concourfe of Chrijiian 
 feofle, as yow mcy fee in Euiieb. lib. i. hift 
 Qdi^k i\, and others. 
 
 c. R. Pontiani PP. & mart. This V of e was a 
 Uoman borne, andgouerned that Sea vnder the 
 Emperor Alexander Seuerus , hy whcme he 
 was taken and cafi into the lland of Sardinia 
 which in thofe dayes was very barbarous, and 
 of an vnwholfome ayre , wherein after many 
 miferyes fuffered^ he dted. See Dam. in his life 
 Niceph. lib. j. hift. cap. id. and others* 
 c. s* l ^^-x^-^^''- p./-;'-. 'S. iii^ii'. duplex. This 
 was K, of the eafl Angles to witt Nprfolke, 
 Suffolke , and fome parts adioyninge , he was 
 martyred for Confeffion of Chrifnan faith by 
 Hinguar a T>anifl) ^ingy that mtred that con 
 trey by violence : afterward he had a goodly 
 Church and monaftery ereBed vnto him at a 
 towne called of his name S. Edmonds- bury. 
 
 Abbo Floriaccns. in his life. Sur. torn. 6. 
 Stow, and others, 
 
 R, Columbani Abbatis. This was a re- 
 nowned monke of Scotland who was the 
 founder of many monafleryes, and ^fter a longe 
 religious life made a bleffed end aboue 1000. 
 years gone. Many authors do wryte of him , as 
 Sigeb. in chron. an.ypS. Vincent. in rpec.I.13. 
 C.4. Trit. de vir. llluft.d.i. c.^, and others* 
 
 R. Cccilice virg. & mart. Sf.T»?<lirp)c\ Thii 
 was a noble Virgin of Rome ^ who heing efpou- 
 fedvnto VaJenancis heathen, brought both 
 him his brother Tiburtius to be Chriftians, 
 
 and 
 
Litt. jAnn^ 
 Dnic. Chr. 
 g ^57 
 
 1^8 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 10 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 lohn Hallingd^le martyr. This was a fimplc' 
 ignorant fellow burned in ^mithfield, wko 
 ftood vpon this point principally , that fiichi 
 as were condemned in thele dayes for herc-j 
 tiks were true Saints ; which yow may fee 
 how he proueth out of the Apocalips, ihd^\ 
 
 Witliam Sparri>vv mnrt. This was companion 
 the for {a-idHallingdale , and burned with 
 him in Smithfield^ he was a feller, and Iprea-' 
 der of feditious ballads, and once before hail 
 recanted and fubmitted himfclfc to rhe B. oi^ 
 London, but now fallinge into relapfe., and] 
 rtandinge therin obftinatly was burned. Seej 
 
 Ricard Gibfm mart. This was the third com-| 
 panion burned alfo in Smithfield with Hal-^ 
 Imgdale and Sparrow ^ but that he was muchi 
 more arrogant then any of them both , refu~; 
 iing to anfwere to fuch articles, as were pro- 
 poled vnto him by the B. rather propoiingd 
 other to him againe about Antichriil , andj 
 the beaft in the reuelation, the whore of Ba-, 
 bylon and the like. See ibid, num.i^.xo* 
 
 Alexander Gouch mart. This was a weauer cfi 
 ftiredded Couerlett;>, who vfing to the houfcj 
 of one Alice Driuer at Grojhorrovv in Suf- 
 folke,was fo peruerted by her,with new opi- 
 nions of thofe dayes, as he was content to go| 
 to the fire for the fame; he was taken inaj 
 haygulfe with the faid Alice, See ibid,nu,xi 
 AUce Driuer martyr. This was the dodrir ofi 
 the forfaid weauer, who was fo malepnrt and 
 contumelious before the iudges, as firll her 
 eares were cutt of, for callinge Q^iary le- 
 
 zalali^ 
 
Ann' 
 dir. 
 
 Dies . The Catholike Calendar. 
 
 menl.L^^^^ juff'er martyr dome with her for Confef- 
 \jion of Chrifiian faith togeather with Pope Vr- 
 IbanuSyVvho baptized them.See their admirable 
 Wtflory in Sur. torn. d. Lippom, torn. and 
 {Others, 
 
 105 13 'c. dementis Papx & mart. ; , lijuplcv. 
 
 This Pope vvoi of the Roman nobility ^an aticknt 
 fchoUer of S. Peter and S. Paul, and fate in the 
 Sea of Rome , in the third place after S. Peter^ 
 he was cafi into the I land of Lycia by the 
 Emperor Traian to geatherwith many other 
 Chrijlians , for Conf fjion of Chrifttan faith-, 
 and in the end was throvi^ne into the Sea. 
 \whh an anchor at his necke . See the Roman' 
 jMart. Dam. , Lippom. torn. y. and. 
 \others, j 
 2-^4 14 ' c. R. Chryfogoni mart. This w^ a nolle man 
 cfRcme^ vnder Diocletian, who after the loffe^ 
 of all his goods , f^nd two yeares imprifonmentA 
 was fent for by the Emperor to be brought'^ 
 bound to Aquileia, where he was,thi?2kinge by \ 
 fayre meanes andpromifes to draw him to dcny'>^ 
 ' Chrifi^but when he could not, he caufed him to 
 be beheaded. Set Sur, tom.d. Wombrit. tom.i* 
 Niceph. lib, i^, and others^ 
 301 tj c. R. Catlurina: virg. & marr. duplex. This 
 was a noble Virgin of Alexandria in Egipt, 
 greatly renowned both for her nobilny , rare 
 learning and confiancy in Chriftian religion, for 
 which after many torments, fhe was beheaded 
 ly commandement <?/Maximinus the Emperor, 
 See her ftory in 6'ur. to.6.1\letaphraft.Lippom'. 
 to. 5. Rom. mart, and others, 
 313 1^ c. R. Petri Alexandrini Epifcopi & man. This 
 wevs that renovz ned B,of Alexandria in Egipt, 
 who firfi of all did excommnnica e Ar;ius the 
 Archheretike being Vrieft of his Church for 
 mouinge new opinions agamfi the d.uinity of 
 Chrifl : vnto whome, when he was in prtfon^ 
 
 and\ 
 
LItt. jAnn. 
 rnic, Chr, 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 2-3 
 
 14 
 
 1^8 
 
 16 
 
 Fox his Calendar. NouemDer. 
 
 z^abell , and after many difputations with dl 
 u^rs learned men, ihe would needs burne for 
 her new dodrine. See iW. num. 11.13. 24. ij. 
 e>» deinceps. 
 
 Philip Humfiey mart .This was a fimple poore 
 man burned at Bury vpon the laft yeare of 
 Q^^aryes raigne, togeather with two Bre- 
 thren lohn SLndHenry Dauy : Fox fetteth not 
 downe any of their opinions , but faith that > 
 they fufFered for the true teftimony of lefus 
 Chrift: See cap.i^.num.^o. 
 
 lohn Dauy and Henry Dauy mart, Thefe were 
 the 1. brethren companions of Humfrey na- 
 med by Fox in the precedent day,and burned 
 with him at Bury, but for that we know not 
 their opinions for which they were burned, 
 we can determine nothinge of their fandity* 
 See ibid. 
 
 lohn Cornforth martyr. This was an artificer 
 o£VVortham in Kent , who with 4. others !• 
 men and 1. weomen were burned at Canter 
 bury for new opinions , notaboue fix dayes 
 (faith Fox)beforc the death of Q^ary, their 
 phantafticall aflertions yow may fee fett 
 downe in part out of Fox togeather with 
 their obftinacy therin. ibid. num,i\, 
 Chriftophor Browne martyr. This was 
 hulbandman of Maydflone in Kent, and com- 
 panion to the forefaid Cornforth and burned 
 alfo with him for the fame periierfity of opi- 
 nions : They held that opinion of Luther 
 againft Caluynifts , that Chrifis body was 
 i prefent^ 
 
Ann. 
 Chr. 
 
 418 
 
 1^8 
 
 30^ 
 
 6t 
 
 Dies 
 mcnf. 
 
 2-7 
 
 i8 
 
 30 
 
 TheCatkoJike Calendar. Hoiieinber* 
 a?zd lond mnedtody by MaximmHS Zmpercr, 
 and feme Vriejls came i nto hi?nto intreat for 
 Arrius, Chrifi affearedy and bidd him ntuer to 
 receyue him into his Church agame. See Ruffi- 
 nus lib. I. hift. cap. 14. Athrtr. orat. 1. cont 
 Arr. Eiifeb. lib.7. cap. vlt. and others, 
 M. R. lacobi intercili mart. This is a renow- 
 ned martyr of Perfia who being a Chrijiiany 
 and hauinge by the ferfuajion and allurements of 
 K. Ifdegald denyed his faith , tcoke fuch repen- 
 tance therof ^ that he vnjent vnto the King and 
 recalled that AB, whervpon he was drawne 
 in peeces with horfes. See Niccph. lib.i4.c.io. 
 Sur. tOc6. 7. and others, 
 M.R. Rufi mart. This Rufus being a young man 
 cf the Uoman nobility was conuerted to Chri 
 ft ian faith by S. Chryfogonus, of wheme we 
 jpake a little before^ togeather with his whole 
 family^ wherof Diocletian the Emperor being 
 aduertifed , can fed them all to be put to death 
 See the Rom. mart. Pet. in catal.iib.io. c.iio, 
 and Others. 
 
 c. R. Vigilia. Suturnini & Sifinij mart. O/, 
 thc fe two, the firfl was an old man, the fecond^ 
 was a Beacon , and both of thein put to death \ 
 by many torments vnder'^isLximinia.n the 1mA 
 peror at 'Rome, in via fahn^,where there was . 
 a memorable Church evened in thetr honour. 
 See their aB:s in Si:r. torn. i. and the ai^s of 
 S. Marcelius. and others. 
 C'R.Anur;;x ApoAoli. duplex. 
 
 The 
 
lltt. 
 unic. 
 
 Ann' Dies 
 Chr. menf. 
 
 Fox his Calendar, 
 
 prefent in the Sacrament of the Altar only in 
 thevfe, c^r. See ibid, num.^i^^z. 
 
 z 7 John Hurftmart, This was the third confort 
 of the forfaidcrew,he was inhabitant of ^7^- 
 ford in Kent, and burned at Canterbury, with 
 the foteC^id Cornforth and Browne ^ with 
 whome he concurred in their hereiies , and 
 obftinacy for defence of the fame. See cap.i^. 
 num. 31. 
 
 18 Alice Snoth tnarL This was a younge woman 
 ;'of the fame company burned at Canterbury 
 Uvith them for herefie Ihe was extreeme will- 
 full and arrogant , and when fhe came to the 
 iiire iide Ihe fentfor her God£ither and God- 
 mothers , and recyted to them the common 
 Creed , and asked them whether they had 
 promifed any orliet thinge for her at her ba 
 ptifine, and they anfwering no, fhe willed all 
 to beare her wittnes therof , and fo flie was 
 burned. See ihid, num, 2,7^.7,^,7^^. 
 ^9 Katherme Knight martyr. This \vas another 
 iimple , wilfuil and obfcinate woman of the 
 (>.me company, who^ooke' her felfe to be a 
 prophetefle by readinge of fcripturesi fee her 
 '.lory ibid, num^n* 
 
 3^ Andrew Apclile. 
 
Litt 
 Dnic» 
 
 Ann' Dies 
 
 Chr. 
 
 1^6 
 
 menf. 
 
 353 
 
 i$o 
 
 The Cath olike Calendar. December. 
 
 The Moneth of December, 
 
 M. R. Olympiadis matt. This was a mm that 
 had byn con full in 'Rome, and ly Hinge at the citty 
 ofAmena. in Vmbria, was conuerted by a blef- 
 fed woman named Yirmina to Chnftian faith, 
 which Diocletian the lumper or vuderfianding, 
 caufed him by many torments to be put to death 
 in the fame place. See the Rom. mart, and the 
 regifter of that Church of Arncria. and ethers. 
 
 c.R. Bibian^E virg.& mart. This was a Roman 
 Virgin daughter to one Fauftus and Daphrofa 
 both Martyrs for Chrijlian religion, whofe ex- 
 ample this Virgin imitatinge , gaue her life for 
 confejjion of the fame faith and religion vnder 
 lulian the Jpofiata, Pet. in catal. Lz. c.i^ 
 the Rom. mart, and others. 
 
 M.R. Lucij Regis. This was the firft Chrijlian 
 King.wherof there is mention amonge the Bri- 
 tans , being conuerted by S. f ugatius and Da. 
 mianus fcnt from Rome by Pope Eleutherius, 
 about the yeare of Chrift 177. as Marianus 
 Scotus holdeth, vz herof See Bed. lib.i.hift.c.4 
 and others , as alfo the firfi part of this Trea- 
 ^(/^Cap. 4. 
 
 c, s.O ■■.'■^ l^^'T r., ' r:--\ '^:: duplex 
 This was the fecondB, Salisbury after the 
 iranjlation of that BtfJjoppricke from Shirborne 
 to that place: ht was a man of rare life , and 
 firft reduced the order of feru ce to the xfe of 
 Sarum, as Polidor, and others do recount, and 
 died me fl holtly an. 105)^. anu was Canonized 
 by Pope Calixtus. 3. 6>^PoI. Virg. 1. ^. hill. & 
 lib. 23. Rom. mart, and others. 
 
 C. R 
 
Litt. jAnn^ 
 
 Chr. 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 
 If4y 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 The Moneth of December. 
 
 VViUtkm Tracy efquier confefs. This man was of 
 'Todingtonin Glocefter-lhire, who died in th< 
 ^^, yeare of the raigne of K.Henry the 8. an. 
 beinginfcdcd with herefie , as was thought, 
 made a phantafticall tellament, faying it in - 
 ported not where his body was buryed , and 
 that good works did not make a good man, 
 (i>c. for which his body was taken vp & bur 
 ned the next yeare after, and fo made a Mar 
 tyr of Fox his Calendar. ScQcap.i6. num.^.^. 
 Peter Sapience mart. This wife man, or man 
 ofwifdome is only found in Fox his Calen- 
 dar, whetPxer by error or no I know not, but 
 nothinge I find of him in his Ads and 
 Monuments , neythcr feemeth yt an En^Iifh 
 name, but that he was borrowed from abro- 
 ad,yf there were any fuch man at all. See ihid, 
 num. 4, 
 
 George Backer alias Damlippe mart. This was 
 a certayne Apoftata Prieft , hanged, drawne 
 and quartered in Calicefor treafon againft 
 K. Henry the 8. in the lafi: yeare, fauing one, 
 of his raigne , and was not burned at all , as 
 Fox confefIeth,and therby vniuftly commeth 
 he into this Calendar. See il^id, num*6^j* 
 
 An old man of Buchmgham-Jhire mart. Of this 
 old man I find neyther name, nor gefts, nor 
 place, nor his caufc of martyring in Fox, but 
 only by certayne gheflss a farre of, See iUd. 
 num, 8, ^, 
 
310 
 
 35>o 
 
 Dies , 
 menf. 
 
 5 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. December. 
 
 c. R. Sabbx Abbatis. This was a holy Abbot 
 in Paleftina, which both by fanBity of life and 
 Uarninge did illufirate the Church of God much 
 in hps dayes^ he is highly commended by all aun- 
 cient vvryters, died when he was ^^.yeres 
 old vnder luflinian th' Emperor .See loan.Diac. 
 in the life of S. Greg. lib. i. cap. p. where he 
 talketh of S. Sabba his Church in thofe dayes in 
 Rome, and others. 
 
 c. R. Nicolai Epifc. & Confefs. Semiduplex 
 This is that moft renowned B. of Myra in Ly- 
 cia , who hauinge faffed the perfecutton of 
 Diocletia?i in Banifhment.was recalled by Con- 
 flantine the great to the Councell of Nice, 
 where he wrought diuers miracles: See Ni- 
 ceph. lib. 3. hift. cap. 14. Lippom. toin.j, Sux 
 torn. 6", and others, 
 
 c. R. Ambrofij Epifcopi & Confefibris Eccl. 
 Dod-jn u. duplex. This was that renowned 
 Tathcr and Doclor of the Church B. of Mil- 
 layne, who amonge other notable deeds conuer- 
 teds. Auften from the here fie of ManicHes to 
 Chrifiian religion: and the feftiuall memory cf 
 his departure is celebrated 04 well by the Gre 
 cians as by the Latyns: See their menaloge, and 
 his life wryiten by Paulinus, and others, 
 c. R, cc;^ io M;;n x, duplex. This me- 
 mory of the immaculate Conception of the Mo- 
 ther of God by the grace ^ power of her fonne^ 
 that prcfer-ued her fi-om all inquination offrnne, 
 though yt we e obferued in the Church both 
 Greeke and Latyn of more auncic7it iyme , y( t 
 the publike celebration thcrof began frfl in the 
 Church of England in the iyme of William 
 Conqueror vpcn priuate deuotion of feme holy 
 77ien^ f.nd was after admytted by the whole 
 Church, Baron, vponthe Rom. mart, die 
 8. Dccemb. and others. 
 
Chr. 
 1381 
 
 Dies 
 inenf. 
 
 IJI7 
 
 Fox his Calendar. December, 
 
 Two gray friars martyrs, Tliefe mens names 
 alfo , or fur-names, or any other particulars 
 concerningethem, do I not find in lohn Fox 
 his Adisand Monuments , wherby I gather, 
 ihatthis :noneth(his flore of particular, niar 
 cyrs fayiinge) he meaneth to hirnifh vp wi.h 
 generall names, as alfo with borrowed ^h: -• 
 fpellers from abroad^ fee ihd, mm, 8, 
 
 lohn Hilton and lohn Coignes confejfors. This 
 moneth being (as I faid) fceriie and barren of 
 martyrs is furnij'hed vp with Confeflbrs by 
 Fox; 8c thefe two haere mentioned were two 
 artificers that had bin called to accoumptfor 
 new opinionsjbut were not martyred for the 
 fame. See / W. numao^ 
 
 Robert VVa-^d confeffur. This w\as a third arti- 
 ficer called before the4:ommifIionars togea- 
 ther with the former 1. about certayne here- ' 
 lies laid to his charge, which caufe John Foi 
 thinketh fuffident to make him a Confeilbr 
 and Saind of his Calendar, ibid, niimao. 
 
 A SchoUer of Ahhomle mart. Of this marty 
 alfo called as it feemeth from Abbouile in Pi 
 cardy vpon the yeare of Chrifl: ifii. Sc 13, of 
 K,Henryes raigne as heere Fox noteth in his 
 Calendar, I find nothinge afterward declared 
 in his Ads and Monuments: f) as he feemeth 
 to be greatly ftrayncd in finding out Sainds 
 eyther forrayne or domefiicail, to fill vp this 
 moneth , whervpon he is forced alfo to lay 
 hands on a lew , vpon the next day follow 
 inge. See cat,i6, num, ibid. 
 
Litt. |Ann'lDies 
 pnic.'Chr, 'menf. 
 1^8 
 
 313 
 
 10 
 
 384 
 
 174 
 
 I9i) 
 
 II 
 
 II 
 
 The Catholikc Calendar. December. 
 
 M. R. Leocadi^e virg. & mart. This vvcis a re- 
 nowned Virgin of the citty (?/Toledo in Spaine, 
 where jhe fufferedmartyrdome vnderDiode- 
 tian the Emperor , and had diuers Churches in 
 old tyme ereiied vnto her, and fundry Councells 
 of Toledo are kept in her Church. See Vafeus 
 in chron. Pet. de natal, in catal. lib.i. cap.48. 
 Marian. Sicul. l.y. Rerum Hifpan. and others, 
 c. R. Melchiadis PP. & mart. This Pope was 
 home in Apica^ and fate in the Sea ofKome vn- 
 der Maximinus and Licinius, ofwhofeperfe^ 
 cut ion he was partaker, therhy called Mar- 
 tyr in the ancient Church , though afterward 
 he died in his bed, when Conflantine hadgiuen 
 \peace to the Church, his fucceffor was Pope Sil- 
 uefter. See Dam, in his life, and others. 
 
 R. Damafi PP. & Confeffor.^'i^icluplex. ! 
 ?ope was by nation a Spaniard , hut of 
 great learninge and rare life, who called togea- 
 ther the councell of Confl ant inople, and condem- 
 ned theherefie ef Eunomius and Macedonius 
 therin, as alfo he condemned the falfe Councell 
 <?/ Arimine, gathered againft the Councell of 
 Nice infauour of the Arrians, See Zozom.l.d. 
 cap. 13. Niceph. in chron. S. Auften.ep. 16^. 
 and others. 
 
 M. R. Synefij mart. This man did ferue the 
 Church of Rome in tyme o/'S.Syxtus Pope, and 
 S. Laurence Deacon , to whome this Synelius 
 feruedin the office of Ledior, and being z^ealous 
 to conu. rt pagans to Chriflian religion, he was 
 accufed ther of to Aurelianus the Emperor , and 
 by his commandement put to death. His feftiuall 
 day is alfo folemnely kept amonge the Grecians, 
 as yow may fee in their menaloge. And the 
 Kom, m^YK^ md others, 
 
 c. R.' vii vN mdvr, duplex. This was 
 a Virgin of Syracufa in Sicily of very noble pa- 
 rentage. 
 
Ann. 
 Chr. 
 1518 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 9 
 
 ^^7 
 
 10 
 
 II 
 
 13 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 ^ /^'ut; martyr. This Iew(raith Fox) was firft 
 a Chrillian, & then put to death for the fame 
 by the Turks in Conftantinople,but whether 
 the lew were a Proteftant , whillt he was a 
 Chriftian, & fo died for Proteftants rcli^i^ion, 
 Fox telleth vs not; See ihid, mm.io* & n. 
 
 Richard Hunne mart. This was a Marchant- 
 taylor of London , who fome i. or 3. yeares 
 before the rilingeof Luthers doftrine , was 
 put into the Lollards towar for Wickliffia- 
 nifme , where fearini^e the fentence that was 
 likely to haue byn giuen again il him, he han- 
 ged himfelfe as the magiflracs faid , andpro- 
 ued. Seethe difcu^fion of that matter /Wi??^/ 
 nnm.ii,i^,i\* c5* deinceps, 
 lohn Tevvkjbury mart. This was a leather-fel- 
 ler of London who in the ii. ycareof the 
 raigne of K. Henry the 8. defende 1 certayne 
 herefics moft arrogantly before Tonfiail then 
 B. of London*: as for example, euery man 
 is Lord of vvhatfoeuer another hath : that the 
 levvesput Chrift to death with good intent, o-' 
 ,;^^^/^,andotherfuchlike. Sccibid. 10.11. 11. 
 
 lames Gore and WzU'am V'/ifkman confeffors, 
 Thefe were two other Confeffors, the lirii a 
 poore man that died in prifon at Coicherter, 
 the other a Cloth-worker of London , tku 
 died in the Lollards towar , both of iheni 
 faith Fox for the right and truth of Gods 
 worde. but no more m particular. See ibidem 
 
 !?3-mi i?iiLlp-nt pre:"?c^.pr "iti^iftyr. This rubri- 
 cate manyr Vdrne in ^Bampjlnre afier- 
 
 waid 
 
. mcnh 
 
 138 
 
 Oics 
 in enf. 
 
 4yo 
 
 401 
 
 14 
 
 16 
 
 The Cdtholike Calendar. December. 
 
 rentage, who refujinge to marry in rcjp cl of 
 the uow of vrrginity which Jloe had m^de, 
 was accufcd to Pafcalius pnftdent of that co;i7i 
 trey vnder Diocledan , who after many tor 
 me?its vfed towards her , which JJje miracu- 
 loufly endured, he caused her to be beheaded. See 
 h^rflory at large in Siir. tom,^. Sigeb.flib. de 
 vir. illuflr. cap. 171. a7id others, 
 M.R. Spiridionis Epifcopi & Confeflbris.T^^^ 
 'vvas B, of Cyprus in the tyme of Maxi minus 
 the perfecutinge Emperor , and cf Confl amine 
 the good Emperor th^^t followed htm ^hy the fir fl 
 he had his right eye pulled out , togeather with 
 many others Confeffors : by the fecoi^d he was 
 much honoured (jp called to the CouncellofKict\ 
 where among other things, he conuerteda hea- 
 then philofopher by dtffiutation. See of him Eu- 
 feb. lib. 10. hifl. cap. 3. Socr. lib.i. cap. 8. Zo- 
 zom.lib.i. cap. II. and others* 
 
 M . R. Valerian! Epifcopi & mart. This wcu a, 
 B. in Afica in S, Aufiens tyme vnder Genfcri - 
 cus the Arrian K, who being of 8 o. yeares old, 
 was command'- i by himJogiue him his Church 
 VcffeUs , which he denyinge to do was cafl inta 
 the fields with commaundement that no man 
 under painc of death fJ:>ould fuccour him, and fo 
 he died for hungar and cold. See Vidl. Vticens. 
 i.i.de Perfecut. Vandal. Mart.Kom./j;2r/i?//7.-TJ. 
 M. SS, Virginum Africanarum mart. Thefe 
 were a great number of CathoUke young weo- 
 men and virgins, which in Africa vnder Hun- 
 ntYicns an Arrian K. of the Vandals fuffe^ed 
 death by intolerable torments of burning of their 
 breafls , and the like , for that they would not 
 admitt the Arrian here fie, nor yet falfely accufe 
 Catholike Bifyopps to haue abufd their body es. 
 See Vidor. Vticens.lib.i.de Perfecut. Vandal. 
 Mart. Rom. and others. 
 
 I M. F.. 
 
nic. 
 
 t\nn . 
 Chr. 
 
 |Dies 
 menf. 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 If 
 
 ward came to be Archdeacon of Winchefter, 
 and after that 'againe fallingeinto new opi- 
 nions in K. Edwards, dayes he was called to 
 accoumpt for the fame vnder Q^ary , and 
 many m.eanes vfed to recall him , which not 
 takingeplace,lie was atiaft burned in Smith- 
 field. 5ee his ftory cap.i6. num. 14. ij. & 
 deincep, 
 
 14 lohn 'Rough preacher mart. This Kough was a 
 Dominicanfriar in Scotland , who runninge 
 from thence into England in the begimiinge 
 of K. Edwards dayes, when free liberty was 
 giuento all forts of apoitataes to refort thi- 
 ther , he tookea Woman named Kate vnder 
 thename ofwife ; but in Q^Maryes dayes 
 after diuers examinations and conuidions of 
 ,herefi€S,he was bnrned in Smithfield. he was 
 'alio m.inifter of the~fecret Congregation of 
 Protcftants in thofe dayes in London. Sec 
 ibid, num,^!. 
 
 Murgaret Meringe martyr. This was a poore 
 pratlinge woman of London, excommunica 
 cedoutof the foreiaid Proteftant congrega- 
 tion by Friar Rough the minifber ther of , for 
 her euill demaynor , as Fox confefleth , but 
 yet for that fhe was burned her felfe alfoaf- 
 :erward for her obftinate {landing in herciie,' 
 Fox is content to take her in for a martyr. 
 See ihid. num. 32. 
 1 6 Thomas Tiler and Mathev v l^/hither confejfor. 
 Why thefe 1. men are made Confeliors by 
 Fox I know not, nor do I find any thinge of 
 rhem in his acls, but vt is probable, that they 
 were in fome trouble for the new ghofpell in 
 hofe dayes , and a very fniall matter in that 
 kind is fu^licient for Fox to canonize Con- 
 e ill) r s : S ee ibid, nam .33. 
 
Litt. 
 
 I Ann. 
 Chr. 
 87 
 
 2J1 
 
 340 
 
 Dies 
 menf. 
 17 
 
 z8 
 
 10 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. December. 
 
 M.R. Lazari Epifc. &confeflbris. Thisvvcu 
 that Lazarus brother of S.Mary Magdalen 
 Martha, uvhome our Sauiour raifed jrom 
 death to life loan. 11. who afterward ^jv 'ith 
 his two fiflers flyinge the perfecution of the 
 levves, came to Marleeles in France, and there 
 was made Bifhopp , p.ndhoth I'med and died i7i 
 great holynes. ^ee the a^s of S. Mary Magda 
 lyn, S. Martha, S.Maximinus; the Greeke me 
 naloge, and Rom. mart, and others, 
 M. R. Cratiani Epifcopi <&: Confefs. This wen 
 the firfl B, of To wars in France , orAayned by 
 S. Fabianus Fope of Rome upon the ye are of 
 Chrifi 1^1. he wrought many mirachsin his 
 life , and was a man of admirable vertue. Of 
 whofe a^s yaw may fee at large, Greg. Tu 
 ron. his fuccefforin the fame feaX\\>, i. degefl. 
 Franc, cap.3. & lib.io. cap.31. and others. 
 
 M. R. Nemefij mart. This manheinga fouldiar 
 in Alexandria of Aegipt, and hnowne to be a 
 Chriflian, wasfirft accufed of theft , but being 
 quttt for that , and dtuers other fouldiars con 
 demned, he was accufed prefently for religion,^ 
 which he confeffinge : Aemilianus the ludge 
 gaue fentence , that he Jhould be put to death 
 with tW other theeues, but firfl be beaten twife 
 as much as any of them, hefuffered under De. 
 citis the Fmperor, See Eufeb. lib. 6. cap. 34 
 and the Epiflle ofS. Dionyf. Aiexand. where- 
 in his martyrdome is recounted y Rom, mart, 
 and others, 
 
 Yiplh, M. R. Philogonij EpiTc, & Confefs* 
 This mm was B. ofAntioch, and hauinge byn 
 a famou4 lawyer before , was afterward a 
 x,ealoui defender of Catholike religion againft 
 Arrius, who was wont to call t^rk Phi logo 
 nius his principal! aduerfary as /^/VAEpiphan. 
 
 harr 
 
tc. 
 
 lie, 
 
 |Ann^ 
 Chr. 
 
 Dies 
 iienf. 
 17 
 
 143d 
 
 145^7 
 
 18 
 
 lO 
 
 Fox his Calendar. 
 
 lohnDale confejfor. This was a husbandman 
 of the towne of Hadley in SiilFolne, who ha- 
 uinge byn infolent, and rayled exa eemely in 
 the Church openly vpon Maifier Neuill ins 
 paftor, and this in tyme of diuine feruice, he 
 was put for the lame into the cage, and after- 
 ward fent to prifon at Bury , where he died. 
 Sec ibid, nvm*}^. b • 
 
 WiWam Tlaine , "ElUaheth Lawfon and lolm 
 Glouer confejfor Of thefe 3. Confcffors, the 
 fir ft was a bufy fellow of London, who in K. 
 Henry es dayes had byn putt into the to war 
 for carry inge of letters to one J>octor Crome^ 
 As Fox affirmeth; the fecond was an vnquieDt 
 woman imprifoned at Bredfield in Suftolke* 
 The third was imprifoned at Lichfield-but yet 
 all three died in liberty and in their be^s . See 
 thid. num.^^. ^ 
 Nicolas Burton and Thomas Khedonenfts Zarle 
 mart, Thefirftof thefe two was an Englifli 
 marchant burned at Siuill in Spaine for Cal-; 
 uinian opinions, vpon the fifth yeare of 
 Elizabethes raigne- The fecond Rhedmenfk 
 was no Earle , buta french Carmelite friar 
 ofwhome we haue treated before the 10. day 
 of February, and he is puttwife into this Ca- 
 lendar of Fox. See cap, 16, num,iyi6^ 
 
 Picfn MirandHlaconfeffor, This was a younge 
 noble man of Italy of rare learninge in th^ 
 laft age fauinge one , and moft Catholike in 
 Religion* fo as Fox doth him exceeding great 
 iniury and dilhonour to putt him in heere 
 amongft fuch a rabble of burned hereriks, 
 
 who me 
 
Litt. 
 Dnic. 
 
 Ann 
 Chr. 
 
 75 
 
 Dies 
 menl^ 
 
 2-7 
 18 
 1^ 
 
 21 
 
 21 
 
 2-54 23 
 
 24 
 
 ^7 
 28 
 
 The Catholike Calentkr. Decent ber. 
 
 hxr. 69. S. Chryfoftoine did preach in his 
 Church zpen his fejiiptall day , z vhich fermon is 
 yet extant to. 3. Operum. See alfo S, Hierome, 
 Nicei^lh and others, 
 c. R. Thomx Apofloli. duplex. 
 M. R. Chxremoms Epifcopi &'Soc. mart. 
 Thefe are njery ancient Martyrs, who tn the per- 
 ^fecution cfjjecitis , fu> S. Dionyf. Alexandrin. 
 that was an eye-wittnes teftifieth , were dri- 
 uen out of Alexandria into a wildcrnejf^ in 
 great mmiber , wherof Jomc were detioured 
 'with he aft smothers died with hunger and told^ 
 others were fiaine iy theeues ^ barbarous hea- 
 \thens. See their whole fiory tn Eufeb. lib. 
 jhift. C.34. taken out oj S. Dionyf. Mart. Rom, 
 and others. 
 
 M.R. Vi<9:oriar virg. & mart. This was a noble 
 {Roman Virgin , who againft her will , being 
 ^■ejpoufed vnto Eugenius a pagan ^ would not 
 \marry , whervpon Jhe being accufed for Chri- 
 Iftian Religion, ^nd that Jhe had draW7ie many 
 ether young weomen to the fame purpofe ofuir" 
 ginity within the Citty of Rome, fhe vy 04 putt 
 to many torments , and finally pajfed t ho row 
 With a fword. See the Rom- Mart. andS, 
 Adelmus lib. de laud. virg. Pet. in catal. lib.i 
 caip*S^, and others, 
 
 Vigilia. M. R. Quadraginta virginura mart 
 Thefe 40. Virgins were put to death togeathcr 
 in the Citty of Anticch in the forfud perjecuticn 
 ofDecius but by different torm. nts , fomefuffe- 
 Ytnge more^ feme lejfe. See the m*irt. ofS, Bcde- 
 Vfuard. Ado. Vandelbert Pet. in catal. lib. i. 
 cap. 8^. 
 
 c. R. Natiuitas Domini noftri I £ v Clvn- 
 . duplex, 
 c. R* btcphani Protomartyris. dup^^ex. 
 c. R. loannis Apoftoli & Euangcliib- dupK 
 c. R. SS. Innoccntium mart, duplex. 
 
 . C. R. 
 
Lltt. 
 Dnic. 
 
 e 
 f 
 
 Ann. 
 Chr. 
 
 15-4^ 
 
 2-3 
 
 Z4 
 
 ^5 
 
 16 
 
 2-7 
 18 
 
 Dies 1 Fox his Calendar. Dcccniber^ 
 
 nienl. ^^l^^omehe from his hare did nioft earnei'lly 
 'detell. See c^^^i6* m^m.y/,^2>^p. ^ diinceps^ 
 
 rhi>!na^ .Aroltk-.:. 
 11 \T.rafmm Koterodamus confejfor. The Hke ia- 
 iury and violence is done hcere to Erafnius 
 in puttinge him into his Calendar am ongil:, 
 Lutherans and Zuinglians (whome in his life 
 he dete fled) as was before to Fi^m Mir^mdti" 
 la, though not fo great, for that by his indif- 
 creet and rafh wryrings he gaue occafion t® 
 the faid heretiks to build on him diuers opi-v 
 Inions, which he greeuouily afterward reptii- 
 j ted. See ibidMum . 4 1 . 4 1 . 43 . (3^ demccp. 
 
 Martyrt Bucer CGnfejfor, This man was by Ij-' 
 nage a lew, by profedlon a Dominican friar^ 
 who leauinge his habirt tooke a wcmanafter 
 the example of Lf/f/?^f,whofe fcholler he was^. 
 though after wa id he left his dodrine and 
 followed Zuinglim , but repented and retur-^ 
 ned; yet after, that againe he brake from him 
 once more and taught Zuinglianifmein Eng-' 
 land, and diedfo doubtfially^as diueis thini:e 
 Ithat he died in ladaiimc. See ihid. num. ^S^^'s?. 
 ^o. (> deinceps, 
 
 Baulws ?hagim confef .r. Tliis mas a German 
 PrieU companion to Bucer for his iorney in- 
 to Englandin K. Edwards dayes , they both 
 hauinge byn expelled from Strafiurge alittkj 
 before for feditious preachers : he died in 3 
 England: fee ibid, num. c-j. 6 8. 
 
 Natluity ofoiir Lord 
 
 Stephen mart/ 
 lobn Euangclift. 
 ChildermallV, 
 
Litt. lAnnlDies 
 .Chr.linenf. 
 
 Dnic* 
 
 15? 
 
 30 
 
 337 
 
 The Catholike Calendar. Derembcro 
 c.R. Thomas Cantuaiienfis Epifcopi 8c mart. 
 
 rai Jiii>l;*A'T^^ ^x^^^^^f ofmofl holy life 
 ^'and Cmjlancy^, Thomas Becket Archbi/hofp 
 of Canterbury y was flaine in his o^vne Church 
 by St con^iracy of wicked men , without com- 
 m jjion or order of luftice. Of whofe rare mi- 
 racles wrought at his tombe after his deaths cu 
 alfo of his moft excellent vertues while heliued 
 many learned men do wryte vi.ho huedwith 
 h m y (ts Herbert afterward Caadinall.Ioan. 
 Salisburgens. of Carnotum in 'France-. 
 William f^nd Benedid , two Abbotts of Can- 
 terbury ^ind others^ 
 
 M. R. Sabini Epifcopi & See. mart. This man 
 was B. «?/*Spoletum in Italy , and was put to 
 death for Chriftian religion by many torments, 
 vnder Maximianus the 'Emperor , togeather 
 w/Y^ Exuperantius ^ Marcellus his deacons, 
 and Venuftianus the prefidcnt of that countrey, 
 whome he had conuerted toreather with his 
 wife and children , all which were martyred 
 togeather. See Pet. in catal. lib.i. cap.i^.Paul. 
 Diacde geftis Lombard. Hb.i.cy. and others, 
 Silueitri PP. & Gonfeflori.-.^uplex. This 
 Tope-vvas^ he^ that> baptized' dx^nfisLntine the 
 great, confirmed the Councellofl>Jice , and did 
 many other mofl excellent things, as appereth in 
 the hiftory of his life wry t ten by many authors, 
 which yow may read gathered togeather in 
 Sur. tom.^. & Lippom. tom.y. and others. 
 
 The end of the Cath. Calendar . 
 
 In the 
 
Litt. Ann^.Dies 
 pnic, Chr, 'menf. 
 
 ^9 
 
 30 
 
 Fox his Calendar, 
 
 Fhdipf MeUnchthon confejfor. This was one 
 of the fifirft and cheefeft Icholle^s of Luther, 
 and one that molt fet forth and fpread his do- 
 drine at the beginninge , being himfelfebut 
 11. years old , when firft he began to inter- 
 prete S.Vaules Epiftles contrary to the old in- 
 terpretation of the Fathers: afterward he be- 
 came doubtful] and various, and his faluation 
 is doubted of by thofe of his owne fed and 
 others, ^tcap.ic.num.yx.'/yi^^. (S* deinceps, 
 
 Peter Martyr confeffor. This was an Italian 
 Friar , who runninge from thence, and ma- 
 kinge the ordinary entrance to the new gho- 
 fpell by taking a woman (as did aifo Bernar^ 
 dinu4 O chintz 2Lnothcr Friar of Italy) came 
 both with their (aid weomen into England in 
 the beginninge of K. Edwards dayes to plant 
 the ghofpelhAlbeit Peter Martyr was doubt- 
 full at thattyme what Religion to beleeueor 
 teach. See iM mm* ^o. <?i.5)i. & deinceps 
 
 ng £dw.ard rhe kst Conreiior, This was 
 the fonne of K. Henry the 8. and the firfl K 
 of England that euer was numbred amongft 
 Proteftants lince yt was firft a Kingdome, yf 
 yet this mayiullly be fo numbred, feeing he 
 was but ^. yeares old, when he tooke the 
 crowne,and not fully 16, when he died. Both 
 he and his Father were infinitely abufedby 
 the change of Religion, and perhaps himfelfe 
 may better be called a Martyr then a Confei 
 for , feingytwas thecaufe of his ruin^ 
 hd. $7* 99. vfym ad fin-em* 
 
 :>ee 
 
 Th€ ttd ofFoxhis Calcndar« 
 

 
 
 T H E S V M M E 
 
 ;OF ALL SAINTS NA^ 
 
 MED IN BOTH CALENDARS. 
 
 In the Catliolikc Calendan 
 
 '1 he number of all mentioned 1704. 
 wherof are Popes Marryrs 27. Popes Con- 
 fclfors 8. Bifliops Martyrs 57. Bilhops Con- 
 fciTors 6j. Virgins Martyrs 76. ( befides the 
 iiooo. fiayne with S. VrfuU ) Virgins Con- 
 feflors it. Kinges and Queens Martyrs j. 
 K. and Q. Confcflbrs §• Other holy men 
 and weomen Martyrs 3425^. other men and 
 weomen Confefrors42. 
 
 All the fe mere of one faith and ReUgion agereahle 
 tothe Koman at this da/. 
 
 In the Foxian Calendar. 
 
 The number of all mentioned 45^. Bi- 
 fhops-preudomartyrs5. BiAops Confeffors 
 1. Virgin martyrs 000. mayd- martyrs f^. 
 Kinges and Queenes Martyss andConfeJC- 
 fors uOther men and weomen Martyrs 393. 
 other men and weomen Confeffors 53. 
 Thefevvrreofdiuers feels and epimns , andcen^] 
 trary in many points the one to the other. As, 
 for example: | 
 VValdenfians & Albigenfians 13. Lollardsj 
 & Wickliffians 36. Hufsits & Lutherans ySJ 
 
 Zuin-I 
 
Ziiingliansand Calninifts 268. AnabaptiltS; 
 Puriuns,and doubtfuJl of what Cede 5^, 
 Againe ofthefe were. 
 Husbandmen^ weauers, {awyers, llioma- 
 Jcers, curryers, fmiches and other fuch like 
 occupations 28 2. poore weomen andfpin- 
 fters 64. Apoftatamonkes & friars 25^ Apo- 
 ftatapricftsjS. Miniftersio, puphke male- 
 fjidors and condemned by the lavves for 
 fuch ip. 
 
 Thegreatefi di^uters of this ranhc agm^ the C4- 
 tbolike Bifhop and learned men were: 
 
 M E N. 
 
 George Tankerfie Id a cooke. Auguft. tj. 
 lohn MaundreIIacowheard.M<*2rt:/?27. 
 Richard Craflifield a young artificer. M4y.2 8. 
 Raphe Allerton a taylour. Sepem. tp. 
 lohn Fortune in black- fmith. Sep. 30. 
 Richard Woodman an Iron-maker, hm.i^^ 
 
 vv E O M E N, 
 
 Ellen Ewring a Millers wife. Aug. 2;. 
 loane Lafhford a marry ed maide. Ian 18. 
 Ifabel Fofter a Cutlers wife, lanuar. t/. 
 Anne Alebrightapoorewoman of Canter- 
 bury. I^w. 19. 
 Alice Potkins Splnfter. Nouemb. t*;. 
 Alice Driue afamousdodrix. Nou. 22. 
 
T0 the gentle Keader^ 
 
 Bcfides the faults efcaped in the printinge ,"we 
 praie the,gentell Reader,to corred thefe alfo, which 
 chaunced in chewrytinge. 
 
 In the firft part in the addition to the Catholikcs 
 fag.y forS. Am brofe added. R^^rf.a dcuoutBilhopp 
 added. 
 
 Fag. lyy, linea i. for loannes Dlaconus that llued 
 with him. Read, whoe liued not long after him. 
 In the thir i part and fir ft fix moneths pag,i6, linea 
 , 2.1. for Diofcorus an hereticall Bifliopp of the fame 
 Sea.ReW.an hereticall Bilhop of Alexandria.^/j^.^o^ 
 linea 4. wee faw all that tyme. IRead, we faw at that 
 tyme.pagsoS, linea i^.cannot to be well. Kead* can- 
 jiot be well. 
 
 In the third part andlaft fix moneths pag._ %j. hnea 
 vltima. for declared by many. Kead, declared by 
 them by many./>/>^.ii9. for and fimple \ik.Read. and 
 fingle life pag> i^i. linea fometimes abdinge cer- 
 tayne.RM^. addinge certaync/'45g'. 187. linea u. two 
 names. Re^rf. two nauies. pag.i^o/lineai6. which 
 fuch taunts. Read, with {uch.pag.z^^. dung-former 
 ©neo Read, dung-farmer one. 
 
 AN 
 
^ ■ i 
 
 AN OBSERVATION 
 
 TO THE READER 
 
 Jbout the multitude ofFoxiatt 
 Martyrs^ 
 
 Which in the former Calendar arerecordedi 
 to hauc fuffered death^and other pu- 
 n illiments for their opinions. 
 
 T may be (gentle Reader) andfo com^ 
 menlji itfalleth out in the bejl natures^ 
 thdt thou yvtlt hdue a cenayne horror 
 ofmynd, to fee vnder one vew [o many ' 
 burned for their ef inions in Religion^ 
 ^ in this Calendar , hath bp laid before thee And to 
 fomeyt may feeme perhaps great rigor & cruelty (and Two 
 fi Fox endeauGttreth euery where to make yt afpeare) ^^^"J^ 
 and to others this cogitation 7nay ofer yt felfe , that at dered. 
 leafi vvayes thefe mm and yvecmen , that haue offered 
 their Hues fo vvilUngly for defence of their ReUgton^ 
 had fome great inward teflimony of the truth therof. 
 But for the fufiy whether yt was necepjyiufiice, and 
 no cruelty to punish fuch wiRfuU and malignant people^^ 
 yow ff)al\ feeyt proued pcrjpicuouflyin the 17, Chapter 
 of this booke , by the teflimony alfo andpra£ltfe of pro-^ 
 teflants themfelues.vvherof I haue thought good to fett 
 downe fome examples in this place. 
 
 And for the feconi point, to witt, that this wiUinge 
 or rather vvtUfull fufferinge death in feclaryesfor their 
 particular opmicns, ii not to be called Conftancy, but 
 w/w pertinacity p and no good proof e at aU of the 
 
 A truth 
 
1 An obferuation to the Reader. 
 truth of thaty for which they fuffered :yom fluU fee 
 difcujfed at Urge inthe 4. Chapter of this hooke.as alfo 
 fomewhat in the fir H , where diners examples are fhe-- 
 wed of ancient heretiks, that projejfed this kind of 
 Conjlancyy or rather audacity, much more tovtter 
 appearance then Catholike Martyrs did. Andyetfur^ 
 ther for thy better inflruHion heertn , I thought good 
 to fett downea brief e note of fundry heretiks, condem-' 
 nedand put to death in our countrey, different fioni 
 the Protejlants Religion *^ yea condemned and execu- 
 ted for the mojl part by Frotefiants themfelues : So at 
 heerhy thou maifi fee , that neyther only Frotejlant 
 Sedaryes do offer themfelues to go to the jire , not 
 ^nly the Catholike Clergy and Magtfirate hath, of 
 doth exercife fuch punishment vpon them. And finally 
 I haue thought good alfo, to lay before thee heere at the 
 beginninge certayne fentencesof holy Fathers concer- 
 ftinge this matter , vvherby thou maifi the better be di-- 
 reSed to iudge of all the refi, that enfueth throughout 
 the whole booke^ 
 
 A NOTE 
 
3 
 
 A NOTE 
 
 OFSVNDRY HERETIKS 
 
 A N D S E C T A R I E 
 
 DiiFcrent in opinions both front 
 Catholikcs and Proteftants 
 of our dayes^ 
 
 V Vho offered them[elu€s to death for the defence 
 of their faid opniom. 
 
 IN the yeareofChrift 1162. and eight yearc , 
 ofiC.H^wrychelecondhisraigne, thirty he- vli^i^l 
 retiks that were commonly called Publicans, 
 with their Gaptaync GerrardQwucA into En- 
 gland, weredifpuced withaliin OA;/{?rrf, and 
 for that they would not yeld in their fond 
 and blafphemous opinions5(denyinge among 
 other points . Baptiftne, Matrtmeny, and the Lords 
 Supper jthty were condemned to deathjwher- 
 at they d id finge;^ blejfed areyow, when men reuile 
 andhatejow for truthes fake, as bothN^i^r- GuiNuh, 
 genfii and others do relate: and that being 
 thruft out finally of all houfes , and depriued loln' still 
 of helpjthey died for cold and hilngerjiolding 
 themieiues for eled Martyrs of Chrift. 
 
 Vponthe yeare of Chrift mi. andfixtof 
 the raigne of K. Henry the 3, was burned in 
 Oxford a Deacon, who had circuncifed him- ^ ^ ^ 
 felfc and made himfelfc a l^v^^yvherenn^crahlie ^^.^ 
 
 A 2 he 
 
4 Diuers hemikfs not PtoteJIants 
 
 heenid his lift (faith Scow) which is a token 
 that he repented not, but thought he died for 
 a very good caufe. 
 
 Vpon the JGimc yeare alfo , a young man 
 that would not come to any Church y nor be 
 partaker of any Sacrament, but faid that he 
 was Chrift , and for proofe therof iTiewed 
 wounds in his hands , fcete and fides , and a 
 woman that called herfelfe the mother of 
 Chrift was of his profefsion alfo, and both of 
 them died obftinacely, holdinge themfelues 
 for true Martyrs of Chrift. 
 
 Vpon the yeare of Chrift 15:35. and 27* of 
 thcraigneof K. Henry the 8, ihti^, ofMay, 
 were condemned at S. Paules Church in 
 London 25. heretiks. Thejhcld (faith Stow) 
 fir ft> that in Chrifi are not two names ^ fecondly, 
 that Chrlji tooke neither flesh nor bloud of the virgin 
 Mary thirdly^ that children borne of injidellsjhalbi 
 faiiedvvithoHtbaptifme\^ fourthly, that the Sacra- 
 ment of Chrtfls body , is but bread only fifthly, /fc^t 
 vvhofoeuer finneth wittingly after baptifmc, cannot 
 be faued, Fourtene ot them ftood ftiffcly in 
 their heredes, & were burned, two in Smith- 
 field, the reft in other Citcyes. 
 
 Anno Domini 1538. and 30. of theforfaid K. 
 Henryes raigne, were condemned 4. Ana- 
 bapcifts the 24. of Nouember, for denyinge that 
 children ought to be baptized of nccefsity, 
 or yf they were, then, that they muft be 
 rcbaptized againe when they cp.nie to age- 
 and other fuch abfurdityes of fcdaryes m 
 thofc dayes. 
 
Dfmge wiUfHUy for their oflniom* y 
 The fame ycare alfo, and vpon the 29. of 
 i^oitember (not many dayes after the burninge 
 oflohn Lambert for denyinge the reall pefcnce) 
 there were condemned and burned in Smith- Mkt he- 
 field two other ; towitt, a Dutch-man and 
 Dutch-woman that held the fame , and other 
 Sacramentary opinions with Lambert, but yet 
 mingled with the forfaid Anabaptifme ^ and 
 thought themfelues ioliy Martyrs in going sttw ibid 
 to the fire for defence therof • & in that caufe 
 contemned whatfoeuer perfuafions, eyther 
 CathoHks or Proteftants could vfe vnto theni 
 in thofcdayesjagainft their opinions. 
 
 Inthcyeareof Chriftt5;40. and 32. of the ^.^^^^.^ 
 forfaid K. Henry, were burned in the high hci^tiks!^ 
 way beyond SoutkiP/trhe towards Newton , the ^pip^-^^'i^ 
 29. of Aprill, one called Mandeuill^ another 
 eollyns with a third companion ; All which 
 ftood ftijfFely in certaine particular opinions 
 of their owne, denyinge with the old here- 
 tiks called D/>w/«m5 and others, that Cbrijl tookc stowpag, 
 fiesh of the hleffed Virpn.and that there ouobt to be any 
 fublike Magifirats. 
 
 Vpon the yeare of Chrift 1549. and third Anibap- 
 of X, Edward thefixt, the 27. day of Aprill, 
 B. Cranmer , and other his afsiftants condem- 
 ned to death certayne Anabaprifts, to the 
 number of 5. or 6. wherof fonie of them re- 
 canted, and bare fagotts at Vatila Cr&jfe, Colche- f^o^ 
 fier and other places. 
 
 In the yeare of Chrift 1550. being the 4. 
 of the forfaid iv. Edi^rards raigne, vpon the 2, 
 ^f May, went reiolutcly to the fire Imtc K/;eS*. 
 
 A 2 alias ^ 
 
6 Diuers her et ikes not Pmejlams 
 
 loane of alias BouYcher, comonly called lome ofKent,for 
 defence of her opinion agmji thejlesh of Chrifi, . 
 which iTic held with fuch aiTurance of her 
 faluacion , as ieftingcatrhe Proteftants faid, 
 fhe died for a feece of flesh as Anne Afcue had done 
 a little before/or apeece of bread. She was con- 
 demned, and burned in Smirhfield by B.Cran^ 
 Stow a ^^^^^^^^^ fellowes. And at her hurnmge (faith 
 10?!^*^* Stow) peached at the flake Debtor Sterj t$ hauc 
 conuerted her, hut fhe not regardinge his doilrine, faid 
 he lj>edlik€a,&cc. 
 
 Vpon the yeare of Chrift 155 1 .and fifth of 
 Idward the fixty was condemned in London 
 by the forfaid Bifliops of that tyme,one George 
 Auhn Taris a Dutch-man/or holdinge that Chrift was 
 hcretii^c. q^^^^ ^^^^^^ Father : and being obfti- 
 nate, nor yeldingany thing to the perfuafion 
 of the faid Biihops and other learned men, he 
 stovvpa^, burned aliue in Smithfield , perfuadinge 
 himfelfe^that he did offer vp aliuely fweetfa- 
 crificc to almighty God for his true Religion. 
 
 Vpon the yeare of Chrift 1575. and 15. of 
 Q^Ehzabeth thc4. day of Nouember , Peter 
 IJmfcfff a gentleman of the middle- temple wzs 
 ' vpon the point to haue byn condemned to 
 r- the fire, by ^dwyn B.of io^^iowfollemly in Vau^ 
 les Cfcm/;, for diners herecicall opinions that he 
 held, for which he had byn burned , yf by di- 
 uers learned men ((aith Stow) he had not with 
 great pannes byn perfuaded to renounce: and 
 yf he had died, he would haue taken himfelfc 
 for a great Saint^ he was after hanged for kil- 
 linge his keeper. 
 
 In the 
 
V/mgemUfuUy for their opinions, 7 
 Intheyeare ofChrift 1575. and 17. of the 
 forftid (^Elizabeth her raigne > the third of 
 April , were condemned 27. heretiks , by the 
 B. of London and his afsiftants , for hoi- Catharite 
 dinge with the old Catharits and other here- hSs? 
 tiks, thatj/t was not UwfuHfor aChrifitannunto 
 tdke an oath , and that no Chriftian may he a tnagt- 
 fir ate, orbeare thjefipord, and the like; wherof 4. suw /»4j5, 
 I only did recant, and bare fagotrs at Faules Crojfe 
 I in figne of burninge , yf they hadperftueted 
 j obftinatcly in the fame opinions. 
 
 Vpon the fame yeare 5 and vnder the fame Anabap- 
 Qj:he t2.of May>an eleuen perfons were con- 
 dcmned to death in the Confiftory of Paules, 
 for like Anabaptifticall opinions ^ and after 
 great paines taken with them (faith Stow) one ^^^^ 
 woman only was conuerted of that number, xi6s. 
 the reft remayniiig^ obftinate, notwithftan- 
 ding all the Proteftant perfuafions that could 
 be vfed. 
 
 I Itemthet2,dayofrunc5thefameyeare,fiue ^^a^^y^^ 
 ! perfons Xvere condemned in Paules Church, of the fa- 
 
 by the Bilhops and Clergy, for the fed of Fa- ^J^l 
 I mllyofloue, who efcaped death by recant inge 
 
 that hcrcfie,and by deteftinge the author thcr- 
 
 6f H. N.atafermon at Paules CrofTc, who $t$vv mi 
 
 otherwife had byn burned. 
 I The very fame yeare alfo , and 22. day of 
 I July, two Dutch- men Anabaptifts were bur* Ans^bap- 
 
 ned inSmithficld, for obftinateftandingein 
 li their opinions, who died (faith Stow) in great ^tow uii 
 
 horror and crjinge-j but yet would not yeld an 
 
 ynch in their ppinigng. 
 
 A 4, Vpon 
 
ArrUa 
 martyrs. 
 
 Chriil. 
 
 S Dims heretikes not frotefiants^ 
 
 Vponthe ycareof Chrift 1583. and 2<J. of 
 the forfiiid Q^^Elizabcths raigne , the 17. day 
 of September John Lathes (faith Stow) who 
 named himfclfe Abdep, an obftinate heretikc 
 denymgc the godhead of Chrift>and holdingc 
 diuers other deteftable hcrefies ( much like to 
 his predeceffor lAathem Hammond) was burned 
 Stow pai, at Normcb. So faith Swp ; ;and yow muft not 
 ^^^9. doubt , but that he went as refolutely to the 
 fiarfor his opinions^as any of Fox his martyrs 
 did whatfoeuer. 
 In the yearcof Chrift 1589. and 51. of the 
 hTu^^ fame Qj-aigne> one Frmcis Ken a maifter of 
 gninge art, bomc (faith Stow) at VVymmondhamm 
 Norfolke, was condemned by Edmond B, of 
 Normch, for holdingc diuers deteftable opi^ 
 nions againft Chrift our Sauiour> and was 
 burned neere to the citty of Nnipich, &c. Nei- 
 ther muft yow imagine , that he went to the 
 fiar with lefte courage or refolution , then the 
 stovv pi^. former^ or any of Foxes martyrs > whome he 
 highly recornende?h for thap ppint of hafty 
 going to the fiar. 
 
 Vpon the ycare of Chrift i^'pt.and 53. of Q. 
 httctikc. Elizabeth, was hanged in Cheapfidethe 16. 
 day of Inly, V VilUm Hackctt of OipndaU in Nor^ 
 thamptonf})iu yeoman for holding & preaching 
 himfelfe to be Chrift, & ftood thcrvnto,vnto 
 the very death, threatning punilhment to his 
 st'>i>v fai. perfecutors, when he came to hiskingdome 
 in the next hfe. And fo rpuchof Sedaryesof 
 diifcrcnt faith from Fox and his people, puni-^ 
 fhed and put to death in England, 
 
 And 
 
Dpnge willfully for their epnms. ^ 
 And vnto this number of domefticall ex- Michcii 
 amples, might be added diucrs others, puni- vai6tinus 
 jjicd by Proteftants in like fort abroad , as for ^^^^f^y'^ 
 example Mk/;rfffl-S'<;mr«5 a Spaniard) burned y-u^^^z-j/ * 
 in GeneuA by Calujfns approbation & procure- ^''"^^'^^^^ 
 ment , for that he deny ed three perfons in God, and f^^„^ 'il^^' 
 2. dtjiind natures in Chrifi. And ValentinmGentilis 
 a Neapolitan Schoolc-maifterj burned by the 2^^^^* 
 Proteftants ofB<?rWi(tamongft the Switzers,for BezjiAib. de 
 renewinge Arrianifme^y and the herefieof the ulums^i-'^ 
 Trinitmam m this our age. And the ftoryes are ^J^^"^^^"** 
 wrytten and allowed b) Cdujn &c Bezx them- ^* " 
 fclucs 5 'and one thinge is to be fpccially re- 
 membrcd, in aliihefe fedaryes, thateuery 
 one of them pleaded fcriptures refolutcly for 
 himfclfe andhis opinions. 
 
 And yet no Proteftant can (ay , but that 
 thefe men were heretiksj and fo do we fay 
 aifo 5 and the CachoHke Church would haue 
 done no lefTe by them , then the Proteftant 
 Magiftrate did,yf they had byn in her power. 
 And yf I would diftribuce thefc men into 
 feueralldayes for their feftiuity ^ as Fox doth 
 his Martyrs, though they w^ere hanged or 
 burned many togeather vpon one day and 
 in different councreyes 5 thefe beingasyow 
 fee allmoft a hundred and thirty in number, 
 would make the third part and more of a new 
 Calendar of Martyrs after Fox his falliion> 
 that agree neyther with him nor vs. And 
 thcrby the difcreetre.idcrmay di(cerne, that 
 yt is not inough for men or wcomentody 
 refolutcly for their opinions^ therby to prouc 
 
 them- 
 
 fc..- ■ 
 
I o Diuers her. not VmJfmg willfully for their of ml 
 themfelues martyrs , but they muft be tryed 
 by the iuftncffe of their cauft , fein g that > as 
 wifely faith S. Cjiprim, mnpxna , fed caufafacit 
 mmyrem, yt is not the puiiilhment, but the 
 caufe that maketh a martyr and fo I doubt 
 not, but the wiftr fort of Proteftants will fay 
 alfo • but who Ihalbc iugde? herein lyeth 
 thcdiiFerencebetweene vs : for Fox will fay 
 the fcripturesj but we aske further, who lhall 
 iudge of the fcriptures, and true mcaninge 
 thcrof? for that euery one of theie fcdaryes 
 alieaged fcriptures aboundantly as before 
 hath byn iaid,and fo did old heretiks aifo,that 
 offered themftlucs no Icfle refolutely to death 
 for their opinions , then thefe men do now. 
 We fay that the Catholike , and knowne vi- 
 fibic Chriftian Church of eucry age muft be 
 iudge , who alleage fcriptures rightly , and in 
 their true fenfe , and who do not ; and confe- 
 quentlywho are true martyrs, and who are 
 not, who are heretiks or Catholiks, and who 
 are not , wherof doth enfue, that whofoeuer 
 obeycth not this Church , but impugneth her, 
 ordepartcth from her > cannot be a martyr; 
 nor laucd by fufFeringe death for any opinion 
 or dodrinc whatfoeuer. To which effed, 
 yow may read the fentcncesof holy Fathers 
 that do cnfue. 
 
 A NOTE 
 
w 
 
 tt 
 
 A NOTE 
 
 OF CERTAINE ANCIENT 
 
 FATHERS SENTENCES, 
 
 I About fufFeringes of lieretikes for 
 their opinions, 
 
 Declmnge the [am to be nom4rtyrdom€sjfthtjii> 
 be not ahwed by the CathoUl^ k^^wne 
 Church ef euery dge. 
 
 S. Cyprian lib. Simplicitate Pr;^Iat* 
 fiue de Eccl. ynitare. 
 HosoEVER h fepdrated from the Church, 
 and ioyneth himfelje to an adulterep conuen- 
 tide, is feparated alfo from the promt fes of the ^^f^ ^^^^ 
 Church , nor cuer fruR he cmie to cnioy the rewards fchifma- 
 therofjfhe leaue her-^ he is an alien.a prophaneferfon, 
 an enemy, he cannot haue God for his Father, that hath church 
 not the Church for his Mother : yea though he fbould be ^^^^^^ 
 fiajnefor the confefwn of Chnfls name, yet can he not though he 
 be fauedy macula ifta nec fanguine abluitur, this ^^^ciui^ 
 crime of fiparatinge himfelfe from the Church, cannot 
 be vvafhed aivay with blond: ine^cpiabilis culpa 
 nec pafsione purgaturj^f is a fault vnexpiable,nor 
 canyt he purged by death yt felfe. 
 
 The fame S. Cyprian in the fame booke. 
 He cannot become a martyr , who is not a member of ^g^^^j""^' 
 the Church , nejther can they euer come to Cbrijis tyr that 
 Kingiome, who do for fake his Jpoufe which is there to f^^^^^^^^ 
 fstgne. Though tyed to frakes they burne in frames, ^nd of the 
 
 becon-^ 
 
it Sentences of ancient Fathers 
 be con fumed with par, though throwen to wild beajls 
 they he by them deuoured, non erit fidei corona5fcd 
 pacna perfidiac, fuch fuffering ^jall not be my crowne 
 of their faith, but a punishment of their perjidi&ufnes. It 
 fhall not be a glorious vpfmtt of their religious vertue, 
 but a death dejperate: well may fuch a one be killed^btit 
 a owned he cannot be. 
 
 The fame S. Cyprian in another place 
 of the fame booke. 
 flainc for^ he he thought to be with Chrijl , who is agatnfi 
 
 chrift out his Friejls? nay rather he who feparatcth him felfe from 
 f^^of the' ^'^^ ^^^^Sy ^ ficiety therof doth bearc armes againfi 
 Church i5 the Churchy& rspugnc dgainfl the ordinance of almigh- 
 damned, Cod:& confequently if he be put to death, being out of 
 the Church.he cannot attayne vnto the rewards, which 
 are due only vnto the Church. There is but one God, one 
 Chrijl, and one Church, onefaith.and one fioche, which 
 by the glus of concord, is comoyned to make one entyre 
 body. V Vhatfoeuer is feparated from the roote or mother 
 Church, cannot be a part.cyther iu{e,er breath, hut hath 
 lofi the very fubjlance of aU life andf^fety. 
 
 S. Auguftinclib. i. de ferm. Dili, in 
 montc. cap. 9. 
 An here- ^ not fruitful! to fufferperfecutlen howfoeuer, hit 
 tike hath to fuffcr it for Chrifts caufe, no: only willingly, but alfo 
 "oVSui^ ;Vy/^f//7: for many heretth^deceyuinge feules vnderthe 
 fcfings. name of Chrifiians , do fujfer much, but therfore they 
 are excluded from their reward, becaufe it was not only 
 faid, blertcd be they,which futfer perfecution, 
 iut prefently it was added, for iiiftice : which iuftice 
 Mn9t bifomi, yyhcrf there is hh true faith, &c. 
 
 The 
 
About fuff cringes of herctikcs. tj 
 
 The fame S. Aug, trad. 6. in Euang, loan. 
 
 Heretikes do fomtymeshragg (namely the Dona- ^^^^^^ 
 tip) that they do giue much almes to the pvoreanddo is 1101^* 
 fuff'ermuch^but this isnot for Chrijl but for Donarus thrift. 
 their firfi founder, &c. Lookefor vvhDmethou fufferefi 
 quia foras milTus es, ideo mifer es , for that thou 
 art cajl forth from the vnion of the Church , therfore 
 art thou miferahle , rvhatfoeucr thou doeji or fufferefi 
 otherwife: heare the Apofile fayinge of himfelfe : y f I 
 iTiould giue all that I hauc to the^poore , and 
 deliucr my body to the fiar without charity, 
 lamnothinge, &c. 
 
 And againe in his booke de Patient, cap.2 6. 
 
 if any mmbeinginSchiftne , herefrCyOroutofthe 
 Church fmtld fuffer tribulations, torments, jiarand d^^c^nuy 
 death yt felfe, rather then he would deny Chrift, yt profit an' 
 yvere laudable in him^and no vvayes to he reprehended, toTmorc 
 and may help perhaps to make his damnation the more toiierabie 
 t9lerable , then yfhehad denyedChrifi : butyl Cannot 
 fine him-^ the Apofile faying^ that yf I giue my bo- 
 dy to fiar, cJr^. yt wiilnot profitcme, that is to 
 fay, yt will net profitt me to Saluation, though yt may ■ 
 profitt to a more toiierabie damnatioiu 
 
 S. Chryfoftorrie hom.ti.in Epift. ad EpheC 
 And albeit we pwuld do innumerable good vvorkfs, 
 yetffhxll vve bepunished no lel[e,yfvve breahe the inte- 
 grity ofChrifis Church, then were thofe that violated 
 his owne body, while he was vpon earth. There wai a 
 (crtaync holy man (to witt S. Cyprian) that faid a 
 thinge which to fome may feemehQldnejfe^ but yet he 
 
14 Sentences of ancient Fathers.^ 
 Schifme faid yti to vvitt.that this ftnne cannot be vvafhed a way 
 ^T^vloi^ with the blond of martyr dome : Dice & obteftor 
 cannot be Ecclcfiam fcindcre non minus eOepeccatumj 
 Ivvay^^ quaminhxrefiminciderc. 1 do fay andprotefi, 
 with the that to cutt and diuide the Church of God (by fchifme 
 nianyr- feditioH ) is no lejfc damnable 4 fmne , then to fall 
 dome. into her efie. 
 
 S. PacianusEpifl:. 2. adSympron.Nouar. 
 Though Noiiatianus fuffered fomwhat, yet was he 
 h Jret^ike^ wot put to death ; and though he had byn put to death, yet 
 on: of the ffjould he mt be crowned, low will aske me why? 
 Church J anfiperey for that he had not thepeace of the Churchy 
 
 can be J ^ 111 rr 
 
 crowned, fjeythcr woi in concord with hcr, butvvascutofjrojn 
 that mother , vvhofe portion he mnfl needs be that will 
 he a martyr . Ha^ken to the Apoflle . If I lliould 
 {faith he) haue all faith, fo that I could re- 
 moouc montaynesjand haue not charity, I am 
 nochinge; And yf I lliould diftribute all my 
 goods to be meate for poore j and yf I iTiould 
 deliuer my body fo that I burne, and haue not 
 charity, yc doch profitt me nothings 
 
 S. Aug. lib. 4. de baptif. cont. D onatift. c. 17. 
 Keyther Neither is bapifme profitable toanheretikebeing 
 not^Rw- ^^^^'^ church, nor jet yf for the confefion of Chrift 
 tyrdoms ha fwtil/t he put to death , for that he isconuincedtg 
 adhere- ^^'^^^^^ chartty , wherof the Apoflle faith, though I 
 tike. iliould deliuer my body , fo that I burne, and 
 
 haue not charity,y t doth profitt me nothing. 
 
 The fame S, Angiifl. epift. 204. ad Donar. 
 
 prcsb. Donatift. 
 J f thou be out of the Church, arJ feparated from the 
 
 knott 
 
About fufferinges of heretikes. 15' 
 
 h^ietiofvnity andhand of chanty y thou ff)alt be fmi- Burnin^e 
 ffjedvvith eteniall faines, although thou fbouldefi k chli/^fit- 
 bi rned quicks for the name ofCbtift. And the fame not« 
 hath Saint Augnfiine againe in many other places of ^^^^^^^ 
 his vvorks. 
 
 S*Fulgentiuslib.dcfidead Pet»Diac.cap.29. 
 
 Do thou mofljirmely hould, and no vvayes doubt, that Heretik* 
 ivhatfoeuer heretike or Schifmattke, though he be bap- and fchifi^ 
 thedinthename of the Father, theSorme, and the ^^^^l^ 
 holyGhoji ,yf he be not a member of the Catholike though 
 Church, though hegiue neuerfo much almes^nay though for chrS, 
 he f ^ed his bloud for the name of Chrijl, mtmthjlan- 
 dinge he cannot in any cafe be faued. For vnto him who 
 heuldeth not the vnity of the Catholike Church, neyther 
 can baptifme.nor almes, though neuer fo copioufly dealt^ 
 no nor deathyt felfe fujferedfor Chrifl , be auajleable 
 vnto euerlafltnge faluatton. 
 
 S. Auguft. lib. 2. againft Pctiliati 
 thcDonatift. cap. 98. 
 what glory is it ^ yf for yot4r offences yotp be iuflly tteretiks 
 funifhed, fo as neyther in this world yotp haue tempo- fn ^thh^^ 
 rail comfort, nor in the world to come ffjall haue life ^ndi 
 euerlaflingey butheerehauetheanguifHsof vnhappy '^^^^ft 
 wen, and there heU fire prep area for heretiks* 
 
 The fame Father in Concio. dc gcft. 
 cumEmerito, 
 7 f vnto an heretike being out of the Church of 
 Chrljl.yt fhould be [aid by an enemy of Chrifl, offer rp agaiaft'* * 
 Frankencenfevntotny Idols, and adore my Gods , and ^ann^fhc^ 
 he not adormge them fbould be put to death by the (aid auedV 
 
 enemy 
 
tl5 Sentences of ancient Father^r 
 enemy ofchrifi-^ well maj he fbed hu bhud, but crotV'^ 
 tied he cannot be. 
 
 Idem lib. t* contra Gaudcnt. cap. j j. 
 
 Tor him vvhofor the verity and vnity a/ Chrijl, d9th not 
 
 fora^fr^ ow/r/aof^fej^/zW/boi, but hi$ Ufe alfo, he hath tvulp 
 ^io there f^tth, he hath truljfhopey he hath truly chanty y he hath 
 is no fai- fY^iy almighty but whofieuer for the part of 
 Donatus would hofe but a threed of his cloke, he 
 fheweth himfelfe to haue no witt in hi$ head. 
 
 S, Gregory lib.i. Regiftr. Epift. ^6. 
 That not '^ow mufi vnderfiand(as S,Cypian{aith)t\\ztx\ot 
 painc,but paine, but the caufemakcch a Martyr : which 
 maketra^ t^/w^ fo.yt is Very absurd for yow toghrj of that perfe- 
 
 Martyr. ^ CUtiony wh\ch)Ott^ f9P^f^ff^^*P ^ ^^^fi 
 
 certajne , that therhy yow cannot attayne to any hea- 
 uenly reward. Let then the imegrity of true faith bring 
 yowbacke notpat length to jguy mother the Chunh, 
 by whomeyow had fir ji your Chrijluihiiy. 
 
 The Conciufion and CoUedion 
 vpon the Premillcs- 
 
 1. *0 y all thefe authority es is [eene • Firft , that here^ 
 J^tiks of what feet or faiiwn [oeuer^ dyinge for de-^ 
 fence of their particular opinions ^ dy not for Chriji, but 
 
 2. for the founders of their Se£ls. Secondly, thatalbeit 
 they flwuld dye exprejfely for Chrifi,yet canne they not 
 
 3. le fdued. Thirdly, thatyftheypwuldbe martyred by 
 infidellperfecutdrsfcr refiif.nge toyeldto Idolatry, yet 
 
 4. m.Ujl they be damned. Fourthly, that the cafe of 
 Sdifm^iiikl 3 a/id of fuch (ts diuydc the Churches vnity 
 
 isall 
 
About fufFeringes of nerfetikes. t/ 
 h all one, albeit otherwise they he oftteuer fo good Ui% 
 FiFtly, that thereafon of all this is, for that they be out t^l 
 of the vnion of the CatlMI^ Clmch, which Church 
 mufi iudge of all. Sixtiy > that the Church v?ider(lgod 6. 
 by thefe fathers, woi m inuifihle or hidden Church, but 
 knowne to all the world ineueryagey wherof thelio-* 
 mame was a chief e member y out of which, and againft 
 ivhichy Vox !m Martyrs died , 0$ did alfo the other old 
 heretiksheere mem, or mentioned by thefe Father u 
 
 An Other animaduerfwn about the Sto-^ - 
 ^ ry ofFoxian Martyrs that enfueth 
 : throughout eueryMoneth. 
 
 To preuenc all occalions of Cauiii (gentle 
 reader) to him th^c will feeke.to wrangie, 
 I do heere fore-lignify firft^ that I do not pro- %l 
 fecute in my narration all particulars that Vox 
 fetteth downe of his Mattyrs and Confcf- , 
 fors y for that had byn to wryte as large a vo- 
 lume 5 as he hath done . Secondly , 1 do not 
 lay forth fuch praifes of them as he dilaterh 
 euery where , with all his art of Oratory 
 ftill 3 and this partly for that I do not belecue 
 them (iindinge him fo falfe in other narra- 
 tions 3 as I haue done ) partly alfb for that 
 though fomeof them had morail yertues, yet 
 were they neyther eminent nor extraordina- 
 ry > as will appearc by the view of this our 
 hiftory : and whatfoeucr they were or might, 
 hauc byn- yet they being (edarycs, and out of 
 the Churchj could receyiie no aiiayle by them 
 
 B towards 
 
t8 An ether animaduerfion, 
 
 towards Saluation, as by the former dodrine 
 of the Fathers yo w haue feene. Thirdly then, 
 whatfoeuer I haue heere wrytten of them, 
 I haue takeii yt commonly out of Fox him- 
 felfe , or of fome other g'ood author , whole 
 words I doeuerrccyte, as alfo the place and 
 page where they are to be found, which Fox 
 often doth not. So that whatfoeuer I haue 
 omitted 5 or left out touchinge them , I haue 
 done yt ofpurpoft for brcuicy fake, and vpon 
 good caufes ; and what I haue wrytten and 
 affirmed, I haue done yt with all truth and 
 fidelity, and fo will he find that iTiall read my 
 narration, and conferreit with Foxhimfelfcj 
 and this animaduerfion being premifcd , lett 
 any herctike cauill or wrangle that lifteth, his 
 arguments are anfwcrcd before he bcginnc. 
 
 THE 
 
THE CONTINVATION 
 
 AND CONNEXION 
 
 Of this fecond yolume of Foxian Saintes 
 ^ith the other fett forth before: 
 
 And what principall partes or pointes 
 the former conteyned. 
 
 IN the end of my former booke (good ChrifiUn fea^ 
 der) conteyninge the firjl fix Monetbesof lohnF&DS 
 his Calendar ^1 did aduertifeyow [yf jow doremem-- 
 her or haue read the fame) that the faid boohe growinge 
 into further length , than at the heginmnge was expe^ 
 Hed, I was forced to dmideyt into ttvo little volumes, 
 therby to makeyt more manuaU and portable , but yet 
 for that both of them indeed do make but one booke , as 
 I thought yt not amijfe in the end of the former to for-- 
 warne theebreefly , what wastobeconteyned in this 
 later : fo now leajl the one may chance to come to thy 
 hands with out the other , yt full not be ferhafs from 
 the purfofe, heere to lay downe in few words by way 
 pffreamblesy the fumme of the former fuhie^ , ^nd 
 principall parts therof , togeather with their cohe^ 
 rence and connexion with this, for fo [halt thou fee and 
 hehould in a ff)ort vew the comprehenfm of all 
 
 B i Si 
 
2 o The continuation and connexion 
 
 OF THE PREFACE, 
 intitvled: 
 A diredion for the vfe of the 
 two Calendars. 
 
 Fj R. s T ۥ/ aU then after the briefe duhhle Cdlendar 
 prefixed in the former volume of Catholike and 
 loxian Saints of the jirfi fix Monethes , and a cert^yne 
 anriciorum adioyned thervnto.againjl the admiration 
 of fuch boldnesin going to the fire for maintenance §f 
 herefies ^ as Fox would fir re , by the example of fo 
 great a 7nulthude of his Martyrs: (all which is recorded 
 againe in this volume ) there joUoweth tn the former, 
 A cercayne dire dion or inftru£tion to the diC- 
 creetand pious reader, how to vfe the faid 
 dubbJe Calendar (of Catholike and Foxian Saints) 
 to hif. grcatcfl fpirituall commodity and in- 
 Thcdiffc- creafe of deuotion, which in effeU confifleth in this^ 
 rcnce of fjj^^f vvkcras by the very vew and manifefi oppofitioH 
 the^^^ath. of the fiid two Calendars, the ^ne againji the other, yt 
 and Prote- 1^ cutdcnt that the one contejneth a mofl noble ranke of 
 lendar. ^ holy fcruants of Chr/Jl , venerable for their antiquity, 
 reno'imed for their fantTtty , iilujlrious for their mu 
 racks , 4nd the mcyji of them fanwmalfo for fcienc& 
 "^and learnmge : the other a poore rabble of later phan^ 
 taficall pccph proud, vvillfnil, andobfimate m their 
 particular epin 'tons, and contrary to the former , in 
 mo{i of ihc for faid points of commendation ; and that 
 the feclaryes of oar dayes for promotinge of thefe 
 new vpjUrts . had oris about to dtjgrace, and detract 
 
 pom 
 
Ofthefirft fix monethes With the later, u 
 fimthofcGuld Jiandars in Chrijl Church: this I fty 
 be'mg fo yt feemed to the vvryter , that the befi dire--^ 
 Bion which in fuch m affaire could begiuen , vv^s m 
 €ontemne the one , and make more accompt , tham 
 euer , of the other , ejpecially by honour inge them vvknl 
 that reuerenee, which is due , to fo fpectall frends and 
 feruants of almighty God, with vvhome they are now 
 in glory and further for our oume good , to eallvpon 
 them with earnefi and frequent deuotion , to be our 
 helpers and intercejfors vvnh their Lord and Mai^ 
 fier Chrifi lefus , as we haue nfed in this mife-^' 
 rableand daunger om world , for arryuinge to them, 
 and obtayninge their happy fockty for all eternity 
 to come. 
 
 And albeit for their greater difgrace , the here- 
 tiki {7^^ > ^^'^^^^ qualijied this recourfe and inuo-- 
 cation of ours t9 them, by the mofi odious name of 
 faperfiition , and Idolatry (which euidently is refuted 
 in the very heginninge of the ftid diredmi , by 
 fiietvinge the lymitt sand differences,that are betmene 
 prafmge to God and pray inge to Saints) : yet mull 
 we not t)erfore giue ouer , but rather for thatcaufe 
 he mere earnefi and diligent in that kind of Catho- 
 likeandtrueChrifiiandeuetion.partlytoconuertther- ^^^^^ 
 by (I meane by the feruerom mtercefion of all holy ought to 
 Saints) theenemyesandheretikl themfelues, yf yt be ou^.^^euo- 
 pof ihle , from the fury of their contumelious raylinge tion in 
 fptritt • partly alfo, to make recompence for ^/^^f fola'ints. 
 omifton, which in this behalfe hath byn vfed in 
 many farts of the world thefe later yeares, vpon 
 the clamors and otitcryes of thefe fedaryes againfi 
 the fame : which clamors hauinge byn examined, 
 ^nd found to be vajm , and to haue proceeded 
 
 B 5 only 
 
The continuation and connexion 
 onljf of enuy\ indeuotm , ignorance and impietj ; the 
 bejlyvajf (eemethtobeforvs, to double our faiddeuo" 
 tien inpayinge to them. 
 
 This wa6 the counfeU and direction giuen in that 
 flace to him, that would withdratv his foule from thefe 
 ipearifome contentions ray fed by herettkl of our dayes, 
 to the quiett rfe and pejfepon ofdeuotion and piety y 
 which our Catholike and happy forefathers enioyed 
 before thefe vvr anglings beganne. And for greater en - 
 couragement and example heerin^yt vras thought good 
 to lay forth fomewhat of the holy prailtfe and exercife 
 of the mofl eminent Saints,and bleffed lathers of Gods 
 Church in this behalf e, that is to fay , not fo much their 
 hookes and wry tings about this matter ( for that were 
 ouerlonge , and almofl infinite) but what is extant 
 of their doings in this kind of deuotion : to witty 
 what manner of prayers they vfed to make in their 
 dayes to Saints defceafed, without feare or doubt of 
 Idolatry , or other offence of God therin, and without 
 reprehenfion or miflihinge of any good man or woman, 
 learned or vnlearned, or of the Church of God in thofe 
 dayes • to which effed is aUeaged the continuall difcent. 
 The aun- (though verjbr el jcly) of all ages, both before the com- 
 thers de' ^^^<?^ ^/ ^^^"^^fi^ among the lewes.as alfofmce-^ and na* 
 uotion in meljof theFatriarks, Prophetts, and mojt holy men of 
 toTamts ^'^^ hebrewe Church , andthe like of the Chriftian , as 
 the examples there alleaged both of Greeke and Latyn 
 ancient Fathers,for thef^acepf a thoufandyeares after 
 Chrijl, doth declare : which being done ,yt is inferred 
 to be confideredjjoip much more fecureyt is in the fight 
 of a difcreet man, to follow the example &foote (leppes 
 effuch ould,ancient,and expert guides in points ofreli^ 
 gm that coccrne our foutes-^ then thefe new late vpfiart 
 
 Dokors, 
 
Of the firft fix monethes with the later. 25 
 DoHors, that brabble to the contrary , andarewholjr 
 deuojfde of all deuothn in themfelues ; and with this in 
 effe£t endeth that direUion: now followeth a flmt 
 abridgment of the' Chapters centeped in the for- 
 mer volume. 
 
 OF THE FIRST CHAPTER, 
 
 That treatetli of the nature of an 
 Ecclefiafticall Calendar, & vpon 
 what caufe it was inuented, and 
 put into vfe firft in the Church 
 of Chrift. 
 
 IN this Chapter.after decUrathnofthe mrdsM^v^ 
 tyrologe and Calendar, andvvhythey were in-' 
 ftitutedinthe ChriJItan Church , who were theau-^ 
 thors, and to what end and effeii , and other fuch like 
 pints: difcoueryis madeof diuers heretuallpra^i^fes 
 vfed by ancient feilaryesagainfi CathoUhe Saints, and 
 Martyrs m euery age , and this commonly vfon enuy of 
 the honour done vnto them in the [aid Church ..of which 
 frailifes the fir fl was, to feeke by all meanes to difgrace^ 
 and corrupt their true hifloryes-^ andthe fecondtoef* 
 fofe their owne falj} Martyrs againft them , and pre- 
 ferre their worthyneffe before them. Which two 
 fraciifes with feme ether of like nature, arefhewed to 
 haue byn put in vre egregioufiy by John Fox, in this his 
 volume of Acls and Monuments , many examples being 
 dlleagedfor proofe therof, as where he cornpteth the 
 hiJloryesofS. BonifacC; ArchbjpjOt>p ofhlcniZp and 
 
 B 4' of 
 
24 The continuation and connexion 
 ofS. Edward r/;^ Martjr, S. Elphcgus^ S. Tho- 
 mas of Canterbury and other Bnglisb Manjrs, and 
 i7ithe fecond where by name he preferreth hU Tho- 
 Cranmer, before lix hundred Thomas 
 u^lr.' Becketts, comparcthhu Nkohs Ridley, with 
 any S. >iicolas char euer was, and aduanceth his 
 Latymer, Hooper, Marili, Simpfon, andother 
 like compamms , before the higheft and greateft 
 SaincsoF the Roman Calendar whatfoeuer, 
 m there more particularly , and largely is handled^ 
 
 OF THE SECOND CHAPTER, 
 
 That fhevveth the feuerall caufes 
 of honour done toSaintes inthe 
 Catholike Church , & that none 
 of them acrree to Foxian Saints, 
 
 o 
 
 IN this chapter jiue caufes in particuUr are af^igned, 
 !vhy the ancient Fathers did in cttld tyme I^ccpean^ 
 mall nitmory of Saints and Martyrs in their Churches^ 
 U & EcclejUftka'd tables or martyyologesx^ the fir fl^ therby 
 toyeldio the fatd Martyrs , and to Ckrijl by them (by 
 who fe grace and power they were made Martyrs) due 
 2« honour and memory for their hereicallaviicns : the fe- 
 cond , to be viade per takers of their meritts by way of 
 3« afficia'non and communion of Saints : the third , to be 
 hoipcn bj their prayers and intercefions ioyned with 
 ourSy which mcludeth alfo our prayers vnto them ; the 
 4* fourth , to Jiirre vp others to their imitatiou by the high 
 opinion, which the Church foewcththcrintohaue of 
 
 mat'- 
 
of the firft fix monecfies with the later, 2^ • 
 martyrdome: the fift, to confirme therhy alfotheccr" 
 taintjof&urfmth , feingfo many wittneffes me after 
 another y to dy in, and for one y and the felfe fame faith 
 and beleefe. All which fim caufes are feuerally and di- 
 
 fiincily pQued out of the fayings & imyting^ of ancient 
 Fathers x, and then againe jt is declared that none of 
 thefe caufes could rightly mooue Fox to wryte his mar- 
 tyrokge or Calendar of new Saints. For as for the jirft 
 three points of celebration of their feap , affocidtion of 
 their meritts^and intercefion by their prayers ^the Fro-^ 
 tejlant doHrine admitteth them net. And for the lajl 
 two, which are imita tion o f their life and doctr ine, and 
 confrmMon of frotefmt faith by them and their 
 example-^ though in words Fox may feeme perchance to 
 pretend fomewhat-^yet in truth he cannot , for that fucb 
 are his Martyrs fcttdowne in this Calendar (06 after 
 jowffjall fee) that neither in faith, works. Religion or 
 life, Jxe may pre fume to adhere abfolmely vnto thcm.O' 
 
 I nmhlejfe take them for examples to imitate, their 
 
 ! faithes , opinions and heleefes betng different : for that 
 fomewere W^ldenfians, Klbigtn^miSy fome 
 L.o\\2ixdsy fome Lutherans, /ra^ Zwingiians> 
 and fome^f other fc£ls, ai the enfuinge hiforywillde^ 
 dare. Their Hues ojrid actions alfo in mofi of them , are 
 p)ewed tohaue byn ftich , as no way can grace tide nettf 
 ghojpellto imitate the fame. And finally yt is difcupd 
 what manner of honour , reuerence or memory is vfed 
 tmards CathoUke Saints in the facrijice of the mafe,or 
 celebration of holy mifleryes, and that Fox his ownefel^ 
 lowes do not in earnefi hold his Calendred people for 
 
 i true Saints, 04 out of their wrytings is declared. 
 
 OF 
 
26 The continuation and connexion 
 
 OP THE THIRD CHAPTER, 
 
 Conccrninge nine feuerall (edes in 
 Religion , vvhervnto all Fox his 
 Saindes may be reduced. 
 
 IN this Chapter , for mere fuUer declaration of the 
 difagveenmty anddtuifion which is hetweene Fox his 
 Saints in points of Keligton (vvhome yet he maketh all 
 to be hrcethren of one Church) arefett downe nine fe- 
 uerall feds , fpronge vp againft the Roman Church at 
 fundry tymes, and in difiincl places , and vpon different 
 vccafwns within the fpaceef thefe lafi ^oo. yeares: 
 Thenamesof the feds and feilaryesare : Walden- 
 fians, Albigenfians, Wickiiffians, Lollards, 
 Lutherans, Anabaptifts, Swinglians, CaJui- 
 nifts4;^^ Puritans , vvhofe beginnings andprogreffe, 
 Mthors and occafions , agreements and differences of 
 cpinions are brecfiy declared, togeather, with thepar^ 
 ticular articles which eucryfe&hath cjther peculiar to 
 yt felfe, er common with fome other, hut yet alleppoftte 
 to the Catholike Church, By confideration of which ar- 
 ticles, and other circumflances, and by comparing them 
 with the anfwers , jpe^chesand propofitions of Fox his 
 Saints in their examinations, it will be eafy to iudge.of 
 vvhatfcil euery Satni was , and for what opinions or 
 fancy es of their ewne, he or fbce offered themfelues tO' 
 dy. And for that thefe particularityes are many , this 
 Chapter groweth to be longer then the refi , butyt is 
 worth the readtnge, for the wflru£lion of the carefuU 
 reader, and the variety isfuch.as will net eafily weary 
 him in pervfingeyt oucr. 
 
of the firft fix monethes with the later. 27 
 
 OF THE FOVRTH CHAPTER, 
 
 VVhat may be thought of the for- 
 vvardnefle of Fox his Saiiites, in 
 ofFeringe themfelues fo readily 
 to dye for their opinions. 
 
 THIS Chapter is frepxed mmedmtly before the 
 entrance to the examen of the jirfi fix monethes^ 
 comprehended in the former volume y therby to informe 
 the Readers tudgment fomewhat about the objVnac?^ 
 and temerity of hereticall fpirits, in running to the fyre ' 
 for defence of then opinwns , mhich are their owm 
 Idolh'^and befids that which is laid forth before, both out 
 of the examples of mojl wicked and notorious heretiks, 
 condemned and punipjed as well by Froteflant ojs Ca^ 
 tholike Magifirats, for extrauagant opinions held for 
 herefies by them both fides , as alfo out of the fentences 
 and declarations of holy Fathers there fett dotme^con" 
 cerning the damnable deathes offuch willfuU heretical 
 people-^ Be fides all this ( lfay)yt was thought conuenient ' 
 to add this feuerall Chapter jn like manner ^ wherin Jfail to 
 pfl of all is declared, how that pertinacity & ohfiinacy i^erefic. 
 is an ejfentiallpart or propriety of here fj, without which 
 herefy cannot be herefy , but only error , and that this 
 I pertinacity was in all ould heretiks, is, & wilhe in thofe 
 that be pre fent or to come and that in particular, they 
 \ had this property by tefiimony of the ancient Fathers, 
 that they held euer their owne punishments to beperfe-^ 
 cutions and martyr domes : rvhich being declared by 
 
2% OftlPexmen 
 many and fundry ufiimGnyes of antiquity , the fame 
 pints are examined alfo in Vox his Martyrs, who fmaU 
 ly arc found to hauebyn of the very fame Jpiritt, and 
 confequently do deferue to haue, the fame ludgment 
 made of them.iouchtng this point ofheretkall ohfiinacy^ 
 which the ancient fathers made of thofe ould hcretiks, 
 and with this peuention and preparation is the entry 
 made to treat e of each moneth in pankuUr. 
 
 OF TH' EX AMEN 
 
 OF THE FIP.ST SIX 
 
 MONETHES;, , 
 
 Coiitcyned in fix feuerall 
 Chapters. 
 
 Ar T E R the former 4, Chapters, u j 
 mdu6lions to the principall mat- \ 
 ters of Foxian Martyrs heere to ,be i 
 handled, therefoJlo-st>ethj m the prece- 
 dent volume the difcufionand "ve^p of 
 thejirft fxMonethes, January, Fc- 
 If"^^' bruary, March, Aprill,May, and 
 ■icinccfs,, lune , -pi;yith the particular hiftoryes \ 
 hreefely touched of all fuch ne^ Mar- ' 
 
of the pfi fix Monethes. 
 
 tyrs^ and Confejfors y cls Fox hath 
 thought VPorthy of this his neyp Ca- 
 lendar , albeit (-as in fome other places 
 1 thinke I haue noted, ) there he diuers 
 other fan^lijiedbjhim, With large dif- 
 courjes in fundry places of htsYporke, 
 yphomejpet J Jindnot in his Calendar, 
 as namely Q_Anne BiiUen, Crom^ 
 well, QX^atherine Parre, Qjaiie_, 
 the Duke & Diitchefie of Suffolke, 
 the Duk-e o/Somerfet, luftice Haics 
 that dro-^ned himfelfe and diuers 
 other like yiporthyes of hi<s Religion y 
 yiohofe ftoryesfnof^ithftandinge I do 
 not take "Vpon me to handle in particu- 
 lar^ for thatmypurpofe u , to examine 
 only his Calendar if Calendrcd SaintSy 
 'pyherofl fhallgiue yoyo heere a fhor^ 
 taU only in generally for the frfi fx 
 Monethes that ?o in the former "vo- 
 
 s 
 
 I AN VARY, 
 
of t})* exmen 
 
 lANVAR Y. 
 
 TH E Moneth of January beginneth wit^ 
 lelm VVickliffe, and hath 28. dayes repleni- 
 ihed wirh Foxian Martyrs , the other three 
 being left only to three feafts that were in our 
 Romayne Calendar before 5 which are the 
 Circumcifion.Efiphan^yZnd Conuerfionof S.Vatil^ all 
 the other are made to giue place to his new 
 Martyrs 5 wherof three are fett forth in great 
 read letters, as Cardinall- martyrs more emy- 
 nent then the reft : to witt, the aforefaid lohn 
 VVickliffe, whome he calleth Treaeher martjr, 
 though he died in his bedd, and wasneuer 
 martyred (as Fox himfelfe elfwhere confef- 
 ferh) Syr Roger Adon inthnkd in the Calendar 
 Knight- inartjr, who was drawne, hanged, and buryed 
 vnder thegallowes (faith Stow) in S. Gyles f eld yrn- 
 der K. Henry the i^. for treafon, and of en rebellion. 
 The third is lohn Philpott Martyr, a poore igno- 
 rant artincer, burned in Canterbury for Calui- 
 nifmeynder Q^larj, in theyeare 1557. and I 
 takeyt to be an error, in that this Phflpott is 
 fett downe in the place of the other J(?fcw P/;//- 
 pctt Preacher- martyr burned at London, whofe 
 feftiual) day is vpon the t^. of December , as in 
 this booke afterwards you fnall fee-, And ther- 
 fore his hiftory is differred ynto that place. 
 
 Therefidue of thismoneth fett downe in 
 blacke letters, arc more ordinary people for 
 their titles , but no lefle notorious for their 
 boldneff^in anfweringC; as Tudfon anappren- 
 
 tice> 
 
of the fir jl fix Menethes. 5 1 
 
 tice, Went a llierman . Browne a labourer , and 
 fourc or.Hue moft infolec weomen, Ume Lash- 
 fordy Agnes Snoth, Anne Alebrighty and lome Catmer 
 whole immodert behauiour, and inlolent 
 anfwers do well llicw of what Ipiritt they 
 were - And fo much in generall for this 
 Moneth. 
 
 FEBRVARY. 
 
 TH E fecond Moneth of February is more 
 fertile of rubricate Martyrs, then lanuary, 
 fbrthatyt hath 8. in number, twoWickhf- 
 fians, SjrIohnOldcaftlez Ruffian-knight a«all ^nnj^itl 
 i England knoweth, &: commonly brought in 
 i by comediants on their ftages: he was put to 
 death for robberyes and rebellion vnder the 
 fotQ(kxd K. Henry the fifth and Sjr 'Roger Onely 
 Prieft-martyrjcondemned for coniurmge and ^ - 
 wichcraft vnder K. Hw/thefixt. The third ^^'^^^^ 
 j isMartyn L^tfcer confeffor, that ftands alone in 
 the middeft of this moneth , as vmpyrc be- 
 I tweene the other two ranks: to witt, the for- 
 j mer two, and fiue other that do enfue, which 
 j are lohn Rogers and Laurence Saunders Preacher- 
 I martyrs, lohn Hooper and Robert Farrar, Bifliop- 
 j martyrs, and Rowland Taylor Doctor- martyr. 
 I Of which number fome were Lutherans in 
 I Reljgionjas Do£lor Taylor and Tarrar^omt were 
 i Galuinifts , as the reft, whofe ftoryes are par- 
 ticularly handled in this moneth: and after 
 thefethe moft eminent perfons in this tragi- 
 caU comedy > zx^Iohn Claydon a Wickliffian 
 
 Curriafj 
 
3 a Ofth^examen 
 Curriar, that made liisovvne fonne a Prieft,^ 
 and gau2 him authority to fay maiTe, at his 
 mothers vpiitting from Childbirth j lohn Zifcd 
 a Bohemian Rebel!, and moft cruel! tyrant 
 and murderer of innocent people • the lady 
 Eleanor Cohham , condemned of forccry and 
 wiclricraft, with intention to haue murdered 
 KMenvyxXiC 6. Agnes Potten ^nd Trunchfields wife 
 of Ipfwich named by Fox Matron- Martjn, the 
 one a iTbomakerj the other a becre-brewers 
 wife, bdth of them greate difputers as in Ui^ir 
 liues and hiftoryes is to be feene, 
 
 MARCH. 
 
 THE Moneth of March hath two rubri- 
 cate Martyrs only , Thomas Bilnej^md Tho^ 
 mas Cranmer, both Priefts; the one was burned 
 ynder iC. Henrj the 8. for certayne new opi- 
 nions which oncehc had held, but afcerre- 
 canted them before his death , and fo died a. 
 Carholike j the other was Archbilhopp of 
 Canterbury , and condemned vnder Q^Mary 
 both oftreafon, and herefic^ and though he 
 recanted alfo'- yet was he burned for reiapfe, 
 as in his ftory appcareth. The remnant of this 
 Moneth were fome Wickliffians, as Tajflor, 
 Vefcelus, Vejfallianm who denyed in like man- 
 ner the proceedingoftheholyGhofl: from the 
 fccod perfon in Trinity, with other like herc- 
 fies: Other were Lutherans.as Sutphen,Huglene, 
 Ilefidm, Clahaccm and Umelton all Grangers. 
 But the checfe Captaynes of the Caiuinian 
 
 - crew 
 
of the fnft ftx Momhes. 
 £re\v of thisMonech > ( I meane of artificers) 
 were three: to vyitr, Spker the Mafoiij Cohct^ 
 Z^' the Taylor 3 and Maundrell the cowheardy 
 which. Maundrell was the Maifter andgiiyde 
 of all thereil, and difpmed for them j with 
 cryinge out in the Church , that Purgatory 
 was tht Vopes Pinfold.^nd that wodderi Images 
 vvero good tor Qfl a fimlderof Mutton, and other 
 like fpeaches proportionable tothefe, and te 
 his prot^fsion. 
 
 f ; A p R I L l: 
 
 THE Moheth of Aprill hath no rubricate 
 Martyr at all , fettdowne by lohn Fox, 
 Which yet is maruayle that he efteemeth none 
 bf his Saints in this Moneth worthy of that 
 title 5 efpecially feeing in the very firftranke 
 of them vnder K. Henry, was burned Maifter 
 lames Sajnam gentleman- martyr bf Glocejier^ ^Ann^niu 
 I fhiYCy who had married Symon Tisb his wifeahat 
 made the Supplicatm of beggars , anfwered by 
 Syr Thomas More,o( \vhkh Bajnam Fox rccouri^ ^ 
 teth a ftrange miracle,ffc^r being burned in the fire, 93^. ^"^^^ 
 he felt no morepajne , then jfhe had bjn in a bedd of 
 downe. Which miracle yf Fox held for true^yc 
 jftcrncth that he might defcrue a redd gar- 
 ment in his Calenditr; but it is like, that he 
 lofl: this prerogatiuc, by being a Lutheran in 
 the article of the reaU presence, though in other 
 points he was much againft him, as alio 
 I agaiuR lohn Fox , yf yt be true that he gran- 
 jtcd to the Papifts , as himfelfe faith, thefe ar- 
 ^ ' C ticks 
 
34 0/ th^ exmen 
 
 tides, followinge, firft that a man making a vowi 
 cannot breaks the ^ame without deadly ftnne, 2. that 
 4 Frieft promifwge to Hue chajl.may not marry a wife. 
 3, that Luther did naught in marryinge a Nurnie-j and 
 9ther fuch like points. In refpcd wherof, though 
 Fox graunt him to be a Martyr, yet no Cardi- 
 fiaU'martjr.Th^TQ is alfo in this Moncth George 
 jM^nb Preacher- martyr, who for his valiant 
 ads defcribed by Fox , might haue dcftrued 
 the place of a rubricate Saint, had not his 
 doubtfuUncs perhaps about the reall prefence 
 excluded him. But efpecially I maruayle of 
 William Tlower Minifter- martyr, who by the 
 particular induction of the holy Choft(asFox 
 is content we fhould beleeue ) being an Apo- 
 ftata monke , wounded grecuoufly a Catho- 
 likc Prieft with his woodknife in S. Margarets 
 Church at VVeftminfier , and was executed af- 
 terward for the fame, and for his herelie- And 
 finally there is in this Moneth, the martyr- 
 dome of VVlUiam Tymmes Deacon, who might 
 feeme by his anfwercj to deferue the place of 
 another S. Stephen or S. Laurence, amonge Fox 
 his Martyrs, but only that he denyed all presence of 
 Chriftin the Sacramet, both &mporall Jpirituall,&Cm 
 Wherby he feemeth to agree neyther with 
 Lutherans nor CaIuinifts,for that the one do 
 graunt corporally, the other at leaft (piritual- 
 ly, Chrift to be prefent. 
 
 MAY* 
 
Ofthefirjl fix Mmithes. 
 
 u A y; . i 
 
 ^TpHE Moncth of May hath three rubrica- 
 -jL ted Martyrs in Fox his Calendar: to witt^ 
 iohnHuj[e\ Hieronimm Samnarola and Cxrrf- 
 maker j the firft was a Bohemian Pricft and 
 burned at the Councell of Conftmce, almofi 
 200. years gone , and in many points he was 
 ^arre different from lohn Fox his Religion* 
 The fecond was a CathoHke and religious 
 man of Florence in Italy, of S. Dominiks order, & 
 no Proteftant at all, nor euer held any one ar- 
 ticle that is knowne of Proteftant Religion, 
 as both GHicciardineyTarcegnota, and other for- ^W^wr/. 
 raine authors do teftifie. The third was an ^z] j^*'^'' 
 Englilh Apoftaca friar of S. Trancis ordQt^ who Tan^iH. 
 takinge a woman became a Minifter,and was ^ 
 burned vnder Q^Mary for diuers herefics, 
 though in the matter of the Sacrament, he 
 feemed little or nothing to difagree from the 
 Catholiks. And thef§ are the cheefe Martyrs 
 ©^f this Moneth-^though there be diuers others 
 alio of markable quality , as namely liobert 
 king^ B^obert Debnan and Nk(^/^ M^rxfc induced 
 by the fpirit of God (as Fox iudgeth) to rob be Fes 
 and fpoile thcChurch of D^m-ro«rf in Km, 
 for which they were hanged in chaynes by 
 comandement of K.Eenry the 8. There are alfb 
 liugh Lauereckf & John Aprice Martyrs, the one ^ 
 cripple^ the other a blind man , moft infolent 
 in their blafphemous anfwers , as in Fox is tb 
 be feene;^ v/ith diuers others of like difpofitio. 
 
H E laft of thefe firft fix Moncthcs is lunc 
 
 A which hath but one rubricate Martyr, & 
 this vpon the firft day iherof, named Jerome of 
 Py/rjf ^condemned alfoin the forfaid Councell 
 ofConfiance as was John Hujfe. This Hierome was 
 a lay- man of the vniucrfity of Pr^^^ in Bohemia, 
 and ioynjnge with lohn Hujfe that was a Pjrieft, 
 fjad caufed much fedition m the fame vniuer- 
 ficy^beforehe fell intohercfie>but much more 
 afterwards, Whervpon he being taken in the 
 towne oi'Hirfau was fent by the Duke therof, 
 , fo the Councell of Conjlance.^ind there was ac- 
 cufed, & condemned of diners notorious he- 
 refies > which though once he abiured, yet af- 
 ter fallinge into the fame againe he was bur- 
 ' ned.The fecond Martyr of this moneth is Anne 
 i!5i^^,burned vnder K.Vemy the 8. for denying 
 tliereall prefcnce, and fomeothef 'articles of 
 Cath. faithjalbeit llie recated twife her forfaid 
 opinions about the blefled Sacrament,but fell 
 iigaine into relapfe, and fo was burned. And 
 after thefe two, which lead the firft ranke, 
 ^here follow almoft 70. other Foxian Mar- 
 tyrs and ConfcfTors, which are more, then in 
 ;iny other Moneth befides. But the chiefe 
 difputers amonge thefe artificers were two 
 byname, Edmund Allen a myller , ^ndRrchard 
 yVoodnun an Iron-maker, who by fcriptures 
 conquered all that ftood againft them, yf yow 
 will beleeue lohn Fox his narration of their 
 Ads and Gefts, a$ more largely may be feenc 
 
 in 
 
of the jitfi ftx Momthes. ^7 
 in their hiftoryes. And this lTialbe fufficienc 
 for X briefe abridgment of thefe fix monethcs. 
 
 OF T H E APP ENDIX 
 
 ^ N D T R EAT LS.E , ^ 
 
 ^ . adioyned thervhfo ; sIBdVii tto * 
 triall of Pleffis Momay. k 
 
 WHEN the frft volume was brought hy tBe 
 print to ihispldce,yt feemed to hauegrowne to 
 fo great a bulke, that all the reft whkh.vvas to 
 follow for complement of the whole matter , could not 
 ^conueniemtjhe contaynedtherh^^ therferc byacer^ 
 tayne Appendix the partsthat remajned for thufe- 
 cond volume being brelfcly declared, an end was put t0 
 the other, but yet nowithfiandinge, for thatytfeemed 
 capable of fome more fjeets of paper, yt wasludgedndt 
 amiffe, to adioyne thervnto, a certayne defence of a re-- 
 lation wrytten fome three ye are^ pafl, of a triall made 
 before the mofl- Chriftian King of France about fun- 
 dry points of Religion y betweene Pvlonfieur Peron 
 o/Eureux, and Monlieur Plefsis Mornay 
 gouernourof thetomie, andcountrey of Saumur/*» 
 trance, acheefe learned Froteflantjnghly ejleemedb/ 
 them, which triall was made principally, to conuiH the 
 faid Plefsis of manifold falfifuatiom, v fed in his booke 
 'dgainji Cathelike Religion, and namely in one again ft 
 the mafle, then newly written. Of which falfifica^ 
 tions, ^000* werepromtfed to be<onuinc€d hy the faid 
 Bisboppj^oo.vvere gathered out, and brought to the 
 
 C 3 place 
 
5$ Of the Appendix and Treatife. 
 flace oftriall^oo* offered to be exhibited prefentlj: 
 60. vveregiuen him to beginne withaUfor one day^ 19. 
 mrechofen out hyVlefis himfelfe as mofi defensible, 
 and p. were examined thefirji da/, and found all fat-- 
 fipdonPteJlisbehalfe. 
 
 And for that the [aid Phfsis fled prefentlj the com^ 
 batt , and refufmge aftermard to returne to the fame 
 try ah , fett forth in flace therof a falfe narration and 
 lufiiflcation of himfelfe, and (launder of other s^^ and one 
 Mathew Sutclilfe an English-mintfierydid the fame 
 in England for defence of the faid Plefsis and his 
 doings : yt feemed not atniffe in the end of the former 
 volume to flace this new Treatifc about the faid 
 JPrench Triall, addinge fuch other matters thervnto, as 
 Iperfuade my felfe vviU be both profitable andfleafant 
 tohimthatffjall peryfe the fame. And this fhallfuffce 
 for the order, method, and connexion of the fe * two vo- 
 lumes togeather makinge in effe5l but one books : fods 
 the former endinge with the Moneth of lune , that 
 tnade the tenth Chapter, this beginneth vyitb luiy 
 iomprehendinge the eleuenth. 
 
 THE 
 
T H E 
 
 INfRODVCTlON 
 
 TO THE HISTORY 
 
 OF THE SIX ENSVINGE 
 
 M O N E t M E S, 
 
 With fome brief diredions for the profi- 
 table reading therofl 
 
 S the continmtion before fett dorpne of 
 thefe later fixmonethes , with the for^ 
 mer fix fett forth in another books , doth 
 ' fhew their connexion- and coherence 
 togeathery and that aU indeed is but 
 ene hifiory , and fhould hauegone in one volume ^jf 
 the bigneffe would haue permitted )/t:fo are there cer-- 
 tayne aduertljfements common to them all, wherof f me 
 are fett downe in the former booke , and fome referued 
 4U fpeciaU for this place. In the former are thofe two 
 Chapters, that go before the faid monethes , towltt the 
 third and fourth y wherof the third contejnetha De- 
 claratio of nine feuerall fccSts fprong vp with^ 
 in thefe laft 4oo.yeares, whervnto all Fox 
 his Calendar-Sain ds may be reduced. The 
 fourfh comprehendeth the pertinacity and 
 inflexible obftinacy ofhereticaii heads, when 
 once they fall into that humour ^ wherof yow 
 fhall fee nolejfg notable examples in thefe later mo.-' 
 nethes , then in the precedent : For better confideration 
 wherof y I haue thought good to adioyne thefe few par^ 
 tkulardireSlionsfoUowing. 
 
 C 4 The 
 
4o An introduflion to the hiftory 
 The fii'ft Thefnjl u.tlhtt after the Tatkers fentences mil pon-^ 
 ditcaion. ^^^^^ u^et^^hcd.tpbich before we haue alieaged,con- 
 etrmnge the damnable end vfthofc th^t dyoutofthe 
 Church for their fmicular ofinms.the reader dacon^ 
 fidtr alfo and per vfe that, trbich we haue written after- 
 ward in the Renew often dijputations, but ejpecial^ 
 ly the fecond and third chapters therof , vvhete th^ 
 grounds are Ujd dqwne of three principle articles , for 
 which wojl of Fox hif Hartjrs went to the fir^, vrJuch 
 dre the Reall-prefcnCe, Tranfubftantiarion, 
 ^wdfacrifice'of the mafTe. For when he fjallhaue 
 feeneand pondered \mth fome attention, how many 
 great and weighty grounds, both of Scriptures, Fathers^ 
 Councells, Antiquity, Continuance, Confent ofJSJations^ 
 Miracles, SantYity, VVifiome, Learning, and other 
 fuch motiues^, which the fe articles haue for argmtenti \ 
 of their infallible truth : and on the other fide fball fee 
 ^company §f ignorant and vnlearned people , artifir 
 rers , craftefmen , Jpinjlers, and other poor evveomen, 
 fiand fo refolutely vpon the contrary affertiam, as yf 
 thefe Catholike articles had no ground at all :^ yea to 
 raile, retiile, blajl'beme, comevme, and fcojffi at them, 
 Oiyf they were new fi£ltons , ercld-wyues tales , and 
 therrpon fnoft refolutely to go to the fire , and ad^ 
 iicninre both body and foule eucrlafltng'y tberon:^ yt 
 mifi needs mQHjf .a man much both to maruayle and 
 kmpafiion. : • \ 
 Second fir The fecond direBion may be to read oner thexy. 
 ^ircdian. .Qh^ipter $f tins hooke, inticuled ofobferuations, 
 ^f&rehi^ read the htftory it Jelfe of thefe monethes-y for 
 \tbM iherbj he f ^)albe able much better to iudge , and 
 -^m^kie reflexion vpon diners points heere bandied, cfpe- 
 chliyyf kc^inarke well and confider thefifclipbier- 
 o;^X ^ uaiioiij 
 
Of tfee fix enfuing Monethes* 4% 
 uatioii-^ vvfj/Vfo^^thatfuchashould theS^cra- 
 mencary doctrine againft the reall-prefence> 
 (fvhicb ate t he fane greatefi part of Fox his Martyrs) 
 cannot be (aued^buc by the damnation of ma- 
 ny other of his Saints in the fame Calendar, 
 but efpec'mllf of Lutherans , a$ both Luther himfelfe 
 and all hisfolhtvers do hold and teflify tn all their books, 
 J^eaches , fentences, indgmems, protejlatms, a£ls anA 
 rvrytings ai there is to befeene, 
 
 . Thirdly yt may feruealfo for no euiU dire3m to a Third di- 
 iddicms man, in readinge oner this hifiory, to conflict 
 among the fc people that flood fo refolutdy in their opi-. 
 Ktom, concerning thefe articles of the Sacrament^what 
 great variety & diuerftty they had them among them^ 
 Jklues, andjiet allwmt t& the fire for that, ^ tvhich each 
 man liji^d to defend, IwiUname yosv fome examples 
 piit ofthes Ufi fix nmethes only, whi(hyotp may read 
 mer more largely and particularly in the fiotyytfelfe, 
 Firfi all the pure Zmnglians do hould euery where,that 
 there is nothing in the Sacrament, but a bare figne of 
 ChrilUiis body, ^wi/^//;^^^«^r(/i«?/Iohn Webb, ^^^y^ 
 peQrgeRoper5^W(i Gregory Parke 4r^, recyted is- la. 
 andallouredbyFox-^ yt Is nothing but only are- 
 rnembrancc of Chrifts body. But the pure Cal^ <^nno iss^ 
 uintfis, a4 Ridley, Bradford > and all their fellewes 
 doa§me • that Chrift is truly , and wholy in 
 the Sacramenr> but fpiritualiy, and as prefent 
 to faith as bread to tfie fenfes ^ as yow may read 
 iriibeir kifioryes. Dodor Barnes^Taylor^Farrar, 
 & other purely folloiPtng the doHrtne e/Luthcr^fcoW, 
 that Chrifts body is really and (ubftantially in the 
 Sacrament, togcacher with bread 5 ^yotv map 
 fee by their examinations , arrai^mmnts, and Confef- 
 
 pons: 
 
4.4 An introdudioii to the hiftory 
 fms: But lohn Fox, and hufaithfuU people thatfol^ 
 low him exA^ily , do hold (as himfelfe profeffeth ) that 
 Chrift , is ney ther corporally nor ^iritual- 
 ly in the Sacrament. So as heere mwyow haue 4. 
 9ppoftte vvayes\ and jet none true or Catholike, 
 the one , thatyt is a bare figne and remembrance only, 
 the other , that yt is Chrifts true cotporall body and 
 hread togeather : the thirds that Chrift is there Jpiri^ 
 tually and not corporally j the fourth, thatneyther fpi^ 
 fitually nor corporally. And then from thefefountaynes 
 jpring other opinions , as incompatible as thefe , andyet 
 mufi euery one be defended, by death of the defender. 
 
 j^uemb. John Gorn-forth , Katherine Knight, and 
 
 ^'^^'^7' fouremore of their conforts in the moneth of Nouem-- 
 berheld, that Chr ifts body w^s only intho. Sacra- 
 ment, when yt was receyiied , not other* 
 wayes'jfoasyt did come and go y and was now there, 
 and now not there, and more they held, as Fox rela^ 
 tetb, that a temporall vifiblechinge wasre- 
 ceyued with y t, but they explicate not what. I ohn . 
 Clarke labouring-man, and Alice Potkynsfpinfler 
 and f our e more wtth them defended to death, in the 
 
 *^xx,ji. fame monetbof :^Nouember , that there was but 
 one Sacrament only ^and that this was Chrifts 
 body hanginge on the crofle. Patricke Pa- 
 
 '^**ff' tingham,Iohn Newman the pewterer,& other of 
 that company held ftoutly,& died vpon ir,that Chrift 
 is no otherwife in the Sacramet,then as he is, 
 where two or three be gathered togeather in 
 his name ; So as where two or three are gather edto^ 
 geather in his name , there is Chrifts body as much ai in 
 the Sacrament i>r Communion. lohn Bland il- 
 
 M\io.' poftatd'pfieft and Mtnifter went yet further, and 
 
 burned 
 
of the fixenfuingmonethe?. 45 
 hurnedfor the fame: that Chrifts body is no 
 otherwife in the Sacrament, then in euery 
 other good body , whether he i§jnehimfilfe with 
 others in Chrisls name erno : So as wherfoeuer yow 
 find a good body, there is ChriUs body oi much at in the 
 Sacrament. 
 
 William Tyndall caUed by Fox and Bale> the o^^h. ^. 
 Apoftle of England, held^ that yt was indiffe- 
 rent to beleeue > whether Chrifts body were 
 in the Sacrament or no. But lohn Frith his Mj 1. 
 JchoUer went further , and offered himfelfe to death 
 father then toyeld , thatyt was a matter of fayth 
 to beleeue the prefence or abfence of Chrifts 
 body in the Sacrament, Antony PctCon ihe 
 Apofiata-priefi ofWindQCotc yWith TcHwodthe M] jJ 
 mufttioH , and other Windefore- men .faffed onyet 
 further, a^rming that the words of Chrift.this is my 
 body that is broken fotyow^ was meant of the 
 breaking of Gods word vntothe people : So as wholy 
 tlrefe feUowes feeme to haue taken away and euacua- 
 ted the injlitution of the Sacrament'^ but lohn Cow- off. 19. 
 hvidg pajfedthem all, who faid ,thzt the Sacra- 
 men t was a fraud and deceyt ; and that the words 
 vfchrijl: This is my body which llialbe geuen 
 for yow, hath this fenfe • This is my body , that 
 lliall deceyue yow. Andyet is this good fellow with 
 all the reft that heere are named, celebrated by lohn 
 Fox for a martyr of his Calendar. Andfeing that all 
 thefe doz.en & more opinions are found in the brethren 
 9fone profefion, within the compajfe of thefe ftxlaft 
 monethes, andeueryoneofthem held themfelues re^ 
 flenished with the fpiritt of God, and thervpon died 
 confidently for defence of the fame opinions, yow may 
 
44 An Int. to the hift. of the fi^r enf. mon. 
 eafilj imagine whdt a company they are^ And this may 
 feruefor the third direUm. 
 4.dircaio. Thefourh and laft fball be, thatyow confider , that 
 4U this which heere is tmytten in the exmen ofthefe 
 tnonethes, it taken vnlydrprincifally outof Fox 
 felfe, tvhomay be pre fumed to haue written the opi- 
 nions], [peaches, and anfwers of hit good falnils in the 
 heft manner for their Imors andcreditt. And yffuch 
 Abfurdities he found notwithftanding regrftred by him - 
 felfe we may imagine what we p)ouldpnd,yfwe 
 had the true records and regrfters of the Bishopps and 
 other Ecclefiafticalliudges, before whome the exami- 
 nations were made, and by whofe order they were iti^ 
 dicially enrolled and tegiftred.And this fhall fuf- . \ 
 ^ce for an induction to the hiftory ofthefe 
 laflfixmonethes^ 
 
 THE 
 
4? 
 
 t': THE 
 
 biSCVSSION OF THE 
 
 - MONETH OF IV LY. 
 
 FFfew»Iohn Frith 4nd lohn Bradford , thefirjl 
 a married yonge man, the fec$nda Minifier , are chtefc 
 - " Cardinall andruhricate martyr according 
 " * to Fox hu Calendar. 
 
 C H A P T E K X !• 
 
 OF the dayes of this moiieth which arc 
 51. in number > lohn Fox hath left two 
 only to our ould SaincSfcs, to witt, the 22. to 
 S, Mary Magdalen y 2nd the 25. to S. lames the 
 Apoftle- all the other dayes he diftributeth 
 only to his owne Sainds and Martyrs>eyther 
 •vnderiC.H^wr; the eight or Q^ Marjy for that 
 ancienterthen thefe he alleagech none in this 
 mbneth^ but of thefe two ranks he choofeth 
 out two feuerall Capraines, as heads & guides 
 of the reftjto witz John Frirfo,of chofe that liued 
 and died vnder IC Hefiry the eight , and lohn 
 Bradford of thQ other vnder QJ^ary^ wherfore 
 of thefe two we mull: treat rirftof all accor- 
 ding to our former cuftome , but yet as briefly 
 as may be,for that this Treatife groweth lon- 
 ger then was expected at the beginning. 
 2. Firft then lohn Frith being a yonge man lo. Frith 
 borne in London j and brought vp afterward 
 in Cambridge, & there made bacheler ofart, 15T3I "^^^ 
 ,was transferred thcnceVith diuers others (as 
 
 Fox 
 
4<5 The lExamen oflohn Vox his i 
 
 Fox and Bale do affirmej vntothe CoIIedg 
 of ChtiUs'Chmch 'm Oxford, newly ereded by 
 Cdrdinall VVolfej , and this not fo much for hue ef , 
 learning md vm«* (faith Fox ) as for pomp ani 
 vayneglory , fo charitably do thefe men cenfurc 
 their founders and benefactors j & this tranf- 
 lation of Irith and his fellowes from Cam- 
 bridg toOxford, feemcth tohaue byn about 
 theyeare 1527. atwhat'tymeFmfo might be 
 fomeiS.or i9.yearesould,forthathe wasbut \ 
 26. when he was burned j and 3. he ipent in 
 trauayle with his wife^and other three in pri- j 
 fon before his burning. The occafion therof^ ! 
 wasjthat he comming acquaynted with VVtl^ 
 Ham Tjndall a marryed Prieft , that was a for- 
 ward new ghofpeller in thofcdayes , though 
 not refolued to follow the fe<Si eyther ot Lu-^ 
 ther or Swinglimy as afterward yow fliaiifec> 
 he was by him pcrfuaded to take the fame 
 courle, being of great pegnancy ofvvytt , and for-- 
 rox pA". ^^^^ ^^^^ Latyn and Greeke tongue , as Fox 
 941. ^* :&ithj And friar B^feaccordinge to his wanton 
 vayne of fpeech, addeth further inhiscom- 
 Bai.cent,^. mendation, that he was eleoanti^intHS forma & 
 a moft elegant yong man both 
 in bewty and witt , accordinge to which ele- 
 gancy , he tooke vnto him a yong wife in 
 thoie his yong yeares, and went ouer into 
 William after the forfaid William TyndaU, of 
 
 Tindaii whomc We lliall taike more largely in his fea- 
 ^Jth"'"' ftiuallday vponthefixtofOaober,(forheis 
 al(b a Foxian Martyr ) and by the faid Tyndal!^ 
 Fryth was inftruCted in Fianders> and from 
 
 thence 
 
Calendar-' Saints, {the moncthofluly) 47 Chap.tC 
 thence fent into England againe, no other- 
 wife (faith lohn Bale) then Paul didimploy '^'^ 
 Tymothy, mminifterij fecium adopans adopting 
 him into the aflbciation of his myniftery: 
 Whervpon Trjth Jeauihg his yong wife with 
 Tyndall, he aduentured to go into England 
 after two yeares he had byn in Flanders. 
 Fox laith that his comminge into England ?j 
 was, to gettfome exhibition of the Prior of 
 Readinge , and to carry the faid Prior ouer Sea 5> 
 with him ( wherof is inferred that he had » 
 hope to peruert him ) but being at Readinge 99 
 (faith Fox) y t happened that he was there ta- 9^^/^^* 
 ken for a vagabond and iett in the ftocks, and 
 after that againe flectinge from one place to 
 another , and often changingc both his gar- 35 
 ments and place of abode, yet could he be » 
 no where in fafety, fo that at laft being trayte- ,^ 
 roufly taken, he was fent to theTowar of,, 
 London , where he had many conflicts with ,> 
 the BiiTiops , bur efpecially in wry tinge with ,> 
 Syr Thomas Mm, then Chancelor of England. 
 3. Thus farre wry teth Fox of the rcturne of 
 lohn Fryth from Flanders, and of his com- 
 mittinge to the Towar, which was of likely- 
 hood vponfome matter of ftateallfobefides 
 I his Religion , (for otherwife he fliould not 
 haue byn comtnytted to the towar) as namely 
 perhaps his pradizinge with the faid Prior of 
 Readlnge, to make him an Apoftata,as his Mai- 
 ftcr Tyndall was, and befides to cary him out 
 of the land. But now what a fitt match, cy- 
 |hcr for difputinge or wrytinge this marryed 
 
4$ The Exmen $flohn Fox his 
 
 yong maiiFn'f/; might bej> to haue confltfts 
 with the moft learneclft Billiopsof England, 
 as Fox hcere affirmethj & afterward expoun- 
 deth them to be the BiAopps of Canterbury, 
 VVimhefier, Londcn, Liticolneand^&chejier, as ai fo 
 to contend in wrytinge with Sjr Thomas More^ 
 B. Fipjer, and Doctor Kafiall by name , (as a little 
 after lohn Fox doth bragg that he did) how 
 fitt a match (I fay) this was Frith being not yet 
 aboue 23. yeares old, asalfo marryed and dif- 
 continued from his ftudyes , euery man of 
 mcane iudgment will conflder. But this is the 
 vanity,pride & prcfumption of herefie,which 
 that yow may the better perceyue, we lliall 
 pafTetothis yong mans dodrinc, and points 
 of Religion which he defended againll the 
 forfaid learned men^and for which he would 
 needs dy, and th erby yow will eafily remem- 
 ber, what hath byn wrytten before in the 
 fourth Chapter of this.Treacile, about fuch 
 willfull and obftinate people. I lliall feet the 
 matter downe in Foxes owne words, ot 
 thofe of Frith himfelfe, as they ly in Fox his 
 narration. 
 
 4. The whole eifed of Frythes difputarion 
 with his aduerfaryes (faith Fox) coniifteth 
 cfpeciallyin thefe4. points about the Sacra- 
 
 lox p4^, mcnt of the Lords fupper. Firft, that the mattef 
 of the Sacrament is no necejfarj article of faith rnder . 
 
 iTa^/do"^-"' p4fwf (?/ damnation. This was Frith his firftar- 
 
 arinc of ticle5fitt as yow fee for a yong man of his age, 
 Xc being a peculiar new point of hereticall do-. 
 
 Saciamet* (itrinc proper to himfelfe , and held perhaps 
 
 by 
 
CalenddY' Saints, (the moncth of luly,) 45 Chaf. tu 
 by no odier fecSlary of our age except l^w^/rf/i 
 his Mailler , from whome he had yt, as after 
 lhalbe ihe wed^yet doth Fox highly commend 
 tfaenianin this point 5 faying of him; that he 
 tnainia/mngthUquarrellofthe Sactametof the Lords Fox/^^, 
 fuffer no leffe godly then learnedly, and foasno man in l^l^^ '^^^ J" 
 A manner had doneyt more learnedly and pithily before 
 hm,&c. But let vs heare out the matter fur- J^^^^^ 
 ther, how lohn Frith vnderftood and defen- b^agg of 
 dedthis his new doctrine and paradox j that ^^^^'^ 
 the beleefe or not beleefe of Chrifis reall pre fence in the 
 Sacrament, is not anecejfary article of faith, hQ wry- 
 tethin a certayne cpiftle to his frends recor- 
 ded by lohn Fox 3 about his examinations by 
 the Biihops, thus: 
 
 5. They examined me (faith he) touchinge Poxi^i^. 
 the Sacrament of the Altar, whether yt was » 
 the very body of Chrift or noe ? I anfwered, »» 
 that I thought yt was both Chriftesbody^and 3> 
 I our body, ^(T, (Marke another deuife , and >» 
 pecuhar point of dodrine in this yongDo- 
 ^tor.) But let vs go forward. Well (faid they) 
 doft thou not thinke , that his natilrall body, >» 
 flelh> bloud, and bone is really conteyned vn- 
 der the Sacramentjand there prcfent without „ 
 all figure or firhilitude? No, faid I, I do not fo „ 
 thinke, notwithftandinge I w^ould not , that 
 i any fhould accompt, that I make my fayinge, „ 
 which is the negatiue^any article offaith. For ^f^^l^l^ll 
 cuen as I fay that yow ought not to make any bd eeue or 
 ineceflary article of your part,which is tbcaf- f.aii pre- 
 firmatiue^fo I fay againe,that we make no hct r^ncc, ac- 
 ceflary article offaith of our part, buc leaue yc j°-fh"^^° 
 
 D indif- 
 
The Ixamen of lebn Fox his 
 ]^ indifferent for all men to iudge therin as Cod 
 Aallopcn their harts, d^r. Lo heere thisr/^- 
 ^ant yong mans deep diuinity , diuifed of his 
 ownc head , and neuer held I thinke by any 
 Catholike or heretike before himjto witt that 
 y t is no necellary article of faith; to beIeeue,or 
 not beleeue whether Chrift be really prefent 
 in the Sacrament or noj though the matter be 
 exprelTcly fett downc in the fcripture,and the 
 beleefctherof moft earneftly commended by 
 all ancient Fathers to Chriftian people- and 
 yet was this yong mm fo refolute in this his 
 owne fancy,as he would needs dy for defence 
 of this his diuifed doctrine. For heare him I 
 pray yow, how he aunfwercth an obiedion 
 againft this : 
 
 6. Heere peraduenture (faith he) many will 
 9^4* ^* maruaile, that for fo much as the matter tou- 
 » chinge the fubftanceof the Sacrament being 
 » feparate from the articles of faith, & bynding 
 9> no man of nccefsity vnto faluation or damna- 
 5> tion, whether he beleeue yt or not, but rather 
 9> may be left indifferently vnto all men, freely 
 3> to iudge, eyiher on the one part or on the 
 An obic- other, drc. What then is the caufe , why I 
 lo.'^^rith would therforc fo willingly fuffer death? The 
 '"^^nft c^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ cannot agree 
 Mmfcife with the diuynes & other head prelates , that 
 ihh/Tnf y^ '^^^^^ be necelTarily determined to be an 
 vvcred!"' article of faith, thatthe fubftanceof bread and wyne 
 „ is changed into the body and bloud of our Sauiour lefus 
 5, Chrifi, the forme and lhape only not being 
 „ changed , which things yf yt Were moft true 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of luly.) yt chaf. 
 (as they iTiali neuer be able to proue yt by any 
 authority of the Icripture or Do<Stors)yetlliaU 
 they not fo bring to pafle 5 that thatdodrine, 
 were yt neuer fo true , fliould be holden for a ,^ 
 necelTary article of faith , for there are many 
 things both in the fcriptures and other places^ 
 which we are not boundofnecefiitytobe- 
 leeue, as an article of faith- fo ys yt true , that 
 I was a prifoner and in bands when I wrote 
 the fe things, and yet for all that I will not 
 hould yt for an article of faith , for that yow 
 may without danger of damnation>either be- 
 Iceue y t, or thinke the contrary. Thus hc# 
 
 And I haue alleaged this place more at 
 large, that yow may perceaue therby the wif* 
 dome and learning of this rare and excellent 
 diuine of lohn Fox , who holdeth thatney- 
 ther the matter of thereall prefence, nor of 
 Tranftibftantiation, though yt were neuer fa 
 true or fctt downein fcriptures, is any article 
 of faith , or neceffarily to be bele^ued vndec 
 paine of damnation • which yf yt be fo, then 
 may we beleeue fo much of fcriptures as wo 
 lift, and leaue the reft; feing according to this 
 dodrine, it is not fufficient to make^ny thing 
 an article of faith, or neceffarily tobebelee- 
 ued, for that yt is putt downe in fcripture: 
 which is moft abfurd and contrary to their 
 owne doc^lrine, which make only fcripture 
 the cannon of belecfe. And as for his foolilTi 
 comparifon, that himfelfe was truly in prifon 
 when he wrote thefe things , and yet thatyc 
 is no article of beleefe; yt is fo impioui and ri- 
 D % dicu* 
 
5^ The txmen oflohn Tox his 
 
 diculous as euery man feeth, in that he will 
 compare his fayings with fcripture, and Fox 
 Fojc fa^. himfelfe being a lhamed therof, maketh this 
 ^^^^ wife note in the margent ; this is to be weighei 
 rvlththetyme, when Frith wrote 5 as who would 
 Jfay 5 that the difference of tymes may make 
 differences alfo of beleefes>or that matters ne- 
 ccffary to be beleeued in one tyme, are not lb, 
 atanother tyme 5 and that Fri^fo might com- 
 pare humaine faith with diuine faith in King 
 Henryes dayes, though wc may not now* 
 And thefe be lohn Fox his ordinary com- 
 ments, for excufinge the abfurdityes of his 
 Saints in their fpeaches and dodrine. 
 8. But to returne to Frith ; after he had faid> 
 as yo w haue heard> adding further for his ex- 
 cufe in this indifferency in dodrine, that one 
 caufe therof was , for that he would not be 
 preiudiciall by any affirmatiue of his , in this 
 point of the Sacrament, to the Germans and 
 Heluetians^tq witt ey ther thofe that tooke Lu- 
 thers part for the reall prcfence, or thofe that 
 held vjithOecolampadim againft the fame, he 
 rox ibid, concludeth thus : Which things ftandinge in this 
 cafe, I fuppofe there is no man of any vf right conscience. 
 The caufc v^htch vvill not ollow the reason of my death, &c. So 
 vvouid^^o ^^^^^ ^'^^^^ fubfcribed in thefe words: 
 
 to'thcfiar! I Frith thus do thinly y and as Ithinhe fohauel [aid, 
 mytten^ taught ^ and aj^rmed, and in my books 
 hduefuhlipjed. Yipder which fubfcription Fox 
 wrytcth thus : And when by nomeaneshe conldbe 
 perfuaded. to recant thefe articles, neyther be brought 
 Wem. tobeUm^ that this Sacrament is an article of faith. 
 
Calendar' Saints, (the moneth of luly.) 5^3 Chjt^.u. 
 he rvas condemned by the Bifhopp of London, 
 ^. Hecre now we haue the whole caufe of 
 lohn Frith, for which he would needs dy, vt- 
 tcredin his ownc words, and whether this 
 were obftinacy or conftancy is not hard to 
 iudge.Fox confelTeth as now you haue heard, 
 that a!i means w^ere vied to recall him from 
 thefe opinions , and the Billiopps (entence yt 
 felfeaffirmeth thefamein many words, and 
 no lefle then 4. Biftiopps trauayJed with him fo^ipjf^^ 
 to that end: and after his condemnation Fox Dss-coi,t: 
 confeflfeth moreouer, that they fent againe to ^'^^ 
 K. Henry to know his pleaftire the fame day 
 he was burned , before they would fend him 
 to the fire J all which being true , iudgeyow 
 with what face lohn Fox doch fogreuoully 
 Complayne in another place, * of the lamentable *pa^,^^r: 
 death.and crueUhandUnge oflohnFrith fo learned and c9L\,n.iK. 
 excellent ayong 7nan, &c. So he: and there is xio 
 ihame in thefe mens wry tings or doings. 
 10. The very truth is, that this yong man 
 being marryed , and fcarce 20. yeares old, 
 when he tooke vpon him by pride to be a pa- 
 triarke or Satrapaamonge the newghofpcl- 
 lers,ashath byn faidjand going forth of Eng- 
 land, and turninge againe for aduancemcnt 
 therof, w^as put into fuch ahumor of vayne 
 gloryjas he was ready to dy in the fire for any 
 thinge, efpecially being pricked thervnto ex- 
 ceedingly by his Maifter Tyndall , who partly 
 Tpon the heate ofherefie, and part ly^ as fome 
 men fecme to gather vpon his owne letters, to 
 rotaynewith himfelfe fmfe^iyonge wife (as 
 
 D 5 afte? 
 
54. The Exawen of lohn Fox his 
 
 afeer yow fhall fee) ftirred him vp exceedingly 
 by his faid letters, when he was in the To- 
 war , to make him go to the fire. Some of 
 hisfpcachesyowlliall heare recorded by Fox 
 himfelfe. 
 
 Teh^emcnt Sticke (faith Tyndall) at necefiary things, 
 incite- and remember the blafphemyes of the enc- 
 rrith\o^ myesofChrift, fayaige they find none , but 
 go to the that will abiure rather then fuffcrtheextre- 
 fenct'of^' mity^ moreouer the death ofthem that come 
 his opi^ againe after they haue once denied, though y t 
 be accepted with God and all thatbeleeuej 
 >(> yet is yt not glorious, ^c. And againe in the 
 » famecpiftic; Godffjallfett out his truth bj^jotpwon^ 
 » derfuUy, and worke for yow aboue all that your hart 
 3> can imagin ; yea and yow are not yet dead, though the 
 » hypocr its haue ftvorneyour death : Vna falut viHis nuU 
 » lam Jperare falutenty &c. Yt iTiall make God to 
 szl "^^y through thicke and thynne for his 
 truthesfake, infpite ofalltheenemyesof his 
 truth, drr. Let not the pcrfuafions of worldly 
 wifdome bearerulein your hart, no though 
 they be your frends thatcounfell yow; Let 
 Bilney be a warnmge to yowj let not their vi- 
 zards beguile your eyes let not your body 
 faint, &c. Two haue fuffered in Antwerp in die 
 SanHaCrucis, vnto the great glory of the gho- 
 ^ Ipell • 4. at Bruffells in Flanders ; at J^oane in 
 France they perfecute, and at Paris p Do- 
 ^ (ftors taken for the ghofpell , fo yow are not 
 alone, d^r. Thus wrote William Tyndall vnto 
 lohn Frith to ftirre him vp to the fire in ]Eng- 
 land, and laft of all he addeth this pcrfuafisli: 
 
 Sjr 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of luly.) Chap.tu 
 
 Sjr pur wife is well content with the will of God, ^^["(^^^^^ 
 and would not for her fake haue the ^glorj of God tent he 
 hindered, ^c. S-^' 
 
 William TyndaU. ^a^. 987* 
 
 12. Vpon thefc and other like pcrfuafions 
 tooke Trith the refolution before mentioned, 
 tody for opinions neucrheld perhaps before xhc fha- 
 him, by any {edor(brtof men whatfoeuer: ^^^^^^^^ 
 yet wryteth lohn Foxthusof hiscondemna- Foxand 
 tion; VVhenno reafon ((aith he) Would preuajfle ^^^^^^^^^ 
 againflthe force and crueltji^f his furious foes, he was cJndcm- 
 condemned vpon theyeare of our Lord 1 55 ; . But lohn 
 Bale addeth further: Circundatus a pingu\hu$ tauris ihd, ^^"^^ 
 Bafan, Londinenft,Lincolnienfi, VuintonienftEpifiopis, ff^'f'^lf/ 
 if altjs antichrifti mmJlrlSyLondini damnatur ad ignes 
 confiantij^imm Chrifiitefiis.&exuritur. die 4,. lulij. 
 Anno ditatis fu^ i6. He being inuironed with 
 the fatt Bulles of Bafdn, towitt theBifliopps 
 of London, Ltncolne, VVinchefler, and other mi- 
 niftcrsof antichrift, thismoftconftantwitt- „ 
 nefleof Chrift was condemned to the fire at 
 London, and was burired the fourth day of 
 lulyt^jj.and the26. yeareofhisage, vnder 
 K. Henry the eyght. 
 
 13. Thus do they wrytc of him and yow 
 may imagine with what truth orreafon^con- 
 fidering his obftinacy and perucrfity. And yet 
 one thip^ge would I haue yow to note more, 
 which is, that notwithftandinge thisyonge 
 man Frith wa^ 0 refolute as yow haue heard, 
 to dye , rather then to confefle , that the reall 
 pfefenceof Clirift was in the Sacrament, or 
 » D 4, that- 
 
^6 The Examen ef John Fox his 
 
 lo; rrith that the beleeuing therof, yea or noe,was any 
 bcTLu-*^ article of faith, jet offered he to Sjr Thomas More 
 ut ^the' ^^^^^^ Vox) toadmitt the opinion of Luther andfiiar 
 reaU pre- for the faid reaU frefence, fo that the ether 
 
 fence, wouldgraunt that jt wosnot to be vv9rfbipped and 
 condition ^^is doth Fox teftifie of him, cy tinge for yt a 
 vv^u^^dd Treatife wrytten by Fm/j and intituled : The 
 rJmvvhat cxiUof Bar He sagainfl More, zndthQU Foxaddeth 
 aUb further in the prayle of this conformity of 
 ^ Frith: Which words (faith he) ef this moflmeeke 
 
 111. ^coLi. ^^^^P Chrifl, yf they would tal^e place in the fcdi- 
 mm,u. iionSydiuif\ons& fa&iom of the fe our dayeSy with great 
 
 cafe and little labour men might be brought to vnity in 
 
 this contreuerfie, & c, 
 
 14. Behould heere the ftability of lohn Frith 
 in his beJeefe, and the wifdome of lohn Fox 
 inrelatinge and approuinge the fame , Frith 
 hauing denyed before to beleeue the rcall pre- 
 fence, and offered alfo to dy for the fame, yet 
 now is contented to admitcyt> yf we would 
 yeld to take away all woribipp from yt • fo as 
 though he fliould graunt it to be the very true 
 body, and bloud of our Sauior Chrift, as both 
 We and Luther do hould, togeather with his 
 diuinity, which is infeparable^yet doth he not 
 thinke yt worth the worlbippinge; yea Fox 
 that ihewech himfelfe fo earned a Caluinift 
 cuery where,and fo eager an enimy to the faid 
 real! prelence , as in this his volume of A(5ts 
 and Monuments appeareth , yet now is he 
 content to prayfe Trith for ofFeringe to yeld 
 thervnto, and toconfeffethe true prefence of 
 Chrift in the Sacrament, fo we would graunt 
 
 not 
 
Calendar' Sdkts. (the moncthofluly) ^7 Cbdp.iu 
 BOt to honour or vvorihipp him therin- a moft 
 fond and impious demaund. For yf Chrift be 
 truly and reaiiy there , as he was vpon earth, 
 or is now in heauen , why ihould we not 
 worlhipp him as well in the one place, as in 
 the other. 
 
 15. Add thus much of thefe mens phrenfie. 
 Nowlctt vs fee of the reft that were burned 
 vnder K, Henry in this moneth wkh Jofm 
 Frith, and drawne heere, into Fox his Calen- 
 dar to make vp the number of Saints , which 
 are fix , and the fir ft two in ranke are fetched 
 from BrufTells in Flanders, where they were Toxpap 
 burned for Lutheranifme vpon the yeare 
 1523. towitt, fix yeares after the beginninge 
 ofLuthersdoflrine. The firft of them was 
 called Henry Voes , the fecond John Eske both of ^'J^^J^^'^ 
 tliem Apoftata friars of Luthers ownc order, Apoftau 
 and the former but of 24* yeares of age, yf we 
 beleeue Fox, andyet (faith he) they Jlood putty to 
 jt, euen to theparytfelfe 5 to witt, again ft lohn 
 Fox his Religion , concerninge the reall pre- 
 fence, and diners other points, and protefting 
 at their deathes, that Luther had taught them m-- 
 thing, hut as Chrijl taught his difciples , when he was 
 m earth. Which Fox I hope will not confcfie, 
 though he praife them neuer Co much for 
 their ftout ftandingc, and dyinge in thefame. 
 Thefe are riddles which arc hard to foiue,and 
 fo I |eatt«^oth Fox and them. 
 
 The third ofthishaifc dozen was Andrew 
 VLtwytt a yongenia«of 24. yeares apprentifc 
 to a Taylor of London ^ named Warren in 
 
 fVatlm^ 
 
5? The Examen lohn Tox his 
 
 Andrew VVatUtigUYeet who being infeded with herefy 
 fp^pr7ntif^ auhc fame tyme, that lohn Frith was in the 
 7oidctb s ^^^^^ > ^^^^ fomewhat famous throughout 
 lo. Fiith London for his difputing and writiiigagainft 
 doth. the Lord Chancelor , and the forfaid Bifliops 
 of Canterbury, VVinchefter, Lincalne,London,and 
 Rochejier , the apprentice thought yt a matter 
 of great glory, to hold with the faid Frith in his 
 opinions (they being neere of an age) ye;^ and 
 to burne alfo with him for the fame , though 
 yet he knew not well (as appeareth)w^hat his 
 opinions w^ere j for being called before the forfaid 
 Bishops and demaunded (faith Fox) what bethought 
 as touchingei the Sacrament of the laft Supper ? he 
 anfwered\ I beleeue as John Frith doth. Then [aid one 
 of the Bishops vnto him ; dojl thou not beleeue, that jt is 
 rcalljt the body of Clrrift borne of the Virgin Mary ? So, 
 faith he , do not I beleeue. And why not, faith the Bi^ 
 fhopp? Becaufe (faith he) Chrijl demaundedmenot 
 togtuecredttt rafhely to all men which fay • behold 
 heere is Chrift and there is Chrift , for many 
 falfe Prophetts fliall arife vp faith the Lord* 
 Then certayne of the Bishoppes fmyled at him, &cc. 
 xy. Thusrelateth Fox, and milliketh much 
 that the Bifliopps fhould fmyle at fo graue an 
 anfwere. But who doth not fee how fond 
 and ridiculous an anfwcrethisof theyonge 
 Taylor was , efpecially before fo graue and 
 learned men , that for fo much as y t was for- 
 told, that fome falfe Prophetts fhoftld arife, and fay 
 heere it Chrijl , and there is Chrijl ergo he would 
 not beleeue the reall prefence ia the Sacra- 
 ment, taught by the fcripturcs & declared by 
 
 the 
 
Caknht' Saints, (the moneth of luly.) 59 Ch^p.u^ 
 the Church: Which point notwithftandingc 
 yow haue heard before, that l(fhn Frith him^ 
 felfc offered to belceue , yf we v/ould take 
 a way all wortliip from the fame^fo confonanc 
 bethesmen to themfelues. But let vs go for- 
 ward. ItfoUowethin Fox. Then the Bishop a(kfd Hewyt 
 Andrew Hewytyfhe would for fake his opimons-^wher- yf ' ^^^^^^^^ 
 vnto he anfwered, that he would do as Frith didywher- will. 
 rpo he wasfent to theprifon to Frith,& after ward they 
 were carted together to thenar. So he, and addeth 
 prelently the Bishops vprf(raith he) perfuafm ^^^^ 
 to allure this good man fiom the truth to follow them, ' * ' 
 but he manfully perftfiing in the truth wouldnot recant. 
 So Fox of this yong Taylors faith & cofefsio, 
 which yet depended (as yow fee) vpon ano- 
 ther mans direcStionjand confeqncntly, whe- 
 ther this were pryde and pertinacy in him or 
 noe, fo obftinately to offer himfelfe to death 
 for the fame, I Jeaue to euery difcrcet mans 
 iudgment to confider. And fo much of him. 
 t8. There follow the laft three of this rankc 
 burned vnderK. Henry the who zvq Antony ^^^^^^ 
 Tarfon, Robert Teftwood, & Henry F timer, all Win- Rob«r 
 iefor men: the firft a Parilli Prieft, the fccond a ^^^^^^ 
 mufition of the Church, the third an artificer Henry Fil- 
 of the towne , all condemned and burned for 1^"'^^^^"^' 
 malitious fpeaches and blafphemous dodrine vvindef. 
 againftthe blcSed Sacrament of the Altar,and «>'«-i54?- 
 other articles. Thy were condemned vpon 
 the ftatute of fix arcicles^by a lury in VVindefin 
 in the yeareof Chrift 1^45. as Foxfettethyt 
 downe in his Calendar, and their moftvild, 
 defpitefuU 6c raylhige fpeechcs arc to be feene 
 
 in 
 
The Ixmen oflohn ¥ox his 
 in their endightemeiits, regiftred by Fox 
 himfclfe , and are not fitc to be repeated here. 
 And befidesjthis ^wro/ythe Apoftata prieft faid 
 to the Bilhop and other iiidges- ^o/^ are not only 
 theeueshm murderers, &c. And then he paffed fo 
 farre againft the inftitution it felfe of the blef- 
 fed Sacrament, that he feemed to rake yt 
 whoJy away, and toeuacuate Chrifts ordi- 
 nance therin , for thus wry teth Fox of him: 
 Fox />4(r. ^fter he had preached and commended the fcripture, 
 ini. coi.2. callingeyt the word of God,he [aid as followethx This i$ 
 mmi. 1^. tpordythis is the bread, this ii the body of Chrifi,&c. 
 And further he faM : That Chrifi (ittinge with his 
 difciples toohe breadyblejfedand broke yt^andgaueyt to 
 biaf he-^ '"^^ dtfciples faytnge, take and eatyt , This is my body^ 
 mous he- and what is this to vs, but to take the fcripture of God, 
 Anton^ ^^^^keyt to the people. 
 ?erfons. 1 9. Thus farre Fox out of Antony Verfons in- 
 dightemcnt, wherby yowfee^that he maketh 
 the inftitution of the Sacrament, nothing els, 
 hut a commandement to preach , and break? the word 
 to the people, v>^hich is a moft impious and blaf- 
 phemous herefic , euacuatinge the whole in- 
 liitution of the Venerable Sacrament^and yet 
 this infamous herelie did the madm;in offer to 
 defend by the fcriptures, and to dye for yt al- 
 fo , as he did : For thus wryteth lohn Fox of 
 his finall anfwere to the iudgesc; To this (faith 
 he) Antony anfi^cred and faid , Vwilhe tryed by God, 
 and hu holy word , and by the true Church of Chrifi, 
 yyhether this be herefie or noe,wherofyow haue endigh* 
 ted me this day : S o as Antony denyed not this 
 dodrine for which he was endightcd , but 
 
 only 
 
Calend^Y' Saints, (the monctli of luly,) ChapAt^ 
 only denyed that it was herefie. And this may 
 be another fed now different from all others: 
 to witt, as well from Lutherans, ZwmgUans.Ca-* 
 folfiadians, Oecolamfadians, and Caluinip recy ted 
 before in the third Chapter about this con- 
 troucrfie • as from all others • For that this 
 man>as vow feejfarre differeth from them all, 
 and hath a new diuife.of his owne interpre- 
 ting the meaning of thofe words, This is my bo-^ 
 dy , in a different fenfe from all others hicher- 
 I to: to witt, that the meaning is: Ihu fctipture is 
 \ mybodjf brokenynto pw^ For which diuife not- yyj^^f;^^ 
 
 I withftandinge he went to the fire, and fo did martyrs 
 the other two that were burned with'him, 
 
 I I meane the flngar and the townefman of 
 VVindefore. Which three Martyrs, when they 
 came lo the fire fide , the potts did walke fo 
 merily amongethem, the oncdrinkingeand 
 Ipledginge another, as Fox confciTeth, that 
 I men faid they died dronken, vrhen as t hey were 
 
 I ({aith he) no otherwife dfunhc j then the Apples pos/r/^f, 
 tpere, when the people ftid theywerefnlUfnefp vvyne. "u. 
 ButyetbyFoxhisJcauejhemuftconfeiTcthac 2^ 
 there was a great differece in this his defence^ 
 and that other of S, Veter when he defended 
 thoft firft Chriftians. For that S. Peter excu- 
 fed the matter fayinge, that they could nor be 
 drunke, for that they had not drunken that 
 day ac all ^ which yet Fox his Martyr? had 
 done very liberally, both in the prifon before 
 they came our , and alfo at the fire fide , as 
 himfelfc confclTeth. 
 
 20. And y t is to be xeunembred, that Fox in 
 
 hi^ 
 
6 1 The Examen oflohn Vox his 
 
 his formw editions had adioyncd a fourth 
 companion to this crew of VVindefore Mar- 
 lohriMat- tyrs : towitt, lohnMarbecke organ-player of 
 gl-phycr' that Church, and hadfettdownediuerspar- 
 o^^JJ^^- ticulars of his death, as namely how merily 
 Uuc^Mar- he went to the fire j but M^rtrci^^ beiwg found 
 many yeares afterward to be aliue , and Fox 
 called vpon & icfted at for the fame by diuers 
 ^ta». Cop. wry ters, and amongft the reft by Alantu Copus, 
 ^^^'M' vvho cyteth his owne words out of his Latyn 
 Ads and Monuments , he was forced in this 
 his laft edition to cxcufe yt , but how trow 
 yow? Truly with the modefty and humility 
 which fuch men are wont to do. Yow ihall 
 hearehowhe bcginncth. Be ytknowen (faith 
 Fox pag, hz)pQtefled,denounced andnotipedytealldnd finguUr 
 "^4- fuch carpers,m4nglers,exclamerSy deprauers, with the 
 whole brood ofwhijperers, rAjlers,qumellpickeTs,cot-- 
 ner- creepers , fault- finders dnd jpider- catchers, &c. 
 This was his exordium, and therby yow may 
 fee the grauity of the man. But after this pre- 
 face, the fubftancc of his defence is that he 
 was deccaued y and the like defence mufthc 
 make in many other fuch particulars , whcrin 
 he fetteth downe one thinge for another, and 
 men martyred for men aliue ^ which defence 
 yet, whenytisfincerelyvfed, I for my part 
 am very cafy to accept,for that I know hifto- 
 riographers may haue many falfe informa- 
 tions. And fo yf yow marke, yow iTiall fcarce 
 euer find me to vrge this point againft Fox of 
 • falfe relatinge one thinge for another, for that 
 y t may be more an other mans fault then his, 
 
 albei-c 
 
Cdlendar-Saints. (themonethofliily.) 6^ Chap.u 
 albeit his alfoin fome degree, for not being 
 more wary and diligent J but my cheefe com- 
 plaint againft him is of willfull error, which 
 he could not choofe but know to be falfc 
 when he wrote them, wherof yowhauea 
 great number in this booke & others , which 
 lyes cannot any wayes be cxcufed , wherof 
 yowftiali iee aboue no. in one Chapter af- 
 terward, taken out of lefle then three leaues 
 of his Ads and Monuments^ and therby 
 perceaue the creditt that may be gyuen to 
 lohn Fox his narrations , and this may fufficc 
 for the tyme of K. Henry. 
 
 Of Foxian Martyrs and Confeffbrs in 
 this monethl^nder Mary. §.1. 
 
 2U The fecftaryes that were puniilied vnder 
 Q;Mary5may bediuided into three rankes ac- 
 cording to the tyme fet downe by Fox,wher- 
 in they weare punifted : to vvirt, the yeare of 
 Chrift 1555;. 1556- and 1558. (for of t^?/. he 
 hath none) : Of the firll ranke there are t^, of 
 the fecond 12. and of the third 8. And of aU 
 thefe is the Captaine and ringleader Uhn Brad* 
 ford preacher-martjr, who{^ felliuall day of mar- 
 j tyrdome is afsigned by Fox vpon the fixt day 
 1 of Iuly,of the forfaid yeare i555.and he endea- 
 I uoursth fo higlily to honour this his renow- 
 ned Martyr and Preacher, as he beftoweth 
 abouea hundred cokimnes in fettinge forth 
 his Ades and Gcfts , but we lliall briefly tell 
 yow what he was^ & how he liued and died> 
 
 and 
 
^4 TheExamenoflohnFoxhis 
 and for what caufe^ and that iTialbe fufficicn-t 
 fordifcreett men, char arenotJcdd bythcfe 
 foolery es of Fox his vaine often tation . 
 22. lohn Bradford then, accordingc to Fox 
 his owne relation,being borne at Manchepr in 
 Lancalliire was firft a feruingman vnto Sj/r 
 Fox fAg. iohn H4rri«grwknight,but afterward in K,Ed- 
 The'ftory ^^^^ his dayes leaning him and his feruice,hc 
 of John being made a Proteftant, went to ftudyin 
 pmteftanc Cambridge, with defire to enter into the mi- 
 preacher niftery, where heftudied,and pleafed all mcrt 
 vnderQu, ^^^^^U that Within one whole yeare (fabh 
 Mary. I ohn Fox)after he had bin there^the vniuerfi- 
 ,* ty did giue him the degree of Maijler of art.Scc. 
 5ohe, and by this youemay vnderftandhis 
 deeplcarninge, for that prefently vponthis 
 he was perfuaded by Friar Mdrtyn Bucer (with 
 whome he was very familiar) to become a 
 Preacher- vnto which perfuafion when Brad^ 
 /ijy^fanfwercd, that he was vnable through 
 fojci'iiW. i wantoflearningCjB//c^r (faith Fox) vy^vvont 
 te replj: yfthau haue netjinemamhjet bread, yet giue 
 ^ the f core people bArly hredd, &c. 
 Br^fords ij. To this counlell Bradford obeycd , and 
 b^ead. began to breake his barly bread, (if it were fo 
 good) vnto the peopIe5and for that he was yet 
 a meere lay man, and could not preach with- 
 out fome Ecclefiafticall order and degree, ac- 
 cordinge to the lawes of England then in 
 forca- Doctor Bidley [C'Xith Fox) that worthy Bishop 
 vf London, called him to take the degree ofdeacd,acm^ 
 dinge to the order, that then was in the Church ofEng- 
 lox tt'id. land: but for that this order was nn vvltheut feme fuch 
 
 ahufe 
 
Calendar' Saints, (the mbneth of July.) Chaf4U 
 ahtife, oi to the which Bradfordft^suldnot confmt, the 
 Bishoff thenuMS content to order him then deacon, 
 without my abufe eucn a$ he defired . Lo heere 
 Bradford a preciiion , and a famous preacher 
 vpon one yeares ftudy only>and yet Fox miift 
 giue vs leaue not to beleeuc him , in that he 
 faith Bishop Ridley was content to yeld to order Bradfotd 
 him deacon, accordingc to the falTiion that * ^^^^^^^^ 
 himfelfe defired>aad not according to the Ec- 
 clefiafticali Englilli lawesthen in force, this 
 being the fourth ycare ofK. Erf^^^r^i hisraigne* 
 24. Yow rmy remember, how Ridley md 
 CranmermoxtiMd Hooper E. o f Glocejler htfoYQ^ Sec before 
 and forced him to take his degree of Billiop- ^JlJ^^^" 
 
 \ ricke accordinge to the Proteftant law and 
 not to thePuriranjthough both Dudley thea 
 E arleofWarw^icke 5 and the King himfelfe 
 wrote in his fauour to the contrary, & conle- 
 quently yt was not probable , that Ridley 
 would fo much humbiehimfelfe to this new- ^'^^^^^^ 
 
 [ fangled Bradfordjto order him after a peculiar Bradford 
 new faiWon , diuired by himfelfe , and yf he j^^^^^/^" 
 did , he was a great diitembl^jr to haue diuers new pri- 
 failiions of makinge deacons, one accordinge ^^^1^^^ 
 to the lawe , arfd another accordinge to 
 fauour, and yt feemed they had great need of 
 Preachers in thofe daves, that would fo hafti- 
 ly aduaunce to the pulpitc of Paules a man of 
 fo litle rtudy> and learninge , as this Bradford 
 may be prciijmed to haue bin with one yeares 
 ftudy in Cambridge only^after the life of a fer-* 
 uingman, and beingyetbutadeacon asmay 
 appeare by Fox, for that he neuer mentionerh 
 
 E that 
 
6 6 The Ixamen of lohn Vox his 
 
 that he was made Minifter, but rather prc- 
 fently vpon his deacon- lliipp taken after the 
 new falHonj he was made prebend, and prea- 
 Foxii-/^ cherofS.Paules, where fharply (faith Fox)fo^ 
 opened and reproued finne, ffpeetly he preached Cbrifi 
 crucify ed, pithily he impugned herefies,and errors, ear^ 
 nefily he persuaded to good life, &c. This is Fox 
 his Rhetoricke in Bradfords exaltation, 
 25. But after three yeares preachinge K.Ed- 
 ward dyinge^and Q^Mary fucceedinge to the 
 crowne, he was called to accompt for his do- 
 iftrine, that he had fo fwectly & pithily prea- 
 ched, but efpecially for certayne feditious let- 
 ters that he had wryten, and did wryte daylie 
 abroad into ail lliyres, exhorting men to con- 
 ftancy, as he called yt, or rather todifobe- 
 dience againft the Paftors, and C ouernors of 
 the prefent Church of Englandjthe firft occa- 
 fionof hisapprehenfion was, for that vpon 
 the t;. day of Auguft in the firft yeare of the 
 raigne of QJVlary, Dodor Burne (afterward 
 B. of Bath) preaching at Paules CrolTe, had a 
 naked dagger throwneat him by anheretike 
 ofthe audience 3 and all the whole people all- 
 mottfettinfedition and vprore,and for that 
 frlSd Bradford was found to ftand neere to the 
 tobepriuy preachers backe5expe(ainge(as was thought) 
 fedlS fo"'*^ ^^^^ cuent, to terrifie the Queene and 
 ?.ci at counfell withallj he was accufed afterward as 
 croflc. being priuy thervnto , efpecially for that he 
 tooke vpon him to fpeake and pacific the 
 people for that prefent, therby to llicw his 
 crcditc , And authority with that crewe : 
 
 VVhomc 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of luly.) 67 Chap.u] 
 PVbome[[^ith¥ox)a4fo9ne 04 the people fafpetobe- fox 
 ginneto jj^eakevntothem , fo gUdiheywereto heare ^^^^^^ 
 hintythat they cried with agreatfbout'^Bradford.Brad'- 
 ford, God fane they life Bradford, ^c. So Fox, and 
 then addeth, that a httie after as he was going 
 home, a gentleman of that crew meeting him 
 faid thefe words: Ah Bradford^ Bradfordjhou haft 
 faued him, that will helpe to burne the ^ Igaue the his 
 life : yf yt were not for thee , I would haue runne him 
 thorowvvithmyfword,&c\ 
 26. Thus wryteth Fox : wherby yow may 
 fee his creditt with that feditious company of 
 ne w ghofpellers, & with what fpiritt of mo- 
 deftie they beganjSc then Fox addeth further, 
 that Bradford was fent to the Towre vpon 
 thefe fufpitions>&: afterward deUuered thence 
 to the Kings Bench in Southworke>and after 
 that againe he was fent to the counter in the 
 Poultrey , and in all thefe places for the fpace 
 of two yeares and more , he was moft gently, 
 and eourteoully handled, and fuifred both to 
 talke, write, fpeake.teach and preach5and of- 
 tentymesalfo to go abroad vntillyt was per- 
 ceaued, what great hurt he did by his hereti- 
 call hypocri fie. In which places (faith Fox) for ^^^^^^ 
 the tyme he did remayne prifoner, he preached twice a fuii liber-" 
 day continually vnlejfeficknes hundred him 'j where aU Bradford 
 fo the Smament woi often minijlred, and fuch re forte had to per- 
 ef good folks went dajlie to his leHure, that commonly i^^^^^^^^, 
 his chamber was well nigh filled therwith^&c. Thus loKtbtd. ' 
 farreFox, andby this yow may vnderftand, 
 whether fuch ftrayttnes were vfed tohereti- 
 call prifon^rs in C^Maryes dayes, as other- 
 E s wher^ 
 
6i The Ixmen ofuhn Vox hk 
 
 where Fox would make vs beleeue • yt had 
 byn better for thoufandes if greatef vigilance 
 had byn vfed. 
 
 27. But to fay a word or two of the confe- 
 rences had with this Bradford inprifonboth 
 before and after his condemnation , yo w muft 
 Stov-u anno notc, (and fo doth Stow alfo in his ftory) that 
 JS^sMtii. diners learned men, and fome Biihops among 
 the reft, repayred to him in prifon with defire 
 tofauchim, yf ythadbynpofsible , and this 
 partly,for that he fe«med to bc*of a more fofte 
 and myld nature , then many of his fellowes, 
 and partly for that his learninge indiuinity 
 being knowne to be very litle, as by the fmall. 
 tyme of his ftudy may appeare ; yt was hoped 
 thatbyconfercnce,he might haue byn reclay- 
 med, and brought to fee the truth,but the de- 
 fperate humour ofhereticallpride, felfehking 
 and felfe perfuafion had fo prcoccupyed his 
 mynd, and puffed him vpwith vayne glory 
 andconceacs of his owne afTurance, in what 
 foeuer he faid or imagined to be fo , as there 
 wasnothinge would enter contrarie tothat- 
 Diue^ 5,or 4, appearances he made before the Chan- 
 hld^^vYith celour, and other Biihops before his condem- 
 Bradford nation ; and after the fame may others went 
 th^Xf to him, &hadleueral!fpeachcs wirhhimin 
 condem- prifon, as namely Do^or Harding, Do£lor Harj>f- 
 maon. jieldyDo^or VVefton,tv^'o Spaniih religious men, 
 the one Alpbonfmde Caflro, the other the Kings 
 ConfelTor, 8c belids thefe, two Biihops went 
 alfb in their turne, Do£lor Hedth Archbilhopp 
 of Yorke , and Dq^qy D^/Biihopp of Chiche- 
 
Calendar-^ Saints, (the moneth of luly.) (fp Chaf.iU 
 fter; and all thefe conferences are fett out by 
 Fox after his manner , makinge al wayes the 
 (peaches of Cacholiks to be abrupt , baren, or 
 impertinent, and to begin commonly with 
 (why) though there be no neede of interroga- 
 tion at ail, as throughout his whole narration 
 cfexaminations, and conferences, yow may 
 fee, and befides his narration of the matter in 
 wry tinge^ lohn layeth foorth alfo the whole 
 fubftance in feuerall printed tables to the 
 vieweof theeye, and euer Bradford is made 
 to be vi£tor ouer the Bilhops, and others that 
 conferred with him>though his anfwers were 
 neuer folimple,&abfurd, wherof I fhallnote 
 only fome fewe in this place , out of thislaft 
 talke with the Bifliopps, wherby yow may 
 make a ghefle of the reft, and what was in the 
 man indeed, whomc Fox fo highly admireth 
 and extollech, 
 
 28. Firft then he recounteth the faid two 
 Bilhops courteous repayre vnto him in the 
 counter , after he was condemned , not vpon 
 any commandement(as them (elfes told him) 
 but only vpon mecre good will, and curtefie, 
 & further Fox telleth how they would haue ^|^^ 
 had Bradford fitt do wne before them, which paire of 
 herefudnge , themfelues ftoodalfoon foote, y^rkrand 
 making him to be couered all the tyme of the chiceftcr 
 conference. They beganne (faith Fox) with ^^ith 
 this queftioujfc^ir he was fo certame ef his faluatm, Bra4foid. 
 and of his religion? by which queftion we may 
 pcrceaue,that Bradford did vfe much to bragg 
 of thii Cngular affurance , that he had of the 
 E 3 right 
 
JO The Exmen of John Vox his 
 
 rightcourfehe wasin, whicii he laid vw fo 
 (ledre and euident to htm that there' could be no more 
 doubt therofy then whether the ftinne did flujne in ^ 
 fayreday^ forfbhehad aunrweredlomefews 
 daies before vnco Dod^or Harpfheld^who af- 
 pox pag. kinge him (faith Fox) what yf yow he deceaued 
 MaiJierBTfadford?hQ:ini:NQYcd:,vvhatyfyotpfb^^^ 
 fay thefunne did not f\)yne notp? which didfhyne cleer^ 
 Ij through the wyndoiv, fo as this man made y t as 
 cleare, that he was in the right way, astiiat 
 the Sunne fliincd in a faire day^and this behke 
 was the caufe why the Bilhops beganne with 
 this queftion , how he came to fo great a certainty^ 
 whervnto (faith Fox)heanfvvered them thus, 
 I am certayne of my faluatioH & religion by the Scrips 
 tures, but when they pofed him further , how 
 he could be fure of Scriptures themfelues^and 
 of their true meaning without the teftimony 
 of the Church; he had no other lliifte , but to 
 jrunne to the alTurance ofhisowne fpirite, tel- 
 ling them, that albeit he receaued the know^- 
 ledge of the Scriptures by the teftimony of 
 /wM* the Church (as thofeofthc Citty of Sichar 
 did the notice of Chrift by the woman from 
 the well) 5 yet that when he once had them, 
 then could he vfe them well ynough j for vn- 
 derftandingthem, and for Ihewheerof, when 
 a litle after he had occafion to interprett (bme 
 Bradfords pecces ot Scripturcs, he did yt fo abfurdiyasa 
 of"his"" man myght well fee, how much myght be 
 lightcour- buylded vponthe afl'uranceof that his parti- 
 cularand priuatfpirite,asfor example^among 
 other places , he tooke vpon him to prouc by 
 
 Scripture 
 
.Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of luly) 71 Chap.tu 
 Scripture that the Pope was Antichrill , and 
 oted for yt only , thofe Words of the Apoftle Fox/'^f^ 
 to theThelTalonians, that AntichYift fhail fitt in ^^^^^ 
 the Temple ofGQd,&c. Which though it prooue 
 nothinge, as yow fee, forthat wedeny not, 
 bucthajc Antichrift when he conameth, fhall 
 ficc in the Temple of God, yea, and pretende 
 to be God him felfe 5 (which no Popes euer 
 did or iTiail do j^yet to Bradford the allegation 
 of this place feemed much to the purpofe^and 
 to lohn Fox, that admireth all which the 
 other ytteredjit appeared fo full a proofe,as he 
 maketh this note in the margcnt : The Fopepro- 
 ued to be Antichrift by Scriptures. But this proofe 
 (as yow fee) ftandeth only vpon Bradfords 
 interpretation 5 which interpretation is not 
 only not conforme to any ancient Fathers ex- 
 pofition whatfoeuer , but is manifeftly al(b 
 contrary to the text yt felfe,where immediat- 
 ly before the words alleagedffo^t he fhall fitt in 
 the Temple of God:^ are thefe other wordesj^xfo/- 
 letur fupra omne quod dicitur Dem , aut quod colitur^ 
 that Antichrift (when he cometh) fhaibe ex- 
 tolled aboue all that is calle<^ God, or that is 
 worfliipped for God , fo as he lhall not call 
 him Gods feruant (as the Pope doth) nor the 
 feruant of his feruantes but chiefe God him- 
 felfe, which no Pope, as is (aid, euer did or 
 will, and confequently thefe words cannot 
 I pofsibly agree to the Pope , and yet forfboth 
 1 the fpiritt of Bradford , that cannot erre or 
 be deceaued, doth expound yt fo, and therby 
 yow fee the certaynecy of hisfpirit 
 
 E 4 ijp.AfiSi' 
 
7i the Ixamen^f lohn Tox hU 
 
 29. Afcer this againe he went about toper- 
 fwadethetwo BiiTiops, that hcrigreed with 
 them > and with their Church in (ubdance af 
 faith and beliefe ^ and confequendy might be 
 faued with them,nocvvithftanding his deniail 
 of two articles, for which only he faid he was 
 condemned: to witt, Trm^uhftanttAtm.and thxt 
 the euill men doe not receaue the body of Chrift, when 
 they communicate which two articles Brad- 
 hoide'th^ ford affirmed not to appertayne to the Tub- 
 him Rife ftance of faith^or foundation of Chrift5& con- 
 the^famc ^^^^^^^^^Y ^^^^ vniuftly caft out of the 
 
 churX^ Church for them , for To much as he firmcly 
 vvith the bclieued all the articles of the creed with 
 ^^^* them: whervnto when the Billiopsfmylinge 
 rox ibid, replyed (ayin ge, Tea? is this your diuinitj? Bradford 
 anfmred, wu- p u Paules which faith , that yf men 
 1 . r«r. J. hold the fundation Chrifi , though they buy Id vpon him 
 ' ' firatpe , and flubble , yet they foalbe faued j So he, 
 wherby yow fee that this great learned clarke 
 Would proueby S. Paul, that both Proteftats, 
 and all other fedanes , that in words do pro^ 
 felTe to belieue all the Articles of the Creed 
 (though ech one in (euerall fenfe to himfelfe) 
 flialbc faued together with Cathohks, & that 
 all thefe our contentions with them, & other 
 fedaryes arebutftrawe,and ftubble, ^ touch 
 not the foundation of Chrift at all. This was 
 hisfpiritt, and do yow thinke that this fpiritt 
 could be deceauedjor will our Englifh Prote- 
 ftantsac this day , allow this fpiritt', or ioyne 
 with Bradford in this paradox? I know they 
 willnot, and would be aftamed to interpret 
 
Cdlendar- Saints, (the moneth of luly) 75 CbafAU 
 the place of S. Paul in that fenfcp for fo much 
 as yciseuident, thathemeanethoftheftraw 
 and ftubble of workes, and not dodrine^ but 
 leK vsgo forward. 
 
 50. After the Biihops had fmiled as hathbyn 
 faidjhe of ChichexQcr for refutation of this fol- 
 ly, alleaged againfl him the authority aiKl ex- 
 ample of Martyn Lutherjthat did excommu- 
 nicate Zwinglius, and his followers^ for their 
 difference from him about the reallprefence, 
 and the place was read, where Luther doth 
 denounce them h^retkos^&alienosdb Ecclefia Bep, 
 heretiks, and aliens caft out from the Church 
 of God> and yet doth both Zwingiius, Oeco- 
 iampadius^and the reft5profelTe to belieue tlie 
 articles of the Creed, as much as Luther or 
 Bradford did, wherto he anfwered j Uj Lord, 
 what Luther wrpethy as jew much pajfe mty m more ^ox pag. 
 do I In this cafc-^ So he, adding notwithftanding Bmdford 
 prefently, and jet (faith he) do I thinke affuftdlj careth 
 that thej were, and are Gods children^ and Saints with Luther ^^^^ 
 himinheauen,to wit with Luther: vpon which holdeth. 
 Words as of great moment , Fox maketh this 
 note in the marget^ Matjler Bradford hangeth not 
 Vfm Luther, Zwingiius, or Oecelamfadiu$,andjetaC'^ 
 compteth thmgood men-^ but heere I w^ouid aske 
 both Fox, and his holy Martyr Bradford (for 
 fo he entituleth him ouer all his pages) whe» 
 ther Martyn Luther, rayfed vp by God for fo 
 great a worke, as they hold , were not as furc 
 ofhisfpiritt, and right courfe therby as Brad- 
 ford was ofhis?and yfthey hold him(as heere 
 they fay) for a child of Cod, and a Saint now yvUb 
 
74 T&f E)Camen of lohn Fox his 
 
 him in glory , how doth not Bradford palTc 
 much what he wrote in this controuerfie of the 
 reaU prefence, and yf he hold ZwingHusalfo, 
 and Oecolampadius for Children of God, & 
 fellow Saints with Luther in heauen > who 
 were fo contrary to him in doftrine vpon 
 earth^and whomeloearneftly he cenfured for 
 heretik} and aliens cafl out from Chrifis trew Church-^ 
 then may all fe(3:aryes go to heauen togea- 
 ther, and fo may Catholiks and Proteftants in 
 like manner by Bradfords rule, for that each 
 part profefleth to hold the articles of the 
 Creed j and yf this be fo- then doth Bradford 
 Ihew himfelfe a very limplc feilo w> that will 
 burne for matters of fo fmall moment- heare 
 vvhat he told the Billiops, Beuufe (faith he) 
 J did deny Tranfubjlantiation , and the wicked to re- 
 ieaue Chnjls body in the Sacrament , therfoream 1 
 Bradford ^^^^^^^^^ excommunicatc, &c. But I would 
 v^entTo aske of him, yf he diifented only in thefe two 
 iticV^fan P^i"^sfrom the Papifts,& agreed in all otherj 
 
 cicof his^ 
 
 & that thefe two did not touch the fubftancc 
 ovvne. QY foundation of Chrifts faithjas before h| af- 
 firmed out of S. Paulj And yf Luther,Zwin- 
 glius, and Oecolampadius that had greater 
 conrrouerfies betweene thern, then thefe, 
 could go notwithftanding all three iointly to 
 heauen, and be Saints togeather in Gods glo- 
 ry^as a litle before he affirmed; yf all this I fay 
 be true, then how great folly was yt in Brad- 
 ford, to ftand fo obftinatly vpon the deniall of 
 theletwo articlesthat fo litle imported him, 
 yea to go to the fire for the defence , was he 
 
 not 
 
Cakndar^Samts. (the moneth of Inly.) 75 Cfc^p.tu 
 not deceaiied thinke yow in this ? or could 
 this coiirfe be fo certayne of faiuation, as that 
 the Suniie iliined in a fayre day ? let Fox dif- 
 folue this riddle yf he canj me thinketh that 
 the folly is greater then that of Frith before, 
 who would needs burne, rather then ac- 
 knowlege that it was a neceflary point to be- 
 leeue , or not beieeue that Chrilt is really in 
 the Sacrament. 
 
 31. About which point, for that yt was the 
 principall in controuerfie at that tyme , yow 
 will aske me perhaps 5 that for fo much as 
 Bradford affirmech heere fo often 5 that he 
 dyed for thes other two articles alone, . what 
 did he thinke of the faid reall prefence ? yow 
 lliall hearehim fpeake himfelfe, and fo may 
 iudgetherof- for yt is not clearc vnto me 
 what he thought of that point. For when 
 Dodor Harpfiield vpon the 26. of February 
 conferred with him, and heard him repeat fo 
 often and confidently on the one Cyde^that he 
 was no leffeaffured to goto heaueuj then 
 that the Sunne iliined at midday , and further 
 that he was no lefle cenajne that his death fhonld 
 be pleafinge vnto the Lord, (forfoare his owne 
 words), & on the other fyde, ih^it he died onlj 
 for thofe two articles before namedyth^ DoStot faid 
 vnto \\\m.low agreenotipith vsinthe realprefence. 
 &c. Bxzd^ovd: Hon^yofp beleeueyomk^tow, Jorm^ Bradford" 
 farte I cenfejfe afrefence of whole Chrift God & man-^ [he ifair^ 
 And againc a little after, I confeffe ape fence, and pcefcncc 
 a true prefence, but to the faith of the receauer ; And 
 yet further ia an other place to the Lord 
 
 Chan- 
 
y6 The ExatnenoflohnT(^xhii 
 
 Fox pag. c h ancelour , I neuer denjed nor taught, but thdt to 
 ,^^^1466. f^i^^> ^'^^'^ Chrift, bedj 4ind bloud was at prefent , as 
 bread & wyne to the due receauer, by which places 
 fome man would thinke that Bradford did 
 hold , chat all faithfull men going to the com- 
 rnunion, did reccaue both bread and vrync, 
 and the real! body and bloud of ourSauiour 
 withall according to Luthcrs opinion^yct ac- 
 cording to his owne fpeachesjand expofitions 
 in other places, he feemeth rather to agree 
 with Caluyns fidion, in imagininge a reall 
 prefence by faith, and not a bare figure only or 
 type, as Zvvinglius, and Oecolampadiusdid 
 hold i but yet by other his fpeaches againc, 
 which you haue heard vttered to the Biihops, 
 he would not feeme to dilTent muchin this 
 point of reall prefence from the Catholiks, yf i 
 a man may take him at his word, in that he fo 
 often repeateth , that they condemned him 
 only for dcnyinge two articles, to witt Tran- 
 fubftantiacio> & that euery man receaueth not 
 the body of Chrift, wherby yt may feeme that 
 in all other's points and namely the reall pre^ 
 fence he agreed with them : but in very deed 
 my opinio is,that thelimple fellow knew not 
 well wherin he did agree, and wherin he did 
 diflent from them in many points, & no mar- 
 uaile, he hauinge byn p. feruinge man fo late 
 ThatBrad- before , and made firfl a Maifter of art vpon 
 ford had Qi^g yeares ftudy only, and then a preacher, & 
 bciciincd. mnaltmnniter,yfeuerhe were mmiIter5roas 
 he had litle tyme to Icarne, and digeft matters 
 ofconuouerfiewell>and the moft parte of his 
 
 two 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth ofluly.) 7/ Chap.tu 
 two yeares imprifonment, was fpent in wry- 
 tinge longe letters to bis Protcftant brethren, 
 and fifters abroad, wherin he tooke great de^ 
 light 5 as may appeare by the large volume of 
 his epiftles fett do wne by Fox, wherby as in a 
 glalle, yow may fee the mans vayne glorious 
 fpirit, in dilatinge himftlfe in large difcourfes 
 andimpcrtinent^citations of Scriptures. Buc 
 to returne to liis conference with the BilTiops, 
 do you thinke that he meant truly, & fincere- 
 ly, when he laith , that he belieued all the ar- 
 ticles of the Creed , as the Catholiks do ? no 
 truly, for yf yow come to examine the matter 
 in particular^you lliall heardly find either him 
 or his fellowes , thorowly to agree with vs ' 
 in one & the fame beliefe of any one of thofc 
 articles, as learnedly yow may fee examined, 
 and proued by Maifter WilHam Reynolds in 
 his booke intituled C/^to^ r^^m/J/jf^, vvhofc 
 particular butte and fcope is to iTjew , that the 
 Proteilats of our dayes haue peruerted all the 
 faid articles of the Creed3&: do belieue no one 
 of them intyrely, without corruptio or altera- 
 tion, fpott of herefie or infidelity. And this he 
 declareth as a man that had byn a preacher of 
 that fyde , and had read all their books , and 
 knew all their fecrett driftes, and meanings. 
 32. And for example of this, yf yow would 
 haue asked lohn Bradford how he belieued 
 that article J Cy^^f? Ecdefiam CathoUcmt, I beleeue 
 the Catholike Church, you fhouid haue feenc ^ 
 him differ from vs prefciitly in the meaninge, 
 and vn^^erflandinge therof; for wheras wa 
 
 togc-. 
 
7? The Exafnen of John Vox his 
 
 together with the ancient Fathers, do inter- 
 prete that Catholike Church , to be the vni- 
 uerfalivifible Chriltian Church throughout 
 euery age, he will runne prefently (as he 
 How doth) to an obfcure vnknowne Church, that 
 Bradfords ey ther is not viiible at all, or requyreth a cer- 
 ^qSrcd taynekynd of peculiareyes toiecyt. For Co 
 peculiar heanfwcreth to the Bilhops thatobie^led the 
 fpedades obfcurity of his Church,!/?^ fault{{mh ht)why 
 to befeene the ChuYch is Mt feefie ofjou, u not because the Church 
 Fox /^^{I* ^ vifihle, but becaufcjouY ejes dre net cleareynough 
 146S. to feeyt. Vpon which fpeach Fox maketh this 
 graue note in the margin. The true Church is vi- 
 fible, and euer hath byn, but euery man hath not eyes fa 
 feeyt. So lohn , whofe peculiar eyes or fpe- 
 (Stacles were needfull to fpye out his Church, 
 35. But now againrt this lliifte of Bradford 
 & Fox, the Billiop of Yorke alleaged acleere 
 ^P ^'fun' place of S. Augnftine , where he giuinge a rule, 
 how to know the true Catholike Church 
 5, againft the heretiks and fedaryes of his tyme, 
 53 that rannc to their owne hidden Churches of 
 3, elecli people 3 asProtcftantsdo, faith 3 Multa 
 funtqu^inEcclefugremiome hiftifsimetenent ^ tenet 
 3, confenjiopopulorum,atquegentium,&€. There are 
 33 many things which moft iuftly do hold mc ia I 
 3, the lapp of the knowne Cath. Church : firft | 
 33 doth hold me theconfent of peoplcand na- 1 
 5, tions, thathaue bynconuerted vntoyt, theiij 
 3, doth hold me the authority therof, begunne j 
 3; with miracles^nouriilied withhope,incrcafed I 
 3, with charity^confirmcd with antiquity: mo-' 
 33 rcouerdothholdme thefuccefsionofPriefts, [ 
 
 eucii 
 
Calendar- Saints, (themonethofluly.) /p Chap4U 
 euen from the feate of Peter the Apoftle him- ,j 
 felfe, to whome our Lord after his refurre- 
 d:ion> commended his Iheepe to be gouerned 
 vn till the prefent BilTiop that gouerneth that 
 Sea, at this ty me 5 andlaftly the very name of ,^ 
 Catholike Church doth hold me, which ,^ 
 name not without caufe , this only Church 
 amonge fo many herelies hath Co peculiarly 
 gotten to herfelfc 5 that wheras all heretiks 
 would gladly be called Catholiks y yet yf a 
 ftraunger lliould come into any towne, and ,> 
 aske whether a man may go to a Catholike „ 
 Church (to hcare (eruice) no heretike will „ 
 dare to iTiew eyther his Church, or his houfe 
 for him to repayre vtito, &c. 
 
 34. Thus faith S.Augufime. Now let vs hcare ff^f^^^ 
 Bradfords anfwere. My Lord (faith he) thefe of\he^ 
 words of S. Augujline make as much for me, as ^£3^^^^ 
 foryow, although I might anfwere that all guftine." 
 thefc things yf they had byn fo firme , as yow 
 make them , might haue byn alieaged againft 
 Chrift & his Apoftles, for there was the law, 
 and the cercmonyes confented on by the 
 whole people , confirmed with miracles, an- 
 tiquity , and continuall fuccefsion of BilTbops 
 from Aarom tymQ vntill that prcfcnt. So he, 
 and do yowconflder what accompt this fel- 
 low maketh o?S. Auguftinesptoofc, againft the 
 heretiks of his tyme, and Fox alloweth this 
 euafion well by this note in his margent , An-- 
 t'tquity (faith he) fuccefm of Pricfts, the name Ca- pox ibiJd 
 tholike, all thU might be ohieUcd agatnft Chrijl and hu 
 Apojllcs by the Sciibes andPharifees. But I would 
 
 aske 
 
8 o The Examen of John FoDt hU 
 
 aske both Fox and his Marcyr y how the con- 
 uerfioa ofNacions and Gentils hesre men- ' 
 tioned.could agree to the le vves Church that 
 dealt not with Gentils^ asalfo the word Crf- 
 tholike , or vniuerfall, feing thatytwas but a 
 Church of that one feuerali nation only ? I 
 world aske alfo, how the confent of all Na- 
 tions, or their approbation of the lewilh Si- | 
 nagoge- could with any reafon beobiecfted j 
 by the^Scribes and Pharifees againft Chrift & { 
 his Apoftles ? for fo much as tlie Nations and { 
 Gentils did not approue the I e wilbSinagoge, ' 
 nor entered into yt, as they did afterward m-* 
 to the Chriftian Church: and when Bradford 
 hath aunfwercd to thcfe demaunds,then will ' 
 yowfeehow wyfe a man he was, and wJie- 
 ther he w^as as lure of his courfc , as that the j 
 Sunne did fhyne at noone tyde. I 
 35. But to go forward vera litle further in i 
 the examination of *S'. Augujlhus place, yow j 
 muft note the fubied that he handleth , & ta j 
 what end he brought the arguments, and | 
 proofes, which was, to iTiew the diiferece be-^ ' 
 tweene Chnftian Churches(his queflion was 
 not with the Sinagoge) that is to fay how, &: 
 by what fignesa man maydifcerne the true 
 Cathoiike Church, from the conuenticles of 
 heretiks, and albeit the place alleaged be di- j 
 redlcd particularly againft the Manichyes ^ 
 Church, yet doth the arguments hold againft 
 all heretical] Sinagoges, for that none of them 
 banc this generAll confent ofNatiom , andfuccefion Qf 
 Bishop, other poprietjesbeereallea^ed , wher- 
 
Calendar* Saints, (themonethofluly*) Si Chaf.tu 
 fore S. Augurtine in the fame place conclu- xhe xzcvt 
 dech thus : ijlaergo, &c. ThefemoH cleare bandes force of .5. 
 therfore being fo many, and [o great , do held me ^i^ffT-^ 
 in the Catholique Church y but mthyotp there is none p^"^ 
 of the fe y hut only promtfing that yowhaue the truth, cdarycs, 
 &c. lb he. And to whatfoeuer particular con-. 
 gregation or Church of Sedaries thefe parti- 
 culars llialbc applied, they will prefently trye 
 out the truth> and fliew that yt can not be the 
 Catholiquc Church. Wherfore to returne to 
 our Cafe againe, the Archbi^Tiop prefled him, 
 to anfwercto fomc particulars, faying, But 
 what fay jofP to S. Augusliney where isyom Churchy 
 that hath tht confentof people and nations conuened 
 vntoyt? Bradford : Euenall people and nations that 
 be Gods people, hane confented with me , and 1 with 
 them in the doSlrine of faith. Do yow fee this eua- 
 fion? And might not the Manichies, Dona- 
 tiftsjOrany of other feds haue aufwered the 
 fame vnto S.Augufiine, that all people, and na- 
 tions that be of God (that is to fay of their 
 owne fed) haue cofented with them,& they 
 with them againe? And is not thisafoolilh 
 circle or euafion ? Who fecth not the vanitye 
 therof^& yet forfooth this man was as fure & 
 certaine, that he could notbcdeceauedjashc 
 Was that the Sunne could not choofe but 
 £hyne,when it did ll^yne, which kind of jftrage 
 confidence, or rather phrcneticall prcfum- 
 ption Fox doth fo highly commend,as he ma- rox 
 keth this note inthcmargen : Bold confidence, 
 and hope of Gods words and promife, feemeth flrange 
 among them which are not exerctfed in morttfca^ 
 
 F tionti 
 
$t The Ixamen of lohn Tox his 
 
 tion. And by this you may iudgc of them both. 
 36. Wherfore to fay no more of this man or 
 matter, he being found to be (b obftinate> and 
 willfull J as nomeanes of reafon would pre- 
 rox pis,, uayle with him , he was finally burned in 
 ^"^^^^ Smithfield: and there was burned with him j 
 
 at the fame tyme an apprentice of 19. yeares 
 lohn uafe. old named Uhn Leafe , that could neyther 
 tfce'^toa vvrytc nor read ; feruant to one Humfray 
 chandc- Gaudy tallow Chandelour of the Parifh of 
 ncd^vvhh Chrift Church in London, w^hich ignorant 
 Bradford, yonge man , was fb forward and franticke ia r 
 herefic, as being oftcntymes called before the I 
 Bifhop of London , conferred, anddifputed | 
 Withall, could neuer be brought to yeald any ' 
 one iote , but would defend his opinions to 
 death. The Buhof (faith Fox) propounding the [aid j 
 articles vnto him, 06 before , djfajinge by all manner of ■ 
 tvayes to reuoke him, found him the fame man Jlill,&c» 
 And after other replyes made by the Biihopp, 
 mouinge him to returne to the vnity of the 
 Church, he with a great courage of fpiritt 
 roxiW. (faith Fox) anfwered againe in thefe words: 
 My Lordpw call my opinion here fie, it is the true light 
 cf the word of God » Andnpeattnge againe the fame 
 he profepdythat he would neuer for fake his flayed and 
 vvellgrounded opinion^while the breath f ^mld be in hii 
 body, Thus wryteth Fox of his Tallow 
 chandelour apprentice, but how grounded 
 this boycs opinions could be , yt is eafy for 
 euery difcreete man to iudge, confidering his 
 learninge . Fox alfo addeth for his further 
 prayfe and conftancy, that the Biiliop fending 
 
Calendar- Saints, (themoneth of luly.) S3 Chap.tu 
 to him his forefaid opinions and articles in 
 wry tinge (which were the ordinary 2win- An obfti* 
 glian opinions) he not being able towryte JaTe aftof 
 with pen, tookeoutapyn> andprickingehis achadeiois 
 finger, befprinkled the whole paper which 
 bloudj lendinge the fame backe as (ealed ther- 
 with to the Biiliop ; and by thisyow may re- 
 member, what we hauc vvrytten before irt 
 the Chapter of hereticall pertinacity. Now Supra cj^^ 
 we iTiall profecute the reft that follow in this \ 
 moneth. 
 
 37. Ado25enoir tj. more do remayne of the 
 forefaid yeare 1555. vvherof the firft feauen 
 are thefe that follow, Margery Pulley vviddo w Margery 
 of the Parifhof Peppingbury in Kent, burned Pulley, 
 at Tunbridgc for vvillfull ftandinge in diners 
 hcrefies^ William Mlngt an Apoftata Prieft, that waiiai^ 
 being committed for diners like ofFences,died f ^Jf^^^"^ 
 in prifon at Maydftone in Kent the fame pricft. 
 yeara.,and for that caiife is regiftred for a Mar- 
 tyr by Fox in his Calendar, though ih his 
 * Aits and Monuments, he is content to ac- V^^isri. 
 cept him only for aConfelTor, RichardHooke Richard 
 Clrafcefman burned the next yeare after at 
 Chefier, as Fox Wryteth in his * ftory, yet is he ^pag.\ii% 
 placed in the Calendar vpon this yeare 1555. 
 and he telleth no more particulars of him , hut 
 that he was burned as a truevvitinejje of the Lords 
 truth. To which three may be adioyned 4. 
 other burned togeacher at Canterbury , for like 
 caufes of vvillfull and phantafticairobftinacy 
 Vpon the n. of Inly , to witt lohnBlandMim- 
 fter;^ and Parfon of theParilli of Adifham hi 
 ^ ' F ^ Kerifj 
 
8 4 T^he Ixawen of Uhn Vox his 
 
 lohnBiad. Kent , lohn Trankish Vicar of the ParilTi of Rol-' 
 uingdon in the fame county Uumfrey Middleton 
 Middiet5. and Nicolds Shetterden^TtidcQXS'^zll which being 
 shc«crde. oft^i^ examined vpon diners articles , albeyc 
 they agreed not in their anfwers^as appeareth 
 by Fox himfelfe : yet would each one dye in 
 whatfoeuer he tookc vpon him to defend or 
 tox pag. deny: Seauen articles ((aith Fox) beingpropounded 
 vnto them, lehn Frankjsh (the minijler) anfmred fom^ 
 The vatic- '^^^^^ douhtfulljf .MatfitY BUnd(the other minijler)anf- 
 tyofhere^ wcred flatl/ and roundly -^ Nicelof Shetterden, and 
 vvclin^to Uttntfref Middleton answered to the jirjl and fecond 
 tW articles articles ajfirmatiuely. Tq the third, concerninge the 
 propoun- Q^ffj^ijj^^ Churchy after a fort they graunted ; To the 
 fourth, fift, and fixt touchinge the reallprefence, &c. 
 theyrefufedvtterlytoanftvere: Middleton anftvered 
 tmreouer and confejfedy that he beleeued in hiiowne 
 God, fdyinge, I beleeue in my limnge God^ and no dead 
 Ion ibid Thackford (their Hfch companion) r^- 
 
 ' ' * lented, and was contcnte to takepennance, &c. 
 
 38. This is Fox his relation of their exami- 
 nation and anfwersjvet doth he fet forth fuch 
 triumph of Islicolas Shetterden artificer againfl 
 Maijler D^Hor Harpespeld Archdeacon of Can- 
 terbury , ^nd MaifierColyns the CommiflTary in 
 his difputatio with them, as that he faith that 
 Shetterden concludeth vpon them by force of 
 shettcrdc argumcn t , that they fald there was negod at all , or 
 the artifi- fisno Other god, but fuch as the heathen gods are ,yea 
 conqiicft that there is no Chrift at all: and other like bla- 
 againft fphemycs and abfurdityes , as yow may fee in 
 mcn"^"^ Fox his large relation of that difpqtation. 
 And after that againe th^ ftme shetterden com- 
 
 niing 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the mon^thofluly.) 8^ Chaf.iU 
 ming to difpute with Gardner of VVinchefier;, 
 then Lord Chanceiour and many other di- 
 uynes 5 he brought them into like flraytes yf 
 we beleeue Foxjprefllyng them with a text 
 
 Deuteronomy in liiQ fourth chapter ^agamft 
 painting God with a iliape , yet when the la- 
 tyn Bible was brought^he could not fo much 
 as read the place • and yet fbrfboth did chis 
 graue DoAortake vpon him bothinfpeach 
 and letters, to fetdovvne his refolutions with 
 fuch prefijrnption , asyfhe hadLyn the lear- 
 nedell man in the world , afTuring both him- 
 felfe& others, thathefliould be a great faint 
 in heauen, whervpon he wrote to his mother 
 the day before his death thefe words , as Fox 
 relateththem : O my good mother, in that day God '^^^ p^i* 
 grantyowdo{eemy face with ioye, but deare mother 
 then beware of that Idolatry and hUfpemom majfe, &c* 
 Ohgiue ouer oldcujlomes.and become new in the truths 
 &c. And with this frenefie went the madd 
 fellow to the fire, wherin his face was burned 
 full black, but much more afterward with 
 the fire of hell yf he repented not, as it (eemed 
 he did not, and confequently his mother was 
 like to take but fmall ioye in feeing his face yf 
 L eueriTiefawhim. 
 
 I 59. But as for his fellow Bland the Apoftata 
 Prieft, which was the Captayne of this crue, 
 Foxfetteth downe fiuc or fix examinations 
 
 ! of his, and in one of them being asked by the 
 Biiliop of Doner, whither after the words of 
 confecration , hebehcuedthebody of Chrift 
 tobeintbe blelTed Sacrament,he aunfweredj; 
 ,i F 5 m] 
 
8 6 The Ixamen of John Fox hi$ 
 
 no: for that the Scripures do not teach me (lai th he) 
 that there f^ould remape the flesh ofchnfi to eate, as 
 a man fhould eate mam flesh, &c. Hereby yow 
 may pcrceaue how falfe a ladd this was, that 
 made his followers beleeue this to be our opi- 
 nion, that Chrift is fo eaten in the Sacramen t- 
 The fame Bland alfo fetteth downe ( or Fox 
 for him) a certayne conference had betweene 
 him and one Maifter Mills Prieft of Chriftes 
 Church in Canterbury 5 out of which confe- 
 rence he would fecmetodrawemany abfur- 
 dityes againft the faid Mills, which he amply- 
 fieth, and Fox in his name both in the tex t & 
 margent of his bookejas to the fimple and vn- 
 learned reader may make fome Ihewe ofin- 
 conuenienccs grauntedby the other , which 
 in deed are none at all, but only do fhewe the 
 cauillinge fpiritt of the heretike which may 
 vfe the fame , or like feoffs againft any other 
 article of Chriftian Religion , yea againft the 
 Incarnation of Chrift , yf vve would follow 
 fenfe only, and outward apparence of things j 
 vve iTiall examine his foolifli arguments after 
 in their * place, when wc iWl come to handle 
 the chiefe difputations coteyned in his booke 
 , of Ads and Monuments. 
 40^ And finally when he came tohislaft 
 anfw^re a litle before his burninge,yt was de- 
 maundedhimagaine (faith Fox) whether he be^ 
 lieued Chrtfltobein the Sacrament orno? VVhcrvnta 
 he anfwered and faid, that he beUeued that Chrift is in 
 the Sacrament , as he is in all other good bodies, &c. 
 By which anfwcre we may fee , what man- 
 ner 
 
Xdendar Saints, (the moneth ofluly) 87 ChapAt: 
 per ot prefence he afcribcS to Chrift in the 
 Sacrament, and how different from that (at 
 lead: in found of words ) which Bradford Biand(i$ 
 profcfled before of whole Chrift, md true Chrift to opfnfon 
 be there, as prefent to faith, as bread and vvjne to the of chdfts 
 p;?]>, andliicnhkefpeachesofotherS) all ten- the"sacra- 
 dinge in deed to delude the limpler forte, and ment- 
 to euacuate the vvhole vertue of this diuinc 
 Sacrament, in which yf Chrift be in no other 
 manner then he is in euerygood body , what priui- 
 ledge, I pray yow, or excellency may this ve- 
 nerable Sacrament be faid to haue aboue other 
 things? then lliall fuffife to fliew the vanity, 
 and impiety of thele heretiks, vvhofe ftorycs 
 yow muft remember arc commonly recor- 
 ded by Fox , as they vvere wry ten and (etc 
 downe by their owne hands, and fo much the 
 lefle worthie of creditt, but only fo farre 
 foorth , as they make againft themfelues, and 
 no further. 
 
 41. There remayne yet fix more of this 
 yeare, William DightU, Dirjcke Caruer , Jefc;^ vviiHam 
 Launder , Thomas luefon , Nicolas Hall , Mar- ^^^^^^ 
 tyrs, and John AUeworth Confeffor. Of thefirft caruer. 
 and laft of thefe: toWnt.DighiUzndAWetPorth, lo^nLaa- 
 Fox faith little or nothinge, but only that the Thomas 
 firft was burned in Kent for profcfsing of the J^^^^"^ 
 ghofpell, and the laft died in prifon at Reading Haii. 
 for the fame ghofpell: but now yow know l^^^^^l^^ 
 that this Foxia ghofpell ftretcheth very large, 
 and imbraceth many feds and forts of men 
 & weomen , fo as by this only that he calleth 
 them gho(peUer$; we cannot know certainly 
 
 F 4 of 
 
88 The Examen of John T^x his 
 
 of what fed they were. Of the other 4. D/- 
 rick? Caruer was a beerebre wer of the PariiTi of 
 Brighthamfteed 'm the County of ^r/J/J-A;, and was 
 burned at Lewes for new opinions, lohn Launder 
 was a husbandman of the Parilli ot Godfiene in 
 the County oi Surrey, burned at Steninge. Tho^ 
 mas 7r/^yfi>w was a carpenter of the Parilhaifo of 
 Gedftone, burned at Chichefter. NicoUs Hall was 
 a bricklayer of the Pariili ofbartford. All thefe 
 learned company being brought before their 
 Prelates and ordinaryes; they anfwered euery 
 man as yt feemed beft vnto them , but yet all 
 with noueltyes and obftinacy therin. As for 
 example, Caruer the beerbrewer anfwering to 
 the articles propofed vnto them all, faid- con- 
 fj^/j/"**^" cerntnge the majfe in Latyn, (faith he) there u no fa- 
 crifceinthefAidmaffe-y and there is no faluation for a 
 The beer- Cbriftlan man therhy , except yt fhould befaidmthe 
 reroYutid. ^^^^^^ tongue, &c. Ucmtoxich'ingQ confcCsion: 
 ThatytuneceffarytogotoagoodPrtefi forgoodcouH" 
 fell , but that the ab folution of that Priefi u nothtnge 
 profitable to mam faiuation. So faid the beerbre- 
 wer and offered to dy for y t, and yet yow fee 
 of how litle moment the points of his rcfolu- 
 tion are, 
 
 lu^^h^c ^^^^ Launder the husbandman, being 
 
 about 25:. yeares old anfweredjConcerning the 
 articles of the maffe (fai th Fox) thatyt U naught 
 andabhominabley anddire^lyagainft Gods word, and 
 his holy Catholtl^e Church^and that there is nothing faid 
 cr vfed in yt good or profitable , lor albeit the Glov'iz 
 in excelfis, the Creed, the San6tus , the Agnus, 
 and other parts of the map be of themfeluesgood and 
 
 profit 
 
Calendar- Saints, fthe moneth of luly) 89 Chap.tu 
 portable : yet being v fed amn^e other things that be 
 naught , they become naught alfo, &c. Thus that The Car- 
 yong husbandman refolued the cafe. Thomas blafphe- 
 luefon the carpencer,aunfwered (faith Fox) to n^ousanf- 
 the fourth articlcjthat corKrerninge the Sacra- Fox pai* 
 cramentofthe Altatj hebeleeueththatpisavery ^^^7. & 
 Idolland detejiable before God. Item, that he hath 
 mt confeffeinor heard maffeat any tyme within feauen 
 years pafi. I te iriythat auncular confefton is net necef- 
 faiy to be m tde to a Friejlyand that he cannot forgiue or 
 abfoluefrom fmne. Item, that conccrninge the 
 Sacrament of baptifme, yt isa figne and token of yvkkcd 
 Chrifi 06 circumcision was , and m otherwife , and he doadnc 
 beleeueththathis fumes are not vvaffjed away therby^ bapTifm? 
 buthisbody only waf\)ed, for his ftnnes be wafhed away and force 
 onlybyChrtftsbloud, &cc. 
 4^. Thus relateth Fox of the Carpenters 
 aunfwers, addinge furthermore thele vvords; 
 The faid luefon berng earnefilj trauayled vvithall to 
 recant, fatd in this wife : I will mt recant my opinions ^52?/^^^ 
 for all the goods in London-^ yeayf there came an Angell 
 from heauen to teach me any other doiirine , then that 
 which I am in now, I will mt beleeue him^ which an^ 
 [were thus made.he was condemned,&c. Thus farre 
 he of his Carpenter Martyrs conftancy : and 
 yet being alhamed fomewhat athisbJafphc- 
 mousand Anabapcifticall opinionj about the 
 effed of baptifme, he maketh this note in the 
 margentjto temper the mat er fomewhat; He 
 meaneth not by the meere vertue of the element. 
 Which commentary is as foohih an cuafion 
 of Fox, as the others opinion is impious. For 
 no man euer (kid^ or immagincd, that the ele- 
 ment 
 
9 o The Exmen ef lohn Fox his 
 
 jment of water ot ytfelfe, could wafhaway 
 finnes>but only by the vertue of Chrifts bloud 
 and pafsion applyed thervnto in baptifme. 
 And fo this companion iumped full with the 
 Anabaptifts to difgrace baptifme, and Fox 
 will needs be his fautor therin. And thus 
 much of his jMartyrs in this yearc.For to pro- 
 fecute all their abfurdicyes at large were a 
 thmge ouer tedious. 
 
 44. In the next yeare following 5 which is 
 ^ t55(i. Fox doth aisigne fome ten or eleuen 
 iT^-T^' Martyrs & Confeflbrs more , wherof the firft 
 Kk^e^*' Carelejfe a weauer of Couentry, that 
 
 ^ ^' died in the K. bench being committed thither 
 for herefy. Then followe there three other, 
 burned zt Neuberj^ , one Julius Palmer a yong- 
 man of 24. yearcsold>thathad byn fchool ma- 
 tter at Reading > togeather with two other fer- 
 John uingmen companions of his , lohn Gwyn , and 
 Thomas ^homos AskinSy all three ftanding moft obftina- 
 Askyns, telyin their opinions as eueryman lifted to 
 beleeue.The yong fchoolmaiftcr was putt out 
 a little before of Magdeljn CoUedg in Oxford, 
 for fedirious bchauiour , and libelling againft 
 the Prclident^and he was of fuch good difpo- 
 fition, as going home to his mother ^llie ha- 
 wing fcene his manners, drauehimoutof her 
 houfe,and gaue him her curfcjtogeather with 
 Chrifts curie, whervpon I. Fox make th this 
 ?«.«75*» note in the margent; J^othifstnajfgiue their ou^m 
 cur ft hut Gods curfe they €anotgiue,much lej[e the Fepe. 
 And is not this, a wife note thinke yow. And 
 fit for L Fox his braincs^but let vs go forward. 
 
 45. Next 
 
45. Next to thefe three there enfue three 
 other 5 or rather fourc, martyred in the lie of 
 Garnfej vpon this yeare, to witt Catherin Caw^ Three vv« 
 ches^thc motherland G 'tUm 'mt Gilbert^ and Pero- nd^^' 
 tine Maffejf.hQV two daughters , with im infant burned m 
 not one houre old, that fell our of fhe faid Pe- ^^'"^^^^^ 
 miw^i belly when Ihe was burndd. And vpon 
 
 this ftory > doth Fox in his former editions Sc 
 heereaUo make long dircourfes5& eager in- 
 ue(iiiues;and fo do almoft all our Englilli pro- 
 teftant writers ; and Maijier lemeU among the 
 reft, both at Paules Crofle anduihis bookes, 
 thought good to playe the foole as others had 
 donne before him in this argument, thcrby 
 to make Catholiks hatcfuU in the beginning 
 of the late Q^raigne. And I haue heard both 
 M4tfier Toby Matheiv himfelfe , and diuers other 
 preachers of moft fame , vfe all their rhetori- 
 call inue(5tiue5 & exae:2:eratios vpon this £zd:. "^^^.^^^^t 
 
 i I 1 n r »f • matios ot 
 
 as a cruelty neuer heard of before , afcriDing protcftats 
 the fame to the perpetuall infamy of all Ca-^ ^forfai?*^ 
 tholiques and Catholiquc religion , as Fox vveomen. 
 doth hcere: faying. This u to be a fpeBacle.wherln 
 the whole world maj fee the Herodian cruelty of this ^^^^^"^^^ 
 graceleffe generation, $f Catholike tormentors, ad per- 
 petuam ret infamiam, &c. So are his words: 
 
 46. But now, yfwe come with moderation 
 and temperate difcretion , to weigh thefub- 
 ftancc& circumftances of this ftory, welhall 
 find in this , as in infinite other matters that 
 Fox and his fellowes hauc little confciencc 
 in their fayinges , and wry tinges againft Ca- 
 tholikcsj and no regard of truth and fincerity 
 
 ia 
 
9^ The Exam$n eflohn Vox his 
 
 The mail- in the world , Co chey might make Catholike 
 de^auoiT^^ odious to the people. For firftfup- 
 
 yrotcftats pofe, that in fuch an our Hand , as Game fey is, 
 cathoiiks vvhere the people are halfe French, and halfe 
 pdious. Englilli,and many diforderly and fearccjihere 
 had happened in the execution of theft three 
 weome for the faults that after iTialbe lliewed, 
 fome fuch particular circumftance, as that the 
 one of them hauing concealed her being with 
 child, and the fame breaking forth in the fire, 
 fome cruell harted fellow , takinge y t out and 
 feingytdead, had caft ytinagame (for Fox 
 himfelfe dareth not fay yt was caft in aline) 
 what is this to murder or Infanticide ? (as by 
 him yt is called) or what appertayneth this to 
 the perpetuall infamy ei ther of the Catholike 
 Clergy or Catholike Religion^or what is this 
 to the llaughter, murders, opprefsionsjand cf- 
 fufionof bloud, which the newghofpellers 
 did vfe about this very tyme ( when Fox firft 
 of all publillied this ftory) , both in France, 
 Scotland,Sc other places? which yet, (though 
 a thoufand tymcs more heynous then this,)he 
 would be loath to haue alTcribed to the per- 
 petuall infamy of hisghofpell. Butnowlett 
 vs come to examync the fad yt (elfe , accor^ 
 ding to Fox his owne Relation , and fee what 
 truth ther is therin. 
 An cxam€ 47» Fi^ft hc graunteth that thcfc three weo- 
 fa^aofthc the mother and two daughters, were 
 forfa^id^ ^ put in prifon by the luftices and Ciuill Magi- 
 •hrcc yvco ftratcs of the Towne of S. Peters in Garnefcy> 
 iiaTncfcy. & an inuetory taken of their moueablc goods 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of luly.) 95 Chap.m 
 for accufation of theft and felony ^ made by 
 Nicolas Carey coniUble of the towne & others, ^^^^^-^^ 
 and this without intermedlinge of the Clear- 
 gy. And albeit Fox doth fleightly in a word 
 or twoj fay that they were cleared afterward 
 by the teftimony of their neighboures of the 
 fufpition of thefc things : yet doth he fete 
 downe no authenticall record therof^as I pre- 
 (ume he would haue done , yf there had byn 
 anyfuch thinge, feing he alleageth other im- 
 pertinent records of the forfaid towne for 
 other matters of IclTe momentjthough againffc 
 hinifelfe, as after ilialbe iliewed. And for that They 
 he confefFeth in this his narration , that they ^amfttctf • 
 were all three firft hanged,or ftrangled,(as he for theff^ 
 calleth y t) and that the flame of tire made vn- ^ 
 derthemcommingetoburne the ropes, they 
 fell downe into the flame > and therwith the 
 belly of Perotine breakinge , the dead child ap- 
 pearedj y t is euident, (I fay) by this> that their 
 faults were not only herefie , for then lliould 
 they not haue byn hanged^ as may appeare by 
 that which often hath byn repeated before, of 
 the hangingeand burning of Sp John OldcafiU, 
 Sjr Rd^er Allon, and their rebellious followers 
 in the field of S. Gyles, vpon the firft yeare of 
 the raigne of K, Henry the fift : So as heerby 
 We haue, that thefe three weomen cannot be 
 pure Martyrs of lohn Fox his Religion, efpe- 
 daily feing him(elfe confelTeth and wryteth 
 in this place, that they offered to accomodate 
 themlelues in all things touchinge matters q( 
 Religion, fo they might haueefcapcd therby. 
 
9 4 ^'^^ 'Exanten oflohn Vox hb 
 
 Thefe 3. 4^* '^^^^ €xmined{(i\xh Foyi)of their faith, 
 vvebmen Concerning the ordinances of the "Roman Churchy made 
 renounced their an[tvere: that they vvould obey and keeftheordi^ 
 Fox his nances of the King and Queene, and the commaimde^ 
 ments of the Church , mttvith^andinge that they had 
 -Boxpag, faid and done the contrary in the tymeofK. Edtvard 
 thefixty&cc. Which confefsion of theirs is re- 
 wnw. 10. pg3|.g J againe afcerward by Fox , when they 
 faid before the publike iudges , that they would 
 entirely obey , obfert^e, and keep the ordinances of the 
 Kmg and Queene, a$ all good and truefnbie£ls are bound 
 ihid, col 1. to do, &c. And this being true, I do not fee by 
 what crooke Fox can draw them in to his 
 Calendar, or make them his Martyrs. But yet 
 fcing he will needs hauc them, lettvs leaue 
 them vnto him, and tell yow a word or two 
 what they were, and what falfhood he vfeth 
 in recountinge ther ftory-» 
 49. The iuftices hauing thefe weomenin 
 prifon for other faults,of felony and theft ( as 
 hath byn (aid ) and vnfterftanding by report 
 of their neighboures that they were heretikes 
 How the ^Ifo^^^"^ them to the Deane and Curates of 
 3. vvcome that Ilaudjto be examined in matters of their 
 tTthe Ec' f^ifh, as the thing moft refpeaed by Catho- 
 ciefiafti- like Magiftates. The Deancs name was Syr 
 ^utef^^^ J^q«^5 i^wjF, who examining tbcai togeather 
 with the reft of the Cleargy, that w ere his aP 
 fiftants andincommifsion with him, found 
 them by the depolitios of many lawfull witt- 
 nefies , to be hcretiks, & to haue both fpokeii 
 and done many malitious things againftthe 
 Carholike faith > though themfelues for the 
 
 prefent 
 
Calendar- Saints, (themonethofluly.) Chap.tu 
 prcfent denyed that they were fuch, and of- 
 fered all conformity as hath byn faid* Wher- 
 vpon the iaid Deane & his afsiftants,without 
 giuingany iudiciallfentencc vpon them^ftnt 
 them backe to the ciuill Magiftrates againe 
 with informatioj what they had found,as ap- 
 peareth by the records of Fox lett downe in 
 this place in Latyn only^Sc for fome caufes,as 
 yow may imagine^not EnglilTied by him;but: 
 we iTiall do ytfor him. It beginncth thus. 
 50. Ann$ Domini 1556. die tg. menfis lulij, &c. j.^^-^^^^^^ 
 In the yeare of Chrift 1556. the tj. day of I uly> mation of 
 an inquifition was made in the Church of ^^^^^^^l 
 Saint Peterjin the port of this Iland> by vs the ne^ giu6 
 Deane, &c. about points of the Catholike Hff^^ 
 faithjthefacramentsofBaptilrne, Confirma- weomea, 
 tion, Pennance, Order, Matrimony, Eucha- 
 rift, Extreme Vnftion , efficacy of the Maffe, 
 &c. Concerning Katherine Cauches &c her two ,> 
 daughters Guillemine^ind Perotine, d?'i:.andha- )> 
 uing heard their deniall on the one fide, anci ,> 
 the atteftations and dcpofirionsof wittnelTes 9> 
 on the other fide, and w^eil confidered the 
 iame,according to the opinions of the Curats 
 and Vicars >our' afsiftants in this Iland^we 99 
 haue found & do,repute themtohaue fallen 5^ 
 into the crime of herefy j wherforc we remitt ,> 
 them backe againe to yow M. BaylifFe and ,> 
 other your afsiftants , as before we remitted 
 thtm^&c. Thus far the recorde. And hcer- 
 vpon thefaid BailifFe named Elear Gdjiline cal- „ 
 led a luryof ti. men, whofe names Fox fet- „ 
 tcth downe out of the (aid records, who iud- „ 
 
 gcd 
 
^6 The Exmen of lohn Fox his 
 
 ged and condemned them to be jflrangeled 
 and burned to allies j accordinge to which 
 fcntencc they were executed vpon the day 
 and ycare afore (aid* 
 
 5J. And here now I would aske any reafo- 
 nable man, what fault thecleargy had in this 
 condemnation made by the Ciuill Magiftrare> 
 or vvhat kind of Martyrs were thefe , feing 
 they denied openly Fox his Religion (o often? 
 And thus much of all thefe three weomcn and 
 their comon caufe, for which they were con- 
 demned and executed.Now Jet vs fay a word 
 or two of lohn Fox his little babe, put in his 
 Calendar for a tender Martyr, fcarfe an hourc 
 old 5 and baptized (as he faith) inhisowne 
 bloud. Butyf this babe had neuer life to any 
 mans knowledge^how was yt baptized in his 
 owne bloud? or yf the Bayliffe of Game fey 
 (eing yt taken out ofthe fire dead, did byd yt 
 to be caft in againe^what cryme is this againft 
 the Cleargy ? Or yf Terot'we the mother (as 
 prefently llialbe Aewed) did conceale her 
 being with child , and vvould not vtter ytto 
 the Magiftratc, who had fo much fault as fhee 
 herfelfe? and confequently iTie vvas rather a 
 murderer then a Martyr. 
 52. But (faith Fox) the faid BaylifTe, and 
 lurers, togeather with the Deane & Cleargy 
 did fubmitt themfelues afterward: to witt, 
 vpon the fifth yeare of QJElizabeth ame Do- 
 mini iiy6i. vnto the Q^mercy,& had their par- 
 dons for this fa(9:> vpon the complaint ofM4- 
 thefp Caucbcs brother to Caihmne Camhes, and 
 
 vncle 
 
Calendar'^ Saints, (themoneth ofluly.) 97 Chaf.iu 
 Vncle CO the two daughters,as appeareth both 
 by his fupplication , and the Quecncs pardon 
 yet extant. Whcrto I anfwerechatytistrucj 
 avcordmgc as Fox fctteth ytdowne. But he 
 that will read the faid memoriall and pardon 
 yt leifc, lhall tind firft, that the faid Ciuill and 
 EGcleiiafticall Magiftratc fubmittcd them- 
 (clues > and the whole Hand with them, not 
 for this matter only, w herofthey wereaccu- 
 fed by the (aid Mmhetv j but for many other 
 more greuous then this, as namefy for the let- 
 tinge goe of one It^icolAS Norman a notorious why^thf^ 
 murderer, & for many other fellonyes^ryotts, ^f^^^,^^* 
 infolences , and other difordcrs laid againft fey fubf'^ 
 them, and the whol? Hand, for vvhichthe ^^^^^"^ 
 Queene did pardon them, and yt is not greats fciuTs to 
 ly tobcmaruayledat, atthattyme: towitt, Q^^iiz- . 
 vpon the yeare 1562* which was fix ycares af- 
 tcr the forfaid three wepmen w^ere executed, 
 i when as the faid Catholike Magiftrate were 
 I terrified and perfuaded by Protcllants to fub* 
 mittthemfelues 3 feing at that very tymeall 
 TrancCy ScQtUnd , and diners other places were 
 in armes and combuftion againft Catholiks. 
 Butyf wewill (ee whether the Queene and 
 her commifsionars didimprouc the iuftice of 
 that fa(3f , for the punifliing of thefe weomen 
 accordinge to the lawe^thcn in force: Lett vs 
 conlider whether they reftored the goods and 
 ChatelJs confifcated by that condemnation,a5 
 Mathew Catvehesm his memoriall had demaun- 
 ded, and we lhall find iuft nothinge^ which is 
 an argument, that they held their condemn a- 
 
 G tion 
 
5-8 ThetxamenofUhnVoxhU 
 tion for good and lawful! , though for more 
 affurance the poore Catholiks were perfuaded 
 tofubmitcthemfelucs. And fo much of this. 
 Now to the particular of Peretine and her little 
 child lohn Fox his babe* 
 5 J. The learned and pious man Maifter Do- 
 6ioT Hardinge, hauinge heard fomuch crying 
 out in the beginninge of Klizab. raigne a- 
 bout this holy burned babe of Perotine Caucbes, 
 and feing alfo.that not only limplc and vulgar 
 people^but euen Maifter Icwell himfelfc, had 
 both at Paules CrolTe , & in his bookes made 
 great ftirre about rhis matter, the faid Dodor 
 comminge ouer the feas , vfed means to in- 
 forme himfelfe of the truth of this fad: in G^r- 
 nefe/, and chcrby found (as in his reioynder he 
 thc^mo' teltitieth ■ that this Pmriw^ was indeed befides 
 . thcr of her herelTe a very ftrumpett,& for lliame both 
 aftrum' ^^^^^ > ^^^^^ ghofpell ihe pro- 
 
 pert. feffed, would not confefle to the iudges of her 
 being with child, nor demaund the bcnefitt of 
 the law allowed in that behalfe,for delayinge 
 ofhcr death- and thervpon moftiuftly the faid 
 Do5lor UArdinge .accufeth her both of whore- 
 dome , and of murderinge her owne childj 
 wherat lohn Fox is moft wonderfully trou- 
 bled , and maketh the moft fond and'chiidilh 
 difcourfes , therby to^fend her, and the ho- 
 nour of his ghofpeil, that cuer perhaps man 
 did,that was in his right witts. For firft, when 
 Haijier Dollor Hardinge chargcth him to bringe 
 out the Father of the child 5 he asketh , hoftf 
 he can do that? orhmcan any man point out the right 
 
 Father 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of luFy.) 99 Chap.it, 
 lather (for fo are his words) ejtherofhu, or any 
 9ther child? ^nd then he faith he will go as neere 
 yc as he can , or as men may in fuch matters: 
 and after feekinge vp and downe for this Fa- 
 ther, he falleth vponacertayneminiftet na- 
 med Dauid lores, who he faith was marryed to 
 Ferotinein K. Edwards dayes,& confcquently 
 is hke to be the Father , though he faith he 
 will not affirme yt for certayne ^ and then he 
 nameth another minifler called Noel Rennet a 
 French man;that lined in Saint Marty nLegrande 
 in London, when this ttory of lohn Fox vva^ fecketh^ 
 wry tten, & affirmed that he marryed the faid ^'^ 
 minifler and Perotine togeatherin K,EdtPards 
 dayes ; fo as heere yow haue the teftimony 
 now or afTertions of 2.or 3. minifters togea- 
 ther, to witt of Dauid, that was husband to P^- 
 rotine, ofNoelthzt marryed them , and of lohn 
 Fox that of his owne authority doth legiti- 
 mate the child, andyetneytherof thcm doth 
 proue the matter diredly , to witt that this 
 babe of one houre old , was begotten by the 
 firftminifter. Neyther do they proue that he 
 lined in Garnefey , and had company w^ich hct 
 at that tyme^during the raigne of ^M4?7,and 
 yt is moft probable that he did not , both for 
 that Fox darech not affirme y t ^ and yf he had 
 byn in Garnefey at thatday , I do not fee how 
 the mi nifter could haue efcaped punilTiment 
 alfo, when his ftfumpett was burned: foasby 
 tellinge vs only that llie was marryed to this 
 minifter, without lliewinge that he conuerfed 
 with her . and llie with no other, Fox maketh 
 
 G z h|J^ 
 
too The Examen oflehn Vox his 
 
 her finneto be more greuous, to witt adulte- 
 Pcrotine ry ( llie hauinga husband ) whcras before we 
 other huf- n^ight hauc imagined that yt had byn only 
 bandebc- fimplc fomication I though yet ytappeareth 
 miniftci. ^^^^ another husband alfo named 
 
 Ma^j befides Dduid the miniftcr, of whome 
 Jhe was called Feroum Maffty, (and fo Fox wry- 
 teth her in his ftory ) as her filter was named 
 GmUmine Gilbert by her husbad, & not Cauches 
 as their mother and father werc,and her vacle 
 M^hew Cauches, of whome we fpake before. 
 54. And this now being fo> asis verifyedby 
 Foxhimfelfein thisplace; I would askethe 
 poore fellow, whether the faid minifter Dauid 
 lores, were her fir ft husband ; to witt > before 
 Majfey, or no? andyf he were, then could not 
 the child be rightly afcribed to him , for that 
 ihe had a later husband aliue. But yf Majfey 
 were the former husbandjand the minifter af- 
 ter him , then Ihould Ihe haue byn called Fero^ 
 tine tores in herarraignementand condemna- 
 tion J and not Perotine Majjey as (he was , and is 
 called fo alfo by lohn Fox hmifelfe in all his fto- 
 ry. And this much for the firft point of her 
 honefty. Now for the fecond about the mur- 
 der of her child. 
 - 55^- In this point Fox accordinge tohisfa- 
 Ihion maketh many longe and idle difcourfes, 
 the moft impertinent, that euer any man per- 
 haps heard, alleagingc 7. or 8. fooliih conie- 
 durall reafons>to proue that yf eyther Ferotm 
 did , or fliould haue reueyled her being with 
 child to the Catholike Magiftrate at that time, 
 
 before 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of luly,) tot CbapAU 
 before her execution yet would yt not haue 
 auailed hen Wherin notwithftading I thinke 
 no man of fenfe or iudgment wiil beleeue 
 him, knowing the cuftomeand order of our 
 lawes in fuch poynts. Wherfore we will not 
 ftand to refute fuch childifli coniedures , but 
 come to his conchilion. And for vplhott of 
 folly he maketh diuers large exhortations to 
 Maijler DoSor Hardingy to proceed with more 
 re{pe£i: in his wrytnigs toward? his martyrs 
 fain(5ts > which yowfhall hearein his owne 
 words, andtherby iudgcof the mans witt. 
 BYiefljf andfinaU/{CmhhQ) what^oeuer this woman fos pat. 
 waSypHisnojp^oney&CC. Tobjtefo bitterlj agahiH i768.c./.r. 
 the dead is Utile hone^j :^ Charity would hauetudged J^^^^^^^^ 
 the bejl'jmmanltj/ would haue [fared the dead and yf hortati Jn* 
 DolloY Harding could not aboard her his good word jet [^^/^V^ J** 
 he might haue left her caufe vnto the Lord , which [nail 
 iudgehoth her and him. Toprajefer the dead he fin-' 
 
 I deth in his Majfe , but to hackbyte the dead , he pndeth 
 
 1 nejther in hii Majfe , Uattyns , mr euenfong ^ and no 
 doubt but in his dtrige and commendation of Joules, he 
 comended^ntany one leffe deferuing to be commended 
 then this woman. Let Catholike affe^m be fett a fide, 
 and though the meritts of her mife defer ued not his 
 commendatlon-jet did fhe neuer deferue fuch a KyxiQ 
 
 i cley (on, after her departure, &c. Thus farre Fox, 
 and by fo graue an exhortation yow may 
 
 ! make a coniedure of the mans talent in ;his 
 
 I kind.Nowlettvsgo forward, 
 $6. Vnto thefe three Sainds of Garnefy, 
 Fox adioyneth foure others burned in this 
 moneth and yeare^ two at Greenfleed in Suffcx^ 
 
 G I ^ and 
 
tot The Exawen of lohn Vox hU 
 
 and two at Norwich. The former two were 
 Thomas ThotHOS Dungdte, and lohn Foreman poore men & 
 Pungate. obuinate y the other two were Sjmn Milner 
 lohn Fore Ehz.4beth Cooper. Symon was a Crafceiman 
 
 man. c I \ 111 
 
 Symon ol: Norwicn , and Elizabeth was a peurerers 
 iikabeth ^^^^ ^^""^^ tow^ne. lohn Fo^ fetteth 
 
 Cooper, downe no particulars at all otthefe firfl: two, 
 but only in gencrall > that they gaue themfelues 
 to death for righteoufnes fake ^ and fo meane we to 
 ^768^*^* be as briefe alfo leauinge chem to the tempo- 
 rail fyre , w^hich for their w^iilfull obftinacy 
 they fuifered in this world, and to Gods eter- 
 nail iudgment for the nexr.Buc for the fecond 
 coople Simon Milmr & Eliz4beih Cooper, he flie- 
 weth that Simon being a limple fellow of Ljn 
 in Norfolke, was fo forward in fpiritt, as he ca- 
 ryed about with him his confefsion of faith in 
 hislhewes, which appearinge one day out of 
 one of his faid Ihewes , he was taken ther- 
 vpon,as alfo for that he inquired of the people 
 where he might go to a commumon. Eli2.abeth 
 alfo was as forward as he, and fo both burned 
 together in the faid townc of Norwich^ for 
 obftinate ftandinge in fundry herefies. 
 57. In the n€xt yeare foIlowing,Fox hath 8. 
 Martyrs more, which with like breuity we 
 fhall runne ouer their names are Richard Teo^ 
 man, VVilltam Fikes,Stephen Gotten, lohn Slade.Ste^ 
 phen V Vight, Robert Mjills, Robert Dines, and Thomas 
 Benbrtdge. The firft and the laft were burned 
 feuerally , arrd fo we fhall handle them apart, 
 the other fixe were burned togeather , of 
 vvhomc we ftiall Ipeake in the fecond place, 
 
 ^%,Richari 
 
Calendar-' Saints. {thtmoncthofliAy) to; Chap.tu 
 
 58, Richard Yeoman w^s an Apoftata Pricft * Menf, 
 and had bin Cutztc to Do£i0r Taylor at Hadley, ^Jchzid 
 wherof wc haue fpoken ^ before: he gott him Yeoman 
 felfe a wife in his old age, with whome, he It- ^^^^^^^ 
 ued (faith Fox) more then aye are togeather locked vp burned at 
 in a Chamber, by cardinge efvvooll, which his wife did ^^l]]"^^^ 
 j^inne. He hacl many children by her, 6c being fox pr^, 
 brought tohisaunfwerc , the fumme therof 
 
 was that he defied the Pope and all that apper- 
 tayned vnto him> and fo was condemned and 
 burned at Norwich, the yearc aforefaid. 
 
 59. Thomas Benbridge w^s a gentleman faith Thomas 
 Fox of the Dioceffe of Winchefter, and being l^l^^fp^^ 
 called before Dodor White BilTiopp of that winches 
 Sea, he ftood ftoutly in defence of diuers new 
 opinions, and fome very fingular and peculiar 
 
 to himfelfe, for defence wherof he went to 
 the fire very vauntingly j and lohn Fox de- 
 fcribeth not only his words & countenance, 
 but his braue Apparell alfo : to witt, of what 
 ftuffe his gowne was^to whome he gaue yt at 
 the fire fide , and that his ierkyn was layd on 
 with ^o\d hce fayre and brdue (tovfe Fox his 
 Words) which he prefented to Syr Richard Pepall 
 the high Sheriffe- to capp ofveluett he mhe (faith 
 he) pom his owne head, and threw yt away\ then lif-- 
 tinge his my nd to the Lord made his prayer s,&c. And 
 when Doilor Seeton exhorted him to recant, he 
 (aid> Atpoy Babylonian, att^ay. But after feelinge 
 the fire, he cryed I recant , and thruft the faid but ate 
 fire from him • then he fubfcribed to a recantation ^^^s buc t 
 (faith Fox) vpon another mans hackcy andtlrervpon ^ 
 fm by the Shertffe refrlued, but fome dayes after 
 G 4 , that 
 
104 The Examen^oflolm Fex his 
 
 that he was appointed againe to be burnecf> 
 and the SherilFe was committed to prifon for 
 takinge him from the ftake without commif- 
 fion^ And this was the end of thi? gentleman 
 Martyr Benhrige burned atWuicheiler vpon 
 thetj.ofluly .558. 
 Six craf- ^o. The Jaft company of them that were 
 burned at '^^^"^^i^^hismoneth, and vpon this yeare, 
 Eiaaiford Were the fix named by me before, ail burned 
 amoisss. Bruynfotd 7. myles from London, whome 
 Fox pa^. Fox c^lkihy fix faith full vvittnejfes of the Lords Te- 
 fiament. The hrl\ of them as thev ftand in the 
 Calendar was William Ftkes.or Pfk^rssi tanner> 
 and the other rtue of like occupations^to witr, 
 Stephen Qotten , lohn SUde ^ Stephen Wight, Kohert 
 MyUef, ^nd Robert Dines. Their Articles (faith 
 Fox ) were the fame that were propofed to 
 others before, to witt, 14, in number>& their 
 anfwers thervnto> were muchthefame, that other 
 like Craftefmen had giuen before them ^QCptchlly 
 thofc that had byn taken with them, namely 
 one Roger Holland a Taylor, that commonly 
 ipake for all the reft , and to whole anfwers 
 they much remitted themfelues, though in 
 fome points alfo they added of their owne, 
 cuery one as yt came in his braine, and agreed 
 only in certaine common things* As for ex- 
 ample, being examined in the ninth & tenth 
 articles about their meeting in the fields,*and 
 refufing to go to Cath. feruicc , Robert MjRes, 
 JohnSlade & Stephen O/rmanfweredCfaith Foxj 
 that they do net aUotP the Popish feruice , hecaufejt u 
 againphe truth ^4nd in a grange langaagey &c. 
 
Cdlendar- Saints, (the moneth of luly) toj^ Cbap.iU 
 6i. Robert Djnes and William Vikfs would ne- 
 ther allow nor diiilow the faid Latynferuice uo^ious 
 (faith Fox) for that they vnderftooid yt not, anfVvcrs 
 and Stefhen Wight would make no direaanf- Sccwf 
 were ac all. And being Further demaunded in 
 the article about the feruice booke , and reli- 
 gion vftd in K. Edwards ^^yt^ y Robert MyUes, 
 Uhn SUde & Stephen Cotten anfweredCraithFoxj ^ox^pM^. 
 that concermng the bookes, fayth atidreligien Jpecijied 
 in this article y they do ahtv them fe fArre forth , as » 
 tbejf agree with Gods word^ Robert Dynes would 5> 
 make no aunfwcre thervnto , becaufe he >9 
 thought himfeJfvnmeec to iudge thetof.FF//- 
 Ham Pik£S doth not remember that he hath 
 milliked of that feruice and Religion, &c. 
 6i .Thus farre Fox,and then addeth further, 
 that they being much vrged by Maijlcr Dodsr 
 Thomas Darbiffnre the Bilhopps Chancelor^thac 
 they ihould agree among themftlues5& turne 
 from their pnuace opinions to their mother 
 ^lie holy Church, for that otherwife fentcnce 
 of condemnation muft begiuen againftthem: 
 that aS anjk>ered{(mh he) that they would not relm ^^^^^g 
 ji'om any fart therof, while they lined, &c. And fo 
 (faith he) thefegood poore lambes being condemned 
 the next day , anddeliuered ouer to the fecular ponder, 
 went ioyfu^jtothefiake, &c. Thus he: and by 
 this yow may remember what we haucdii^ 
 cuiTed before in the fourth Chapter of this 
 booke, about the fond, madd , and heretical! 
 obftinacy of Sedaryes. And fo much of this 
 moneth. The comparifon betweenethis,and 
 the Catholike Catalogue of Saints in this 
 
 moneth 
 
to^ The Exmen 1/ lohn Fox his 
 
 moneth will ealily appeare by that which we 
 haue wrytten before. And by the view of the 
 two Calendars themfcluesjthe principal! per- 
 fonagesof Fox his Rchgion in this moneth, 
 (yf they be of his Religion) and thofc of moft 
 learninge , are lehn Frjth, lohn Bradford, Anthony 
 Perfon, lohn Bland, all different in opinions 
 about the Sacramrcnt , as before yow haue 
 heard; the chiefedifputers of leffe learninge 
 Were Anthony Huet the apprentice Tayler , lohn 
 Leefe the apprentice Chandelour, Nicolas Shy^ 
 UfdoH laborour, and others of that callinge 
 with the three honcft weomen of Garnefey, 
 and their litle babe- martyr, as be- 
 fore yow haue heard. 
 
 The ende ofluly. 
 
 O F 
 
Calendar' Salntu (the moneth of luly.) 107 Chap.fi' 
 
 OF THE MONETH 
 
 OP A V G V S 
 
 And iphat Martyrs and Confefiors 
 lohn Fox fetteth dffSone in the 
 Jame^ to ham fuffered for 
 hps Religion. 
 
 Chap. XI L 
 
 I ADVERTISED thcc ( gcntlc Rcadct) 
 before^ that our author lohn Fox delyring 
 to maketh vp a great number of Martyrs and 
 ConfelTors of his Church, therby to fill his 
 Calendar , he refolucd to draw them from all 
 tymes, countreyes and places, and from all 
 forts of Sedaryes whacfoeuer, within this 
 two or three hundred yeares paft. VVherforc 
 for the better profecution of this my examen 
 throughout euery moneth, I thought bcftto 
 diuide them ordinarily into three principall 
 ranks. The firft of fuch as were punilTied vn- 
 der the ancient Kings of England before K« 
 Henry the 8. The fecond of thofe vnder the 
 faid K. Henry. The third vnder Q- Mary* 
 2. And for the firft rankc, albeit there wan- 
 ted not ftore fufficient for fome of the firft 
 monethes, efpecially whilfl: the number en- ^cbdl- 
 dured of thofe holy Wickliffian Rebell Mar- ^p^^^ 
 tyrs^that cofpired the death of KtHenry the 5. 1^ ^ 
 
 and 
 
io8 The Ixmtn oflohn Vox his 
 
 and were hanged & burned by him in 5. Giles 
 field5,ypon the rirft yeare ofhisraigneas before 
 ypw haue heard : which Martyrs, lohn Fox 
 hath fprinkcled into diwersdayes of the fore- 
 iaid monethes : yet afterward they fayhngc, 
 we haue had only in the beginninge of ciiery 
 monethjfome few put to death in the tyme of 
 K. Henry the eyght, though not alwayes by 
 him, norvnderhim> but by other Princes in 
 other countreyes: And now that vaynealib 
 feemeth to be well dryed vp^cfpecially for this 
 moneth of Auguft > where there is one only 
 fett downe vpon the Frftday therof, towitc 
 Leomrd Keyfer a Bauarian Prieftj burned for Lu- 
 theranifme&fome other fancyesof his owne, 
 vpon the yeare of Chrilt 1527. (which was 
 the 18. of K. Henryesraigne) but in his Ads 
 & Monuments Fox faith , that he was put to 
 death vpon the yeare t^i6. at Pafaw in Baudrid 
 vpon the %6. day of Auguft, though heerc he 
 placeth his feaftiuall day vpon the firft of this 
 moneth. 
 
 3. And albeit his opinions were fuch as 
 commonly Lutherans held in thofe dayes, 
 vvherby he could not be a trew member of 
 Fox his Churche , that diiagrceth in many 
 principall articles from Lutherans- yet for 
 that he ftoode obftinat in defence therof 
 againft the Catholikc faith, Fox will not lett 
 himgoc, but perforce will haue him a Mar- 
 tyr of his Church, concludinge his ftoryand 
 burninge vfkh thes word*^ ; This was the blejfed 
 UxUid. ^y^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^j^^^j^ fuffcredfer the tejlimony 
 
 of the 
 
Calendar' Saints, (the moncth of luly.) top Chaf. t| 
 dfthe truth, the i6. day of Augufi 1526. And this is 
 all which he wrytcth of any Martyr or Con- 
 felTor of his in this moncth, before the tyme of 
 (^Mary, vndervvhome all the reft that do 
 cnfuc were made Martyrs j And fo we lhall 
 recountthcm without any further diftindion 
 of PrincesraigneSjOr times for their fuffering, 
 but only the diftindio of three leuerall yeares 
 wherin they were punilhedvnder Q^Mary, 
 which are 1555. 56. and 57. 
 
 4. Firft then for the yeare 1555. lohn Fo3C 
 afsigneth 18. Martyrs of his , wherof the for- 
 moft is one lames AhhesTi^oort yonge man ^ as 
 
 he faith 5 who firft recanted his opinions be- a ^olU 
 fore DoSlorHoftonB. of Norwich , andwasdif- y^^S"^^ 
 miffed with great charity , & an alnies of mo- 
 ney giuen him alfo, but afterward (faith Fox) 
 his confcience greatly pricking him, he retur- 
 ned to the Bilhop, reftored his almes, and faid „ 
 he would defend his former opinions: Which v^t^mn^ 
 being done (faith Fox) the Bish9p with his Chafljm 
 did labour a fresh to vvynne him, but in vayne , vvhet" 
 vponat length he vva^ burned at Bury. Fox doth not 
 tell what his opinions were,which he defen- 
 ded fo ftoutly againft the Bifliop and his Cha- 
 plyns, but we may ealily ghefle^what a poore 
 bcgginge boy couW fay, difpute,or defend in 
 fuch a ca(e,butbya Foxian miracle. 
 
 5. The next three that enfue are lo/?^ Df«f^^ To. d^c*- 
 gentleman (as FoxcaIlethhim)ofM4>'^yfewn^ io^'wm- 
 Kent, and lohn Nemnan pcwterer of the fame man. 
 towne, & Patricks Pachinghamct^ftcfmzn bur- l^^J^^ 
 ncd at Vxhridge. The firft two were takcn,and ghaiji, 
 
 feut 
 
r tio TheExamenofiohn^oxhis 
 
 fcntvp to London hy MaiJlerEdmond TpeUcC- 
 quire and luftice of peace , he haiiinge found 
 vpon them certayne papers of their new opi- 
 nions, and many fcriptures fondly gathered 
 for proofe of the fame. One propofition of 
 fox theirs among diuers others, lohn Fox fetteth 
 Abfurdo- clownein thcfe words: Chrifi u intht Sdcra-- 
 pinions of ment, as he is where two or three are gathered togea^ 
 nia^^rsa- ^herinhis name. Which propofition Fox allow* 
 bout the inge well, addeth this expofition vnto yt of 
 sacramet. hisownc. The difference {f^ithhc) ofdoarine be ^ 
 tweene the faith full and the paprjls , concerninge the 
 Sacrament is, that thepafifti faji, that Chrijl is corpo- 
 rally vnder , or in the formes of bread and vvyne , but 
 the fatthfuil fajf, that Chrifi is not there neither corpo^ 
 rally nor Jpiritually. Loe lohn Fox his interpre- 
 tation and explication what his faithfuil 
 people do hold • but me thinketh he might 
 better haue called them the faithleffe, then the 
 faithfuil in this bthalfe, for hcere they belccue 
 nothinge, but rather vnbeleeue all, Befidcs 
 that, Fox playeth the Reynold in faying we 
 vfc the word corporally, and not realy, or fubfian- 
 tially,VK'\\\Q\\ yet are the exprefle words of the 
 €encii.Tri' Couucells of Trent 5c Lateran about that mat- 
 ter, and nor corporally which in Foxes fenfe fi- 
 #4«.i. gnifieth properly a naturall bodylyprefencej 
 with ordinary locall dimcnfions of quantity, 
 quality, &c. So as in no one thinge this our 
 Fox dealeth fincerely , but feeketh by all 
 Ihiftes to make vs fee me to fpeake that which 
 we do not. 
 
 6. I Icauc to profecutc any further the ab- 
 
 urdicy 
 
Calendar- Saints, (themonethofluly.) in Chap.t$ 
 furdicy of Denley , and Netpmans former propo- 
 fition, allowed by Fox, who (eemeth not to 
 vnderrtand what himfelfe or the other mea- 
 neth, afErminge that Chrift is prefent neirher 
 corporally nor fpiritually, which is quite con- 
 trary to the beleefe both of Luther, Caluyn.znd 
 other his owne Maiftcrs , for that both thofe ^fs^bfufl 
 feds do agree , that Chrift is ey ther bodily or opinion 
 fpiritually prefentj and none of them do go fo pf^f^i^c^^^ 
 farrc in debacinge that Sacrament , astof^iy inthe^s^^ 
 that Chrift, u no otherwise there pefent, then when "^^cnt.^ 
 ttvo or three are gathered togeather in his nmey 
 which meeting might be as well caUed Sacra^' 
 mentof Chriftes prefencejas the Supper, yfDen^ 
 leyes opinion were true , or Fox his approba- 
 tion therofauthenticall. But the one beingas 
 fond,as the other is abfurd,! leaue them both 
 to the iudgement of the Reader. 
 y. It were ouer longe to fett downethefe 
 mens large aunfwersj about to. Articles obie- 
 <5J:ed to them by the Bilhopp of London : I 
 meane of Denley and Newman his compagnion, 
 pnly I muft tell yo w that Fox by enlarginge 
 fuch impertinent matterjaboue all meafure of 
 witt or reafon, hath brought his booke to the 
 bulke yo w (eejalmoft importable. But aboue 
 all, is it ridiculous> that after a long & (peciall 
 combatt which Newman the Pewterer, had 
 with Maifter Do£lor Thorneton fuffragan of Kent, 
 and other learned men , at the towne of Ten^ 
 rf^r^f^w about the Sacramet of the Altar, (wher- 
 in Fox maketh him the vidor, afcribinge 
 groffe ignorance to the faid examiners , and 
 
 deepe 
 
tit The Ixamen of iohn Tox his 
 
 deep le^irning vnto the pewccrer' examined,) 
 in the end of all for an vpflioct and compiete 
 triumph, he maketh the faid pewcerer to puce 
 downe diuers arguments in logical! formc^ 
 and namely one in the figure of Cdmeftres, and 
 another in Datifi, for conqueft of the laid Do- 
 ctors, which arguments are fo fond and chil- 
 diih , as I thinke not conuenient to fpend pa- 
 per in alleaginge them but yet finally they 
 would needs go all three to the fire, for de- 
 fence of their opinions: Denle)^ and Newman ac 
 Vxbrid^e,8cTachingham at Saffronwalden in EiTex, 
 andtherwas an end of them, yf fuch mens 
 punilhments haue any end* 
 8» Vnto thefe Iohn Fox adioyneth fi'x more 
 burned at Canterbury in thisyeare,examine4 
 and condemned all togeather by the forefaid 
 VoUqt Richard Thorneton B. of Doner, DoHor Ni- 
 £olu Harpesjield Archdeacon of Canterbury^ & 
 others in comifsion^ the namesof the con- 
 demned were VVillUmCoker y VViUiam Hoffer, 
 Henry Laurence, Richard Colly er , Kichard VVnght, 
 and William Steerey all ignorant Crafcefmen of 
 Kent, but yet fttt in fuch a ruffe with the 
 heate of new opinions in thofe dayes 5 as yt 
 was intollerable for their Prelates to deale 
 with them, fo defperate,inrolenr. and contu- 
 melious were their anfwers , nor would they 
 be inftrufted or brought to any reafon jor mo- 
 deration about any opinions, which once they 
 had apprehended and determined to defend, 
 as by example of one or two yow Ihill hcare« 
 J, Hcnrj Laurence {imh Fox) being exami- 
 ned 
 
CatendaY' Saints, (the moneth of Aug.) if 3 Chaf %% 
 ned vpon the t6. of luly^denyed firft auricular pag, 
 Confefsion^ and then that he had not, nor 1533. 
 would not reccyue the Sacramet ; that yt was 
 an idoll , and no remembrance of Chrifts paf- 
 lion , and other fuch hke things* Andat Jaft, 
 faith Fox,bcing required ro put to his hand in 
 fubfcribingc to his anfwers, he wrote thefe „ 
 words vnder the bill of his examinations: lou^ nideml 
 are allof Anticlmfl, dndhimjfe0f9Uoip,Scc. Richard 
 CoUjerX^tt do wne his beiiefe thus: that after the 
 words of c&nfecration there is not the reall and (iibjian^ 
 tiall bodj ofChrlfty but only bread, & wyniy& that it is 
 mojl ahhommable and mofi detejiable to beleeue other^* 
 wife. Do yow fee how refolutly this CrafceP- 
 man determineth the matter ? yet not only 
 Luther, but Caluyn alfo (as yow know) do 
 affirmeytto beabhominable to hold yt onlyfof 
 head y and vvyne. What will yow (ay to this 
 Martyr? Fox faith he was a blelTed Saint, and 
 fong pfalmes as foonc as euer he was eon-^ 
 demned, whervponthe Papifts (aid he died 
 madd ; and fo much of him, 
 to* VVill'tam Steer e another artificer of A(h- 
 ford in Kent being examined , and required 
 by theBiiliopp , whofe name (asyowhaue '^^^^^^^ 
 heard ) \N2sRichard , toaunfwereto thepofi- dfuers^ lo- 
 tions laid againft Kim-^nude anfwere[(^n\i Fox) ^^^-^"^ 
 thathe ffJouldcdmmaund bis doggsandnot hinty and 
 further declared, that Dicke of Doner had no authority 
 io fttt againft him in tudgrnem, drc. And as tou- 
 chinge the Sacrament of the Altar, he faidj 
 that he found yt not in the fcrifiures ^ and he told 
 the iudqe fanher i thai hs rvas a bloody man^ 
 
f t4. The Bxamen of Uhn Fox his 
 Whcrvpon fentence was giuen aganift them. 
 Anithtu{^^\i\\ Fox) thefe fix heauenlj Martyrs and 
 vvittnejf-bearers ef the truth , being condemned bf the 
 bloudjf Suffragan y Archdeacon, and others, were bur 
 tied at Canterbury at three femraU flakes, &c. Thus 
 pictifully wry teth he of his obftinatc raylingc 
 Craftefmen of Canterbury, 
 ti. Next after thefe doth he adioyne other 
 fix for follemne Martyrs, condemned togea- 
 ther by the Bilhop of London,after]much tra- 
 uayHnge with them in vaine toinftrudand 
 George conuert them. Their names are George Tanker- 
 Tanker- ^^/^^ Robert Smith, Stephen Uarwood, Thomas Tush 
 Kobert ^tnd William Hayle, common ordinary artifi- 
 Smith. Q^j.^^ J Eliz,abeth VVarne that had byn wife to 
 Harvvood. One lohn VVarne an vpholfter in London, bur- 
 Thomas ^cd bcfore for like hercfiesinthemonethof 
 vvmiam May, as yow haue heard. The Captaynes and 
 EuSleth ^i^g'^^^^^s of this daunce were the firft two, 
 yvainc named George Tankerfield a cooke , and V^obert 
 Smith a painter; whofe infolent aunfwers and 
 (peaches to the faid Bilhopp , and other com- 
 mifsionars at diuers times of their appearance 
 before them 5 do fhew well their fpiritt. For 
 that being often called before them, & gently 
 required to anfwere to the articles laid againft 
 themjthey were fo malepart in their fpeaches, 
 as the Bifliop called Tankerfield, the (peaker of the 
 houfe, znd Smith the Controller , for commonly 
 he controlled all that was fpoken by others. 
 Yow lhall heere fome of the conference vttc- 
 red by the paynters owne penicell, as Fox 
 putteth yt downe, I meane of Smithy that 
 
 wrote 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of Aug.) 115: Chap.tz 
 wrote his ownecombact and victory, accor- 
 dinge to the cuftome of Fox his Adesand 
 Monuments. 
 
 12. Vpon the 12. of luly (faith he) I was Fox 
 brought with my brethren into the confifto- 
 ry, and rhy articles read before my L. Maior ,^ 
 & the ShcriiFes with all the afsiftants, where 
 was fpoken as foHoweth: 5, 
 
 Bonner. By my faith my Lord Maior, I haue ^^f^^^^^^*^ 
 iliewed thefe people asmuchfauour, asany theT"of 
 man huinge might do, &c* thT^Ti^ 
 
 Smith. At this word, came I in, andtaldng tcr^and^^ 
 him in the manner, faid my Lord, yt is wryt- ^^okc, 
 ten yow muft not fweare. 5> 
 
 Bonner. Ah Maifter Controller are yow „ 
 come? Lo my Lord Maior^this is Maifter Spea- ,i 
 hr ( pointinge to my brother Tanker jit Id ) „ 
 and this is Maifter Contr0ller , pointinge to me. „ 
 Then he began to read my article?, and asked „ 
 rhe, yf I faid not, as was wrytten, &c. „ 
 
 Smith. I anfwered no - and turninge to my „ 
 L.Maior I faid; I require yow my L.Maior in ,i 
 Gods behalfe , vnto whome pertayneth your 5, 
 fword, that I may heere anfwcre all obicdios 
 layd againft me , andyf any thinge be appro- „ 
 ued hereiie, I wi!I recant. ,j 
 
 Maior. Whie Smith thou fpeakcft againft 
 the bleifed Sacrament of the Altar. ,> 
 
 Smith, I denied it to be any Sacrament,& do ,^ 
 ftand heere to make probatio of the fame, &c, 
 
 Tankerf. Then fpake my Brother Tanker- „ 
 field, defended the probanono? the thmgs „ 
 which they called herefie. 
 ^ ' Hi Bonner^ 
 
»9 
 
 u6 The Ixamen oflohn Vox hi$ 
 
 Bonner » By my troth , Maifter Speaker , yo w 
 fliall preach at the iiake. 
 
 Smith. Well fworne, my Lord, yow keep 
 a good watch. 
 
 Bonner. Well , Maifter Controller , I am no 
 Saind. 
 
 Smth. No , my Lord , nor yet good Bi- 
 
 fliopp, 
 
 Theobiiu t^. And thus went on thefe two learned 
 the^^in- Dodors the cooke & the paynter> anfwering 
 ccr and molt proudly and contumeHoully in euery 
 the P^i"^ the Bifliop, which yet I haue not fete 
 Sishops. downe altogether as their words lye in Fox, 
 for that their examinations and fpeechc« arc 
 large, and full of caueHnge words,and among 
 the reft the paynter denyed the force of water 
 in baptifmc; and iefted at the BilTiop for eftee- 
 minge yt ouer much , who at length after all 
 pofsible meanes vfed to perfuade them to 
 moderation, and to heare patiently the truth; 
 the painter anfwered ; Lord to putjon^ out of 
 rcK ihid ^^^'^^ hccatife I am weary , 1 will firayne curtesy with 
 yotV'^ I perceyueyow will not tvithyour Doners come to 
 me , and I am not determined to come toyow by Gods 
 grace, for 1 haue hardened my face againftyow as hard 
 asbraffe. Thus repotteth Fox of the painters 
 laftfpeaches. And no leffe obftinacy doth he 
 recompt in his fellow Tankerjield the Cooke; 
 who aunfwcred ( faith he) to the Bishopp: 
 M. 4$L J. I wiU not for fake my opinions , except yow my L can 
 repeH thm bj fcriptures ; and 1 care not for your diui- 
 nity,&c. Thus the Cooke, And what would 
 yo w do with fuch people? 
 
 14. And 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moncth of Aug,) ti/ Chaf. iZ 
 14.* And further more Fox writcth that af- 
 ter Tankerpelds condcmnsLiion^^ certaine lear- 
 ned fchoolmaifter appartayning to Sjir Thomas 
 Fopeknight , then of the Coiinfell , dealt with 
 him about the controuerfy of the Keallprefencey 
 and other articles , vrging him much with 
 certay ne authorityes & textes of the Fathers: 
 But (ftith Fox)^/;^ vrged Tankerjieldmth autho- Fox 
 nty of the Doctors , meting them after his owne wtlh^ ^g^*"^^* 
 
 on the other fide Tankerpeld aunftpered him might 
 Ij by the Scriptures ^ not wrtfied after the mynd of arty 
 man, but interpreted after the mil of the Lord Ufm, 
 &c. Confider the folly ofthisgoofely Fox, in 
 afcribing to his Cooke fo highe a talent of 
 mighty interpreting Scriptures after the will 
 of the Lord lefus; where receaued the Cooke 
 filch aflurace of expounding fcripturesthinkc 
 yow?but yet do yow heare further of himjfor 
 that his canonizer I. Fox relateth yet an other 
 hcroycall ad of him , laying ^ that he bcingin 
 the Inne of the CrofTc Keyes at Saint Albans> ^ 
 preparing himfelfe to be burned, he demaun- 
 ded of the winedrawer a pynt ofmalmefy, „ 
 and a loafe to celebrate the communion to „ 
 himfelfe before he died^ which being brought Tankej-' 
 vnto him,he kneeled downe ( faith Fox ) and ctounion 
 read the Inftitution of the holy liippcr by the ^^^^^J^^* 
 Lord lefus out of the Euangelifts , and out of Majmcijf 
 S. Paul, and then receaued yt with thanks-gi- ,^ 
 viingy&c. So relateth Fox, & then faith of him 
 further, that he hauingdronke vp the wine,& 
 eaten the bread,went to the place of execution 
 Soragioufly, crying out vehemently, (as a man 
 
1 J 8 The Bxawen oflohn Vox hu 
 
 bedlam yow muftthinke, orrauilTied with 
 fome fudden fury) I defy the whore of Babylon -y 1 
 Bidem, ^^jy whote ofBahyloH'^and with this (faith Fox). 
 he ended his martyr dome , and fell a pef in the Lord, 
 &c. Butfuch amartyrdome/ucli a lleep:God 
 defende all good men from both, 
 t^. And thus much of thefe two Captaynes 
 of this crew:the reft of their compagnions did 
 nothinge but applaud theft mens fayings and 
 doings, puttinge in now and then fome blaf- 
 phemous and contumelious fpeach alfo, to 
 Ihew therby their conformity of fpiritt: as for 
 Thomas^ example Thomas Fmh the fhomaker, being mo- 
 maker Ms by the Billiopp (faith Fox) to reuoke his 
 impudent Opinions, he aufwcred*. No my Lord, for there is 
 /ox ^^^^^ ^^'^^ commeth out of your mouth , but all lyes: 
 
 'H^- yea you condemne men , and will not he are the truth. 
 Where canyetvfndany anoynting or greafmg in Gods 
 booke? I Jpcake nothing but the truth: yea 1 am cert dine 
 that yt is the truth that I Jpeake, &c. Behold the 
 affurance that the ihomaker had , thatwhat- 
 foeuer he £^7kt^was truth: and yet to heare him 
 lyefo notably, that there is noe mention of 
 Zmt 4.7. any annoy ntinge in Gods booke, (yf the old 
 v 'wu I. €. &c new tcftament be Gods bookes) may teach 
 j-Reg.9.io. ^^^^ cyther the madd fellow knew not 
 z.Re^,it. whathefaid, or cared not what he affirmed, 
 zccuf 45. ^^"^ falfe, fo he faid fomewhat, and named 
 lac.^. Gods booke only. But lettvs heare his com- 
 panion. 
 
 William 1 6. V Villiam Hayle alfo an fwered: (faith Fox) 
 llt%id. ^^^^ people beipare of this Idolatry, and this Ami" 
 (hrtfi the BifbGp of London^ And finally Elizabeth 
 
 VVarne 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of Aug,) itp Chap.xt 
 VVarne the vpholfters wife, flood no lefle ob- yl^^^^"^ 
 ftinate in her opinions, then the reft , for that 
 Ihee being earncftly exhorted (faith Fox)ro re- ^oKpa^. 
 cant, [be [aid: do what ye will, for jf Chrift was in er- 
 tor , then am I in errors andnootherwife,&c. Be- 
 hold this damcj that will equall herfelfe with 
 Chrift in certainty of her opinions^this fbme- 
 what paffeth the fhomaker^that could fpeake 
 nothingQ but tmh. What will yow fay to this r>efpem 
 people, was not this amaddinge moodeor ^'^^P^^' 
 moone that raigned in them ? yet doth Fox 
 prayfe them exceedingly ifor this their refolu- 
 tion, Jhewinge further, that they being all 
 condemned togeather, after many meanes 
 vfed to recall them (but in vayne) they were 
 fent to be burned in diuers parts of the 
 realme, for that no other end could be made 
 with them. 
 
 t/. Next to this fquadron of eraftcfmcn- 
 martyrs, lohn Foxplacethaminifter-martyr 
 and preacher named Eatm-S'^w^eH, burned at f^^^^^ 
 Ipfwichinthcfameyeare. This fellow was anApoftai 
 aParilh Prieft, that had ferued Barfold in Jf^^^'^f, 
 Suffolke, and in K. Edwards dayes had taken a mlmli^ 
 woman vnder the name of his wifcjbut when 
 afterward in Q^Maryes raigne, order was ta- „ 
 ken (faith Fox) by the Queene, and publilhed 
 by the commifsionars,that all Priefts that had ,> 
 marryedin K. Edwards dayes, puttinge their ,> 
 wyues from thcm,lliouId be compelled to re- 
 turne againe to their chaftity, and fimple iifcj „ 
 Maifier Robert SamueU would not ftand to this ^03? 
 decree, but vfed his wife ftill, whervponhe 
 
 H 4 was 
 
12 o TheExamneflohnToxhis 
 was taken at home with his wife, put inta . 
 Ipfwich iayle> called before D£fc7orH(?pra»Bi- i 
 ff ihopof Normchy 2Lnd DoiiorDumlngs his Ch^n^ I 
 ry ceior, and by them examined andcondcm- j 
 5> ned, &c. I 
 
 1 8. This is the effe<fl of Fox his narration | 
 about Samuell the minifter, who yet was a J 
 Prieftjas yow fec^and y t is to be nored chat all i 
 marryed Priefts are commonly called mini- 
 fters by Fox in his Calendar , as though their 
 liauinge wyues did vnpriell: them, and make j| 
 them trueminifters. Yow muil remember aU 
 
 tck.tit, that we haue made mention of this PriclV 
 minifter Samuell in the Story of Jgties Fotten 8c 
 leane Trumhpeld , the firft wife of abeerebre- 
 wer, the other of a lliomaker in Ipfwich, 
 principale difciples of this Robert Samuell, of 
 whome he had vifions in his lleepe, as namely 
 that he faw three ladders fet vp towards hea- 
 uen, of the which there was one fomcwhat 
 longer th^n the reft , but at length became all 
 lGx/^4j. onc^ which vifion or dreame 1. Fox cxpoun- 
 de th hi thefe words. This was aforewarninge re^ 
 certaync ^^^0 himJtcUring vndeubtcdly the martyr dome 
 
 drcam« ^yji of hiwfelfe, and then of two honeft weomen, Agnes 
 the*mar^l^ Patten, ly loane Trunchficld who were brought forth, 
 liedpdeft. affdfuffcred in the fa?ne tott^nc anone after, Zcq. 
 
 19. This faith Fox : and then he Yvryteth 
 another dreame of thefaid Samuell, wberin he 
 fcemed to fe^ one (land befprehim ciadd in 
 white, and to fay vnto him in his ffeepe: 
 
 I,Qxthd, Samuell, Samuell, he of good cheer e. And fnalljf (ftitli 
 fox) as tbiigodlj Martjr vv^ going to thfjire , there 
 
 (me 
 
CdlenddY' Saints, (the monetrhof Aug.) nx Chttp.iz 
 Cdtne a muj/ne maid vntohimM^ichtooke him ahout 
 the neckband kslfedhim-^ who being war J^ed b)^ them 
 that were frefent , was fought for the next day after 
 t9 be had to prifon ^ and burned , as the very f arty her - 
 felfe informed me, being called Rofe Nottingam^ ff)e RofeTsrot- 
 being martieleujly peferuei by the pouidence of God, |k\^d"the 
 &c. Thus farre Fox , who iTieweth himfelfe miniftcr^^ 
 very forward to bekeue any thinge neuer fo H 
 ftrage,of thefchisnew Saints^ butisaltogea- ningc. 
 ther incredulous of the miracles of Cath.Mar- 
 tyrs neuer fo ancient or authentically teftified- 
 20. And as for that he telleth here of R$fc 
 Nottingam that kifled the minifter in the ftreec 
 as he was going to burning , and was fought 
 for the next day after to be had to prifin and 
 burned, feemeth a very improbable tale. For I .^^^^ 
 vi^ouldaske why ihe was nor taken then pre- probable 
 fcntly in the ftreet , yf flie kifled him fo publi- J^hn rox. 
 kely? But I will not examine the probabili- 
 tyes of Fox his miracles, efpecially of thelaft 
 of all which he relateth of this his Samuell,by 
 report (faith he ) of them that were prefent; 
 to witt^ that his body in burning did fmeas bright 
 and white ^04 new try ed filuer , in the eyes of them that ^dg. 1547. 
 fijoodby. But thefeeyes are to be (uppofedto 
 haue byn new ghofpellers eyes yf any fuch 
 were, & as ready to frame out vnto their ima- 
 gination fuch alight, as Fox is to beleeue and 
 relate y t. For y f yo vs^ aske hundreds of others 
 that flood by , none faw any (iich brightnes> 
 but rather that he appeared both blacke and 
 foule, vntill he was burned to alhes. And fo 
 much of him 
 
 2t. In 
 
m The Examen of lohn Vox his 
 
 21 . In the next place afcer this Apoftata 
 loane Prieft S amucU, thcxQ commech in a biynd wo- 
 biTndvJi- man of Darbj mm^d loane VVafty wofefefti- 
 man of uaU day of martyrdome is appointed heerc 
 ^^^^y* vpon the 19 day of this moneth. She was 
 Toxpa^. borne bIynd in the towne of Darby ( faith 
 X771. Fox) her Father was a barber and ropema- 
 
 ?> ker,and when iTie was about 12. ortj.yeares 
 oldjflie learned to knytt hofen^ and lleues,and 
 5>a5tyme ferued Ihe would help her father to 
 » turneropes,andin no cafe would be idle:and 
 ?> in K. Edwards daycs of bleffed memory, 
 her father and mother being dead , Ihe by 
 » hearing homylies and fcrmons > became mar- 
 ?> ucloufly well alFcded to the religion then 
 5> taught 5 fo as at length hauingby her labour 
 » gott and faued fo much moneyjas would buy 
 p> her a new Teftament, Ihe caufed one to be 
 ?> procured for her j and with that iTie repaired 
 j5 to one John Hurte, and fometymes to one John 
 » Temberm clarke of the parilh>to read vnto her> 
 Thebiynd fometvmes Ihe would giue a penny or 
 
 vvomans _ - i r r t r 
 
 pennv- two 5 as ihe miglit Ipare 5 toiucn perlons as 
 Jca°^gc^ would not freely read vnto her, appointing 
 faipturc. vnto them aforehand, how many chapters of 
 5, thenewteftament they Ihould read , or how 
 5, often they ihould repeat one chapter vpon 
 a price, &c. 
 
 22. So relatcth Fox of this blynd woman, 
 and that after ihe being called before Do£lor 
 ItAph B^yne of that Dioceft, and 'DoHor Dr4- 
 €otth\s Chancelor ,and other their afsiftants 
 and feHow Commifsionars , ihe was finally 
 
 condemned 
 
Calendar- Saints, {the mon^tho^ Aug.) 123 Chap.n 
 condemned to be burned and executed in 
 Darbj ^vpon great and fingularobftinacy , we 
 muft imagine, for that othervvife I cannot fee 
 how fo pnncipail learned men 5 would haue 
 agreed to the burningc of fo miferable and 
 ignorant a woman. 
 
 2 J. FromDarby lohn Fox fteppeth to O/- 
 chefteTy where he appointeth out fixe other 
 martyrs of his , burned togeather in the fame 
 to wne, J, men, and 5. weo men. -The men are 
 V V illiam Bohglar ghiier ^ Thomas Bennold tzllow Bongla^^ 
 chandelor, and RGbert Punas ( Fox caileth him Thomas 
 VViUiam in his ads) by occupation a fuller. ^Xu"^ 
 The vveomen are Agnes Siluerfide vviddow ^uicas. 
 fpintieryHelenEmmg wife to lohn Ewring myl- uerlide^^* 
 ler, and Elizsabeth lulhes a feruing-mayde in ^^^len 
 Colchefter of2o.yearesold. Of all which Fox eiYzS 
 writeth thus:Diuers examinations thefe good Fuikes. 
 people had atfundry tymes, before diuers lu- 
 ftices, Priefts and officers , as Maijler Roper liu 
 ftice, lohn KingHon ComiflTary, lohn BojiveU 
 Prieft 5 and fcribe to B. Bonner , and laft of all, / 
 they were examined in M(?r^'H4// of Colche- „ 
 fter vpon the 2?. day of lune by Bodor Chadfey, „ 
 and the faid Ubn KingHon, and other Priefts, & „ 
 of BofipeU the fcribe in the prefence of the two „ 
 BayhfFesof Ca/c/j^j?^r, &c. 
 24. Thus farre Fox: And furthermore he 
 recounteth their refolute anfwers , wherin he 
 gloryethalfo, but yet confefTeth that De^or p^n^J^n^f 
 C/W/^'amongeothersjWasfomouedtocom- cbadpy 
 pafsionand pitty in hearinge the fame, and ^bTnatc 
 confideringe their dcfterate vvillfullncs, as people, 
 
 the 
 
114 Ex men eflohn Vox hi$ 
 
 thcteares trickled downe aboundantly ouer 
 hischeckes, all the tymc the fentence againft 
 thdm was in readinge. But nothinge would 
 mooue them that vvere in mod danger both 
 of body and foule 5 fo had the enemy of man- 
 kynd biynded them with pride and prefump- 
 tion ot hereiie , and obdured their harts with 
 pertinacity. 
 
 Fox />4j, 25'- VViUUm Bongiar gUfyer (faith Fox) affmnei 
 refolutelf, that the Sacrament of the Altar, was bread, 
 is bread, and remajneth bready and that for the Confe^ 
 (ration, yt is not the holyery but rather the norfe, he. 
 Confider I pray yow what fkiil a glafier could 
 haue in this controuerfy,to aunfwere fb refo- 
 lutely vpon his life and death both cemporall 
 and eternall . If he had read 5. Ambrofe and 
 iuTi'^^de ^^^'^ hzuc belceued him, where he teachcth 
 &i^r.\.!^, vs in his books De SacramentU at large, that 
 Confecratme,Slc. by Confecrathn, natures are chan^ 
 ged, and bread and vvyne turned into the true flesh and 
 blond of Chnjl'y the poore glafier perhaps would 
 not haue byn Co refolute to the contrary. But 
 now thefe miferable ignorant people are 
 drawne to their deftru£tio, by the inchaunte- 
 ment of a few heady Sedaryes, that make 
 them beleeuc, that what fo cuer they fay is 
 Ggds words. Yf they had appeared before 
 Martyn Luther , as they did before thes other 
 commifsioners , what would hehauefaidof 
 them thinkeyowf But let vs go forward with 
 the reft. 
 
 26. Thomas Benmld (faith Fox) tallow-chan- 
 delorafxirmedthe lik^ to Bongiar^ but William 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the monetli of Aug.) ii^ Chap.t^ 
 Turcas the fuller (aid • that vvlnn he receautd the 
 Sacrament, he receaued bread in a hely vfe, that pea- 
 €heth the remembrance ofchrijl. Marke his phralc. 
 And this for the men. But the weomen were 
 much more iniblent and obftinate, asthefa- 
 lliion is> efpecially the yongeft of them all, to 
 Wm:,tht Scxu\T)g-mzydEliz.abethFulkesof 20. The foiiy 
 yeares old. For albeit lohn Fox laith of Agnes ow Vvw- 
 Siluerftde , that the good old woman anfmred them men. 
 mth fmh found iudgement and boldnes^thatp reiojfced 
 the harts of many: And then of Helen Eming the l^^^^"^* 
 myllers wife: that albeit thisgood vvo?nanwas fom^ 
 what th 'ukeofhearmge ; yet vvaspje quiche in vnder^ 
 fiandinge the Lords matters, &c. Yet doth he infill 
 moftvpon Eliz^abeth Vulkes hisyong mayden, 
 as he calleth her , for that ilie was much more 
 maiepart, then the other weomen , that were 
 more aged , and this is proper alfo to herefie, 
 that the yongeft andvvcakeft will prefume 
 moft, efpecially in woman kynde: yow fliall 
 hcare fomc of her behauiour out of Fox 
 himfelfe. 
 
 27. Eliz^abeth lulhes the yonge mayden (faith roxihu. 
 he) being examyned 5 whether ^jLe bcleeued » 
 the prefence of Chrifts body to be in the Sa- 
 crament (iibftantiaily and really or no? ilie an- a* 
 fwered ; thatfije beleeued yt to bea\fubJlantiaU Ije, bp 
 andareall lye, at which words the Priefts and 
 others chafed very much, &c. Thus Fox. And ^» 
 then he tclkth further, that llie being asked, ^» 
 whether after confecrarion , there remayned 
 notthebody of Chrift, ihz aunfwered: that 
 H^hatfoeuer manhlcjfd without Godsvvord , isctirfed » 
 
 and 
 
n6 TheExamenoflohnVoxIm 
 The info- ahbominabU by the word. Then they exami- 
 icnt be- ned her ofconfefsion, made, authority of the 
 EiSS)eth^ Pope, and the like, whertolheanfwered: that 
 puiks the fhe did vtterly deteji and abhorre all fuch trumpery from 
 Sayd!^ thebottomeofherhart, &c. Then was Ihe (faith 
 Foxjdeliuered to her vncleHo/f ofColchefter^ 
 to carry her home to his houfe,which he did, 
 and flie might haue efcaped but iTie would 
 not, but went backe to the Papifts againe : to 
 witt, the comifsionars , and findinge them at 
 the iTgne of the white hart in Colchelter,fhe fell 
 to vtcer defiance of them and their dodrine, 
 and fohadintheendapapifticallreward, for 
 ilie was burned, &€. 
 
 28. Thus relateth Fox of his modeftmayd 
 that defyed the wole world , and her lawful! 
 iudges. And of the fame mayden Fox repor- 
 Fox pag, te th :r/;^f when fe came to thefjre, [be fut of her fet- 
 1822. tic§te,and taking the fame into her hand , ffje threw yt 
 away from her , faying farewell all the world , farewell 
 faythjaretvell hope, andfo taking the flake in her hand 
 faid, welcome my hue , Thus he of his mai- 
 den. And then ofall fix he concludethin thcle 
 words: Thus y elded vp they their foules and body es 
 intothe Lordshandsforthe teftimonyofhis truth. The 
 Lordgr^ut,thatwe may imitate them in the like quar^ 
 rell, S'c. So he.The effedl of which prayer had 
 byn well perhaps for lohn Fox,& many hun- 
 dred others deceyued by him fince that tymc, 
 vfythad lighted vpon him in thofe dayesof 
 Tex his C^jMaiy. towitt, that he had byn burned 
 tKirv^^^^^^ with this his mayden and her mates for like 
 full death, quarrell, before he wrote this lyinge and dc- 
 
 ceytfull 
 
Calendar- S aim (themonethof Aug.) tiy Cbap.i^ 
 ceytfuU volume of his A<5ts and Monuments, 
 for yt had byn lefle damnation in my opinion 
 boch to him and others. But for vs that be 
 nowahue, God defend that euerwefliould 
 fall into fuch fury or phrenefie of hereiie, as to 
 runne to the ftake fo headlong , as thefe igno- 
 rant diftradcd people did, for fuch a quarrell 
 of defendinge their owne fancyes. 
 29. The laft company burned vpon this mo- 
 nethin theyearei557. were fix more accor- 
 dinge to Fox his relation , vvherof 4. were 
 burned alfo at Colchefier , and were of the for- 
 mer fraternity 5 of which wc hauenowfpo- 
 ken. Their names are William Mont hmhznd- ^^^^^ 
 man, Alice his wife , togeather with Ro[e Al- Alice his 
 len his faid wiues daughters^: lohn lohnfin ano- 
 ther labourer of the fame place.Thefe fome kn. 
 iS.more being knowne to be very bufy people, Johnfon. 
 and to pcruerte many of their neighboures 
 in Colchefier and round about,partiy by contu- 
 melious and blafphemous fpeaches vfed dayly 
 by themjafvvell in words as wrytioge, againft 
 the dodrine & cercmonyes of the Catholike 
 Church: as alfo by their examples invlTnge 
 to meetein fields, & fecrett houles^ and to fly 
 the faid Church, they were vpon complaint 
 made , apprehended by the Earle of Oxford the 
 L.Darcy, Maifter Edmond Tyrrell , and others in 
 commifsion , and fent vp to London to be 
 examined , where partly vpon compafsion of 
 fuch ignorant people , and partly vpon their 
 fubmifsion andproniife ofarnendment, they 
 were difmiiled &c fent home againc without 
 
 * any 
 
128 The V.xmen of lohn Vox hU 
 
 any hurt ( as Fox himfelfe confeficth ) , and 
 confequencly the Catholiks were nocfo gree- 
 dy of iliedding bloud in thofe dayesjas he eue- 
 The^com- ry whcre accufeth them. But when thefe 
 Fnfoknt people Came againe they proceeded farre 
 behauior more feditiouflv and infolencly then before, 
 
 ofhcretiks i r ^ t i • 
 
 difnuifed. asmayappeare byfundry letters wtytten by 
 Sjr Thomas Tye parxlli priell: of Much-hentley 
 of his parilTiionars, as well co the forefaid Lord 
 Darcy, as alfo to B\ Bonner. In the former letters 
 they wryte thus: 
 
 5 o. By reason of three feditiom perfons , William 
 Fox p4^, Mont and his v vife^ and Rofc her daughter ,who by their 
 colourable fubmtpon were dtfmtfi , and fent dowm 
 from the B. of London. They fmce their commlng, haue 
 not only in their owne^erfons ffjetpedmanifefi tokens 
 ofdifobedience, but alfo mofl malitioujly and fedttioufly 
 haue feduced many , mocl^nge thofe that frequent the 
 Church y c all inge them , Church- owles , and blajphC" 
 moujly callinge the blejfed Sacrament ^ a blind Ooi.with 
 diuers fuch wicked blajpbemyes, &c. And in the fe- 
 cond letters co Buhof j^(?;;j^eyiuis wryttenthus: 
 ibidim. Syncc the comminge doiimeof 24,. ranke heretiks 
 difmiiTed from yow, the deceftable fort of 
 „ fchifmatiks were neiierfo bold, (iirr. Theyaf- 
 fembletogeachervponthe Sabbochday in the 
 3, tyme of diuine fcruice, fometymes in one 
 5, houfe, fometymes in another, and there keep 
 , , their priuate conucnticles and fchooles of he- 
 relie. Your officers fay, that the counfell fent 
 them not home without great conlideration, 
 „ I pray God fome of them proue not fauou^ 
 rers of heretiks* The rebelis are ftoutinthe 
 
 townc 
 
Cakniar-'Samu. (the ip^ne th of Aug-) tip Chaf,\i 
 townc of CQlchefier yrXhc minifters of the 
 Church are hemm<:d a.t in the ftreetSiand caK 
 led knaues , the bleired. Sacrament is blafphe* 
 med and rayled vpon in cuery alehoufeand 
 taucrne, prayer and faftinge is not regarded, 
 feditious talks and nevyesareryfe both in the 
 towne and countrey, c^^. 
 p. Thus wrote thefe Catholike men^wher* 
 vpon this VVilllam Mom, with diuers of his y^.jjj^^^ 
 ci;cw being apprehended againe , they were MontTii 
 4^rryed to. Colchefter Caftle , and there cxa« ^^^^I'^r^^ 
 miQed y as yow haue keard of the former fix. theTTi- 
 r^lwe dMifmernvveremuch lik£ (faith lohn Fox) "^^^^li^* 
 yjntothefemer'^th^t is to fay^rayhngSi blafphe- 
 ipous, as yow may alTure your felfe ^ for that 
 yv'tUUm M(?;aj, befides the denyinge of many 
 efpecially other articles of Cath. faith , the 
 diuell ftirrcd him vp againft the bleffed Sacra- 
 xnitofthe Altar5which blafphemoully he cal- 
 led an abhomimble IdoU.And him followed both 
 Alice Mont his wife, znd lohn[on the labourer* 
 But-aboue all , as lohn Fox deligbteth euery 
 JVvhere in the maiepart aunfwers of his yonge 
 maydens • fo heere he bringeth in J^ofe Allen of 
 ^o. yearespid ) daughter to the forefaid Alice, 
 |bra finguiar example of forwardnes iii his 
 gbofpell. 
 
 3f, .Ro{e Allen mayde ((aithhe) of the age The im- 
 ! of 2o.yeates being examined of auricular I^^q^"^^/^ 
 
 conffifsipn , goinge to the Church, hearinge anfvv^?! 
 I maffe,feauen Sacraments, c^^:. llieaunfwered ^^j^^^y^^ 
 I ftoutly, that fiH)fimike in the face of God, and that hum^i<l\ 
 
 j^oc durjl ngt Iwf^ to do vvnh themfoY hit life, neither 
 
i^o The Examen of i$hn Fox his 
 Sox was flje dnjf member of theirs, for that they were the 
 members of Amichrift, drrl This was her firft znC^ 
 "„ were, wherin yow fee more pride andinfo- 
 5> lency then in any of the reft. But being asked 
 5, further (faith he) what iTie could fay of the 
 J, Sea of Rome, andBifliops therofj andwhe- 
 „ therflie would obay the BilTiopp thcrof ? fhe 
 „ anfwered boldly 5 thdt (fhe was none of his. And 
 , , Of for his Sea ( quoth iTie ) pis for crowes , Hiytes, 
 ewlesmd rauens to ftpym in , fuch asyow be j for by 
 the grace of God I will not fwymmein that 
 ,5 Sea while I liue,neither will I haue any thing 
 to do therwith. Thus aunfwered this wife 
 gyrle, not vndcrftandinge what th« Sea of 
 ^oome was, or meantj but thinking yt had byii 
 a fea of water to fwymme in : and yet noc- 
 withftandinge would iTie needs dye, for de- 
 fence of her knowledge and fancy therin, and 
 in other points of Religion. And Fox talking 
 ?0x ihid, of her condemnation , faith : Then read they the 
 fentence of condemnation.and thus the fe pore condem-- 
 tied lamhesvvere deliuered euer to the hands of the /r- 
 cuUrpwer. So he. Butlettany man confidei- 
 whether thefe kind of aunfwcrs were of 
 lambes, or rather of wolues, Foxes, & Tigers, 
 proceedinge from an inraged mynd with fury 
 of herefic, againft their mother the Church. 
 35. And now there remayne only j. more 
 to make vp this moneth of Auguft : to witt; 
 George ^^orge Eagles, furnamed Trudgeouer- the worlds 
 lagics, & whofe feaft is appointed vpon the 30. day 
 ^ therof , ioyned with the feaft of one Tryar, and 
 the faid Gsorge E^^to fifter vpon the 31. And for 
 
Cakndar-Smts: (the moneth of Aug,) tp Chapji 
 the lall two , Fox only wryteth thus much: 
 that about the fame tjme and moneth, ene named Jriar Fmr an4 
 yrtth a vvmm accompanpnge hm,vvh& woi the fijler ^^"^^^^^ 
 ofGeerge Eagles, in the Ukecaufeef righteoufnes fuf - i^^^f^"^ 
 fered Itki mmyrdome , ^7 ^'^^ vnrighteotuPappat 
 Rochefter,&e. But what their ©pinions^articlcs, 
 orauafwers were, and whether thisfellow 
 were indeed a Friar or no, or only in namc> or 
 whether this woman did accompany him in 
 trew or pretended wedlocke , or otherwife, 
 he faith no one word y for which caufe, we 
 alfo llialbe filentheerin. 
 
 34, But as for the former, to witt George George 
 £i^^/^^,ytappeareth by Foxhislarge narration 
 of him , that by occupation he was a Taylor, called 
 and thence made himlelfe a preacher, went 
 Vp and downe from countrey to countrey, to 
 make profelites of his Religion ^ and to flitch 
 them to his Church- which vocation of his 
 Fox highly efteemeth , for thus he wryteth 
 ofhim. T/;/>f Gm^^E/fg/fiisnot tobenegleded ^ 
 for his bafe occupation^ whome Ghrift called iszz!^' 
 thence to fett forth his ghofpell- rather we „ 
 ought to glorifie God the more therby in his ,> 
 holynes, which in fo biyndatymeinfpired ,> 
 him with the gift of preaching, and conftancy „ 
 ofluifering ^ who after a certaine tyme , that „ 
 he had vfed the occupation of a taylor , being 
 cioquent,and of good vtterance, gaue and ap- ,^ 
 plied himfelfe to the profitt of Gods Church, 
 dec. And agalne a little after. Hewandringe a- ,i 
 broad intodiucrs and farre countreyesjwhere ,3 
 he could fynd any of his brethren,hedid there 5^ 
 
 I z moft 
 
%iz Th e I xamett of l6hn Fox his 
 
 Why moft earneftly encorage , and comfort them, 
 tvafSic4 nO'Cwrryinginthis towne or that, yet fome- 
 Tiudgt- tymes abdhig ceitayne moncthes togcather 
 as occafion ferued , lodging (bmctynics in t 
 cOuntrcy , and fometymes for fcare , liiiinge 
 in the fields and woods , who for his immo- 
 „ derate and vnreafonablc going abroad , was 
 called TmdgeoueY, &c. 
 
 Thus wryteth Fox of his martyr, but 
 ^4oth not teil vs therwith the {editions and 
 freafonable tricks , which th\%TYudgeouer^iA 
 prac^tife againll the Q^Sate and real me in this 
 his trudging vp an downe , for which he was 
 condemned not of reHgion , but of treafon> 
 and executed for the fame , by drawing, han- 
 ging and quartering at the towncof Chdtmf- 
 ford in Eflex , without any one word mentio- 
 ned vnto him for rehgion,that I haueheard 
 or read. Fox fettcth downe fome words of 
 jQ>yiiiid. his arraign men t thus : George Eagles, thou art en- 
 dighted by the name of George Eagles, otherwife Trud-* 
 geouer-the world Jor that thou didefifuch a daj make 
 , , thy payer, that god fmld turne QJdaryes hart, or eU 
 take her away. This is all that ytplcafed Fox to 
 , fett downe of his cndightment, for iuftifiyng 
 of his fainit: but yet a little before in the fame 
 Xagics narration he wiyteth thus : The next day he was 
 codcmned carried to London to the Bishop f and the CounceU , and 
 &lrSlin! theyeremaynedacertaynetyme, and then was brought 
 * downe to Chelemsford to the Sef ions , and there was 
 cHdyghxed andaccufed of treafon, becaufe he had af- 
 fembled conipanyes togeatheryCcntrary to the Jawes and 
 fiatutesof thercalme in that cafe mtiided,&c. 
 ■ 36.Thu$ 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moheth of Aug.) 1 33 Chap At 
 ^6. Thus he, and heerby we may fee , that 
 Ceor^e Eagles caufc was not rch'gion > but mani- 
 feft trcafon , though Fox make him heere a 
 bleffed mattyr afwell in his Calendar , as al& 
 in the ftory ofhis Ads and Monuments. He 
 tcllcth vs furthermore, that his foure quarters 
 were fent to be hanged vp at foure feuerall 
 townes, to wict , CoUheHer , Harwich , Chelemf ouer\Ts 
 ford,andS, Rgufes. His head (faith he) «^^/mv/^ quarters 
 atChelemsfordatthemarkett crojfe vfona long fide, 
 and flood nil the wynddid hlowyt downe.and Ifing places and 
 certayne dayesin the peetwas temhled about ^vnttil ^'^temne^d 
 ^rie caufedjt to be bur ted m the churchyard in the nighty by the 
 &c. Fox doth not fay, whether he that buryed j^'^^i^"' 
 the relique of Trudgeouer was a CathoHque or 
 Proceftant, but well he iTieweth that Prote- 
 ftants do not honour the reliques of their 
 faindsjin that they fuffercd this their martyrs 
 head to be tombled vp and downe fo many 
 dayes in the ftrect, without fo much as taking 
 yt vp. But fuch martyrs, fuch honour due 
 vnto them. 
 
 37. And one fpeciall Euloge^ and worthy 
 comm^dation I fynd in Fox himfelfe, giueii 
 to this Eagles by tl^e B. of Rochepr in QJVlaryes 
 tyme, who reafoning with one AUerton a tay- 
 lorand companion of this Eagles^ faid to him 
 in thefe words^as Fox relateth themiVVerenot 
 JOW a companion of George Eagles otherwife called m% 
 Ttudgeouerf Uy I. of London telleth tne.that yoware 
 hU feUom companion . Allerton : J know him very Trudge. 
 well,myLord. Bifliop : By my faith 1 had him once ^^^'^^""^^ 
 heforcme,an4thenbc tpasas drunkeasanafeiforhe r^ixvu 
 
 I 5 pnke 
 
134 Examen of John Fox his 
 
 funke fo of drinks ^t^^^ ^ ^of abide him , andfo I 
 fern him away ^ &c. This teftimony gaue the faid 
 B. publikely. And albeit the taylor Alberton 
 >vould feeme to deny the fame, and fay that 
 Tr«rf^^o«^yhadnotdrunkeany beereor wyne 
 in long tyme before that^yet may a man calily 
 confider,how probable a thing this is j and 
 whether the taylor that fpake yt of a certayne 
 animofity> to contradict the Bifliop & defend 
 the honour of his fellow taylor TrudgmeXy 
 be more to be credited , then fo honourable a 
 pcrfbnage as the Bifliopp of R(?cfc^j?fr vvas,who 
 affirmed yt of his owne knowledge in the 
 prefence of many, that were prcfent at the 
 fad. And fo much of this man and moneth. 
 The comparifon betwene Fox his Calendar 
 and ours,yow may eafily make, by vcw of 
 that which before is fpoken. 
 
 T^ht ende of AuguU. 
 
 THE 
 
Calendar-Saints, (the moncth of Sept.) tjjf Chap.ii^ 
 
 THE MONETH 
 
 OF SEPTEMBRR;^ 
 
 and Foxian Saints therin conteynecfj 
 
 The number ypherof is thirty and eighty 
 hgiminge^ith Father Ahxahamy 
 and ending '^ith lohn Fortune. 
 
 C H A p. X I I I. 
 
 TH E only dayes that are left in this moneth 
 to Catholike Saints , are the it. to S. Ma* 
 thetp the Apoftle, and the 29. to S.MicheU the 
 Archangel! , which are both in rubricate let- 
 ters in lohn Fox his Calendar, as well asours, 
 wherin we are fom what beholden vnto him, 
 clpecially for the later ; to witt, that he hath 
 left vs free the feaftof S.Michell th^ Archan- 
 gell, which is the feaftalfoof all other An- 
 gells,to be celebrated with foleninity,wheras 
 ^therwife he and his fellowcs are wont to 
 obie<St vnto vs the Religion of Angells, &c. 
 \ And this curtefy of his, is fome recompence 
 I for ftrykinge out in this moneth the feaft of 
 i tiie Natiuitj of our Bleffed Lady, mother of Cod, 
 I ( vvhich we prefcrre before Angells) and do 
 I celebrate her faid feaft vpon the eight day 
 
 5herof, with great & ancient folemnity* And 
 ^ing he hath dealt fo rigourouHye with 
 J «i " 1 4 Chriftes 
 
 ^ . ... 
 
I ^ ^ The Ex amen of lohn Tqx his 
 
 Chriftcs mother herfclfe,as to put out her na-^ 
 tiuity in the Calendar^we mart haiic patience 
 with hiin for puttinge out other inferior 
 Saints alfo , as S. Corneltm Pope and iMartyr, 
 S. CypUn, S, Linus, S: Hierome and others • yea 
 thefeaft ofthQ Exaltation of Chrijles holy Crojfe yt 
 felfe, which in our Church is vpon the i^* of 
 this moneth in memory of that day 5 when 
 the (aid Crofle with fo great honor yvas refto- 
 red by Heracl'm the Emperor,from the polTef- 
 fion of the heathen Perfians vnto Chriftians 
 againej as Ecclefiafticall hiltorycs do recounts 
 This memory (I fay) of the Crofle of our Sa- 
 uiour^ I ohn Fox hath thriift out^as well as the 
 reft, and in place thcrof, he hath fett vs foor th 
 vot His in his Calendar Cernclim Bungay a capper of 
 ""ois^mf. And on our Ladyes day , in fteed of 
 
 her Natiuit)f^\s fett dovvne the feftiuall memo- 
 ry of Gcoroe CatmeYy a Cobler of B'tth in Kent; 
 and fdr Saint Hierome, lohn Fortune a prefum- 
 ptuous heretical ^7«/f/;,and other fuch like ex- 
 changes, which after yow lhall iooke into 
 more particularly by the yew. 
 2. And firft of all is to be noted , that Fox 
 doth not place in the beginning of this mo- 
 nedi, any put to death vndcr !<• Henry the 8. 
 as h itherto he was wont, but only for the firft 
 rhree dayes fetteth downc three Lollards > or 
 Wickhffians burned vndcr K» Henry the 60 
 anno 14.28. whole names he faith he found in 
 ^ certaine old Regifter, wherof the greater 
 Father A- P^^'^^ "ot bc read. Thefe three are F^rfw 
 feiafeam. Abraham ^pooTQ fimple old man of Colchepr, 
 
 tomcat her 
 
Cdlendar- Smti* (the moneth of Sept.) t;/ Cha^,i<^ 
 togeather with William VVhitCy^nd John Wad- vviiUam 
 ApoftataPriefts, for whofe apprehenfion vvHte. 
 with diuers others fufpeded of hcrefie and LoU vvaddofl* 
 lardy (thofe be the words of the coinifsion) he 
 cyteth the (aid Kings letters to lohnExcetetkc^ 
 p^r of the Caftic of Colchefter , and others, 
 bearinge date the fixt of luly and fixt yeare 
 ofhisraigne. And yf weconlider thecondi- Henry the, 
 tionandcirGumftanees of thattyme, welhall fette^sVor 
 fee yt was when EngiilTi men were much oc- apprcken- 
 cupied in French warres^by occaiion w^herof, hemlks hi 
 the infedion of Lollards SrWickUffians did Norfoike. 
 grow in diuers parts of England > but efpeci-- 
 ally in Nnfolke, for fo much fignifie the faid 
 Icttersof the KingjCommandingc them to be 
 fought out and puniflied. And allbeyt moft 
 of them, whenthey wereapprehendcd, did 
 abiurcpublikely their opinion Sj wherof lohn 
 Fox recordeth a catalogue of almoft ahun- j^oiiard* 
 dred, that did the fame , and thcrby cfcaped, ^ndwic- 
 (whomenotwithftandinge heaccounteth as ab^^^e!* 
 good members of his Church: ) yet foine few 
 of them were burned for relapfe afterward, 
 efpecially thefe three here mentioned. 
 3. And as for F. Abraham , we do not know 
 by Fox his relation heere w^hat he was,other- 
 wift then a poore man^ or whether he were a . 
 Jerr, Lollard or VVicl^iffian , or why he w^as cal- 
 led Father y for that Fox his fiory faith no more 
 of him, but that Father Abraham Qf Colcheficrvvasfij^^^^; 
 burned for like ofinmn.that thetm Priefts VVhite,& 
 VVaddon vvere. Now his articles might be like, 
 and yet farre different in fubftancefrom thofe 
 
 ofthc 
 
ijS The l^mtn ef loJm Fox his 
 
 of the two Priefts : but yf they were the true 
 articles of Lollards and VVickliffim, we haue 
 treated therof before in the third Chapter of 
 this booke, where yow may fee them fett 
 downe at large. Fox in this place talkinge of 
 the whole agreemet of his VVickliffian Saints, 
 as well thofe thatabiured as others, wryteth 
 f^g* i^'X- thus: I pnd (faith he) in the regifters fuch fociet/ 
 and agreement of doilrine to haue bynamongH them, 
 that almoft tn their affertions and articles there was no 
 difference. Note I pray yow the word (almoH) 
 conccrmngc their vnity- remember alfothat 
 in the margent of this place , Fox fctteth 
 downe this note for their Antiquity againft 
 M. B. Bonner by name. Bonner (faith he) might fee the 
 Church heere m this age , more then 40. jeares before 
 be was borne. And is not this a great antiquity 
 (thinke yow) ioyned with their almoji vnitj ixi 
 Antiquity t^ofe daycs ? But yf he would conferre their 
 «nd vnity opinions with thofe of the Proteftants of our 
 kmAQs', d^y^s • what vnity (thinke yow) Ihould he 
 find amonge them ? yow may fee them com- 
 pared in the forfaid 3. Chapter of this booke# 
 4, But as concerninge S)r VVtUiam White the 
 Prieft (fo named in the K. letters) by whome 
 yow may iudge of all the reft , for that he was 
 their chiefe Captayne in thofe dayes- Fox 
 wryteth thus: This V ViUiam V Vhite, being afol^ 
 ^^-^^ lower of John V Vickfiffe, and a Prieft not after the 
 common fort^but as the fcripture faith, a moY^ 
 Mitt. ninge fiarre in the middefi of a cloud, &c. he gauc 
 9) oucrhis Pricfthoodand benefice, andtooke 
 J, vnto him a godly y ongc woman to his wife, 
 
 named 
 
Calendar^Smu* (the moneth of Sept.) 139 ChapA^ 
 named loane, notwithftandinge he did not ,„ 
 therfore ceafe, or leaue from his former office „ 
 & duty^but continually laboured to the glory „ 
 and praife of his fpoufe Chrift, byreadmge, „ 
 wrycinge and preachinge^ d^c, Whervponhe 
 being attached at Canterbury vnder th'Arch- 
 bilTiop UemyChichepj yin the ycarc of our Lord 
 I424.he thcre,for a certayne fpace ftoutly^and 
 manly vvittncffed the truth which he bad „ 
 preached, &€. 
 
 5. Thus Fox of his Martyr White, and then Syr wa^ 
 confefsingc that he recanted and abiuredpu- ^IZhWis^ 
 blikely all his former opinions; yet that after a yong wo- 
 tyme , being apprehended againefor relapfe 
 into the fame ; he vv^ brought (faith he) before 
 V Villiam B. of Normch, by vvhome he was comid and tkidmi 
 condemned of lo* articles, and there was burned in 
 Norspich, in the moneth of September anno 1424. So 
 Fox. Which number of yeares notwithftan- 
 dinge cannot agree, eytker with that which 
 himfelfe fetteth downe in his Calendar , that 
 he was martyred vpon the yeare t428, or 
 with that which the Kings letters before 
 mentioned, for the apprehenfion of this VVil^ 
 Ham White doth teftifie^naming the jfixt yeare 
 of his raigne, which was indeed the forefaid 
 yeare 1428. So as Fox neuer commonly is 
 found true or exad in his accompt of tymc,yf 
 yow compare one place with another. 
 
 And thisisallin effed that he wrytethof 
 this William White prkdy and his fellow lohfi roxiiii: 
 VVaddon like prieft to himfelfe , but only that *• 
 he addecb^that Syr V VilUam Whites yonge wife 
 
 was 
 
1 4 o The Examen oflohn Vox hU 
 
 was fo kind to her husband, and fo forward & 
 zealous in teachmgi&preachingjaslTie would 
 neuer Icauc him, nor he htr . He going into Nor- 
 folke (faich Fox) with his [aid wife lodne^ and 
 there occupying him felfe bufel^in teaching, he was at 
 length apprehended, &c. Andagaine, VVhofefaid 
 wife loane foUowinge her husbands footjleppes accor^ 
 4ing to her power, teaching & [owing abroad the fame 
 do8rine,conjirn;edmanpneningodstruth ,(irc. And 
 finally Fox hauing told vs , how this Sjr FFr/- 
 liamVVhitte&c his woman loane (for his wife 
 llie could not be,he hauing a follemnc vow to 
 the contrary ) had their mofl aboad at the 
 houfe of one Thomas Moone o^Ludnej , and from 
 thence fpread the ghofpell ; he addeth for a 
 profe of his great holynes , thefc words : That 
 ^ aU ths people had him in f uh reuerence, as they defjrei 
 him to pray for them, info much that one Margaret 
 V V right confejfed, thatyf any SainHs were to he prayed 
 to, ff)e would rather fray to him,then to any other, &c. 
 Pox his ^' -^I'^l^^s rclateth Fox of this Wickliffian 
 mannciof abiured martyr , which I cannot fee why, or 
 for what caufc or reafon he maybe accom- 
 proteftant ptcd forfogrcata faiuiS-or of lohn Fox his 
 IIqucK C^^rch at all , but only for taking to himfelfc 
 the yonge woman loane againftjhis voW of 
 Chaftity^ for in all other articles ( or the mod 
 part) he was oppofite and contrary. So as the 
 making a good proteltant of a pricft> cofifteth 
 by Fox > in taking a yonge woman when he 
 groweth lafciuious.And Co much of him with 
 hisfellowcs, burned vnder K. Henry the 6. 
 And for that Fox his Calendar hath no other 
 
Calendar" Saints, (the moneth of Sept.) 141 ChapU^ 
 of later date in this moneth, vntill he come to 
 Zwinglians and Caluinifts burned vnder 
 Mary: vve iTiall pafle to them, as they ara 
 fett downe in order. 
 
 8. But yet by the way we maft take ono 
 with vs,that was made martyr in K. Edward 
 the lixth hisdayes not in England,butan En- 
 gUlliman , in Lishone of Portugall, where he ^j^^ ^^^^ 
 was burned for one of the moft defperate and of vvnui 
 wicked ads 5 that eucr was heard ofperhapps ^u/neX^ 
 among Chriftian mcn^all circumfiances con- a defpe- 
 fidered. His name was William Gardner of l^^^^,^^^^^^ 
 Bril];ow>a yonge (eruant of one Pagett a mar- 
 chant of that towne,& his factor for traffique 
 in Portugall jhe wasnot aboue 26.yeares of 
 age (faith Fox) when he was fent thither, 
 which yong age he noteth comonly for the 
 more commendation of his martyrs^ for that 
 the yonger they are and of leffe Witt, learning 
 and iudgmentjthe more fitt to be ruled by the 
 fpiritt of his new reh'gion, which in many is 
 Spiritus vertiglnis , asyow lhali fee in this man, Efii. ifi 
 5>. His fad was, that he being come from 
 England vnto JLrikwf , vpon the yeare 1552. 
 dronken with herefy , as many yong appren- 
 tices of profefsion were at that tyme j being 
 towards the end of K« Edwards raigne , and 
 ' finding the vfe of Catholike religion in great 
 honour and celebrity there, according to the 
 deuotion ofthatexcellent Citty : this yonge 
 Enghlh prolelite pricked on with pride > 
 thought to make himfeUe famous by fome 
 notable wicked attempt againft the fame , as 
 
 Eropaiui 
 
142 The Examen oflohn Vox hU 
 
 Erofiutm in old tyme , by fettinge a fire the 
 temple of Diana -y and to this elFed feing one 
 day a great foilemnity in Lisbone, at the mar- 
 riage of the K. of Portugall hiscldeft fonne, 
 to witt Prince lohn , fonne of K. lohn the 3* 
 with the daughter of Charles the Emperor, 
 the miferable wretch gettinge into the 
 Church, and creeping neere to th« high Altar^ 
 vnefpied amongeft fo great a multitude of 
 Princes and people, as that day were prefent, 
 did , whileft mafle was a fayingc by fmce 
 Hfwr^Cardinall (afterwards K. of Portugall) 
 ruili foddainly to the (aid Altar j and ouer- 
 thro winge the Chalice, tooke the Confecra- 
 tedhoftj and moft impioufly trode yt vnder 
 his fecte,in the prefence both of the K. Clear- 
 gy, and all other the nobility and people: 
 Wherypon an vprore being made, he was 
 hurt> and like to haue byn flayne in the place, 
 bnt by the Kings ciyinge (faith Fox) t9faue him, he 
 was referued to further examination, and fi- 
 nally was burned. 
 
 10. This was the heroicali ad of this defpe- 
 rate yong marchant, which Fox doth fo high- 
 ly commend? as he maketh a longer preamble 
 in the rare praifes of this defperate apprentice, 
 then of any one of his Martyrs, to my remem- 
 brance , throughout the whole volume of 
 thefe his Acfts and Monuments. And by this 
 euery man may iudge of his fpiritt. But let vs 
 hearehisowne \\jQTds\VVtlliamGaYdener[(z\xh 
 he) is a man verily in my iudgementjuot only 
 to be compared with the moft principal! and 
 
 cheefe 
 
Calendar- Saints. (themonethofScpt.) 145 ehap.t^.^ 
 cheefe Martyrs of theft our daycs- but alfo 
 fuchaone, as the ancient Churches , in the fooHsh 5^ 
 tymeofthefirftperfecutions, cannot fliew a ^^otds^in 
 more famous , vvhether we do behouldthe 
 force of his faith, his firme & Itedfaft conftan- ciiden^. 
 cy, or the inuincible ftrengch of his fpiritt,drr. „ 
 Wherfore yf any praife or dignity amonge 
 nacn, as reafon is , be due vnto the Martyrs of 
 Chrift for their valiant Ads, this one man 
 among many> (eemeth worthy to be renow- „ 
 hed and celebrated in the Churchy with Igna-^ 
 iiiis,- Ijturentm, Ciriacm, Cnfeentim, and Gordia- 
 nits, &c, 
 
 \U Thus wryteth he , comparinge (as yow ^ >. 
 (ee) this impious, madd^and furious yongladd 
 with thofe ancient holy Martyrs of Chrifts 
 Cfturch S. Tgnatm,znd the reftjas though they 
 Ji'ad byn of his Church , or their caufe like to 
 that of Gardener. And yet yf yow remember, 
 HHre haue iTiewed before in this Treatife>that * Pom. 
 
 Ignatius is reprehended by the Magdcbur- ^^^^^ 
 giaiisj for afRf ming the maffe to be a facrifice> 
 arid that the jflory of 1^. JL4//rm//i^ wrytten by 
 JmrfmJiaabouehoo.yearcsgone, fettethout 
 l^leerly the whole manner of Chriftian fa- 
 ferifice in thofe dayes , & the filuer and golden 
 ' Veflells vfed therin>for which S. Laurence was 
 tailed in queftion,by the couetuous Emperorj 
 iAnd yt is fb plainly dcfcribed^as we our lelues 
 ,can hardely deliuer the fame more cleercly 
 ilow, then Prudentius did then. And how then 
 liiay this defperate hereticke , that impugned: 
 ihefame facrifice^ by fo horrible and villanous . 
 
 * attempt^ 
 
1 44 ^'^^ Examen o f lohn Fox his 
 
 actempt^be compared with thofe ancient ho^ 
 ly Martyrs that defended the fame? Or how 
 can this miferable foriorne companion , be 
 made equall with them in a caufe moft oppor 
 lite and contrary? 
 
 i2t Fox faith that he prayed much before he 
 tooke the matter in hand 3 and fo did his three 
 ^Sttp.menf, theeues alfo Kmg.Marsh Sc Deb?um(ji yow^re-* 
 Mai]dicz. niember) when they went to robbe the 
 Church o't Doner coun in K. Henryesdayes; 6c 
 fo did Hack£tt, Arthington dc Copinger alfo, when 
 Sec the ^^^^y ^^f^l^^^d to make the faid Hackett C^rift> 
 booke in- and the Other two Prophetts : VVherof yow 
 fai!a,^n ^^^y ^ ^^^S^ particular relation fett forth by 
 ^rthh<2,to» Arthington himfelfe, after his pardon obtay-^ 
 inip^Tmed "^^5 eameftly they prayed alltogea- 
 
 atLondon ther that very morninge, when they were: to 
 ml^i ^9s. forth & preach in the (Ireets, llack£tt lying 
 in his bedd , and leapinge out diners tymesin 
 his Ihirt (as the fpiritrcame vpon him) to pray 
 with them at their bedds hdes , and then re*- 
 turningro bedd againe: So asytrsnot^npugh 
 to pray, but a man muft confiticr what he 
 praycrh, how and for what, and the Prophet^ 
 ffii. loS. faith of fo me, jiat oratlo eortm m pccutum, Ltt 
 their prayer tarne into finne-, findfbdid.jiQ 
 doubt the prayer of this defperate wrerch> 
 who prayed God to afsift him againft him- 
 felfe, and the higheft honour done tohinxo^Q 
 earth. And fo much of him. y^-^ 
 17. From the Story of William Gardenerin 
 Edwards dayes, lohn Fox palTeth to other 
 Martyrs of his, burned vnder (^Mary in thf 
 
 ycarQ 
 
taUnlir-SAinth (themoncthofSept.) f^(^ Gha^.i^^ 
 yeare 1555, all iimpleigaorannmen> bucyetas 
 wilUuU,as yt'they had great learning for their 
 foundation. The firli: vvas VV ilium Allen of vviiUam 
 WaUInghamiabouringe nian^^the feeohd was Thomas 
 Thoma6 Cobb of Umerhill butcher^thc third Roger <^obb. 
 Coo o^Melford Sherman j to whome he adioy- coo^ 
 nech three Confeflbrsajfo that died in prifon: 
 tovvict VVillutm Andrem of Horlley carpenter, wuHam 
 that died m 2vV;i:?^^f^, and Thonm Lej zndlohn Thomll" 
 YVdde artificers^vvhoiickeningin pn{bn,were Ley- 
 carryed to their frends hou(es in London^ and ^^^^^ 
 there died, and fo were Confeffdrs. 
 14. But to fay fomwhat of the forfaid three 
 Martyrs, though Fox fay but little, yet vtte- 
 rethhelbmuch as is fuliieient tplTiew their 
 foolillipertinacyeuen to the death> & in mat- 
 ters jTvhieh they neyther vndetftood nor 
 could haue other grouds to Rand in> but their 
 ownewill. For of ilt/ert the labourer, feruant 
 to one John Houghton ofSowemn , Fox wrytetli 
 thus: Thathe bemgbrougbt before the Bi- 
 iTiopp, and asked the caufe why he was in pri- 
 fon, anfwered: for that he would not follow the T:oypa£^' 
 Crojfe infrocepiom^dd'm^ furcher,^!?^^ ifhefdwthe i^i^ 
 King and Queene, and all other to follow the Crojfe, yet 
 hevvouldnot'^ For which confefsion, lying Fox 
 faith, that he was condemned , and kmcnc^ 
 of death giuen again ft him. But how likely a 
 tale this is, that for this only he Oiould be con- 
 demned to death, euery man will ealily eonli- 
 der, that hath reafonj&knoweth the mwanner 
 j of Ganonicall proceeding in that behalfe. And 
 fo much of hiiB; for that For. hath no more. 
 
 K 15, Bui , 
 
 \ 
 
14^ TheExamenoflohnFoxhis 
 ty. But about his two feiIowcs5C<>&& the but- 
 cher, and Ceo the flierman,Fox aUeageth farre 
 greater confli(^is with the BilTiops Chancelor, 
 the victory al'vyayes remayningon Cobs and 
 Coos fide, & the other conquered. For thus is 
 the Billiopp brought in to fpeake to Coe the 
 jfherman : 
 
 lox/^^^. Bishop. Is not the holy Church to be be- 
 leeucd? 
 
 „ Coo. Yes,y f it be grounded vpon the word 
 „ of God. 
 
 , , Then faid the BUhopp that he had charge of 
 „ C<?ohisfoule. 
 
 3, Coo, Hauc yefo, my Lord, then yfyowgo 
 „ to the diuell for your finnes, where iTiall 
 „ I become ? 
 
 Tiic rea- Bifhop. Will yo w not beleeue as your Father 
 
 the Brffc.^ did, was not he an honeft man? 
 
 with Ceo Coo. It is wrytten, that after Chrift hath 
 
 ^e^fher- f^flp^j.^ j ^ ^j^^j.^ f^^n ^^^^ ^ people with the 
 
 „ Prince^that fliall deftroy both people and fan- 
 5, duary- 1 pray yo w fliew me whether this de^^ 
 
 ftruftion was in my Fathers tyme or now? 
 „ The Bishopp not aunfweringe this queftion, 
 
 asked him , whether he would obey the 
 „ Kings lawes? 
 
 „ Coo. Yea as farre, as they agree with the 
 
 J, word of God, &c. 
 
 t6. And this is part of that wife conference 
 which Fox ferteth downe betwene the Bi- 
 Xbtd<m. fliopp , and the fhcrman , and concludeth the 
 fame abruptly , (ayingein the end: This Roger 
 Coo an 42ed Father, after his fundry troubles and con^ 
 
'tdendar-Smti. (the moheth of Sept.) 147 Chap. tf^ 
 p£ls with hU dduerfarjfes, at length was cmmitted to 
 ie the fire at rerfrrd in Suffolk?, where he mofi blef^ 5enc?of 
 fedlj ended his aged yeares. And the like conflid Colb the 
 hefetcethdowne, betweenc Thoma4 Cobbe tht yvUh^D. 
 butcher, ^ndDoHorDunningsChsincdottoibt Puningsf 
 Bifliop of Norwich about the blclTcd Sacra- 
 ment, and rcall preftncc ; the butcher affir- 
 minge 3 that he had not learned (faith Fox) in the ^^^'^^ 
 fcriptnrey thatCbriJl fhould be in the Sacrament, for ^^^"^^ 
 that Chrijl borne of the blepd Virgin was in heauen) 
 and he had read in the icriptures j that Chrifi 
 didafcmdy andneuerdefcendid fynce. Sofaidthc 
 Butcher , and offered himfelfe to the fyre for 
 yt at the towne of Thetfordythis yeare t555.and 
 this monethof September. And this is all 
 which in effed lohn Fox hath of his two 
 martyrs Cobb and Coo. 
 
 !/• In the next place to thefe are brought iit 
 by Fox fcauen other martyrs, fiue burned at 
 Canter burjf^znd two at Lichfield in StafFord^Tiire. George 
 The hrft 5. were George Catmer, Robert Streater, ^^^^!^' 
 Antony BurtPard, George Bradbridgy^nd lames Tutty^ sudltu < 
 all ignorant vnlearned artificers jofwhome ^^^^^J^^ 
 Fox himfelfe wryteth little or nothing , but Gcorec 
 only that they ftoutly denied diucrs articles of Bradbridg 
 reli gionpropofed vntothem, as for example Tutty. 
 Camer faid; Chrijl fitteth in heauen at the right hand camel^* 
 of God the father , and therfore 1 do not beleeue him to bury. * 
 he in the Sacrament of the Altar. A wi fe argument ^^^^^ 
 no doubt , and by which he might proue alfo, 
 that Chrift did not appeare to Saint Paul after 
 his Affcnfion, which yet the Apoftle himfelfe 
 affirmcth* And fodid ilw^wi^alfo, who was 
 
 K z fent 
 
1 48 The Ixxmen oflohn Vox his 
 
 fent by Chrift to reccaue and cure him fayingi 
 9^ Our Lord lefus ChriH, that af feared vnto thee in she 
 %xolliu ^^y>hath [ent me hither. &c. But lecvs gocfor- 
 i! ward. George Bradbridge ( faith Fox ) being de- 
 maunded after Catmer about Confefsion, anP- 
 Poxt^iii. wercd : that he would mt he confejfed to a priefiyfor 
 that the priefl could notforgiue his owne J^wwe^i.Mark^ 
 thefubftanciall reafon of this Foxian martyr. 
 Of the reft he wryteth nothing at alljbut only 
 doth regifterthe names ofthofe two burned 
 Thomas Lich^eldy ihomos Uayu^ard and lohn Gory with- 
 Hayvvard. out faing any thing at al what they did, what 
 Jo. Gory, articles were laid vnto them>or for what opi- 
 nions they were burned. 
 
 The laft two martyrs placed by Fox in 
 Robert ^^^syeare 1555* are Kohert Glouer gentleman^Sc 
 GiouJr. Cornelius Bmgiy the forfaid Capper of Couen- 
 corncii«s try,burned both at one fyrein the fame Citty, 
 uDgay. opinions to the former, which were 
 
 the ordinary hcrefyes of Zwinglians & Cal- 
 uiniftsin thofedayes, fauing that ftill there 
 was fome new trickc of each one to himfelfej 
 as for examplc>thefccond article of the Cap- 
 per of Couecry was^as Fox fetterh y t downe: 
 That by Baptifme [ynnes are mt washed away, becaufe 
 Fox pa^: (faid he) that washing of the flesh furgeth the flesh 
 outwardly a^id notthefiule. Which herefy yow 
 know hath byn held by diuers ofiFox his 
 Sain efts before , and namely by Launder the 
 * nnm, 30. husbaudman in the preccdet moneth of ^ Au- 
 guft, and Fox did lett it pafTe for currant do- 
 ctrine 5 helping it only with this impertinent 
 note in the ma^^gent ; that he meant that mam 
 
 foiiie 
 
Calendar- Saints. (themoncthofSept.) 149 C&^f.ij* 
 foule is net warned by the only element of water^Tis 
 chough any man had euer doubted of that. 
 15). But hecre now for his Capper, he deui- 
 leth another Ihift , faying ( when he cometh 
 to recyte his anfwers to the articles obie^led, 
 wherofthisofbaptifme was the fecond) that ^o^m. 
 he gramted pr§i and after reuoked the fame, &c. But 
 fuppofe yc were fo , what fufficient ground 
 haue I , or any man els to beleeuc rat her this 
 his reuocation , then his former affertion ? 
 feing in the reft of the articles he ftood ftilfe, 
 as before? As for example^ the third was, that 
 iher^ he in the Church only two Sacraments. To the mdem, 
 third ( (aith Fox) hegratmted, adding that in Scri- 
 ptures , there be no more conteyned. And how had 
 the Capper(thinkeyow)fearchedthe fcriptu- 
 res for this matter? or how hanfomely would 
 he haue anfwered the manifold ftriptures J^^^^^iy 
 that be alleaged for the other 5. Sacraments, the capper 
 yfthey hadbyn brought againft him ? Yow ^^^^^m- 
 may sheffe in part by that other article about '^^^ 
 Confefsion,which was obieded vnto him in 
 thefe words : that for thefe three yeares lafi pafi, 
 the Capper had taught , argued and mayntened in Cd- 
 utntrjy and Lichfield, and other places , that thepriejl thick 1 sj^, 
 had no power ts abfolue any fynner from his fynnnes, 
 &c. Which hegraunted (faith Fox) and euery part 
 therof And this ( for footh) for that hcfaidyt 
 is not in the fcripture • and yet can nothing be 
 more euidently fettdowne in fcripture> then 
 thefe words of Chrift manytymcs repeated: 
 VVhefefynnesye remitt on earth /fbalbe remitted in ^""l^^''^' 
 if^mn^d fihoje fynnesjow retayne.flialheretayned. 7,^^, 
 
 K3 Whick 
 
x^o The Examen o f lohn Fox his 
 
 Which commifsion Saint Chryfoslome euery 
 where in his bookes DeSacerdettOyiSindzllthQ 
 ^^^wiili ^^eftofthc ancient Fathers in their works, do 
 j^J. iff. u apply to che authority ofprieftsfor abfoluing 
 0d Hell- (y nties in thofe , which be penitent and con- 
 ^M^./.^o. trite for the fame in the Cathohke Church* 
 tZtri^ Andy^t will the Capper ftand in ytmoftre- 
 50.' ' fol u ccl y , that there is no fuch duthmtj at aUgiuen in 
 ^If^'tn*""' S^'fi?tUYesvnt9prieHs.knA Fox haumg heard all 
 :fiMh, & the whole caufe with much attention, giueth 
 fentcncein the end for the Capperagainft the 
 Bishopp, faying; Thtu the f or fatd Cornelius falfelj^ 
 m, condemned, by the Bishopp .fufferedat the fame Jlakje 
 with the Chrislian Martyr Maifier Robert Gloucrdt 
 Couentry about the 20. of September, 1555* 
 to. Thus wryterh he - 6c as for this Chriftian 
 martyr Matjler Robert Glouer, he (aith , that he 
 was a marryed man of the towne of Machejler, 
 and being brought before the faid B. of Lich^ 
 j5^W,bchaued himfelfe fo infolently in defence 
 Yh'exami- of the vulgar hcrcfycs ofthole daye$,as may 
 condcm- he feenc in his ranting relation , wrytten by 
 nation of himfilfe J for comonly thefe new maifters 
 qipiwr. wrote their owne ads and gefts with their 
 ownefpiritt,and pen of pride : and yt may be 
 feene by the fame narration, that this mans 
 cheefefeare was,when he was in prifon, leaft 
 beingficke,he might dy before his publike 
 anfwere5and foleefethat blaftof vayne glory 
 which he coueted before the people : Becaufe 
 Fax ^f^yfcknes (faith he to his wife) 1 tt^M troubled 
 45 hyfeare of death in imprtfonment .before Ifhould come 
 to my anftpore, ^dfo my death to be ynf r opt able, &c. 
 
 So 
 
CakndaY" Saints, (the moneth of Sept.) f Cba^J 
 So he. And to the end yowmay perceauein 
 part, how well founded a diuyne this gentle- 
 man was > to offer himfelfe to death againft 
 the Church of Chrift,yowlhall hearewhat 
 fubftatiall rcafons he alleaged, in a large letter 
 to his forfaid wife Mary Glouer to ftyrre her vp 
 therby againft the faid Church, and to follow 
 him in his folly and fadion.Tfce Church of Chr\fi 
 (faith he ) k^oweth no other head hut lefm Chrifi the iok ihii 
 Sonne of God, but they ( meaning the Bilhops and 
 all other Catholiks in Q^Mary dayes, as well 
 in En glad as in other places ) hauerefufed Chrifi 
 lefm ('for their head ) and chofen the man offj/nne^ 
 the fonne of perdition ^ the dyuelU deputy and lief tenant^ 
 the Pap^.Behould his rayling fpirit,and foolilh 
 argument^For yf it do follow , that Catholiks 
 haue refufed Chrift lefus, for that they admitt 
 the Bishopp of Rome for his deputy vpoii 
 earth : then may yc as well be inferred, that 
 the people of Ireland do refufe the K.ofEn- 
 gland, when they receyue any lord or magi- 
 ftrate forhh deputy in that Kingdome;and 
 much more do the people of England refufe 
 Chrift lefus, in that they admitted a woman 
 to be his deputy in matters alfo Ecclefiafticalk 
 And this is his firft argument. Lett vs fee his 
 fecond : 
 
 21. Againe (faith he) Chrifli Church ,heareth, tea^ 
 chetb.and ruleth by his word, &c. their Church repel" 
 leth Gods word^andforceth all men to fellow their tra- 
 ditiom, &c. This reafonisas good as die firft. 
 Item ( faith he ) Chr 'i^i Church dareth not to add or 
 dmm$h , alter or change hu blejfed Tefiammt : hut 
 
 K 4 thq 
 
tt;t The Ixamen of loin Tex his * 
 
 they he not aft /id to tdkeau^^ty all that Ch'tfjl htjlitU'^ 
 ted,^t0go att>honng with then owne rnuemms^ fyc. 
 This yow fee^belides the feebienes of the con- 
 fequence > th maniPeft lying & raylingaffo. 
 The blaf- Item (f^ikhhQ) The ChuTch of Chtifl hath bj^n.ts, and 
 lakimnU- pMeMaUage$,YndeYtheCYcj[cf^^^^^^ But 
 tions of thefe men persecute, murder and kill, Sec, Item Cbrijl 
 ^t^\vik^ ^ '^^ C^^rrfe refer ued the trmll of their doUrine to the 
 w§rd of God , md gaue the people leaue to iudge therof 
 bj the famevyord: but this Church taketh away the 
 word pom the people, and frffereth vejthef the learned 
 nor vrilearned to examine, 6cc. Item, the Church of 
 God lahoureth to refijl and tPithfland the lujles.defjires, 
 andmotiues of themorld,(leflo,a7iddiue}!: btttthefe men 
 for the?mfi fart pjue tbefelues otter to aS voluptueufnes^ 
 &c. and by thefe & [uch bks manifefi probations, they 
 do declare themfelues to be none ofChiifis Church,8ic. 
 Andyt flkilhc good for yow, dearewije ^dftentymesto 
 conferre & cor4lKire sbetr proceedings, and doings with 
 the pracirfe ofthofe.trhome the uwrdofG jd doth teach 
 to hdue bjn true members of the Church of God, andyt 
 ffjall worke inyotp both l^owledge, erudition & boldnes 
 to withfiand, &c. Uaue no feUotvflnpp with them^my 
 deaYe rrife, fwr with their doctrine & traditions, &c. 
 22. Tiiis v/asrhe wicked and hereticallin- 
 ftrudion of rhis Glouer to his vvite, wherby 
 partly we may fee his bialphsiiious fpiritcin 
 raylinge, partly his impiidcncy inaffirminge 
 The con- things mofl manifellly fahe-3 but principally 
 oa^ouers nialicious ignorance , in gatheringe thefe 
 oimn- notes of the Church ( for fo'Iohn Fox faith 
 Hiaticn?. ^j,^^, ^.^g >j vvhich for the mod part do inferre 
 nochingat ail to hispurpofe.His blafphemous 
 ' ^ raylingc 
 
CdkndaY" Saints, (the moneth of Sept) 155 Chap.iii 
 rayiinge appeareth by his wigked words : his 
 impudency is nioft eiudenr,in euery one of his 
 afifertionsjas nameiyj that the Roman Church hath 
 nfufed Chrifl:^ in acknowkdginge the Vofefor hu fuh- „ 
 fiitutc'^ thac Ihe repeiieth Gods wordj that £hc „ 
 Jiath taken away all that Chrift inftitutedj 
 that ihe doth not permitt eythcr learned or 
 vnlearned to examine matters of thefcripturej 
 that ilie giucth her felf oner to voluptuoufnes, ,i 
 i&c. All which be notorious impudent lyes, „ 
 and iliameiefTe [launders 5 and £0 are proued 
 when they come to the triall. 5, 
 25. And as for the third point of his igno- 
 rance, for afsigning thefe as proper and pecu- Thcignt)v 
 
 1 ! 1 ^ r • L rancc of 
 
 liar markcs and not«s for difcernrnge the true ciouer in 
 Chtffch, vvhicli haiieno further euidence in afsigningq 
 dcedin themft'fues, theneuery fedary jiftcth ^^l^^ ^ 
 to apply them to his Church or againfta Ca- chuxcKr 
 rholike, the thiiige is moft manifell. For what • 
 blind conucnticieof Sedaryes was there euer 
 in the world, vnder the name of Chripdns.ihzt 
 didnotprofeffctohold lefus Chrift for their 
 headfAnd howdo the Catholiks e^cclude him, 
 by acknowJedginge only a fubftitutc of his 
 vnderhim in this worJd? What fcftalfowill 
 not fay, that he holdeth the Teftament of 
 Chrift wholy and vnchanged, and that his 
 aduerfaryes do not? And as for trying of mat- 
 ters by the fcripturcs , doth not euery fed of 
 our ty me hold the fame? So as eytherthisis 
 no note of the true Church, or cIs all feds arc 
 true Churches. The Qthermte alfo of Iftngi vnder 
 f*<? Crop of ferfecPitm,hzth it no t agreed to Ca- 
 tholiks 
 
t^4 Tfc^ Exmen of lohn Tox his 
 
 tholiks vndcr the late Queenesdayes, and in 
 K. Edwards raigne , as well as to the Prote- 
 ftants in C^Maries ? how then is this a note of 
 the true Church,yf Catholiks be dcnycd to be 
 the true Church? 
 
 24. And finally for the lafi: note 5 of refilling 
 the luftes, defires, and motiones of the world 
 and fle 111, y fit be a furc marke to diftinguilTi 
 betwene the true and falfe church j then haue 
 Fox his people loft the game already, I dare 
 afiure my felfe by the iudgement of his owne 
 fellowes; for fo much as the difference be- 
 twene them and our men in ftraitneffe of life, 
 faftinge, prayinge, hayrcloth, fatisfadion, re- 
 ftitution, pennance, difciplinc, voluntary po- 
 uerty, vowing of chaftity and other like mor- 
 tifications, is fo notorioufly knowne to the 
 world, as the Proteftants themfelucs will not 
 deny the fame. And by this yow fee ^ what 
 manner of martyr this G/o«fr was, wbome I 
 leaue with the capper,to try the matter in the 
 fireat Couentry^and (as I doubt)eternally af- 
 terward in another place, 
 2^. There followeth the next yeare after^to 
 witt 1556. in the beginning wherof lohn Fox 
 giueth vs fix Martyrs in his Calendar, as bur- 
 joh. Hart, ned for the ghofpell at diuers places vpon this 
 lenOiak^ yeare and moneth. Wherof the firft two are 
 zdlva^rd* ^ohn Hart lliomaker, and Thomas RaHenfdale cm^ 
 skarpe. ricr, burned at M4i'fi<?W in Suffex: other two 
 jnan. were Eafpayd Shdrfe artificer, and a yonge man 
 a^d^hiT*' ^^"^^'cfl^, byoccupationa C/erp^;i^^r, burned 
 Yvo.maK. ztBripotp: And the third couple, were lehn 
 
 Hornf^ 
 
CaUnd^Y-SmU. (the moneth of Sept.) t^;^ Cfe^p,t;j* 
 Uorne , and a wom^n burned at VVolton-vnder^ 
 hedge in Glofterlliire. Of all which halfe do- 
 zen, Foxrslateth no opmions, articles, or an- 
 fwersacall, butonly, that thejdied mofiglorwujly 
 in a conjlum faith td the tenor ef the VVukfd, and rox/^^c-V 
 comjon of the godly^ferfifimge inthe iitflquamlloj 
 Chrijlsghojpell, ioyfuhyyelding their hues J or tefiimo* 
 ny of the fatdgloriousghojpell, ^^c. Which are glo- 
 rious words, asyow iee, of a vaynglorious 
 fondtcllow, that will needs chronicle thefc 
 his cricketts with glory , wheras they were 
 cuery way indeed mofi: conteptible wretches, 
 and mifcrable diire<fted fedaryes^not agreeing 
 cy ther with themfelues or others, and therby 
 fitt to be iewells of lohn Fox his treafure; 
 which by vs as raggs Sc rotten clouts are caft 
 out to the dunghill as they well deferue yt. 
 26. But now lett vs pafle on , to the next 
 yeare 1557. conteyning the third ranke of fuch 
 as were burned vnder QJVlary , of whome 
 lohn Fox recounteth vs feauen burned neere 
 togeather in tyme , though not altogeather 
 in one place, to witt foure men and three ^^^^ 
 weomen. The men were lohn Curd iTiomaker R^ph ku 
 burned at Northampton,'Raph Allerton tayIor>bur- Jj"^"*^ 
 ncd at Iflington,and Richard Roth and lames Au^ Roth. 
 
 burned at the fame place. The weomen ^^^^^^^ 
 wzxQ Cecily Ormes burned at Norwich, loyce Cediy 
 Leufes burned at Couentry, and Margery Auflom 
 wife to the faid lames Aujiotp at Iflington,. Of Levvcf. 
 lohn Curde the lliomaker , there is nothinge els ^uftwl. 
 recorded by F©x,but that he was of the Parilli 
 oishirpwn in N<|rthamptoiifliu:s condemned ^-^^i^j^ 
 
tij6 The Examen oflohn Vox his 
 
 by the Chancelor of the B. of Peter-borrour, 
 and that he had his pardon ojfifered him when 
 he went to the fire y yf he would reuoke his 
 opinions; But of Eaph Allerton the taylor, as of 
 a more principail man> who went vp and 
 downc rhecountrey readinge the newtefta- 
 menr, ro euery company of people whome he 
 found Idle, oreafy to harken vntohim > Fox 
 makerh a farre longer difcourie^and equalleth 
 him to many preachers of his religion in thofe 
 dayes:and albeit he had recanted once his opi- 
 nions before, in ty me of a publike fermon at 
 Paules CrolTe^yethefellto them againe after- , 
 ward which fuch vehemency > asheftoodin 
 di{}>utation with B. Bonner (that before had 
 giuen him that pennance) which difputation 
 Fox fetteth do wne at length , togeather with 
 other his combats with the faid BilTiop wryt- 
 tcn ( as he faith ) by the Taylors owne hand, 
 yea with his bloud for lacke of ynke, yf we 
 will belecue him j though (as I faid) the dif- 
 courfes be very long to be writte with bloud; 
 But whether that be fo or noe- Icaneafily 
 beieeuc that they were wry tt«n by his o wnc 
 hand, for that they rellifh of his owne fpiritt, 
 A proud to witt a proud Taylors fpiritt: which Taylor 
 ^lade^ hy transformation of herelTe, madchimfelfe a 
 rDodor Doftor, and in that pride hebringechin B. 
 by trsinf- BoHHer in his wrvtte relation with fuchcon- 
 •f fe«clle. tempt eucry wherejas oucrcome and conque- 
 red by himfelfe in that conference • as is ridi- 
 culous to reade. And firfl: for the moft part he 
 rnaketh him to beginne his lpeache5;fwearing 
 , and 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of Sept.) 15^7 Chaft^ 
 and chafinge little to the purpofe • as for ex- 
 ample, when Allerton had alleagcd moft im-^ 
 pertinently a place out of EfdraSy to fignifie 
 therby a contumelious defcription of the Ro- 
 man Church, he fetteth downQB^Bonner fpea-^ 
 king to his Chaplyn Maimer Morton thus: 
 27. jB. Bonner. Now by the bleHed Sacrament j©^ ^^g^ 
 Mdijia Morton, he is the ranked heretikc that ^^^i- 
 euer came before me. How fay yow, hauo 
 yow hard the like? 
 
 Morton. I thought what he was , my Lord, 
 atthefirft, I: „ 
 
 Bonner. Nowbyall halIowes,thou iTialtbe „ 
 brent with fiar for thy lyinge* Thou hour- „ 
 fonevarlet, thou prickloufc thou, doll thou 
 find a prophecy of vs?Nay yow knauc, yt is of J^^^^^^l^l 
 yo w that he fpeaketh of, &€. Is there any that e. Bonmr 
 Vndsrftand this fcripture on thisfaiLion? Be^ ]eH^iwt 
 fore God I thinke there is none m England Taylor, 
 but thou. 3> 
 
 Allerton. Yes my Lord > there are m Eng- 3> 
 land three religions. 
 
 Bonner. Saift thou fo? which be thofe three? ,> 
 
 Men. Thefirftisthat which yow hold- the ,f 
 fecond is cleane contrary to the laniej and the 3> 
 third is a neuter. „ 
 
 Bonner. And of thefe three which art thou? 
 . Allert. MyLord^IamofthatjWhich IS eon- >> 
 trary to that which yow teach, c^r. 
 
 Bonner^ AhSyr. Yow wereheere with me » 
 at Ttillam once before, and had good ehcere & 
 money in your purfe, when yow went away. 
 And by my fairh J had a fauour ynto thee,but „ 
 
 now 
 
J'he TSxamen of John Vox his 
 „ now I fee thou wilt be a naughty knaue ftllL 
 J, Why wile thou take vpon thee to read fcrip- 
 ^, tures, and canft vnderftand neuer a word, &c. 
 18. Thus rclateth Fox. And then pafsingfrom 
 this talketo Ipeakeofthc reall prSfcncc, he 
 ^ maketh the Deane to fay , that AUerten tp'tlhe an 
 honefl manyand change his opinions. Wherunto the 
 Biiliopp replved lOheis agloYiom^naue.hufain-^ 
 ted tearmes (hall no more deceyue me. Ah thou tt^hore' 
 [one prikjoufe , doth not Chrtfi fay this is my body? and 
 how darejl thoip deny thefe words ? And againc, 
 when a cercaine Lord there prefent faid vnto 
 the Biihop. Be good vnto himymy LordJoeiviUhean 
 horefi man. The Bishopp :in(wcrcd. Before God 
 how pjould I truH him , he hath once deceyued me al- 
 ready. But how f %y yow Syrra? After the words of c$n^ 
 fecrationremainethnot there the very body of our S a- 
 uiottr lefus Chrifi, God and Man vnder the forme of 
 bread ? 
 
 AUert. Where fynd yow that my Lord 
 „ wrytten? 
 
 „ Ben. Lo Syr : why f did not Chrift fay, this 
 
 5, is my body? 
 k)us^luir ^ maruayle my Lordj why yow Icaue 
 
 fvversTf out the beginning of this infticution of the 
 Aiicrton Supper of our Lord, for Chrift faid: Take ye, 
 lour.^^^ and eat ye. This is my body. 
 
 5, Bon. Why? then muft thou needs fay it is his 
 
 „ body. 
 
 „ Allert. I vtterly rcfufe to take the words of 
 „ ourSauiourfo fantafticaJly, as yow teach vs, ! 
 
 forthen iTiouId we confpirc with the N#/o- j 
 5> rians^who faid Chrift had no body , but a fan- , 
 
 tafticali j 
 
CalenddY-Saints. (the moncth of Sept.) t5'p Chaf.i^^ 
 tafticall body , and therforc looke to yt for 
 Cods fake , and lett thefe words , ukeye, and 
 eat ye, go before, &c. Thus prated that fanta- 
 llicall fond Taylor, ncy ther knowning what 
 the NeHorians held, nor hoWjnor whyjnor cam 
 any man of iudgement imagine , by what fc- 
 qucle yt can be inferred , that by holding the 
 reall pre fence of Chrifts true body in the Sacra- 
 ment, we go about to make his faid body fan* 
 tafticalhNo man (I fay) can imagine this, but 
 only the fancy of this taylour, 
 
 29. Thusnotwitftanding goeth on thatdi- 
 fputation , wherin Bifliop Bonner,and other 
 learned men about him, were blanked by the 
 Taylor, yf we beleeue himfelfc. And this 
 pride and arrogancy was fuch,both in him, Sc 
 his companions and fellow artificers,! meane 
 Roth, Aujlott^ , mdCmd ( wherof this was the 
 Captayne and common mouth ) as in the end 
 the B, was forced to giue fentence againft 
 them. R^ffe and Aujlow faid litle , but were ob- 
 llinate to defend,euen with their liues, euery 
 thing which this other prating companion 
 the taylour had pratled. But the three weo- 
 men were more infolent and malepart then 
 all the reft, and fo wc muft fay a word or twa 
 ofthemalfo. 
 
 30. Joyce Lewes , was the wife of one Thomas j^^^^ 
 hemes ot Manchefter a difciple of Robert Glouery of Lcwci, 
 whome we haue (poken before. Cecily Ormes c^ciiy 
 Was the wife of ont Edmund Ormes, worfted- 
 weauerin Norwich. Margery Aufioww^% the Marrrcry 
 wife of the (ox^niUmeiAu^pw. Xhefa three AufiWv. 
 
 weo/nen 
 
t6o The txmen of John Fox his 
 
 weomen coming to bo exatnined before their 
 Ordinaryes , bchaued thcmfelues as poflelled 
 with fuchfpiricts of pride, preftimptionj and | 
 arrogancy, as herefie is wont to bringe forth. 
 Jojce Lewes was preJ&nt«d to the B. of Go- 
 uentry by her owne husband> who feeing her 
 foinremperateJygiuen to herefie j thought yc 
 his duty fo to do > for which Fox calleth him 
 a murderer , and then deferibcth he the begin-'* 
 
 Tox/»^^i ningoftheirtalke thus: VVhentheB.^QLith he) 
 reafoned with her^ why pie would not come to the 
 ntdfe , and receaue the Sacrament of the holy Church? 
 she annftpered , becaufe I find not thofe things in Gods 
 wordy &c* The Bishop reflyed: jf thow wilt heleeue 
 no more then is in fcripture,tbou art in a damnable cafd 
 At which words , fbe was wonderfully atnaz^cd , and 
 being mouedhythe Jpirtttof God, told the Bishop^, that 
 bis words were vugodly and wicked, &:g, 
 3t. So v/ryteth Fox and dcceimineth as yoW 
 fee, that this her immodelt aunfwere wherby 
 fbcreuiled the B. was by the motion of the 
 fpirittof God* And fuch impious flattery as 
 thiF 5 caufed fuch fond and vaine people in 
 thofc dayes, to runneheadlonge to the fire,; 
 VVhervnto when this mlfcrabie woman was 
 brought- after fue had prayd three fetter all tymes 
 
 rox ihid, (faith Fox) and in that prayer denred God 
 #> moftinftatly, toabolilhthe Idolatrous mafie, 
 9> and to deliuer this realme from p^piftry.at the 
 end therof , the moft part of the people (faith 
 
 h^!hau[o!u ''^ ) ^'*y^^ ^men. Yea euen the Sheriffe that 
 
 of loyce ftoodhardby her, ready to caft her into the 
 ^^'^3 and when ihe had thus prayed; Ihetooke 
 
 th« 
 
Calendars Ainu. (themoncthofSept.) i6i C^.ij*' 
 ehc tupp into her hand> andfaidj Idriiiketo 
 them all that vntaynedly loue the ghofpell, ,^ 
 and willifor theabohlTiniencofpapiliry. Her 
 frends drankc with her,& To did a great nuni- 
 ber of the weomen of the to wne, which were 
 afterward put to open pennance for the fame. „ 
 Thus wry teth Fox yfvvemay beleeue him, ,^ 
 and vvith this dronkenneflfe both in fpiritt 
 and body, went thefe mi(erablc people to 
 their end , 
 
 ^ 2- Cecily Omes and Margery Aujiouf, were no The mad- 
 lefle vviilfull and obftinatc then the former. ^^^^^^ 
 Cecily being examined about the reall pre- ormcj. 
 fence ; Sheanfwered (faith Fox) thatyt is bread, 
 andyfje make yt any better, ytuvverfe, &c. The ^^^^^"^i 
 Chancelor told htr.fhe was an ignorant^vnlearned 
 and foolish woman, but fi)e vvayinge not hisvrordi 
 (faith Fox) toldhlm, thathe fhouldnot be fi defirom 
 to burneher finfull flesh,asfhe would be content togiue 
 jtin^ogoodaquarreH ; & then Foxaddeth thefe 
 words: This Cecily Ormes was a very fimple woman, 
 but yet z.eahm in the Lords caufe , being borne in Eaft 
 Derham , the daughter of one Thomas Haund tayUty 
 &c. And finally goingeto her death iTiefaid: 
 T/j« I vv/H not recant , hut I recant vttcrly from the 
 hottome of my hart the doings of the Fope of Rome, and 
 ofallhis ?ofish Prieftsandjhauelinges, &c. Lo with* 
 what a modeft (piritt this woman died, 
 3?. And the very like was feenc in Margery 
 Auftopp,who being called before the Billiop to- 
 geather with her husband > as llie had byn his 
 teacher and preacher at home- fo would (he 
 al(b needs be his fpcaker in that place , which 
 
 L Fox 
 
%6z TheExamenoflehnFoxhis 
 Fox in like manner fignifieth , when he wry* 
 teth : That in matters of faith , thefe two his 
 yox pa^' Martyrs, were at found, and answered 06 truly (God 
 ^^^^ he therfore paifed) as euer any did, ejpecially the VV0'» 
 U^rgctj fifian, te vvhome the Lord had giuen the greater knott^-* 
 her huf- ledge, and ntoreferuentnejfe ofjpiritt^&c. By which 
 bads Mai- yyords of Fox yow may perceaue how the 
 ghofpd- world vvent^and that the gray mare was the 
 linge. better horfe, which doth well appearealfb 
 by her anfwers, they being moft arrogant and 
 infolent, as other fuch franticke weomen had 
 vfed before, and fo not worth the rcpeatinge 
 in this place. 
 
 34. And to theft yow may ioyne two other 
 lioneft weomen of like condition burned at 
 Cpfcfcf/?^r in thisyearcandmoneth: Agnes Bon^ 
 i^TglStt gier , and Margaret Thrufian who were fo will- 
 Thruftan. fyUy fet to go to the fire, and did thirft fo after 
 yt, for the vay ne glory vvhich they were put 
 into, vnder the title and name of EleU Martyrs 
 rox pa^. and ConfejforsofChrifi: that albeit they were re- 
 pryued afcer the burninge of their fellowes, 
 yet by no meanes could they be ftayed from 
 obftinate purfuynge the fame , wherby they 
 being (eene by the Magiftrates to be rclUeffe, 
 and neuer to ceafe from blafphemous fpeach 
 and continuall endeauors to corrupt others, a 
 wryte was (ent at length from London to 
 burne them both , this being the only laft re- 
 fuge vvhich the Magiftrate had to rcfift grea- 
 ter inconueniences. 
 
 55. There remayne now only fix of all this 
 moneth and yeai:e 1557. vvherof the firft foure 
 
CalendAY' Saints, (the moneth of Sept.) i6i Chap.ti^ 
 
 arcthefeaccordinge to lohn Fox his narra- 
 tion Warner, Cfmfiian GroHerjhomas Atheth ^^^J^^^"^ 
 Priejlmd lohn A$hdone:ot which Fox deliue- chriaian 
 reth vs only their names , and that they were Thomai 
 burned at Colchefier in Effcx by B. Chrijiophor- Athoth. 
 fime, andhisafsiltants,/(?r r/;^ me tefiimony ({f donc."^^ ^' 
 righteoufneu But how, or for what in particu- 
 lar, he faith he cannot tell^for that he wanted 
 the records. 
 
 36. The laft two are Thonus Spurdance and Thomas 
 lohn Fortme. Spurdance was a feruant of QJVla- lohn^por* 
 " ryesjas Fox fay th, and being perceaued by his 
 fello wes 5 namely lohn Mammon and George Lo^ : 
 [am to be infeded with herefy and obftinate 
 therin , he was accufed by them , & fo appre- 
 hended &fent prifoner to B«y^, and after di- 
 uers mcanesvfed to recall him , he was bur- 
 ned in the (ame place for the fame obftinacy, 
 in the moneth of None mber, a^ lohn Fox in 
 his Ads & Monumets doth confelfe, though 
 in his Calendar he hath put him in the mo- 
 neth of Septe^nber vpon this day. 
 .37. Of John Fortune thzt fhutteth vp this mo- fox pa^, 
 neth'Fox wryteth thus : This lohn Fortune other- ^74°- 
 wife called Cutler of Hinklesham in Suffolke ,washy ^ defcrip- 
 his occupation a blacke fmith : in ^iritthe wasTLealous tion of 
 and ardent:^ in the fcriptures ready in Chrifis caufe fheWackc 
 flout and valiant and in his an ftpers maruelom. &c. smith. 
 Thus wryteth Fox of that ghofpeling Smith, 
 and fetteth downe fourcfcuerall conferences 
 lor difputations, which he had with the of 
 'Norwich, whetin he iheweth thefe his ;»4r«e- 
 loHsanf^Pers^ all wrytten , as he faith ^ w^ith his , 
 I * L z owne 
 
t(^4 ThetxmenoflehnToxhU 
 ownc hand ^ for thac this was a tricks as be- 
 fore yovv haue heard , ofmoft of thefe new 
 bragging ghofpellersjthat when they had byn 
 at their examinations before the Bilhopps and 
 Comifsionars they would alwayes at their 
 homecominge^vvryte their owne triumphes 
 with their owne hands, fetting downe euery 
 thinge as yt pleafed them bcft for their ownc 
 glory ^ and for contentment of thofe of their 
 fadion abroad, as for example, the firft words 
 of the firft conference were thefe : as he rela- 
 teth them. 
 
 TdxiW. 38. Firft Do£loY Varher (faith he) asked me> 
 „ how I beleeued in the Cathohkc faith , and I 
 »> asked him againe what faith he meant, cythcr 
 9> that which Stephen had,or the faith of them, 
 >i that putt Stephen to death, c^t;. Then the Bi- 
 iTiop asked meyfl did not beleeue the Catho- 
 
 fcfencf & ^^^^ Church ? i faid I beleeued that Church, 
 
 difputitio wherof Chriftis the head. 
 
 ""tilTmXil ^^%P- So do I beleeue alfo , but the Pope 
 
 with the ishis Vicar vpon earth, and hath power to 
 
 Fortune. Then faid I, the Pope is but a man, 
 TfaLS). and the Prophet Dauid faid pfal. 89. That m 
 , , man cm deliuer his brother , nor make ngrenietfor him 
 „ to God, &c. 
 
 Well faid the Bishop, what (aycft thou to the 
 „ ceremonyes of the Church? 
 lidth, I f. foYf^ I an fwer ed : All things that are not fUn^ 
 „ ted hymyheauenly father , {hall he f lucked vp by the 
 „ rootes, &c. 
 
 J, BUhop. They are good and godly. 
 
 Toru 
 
CaUndAY'Smts. (the moncth of Sept.) ttfy Cfe^p.f jj 
 
 Tort. S, Paul called them, vvedks and beg- cai.^^ 
 lAxly, &c. »> 
 \ Buhop. How beleeueft thon of the Sacra- » 
 ment of the Altar, doftthoti not bcleeue that 
 after the confecration , there is the rcali fubr 
 ftanccofthebodyofChrift? » 
 
 Tort. That is the grcateft plague that eucr » 
 came to England. - ?> 
 
 Bishop. Why fo? » 
 
 Pm. Yfl vvereaBilTiop, I vvouldbeaflia- „ 
 med to aske fuch a queftion : Fora BilTiopp 
 fhould be apt to teach and not to learne, &c. 
 39. Behould heerc the fpiritt of this gho- 
 'ipellinge fmith ! he taketh vp the Bifliop for 
 laskinge , vvhjf fo ? and faith that he were a JSJ- 
 popp (vvherof no doubt bethought himfelfc 
 worthy) he would be loath to oike why ja,or learne 
 any thinge of any man . And this was the 
 ihumble di(pofition , of men and vveomen of 
 I that profefsion in thofe dayes. What became 
 of this man afterward, Fox ftith^he knowcth 
 not, and yet doth he putt him downe in his 
 Calendar for a Martyr. Whether he werehmned P^« i74t; 
 (faith he) or died in prifon , I cannot certainly pnd, 
 hut rather I fuppoje that he was burned. Certayneyt 
 if, homfoeuer he was made away^ he neuery elded, d^c. 
 And in another place. Itistnofi certayne , that he jki^m} 
 neuer abiured nor recanted , howfoeuer yt pleafedthe 
 Lord by death to call him out of this wo rid. 
 i 40. Thus vvrytcth Fox of this his famous 
 Martyr, acertayninge vsofone thinge only, 
 to vvitt, that vvhatfoeuer opinion he neld, or 
 Yvhethcr he Yvere burned or no, yet that he 
 j L 3 neucr 
 
i66 TheBxamenoflohnFoxhis 
 neueryeldcd or recanted. Soas thisobilinacy 
 ;ind percinacity^is the higheft commendation 
 amongeft Sedaryes, to ftand willfully to 
 vvhatfoeuer they apprehend • and the more 
 ignorant and vnlearned, the more refolutc 
 and immoueable are they in their fancyes, 
 once apprehended. Andfo with this lohnFor^ 
 tune we will end lohn Fox his Martyrs of 
 thismoneth, togeather with their euill for- 
 tune in burninge for fo vnfortiinateacaurc. 
 And as for thecomparifon of both monethes 
 togeather , I remitt the reader to that which 
 is fettdowne in the beginninge of thisexa- 
 men, and to the columnes them- 
 felucs of both Calendars 
 prefixed before 
 the fame. 
 
 ^heendpfSeptemker. 
 
 THE 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of O &J) 1 6f Chap44, 
 
 IT H E M O N E T H 
 
 OF O C T O B E R5 
 
 and view of Foxian Saindes therof j 
 
 Wherin three are principall rubricate^ 
 Tyndall ^ Pvidley ^ and 
 Latymcr. 
 
 Chap. XIV. 
 
 Fo R three rubricate Sainds of the Gatho-' 
 like Calendar, which Fox hath thought 
 good to fpare and leaue ftanding, as he found 
 them in this moneth, which are SainU Luk§ 
 the Euangelift vpon the 18. day , and SainSl 
 Sjmon and W^th3 Apoftles vpon the 28. he 
 hath taken vpon him to adorne other three 
 ofhisowne with like dignity , to witt VViU 
 Ham Tjfndattypon the 7. dzy ^Nicolas Ridley \pon 
 the 19. and Hugh Latymerypon the 20. intitu- 
 ling TjndaU alfo with the title o^Afofileof E«- 
 gland. Wherfore as he is Captayne and rin- 
 gleader of all thofe, that were burned vndct 
 K. Henry in this moneth (which make the 
 number of fome 14. ) fo are the other two, 
 l^idley and Latymer cheiftaynes of the reft, that 
 Were putto death vnderQ^M^y^, for which 
 caufe whe fliall treate of them heerc feueraliy 
 in two diftind paragraphes. 
 
 L4 Of 
 
The Examen Iohn F0x his 
 
 Of thofe 5 that vy>ere burned <vnder 
 K.Henry the 8. §• i- 
 
 t. I haue aduertifed often before, that lohn 
 Fox to make vp a great multitude of martyrs, 
 and tofynd fraught, wherwith to furniiheue- 
 ry day of his Calendar, doth fcarch out all 
 corners of the world for Martyrs and Con- 
 felTorSjmcn & weomen imprifoned , burned, 
 or otherwayes punillied or put to death for 
 any opinions whatfoeuer^fo they be contrary 
 to the CathoL Roman faith : as for example;i 
 How Tox inthcfirftfix dayesofthis monethof OAo- 
 himfcife^ ber, he fctteth downe fix diftindi martyrs fet- 
 to find out ched out of France , & burned in Paris vnder 
 Saints fro Fr4«r« the firft of that kyngdome,vpon thc 
 ^ yeare of Chrift 1534. and the 25. yearc of the 
 
 raigne of our K. Henry the eight of England • 
 Their names and titles are recorded by Fox 
 Bartoiet in thcfc words. BAttoUt union mmyr ; lohn de 
 hn dc ^ ^^'^ mmhat martjr^ the Receyuer ofNauntes 
 
 Burgc. martyr ; Henry Voyle martyr-^ Cdtelle a fchoolmaiHres 
 oSn" ^^^y^ h Stephen de U foarge martyr, &c. Of all 
 Henry which fix martyrs > Fox in his Ads & monu- 
 catdic. ments vvryteth only as folio vveth,& no more: 
 stephendc ^, Thefcheere fpecified, were for cert ayne billesca^l 
 jS ^I'^'oad , andfett vp, fome againfl the Majfe , and other 
 819. cel. I. abfurdityes of the Pope, condemned and burned in Pa- 
 nam. 70. y^^^^^^ Domini x^ii. ex lonrnte Crifpe,&c. Wher- 
 by firft we may perceaue that albeit there had 
 hyn no more againft thcni ^ then hecrcis ex- 
 
 preflcd 
 
Calendar-Saints, (the moneth of 0£l.) t6^ C/Mp.14 
 prcffed ( which is vnlikely ) yet were they fc- 
 ditious people J and not content to vfe their 
 herefyes among themfelucs , but prcfumed 
 aifo to caft libelis abroad, and fett vp billes of 
 blafphemy & defiance againft religion, in pu- 
 bUke places 5 for which they might iuftlybc ^> 
 punilhed in refped of fedition , though no Fre^nch 
 matter of herefye hadbyn therin. Secondly 
 Fox tellethvs not, what was the fentencc 
 againft them^nor what their opinions in par-- 
 ticular were>which opinios might be as much 
 againft him, and his dodrine^as againft ours> 
 and fo in all likelyhood they were in many 
 points: forfomuch as Caluinifts they could 
 hardly be in thofe dayes , when Calmn had 
 fcarfe yet begon his (kO: in Geneua , efpecially 
 feeing that Fox afsigneth their deathes vpon 
 the yeare 1555 . though in his Calendar he 
 fayth yt was a yeare later , to witt , 15:34. 
 which was three yeares before C^teiw was ad- 
 mitted for a Dodor in Genetu, whence he 
 was banilhed two yeares after that ag^^yne; 
 and returned not vntill anno 1541. as Sntcliffe in 
 his ^SuYUey fayth , f yf it be his , or as other * Ca^* 
 thinkc Bancroft) & fo much of thcfc French ^""^^ 
 Martyrs. 
 
 4* Vpon the 7. day of this moneth is afsig- 
 lied the feftiuall day of the martyrdome of 
 William Tyndalhwhom^ Fox and Bale do ho- 
 nour (as hath byn faid) with the title of Ap0pe 
 €f England , for that he was one of the lirft En- 
 glilh prieftsjthat ihewed themfelues to fauour 
 Luthers dodrine, and by taking a woman 
 r ' Tndcr 
 
1 7 a The Ex amen ef lohn Fox hU 
 
 vnder Coulour of his wife fell to Apoftafy • 
 And becaufe we haue fpoke of him fomwhat- 
 $ z. itii*h largely before in the ftory of lohn Vryth , that 
 was his fchoIler;We may be the breefer heere: 
 yet fhallyow haue againe repeated fo much, 
 wilbe fufficient toknow what a fain d he 
 was, and which was greater, cyther his Apo- 
 ftJefliippe or Apoftafy. 
 The ftory 5, This William Tyndall then, alias HichinSy 
 Tyalzu!^ as Fox fetteth downe his ftory, 
 
 was borne in the borders of Wales, ftudied at 
 Oxford i and there was made prieft, and after 
 falHngvpon fome books ol^ErafnjuSy friar Lu^ 
 thery and other hke wry tters,became to be in- 
 ueigled with the itch of new opmions and 
 carnall liberty, & therof being fufpeded, was 
 forced to retyre himfelfe from that vniuer- 
 llty of Oxford into the Contrey , and there to 
 be a fchoolcmaifter, and after a certayne tymc 
 hauing thought better of the matter, & wan- 
 dred about therealme, rcfolued, ( as it fee- 
 meth) to fettle himfelfe in Catholike Reli- 
 gion againc^ and to that end repayringeta 
 Fox pn^, London, made fute to B. Tonjlall (then Biihop 
 of that place) to be his chaplyn, but was refu- 
 fed by him, which Fox doth attribute to 
 Gods prouidence • for that by this occafion 
 Tyndall (faith he) he came to hehould cir miflike the pompeof 
 hlufX ^f^l^tes:y and fo he determined to go beyond 
 B. Ton-" the ftas into Saxony y to conferre with Martyn 
 ^^\yn ^hnt by vvhome he was fully perfuaded to 
 
 vvas'icfb- be of his Religion,and to take a woman alfo, 
 as the other had done, Whervpon he retur- 
 
Calendar^ Saints, (the moneth of Oft.) t/i Cfe^p,i4. 
 lied backe to Antwerf , and there he put him- 
 felfetoferue the Englilh marchants as their 
 Clarke, and was maintayncd by them for di- 
 uersyeares , in which tyme he wrote fundry 
 heretical! books accordinge to the currant 
 veyne of thofe tymes ; the former of them fa- 
 uouringe of Lutheranifme, the later tendinge 
 to Zwinglianifme, or rather to an indifFeren- 
 cy berwene both , as after yow fliall fee more 
 particularly : for which caufe Fox in his nar- 
 ration ofhim,notcth diuers tirnes in the mar- 
 gent thefe vvords: TyndaU beannge with the ^^^if\^ 
 tjme, &c. llmH*^!^ 
 6. He tranllated alfo the new Teftamenr, 
 and diuers books of the old, into EngHfh, by 
 the help of one Myles Couerdale another mar- 
 rycd Prieft,as alfo by the counfell and fpeciall 
 conference with John Frith, notwithftandingc 
 the faid Frith ac that day, by Fox his accompt> 
 could not be full 20. yeares old (as by our for- 
 mer narration of him may appeare) andcon- 
 fequently aman may eafiiy iudge, what a 
 Counfelor Frith cold be in thofc day es for fuch 
 abufynes , but all was then frelhnouelty and 
 forwardnes therin , and vvholbeucr iTiewcd 
 himfelfe moft rafii, and prefumingevponhis 
 owne particular fpiritt, he was thought to 
 haue moft of Gods fpiritt,& to be moft Euan- 
 gelicall: vpon which ground,young Frith was 
 not onlytakenforacounfelourin the tranfla- 
 tionof the Bible, but fent into England ta 
 frucaifie there as an Apoftolicall man , and to 
 ijjake the vvay for others: F^umgelimbomot & 
 
1 7% The Ex amen of lohn Tox hu 
 
 |^;^'^;;^-drIf/^/Clrnj?^ TmdaUus (faith 
 
 . nt. g^jgj ^^^^ leannem Frithum, non aliter , quam Ti- 
 mtheum Paulu^, in miniprij foctum adoftans • fmta^ 
 batur, &c. The Euangeiicall man and Apoftle 
 j^of Chrift VViUiamTyndally adopcinge Fmfe 
 ^, in thefociety of miniftery, no otherwife then 
 VauI did Tymothy^tyhontd him (at his fendingc 
 „ into England) tobeconftant, &c. Which ex- 
 hortations of r^/jrf^^/iperfuadingcFmfc to go to 
 » tJuiC). the fire for his 6pinions,yow haue heard ^ be- 
 fore, in the ftory and hfe of the faid Tritb, and 
 how that finally after many other perfuafions, 
 one was, that Fmfc^^ wife left in keeping with 
 lynddl , was content alfo that he Ihould be 
 burned , for his Religion , yf he felt himfelfc 
 called thcrvnto for fo Fox relateth the mat- 
 ter out of r;«(i.t!/detter to Vrith himfelfe , fay- 
 ^ox psg. inge as yow haue heard before ; Syr, your wife 
 llm ^ ^^^^ content with the wiU ofGod^and would not for 
 her fake haue the gUry of God hyndred. Tyndalls 
 yrithcs nieaninge is that Frithes wife and he were 
 ^^i^cin^"- agreed>and would not haue him to ftay his 
 TyndaUto martyrdome for their fakes^to which efFeft he 
 hcrhuf^ vfcth very many other exhortations, as we 
 bancb" . hzuc related before in Frithes ftory.By which 
 ^0 incitations 3 cogeather vvith infinite vayne 
 prayfcs giucn vnto himnboueall meafureor 
 proportion, eythcr of his age or Icarninge, he 
 put the milerablc vonge man into fuch a 
 veigne of pride and ambition of fome glo- 
 rious death , as nothinge could withhold 
 him, but that he would thruft himfelfc in^ 
 to the fire vpoa the vanity and folly y as in- 
 deed 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of OS:.) 175 Chap. 14 
 deed he did. And fo much for his death. 
 7. But now lect vs fee , what counftll Tyn- 
 dali giueth him about matter of dodrine and 
 articles of faich: Thus he beginneth, wryting 
 vnto him vnder the name and figure of lacob. 
 Dearly beloued brother Ucoby &c. Keef yow alowij roxpa^ 
 the ground, auojdmge high quejlions, thatfajfecomon 987. 
 eapactljf, but expound the Uw truly, and of en the veyle 
 of Moyfes to condemne all flesh, &c. then [ball your dlrcaio« 
 peachingebe with power , and not as the doHrmeof to frith 
 Hipocrites, &c. This is his beginning in a very of'ST"^^ 
 high ftile asyow fee^to fo yonga laddjinipor- fttinc, 
 tinge great mifteryes : but vow lliall hcerc 
 what enfucth, & by the way yow muft note, 
 that both hecre and before by the word hipo^ 
 crites , this (editions marryed Prieft meancth 
 the Bifliopps and Prelates of the Catholike 
 Church, as Chrift did the Scribes and Pha- 
 rafccs^ and therby yow fee his pride and ma- 
 lice. But harken how he goeth forward. 
 8. Sacraments {fmh he) without figmfications re^- ^oxiii^ift 
 fufe-jf they put ftgnijicatiom to them, nceauethem.yf 
 jo/v feeyt may help , though yt bemtneiejfary. This 
 dodrine alfo is obfcure , and \nderftood 
 ( I trow ) by few ^ and Fox noteth againe in 
 the margent. Maiper Tyndall heere beareth with 
 tyme'^tnd then it foilowech in the fame epiftle: 
 of the prefence of Chrifts body in the Sacrament, 
 meddle as little oi yoii^ can, that there appear e no diui^ 
 fion amonge ys : Barnes vvdbe hoatc againji yow ; the About the, 
 Saxons be for eon the a^rmatiue , whether conjlant or fa*"^Sn-' 
 cbfiinate I omittyt to God. Fhilifp Melanchthon is faid tioueifie. 
 to be with the French King : there be in Antwerp, that 
 
174 Bxamen oflohn Vox his 
 
 fay they faw him come into Fdris with 150. horfes ; yf 
 the French men receaue the word ofGod,he wtU plant 
 the affirmatiue in them y &c. Thus vvryteth he, 
 ftandingc in great doubt and vncerrainty , as 
 yow fte, what word of God would be placed 
 in France • for yf the affirmatiue about the 
 ReaU pre fence, which Melanchthon was to preach, 
 were not the truth^ then what word of God 
 wasytj that planted vntruth in fo weighty a 
 matter ; but yow lhall heare this good fellow 
 Atheift, what reckoninge he made of the 
 thinge . 
 
 J). 1 would haue (faith he) the right vfe preached, 
 md the pre fence to he an indifferent thing, till the mat^ 
 ter might be rea fined in peace at lea fur e of both part Sj 
 &c. So faith he. And will yow fo Syr? How 
 Kiuch do yow differ from the ancient Fathers, 
 that held this matter for one of the higheft 
 mifteryes of all our beleefe ? and how can yc 
 bean indifferent thinge (except with Poli- 
 tiques and Atheifts) to beleeue the hoft after 
 confecration to be a peeceof bread, or true 
 Chrift God and man himfelfe ? But there 
 cnfue precepts how Frith muft dally in the 
 matter, if yotp be required (faith he) finw the 
 phrafes of the fcripture , and lett them talhe what they 
 wiU, &c« Tow perceaue my mynd \ howhett yf God 
 fhewyow otherwife , yt is fee for yow to do oi he mo- 
 ueth yoWy &c. 
 
 10. Heere yow fee a great humility in T^w- 
 dall, that hauinge fert downe the opinion of 
 all the learned men of Saxony , and amonge 
 them of Dcclor I/^r/;«' himfelfe ; who florifted 
 
 \\\ 
 
CaknddY" Saints, (the moneth of Sept.) ,175: Cfe^p.i^ 
 in thefedayes, and o^DoUor Barnes, and DoSlor 
 Melanchtim in the affirmaciue part for the reail 
 ptcfence, and his ownealfo for thcindifFe- 
 
 I rency therof^yetallis fubmitted finally to the 
 particular fpiritt of this laddFm/?: Cozsj^fGod 
 fijeu^ hm othemife ( that is to fay yf his owne 
 (piritc tell him othcrwife) and diiFerent from 
 that which he had Ihe wed to all thcfe other 
 Dodors before: then yt is free for Frith to 
 thinke or do , as he lift ; and fo he did ; for he 
 di0d for a point, yvhich none of them perhaps 
 ciier thought of, or imagined that a man 
 would dye for, as in his ftory yo w haue feenc. 
 And it is to be noted, that once againe lohn Tyndaii i 
 Fox wryteth in his margent vpon thefe laft by"^^^^^! 
 words of Tyndall: HeereMaifter Tyndall againe tcftimo- 
 
 ! beartth with the tyme /which is the third tyme 
 that Fox aduercifech this of him, by a {peciall 
 
 i note 5 which is no great fignc of his conftan- ' 
 
 I cy, yfyowconfiderytwell. 
 
 1 11. Wherfore to draw to an end, yo w fee by 
 thislittle, what manner of Apoftfe Tyndall 
 was,that had not thedodrine of his Apoftie- 
 iWppcertaynejbut ftammered and ftaggered, 
 liuing in indifFerency of beleefe , and putting 
 doubts into mens heads,therby to draw thenl 
 to diffidency and infidelity. In which Igind of 
 Apoftafy, Tyndalldid more hurt (as may ap-^ 
 peare by Sjr Thomas Mores books, and other 
 mens wrytings againft bim ) in thofe firft be- 
 ginnings of herefy in our counrrcy , then ma-^ 
 
 I ny others heretiks togeather,eipecially by his 
 felfe and deceytfuli tranfiation of the Scri- 
 ptures 
 
 I 
 
%y6 The Ixmen of lohn Fox his 
 
 pturcs into Engliih , and with his corrupt no* 
 res and wicked commentaries theron. Which 
 K,Henry the 8. well confidering, though fot 
 many yeareshe had permitted the fame, and 
 fomc other EnghiTi tranfiations: yet vpon the 
 34. vcare of his raigne , which was of Chrift 
 154;, he hauinge caufed diligent fearch to be 
 made of the faid fallTiood, did forbid TpdaUs 
 tranflation by name, inanacSt of parlament 
 made vpon the forfayd yeare in thcfe words: 
 gtstut: 12. And therforebeyt enabled, ordayned andejla^ 
 4n7 & i s ^'^/^^^ fouerdigne Lord the King , the Lords 
 
 fprttuall and temforall, and the comons in this prefent 
 " • Parlament affemhled-^and by the authority therof^ that 
 all manner of books of the old and new Tefiammtin 
 Tranflatio Engli$b,be'mg of the crafty, falfe , and vntrue tranfia^ 
 codcmncd fion of TyndaU ,be clecrly and vtterly aboltf^ed^ &c. 
 went fof This acft was made about 7. yeares after T;«- 
 faifc and ^rfZ/j buming^which happened vpon the yeare 
 •orrupr. thrift 1537. at a towne called Ftlford-Cajile 
 in Flanders, 3* yeares after Frithes burning in 
 Smithfield. And yt is thought that K. Henry 
 theeigth procured the fame with the Empe- 
 ror and his officers , and would haue done as 
 much himfelfe for him in Englad, yf he could 
 haue gotten the man into his fingers , for that 
 he held him not only for an hcretike , but for 
 wicked alfo & (editions. And Co much of him. 
 t^. After Tyndall there cnfue diners others, 
 YViUhmi put to death in diuers parts of the realmevn- 
 VlL^y dcr K. Henry in this moneth> as namely VVil- 
 njonkc. : Ham Layton and lehn Futtedetp of Suftolke. The 
 Jcdc'iv^"^' firftan apoftatamonke of the towne of Aye^ 
 
 the 
 
taUnixY' Saints, (the moneth of Ode.) I77 Ckaf.iJ^ 
 the fecond 5 an obfcurre fellow , that Fox fee- 
 mcth not oclierw ife to kno w^but only that he 
 wis burned about thofe parts of Suffollceiri 
 the yeare 1557. and tkat they were difcouered 
 and apprehended vpbn cercaine fcoffing op- ^^^^^^ 
 prbbrious words, vttered abdut Come points & Ida 
 bf Cathohke relimon^though yet of what re- , 
 ligion or fed thernfeiUcs wefe , he knoiweth . limzji? 
 not , and yet will he needs haue them Siin6ts 
 and Martyrsof his Church. Andthe very hkc 
 doth he with two other , Colps znd Cgwhridge^ 
 whome he confelieth to haue byn madd , and 
 one alfo of therti to haue denyed Chrili ^ as i 
 little afcer we lhall iliew more largely. 
 14. And by the fame rhadnes he putteth in 
 alfo for a martyr vponthen. day oft his ruo-. 
 heth, one FeteraGemaine\of whbmel fynd i^etcra 
 nothing at all related in his Ads and monu- Gcrmainc 
 mehts * though Alantu Coptism his Dialogues, ^^^^^ ^^^^ 
 doth affirme, that the faid Peter the German dc- 6.pag 
 nyed Chrilt to hme taken flesh of hu mother , the 
 hlepdPirgiHy and that Fox confelfed the fame vok^^,& 
 in his forrner edition , though now in his laft '"^^ptl'll 
 Ifindnofuch thihginhim, ncg* of this Peter, 
 butoniy his name continued for 51 Martyr in 
 his Calendar Vpdri the day aforfaid^ but of his 
 Ads and Gefts nothing, which isalfoatricke 
 now and then vfed by bur Fox , to canonize 
 men irt his Calendar^ and to fay nothinge of 
 themaftetwardinhiscbmentary. Which we 
 inufl: paffe buet y and take in good part with 
 the reft. 
 
 ij. After the German Anabaptifts , he pla-^ 
 
 M ceth 
 
178 TheExamenofUlmToxhii 
 ccth three other Martyrs of his made about 
 the fame tyme,whore ReHgion not withftan- 
 ding he llicweth euidently that he knew not. 
 Yow lhall hcareall that he wrytethof them. 
 Xos '^b^^t theycdre (faith he) of our Lord 1539. one John 
 iohn a ^p^jnter , A9id Giles German were aecufed of he- 
 pftimcr. refie, and whileft they were in examyning at 
 GcimaD. London before the Bifhopp and other iudges, 
 V by ciiaunce there came in one of the K. fer- 
 Uacciot. uants, named Lrfwe^fWf, who ftandingd^ by fee^ 
 medby hiscouncenace andgefture to faupur 
 5, both the caufe, and the pooremens frcnds, 
 ^, whervpon he being apprehended was exami- 
 „ ned and condemned togeather with them, & 
 3, the next day at fine of the cIocKe in the mor- 
 „ ninge was carryed with them into S. GjUs'm 
 „ the field, and there burned, cr^^. This is Fox 
 his narration ; neyther hath he any more of 
 them , but only that he affirmeth for his con- 
 ni4$m. cluRoriythat they were hUjfed Martjrs ofchrifl lefm, 
 that imocently fuff0red vvithin the tyme ofK. Henry e$ 
 raignefor the tefiimony of Gods word and truth. And 
 yet doth he not know (as yow fee) what opi- 
 nions they held, norof what feft they were, 
 and accordinge to the tyme afsigned by Fox 
 himfclfeof 1539. or neere about , they might 
 be of that alTociation in opinions, wherof lohn 
 5/0/1^ writeth in the end of theyeare 1538 . 
 Suw unm fzvingQ . Vpon the 14.. of Nouember, fomeAna- 
 « 5)*' bdpttfis , three men and one woman , aU Dutch , ban 
 fagotts at Paules Creffe , and vpon the 20. of the fame 
 moneth, a man and a vvoman^ Dutch Anabaptijls alfo^ 
 vme burned in Smithjield, So as by this yow 
 
CAlenddY-Sdlnts. (the moneth of OA*) 179 
 fee what opinions reigned in England at 
 that tyme. 
 
 1 6. But howfoeuer this bee , and whether 
 the Fainter, and Peter German, and Lancelot the 
 Kings feruat were Anabaptifts or noc: fure yc 
 is, that lohn Fox playeth the foole in making 
 them his Saints withoutknowinge their opi- 
 nions, and no lefle in telling vs fo improbable 
 a tale , that one of the Kings feruantslhould 
 be apprehended only for his iounteniinceandge- An im- 
 flme, and lo haftily condemned and executed, F^babic 
 as the very next morninge after his apprehen- loL^j©^, 
 fion, he ihould be carrycd to the fire without 
 makinge the King priuy thcrof^ which is 
 again ft the whole proceffe of the cannon law, 
 w^hich at that tyme they obferued5andagainft 
 all reafon and common fen(c ^ feing that be- 
 fidesall examinations, proofes & conuiilions 
 neceflary in matters of herefie , there muft be 
 a conuenient tyme giuen alfo to the party to 
 fee, whether he wilbe obftinate or noe, for fo 
 much as without obftinacy, there is no herefie 
 puniihable by law, as before wehaue Ihewcd 
 in the fourth Chapter of this booke. And be- 
 fides this alfo, after all is done by the exami- 
 ners and iudges, there muft be a wryte gotten 
 out from the King de comburendoh^retico , be- 
 fore he can be executed. All which things put 
 togeather, to witt theapprchenfion , exami- 
 nation, conui<a:ion,refpitt,condemnation3and 
 wryte of execution , yt is very vnHkely they 
 could be difpatched in one aftcrnoone , cfpc- 
 cially againftoneoftheK.feruants, whome 
 
 Ml 
 
1 8 6 the ISxmen ofuhn tox his 
 
 (6 openly they would not dare to iniiire^ And 
 therforeis lohn Fox found to be a fond and 
 fraudulent tacler of things without ground, 
 iudgment or probability, 
 t/. Wherfore I will draw how to the laft 
 foure of his Martyrs \nder K.Henry the 8. in 
 this monethi wherof three, to witt Robtrt 
 Barnes Aagufiine friar, Thoma4 Gifrafd znd 
 William Hierome ApoftataPriefts, were bur- 
 ned in Smithfield vpon the yeare of Chrift 
 1540. as Stoipsind ti^tinfhed hatiein their chro- 
 nicles, though Fox in his Calendar putteth 
 the fame vpon the yeare i.5 1 and in hii 
 Ads and Monuments vpOrtth«i yeatd t^4u 
 and the fourth named Uhn LatHhisti,ilu$1^lieol^ 
 fine another Prieft of the famec^ualitjr^ WfiS 
 burned in the forefaid place the rtext^eate be* 
 fore, beingthe^o.ofthe raigncof K. Mehty* 
 i8. And Hrft asconcerninge TriarSarHii, W« 
 haue faid fomcwhat of him Defore in the ftory 
 ofUrith, and he is famous by thebookesof 
 Sj/r Tlwmas Mere, wrytten againft hinijand yt is 
 the fame man of whome yow haue heard Tjw- 
 daU wrytG before to Frith, inclyninge to deny 
 thereall prefence in the Sacrament , fayinge: 
 Barnes wiUbehoaie agair^ yotp \ to witt, for the 
 reall preftnce, for that he was an earneft Lu- 
 theran : the other two burned with him , to 
 witt, Cj^rm^and EieromehzA parted fomwhat 
 further , and flydd into Zwinglianifme , fo as 
 thefc three burned togeatherby K.Henry at 
 oneftakc, were of different and oppofite be- 
 Ieefes:Fox telleth long tales and maketh large 
 
 difcowrfes. 
 
Calend^Y-Smts. (the moncth of O A.) t$t Chdp.i^ 
 ^ifcourlGsofthemall, and firft of Barm ^ he Thcftory 
 llieweth how he being a fnarjand Prior of th« b^"^/ 
 Auguftines in Cambridge , he began firft to 
 read there , better lexrnlnge then before to vfe his 
 words; to vvitt, Terence, Plautm, and C/V^ra, very 
 graue authors for a man of his degree and cal- 
 iinge. And Ihew^th further, that Barneshzd 
 cercaync fcerett conferences about Luthers 
 dodrine , at an Inne or rauerne of that vni- 
 uerfity , named the iigne of the vvlnte borfe, 
 W:hich Taucrne for that caufe ( faith he ) vvas 
 commonly calledin thofedayes by the fchol- 
 Icrs, the Inne of Germdnj-^ which thinge being 
 di(couered,E4y«^s was taken and fentprifbncr j^^^^^^,. 
 to London to C^r^/W4Hrrtf//9', before whome canted, 
 he abiured publikely his n§ w rehgion , humbly 
 If^neel'mge vfm his knees , vvhervpon he vvas 
 brought alfo fopne after to Paules Church in «L,8oJ^* 
 ^ great foilemnity, and there bare a faggott: 
 forhispennance all the tymeofafermon>and 
 after thatagaine being fallen into a fecrett re- 
 lapfc, he was fent to the monaftery of Augu-^ 
 ftine friars in Northampton, whence he ftole 
 away by a notable cofeningetricke, leauinge a notabr© 
 his habitt behind him with a letter to the tnk?ol 
 Maiorof the towne, that he wasin dcfpera- 
 tion to drowne himfelfe in the riuer of the 
 cittyv where he requefted the Maiorto feeke 
 him, and caufe his body to be buryedjand that 
 they Ihould find letters of great importance 
 about his neckc , inclofed in a ball of wax, 
 which the Maiorbelecuinge fought 7. dayes 
 m the riuer;^ while the other was runne away, 
 ^ . M 3 
 
i8z The Examn of John Vox hU 
 
 andvpon the Sea, pafsinge into Germany, 
 where he liued with Luther, arid other here- 
 tiks vntill Q^AnneBullen was crowned-^at what 
 tymcbyfauour & vnderprotedion offome, 
 herctically affeded about the King, but efpe- 
 cially CremwcU, he returned into England; 
 where yet fome yeares after that againe,King 
 Henry hairinge made the ftatute of 6. articles 
 againft heretiks , before fpoken of, caufed a(^ 
 Well this B^rwfi, as the other two GerrardzwA 
 Hierome, to be arrayned, condemned and bur- 
 ned vpon different articles of herefie in thofe 
 dayes, 
 
 19. And thisisthebreifeftoryofthefethree 
 Foxian Martyrs , who though they died at 
 one ftake', and by the fentence of one and the 
 
 «D.Abeii. felfe fame Kiifge, as three Catholike "^Priefts 
 
 ?c:h«ftQ ^'^^ * at the fame tyme and place , for the 
 ' Roman Religion : yet do I not fee how thefc 
 three Martyrs of lohn Fox can be of one 
 Church , for fo much as friar Barnes, was fo 
 earneft in auowinge the reall fre fence in the Sa^ 
 crament , as Tjndall teftifieth : For denyall 
 wherof, afwell Gerrurd, ^nd Hierome on the 
 other fide , as alfo their fourth companion 
 Jtfhn Ldmbert, went particularly to the fire-,and 
 yet all foure (as vow fee) are made fellow 
 Martyrs by Fox , though fufferinge for oppo- 
 fite and contrary caufes, and yow flball per-^ 
 ceaue the fame more particularly by the Story 
 
 rht ftorf Lmbert, that now cnfueth. 
 
 off. Urn- 20. This Lambert ahas Nicolfin w^as a Prieft , 
 ofNorfolkc,conucrted (as Fox faith) by Tko^ 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of O <ft.) 183 ChapA4, 
 Ifn^ Bilnejf of whome yow haue * heard be- *Msrek.i^ 
 i fore , but he farre palled his maifter , for that, 
 i Bilnef dying a Cathohke , as we hould, or a 
 Lutheran in fome points^as Fox will haueyt, 
 this man palled to be a ZwingHan, and refbl- 
 ued to take a woman, of whome Fox wrytcth 
 thus: Tor as much as priefis in thofe iajes, ceuld not be 
 Ifermttted tohauewiues, Lambert left hu priepimd, 
 I dndappijfedhimfelfe tothefmHim ef teachin^e y in- ^^^f^^:^ 
 \ tending frorUji after to be free of the proffers and to ^^^^ 
 ntarr/^ &€. Lo how this groffe pneit , would 
 l leauc his priefthood to be agroffer, but the 
 reafon is vrgent , for that forfooth he muft 
 I needs haue a wifej no one lightly of all Fox 
 I his new ecclefiafticall (ainfts , prefoming to 
 haue the gift of chaftity or finglc life. He be- 
 ginneth Lambertes ftory with this glorious 
 title following. 
 
 j 2u The hifiory of the worthy martyr of God John 
 Lambert alias Nicolfon , anno Domini 1538. The f^.f»ef 
 fumme wherof is ; that this Lambert being a 
 prieft fled out of England , was a great con- 
 federate of William TyndaU & Frith beyond the 
 (eas, and after comming home againe, was 
 accufed of Z winglianifme by one Doctor Taylor 
 .(a man faith Fox in thofe dayes not farre difagreing 
 from the ghojpell) vnto DoHor Friar Barnes of 
 ^home we haue fpoken before, which Barnes 
 (faith Fox^ although he did otherwife fauour lo%/,tfit. 
 alfo the gnofpell, notwithftandinge fecmed „ 
 not greatly to fauour this caufe , fearinge per- 
 aduenture, that yt would bread (b mete tt to 
 the prcachinge of the ghofpell, yf fuch Sacra- 
 M 4 mentarie^ 
 
t84 TheExdmcHoflohnToxhii 
 ^, mentmes fhould be f^ffered : and there vpon 
 3j periuaded Taylor by and by ta putt vp the 
 , , matter to Thomof Cranmn Archbilliop of Can- 
 „ terbury, and fo he did, and th^ Archbilhop 
 „ fentforhim, and brought him into th^ open 
 Cqnmer courc, & fqrced him to defend hiscaufe open- 
 iauored of 'y/or the Afchbilhop had not yet fauored the 
 zvyingiia- do ^x'inQ o(t\\^ Sdcrament, ^c. Thuswryteth | 
 ' Fox of rhe beginning of Lamberts controueriy, 
 altogeather moued , and profecutcd by gho- 
 fpellers of other feds, as himfelfe afterwards 
 noteth, fpr that Cromwell alfp, and Latimer en- 
 tred into the daunce , the l^ter difputlnge a- 
 gainft hfm,and the former giuinge fentence of 
 death, as after yow lliall hearel 
 22. Now then Lmbert being brought into 
 Cranmer the Archbii'bops courte vpon accufa- 
 tion of ZwingHan herefie , againft the blcjfed ^ 
 Sacrment, and taking vpon him to defend the } 
 fame in wrytinge, by ten feuerall arguments, ' 
 fuchasthe -S^^cr^w^wf^wi of thofe dayeswerc 
 vvonttp vfe, drawenoutoffcnfe,&: humainc j 
 reafon,againftfaich(whereofhe wrote a long 
 difcourre,)the matter came to be very famous 
 in the courte (^s Foxnoteth) andpafsingalfo 
 to the hearinge of K.Uenry that was a great 
 enemy to the Sacramentaryhtxt^iQ y and being 
 \n like manner fignificd vnto hinijthat Lambert 
 had made his appcale vnto his Maieftie^ tri- 
 bunal I , as fupreame head of the Church from 
 thefaidBilliopsiurifdidion: the King refol- 
 iied tohearethe whole mattei* himfelfe, and 
 that in very folemne and publickc manner, 
 
 both 
 
I Calendar- SAmts. (the moneth oFO(9:.) 185 Cfc^p. 14 
 both tor his hatred to that herefie > as aifo tor 
 that yt was the firit iudiciaii adj that euer he 
 hadcxercifcd publikely in hiscwne pcrfon, • ^ 
 tOHching matters of faith and religion^before 
 that dayj wherefore calhnge all his nobles af- 
 vvell ternporall as Ecclcfiafticall, with his 
 ludges, Counfelors, and other officers togea- 
 ther,appointed the day ofdirputation,wherc- 
 in Lamberts csluCq fhould be tried ^ and for that vyhytlic 
 fee vnderftood that Lmhert had giucn vpp the fbTula'tJ 
 fpref^id ten rcafons or arguments in writing, hcarcand 
 drawen out o{ Sacramentary bookes againft the Tm^him^^ 
 reall pre fence, to the Archbilhopp of Canter- f^ifc. 
 bury , he appointed ten feuerall Biihopps to 
 confute thofc ten arguments , euery Billiop a 
 fejiier^ll argument ^ and to Cranmer was afsi- 
 gned to confute the obie^tion about the im- 
 pftibilicy of Chrifts being in tmfUces at encCythzt 
 eing held for a principall bulwarke of his 
 herefie: to witt^ that forfo muchasChrifts 
 body is a true naturall body, yt cannot be in 
 lieauen & in the Sacrament at one time, as yow 
 ihall heareobieded often by them after wards> 
 in the reuiewof tenfuhlike dijputatms ^dioyncd 
 to the end ofthisbooke, w^herc yow fliall ^C4p» 
 fee euery Sicrammary , both man and women ^ i- 
 lightly vrge this argument,asa matter of great 
 force on their Ijde, which hath none at alj,and 
 B. Cranmer did (ufficiently refute the fame be- 
 fore the King againft LAmbert^tutn by Serif ture 
 yt felfe; though yet dealinge fomewhat tryf- 
 lingly therein, (as yt may appeare, by Fox his 
 aariation) Do^Qr Gardener the Biihop of V Vin^ 
 
%S6 The Exdmen 9f lohn Tex his 
 
 chefier, was forced to heJpc him out. But Ictt 
 vs hcarc Fox his owne relation of the matter 
 as in his owne words he (ettcth it downe. 
 fo^24.c^.x. 23. The Kinge (faith he) giuinge eaer moro 
 willingely then prudently or godly (toeuill 
 »counfeii) fent out a generall commifsion, 
 ^» commaundinge all the nobles, and Bilhops of 
 5> his realme , to come with all fpeed to London^ 
 where a great aflembly of the nobihty was 
 9f gathered from all parts of the realme, not 
 9, without much wonder &expcdation in this 
 9> fo ftrange a cafe> all the feates and places were 
 5» full of men round about the fcaffoId> & by & 
 limn/**' by thtgedlyfcYuit of Chrijl, Lambert was brought 
 iudgmcnt, in fro theprifbn with a guard of armed men, 
 Smnari5 ^ lambc to fight with many lyons5& placed 
 ofumbert tight ouer againft the Kings roy all feate , fo 
 ia4c! ^^^^ ^'^^y t^tried but for the Kings com- 
 „ ming to the place^at laft the K. himfelfe came 
 97 in as a iudge of that great controuerfie, with a 
 99 great guard clothed all in white,and couering 
 » by that color and diflcmblingejfeuerity of all 
 » bloudyiudgement^ on his right hand fate the 
 99 B, & behind him the famous lawyers clothed 
 99 all in purple accordinge to the manner, on the 
 99 left hand fate the peeres of the realme,the iu- 
 5> ftices, and other nobles in their order, behind 
 99 him fate the gentiemc of his priuy chaber,d^'^. 
 99 24. When the King was fett in his throne, 
 he beheld Ldmbert with a fternc countenance, 
 „ and then turning himfelfe tohis Counfelors, 
 „ he called foorth Do^er Da} Bilhop of Chichefter, 
 commaunding him to declare vnto the people 
 
 the 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moneth of Oca.) 187 Chap 
 thcGaufcof thisprefent aflembly andiudge- „ 
 mcnt, &c. When he had made an end of his „ 
 Oration,the King (landing vp vpon hisfeete, „ 
 and leaning vpon a cuiliion of white cloth of „ 
 cilTue, turning himfelfe towards Lambert w'nh „ 
 his browes bent, (aid, H9goodfellotvwhatUthy „ 
 nam^ Then the humble Lambe of Chrilt „ 
 humbly kneeling downe/aidjmy name is John 5, 
 Nicolfon though of many I be called Lambert. 5, 
 what faid the Kinge, haueyow tow names? 
 I would not truft yow hauing two names, „ 
 though yow were my brother. Omoft noble „ 
 Prince {c\viot\i Lambert) your BilTiopps forced „ 
 me of necefsity to change my name, and after 
 diuers prefaces and much talke to and fro, the ,^ 
 King commaunded him to goe to the matter, 
 and declare his minde and opinion, what he 
 thought as touching the Sacrament of the Altar: 
 then Lambert beginning to fpeake for himfelfe 
 gaue God thankes,which had fo inclined the 
 Kings harte, d^r. 
 
 . But the King with an angrye voice in- „ 
 terrupting his oration, faid, I came not hither 
 to hcare myne owne praifes thus painted out „ 
 in myne owne prefence,but briefly goe to the 
 matter, without any more circumftance: thus 
 hefpakein Latyn. But L^wf&m being a bathed „ 
 at the Kings angry words, contrary to all ,^ 
 mens expcdation, ftayd a while confideringc 
 whither he might turne himfelfe, in thefc 
 great ftrayts and cxtremityes, but the' King ,^ 
 being hafty with anger and vehemency (aid, „ 
 Tyhjffiandejl th$u JliB^ anfmreas tottchin^e the Sdcra- 
 
 mem 
 
i§8 TheExdmenoflohnToxhU 
 mentefthe Alurl Whether doeft thoit fay that 
 yt isciiebody ofChrirtj or wile deny it 2 and 
 withthatthc King lifted vp his cappe. 
 hen. lanfwcre with S,Augufim, that it is the 
 body of Chrift after a certayne manner. King. 
 Ani were me neythcr out of 5. Augufiine^ ney- 
 ther by the authority ofany other^but tell me 
 plainly whether thou faieft it is the body of 
 Chrirt or no? and thefe words the King fpake 
 againe in Latin. Lambert. Thtn I deny it to be 
 the body ol Chrifi. iCf»^. Marke well, for now 
 thou lhalt be condemned euen by Chrifts 
 owne words, hoc efi corpm nieim. Then he 
 commanded Thomas Cranmer ArchbilLop of 
 Canter bury to refute his alTertion, &c 
 26. Thus writeth Fox of the beginning of 
 this combat and dlfputation^ though of the 
 kings profecution of his argument he faith 
 no more> which H<tff notwithftanding in his 
 Gronicle , who was alfo a Sacramentarie , and 
 prcfentatthc difputation ^ affirmeth moft of 
 all to haue vrged Lambert in that place, as pre- 
 fently yow ftall heare him auouch: and as for 
 Cranmers arguing againft him j for confuting 
 his f.rdSacramentary princ'iplty thatChriJls body 
 canmt be in twoflacesat once,\v\?> faid confutation 
 was out of thea(9:s of the Apoftles^ where 
 Chrift appeared to SaM Patd in the way as 
 he went to Damafcusj whereby he proucd, 
 thatChrifts body might be in two places ac 
 once, for that he being in heaucn , appeared 
 alfo on earth at the fame tyme, whereunto 
 Ldmbert could not anfwcre , but very rydicu- 
 
 louflj^ 
 
i:alendar- saints, (the rhoneth of Od.) 189 Chuf, 14, 
 Ibully, faying , that Chrifi did net appear e In deed, 
 mjd realljfvnto Saint Paul.but that bis vo)ce was heard 
 from heauen , which Ihifc when Cranmerw^^nt as.i4. 
 about to refute out of another place of the 
 Ads of the Apoftles > where Saint Paul plainly 
 affirmcth,thar Chrift appeared vnto him:but 
 yet femed to vrge this matter fomewhac cold- 
 ly ; the Biiliopp of VVinchefier added aplace or 
 j two in confirmation , as 1. Cor. 9. hdue 1 not 
 fiene Chrifl lefm^ and in the 15. chapterjSc fame 
 cpi rtle : He appeared vnto Cephas ,&c. hut laft of all 
 vnto?ne:whereunto(£mh ? ox) Lambert anjk^efed ^ 
 that he doubted nothing but that ChrtHwtufeem.and ^ 
 did appeare , but he did deny , that he was in two or m 
 1 diUirJie f laces according to the manner of bis body. 
 which is a ridiculous anfwerc yf yow markc 
 yt, & in fauoUr of hi$ aduerfary; for when wc 
 (ay,that his body is in the Sacrament at diuerfe 
 I places > we doe not fay that he is there after 
 thetnanerofhisbodyj asyt was vpon earth, 
 I ©r as it is now in heauen , but after another 
 fnanner, which we call ^^jTcr^wewr^tl;, fo as this 
 is for vs:and fecondly when he graunteth that 
 Chrift did appeare really in diueirfe places 
 at once > and yctdenyeth that he was in thojfe 
 diuers places at once, wherin he appeared-^it is 
 a contradidion in yt felfe^and therfore I mar- 
 uailc not 5 that Fox doth fo rage and rayle at 
 "B. Gardener fox vrging Lambert fo much in this 
 plice. The Bishofpof VVincefier (faith he) being f^^x/^rfx- 
 drowned with malice againfi this poore man , without lozs ceU, 
 the Kinges commandement, bbferuing no order . before 
 the Archbishop had made and end,mfmmef uUy kneeled 
 
 downe 
 
190 The Examen oflohn Vox his 
 
 d9wne to take in hand the dijputatm , aUeaging a place 
 out of the M. chapter to the Corinthians, 6c c. 
 
 27. Thus Fox,and in the margent hath this 
 note, the ha^y imfudencie oftheBishepf ofVVinche^ 
 
 LAmWrt jicY {xi IS caiie to fee the rcafon of Fox his 
 foTf ^ choler againft him, for prefsing his martyr fo 
 dummc in niuch, who becamc dumme at length & durft 
 lion?" to anfwere no thing>which FoxconfelTeth in 
 tS^Gt a htlc afcer,to witt, that Lambert tnthe end 
 became filent , and that he could not an^tpere anjffur* 
 ther,yo\\ iliaii heare his words & confelsion. 
 yi Then againe(faith he) the King and the Bif- 
 33 hopps raged againft Lambert, infomuchashc 
 9> was not only forced to filencejbutalfo might 
 j5 haue bine driucn into a rage> yf his cares had 
 5> not bine acquainted which fuch taunts be- 
 3, fore and after. ^«rf4//err/;ti, the other Bifliops 
 » €uery one in his order being ten in number, 
 fupplied the places of difputation, &c. Co wry- 
 tcth Fox: and a litle after he addeth theife 
 words : Lambert in the meane tyme being cempajfed 
 with fo many and great perplexities , vexed on the one 
 fide with checkesand taunts , andprejfed on the other 
 fide with the authority and thredtsoj the pcrfonages, 
 A7na7Led with the mateflie of the place , and f re fence of 
 the King^wearyed with longflanding, and brought Into 
 dijpdtre that he ffwuld nothing frofitt with fpea^ing, 
 cuoofe rather to hold his peace, &c. 
 
 28. Thus Fox for fome excufeof his mar- 1 
 tyrsli!ence-when he was blanked^but £^//^4r</ < 
 Hall no hfCt z Sacramentarie then Fox himlelfe, ( 
 and one that wasprefenr at the difputation, \ 
 as rfciay appears by his fpeach writeth thus in 
 
 hi$ 
 
CdlenddY'Sdints. (the moneth of Od.) 191 Cbdf.tjf, 
 his ftory. TJiis Nicolfon ( zliis Lambert ) was a Baward 
 man named to be learned, but that day he vc- H?ii€s te- 
 tcrcd no fuch learning, as he was of many Nkolfou. 
 fuppofcdjthat he both could and would haue „ 
 done, but was exceeding fearful] & timorous. 
 &c. Cercaine of the Bilhopps miniftred di- ^"^"^^j^ 
 ucrft arguments, but efpecially the K. Maie. I*©** 
 ftic himfclfe did mort difpute with him^how- ^^^'^^ 
 beit Nicolfon was not perfuaded,nor would ^ 
 rcuokej^^. So (aich HaQ: now let vs heare the 
 rcGdue that followeth in Fox>for his codem- 
 nation. Then faid the King \nto Lambert:* 
 What faift thow now after all thefe great la- >i 
 hours taken for thee , and all the rcafons and » 
 inftrudions of thefe learned men ? Art thou »> 
 notyetlacisfied? wilt thou Hue or dye? what » 
 faift thou? thou haft yet free choife, Lambert. j> 
 IjeMand fubmittmy felfetojmrdemencte. Then f^^*^^''^* 
 faid the King, yf yow doe committ your felfc 
 to my iudgement , then muft yow dye, for I 
 will not be a patron vnto heretiks,and by and j> 
 by turninge himfeif e to CromweU he ^^\d\Crom- » 
 irWIread the fentence of condemnatio againft » 
 him, which he did out ofafchcdeI]5er^. Thus » 
 wryteth Fox,& prcfently addeth thefe words 
 about Cromtvell „ 
 29- This Cromwell was at that tymc the cheifc fox Ms 
 friend of thcghofpellers , & heercis much to ^^^Fj*^^^^ 
 bcmarueled at, to fee how vnfortunatly yt condcm- 
 came to pafTe in this matter, that 54r/;4« did ^^3^^^ 
 heere performe the condemnation of Lambert fors.^^ * 
 by no other minifters then by gholpelfers 
 themfelues , TayUr^ Barnes, Crammrmd Crmi^ ,^ 
 
 u^elt. 
 
TheExamenoflohnToxhfS 
 L well,(3'U So he of his martyrs eondcnmatidni 
 ^ by King Henry j which King he nuketh alfo 
 .u-J : ^ ghofpelleras before yow haue heard, and 
 . yec nocwichttanding a bloudy perfeciitor of 
 the fame ghofpell > fot thus he wryteth a litle 
 Soli^ii. after. Thus was (faith he) lolm Lambert^in this 
 ^, bioudy fefsionsj iudged and condemned to 
 j, death by ihcKing^ vvhofe iudgerhent novv 
 5, remaineth with the Lotd , againfl: that day, 
 5> -when as before the tribunal! feat of that great 
 5j ludge , both princes , and fubieds fhall ftand^ 
 j, and appcare not to iudge,buc to be iudgcdjac- 
 „ cording as they haue done slnddeferued, &c. 
 30. Behold lohnFoxhis threat of danHna- 
 tion againft King Henry for condemning of 
 Lambert. His burnmg 1 let paflfe , which Fox 
 fettethout by a large pageancpaintihghim iri 
 the fyre, and theil^j words pafsing ftdrrthis 
 mouth vp towardcs hcauen. N&uebut Christi 
 ndnebut Chfili. as thciip;hhe had buie burned 
 for holding that fentence , br that Kinji Henfy^ 
 CrQmmtll, Cranmer , Latymer , or other ghofpel- 
 lers that were his iudgcs , would haiic had 
 more Chrifts then one, or woiild be ftued by 
 any other raeanes then by Chrirt. Ileauealfo 
 to rccompt the moft fooHlhe fabulous narra- 
 tiottjOr rather fidion of Fox, wherin he diui- 
 A ot"bic ^^^^ a certayne circuite which this l^icolfen 
 lyine uk^ made that morninge, when he W as to be bur- 
 ofFoxa- ned, teUingevs , that he wais brought out of 
 bm buc.^* the prifon at Neu^gate by eyght of the clocke in 
 niris. the morning, £c bemg to be burned in Smith- 
 field, ( which is hard by '^cwg^Lte as yow know) 
 
Calendar-Sdimh (the raonetb of t^^ Chaf.ij^; 
 
 he tooke a contrary courfe, and crolTcd all 
 London to go to my L^CmnweRs houfc(which 
 \^Zi> 'mti\Q Augu^tneFmrsnQ^XQ Bilhopfgate) 
 and theie being carryed into Cromweh inner 
 chamber j the faid CwmmU asked him for- 
 giuenes^ for that which he had done againft: 
 him , and then they entred into fuch famihar 
 talkcandconuerfacion, as L^tmfeemedto 
 haue forgotten that he was to be burned that 
 day> till he was warned therof by others- and 
 that he was fo plea(ant and merry, as then al- 
 fo when he was admonilhed he would not 
 go to the fire j vntiii he had firft broken his 
 faft 3 with my Lords gentlemen ^ But heare 
 yt I pray vow, in Fox his owne words. 
 31. Vpon the day (faith he) that was appoin- 
 ted for this holy martyr of God to fufFer , he ^0^$^-^'^. 
 was brought out of the prifon at eyght of the ».46. 
 clocke in the morning , vnto the houfe of the 
 £. Cromwell into his inner chamber, where, it 
 is reported of many, that Cromwell asked him ^^^^^J^ 
 forgiuenes for that he had done, and there at raid to 
 iaftl^twi&m being admonitlied that the houre bcxtfoT' 
 of death was at hand, he was greatly cdmfor- gyucr^cs^ 
 ted and chearcd^and being brought out of the 
 chamber into the hall, he faluted the gentle- 
 men, & fatt downe to breakefaft with them, 
 ftiewingeno naanner of ladnes or fearc, and *> 
 when the breakefaft was ended , he was car- 
 ryed ftraightway to the place of execution in ,^ 
 Smithfield, toofferhinifcife^ ito the Lord 
 facrificeoffweetfauour, wh isbleffedinhis 
 Saints for cuer and «^uen 
 
Tfcf Ixmen oflohn T9x his 
 32. This is Fox his mofi: fabulous narration, 
 and by this only , among fiue hundred other 
 the like, in thefe his Ads and Monuments,lcc 
 the reader iudgc how muoli he is to be credi- 
 ted. For let any man of fenfe or realbn confi- 
 der what likelyhood hcerc is in this tale, that 
 Nicolfon being condemned fo folcmncly by the 
 King himfclfe , and fo feuerely by his com- 
 maademenc put to excution afterward , asm 
 iMtup, ^an ( to vfe Fox his words) was fo crueUy and 
 pttttfuUj bandied as hee-^^nd comming forth from 
 Neipgatc at eyghc of the clockc m the morning 
 inwynccr, when all the people and nobility 
 was gathered togeathcr in Smithfield tocx- 
 ped: him > ( anddiuersno doubt of thecoun- 
 fell alfo) tofeefofoilcmnca fpedaclc, as the 
 burninge of one , conuinced and condemned 
 by the Kiag himfelfe j let cucry man imagine 
 (I fay) whether yt be likely or morally pof- 
 iible , that this condemned heretike , with a 
 . publike guard of iuftice followinge him, and 
 himfclfe goinge bound, as men are wont to 
 do when they go to death, and apparayled al- 
 fo moft contemptibly, as in fuch cafe is accu- 
 llomed: whether (I fay) yc be likely that fuch 
 a perfon Ihould be permitted, to make a wai- 
 kinge vagary throughout all London to Bi- 
 Ihoppfgatc , and there to haue conference fo 
 familiarly with the L.CromweH, in his inner 
 chamber, who was at that ryme , the cheefeft 
 and higheftmagiftratevndertheKinginEn- 
 gland^or whether the L.CtomweU would haue 
 youchfafed or durft to haue admitted any 
 
Calendar' Saints, (the moneth of 0(^.) tpy Chaf. 14. 
 fuch Gonfereace with an heretike goingeto i^iptoba- 
 the fire, and condemned by the K. himlelfc: ^^i^^"^^^ 
 or whether yt be Hkely , that Lambert, who n^wtion. 
 I fhewed himfelfefo fearfull ac his dirputation^ 
 could now be Co hardy , as to forgett that he 
 was to be burned that day, or would fitt 
 idowne Co familiarly to breakefaft with my 
 Lords gentlemen, or that thofe gentlemen 
 would admitt him , or that he could cate his 
 armes being bound behind him : or that the 
 ! iuftice and guard > that wayted vpon him, 
 would baue lulFered fuch trifling out of tymc 
 in fuch a cafe: All thefe things(I iay)are foim-^ . 
 probable^ as nonebut a Foxj orafoole would 
 ihaue written them. And fo much be fpoken of 
 I this his fivcet fauourhg Saint Martjr lohn Lamberts 
 155. There remayne only now for end of 
 i thofe that were burned in this moneth,vnder 
 lit. Henry the eyght two other , which arc fett 
 downe vpon ieuerall dayes in Fox his Calen- 
 dar , in thefe words : Coljm Martjr , Cowbridge CoWym. 
 Martyr A the former of the two he painteth bitdge, 
 out pittifully in the fire togeather with a 
 dogge; and ouer his head he wrjteth thus: 
 Ctllyns with his dogge burned : and then of the fe- 
 cond thus: The burninge of Cowbridge at Oxford 
 snng 1558. About which two Martyrs, yow 
 muft vnderftand , chat Fox in his firll: edition 
 of his marcyrologc , did fett forth their mar-* 
 tyrdomes very pittifuliy dcfcribed both in 
 LatynandEnglilTi, as of great Saints, begin- 
 ninge his Latyn narration thus, as ALttits CofUi 
 b'tech yt^ (for 1 haue nor the faid edition by 
 
 • , z mejs 
 
The Examen df lehnFoxhis \ 
 fox inhu me) : MepuerQcoHcrematm ejl Oxowj Cgubrigm,(fc, 
 i^tH^C When I was a child,one Coubrtdge was burned 
 chrifiAs a t Oxford , miw Chrtfli oulcula, a mcekc Ihecp of 
 ^^vUL ^'^"^^ > ^^^^^ Chnfiiferuulm, a little holy fer- 
 prtm^Jn^ uantof Chrilt, &c. But lince that tymc his 
 xUAnn0 falfeanddeceatfuU narration being difcouc- 
 57«* red, & laid open by the faid Alantu Copus.or ra- 
 auu ea^! ther DoHor Karfesfeld, the true author of thofc 
 j7./«i.^i5. learned dialogues , and theoriginall records 
 being cyted tor the wicked opinions of both 
 thefe Foxian Martyrs, bute(pecially 12. moft 
 peftilentpropofitionsofOwtrirf^^ , for which 
 . he was condemned: lohn Fox blulliing ther- 
 at>hath fomewhat (as the fayinge is) pulled in 
 his homes; and albeit of willfull obftinacy, he 
 would not put them out quite of his Calen- 
 dar of Mart)>rs ; yet is he forced to abate them 
 fo much in this his laft narratioujas with farre 
 lefle iTiame might he haue left them out who- 
 iy: for thus he wryteth of them: 
 ^4. Colym being beftdes his vvittsjeing a Friefl fe^/- 
 ding rp the hofl euer his head, flHw'tngeyt to the feefle-^ 
 he in like manner count erf etttnge the Friejl. toohe vp a 
 
 fcx pax. ^'^^'^ ^^SS ^'^^ '^Jc?'^^ held him oner hif head, 
 io33.«i.x. fbetvingehm rnto the people-^ for which he was burned 
 in the yeare 1538. the fame that lohn Lambert vva4. 
 Thus he wryteth ot* Colyns and I would aske 
 Fox, yf this Celyns was befides his wytts, ( as 
 he faith) how could he be a jMartyr? and how 
 came he into his CAlendar? Yowllialiheare 
 the moderation 5 that Fox now in his later 
 edition, being checft by Alanm Copus^ vfeth> 
 about this his Saint and hisdoggc. Although 
 
Calendar^ Smts. (the moneth of O Q:.) 197 Chap a 
 (faith he) I do not heere recyte him 04 in the number 
 §/ Gods prof ejfed Martyrs -^yet neyther do 1 thinke him ^i,-^^ 
 to becleanefequejired from the Lords faued flockeand 
 family , notmthftandinge that the Biihop of Rome his 
 Church did condemne and btirne him for an herettkf, 
 but rather do recount him t herfore, as one belongmge t& 
 the holy company of Samts, & c. 
 35. Conlider heere (good Reader ) how 
 thefc things hang togearhcr. For in his Ca- 
 lendar Fox putteth him downe againe, as be- 
 fprc/or a true martyr , afsigning him his fefti- Fox hu 
 uall day,faiyng vpon the lo, of OAober , Col- ^^J""^^^ 
 lynsmartyr-^md yet in his ftory of Ads and mo- profeiTcd 
 numents, he faith , as yow haue heard > that he fainds. 
 doth not recite him in the number ofGodsprofeffed mar^ 
 tyrs. How can this hang togeather, except 
 yow will fay , that lohn Fox had fome mar- 
 tyrs profcffed, & fome vnprofefTed or noiiicc- 
 martyrs ? And y^ y t were fo- yet me thinkcth, 
 that thofe, that are preferred to be Calendar- 
 martyrs (fuch as Collynsand Coubrige are) ought 
 to be profcfTed martyrs. Marke alfohis caufe 
 and reafon of making fain <3:es and martyrsjto 
 wittjthat CcBywi therfore bclongeth to the holy 
 company offainBs ^ fer that he was condemned by the 
 B. of Rome, and his Church by which reason all 
 malefadors , but efpecially Anabaptiftsy Arrians 
 and other confelfedhcrctiks^puniiTied in Ca- 
 tholike countreyes , by authority of the faid 
 Church, may, by Fox his reafon , belonge to 
 the company of Proteftant Saints. And fo 
 much of CoUyns and his dogge celebrated by 
 Fox for a madd Martyr. 
 ^ N 5 36. But 
 
198 The Ixmen of John Fox his 
 
 26. But now letc vs palTe to Cowbridge , Fox 
 nisftcond Martyr 5 placed by him vponthc 
 fame day in his Calendar : he beginncthhis 
 foT' ^^^y thm\VVith thisforfaid Celljnsmay al[o head-- 
 Thc'ftory iojned the humht^ §f Cotvlf ridge , who likcwtfe being 
 bxidgc^^' and befides his right fenfes, vva^ ejther the fame 
 
 or the neodtjeare after, condemned by LongUnd Biihop 
 ofLincolne, and committed to the fire by htm to he bur-- 
 tied at Oxfo rd, V Vhat his articles and opinions were, 
 Yvhertptth he was charged, ytneednh not heere to re- 
 kearfe: For as he vyas then a man madde and deflituts 
 effinfeand reafoiv^ fo his wards cr fay tngs could not be 
 found, &c. Yea, Father Fox, and is yt io ? will 
 yo w runnc out at that hole ? how happencth 
 yt then, that yow made fo long and pittifull a 
 narration of him and his death in your former 
 editions, calling him the litleholy feruant of God, 
 t})emeeke lambe of Cbrifl, ^nd the like? how hap- 
 peneth, that in this your laft edition yow pne 
 him in agaitie for a Calendar-martyr, yf lie 
 Were a madd man (as heere yow (ay) placinge 
 him on the tenth of this monerh, and ftriking 
 Fox a«ha- ouc chree renowned ancient Martyrs Tr/p/;c>», 
 ^^•tc Ms^"^ K^j^/r/w, and N;m/?/;^, to make him place? Is 
 jmd-mar- not this ovore tiien madnelf^ in your felfe? 
 tyrs opi- Yow fay k is needlellc to rehearfe his opi- 
 nions, but I rhinke the contrary , and that yt 
 fiialbe well to recyte fbme of them atleaft, 
 thereby to make your madnes anddiftioneft 
 deaiingemore notorious to the world: Thus 
 then they fund in the publike regifter fubfcrii- 
 bed by his ownehand, andteftiried by many 
 wictiiefTcs ^ and that he yttered rhemnot in 
 
 madacirc, 
 
CalenddY'SAints. (the moncth of Od:.) 199 Cfexf .14 
 madncflfe, but only in the maddnes and phre- 
 ncfieof herefie, by which he being a lay man, 
 made himfelfe a Prieft by his owne ordina- 
 tion » faid malTcand conlccrated , foundinge 
 himfelfe on the words of S. Peter, that aU Cbri- 
 fiiansare Priefisy & held befides many opinions 
 of VVickliffc and Hujfe , and among many other 
 he held thefe lingular of his owne , which do 
 cnfue: taken out of the regifter. 
 37. Ego GulielmusCoubrigmpublice Aprul, &c. 
 i VViUidmCowbridge hu}Q publikely affirmed, ^l^'^tj, 
 that Priefts are guilty of high treafon, for de- „ 
 uidinge the hoft into three parts. 
 
 Item. Thatno manoughttochaftenorpu- 
 nilhhisbody by faftinge. 
 
 Item, that I would not confefle to any 
 Prieft,except he would abfolue mc;asl lliould 
 appoint him. 
 
 Item, thatneythertheApoftlcs nor Euan- Covy- 
 gclifts, nor the foure DotEtorsof the Church, 
 haue opened the true way hitherto how fyn-. moui ©pt^ 
 ners fhould be faued. 
 
 Item, I haue affirmed 5 that Chrift was not „ 
 the redeemer of the world,but rather the dc- 
 ceauer of the world. „ 
 
 Item, that I haue held this name Chrift,for „ 
 a filthy name, and haue fcraped the fame out „ 
 of my books, whcrfocucr I haue found yt. 
 
 Item, I haue affirmed all thore,that beleeued ,^ 
 in the name of Chrift, to be damned in hell. ,^ 
 
 Item, I haue interpreted thofe words of^^ 
 Chrift: This is viy Iwdy which pjalhegiuen for yom, in 
 thiifsnfe:^ This is my body which lhalldcceaue 
 
 N 4 . yowj 
 
200 Th Efcamen lofm Fox his 
 
 yow, or wherin yow ihzlhz deccaued or cir- 
 
 cumuented, &c. 
 
 58. Thefc and other like wicked propor- 
 tions held this meeke jambe, andlitie holy 
 Saint of lohn Fox, for w hich he was condem- 
 ned at the towne of VVickam by the B.of Lin- 
 cohiej ney ther i:ould he by any perfuafion> cy- 
 thcrof him, or other learned men about him, 
 be reduced frohi thefe fancyes, vntillinthe 
 very laft end, when being in the firc^he crycd 
 Jefm Chrifi, leftu Chrijl , wherby fome wcre'in- 
 duced to thinke that he died rcpentant,as Bil- 
 fj^r/ did before him. But howfoeuer this was, 
 y t is but a poore fhifc of lohn Fox, to fay, that 
 thefe his two Martyrs Celljns and Cowhttdge 
 were madd^ firft, for that it condemneth him 
 of more madnes ( yf they were madd indeed) 
 to fill his Calendar with fuch madd- martyrs: 
 and (econdly, for that no fober men will euer 
 beleeue, that the B. of Ltnceke (for example) 
 and other learned men of the vniuerfity of 
 Oxford , would euer hauc taken fuch paines 
 at fundry tymcs, both at Oxford^wd VVUk^m, 
 as by the publike rcgifter appeareth that rhey 
 did , to reduce Cowbridge from thefc errors> yf 
 they had held him for madd. 
 2(9. But (as I faidbeforc) his madncflewas 
 the madneffe ofhcrefie, which isfodcfperate 
 a phrenelie, where it entreth , as nothing can 
 Kow Coti cure or moderate the fame , but that he that is 
 tiasmadd poff^*^^<^ "^ 'ith it, will dy for any thing that he 
 taketh to defcnd,whcrof we hauc heard (bme 
 examples before , and I my felfe faw one , of 
 
 grcal 
 
CaUndat' Saints, (the moncth of 0(5i.) 2ot ChapA^ 
 great a<dmiration and compafsioii in a Scot- Thcmadd 
 cillimaaciSiw/i/inSpaine, vpon the yeare 1595. 
 who being vnlcarned, had taken fo earndk an tishman " 
 apprehenhon * by readinee fcriptures in his i« siuiii 
 o wne language^ of thofc words ot Cnnit No- u^nh.j. 
 lite iudkare, do yow not iudge : that he would 
 HOC yeldtothe iiidgement or condemnation 
 ofany man^ no nor yet of the diuell himfelfe. 
 And albeit the Inquiiitors of that place beiwg 
 learned men ofthemfelues, and diners others 
 called by them to dealc with him, did alleage 
 him many tcxtesof fcripturc to fliew, that 
 wicked men iTiould be damnedjand that ludds 
 in particular was damned , and that heretiks 
 among others were lure to be damned, accor- 
 dinge to the playne teftimony of S. Paul , and 
 other fuch like demonftracios of damnation, 
 and that of the diuell there could be no doubt 
 at all, and confequently alfo men might iudgc 
 them for damned ; yet woald he notyeld, but 
 f ather dy>and be burned alyue(as after my de- 
 parture thence he was ) then graunt that we 
 may iudge the diuells to be damned. And al- 
 beit he was dealt withail continually to that 
 effed , for the fpace of two yeares togeather, 
 & his execution deferred, for this only caufc, 
 to bringc him from this hereticall madncs, & 
 that diuers Inglifhmcn alfo laboured with 
 him in this tyme, to yeld and graunt that men 
 might iudge in fomccaufes;; yet all would not 
 ferue, but that he would fuffer death for that 
 fooliih Anabaptifticall herefie^ that men may net 
 iudge In anj cafe. So that lohnFox maytrtily 
 
2ot The Examen oflohn Vox hU 
 
 fay that thefehis two men were madd alfb, 
 but yt was herericall madnelTc, and confe- 
 qucntly they were niadd- martyrs indeed. 
 And thus much for them that were burned 
 vndcr K. Henry. 
 
 Ofthofe that ^ere burned in this mo-^ 
 neth ^nder G^u. Mary , $ . 2. 
 
 40. The firft two martyrs of Fox his Calen- 
 dar ^burned in this moneth for Zwinglian hc- 
 refy during the tyme of Qu. Maryes raignc, 
 wepe VViUtam VVclfy, and Robert Pi^ot of VVif- 
 bich y the firit a labouring man , the fecond a 
 paynter , who were examined & condemned 
 after much treaty with them for their redu- 
 ction , by Dg^lor Shaxten Suffragan to the Bif- 
 hop ofElyjand by De£lor fuller his Chancelor^^ 
 & alfo by DoHar Steward and DoSlor Chriftofhor^ 
 /i;i.Deancs of £i;and Norfpichyiind other lear- 
 ned men in commifsion with them. Thc ar- 
 rogancy of the two vnlearned Seftarycs is 
 iliewed by Fox himfelfc, for that he wryteth 
 how they called their iudges , Scribes and Ph4- 
 rifeesy^nd the like contumelious names; yet 
 the one of them to witt FFe?//^', was offered 
 by Doctor Fuller ( yf Fox fay true ) to be let t go 
 free, yf he would haue accepted the fame,buc 
 that he refufed yt. And the like curtely was 
 vfed with the paynter alfo, but when nothing 
 would ferue,they were brought to iudgc- 
 mcnt>and being charged withdiucrs articles 
 
 of 
 
Cdknddt- Saints, (th^ monetfj 6f OSt ) 265 CjMp.tj*, 
 of hcrefy^ the cheefefi was ffaith Fox) about the pox t^^- 
 Sicr^mentofthe Aiur , VVhe7vnt0 their anffPcre 
 was^thiitthe S^cramm-ofth^ Altar tvM m Iddll, and 
 that the n^aurMl body, and blond ofchrtil woi not redl^ 
 lypreftm in that Sacrament. And to thisopinion obftinaw 
 they laid they would iUckt.Then Do£lor Shaxtofi ^o^s^anf-^ 
 fiid vntethem: (this Dodor Shaxtanh^<,\ byn once yvcrs of 
 Biiliop ol' Sal^sburyyM^d h^d by nd^priucd with Jlen""^ 
 Laify filer in K. Henrycs daves for fufpicion sHaxto 
 of h€ref}^};5^orf brethren rememhtr your [dues , and ty^^es b, . 
 become netv mm , fer I my felfe pr44 tn~ this fond oft - of s^ii^- 
 turn once , thatyow are now ^ but I am hecme a new ' 
 man: Ah (faid Woliey the Ubouring man) are 
 yew become a new manl Woe be to thee then wicked 
 new man, for God piall tufil/ tudge thee, &c, 
 41* Thus farre Fox, iliewing further , th^t 
 they were burned both togeather at Ely , and 
 that they were mofi holy and blejfed martyrs. But fi^idmt. 
 now i:onfider on the contrary fide ^ the diffe- 
 rent fentenceof Luther, as credible a man as 
 Fox is,who fettethdow^ne this decree :H^r^- , , 
 tuos jerto cenfemui , & alienos ab Ecctefia Dei Zutn- ^rttc. - 
 ^lianos& Sacramentanos omncs.qtii negant Chnfii "^^^^^t 
 corpus fanguinem.ore carnali ftimt in ventrahtlt Eu- ' 
 charisiia r We do ferioufiy cenfure for heretiks „ 
 and call forth of the Church of Godjall Zuin- „ 
 glians& Sacramentaryes that deny the body 3, 
 aiid bloud of Chrill to be receyued in the ve- 
 ncrable SacramenCjby our bodily mouth. And ^"^^^^^^^^j^ 
 by this generall decree of Martyn Luther , fo aii^zvvin- 
 principall a new^ ghofpellerofour tymCjand^^^^" 
 ratncroi-ali the relt, we may ludge not only of tary fcda- 
 thcfe ZuingUans martyrs, but of all other in ^y^^* 
 
 like 
 
ao4 The EXdmen of lohn Fex hu 
 like maHBcr,thac were burned vnder Q^Ma- 
 ry,who commonly were condemned forde- 
 nyall ofthisarticlc ofthe reaUfrefertcCy whome 
 Luchcr alfo condemncrh for heretiks, as yow 
 fee J So as whome Fox fandifieth , Luther 
 damneth, & which of the two lhall we rather 
 beieeue? See more of this matter afterward m 
 the t/. chapter of this booke. 
 
 42. There follow in the fecond place , two 
 other Capraine rubricate martyrs Nicoldf Rid- 
 
 Kid?l^' and Hu^h Latjmer, both of them fete downe 
 Hugh La- for Bifliop- martyrs vponthe 19. andio.day 
 tyws. Qfiiiis m^ncth. And albeit much hath byn 
 (aid of them before , vpon the feftiuall daycs 
 of Cranmer, Hooper, Rogers^ and fome other their 
 companions^yet for that Fox doth place them 
 fpecially in this moneth> we thai! repeat heere 
 lome principall points againe, 
 
 43. Firft then for l!^\colas Ridlejtyhc was borne 
 The ftory in Northamptbu- ihire , according to Fox, 
 SS^'' bred vp in Newcaftle,ftudicd at Cambridge, 
 
 and there was made prieft, trauaylcd ouer the 
 fea to P/tru^ and returning againe became K. 
 Henry the eight his Chaplyn^and by him was 
 made Bilhopp of Rochefter, in which ftate 
 he remained when the faidKing died, and 
 was as forward to fauour the faid K. procee- 
 dings and will in all things, andtoburnehe* 
 retiks while he lined , as was Cranmer , or any 
 other Biihopp els:but when Kmg Henry was 
 dead , and his fonne Edward the child come 
 to the crowne,confidering with himfelfethac 
 the Prote<aotI.5ywr,andothcr that bare 
 
 the 
 
CalenddT'Saints. (the moneth of Od.) 205 Chap.^ 
 the rway,wcre enclyned to innouations in 
 I religion, and that Cww^r partly byhisowne 
 i naturaJl leuity , and partly for the free vfc of 
 hiswoman,was fwayingaifothat way^K/rf/gF 
 thought good>to take part & beare him com- 
 pany> both in that innQuation and taking a 
 wife alfo> hoping therby to^'gett himfcUca 
 I better Bilhoprike through fauour of the tyme, 
 and by depriuacion of (bme others, that were 
 more fcrupulous and conftant in Catholike 
 Religion then himfelfe , as namely DoHor Bon-- 
 nerzad Do£1$y Gardiner^ Billiopps of London and 
 VVincheflcYj againft who me »Cr4»mfr and he ^^/^ll" 
 I procured themlelues to be made vifitours & ^trManh. 
 j iudgcs, as before yow haue heard , and by the 
 help and accufetions of Hooper , La(jfmer and 
 others>depriued them at length of the faid Bi- Ridley 
 ihopticks J and Ridlej gocc for his reward v^f^^^J^^j 
 ithc Biihopricke of London, for that yt firft mcrin 
 fell void before the other- which when he had ncifcani 
 once obcayned , he thought good to ioyne trctfon. 
 himfelfe in more ftraight league with the laid 
 Cranmer- and fo chey two being vnited, 
 fwaying with the tyme , andfauouring here- 
 fy,ouerbare allthe reft, yea kept downe alfo 
 diucrfe of their ownc ptofefsion , that afpired 
 to rife,as namely R(!gm, Latymetyiycz H0oper:LU 
 ifojfor a tyme, though atlaft he brake through 
 all obftacles by the power of his patron the 
 lEarle of VVarwkkey and got two Billioppricks 
 ' togeacher, and at once , as before yow haue ^ ^.y, , 
 hcarde. 
 
 4+. . But togoe forward ^ yt is further to be 
 I : ^ ijored 
 
10 6 The Exdmen 0 flohn Tox bis 
 
 iaoced chat this Ridiej wcii^s Cranmcr^foU 
 lowed lull cogcaciier the i-brtunc and raxiour 
 ot the Procedor, but perceauing aift^'ward 
 thac he was interior bocM in wifdome 5 power 
 and courage to hh antagonift Dudlejf the Earic 
 of F|/4rw<;/^> afterward Duke or Narthumber'^ 
 land , he left hini , and ioyned with the other, 
 with whome both cy^ww^r and he ran hand 
 in hand> during aii the ty me of hisautiioricy 
 &C profpericye , yea not retuang to ioy ne vk iih 
 Ridlcycs him aifo in that notable, wicked , and barba- 
 PwTeT ^^^'^ confpiracie and treafoii, for the extirpa- 
 CroiTc a- tion oTaii K. Henryes children , as appearcth 
 fac^fflion bytxhe Ads and Regiftre* of that tyme , and 
 ofK.Heii- byafpeciaiJ peftiftrous fermon madcbyE/rf- 
 drcn/^"^' /{;ac Paules Crolfe, vpon the t6. of luiy ann^ 
 1 55^. after K. Edipard w^asdcad : of which (er- 
 Suvv anrx» mon Uhn Stow writeth tlius : The fixtenth of lulj^ 
 155 hem fundjiy, DoHorRidUj^B. of L$ndon, by command 
 demet of the Comuell, preached at ?duUs, where he ve^ 
 hemently perfmdedthepeofU in the ttttleofthe Lady 
 lane , UtepYQcUmed Queene, and inuet^bedearnejtly 
 againji th$ title ofikt* Lady Murye^ &c* 
 45'. But I would know heere what con*- 
 fcicnce or reafon, this intruded BilTiopp could 
 hauc toinucigh again ft the title of Queene Ma^ 
 yy > to whofe fucccfsion he had fwornc fo fo* 
 lemnely not long before> vndcr Kh-g H^wr/ her 
 father? wherforehc being apprehended hrft 
 for this feditiousand trairerous fermon, and 
 conuicfted thcrof , was afwell forthis,as for 
 diuerfe points of herefv condemned^^ finally 
 burned ill OxUrLhn^ thisis the fumme of ths 
 
 life 
 
Cdlendaf'SAints. (the moncth of Od.) 20/ Chaf. 
 life and death of Nlalas RidUj.of whomc true* 
 ly ycis ridiculous ( as before alfo looted in 
 the life of Cr4»wcr ) to fee and confioerwhac 
 adoe lohn Fox makcth to commend him for 
 a fingular rare man and pretious prelate, a man 
 I b^utified ( faith he) mth fuch excellent qualities ^ [q fs^^ 
 ghefil) infpired &godly learned,& now written douht^ ^559. 
 lejfeinthe hookeoflife .with the blfjfed faintU of the 
 Mmightiey crowned and introned among ft the gloriom 
 tamfanyof martyny&c. Thus he: as though Kid^ 
 ley had byn the rirlV and highciV faint: that 
 cuer had byn Billiopp of Rochejler or London^ l^rft^herc^ 
 which nodoubt he was, yf herefy befan<5lity: ticaiu^of 
 I for he wasthefirlt that eucr polluted thofe ^^^^^^^^5 
 two ancient and venerable Sees with that ^ 
 ! poifon,fince the firft planting of Chriftian re- 
 ligion among our Engliili nation : butyfwc 
 rcfped holinei accai dnig to theft old quali- 
 tycs, which ancient Fathers were wont to 
 idoe,efp«cial]y in Biihopps, as conjiancy and/w- 
 titude in Catholike religion agamft innoua- 
 tions-much praying/aftingjContinencic/gra- 
 uitic 5 mortification of the body, large almes- 
 deeds, vifiting pri(bns,building hofpitals,edu- 
 cation,and marriage of orphanes,and the like: 
 wclliall finde thughofily infpired fatnt and godly 
 learned prelate of lohn Fox fo bare , and naked 
 of all excellency of fan dityCcuen by Fox his 
 owne narratio of him)3s by no waies doc I fee 
 jhow he can come to be fo inthronedyand gloriously 
 crowned a fainci , but only by the abfolute pon- 
 
 Itificiali power, and priuiledgeof lohn Fox, 
 [who without proofe of merits may canonize 
 whome 
 
2 o 8 The Ex am en oflohn Vgjc his 
 
 fox moxc vvhome he liflech ; which is a point, that no 
 iMc' PopQ hkherro amog vs,hatheuer taken vpon 
 then any him todoe>or euer w ill. 
 
 46* And as For the ghopj and godly learnings 
 wherot'hc fpeaketh, I know not of what par- 
 ticular jb/?yt may proceccl,but furc I am,that 
 the learning which he lliewedat his difpu^ 
 cations in Cambridge vndcr K. EdfpardjZnd 'm 
 hisanfwering^at Oxford vndcr Q^Uaney was 
 but very vuigatjand ordinary,as yo w iliall fee 
 afterwards in a particular treatift > which I 
 ^ . meanc to fet downe ^of thofe difpurations, 
 th«^cndof t'^ough notvvithRanding yt be true , that 
 tbisbooke Cmmet zn4 Latjmer , who w^ere ioyned with 
 hini in the latcer of thofe dilputations , fee- 
 medto relic mort vpon this mans learning, 
 f^ts^'*'^' rather his crafcie lliifcing witt, as t)o£lof 
 Brookes Biihopp ot Glocefler declared, in his 
 lallexhortatio vnto them, before theirc con- 
 demnation and we fhnll ^Tiew yt more parti-^ 
 cularly a Jitlc after in Latymers ftory, and yt is 
 thought verely that if thib man could haue bin 
 brought to haue feene and acknowledged 
 any parte of his error, the other two would 
 prcfcntiy haue yeeldcd in the whole, whcr- 
 vpon he was held guilty,not only of his ownc 
 perdition, but of theirs aifo. 
 47* And yet yf we conlider the doubtful! 
 and vnconllant beginning of this miferable 
 man, to witt, how bv iirle and litle became 
 into this S^cramerstarre heref/ for which prin- 
 cip;jl!y he: died, to rhc ob'nnacy of the fame, 
 yt may feeme ftrange to them that, doe not 
 
 know 
 
CalenddY'SAmts. (the moneth of OS:.) 269 Cbaf.i^ 
 kno w and confider what a dangerous and in- 
 curable inchantraenc herefy isjand how yt 
 ihuccech vp a mans eye^ from all light of gracc^ 
 or reafon , when yt is once taltened on his 
 barte: For betcerconfideration wherof in this 
 particular exampic>yo w muft remember,firft, 
 that this Is:uolai Ridley, duringe zXlKing Eenryes The 
 time, was moft earneft againli the Sacramenta- k7cou/ 
 T^ei with, the faid King,as before hath byh no- Ridieyes 
 ted , and in the bcgmninge of K. EdMs he [S/^; 
 held the fame courfe for a tyme^, as Cranmer and peni* 
 :ilfo did , concerninge the bieflcd SMY^tticnt, [^^^^^^^ 
 though in other things he began to yeeld , as 
 b manifeft boch by the firft ftatute, or Parla- 
 ment fet foorth mm if 47^ vn^er that King in 
 fauourof the faid Sacrament j as alfo by the te- 
 ftimony ofDo^er White , then Bilhop of 
 tfi?/wtfin hispuolike fpcech to Ridley sit Oxford 
 ypon the JO. of Septemberi^ff. whenexhor- 
 tinge him to returne from his new herefie, he 
 tpid him of two things, the one, that in a fer- 
 mon preached at Taules Crojfe vnd^r the fame 
 JC. Ed^4^fd, yow fpake : Airh he) ds efeBuMy and l^^J'^'' 
 di Catholicklj 9f that hleffed Sacrament , as anj man 
 might haue dme : the ftcond that th^ faid Ridley 
 being font at that tymc by the counfeil to 
 winfie the Bilhop of VVinckefler Gardener , to 
 theirebent in religion ( wherevnto Cranmer 
 & he had freihly applyed themfclues^ he vfed 
 diis perfuafion vnrohim thatinetherUjfer points 
 he might weU yeeld & cendefcend mto tkemjo he flood 
 eonftm in the Sacrament. The fpeech of Buhop 
 White is related thus by Fox : I then being in my ^i^ithm 
 ■ ^ O Lords 
 
2iO The txmcn of John T9xhU ! 
 
 L^rds Uwfe vnkn9wne ifuffoft) toyowaftci? 
 yow had calked wich my Lord fecrccly , and 
 were departed: my Lord immcdiatly declared | 
 ccrcayne points of yourtalkc, and nieants of 
 your perfualion , and amonge other this was 
 one,thatyow Aould fay: Tuff) mj^ L9rd this mdt^ 
 ter ofiuflifiUi 'm U but 4 trjtjle, lett vs not Jluk, to con^ 
 defcend heerein vnto them, but for Gods loue, my \ 
 Jjftd'^ftand floutly in the verity of the Sjcrament. Tof 
 1 fee they yviUafiult that aljo. 
 Th* Ut!c 48. Thus B. White to Ridley himfelfc; allca^ 
 confciictf gingfor his wittnes the L. Chancelour then 
 SiRclijii liuingcj ncythcr could K/i//f^ deny this fpcech 
 but only cxcufcd yt, that yt was meant that he 
 ihould ftand ftoutly againll the Anabaptifta 
 thatimpugncd the Sacrament of the Altar but 
 how fimpic an cuafion this is, euery man may 
 fee: for that the Anabaptifts doc no more im- 
 pugnc thcSacrament.th^n the Z«Tj«g//4«/doc,& 
 y t agrecth nothinge to the reli of his fpcech 
 concerning thccounrcHj that he iLould mcanc 
 of Anabaptifts. But this was Rtdleyes incon- 
 ftancy indeed, who went as that time did lead 
 him,&: as the fauour of thcfe that were in go- 
 uerncment drew him after them, & yow muft 
 note, that the forcfaid BiiTiopp of VVinchefier 
 afterward Chancelour , ynto whomc Ridley 
 was fent by the counfell to pcrfuadc him to 
 conformity , being imprifoned firft of all for 
 his not yeeldinge , and for a lermon preached 
 at White hall in defence of the blefled Sacra- 
 ^4vvp n^cnt, vpon S. Peters day 1548 atwhattymc 
 ' or very litic before inay begethcred that Ridley 
 
 made 
 
taUniAi-SdinU. (the moneth df 0<a.) ixx Chaf.tJ^ 
 lliadehim this exhortation, toyceldin other 
 points and to be con ftant in defence of the Sa- 
 crament •> yet the very next yeare aftcr> chat is 
 to fay 1549. and third of K. E^itf^^r^i raigne,thc 
 farrte Ridley defended publike conclulions 
 againft the reaU frefencc, tranfubfimtUtiorty&thi 
 fdcrijiceeftbemAfeinCambudge, as afterward * scctfc 
 more particularly ilialbc declared, fo as Vvhcn t^c re^Icv^ 
 he once begaii to Hide he ruflicd on a pace , & 10. di- 
 it feemeth that the Lady PrincelTe Mary infi- cS'i^' 
 nuated the fame vnto him, in a ccrtayne 
 fpeech of hers , which Fox reJateth tohaue 
 parted at her howfe called Hunfdm 'in Hxrtfor^ 
 fnre.whcn he^ a*= Bilhopp of London, went to 
 vitit her there vpoii the yearc 1552. and of 
 September , where Oieetold himfirft, how 
 il?ee had knbwne him , when he was her Fa- 
 thcrschaplin, and remertibred a ccrtayne fer- 
 mon of his at the marriage of th.e Ladjf CljntoH, 
 &c. and when he requeued that iTice would 
 nowh^are him preach again^, iTierefufedyt, 
 obiedliirtg vnto him his inc6nrtancy,ybw fliall 
 hcare a reply or two betwenc them. 
 49. Buy p. Madam I truR yow will not re- 
 ftifc Gods word* 
 
 ' Marr. I cartnOt tell whnt yow call Gods '* 
 Word, for ytis not Gods word no w,that was 
 Gods word in my Fathers dayes. 
 
 Biihop. Gods word is ail one, in all tyrhes, A fpcccii 
 but hath byn better Vnderftood 5 and pradi- ^J^^ 
 fed in fomc age, then in ethers. Miry zni 
 
 Mdry.You durft not for yOiir eares hj^ue auoti- ^^^^^T 
 Chcd that for Gods word in tny Fathers daies. " 
 
 O z Then " 
 
il£ ThExamnoflchnFoxhis 
 I, Then iTie asked him whether he were of 
 „ the coanfcll or nofhe anfwcrcd hotyou might 
 well ynough (faith fliec) as the couniell goeth 
 „ now adayes, and fo ihe concluded (faith Fox) 
 in thefe words J my Lord for your gentlenes 
 J, to come and fee me I thanke yow, but for 
 your offringe to preach before me, I thanke 
 ^ yo w neuer a whitt,cir^. And this was the con- 
 ceipt which that good Princes had oi Hidley 
 for his inconftancy, yet lohn Foxrecompteth 
 an heroicall a^i of hisjfor reuenge of this con* 
 tempt vfed towards him by the Lady Mary, 
 for being ftnt to the buttery to drinke, after 
 '|!ox ihid drunke (faith Fox) he paufed a litle 
 
 A ridicu- while lookinge very fadly: and fodenly brake 
 ^ht ^"^^ th^(t words furely I haue done 
 in by Fox. ami iTe: why fo (quoth Syr Thorns VVharten the 
 » Ladycs fteward? for I haue drunke (faidhe) 
 » in thatplace where Gods word offered, hath 
 >» byn refufed, w^hcre as yf I had rcmembrcd my 
 5> duety, I ought to haue departed immediatly, 
 >, & to haue fhakcd of the duft of my iTiooes for 
 a teftimony againft this howfe • Thefe words 
 were by the faid Billiopp fpoken with fuch a 
 vehemency (faith Fox) that fomc of the hea- 
 rers afterward confefledjthat their haire ftood 
 vp right on their heads. 
 50. Thus Fox, & perhaps their heads being 
 newly powled, their hayre might ftand vp- 
 right without miracle. And yt may be alfo 
 that the BilTiop being thirfty vpon the former 
 conference with the PrincelTe, was content 
 to take his drinke firft, and after to iTie w hi m- 
 
 felfe 
 
Calendar Sainu. (the moneth of O (ft.) 1 tj ChafA^ 
 fclic iovj for takinge yt , when the thirft was 
 paft, and therevpon inftied the vehement fer- 
 mon of fbakinee of the dufiof his fmooes, after the 
 wine was taken in • but hGwlbeuer yt were, 
 yow may heerby lee ^M/rr^^nudgementjand 
 eftimation of the man, as alfo her fwcere con- 
 ftancy in religion , againft thefe newfanglers 
 innouati^ns: And finally iTieecomminge to 
 the crowne the next yeare after, and findinge 
 this Rtdhjf both guilty of treafon for preaching 
 againft her title^as alfo for obftiniacy in hcrefy> 
 fliecaufed him to be iudicioufly condemned 
 ofthem both, and being pardoned for the one, 
 was burned for the other at Oxford vpon the 
 19. ofOdober 1^^^. And (o much of him* 
 51. There followeth the narration of his 
 fellow Hugh Latymer, whofe ftory hath this 
 title in Fox : The life, alls, anddewgs of Muifler pox 
 Hugh Latymer, the famous preacher and worthy Mar- l^^^^'^^^ 
 j tyrofChrifthUgho^ell: fo glorious titles giueth of Hugh 
 Fox > to his burned (ccftaryes when he Iifteth, i^^y»«^ 
 though otherwife they bein themfeluesand 
 I for theirdefercsneucrfo contemptible, as in 
 deed this Latymer was amongcft all wile and 
 fober men , in rcfped both of his fmall lear- 
 j ninge, but efpecially of his moft feditious and 
 turbulent nwwners and behauiour, ioyned 
 with fcofFcs & fcurrility of fpeech in all occa- 
 lions, as ihall appeare by that which enfueth. 
 Firft ( faith Fox ) this Hugh Latymer was the fox 
 fonne of on Hugh Latymer of Thirkefin in li^:^'- ^^^x- 
 \jier[f)ire, a husbandman of right good eftima- „ 
 tion. When he came to 14. ycarcs old he was ,^ 
 
 © 5 fcnt 
 
214 The ExAmen eflohn T$x hk 
 
 J, kvMto CmhfUge, where for a tymchcwasa 
 J, zealous Papilt,and feruilc obferuer oFthc Ro^ 
 J, man decrees, perfuadingc himfelFe moreoucr 
 that he iTiouId ncucr be ^amnedyf he were 
 ?.atymer oiice a ptofefled Fryar. He made a publikc 
 ^oUkc^^*' oration again ft FbilUpf Melanchthon , nor could 
 not 2hid^ M4ifier StaffQYd{2 proceltant reader in 
 ^ thofedayes) but moil fpitefuljy railed againft 
 5, him, &c. 
 
 ^i. Thus dccribeth lohn Fox the firftbc-^ 
 ginninge of Latjmer in Citholike Religion, 
 wherein yf he had perfeucred, hehadbyn^ 
 mdim, happy man. But he faith by hcaringe of T/;*- 
 5, fna4 Bdnej his confefsio one day in his ftudy, he 
 5> wasconuerted to bea Proteftant. Aftraunge 
 and ftrongc confefsion by hke, that could 
 make the confeflbr to chaunge his religion 
 Vpon the fuddayne: yet mult we beleuc many 
 fuch ftrauge fuccelTes at lohn Fox his hands, 
 without any other proofs at all, but only his 
 bare word. But yf yt were fo , then the rur- 
 ningcagainc of Bilnejf to Catholike Religion 
 * %f^s abiurings his hcrefie (as before we haue 
 M^Tsh.io. fliewed) ought to haue moutd L^tyyn^f alfo to 
 haue returned with him. But yt isealTerto 
 inftill poifon, then to tike yt out againe j and 
 this young Prieft Latymer hauinge tafted once 
 the liberty of ghofpellinge in thofc dayes, 
 could not be retyred Co foone againe, at leaft- 
 .wife with his haree and affection, though 
 with his mouth and tounge he often did re- 
 cant, as after lhall appeare. 
 53, Well then Latpur being now affected 
 
XUlenddT' Smu. (the moneth of O A.) 21^ Ch4fA4 
 and intertcd with noueltycs, he began to 
 feeke occaHons in his prcachinges and other 
 actions to vcter the fame J butyetcoucrtJy 6c 
 wich difsimulation , left he might be difco- 
 iicrcdj and he was a very fitt inftrument for 
 the beginninges of fuch a ghofpcil, which in 
 thofc day es confiftcd fpecially in fcoffinge> & 
 icftinge at rites and ccrcmonyes of the Ca- 
 thohke Church , and carpinge at clergy mens 
 liucs: for which enterprife Latjmernzturzlly The fcof- 
 had a Angular talent, being in deed borne (as of Laty°^ 
 yt were ) to be a Buff^ne or pubhke iefter. »«^ 
 Wherefore goingc vp into the pulpitt ( faith »» 
 Fox ) vpon the funday before Chriftmafle- » 
 day in the Church of S. rJu^^rds in Cantbridgt t » 
 dmoDgmini 1529. he made afcrmon of playing 
 at Cards , and taught them how to play at 
 Triumfhyhow todeale the Card$,& whateue- 
 ry fort thcrofdid fignific, Scthat the H^rf was 
 the Triumph^ addinge moreouer (faith Fox) 
 fuch prayfts of chat Card ( the Hart, when yt Fox 
 was friumph) that though ytwcre neuer (b 
 fmall, yet would yr take vp the beft Cotecard 
 befidcs in the bunch , yea though yt were the t» 
 Kinge of the Clubbcs himfclfe, &c. Which )> 
 handlinge of this matter was Co ape for-thc 79 
 tymc, and lb pleafantly applyed by him , that n 
 yt not only declared a fingular towardnes of 
 witt, but a!fo wrought in the hearers much rj. 
 fi'uyt,to theouerthrowof Popiihfijpcrftition> n 
 andlettinge vp of ptrfedc religion. 
 54.. Thus wryteth Fox of the beginninge of 
 JLatjmcn prcachinge in Cambridge, and of hig 
 
 O 4 pi^ying^ 
 
2\6 ThelxmmoflohnToxhis 
 Lstymers P^^J^^^Z^^^ cardsin the pulpitt : a titt exordium 
 piavin5 i'or fucn a ghofpell, as at ter he Was ro preach, 
 in^fepul- vvhich cooimonly vvas euery where begon 
 pice. with pIaycs,comedyes,apes> poppets, ieliing, 
 rayhng, rayfing of fedition , or other like pra-^ 
 (9:ifes (which hcere Foxcallethfettinge vp of 
 perfeci Religm ) and not as Chrifts ghofpell be- 
 M^re, I, gan with Aptepecnitentiam, doc pcnnance, &c. \ 
 And yow muit know that this Cardingc- kt-^ \ 
 mon o'' Larymcr in Cambridge, vvas one of the 
 nioft fpiteruil , and (editions , that euer was I 
 beard before in England. For that vnderpre* '\ 
 tence of commendinge the Harty which vvas 
 Tr/«wp/nn the Cards, & reprefentcd(forfooch) 
 his new Religion- he inueighed moft bitterly 
 againft moft points of Cathohke Religion, as 
 though they came not from the H^rfiand con- 
 fequcntly alfo compared the teachers therof 
 to Scribes and Pharifees , and the Biihops and 
 Prelats to theknaues of Cluhhes.zxvd other like 
 ribaldry, and feditious raylinge. 
 5<>. VVherfore againft this feditious Chrift- 
 mafte fermon o'tLKtymer , there ftepped vp in 
 to the pulpitt diners Catholike preachers^and 
 fomcaspleafant ashe. And rirft (faith Fox) 
 came vp the prior of thedominicansvvhofc 
 name vvas B«^i^«4w , but called by the nevr 
 men of that tyme Doiior Duftnce, or other wife 
 Domme UbU.f or that he had great lipps-^and he 
 offered to Malfler LAtymer , that for fo much as 
 yt vvas Chriftmalfe ryme , and that the other 
 had begon at Cardsin the pulpier, he would 
 play at dicevvith himaho^ Q^^dn^^^imque 
 
 and 
 
 tS74' 
 
CalettiaT'Salntu (the nroneth o£OSt.) ixy Cha^Aj^ 
 and i^uateY before the whole audience,vvhich 
 he expounded thus : that he had brought fiue Acontcn- 
 placesofftripturc, andfoureof ancient Do- ^^[J^^^ ^ 
 dors to conuince Latymer with all. And after ourof the 
 him came vp a gray friar called DbU$y Venem, puipia. 
 an outlandilliman, who raged foare againft 
 U^itfieY Latymer (faith Fox) callinge him 4 madd 
 & brainlejfe man. This happened in Cambridge 
 in theyeareof Chrift 1529^ *^ 
 ^6. For this and other fuch matters, Latymer 
 was at length called vp to London to Cardimll 
 VVolfey, where he recanted & forfware foone l^^^^^ 
 after all that he had preached before, and fo protcftats 
 returned to Cambridge againe in good credit, 
 and from thence after fome tymc came backe 
 to London, preached at the court , and gatt a 
 benefice which Foxrelateth in thefe words: 
 Hevvas calledvp totheC4rdinall{C^\th hz)forhere- ^^^t^l^ 
 fie, where he vvd4 content to fubfcribe and graunt ynto 
 fuch articles, as then they popundedvutoh'tm ; after 
 tbdt he returned to the vniuerfity againe ^ &ic. Then 
 wem he to the court againe, where he remayned a cer- 
 tAyne tyme in DoSor Butts chamber the Kings fhifmon, ^ ^^^^ 
 preacbmge in London very often^and then at the fate o f the Kings 
 the L. Cromu^ell and DoBor Butts, the Kingegauehlm riiifi^i®"- 
 the benefice of Weft Kingston in VViltfloire, &c, 
 57* Lo hcere Hugh Latymer reformed vpon 
 the fuddaine from his Cardinge-ftrmon, and 
 now he preacheth often in London^that is to 
 feye Catholike dodrine, in (hew forfwea- 
 reth the Proteftant Religion , & enioyeth his 
 benefice in the countrey : but yet (faith Fox) 
 for that S. Faul telleth vs,that whofocucr will /^#^^ 
 
2 tS The Exmen 9flohn Tex hk 
 
 hue godly in Chrift muft fufFer pcrfccurion: 
 this bicned man vvas not longc aUcr againe 
 accufcd, and brought to Sludtum for preaching 
 ^, againft our Lady, the Saints, pu;:garQry and 
 the like, and this not only by tiie countrcy 
 Priefts, but by Dollor FeurcU, Doaor VVilffn, Da- 
 Shem'09d MMi others > and fo vvas brought 
 before VVarbamB.of Canterbury, and (bme 
 J, other Billiopps in the yeare of Chrill 1531. So 
 vvryteth Fox, and that pfterdiuers publike 
 mectinges, he abiured the Protcftants Reli- 
 gion againe, and fubfcribed to all points in 
 controuerficj vvhich points he fcttcth downe 
 in a large Catalogue, and then being aftamed 
 to fte his blefled man fubfcribc againe againft 
 him, and his Religion, he would gladly make 
 the matter doubtfuU by fooliili iTiufflingeto 
 & fro, as yow fliall hearc by his owne words: 
 T9 the fe articles (faith hc)vYhether Uaifltr iMymer 
 itd fubfcrtbe or it u vncertdyne-^ yt dfpeareth by hk 
 tpifile thKt he dmfl not can feat yet whether hf vvof 
 (mfelled dftertrards through the craeUhdndlin^e rf 
 the Bisheps, yt U tn d9ubt: by t^e wards andtttle in Bi- 
 ffwpp Toi^jlall his regifier frepxedbefare the articles, 
 yt may feetne, that he fubfcribed, yj thafe wards be true*^ 
 but whether he fo did , ar n0t , m great matter , nor 
 fnaruay^e, the imeimty of the tyme being fuch, that #7- 
 ther he mufl needs fo da.or eh abide the Bishop bleftng, 
 that n, the crueU fentence of death, &c. 
 58. Bchould, heere Fox playeth the Fox> 
 trafinge vppand downe, and would call in 
 doubt the truth of the Biiliopps publike re-*, 
 giftcr, for excullngc his Sainu, and yet ac-,. 
 
 comptcth 
 
Cdlendau Saints, (the moneth of OB:.) 219 Chap, 
 comptcth yc he neythcr matter nor mamayle, 
 though he had abiurcd his Religion now the 
 fccond tymcagaine^which isaftraunge hber- 
 ty chat he alio weth to his people;his reafon is> 
 for chat otherwife he muii haue fuffred much> 
 jbucyf this reafon had byn good, all old Mar- 
 tyrs might hauc denied their Religion, but let 
 |V$ pafle on and come to the third tyme of La- 
 tymcrs denyinge his new Religion. Soonc 
 [after this he behaucd himfelfe fo carneft in 
 preachingc againft theProteftants, asKingc 
 Henry gauehim theBillioprickc of Worc€-- 
 fter J at what tyme hctookehis oathaJfo^i- 
 gaini] the herefies of that tyme , as other Bi~ vvJcc^ 
 Ihops were wont to doj which point though 
 Fox doth llcightly paffe ouer in file nee , yet 
 incifedhe yeldech thervnto, whcnhewry- 
 tcth ; that albeit Maifter Latjmr durft not but 
 preach and liueaccordinge to the tyme, yet in 
 fome thinger* he procured reformation like a 
 good Billiop^as for example he made 4,ver{e$ 
 in Richme , and caufed them to be wrytten 
 ouer the holy water ftocke, for men to read 
 when they tooke holy water. The vcrfcs 
 ace thefe, as Fox cyteth them. 
 . Remember y9ur promife in bdpttfme, 
 Chrip mercy , and blmiffjeedinge, 
 : . T^y vvhofe tmjl holy ^rinkelinge. The im- 
 
 OfAllyjQfiY finnes ydw haue ^'ei fardoninge. ^Jm^ 
 ^9. And other like foure yerfes he com- which 
 pounded, and gaueto the Priefts and Glarks ^^^^^ 
 ofhis Church robe faid to the people, when when he 
 they gaue them holy br^ad, to the end they ^^^^^^"^^ 
 
 might 
 
no Thelxmtnof lohnVoxhU \ 
 
 might pcrceaue what they receaue. And then | 
 as though Fox had recounted great and wor- i 
 thyexployts done by this Prelate in his Bi- 
 Ihoppricke J he commeth in with thisgraue | 
 9>Ufm, ^P^phenema: By this (faith he) yt may he cenfiderei 
 what a diligent care thu Bishop had, in doingt the duty 
 efa f iithfull Paftor, &c. And are not thefe great 
 cxployts, to prayfehisBiflioppfor ? towitt 
 that he made eight verfes in Rithme,foure for 
 holy water , and foure for holy bread : i$ this 
 fufficient with Fox to recompencc Latymers 
 triple abiuration of his Religion before? yow 
 fee with how Httle the poore Reynard is con* 
 tented, fo he may drawSaintsany way into 
 hiscaue and Calendar. But let vs go forward. 
 60. It was not longe after but Latymrw^s 
 latymef ^ccufed agayne to K. Henry (faith Foxl for he- 
 *aUclf ' ^^^^ fedition, which ftory Matjfler Latymer 
 Icrcfyind hlmfelfedoth relate in a fermon oFhis before 
 lediti*n K. Edu^AYd'^ and I thinke good to vfc his owne 
 ^nry!^ Words vvhich are thcfe : In the Kings day es that 
 5, deadiSy (laith Latymer) gtcat many ofvs were 
 called togeather before him, to fay our mynds 
 „ in certayne matters' and in the end one knee- 
 led downe and accufed me of (edition , and 
 Pox f,4x. that I had preached feditious docftrine- a hca- 
 ' uy falutation and a hard point of fuch a mans 
 5j doinge, as yf I fhould name him ye would not 
 5, thinkeyt. ThcKing turned to me , andfaid, 
 5^ what fay yow ro that Syr? then I kneeled 
 „ downe, and turned firft to myaccufer, and rc- 
 „ quired him ; Syr , what forme of prcachinge 
 J, Would jow appoint me 5 &c. Then I turned 
 
Cdlmddr-Saints. (the moncch of Od.) in Chaf.tjfi 
 sny felfc to the Kingc and fubmitced my felfc 
 to his Gracc.d^^. And I thankc almighty God „ 
 that my fayings were vvell accepted of the ^^JJ^^"^ 
 Kingej For like a gracious Lord,he turned i n- nyinge 
 to another communicatiouj^i:. Thus cfcapcd 
 Ldtymer this third or fourth tyme as yow fee 
 byfubmittinghimfelfe to the King, to preach 
 and teach what he ihould appoint , or thinke 
 beft. And albeit he do not name the Bifliopp 
 that accufed him, yet by his defcription, y t is 
 moft likely , that y t was ey ther Cranmer or Ri- 
 dley that were of the new Religion, and moft 
 creditt in K. Edfvards dayes, in prcfence of 
 which Kinge this was fpoken. Andtheftmc 
 men kept Latymer backe in the faid Kings 
 tyme, that he could neucr recouer his Bilhop- 
 . ricke againe, 
 diU Bur yet once more after i\m againe was 
 Latymer brought to qmrum before K, Henry for ^g^-J]^^^ 
 preachinge hercfic, after the com minge forth laft accu- 
 oftheftatute offix articles 15 4 o.and then jectnu^^^ 
 he was in danger in deed, for the King depri- 
 ued himof hisBiihoppricke , fcnthim pnfb- 
 ner to the Towar, and yf he had not recanted 
 againe and humbled himfelfe in deed , cuen 
 vnto the very ground, the faid Kinge would 
 haue burned both him, and Do^or Shdxten Ei- ^ '^^"^ 
 fliopp of Salisbury^ whome he dcpriued togea- lisbury, " 
 ther with Latymer for the fame caufe. And y t is 
 fingularimpudency in Fox, to lay heere, that 
 both Litymer and Shaxton refignei vp their BUhopp- l^y/f^' 
 rici{s willingly , and that Latynur^aue a fkjpp for hy 
 inhis chamhn, yrhen hn mhct taken though 
 
 for 
 
lit ThiExmenof IdhnFoxhti 
 
 for the fkipp I will not ftand, for that he W4fS 
 held full hght cuer, both in hcid, tongue, and 
 fccte, whilil he liucdj and yt may be alfo that 
 he was glad to redecme his life with thcjloflTc 
 of his Rochet & Biflioprickc,but yet th^t they 
 gaue ouer freely their Biiliopprieks (as Foic 
 here faith) is pl.iine impudency, forfomucli 
 as Bishopf Shaxton , (who was in the fame cauft 
 with Ldtjmer ) was miadc to recant publikely 
 at the Hre-lide for pennance , when AnneAfcui 
 with her fello wes were burned* For (b wry- 
 teth Stoiif in thefe words* 
 6i. Vpn the \6. luly 1^4^. nere burned in 
 
 t>»mim Smithfieldfor the Sacrament, Anne A fcue,alias Klnne^ 
 " Uhn Lafetls,Nuol4i Otter donprieft, Uhn Adlam tdy-^ 
 lor^ and DgHer Shaxton [ometymes Bishop ef Salisbury 
 freached at the fame fire, and there recanted, per f«d^ 
 dinge themtodotheUke , but they would not. Now 
 yfK, Henry did force De£l0r Shaxton after his 
 depriuation to recant fo publikely, and with 
 fo great ftame , is y t like that he would hauflJ 
 Iparcd Latymer ^ except he had recanted, and 
 double recanted in the ToWar.whcre he was 
 prifoner ? And I would aske lohn Fox, why 
 did K. Henry keepe him in the Towar after- 
 ward ail dayes of his life , as Fox* here confcf-- 
 
 Jfkiicm. fcth,fayingc: Till the tyme that blcjjfed K. EdtPard 
 entred , bj rvhome the goulden imuth cfthii preachet 
 longe pJHtt yp be lore , vvdf now opened againty 
 Why was th!s(l fay)buc for that the old King 
 knew w'ell inough how feditious a fellow 
 this foulc mouthed Latymer was, though Fo^ 
 hterc callech him the gouldcn-mouth.But let 
 
 vs 
 
tdUndat' SaiHts. (tbe moneth oFO A-) 223 Ch^. 1^ 
 ft fee now,what this goulden-mouthed man 
 riid vndcr X.£rf/^4rrf,whe he was fee at hberty, 
 6 J. DqS^t Sdmders chat liucd with Ldtjmer m 
 K. Edwards dayes> wry teth thus df him in his 
 booke De Svhifmate Angltcam: E^defn ttn.pm ex 
 fuhlick fulfttii, afcruit tmfurumBs, Hugoquidam 
 lAiimem, &c. At the fame tyme, acertaync 
 mznntiinedHugh Latjmef ^ opened his impure wony 
 mouth out of the pulpits, whome K. Hm^bc- i-^^Sf^^* . 
 fore, had thrufi: out of the BUTioppricke of 
 Worccller for fufpition of hcrelie, & for that ,> 
 he had eaten flelTi vpon good ft iday in the ho* 
 ly weckcjhe was a man of the fpirirc & fpeech 
 of Lucian^by whofe iefts, fcoffes^and wanto- 
 nefle of tongue (wherin he excelled all other >^ 
 fedaryes lightly of his dayes)he did fo delight » 
 and bewitch the common vulgar people , as » 
 theycaJlcd him the Apoftleof England, &c. 
 So wrytcth DeSor Saunders of him : which 
 thinge is teftified alfo by dmcrs other gfaue 
 men that knew him , and were prefent at his 
 raylingc (crmons in K. Edwards dayes; the 
 fubieft wherof was commonly the maffc, or 
 rather the martiUf bones of the map^for that was l^^^^ 
 hisphrafe) in fo much as boyes, when he Was rovvb'onW 
 goingc vp to the pulpit would cry: Nsm Father ^^^^ 
 Ijttymer.dt the Mdrrifp- bom of the fmffe. A nd t his 
 foohlTiphraie was fo ordinary with him , as 
 lohrt Foxhimfelfcfetcethitdowne, in aeon- 
 fercncc he had with lUifier Ridlej^, wrytingc ^ 
 ynto him thus : The very marroip-b^nes of the Vox/^V 
 mafe dre dkogedther deteJlMe , dtid therfote hy no ll^C.'^ff'^ 
 m(dne$tohbormmtb4!lf &cc. 
 
 ^4. But 
 
224 TbelxafttenofUhnVoxbis 
 64. But now what his Luciamcail (pitit meant 
 by the marrow-bones of the mafle is hard .to 
 fay, but that the word picafethhim, and his 
 Satyncallveyne. For yfhe meant fubftantiall 
 points of the order of mafie, or prayers therin 
 conteyned, they arc the cpiftle andghofpeil 
 and words of Chrift in confecracion : (all ta- 
 ken out of the fcripcurc') but yfhe meane the 
 inward fubftance of the Sacrament ytfelfe, 
 I will rather beleeuc ould S. Aufien , then a 
 thoufand new fcofKng JLir^wrn, which Saint 
 "^^•^•3' calleth yt- SacrijiciHmj'anclHmfanSlorum, quod 
 t.^l&i i.fus Chrifil efi . The holy (acrifice of Saints 
 u^!^&Tr^ which is the body of Chrift> qmd onmi die pofU- 
 fhet, €.is. lis Immolatur in altari,th:itcucvydzy is {sLcnnccd 
 ^d^nifL Chriftian people \pon the Altar. What 
 ' would S. AuguRinc hauc (aid yfhe had heard 
 thisfcoffing Ribald preach or prate fo fcorne- 
 fully of the malTes marrow-bones? which he 
 and all the reft of the ancient Fathers call^ tut- 
 mendum ChnflUnerum facrifiaum ^ the dreadful! 
 facrificeof Chriftians^andyet yow muftnote 
 that this vize Hugh L^tymer , as yf hehadbyn 
 vpon a ftage, was wont to play vpon certavnc 
 other words and iefts alfo to the fame efFecft, 
 for bringinge,j:he holy facrifice in contempt, 
 as for example of pafcere znd majfere, feeding© 
 Larymers ^nd fayingc mafTe; cryinge out and complav- 
 Wiio'^ ninge greatly, that mafferc had driuen out faf- 
 ffeo^gc, ^^^^ and that fafcere could hauc no place tor 
 fKAffere, for tha majfere was gainfull and pafcere 
 painfull: And then would he crv our and 'ay: 
 Ogcodpafcerc^ who ff)aU defend thee agm^ majfere, 
 
 and 
 
CakfiddT- Smu, (the moncth of O di.) 125; Chaf.^ 
 and other luch like fluiFe fitter for a ftagc,then 
 a piilpitt- and yet this drew the people infini- 
 tely after hi as yt is wont to do. And thus 
 much for his tongue , which as y t was grate- 
 fu!l to the vu!gar;,(b was yt odious to all wile 
 and diicreet men, euen of his owne religion; 
 wherby y t came to pafFe alft),tha t in all JC. Ed* 
 Hoards raigne he could neuer rcftored to his 
 Bilhopprickeof VVoneJler againe, which 
 Henry had taken from him forfufpitionof 
 that hcrcfie, which now he openly profcOed: 
 butCr^ww^randSW/^^andmoft of the coun- 
 Tellj knovvinge his turbulent and dangerous 
 rpiritt, kept himdownc, and would rather 
 permitt that Hooper fliould haue that BilTiopp- 
 rickc togeathcr with Glocefter ( as before hath 
 byn iTiewed) then that fo vnquictt a fellow as 
 tatymer, fliouId come to be Biiliopp againe. 
 ^5. But aboue all the reft, he loft his creditt 
 moft by his wicked dealing againft Sjr Thomas 
 Seymer the AdmiralKwhome he was induced 
 by'the Ducheffc of SomerIett,& her husband 
 the Protedor, to accufe publikely in afer- 
 mon ; wherof the forefaid DoBor Saunders that 
 was prefent therat in Oxford , wry teth thus: ^^^^ .^.^ 
 Facile unquam a lez^abtle crimen excejjiitatueft^ &c. /^x- »5f* 
 When the Protedor had refolued> at the in- „ 
 ftanceofhis wife to make away his brother, ,> 
 acryme waseafiiy diuifed by heragainft the ,p 
 Ifiid Admir,t\\,z% by another lezabelL But how 
 iliail yt be piiblirtied , and beaten into the ,p 
 'peoples cares? They went to the FnglilTi 
 1 Apoftl^ Latjma perfuadinge him to accufe the , ^ 
 I ^ P AdmjraU 
 
22^ TheExamenofhhnFoxhis 
 AdrnjuU in a fcrmon of treafon: LatymerwhoCQ 
 Apoftlelliipp cohfiftedin lyingc, refujfed noc 
 the office, bur came foorth into the pulpitt, 
 ifctymer accufed SjfY Thomos Seymer to haue committed 
 ^cdcrth^ ^^^^f^" againit the Kingejby feekinge his bro- 
 of s. Tho- ther the protedors death, and therby to haue 
 mas scy- dcfcrued death himfelfe : the people did not 
 
 tncr by ly- , * r 
 
 ing and applaud vnto hmi as they were wont , bemg 
 nandcrmg alTiamed of fuch a lyinge and malitious 
 ^ Apoftle, &c. So wryteth Doctor Sdunders. 
 66. And truly he that lhali read the moft 
 bitter and bloudy ftatuce of condemnation 
 made againft the forefaid Syr Thomas Seymer, 
 extant in print, fliall find the moft part therof 
 eytherto be of pickt matters, or odyous en- 
 forcements of the fame, to witt, his great am- 
 bition and powre throughout the realme,and 
 that he dclired to marry the young King at his 
 SeitheSu pleafure, that he perfuaded himtotakethc 
 uyndertf g :)uernc mcnt ittto his o wuc hauds, and that 
 srhoma*^ he fought to make them ofthepriuy chamber 
 t!ZnA r to be at hisdeuotion* that he defircd to marry 
 Edvvayd.6. ^helady iMz^abeth, and other like fufpitions, 
 ^ ' which points notwithftanding , this old fico- 
 ph^ixxt Latymer vrged againft him , for great & 
 hainous cry r^^^*- -at the Duke and Duches re- 
 qucft , and fo'in the end , they gott him con- 
 demned in parlamSt, without euer comming 
 to his anfwere, (a ftrange kind of condemna- 
 tion) & executed vpon the 20. of March 1549. 
 67' And thus much ofLatymer his ads, gefts 
 & monuments vnder K. Hrwr/and K. Edu^ard, 
 btttwhen Q M^rycame tothecrowne, and 
 ^ Cafho- 
 
CalendaY'Saints. (the moneth of Od.) 227 Cfejp. 14 
 Cathohkc Religion was reftored againc , yt 
 was thought meet e in cofideratio or the great 
 hurt he had done by his licentious toungein 
 K.Edtpards dayes> and fomc Icditious beha- 
 uiour alfo reported of him againfl the faid 
 Quecnes entrance , to call him to accoumpt ^^ty^M 
 amongeothersjbut namely with Cranmer and accoumpt 
 mdlej of whome he moft dependcd:For as for f^orhisdo- 
 hisownelearninge yt was held forfmall , as ^"^^ 
 both himfcife profelled euer^and was feene in 
 cifedbyhisanfweres , both in the difputa- 
 tionsat Oxfcrrd with the vniuerfity Doctors 
 (which after we iTiall fctt downe in a fpeciall 
 treatife) as alfo by other conferences^and exa- 
 minations had before B. FFfeif^ of Lincohie, 
 B^Bmk^s of Gloceftet^and other Commifsio- Ijp^uQns 
 ners fent downe from Cardimll Poole to that ef- '"^ 4 
 fed. lohn Fox almoft euery where, when he ^ 
 fpeaketh of this L4yw^r,endeauoreth to bring 
 him in as a very venerable man^with a ftafFe in 
 his hand,many night caps on his head, with a 
 kercheife vnder, and a towne-capp vpon the 
 feme, with other implements of age and gra- ^^^^^^^^ 
 uity, ashisfpedacleshanginge on his breft, pdonof*^ 
 his new teftament at his girdle, &e. Itit bad ^^^^^^"^^ 
 (faich Fox) a herehife vpon hu b^' ^(when he ap- jox.^ 
 peared before the commifsioners) mdvponyta fox/^x^ 
 ni^bt' C4pp or two, & agreat capp ^uch as tewnes^men 
 vfetvlth two broad flappes to butte vnder the chin-^wea" 
 tinge an old threadbare Bri^otvftiz^e-gowne.iirded to 
 his body with a penny leather girdleat, the which haged, 
 iy a kng firing of leather, histeftament & his fpedacles 
 Without ca[c deeding about hisned^e vpo his brefi,&f\,^^' 
 
2ii The Ixmtn 9flohn Tox hts 
 
 68, This is Fox his dcfcription of his Siiinc 
 Ldtymcrs habit, whereby he would make him 
 fceme fomc old S.Antony or UiUrtonixi the dc- 
 fcrc, for the fimplicicy & grauity of his atcyre^ 
 but his mynd and tounge was as light and 
 vaine,asyfhe had worne feathers in hiscapp> 
 or had come in with a rapier and dagger at his 
 fide inftccd of his teftament and fpe^taclcs, 
 for prcfently he fell to fcoffingc before the 
 commifsioners, pickings a quarrcll to a place 
 in a bookc of the Bilhop of Glocejlcr, newly 
 fttt foorth 5 wherein the Biiliop had made 
 this inference or collcdion; that yf the Priefts 
 of the old law had authority to decide con- 
 troucrfies, as appeareth Deatron.ii. then much 
 more ought that authority to be graunted to 
 the new lawcj vpon which occalion Latymer 
 began to play and fcoffe after his cuftomc^ 
 about the word regeve, as he had done before 
 yc>i^f4g. ^'p^^ words fafcere and majfere. S. Peter 
 uoo. {faith he) vjzshidregere, but this rr^er^muft 
 be hedged in, and digged injPopes muft regerCj, 
 9> but fecundum verbum Dei, accordinge to the 
 9> word of Cod-, they haue turned revere fecun- 
 »y dumvcYbumDei, intor^^tT^ fecundum voluntdtem 
 ft:effi^g$' P^^^>&^* Wht ^^cldinge of fcriptureisthis? 
 before the what clippingc of Gods coine,c^f. With the 
 eoBBiOio- ^hich termes ( faith Fox) the audience fmi- 
 led, &c. Then faid Latymer , now I truft (my 
 Lord) I doe notrailej L/«co/wf. 'No Maimer Ls^ 
 J, (;w^r,yourtalkc is more like taunts then rai- 
 linge, iirc. With that the people laughed 
 , againC; <^c. Thus Fox of Latymen (pecch: and 
 
 then 
 
C^Unddf" Saints, (the moncth of 0£t.) 229 ChdpA^, 
 then a little after againe he doth iterate the „ 
 fame fayingc: then the audience laughed agame, and 
 M^fier Ldtjimerjpake vnto them , fayinge ; why my 
 Mdfters.this u no laugh inge matter , I doe anfwere vpon 
 life and death-^ then the Bishop of Lincclne, cGmmaun- 
 ded filence andfaid, Ma fur Latymcr yfjiow hud 
 jour felfc vvhhinjom houndi.yfjow had not vfedfuch 
 fcoffes and taunts this had not hafpenedyVvhcYevmo ad- 
 ded the B. of Glocefier: Maifier Latymer, heerby euery 
 man may fee what learnmgeyoip haue : Latymer-^ lo 
 if om looke for learmnge at my hand, which hauegone fo 
 longe to the fclmle oj ohlmon.&c. So wry tech fox 
 of that colloquy , whereby yow may fee the 
 humor of the man in fcoffinge • and 3S for his 
 aunfweringc to arguments 5 yow Ihallheare 
 the fame after w ar ds. 
 
 6^. Now only will I recite yow a pecce of ^^^^^^^^ 
 thcfaid D.JSr#d%^B.of Glocefierhxstyhoiikiioy of gIocc- 
 toKtdley^nAlMymer^lntlt before theirc con- ftertoRi^ 
 ilemnation, as Fox himfelfe fettcth it downe: ^atymci- 
 thii3 he began : Yf yow would once empty 'L>cfdrc 
 yourftomakes^ captiuate your fenics, fubdue ^cmniU^^^ 
 yourrcafoa , and together with vs confidcr 
 w^hat a feeble ground of your Religion yow 
 haue j I doe not doubt but yow might eafily 
 be perduced, to acknowledge one Church 
 with vs, to confelle one faith vvi ch vs , and to 
 bclcueone religion with vs>fcr what a weake 
 & feeble ftay in Religion is this, Iprayyow? 
 I.i€f7i?;^leaneth to Cr/jw»^^r, Cranmer to Ridley, Tc^xj^dg. 
 SindUidleyto the fingularity ofhisowne witt, 
 (bthat yf yow ouerchrow the fingularity of 
 K^/^'fiwitt , then muft needs the Religion of 3^ 
 P 5 Cuntfut 
 
2 JO Exatncn of John Vox his 
 
 \^ CrmmY^nA LMjmer (zWTiKoy yow remember 
 well Uaijler Rtdlejf th^t the Prophett fpcaketh 
 mofltvuiy Qiyinge^ wo, wo, be to them , who are 
 ftnguUr md wife m their owne conceits: but yovf 
 „ w ill fay it is true that the Prophett faith, but 
 „ how know I that I am wife in my owne 
 3j conceyte? yes Muijler Ridley yow refufe the de- 
 55 termination of the Cath. Church , yow muft 
 5, needs be Angular and wife in your owne con- 
 ceyte, for yow bring fcriptures for the proba- 
 3, tions ofyour airertions,& We alfo bring Scri- 
 prures- yow vnder ftand them in one fcnfe, &; 
 J J we in another,how will yow know the truth 
 heerin.^yf you ftand to your owne interpreta- 
 tion,then are yow lingular in your owne con- 
 ceipt, &c. Wherefore for Godslouc ftand not 
 fingular, be not wile in your owne conceipr, 
 picafe not your felfe ouer much : how were 
 the Arrians, Manichies, Eutichians, other heretiks 
 fupprelTed, and conuinced, by reafoninge or 
 difputations ? no truly , the Arrians had more 
 places of fcripturefor their herefie, then the 
 Catholiks for defence of the truth ; how then 
 were they conuinced? only by determination 
 of the Church ; and indeed except we doe 
 conftitute the Church our iud^e, we can haue 
 no end of corjtrouerfies, no end of difputa- 
 tion, &c. 
 
 ^ 70. This was the beginningc of thegraue 
 and weighty fpcech of the BilTiop of Glocejler 
 to thefe miftrable men, which yf they would 
 haue hp.rkened vnto (as there vvas great rea~ 
 (on they ^houlcj ) they might hauefaucd both 
 
 bodyes 
 
Calendar' Saints, (the moneth ot O «.) 23104^4 
 bodyes & foules, & what could be more rea- 
 fonable then this , that they fliouid not ftand 
 tothcire owne conceits alone, andtotheire 
 ownc cytinge and interpretinge of fcriptiires, 
 after their owne fancy, to their owne vnder« 
 ftandinge,or collctftions therof,as all heretiks 
 had donne before thenijbut rather to the vni- 
 formc confent of Chrifts vifible Church from 
 age to age, and was not this reafon? was not 
 this piety? was not this duty? Foxaddethal- 
 fothat the Billiopp of Lincolne made the like 
 exhortation to them* The Bilhopp 6? Lincolne 
 (faith he) with many words, and gentle holdinge his 
 caff inhishanddefired them to turne, crc But all 
 was in vaine , and fo they were both of them 
 burned together in the to wne-dich of Oxford, 
 vpon the forefaid tp. of Ocloher each of them 
 takinge gunpowder to difpatch himfclfe 
 quickly as by Fox is feene , which yet is not fox^«x. 
 read to haue byn pradifed by old Martyrs, & ^6^^- 
 yt feemeth that thefe men would haue the 
 fame of martyrdome without the paine , and 
 now they haue incurred the euerlaftingc 
 paine, yf by their end we may iudge. And lb 
 much of thefc men : lett vs paflTe to the rem- 
 nant of this moneth. 
 
 71. Next after the death ef the ttvd former mo ft 
 worthy chamf ions and ftanderd'hearers (faith Fox) foxtW, 
 Jb^icolas Ridley and Hugh Latymer at Oxford, there 
 foUowed three other ftout hould fouldiours: to w i 1 1, ^^^^^^ 
 loknVVehb, George Roper and Gregory Farke, bur- George* 
 ncd at Canterbury ^ all fimple & vnlerned men. J^^^J' 
 Their articles (faith he) were the ordinary articles: pike/ 
 
 P 4 and 
 
j^i Tfe^ Examen 9f Ichn T$x hU 
 
 and rohe fetteth cheninot downe. Only he 
 faith that lohn VVehhe aunfwered for them all^ 
 touchingc the Sacrament of Chrifts body. 
 That the) vtterlj denjed the true hod) Chri^ to be 
 there, hut only a revtemkance: And for this they 
 all three dyed at on fire. And more particula- 
 rityes then thefe Fox tclleth not, but only 
 that Kcf^rcomminge to the fire, gaueagreac 
 leap for ioy. But whether this leap was to- 
 wards hell or heaucn, yf yt iTiould be difputed 
 betwcene lohu Fox and Martyn Luther, it would 
 goe hard on Fox his fide, feeing Martjndid 
 exprelfely hould that Zmngliw was damned 
 for inucn tinge that opinion, for which thefe 
 men wiJlfuily leaped into the fire, as yow 
 Ttb, haue heard before,5<: fhall againeafcerward: 
 which being fb , their leap muflt needs be to 
 helUyfLuthers cenfure be any thinge worth: 
 or yf himfelfe be lept to heauen as Fox hoi- 
 deth that he is , for that other wife he could 
 not bea Saint of bis Cslendar. 
 72. After thefe three vnder Q^Mary anno 
 Domini 1556. Fox bringcth in extrauagantly 
 
 Adam one AddiH VVallos a Scottiil;m.M] burned in 
 
 scottuh- l^denhoYough vpon the yeare of Chrift {4.4 j). K. 
 
 oian. Henry thefixtraigninge in England, and in 
 Scotland K. lamcsthe fecond of that name: 
 he was a poore fimple fellow accordingc to 
 Fox his narration , and being accufed in foU 
 lemneiudgmcnr for diuerfe herefies , namely 
 againftthe Sacrament and factifce of the Al- 
 
 jpox ^ai, tar: his aunfwere was. Tlut he held nothinge hut 
 that he found In the PjbU. And that hauin^ereade th$ 
 
CAkndaf'-Smts. (the moneth of Oi& ) 233 Cfc^f ,14 
 
 Bibkoner three tpnes , he found mt the majfe therein. 
 And from this aiinfwcrc he vvouid not goe, a fond 
 but vvouid iiy for y t in the fire as he didj ney- ^"^^^^^'^ 
 ther could any perfuafio or rcafon to the con- 
 trary reuokc him from this madd obftinacy^ 
 which yf he had lighted vpon any other ar- 
 ticle of our beleefe , he vvouid bdike hauc 
 bynno Icffc infle:xib!c then in this* 
 7 J, And with this Scottilhman, Foxioy- 
 ncth two other EngHih , as holy martyres as 
 hee; the one a Ihippman called MarkcBurges ^^f^^^ ^ 
 burned in Lish9ne of Vortiigdl the yeare 1560. his fhipf 
 and the othera lhipp boy lion cd to death (yf t^y*,.. 
 wemay beicuc Fox) vpon the lame ycarem 
 SymH of Spainc , hjf theyouthcs of that clttyas Ste^ 
 f hen was hy themyf Hierufalem. But thoftthat 
 liaue liued in Spaine and cfpeciallly in 5y«jtf,and 
 doe know the llraight inftice and feuere difci- 
 phnc vfed in that place againft priuate tu- 
 multSjand that a fnan cannot fo much as offer 
 violence to another but only by the hand of 
 thc^magiftratc, without greeuous puhiihmStj 
 doc laugh at chi s diuife of Jehn F<JA:,that would 
 hauc vs beleue that a man fhould be ftoncd to , 
 death by theyouthes of that day, without help or 
 protection of the people or magiftrate. But 
 letcvs leauc Fox to hisfancyes anddraw to pj^^g^®** 
 an end of this moneth. 
 
 74. After this Acned Martyr,he bringeth in »«»cricb» 
 vpon the next three dayes following a whole BUckc 
 rablementof 9. or 10. other in theife words: 
 Simffon Prieft^ Bemkh Vrtar , Keyler Blacke Friar, strttton^ 
 t>4tue Stratton gentUtnan , Norman Gor ley Vicar of 
 
2 54 Examen of lohn Tex his 
 
 Black Ca- DoloY^ 4 Blackf Canon vvitb four e othsr Mart jrs, but 
 4.o"hcK!^ what martyres they were, how, or why, he 
 tellcth vs not, nor can I find any particular 
 thing related of them in all his A ds and Mo- 
 numents, no not fo much as once named in 
 his Index or table, and therefore I am forced 
 to be lilent of them as a florilh only of bare 
 names , like to Apothicaryes Boxes that hauc 
 fuperfcriptions without druggs. 
 75. Finally then to furnilhe vp and finilhe 
 thismonethof Odoberjhe afsigneth vpon 
 Three Co ^^7 ^^^^^ Confeffors that dyed in pri- 
 
 felTors 
 
 ' fon in Chichefter-caftle^ but he knowcth not 
 mmcT^ their names, and much Icfle theirc A<9;s and 
 Gefts. And for thelaft two daycs he afsigneth 
 Mother Mother Seaman and Mother Bennet for confeffors, 
 Moulcr' poore vveomen of Nortpich, who though 
 ^caaett. they died both in their owne houfes , yet for 
 that they had byn called before the commil- 
 fioners for new opinions, lohn Fox bc- 
 ftowcth vpon them a. canonization of holy 
 confeffors, which yf vve confer vvith the ve- 
 nerable Saints of the oppofite rancke of our 
 Catholikc Calendar, will appeercmofl 
 ridiculous, and this is fo much as 
 occurreth for this moneth. 
 
 The ende ofOMer. 
 
 O F 
 
Calendar-SainU. (the moneth of Nou ) 235 Ckp.iy 
 
 OF THE MARTYRS 
 
 AND CONFESSORS 
 
 OFBOXHISCHVRCH, 
 
 For the Moneth of Noucmber^ 
 
 Both a^nder Kinge Henry the eyght^ 
 and €)u. Mary. 
 
 C u A V. X V. 
 
 TH E firft and laft dayes of this Moneth of 
 Nouember , are left by Fox to the Saints 
 of our ancient Calendar j the firft to the feaft 
 cf all Saints (for which we are much beholding 
 vnto him) & the laft to S. Andrew the Apoftlc: 
 and after thefe two, all the other dayes arc re- 
 pleniflied with new diuifed Saints of his 
 owne : as for example the (econdday of this 
 moneth, that before conteyned in our Calen- , 
 dar the Commemoration of all foules departed , is 
 quite put out^and in place therof, is put in the 
 feftiuall day of one Richard Mekins a poore boy nkharrf 
 ofLondon^burnedin Smichfield, vnder j^^^^^^"'- 
 Ji^«r;theeyght, the next yeare after the fta- 1^97. 
 tute oflTx articles was publifhed; and that (yf 
 Fox faytruely) for fpeakinge only aglinft the 
 Sacrament of the Altar. And then after him 
 ypon the next two dayes ; to witt , the third 
 
 and 
 
aj^ ThixmenoflohnToxhii 
 
 and fourth, are fccc downe for Martyrs, three 
 
 suchard Others as good as the former, vvho are Richard 
 
 3pcac«. Sfertcer Apoftata prieft, become a ftage-] 
 player for lacke of a better occupation, togea- 
 ther with his fellow commediants Ramfej 
 and Hewyt , of vvhome Fox vvryteth only 
 • thefe words. 
 
 f o« fW. 1. 'About the fame tym$ alfo ( to witt anno Domini 
 1541.) a certayne Trleft vvoi burned at Salisbury vvh$ 
 leauinge hif papifiry , had marry ed a wife and became 
 
 Mamfey 4 f layer in Enter ludes with Ramfeyand Hewyt^whicb 
 
 commc* ^^^^^ condemned and burned-^ againjl Ufhome, . 
 
 4«ncs. and ejpecially Spencer, woi laid matter concerning the \ 
 Sacrament of the Altar , &c. This is all that Fox 
 vvryteth tor canonizingc thefe hisconimc- 
 diant-martyrs , and ftill notethat the begin- 
 ninge of proteftancy in Prieftsj is the gettingc 
 of a woman • but now yf feme of his other 
 Saints, that ftandin this Calendar, lliould be 
 iudges in thefe mens caufes that were Sacra- 
 men taryes, as Ltnher,MeUncthon,Erafmm,Varrar, 
 Taylor, Barnes and others that defended the 
 reall prefence, which thefe men denycd j they 
 Would giue fentence that they died heretiks;. 
 
 * . and not Martyrs,as * before we haue lliewcd. 
 
 nmm. jt. j^^j ^{^g j^f^ uamcd ; to witt , DoriBr Friar 
 Barnes.Fox takinge in this very place occafion 
 to fpeake, (for that the forfaid boy Mekjns faid 
 at the fire fide, that he had learned his hercfic 
 againft the Sacrament, of the faid Friar Barnes) 
 very grauely notcth in the margent thefe 
 ^ words : And hon^ could he take that leatningc ofD. 
 
 tlyyf^' Bmes^ when D, Barnes W4S muer of that opinion? 
 
 ^•Thi^ 
 
Calendar' Smts. (the moneth of Nou.) ijr ^^^^ ^5? 
 This is Fox his queftion j and I would 
 aske him againc another, to w itt j how could 
 Mekins, Spencer or Eewjt^ be fellow- martyrs 
 and placed in the fame Calendar WxxhDecior 
 Barnes yf they died for that opinion, w4iich 
 J)9^9r Barnes did neuer allow of, but was ear- 
 ncftly agamft yt? And I take yt, that my que- hov¥ m4 
 ftion is harder to folue, then his: for that to ^^l^^f^ 
 his, yt is eafily anfwered, that any herctike or to mox/ 
 fe£tary may open the dore to further herelies, Jj^^^jJ^'^^ 
 then himfelfe doth like or hold for the pre- fcifc hol-^ 
 fent, as Arrm6\A to many feds after himj and 
 Luther to the Anabaptiftsand Sacramentaryes: 
 and the reafon is for that they once infringing 
 the authority of the Church (which holdeth 
 all in order,) and preferring their new diuifes 
 and fingular opinions, they do Ihew the way 
 for others to inuent alfo as they did> and euer 
 to add fomewhatof their owne heads. And 
 fo much of this. 
 
 4. Vpon the next three dayes after this a- 
 gaine,to wittjthe ^.(J.and 7. lohn Fox fttteth 
 downe three other Martyrs, which are John lohnntJ 
 Porter, a young feruingman or apprentice that 
 died in Newgate, and Thomoi Bernard & lames Bernard. 
 Morton artificers burned at Lincolne, the next J^^/^^^ 
 ycarc after 1542- Of Porter Fox wryteth no 
 more but this : This Porter was a fresh young man p^^^ 
 ^ndhigg of fiature, who by diligent readinge 9/ the 
 fcrifture, and by hear 'mge fuchfermons , as then were 
 diligentlj preached by them, that 'mre fetters farth of 
 Gods truth, became very expert , and becaufe he could 
 read weU and had an audible vojce , he read the Bibh 
 
 to mat 
 
258 T/;^ Exatnen oflohn Vox hk 
 
 to great multitudes of people that did re fort to heart 
 htm in London. Thus Fox of his frelh jounge 
 man. And then he faith that B. Bonnet takinge. 
 the matter very greuoufly, and aecufinge him 
 that he did not only read the faid EnglilB 
 Bible to all commers (which was permitted 
 at that tyme by Henry es order) but made« 
 heretical! comentarycs alfo, expoiitionsand 
 interpretations vpon the fame, fent him ta 
 Newgate, where he died , and fo became x 
 Martyr.And more then thisisnotto befound 
 of him in Fox: andconfequently Idonotfee 
 with what equity he can make him a Martyr^ 
 feing he died m his bedd naturallyjbut he ma* 
 kcth and vnmakerh what he will in this kind* 
 ikdim. ^. Of the later two , he wryteth only thefe 
 words : About the fame tyme lohnLongUnd, Bishop 
 of Lincolne burned two vpon one day , the one named 
 Thomas Bnnard, the other lames Morton:^ the one f of 
 teachinge the Lords prayer tn Engluh , the other fot 
 keepingethe Epijlle of S. lames tranjtated intoEng^. 
 lish.o-c. Sohe. And truly yf a man will be- 
 leeue Fox in his n.irracion, he may : but to me 
 it appeareth cleerly a moll abfurd fidioujthat 
 men ihould be burned for this only, but that 
 they might perhaps be apprehended and exa- 
 myned vpon like fufpition , by hauingc and 
 vfingc prohibited books , and after found to 
 be heretiks; and ftandinge in the fame,might 
 come to be burned, but for bare hauinge fuch 
 books, is incredible j and as for S. lames epijtle^ 
 whome their maifter Luther (for that it ouer-- 
 rhroweth euidently the foundation of his 
 
 new 
 
Calenddr-Saints. {thcmoncthofNou.) i^^ Chaf.t^ 
 new ghofpcll of only faith) called firminem, 
 that is, A pawy or fiubble epijile, I fc no probabi- About s. 
 lity in the world , that eyther the Proteftants a^inin^ 
 of thofe daycs iTiould fo much delight them- gUsh. 
 fclues with yt,or that the Bilhopp lliould take 
 I the reading therof fo heinoully,as to punilli it 
 by death- but rather he lliould be glad to haue 
 Proteftants read that cpiftlc , by which fo 
 cleerly their dodrine is confuted. Butthefe 
 are the improbable lyes and fictions of lohn 
 I Fox, which he frameth with great facility 
 cuery where, for the feeding of his owne,and 
 other mens fancyes. 
 
 6. Next after thefe vpon the eyght day of ^^^^ ^ 
 
 I this moneth, is placed Maifter George VVifchart vvifciwrt. 
 
 I Scottilliman martyr , accufed of fedition and 
 herefy in Scotland in the yeare of Chrift 1546. 
 the laft yeare of K. Henryes raigne of Englad. 
 He was condemned and hanged on a gibbett, 
 and burned vnder t^he fame. His arraignment 
 and condemnation was very follemneinthc 
 prefence of the Gouernor ofis'^'(7rto^/,the Earle 
 Hmelten afterward Duke of Schatelroy,&c moft 
 
 I of their nobility, as alfo of the CardimllBeton 
 Archbiiliop of S.Andrewes & primate of Scot- 
 land, togeather with all, or moft of theBi- 
 
 I fhops : VVhich great meetinge being made in 
 the citty o^S.Andrems.thQ faid George VVifchart Thcarrai^ 
 was brought forth publikely to anfwere to ffMaifter 
 his accufations,whichyou may fee fetdowne yy^^^^^^^^ 
 in Fox at large, cuery article of accufation Scottish- 
 (being iS. in number) beginninge thus yf Fox 
 faytruely* Thou falfheretike , renagate, my tor, 1156/"'" 
 
 and 
 
240 ' T*^^ Ixmen of John Tcxhis 
 and theefe, deceyuer of the people tbeudefpifejlthe holy 
 Kirk£»& contemnefi my L Geuermun authority ^ 
 J. This was the exordium to cuery ar-^ 
 tide. B uc the fubrtance of all the accufacions, 
 conteyneth (as I haue (aid before) partly fed 
 tion , and partly the common hcrcfies of that 
 tyme, againft the number of 7. Sacraments 
 held by the Church , as alfo in particular 
 againft Confefsion, Confirmation, faftinge, 
 vowes and the Hke^ but his feditious, and re- 
 beihous contempt, confiUed in that he prefn-* 
 med CO preach without licence^and being for-* 
 bidden both in the Cardinalis and Goucrnors 
 nanie>he perfeuered therin. And further being 
 excommunicated by his ordinary the BilTaop 
 t€pmta$ Brothen for his faid contempt>he continued 
 kchauiour thcriu notwichftandingc. And when he was 
 r^itcurfj. ^ccufed thcrof in this publike audience he an- 
 fwered no otherwifej butcontumelioufiy ap- 
 ]^aiach. 1. plyhige that of the Prophett M^Wbi^^ , tojiis 
 Paftors and Superiors : 1 fiuUmfe your hie fmgi 
 and blcjfe your cmfings .And to the other points 
 and articles about herefie, hcanfwcred, ac- 
 cordinge to the ordinary fcolfinge and con- 
 temptuous manner of new ghofpellers in 
 thofe dayes, though not very refolutely or di- 
 ftincftly , as not being yet thorowly fettled in 
 al! points of what fed to be , as may appearc 
 byhisanfwers to fundry articles, and namely 
 to the iTxt about the reaVi prefence , which he 
 wasaccufed to hauedenyed, but he would 
 notyeeld therynro: favinge onIy> that he had 
 reported^rW^ Uf^in Germany had fc^pdtherat. 
 
bin he dcnyed the fame to hauc byn fpoken 
 by himreife- foasyt feemeth he was yet but 
 Tome Noiiice in Lutheran ifme^by his trauayie 
 tin oLigh Germany, 6< no perfect Zwinghan, 
 yfhe w erc of any iecled iedt ac all, which is 
 more h'ke ch?.t He was not at tii^ day^ though 
 acGordinge to the veyne and feruour oi herc- 
 fie in thofe dayes , he was conrent to dye fot 
 any one of his opinions rather then to recall 
 the fame, 
 
 8. And thus much for his reh'gion : but for 
 his perfon, lohn Fox fetterh downe acer- 
 tayne defcription of him when he ftiidiedia 
 Cambridge, fome three yeares before he was 
 I burned in Scotlaind. And by this defcriprioit 
 j he may feeme to hatie byn fome extrauagans 
 phantafticall fellow ^ fitt to begin or broach 
 lanyherefieor new fancy whatfoeuer. Yow 
 fliall heare Fox his relation , and therby iudge 
 I of him, for that he cyteth the fame out of th6 
 teftimonyof one that liued with him. About 
 iheytm (faith he) of our Lord i545.there was iiss/"*^' 
 in the vniuerfity of Cambridge one Maijler „ ' 
 George VVifchart , commonly tailed Maifler „ 
 Gm^fof Be^miC^IW^^, amahoftallftature, „ 
 ipold- headed, andon the fame si round frcnch „ 
 icapp ofthe beft, iudged of melancholy com- „ 
 Iplexion by his phyfiognomy, blacke hayre, „ 
 long-bcarded , coomely of perfonage, well 
 fpoken after the countrey of Scotland , &c. 
 He had on him for his habitt of cIothinge,ne- 5, 
 uerbutamantlefreefe-gownetothelhowes, ,i 
 a blacke h^ilUn faitiari dubbktt, and playne ,3 
 
 C^i; blacke 
 
24^ T'^^ ^x^^cn ef lohn Tox hU 
 blacke hofcn , courfe canauafc for his Mxt% 
 5, white fallinge bands, and cuffes at the hands, 
 all which appareW he gauc to the poorCjibmc 
 wcckcly, fome monethely , fomc quarterly;^ 
 as he hkcd, fauingc his French capp, which he 
 A dcfai- keepcd the whole ycarc, d^c. He lay hard 
 Geo°gc^ vpon apowffc of ftravv,and courfe new cana- 
 ^vifchart, uafe ihects, which when he changed he gauc 
 Srliprou! away: he had commonly by hisbedd fide a 
 ftantt of rubbe of water, in which, his people bcingin 
 Scot nd. i^g^^ ^ candle put out , and all quiett , h« 
 vfcd to bath \\\m(it\ity&c. He taught with 
 ^' great modefty and grauity, fo that fome of his 
 people thought him feuere, and would hauc 
 . flaync him, but the Lord was his defence, cJ^^, 
 This is VVifchm his defcription by a Pro- 
 teftant, thatliuedinhoufe withhimin Cam- 
 bridge. And yfyow weigh the fame welljyow 
 will thinke , that he was as fitt to madneflc as 
 martyrdomej and his contifluall hauinge a 
 tubbc of water by him , may fmell of fome 
 UiPish or Heruh fuperftition. But yet finally 
 aftw much diligence vfed to recall him from 
 his opinions, ftandinge obftinately therin, he 
 Tkecfueii was Condemned and burned in .Scotland, 
 mgedy©f whervpoH infiaed foone after a lamentable 
 JTngeVhf Tragedy to the Cardinall Beton, by whofc 
 cardintii authority he was Condemned. For that at the 
 drcfTcs*' very (ame ryme that this rr//2^Wf was bur- 
 ned, fome of the nobility and gen try of Scot- 
 lapd, being infeded with hcrcfie. and fearing 
 LiiUui.n their owne fkynnes by VVifchdtts example, 
 (^^^^ ^^PJ^) others enuyinge the faid 
 
CMenddr-Sdlnti. (the moncth of Nou.) 245 Chap.t^ 
 Cardinallsgrcatncsin Scotland confpired his ^, 
 murder,& performed the fame in moit barba- ,i 
 rous fort vpo the z^^of May next enfuing,nine ,^ 
 pcrfons were the chccfc doers therof^the prin- „ 
 cipail of whome,was one N^rma I^jie^,to^ea- „ 
 therwithanvncleofhis^ofchefamename,c^r. ,j 
 io» It is horror to read this ftory, how cruel- 
 ly the murder was commytted^hrft bV getting 
 into his Caiileof S.Andrewes by treafoUjand 
 then brcakinge into his chamber by violence^ 
 and murderingc him in his bed, he crying out 
 {faith Fox) al4i,4las, (laj me not, I m a Priejl. The FoxiWi 
 circumftances of their viiianous behauiour 
 towards hirri, in hanginge him out at the 
 wyndow tyed by the pryuy parts , and other ^P^^^J^^ 
 fuch bcaftlynes as are not tobevtcered: yet ked and* 
 doth the crucll and hypocriticall hart of this 
 our Fox fceme greatly to reioyce thenn , ad~ 
 dinge further moft blafphemouily, thatyt vvdi 
 tht Jpiritt of the Lord , thiHt firrred them vp to do this 
 fdS'^ wherin yow may fee his defperate fpiritc 
 in puritanifme* But yf yow will read the laft Thcbboi^ 
 chapter of the fourth booke of DuH^erouiFoft' of dang<?- 
 r/(?«i,{ctt forth in England bypubhkeauthori- t^^ns^^I 
 ty againft the faid Puritans, in the yeare of printed at- 
 Chrilb5'9j. yowiliall fee this whole ftory fett ^Z'^.f^^^ 
 do wile at largeoutofScottilhwryters, and 
 ccnfured by our Proteftants of England, for 
 an vniuftj barbarous, 8cvi!lanous a(^l> though 
 allowed at thattyme by Calujn , isinocki» and 
 others- which Knocki being then in Scotland^ 
 and priiiy to the confpiracy as yt feemeth^ 
 ranne prefently to the faid Caftle of S. An^ 
 
244 '^^^ Exdmen »flohn Vox his 
 drcwes fuppriled by the murderers and there 
 defended by the word , that w hich they had 
 cruelly commytted before by the fword: fo as 
 Fox and they were all of one fpiritt and reli- 
 gion, notwithftandinge his hypocriticall dif- 
 fimulation of meekenes in other places. And 
 thus much of VVifchart, and his burninge. 
 u. Kiibf. Vpon the next two dayes after this mar- 
 c^^c. tyrdome of George VVifchart in Scotland, there 
 follow in England lolm Kirhy and ^oger CUfke 
 martyrs in Fox his Calendar, the one burned 
 at Ipfmch , the other at Burj vnder K. Henry 
 the 8. vpon the fame yearei546. They were 
 both poore labouring men wholy vnlearned, 
 yet being peruertcd once , with the perfua- 
 fionsof certayne ofZwinglius fe^t, they offe- 
 red to dy moft willfully /{?r denyall ofthereaU 
 prefenccin the Sacrament, gloryinge & boaftinge 
 fox pd^. therm fo much, that lohn Fox wrytethjK/rfry 
 II22. former of the two to haue faid to a gentle- 
 
 man that vificcdhim in the prifon: Ah Maifier 
 An info- V Vinkejield be at my burninge, andyow f)aU ^ay^ there 
 lent and flandeth a Chnftianfouldiarm the jire. He wrytcth 
 h^a^&£ further of the faid Khbj, ih^t when he came to 
 i^iroy- the fire fide at Ipfmch to be burned , a learned 
 man named Dokor Rugham being appointed to 
 preach vpon that arucleof the reallfrefenceo^ 
 Chrifts body in the Sacrament, Kirbjf though 
 he were ignorant , and wholy vnlettcred (as 
 Fox himfelfe confeffeth) yet tookc he vpon 
 himtocenfure that fermon from fcntenceto 
 (entcncc. But let vsheare the words, of Fox 
 his naiiration^ themfelues« 
 
 12. Then 
 
!. Calendar- Saints, (the moncth of Kou.) 24^ ChapA^ 
 12. Then Muifter Do£lor Rughain {Qiith he) ente- loxM, 
 redintQ the fixt Chapter of S. lohn (about rhc Sa- 
 crament) who in handltnge that matter ^ fo often, ^ 
 he alleaged the fmpturesy and applied them rightly, 
 Kirby told the people that he [aid true , and badd the 
 feople beleeue him^ but u^hen he did other fvife-^ he told 
 hm agaync , yo w fay not true ^ and to the people, 
 beleeue him not good people , vvhervpon thejf adtugded 
 Doil&r Rughamfit a falfe Prophet, (^c. Lo , is noi ^ "fy^f^^ 
 here a goodly maccer, and the world turned premm- 
 vp fidedowne, that fo poore and ignorant a ^^e^^gp^^ 
 fellow llialliudgc the learned ? and that the lant. 
 people mufl: hold the Dodor for a falfe Pro- 
 phet, for that y t pleafed the labourer to iudgc 
 him fo in expoundinge S. lohns ghofpeil, and 
 tomiflike this or that in his fpeech about fo 
 high a miftery , as the labourer could not pof- 
 fibly vnderftand the fame? I would Uartyn Lit^ 
 ffc^rhad thehandlinge of thefe ignorant pre- 
 ifumptuous men in this article, we ilioukl 
 I haue quickely heard what iudgmet he would 
 hauc giuen vpon them, asyowmay perceaue 
 by that yow haue read "^before, andilialido "^Su^.ntinf. 
 1 more afterward , in the i/. Chapter of this ^^•""•J^c 
 creatife, where his words and cenfures are put 
 downe more largely. And fo we leaue thefe 
 two wilifullfellowes, there being nothinge ^ 
 wrytten fingular of the fecond (that is Clarke) 
 for thathcfeemed only to follow the other 
 ijand to applaude what he faid>and fo for good 
 I fellowlliip burned with him alfo, fo went the 
 I world in thofe dayes of maddinge fpirites. 
 tj. From thefe fellowes lohn Fox Ic;3rpeth 
 
 0^3 backc 
 
Tfcr IxAtntn of John Fox hk 
 backcfome i5.ycares, and tcllcth vsalonge 
 Richard ilory of the martyrdomc of one Richdrd Bdj^jicld 
 llllkLf ^'^^ had byn a profelTed monke and Prielt of 
 Bury. jtlie Abbey of Burjf , and being Chambcrlaync 
 (as he faith) of chat Abbey, and thcrby his of- 
 fice requiringe him to proLiide for gheftsand 
 pilgrymes that came to the houfe, he fell ac- 
 quay nted at length with two brickmakers of 
 Maxncil London, MaxttfU and Stacj^, that fould briks to 
 brkkcma- monaftery , and they being fecrctly infe- 
 kcrs made (ftcd With He w opinions by reading the books 
 ^cwtikcf^ ofTjfnddU, and other Englilla Sedarycs of that 
 tyme, they perfuaded the monke to read fuch 
 bookes alfo 5 and for littinge his turne , they 
 prefented him two feuerall Treatifcsof Tj/n* 
 daU, the one called the VVickfd Uamm^n, the 
 other; The obedience of 4 Chrijiianntdn'^ vvherin 
 fiid. p^i. (faith Fox) thu monke f revered fo [mightely in two 
 yeares Jpace, that he was caft into the frifonof the 
 houfe, and fore whiffed, &c. And after this being 
 brought before the BilTiop of VVinchcJler and 
 others,ypon the ycare of Chrift 1528, he abiu- 
 red all his forfaid new opinions, and did pen- 
 nance for them^for fo fay the 6. and articles 
 here now obieeiedagainft him, towitt, that 
 Ihii.^ft^, he itidhialljf abiured the [aid articles, before the faid 
 viil' ^"^^^ Biff)opfs , and wade a foUemne oath vpan a books, and 
 the holy Euangelifls to fulfill hit fennance , &c. But 
 after this he comminge acquaynted with a 
 more learned Dortor and nearer to his voca- 
 tion, which was Frwr^/^JWi, that came fome- 
 cymes as a ghcft to the foraftieryof the faid 
 Monaftery of Bury wherof Bayfield had the ! 
 
 carc^ 
 
I C4k«i^r- (the moneth of Nou.) 447' Chap.t^ 
 care, by his good counfcll and inftru£tionshc 
 rcfolucd to go further then the brickemakcrs 
 had brought him before , that isto (ay to be a 
 good Proccftant and rcnagatc friar indeed, 
 andtocaflof quite his monks wccde, as he 
 [did prefcntly, and ftole out of the monaftcry, ^ ^ « . 
 ran ouer the Seas to Tyndall, tookc a woman afur " per- 
 by his diredion, nay as syr Thonw More wry- ^'^/^j^."^ 
 teth, he aflurcdhim(elfe to two weomenat cooic.and 
 once , one in Eubant and another m En^Und, ^f^^^^^^ 
 and after this madehimfeifc a great marchant to trv© 
 of hcreticall books, and came into England^^^*^|^*^*^^ 
 with diuers packs of them, which were taken 
 with him, and are named in the ludiciall fen- 
 tcncc giuen againft him ^ 8c recorded by Fox, 
 to witt diuers volumes of Mdrtyn Luther , and 
 others of OicoUmp4diH^, fome a I fo of Zwinglitu, 
 others of Pmerdnus, Lambert, MeUnchth$n, Brtn-^ 
 im, Bucer,TiUniu, Cafito.TjfttddU znd othcrs,and 
 then he being dcmaundcd;/rbf rbrrfo^ heleuedthe 
 forertdtned b99ks to bego^d , and of the truefdith ? he 
 anfwered faith Fox^that he iudged they weregood^ rei p4^: 
 ^d9f the true faith. And being asked further, 
 whether Z«^2wg//«^, OecoUmpaditu ^ and others, 
 whofe books he brought in, were of one faith 
 Viith Luther? he znCw^vtd that he fufpo fed they f,i,y fields 
 held the fame doSrlne that Luther did , but varyed in 
 fime fiints. And being asked of what S^O: thcran si 
 Zwinglius was , hefaid', he thought that he held '^'^^^^^^^^ 
 fvith Luther in fome points, &c. 
 14. Thus Fox. Wherby yow fee the wife- 
 mans anfwere, fayinge^ firft, that they varyed 
 m fome p<>int5 ^ and then that they agreed in 
 0^4 fome 
 
248 TheExameHoflohnT^xhU 
 fomc poin ts^and yet that all held the fame do- 
 dtrine , and were of one Religion and faith. 
 Sjr Tbomof MQre faith, that this Baj^jield being 
 taken now the fccond tyme, olfered to abiurc 
 againe,& difcloied all his brethrcn^but when 
 hepcrceaued that for his rel^pfe he mult be 
 burned notwithftandinge j he chofc to dy an 
 herecike , then to recant ^ fo faich SyrThmas 
 that lined in thofidayes > andknewchc 
 man, neither hath Fox any thing to repiy to 
 this graue teftimony of Syr Thomas M&re , but 
 Foxiii^^. only that he U not to be bsleeued tn his af rmation 
 agAtnj} Bdjfield , for that he was partUily uffrited to 
 the P&pei Keh^ion. But whether llwnaf More. 
 oriohn F ox be more credible m their ailer- 
 tions, the one affirminge yt vpon his ownc 
 knowledge, as being prefent and lining at the 
 very fame tyme, the other denyinge yt vpon 
 heare-fay or fancy of his ownc 40. yeares af- 
 ter* I leaue to the iudgcment of the difcreete 
 reader , cfpccially yf he compare the condi- 
 tions of the partycs togeather, the one being a 
 man of ftrid truth , the other of loofe & large 
 confciencein lyinge vpon eueryoccafion , as 
 by infinite examples yow haue fecne and iliall 
 ' fee in this Treatife againft him. 
 
 ty. There enfue after this Apoftata monke- 
 martyr, in the Calendar fiue Confeffors that 
 I Schcr ^^^^^^"^^^^ Caftlc of Canterbury y where they 
 liunftan Were imprifoned for their new rcligion-^thcir 
 ^^irMr""^^* names are lohn C/^rklabourinc^e man, lohn Ar^ 
 
 William /f , I ^ 1 If 
 
 Foftcr. ther weauer, Dunjlan Ckitenden and VVtUtdtn Fa- 
 /?^r artificers^and Alice Potkjns wife ofN.Potkjns. 
 
 All 
 
e^hndif'Sdints. {the monttho?Nou>) 249 Chaf.if 
 Ahvn'Cc (iauh Fox) dtdnotottljdy inthefoYfaid j^^^^^^ 
 Ctflle of Canterbury, but were alfofiarued, andpmed 1773^ 
 ■4fp^f, ]orUcke0fme4te,&c, Winch how pro- 
 babi^t a rhaig^-. yt is, there is no man of rcafon, 
 buc wiil ealiiy difcerne. But howfo«:uer they 
 died, moftooftinateand peeuilh people~thcy 
 were, nhileli they Uucd, AltceFotkins being 
 a^ ia-d of hcr age.anfwered, th^taccordmge t& her The age 
 9U age j}je had yi^. feAtes-^ut acmdmge to her yongt f^^^^ 
 age, fmce pje learned Chrifi , Jhe vva6 but ofom yeare 
 oldy c^c. 
 
 16. William Fofier being asked why he could 
 not abydcj chat the CrolTe Ihould be borne in 
 procefsion^ & why he reFufed to cary a candle 
 in his hand vpon CandiemafTe day, he faid: 
 Thut fyr the Cruffe.yt woi eu needfuU to carry thegaU rox 
 hm:f dhtdtyfh^Vather were hanged, as the Creffe: 
 for that Chrifl died theron y and that a dung fork; in 
 his hand , was Osgood as a candle on Candlemaffe day. 
 Which was a iui anfwere , ( yow fee, ) for a 
 dung-former, one of his occupation. And as 
 for their agreement of belcefe in matters of 
 Religion,wc may eafily imagine what it was, 
 they being-ignorant and each of them fo ob- 
 ftinate, as what once they apprehended^ they 
 would defend euen vnto death: and partly al- 
 £b yow may gheflfe by Fox himfclfe, who 
 wry re th thus: Although certayne of the fevfonigno- ¥oxp4£: 
 tantfimfUcity fwarued a little in the number of Sa- »773 
 cramenis, fome grauntinge one Sacrament, that is the 
 body of Cimfi hangmge m the Crofe ; yet in thepin^ 
 cipa^ matter touching the doBrine offaluationfor jaitb 
 toftay vfon,andin difdgreeingfiom the dreaming de-^ 
 
 tcrml* 
 
t^o The lumen dflobn Fixhie 
 termmtiom 9/ the Popish Church , thej mjl dgreed, 
 &c. So wrytcthFoxappointingc the vnityof 
 hU people as yow fee, to confilt in thedifa- 
 grceiiigcfrom v$, rather, then in agreeingc 
 amonge themfclues. And as for the Sacrament 
 pf Chrifts body hanginge vpon the Crofl'e, 
 whichlohnFox faith heere that fbme of his 
 cirdt-^' people, didenljpaunttohe aSacrment, and fmc 
 £tTmc ai- rHO¥e, I know not what he meancth thereby, 
 ^oT** could graunt this to be not 
 
 . only a Sacrament, but the only Sacrament of 
 Ghriftians. And yet Fox relateth yt hecre as 
 yowfec, and feemcthnot greatly to millike 
 yt, wherby yo w may pcrceaue, that he and 
 his people were wife ahke in manythings. 
 And fo much of them. 
 
 17, After thcfe Confcflbrs do follow other 
 icHoftke. foure Martyrs, lohnHoekeJphn HallingddleyVViU 
 i5"c^ li^^Sfmem, and XtchAtd Gibfon. Of the firft 
 William Fox wryteth no more words but thefe: I redd 
 Kuh«7* '^^^ frefent jedie 1556. vv^ hmntd one CdUed 
 Gibfori. lobn Hookfyd true rvittnejfe of the Lords truth dt Che^ 
 P^g, 177a. fl^Y. And this is all that he hath of that his true 
 wittnej[eofthe Lords truth, not telling vs any fur- 
 ther, eyther what that truth was, for which 
 he was burned, nor how truly he defended 
 the fame, 
 
 t8. As for the other thxt^.UdUingddle.Sfdrrom 
 and Gii/i«,whome he calleth alfo conftantmtt^ 
 nejfes of Chrijl j they were all three burned in 
 Smithficld vpon the yearc i557.after much la- 
 bour in vainc taken with them , to inftru(9: & 
 reduccthem. HdUingddle being a fimple igno- 
 rant 
 
Csknidr-S^nU. (the moncth of Nou. ) i^i Chdp.t^ 
 ranc man , bcfides other particular hcrcfics, 
 ftood refolutcly vpon this point* That generally 
 (faith Fox) the fs that ofiate had hyn burned M'^ 
 QJ^Aty)u7ere m hercttk} at allMt did preach truly ^ ' 
 theghojpell,vfon whefe f reaching he grounded his faith 
 and conscience, accordinge to thefayinge of S. lohn in 
 the 1 8. Chapters efhis Keuelations where he faith, that daia hith 
 thehkkdof the Trophetti and of the Saints, and of all f^^^^^^^ 
 that weref,iyne vpon earth w 04 found in the babyloni- preichiag 
 icall Church. Bj which (faith Fox) is vnderjloodthe ^-^^l"^" 
 Church, wherofthe Pope if head, &c. Behould the 
 franticke prcfumption of this ignorant artifi- 
 cer^ who would needs prouc out of the Apo- 
 cahps, that all thofe that were burned in 
 Marycstyrae were true Saints of God , and 
 that his faith and conlcience was fufficicntly 
 grounded vpon them , and their preachings, 
 iwithout any further triall • and this for that 
 they vvert fut to death by the Popes Church. By 
 which argument he may found himfclfealfo 
 vpon the faith and preachings of the Anabap- 
 tifts, and all other red:aryes burned by the 
 fame Church. But to go forward • Fox faith 
 of his conftancy in this aiTertion^that he being 
 ofB. Bonner further demaunded, whether he 
 would perfeuer, and ftand in thcfc his opi- 
 nions, he made anfwere ; that he would continue 
 and perfifi in than to the death, trc. 
 19. And the very like courfe tooke the other 
 twohiscompanions -^p^rrw and Gibfon, who 
 had one circumftance more then HaHingdale to 
 aggrauate their fault, which was, that they 
 had fubmictcd themf^Iucs before ^ and were 
 
 - ~ fallen 
 
Z^t The Ixdwen 9f lohn Fox hk 
 
 WliUtm fallen into relapfe. VVilUam Sparrou^ was a fel- 
 hliulYcii Icrandfpreaderof wicked and fcdirious bal- 
 J«r. lads, and was conuinced of fomc in the open 
 court as Fox alfo Confedeth. He granted {faith 
 «/. 2. Fox) t$ the fixt m 'tclc, that he dtd fell the [aid baUadi 
 then ffoefped and read before him, drc. And then 
 being charged with his former fubmifsion 
 made in the yeare before to the Biiliopp : he 
 anfwered: I am fory that euer I madeytjoryt wa^ 
 the worfl deed that euer 1 did-^ adding hirther vnto 
 them: hM vpyour abhomination fo long 04 jqw can^ 
 I'heobfti- &c And then being dsmaui^ded wnat ground 
 ^aiiam ^^"^^^rningc he had, to cleaue to thefe his opi- 
 Spawovy. nions, he made anfwere, andfaid; thatallthe 
 lawes notv vfed ( mcaninge the Eccleiialhcall 
 lawes ) are naught and abhominable, drc Thus 
 farrc Fox. VVherby yow may pcrceaue what 
 manner of people they were, that anfwered 
 nothinge diredly to any point demaunded, 
 but only raged and rayled . And yet when 
 B. Bonner zsktd this ballad-fellcr , whether he 
 Would not be content to be periuaded to 
 change his mynd ? he made aunfwere (faith 
 M'$i,t»L !• Fox) that he would not go from his opinions-^ and ad- 
 ding thervnto faid: That which you^ call herefie 
 (fpcakinge to the Bifliopp) is good and godly: And 
 yfeuery hayre of my head were a man, I would burne 
 them allyratherthentogofrm the truth, &c. So hcc. 
 2o. The fame anfvvers or very hke, made 
 the third companion of his crew 5 Gibfon , but 
 that in fbme things he was more arrogant and 
 obftinate then the other two. For he refufcd 
 to fwcarc before his ordinary B. Bonner , and 
 
 dcwycd 
 
Calendar- Sdints. (the moneth of Nou.) 2^^? Chap, 
 denyed him to be his ordinary. And when the 
 Bifliop fpakc vnto him to put him in remem- 
 brance of himfelfc- he laid, he could n$t beare the 
 Bishops bablingeyboldljpretepngand^iffifwifigiimh Fox pap 
 Fox) that he vvoi emtrary and enemy to them ally m 
 hU mjnd and opinion , although he had aforetjtne kfpt '^^^ Hl^^ 
 ytfmett,for Jeareofthe laip, &c. And being toici gancy of 
 of excommunication, he laid to the Bifliopp: cibfon! 
 hlejfed ami , that am cur fed at your hands. And for ii'tdim^ 
 that many articles were obieded by thcBi- 
 Chopp againft himjabout new herefics- he ex- 
 hibited nine other articles ordemaunds vn- cibfon 
 to the BilTbopp moft prcfumptuoufly , to be p?^thhis 
 anfwcred by him,conrcyninge very fond and 
 arrogant matters J as, whether any man of what 
 fiate or calling fo euer may vfe Lordf npp or power ouer 
 an) man,for faithes fake, or fecrefte oj his confctencet 
 
 Item, by vvhateutdmt tokens Antuhrifi may be f^i. 
 knotpne and his minlfiers? 
 
 I te m, what the beajl is, in the reuelatmjhat ma-' 
 kith warre with the Saints of God? 
 
 I tern, what thegorgeom and glitter inge whore of 
 Bahylonis,&c. And other the like demaunds 
 appcrtayning all to contumely and contempt, 
 asyowfeej wherby yow may perceaucthc 
 fpiritt of thofc men , fiill dronken with here- 
 ticall pride and obftinacy. Of whome ycc 
 Fox concludeth thisftory, with thefepathic- 
 ticall words: Thus this valiant fouldtar jightinge for t. 
 thegofpell and fincered€£lrine of Gods truth and Keli- 
 gion, agoing falfhood and error ^ was committed with 
 hisjehwes vnto the fecular power, &c. And thus 
 much of them. 
 
2 54 Ixmen oflchn Tox hsi 
 
 21. There followerh the yeare of Chrift 1558. 
 andlall of Q^Maryj in beginninge whcrof 
 vpon thU moneth arc placed two Foxian 
 Martyrs burned at Ipfwich, /»r the ghoJ^U $/ 
 pdx. XI57. Cinift [CmhFoii) dndhk mrUftinge teJlAmetityto 
 witt, Alexander Gouch,^nd Alice Dryuer.or rather 
 AicMtider Alice Drj/uer and Alexander Gouch, for that the 
 AUce^* woman was the dodor of the man , which 
 Piiucr. yet yow muft note was not her husband, but 
 acrafrcfman dwelHng not farrefrom her, and 
 by occupation (as Fox faith) a wcauer of 
 fliredded-coucrlcttf, who vling tohcrhoufe 
 at Gr9sb$rr$fP in Suffbike, was inftrU(5lcd by 
 her in the new ghofpell. And at length they 
 two being taken togcatherina H<f;'^«//ir (as he 
 faith) by a luftice of peace (no titt place for 
 fuch a coople to be conuerfant togeather) 
 they were carrycd to the Afsifes slzBhyj, and 
 from thence afterward fent prifoncrs to Jpf^ 
 wich, Alexander Gouch was about 56.yeares old^ 
 MMi Alice Drjuer , the wife of a ccrtaynehuf- 
 bandman, was of 30. There is no mention at 
 all of her husband > but only of thisfufpitious 
 takinge of them togeather in the forfaid Haj^ 
 kWetDn- gulfe/^ wherby a man may ealily ghelTe > how 
 wous do"^ ^'S'^'^ ^ ghofpeUinge lifter llie was: yet doth 
 #rix. Fox make fuch accompt of her^and of her rare 
 leatningc in the fcriptures, as of no one fifter 
 more in all hishiftory, fectinge downctwo 
 large difputations which llie had wnth D^iSor 
 Spencer Chancelour to the Billiop of N^rtPteh^ 
 & other Docflors that afsi fled him^ All which 
 {he brought to be dumme and mure , by her 
 
 wife 
 
Cdleniar-Saints. (the moneth oFNou.) t^^ Ch^f.lf 
 wife oppofick)ns> anfwers, and allcaginge of 
 fcripturcs, yf yow will belccuc Fox, who 
 play eth alfo the notorious Rcynard,and frau- 
 dulent companion in this , as in many other 
 things : and Co I thinke yow will fay alfo^ 
 when yow haue heard the conferences, whcr- 
 of hecrc I iTiall fctt downe part in his ownc 
 words, and therby yow may make a ghcfli^ of 
 all the reft. 
 
 22. But yet before we enter to relate her 
 
 difputations; yow muft note, that at the for- 
 faid afsife of BHYj,mbere{rmh Fox) fhe didboldly r^i. mf 
 ftnnd to Cdftfeffe Chrtfi CYHcipd.defyinge the Pcpe witk 
 Mhii fdppCiXl trap), Ihc likened Q^Mary then 
 r:i\gn'mgttolez.4beUyf$rvvhichhereArestPerecutt Alice Dd-. 
 of immcdUtly (faith he) by commandement of Syr ^^"^^fot 
 Clement High mcheefeiudge, and p)e toy fully yel- vndutifuil 
 dcdtQ the punishment y thinkinge her felfe happy, that 
 fbe was accompted worthy t9 fuffer any thinge for the 
 name ^fchriji, &c. So as now hauingc loft her 
 cares for the liberty of her tongue, flic came to 
 dilpute with the faid Doc9:ors at Ipfwich 
 without her earcs in the forme followinge. 
 ^^5. Firft (faith Fox) flie comminge into the nu. 40L §i 
 place where Ihc Ihould be examined with a »> 
 fmylinge coimtenance, Doiior Spencer the » 
 Chancelor (aid: why woman doft thou laugh » 
 Ystofcorne? 
 
 Alice. Whether I do , or noe> I might well i> 
 inough, to fee what fooles ye bee. Thcdifpii- 
 
 Chancelor. Why arc yc brought before mc? 
 and why are ye laid ui priion? ucr with 
 
 Alice. Yow know yc better then T. f^^^ ^^^"^^ 
 
 Chancekr. 
 
6 The Bxmm ofuhn T&xhis 
 
 J,, Chmcektc No by my troth woman, I knbW 
 J, not why. 
 
 2, Alice. Then haue ye done me mucft 
 „ WTonge , thus to inipriibn me, and know na 
 9j caufe why. 
 
 „ Chancehr* Woman, woman, what faift 
 
 thou to the bieiTed Sacrament of the Altar? 
 „ At tho(e words (faith Fox) Ihc held her 
 ,^ peace, and then a great Chuff- headed Pneft 
 „ ftandinge by asked her,why Ihe anfwered noE 
 
 the Chancelor? 
 „ Alice. Why Prieft ( quoch ihe ) I came not 
 5, totalke withthce 5 but with thy maifter. Yf 
 „ thou wih that I taike with thee, command 
 thy Maifter to hold his peace. And with that 
 ( faith Fox ) the Pricfr put his no(e in his capp 
 and faid no more. 
 „ Cbancelou Anfwcrc to that I demaund 
 J, of yow. 
 
 5, Alice. I ncuer read nor hard of an*]f futh Sa- 
 „ crament in the fcripture. 
 J, Chancehr. Why? what fcriptutfes hauc yow 
 J, read I pray yow? 
 
 J, Alice. I haue, I chanke God, read Cods 
 booke. 
 
 Chancelor. Why? what manner of booke is 
 thatyow call Gods booke? 
 J, Alice. It is the old, and new Teftamcnt. 
 J J What call yow yt? 
 The arro- ChdnceUu That is Gods booke indeed. 
 ilk-Va- ^^^^ fame booke hauc I read 
 
 uc^ " throughoutjbut yet ncuer could find any fuch 
 » Sacrament there, Nocwichftandinge I will 
 
 grant 
 
9> 
 
 CdUnd^-SaimL (the monech of Nou.) 25'/ Chaf.x^ 
 graunt yow a Sacramet called the Lords fupfer. 3, 
 And icing I haue graunted yow a Sacrament, 
 iliew me what a Sacrament is? 
 
 ChanceloY. Itisailgiie. And then one DrfS^r ,^ 
 Gafcojne ftandinge by faid : It was a figne of a 
 hoiythinge. 
 
 Alke^ Yow haue faid the truth Syr: It is a 
 figne indeed:,I mult needs graunt yt:and ther- 
 fore feing y c is a figne , yt cannot be the thing 
 fignifiedaifo. 
 
 Gafcoyne. Then flood vp D^Jioy G^y^o^'w^ and 
 made an oration with many faire words,Uttle , . 
 tb the purpofcj &: in the end therof asked her, 
 yf ilie did not beleeue the omnipotency of 
 Cod, and chat he was able toperforme what ,^ 
 hepromifed? 
 
 ^p Altce^.Y^z truly. But I pray yow, did he 
 teucr promifcthat he would make the bread 5^ 
 his body, in the Sacrament? 
 h ' Gdjcoyne. What fay yow to take, eat, this is 
 inyhody? are they not his words? 
 
 Alice. Yes I cannot deny them. But I pray 
 yow was y t not bread, that he gaue them ? 
 
 GdfcoyHC, No, y t was his body. Marke the 
 
 Alice. Then was yt his body, that they did ^'/^ Tom- 
 cat ouer night, ceragainffi 
 Gafcojne. Yea, yt was his body, aDoftoi. 
 Alice, What body was yt then i that was „ 
 irucified the next day? 
 
 G^/?<?p^, It wasChrifts bodyalfo, „ 
 Alice. How could that be^wheh his difciples „ 
 had eaten hinj vp ouer night , except he had ,i 
 two bodye3> as by your argument he had: one ,3; 
 J, R they 
 
258 The Exmen ^flohn F$x his 
 
 they dideace ouernighc, and the other was 
 crucified the next day. Be ye not alliamcd 
 to tcachc the people, that Chrift had two 
 
 ^, bodyes ? 
 
 Gafcojne. With that Gafcoyne held his 
 peace , and made her no anfwere (faith Fox) 
 for asitfcemedhe wasalTiamed of his doings* 
 
 J J Then the Chancelor Hftvp his head from the 
 culhion, and commanded the gaylor to carry 
 her away. 
 
 Alice Dri- Alice. Now when ye be not able to refift 
 phcthoiwr truth , ye commaund me to prifon : well 
 the Do- the Lord in the end Iball iudge otir caufe , I 
 
 wis, I wis>this geere will nor go for good pay- 
 
 mcnt then, &c* 
 
 24. Thus farre Fox* And this was the end 
 of the firft difputation, wherin Alice the (pin- 
 fter fett vp (as yow fee) and blanked both Da- 
 £lor Spencer the Chancelor , and Doctor Gdfcoym 
 his afsiltant, as alfo the chufiieaded Prieft 
 with his nofe in his capp , by her learned an- 
 fwers framed out of Fox his o wne braine.For 
 no man of wifdome will imagine (Iweene) 
 that Alice DYiueYyX\iou^\\ Ibe were neuer fo pra- 
 chant & forward in herefie, and bold through 
 the pride therof, could make fuch a confe- 
 rence of her ftlfc, with fuch learned men as 
 the aforenamed were, efpecially y f yt be true, 
 that ilie had loft her eares firft for her intem- 
 perate fpeech , yet was her bragg of hauingc 
 read the Bible throughout, fittfor a woman 
 of her trade. 
 
 2^. The two obie (ftions which ftie is taught 
 
 10 
 
C4/?w^^n-5^iwa (thc moncth ofNou,) 2^^ Chap.x^ 
 to make before may fcemc perchance to the xhc aun- 
 fimple and vnlcarnedj to haiie forhe htcle llie W ^j^^rc to 
 of difficulty; the firft chat yf the Sacrament of uerTtvvd 
 the Altar be a figne. yt CAnnot be alfo the thing figni- obk^tios. 
 fied: and thatyf Chrijis difcipks did cat his body really, 
 inthefufper , the fam^ could not be crucified the next 
 day vpon the Crop , thefe are (I fay) two oppoli- 
 tions framed out of I. Fox his highe & deep 
 diuinicyj and attributed to the woman , as 
 though Ihe had vttcred them of her felfej 
 which yet euery meane fcholler amongft Ca- 
 thohkscan eafily anfwere. Fot iirft wheras 
 i.Aujfen kith y that a Sacrament if a vifible figneof cbiii<^itur. 
 m inmfihle grace (which Fox w^ould make as ^'^J^.^^'^ 
 though the Dodtors of Ipfmch had not byn ZpX' 
 able to bring forth) this definicibn, I fay, is 
 fully verified in the Sacrament of the Aitan 
 For that albeit there be not the fubftanceof 
 bread and Wyiie^ after the words of confecra- 
 tibn • yet aire there the externall accidents of 
 bread and wyne^as colour, quantity, taft, and 
 the rcft> which are vilible fignes both of inui- 
 lible grace, receaued, (vvherin principally 
 confifteth the trew nature of a Sacrament) 
 and belides arc fignes of Chrifts rcall body 
 conteyned vnder them , and of his body iri 
 heauen remayninge their after an other man- 
 ner, and of his death vpon the CrolTe, and of 
 the vnion of his myfticall body the Church, 
 & other fuch mifterycs fignified therby as an- 
 cient Fathers do expounde & declare^and yet 
 peuer any of them did heerby go about to ex- 
 elude the trew rcall prefence of Chrift vnder 
 
 B.i thes 
 
i6o The Examen of lohn Fox hU 
 chcslignesas Sacramentaryes do at thisday^ 
 wherof wehaue faid more in the third Chap- 
 ter of our reuew of difputations, in the end of 
 this bookc. 
 
 26. And as for the lecond point, touched by 
 Alice Dvyun of Chrifts body receaued by 
 Chrifthimfelte, & his Apoftles the night be- 
 fore his pafsionjVve fay accordinge to the Ca- 
 thoHke faithjthat the fame body of Chrift our 
 Sauiour, that died on the Crolle, was eaten by 
 his difciples; (yea by Clirift himftlre alfo) 
 Httf if. ad the night before in the dipper j ipfe comedem, & 
 ^^fi^^z ^^^^ comediUit (faith S. Hierome ) he that was ea- 
 ten was one of the eaters alfo: and yt was the 
 felfe fame body , though not in that fenfible 
 7^40. flefhly fhape> as the Caphdrnaites moft groffely 
 imraagined, but exhibytcd in another formej 
 and the very fame that now is eaten dayly by 
 infinite Chriftians throughout the world,anci 
 hath byn eucr unce his pafsion and refurre- 
 £tion , and flialbe to the worlds end • and yec 
 this body is neyther multiplyed nor dimini- 
 cjorif, hm, flied thorby:to which ejffeit S.Chryfofiome faith, 
 ^'c"r "^' vv^ t/;^ fel fe fa^nebody which was crucified 
 
 "^^ ontheCrojfe^ which was beaten and putt to deaths 
 vvhich the Magi did adore in the maunder, &c. And 
 ibtdMm.i. againe in another place. Eadem eft oblatio, quam 
 
 dedit Chriftu$ ipfe dtfcipulis ftm. It is the very 
 fcifc fame oblation, that our Priefts now, 
 though neuer fo vnworthy do make 5 and 
 vvhich Chrift himfelfe deliuered to hisdif- 
 ihidtm. " ciplcj, Nihilhabct ift a quam ilia rmnus: this ohh"- 
 
Citlenddr- Sdints. {the mor\ttho£TS!ou.) 261 ChapS^ 
 tion hath nothinge lefle in yt , then that had, ,> 
 which was the true fleft and bloud of 3, 
 Chrift. 
 
 n 7. Now then yf lohn Fox and his ghofpel- 
 lingcfiftcr, haue not eyther fo much faith as 
 to beleeuc this, or vnderftandingtoconceauc 
 yt , no maruayJc though flieinfulted fofoo- 
 lilheiy vpon the Do(aors of Ipfmcb , fayinge, 
 th^ they muft graunt Chrifi tohdue two dtfiin£l bo- 
 dy es , for that the one was eaten the night before , the 
 ether crucifjfed the next day after. But the Catho- 
 like faith which ycldeth fo much to the om- 
 i nipotency of Chrift^as to confelFe and bcleeue 
 that he can make his body, to be in many 
 places at once, and to be receaued wholy of 
 infinite people at one tyme , remayninge ftiUj 
 one, and the fclfe fame body; this faith (I fay) 
 hath no more difficulty in belecuinge this ar^ 
 ride, then diuers others as repugnant to vul- 
 gar fcnfc; and appearance of humayne reafon 
 then this. And fo I leaue Fox and his woman 
 to their infidelity, and lhall go forward to re- 
 cytc another difputation, which this his 
 had with the faid Dodors ofJpfmch , whcrin 
 feedilcouercth much more vanity,& humour 
 of lyinge then in the former. 
 
 s8# For firft he bringeth in his Alice vantinge ^ ^^^^^^ 
 and triumphing, that (Tie had ouercome them difrutatio 
 the day before. Yefterday (faith lTiee)i asked of AUce 
 
 e J r • 1 Driller 
 
 yowwiiata Sacrament was, andyowfaid vvuh the 
 yt Yvas a figne, and I agreed thervnto, confir- ^^^^^f 
 minge the fame with the fcripture5,and now vvkhr^ 
 ypw come^ and askc me againe. 
 
 R 5 Chance^^ 
 
3> 
 5> 
 
 t6z The Examen eflohn Tix hk 
 
 Chancelor. Thou lyeft, naughty woman, we 
 did not fay that yt was a figne, 
 
 Alice. Why Maifters, be ye not theCime 
 men yow were yefterday ? will yow eat 
 yourownevvords ? are ye not alhamedtoly 
 before all this multitude? 
 
 GafcQjne. Then ftood vp DocIqy Gafccjine, and 
 „ began to talke of the Church, &c. 
 A good Alice. I pray yow, where fynd ye this 
 that knew vvord ChuTch vvryttcH in the fcripturcs. 
 not the Gafcoyne, It is wrytten in the new Tc- 
 
 vvord n 
 
 Church to itament. 
 
 fcd'mre^^ I pray yow iliew me the place, 
 
 cnpture.^ G^/^^w. I caunot tell the place , but there 
 yt is. 
 
 „ Alice, I thought fo much indeed , that yow 
 „ were little acquainted with the new Tefta- 
 
 ment: fiirely yow beagood Dodor. 
 » G^fcojine. I am as good a Do<5tor as yow. 
 5, Alice, Yow may well know I thanke God, 
 ,5 that I haue exercifed the BibJe,els could I not 
 J, haueanfweredyow^to Gods glory be it fpo* 
 5, ken) as I haucdone. 
 m. coil. Fox. Thus fte put them all to fylence , that 
 53 one looked on another , and had not a vVord 
 55 tofpeake. 
 
 fookThc"^ Haue ye no more to fay? God be ho- 
 
 all the reft, noured, yow be not able to refift the fpintt of 
 God in mea poore woman. I was an honeft 
 poore mans daughter neuer brought vp in 
 vniuerfityesj as yow haue byn, but I haue 
 dryuen the plowgh before my Father many a 
 tymel thanke Godj yet notwithftandingcin 
 
 defence 
 
Cdlenddf' Saints, (the moncth of Nou.) 16^ Chapjf^ 
 defence of Gods truth, and in the caufe of my „ 
 unaillex Chrift, by his grace , I vvillfett my feote 
 ^4wjl the foote of my ofyBtvall, in the maynte- gamft any 
 n4me, and defence 9} the fame. And yf I had 
 g thoufand hues, they fhould go for payment 
 tfeerof, &c. 
 
 t^i Thus farre Fox. And I haue thought 
 good to put downe thefc two conferences 
 more at large, that therby yow might pcr^ 
 ceauc his veyne in vauntinge and lyingc 5 for 
 fettinge forth the veyne glory of his gho- 
 ipellers : and yet had he not witt fufiicient to 
 fee what is for him and what is againft him. 
 For what can be allcagcd more ridiculous, 
 then for Alice Driuer to ftand with the Dodors 
 that the word Gfemfe was not to be found in 
 the new Teftameiit, which allmoft isfound Confide- 
 in euery Chapter, or that none of them could ^^^^^"^j^g 
 ftc w any fuch p}ace,or that they would deny former" in^ 
 that which rhcy had faid the day before, that ^^^^ncy. 
 the Sacrament vvasaftgnel (except they meant 
 an only bare figne ) or what can be diuifed 
 more prefumptuous and into[erable,then this 
 laft glorious fpcach of this his foolifli ghofpel- 
 ling fifter5affirming that ilie had vanquifbedthefe 
 BoBm by the [criptures ? and that the jpiritt ef God 
 fiake in her^zud that fhe would fett her foote to any 
 mans foote vvhatfoeuer , and other like foolerycs; 
 vvhich , yf Fox had had any one dramme of 
 witt or difcrction , he vvould neuer haue 
 brought forth in this place as to herprayft; 
 of whomc he addeth in the end , that laftly 
 ihe was burned at IpffPich ^ togeather with 
 i' ^v; R ^ Alexander 
 
2 6 4 T^he Ixmen of John Vox hU 
 
 Alexander Gouch the couerlett-wcauer before 
 mcncioned, who was laken with her m the 
 hay-mowe • of whome Fox fpeaketh very 
 >ox m, little, but, thathcYvaiconjlant , denyingethereM 
 pefcnce in the Sacrament , accordinge to the doctrine 
 deliuered by Alice Dryuer , with whome he WiU con- 
 demned, & burned at Iffwkh the fourth of Nouembn 
 1558. And fo much of them. 
 
 30. In this fame yearei^^S. lohn Fox ap- 
 pointeth vs out three other Martyrs burned 
 Sit Bury in SufFolke vpon one day, though he 
 allow them diucrsdaycs in his Calendar^ but 
 in relatinge their Ads and Gefts he only tcl- 
 
 phiUpp leth vs their names; tOiWitr, ThilJipp Humjrey, 
 S!!'D^ly. ^^^^^ ^^HJ^y ^^'^^y his brother, addmge 
 Henry thqfe vjoxd^that thefe three good menfujfered mar^ 
 ^a^y- tyrdome at Bury for the true tejimony ofufm Chrifl, 
 rox ^^^^ -^7^ Clement Higham afortcnight before the 
 Queene died, did fue out a wrytefor the burninge of 
 thefe godly &bleffed Martyrs. And this is all which 
 he vvryteth of them. - 
 
 31. The laft that were burned in this mo- 
 neth andyeare , and in the whole raigne of 
 Q^Mary (that died vpon the t/* day therof 
 asisknowne) were Hue :it Canterbury, three 
 men and two vveomen not aboue fixdayes 
 
 ^^•^com- (faith Fox)before the death of Qucene Mary, 
 chrifto- vvhofe names are lohn Cornford of VVortham, 
 Brovvne ^^^vfi^f^^^ Browne of Maidfione, lohn Hurjl of ^p- 
 lo. Hiuk /o^^arcificers&poore labouring men, togea- 
 snoth ^^"^ vvirh Alke Snoth,2nd Katherine Knight fpin- 
 Xitheiinc ftcrsandlabourmge vveomen: of all vvhofe 
 KRighr. condemnations 4nd articles lohn Fox wry- 
 
 tcth 
 
[CaUndur^SainU. (the moneth oFNoii.) ChapAif 
 tcth thus: The matter why they were iudged to the fox^^x* 
 
 fire, vvaSyfoY beleetunge the body of Chrift not to be in 1861. 
 %he Sacrament of the Altar.vnlesyt be receaued, [ay'mg 
 mpteouer y that rve receaue another thinge alfo beftds 
 Chrtfis body , vvhtch we fee, and u a temporall thinge, 
 Mi9rding€ to S. Paul The things that be feene be tern- i»Cou t: 
 
 \f$raUy &c. This was their tirft article, which 
 oFhkeiyhood, neyther they themftlues vn- 
 
 i derftood, being fimpie people, nor lohn Fox 
 
 I that rclateth the lame ^ for partly this article 
 fauoureth of Lutheranxlme^ acknowledginge 
 the body of Chrift to be in the Sacrement in Mod ab- 
 
 when yt is vied or receauedjand that with p'lyhige of 
 Chrifts body wc receaue al(b (bmc temporall fcripturc 
 thing, to witt bread; whervnto notwithftan- pcopk? * 
 dinge the place of Paul to the Corsnthiansis 
 molt abfurdly applyed. 
 32- For that S. Paul talking of the glory and 
 benetitts of the life to come, and comparinge 
 tfacm with thofc of this life, faid : QMf.emmn" i,Cor»4i 
 dentUTy tempor alia fum, qua autem non videntur, ster- 
 na. Thofe things that are feene with our eyes „ 
 in this W0rld,arc durable for a tymc only: but 
 thofe things that are not feene with the eyes 
 of the flefh, but hoped for in the next life, are ,^ 
 euerlaftinge. Now, what application may ^ 
 
 I thefc words h3ue(I pray yow)to the purpoiic 
 
 i heerc alieaged by thefe fond heretiks? to witt> 
 that for fo much as the things of this life are 
 vifible, and the things of the next life inui- 
 fible.thereforc muft there bee as well the fub- 
 ftance of bread in the Sacrament, as the body 
 
 I o/Chrift; accordinge to til's Lutherans opi- 
 
 »ionS;i 
 
1l66 ThiExamenoflohnFoxhk 
 nions., for that they fee theaccidentcs : Do 
 yow not fee how thcfc people that taike no- 
 thinge but of fcriptures , do abufe fcripturcs, 
 when they come to alleage them eucry one to 
 their owne purpofe? 
 
 35. But let vs heare fome other articles to- 
 geather with their reafons out of the Icrip- 
 tures : Item ( faith he ) thef were cendemned fw 
 confcfmge that 4n euill man doth mt receaue Chrifts 
 
 §f4n. 4. bodjf'^ becaufe no man hath the fonne, exceftyt hegiuen 
 him of the Father. How hangeth this togeather 
 trow yow? But heare further. Item for fajinge 
 (faith Fox) that yt u idolatry to cree^ totheCroJfe, 
 for that S. John faith : Little Children hetvare of 
 images. And by thefe few places of fcripture fo 
 fondly allcaged and applied by thefe ignorant 
 (c^laryes, for reafons of their hereticall aiTer- 
 tionsj a man may fee what people they were, 
 and how learnedly and fittly they alleaged 
 thcfcripturcs , amongc whome the weomen 
 were cuer iightely the moft forward; And 
 lohn Fox telleth vs hecre a wdnderfull tale 
 of Katherlne Knight alias Tjnley, ont of this com- 
 pany, how iliee became firft to be a fcriptu- 
 fix. xhx\ ; fheftH (faith he) vfon this place of fcripture in 
 loel theprophett, which fhe had feene, not by readinge 
 9f the fcriptures (for ffiehadyet inmannernotaji of 
 religion ) bat fie had found jt by chance in a booke of 
 
 i9tU u payers: I mil powre out my ^iritt vpon aU flesh , and 
 your fonnes and jour daughters fuall prophefy y your old 
 menffjaU dreame dreames-^and your young menfhaU fee 
 yiftons'^ and vpon the maydes , and vpon the feruants in 
 thofe dayes I will pomem my Jpiritt , &c, V Vhich 
 
CalenUr-Saint$. (the moneth of Noit) 2(5/ Chap.xtjf 
 place of fcripture after ffje had fhemd to her fonne Ro- How Ka- 
 bertTynley dfpeWtnge in Maydflone, and he had ex- ^nightbc- 
 pounded the fame vnto her^ [he began to take hold oft he came firft 
 gholpell , growinge more and more in z,eale , and loue ^andfo 
 
 (iherofy and fo continued vnt ill hermartyrdome, &c. knowthat 
 Thus Wryteth Fox of one of his prophetiffes, ^^A^^ 
 how Ihe came to rake hold of the ghofpell, to in her. 
 propheliejdreame drcames,fee vifions, and to 
 allure hcrielfe that Ihc had the fame fpiritt of 
 God in her. 
 
 15^,^ 'Ofthe other woman al(b Alice Snoth he 
 jtelieth another tale , that Ihe being at the fire Utd.cei ti 
 Ifidejtalled for her God-fathers and God-mo- 
 thers, asking them • what they had promifedfor vox his 
 her at her baptifme? and then immediatly (faith Fox) ^j?,^^ 
 fhe rehear fed her faith ^ and the Commandements of snoiK 
 God,and required of themyf there were any more that 
 they had promt fed in her hehalfe ] And they fatd no. And 
 thenfaidf bee:beare witneffe then^that I dy a good Chri* 
 ^ianv^oman.&c* Thisheroicall a(5trecounteth 
 Fox of his maid Alice Snoth • and as though by 
 this h^ had giuena great blow to B. Bonner, t\izt 
 inhis articles and interrogatorycs was wont 
 to aske, why they departed from the faith 
 wherin they were baptifed , he maketh this 
 note inthcmargent : Heerby B: Bonner may fee j^^^^f^g^ 
 that the Martyrs died in the fame faith , wherin they 
 were baptizedyby their God-fathers and God-fnothers^ 
 3^. But who doth nor fee the foliy of this 
 marginall note? For B. Bonner meant the an- 
 cient CathoUke faith , wherin they for the 
 mofl: part and all their anceftors were bapti- 
 fedj and for their perfeuerance in that faith 
 
 did 
 
a (5S The EXdmen of lohn Tex bis 
 
 did their God-fathers & God-mothers make 
 their promifts. And yi Alice Snoth had rchear- 
 fed or profeffed that faith to her God-fathers 
 and God-mothers at the fire fide, iTie needed 
 not to haue byn burnedjand fo Fox (yow fee) 
 playeththc fooleinthis place, both in text& 
 niargent, as he doth alfo in telhnge vsfinallyj 
 that when his forfaid fiue Martyrs were ex- 
 fox his ^QJ^'^ui^ic^^cd>& fcparatcd from the Church 
 Martyi« fentence of Bonner , they excommunica- 
 to cxcom- ted him and his part as;aine. becinninM their 
 
 municai: ^ , r o ' o o 
 
 ihzit Bif- fentence thus: 
 
 •^^P*- 39. In the name of our Lord lefus Chrijlf$nne of the 
 moft mighty God^und by the pwer of his holy Jpirit,&c» 
 Tox , y gfue heere into the hands of Sathan to be dc^, 
 ^ Jiroyed,&c. And with this they went to the 
 fire J vvherevvc leauethem togeather with 
 their curfe, which no doubt fcil vpon them- 
 felues for their owne willfullncs. God bleflei 
 Ts from all fiich obftinacy inblyndnes: And 
 fo an end of this moneth^remittinge the com- 
 parifon, as in the former , vnto that yyhich 
 hath byn declared in the firit two. c^f . three 
 inoncthes. 
 
 The ende ofNouemkr. 
 
 O F 
 
CdenidY-Smts. (the moncth of Decern.) 1 4^ Ch^.t^ 
 
 OF THE LAST MONETH, 
 
 WHICH IS D-ECEMBERj 
 
 ~^Vhac Martyrs and Confeflbrs it comprc- 
 hendcth of Fox his Churchj 
 
 And that the number ef Cgnfejfors therin u greater then 
 §f Martjrs, yvherof K. Edward thefixt u the 
 hfi, and jhuttetb rf this meneth and 
 pvhaU Calendar^ 
 
 Chap. XVI. 
 
 TH I s moncth being the laft of all the 
 twelue, iohn Fox his ftore of Martyrs 
 grew lhorc>eithcr forrayne or domefticali>and 
 therfore leauinge fiuc dayes free to the old 
 Saints of our Calendar (the greateft hberaUty 
 that hitherto he hath vfed ) w^hich are , Sm 
 Thontoi the Apoftle , the mtiulty of Chrifi, the 
 feafts of S. Stephen, and of S. Iohn EuangeUfiy and 
 Childermafje (for ib hecalleth thefeail of the 
 I Innocencs ilayne by Herod): he fo (hufflech to- 
 I geachcr all thefc old Saints > as he obferueth 
 neyther the day, nor nuuner in his Calendar, 
 which he found in ours : For that lieplaceth 
 the feaft of S.Thomas the Apoftle (for example) 
 vpon the i8. day which we celebrate vpon the 
 2t. 3 then thrufteth he rog^'atlKT between© 
 
 the 
 
270 The BxmenoflohnFpx his 
 
 the 21. and 22, dayes (not allowinge them any 
 moreroome) fourefeafls,to wire, th^natiuity 
 vf our L9rd,S, Stephen UmjY.S.lohn Euangeltjl, znd 
 Childerntiu: which feafts vve doferue vpon 4. 
 diftinftdaycs , to witt the 25. 26. 27, and 28. 
 and the next day after , which is the 29. 
 is the feaft of 5. ThomM vf Canterbury vvholy 
 difplaccd by Fox , y vherat I maruayle not, 
 confideringe his afFedion towards him 5 but 
 why after him againe he lliould difplacc S.Syl^ 
 uefter Pope of Rome, that baptized our Con^' 
 Jlantine the great, and vvasaccompted fo holy 
 a Pope by all antiquity , I know not , except 
 yt were to place K. Edward the lixt in his 
 roome, a young head of a Church for an old. 
 2. Butvvemuft beare all this tofsinge and 
 tormoylingc of lohn Fox , and take what he 
 giucth vs: and (6 hauing allowed vs but three 
 dayes in this moneth for liuc fo great SaintJ> 
 asyow haue heard, and thefealfo fodiforder- 
 hj allotted ; all the other dayes which are 28. 
 he dcuydeth out to his Saints, but yet fo,as he 
 giucth the more places to ConfeflTors or ra- 
 ther ProfelTors of his religion, whether they 
 haue (ufFered any thinge for yt or no^ Which 
 courfc yf we vvould follow in framinge out 
 aCatholike Calendar of this our tymeonly 
 (that is to fay of Englifn alone th^t haue fuf- 
 fercd for their faith vnder one only Prince, to 
 witt 5 the late Queene) , who glorycd not- 
 withftandinge much in the ftile of rarecle- 
 mencyf,no man is there of di(cretion,that will 
 not eafily fee and confider , that belides great 
 
 numbets 
 
I CaUndar-Smu. (the moncth of Dccc.) 271 ChafA^ 
 Inumbers of excellent Martyrs, we might alfo 
 : feet downe Confellors twenty for one, to the 
 number of thofe which Fox picketh out,both 
 from at home,and from all forrayne nations, 
 i tofurnilhhis Calendar inthiskynd of Con- 
 feflbrs. 
 
 5. And that which is mod ridiculous of alf, 
 he gathereth them not only from all partes of 
 the worlde, but alfo from all kynds of fed:s & 
 profefsiortSj though neuer fo different and re- 
 pugnant in opmions amonge thcmfeluesj^ 
 wherof I may giue yow fundry examples, 
 euenin thisonc moneth. For he hath fomc vviiat 
 vnder X. Richard the fecond, which were Ul- clmotl 
 Idtds, as two gray friars, on the fifch day: fome ^^^^J*" 
 Ivnder H. Henrj the fixth , as Thomas Khedonenfis, Jogeathei 
 that was a FrencheWickliffian vpon the 24, ^^j^^^^j^.^ 
 day^ diuers vnder K. Henry the eyght,of diuers this' mo^ 
 countreyes & fundry religions,as Melanchth^n, sieth, 
 a Lutheran , TeterMartjfr a Zwinglian, Martyn 
 Bncer, frend to both, Erafmtu Koterodamus, frcnrf 
 to ney ther, Picm Mirandola a zealous Catholike 
 againft them ali:yea Fox fetcheth in a lew al- 
 fo, put to death in Conjiantmofle,(ov being con- 
 certed to Catholike Religion, and ftandingc 
 [therin vntill death. So as Fox compoundinge 
 his Calendar for this one moneth, of fo diffe- 
 rent forts and fedcs of men , and religions^ 
 doth fhew what he hath done in all the reft 
 togeather. But now from this generality wc 
 lhall paffe to examcn the particulars , accor- 
 ding ascucry ones merict requircth^deliyding 
 the fame into two parts, the firfi; Ihall con- 
 T- teyae 
 
2 7x Thi Examen ofUfm Vox hk 
 
 teynethe Martyrs and Confeffors thathaue 
 futFered any thinge in this moweth^ for Fox 
 his Religion j the fecond llialbc of other cer- 
 tayne ConfeiTors, or Proteffors that he put 
 m only for honouringe his Calendar, vpon 
 perfuafion that they tauored fomewhat his 
 religion though they fuffred nothing for y t, 
 
 . OfFoxian Martyrs and Confejfm^ 
 that fuffered in this moneth njnder 
 IC Henry the 8. G}u Maryland other 
 forraine Princes^ f or herefies. §. z. 
 
 4. The firfttwo dayes of this moneth arc 
 vviiiiam ^^'signed to VVtllUm Tracy Efquier ConfejfoTy and 
 Tracy, to Pctet Sfipcnce MaYtjY : and they fceme in his 
 Peter sa- C;^[^ndar co be referred both to one yeare, to 
 witt> i5?4» which was the 25. yeareof the 
 raign@ of K. Henry the eyght , but feekingc af- 
 terward for the (aid Peter Safience his ftory in 
 Fox his Adis and Monuments, I find nothing 
 at all of him J nor the man fo much as named 
 cyther there, or in his Index of the whole 
 worke. For which caufc, and for that his (aid 
 name foundeth not as though yt wereEng- 
 iilli, we are driuen to thinke that he w^as fome 
 out-landilli poore companion, whofcnamc 
 Fox did borrow to fill vp a place in his Ca- 
 lendar, puttinge out the noble virgin and 
 Martyr S. BihUnd, whome he found in our 
 Calendar vpon the Iccond day of this mo- 
 net h^ 
 
mth > to make this his Martyr roome. 
 5, But as for the other fquire TraCf.Foxwry^ 
 teth that he was of Totingdon in Glocefterlliire, 
 and cominge to ily he made a certaytic cxtra- 
 uagant Teitament, with diners words foun- 
 dinge towards the new doctrine of Luther, tracy hi% 
 which was freflily fpronge vp in thofe dayes; Trftam^t 
 and amonge other things he (aith therein (as amot^n^ 
 Fox relateth) : Toudmge the bmjmgt of my hdj, ^^^^ 
 yt duayletb me not, vvhatjoeuer be done thervnte, &c. 
 This draweth to Diogenes his religion , yfyow 
 remember, who would be caft to the dunghill 
 with a ftaife by him. But what more? paiteth 
 he no further? yes. For prefently after he pro- 
 ceedeth to fpcake again the meritts of good 
 works,fayinge:^fe.^^^^^?fi^/ mm mahethgoed works, ^^^^^ 
 hut good works do not tnake a good man, &c. And 
 other fuch things, tending to heretical! fenfes, 
 as was eafy to fee. Wherfore the faid Tefta- 
 ment being brought (accordinge to order) to 
 the Biihopp of Canterburyes court by Tracjes 
 fonne to be proued , after his Father? death; 
 the BilTiopp would not paflTe yt, but callinge a 
 conuDcadon of Bifliopps and learned me», 
 adiudged the (amcto be heretical! , & fo gauc 
 fentence that the body of the faid Tracy (ha- 
 uinge proued belike that he was an here tike Tefiamet 
 indeed) fiiould be caft out of holy ground,and ^^'^^^"^^^^ 
 burned, and foyt wa? executed as Fox faith, theMchb. 
 vponrheycare t^^i. which is two yearesdff- 
 ferent from that he afsigneth in his Calendar, ^ 
 and for thiscAufeyt pleafed Fox to make him 
 a ConfeflTor of his Church , as in like manner 
 
 S 
 
274 Exmen ofUhn Tex his 
 
 he made V Vickliffc a Marcyr before^for the ve- 
 ry fame caufej to w itt, for being burned after 
 he was dead, though y t be likely chat the one 
 felt as much paync as the other , in their bur- 
 ningc. But Fox hath authority to beftow the 
 titles of Martyrs or Confcffbrs as he pleafeth, 
 and vpon whome he pleafeth, eyther with 
 meritt or without. And fo we will not ftand 
 with him in this point of Trams canoniza- 
 tion, but palTe to thofe chat enlue. 
 6. Vpon the third day of this moneth , he 
 placeth the feftiuall triumph of martyrdome, 
 Adam ofonc George Bucket , orherwife named Adam 
 fn^olL ^ho was hanged, drawne, and quar- 
 
 taprieft, tered in Cales for treafon againft K. Henry 
 dJavvne ^'^^ ^Yg^^j his proceffes do ihew , and lohn 
 a nd quar- Fox confefleth-^ but yet for that he had byn an 
 cw^f in. Apoftata Prieft , and had byn heretofore cal- 
 ;s4S.* led before B. Cranmer , and other Bilhopps 
 Lambeth about the Sacrament of the Altar» 
 and for dcnyingc the reall prefence (for thdtthe 
 learned, godly & blejfed Martyr Crxnmer[izn\i Fox) 
 yox/'4j. was then yet but a Lutheran, ) and for that at the 
 fametymc, he deceauedthefaid Bilhops, gc- 
 uingethem theilipp, when he fhould haue 
 appeared the fecond tyme before them (and 
 this by warningc and collufion of Cranmer 
 himfclfe, betrayinge his fellow Bilhopps, and 
 the Kings commiGionalfo, yf Fox fay truly.*) 
 for this caufe (f fay) though afterward this 
 Damllpp being taken agaiiie znd fent ouer to 
 Cales, he w^as han«:ed , drawne and quartered 
 for treafon as hath byn faid > and not burned 
 
[l Calendar-Saints, {the moncth of Decern.) i/y Chap,t6 
 at all : yet w ill Fox needs haue him a Martyr, 
 For thus he wryteth of his death, 
 
 7. At his death (faith he) S/r Uafe Merker pag^nto^ 
 knight-mariliallofC^/(?5, would not fufFer the 
 innocent and godly man to declare eythcr his 
 
 faith, or the cau(c he died for 5 but faid to the » 
 executioner^ dtjpach tbs knaue, haue done-^ and Sj^r , , 
 rFi//M»< More a Prieft being appointed there to „ 
 preach, declared to the people how Damliff ,j 
 i hadbynafoweroffeditiousdoArinc, andai- 
 i I beit he had byn pardoned for that by the ge- 5, 
 ncrall pardon, yet he w^as condemned for ,j 
 being a traytor againft the Kinge: to which ,| 
 when Adam Damlipp would haue replyed , the 
 forefaid knight-marihall would not fuffer 
 him, &c. And^omojlmeekely, patiently and ioyfuUy 
 the bhjfed and innocent Martyr tooke his death, ^c. 
 And thus you fee lohn Fox canonizeth Mar- i^amiips 
 tyrs at his pieafure , yea makcth them Inno- ticlron'!^ 
 centes. 
 
 8. There follow vpon the fourth and fifth 
 
 ^ dayes in Fox his Calendar, firft , an old man of 
 Buckjnganifinre Martyr , and then, tivo gray jrian 
 
 I Martyrs. But of the friars , I find no narration ryyo gtif 
 
 : afterward in Fox his Ads and Monuments: ^i^iars faid 
 and according© to the yearc which he appoin- ty^ed ^n- 
 tcth to their martyrdome, yt feemeth impro- dcr K.Ri- 
 bable , that they iliould be martyred in Eng- t^lf^}^ 
 land that yeare, being 1581. w^hich w^as the 
 lifth of the raignc of K. Richard the fccond, 
 when VVickliffes fauourers were in their rulFe 
 
 I ^ind borne out by lohn of Gaunt, Dxkt of I^w^^^- 
 /^r that ouerruled all, & Foxhimfeifeconfef* 
 
 S a. fetli 
 
2y6 The Exdmen of lohn Vox hh 
 feth thatduringe this Kings raignc none fbf-* 
 fercd greatly for VVichlt^e^ Religion j foasi 
 know not where to tind out thcfe two friars 
 inthofc daycs-, nor I thinkc lohn Fox him- 
 Thc old felfc. B ut as for the old man of Buckinghamfhire, 
 B^uckin^ ( yf he be the fame ) Fox wrytcth thus : About 
 gamshirc. vvbich jeate (to witt 1500.) or in the next jeaY$ 
 ro)5 fa^. follomnge, then, day of luly^ was an old man burned 
 in Smithjield, &c. And this is ail that I can find 
 recorded in Fox his Ads and Monuments of 
 any fuch old man jyet for that he agrccth here, 
 neyther in day, moneth nor yeare > with that 
 which he afsigneth in his Calendar,yt putteth 
 me in Come doubt , whether he be the fame or 
 noe^ albeit it be a very ordinary matter in Fox 
 his Ads & MonumcntSjto differ in day,yeare, 
 and moneth from himfelfc in his Calendar,a$ 
 often I haue noted before; and Co no great ar- 
 gument can be grounded theron to or fro. 
 9. Next after thefe three, cnfucfiue other 
 each one occupyinge his day in the Calendar, 
 I Hilton ^^'^i*^^;- Confellbrs, lohn Hilton, lohnCoi^nes 
 lo. coi- and K(>i^m FF^y^jforthatbelike thi^y werecal- 
 Kobert accompt for new opinions ^ and then 
 
 vvarde. two Martyrs > the firft, a fcholler of Abbeuile in 
 ^f^Abbc- F^^"^^ (asytfeemeih) as theother ai^/f^mar- 
 uiic. tyred in Conflantinople. And as for the firli4, 
 I canne find nothinge in all his Ads and Mo- 
 numents of them , nether by way of his table 
 or Index5or of the yearcs he afsigneth of their 
 trouble, which are i^tj.i^t/. and fjiz. But of 
 the JefP martyred in Conflantinefle vpon the 
 yeare 1528. he hath a Ihort legend^ioyned with 
 
 apa- 
 
 -A lew 
 martyr. 
 
Okwrf^r- 54i«fi. (the moneth of Decern.) 277 ChapA^ 
 a pageant in priat^wkerin the lew lyeth dead, 
 and 2. or 5. Turks flaring wickedly vpon him» 
 But Fox doth not tell V5 how the lew was icvvmat« 
 put to death, but only wryteth this: There mas J^onft^n- 
 4 UYUtne lew dweWmg in the Citty QfCovftantlnefle, tinopic 
 and there receauinge the SAcrament of Baptifme, was ^^^'^ ^^[^j 
 conuerted, and became a good Chripan-^ vrherofmhcn 886. 
 the Turk} vnderfiood, they were vehemently exajperate 
 4gainjl htm, andfearinge leaft his conuerfion p)$Hld be . 
 a detriment to their mahemeticall law , they fought 
 meanes how to put him to death , which in f^ort tyme 
 after thej 4Ccomflipjed,&c. 
 10. Behould heere the whole legend or nar- 
 ration of this martyred lew. About whomc 
 I would askc of Fox 5 how he prooueth him 
 rather to be his Martyr,then dures,if he were 
 a Martyr at all ? For that being conuerted in 
 Confiantimfle in the cyme heere mencioned, yt 
 is not hke that he could be a Proieftant , but 
 rather of that religion, whcrof Chriftians are 
 in ConJtantimfle,whcvc they haue maffe pubii- 
 kcly 5 procefsion with the bleffed Sacrament^ 
 images in their Churches, and other (uch 
 points, which in Fox his Religion is Idolatry 
 and abhomination. And how then doth he 
 fay th^t thklew became a goidCbriftian,&c» And 
 Co putteth him in for a Martyr of his Church? 
 But this we muft affcribc vnto the poucrty & 
 impurity of his faid Church,that taketh vp all 
 fcrapps whatfoeucr,and from whence foeuer 
 to make vp a number. But now are we to 
 pafle from thcfc petty Martyrs , to a famous 
 I Saint and Martyr indeed > that hath his fefti- 
 
 S J uali 
 
27^ The Ixmen $f John Tex hu 
 
 ualldayvpon theio. of this moneth , named 
 Richard Richard Hume :l marchant-taylor qf London, 
 warchat ^^^^ ^^^^ ycarc of the raignc of Kinge 
 taylor acr Henry the cyght (which was of Chnfti5i4, 
 heref °& thrcc ycares before the beginning of Lu- 
 fedition ther) was called before Riclurdritz^Umes^thQn 
 an.isi4- BiiTiop of London , and accufed of certayne 
 articles to the number of fix. tendinge partly 
 tofedicion and partly toopenherelic : as for 
 example, the firft was that he had read, taught, 
 preached, publilTied, andobftinatelydefcn- 
 Toxpa^. dedj that fayinge of tithes ^ vvafneuerordaynedhy 
 G$d , but by comuoufnes ef Priejls. Which was a 
 fpeciall article of VVkkliffe to make Priefts 
 "fa^.if^* odious, as before hath bin Ihewed.The fccond 
 article was , that Blffwpps and Vriefisbe the fcribes 
 and pharafees, that crucyped Chrift, &c. The third, 
 that one r(?4W^B^j^r abiured of many great he- 
 refies a little before, was mongefully punlfhed by 
 (heBishopp, for her opinions , which he himftlfe (to 
 Witt Richard Hnnne) ojfered to defend, &c. 
 it. Vpon thefe articles & fome orherjpartly 
 denyed by Hunne, and partly confefled & fub- 
 mifsion offered for them, he was commytted 
 prifoner to Lollards Towar^ & there fome dayes 
 after found dead hanginge vpon a ftapic of 
 Ironjin his o wne girdle of lilkenand hercvpon 
 arofc a great quellion > whether Bunne had 
 hanged himfelfe for feare of future iudgemenc 
 and punifliment (efpecially hauingeabooke 
 ofhis taken by the Bifhopp., which had both 
 thefe and more odious herefies in yt, as after 
 ftalbe Jliewcd) or whether he was made 
 
 away 
 
CAlendar- Smts.{themoncthofDcccm.) 279 C\ufA6 
 away by the procuiemenc of him,thac had the 
 cheefe commandemcnc ouer that prifon, 
 which was an old aged man named D. Eorfey 
 theB. of London his Chancelor. In w hich 
 controucrfic, lohn Fox wili needs haueyt 
 that he was murdered, and confcquentlyalfo 
 martyred. And for pioofe therof he dilateth 
 himfelfe exceedingelyj and allcageth diners 
 coniedurall reafons feet dowi^e , as hefaich, tfif^fol 
 by fome of the crowners quell in thofe dayes, Hunncs 
 who went vp> and found the body hanginge, 
 as namely for that his countenance was faire, 
 his head combed,his cap ftanding right on his 
 headjhis necke ieaningc to one fide as broken^ 
 his eyes clofcd, the Rooie it^ndinge by vpon a 
 bolfter, and fome other Hke probabiiityes, 
 whervpon the faid crowners queftj being 
 limp!e men (as yt feemeth) were induced to 
 thinke, that yt was not fo iikely that Bunne 
 had hanged himfelfe altogeather by himfelfe, 
 but that he had fome other help. And this in 
 cfFed is faid on lohn Fox his fide,with diners 
 other allegations of cxaminationsjlcttersjand 
 wrytings tendinge to that purpofe. 
 12. Bur on the other fide, Syr Thomas More ^(or^and 
 firft,and then againe AUniu Copm handhng the Atanus 
 matter- the former againftT;^^^//, thefecond ^ndthat" * 
 againft lohn F&x himfelfe , w^ho in his firft edi- Hun flew 
 tion of his Ails and Monumentsh:id fet forth this ^i^^^^^^* 
 Hunne for a very principall Martyr of his 
 Church , for that he was one of the firft that 
 held new doftrines vnder K. Henry the 8. 
 lea 4 double w^rr/r (faith Fox") fey that he dUd both 
 
 S 4 for 
 
2t S o The Exdwen of Uhn Fox his 
 
 for teUgmand lujlice togeather : Syr Thomas More, 
 J fay,who liued in thofe very dayes when the 
 fad fell out, ll?ewerh great authority and ar- 
 guments to the contrary, which after yow 
 ^un. ccp. ihall hcare. But Alantss Cofm taketh vpon him 
 iH- things : Firll that the death of 
 
 this Uunne, being very doubtful! for the caufes 
 which after lliall appcare, yt is much more 
 probable that he made himfelfc away , for 
 anoydinge greater puniiliment-j thenthatany 
 of the B. of Londons people lliould do yt, 
 cfpecially DoStor llorfty his ChanceIor,l]aundc- 
 red thervvich by Fox, and other hcretiks. The 
 fecond point is> that albeit yt could be pro- 
 iiedjthat he had fuffered fpmc violence in pri- 
 fon by the hands of fome priuate men ( as 
 llialbe prouedthat he did not) yet could not 
 that iuftly be called martyrdome, no more 
 then they are properly martyrs^that arc flayne 
 by theeues on the high way, but chiefly for 
 that Umm was giulty of many vile hereticall 
 dodrinesalfo, which Fox himfelfc will fcarfe 
 hold for tolerable, as after iTiall appeare. And 
 thcfe are the two points which the faid Alaim 
 Cof m doxh verify. 
 The firft ^3* ptoofc of the fitft point he bcgin- 
 
 proofeof neth With the argument of Cafius, Cuihonot 
 ^^^s what commodity could the Bilbops Chance- 
 loror any other Catholikc officer expc6l by 
 comraictingc fo foule a murder vpon H««w« 
 perfon ? For as for his goods, they were all 
 cofiftate to the K., fo as they,nor any of them 
 could rcccauc any profit thereby ^ as on the 
 
 con- 
 
Calendar- Saints, (the moheth of Decern.) ih CbafA6 
 contrary alfo nohurtorlofTebyhislifcNcy- 
 ther is y t Co much as pretended by the aduct- 
 fary, that he had any fecretts to vtter againft 
 any of the Cleargy, whcrby they fliould feekc 
 to take away his life by Co great iniufticc. But 
 yo w will fay perhaps, that yt was hatred,and 
 rcuenge that moued them,for that he had cn« 
 deauoured to gett out a frmunirc againit a 
 Prieft, that had fued him in the Archbifliops 
 Court for a mortuary , which H««w# preten- 
 ded lliouldhauc byndonne in the K. Court. 
 This Alanm proucth to be vayne , for that the 
 tcmporall iudges hauing ficten vpon the cafe> 
 had determynedjthat y t belonged to the fame 
 ArchbiiTiops Court, which was thought no 
 fmall caufe ofH«fi»f; defperation alfo,& indu- 
 £tio to this wicked fad, for that he faw him- 
 felfe abandoned by thatiudiciallfentence , of 
 all hope of reuenge which he had threatened* 
 14. And bcfides this, yf the Bifhoppgiand his 
 officers had had fo great hatred & dcfire of re- 
 uenge againft Hunne, they had the occafion in 
 their hands , which was to burne him for he- 
 reGc,yf he had lyucd^ For that befides the for- 
 mer fix articles which he had in fubftance ac- 
 knowledged ( though in fomc h<- h^A denytrf 
 the manner of vtteringe them ) ke hdi ^^fl^^d 
 t;. mre outofthefrolegue (faith Fox)ff 
 Bible, remayningin the Biiliops hands: whcr- 
 ofthe fifth is; that fme men andidims hduethe rex /i^^ 
 truth of the fcriftures, m^rethen a thoufand FreUtSt ^3** 
 religions men 9 andClarksofthefchooles. Theelc- 
 ucnth wasj that the verj lodj of Cbriji u not in the 
 
 Smment 
 
iH The Exmen of lohn Fox his 
 
 Sacrmem of the Alt ay. The 12. thM he damned the 
 vnmerfxty $f Oxford with nil degrees and faculty es in 
 yty &c. Vpon which articles & other proofcs, 
 the faid Kichard Himne after his death w as con- 
 demned publikely of hcrcfy^by a iudiciall fen- 
 tcncc of the Bilhops oi London, Durham & Cales, 
 & thervpon accordinge to Ecclefiafticall can- 
 nons 5 his body wascommaiindcd to be deh- 
 ucred to the fire. For feare of which fentencc 
 in his life, and for greeifc that he could not 
 preuaylc in his fute of Vremunire againft the 
 parilli Pricft, that fucd him for a buryingc- 
 llieete or mortuary for his fbnne , yt is prefu- 
 med that he tooke that defperate courfc by 
 help of the diuell to hang himfelfc. 
 15* And yet for that he was welthy,and had a 
 daughter marryed to one VValpole tl marchant 
 in London, that was of fome power in the 
 citty, and the moft of his kinrcd and acquain- 
 tance being thought to be fomewhat infcded 
 by him aifo with Wickliffian hercfies ( as di- 
 ners alfo of the Cro wners Queft were fufpe- 
 <5ledtobe) they made a great clamour about 
 his death both in the citty & court, for which 
 caufe the King did diuers ty mes (faith Syr Tho- 
 mas More ) commaund the fame to beexami- 
 ncdj himftlfe fomctymes being prefent^ And 
 finally after all examinations made both by 
 law and othcrwife,the K. Attorney general), 
 gaue fentencc for the acquitting ofDodor Hot-- 
 j^and others, that had byn called into fufpi- 
 tion for the fame,which^ Fox alfo confeffeth, 
 but laith yc was vpon fauour and follicita- 
 
 tiou* 
 
Cdlenditr-Samts. (the montthofDeccm.) iJj Cbaf^S 
 tion. Buc none fectcth downe che matter 
 more fubltantially then ^^rr/?^^^* More him- syiTho. 
 fclte, who wasprcfcnt, and thcnaCounfe- JJ^^j^^^J" 
 lour,and therforeytisreafonwefliouldhearc Huime, . 
 him.Wherfore he bcingasked ofhisfrend (as 
 in his dialogue he wryteth) whether he knew /-^ ij 
 Hmnesnx^ntr w"elljOrnoc,hc anfwcrcth thus: „ 
 Forfooth (quoth I) fo well 1 know yt from 
 top to toe, that I fuppofe there be not very „ 
 many men that know yt much better> for I ^, ] 
 haue not only byn diucrs tymes prefcntmy „ 
 felfe at certaine examinations thcrofjbut haue 
 many rymcs funderly talked with almoft 
 all fuch, except the dead man himfelfc,a$ moft 
 knew of the matter, which matter was many 
 tymes in fundry places examined^butfpecial- „ 
 lyat BdjmrdsCdftle one day at great length, „ 
 cuery man being fent for , that could tell any 
 thinge about the fame. And this examination 
 was before diuers great Lords both fpirituall 
 and temporalljand others of the Kings Coun- 
 felljd^^. I was prefent alfo at the iudgcmcnt 
 giucn in Pa*ules,whervpon his books and bo- 
 dy were burned, &c. 
 
 t6. Thus farre Sjr Thomas More, addingc fur- 
 ther, that hauinge v(ed great diligence to 
 fearch out the fame; could neuer find but that 
 Hume made himfclfc away, and that the par- 
 tyes were guiltles , that were odioully flaun- 
 dered therwith. Which only teftimony of Sj/r 
 Thomas More, made vpon his ownc knowledge Theaa- 
 he being the man he was both in learningc, f^^^l^f 
 iudgement and tender confciencc^and liuin^e Mow. * 
 
 III 
 
s84 The txamn of lohn Vex his 
 
 m that tyme, place> and dignity , whcrby he 
 might cafily informe himfelfe, is , and ought 
 to be of more credit with euery difcreet man, 
 then a hundred of Fox his tales, made vpon 
 coniedurali reafbns only. But howfocuer 
 this matter was, for the manner of his death, 
 ccrtayne yt is, that he could not be a Martyr 
 of Fox his Church , as AUnm Copm w^cll pro- 
 ueth- partly for that he cofefleth m this place, 
 #5^. 743- that in ntejl points, Hunne wxs 4 Fafijl , heard majfe, 
 and vfed hi$ beads in the frifon^ partly alfo for that 
 diuersof thofe heretical! articles, whcrinhc 
 differed from vs , and was condemned by v$ 
 (as before y ow haue heard) do not agree with 
 the dodrine of Fox his Church at this day. 
 In which refpcd he wryteth in the margenc 
 of his text thus : Hunne no fuU Frotefiant, So as 
 cuery way, this our Fox Ihcweth himfelfe a 
 fimple fellow, in makinge fo great accompt of 
 this Martyr , whome yet he graunted not to 
 haue byn fully of his religion.Pcrhaps he may 
 be at the full moone. And fo much of him. 
 17* Next vnto Eichard Hnnne , commeth in 
 to.rcv^-john Tewexhury martyr, a leather-fellcr of 
 ?<othcr. London vnder King Henry the cyght , who 
 fciiur. being infeded with readinge certayne ftdi- 
 tious books of Tyndall, efpecially that which 
 he intituled : The yvicked mammon (which 
 booke contcyned nothinge in efFed, but an 
 odious inuc<9:iucagainft BilTiopsand Prelates 
 of the Church) grew to be fo willful! and ob- 
 ftinatc,inlikinge and approuinge therof, as 
 bcuigc^Icd be^re TonfiaS of London^ and 
 
 brought 
 
brought into open confiftory about the fame ^ 
 he offered to defend all points of doftrine 
 therin held> as yf yt had byn the ghofpella 
 Whervpon he was examined of diuers parti- 
 cular articles therin coteyned, as for example? 
 That the diuell holdeth our harts hard , that it u im-^ 
 popble to confent to Ggds law . Whervn to he an- 
 fwered (faith Fox) that he found no fault in yt. foK^a^z 
 Another article was-, that Peter, and Paul and 
 other SAtnts, that be dead, are not our fiends , but their 
 fiends, whome they did help, when they werealiue. To 
 that he faid alfo, that he found noyll in it. Ano- 
 ther was , that eueryone isLordof whatf&euerano^ 
 therman hath. To that he anfwered (faith Fox) Tyndaiis 
 what law can he better then that ? Another article XvlTcd^ : 
 was ^ that the lewes of good intent and z.eale, put by thcic- 
 Chrijl to death;. To that he anfwered : Thatyt u ^sTuf^ 
 true, and the text is playne inou^hfor-yt, Fox, 
 18. Thefeand fuch like were his anfwers to 
 diuers propofitions, taken out of that mifche-- 
 uousbooke of Wicked Mammon. And he being 
 acfundry appearances gently and charitably 
 exhorted by the Biiliopp , that for fo much as 
 he was a fimple and vnlearned man,helhould 
 not ftand fo ftitFely, in peculiar opinions- but 
 he would not harken thervnto , a long tyme^^ 
 which greatly contcntech lohn Fox> who 
 Wryteth thus vauntingly of this Martyr: In aU Fox f^^J 
 folnts of religion, he openly did dijpute in the Bisbefps ^^^^ 
 ChafpeUand pallace, and was fo expert and prompt ju 
 his anfwers, asT onfall, and dl his learned men wet e: 
 afhamed that a leather- feller fimuld fodifpute with 
 them, with fuch fow/r of the fcriftme$ and hea- 
 
 uenly 
 
2i6 The Ixamen oflehn T9X his 
 uenly vvifdome , that they were not Me to refifi 
 him, &c, 
 
 19. rhuswrytech Fox of the ftoutneffe of 
 his Martyrs for 2. or or ctie htii fcfsiOM^, ap- 
 prouinge (as yow fee ) h\s hercncail do61rine, 
 aswci! for the community of things with 
 the Anabaptills;, as ocher blafphcmycs before 
 noced > CO naue proceeded from the heauenly 
 
 t^tikid. wifdom* of God. But Taith he) inthenext ftf- 
 fton, he fubmitted hhnfelfe , md ahiured hU opntm 
 vpofi theeyght of 1529. and was mhyned pen^ 
 nance of hemnge faggots, &c. Kotu^tthjlandrngethe 
 fame lohn Tewexbury after two ye ares conprmed by 
 the grace of God.and moued by the example of Bayfield 
 afore fatdy that was burned in Smithfield, did returne, 
 and being apprehended againe , was condemned and 
 burned alfo tnSmtthf eld, &c. 
 
 20. And this is the ftory of lohnTewexhury 
 thelcachcr-f^iicr J to whomeFox adioyneth 
 
 lames two ConrciTors , lames Gore that dyed in the 
 Fox^V prif<>» of Colcheter , for the right and truth (faith 
 1629. & he) of Gods word ^ and VVtUiam VVifeman cloth- 
 vviiiiam niaker of London , that dicealTed , in Lollards 
 vvircma. Toiper,znd was burycd in the rields. And from 
 , thcfe Fox paflech to his rubricate Martyr John 
 PWpef^preacherj ofwhome now wcmuft al- 
 fo fpeakcin order, though with much breuity 
 in refpcd of the tedious prohxity vfed thcrin 
 by him. 
 
 Thf ftory 21. Firft then this John Phtlpott was a gcntlc- 
 vLron "^^'^ borne of Worlhipfull houfe in Bampfbire, 
 buincdfoi & afterwards broUi.;hc vp in ftudy of the Cyuill 
 fecrcfic. -j^ j^g^ CoUcdgc in Oxford^ for the fpace 
 
Calendat'Saints. {the moxiQth of Decern.) i%7 Chdp.xi 
 of 6. or /• yeares, where Fox noteth that he fox fai. 
 gaue himfelfe to the ftudy of tonguesjcfpccial- 
 ly totheHebreue tongue, which he being a 
 lawyer doth w^ell Ihew, that cuen then he 
 was touched with fomc humor of new fan- 
 eyes, the Hebreue tongue being litle needful! 
 to that profefsion. Afterward he trauayled 
 into luly, and Rome, & returning home Prieft, 
 got the aduoufon of the Archdeacon- Ihipp of 
 VVinchefler through B. Gardeners fauour,by ver- 
 tue wherof he gott alfo at length the prefent- 
 ment , when yt fell voyd vnder DeHor Poynetf, 
 who in K. Edwards dayes was intruded in Gat^ 
 deners place, that was depriucd by Crannter and 
 Ridlejf. In which depriuation, this PW/p^rr alfo 
 was a wittnefle & agent againft Gardener, and 
 reieded by him as more then halfe frantickc 
 or madd,or(to vfc his phrafc) altered In hismts: fhii^n 
 which humor was difcouered in himdiuers ^amickc 
 wayes, not only during the tyme of K.jE<i«^4rrf5 by the 
 raignc, but alfo by his furious andphantafti- ^^^^^^ 
 call behauiour in the conuocation-houfe in roi/^j^. 
 the beginningeof Q^Uarjes raignc, wherof 
 yow lhall heare more particulars afterward in 
 the Re-veip of the ten difputations : for that 
 matters of religion being referred by QJVla- 
 ry to the faid conuocation-houfe to be difciiC^ 
 fed firft amongc themfclues and the Ecclciia- 
 fticall perfons, being the fame yet that had 
 byn in dignity vndcr IC. Edward , except fomc 
 two or three that had byn committed bcFor^t 
 vpon fpcciaUcaufes^ they a!l Uibfcribed viuo 
 the Catholike ardclcs propofed ; and namely 
 
2 88 ThelxamenoflohnVoxbu f 
 
 the reaU- pre fence, Tranfubfiantiatm, and the | 
 mjioe efthe maffe, except Hue or fix,to witc Pfei/- 
 hps de^nc of R0chcfier,Haddondt:inc of Exceter^ \ 
 Philpott Archdtpcoii of VVinchefiet , Chepej i 
 Archdeacon of Herford, Elmer Archdeacon of j 
 roxf^, iSTott^, and one other (ftich Fox) but what he i 
 was he dcclareth not. , 
 Thcoppo- Thefc halfe dozen then had Ikenceto i 
 fitions of propofe their doubts & arguments, & fo they I 
 ftanfsTn '^id ^^^^ or fix dayes togeather, fomeCa- ! 
 the con- thoHkc man being al waycs appointed ex tem^ 
 houfc,''" P^*'^ anfwere them, as Declor VVatfon, Dodor \ 
 being the MoT^dn, DolloT Morematt and others j the prolo- i 
 IcnTbrc''^' cutor being Dodor VVefion : but when the Ca- i 
 thohks would haue had them to aunfwere 
 againe in their rurnes,accordinge to promift^ 
 Pox*/>rf^. yt was"^refuredby them ; butasfor I<^fc»PW- 
 fen , of whomc the ftory is , he behaucd him- 
 rdfe (b intemperatly, or rather impotentIy,in 
 that aflembly, as often tymes by the prolocu- 
 tor he Was faid to be fitter for bcdlam,thcn for 
 difputatio. Among other things he made this 
 Proteftation there pi)bli(]ucly^.lb<ir in the Sacra^ 
 vient$f the Altar Chriil is not prefent in any 
 w^ife: and this his fajinge (faith Fox) he cff:rcdt0 
 proue before the whole houfe , yf they lifted to cdR him 
 therevnto, jea before the Queens grace and her Coun- 
 fell: and before the face of fix of the beft learnedmen of 
 thehoiifeofthe contrary opinions and refufed none.^ and 
 yf I fhallnot be able fquoth he) to m^iyntaine by Gods 
 vvor d that Ih^Aie f lid , and confound thofe fix which 
 fhaU take vpt^n t hem to Withftand me in this point, lett 
 iz^s!"^* wi^ be burned with oi many faggotts as be in London 
 
CaknddY-Salnts.^tht menethoCDtccm.) 2!^ Chap.t^^ 
 hefore the ceurt gates y and this he vttered (faidFox) phiipotta 
 TvithgYeatvchemenc^ofJpirite: butyc wasindecd dcfpcratc 
 vvith grcAt vehemency ot'foUy or rather fury, ^^^^ 
 for he was not the beft learned amonge them, 
 though perhaps, thchghteft vvittedj and his 
 fond ailertion ioyned with his ridiculoul 
 vaunt , doth make the thinge more manifeftj 
 for that none of his fellowes will hold com- 
 monly and in^Iainc words, that Chrift is not 
 any wayes pre lent in the Sacrament : nay moft 
 of them to delu(^e the people , and toauoydc 
 the cleare teftimonyes of the ancient Fathers 
 will grauntin wordsjthat his body and bloud 
 are thcvttYul;\fubJlantiallyjiaturaUy,yt2 the very 
 fame body that he tooke of the virgin Marjt^ 
 the very fame blood that was Ihcdd vpon the 
 Croffe, as yow lhali fee oftentymes and ordi- 
 narily grauntcd by Cr^»»i^r, Uidlej; znd Latjmer 
 in their difputatios, which we iliall fet foorth 
 in the end of this booke efpccially in the fifth 
 Chapter, of theenfuinge re-vieipe, where they 
 anfwcrc the Fathers, and elfe y^rhere : and for 
 example doe yow hearc one place only of Ri- 
 dlejf in hislaft examination before the Bifhop 
 ofLincilne: hothyQ$^ & I (faith he) doea^reehere- f©k fraj^ 
 in, that in the Sacrament is the very, true, and naturall l^H' ^-^q^^ 
 body and blood of Chrijl , euen that which was home of 
 the virgin Mary , which afcended into heauen , &c, abouf 
 Onljf we differ in modo , in the way and manner ef Ghrift* 
 beini , we confeffe all one thinge to he in the Sacra- the s^acrl^ 
 fnenti and dijfcnt in themanmr of being there, &c. nicnt. 
 23. Thus he, which is a farr different thinge 
 from that which PhU^ott aucrrcth, that Chrifi is 
 
 T ' tif 
 
2po ThelxmenofUhnT^xhU \ 
 
 mmfe frtfminthe Sacrament, And Fox him- ! 
 felfe, thac allwayescontormcth his aflfertion i 
 ^hc^ with thoft heretical! opinions'which for the \ 
 troduail prcfenthcielaceth, affirmed before, a$ yow 
 hauc hcard,thar Chrift is prefent in the Sacra- 
 ment ney cher fpiritualljt nor corpordllj-^ but heerc 
 to conforme himfeUe to Ridle/ faith the quite 
 contrary, makihge this note in thcmargin^ 
 TapifisandPr$teJl4ntsin graunttnge the frefetfcedce 
 agne-^ only in the manner of being the) differ: Which 
 yfyt be true then we ar agreed indeed , for aU 
 ourcontrouerfie is about the thinge yt felfe^ 
 to witt, whether the true body of Chrift, the 
 fame which is in hcauen , be truly & fubftan- 
 tially in the Sacrament'^ and as for the manner, j 
 we graunt alfo chat y c is a fpirituall and Sacra- 
 mcnrall manner of being therc,farrc different 
 from that of Chrifts being in heauen, but yet 
 the felfe tame tr«e, reaU & naturall bodyj which 
 yf Foxznd Iv^^/f/ do graunt heerc truly, as in 
 found of words they profcffe • then are we 
 agreed indeed^ and then , what needed Ridley i| 
 to hauc gone to the fyrc for this article, as he 
 did; or what reafon had Fhilpott to follow him 
 therin,yfafter they agreed in oneopinion? or i 
 yf they were not (as by their words and con- ' 
 ''thilpotts trary aflertions may appeare, the one holding 
 thc^cow- Chrift to be prefent truely, fubftantially and 
 uocarion naturally ; the other in no wife at all ) then 
 ^* how madd a vaunt was this, that !ic would 
 confound by Gods word fix of the learnedeft 
 men of the Conuocation-houfe, that fhould 
 oppofe thcmfelues againft his aflfertion ? 
 
 amongft 
 
amongPi which fix , Kidlejf muft be one as yow 
 fee, and Fox an other • and when they of the 
 conuocation-houfe laughed at this his folly ^ 
 he fell downc vpon his knees, cryed out, and 
 wept, which was after obieded vnto him iri 
 his examinatios for a point of niadnes,though 
 Fox indeuour to excufe the matter iayinge, he f^j^^^^^ 
 fill Into an excUmation, tafimge his eyeiiowdrds 12850 ' 
 heauen, and [aid: 0 Lord vvhat a world is this, that the 
 truth of thy Mj word may net be fpoken , and abidden 
 hy, & for vcrj foYrow & he auinejfe the tearei trickled 
 out t)f his eyes. So Fox> buthimfelfe cxcufeth 
 the matter ochetw^ife afterward in his faid 
 examinations, fayinge that he wept vpon them^as toxp^g: 
 Chrifi did vpon HkrufMem, Scttbes and ?harife§s. ^^s^^ 
 24. And no leife diftradediy, or rather furi- 
 oully, did he behauc himfelfein his confe- 
 rences afterwards, &: examinations with the 
 BilTiopps, cfpecially in that \pon S.Andretpei 
 day in the B.ofLondons gallery, fiue Billiops 
 being prefent, and 9. or 10. Dodors and lear- 
 ned men befides,wherc conferringc with Dd- 
 ^or Morgan, thatiefted fomcwbatatthe aflii- 
 ranee of his p^articular fpinte, wherof he had 
 vaunted exceedingly , ?hilp(^tt fell intoplaine 
 fury, fo as DoSor Morgan (ayinge: rage new:^ fo^p^f 
 Phllpott replycd , thy foolish blajphemycs haue 1^53." 
 compelled the jpirlte of God:^ vvhtch is in me, to 
 jpeake that which I haue faid vnto thee , thoti enemy j> 
 ofdllrighteGufnes. M^r^^w.Why doeyow iudge ,> 
 me fo? PW/p<?rfj by thine own e wicked words ?> 
 I iudge thee : thou blynd and blafphemous ,i 
 t)odor, andagainealitleafterj 1 Ml thee a 
 
 T % flaine^ 
 
$9^ The UxmenofuMnToxhU 
 fUine, thoH m mable to anfipere that Jpirite of tmb 
 vrhich Jpeakfth within mc,f@Y defence 9f Chrifis true 
 religion : I dm Able by the might therof to driue thee 
 round dbouttbi^ gallery before me. Andy fp will pleafe 
 the Q^MaieJlte to heare thee and me, I will make thee 
 forfoamc to f\nink. behind the dore. Thus hej and 
 by this yow may know the mans veync. 
 25, Fox fettcth do wne 14. feuerall examina- 
 tions or conferences had with him>partly be- 
 fore particular commifsioncrg, partly with 
 the B. of London , and other learned men, 
 partly before the Lords of the Councell,part- 
 ly before many Bifliops togcather , and this 
 both in priuace and pubHke , bcddes many 
 other conferences, which Fox affirmethnot 
 to haue byn wrytten. All which paine and 
 rraueli was taken (no doubt) with himjin re- 
 fpec^ of his worlhippfull parentage, whereby 
 he was of kynne alfo to diuers of the Coun- 
 ccll , as namely to the Lord Riche who being 
 prefent at his fixth examination , tooke great 
 compafiion of him to fee fo fond and wiilfuli 
 a humor ouer-rule hini;^ in fo much as hauing 
 heard Fhilpott to make a large difcourfeof his 
 Church, different from the Romafv^ and percea- 
 uingc that after all was laid and done, he and 
 his would reft vpon their ownc particular 
 fpirittsandiudgemcnts, fortiialiof the true 
 Church J the faid Lord Kicke aunfwsred in 
 thele words. 
 
 26* Rich. All hereciks doe boaftof the fpi- 
 z^V*^ ritt of God, and eucry man would haue a 
 „ Church by himrelfe,as loane of Km (burned of 
 
 late 
 
Calendar Smts.(thtmoncth of Dcctm.) s^j ChdpA^ 
 htcin K. Edu^dr ds dzycs) whomc I had my spcachw 
 feife for a fennighc in my houfe, after the ^^c^r^^ 
 wrytc was out, for her to be bunicd ^ where Ruh, 'and 
 my Lord of Canterbury CCr^m;j^r; & B. Ridlej, ut^'^'^r 
 rcfortedalmoftdayly vnto her: Butihee was Fo?f. ' 
 £o high in the fpirit^as they could doe nothing 9]» 
 with her, for all their iearninge,butilic went 
 willfully to the fircjasyowdonow, s:^ 
 Vhilfott. As for loane of Kent, iTie was a vaine , > 
 woman, I knew her well, and fuch vaine fpi- 
 ritts be foone kno wne from the true fpiritt of 
 God, for that the fame abideth within the li- 
 mitts of Gods word, norllubbernely main- 55 
 tayneth any thinge contrary to the word, as I yj 
 haue Gods word throughly on my fidC; &c. 
 I Mick By whomewiil yebeiudgcd ? yow 
 demaunded eucn now ten learned men of the „ 
 rcalme to deale with yowrwhat yf mcanes be „ 
 made to the Queenc that yow may haue your „ 
 requeft : will yow promifc to abide their 
 iudgement? 
 
 FhilpQU. I will make your honors iudgcs 
 that Ihaibc hearers of vs. 
 
 Rich. Yea, but will yow promifc to agree 
 to their iudgemcnt. 
 
 ; Flnlfott. There be caufes whcrfore I may 
 not fodoe, vnleffe I befurethey will iudge 
 jaccordingetothe word of God. 
 
 Rich. Oh, I perceaue yow will haue no man 
 iudge but your felfe,^^r. 
 
 Thus they went on, as Fojc relateth. 
 And by this litle taft, yow may imagine, how * ^ 
 all or the moft part of the tymc was fpcntin 
 T 3 thofc ^ 
 
294 "^'^^ Exmen $f lahn F0x hU 
 
 Ithofc large Sc many examinations with tho(e 
 kyndofmen^ which Adsnotwithftandingc, 
 arnot fctt forth accordinge to the Originall 
 in the Biihops Regilters, as Fox heere confef- 
 feth. For he (ai th, that thenar but flendcrlji handled 
 * ^ ' therin, ejpf^ia^jfinbehalfeof theanffreres. So that 
 yow muit thinke , that all thefe conferences, 
 are fett do wne by Fox , accordinge as Fhtlpott 
 did wrytethem wirh his owne hand j who 
 we may be aflured> would not giue the worft 
 part to himielfej nor the vi(3:ory to his aduer- 
 £iryes. And this is the credittofmoR of thefe 
 large relations found in Fox , that they were 
 wrytten by the partyes, who had moft mtercft 
 to lye, as before yow haue heard in diuerfe 
 narrationsjafwell of Mjtundrell the Cowheard, 
 AUcrton the Taylor , Fortune the Black-fmyth; 
 and others that wryte their owne triumphe*. 
 28. Well then, after all conferences, exami-* 
 nations, exhortations, inftrudions , pcrfua- 
 fons, and the like in vaine vfed- B, Boww/r was 
 forced to giue fentence againft this man. And 
 therefore comminge forth ni publike confi- 
 ilory at S, FauleSyVpon the 13, day of December 
 anno, 15 ^/.hauinge firft obicAed diuers articles 
 of hercf e vnto rbilfott, two were, that he had 
 blafphemoufly fpoken againft the facrinceof 
 y^uipatts the mafTe , and reaU prefence of Chnfts body in 
 qiulified ^he fame. Whervnto Fhilpotts aunfwere (j[aith 
 by Fox. Fox^ in the regifter is this: That a touch'tngethe 
 ij^l ^« 5 j'acrifiee of the m/tffe, and Sacrawtnt of the Altar, I wf- 
 uer JpuJ^ againji the fame, Vpon which words 
 Fox maketh this note in themargcnt. Heere 
 
 ejfthcr 
 
Calendar' Smts.{thcn\ovitth of Decern.) 295 Chaf.\6 
 ejther the regtfier belyeth Matfier Philfoti , or els he 
 meant, as not offendinge the law , therby tube aau^ 
 fed, &c. 
 
 29. Thus patchcth vp matters lohn Fox, , 
 and after few words he concludeth. thus: Bm- v^Kibid. 
 fter then mt able with all hU learned DoMm to fatujie 
 
 him ( M. Philpott) fell to ferfuaditige of hm, &c. 
 But Philpott an fwered : yow , and aU:0tlm of jour 
 fort are hypocrytet, and I would all the world did 
 knew your hif9crtfie . your Tyranny , ignorance , and 
 idolatry, d^c^ Yow fee hecrc this vncharicablc 
 anfwere^vnto che charitable perfuafion of the 
 Billiopp. And yet further, a little after in his 
 Jaft examination , he faid aloud before the 
 people, anfwering to the Biihopp and his aC- 
 fiftantsin iudgement feat: God fauevs fiom fuch phiipoit« 
 hypocrits, that mould haue things in a tongue that men ^ q^^^^^V" 
 do not vnderfiand. Bi$hopps» 
 
 Bifbop. VVhomedoyoipmeane? 
 V Thilp. 7 aw, and all others, that be of your genera- 
 tion and feli, &c. And then turning him to the 
 people, he further faid: Oh aUye gentlemen, be^ 
 fpare ofthefe mm and aU thesr domgs, &c . 
 - Lond. and others Eifhopps. With rvhat can ye y% 
 ^4harge 'vs ? » 
 
 Phtlp. Towareenemyes to all truth, and all your » 
 doings be naught, andfuU of Idolatry , fauinge thear- „ 
 tides of the Trinity, &c. Thus farre Fox. 
 
 30. And after all this,and much more iniury 
 rcceaued from him in words*, the Bifliopps 
 made him a new large exhortation, which 
 Foxalfofctteth downc j but yt auayled no- 
 thingej for he being in a furious veyneof rai- 
 
 T4 iin|e 
 
a 9 ^ ''^^^ ^xmen of Uhn Tq^ his 
 
 lingeand blafpheminge , rendered nothinge 
 but contumelious auniwcrsj as when the Bi- 
 ftioppSjWhicli were LondonyBath,VV0rcejlcrsind 
 Lichjield, asked him againe about the Sacram^t 
 of the Altar, heanfvvcred: Tj^e call yt the Sacra^ 
 Ijw i**^* ment of the Altar in rejpell of the Altar fione (vpon 
 which yt is offered ) then I defy your Chrifi , f9f 
 that itii a rotten Chrifi, &c. Behold this mife- 
 rable blafphemous tongue, & w hat could the 
 Biftops doc with fuch a tongue, but burne yt? 
 And then (faith Fox) after other particular 
 matters brought forth againft him > cfpccially 
 after the comminge in of t\\^ LordUxjor , the 
 Biihopfsvvaxlngemspvvearj, &c. fell by fayreand 
 fiatteringe ^eacb to perfuade with htm, &c. Thus 
 muchconfeflfeth Fox>and yetcomplayneth of 
 cruelty againft him, for that after all, they 
 condemned him to be burned. And thus muck 
 of him, 
 
 jf. In the next place after Fhilpott^ do follow 
 two other Foxian Martyrs, lohn Rough and 
 Margarett M^r/W5,burncd togeather at one ftake 
 |d.Rougli in Smithfield • John Rough was a Dominican 
 «iaiftcr.^ friar of Scotland, who runninge from thence 
 into England in the beginninge of JfC. Edn^ards 
 dayesjtookc a woman for his wife named K<i- 
 thertney (for this is alwayes their beginninge as 
 often Ihauenotcd) and procured himfelfea 
 benefice neerevnto H«//in Yorkeiliire: but af- 
 ter Q. Mary was entrcd j he fled out of Eng- 
 land into TrixjlatJdy & there with his woman 
 became a knyttcr of cappes , and when yarne 
 liT^f^* feyled them (f^ifh Fox) and other necelTaryes 
 
 for 
 
€ale)idd7^S/tntu (the moneth of Decern.) 257 Chi;t2.i6 
 for their occupacion, they returned both into 
 England againe, and learninge out that there 
 was aiecrert congregation ot^ Proteftant bre- 
 thren and iiiiers in London, he gattto be mi- 
 nifter therof, as before wc haue ^ ihewed in *i9-^*^^ 
 the liory of Sinipfin , that was deacon of the 
 faid congregation. Whercalfowe haue made 
 mention of a certainc vifion that Rough had by 
 night,of the faid 5i;«/7/i^xapprchenl3on5wher- 
 Vpon he cryed our twife to his vvoman-^ Kate, 
 Kate, my hrothtr Simff&7i ugone, firike fur and gelt 
 vf: but hinifeJfe being foonc afterward taken 
 at lilington , where the congregation iTiould 
 meete> he was brought before the Councell; 
 and by them remitted to the BilTiopp of Lon- 
 don , to be proceeded again ft accordingc to 
 forme ofiaw in cafe of hereiic. For which^af- 
 ter diuers examinations, he was condemned 
 and burned in Smith field togeather with tht 
 forfaid Margaret Meringe, a poore buly prathng 
 woman of London , and filter of the lame 
 congregation J of vvhome lohn Fox vvty- 
 tcth thus: 
 
 51. Jii^|/?rr being cheefc paftor to the 
 congregation (of which M^r^^jr^i Ueringewz^ mtpxcxt 
 •one) did not well Hke the faid Margarett, as cxcomu- 
 fomewjbat to bufy, &c. Now what they faw (J^^^^^g^, 
 or vnderftood further in her, weknownot, thc;mini- 
 but this followed: MaifferRou^h, the fxidzy be- 
 rore he was taken, m the open tacc or the 184:5, 
 congregation did excommunicate her, out of,, 
 the (amc company , and fofeemed with the 
 f cfl^ to exclude and cutt her of froai their fcl- 
 
 lowfliip'p 
 
apS TheExdmenoflohnToxhis 
 9f lowfliipp andfocictvj vvhcrac llie being mo- 
 ucd, didnot vvell takeyt, nor in good parr, 
 but thought her fclfc not indiffcretly handled 
 »> amonge them. Whervpon , to one of her 
 »> frends in a heate Ihc threatened to remoue 
 9> them all, but the prouidence of God was 
 otherwife, &c. Lo heere the fallinge out be* 
 tweene thepaftor, and the iheepc , and how 
 B. Bonner made the atconemct betwcene them 
 afterward, by burning them both at one ftakeo 
 For Mar^dret was as fro ward in matters of re- 
 ligion towards the faid Bithopp, as Ihehad 
 byn in points of difcipline towards her Reugh 
 minifter, that excommunicated her, Forlhc 
 auouched before B. Bonner (as Foxrecordeth) 
 ^.^ ^^/.i. ^^^^ ^^jf^ abhominable before the ftght ej God, 
 dnd before the fight of true Chriftidn people ; that]ft is 
 the pldj/ne cupp offornicdtion, dnd the whore of Bdby- 
 Ion. And that as for the Sacrament of the Al- 
 tar; (iie belceued there tvds no fiich SdCYdtnent , in the 
 Catholike Charch , dnd thdt fhe vtterly dhhorredthe 
 duthorityofthe Btfhopp of Rome, with dU the Religion 
 obferued in the fame Antichrlfls Church, &c. And 
 ^ns- then being demaunded (faith Fox) yf Ihe 
 would ftand to thefe heraunfwcrs, the faid: 
 I v/tU jldnd to them vnto the death: for the xery Angeh 
 %fhednen do laugh yow to fcorne:^ to fee theabhomina^ 
 iion, that yow vfeinthe Church.i^c. And with this 
 jhe went to the fyre. And what would yow 
 do to fuch willfull people as thefe ? or vpon 
 sec Stew what ground of knowledge could this madd 
 obftinacy be founded ? but only vpon felfe- 
 will, as in the Anabaptifts, Uane •f Kent, George 
 
 Fari^, 
 
C4fe«i4r-^^i«fj.(thc moncth of Decern.) 299 ChafA€ 
 Faris, and the like , burned by the Proteftiants 
 thenifclues . Wherefore let thefe people go 
 into their place. 
 
 3 J. Next vnto thefe Martyrs, Fox fettcth y$ ' 
 downe a ranke of halfe a dozen ConfclTors 
 togeather, that occupy fix feucrall dayes in his 
 Calendar. The firft three are Thomas Tyler, Ma- ^Jfe^^ 
 tbetp withers, and lohn Dale, all poore Craftef- ^^"Jj;^^ 
 men, that were in trouble for thenewgho- io.dJc!* 
 (peli vnder Q^Mary, vpon the yearc 1558. yet 
 ;ibout the firli two , Fox wryteth no ftory or 
 declaration in his Monuments that I can find, 
 but of the third, which is lohn DaUyhc llieweth 
 how that for a fpitefull raylingc fpeech made 
 publikely againft the parfonof Hadlejf his p^!-^ 
 ftor, named Maifter Netpell, in the Church, and 
 that optnly, and in tymc of diuyne feruicc,hc 
 was put into the common cage of the townc 
 for three or fourc dayes , land afterward lent 
 by lufiice Uoyle to the goale of Bury , where he 
 died, and therby was made a Confeffor. 
 54. The other three were lohn GUueryVViUum i. Gloum 
 ?Ujni and Eliz.4beth LMwfon, who, for their im- li^y^^^^ 
 prifonment only for new opinions,are prefer- Elizabeth 
 rcdheereby Foxto the dignity of Calendar- 
 ftints and Confcflbrs. The firft was imprifo- fox 
 ncd at Lichfield and Couentry: the fecond in ^^^'-'^nff 
 London y the third at B^^i^^W inSufFolke. And 
 now how many Catholikc Calendars we 
 might fill vp with people , that hauc byn 
 troubled and imprifoned for Catholike Re- 
 ligion only vnder the gouernment of the laft 
 Quccne ^ cuery man may copfider^ yf vve 
 
 would 
 
30 o TheExmenoflohnTdxhk 
 would vvryte Ads and Monuments j as Fox 
 hach done 
 
 35, Neyther are his Martyrs , which pre- 
 fently to thefe he adioyneth, of much more 
 confideration , to witt Kicolas Burton an Eng- 
 lilh marchant burned in Sjuill of Spaync for 
 ZwingIianopinions,vpon thcyeare i562.and 
 Thdtndi Rhcdon 2^rcnch Carmelite friar (though 
 Fox make him an Earle in his Calendar) bur- 
 ned ac E^mrfor Wickhffian herefies , aboue a 
 hundred &: twenty yeares before that againc, 
 to win anno Domini 143^. duringe thcraigne of 
 X, H^wir; the fixt of England , though of each 
 of thefe Martyrs, Fox fetteth forth a pittifull 
 painted pagent of their burnhige and hard 
 handlinge. The marchant (hefauh) was ta- 
 ken in Cddiz. by a familiar of tho Inquifition, 
 caft into prifon, and after 14. dayes Cent to 5/- 
 tiill ; But in the meane jpace, he fe injlruBed (faith 
 1$^$^^' Fox) the pore Spanish prifoners in the word of God, 
 that in fbert Jpace he had well reclajmed fundrjt of 
 them,&c* For which he was afterward con- 
 demned and burned in Sjfuill, as he had well 
 dcferued, yf he vvcnt about to infe6twith 
 hcrefie, the inhabitants of that moft Catho-* 
 like countrcy and citty. Though Fox his tale 
 of his infiruBin^e the prifonen with the w$rd of God, 
 hath no probability: For that fuchasarein 
 prifonfor fufpition of hereiie in thofe coun- 
 treyes, are notfufiered to couerfc with other 
 prifoners^as Fox imagineth5as it was permit- 
 ted in Q^Maryes tymein England, whcrof. 
 Yvc ihali haue occafion to (peakc more after- 
 
 w^ird 
 
Calenddt'Sdints. (the moneth of Decern.) jot Ch^A 4^ 
 ward in the 17. Chapter of this Treatife. And 
 fo much of Burton. 
 
 36. As for the Carmelite friar, RhedonettfiSy Thomit 
 (whome Fox in his Calendar calleth Barley ^^^^^l 
 but it may be, it was of error, & that it fhould French 
 hauc byn left to the other foUowinge, which ^f^rbjl^! 
 is lofm Tim Earle of MiranduU) he telleth vs, ncd at 
 that he goinge into Italy, and carryinge with ^Z'jiif. 
 him diuers books of lohn VVkkltff^ > ^ohn Hujfe, 
 and thehke,thinkinge to reforme the friars of 
 his order there, he was by them accufed to 
 the Inquilition of Home, and thereafter con- 
 uidion he v/as finally degraded and burned. 
 Ncythcrare there any particularicyes which 
 are worth the notinge in this behaife. But 
 now hauingc contidcred further , I find that 
 Fox hath put this man twife into his Calcn- 
 dcr,both tymes vnder one yeare,to witt 145^. 
 and therfore in this place I meane to leaue 
 him out, efpecially for that the foolilhmadd 
 fellow hath made fuch an enibrullery bc- 
 twcene his Saints and Cathohkc Saints in 
 this monethjas thatjCxccpt we accommodate 
 the matter amonge them, they cannot ftand 
 togcarhcr, no, not thenatiuity of Chrift yt 
 fclfcj nor Saint Stephen, Saint lohn Euan^elift, nor 
 Sdint Thomas the Apoftle can hauc their due 
 places,as before vve haue ihevved more large* 
 Ijin the beginuinge of this Chapter. 
 
301 The Ixmen oflehn T&x hii 
 
 The fecond part of this moneth^ contey^ 
 ninge feauen jingular Confejfors, 
 
 §. X. 
 
 57. Wherfore to draw to an end of this mo- 
 ncrh and of the whole ycare , lohn Fox afsi- 
 gn^th vs for the laft feauen dayes , feauen fea- 
 ueraJl ConfclTors and Saints to furnilTi the 
 fame, which yf we confider them well , we 
 ihall (carce find any one of then! all to agree 
 with his fellow, or with Fox himfelfein all 
 points of Religion. Their names are, Pirn 
 Earle of Mirandula an Italian^ Erafmm Roreroda^ 
 Wfii a Flemminge ; Mdrtyn Bucer, Paulut PhagiiU^ 
 ^nd Philipf MclamhtboH Germans: Peter Mdrtyr 
 an Italian, and K, E^/r^rrf the lixt of England* 
 Of vvhome breifly vvc fliall fpeake in ordeto 
 The ftory And a$ for lohnPicui Earle of Mirdnduta, ytk 
 E^Ji/of * '^^^"g^ madncffe in Fox to bring him in for a 
 iAiiiiiuU. Saint ef his Church, being a man in all points 
 fo oppofite vnto his Religion, as any man 
 lightly that liued in his tymc- nor can I ima- 
 gine, why the madd fellow iTiould draw him 
 vnto his Calcnlar , except vt were for that he 
 Was a great frend of Friar HieronywtU SarmaroU 
 ♦ 3, May. of Florence,whome before * yow haue heard 
 treated of, and haue fecne him taken out of 
 Fox his Calendar againe-, and the like ihall 
 yow now heere of this Picm MiranduU, of 
 whomc ( though Fox make him a Confeflor 
 
Cdlend4Y'SAint$.{thc monethofDtctm.) 50J Ch4f.t€ 
 of his Church in the Calendar ) yet comming 
 to his hiftory of A<fts and Monuments , i do 
 ' not find any fuifficicnt narratio made by him, 
 of the Ads and Gerts of this Ficus-^ but only lox^sg, 
 that he namcth him amongft other learned 
 men of his tymc, in the bcginningc of the 
 raigne of K. Henry the 7. But on the other fide, 
 there are againft Fox, to proue him a foole in 
 this point , many arguments. Firft the life of ^y? Th®- 
 
 I A • 1 • T- I I mas More 
 
 the laid P^r«^ wrytten m Enghih at large by mthcu^ 
 Sjr T\mm M(?r^,in the beginning of his work5j J]^^ 
 which doth ihcw him in all things to haue uliiMiU 
 byn a Catholikc, 
 j i8. There is another life alfo of the lame 
 i bian, wrytten in Lacyn by Francifctu Fim 
 \ nephew to the faid lohn Fictu, wherein the 
 fame thinge is moft euidently proued, and 
 that amongeft other points, he dcclareth , 
 i that this Earle Uhn Fim , had a purpofc 
 I (yf he had lined) to haue wrytten a great 
 I worke againft all herefies andhcrcriks, that 
 I liaue rebelled againft the Roman Catholike ^^^^^ 
 
 Churchjfrom the beginning of Chriftian Re- 
 ! ligion vnto ourdaycs, but ei^ecially againft 
 I luch herctiks, whofe reliques rcraayncd in his 
 I tyme in diuers corners of the world, as FF<i/- 
 i denftsns, VVickltffi4ns,UllArds,Hufits,;Lnd the like. 
 
 Againethe feme ftory lheweth,thateuery fri- 
 ll day in the yeare, this Earle Pfcwichaftized his 
 l| body in remembrance of the bleftcd pafsion 
 of our Sauiour , with faftinge, difcipline^ and 
 I other mortification^ & that at his dcath^ after 
 jj rcceauing moft humbly the bieffed body and 
 \\ -i bloud 
 
5^4 TheExamenoflohnFoxhis 
 bloud ofClinil, he would ncuer let go out of i 
 hishandacertayne Crucifix, which he held, 
 and chciin for his Ipeciall deuotion,which arc 
 nofigncs of a good Proteftanc. And finally 
 that he had a tirme intention to haue made 
 himfclfe a Dominican friar, yf he had liued> 
 which he would not haue done,yf he had by n 
 but lightly couched with any motions of Fox 
 his faith. 
 
 7h9, Mer, And S^r Thmof Mar^ addcth further, that j 
 ^M%f^[ f i^Hi had ccrtainc reueiations from God about | 
 that vocation. And bifides all this, arc cxtajit 
 hisowne wrytinges, that more clearly then 
 any thinge els, Ihcw hima Catholike: which ! 
 wrytinges would not haue byn permitted 
 among vs, yf they fauoured any thing at all of 
 hcrefie , fo vigilant are the goucrnours of our 
 Churchjand haue byn euer in all ages, to note 
 and forbiddall books and wrytinges, that arc 
 but fufpecSted CO conteyne different dodrinc 
 from the vniuerfall and Cathohke , that is 
 taught amongevs, and that with very great 
 rcafon as vie haue flic wed .nt large in the 
 * w^m-'^ VV^rn tvord againft Sjr Tuncis B^fltngs and 
 Jtff^**/" O. And therfore to thinke that fo many of 
 l4rleTkM his works ihould be permitted 
 amongft vs , yf they did conteyne any herefic I 
 atall J is great finipiicity in Fox. For as the; 
 works ofLr^fmh4Kot€rodamw2.rQ forbidden for 
 fomc errors, though he were no Prorcftant: 
 (as pre fentiy ilial be l>ie wed ) fo would thefc 
 other alfoyf they gauc thelikecaufe. Which 
 is not fo 5 but rather arc permitted read an<i} 
 
 highly 
 
Calend4r'S4lnts.{th<t moneth of Decern.) ^o^ CbapA& 
 highly comended by Catholiks, namely thofc 
 of Ficud Mtrandula, as yow may fee not only in 
 the cwo forfaid vvrytersofhislifc , Sj/r Thomas 
 MorCy and lohn Fraticifcus Picm, but alfo by a later ^„t, Po/:, 
 grauc learned yyrytQX Antonm Pofmnus of ^'^^ 
 Society of I a s v s, in his Biblietheca Seleila^ or J^/j * * * 
 Choice-Uhrarjf , where he maketh profefsion 
 to giue his cenfure of all authors that are 
 allowable ^ and fpeakinge of this leannes Picu$, 
 he Iheweth hrft,that he had his excellent lear- 
 ning moftftrangely by hisonlyftudyandpar^ 
 ticular infpiration of God. And then talkinge 
 of his 12. learned and pious books wrytten by 
 him contra ajlrohgos iudiciarios, againft thofe 
 that fortcil thingestocome by aftrology^ he 
 I (aiththus. 
 
 jj 40. Picm Mtrandulanm Vtincep^ duodecimlibm 
 [ubUmitateeruditmis referfit, quibusiftam, vtdixi- ^f^J^f, 
 mus, afirologtam exfugnautU Pi^«5 Prince of M/- 
 I randula^ made twelue bookes^ replenirtied 
 I with all height of learninge, wherby he ouer- ' 
 I threw all this kind of Aftrology iudiciary , as 
 I before we haue faid, &c. Neyther doth he'* 
 ; giue any worfe cenftire of him aiid his works 
 then this, which he would not do , yf he had 
 I wrytten conforme to lohn Fox hisnewlear- 
 I ninge. Yettrueytis, that E^r/^Pi^f« being ex- 
 \ traordinarily forward in learninge, hadcer- 
 i tain ephylofophicallcontrouerfies with fome 
 j fchoolemen, proceeding from his great Iharp- 
 nelTc of w itt , but nothinge tehdinge to diffe- 
 rence of faith or matters of religion • which I 
 could wilh wemyghtfay triilyof thefecond 
 
 V ' " man 
 
^o^ The Ixdtnen oflohn Vox his 
 
 whether man named in this rankc, to witc Erdfmus Rote- 
 erafmus f^dafj^ius wlio vpon like, thoueh leffe lharpencs 
 
 were a r £> t f • 
 
 protcftant ot wy tt , and rarre meaner knowledge in 
 ot no? fchoolc diumity (but yet more ralli and confi- 
 dent in himfelfc) paired further in his youth 
 to reprehend and ieft at certayne defeds or 
 abufes, as to him they {ecmcd,then afterward 
 in his old age, he receaued eyther comforter 
 creditt therby, or could fo eafily remedy, as he 
 (aw the inconuenienccs and hurts that had 
 enfued therof. 
 
 41. And this his cafe is as yf (bme one or 
 other in England,difgufted with fome things 
 thatpalTe in goucrnment , and offended with 
 fome particular magiftrats or officers of the 
 Prince^ ftould fpeake or wryte fo bitterly and 
 contemptuolly againft the fame , that albeit 
 himfelfe had no meaninge to condemne the 
 whole gouernment> or to fet other men in re- 
 bellion yet others lighter, or worfe affected 
 then himfelfe, and lyinge inwayte forfuch 
 an occalioa, ITiould by his wrytings be anima- 
 ted to paiTe further , and to breake forth into 
 open dcfedion- and fo afcerall the realme fete 
 on fire and infinite {laughters, thefts, rapynes, 
 facriledg^sand other hurts conimytted, the 
 caufe therof (liould be layd vpon the other 
 mans wrytingc , who meant not fo farre per- 
 bnpps, but yet guilty of high cryme (no 
 doubt ) and great fault, for giuinge fuch 
 Gccafion . 
 
 42. And in very like fort pafled the matter 
 with Erafnm, who fcing himfelfe better iear- 
 
 ned 
 
Calend^f'Saints. {the montthofDtctm.) %oy Chap.t^ 
 ncd (as he thought) then many others of his The caufc 
 tyme (efpecially in the tongues , and ftudy of llf'^f^J^ 
 humanity) and therby made high myndedj derlyvvry-* 
 (which is cucr commonly the next ftepp to 
 a downefall) pricked on alfo with emula- ningcf"' 
 tion again ft ccrtaync religious orders^ whofc 
 vocation he had more ralliely, then religiouf- 
 ly lefrj contemninge moreouer their manner 
 of fchoole-ftudy, which in great part he vn-. 
 derftood not 5 and offended with their rude 
 fpeach ^thought yt the beft way for remedy in 
 the one, andfomereuenge in the other, and 
 for oftencation alfo of lingularity in them 
 |! both, to wryce bytterly, ieft, and carpe freely 
 at whatfoeuer he lifted . Which Hberty of 
 Ipeeche M^rr^w JL«tJ?^r,and his brood comming 
 Ibone after, and findinge yt in his wtytings, 
 I they tooke occafion thereby to paffe further 
 thenyt (eemcth Erafmm euer meant, whereof 
 cnfued the proucrbc before mentioned , that 
 :Brafmui layed the eggeSy and Luther hatched the fm^ 
 fionsi and as fomc others do note very fittly to 
 j the purpofe, to fhew the beginningeand pro- 
 Igrcfleofherefies. Erafmminnuit, Lutherminuit^ 
 Erafmusdubitat, Lutbem ajfeuerat. Whcrfocuer ,3 
 Er^/wiM^ did but point with his fingar, Luther „ 
 j ruftied vpon y t, where Erafmus did but doubt, 
 j Luther affirmed. So as vpon Erafmus dubita- 
 tions, Luther framed affertions and affeuera- 
 tions- And not only Luther and Lutherans, 
 but all the peftilent fed of new Arrians in our 
 dayes , began vpon ccrtayne doubtful] que- 
 j ftions, and interpretations of Erafmm^wh^thcv 
 
 V i fuch> 
 
508 The Bxdmen df lohn Fox his 
 fuch , or fuch places of fcriptures vfed agamfi: 
 them by the auncient Fathers , were well ap- 
 plyedj or no? Wherof yow may read at large 
 j^opu. in in the forfaid FojfeuinHsin his Bibliotheca^znd not 
 u^aTt^^^^^ only thefc Arrians and Lutherans,but all feds 
 eap'.io'. and fedaryes hghtly that after rofe vp> would 
 All here- needs perfuade the world (as Foxdoth heere 
 tiKs draw ofhisfectofCaluiniftsalfo) that Ef^//«w was 
 pcrW of their opinion 5 Church, and congregation, 
 Church ^^^^^'^ though himftlfe denyed molt earneftly 
 * vpon cuery occafion, yet would they haue yt 
 not fo bcleeued- 
 
 43. And on the contrary fide , Catholiks 
 ' feeing his rafli temerarious wrytings, both 
 in cenfuringe the Fathers works , and othcr-^ 
 Martanus wayes (in which kynd one author only no- 
 Z'ctm ^^^^ aboue 600. errors of his cenfuring S. Hie^ 
 6. Hter. toms cpiftles) as alfo that all ftds, and hcrefies 
 founded themfelucs vpon him, wrote no lelTe 
 iTiarpely againft him , then againft heretiks 
 themfelues, which himicife feeing , was in a 
 miferable plight, and could not tell what to 
 fay or do : yet tooke he this refblurion to 
 wryte againfl the head of all thefe fedaryes, 
 to witts Luther himlelfe in the controuerfie of 
 free will,takinge vpon him to refute that bru- 
 tiili booke of hi^, intituled , de feruo arbttrio, of 
 flauilli will; where amongc other things £r^/- 
 n2tu wryteth thus, as CochUus alio relateth the 
 fame . 
 
 iraf af,ud yj^^ f^i^i j^q^ confleut homwum iudlcia, 
 
 an Dornini CT^. Bchould ho w dilleren t meus ludgemencs 
 yi^'p^i' are, Martvn Luther cryeth out, that 1 do not: 
 
j fOlewrf^y-S^iwfi. (the moneth of Decern ^op Chap.i4 
 1 fo much as vnderftand thofe things, that he „ 
 wryteth againft Papifts, and that I do fcarfe 
 conceyue thefe groffc and ordmary points^ ^'^ 
 j and fo do fay nothinge indeed to the purpof^j ^ ^ 
 \ tut on the other fide, the other fide obiedeth 
 i againft me, that Luther hath tnken thele his 
 j {ubtilityes for the moft part out of my books; 
 hfut I fay againe, the moft that I wryte, I 
 I tooke out of the books pfanqienc Fathers: but 
 as for Luthersbooks,yfyow take out oi: them 
 exaggerations, reproches, lefts, idle bablings, 
 cxtrauagant fpcaches , exorbitant afleuera- 
 tions, and other fuch things, that agree with 
 I UhnBuJfemd VVickliffe and fome other feda- \^ ^ 
 ! ryes^there would httlcremaync of his Qwne 
 for him to glory of : fo that I for my part, am eyaf^m 
 content rather to dehght my felfe with thefe of^^i^^^^^^^^^^ 
 grolle things (as he calleth them) , then with vvrvtings 
 his fubtilityes to trouble the peace of all Gods ^ ^^^'^^^ - 
 Church, as he doth, and to ^ett one citty with „ 
 another in tumult , the people with their ,a 
 I Princes, and Biihopsjand Princes with them- ,> 
 I fclucs togeather by the eares : albeit I am not ,> 
 fo dull neytherjas not to vnderftand thofe pa- 
 radoxes of Martjn Luther , w^hich coblersand 
 (pinfters can fing vnto vs without booke. And 
 trulyyfthcre were in his books nothing fajfe „ 
 and erroneous in do£trine, yet the vnbridelcd ,> 
 liberty which he vfethofrayling, doth intfed „ 
 and pqyfon the mynd ofhis readers, efpe^ial- 
 ly fimple people, and doth breed nothinge els 
 butfchifmcanddiuifion. 
 4y. This iudgement gaue lErafmM in thofe 
 
 y 3 <3aycs 
 
jio ThcIxdmenoflohnTdxbk 
 daycs of Luthers fpirict & wry tinge: & when 
 jErafmHi Luther waxiiigc angry with him, obiedcd 
 Lu"hcr oif atheifme, and that he beleeued nothingc in- 
 Athcifmc. dccd> but fought fecredy to bring all religion 
 in contempt by wrytinge on both fides (be- 
 hold the mifery that falleth on them, who are 
 cold and indifferent in matters of Religion) 
 CocUus ib. ^^^^/^^ being marueloullyafflidedtherwith, 
 aunfwereththus: That which Luther obic- 
 9, 6teth againft me, to be an Atheift, andtoen- 
 „ deauour to weaken all Religion by my wry- 
 » tings, and therby to bringe in paganifmcj is fo 
 9> fouie a finne,as yt belongeth rather to diuells, 
 ' 99 then to men ; And I nothinge doubt that fo 
 9y impudent a flaunder will euer be beleeued 
 9> againft rne,by any that hath read my works,or 
 99 haue , by domefticall life, knowen my man- 
 ^> nersjwould God I had fo well kept his diuine 
 commandements in life^as I am free & quiett 
 » in confcience,for thofe things that appertainc 
 hiT^prmc- ^® faith,and beleefe. For touching my life and 
 ftation of manners, Idocuery day with fighes and for- 
 cathoiik. ^^^^ ^^Y God for mercy, whome 
 
 yet I do not defire euer to be mercifull vnto 
 me, yfeuer any leaft cogitation of Atheifme, 
 or of this diabolicall purpofe obiefted to me 
 by Luther 5 did euerfo much as mooue my 
 J, mynd.I do not fay for weakening of all Chri- 
 ftian faith, as he obiecftech, butyfl haue euer 
 had cogitation to flydc away my felfe from 
 5, the Catholike faith, ^c. 
 
 46. Lo 'Erasmus his proteftation for his con- 
 ftancy in the CathoUkc faith. But yet one 
 
 place 
 
Calendar- Saints.{thcmoncth.ofDcccm.) ;n Chap,\6 
 place more I cannot omytt, out of his faid 
 workc wrytten for fi-ee wiU againft Luther, 
 whereby yow may perceaue his opinion of 
 him and his : Cene mtdu Lutheri djfcipuli , &c. 
 Truly many fchollers of Luther (faith he) are httm. 
 fo vnapt to pubhke tranquillity , that the „ 
 Turke himfelfe is faid to hate the Lutheran >, 
 name, only for the hatred of fedition , and to „ 
 haue forbidden them to Hue in his dominions, 
 though he tolerate with Chriftians, that are >j 
 contrary to his dodrine. What Ihould I re- ?> 
 count hcere the diflention that is amongeft » 
 thefeghofpcllers? their bloudy hatred? their 9» 
 by tter contentions, nay their finguJarincon- „ 
 ftancy? Luther himfelfehauinge changed his 
 opinion fo oftcn,& yet new paradoxes fprin- 
 gingevpfrom himdaylyf Of which difien- ,> 
 tion and inconftancy, what cuery man ought 
 tothinke, Ictvslearne, yfyowpleafc, out of,, 
 Luther himfelfc, to the end, that this here- „ 
 tike with his ovvne fword may cuct his owne 
 throatc. Chnji (faith Luther in his commcn- 
 tary vpon the fifth pfalme) doth not fight mth he- ^^^^^^^^ 
 tetikiany 9ther way commonly fo much y as by fendinge ^^^l^ 
 amonge them a certayne failious ^iritt of dijfenfwn. t^^c by 
 Tor that by this dtfcordamonge themfelues, there fol- ^^'^^"''^^ 
 Uweth euer their owne ruyne and perditm. Behould 
 a notable prophefie of Luther concerning him- 
 felfe and his followers^ (^Cy 
 47. Thus farre are the words oiErafmus tou- 
 chinge Luther , and Lutherans. By which 
 yow may fee , that Luther and he can hardly 
 ftand for Saints in one Calendar,as Fox hcere 
 
 V 4 ap- 
 
^ TheExawenofJohnFoxhu 
 appointeth them , feeing Erafmus pronounced 
 himforanherctike, as yowhauc heard. Buc 
 what of the Zwinglims^. did Erafmm agree 
 (thinke yow) any better with them<^ No tru- 
 trs^mttt \y. For in all his works he defended eucr the 
 fcnLdVh«^^^''P^fr^^^^ in the bleflcd Sacrament, with 
 jTcaii pre- great conftancyj And huinge in B^/itf amongft 
 the ZwingUans, he euer faid his mafle very 
 deuoutJy to his Jaft day- nor would he take 
 any promotions or fauours offered by them, 
 asboth C(?cfe/^«j, iS«r/i« and others do teftifie* 
 And in particular Suritu wry tcth , that when 
 certaine Zwinglians gaue out in diuers places, 
 that he fauourcd thcm> he purged himfclfc by 
 all meanes pofsiblc . 
 ^r. inhiii. 4^^* Hoc tempore (C^ithSurm) C^nrddm Fellies^ 
 f*"* M*^* nus, At this tynie ConradusFfUicanus, that of 
 „ a Francifcan friar was become a Zwinglian, 
 „ and had in tymes pall , whilft he hued a friar, 
 „ in jB^/i/I heard the Confefsions of Erafmm , bc- 
 „ gan to giue out amongc his fecrett frcndsat 
 ^hat Erafmm did fauour Zwinglia- 
 \^ nifmc: which fiaundcr Erafmm didprefently 
 „ feeke to lhake of by diuers wayes* But foonc 
 „ after that againe, there was another Zwin- 
 htoitidd. ^Y2ixi named Leolad^y who fettinge forth a 
 German booke, did wrytc therin , that Eraf- 
 mm znd Luther , did agree in tymes paft with 
 Xrafmtif ^«^^w<g^^^- which thiuge Erafmm tooke in moft 
 jurgeth euill part^and albeit by his inconfiderate wry- 
 fr^^'fa- ^i"g5> he had giuen no fmall occafion of fuch 
 tiouringc fufpitions and fpcaches of him • yet certayne 
 lic^c?^' ytis^ ^l^^^^h? SwingUans could ncucrdraw 
 
C4kndar' Saints, {the moneth of Decern.) 513 Cfeiip.tdl 
 him CO their opinions, though he lined longe ^, 
 amonge them in Bafill. And this very ycare^he 
 wrote an epiftle vnto the HeluetUns^th^t were 
 gathered togeather at Badjn, to purge himfclfe 
 from all fufpition of fauouringe Zwinglia-,, 
 nifme, &c. Thus farre Surim, 
 49. But Erafmus himfelfe doth beft declare 
 himfclfe , and his owne meaninge, efpecially 
 towards the end of his dayes, when he now^ 
 grew ould>and faw what fufpitious opinions 
 men had of him, and namely in a certayne 
 booke called: Spengid aduerfus Huttemm: that is 
 to fay a fponge to wipe away the blotts of he- 
 refy,which Hntmus had laid vpon him, where 
 amonge other words he wry teth thus: Ante Etstfmm jh 
 triennium , &c. It is now three yeares gone ^^^^j^^J^^^ 
 fince I protcfted publikely, in a ccrtainc addi- 
 tion to familiar conferences had at Leuaine-^ 
 that I was moftauerfed , and euer fliouid be, 
 from the fadion of thefc new ghofpellersj 
 neycher am I only auerfed from them my,, 
 Iclfe , but do exhort alfo and procure all my „ 
 frcnds to be alienated from them , fo much as 
 I can) &c. And in a certayne epiftle to a frend 
 of his, he wryteth thus ; Qui Luthere fduere rl- ^^^P^ 
 dentUY.&c* Thofc that wili feeme to fauour'^'^V 
 Luther, do endeauour by all meanes to draw 
 me vnto their partSjand thofe that are againft 
 Luther^do fccke to dryuc me into that fadion sImPhus 
 by preachiwge more odioufly againft mejthen f^^^^^^" 
 againft Luther himfelfe. But I cannot be dry- th/churck 
 pen from my fettled mynd by any fuch diuife ^^^^-^^ 
 pr battery; Chrijlumagnofco, Intkrum nonagnof . Luthcc, 
 
3^4 Tfc^ Ixmen of lohn Tox his 
 
 co,&c. I acknowledge Chrift, and I do not 
 acknowledge Luther, I acknowledge the 
 * Roman Church,and her will I follow: what- 
 foeuer is oppolite to the dignity of the Ro- 
 man Church, bcleeue moft certaynely that 
 thiscommeth not from Ersfmrn, vnderwhat 
 title foeuer yt be carryed abroad. 
 50. Thus and much more hath Irafmus in 
 many parts of his works, to declare his owne 
 difagreeing with the fedaryes of our tymej as 
 al(b to teftifie, what a bad concey te he had of 
 them both for their lite and learninge. And as 
 for life, hewrytethhis iudgement in diuers 
 places, as namely in his forfaid Sponge; C/r- 
 Bvdfm in ^^^JP^^^ ^^'^^ populufH iftum EuangellcHm, & obferua, 
 &c, Looke vpon this ghofpelling people, and 
 Tcnum"^^' confider whether there be leflTelafciuioufnes, 
 pride , couetoufnes , and (iich like vices in 
 them, then amonge the papifts, whomc they I 
 deteft,? bring me forth but one , whome this 
 ghofpeli hath made fober in dyett , of a ban- 
 chetcerj gentle and mccke, ofafearce man: 
 liberall , of a rauenous or couctuous man : 
 gentle (poken,ofa rayler: modeft, ofvnlham- 
 \ faft. But on the contrary I will iTiew yow 
 many, that by this ghofpeli are made worfe 
 ^ then they were before. It may be that yt is an 
 \ euill lucke to fall vpon the worfe fort of 
 them, but truly ytneuer happened to me yet 
 gr<iP>tttf to know any one manjthat became not worfe 
 oflhcTe. bythisghofpellinge. And befids this, when I 
 feds of go at any tyme into their Churches, I do fee 
 ihlfpcu! ^^^^ come out from their fermons as poflef- 
 
€dlendar'Saints.{thcmoncth of Decern) 315: Chaft6 
 fed with a wicked fpiritt, their countenance „ 
 iliewinganger&fearcenes, asfouldiarscom- 
 ming from the warlike fpeach of a Captaync, „ 
 cxhortinge them to fighcinge. Whodideuer 
 fee one man in their fcrmons hitherto, eyther 
 to flicdd tearcsjor knocke his breft> or figh for 
 hisfynnes? 
 
 51. Thus wrote Erafmm vpon his owne ex- 
 perience, humg dayly with thefe ghofpellers. 
 And in another place he tclleth many parti- 
 culars of his owne knowledgealfo , as for ex- 
 ample, Nm momchum qui pro vm duxenttres.^c. E^afm. 
 Ihaueknownea monkc who infteedof one/»^<^»^^»"-^ 
 wife, marry ed three, and I know a Prieft,that iJcii. 
 after he had married a wife,found out that llie 
 was marryed to another before. And many „ 
 other like examples are hecre related of the 
 marriages of monks, & nunnes, who do leaue 
 one another after marriage the lame law „ 
 or right, wherby they married them, I will „ 
 notname vntoyowacertaynePrieft, whipt - 
 hecre in Baftll about the ftreets for his wic- 
 kednes , being of the fame profefsion that 
 thefe ghofpellers arc^ and when the execu- 
 . tioner had brought him without the gates of 
 the citty after whippinge, and Ictt him go, he 
 teftified publikely,that after he once addicted „ 
 himfelfe to that fed , he ran into all kynd of „ 
 wickednefTe. I will not fay what he tould of vvhat 
 the whole fed, c^^. Hitherto are the words coumeth* 
 of Erafmm, wherhy we may perceaue has good ^itht pri- 
 opinion of the Proteftants in hisdayesjand church of 
 y«that was their primitiue Churchy v;hich piotcftats* 
 
 ought 
 
TheEi^menoflohnToxhis I 
 ought to be the beft, and thofe men wherof 
 jErafmus fpeakech had pimitUs fpirim , the very 
 firlt fruits of that new fpiritt, fuch as yc was* 
 52. And finally the longer Mrafmtu liued, the 
 more he was alienated from thefe forts of 
 men, & entred more and more into himfelfe, 
 fcemcd forrowfull for his former doings aRd 
 wry tingsjvvherby he might any way feeme, 
 to haue fauoured or furthered themjbut efpe- 
 cially after the death and martyrdomeof Sjr 
 Thmas More his dearcft, and greateft frend, 
 which happened in London vpon theyearc 
 ofChrift 1^3^. a little more then a yeare be- 
 Jf s^r fore Erafmm death in Bajill-^ to vvhorae the faid 
 Thomas good knight had often told in his life tyme, 
 More mo- that his manner of wryting fo fcoffindv ancl 
 
 ucd great. , ^ . rr> i- • ^11 
 
 ly Erafmu^ dangerouily m matters ot Religion , would 
 hcrcfic^^ one day make his vvorks odious,& contemp- 
 tible, and forbidden by the Church of God, 
 which he (aw in great part to fall out in his 
 owne dayes, and was incredibily affli«3^ed 
 therwith-^ And after the death of theforefaid 
 Syr Thomas More.hc neuer feeraed to takeioy or 
 comfort ofthis world, but pyned away-, And 
 Surim wryteth > that he faw and read an epiftle 
 of Erafmus wrytten with his owne hand, to 
 a certayne charter-houfe monke about this 
 tyme, when he faw the world go worfe and 
 ■vvorfe,vvhich declared well theafflidion of 
 his mynd, efpeciah'y hauinge vnderftood that 
 this monke his deare frend, was fore tempted 
 by the heretiks to leaue his monaltery, and to 
 follow them. We ftiall fet downe h?ere fome 
 
 yvords 
 
Calendar-Sdints. {the mouQiho^Dcccm.) 317 Ckap.t^ 
 tvords of the faid epiftle, as they ftand in 
 Surius : 
 
 53. Veresr (faith he) ne imfonant ttbi quorundam Sur, h hifl: 
 fYdfligiA, &c. I am afrayd , icaft the decey ts & XuT'^T^^ 
 inchantements of ccrtaync rnen do deceyue 290. 
 yow , who with gorgeous words do fete 
 forth, and bragg of their Euangchcaii liberty: » 
 Beieeue me, yf yew know how matters go 3> 
 abroad, yow would be lelTe weary of the hfc 
 
 yow haue taken in hand there, I do fee a ccr- >:> 
 tayne kind of men fpronge vp, from whome 35 
 my heart and fouledo vehemently abhorre, ?> 
 I fee no man made better, but all worfc , for.?* 
 fo many at leaft as I haue knowne-in fb much 3> 
 as I am vvonderfully greeued now, that I did 
 in tymcs paft, preach & fee forth in my books 
 theUberty of fpiritt, &c. Diuers cittyes of foufr^ab^ 
 Cermanyare filled with Apoftatates andre- fcorrcdhe- 
 nagatsofmonaftcryes, with marryed Priefts, fo^e^hk^ 
 the moft of them hungry and naked, but yet death, 
 foUowingc fenfuality,dancinge,catingc,drin- 3> 
 kingcandfwillinge-, neyther do they teach or 3> 
 wililearne^nofobriety oflife, nofincericyis » 
 among them- vvherefoeucr they be, there all 3a 
 good difcipline and piety is caft vnder foote. 3? 
 I would wryte vnto yow more about this 7* 
 matter, but that yt is not fafe to commy t fuch 3> 
 things to letters, &c. n 
 
 54. By this we may vnderftand , that the 
 poore man Vv^as not only in affliction of mind, 
 butalfoinfeareof body 5 for that he lyued a- 
 mong heretiks at Bafill, that began to rnge,this 
 years more then before^ yet gocth he forward 
 
 in 
 
5 1 8 The Bxamen oflohn Tox his 
 
 R'tdm. in the fame epiftle layinge: what ghofpell-Ii* 
 3> bertyisthis, where yt is not lawful! for a man 
 y> to fay his prayers? nor tofacrifice? nor to faft, 
 5> nor to abilayne from flclli? conlider what can 
 ?>bc more milerable then thefe men, eiienin 
 5> this life, &€. I would I were dead, bur thatyf 
 5> this little body of myne had neuer fo imall 
 3>ftrengthto fufleyne life there with yow, I 
 5> had rather lead your life, then to be the chiefc 
 vviSi inCsfarspallace. Wherfore my moft dearly 
 himfcife a beloued ill our Sauiour, I do pray, befeech Sc : 
 ^ovv^ardr ^^^^^ y^^> frendiWpp, yea by our 
 
 the cndof euerlaftingc frcndlliipp , and by Chrift him- 
 B!i$daycs. ^^jf^ ^ ^j^^^ ^^^^ ^^jjj yfj.gj.ly caft out of your 
 
 5> myndthat wearyncs which yow hauccon- 
 j> ccyued,& do not yeld your eares to the perni- 
 3> cious fables of thefe men, who after they haue 
 30 drawne yow into the pitt of perdition , they 
 3> will yeld yow^ no help at all^but only (colFe ac 
 9> yow. Thus Erafmus, 
 
 And now lett lohn Fo:5C glory of him,^in 
 his Calendar, as a ConfelTor of his Religion. 
 YfErafvm were aliue againe^and lliould heare 
 that a Zwinglian or Caluinian wryter had 
 putc him into a Calendar for one of the Saints 
 of his fed, how would he haue laughed at yt, 
 feinghe could not abfteyne from iaughinge, 
 that the Zwinglias in his daies began to make 
 Catalogues of their Saints, comparnige them 
 to the old Saints , and Martyrs of the Catho- 
 EtAfm Lad like Church : VixtempeYdamarifn, &c. (faith 
 ^G^nnanf' ^e) I could fcavfc kold wy felfe from Uughw^, when I 
 hcAifd them compare tbmfelucs to Chriji Apoftles 
 
 and 
 
I CaUndaY' Smts. {the moncth of Decern.) p6 Chap.i^ 
 ^4nd UdYtyrSy &c. And againe. Sci9 multes.nonfme 
 rifu Udur9$y &c. 1 know that many Will not 
 read without laughter , that thcfe men do 
 compare their Martyrs with the ancient Mar- „ 
 tyrs of the Church, &c. So faith Erdfmus, But 
 what yf he had read this J\ovy of lohn Fox, f*^^ '^ «4 . 
 who doth not only compare, but preferre his ^'f 
 Martyrs al(b , before the ancient Martyrs , euen the ^» ' 
 befi of them allythat be in the Roman Calendar? for fo 
 he faith in his Latyn epiftle to the Reader 5 as 
 * before we haue Ihe wed. *^ ^"^^"^ 
 
 5^, Well this lhalbe fufficient to declare & 
 make euident^ that whatfoeuer other worthy 
 Saints Fox may haue of his Church or Reli- 
 gion , yet that Erafmus by no reafon can be his j 
 I of whome though the Catholike Church 
 haue giuen a grieuous cenfure,for his rafli and 
 erroneous wrytings : yet may we hope that 
 by his laft repentance, he hath obtayned re- 
 mifsion at the merciful! hand of almighty 
 God. And Syr Thomas More , Beda NatalU , and 
 Tome others of his frends,did exhort him 
 greatly to make a ve w and rctradation of his 
 works, after the example of S,Auguftine,and 
 by hisownecenfureof them, topreuentthe 
 cenfure of the Church- and fome thinke,thac 
 he meant fo to haue done, yf he had lyued 
 fome yeares longer , yet for that this is vncer- 
 tayne , we muft leauc all to the iudgementof 
 God. And fo inough of him. Now lett vs 
 paflTe to the other, that do follow him in the 
 Calendar. 
 
 57« There do follow for Saints ypon the 27. 
 
 and 
 
520 Thel^cmenofuhnVoxhis 
 B^ccJ" and 28. daycs of chis inoneth, Martjn Bucer and 
 v^Sui Paulm Pbagim, two german marryed Prielts,&e 
 rhagius. the Hrft a friar , who were with their wyues 
 baniilied from Stmburge a Proteftant Citty in 
 Germany , where they had preached diuers 
 yeares. The caufe yow ihall afterward hearc, 
 which fell outabouc the beginninge of K. E^- 
 ward the 6. his raigne , and £0 they were glad 
 to haiie the occafion to come mto England^ 
 the refuge at that day for all fueh ApoUataesj 
 For that at the fame tyme alfo, came inhke 
 manner two Italian friars, each man with his 
 The com- Woman, Peter Martyr and Bernardine Ochitm: 
 Engild"o^f ^ormcr two were fent to Cambridge to 
 diuers A- infed that vniuerlity: the third to Oxford> & 
 j?oftatatc$» fourth was left to preach in Italian at 
 London , we fliall fpeake fomewhat of each 
 one of them in order. 
 The ftory 58. Firll: then as concerninge Martin Bucer 
 Lccr"^" thcchiefe Cambridge-Saint(for that of P4^//«i 
 fiugttii there is lefTe to wryte, he being of ielTc 
 accoumpt>& dyinge quickely after he came to 
 that vniuetfity ) y t appeareth by diuers wry- 
 ters as well Proreftants as Catholiks , that 
 though Bucer were a man of great accoumpc 
 among the new ghofpellers at the beginnmg^ 
 yet through hisinconftancy in turningefroni 
 one fe6t to another he loft much reputation 
 in the end. Surius in his chronicles, doth more 
 exactly then others , obferuc his proceedings 
 accordinge to the yearer- which heercbreefly 
 levv V '^^^^'^^^ runne ouer. t irft then he was by lm-» 
 iynna4. n^^g^ ^ Iew,and then made a Dominican friar^ 
 
 of 
 
CaUnd4f''Smts.{thc monetb of Decern.) 321 Chaf.x& 
 of quicke wicc> and more then ordinary lear- 
 ninge , butinconihnc and giucnco Senfuali- 
 tyj whcrvpon breakingc his vow of chaftity, 
 he tooke three weomen, one after another, 
 forhiswyucs. 
 
 59. But his firft manner ofconuerlion, SuYtm 
 wryteth in this order, by the teftimony of , . 
 many graue vvittncllesjas he laitb: Soone af- comment. 
 ter Luther had opened the way to new do- 
 drincs^ Bucer went vnro him, to offer him- * 
 felfcforafoiiowcrjand tolcauehishabittjC^r. ^ 
 But for that he fccmed not as yet thorowly 
 perliiaded, Luther asked him whether his 
 confcience werequiett;orno, in the new way ' 
 he had taken in hand ? Whervnto he anfwe- 
 ringe no- the other faid^ dH igitm & fugm an- ^iur^ ihn: 
 tra banc confaentim, donee ea pTQrfuic$nticifcat. go /'^g* M** 
 and right againft this conftiencc of thine vn- " 
 till y c be quietc , and repugne no more. And 
 fo he did, & thcrby became a pcrfed follower 
 ofLutherforatyme J and was placed by him 
 in a benefice ; But fome years after, he began 
 to like better the fedof ZwinglmSjand other 
 Sacramentaryes, vnto whome he adioyned 
 himfelfe in fuch feruour of (piritt, as he inuei- 
 ghed eagerly both againft Luther and hi? do- 
 drine, vlmge very hard words againfi the 
 fame, asappearerh by an epiftle of his to the 
 cit&zQnsofNorenbHrge.vvhmm heauoucheth, 
 that the doclrihe of Zwm<^imvvdi fmt from keaaen, 
 and that thf. doBrine 0' Luthtr was new and quite ep Sucerin if 
 pOjiteufcYtf^'YeK and in another epiflSe wtho^ trf&'e^ 
 of Eipr^4^ -qaileth the Lutherans /4«^fjV(?.<, 
 
^iz The Examcn of lohn Fox his 
 
 fujfmeros,fuuofQs,(irc. fanaticall people, fwet- 
 cenchin nxerans J furious, and the like. Wherofyow 
 €hron,Mn, may read alfo Genebrard, in his cronograghy, 
 tothefamecfFea:. 
 
 60. And furthermore Suriui teftifyeth , that 
 rTi^^^x- w^^^^svpon thcyeareof Chrift 1524. acer- 
 is$. * taync Lutheran named loannes Vomer mm^ had 
 79 wrytten certayne commentaryes vpon the 
 pfalmes, ssthichv^ovk^ Luther ^v\AUcUnchthon 
 » had highly commended by their fcuerall prc- 
 faces , to the fame j Bucer feeing that the faid 
 ,> worke was read with great applaufe, did 
 Joftur^s ^^^^^^'^^ ^^i^ commecary into the Dutch 
 ofMartyn tongue, and impudently corrupted the fame 
 fhc begin- fauourofthe Zwinglian herefic, namely in 
 ning. the third plalmc,makinge Fomeranus to feeme 
 pltertu' ^ Sacramentary , whcrof the faid f^nterane 
 ^di5rent. complayucd publikely out of hand > bydiuers 
 printed letters, both to Brentm 2nd J^ricola, 
 -witiy.tf. which letters arc yet extant. And the very 
 »> fame fraud xCcd Bucer foone after, in tranlla- 
 >j tinge Luthers owne commentaryes vpon the 
 lL^th!r!ad cpiltle of 5. Faul to the Hebrues , peruertingc 
 TypogYMph' the fame ofpurpofe, as Luther himfeife did 
 vvatebtr^. complayne in his letters to his frends. 
 
 6x4 And this was the art of Bncer at the bc- 
 ginninge to fett forward the Zwinglian fed:, 
 for which being made odious to the Luthe- 
 rans, he forfooke Saxony, & went to Zuricke, 
 and other townesof the Zwitzer$,perfua- 
 ding them (therby to be the moregratefull to 
 them) that Luther did not differ indeed from 
 them in fubftancc of dodrine, but only in 
 
 manner 
 
C4k«rf4r--S4/Mfi. (the moncth of Decern.) Chap.i6 
 manner and forme of {peach , which ncyther 
 they would bcleeuc , nor Luther yeld vnto, 
 but denounced them euery where for here- 
 tiks,as before yo w haue heard m his ftoryjand 
 lhall againe after in the next chapter. Thus 
 pafled on Bucer vntill the yeare of our Lord 
 t^^6. (in which y earc Q^Anne Bolen was behea- 
 ded in England) at whac tyme Luther calling a sym^ 
 a Synod at his owne houfe in VVittenherge, Bu- '^^^^^^^ 
 rfr came thither with many other Zwingli- vvuten^ 
 an5,and was by the authority and cameft per- t>crg<»»«? 
 fuafions of his old Maifter Luther, & of other ' 
 Lutherans there prefent, recalled anddrawnc 
 backefrom ZwingHanifme againe,and made 
 to renounce the fame publikely , as do teftifie 
 both Funllmz Lutheran 5 in his chronicle of 
 this yeare , and L4U^tem a ZwingUan in his 
 Sacramentary hiftory. And the Ads publike 
 of the faid Synod yet extant,do make it clccre: 
 Yea Bucer himfelfe afterward in his commen- Buccr re* 
 taryes vpon the fixt Chapter of S. lohn, and ^u^ng\L 
 ypon the 26. of Mathcft^f dothaskeforgiuenes niUnc. 
 pubhkely of God and his Church- Quod mulm 
 Zuinglfjhtcreftfafcinauerdt, that he h.^d Dew iched 
 many with the herelle of Zwmgiiu$. &€. 
 6i. Of this notable defe<ftion alfo of Bucer 
 from the Zwinglians, maketh mention the 
 forfaid M^rriwfw Cr«/iKi his appafsionate fchol- ^^^^^^ 
 ler, vpon the yeare 1551. wherin he died, fay^ crufiu- /, 
 inge: Defun£lus efi Bucerus, (ire. Bucer died at ^i^^';.^^^ 
 Cambridge in England vpon the iecond of cap,t$'. 
 February in this yeare 1551. he hauinge byn „ 
 firft of the opinion of ZwingUus^ about the ,^ 
 ' - Xz flipper 
 
T^^f^^ ExAtnen of lohn Fox his 
 j> Supper of Chrift, did vpon the ycare t^'jd. 
 3 J yeld to the fentence of Luther, togeathcr with 
 ^, the jniniftersofiSw^m-^^^ajidfubfcnbcd with his 
 3^ owne hand : he was my maiiler andlingulal: 
 bencfadotj <^c. So he. But he doth not tell 
 of his other changes afterwards, cfpecially ia 
 England , where he made Ihew to fauour 
 ZwingUan doctrine againe, according to the 
 humors of thofe that their goucrncd > but lett 
 vs feeyet fomenioreof his behauiour^ whilft 
 he remayncd in Germany^ before he entrcd 
 England * 
 
 Bucec ^5- After MArtyn Bucer had made his peace 
 doubieth With Luthcr and Lutherans^and returned Ce^ 
 tl^^aCcis, Icmucly to their part againft the Sacramcnta- 
 ryes , he was much troubled by the faid Sa- 
 cranieniary party their frcnds , as though he 
 had betrayed themjand commytted Apoftafy 
 from their religion : whervpon he gat him- 
 felfe to Ttgurine^liks Z«w%,thecheefe ^vvin- 
 giian Cicty of Zwitzeriand, perfuading them 
 that he could diuiie a way of compbfition be- 
 twenccheiii and Luther > as before hath byn 
 faid: but they would not beleeuc him, nor 
 like of any flich compoiition, but proceeded 
 on lii!! againft Lucher. And finally vpon the 
 *js. Fdr. yeare of Chrift 1544. fas'*' before we haue no- 
 ted in the hiflory of Luther) chey fet forth their 
 publike confefsion and profefsion againft him 
 and a!l hij^holdiuge them for bcreciJis Wher-^ 
 vpon Bucer being much greeued>retyred him- 
 felfe from thence to Strashur^e, and Luther on 
 liispart excommunicated thexn againe, with 
 
 as 
 
as gricuous acenfure, as eucr was giuen a- 
 gainrt any heretiks in the world. 
 64. But yec from this tynie forward , Bucer 
 bare himfelfe as indifferent betwcenc both 
 feds , or as a mediator ^ to compofe or vnite 
 them togeather^as yow may perceaue by Qtl^ 
 vym letter of him to l^barellm, wherin he hol~ 
 deth both Bucer and MeUnllbon in one predica-- 
 ment, as conccrningc this point. But two 
 ycarcs after this agauic, he was forced once 
 more to declare himfelfe an open Lutheran, 
 at the conference of KMi^shme appointed by The cgi. 
 CW/^i the Emperor, betwcne Cathoiiks and ^^atllbon. 
 Protettats of che confefsion of Augufta, vpon ^^^^ ^ h^- 
 tlieyearc 154(5. which was the ycarethatK* 
 Henry of England & Luther died^and CIuyUs 
 the Emperor began his warrein Germany, 
 And in this Colloquy Martjn Bucer in the ab- 
 sence o{UcUn^hon,hc fomc other his fellowes^ 
 being procurator for the Proteilants , there 
 was on the other llde one DoSor Maluendaz 
 learned Spanyritd, (peaker for the Cathoiiks^ 
 who for more cleare pi'oceedinge in the mat- 
 I ter, caufedfirft the Confeftionof Au^ufta to 
 I be openly read, which the Protcftantshad gi- 
 ijen vp vnto the Emperor, vpon the yeare 
 1550. for the grounded forme of their reli-^ 
 gion, wrytten by Me Lmchthon and allowed by 
 Luther, and all their followers . Which con- 
 fefsion being publikely read , Maluenda de- 
 maunded ot Bucer &: the reft, that feeing there 
 had byn many editions of this confefsion, 
 wh^her they would itand to that which was; 
 \:. "reiid>~ 
 
The Ixmen of lohn Tox hU 
 read, and condcmne ail other wrytingcs con- 
 trary to the fame > as well their ownc, as of 
 other mens? Whcrat Bucerzt the firft began to 
 ftickeandftaggcr, but at length being vrged, 
 he faid plainly , that he would fo do for his 
 part. Whervpon he confefTed himfelfe once 
 againe a perfect Lutheran, as yo w fee^Sc con- 
 demnethall Zwinglian and Caluinian wry- 
 tings,that refufe the fame^which ye t is like he 
 would not haue done^yf he had knowne that 
 heftiould haue byn forced fo lliortly after to 
 go into England3&: teach Zwmglian dodlrine 
 there againe. Or at leaft to pretende to do y t> 
 for that in his harte he is thought neuer to 
 haue bclecued the fame , cfpecially in their 
 principall article againft the reall prefence,for 
 which caufe he was left out of the pubhke di- 
 fputatiojheld at Cambridge by JB. Ridley about 
 that matter, as after fliall appeare. 
 (^5. I leauc to profecute what pafled in the 
 faid Colloquy 2tR4tUbone,VQmytt'm^,Q the rea- 
 der to ^ SuriHi, and other wryters, that do fett 
 the fame downe at more Iength,efpecially the 
 particular abfurdityes , whervnto the forfaid 
 Maluenda brought Bucer in difputation.though 
 J?^/cm fcholler the forfaid Cruftw benotallia- 
 med to write, that he did fo con temne Maluefi- 
 ds, and his afsiftents 9 that while they framed 
 their arguments, he wrote letters hither and 
 thither to his frends abroad, and then anfwe- 
 red them in a word or two^Sc turned to wrytc 
 againe, all the whole auditory lookinge vpon 
 him. Which thingc how probable it is, euery 
 
 man 
 
C4lend4r-Saints.{tht monetHofDccem.) 327 €h/if.t6 
 man of iudgemcnt wiJl cafily fee , and therby 
 difccrne the iTiamelcffe pride of heredcall 
 wrytings. And (o much of that Colloquy, 
 ^6. From this fpcachc o( Rdtisbone ^ Bucer 
 being wholy out of credit no w^as y t feemeth, 
 with the Zwinglians and Caluinifts , retyrcd 
 himfelfe vilto AYgentinx , where the Lutheran 
 1 fed: bare rule at that day, and there the friar 
 I marryed one of his daughters vnto ChriJIopho^ 
 I fus ScUius , a miniftcr of the fame tribe and 
 to wne^as appeareth by Crufim in his ftory anno 
 1551. when he talketh of this fonne in law of ^^-^^^ ' 
 Bucer, who with two other minifters of Straf- 
 ; burgeHtdio nnd Lendglinus , equitarunt (faith he) 
 I 4d VVittenbergenfes TheoUgss, de Concil 'tQ Ttidentino 
 deliberami : they did ryde to VVittenbergey to 
 conferre with the diuines of that Citty about 
 the Councell of Trent , begon fome 4, or 5. 
 ycares before. And hcere yow may cpnfider 
 what a goodly confultation this wasjwhen 2. 
 or ^.riding- minifters^take vpon them to deli- 
 berate of fo great and graue a gener^ll Coun- 
 cell, at chat of Trent was. 
 67. But not long after Ef/rm returne to Strafe 
 huYge, he and faulus Fhagius (who was another 
 marryed Prieft of the fame Citty) were for- 
 bidden to preache any more , but rather to 
 packe out of the towne, for their fedition, 
 which the forfaid Crufm though greatly their 
 freind, fetteth downc in thefe words: Argenti- ubflL' 
 n&i. MmyinterdiduejiBucero&Faghynedfnplius '^^^^ '^i 
 cencionarentur , &c. Vpon the fccond day of 
 March mm 1549, prohibition was made at 
 
 X4 Stuf 
 
328 TheExdmenoflehnTexhU 
 ^, Straihurgt to Buicr and Fhapus, that they flioulci 
 „ preach no more, whervpon the next day they 
 „ made their laft fcrmons, Thdgius his fpeach 
 was very graue and pathecicall, out oF the 7. 
 „ of Saint Mathetr, and after his fcrmon he addedi 
 5, thefe words: t. I was called hither, and tQ 
 „ the citry oFConftance by order to preach. 
 ^^Xis"^' ^* ^ ^"SLU^ taught & preached according to 
 graue and the confefsio of Augufta thefe 30. yearespaft. 
 Fcaeh'''*^ 3. Yow fubieds muft bequiett, and at- 
 ^ ^* „ tempt nothinge by force, for vpholdinge the 
 j3 office of preachinge. 
 
 5, 4. The magiftrates arc not guilty in this 
 matter, they haue proued all they could for 
 vpholdinge all the gbofpcU. 
 5, 5. Read diligenciy at home Luthers Bible;. 
 P, admonilh one another 5 remayne conftant irx 
 5> the knowne dodrine- kcepc your children 
 5> hard to the Catechifme. 
 3, 6. Young men^pray to God^for that he may 
 p> chance to heare yowfooncr, then the elder 
 p, fort, that haue more fynnes. \ 
 3> 7. Keep your preachers as long as they Hue, 
 3> in honor; thinke not that they remayne with 
 35 yow tor their bellyes fake, the diuell perfe- 
 3> cuteth them chiefly, who can dohimmoft 
 9> harme . 
 
 5> 8. No body hath conuinced vs, that we 
 3, haue a falfe doftrine, out of the fcripturcs-jbut 
 35 wheras men dealc with force, we muft com- 
 P, mend all to God. 
 
 3> 9. I am held for a feditious preacher, not- 
 5, with/lading I haue ncuer let on any man, &c. 
 
 JO. Pray 
 
C^kw^4r-54Jw^j.(themonethofDeccm,) 329 Cha^.iS 
 to. Pray God for me , thac I remayne con- 
 flantinall crolIes,Iama man, Peter did ai- 
 ! fo fall. ,j 
 
 tu Yow Superiors , punilli the exterior,^ 
 grolTe vices of thofe that be vndcr ^^ovv. 
 
 12. Read the 7. chapter of D^irJf^/; the 15, of 
 thefirft Epiftlcto the Corinthians, the 20. of^^ 
 the A(5ts,aiid the Epiflle oi ludas, &c. 
 68. This IS the graue :md path^t^CAil fpeach, 
 which Cruftus fay th , that Vlugius had at his ex- 
 pullion out o( Argent im.^i^d iaac himfeik was 
 prclent when he fj^ake chefe words, whcriii 
 he profefled himfelfe to haue bin a Luchcran^, 
 accordingc to the confefsion of Augujla i or 30. 
 ycares togeatherj and now both he and Buccr 
 were baniilied from thence for feditiou?. prea- 
 chers, not byCathoIiks , but by Proteftants ^ 
 themfclucs, which is euidcnt by Cruftus : fot 
 that he wrytcth , that two other Lutheran 
 Doctors, GaJpar Hedio , and leames Marbach'm ^^^^^'J^ 
 (who afterward was fupcrintendcnt of ^/r^j' 
 hurgCy and fee forth a terrible booke again I t ail 
 Sacramentaryesjwcrc appointed co preach in 
 their places. And albeit the dav of their ba- 
 nifliment was appointed the iirRof Aprill^yet 
 went they not forth of Argentina ( as Crufim 
 faith) vntili the fourth of April!: Intera nam^ 
 Utuerunt dcmi Catherine Vidud Zelfijy fordiatin /^^zJ^.t^l 
 the meane fpacc they lay hidden > athonicin^^ 
 the houfe of Catherine the widdow of Zelfus^ 
 teBe hcjpitd nBjira Ftofcbejferin/t , cuius fororem 
 Agnetam Thagius in matrimonimn habebat ^ the 
 Witnntcs wherof (faith he) is our horicfle Frof 
 
550 The Ixmen of Uhn Tqx his 
 
 €hejferina whofc filler Agnes , Fhapus had mar- 
 ryed, &c. 
 
 6^. Lo hecre the ftory of thefc two Apoftlcs, 
 «r rather Apoftates cxpulfion out of Stmhurge^ 
 related briefly by their ownc fcholler. And 
 from thence they came into England leading 
 their fitters with them,and were fcnt to C^wi- 
 hridge to infed & pefter that vniuerfity, as be- 
 fore yo w heardjteachinge for lucres fake, and 
 forpleafingethofc that were in authority at 
 that tyme in our coun trey , the Sacramentary 
 lecft J againft which they had made protefta- 
 tionasyow haue heard, at their very depar- 
 ture out of Argentina. Thefe then are the two 
 famous Cambridge SaintSy which Fox fttteth 
 downc for ConfelTors of his Church : Of 
 which two, Thagm died foone after his com- 
 minge to Cambridge in the yeare 154.9. bat 
 Bucer lined fome 2. or 5. yeares after , to witt 
 ft vntotheycarci55i. Of his death men report 
 that^Bu^ diuerfly. For that fome confidering his incon- 
 ccr died a ftancy in diucrs (e(9:s,& that his hwage was of 
 the Iewes,& that in diners queftios afked him 
 about diuorcemcts, vfury, poIigamy,& other 
 fuch points, he fcemed toinclyne tolewilh 
 opinions , or ypon what other arguments, I 
 know not , they bcleeucd & gaue our that he 
 died a Iew,wherof both Surlm, Genebrard, Un* 
 dane.Sc other forrayne wrytcrs^do make men- 
 tion,out of the report of Engliflimen that tra- 
 uayled beyond the fcas. But howfocuer this 
 was, fureytis, that both he and Pfc->^j;i«i died 
 kcjetiks, and no man can tcil of what feit. ^ 
 
CdlenddY'S4ims.{thcmoncthofDcctm.) 351 Chaf.i^ 
 70. But as for Bucety the (cntcncc of his con- 
 demnation (ett downe by C^rdlndUPilcyior the 
 burninge of hisbody in Q^Maryes dayes in ^^^^'^'^^^ 
 Cambridge, hath, (bcfides other common & ned^in 
 ordinary herefies) that of the Manichies, cabiigc* 
 Omnia fate,&abfolutanecepit4te peri, that he held 
 ail things to happen by deftmy and abfolute 
 necefsity. And more then this DoSior Perne 
 maifter afterward of Peter Heufe , held for a 
 principali learned man,euen amonge thePro- 
 tcftants of thosdayes,for whomc he difputed 
 vnder B. Ridley in the publikc Cambridge difpu- 
 tation,a5 after yow lliall hearc,gaue in publikc 
 tcftimony againft him,as one that had byn his 
 fcholler, and very familiar with him in K Ed^ 
 ti^ards d^yes'y that touchinge diuorcemtnu and 
 vfary, he held them UwfuU, dsthe lenses did, and that , 
 G$dw^u ihe author effinne absolutely and friferlj: 
 howbcit for ofFendinge diuers mens con- 
 fticnccs, he faid that he durft not teach the 
 fame openly . All which points and many 
 •ther, yow may find in the depofitions of 
 Cambridge DdSlors^t thsittymcy which Foxal- 
 fo fetteth downe, and chafeth wonderfully 
 with D.Peme for teftifying thefe things againft 
 him , which he feekcthto wipe of with this ^ j-^-^^ 
 Rhetoricall defence. Bucer (faith hel brought all lous axgi!» 
 men intc^uch admiration ofhimjhat neyther his fiends ^^^^ 
 (ould fufficiently praife him, neyther his enen^yes in any m$. 
 one point ^cenld find fault with his fingular life and fm- 
 cere doHriney a moft certayne token vvherof may be his 
 fumptuous buryaU. folemnizjed with fo great apjlanee 
 andgladnes of all the degrees of the vniuerfttj, &€, 
 
55 z Tfctf ixmen lohn F$x his 
 
 ju So Fox. And yf this be not a defence 
 worthy of fo wife a man, I icaue to the reader 
 to confider ; For the fame argument I may 
 better vfe againft him^ feeing that all the vni- 
 iierfity afterward in Q. Maryesdayes,deman- 
 ded to haue his bones taken vp againc,& bur- 
 ned for an hcretikc^as Fox himfelfc doth con- 
 fclfe, relatingc at large, both their orations, 
 fpcaches, (crmons,confercnces,fent€nces and 
 iudgements about the famc.So as heere I will 
 make an end to fpeakc any more of Buctr and 
 ThAgim'^QViX^ 1 niuft add a word of the teftimo- 
 iiy of the right honourable the I. V/tgett in 
 * /iVt.i^i Maryes dayes, cyted by Do{igY'^ Sandenv^ho 
 ^^^^^ relate the fame - And y t is, that the 
 272. * faid L. "^dgett , hauinge byn a Proteftant in 
 
 I^dwAtds dayes, and imployed in forrainc Em- 
 baifagcs , was interpreter one day betwenc 
 the L^Dudky Duke of NoYthumberland and Bmr, 
 & thervpon recounted, that the Duke asking 
 Bucer in confidence , whether the body of 
 C hrift were truly 5>c really in the Sacrament? 
 9i He anfwercd : that yf all be true , which the 
 ,> Euangehfts do fett downc , yt mufl needs be 
 9, there , but whether we be bound to bcleeuc 
 » abfolutely cucry thinge fctt downebythem, 
 3^ to be true or noe, he would not be iu(ige: 
 Which anfwerc moued greatly both thcDukc 
 md the Lord Fdgett, to bcleeue the Cathohke 
 ^C//.;, opinion in that aft'ayre, and afterward in 
 the rcvcwc of difputanons yow lhall feq 
 JB^'^t'ri authority in this article , refuled flatly 
 by Crmmt «ad his feUowe^. And fo much 
 
 of 
 
C^Wir-'J^iwtJ. (the nioncth of Decern.) 335 C/;^f 1^ 
 of thefe compagnions Buccr and fhagim. 
 yu In the next place after thefe , cometh in ?inHpM<j- 
 Vhilif UeUndhon for a Confcflbr alfoof Fox hlsftory! 
 his Church 5 but yf the former two were 
 Saindsfor being Zuinglians , and for dcnyali 
 ofthe rcail prefenec in the Sacrament, then 
 cannot UeUn^hon any way be a faind with 
 them, who ftoutly affirmed and defended the 
 famcrcall prefencc cotrary to the ZuingHanSj 
 as partly yow haue heard tcftified before by 
 T^ndaU hymfclfe inhis letter to Frph^ where 
 he faith i If Philifp MeUftdhon be admitted into 
 py^wcf ( as the ncwes went, that he was) 
 fpill he certdinljf plant the dffirmatiue fm in that 
 J^wgrfow^ jandthervponhc pcrfuaded Fm//ro 
 go foft and fayrc in that concrouerfyjVntili he 
 did fee the cuent what would Fall out. Now 
 yf Fhilipf Melan£lhn v/ctq (o refolute in the 
 affirmatiue ofthat doclrine , whcrof Fox and 
 his fellowes do hold the negadnc,and for ho!* 
 ding of which negatiue he hath canonized Co 
 many for Samcfcs and Martyrs before , how 
 can he and they be Saind:s of one Church 
 or Calendar? 
 
 73. Buttothe endyowmaypcrceyue>wh^t 
 manner of Sain6t Fox hath picked outheere 
 from the Lutherans, ro bearc a roome among 
 his Caiuinian Sainds, we lhall recount fom- 
 what more particularly what MelarMh$n was. 
 He was borne (fzithCruftus ) inatownecd- 
 Jed Bretia in the councrey of Germany^namcd 
 Sueuk or Sit'oMbenUnd.ypon the yeare of Chrift 
 145^7. So as wh^:n Luther bcg.in his breach. 
 
334 '^^^ Ixamen oflohn Fox his 
 
 he was iuft 20. yeares old : and the next yeare 
 after he began to read pubhkely in VVittenherge 
 where Luther liued, both H$mer , and S. Pdules 
 cpiftle to TimfJ^Mth Crufm) that is to (ay^both 
 Grammar and Diuinity , and (bone after get- 
 ting him a wife, heioyned himfelfe infiich 
 ftraytc frendlhipp to Luther,as comonly they 
 were called by their followers, Paul and Tim. 
 n^^^ Mc' "^"^ Luther was wont to fay, when he would 
 lanchtho (peake of great matters to be done by great 
 mmc^^* men , Thilippus mem & eg9 , my Philipp and my 
 (elfe. This Melanchthons name in Dutch was 
 Stvm^erdy which fignifyetht/^ci^^f^rifej but 
 by counfell of Luther , who had changed his 
 owne name alfb from Luder , ( as before yow 
 haue heard in his ftory ) he called himfelfe 
 Melanchtlmy after the Greekephrafe, which 
 fignifyeth as much as blacke earth in Dutch. 
 74. This man then being Luthersdearling^ 
 and profefsingefome extraordinary (kill both 
 in the Latyn & Greeke tongue, Poetry, Rhe- 
 thorike , and fuch other fciences, drew many 
 other young me after him of the like humour 
 at the beginninge of Luthcrs ghofpell , pro- 
 fefsinge themfelucs Champions thereof by 
 their pennes and wrytings : and this endured 
 (bme 4. or ^. yeares, vntill the ablence of Lu- 
 ther from VVittenherge at his Fathmos (as he cal- 
 led yt") vpon theyeare 1522. at what tyme 
 folftadius Archdeacon of VVittenherge hauing ta- 
 ken a wife, and being as yt wereafpirituall 
 Father to MeUnchthon, in Luthers abfencc, 
 had perfuaded him (as Surm rclateth) to con- 
 
 temne 
 
C^lendar-Sdints. {the moncth of Decern.) 555^ Cbaf.ti 
 tcmncand burne all bookcs of Philofophy, 
 Rhctoricke, and other fcienccs, and only to ^iJijVf^ 
 ftudy the fcripture ; and thcrwithall to take 
 Vpon him fome Mechanicall art, as many 
 other fchollcrs had done in VVittenberge by like 
 perfuafionsj whervpon MeUnchthm rclblucd Mciancfe- 
 to be a baker. But Luther returninge home f^^^^^ 
 brake all thefe defigncments, and foone after tion to 
 dtzucoutCarolJladim (torn VVittenberge, with 
 his new wife , & made him to be a labouring 
 man in the countrey. MeUnchthon then being 
 newly confirmed by Luther, tooke hoatly his 
 partagainft all his contradidors, as namely 
 the forfaid Careljladim, OecoUmpadius^^nd Zwm-- 
 glm , that foone after began their Sacramen- 
 tary fed againft him , whome MeUnchthon by 
 many wrytinges endeauoured to refute : but 
 cfpecially to prefTe and confound them the 
 more , he gathered togcathcr a whole bookc 
 of fentences, & authorityes out of the ancient 
 Fathers for proofe of thc/eaUftefence , againft 
 the Noueltyes of the Zwinglians dodrine Jn 
 the preface of which worke, being fen t to Fr^- 
 dericus Myconim, he wrytech thus: 
 7f . Uitto tibi, &c. I fend vnto yow the places t^J^ud^ 
 of ancient Fathers of the fupper of our Lord, ^^y^i^^^ 
 as I promifcd, wherby yow lhall fee, that the fenUnt. dc 
 faid Fathers did thinke and beleeue>as we doj ^'^^^j'^^*- 
 that is to fay, thdt the body and bloudofeur Sauicnr 
 utYul^prefentinthefaidfiPper. It is not fafe for ,» 
 vs to go from the common fcntence of the 
 ancient Church: we feemc dull vnto fome,for 
 that we do not fee a Metaphore in the words 
 
 of 
 
The Exdffm of John Tox hu 
 of the ghofpeil, this u my bQdj, &c. But I do fof* 
 low the icnrence oi the auncicnt Church, 
 j, which cloth affirme the true body of Chridto 
 5, be in die (upper, & do iudge that this bcleefc 
 5, hath w ith yc the tertirnony of hoiy Icripturcj 
 J, nor do I find any reafon , why we Ihouid in- 
 5, terpretc the word body ( affirmed to be pre- 
 fent ) to che figne only of an abfent body, 
 33 &c. I know thac Carolfiadms wasrhc (irftthat 
 Knd-d''to '^V^'^'-d Yp this tnmu't .aoout the matter, he 
 ludAiCmc. being a rude barbarous fvJiow, without lear- 
 toTic^"^ ninge or common ienft, Co farreof washc 
 lanfthons Itom hauiug io him ^ny %neor iVgnification 
 tcftimo of ^ i^Qiy fpii uy:5a)' there were manifeft (igncs 
 of impiety m him, for that in all his dodrine 
 3> he tended lo ludaifmej and began this con- 
 5, trouerfieofthcfupper^oniy for hatred ofLu- 
 j> th'tr , nor vpon any perfuafion of piety. For 
 vrh<n Luther reproued his breakingc downe 
 oFlrn.iges, he being inflamed with a beadly 
 grcedyriesofreuengc, fought this plaufible &: 
 5, vendible cauie (ofdenying ^herc;?Il prefcnce) 
 5, wherbyto reuengehimiclfe &hurtLuthcrs 
 creditt, &c, 
 
 76. Thus wrote Meknclhon of this vvhoie 
 controueriTe and authors thcrof, againft Fox 
 aiid his. fellowec. And in the frime place he 
 vfcth many other re.^fons to conuincc the 
 nUfdp.^^ truth, as liamelv cap i. Quid tidferrifoteft^frAter 
 buti:a)u ratiQvis iti^'uium , &c. Wnar can be 
 brought ior the Sacrameiuarycs.bnt only the 
 iudgem^nt of humaine rfiafon, tharChrifts 
 body qannotbebucin one place^ ^c, Sdemnes 
 
 veures 
 
CAUnd4Y'Salnts.(thtmmttho£DtCtm.) 537 Chap.i^ 
 reteres fenferunt , tudtcium ratlonis debere fcriptura 
 cedere. But all ancient Fathers were of opinion ^ns**^f 
 that the iiidgement of humaine reafon lliould ^tUnahm 
 yeld in this point to fcripturc. And in another JjdeKd^fo^^ 
 place: Fieri poteJlyVt alia fententiablandiaturctiofo rcaiiprc- 
 Animo, quia efi mjigis confentaneahumano iudicio, Yt /^^"j^^,^ 
 may be that the other opinion of the Sacra- 
 mentaryes , may pleafc an idle mynded man, 
 for that yt is more conformc to, humaine 
 iudgement: but what tentation would thefe 
 men feele in the end , when their owne con- 
 fcicnces (hM difpute againft them , what 
 caufe they had to depart from the rcceaued 
 fen tence of the Church : tunc ifia verba hoc eji 
 {orpm meumjuhnina ermt: then thefe words of 
 Chrilt, this is my body,\\\\\ be terrible thunder- 
 bolts vnto them, &Cn Thus he. 
 
 77. And y t were to long to alleage the ma- 
 ny proofes and reafons,which he brmgetH for 
 this do(Strine> in this and other parts of his 
 worics, and therfore I will end with thefe hit 
 words to Martinus Gerolitius a pafTor and prea- 
 cher: Ego mori malinty quam hec affirmare y quod 
 Zuingiiani a^rmant,Chrtjlt corpus vonpojfe nifi in vno 
 
 loco ejfey &c. 1 had rather dy, then to al?irmc as f^f^""^^^^, 
 the Zwinglians do, that ChriRs body cannot in defence 
 be but in one place at once. Lo heere Melanch- 
 thon was ready tody againft the Zwinglians. tarycsi 
 And how then can he be a Saint or ConfelTor ^^^^J^* 
 of their Church? 
 
 78. And this were inough to llicw Fox his 
 folly, in fettingeonc downc in his Calendar 
 for a Saint of his Church, that was his prot^f- 
 
 Y M 
 
The Ixme n oflohn FoxhU 
 fed enemy in belcctc. Bur yf we will confider 
 further, nor fo much what Catholike wrytcrs 
 haue left recorded of this MeUnchtIm: (for 
 with this 1 know Proteftants will not greatly 
 be mooued ) but what eucn his owne men 
 alio, both Lutherans & Sacramcncaryes haue 
 left written of him^we lhall Hnd that Melanch^ 
 then could fcarcely be a ConfeiTor of any fec3: 
 or religion, tor that he wasconftantandrefo- 
 lurc in none, though at the beginning, as hath 
 byn faid, he wasoncof the chiefeft pillars of 
 the new ghofpell ni genetall, when as all 
 flood in wrytinge agamft the Pope 5 which 
 McUnchthgn did by Luthers direction at fome 
 22. or ij. yearef of age j but afterward when 
 many dirtinft feds grew vp, and each one de- 
 fired to eftablilh yr felfe , then was yt hard to 
 fay, of which fide MeUncbthon was cfpecially 
 towards his end. For as he grew more mature 
 in iudgement; fo difiroucred he more difficul- 
 tyes on all fides , and thervpon became fo 
 doubtfull euery way, as no man could tell of 
 what Religion he vvas indeed . 
 79. For firll the Sacramcntaryes, notwith- 
 ftandinge all that yow haue heard him wrytc 
 agamft them before , will needs haue him to 
 Ca!u.i}f.ii. "^^^^ opinion. De McUitchthene Tmh C^U 
 MdPh^rcU, uvn in an cpillle to PbdreUmui the ycarc 1539.) 
 
 nihil duhites, qumpenitus nobtfcumfcHtidt, Of 
 t$ Melanthon do yow doubt nothnige; bur that 
 „ he is alrogeaiher of our opinion, drr. And in 
 hisaunfwcre to Fr^/?/>M«5a cerraync Luthe- 
 ,> ran , the fame CaIujh wrytcth thus about the 
 
 contro* 
 
C^lenddf-Sdints. (the moneth of Decern.) %^^C!)^a6 
 concroucrlie of the Sacrament. Quod dixt, & 
 qmdem centiesji eptu fit^€on^mo,nQn magu a me Pbh £f 
 lippum, quam afr$pri)s vtfcenbus pojf^ in hac CHufa di- vvtfl. ' 
 uellL That which I laid or PbiUpp MeUnchthon, 
 1 will fay againe a hundred tymes, yfytbc ^1^^^^ 
 nccdfull, that Phillpp MeUmhon t^a no more be 
 fcparated from mc in this caufe of the Sacra- jj^^^J ''^^^^ 
 mcnt, then from his owne bowells* 1 hus 
 confidently wrote Caluyn of Phthpp MieUmh^ 
 thon to be of his fide* And the like did br«igg 
 other Sacramentarycs, as namely rfc<?w^ Nro- 
 geQYgim : Philifpus non '4ufa$ eft, vim Luthero palam ^t^,^'** 
 Jdteri , quid fentiret de Ccsua Domini, &c. Philipp 
 Mclanchthon, durlt not vvhilft Luther was ,^ 
 aliue to confclTe openly, what he thought of 
 the fupper of our Lord (behould how good a 
 ConfclTbrhewas ) foryfhc had done, what „ 
 ftyrres and tumults thinke yow, would fierce 
 Luther haue moucd againft him? &c. ,^ 
 8o. I might alleage many teftimonycs more> 
 but thefe are fufficicnt to fhcw what aeon- 
 felTor MeUnchthon was, which durft not vtter 
 what he thought in Co great an article of faith 
 ^s this is. Caluvn vviJl needs attribute yt to a 
 certayne woUities dnimi^ vveaknes or delicacy of 
 mynd, much like vnto Bucer, that tuincd with 
 cuery vvynd , and weather , whomc in this 
 point he comparrth togeather. For wryringe 
 to the forOiid Phdrelltu his Companion , vpoa 
 the forefaid yeare t^^p. Caluyn telleth a no- 
 table fidion and ly for crcditt of the caufe of 
 his new ghofpell, which was that K. H. nry 
 of England had demaundcd a certayne em- 
 
 y z luffiige 
 
54-0 The txmen of lohn Tox hU \ 
 baffagc to be lent vnto him from the Prote- 
 ft ant Princes of Germany , and that UeUnch" 
 thon 'm particular ihould be one: AngUfettUofuit \ 
 ^'^'pK' {^^^^^ he) vt legAtio 4d[e nouatnitteretur, cuiadum- i 
 ^0, in J* geretm Fbilipfmy &c. The petition of the King 
 3j of England was to thefe German Princes, 
 5> that a new embaffage fhould be fcnt vnto 
 5> hini^and that PW/zpp McUnchthon lliould be ioy- \ 
 5> ncd thcrvnto, to the end that the King might 
 55 hauehim by him^covfehiscounfell fororde- 
 3j ringeof his Church. The Princes made no 
 p> doubt to fend the embaffage, but did not like , 
 3, to fend Melanchthon , ({uod moUitiem anmi eim \ 
 « haberenty for that they held for fufpeit 
 
 55 the fofcnes or weakenes of his mynd.Neyther 
 » is Thtlipf himfelfe ignorant , or diflemblcth 
 3, what opinion men haue of him in thisbc- 
 3, halfe , though vnto me he did fwere moft fo- 
 lemnely^that this fearc which the Princes had 
 3, of him, was vayne^ and truly fo farre forth as 
 5, I may perfuade my felfe , to know his mynd> 
 3, I would truft him in fuch a matter , as much 
 53 z^Bucety efpccialiy the bufynes being with 
 5j fuch men > as would haue fomcwhat yelded 
 ,3 to them, c^^:. 
 85, Behould heere two points out of Caf- 
 "uyns tefumony: the firfl: that K. Henry the 8- 
 did dcfire Melanchthon to be fent vnto him, 
 to fut in order hii Church of England lyhU counfeU*^ 
 vvhich I hould to be a very ly, & only fpread 
 abroad in Germany inthofe dayes (as many 
 others were) for credit of their new ghofpeil, 
 and Pro teftant Religion. For that K.Henry 
 
 in 
 
CalendaY-S4intu{thtmontthofDcctm,) 54^ ChapA& 
 in the very end of this yeare 1539. named by 
 Calujn, began the parlament, wherin the ter- 
 rible Statute of 6 •articles was decreed j again 0: 
 which Melanchthon wrote a large and long 
 difcourfe, yf we beleeue lohn Fox ; as in the 
 Latyn Certmen of our EnghHi Cachohke cett. e^n 
 Church wehaue fett downe more at large: ^J^t! 
 So as yt was not Ukcly , that Henry being > 
 of that mynd in religion, which then he was> 
 and refolued to make that St^itute agunftall 
 Protcftants , would fend for MeUnchthm to 
 take his iudgement in fuch a caufe . The fe- 
 cond point in Caluyns letter is, that both M^- 
 Unchthon and Bucer were men of no fortitude 
 nor Conftancy in Religion^bat as weaklings, 
 were ready to yeld to Princes what they dc- 
 maunded. Which Bez.a alfo doth fignifie 
 •phiuly of Uelanchthon, when he wrytcth, that 
 he deferred to preach publikely Ca'uynsdo- 
 ^rine: QuiAnondumCatuMhMmftillanda.Vrincu TfcwiH'^ 
 pum aures etf4tef)ant ror tliat Prsnceseareslay pag, 14$! 
 not yet open inough vnto Milachtlmiy to inftili 
 thefc things(of Caluyns do(firmc}vntothern. 
 And thus muqh of the Cenfure of Caluyn and 
 Caluinifts and other Sacramentaryes tou^ 
 chinge Uelmchthon. 
 
 82. But as for Cacholiks yt v/erc ouer longe 
 tofe$ what they do note ainft this vncoa- 
 ftant and effeminate Confeffot UeUnchthm^ 
 efpecially concerninge his mutability in opi- 
 nions, vttercdin twoprincipail works of his^ 
 to witt his Common pUca and Confefton ofAugu-- 
 P^, with the Apology therof, wherin he bath 
 
5 41 The Exmen $f lohn F0x hk 
 
 vvhtt varyous as the rayn-b© Wjchanginge iri 
 
 cith.^Hki eucry edition diucrs articles of Religion. As 
 ot^McUnc^ cxamplc>in his firft edition of Comon flaces^ 
 thon. he reiedjeth the very name yc fclfe of SAcra^ 
 fix^T 'Wfwfj but in thelaft edition he admitteth yc 
 plainly. Againe in tke fecund edition of his 
 comon places, he faith, that there urt tWQ Sdcra^ 
 mentsonly, bdfUfme and the Lords fuf per : but in 
 his Catcchifmes fee forth after that, he (aith^ 
 c<f» ^eS4. there are three , to witt, baptifwe, abfolutiin, ^nd 
 ntts. ^upper of the Lord., which he confirmeth alfo 
 in the Apology of his Augujldne Confepon, 
 where he calleth abfolution -S^^r^wmww p»- 
 nitentU: the Sacrament of pennance. But in 
 Ills laiJ edition of Comon fUces hauinge better 
 thought of the matter , he holdeth foure Sn- 
 craments,for hauinge numbred the former 
 three, he adioyneth thefe words: Mihim4Xtmc 
 Qi^itma, placet etidm addf Or dinationetn, vtvocantjdejl, r<?- 
 mmem dd mtniflerium Euan^elij s It picafe th mc 
 „ molt of all,that the Sacrament of Orrfrr,which 
 men call Ordination, that is to layjthc vocation 
 „ to che miniftery of the ghofpell, be added to 
 The inco the formernumbcr of Sacramcuts.So as hecrc 
 Mdanc-^ yow fcc MeUttchthon his pleafurc muft ftand for 
 thon. a law ^>^beleefe. For in his firft edition of the 
 C^p.di^ar^ fame Cmon places he wrote thus ; Qutdtnmen^ 
 "Dirnm. temvemt iji.qm inter [igna gratis, ordtnemnumera^ 
 runt? What came in their mynd , I pray yow, 
 5j that did number takinge of Orders among the 
 J, fjgnes of Grace? VVhcrvntoamanmightan- 
 re vere by asking of UeUnHhonihnd what came 
 in your mynd to add Jihat now^ which yow 
 
Calendar' Saint s.(thc moncth of Decern.) 545 ChapA6 
 fhucoucbetore-3&: to change your opinion (o 
 often, not only in thefe points, but in fo many 
 more as are obferucd by Cathoiiks? w hich 
 were oucr longe to be rccyted in this place. 
 83. But now* yf we Icauc as well Cathoiiks 
 as Sacramentaryes , and confider what his 
 owne men the Lutherans thought of him, & 
 hisinconltancy , we fl>all fee how fittly heis 
 brought in by lohn Fox for a principall Con- 
 feflbr. For tirft MelanHhn himtclfe^ feeing his 
 owne men to murmure at his often changes, 
 in his Augujiane Citnfepon and Apology therof^ 
 he wrote thus of that matter to Luther. In 
 Apoldguquotidie ntHltdmutanjus, fubinde enmmU" MtUmhs. 
 tanda funt^ &ad occafiones accommedanda . We do ^j^^); 
 change eucry day many things in our Apolo- 
 gy> for that they arc to be changed, & accom- 
 modated vntooccafions as they fallout. And The iud|- 
 the whole Synod of Saxon diuines in their LuThcmna 
 meetinge and Colloquy zt Alt emberge, in the touchmgc 
 yeare of Chrill; i$68. do fett downein their ^^^^^^ 
 printed A£i:s thefc words. That Martyn Lu- 
 ther did oftentimes chide with Philipp Melanc- 
 thonfor his frequent changes of the Confef- 
 Hon of Augujl4,izYh'^g^: Vhtlipfe, liber ifle non turn 
 €fi,fedEcclefucQnptemis,ideo, non efi ttbi integrum J^^f; 
 tQtmmmutare. Philippe, this booke^ is not coHoq, at-: 
 thine , but of the confefsinge Church , and ^^sTt". 
 therfore yt is not lawfull for thee to change yt 
 fo often. So Luther. And by this yow may 
 fee thefutelaw of beleefe, which the Luthe- 
 rans haue, who depend of this Confcf^ioncf 
 Augufi^^ as the ground of all their beleefe. 
 
 84. But 
 
544* Examen o f Uhn Vox his 
 
 TVie^iud^- 84. But yt were to long co (hew how the(e 
 ?axon°di- Lutheran Saxon diuincs ciodifgrace,anddir- 
 Bincscon. cteditt UeUnWm in the Ads and Gefts of this 
 %Unih:. Synod 5 forhisinconftancy in matters of Re- 
 ligion. For fpcakinge of one coiitrouerlie they 
 Wryte thusiA^rmamm Plnltppum in hac cemrouer^ 
 fia non fenfire cum Lmlmo,neque cum verbs Dei, We 
 M yjjT ^^^^^ that Philipp in this controuerlie 
 doth not agree eyther with Luther , or with 
 the word of God i Andthisis (forfooth) for 
 that thefc Saxon diuincs were ftric^t, & riged 
 Lutherans, defendinge all things abfolucely 
 that Luther did defend. And Melanilbon \s/hca 
 he came to be of more mature yeares , was a 
 foft, and temperate Lutheran, defendinge 
 Luthers opinions by discretion , takinge and 
 leauinge what he thought beft, whervpon 
 "^^4 ^'^^y ^'^^ ^good'fehtt^ , and his lom Theoh- 
 * gicos, theological] places^they call iocos Theologi^ 
 ^(?;,tKeoIogicalI iefts or playes. And albeit their 
 narration of him be fomewhat longe,yet fhall 
 I heerc fett do wne fome part therof, therby to - 
 know what MeUn^hm was^we ITiall (ay fome- 
 what ( fay they ) of Philipps Theologicall 
 places , but in few words and with mode- 
 „ fty, c^TT. 
 
 Ji/- ^^^^ is knowne (fay they^ that he 
 tem erg. chaHged his faid places fooftentymcs both in 
 /»/.^ot. vvords and fenft , as yt is doubtfull what we 
 5, may beleeue, and what nor. Secondly ytis 
 ^5 cerrayne that Luther did millike this often 
 5> changui^e of his. Thirdly his old places were 
 ^> more pur^ then his later, as pious men do 
 
 iudge 
 
Judge, bourthiy that Luther did not fo much 
 as iookeouer his later p/.tr^i. Fifthly thatLu- ^^^^ 
 ther being old > and efpecially after his death the saxoo 
 the fame places were chaged. Sixtly^that many c6cerning 
 things are found inthefe htcv places , which MtUnaui^ 
 do difagrcc with the wordof God , and with ^^^^^^ 
 Luthers wrytings d't:. And fo much for his,, 
 f laces. And as for the Cotifepm of Augtifla , we 
 (ay ni like manner? yt hath often t^mesbyn^^ 
 changed by Philippe which he had no authori- ,^ 
 tytodo i fcingother men had now made the J, 
 fame to be theirs by their Itibfcriptions , and 
 he by fo often changinge yt opened the way 
 to the Sacramentaryes to creepc into yt alfoj 
 And as for hisother bookes they hauediuers,, 
 things of great moment in them , which do^^ 
 neither agree w^ith the Auguftane Confefsion 
 nor with the word of God > as about fieemll, About 
 about the ghoj^ell and about lufitficatm, 
 about the ji/pp^r, about Magtftrdtes, about 
 cbnfi^ and the iike-and how^ often Philipp was ' 
 deceyiied in many things, and fuiferedhu- 
 maine infirmity, we had rather concealein 
 this piace.yf by occalion of this Colloquy we 
 were not forced to call the fame to memory. 
 In the very tyme when the Confefien of Augu- 
 ft^i was firft wrytten , yt is knowne, and may 
 be feene by epifdes yet extant, how couragi- 
 oufly Luther did ererland confirme M^/.mr- 
 fhon, whofeemed to (tagger-, and what ado 
 Luther had with liim to make han Icaue of aU 
 refpedtothepiim;icy of the Pope (which is ,^ 
 the fynew of Aacichiifl;) and how often Lu« 
 
 they 
 
54(5 The Ixmen of lohn Tex his 
 
 thcrdid pull backe HeUnHhon, whcnhewas 
 runningc beyond his bands • andlaftlyhow 
 often Philippdid change and vary his ownc 
 5, books, is oucr truly obicdcd vnto vsbythc 
 papifts, &c. 
 
 86. Hitherto is the difcourfe of the faxoii 
 Iftor^Tf^^ diuines concerning the Inconftancy ofP/;///pp 
 Mcianc- MeUnShoH'^ but lomc other grauc authors a- 
 thon. monge them, do go further yet, and do touch 
 him of impiety, as namely Cenrddtu Schujfelhur^ 
 gim, in his workc, intituled The DiutnttyofCd^ 
 mnijies, wry teth this hiftory of Melanllh$n: M4- 
 ^ifier loannes Celiander, &€. Maili«r iehn Colian^ 
 9cTuf1t. ^^^y a faithfuli Dodor of the Church of 
 A Y rw. Br«wjf«^iVi^f, did recount vnto me, thachedid 
 •rt!T: conferrc at a ccrtaync lyme with Maifter Phi- 
 ///>p MeUftdhdn , that before tyme had oyn his 
 Mailter, about this controuer(ie,that we hauc 
 5, now with Caluinifts, (touchinge the Keallpre^ 
 „ fenci) vfinge many reaions to perfuadc him to 
 5, wryte, though yt were but one fide of paper, 
 J, torefoiue men, that doubted whether he held 
 ,j with Luther therin , or noe : whcrat Maifier 
 Philifp was very angry, and faid he had wryt- 
 5, ten mough ; and yf he were forced ro wryte 
 5> ^g^inc, he would wryte that which Ihould 
 5, awaken the whole world- & when the other 
 5> fought to pacific him,and faid yt was only for 
 J, their fatisfadion , that doubted whether he 
 5j btleeucd the bread of the fuppcr to be the 
 thon avbi ^^"^ naturall body of Chrift ; Uatfter ?hilipp ta- 
 (^uiuiy. kinge vp a little peece of paper from the 
 „ ground , and caftinge y t away againe , with 
 
€dlend4Y-S4mts.{tht montth of Decern.) 347 Chof.ti 
 great difdayne, faid : yf t he true naturall body „ 
 of Chrift, be in the bread conlecratcd, as yow 
 beleeuejwhy then may not the body of Chrift 
 be in this paper alfo, which blafphemous „ 
 word being heard out of the mouth of Mdifter „ 
 Pfe/7i/)phim{eIfe,M4//?aO/i4«rfrr departed from 
 him fadd and wonderinge.d^^. Thus wryteth 
 he, ftewingc thcrby MeUnilhin to be falne to 
 the moft abfurd herefies of vbiquitaryes, that 
 hold Chrifts body to be in cucry thinge , as 
 much as in the Sacrament. 
 87. The fame author alfo allcageth another 
 example of one Dollor loAchinusMorlinm of the The hard 
 Citty of Brmfmcke, who faid one day m a pu- ^r/J^^L^^ 
 blikc leflon , (peakingc of Fhtlipp Melanlihon Motimuioi 
 (himfelfc alfo being a Lutheran ) that albeit 
 he had deferued well of the Church^and of all 
 learned men 5 by diuersofhiswrytings , and 
 had byn his Maifter, yet doubted he greatly of 
 his faluation^by reafon of his errors about the 
 articles of the fupper,fieewill, Itdftijicatm and the 
 hke. And therfore he faid : In hit (Philippe) Uu- hdch.M^r^ 
 d$t te Diabolus, & nm ego. In thefe points let the ^f^^^* 
 diuellpraife thee (Phillipp) and not I : And 
 then turningc to his hearers to fticw his good 
 will towards him, buteuill iudgcment, he 
 faid: Si pojfemeg$ redimere ftlutemPhilippimfin ikidim 
 fmeptoris, &c. Yf I could redeeme the falua- 53 
 tion of our Maifter Fhilipp, with the perill ofmy 5» 
 body and life, I would do y t j but he is taken 
 cut of this world , and carrycd to the iudgc- >^ 
 ment of the horrible Tribunall of the iyuinge 
 fonne of God, to plead hiicaufc there, &c. 
 
 And 
 
54^ Tfe^ V.xmtn John Fex his | 
 And foe there muft vvc leaue him • 
 
 88. Thus vvryteth he ^ and now hauinge 
 Mti^abm brought Fhllifp MeUnWm from lohn Fox his 
 b/if*^nr Calendar to the Tribunall of Chrift, like 
 ▼vhcn he ^"'^"S'^ be damned by the iudgement of 
 vrasouf ownc fchoI!cr,who knew him better then 
 
 Fox; we, muft Icaue him there alfo and Fox 
 with him, befecchmge almighty God we 
 may find a morehappy accelTe thither^by kee- 
 pingc one and theleife-fame Catholike faith, j 
 and Jiuinge accordinge to the precepts thcrof^ ! 
 then they and other (efbaryes hauc found , or 
 arc Hke to fynd by their innouacion, changes^ 
 and felfe-will choyces, wherof MeUn£ihon had 
 made fo many , a$ in his old age findinge no- 
 thing to reft in but his owne iudgmet, he fee- 
 med to be of no rehgion at alljthough he had 
 framed a certayne fed of himfelfe called Adia^ 
 phoYffts, or indifferent men , but properly 34^* 
 lancibonifis. And VtgAtiim one of the Conturia^ 
 tors of hidgdeburge, recountingc the hcretiks 
 monge the new ghofpellers, callech this fedl 
 i»An n MeUnilhon Coturnijices ,fiu Concionatores Chrijli 
 land. ' & Antichrijii, vveauqrs of fliipmcns hofes, that 
 „ preach partly Chrift, and partly Antichrift. 
 So faith thathoate Lutheran, But MeUnHhon 
 was none of them, but rather weary of them. 
 
 89. And ytis to bethought, that yf he could 
 with his honour and fafty haue returned a- 
 gainc to Cacholik« Religion, he might eafily 
 haue bvn intrcatcd. And a thinge fell out not 
 longe before his death , which doth much 
 fonfirmc this opinion. For that he makinge a 
 
 ccrcaync 
 
€sknddT-Smts.{thtmonti\\o£Dtcem.) 549 Cbaf.tC 
 certayne voiagc in Germany, and commingc 
 into an Inne , wheie a yonge gentleman was 
 lodged before him, when his name was 
 knowneto bcM^/^^bw, the faid gentleman 
 chough there was fcarfc roome, yet was con- 
 tent , that the hoft fliould place him in part of 
 the Iodginge,which he had taken vp; foe they 
 flipped togeather, and had much curteous 
 taike, and went to bedd. And in the morning 
 being to depart (the faid gentleman being a feemcd 
 Catholike, and hauinge vfed his prayers both ^j^JVca! 
 at his goinge to bed , and ryfinge, which Ca- tiioUke m 
 tholikes are wont to do) M^toSbw asked him ^^^^^"^^^ 
 of what Religion he was , who aunfwcringe 
 that he was a Cacholike, the other with great 
 inw^ard feehnge as yt Teemed , wiOied him to 
 con tine w fo , for that albeit ( faid he ) fomc 
 abufcs bein their Rciigionjyet had they pious 
 order and difcipline amonge them> which fc- 
 daryes haue not- This hillory diuers graue 
 men of that nation do recount for moft cer- 
 tayne . And that Mdanilbgn died vpon the 
 yeare i^^o.ofno certayne Religion at all. And 
 fo will we leaue him, and pafiTe to Teter Umyr 
 the next Confeilor that folioweth after him 
 in Fox his Calendar. 
 
 5)0. This Veter Mmyr then being an Italian 
 by his country, and by profefsion a friar , had vtter 
 hh ordinary vocation to the new ghofpell by ^^nyr & 
 defire to haue a woman,as had alio Bernaramus ochmut, 
 Och'mm , that had byn in like manner a friar of 
 the order of S. Francis, both of them haumgc 
 ruane out of Italy to enioy the new Euange- 
 
 iicall 
 
o The Ixdmen oflohn Tpx hti 
 licall liberty in Germany^ & afterward when 
 Charles the fi^th had obcayiied rhc vidory 
 ouer che Proteftants, vpon the yeare i547.thcy 
 both made their refuge to England, each of 
 them Icadinge with him a nunnc for his com<* 
 BirHirJt»u9p^^ion^ And though Bernardinia flayed not 
 hotlco£ *^"8^ Englandjhe yet went Co faft forward 
 poiigamy. in that fenfuall ghofpcllinge liberty of wco- 
 mcn 5 as he did not only praife poligamy, (as 
 Bucer alfo had done accordingc to the tefti- 
 mony of Erafmus Alberusy B Gardner and others) 
 but wrote a bookcmoreouer therof , & prin- 
 ted the fame alio winge openly the vfe of ma- 
 ny wyuesat once, 
 
 91. But as for Peter Mdrtyr, after great variety 
 of new opinios , which he had paiTcd through 
 in Gcrmany^bcfore his commingc into Eng- 
 land, when he came thither , he was contenc 
 to offer himfclfe to the ArchbilTiop Cranmer, 
 SdHdertuL and to the L. Protecfter (as Bucer 2nd Phagm 
 lt[u^!^' alfo did ) to hould and teach that Religion 
 which iTiould be appointed him by the hh of 
 Parlament, not as yet gathered togeathcr; 
 vvhcrvponhc was fcnt to read at Ox/orrf, as 
 Bucer was to Cdmbridge, and Ochinm was retay- 
 ned to prcache in Itahan in London • but he 
 takinge the matter in dudgen , that the other 
 two were perfcrrcd before him, quickly rcty- 
 red himfclfe backe againe out of England. 
 And after his departure, there infucd that ridi- 
 culous accident , w^hich we haue recounted 
 *r4^ii. before in the fccond part of thi?;trcatife, out 
 num, 34. ^j^^ fieftimonyes of Do£l»r Saunders D. Allen, 
 
Cdlendaf-Smts. {the woncth of Decern.) ^yt Chaf.t^ 
 our late Caidinall and others, who were then 
 prefentin the vniuerlity : to witt , that Peter 
 Umyr beginninge to read thefirft Epiftie to 
 the Corinthians, & prefuminge that the Par- 
 lamcnt would be ended before he iTiould 
 come to the ii. Chapter, where the contro- 
 uedie of the Sacrament is handlcd,and confe- imbroylcd 
 quently that yt would bedetcrmyncdby the J'/y^^^J^g 
 faid parlament, what pare heiliouldhould, padairir, 
 cy ther with Luther , Zmnglm or Calup , y t feli 
 out con trary to his expedation, that he came 
 to the faid place of the Apoftic, before the 
 Parlament could agree of the matter ^ vvher« 
 vpon he deferred and delayed , and fent pofts 
 ofcentymesto B.Cranmer to haue it difpached^* 
 which at laft was done-, And Peter went yp 
 the next day to read and defend the fame^^ 
 as though there had neuer byn any doubt* 
 thereof. 
 
 9z. The fame Peter confefled alfo to Barklett 
 Greene gentleman martyr (as ''^ before yow haue * ^-tw* 21- 
 heard in his llory ) that at his firft commingc 
 into England, he was in diuers points a papift 
 (though he had taught herefies in Germany 
 many yeares before) & this affirmed Greene in ^etcrMar- 
 publikc conlxftory , but the good chccrc of fuUy"cfo- 
 Oxford, togeather with the company of hi? 
 woman, and othcrlibertycsof diiiolutions ot when he 
 that tyme, made him iump of the Rnghlli ^j^^^J^^^^^^^ 
 ftates Religion 5 and yt is a markabU pointy ' 
 which diuers did obfcruc, that this man with 
 his fellowcs,comming as new Apoftles to re- 
 forme and conuert the whole kingedome to 
 
 their 
 
 \ 
 
5^2 The Examen of John Vox hit 
 
 their Religion, were neucr knowen to faft 
 one clay (winch yet was in frequent vfc with 
 the Apollki of Chnft 3 and with our Englilh 
 hrft Apoitlc S.AuJlen) nor ochervvife to cha- 
 ftcn their bodyes with Paul, but all w^jsiin- 
 gingeofPfalmcs, ail Vv^asbanquettinge, and 
 fcaltingej merry tales and conuerfacionj with 
 thcfemen, andtlieir wcomen, and frcnds, at 
 the iirft entrance of their giioipeli in England: 
 lb as yt was a ghofpell of good nc wes indeed 
 for them, that had run out of Italy, and Ger- 
 many^or had byn banilli'^d thence before. 
 5>5, But t oreturne to Peter Martyr \n particu- 
 lar, he w^as noted prefentiy by allmen^that 
 were not partially affected or biynded with 
 the paision of hereliejto be of a very light be- 
 hauiour and fpcach , and that he would talkc 
 willingly ofhis woman, & of iheir too great 
 louc aiffdions the one towards the other, 
 more then modefty might beare, euen in a (e- 
 The -ffc- cularman> and much iellc in a friar. And at 
 m"nd V length when his faid nunnc was dead, he did 
 Pfttr M4r* not only praife her publikely in a fermon, but 
 ftyr, wrote a Grange complaint and wofull lamen- 
 tation, of the great want he found of her pre- 
 ftncc.to Sjir John Chehe the Kings fchoole- mai- 
 fter fthcnagreatProtertant J but after aCa- 
 tholikein Q^Maryesdayes) fayingc amonge 
 other vnfee mely points , that by lofle & lackc 
 of her, \sj ^^hxxt dmidiatuihomo , that is only 
 halfcaman. And when afterward he went 
 our of England againe, he is faid to haue got- 
 ten another prcfendy, though he w ere then 
 
 ould. 
 
Cdlenddf' S/mt$.{thtmonttho£DtctmJ) 55:3 Chaf.iS 
 ou!d. So as y f he came not to be trtgdmta with 
 BuccYy yet was he higAmm at Icaft. 
 <j4. And now yr happened , that about the 
 very tyme when Vetet Martyr was fent forth of 
 England, Conradtu Pellic4nu$, the Zwinghan 
 preacher at StrMburge, who had byn a Francit SttK mhifi, 
 can friar before , came to dye , and by chat ^n^I'*''^ 
 chance Pete)^ Martyr had his place the yearc 
 1556* And (ome few yeares, after that againe 
 he wasappbintcd to go with Bez.a and other pctcrMtr- 
 ten miniftcrs , to the conference of Foif^e in J^'^^hrcr 
 France in the yeare of Chrift 1561. ( themoft fcrcncc of 
 pare wherof were marryed friars and monks) ^^^^f* 
 there was he partaker aifo of the extraordina- 
 ry delicacy prouided for him, & his fello wes, 
 by ccrtayne noble men , but cfpccially by 
 wcomen of France, that fauoured their Cc&s. 
 Of w^hich point I haue treated* largely be^ vvord*«/ 
 fore out of the Relation of B. Claudius Sditictcs, i,f.4..w,i&4 
 that was prefenc, and of Genebrard 2nd oth^t . 
 wrytcrs of France yt felfe j as alfo of the irre- 
 conciliable difagreement that wasbetweene 
 Theodore Bezd ^\^d Peter Marty f in points ofdo- 
 d:rineat that conference, namely about the 
 Sacraments of Bapifme, and of the Lords fup- f "I'^^f^ 
 per; And this teftifyed by their ownc letters Mtnif^rtrH 
 publillied by the Biftop of Uett.\x\ a particular 'sJnlX^^ 
 bookc. And the ori^inall letters were feene rtfpon{: ai 
 andteftified by B. cUudim SaMei inabookc "^^•^•^'^'^ 
 W^rytten to BeiLa himfclfe. 
 
 Bilhopp Genebrard alfo that was prefenc 
 at the faici Colloquy or difputation of Poyfi€ 
 wryceth , that Peter Idanyr w^asfo vehement 
 
 Z again ft 
 
3?+ '^^^ Exame n oflohn Vox hit 
 
 againft the Caluinifts opinions about thcpre- 
 fcnce of Chrift in the Sacrament , that he 
 Ginek. /.4. ^^J^^ ^hc fald confcrencc,rfc^r/pr his part 
 thrtn Ann$ kc vvouU fteucr agrtt to their monflrotu ofinion, 
 P^l' wher by they affirmed , reipfa quidem abep corpus 
 Chrifiiy retpfa tAmenfumi,th2i the body ot Chrift 
 was really abfent from the brcad,& yet really 
 receyued therwith. By which diflcntion^and 
 other his proceedings as well wich Caluintfis, 
 Lutherans , and Vbiquitaryes, who do hold that 
 the body of Chrilt is euery where according 
 to the former fpeech of Melanilhon, when he 
 caft away the broken paper (which Melan£lhcn 
 died the yeare before this Colloquy , towitt 
 <^««^i56o.) Feter Martyr (I fay) became fo vn- 
 gratefull to all kind of fstfts , as the very next 
 yeare after his goinge from Fojfie^io witt 1562. 
 of very greefe of m^nd, as fomc thmke, he 
 died , though others add fufpition of poyfon 
 atnti.ibid, alfo : for fo wryreth Genebrard in the place be- 
 fore cyted. Teter Man)fr ( f:i\th he) the 12. o/No- 
 uember ity6i.gaue vp thegoft, not without fujpttion of 
 poyfon giuen by Calulnip , fiom vvhome he had difa^ 
 About "PC- greed in the meetinge at Pojffie. And he died at the ve- 
 tyLdcath. U ^^^^ » ^^^^ prepatinge to wrjite againft 
 
 Brenttus the Lutheran, who endeauored to bring tn the 
 nmjlrous herefieoj Vbiquity, &c. Thus he. 
 96. And this was the end of Veter Martyr 
 vpon the yeare of Chrift 1562. neytherdol 
 fee, what great caufe Fox hath to bragge of 
 this Saint 5 or to putt him into his Calendar, 
 more then many other his companions , but 
 only perhapsjfor that he was more inconftant 
 
C^I^«rf/er-S4/«ri. (the moncth of Decern.) j^rf Ch4pA6 
 and lingular then diucrs others. Wherforc I 
 ihall ftand no longer vpon him, butpaflcto 
 the laft Saint of this moneth, and whole Ca- 
 lendar, which is K.Edward the fixt,a worthy 
 Confcflbr, to fliutt vpfo large and worthy 
 aliftofFoxian Saints. 
 
 5)7. But firft of all, why Fox determined to Fox^mi«* 
 make this yonge K.Edf^ard the fixth a Confef ^^^^^^^^ 
 for of his Church, I do not fee any fpeciali th/toh a 
 rcafon, but only his owne will j and for that confcffos. 
 perhapps he thought yt honourable tohauc 
 one King at leaft in his whole Calendarjther- 
 by to be able to cornpare in part with our Ca- 
 tholike Calendar, that hath fo many Kings 
 and Queenes^ both Martyrs , and Confeflbrs 
 of the Englilh bloud , but Fox found none of 
 his Religion, but only this child to beftow 
 that title on. For albeit he calleth K. Henry 
 the eyght,no w and then, a ghofpeller, jet for K Edvmii 
 that he burned fo many of lohns Gofpellinge l^^-^^^^^^ 
 people, he durft not putt him in for a Saint in 
 this his Calendar. Q^nneBolen al(b he praifcth ^ox^^g: 
 exceedingly in his Ads and Monuments, as a 
 more forward ghofpellcr then the King him- 
 fclfc, and holdcth her indeed for a very Saint 
 in his narration of her , and yet I knowe not 
 how or why fhe came not into this Calendar; 
 ButK. Edwdrd thefixth at his very entrance 
 to his gouernement, though he were then 
 but nyne yeares old j yet doth Fox place 
 him, as the head of the Church in a high 
 throne, deliuerin^e the Bible, and diftribu- 
 tinge the ghofpell to the whole Realme, 
 
 Z z and 
 
tbi Bxmen of lohn Vox hit 
 and the like, as we nauc ihcwcd largely m 
 l^ii.f^U. fecond * pare of this Trcatifc. 
 
 ' p8. But in deed yf yt be true which moft 
 mendothinkc, that the innocent child was 
 made away afterward, & holpen to his death 
 by chofe that raigned vnder him , and would 
 be Joath that he lliould haue come to raigne 
 the Ctla- ouer them j but to fcrue to fett vp new Rcli- 
 IcU V*K^ gion m his name: then may he better be called 
 led'Aird a Mirtyr then a Confeflfor of Fox his ghofpcll; 
 and the feeing y t is molt likely , that yf that ghofpell 
 «hc new had nocenttcd, nor the fatall mutation byn 
 SUoipca jnn^jde from that which his Father left-, & that 
 thefaithfull Counfelors afsigned by K. Hen- 
 ry had byn jfulfcred to concmue about the 
 chi!d,who were remoued by pretenfe of their 
 not fauouringe this new ghofpellj moft likely 
 (I fay) yt is , that the faid yonge kynge might 
 haue lyued many fayreyeares afterward , yea 
 euen to this tyme , fting he would not haue 
 byn fo old by diucrs years, as the late Quecne 
 was at her death. And might haucleft behind 
 him much faire y(rew,for fo much as the prm- 
 cipall caufe, which the nobility and people of 
 Scotland alleag^d in the yeare 1547. before 
 the fJeld of MujlleborroKf , why they would not 
 confent vnto rhe marriage agreed bctwecne 
 the faid K. , and their yonge Q^^his Maiefties 
 mother* was the difference of Religion, and 
 the late innouation made therof in FngUnd. 
 
 Now how heynous a crymc this was in 
 thofcEngliiliCounfelours , to imbue the in- 
 nocent age of that young Prince with a con- 
 trary 
 
CaUnddT'Smf^thtmoncth of Decern.) 5^7 ChdpAt^ 
 trary Religion to his Fathcfj r.nd all his ance- ^hc h^y- 
 Hors, from the firil ConusriSon of Engl-iiid :iwcrun« 
 tohisdayesj & contrary to the cxpreffe wii]> tin^ £n| 
 order, and commaundement of their Lord 
 K. Henry^and their oath and promifcs for the 
 fame J Godhimfelfc didlliew foone after b) 
 the euenc that enfued'. For that none of them .j^,^; 
 all cfcaped vnpuniflied , one cuttinge of the 
 other, as was conuenient,for the piiniflimenc 
 of To barbarous and heynoiisaiinne. 
 too. In the Cacholike dodrine founded 
 both in reafon , law of nature , and word of 
 God> yt is held for a firmc principle, that the 
 power of the parents is fo great ouer their 
 chi!dren,vntill they come to full vfe of reafon^ 
 that the children of very infidells may not be 
 baptized, nor made of another Religion, then 
 their parents arc , without the free confent of ^^^^ 
 their faid parents , for that as their parents ficurM 
 themfelues may not be forced to Chnftian "^^^'f^; 
 Religion by vioIence,except themfelues wi^!: ^^ Ujv^ 
 fa may not their children in preiudice of their ^^'"^^ 
 paternall authority . And yf this be true in 
 drawing children to Chriftian Religion from 
 infidehtyjand that the fame were a moft wic- 
 ked Ad in Catholike dodrine to attempt^, 
 how much more wicked was yt in thefe men 
 to inftiil to the yonge Prince, a plaine conrra» 
 ry and oppolite Religion, to the K ing his Fa« 
 ther; he being yet vnder ycarc? ofdifcretioni 
 to iudge therof^and his faid Father hruing vt- 
 tcrly forbidden the fame vpon hisdcath-bcdd 
 and TcIlamcHCt 
 
 Z I 191* And 
 
Tfcr Ixmen $flohn Tox hi$ 
 tou And albeit his faid Lord and Father 
 was now dcadj yet did patrk fotejlM^his power 
 both of Father and Kingouer him , continue 
 all the tyme of his minority, and confequent- 
 ly his will and commaundemement being 
 kno wen, togeather with his fpeciail detefta- 
 tionoftheSacramentary fe<9:, vttered at his 
 death, did cry out againft th is ib notorious an 
 kHcc v^d ^"^*^^y offered to his fonnc , and realmc. But 
 trthe K niuch more was this (cencfomeyeares after, 
 scotSnd^^ in the neereft yong Prince of bIoud,countrey, 
 m^li^ii, and kyn, vnto K. Edward in the world, who 
 in the life, and fight of his owne deareft mo- 
 ther and Queene, (that.both by words, pro- 
 teftations, andteares Kclaymed againft the 
 fame ) was by much more forcible violence 
 taken from her , in the very firft monethgj^of 
 his age, and made to be her enemy, whome 
 yet he knew not, and was imbued with an 
 oppofite Religion vnto her, without her will, 
 confcHt, orlikingc, anA(9tagainft all rule of 
 reafon, iuilice, piety and Rehgion. 
 I02. And truly, yf Princes may iuftly, when 
 they come to years ofdifcrction and goucrne- 
 mcnt, take accoumpt of temporall iniuryes & 
 abufcs commy tted againft them, in their mi- 
 nority, byfuch^ as in their names did tyran- 
 nize both ouer their perfbn and ftate ; how 
 much more may, and ought they do yt in fpi- 
 rituall matters, that concerne their foule, and 
 ctcrnall faluation ? But alas; the infirmity and 
 corruption of mans nature is fuch,as we fcelc 
 more worldly and temporall loflcs, then fpi- 
 
 rituall 
 
C4lendar'Salnts.{thc moncth of Decern.) Chaft6 
 rituall and eucrlaftinge : and the diuell hath a 
 more crafty and couert meancs to worke the 
 fame euen by our owne will > and approba- 
 tion, cyther before or after the fad, olferingc 
 the firft iniury toour faid will and vnderftan- 
 dingc yt felfc , and drawinge the fame to like 
 of the miury j euen as yf fomc company of a danger 
 thecues, had fuch an art of ftrange enchaunt- ch^umT- 
 ment , as after they had robbed and fpoyled a met of he- 
 man of the grcateft treafure in the world,they educa^^^ 
 could with fome potion or charme make him 
 like of yt,yea glory in y t,and thanlce them for 
 the fame. And were not this a pittifuUcafc 
 thinkc yow? yes truly. And thisis the very 
 cafe of Infants and Chriftian children (poyled 
 of their parents Religion , and brought vp in 
 hei|c(y againft their wills, with fuch inchaunt^ 
 ments of flattery, &inftillations of liking the 
 robbery yt felfe commy tted vpon themjas by 
 fraud they are brought to allow the fanie^and 
 to louc & remunerate the robbers thcmfelucs. 
 103. And for example of this, Iwouldaske 
 any Engliflinoble-man at this day, whether 
 yf his fonnc iTiouId be ftollen from him by 
 Turkes or Morcs,and made of their Religion, 
 againft the will of his parents , were this rob- 
 beryjorviolencejor no ? and were this iniury 
 to the child himfelfe, ornot ? Truly I tliinke 
 no man of common rcafon will deny, but 
 that yt were the higheft iniury that could be 
 diuifed, both againft Father and fonne. And 
 yetnotwithftandinge , yf a man fhould aske 
 diucrsof them that hauefuffercd this iniury; 
 
 Z 4 U> 
 
3 (J o The IxdVfen e f Uhn T9x hi$ 
 
 ech$UtBaf (as for example Ochelli Bdjfi znd Cicala Bajfa in 
 ssftChtt our dayes , borne of molt Chriftian parciusp 
 ftian chil- thc ouc in CaUbtia, the other in SiMa, buc ta- 
 Tur"krby* their infancy, robbed of their Religion 
 
 force. But and countrcy and made Turks) they will de- 
 thaVfl^^^ ny to hauc receaued iniury, butrather great 
 bencfitt thcrby^ & yet all true Chrillians will 
 hidge otherwife. And this is thc cafe of all 
 other hcrefies in hkc manner. 
 104. But to returne to our K. Edward > of 
 Whomc we began this fpeachc , albeit he had 
 run this daunger alfo yf he had liued , to like 
 of thc iniuryes done vnto him by heretiks^ 
 and vpon that hope and prefuppojScion , no 
 doubt they weredonne by fuch as were the 
 authors therofjyet fomc are of opinion^that if 
 he had had longer life indeed , y t would hauc 
 fallen out othcrwaye$,& that the feare therof 
 iTiortcned his dayes and haftened his difpacch. 
 Truly I haue heard a very wile , and honou- 
 rable man affirmc, from the mouth of Q^Ma- 
 Q.Maryci ry herfclfc ( of whole Councell he had byn ) 
 Kmg^^d- ^^^^ yv'nh teares wcxnid often lament the 
 vTards di- memory ot hcf dcarc brother K.E(/ir4ri,faying 
 fpofition. yfi^Q j^^j lyued, Ihc hoped verily to hauc 
 fccnchim agood Catholikc, and to haue pu- 
 nilhed excmplarly all thofe wicked men, that 
 fo egrcgiouily abufcd his youth & rcalme in 
 his name . For that in diucrs fpeaches which 
 (he had with him , wherein iTie recounted to 
 him what deadly hatred their Father K.Hen- 
 ry did bcarc againft hereciks in his dayes , but 
 afpccialiy againil thc S^cramicarycsi whome 
 
 now 
 
C4Uniar'S4ints.{themontthofDtctm,) ^6t Chsf^t^ 
 now they had brought into England vnder 
 his aiichority, and that he was thcfirft Kingc 
 of ail Englilh bloudjihat euer allowed or im- 
 braced the fame , or admitted yt into that 
 realmc,and that all this would remaync vpon 
 his foule afterward: theft things (1 (ay) and 
 other the like, when (he tould the yong King» 
 withthofecffed:uall words , which fhe well 
 could, the innocent child would fall a wee- 
 pinge with her , and fay that he was priuy to 
 none of thefe doyngs ; but yf euer Cod gaue 
 him life, he would take accoumpt of them all 
 one day y And further promifed his faid (yfter 
 to remember his Father & grand- father, and 
 to keep fccrctt what iTie had told him , with- 
 out vtteringe any of thefe conferences to hi« 
 vncle the Proteftor , or othcrsj as indeed hs 
 did not (which fliewed his difcretion and fi- 
 delity to his fifter) albeit thofc of the chamber 
 feeing him fadd afccr fuch talkCj began to fu* 
 fpedibme fuch thing.and thcrvpon in his la- 
 ter yeares would not permitt her tohaueac- 
 ceflTe vnto him but very feldome , and with 
 great iealofy. And this was all the Confefsioa 
 of Fox his faith which K. JErfi^/rrf euer made, 
 to our knowledge , and thcrby lett the reader 
 iudgc , how worthily he is made heerc a Ca* 
 lendarConfefTor of his Church & Religion. 
 And fo with this we fliall leaue both the one 
 and the other^and end this our examcn of Fo3C 
 his whole Calendar, other matters iTialbe 
 handled afterwards in their dew placc,& par- 
 ticularly in the obf^ruations followinge. 
 
Thi Ixmen of lohn Tox hi$ 
 
 EYGHT SEVERALL OB: 
 
 SERVATIONS AND CONSIDERA- 
 
 TIONS ABOVT THE PREMISSES; 
 
 TVherinu conftdend vvhdt per fens are left out. And 
 fvhdt 4re put into Fox h is Calendar^ how they are 
 tdnomzed ; what fiirttt and agreement of 
 Religion they had among themfelues'^whe" 
 ther they were lawfully puwfjed , or 
 no, and fueh like pomes. 
 
 Chap. XVII. 
 
 ALBEYT I cannot doubt, but that the dis- 
 creet and iudicious reader, in pervfinge 
 ouer the former Story of Foxian Martyrs and 
 Confeflors, hath made diuers notes and ob- 
 ftruacions vnto hinifelfe/or his better memo- 
 ry and iudgement therin : yet fome few alfo I 
 thought good to lay togcather in this place, 
 which are thefc that enfue. Firft, that as fun- 
 dry people are put into this Calendar,for holy 
 Martyrs and ConfeflTors, very impertinently, 
 and without any iuftreafon at all, asinper^ 
 vfingcyowhauefeene; fofundry are left out 
 alfo, that feemc lliould haue had their place 
 therin, with as great reafon or greater then 
 other of the beft fore that are preferred. 
 A^rt co«- 2. As for example, amonge the Lutheran 
 fTbyfo»$ PrptcftantSj feeing Fox is content to admitt 
 
 fomc 
 
C4/^wrf4r-5'4i«r5.(obfcru.vpon thePrcm.) ChafAf 
 fome of them for Saints, y t fecmeth that VUc- arc left 
 mlUyrim, Vigandtu, F^kr and their teilowes caknVao^ 
 the Uagdehurgiam moft highly dcferuinge of 
 the Protellant Rchgion^by wrytingc their la- 
 borious and lying centuryes, fliould haue byn 
 admitted among the rcli And the like may be 
 faid of lodchinm VVefiphaltu head (liperintcn- 
 dentof Saxony, loannes Brentius , Hf/b«/j«<and 
 other fuchchiefe German pnlarsot that fide, 
 who as well might haue byn Calendred, as 
 MeUnHhon, Phagtm, Bucer, and fuch other , that 
 haue their roomes in that rankc , except yt be 
 perhaps, for that thcfe men wrote more car- 
 neftly againft Caluyn and Caluinifts; but fo did 
 aifo fometymcs MelanShm and Bucer, as before 
 hath byn fliewed. 
 
 3. But yet a farrc greater qucftion yt is, why 
 the very firft Fathers and founders of Sacra- 
 mentary Religion yt fclfe are left out of this 
 Calendar, to w/ittCarolJlAdiHs, 0Ec§lamp4dm^ 
 Zumglim,znd Cdluyn^thou^h for the firft three, 
 that were immediate (choJIers of Luther , and 
 firft brake from him to begin the Sacramen- 
 tary CcA , his fcuere fentence and condemna- 
 tion of them, which we haue (ctt downe be- 
 fore in the *ftory of his life at largCj togcather ♦r#*r. it* 
 with his deteftation of their fpiritt (he being 
 a Saint himfelfealfb of this Calendar) might 
 perhaps deteyne lohn Fox, from canonizingc 
 them in this place. But of lohn Calujn fome 
 other re afonmuft needs be, which 1 cannot 
 imagine to be other, but the notorious infa- 
 my ofhislife, asalfo thelittic likings which 
 
3^4 TheExdfHcftdflohnFixhk 
 the ftate of England had of him,& his a<aions, 
 as well for denyinge the fupremacy Ecclclia- 
 fticall , to temporali Princes ( which is the 
 chcefi; wall of their Religion ) as alfo for ftt- 
 tingc vp the dangerous plottof Puritanifme^ 
 tfnyrt fprcadinge yt from Geneua into England, 
 •t*- Scotland, France, and other places, asyovv may 
 fee in the bookes of Dangerous Pofitions*^ Smueyof 
 difctf Unary doRtm , and other fuch Treatiics 
 wnccen by our Engliih Proteftants againfl the 
 Puritans, whcnn they are fo farre trom ma- 
 kingc Caluyn^ind Beza Saints , as albeit for ci- 
 uihtyesfakc, they giue them the titles of Af^i- 
 fier Calujn, and Matper Bcz.a: yet yt yow refpeft 
 rhe fub:Unce of that they write againft them, 
 chey do make them the moft notablcft deccy* 
 uers & cogginge companionsjthat ewer were, 
 and very knaues indeed^Sc firebrands of heli> 
 vnder the titles of maifters. 
 4. And !n this point do our Engliili Prote- 
 ftants Toync with the molt learnedft Prote- 
 ftants of all Germany, concerninge the noto- 
 rious wickcdnes of lohn Caluyn. Forfirftthe 
 forefaid Superintendent of Saxony Uachinm 
 VVejlfbaltu doth lay open the fame cgregiouf- 
 ly in an Epiftleto Caluyn himfeife , wryttcii 
 anno Domini 155 7. prouinge him therin to be a 
 mo(i lyivigCsand dcceytfull heretikej And then 
 in another booke written the next veare after, 
 intituled: A Confutation of Caluynsljes^ heper- 
 formeth the fame more largly ^ as doth alfo a 
 famous Lutheran preachcr,named SamuellAu^ 
 ierlnm in his bookc intituled]^ A demmpatm of 
 
C4hnddf-Smts.{ohretu.vpot\thePrtm.) Ch^.%f 
 the fallacies of lohn Calujn , &€. Imprinted at 
 LmgmgA Anno Dminl 15910 And two yeares af- 
 ter him againc DoB^r Aegid'm Hunndm in his 
 bookc inricLiled Cdulnm luddtz^am, Cduynflay'* 
 inge the let-in mruftmge, fdlfifpnge, &c. printed 
 :ktVVittenbefgei7^l. And hue year? after that 
 againe DoHor Alberm Guuem Reader of Diui- 
 nity, declaymeth the fame more largely in his 
 books intituled : Bdlum loammCaluini Ie s r 
 €hnjli,&c. The warre betwecne lohn Cal* 
 uynandlEsvs Chrid^&c. 
 
 5. And iaftly , (for I will pafle no further in 
 . this place) the booke of Do£lor Zacharm Rtuan^ 
 dm, intituled LuptuCdlumanmexcoriatm, the 
 Caluinian wolfc fkynned or vncafed , doth 
 giuc vsaboundant teftimony of this matter, 
 to wit, to yeld vs fome caufe, why lohn Fox, 
 like a Fox indeed, did leaueout his Mdijler 
 C4/«;'« from the Calendar of Saints, notwith- 
 ftandinge the great furniture therof is of his 
 fchoilers and difciples, Co as in this particular, 
 the fayinge of our Sauiour holdeth notiN^w ejl 
 iifcipulm fuper fnagijlrum. The fchoUer is not 
 aboue his maiiler. 
 
 6. And now as this firft conlideration hath f^^^^ 
 byn of them , that haue byn left out t fp may cojUk? r^. 
 the nextbeofthofe that are putt iiijwhich is a pmpie^be 
 pomtofmore length then the former, yf we f »»^to 
 would profecuce the fame: but I will only as daioflox^ 
 yt were with the fingar point towards yt,and 
 thcrwith Icaue yt to the Readers for their 
 contemplation. It is then to be noted, that in 
 
 t\K Calendar and ftory therof, are comprifed 
 
 all 
 
^66 The Ixdtnen cflohn Tox hU 
 
 all the heades of faciiions'andfeds, tliathaue 
 byn different from the knowne Catholike 
 Religion,and oppoflte among themfelucs for 
 thefe three or fourc laft hundred yearcs , as 
 Waldo of L)ion$,7LX\A his VValdenftans , the Farle 
 of Tbolofa, and his Albi^enfiam , lohn VVu\liffeo£ 
 England and his VVickltffians, lohnHuffe ot Be-- 
 tneUndy^nd his Huptsjohn Zipa of the lame na- 
 tion, and his Thaborks , Walter Lolhdrd in Ger- 
 many 7 and his LoUardians : and in our dayes 
 Marfjn Luther and hi^ Lutherans, both fedtcs 
 MoUes and Rigidi , Vlderim Zuingl'm , nis 
 ZulngUans y lehn Caluin and his Caluimjls both 
 mingled and Puritans- and other the like: All 
 which are allowed and commended by Fox 
 cyther in his Calendar or hiftory, though they 
 did not a little difagree, as well among them- 
 felucs, as with the Catholike Church,both in 
 words,a(9:ions,manner of life,pi:eachings and 
 wrytings, as before hath byn iTiewed. 
 /• And wheras we that follow Carholike 
 dodirinc, are fo exad for holding vnion ther- 
 in, as we reied: and hould for wicked (accor- 
 dinge to the Creed of S.Athanafm, andfirft 
 Councell of Nice) whofoeuer doth not bc- 
 sccbcfbrc inuiolably the faid Cathohke faith 
 in Taylor vvholy and entirely in euery point , and do 
 uM^ti'j. fomecvmes condemne euen to death , and 
 burncfome for diiTentingc in one only point 
 of faith, (as lohn Fox himfelfehath diuers 
 tymes complayned) how can yt be, that he & 
 his Church can gather vp and tv togearher in 
 one vnion of faith and communion of Saints, 
 
 aU 
 
C4lendaY-S4ints.{ohCcru.vponthc Prem.) j^/ Chdf.x? 
 all thcfe different and oppolicc heads , togca- 
 ther with their members & foIlowers?TruIyj> 
 no other way , but only as Sampfon tyed his 
 Foxes togeather by thetayles, though their 
 heads and faces were oppofitc , and contrary 
 one to another , which ferued him not to 
 plo wgh or fo w, plant or tyll, but only to fete 
 afire, waft & deftroy the corne which others 
 had fo wed before, which is the only office & 
 peculiar vvorke, that thefe wranglingc oppo- 
 lite heretical! heads do bringe forth in the 
 Church of God, to wittjpull downCjdigg vp> 
 deftroy, difcreditt & difgrace that which was 
 fowen, planted and eftablilhed before them, 
 & therby to bring all to mifdoubt, vnbcleefe 
 and atheifme. And fo I leaue them to lohn 
 Fox to be difpofed of. 
 
 8. The third confideration may be, of the The thif# 
 different manner of procecdingc in thcCa- tis^ofdifl 
 tholike Church for declaringe mens holynes, fcrctman. 
 from that which is vfed by heretiks and feda- moL^^I^ 
 ryes: For as we, out of the common lenft and 
 xeafon of all men, do fty and affirme , that all 
 are not of one holynes or meritt of life in this 
 world ; fo to publilh or make declaration 
 therof, after their death, appcrtayneth rather 
 tofome publike authority, which may or- 
 dayne more certaync & cxacft enquiry therof^ 
 then to* any particular man, who may be car- 
 ryed away cyther with pafsion, or deceyucd 
 by ignorance, or otherwife abufed by falfe in-* 
 formation, moreeafily then a publikcmagi- 
 ftrate. Wherypon yt is feenc, that whca 
 
 among 
 
J 6 1 Thi Ixmtn 9fUhn fox bk 
 
 among Catholiks any one is to be canoiiizec}^ 
 that IS to fay, to be declared for a holy man or 
 woman, great and long fearch is made about 
 the matter firft, and many hundred perfons 
 examined^ many records alfo are fought out, 
 of the life and actions of the perfon,of his ver- 
 tuesand miracles, and fuch other points ap- 
 pertayninge toTancStity, 
 p. And for fo much as the publike &higheft ^ 
 Ecclcliaflicail magiftrare, in whofe name and 
 authority the examen is made, cannot be pre- 
 fumed to hauc incereft or pafsion therin , yt is 
 cuident that the matter muft needs palTe with 
 farre more iiidilfcrency,grauicy,fincerity,and 
 truth, then yf y t palled vpon the word, credit, 
 or affertion of any one particular man , as 
 amongft heretiks & (cdaryes yt doth, where 
 cuery man canonizeth or condemneth accor- 
 ding to his owne fancy; For that they hauing 
 no one generall , or fupreme head acknow- 
 ledged by all, do fall at diuifio or ftrife among 
 them(elues, one part fan difyinge and cano- 
 nizing fiich for holy men and weomen,as the 
 other commonly do reie(5t and condemne , as 
 Vowhaue heard before in the ftoryes of L«- 
 theTy Zumglitu, Caluyn, and other like: yea fomc 
 one man of a particular {e<il, will prefume to 
 canonize fometyme fome for Saints of his 
 fed, whome other of the very felfe fame fed 
 will hould for wicked, as heere in Foxhis Ca- 
 lendar are many examples^as that of Cowhridgc^ 
 vvhoc denyed Chrift^ that of CdUm.wYio held 
 vp thedogg to beadored , and Fox himfelfc 
 
 con** 
 
€dtendar-S4}nt$.[ohfcw.xpor\th^Vtem.) ^6^ Cha^jf^ 
 coafeileth that he was maddc: That of Flower 
 the Apolhta monkcjthat wounded the Pricft 
 at VVefimir/fter, £c (aid yt was the fpiriiof God 
 that had nioued him thcrvnxo ; That of i^o^^y 
 O//^'/^, hanged for coniuringejand Eleanor Cob" 
 ham condemned of wichcrafc : That of OW- 
 cafile, Adon , and other rebells, hanged in Saint 
 field s> for confpiringe the death of King 
 H.niy the Hkh and his brethren : That of the 
 famous ruffian and murderer Z//c4 : That of 
 the three theeues Kinge ,Debnam,2t,nd Marfbe, 
 hanged in chaines by commandcment of King 
 Henry the eyght, for robbinge the Church of 
 Vouer- court in Kent. AH thefe I f;ty,andother 
 like vnhoiy Saints, hallowed heere and cano- 
 nized by lohn Fox for Martyrs andConfcf- 
 fors of hi? Church J I nothing doubt, but will 
 not be allowed for fuch, by many of thedif- 
 creeter fort ofProteftants in England, but ra- 
 ther reic^led , and thought fitter to be flunge 
 to the dunghilljthen to be placed in an Ecclc- 
 liafticall Calendar. And this is the good agree- 
 ment, that fedaryescan haue amonge chem- 
 felues in thef;: points. 
 
 to. The fourth confideration may be, what ^i^^ ^ ^ 
 perfons lohn Fox hath put out of his Calen- iidmaoR 
 dar, that were in ours before , and what re- 3^!'^^, 
 compence he hath mad 3 for them, by putting fos put- 
 ?n others, in their places. For albeit he hath ^nd iaw 
 byn fo courteous , as to letc ftand all the the ca- 
 Apoftles, andfome other old Saints alfo • as 
 S, lUry Migdakn, S. M.ir%% S. Luke , and f^me 
 few other 5jjec doth he put our both S^Barnahy 
 
 A a theii? 
 
5 7 o The Exmen oflohn Fox his 
 
 their cquall, & all the Dodors of the ancient 
 Church, Creekcjand Lacyn,with about 200. 
 Martyrs and Virgins , as yow may fte in our 
 Calendar; and in place therof, hath putt in 
 fuch a multitude of artificers, labourers, ilier- 
 men, weauers, cowherds, coblers, taylors, 
 fmithes, and fpinfters , as yow may fee in his 
 Calendar: who as they could not be true Mar- 
 tyrs for the reafons before allcaged , to witr, 
 for dyinge for their owne difagreeinge fan- 
 eyes: fo neyther ConfelTors, partly for the 
 (amc caufe, & partly for thartheir lyues were 
 noihinge eminent in vertue aboue the com- 
 mon fort of men and weomen , by Fox his 
 Gwne Confefsion. For what lingular thingc 
 doch he commonly recy te of any of thcfe his 
 Confeflbrs, that exceeded the vulgar fort of 
 Chriftians , what extraordinary faftinge > 
 praycrjalmes'deeds.mortification of the flefli, 
 doth he alleage in any of them ? Nay it is to 
 be noted, that fcarfe any one of them all, man 
 or woman, is recorded to haue obferued vir-. 
 ginity or continent life? And yet will not 
 Fox deny, but that thefe thinges are great 
 gr.^ces and gyfcs of GodjWhich did fhine both 
 in our Sauiour, and his blcffed motherland in 
 mofl of all Chriftian Saints after them ^ and 
 None of ^^^^ nonc of Fox his Saints lliould haue 
 roxcs this gift to conteync , but that all ail of them 
 hatMhc yc'<^^^ ^he pafsion of the flelTijis a very bafc 
 gift of CO- matter, yf y t be well confidered , as yt is well 
 tincncy. ^yQj-th the confideration. 
 
 tt. But yf we paffe further yet and conlider 
 
 the 
 
CalendAT' Smt$.{ohkru.vponthtPrcm.) 571 Chap Ay 
 die reft alfo of their adions,&' compare them 
 with the Hues and adionsjWry tten,and deli- 
 uered vnto vs, by antiquity of ancient Saintsj 
 welTiall fee thecomparifon Co bale and ridi- 
 culous , as any modeft Proteftant himfejfc 
 would blulh to abide the triall. As for ex- 
 ample, he that Ihould read the rare vertuesof 
 S.Franciiy (whofefeaftis vponthe fourth of 
 Odober) his prayers, his mortifications , his 
 WonderfuII miracles, recorded by S. Bonauen^ 
 ture, a Saint alfo himfclfe;and then ihali come 
 to Fox his Calendar^and lind him ftriken out^ 
 and one Catelle afchoole-maiftres in France, 
 put in his place , who will not laugh or byte 
 his lippe theratt ? And the hke yow lhall find 
 in hundreds befides of no leffc i4idignity5 yf 
 yow will go ouer the former Calendar: as for 
 example the for(aid Apoftic iS*. Bdrnab^, being 
 ftroken out vpon the ti. of lune ( for what 
 caufe God knoweth) , UalliweH and Bewin 
 are put in his place, the firft a Smith,the other 
 a weauer; and what a change (thinke yow) is 
 this ? S. Anteny the Abbott, of whomc Atha- 
 mfiusmdS.Augufline, and fo many other an- 
 cient Fathers do vvryte moft admirable 
 things, h put out vpon the 17, of lanuaryjand 
 ifabeU FoflerzCmUrs wife5is put in his roome* 
 S. Tymethy BiiTiopp and Martyr, fcholler to 
 5'.P4«/,is put out vpon the t4»ofthe fame mo- 
 neth, & William artificer of Kent, entreth 
 in his place.The like yow may fee in the feafts 
 of S. Poly carp fcholler to S. lohn tuangeltfi , and 
 of Chry[opme, and S. CyrtU, both of them fa- 
 A a s mous 
 
371 TheExAmeneflohnToxhU 
 mousDodors, (all which fcafts follow m 
 this moncth one thcothcr)who arcthruft out 
 by Fox, and three kcntilli artificers, Lowicke, 
 Trowtinge.znd VimU^ut in their places-. And fo 
 may yow gocousr all the whole Calendar, Sc 
 find fufficient matter of mufingc to furnilTi 
 this fourth coniideration withalK 
 The c5- Wherforc the fifch conllderation may 
 fdcrati©* be, that lohn Fox hath made the farrc greater 
 hoTv sa- p of all his Martyrs and Saints in this Ca- 
 ^yc^canot lendar,and throughouthis whole volume (to 
 fcut ^b'"^' ^^^^ number of 268. as before hath byn 
 aTmnatio noted) for denyinge the reaUfrefence of Chrifts 
 ^^^1} true body, and bloud in the Sacrament after 
 fill anciet the words of confecration , and for that they 
 Sithets, deryded, fcoffed at,and blafphemed the fame> 
 alleaginge alwayes certayne reafons of lenfc 
 or humainc iudgement againft that moft high 
 miftery of beleeue. In which, fuch yaync 
 weomen, and thoie that were nioft ignorant 
 and vnlearned of all others , beare away the 
 bell, in that kynd of contempt and raylingejas 
 before yow haue heard in theexamen of all 
 the 12. moneths. But now thefe Saints of 
 lohn Fox, w^home he confidently placeth in 
 hcauen , & aflTureth vs that they are partakers 
 of Gods eucrlaftinge bhlTe, exalted dnd hnhro^ 
 ned (to vfe his phrale) in hU eternaU feat ofgUry: 
 thefe people (I fay)dyingc for that caufe^can- 
 not be faued, except all the reft, that held and 
 defended the contrary , befeiecied. and dam- 
 ned , who are firft all the holy Fathers , accor- 
 dinge as yow heard confirmed before by Do- 
 
Calendar- Saints.(oh(ctv.yponthQ Prem.) 575 Chap.ty 
 ^or Fbllifp MeUnllhon , a Saint of this"^CaIcn- ♦^^^ 
 dar , who gathered out their fayings and fen- v^femh. 
 tences about this article into a particular vo- 
 lume, and aiHrmeth not only, that all the faid 
 ancient Fathers beleeued,and taught thcrcali 
 prefence of the very body of Chrifl in the Sa- 
 crament, but that himfelfe would be content 
 to dy in defence of that bclcefe againft thq Sa- 
 cramentarycs. 
 
 12. And not only thefe ancient holy Fathers 
 of the primitiue Church, and all others that 
 haue followed them , and their belcefe vntill 
 our dayes, muft be damned, yf Fox his Sacra- 
 mentary- Saints befaued ( which wereapit- 
 tifull cafe ) but euen DeSlor Manyn Luther him- 
 felfe, and all his followers,as yd w may partly 
 fee by that, which in the firft confidcration of 
 this Chapter we haue touched about the opi- 
 nions of Iphn C4/^7w:but hcere in this place,we 
 fliall briefly heare the fame about all forts of 
 Sacramenraryes both Zwinglians and Calui- 
 nifts, whome the moft learnedcft Protcftants 
 of our tyme do hould for damned heretiks. 
 15. And firft for Do^or Martyn Luthir himlelfe 
 a cheefe Saint of this "^Calendar, who had ♦ i«. 
 primims Jpirim amongftthe Protcftants, ytis 
 fufficienc to remy tt the Reader, to that which 
 we haue noted before vpon his fcftiuall day> 
 where amonge other thinges heholdeth , as 
 yow may remember ^ not only that CarolJId-^ 
 dim, Oe^olmfddm, & Zuin^llm the firft authors 
 of the Sacramcntary do(arinc,are damned ra-» 
 rher then faued , but giueth alfo this refolute 
 Aaj iemwۤ 
 
' '^^^ lExmen $f l$hn T9x hk 
 fcntence of them alljas well authors and mai- 
 rtersj as fchollers and followers, that they are 
 lutkctntr, j^ii heretiks; Hdtetices ferw cenfetnus (faith he) 
 rutnjthej'^ VVedoferioully ludi^e for heretiks, and 
 ^7. cutt of from the Church of God, both the 
 Zwinghans, and aJJ other Sacramcntaryes, 
 >» that do deny the body and bloudof Chrirt to 
 be receyued in the venerable Sacrament, by 
 5> our bodily mouth, d^c. Lo heerc, yf all Sacra- 
 menraryes be heretiks , and cutt of from the 
 Church of God by Luther , how can they be 
 Saints by Fox? Iwillnotftand heeretoal- 
 leage the fentence of all other Lutheran Do- 
 dors and diuines , the Icarncdft that haue 
 wryrten in this behalfe, who with one voycc 
 do condcmne ail Sacramentaryes,and namely 
 Zwinglum , and Caluinipes for damnable here- 
 tiks. And to repeat nothinge of that which 
 we cyted before about Caluyn, in the firft con- 
 ^deration , yow mav fee TilmanrtM Hefbufm a 
 great Lutheran Do(ftor, who calleth Zmn^ 
 glidns anH Cdlu$mjh : Sdcrilegas fedas contra teftd^ 
 mentumjiltjDei. Sacrilegious fc6ts againft the 
 telUmenc of the foonne of God. loannes Schutz^ 
 another famous Doctor and wryter ftith: Sd^ 
 eramentarhrum feila ^ fentina qu^iddw eft ^ inquam 
 fntdr^hdtrefescerifluunt rltiwa fatdna it a , quamis 
 in^ol'al}' f^^^^ ex4gitatM, contra Chriftum, eiuf^ EccUfiam 
 fr^at,a,i exercet. The dodrine of Sacramentaryes is a 
 certayne finke, whcrinto many herefies do 
 runne : yt is the laft wrath of Sathan, which 
 he being vexed with fury, doth exercife a- 
 gainft Chrift and his Church. And the fame 
 
 author 
 
^ Calendar- Saints. (obfcru.vponthePrem.) 575 Chaf.xy 
 author afterward wryteth thus : He that fol- 
 io wcth the fe<5i: of Sacramentarycs, is a mani- ^^^\}^^^^* 
 fcftandfwornecnemy to God, andhathfor- 
 fakcn his faith which he promifed to Chrift in 
 his baptifmc. 
 
 14. And now let any man iudge what Saints 
 Zwinglians and Caluiniftsbe, accordinge to 
 thefe learned Proteftantsiudgements. But for 
 that yt were ouerlong, to recyte hecre the fe- 
 uerall fcntenccs of all thefe Lutheran Do- 
 ctors againft Sacramcntaryes ; I iTiall only 
 touch the titles of certaync books & volumes 
 lett forth by Lutheran Proteftants againft 
 them, vvherby the reader may gheflc what 
 ftulFe is conteyned in the works themfelues: 
 Firft then read the worke of the forcfaid Su- 
 perintendent VVeflfhdltu intitukd'^Fdrrago con- ^„„, 
 fufunarumy&c. A heape of confufed opinions mtni i^^z, 
 of Sacramentarycs, contrary the one to the 
 othcr.cJ^c, Where you lliall (ee a ftraunge con- 
 fufion among thefe men. Read alfo the worke 
 o(TilmanniuHefhufitu,:inothtt Superintendent, BooksV 
 inti tuledvil refutAtm of the VelagUnifme and Ana- gainft the 
 baptifme QfCalumifieSy about the articles of Baptifme a^d^cai * 
 and OriginaUfmne-ypvintcd at Erfhord.Thc worke uinifts. 
 alfo of Doctor locohm Andreas of the vniucrfity 
 ofTubinga, intituled Br^uis admonttio de ermine *^"«<>i>«' 
 PelliondtmCaluinldHorum. A briefc admonition ^"^"^ 
 or dcte(9:ion of the crime of Treafon or frau- 
 dulent impofture of Caluinians- And another 
 worke of the fame Dodor intituled; Of the Jn^ 
 earnatlonofthe fonneefGod, againji the impious and 
 llajfhemotu errors of Zmngliam and CalutnipS '^ 
 
 4 printed 
 
The Ex£men of John Vox hk 
 
 ^i9i$is. printed at TuhingA in 4. whcrin he iTieweth 
 that Zwiijgiians & CaluiniiUdo hould many 
 blafphcmous errors about^thc Incarnation of 
 Chrift our Sauiour. 
 
 15:. See alfo the worke of Fhilifpm Ntcolam a 
 principal! pador of the Church of Berdtcan 
 .Am^ 7)*- whofc title is : Adifcoucryof the feund^tiensefthe 
 * CduinUn feil.agreeirjge in all things with the eld Ay- 
 rUm dnd Neftonans: and that yr is impofsible for 
 any Chriftian to follow Caluinifts, but^hat 
 he mufl be guilty alfo of Arrianifme, and Nc- 
 florianifme ^ printed at Tuhinga in 4. There 
 M*in9 Do- followeth alfo the worke of IsanncsModcftitu 
 tnmi 1S87. pj-jy^i-gj j,^ jj^ fame vniuerfity of Tuhin^ 
 ga, intituled : A demonfiration cut q/ the holyfcrU 
 purei , that thofe of the Sacfamentary feci are not in- 
 deed Chrijlians.but rather baptised lewes and MachO" 
 fttctans. The worke of leremioi Victor, printed 
 ^n»9 D«. ^vFrank^ford in 4. whofe title is: Atretvani 
 IS9I. cleave demonftration that Ztvingltam and Caluinifts 
 are no Proteftants , nor contejined vnder the CenfepoH 
 of Augufta.exhjbltedto Charles the Emperor ^an, t^jo. 
 The worke alfo of Doctor Conradus Scht^ffdbnr- 
 
 .Afi»» D#- Frank^eford in 4. whofe title is : Three books of 
 m>*i 1594- Calnwian diulnitf , vvherin , as in a cleere table , U 
 fhett^ed to the eye, out of 11^. Sacramentarywrjtingei 
 vnder the names of their proper authors • eos , de nuR§ 
 fere Chriftianajideiarticulo re£le [entire, &c. 
 i6. I omitt many other works extantjas that 
 :^>m6 loannes Uathetv , d$ cauenda Caluiniftarumfer^ 
 
 wWi 1590. memo, of auoydinge the leuen of Caluinifts* 
 The great worke of Tlmlogqrum VVittcnbergen^ 
 
 gins contayncd in three 1 
 
 fium. 
 
Caknddr'Salnts.{ohCctu.YpoY\th^VrQW.) 577 ChapAf 
 fium, ofali the diuynesof VVittcnherge, printed 
 in fol ac Tuhinga, and intituled : A ionfutauon ^f^^^^^^^ 
 the Zwmglum and Calmnian fittchinge togeaxher of 
 fctipures dfid Fathers of the ould Church , caUed by 
 theiH Confenfm Orthodoxm Chrtflianm. Titelmans 
 booke aiio, printed in 4. at hi^fgdebmge inntu- ^nno 
 led: Tengreeu0usand PcYniciouserrorscf Zwifigltam^^^'* 
 about the do^rm of \ime , and baftifme , tak^n out of 
 thetYoipne beokes,&c. Ali this (I lay) being feene 
 and^conlTdered , and that thcfe moft learned 
 Proteilantsofthisourage , do houidtheSa- 
 cramentiiry fed of Z winghans and Caluinifts 
 for fuch pernicious and damnable herctiks, as 
 yowhaue heard, yea not for Chriftians in- 
 deed, butracherfor enemyes of thefonneof 
 God, corrupters of his word, pcruertersof 
 his will, deprauersof his teltamentj and tray- 
 tors of his Religion: I would aske with what 
 afTurance or probability canlohn Fox make 
 fo many of them Saints in this his Calendar? 
 For yf thefe be Saints^ then muft the other be 
 diucls,that wry te thus againft them. And this 
 flialbe fufficient for this life confideration. 
 17. The fixt conlideration may be,how that ^daatioa" 
 all this notwithftandinge euery one of lohn about the 
 Fox his Saints ( but efpccially thofe of the 
 Zwinglian fed) did bragge cxceedingely of nians fpi- 
 thcir peculiar fpiritt, of their election, prcde- 
 ftination, J^nd alTurance they had therof by 
 the inward tcftimony of the (aid fpiritt 5 yea 
 many of them did infuir and vaunt ouer their 
 Bifliopps and Paftors , and other ordinary 
 ladges, for that they dur^ not affure them- 
 
 foiuet 
 
5 7 S T^he Ixmen of Uhn F0X hit 
 
 felucs as thcfe men did, chat they had the true 
 Ipirict of God in them : as yow haue fccne by 
 many examples before, efpecially of VVoedmdn 
 the honmikcr.AUerton the Taylor^I^fcw Fortune 
 thefmith, lohn Maundrell the Cowheard , and 
 many other both men and weomen,but efpe- 
 cially weomen, who, the lefic knowledge 
 they had , the more obftinately did they reft 
 themfelues vpon this pcrfuafion of their in- 
 ward fpirict, which is the laft refuge of any 
 $ce a no- heretike whatfocuer. For when once he con- 
 ampu^of tcmneth the extcrnall authority of the vifible 
 Alice Dry Church, and retyrcth himfelfe to only fcri- 
 !!!!'a^d' ptures (for this is the firft leap, which com- 
 ^thcrs. monly he maketh) and then being prefled 
 about the mcaningeor interpretation of (cri- 
 ptures^ he muft prefently, yf he be vnlearned, 
 and not able to ftand in that combatt , retyrc 
 Iflf^'^c? '^i^i^^ffc to the laft hold of his owne peculiar 
 liarf^rTtt fpiritf. & yfhc be learned, though he wranglc 
 ^fnaWc^"' for a tyme , yet this muft needs be his laft re- 
 fuge and refofution^for that herefie being no- 
 uelty and Angularity, cannot finally defend yc 
 felfe, but by this only iTiift, anddcceyt of the 
 diuell, which for the moft partis fo foriifyed 
 by him, as yt is inexpugnable. For whatfoc- 
 uer yow alleage againft them , eyther reafbn, 
 authority, fcripcurcs, fathers, or other perfua- 
 Con, ytisall reiccftedby this only perfuafion 
 of theirs, that they being elccft , their fpiritt 
 and iudgement cannot erre : vvhcrin I haue 
 feene my felfe ftrange examples of obfti- 
 »acy , bat yccftranger cannot be, then in the 
 
 former 
 
former examples yow haue feene and read. 
 
 ^8. Only I will add one example out of a 
 
 printed booke , dedicated to the Lords of the 
 
 late Counfell intituled; The feduilton of rhc^irzge 
 
 Henry Arthingtonbj Hackett , in the yeareoj Chnfi fi^'^^^^f 
 
 In "^hichthx^ Henry Arthtngtony being an §t»«i, 
 carneft Protertan t or rather Puritan, dath di(^ 
 courfeof 2. fpiritts of his, the firft from the 
 tymeofhisbeinga Proteftant vnto the death 
 o\ Uacket,i\\Q fccond from that tyme forward: 
 His firll fpiritt duringe HacketU life^he affured 
 himfelfeto be of the hoiy ghoft, forthatyt 
 was founded in the hatred of Papifts and Pa- 
 piftry, whome he held for traytors; yt moued 
 him to follow Puritan fermons , as alfo their 
 faftes and exercife vpon the Lcrds day , and 
 befidesthis, he felt himfelfe pojfejfed (to vfe his 
 owne words ) with a burmnge heat within hlm^ 
 and his hue and affeSlion greatly f laced towards the f^^'^^' 
 freachingeminiftery, to Jiand with them in their iujl 
 defence, (^c. 
 
 Thus defcribeth he his former fpiritt, 
 which induced him by little & little to ioync 
 with the forfaid Hachett 2ix\d Coppinger, and to 
 beleeue that the faid H^ci^m was Chrift, and frjl?. 
 Coppnger and himfelfe two Prophetts , who ijji. 
 iointly at laft proclaymed him for fuch, in 
 Cheaplide of London vpon the 16. of luly 
 i^pt, and were condemned all three for the 
 fame. Hackett was hanged, Coppinger died in 
 BrodweU,md this Arthington was rcpriued^who 
 afterward vpon hope of life, (as ytfeemeth) 
 was content to condcmnc his former (piritt 
 
 for 
 
580 The lumen of lohn Fdxhk 
 
 for wicked and diuelift, which hitherto he 
 had heid to be of the holy ghoft , and to take 
 another fpiritt, though it differed in nothing 
 els, but only that he held not H4c^:ffr now for 
 Chrill>bu t in all other points it was the fame, 
 towitc in hatred of Catholiks, inzealcto- 
 wards the preaching minifters, and their opi- 
 nions > in heat of feruour towards fafts and 
 cxcrcifesvponthc Lords day, in the inward 
 teftimony of his faid fpirit that cryed Abba Fd^ 
 ther and the like, Yow lhali heare him fpeake 
 himfelfe breefly of both fpiritts, andthcrby 
 iudge what reafon he had to be alTurcd more 
 of the one, then of the other. 
 t^^«^ n ^^^^'^^^^^^'''^^^^(^^^ichhe)^/f^y/J'mflwm^ 
 t^* « ./rf^. jj^^j^^^ chamber , where we pnipjed our exercifei in 
 payer h) cmfe, &c. And before we departed I felt 
 wyfelfe very haMe within, which I verily thought had 
 i&^f 14. extraordinary motive of the holyghofi(as Chrijls 
 
 ^xrf. 3 1. dffciples hadooin^e to Emaw) which the Lord hadfent 
 ^ denmc for a blefrnge of his hue vfon our exercifes-^ fo 1 
 hir^rf^^*^ d^P^^^^^^ very ^ladman-y and the next morninge foU 
 f airitt. lowinge as I lay in my bed , I found my felfe moued to 
 fenne a cmfe againfi the Citty of London, which I pro-' 
 fecuted with vvatry plants, ^c. This is the defcri- 
 ption of his former fpirit, which according to 
 the definition of a Proteftants fpiritt, I do not 
 know why yt fliould be rcieded. For as for 
 his familiarity in fcripture$(which is wont to 
 be a claufe in the definition ofa newghofpel- 
 linge fpiritt) yow may fee yt plainly in this 
 man, for that at cuery turne of his (aid booke, 
 he alieageth the fame aboundandy . So ai 
 
 laying's 
 
layinge afidc the condicion of a Catholikc 
 {piritc, (which is to be goucrned by others, & 
 not by yt feife : I fee not how this firft fpiritc 
 of Atthingtm mzy iuRly be condemned by the 
 rule of Proteftants, for that fpirit aflureth him 
 certainely thathe vva£cle61:ed> andchofcnto 
 cternall bliffc, & goucrned by the holy ghoft^ 
 which is the cheefeft priuiledge fs£ commen- 
 dation of Proteftants fpirict. But let v$ now 
 heare the delcription of his fecond fpiritt, 
 which he called the true fpiritt of the holy 
 ghoft indeed ? and the former to haue byn of 
 Sathan. 
 
 21. Firft of all he cytcth and heapeth togea-- 
 ther many fcripturesjout of which a man may 
 certainely gather, accordinge to this his new 
 fpiritt, whether one be predeftinate or noe & 
 io did he of himfelfe in thefe words : VVherhy 
 (faith he) J certainely know mjfelfe to be refer ued for 
 fduMien in Chrifi, &c. lea I did expflulite with 
 Godsmercifull Maieftie (after my faU vvith Wackett) SeMj^ag^ 
 whether I vv^s a reprobate orme ^ and frefentlythe 
 holy phofl did affure my hart , that J tViU no rep&hate, 
 hut that my cafe in effeU.jpoi much like S. Vdules.cjc^ 
 Lo , this is the allurance ofArthington his new 
 frelh fpiritt , w^herof afterwards he aileageth 
 alfo many arguments andproofes, to aflure 
 himfelfe that yt was a true fpiritt : Iwasaffitei 
 (faith he) of my fpiritt by thefe tokem fcUomnge: j^^^^,^^; 
 Iirfi by experience of Geds prouidencc in fuUprsfhr- 
 uinge me, &c. (to vvitt from hanginge when "^^'f^f/^^f 
 Hackett was hanged) Secondly for that God hath Anh^rr 
 fm bis Jphkt into mj hart to cry Abba Father , c^c. 
 
 ibndh 
 
The Ixmen oflohn Tox hU 
 Thirdly for that God doth Jiill encreafe my faith , 
 fourthly in that I knm my faith to be founded mthe 
 fikiti of Gods Jpiritt , froceedinge from the fame, C7C^ 
 VVherby 1 do certatnely knou^ my felfe to be furely re^ 
 feruedforfalu4tion tn Chriji, &c. 
 22. riiefe be his arguments and this his af- 
 furance: And this Ipiritt he faich that he 
 kno weth to be of almighty God, the other of 
 Sathan , which before he thought to be as 
 much of God, as this, and would haue gone 
 to the lire for afTeueration thereof, yf he had 
 byn prelFcd therevnco. And in truth, the one 
 hach as much alTurance as the other , but only 
 the madd perfualion of his ownc hereticall 
 brayne. And the like is to be held of the par- 
 ticular fpiritts of all Fox his ftdaryes before 
 rehear fed, who were pofTeflTed m deed , with 
 that Whirl' wynded lyinge fpiritt, whereof 
 j./Tdr^. XI. ^^^^ EliOi mdE fay as theProphettsdofpcakc, 
 ^/i. I?, as lent of purpofe to deceauc fuch vvillfull 
 heady people. ,And fo much of this confide- 
 ration about hereticall fpiritts. 
 The 7. CO- 2?« There followeth the feauenth confide- 
 abom vpon the premifTes, to witt , that fup- 
 
 nis^hing of pofinge the former perucrlTty of hereticall 
 fcaar^^^^ people in Enghnd , and that they would ne- 
 ^* ther be inftrucfted nor reduced thcmfelucs, 
 norceafe from peruertinge of others; what 
 fhouJd or could the PaRors of England , and 
 fuch as had charge of confcience ouer their 
 flockc, do in fuch a cafe? Fox doth cucry- 
 whcre cxcla^ meand m.ike fierce inue(!l:iues 
 againft the Biihops & Cleargie, for punifting 
 
 ihcfc 
 
Calendar" SAmts.{ohCctu.\pon the PremO 5S5 Chaf.if 
 thele people, condemningc y 1 5 (as yow haue 
 heard ) for barbarous cruelty, iniuftice, mur- 
 der, and the like. For anfwcringe whereof yc 
 (ccmcth to me, that three points may be con- 
 Cdercd: Firft whether the punifhingc of fuch 
 as be condemned for heretiks^jby the extcrnall 
 and viliblc Chriftian Church of eucry age, be 
 la wfuU or noe ? and Secondly whether in Three r^ws 
 Maryes time and in the raignes of former Ca- brhTdlcS*^ 
 tholike Englilh Princes, yt were expedient to 
 punilh fuch people, as they did, fuppofinge yt 
 were lawful!. And thirdly whether the iame 
 were executed with cruelty , or rather with 
 compafsion vponnccefsity. 
 24. To the firft , yf we taike of matter of 
 fa<9:,therccan be httlecontrouerfy betwcene 
 Englilh Proteftants and vs at this day, for that 
 they do burnc alfo Anabaptiftcs, Arrians, and 
 other fuch Hkcheretiks, asiseuidcnt by /^^wr f/|^^, "^^^ 
 of Km,and of George P4r«^,burned in King Ed- ^^rii, & 
 wards daycs,and diucrs others condemned to ^^^^Jj^^ 
 death by our Proteftant Bilhopps for Ana- ^mo imi. 
 baptifmc , and burned for the fame vnder ^ 
 Elizabeth. And Mi^:/?^^^!?^^^^ was burned by 
 the procurement of C^/«/» in Geneua: And F4- 
 lentinm Gentilis was burned in like manner by 
 the Protcftant Magiftrates of Bernay which 
 fads were not only allowed, but alfo highly *Cah.iM 
 commended both by "^Calujn & "^Bez^a.^s con ^""^^'1^ 
 forme to the word of God, which appeareth ^ 
 by their feuerall bookes wryttcn of that mat h^ret.a'a* 
 tcr. And the fame fad of burninge the forfaid f ' ""^f^: 
 Seruemm Geneua, n much commended miLke m«r.it&^- 
 
 manner 
 
3 S 4 T/;/ Ixmen 9/ John Tox his 
 
 ifiUnSfUtn manner by Fhillpp MeUntlhon a fpcciall Saint of 
 5!^w/c^: Fox his Calendar. So as hcereby he hathno- 
 ifji'ai/: ' chingciiiUly tomakcaduancageof. 
 
 25. Bur now yf we paile from the fa<3:vnto 
 the iurtice and lawfuhicsin generall, as little 
 doubt can be made therof , as of the fad y t 
 felfeand much IclFc j For that from the tymc 
 of Condannne and the firft Councell of Nice 
 downeward , which conteyneth the fpace of 
 thirtcne hundred yearcs , y t is cleere and eui- 
 Xittperors dent> that all vcrtuous and Caihohke Empc- 
 ^>hifi he ^^^^ '^^^ many ages togcather, haue promulga- 
 KtiL. ^ ted Ibarp lawcs for the punilliingc of all forts 
 of hcretiks- the firft of whomc was Confian- 
 tine himfclfe , who at the motion of the faid 
 Councell of Nice, publilTicd diuccs iTiarp de- 
 clarations & cdids againft Arrtus, and his fol- 
 lowers 3 and bcfides them alfoagainft the Nd* 
 Maj^^y. /.J. uatUns.Valentinians, }l>ircmili,^s, P4ulinians, Hon- 
 fant.di, tmifici^nd Cat4fbrigum oy name , & qukunque 
 k'ii'^Yi' ^^^^^^^^ Ecclefia oflnmem & doStrindm fequuntur, 
 Zeiom and whofoeuer did follow a different opinion 
 Qj. dodrine from the knownc Catholikc 
 Lib I cei Church of his tyme- which Edids his three 
 c.dA^:!& fonnes after him renewed and amplified , and 
 hianich.& fo did after thcmasaine the moft Catholikc 
 itg'.jyrmZ Empctors Gr4tian, Valentinian, Thtodofm^Arca-^ 
 %^m^Hlu ^/fwf, Hyno'm, and others, as appeareth by their 
 ■^aiZ! Z\ decrees extant in the O^^a:, and all the holy 
 7i!^re^^^ Fathers that liued with them, both Greckes 
 yfod. vr^f^ and Latyns, did highly commend their zealc 
 ^^d%'Ji'd ^"diudiccinthat behalfe. In placeof all the 
 rr^Siahm'. rcAyowmay read S. Aujlcn approuinge and 
 
 defen- 
 
€alendAr-S4mt$.{ohCcTu.\iponthtPrcm.) jSj* Cha^Ap^ 
 cl^fcndingmoft largely this matter againft the 
 DonatiUs in many places as lib. 2. com. efifi, 
 Varmen. cap. 7. & liki. centr. littem Vctilim c.io. 
 ^ lib. 1. com. efijl. Gaudent, caf. 17. &i6^ and in 
 many other places. And in his fecondbooke 
 of ^ JR^fr^^^fio;?^ and other where, hcdochrc- *cv^/.s.*^ 
 call &retra(St his former opinion which once ^^--^i^ 
 he had held , that heretiks were not to be pu- 
 niihed with violence. And vnto the Dona- 
 tills that complayned of the punilTimcnt of 
 death appointed againfl them, heanfwcrcth 
 thus: Occidunt animas, ajfi/gmtur in corpore: fetnpi- 
 Uma^ mortes faciunt , &t€mporale$ fe pcrpeti con-- n.ww 
 quermtHY. Heretiks do murder foules, and are 
 themfeiues but punilhed in body: they inferre 
 etcrnall deaches vpon orhers^andyet do com- 
 playne that they do fufFer temporall death : as 
 though he would fay they had no reafen. 
 26. And this was the difcipline of the 
 Church for puniihingc hcretikes after the 
 Councell of Nice, when fbe began tohaue 
 external! power and tribunal!: For that be- 
 fore while Ihe was in perfecution.flie vfed on- 
 ly the fpirituali difcipline or fword of excom- 
 munication, and deliueringe heretiks ouer to 
 Sathan, w-hich yet yfwe beleeue Augujline "^^^ 
 was a more terrible punilliment, then any commu- 
 temporall5that could be Jayd vpon them: l?(?r- nkation. 
 rihiliui efi ([kith ht) tradiSathanApercxcommtrJ' ^ugAib.i. 
 cationem, quant gUdioferiri , jl4nmmah[mm,fenfue. 
 fubijci ad demrandum . It is more horrible to be f^fa.GAf<s 
 dchucred oucr to Sathan by excommunica- 
 tiou; then to beflaine by uvord. or coniumed 
 
 Bb by 
 
5 ? 6 The Ixmen oflohn Vex his 
 
 by fire , or to be caft out to wild bcafts to he 
 dcuoured. So faith S. Augujline. And of the 
 fame opinion and iudgcmcntalfo, were the 
 moftanciet Fathers of the primitiuc Church, 
 and neareft vnto Chrift himfelfc , who did lb 
 exadily and carefully fly, and detcft the very 
 iighc and conuerfarion of heretiks , after they 
 were once detccfted and denounced by the 
 Church for fuch , as yf they had byn damned 
 foules already fep;:rated to the fire of hell. For 
 hen. iih,i. fo we read teftificd by S. Irenam in the very 
 AdHsrf h^r. firft age after that of the Apoftles, that S. John 
 Mangelifi would not fo much as abide in the 
 bath or hoat-houfc , where Cwwf/;«ianhere- 
 tike was. The fame Father relatcth aifo a like 
 example of S, Folycdrpe, fchollcr tothefaid 5. 
 John Emngelifi^ that he meeting in Rome a cer- 
 taine Arch-heretike named Marcion, (author 
 of the Marcionifls , as the other w^as of the Ce^ 
 rinthians) he would not fo much as falute him, 
 wherat the other being moued, asked him 
 rrcn.ihi (f^i^h Irendus) Non cognifcis nos? Do yow not 
 know vs ? whervnto the holy man aunfwe- 
 TcdyCGgnofco teprimcgenltum Sathana.YQSjl know 
 yow for the principall or firft begotten fonne 
 ofSathan : both which fa(5ls^rcconforme to 
 thedoftrine of tJie faid Euangclift inhisfe- 
 cond epiftle , where talkinge of heretiks he 
 fai th : Do notfo mtfch receme thm intojeur houfe, 
 mrgiuethemafaltttation, &c. 
 27. And after that blelTed Irendtu hath recy- 
 ted thefe two examples of ftuerity, in flyinge 
 communication with heretiks, he geueth this 
 
 genera!! 
 
CdUnddt- S dints. (ohfQVU.vpon the Vttm.) 387 Chap.ty 
 gcnerall and notable admonition in that be- 
 halfe: f0greatafeare[f:iithhe) hadthe Afojlles& 
 DifciplesofChriJi, to communicate orhaueconuerfa- ^^^^rke 
 tionin any onk word With heretikly accordinge to the this infe<^ 
 frecep of S. Paul : Fly an hereticall man after one or s!" i^ct^ 
 two admonitions, kr^owinge nwji certiaynely that fuch 4 n^eus. 
 meisfubuerted, andofhimfelfe damned,&c. Behold 
 what alelTbn this is oj^'oid S. Irena^m^outof thQ 
 words and examples of the Apofties, for them 
 that liuc among heretiks, and haue no fcruple 
 at all to participate with them . And all this • 
 no doubt was founded vpon thofc words of 
 our Sauiour M^'tfc. iS. Si EccUfmnnonaudierit,fit ^"^^^^^h 
 tihi tanquam Ethnicm & Publicanus. Yf he heare 
 not the Church (which is proper to herctiks) 
 Jet him bevnto thee as a Heathen or Publicaj 
 with whome the lewes had neytherconuer- 
 fation nor dcalinge. Whervpon infue thofe 
 (peaches of .y. lohn, and S. Paul before recyted 
 of fljinge hereticall men. And S.lrendus (asyow ^["^^^^^ 
 haue heard) calleth yt a precept^and faith that dent ra- 
 the Apoftles and firft difciplcsof Chrift, did ^^[ng'hs;^ 
 feare todothecentrarj'^which appeareth not on- milS, 
 ly in the example of 5. P^/^r^rp^before rehear- v^'^ji 
 fed • but of 5. Clemens Kemanm, and S. Ignatius^ /^^^^ 
 bothfchollersofthefaid Apoftles, the former 
 Wryringethus: Do yojtr feclude fiomjou, wicked cum.nm. 
 heretlks;, let fattkftdl people declyne them by all meanes ^.^fl/. 
 pofible, in fuch fort as there be no communication uith 
 tbemeytherin (peach or prayers, ^c. For that thefe 
 men are more impiom then lewes , and more hate full 
 to GodthenthegentiUy&c. Conlider this feuerc 
 (entcnce of CUnunt. 
 
^ii Thetxmen^fUhnVoxhii 
 18. The fccond, to witt S. Igndtm ^ is no 
 JeiFe earned and piecife in this bchalfcj for 
 ^\\^^^ hauingc dcfcribcd the wickedncflTe of an he- 
 retike , he addeth thefe words ; Bo not come in 
 fyii4t. tpAd company of fuch a one , Udji yow fetish with him, 
 h'tiaMfh. though he be jfouY Father, though he be your brother, 
 '^taf, 5 3 . though he be your houfhouldfrend : Non far cat oculus 
 vejler fuper eum. Lett not your eye hauc pitty 
 Vpon him5(jrc. By which laft words taken out 
 of Deuteronomy for putting to death of falfc 
 Prophects, yt iseuident,that yf the Church of 
 God had had cxternall iurifdi<Ilion3& power 
 to putt hcretiks to death in thofc dayes^ S. Jg- 
 natim would hauc allowed therof. And albeit 
 Chrift our Sauiour out of that manfuetude 
 whcrin he walked vpon earth 5 did not ap- 
 point any fuch rigorous bodily puniiTiment to 
 be laid vpon them ( as neither he did vpon 
 malefactors 3 which notwithflandinge now 
 are lawful!)/ put to death) : yetisyt cleere by 
 the iunilicudes vfed againft hcretiks by him, 
 M^h. 7. "^i^^ vvolues, theeues, robbers, murderers, and 
 J«?. the like ( all which may iuflly be refifted and 
 Ztan. 19. punifhed by death , yf otherwife they cannot 
 be repelled) yt is lawfull to putt herctiksalfo 
 to death, when the defenfe of Chrift flockc 
 requireth the fame* 
 
 29. Wei! then in all this I do not fee, how !• 
 Fox can ftand with vs, but that hcretiks may 
 be punilhed, not only fpiritually by Ecclc- 
 liafticall cenfuresjbut corporally alfo with the 
 fwordj w^hen need requireth ; only perhapps 
 he will WTan^Ie with ys when we come to 
 
 the 
 
C^W^r- 5ii/»f5,(obferu.\pon the Prcm.) 3S9 Chap.xT 
 the particulars, who arehcrcnksi^ and how h^vv 
 they may be knownc , though this indeed rciiksma^ 
 haue as httledoubc inyt, as any of thcrcrt: vvne?°* 
 for that the very words of the Decrees and 
 Edidsjfett forth by Councclls and Emperors 
 ^gainft them , do llicw plainly who be here- 
 tiks, & who be Catholiks^as is declared large- 
 ly m the ^ FF^m-^^^rrf again ft O.E. or masked- *f*{.ir- 
 miniilcT Sutcllffe lately feet forth. As for ex- 
 ample when Conftantinc the great wryteth 
 thus in his decree againft hcrctik v, as before 
 hath byn llicwedj thdt they arehereukltvho Mow ^^'^^^^vf 
 a different epmhnsr doclrine from the Church, &c. i 3. e. ^4. 
 Isicnotcuident whomchc mcancth? to wntt ^'J''^'* 
 fuch as held different opinions from the 
 Jcnowne Catholike Church ot his tyme, 
 50. And againe when he faith thus ; O pti^ 
 I^ouatUns, VahntinlAns, Marcionifls^PAHlimanSyCa- Uid.di, 
 taphrigiansyknotp jf0tp thu Uw, &c, Is itnotalfo 
 manifcft what manner of men he rneaneth? 
 to witt, fiichas had their names from parti^ 
 cular authors > and not from the Catholike 
 Church. And when GratianH^yValentinUnm ^nd nh. ua<s,^ 
 T/?^^^<(?/i«^moftChriftian Emperors made their ^rmT^^!^ 
 firftdecrce thatisextant in their C0dex,bcgm- 
 ningc CujtHosfopuhs, and faid that they would 
 haue all their people toiiuein that Religion 
 which ^. Peter haddeliuered to the Romans, 
 and had endured vntill that day, vnto the 
 ty me of D^w^Jlw B. of Rome, and Peter B, of 
 4lexandria,7ind was called Catholike,& therof 
 c© commaund their fubieds to take the name 
 eichrijllamrm CathQ!k0rum: of Chriftian Ca- 
 Bbj fholikb-| 
 
5 9 o The Examen of Uhn Tex hk 
 
 tholiks: And that all others foliowingc other 
 dodrine , they would haue them cailed and 
 accoumpted heretiks.This defcription (I fay) 
 of Catholiks and hereciks made by theie aun- 
 cicnt Emperors , is it not ciecre to whomc yc 
 agree th? And } f we would bringcyt downc 
 from that tyme to this , and.con^id^r in euery 
 age who did follow the common knowne 
 Catholike Religion) vnder the Succeilorsof 
 D4W4//«,and who followed diifFcrent opinions 
 rayfed by particular authors^is not the matter 
 ciccre? not only to Catholiksbuteucnto he- 
 rctiks thcmfclucs? And do not theteftimo^ 
 nyes of the very Lutheran wry ters before al- 
 leaged , declare that the names of Lutherans 
 and Caluinifts ( w^berof lohn Fox profeffeth 
 himfelfe to be one, and againft W' home we 
 ftriue principally in this place) are in deed noc 
 inucntions of ours, but as properly agrecinge, 
 to them in refped: of the particular authors of 
 their opinions and feds, as the names of Ar- 
 rians, Nouatians,and the like, arc afcribed be- 
 fore by the Emperors to the old heretiks? 
 The 8 5c Whcrfore to (land no longer vpon this 
 hiiconH- point (which yet is of great importance) we 
 vyhVthTt ^ "^'oicd breefly to the fecod & third, 
 
 it rvcrc which ihall contey ne the laft coniideration of 
 tobutiie^ t'^i^ pl<^^<^ i the fecond point being, whether 
 fommy it Were expedient in QJVlarycsdaye$(though 
 in Q^Ma- Y^^ wctc lawfull) to bume fo many herctiks,as 
 ricityinc. heere Fox fettcth downe, and fecketh by the 
 number to m^ke the matter odious, whcriii 
 ;ruiy I will firft confefle of my ftlfc, that in 
 
 reading 
 
Cdlendar^ Saints. {ohCcYU.\por\thQ?rcm.) 59s Chdp.xy 
 rcadingc them ouer , I was greatly moued to 
 compafsion,not only towards chemlclue.s in 
 rcfped: of their eucrlaltinge miicry ^ andob- 
 ftinatcmadiielTc, butalfo towards thesrBi- 
 flioppsj Paftors, and other Catholike Magi- 
 ftrates, that were forced to punifh fo great a 
 number of fuch a bafe quality for {uch opi- 
 nions ^ as neyther thcmfelues could Weil vn- 
 derftand, nor hauc any furer ground therof 
 then their owne foolilli apprehenfions • And 
 albeit I be not ignorant that diuerslearnedj 
 godly & wife men do much doubt , w^hether 
 the courfc held in thofe dayes of burning fuch 
 people were expedient or noe : yet is there 
 much to be coniidered alfo on the other fide. 
 52. The cheefe reafon of thefe men that put 
 the matter in doubt 5 is founded on the euili 
 fuccefle , and that albeit the thinge was law- 
 ful! in y t felfe , as now hath byn Ihe wed ^ yet 
 the raigne of K. Edward the fixt hauing gone 
 imediatly before, & corrupted infinite mynds 
 wdththatnouelty of dodrinej which vnder 
 him was fpread contrary both to that of hig 
 Fatherland to the Catholike docftrinejVt fee- 
 meth to thefe men, that yt had perchance byn 
 better in QjMaryes daycs, to haue giucn place 
 to thofe words of the parable of our Sauiour, 
 when he wasdemaunded about wecdingout i^^^^'^^ ^ 
 the di^rnell from the good come, to wirt, that ble of the 
 hoth ffjould he f emitted te grom togeathey vntill the 
 hameft , leafi in goinge ahem to weed out thedarneH, ded. *^'^ 
 the good come alfo might chance be fuUed vp therwith. ^^^^^^^ * 
 Which parable Au^cm^Tan^ farmenianxho, rlrXc'i, 
 B b 4 Donatift 
 
5 9 2^ The Ixmen of John Fox his 
 
 Donatift that alleagcd the fame ( as diucrs do 
 iiiourdaycs) to'proue that no heretiksoughc 
 to bcpunilliedjdoch iTievv at large to hauc this 
 only meaninge , that prudence and circum- 
 fpedionis to bevfcdin rootingc out as well 
 hcreciks, as other malefactors, and nottoad- 
 uenture vpon yt rafliely, or violently , when 
 they are fo m2ny> or*fo ftrongCj or fo cuill dif- 
 pofed , as great perturbation and perill of the j 
 common welth might be expcdcd thcrby, ^ 
 and fo the good wheat pulled vp with the 
 darnel!, &c. 
 
 33. And this to be the true meaninge of this 
 place^and not that herclies generally are to be 
 permirtcd^the faid Docftor proueth euidently, 
 for that otherwife all other malefactors in 
 like manner muil be permitted , for that they 
 arc comprehended alfo vnder the names of 
 eqill feedjcockle, & darnell. And in this fenfe 
 muft be vndcrftood in like manner both Saint 
 J^i cVj^ Cj'prian, in his epiftle to Maxmus & Vtbanm, & 
 fofl:.€omcnt, cbrjfojlome \pon S, M.4thefp, who ochcrwife 
 'mJL may fpemctofauour the permittingcof here- 
 fies ^ but their meaninge is, that fome tolera- 
 tion may bevfedwith them when they can- 
 not be rooted ouc,withouc danger of the good 
 . corne , w^hich fome men thinke to haue byn 
 fbns and thc Itate ot tymc vnder Q^Mary. 
 foTpro-^ 34,. But on the contrary fide is to be confi- 
 ccedino;a- dctcd the charge of confcience, that lay v): on 
 Ktiks in' Biiliopps and Paftors in thofe dayesfor 
 Q.Maiyes lookiugc to their fiocke , whomc euery houre 
 tlr^'io theypcrceau^dto be infected more and more 
 
 by 
 
Calendar" Sainth{6h{kru.\pon the Prcm. ) 395 Ckdp.i^ 
 
 by thele hcreacall Foxes and w olucs. And yf 
 Chnft our Sauioui did codcmnc for hirelings 
 in the ghofpcii thole Paftor§>w hich did fly for 
 feare ot the wolfe , to witc » whan they faw 
 the wolfe ftrongc, and potent^ & armed with 
 authority, agamft whonie they fliould hauc 
 fpenr their bloud,for prcferuinge their flocks; 
 what would he fay ot Paftors chat had autho- 
 rity on their fide, and powder alfo to rehft and 
 punilh the woIfc? yf thcfe men (I fay) not of 
 ieare ( which is fome excufe ) but of negli- 
 gence, or of fome compafsion towards the 
 vvolues and Foxes themfelues , Ihouid haue 
 permitted fuch noyfome wiilfuU beafls , to 
 haus Jiued freely among their flccke5doing all 
 hurts they could without rePcraint or punifli- 
 ment j what would our Sauiour haiie faid of 
 fuch men? Truly it is like^hc would not only 
 haue blamed them as hirehnges: but rather 
 haue condemned them , as priuy betrayers of 
 his fiocke. And this was their cafe in Q^Ma- 
 ryesdayes, for that none of thcfe willfull ig- 
 norant people then burned, could be brought 
 cyther to reuokc their herelics , or to keep 
 them to themfelues , or not to infed: others, 
 or any way to enclync themfelues to quictt- 
 nefle . 
 
 3<f. Nov/ then as to the laft point, whether vvhetkci" 
 cruelty were vfed towards them or no^^as eue- J^^^^l^j.^^ 
 ry where lohn Fox doth exclayme, the mat- tovvauis^ 
 ter is eafy to be iudged by indifferent men, ^"^^^f^^^^^ 
 Firil:>forthat trueiufiicelawfully adminiftred dayVst^^^^ 
 eannot be called cruelty^ and fecondly much 
 
 leffe, 
 
594* ^'^^ T^XAmen of lehn Tox hii 
 
 ieflc , where necefsity rtandcch on the part of 
 the Magiftrate , and felfe will on the bchalfc 
 of the dehnqucnt. Thirdly yf we confidcr the 
 manner and circumftances of this execution, 
 vfcd then againft thcfe heretiks and fedaryes. 
 Fox himfelfc is forced to fctt downe fo many 
 particularityeseucry where, of fauour and 
 compafsion vfed towards them by the Bif- 
 hopps, and other Ecclefiafticail ludges, as do 
 confouilid his owne vayne accufations of 
 cruelty, iTiewingc fomewherc that the faid 
 iudges did wecpe , when they gaue fentencc 
 agamft them, confideringe their madd obfti- 
 nacy , other where that they intreated them, 
 fpake them fayre , repriued them after their 
 condemnation, delayed the execution , offe- 
 red them pardon and rcmifsion , cuenatthc 
 very laft call; and the like. 
 36. And feme thinges alfo the faid Bifhopps 
 permitted of ouer much indulgencejwhich in 
 moil: mens opinions ought not to haue byn 
 permitted, for that they were noyfomeand 
 pernicious both to the ftftaryes themfclues 
 and others, as for example, their meeting to- 
 geather and conference in their prifons j their 
 continual! intelligence abroad by letters and 
 mefiengers; their wrytinge out and penningc 
 their owne examinations &: difputanons , by 
 their owne hands after their owne falhion- 
 the flockinge of frends vnto them in the pri- 
 fons, cfpecialiy after fentence of condemna- 
 tion pafTed againft them, when their words 
 did more pcarcc and penetrate then bcforc,as 
 
C4/r«i4r-i^^i»fi.(ob{cru.vpon thePrern.) 395 Chaj^.i/ 
 being now defigncd Martyrs amonge their 
 owne people ^ their goinge accompanyed to 
 the fire i their takinge Icaue feucraiiy ot all 
 prifoners when they departed; their niee- 
 tinge of their frends and kinred on che.vvayj 
 and amonge them,diuers thruft in of pur- 
 pofc to animate them in their foily b} glo- 
 rious words j their drinkinge and pJcdgiiige 
 at the fire fide, vvith geuinge their app^n ell 
 heerc and there, and fendlnge roktnstodi- 
 wers that were abfenc for memoryes fake: 
 Thelethinges [I fky) togeather with iibe- 
 rail fpeache at their burninge, being permit- 
 ted to fond men and weomcn , puffed vpp 
 with pride and vanity , as they couid not 
 chufe but be greatly hurtfull both torhepar- 
 tyes thcmftlucs and to others, that heard and 
 law them: fo yet did they Ihew a great con- 
 fidence, and extraordinary gentlenes in the 
 BilTioppsthat permitted them, and thereby 
 do quite ouerthrowe Fox his clamour of 
 their cruelty. Though when God almighty 
 ihall againe put the menaginge of thofe mat- 
 ters into Catholikc mens hands, cleere yt is, 
 that a farre different courfe were now to be 
 taken, namely as well by publike difputa- 
 tions as priuatc conferences, and all other fitt 
 meanes to attend in ali charity , manfuetude 
 and longanimity , to the inflru<9:ion and re- 
 duction of thofe, which haue byn mifi^d 
 with the fo longe fway of herefic^rather then 
 by any kmd or feuericy whereof hauinge 
 aboundaatlye and of purpoie treated els 
 
!^ 9 ^ T^he Ixamn of John Fox his 
 
 ^ubLdef- yyhere, I vviH not enlarge my felfe any fur- 
 s^r'^f^i thcr heerc. And this is fo much as in this 
 f»r4iuj„;t pi^QQ I \^2uc to treat about thcfe confidc- 
 
 rations. 
 
 A BRIEF CENSVRE 
 
 OF JOHN rOX AND HIS 
 
 W K Y T I N G E S, 
 
 Agahfl which other tm Urger hookas ^re alfo fdid to 
 hi band, the one in Ldtyn, the ether tn EngM: and 
 bj ocrdfion heerof the author gtueth Hi iudge^ 
 ment.why the kijlory of England fo much 
 deftred both h) Catholiksand Prote^ 
 fldnts, Cdnnot well he vrryttm 
 iy ejther of them in thefe 
 our day es^ 
 
 Chap. X V 1 1 L 
 
 NOtwithftandinge that throughout the 
 whole courfe ot this our Trcatife againft 
 lohnEox, and his Ads and Monuments, we 
 h^iuc orC'<;n had occalion to giuc our opinion 
 afwclloFthe man,asofhis wry tings-, yet now 
 drawinge towards the end of that wedefi- 
 gned to wrycein thisbehalfe^ yt ITiall nor be 
 arniiTc perhapps, to rcpeate heere briefly that, 
 which els where difperfedly hath bynvtte- 
 red about this point, totke end chat thedif- 
 creec Reader may fee more clecrlyin what 
 
 accoump; 
 
Calenddr'S4tnts.[ToK his wrytings ccnf) 597 C}7/tf.it 
 accoumpt both the wry tcr and his wry tinges 
 arciuftly to beheld. 
 
 2« And firft then to fay nothing of the mans 
 perfon, he beingnow dead , nor of the noto- 
 rious infirmityescommoniy related of him,as 
 that he imagined himfeife fometymcs to be 
 an vrinall of glaffc j fometymes a crowmge 
 cockc, Sc other hke fancyes which might fall 
 vnto him cyther by weakncs of brayne, or by 
 other difturbancc ofhisfcnfes through oucr- 
 much ftiidy , phrenfy of herefy> or other like 
 caufe^; Theft perfonall thinges (I fay) thac 
 might happen vnto him without his default, 
 andconfequently arc rather to be pittycd in 
 him 5 then any way exprobratcd vnto him • I 
 lhall wholy lay a(ide , and treare in this place 
 only of fome points that muft needs beprefu- 
 med to haue proceeded from his frec-will and ^'^ny f>t 
 iudgemenr , and thereby the more reprehcn- r^rr^r^" 
 fible, they bemg eyther falfe or wicked, and ^[^[^^^^^^^^ 
 not iuflifiable in themfchies. Albeit in this lacke of 
 kind againCj I mufi needs help to excufehim j^^'^^"'^^^^ 
 alfo in diners things, which I afcribc rather ihervvifc, 
 to his lackc of vnderftandmge and iudgment, 
 then to meerc mahce, as arc thofe which 
 make more again ft him then for him^or are fo 
 impertinent, as no manoflearningc &iudgc- 
 ment would haue allcaged, or noted in that 
 fafhion which he doth* 
 3. To which head or branch I do reduce all 
 thofe large difcourfes, which hemakerhof 
 our Church in many ages againft himfl lfc^his 
 relations alfo and prolix narrations of the 
 
 Walden^ 
 
^ 9 S T^f Ixmen oflohn Tox hk 
 
 Wxldcndxns , Aibigenlians , Wickliffians, 
 Huisirsand the Lutherans affayrcs, which 
 conteyns a great part of his volume, and hauc 
 innnice tilings in them againft Fox his fed of 
 Sacrarnentarycs: In Hke manner his coopHng 
 to.:Tr:aiher orTo ditFerent and repugnant fecla- 
 ryc'^ as Saints ot one Calendar and Church, 
 can oe cxculed by no other meancsthenby 
 this, that the good man vndcrftood not or 
 con idcred not.how Farre his narrations made 
 for his cauft oragainit yt^fo they might feeme 
 to oundfomwhat againllthe Roma Church 
 or Rel'g^on. And for that the greateft part of 
 his whole volume may be comprehended vn- 
 der this branch , I will not ftand hecrc in diC- 
 cufsing the particulars, but referrc the Reader 
 to the arft and fecond parts of this Treatife, 
 that do runne ouer the whole workc^Sc make 
 the matter cleerc to the faid Readers eye , in 
 cue^v age from the Apoftles. 
 4 No w then thole things rcmouedjWe lTiaU 
 only call into confidcracion for the prcfent, 
 fu:h other pointS) as concernc his faliliood & 
 lacke of confcience, or rather (to mitigate the 
 matter aSfo in this point fomew^hat) his error 
 ofcon^ience.w^hcrby it feemeth that he came 
 to ptrfuidc himfelfcin confcience , that fup- 
 po^norf far he did) that the Proteftant orPu- 
 ritan nrofefsion of England was the only true 
 Re! g' >n he mighrfayor wrytcany thingein 
 fu^derince thereof, without fcrupleof con- 
 fcience , hcther it were in deed trueotfalfc. 
 And chat this was his pcrfuafion lamindu- 
 
C^iW^r-J^fViff. (Fox his wry tings cenf.) 599 Chap.iZ 
 ccd to beleeue rather (as I hauc (aid ) for his 
 excufe then commendation : For that other- 
 wife , yf he had not had that opinion , I can 
 hardly thinke fo euill of any man Chriftened^ 
 as that he vvould rccoumpt fo many falfe 
 thinges, as Fox dothagainft hisownecon- 
 fciencc. For truly to Ipeake as I thinke , after 
 I had read ouer the whole worke with fome 
 attention , and to fpeake without all exagge- 
 ration or pafsion^as one that doth hartily pit- 
 ty the mans cafe, and muft follow him out of 
 this world ere yt be longe (though I hope to 
 another place) I do not tninke there be many 
 ftoryes in this whole voIume(though fo huge 
 & vaft as yow fee) but that one way or other, 
 yf they belonge to matters of controuerfie, he 
 corrupteth or falfifyeth fome part therof, ey- 
 ther in the beginninge, endinge, entrance, 
 goingc forth, matter, manner of handhngejor 
 fome other kind of adulteration j and yet doth 
 he yfe euery where luch holy proteflations of 
 piety, as neuer perhapps other author before 
 or after him^ addingc alwayes wherfoeuer he 
 promifethany thinge.or fpeaketh ©fthe tyme 
 to come 5 thele deuoutphrafts ; the Lords holy 
 Jpiritt afijlinge me thcrhp^ The L§rds diuinegrMege- nicth ^hat 
 uinge me leaue: yf Iesvs fbaR lendmehisbelpnge ^oxdid 
 hand: hy the Lords good Uaue and pledfure*^ and javvfuiuo 
 other like moft faincftlike phrafes,repeated & ^r^^' 
 iterated aboue a thoufand tymes throughout vvl^/his 
 this worke • And for that comonly foone ^aufc. 
 after thefe godly proteftations, yow fliail find 
 llim in diuers fallhoods, faWiicaticns; decey ts 
 
 and 
 
400 The Exmen ofUhn Vox hk 
 
 aad fhifcs, I am rather induced to chinke that 
 he eftccmcth this manner of deaimge lawfuil 
 in fo good a caufc , as he prefumed his ownc 
 to be, then that he did )'t exprelTely againft 
 his confcicncc and iiidgcmcnc. 
 5^ The particular proofeSjCxampIes and dc* 
 monftrations of this kind of deahngc in him, 
 wereouerlonge and tedious, to proftcute in 
 this place, and yow hauehad ftoreof them 
 before, both in this third part, asalfointhe 
 former two, and in the VVarn-word, where it 
 ftalbefufficient to referre the Reader to the 
 word (F(^x) in the table of each booke^and the 
 nextenfumge Chapter ftall giue a fuller tail, 
 of his manner of procecdinge in this bchalfc, 
 though it be not the hundreth part of the falfe 
 and deceytfuU deahngc, which is to be noted 
 out.ofthefe hislyinge Afts and Monuments- 
 a booke compofcd whoJy to deceyue , and by 
 iudgemet of many men , hath done more hurt 
 alone tofimple foulesin our countrey, by in- 
 feftinge and poyfoninge them vnwares , vn- 
 der the bayte of pleaQiit hiftorycs , fayre pi- 
 ctures and painted pageants>then many other 
 the moft pcftilcnt bookes togeather. 
 The fpcci^ ^- fi^ft I haue faid , the variety of the 
 •u caufcs hiftory it feife^draweth many to ready t: then 
 ^ion by the forcfaid fpedaclc and reprefentation of 
 lohn Fox martyrdomes (as they are called ) dclishteth. 
 ^ Mnnu- manytogize on, who cannot reaa , thirdly 
 jTicnis. the hypocrify of the wn-yter , makinge thofe 
 proteftations w^hich before haue byn mentio 
 ned^and orhcrwire,gc^ynir?ge opinion of piety 
 
 with 
 
C4lendAr-Sdintu{Foxhh wry tings ccnC) 401 Cha]).\t 
 wich the common people, by a ceruync atfe-- 
 ^iedfimpiicity of life: Fourthly cercayne ten- 
 der fpeaches attributed by him to fecS-aryes ac 
 their deathes,with hisovvne fandifynig & ca- 
 nonizinge them for Saints: thcfe things I fay, 
 & other circi:iRanccstogeather, with cr.cvery 
 greatn^s of the booke y t reifc, obtruded to be 
 read in very many pariili Churches, and other 
 publike places, hauc byn caufcscfinhnitefpi- 
 rituaU hurt, to many thouland foulesof our 
 countrcy , tor which this miferable man, and 
 his abetters haue , no doubt, toyeld adraite 
 and heauy accoumpt to their redeemer^ at the 
 moft dreadfuii accoumpting-day. 
 7, And to the end yow may the better per- 
 ceaue the deadly hurt, which this moil poyfe-*- 
 ncd Fox-den hath brought forth, & woughc 
 not in iimple foules only, but in many of 
 iudgemsnc and fome learning alfo, yow nuift 
 conlider, that from the beginnirige to the end 
 ofthis whole volume , he commonly fetteth 
 downe nothinge affirmatiue or potltiue of his 
 owne in matters of RcIigion,nor any certainc 
 rule what to bcleeuc,but only carpeth.or fcof- 
 feth at that which was in vfe before: fo as the 
 Reader is brought only into vnbcieefe, di- 
 ftruft and contempt of that, which was ac--. 
 coumptcd piety and Religion by his forefa- 
 thers, and nothinge ccrrayne taught him in 
 place therof J but only ncgatiue or fcornefuli 
 taunts, the proper meancs to make Atheifts & 
 infidells. For proofe w herof yow may picafe 
 toconlider, that yf yow begin (for examples 
 
T^h^T^x^^^^oflohnToxhis 
 fake) with the firft planting of Chriftian faith 
 in the Englilli nation by S. Gregory & S. Aujlen, 
 Tbe r«of. and other Englilli Apoftles, lohn Fox and his 
 ©uf M fcllowcs do iclt cucry where at them , and at 
 founders the Religion brought in by them, as we hauc 
 iltn$l iT^ewed at large in the firft part ^ of this Trea- 
 *^^Vv«' tife: foasthefeour firft Fathers in Religion, 
 asairoourpredcceiTors& anceftors in bioud, 
 that vverc conucrced from paganifme to 
 Chriftian Religion by them , being prouej 
 now by thefc later Doctors, to hauc byn no 
 true Chriftians in deed but only in name , as 
 thefe men hold , what good doth the Reader 
 reccaue by this dodrine, but only remamciii 
 miftruft of all , and to thinke that the whole 
 hiftoryofthe Engliili Church for a thoufand 
 yeares togeather, is a meere fable ? 
 8. Againe , when Fox his hiftory commeth 
 downc for 600. yeares togeather after this 
 our firft conuerfion, to witt, beneath the con- 
 queft , iefting ftill and fcoffing at moft things 
 that parted in that Church and time^and after 
 thatbeginneth torecoumpt the A(5i:s& Gefts 
 of diucrs new-fangled people, condemned 
 for herefie, as the Ads of Saints & holy men, 
 fcntefpecially from God, & illuminated par- 
 Coinqui- ticularlyby his holy fpiritt, as the VValden^ 
 hemkai^/^^^^' i4 /6i^^«/t4W5, LoUdrds, VVul^liffians , Huptts, 
 opTnions. Thdh0ritts,Lutherans,:LY\d in all theie or the moft 
 of them he is forced to acknowledge many 
 hcreticall opinions, which himfelfeand his 
 Church (yf he hauc any at all) condemneth, 
 and yet, as I faid , fctteth them forth forgreat 
 
 Saints 
 
Cdknddr- Saints. (oh fcru.vponthcpYcm.) 405 ChdfA^ 
 Saints and men ofperfedion, without repro- • 
 uingc their faHc opinions j how is y t pofsibic 
 but that the Readers mynd muft rcmayne 
 heerc poyfoncdjand coinquinatcd with thcfe 
 dregges fett before him by lohn fox , fcing 
 that no cleere rule is pur downe for difcer- 
 ninge the fame, but only referringe ouer each 
 man and woman to the examination of (cri- 
 ptures, which both thefeheretiksj^ all other 
 alleage moll aboundantly for thcmfeluesj and 
 the interpretation ftandcth inej^ch ones par- 
 ticular iudgement to allow or follow? 
 ^. Thus then the mynds of Enghlli Chri- 
 iiiansftandingefirme and fixed in one Rcli- r: 
 gion, before the readinge of lohn Fox his 
 booke,for more then a thoufand yeares togea^ / 
 ther, and attcndinge only to the cxercifcs of 
 piety and godly life prefcribcd by that Reli- 
 gion^now by readinge this bookc,they arc all 
 ^putout ofioint^and being brought into doubt 
 & contempt of their faid old Religion, which 
 had endured from their firft conuerfion j they 
 are now to chule new opinions what each 
 man liketh beftj cyther of the VValdenfian, Al-- 
 U^enfian, VVtckjiffidn, Lutheran, Calmnian , and 
 other (lich opinions or fedis , and vpon thcfe 
 they arc to reft their foules, & to receaue the 
 authors of thcfe opinions into their Ecclelia- 
 llicall Calendar^in flccd of the old Saints, that 
 were there before , and for that, where fuch 
 choyce of Religion is giucn 3 yt is hard for Mm 
 limple men^nd weomen, ^s alfo for the lear- bc^of^j^^^^^ 
 ned to determync what they like beft 5 or ReUgiQm 
 
 C c :i wheroa 
 
4© 4 txAmen pf Uhn fox hU 
 
 vv^ieron they will lay hand in lb great a mxt^ 
 ter, asconccrncth their cternali laluanonor 
 condemnation^ we muft imagine that infi- 
 nite people remaync in ibrpence,& doubcfull 
 in our councrcy at this day, and haue not 
 yet determined , what certayne fed to be of^ 
 but only to doubt or conrradid the Catho- 
 like , and for the reft to hould of this or that 
 fe(?^ what euery one Jikcth beft , when they 
 iliall refolue to d^^termine of any- which is the 
 mo!]: miferable eftate that can beimaginedj 
 for that it is indeed .o haue no Religion at all. 
 And this is the very principall effect of t ox 
 hisbookeorhiftory. 
 
 to. For better contirmation whcrof,doyow 
 read with attention but any one ofthehifto- 
 ryes before mentioned, ast'or example of Joftn 
 Buffe, or lohn VVkklfffc, and albeit I knowyow 
 Will be weary before you come to the end,yec 
 do marke with diligence ^ what vow can ga- 
 ther 5 or what Fox doth gather out of all that 
 hiflory for your profi tt,but only their contra- 
 didion againft the Catholike Church(which 
 he might gather alfo out of all ould heretiks:) 
 but for the reft yow Ihall fee, that (bmetymes 
 he will tel! yow matters indifferent of them, 
 (bmecvmes others that fecmc ro found to- 
 wards his Rclifrion , fometymcs other that 
 make fjart againPc him, & not feldome others 
 that are oppofite to vs both, to witt,Catholiks 
 and Caluinifts; and yet are the men auouched 
 by him co be goodand holy, but noparticular 
 conclufion is made about their whole Reli- 
 
 gionj 
 
gion -5 whecher yt were good or badd. And 
 what then can the Reader gather one of thefe 
 difcourfes, but only doubtfullnes and brea- 
 kinge or his owne braine, for that moi\ tymcs 
 Fox concludcth thus , after he hath rehcaried 
 both good and badd of thcfe new Saints, that 
 heleaueth all to the Reader, both men and 
 matters 5 toiiidgc thereol* as hcfiiail chinke 
 bcft,and cherby to cakeand Icaiie what hcii-r 
 ftcch or Hketh bert ; To as in very truth he hath 
 no certainty at all, nor fuie diredion how to ^^^^ ^^^^ 
 find yt. Wherby a man may pronounce of made ©f 
 this Fox-den bookc more ntly 5 then one did that^s*L* 
 of another in oldtyme: E'tcUber expultu wfmostcnks of 
 facit , this booke is fitt to make nudd men of ^^qq^i^^^ 
 fooles, to witc heretiks of ignorant people. 
 And this is another principall effect of Fox 
 his booke, 
 
 11. Wherfore not to proccede any further 
 vpon this fubic6t> my counfelJ lliould be vnto 
 my Countrymen, not to leefe any more time 
 in readinge ouer fo vaft and vaync a heape of 
 vntruthes laid togeathcr, as this worke of 
 Foxconteyneth, vv hciin there is neyther cer- 
 tainty of truth in the narration, nor good or- 
 der in the method 5 nor any cxa£tdi!tin<ftion 
 oftymesobfcrued^asin thefirft'^ parr of this "^("^i^-f-i®^ 
 Treatife we hsue declared 5 albeit the fame is 
 like to be difcuflTed more exaftfy and particu- 
 larly in two other books > that I heare are in 
 band againft the fame , the ©ne in Laryn the 
 other in Fngliili, whervnto ! meane to remit 
 my ielfe in this place; being content to fett 
 
40^ The Ixmen of lohn Tox hk 
 
 Tfvoncvv downe only the arguments of the faid two 
 w"-'" books, with this intent, that yf a manhaue 
 gainft FOX matter of importance apperteyningc to the 
 and Ait^- arguments, or ey thcr of them , efpccjally 
 xiumcnts. of the firft booke in Latyn, w hich will con- 
 teyncdiucrs T9me$ or Volumes^ he vouchfafe to 
 impart the fame with the author for better 
 furniHiinge the worke. 
 The firft 1^2. Thc titic of this booke is Ecclefid AnglicmA 
 ^tyn/" pro fide Cdtholiu certamen, 4duirfm Imefes, ^c. 
 „ The conflid of the EnghlTi Church in de- 
 fence of Cathohke Rehgion againft hcrcfics^ 
 cucrfince her firft bcginninge vntothcfeour 
 dayes, but cfpecially vnder foure Princes King 
 H^wr; the eyght and his three Children, JE^- 
 irW, U^ryy and Eliz^abeth, (ire Thc argument 
 and occafion of this workejis taken out of the 
 Epiftle of S.lude thc Apoftle,whoforwarning 
 Chriftians to beware of ccrcayne libertine & 
 licentious heretiks , he defcribcth them fo, as 
 he may feeme particularly to haue painted out 
 €p*ifida. ours of this age: Hmlnesimpij (faith he) Dei n9^ 
 firi gratiam trAmferentes in luxuridm: Impious 
 men that do abufe thc grace of Chrift to licen- 
 tioufnes 5 againft whome he makcth this ex- 
 The dc- hortation: De communi vefira fdlute necejfe h^bui 
 of ifccn'^ /?y/&^rf VBhiiydefrec/ms fupercertmfemel tradft^fan^ 
 
 tious he- 
 
 dis jidei. I was forced to wrytc vnto yow ©f 
 t€tik«. yQur comon faluation, and to befeech yow to 
 ftriuc and fight for defence of that faith, 
 which was once deliuercd vnto thc Saints of 
 God, &c. 
 
 ij* In which few words thc holy Apoftle 
 
 dotk 
 
€4lenddr'S4ints.{FoxhiswTytmgsctnC) 407 ChafA^ 
 dothiliew very effedualiy the care he had, 
 that Catholike Chrillians iliould ftand and 
 ftriueforthc faith once dehuercd them 3 and 
 that this highly commended their common 
 faluation . Which holy exhortation of the 
 Apoftic this worke intituled ; The conflicl of the 
 Mnglish Church , doth pretend to lliew and de- 
 clare at large by way of hiftoricall dedudionj 
 that the Enghfli &: Brittilli Church hath ob-. 
 ferued no lelfe carefully and exadly,thcn any 
 other Church lightly of the Chri^ian world 
 fince her firft plantinge vnto thefe our dayes, 
 for that the Brittilli Church from the ApoiUes 
 tyme to S» Gregory, forjmorc then 500. yearcs, 
 and the Engliih Chur^ch from Cregorj and 
 K.Ethelbejt vnto Fcpg Clement the feauenth^and 
 K.Henrj the cyght,for the fpace of more then a 
 thoufandyearesj haue fought and ftriuena- 
 gainftallherefies and heretiks, in defence of 
 their firft faith and Church ereded amongc 
 them. And that albeit, they had two famous, 
 or rather infamous heretiks of their owne na- 
 tion , to witt the Brittans Tdagm, and the 
 Englillimen VVicklijp^, which infeded many filaof'thc 
 with their hercfies both at home and abroad: ^f^^^,^^ 
 yet could nottheypreuayleorhaue the vpper gaina 1^^ 
 hand in ey ther nation, but werereiifted , and 
 fuppreiTed, & finally alfo extinguifhed by the 
 faid faith of the Catholike Church, togeather 
 with all ocher hercfies for the (pace of 1500* 
 yearcs, vntil! K. Henryes tyme. 
 14. And when in his tyme Luther , Zwlnglim 
 and C^tlujn^zwd othei: heretiks began a frcfli to 
 C c 4 mmt 
 
4 0 8 The "Exmen of Uhn Tex hk 
 
 come in withth^jir new diuifcs, K. Henry 
 wichallhisrealmeoppofed thcmfciues man- 
 fuily & moll rcligioully , 8i began to conflict 
 againft tliem alfo , as appearcch by diuers fa- 
 mous books wryttcn in chofc dayes^afweli by 
 the learned '&.o[ Rochcjler, S, Thorns More, and 
 other Enghihmenjas aifo by K.Uenry himfelte, 
 v hofe notable le^rnv-d booke, contcyning? a 
 der'enceof rhefc^uen Sacraments ^ and other 
 Cathohke articles of Religion againll Martyn 
 V Hcnw ^'^^^^^'^ ' printed in London vpon the ycare of 
 combat a- Chrill and dedicated to Popclird lo. and 
 gainft he. cxhibiced to him in publikc connRory,by late 
 CUrkc B»of Bathe Welles, hisMaic^ics Em- 
 baOadour & Relident in Rome: This worthy 
 booke fay) and Monuments of that Kings 
 nioft pious ihiuinge againft hereiiks , is yet 
 extant, and diuers copycs thcrof iigned and 
 fubfcribed both in the beginning, and ending 
 with the Kings o wne hand, are to be feene in 
 the librarycs both of the Pope and EnglilTi 
 Colledgein Rome, as ah"o of fundry Cardi- 
 nails , to wbome they were in the fame King 
 name prcfented. 
 
 15. And whsn afterw^ard the fame King moft 
 vnfortunacely came to breake from the vnion 
 of that fca, snd in feme things to hold with 
 heretiks (which in eiFc<St was but only the 
 article of fupremacy ) and thervpon began to 
 pcrfccute Catholiks for the fame (whomc 
 before he had defended), then did they fu- 
 fleyne theconflicialfoagainft him^and ftood 
 iia the maintenance of the firft ancient deli- 
 
 were4 
 
iiered huh eucn vnto death, and fceddingc of 
 their blond. And the fame did they vndcr,^nd 
 againft his two chiidren Edmard^nd Eliz^akih, 
 and •igainft other heretiks vndcr Q^Msry his 
 Catholike daughter; fo as this Cettanun or 
 conflidTjfo earneftly commended and pcrt'ua- 
 dcd by SAude, hath byn not^^bly performed by 
 the Enghih nation from age to age 5 as this 
 vvoriic HI particular doch declare ^ albeit for 
 dcfaiiic of diners records and teftimonyc.% 
 which are neccfiary , and which through tho 
 difiicultyes ofthefe tymes , and by the perfe- ^.^^ 
 cution of Cathohke Religion in our coun- cuky fo/ 
 trey, cannot fo eafily be had from thence: and ^j'"^':;",^ 
 for that the worke will grow to more length i^K^ihkj 
 then at the beginning was €xpc(51:ed> (to w ut, ©f£n£i^4» 
 to diuers Tomes or volumes : ) for thefc and 
 fome other difficultycs, lees and hindcranccs, 
 yt cannot fo foonc be exped^d , though yt be 
 in fume reafonable good forwardncsj And 
 being particularly diredcd againft the narra- 
 tion ohohn F(jx(which promifcth a deduction 
 of his Church, and pcrformeth nothing thcr- 
 of) I thought good to mencioa the famcin 
 this place. 
 
 1^. The other bookein Englifli, isdefigned 
 to be of much lefie vo! umesbut yet depending 
 of thisvand for the moR part taken out therof, 
 whofe title i$ ; Thi hunt €j an English Fex , &f, Th«> fccM 
 Which was begon vpon this occalion^^for that En^ri^ha* 
 in fearchof the yeares and ages for the fur- ^'^^ 
 niihing of the forfaid Cerumen or C^nfuSl, lohn 
 Fo3^ being found to ihift vp and downe from 
 
 hole 
 
4to The Ixdtnen $f Uhn F0X his 
 
 hole to hole, and to make Icapcs hither & thi- 
 ther without ftanding to any thing conftant- 
 ly, yt fcemed good to the author to putt forth 
 this hunt a part in our vulgar language, thcr- 
 by to lay open the egregious falfe dealing and 
 hereticall ihifts of this our Engliih Fox, which 
 is like aifo to grow to a worke of fome bulke 
 before yt be ended, whcrof the reader may 
 take a taR by that, which hath byn difcouered 
 of him in thcfe three parrs of this prefenc 
 Treatife. And this lhall fuiHce for this brcifc 
 cenfure in this place, 
 
 !/• Only I muft note by the way, that by 
 rcadingeouer thishiftoricall volume of Fox, 
 and by the progiefle of the other intituled 
 Cerumen , I find yt to be true , which often- 
 tymes I haue thought with my felfc, that the 
 hiftory of England , efpccially the Ecclefiafti- 
 call, cannot pofsibly be well wry tten in theft 
 our dayes cyther by Catholiks or Proteftants, 
 which yet feemcth much to be defired not 
 only by vs, but by them al{b , as appeareth by 
 their fcttingc forth in print of old hiftoryes, 
 Wen^^md and prefaces made thcron, wherin theyex- 
 ^^r^If^r pifcffe this their carncft defire, that fome man 
 medur, ^ ofourdayes, would take in hand the abfolute 
 w^^ '/^rX' wrytinge of Qur Englilh hiRoryes; but my 
 ^u^tnf, ^P^"'^" that yt cannot be done>tymc$ ftan- 
 ^'^"^ dinge in England as now they do.jThereafon 
 heerof is, for that Catholike wryters cannot 
 The rca- ^^'^^ ^ fufficient inftru<ftion or aurhenticall 
 fon why records, eyther for the tymepaft orprefent, 
 ?i^ory« ^^^y ^^^"g hands of their aduerfaryes. 
 
€alenddr'S4ints.{¥oichis wry tm^icenL) 411 
 And as tor Protcftant wryters , y t they lliouid cannot be 
 take the matter in hand , they niuft eyther l^'l^^^^ 
 feigneoftheir owncj or wryte wholy againO daycs cy- 
 themfclucf, or trifle out the matter with mi- cathoiiks 
 pertinent itulfcjas l$hn Fox hath done through* or protc- 
 out the moll: part ot his Ads & Monuments. 
 1 8. The Magdeburgians as in other ^ places * Part. 1 
 we haue noted, takuige vpon them to wryte ^""t^-^i* 
 the vniuerfall ftory of the whole world , had ^^g. 
 much variety to ftufFc their books withfuch dcburgian 
 things,as are mdifferentboth to vsand them> 
 and wherin the ancient Fathers may be al- 
 leaged at large- but yet when they cam© to 
 matters of controuerfic , they muft eyther 
 leaue them out> or mifconfter or difcreditt 
 them as they do in cuery age 5 wherof yew 
 may fee ftorc of examples in the firft part of 
 this"^ Treatifc. But yf we will treat of the ♦r^.f? 
 matters of England only , I do not fee what 
 fubftance a Proteftant wryter can haue to his 
 aduantage, to make vpabooke of any few 
 leaues in good (enfe and confequencc, before 
 theentranccof Umyn Luther y except he will 
 imitate the folly of lohn Fox in promifinge 
 much and pcrforminge nothinge, and in tri- 
 flingeout thetymein defcribingca few bur- 
 ned heretiks, agreeinge neythcr with him^vs, 
 or them felues. And therforc this worke of 
 WTyting the EnglilTi hiftory muft be rcferued 
 to other tymes and men , when God iliall re* 
 ftore peace to his EnglilTi Church , and giue 
 meanes to go forward with that hiftory by 
 Cathohke wryters ^ which by men of that 
 
 . Religion 
 
4^% The EXdmn of lohn Tex hit 
 
 Religion hath byn begone and continued vn^ 
 toour;^gc. And To much for this point : now 
 fliall we p^ifTe lo giue you die tali, before pro- 
 mifedjof lohn Fox his threcfcore lyes within 
 the compaffc of two icaucs , and thcrby yow 
 may make a conic6turc of the mans integrity. 
 
 A N O T E OF MORE 
 
 TKENAHVNDRED AND TWENTY 
 
 JLYES VXrElvED BY lOHN FOX, 
 
 2n yjfr then three Udues of hu Acls and M0»umen% 
 snd this , in one htnd tnly of pcrjidi$U4 dedling^, 
 infaljifytHve the epintms ofCatkolikfs, 
 tmchingi diuets chief cp 'intts 
 of their Reltgmi. 
 
 Chap. XIX. 
 
 AL B B Y T there be many fores of lyingc and 
 faifc deaiinge to be noted in lohn Fox, 
 ds before we haue faid , yet are tw^o moft no- 
 torious in g€nera!l, cacli of them conteyninge 
 fuiidry members and branches vndcr them. 
 The nrii may be called hiflorical! , w^hen in 
 fbilf of '^'^ narrations he purpofeiy vttereth falflioodj 
 lyeihifto- For when he doth yt by error, orfalfe infor- 
 dogmiVi-^ mation concern inge any fad, as when for cx- 
 •aii. ample in his former edition, he putceth dowMic 
 Uhn Mdrbecke Imgingman of VVindefor, Sc fome 
 others for Martyrs, and dcfcribcdi the parti- 
 
 cularityes 
 
Calendar- Sdint$.(co\hdwn oflye?.) ^ Ch^jp 
 €ularicy«s of their burnings, and yet Vv^are ne- 
 ucr burned ^ this I accoumpt 5©r error and no 
 ly, to be madeaccoumpt oi^bccaUfc his inten- 
 tion (pcrhapps) wa$ noc to ly . Bur when he 
 cannot chufc bur know, chat the thing which 
 iiewrytech wasfaifc. thisi cail a VvUisnge or 
 " wiUfull ly of which kind yow hauc heard 
 ftore of examples bciore. 
 2. The fecond kind of lyinge may be called 
 dogmatical! , when not only in matter offset 
 and anions, but of doctrine aifo he faihfyctk 
 and iycch of purpofe, vv:hich is fo much ih^ 
 more grc^^uous then the former , by how 
 much Itlfe he cannot pretend ignorance, or 
 mifinformation of others, but with his owns 
 gr(?ater reproach, whoe wiil reprehend chat 
 which he knoweth not. And of this kind 
 principally we are to giue exapies heere, part- 
 ly for the Readers inllruiStion > and partly for 
 difcharge of a premifc made, in a eerily ne re- 
 lation of a conference betweene the Caiho- 
 like Bllliopp of Eureux in France, now C^xdi-- 
 nz\\^znd U^nfigiirPkfi$M.omdy Proceftanc, in 
 prefence of the King hrmf^iu^vpon the yeare 
 ofChriftt6oo. In which conference diuers Scc the 
 manifeftfalilioods, & vnrruthc? w^ere proued Jhl^'tH^^^^^^ 
 euidently againft the faid Ple^is , by the fen made be- 
 tence of his moft Chriftian Maicftie there f/Vrtf; 
 prefenc , w^ry tten to the Duke of E^ermne on &c- f6oo. 
 therifchof May in the lime yeare ^ and 500. psrt^©/ * 
 lyes more were oliered to be iliewcd out of this ^ 
 the faid ?leC)k owaie book^ bj the faid Biiliop> 
 yfhs would haue ftood to yt, ^nd haue con- 
 tinued 
 
4,t4 Ixmen eflehn fox hU 
 
 tinucd the conference , buc his hart faylcd; 
 him, and his health alfo, vpon forcgrcifeof 
 mynd, as is prcfumed , and many great Pro- 
 tcftantsin France hauc bynconuertcd ther- 
 vpoii ITncc that tymc, 
 
 3. And for fo much as that wiiTi was made 
 by thisoccafion , in the laid relation, that the 
 late QjdF England , by this noble example of 
 the mort Chriftian Kinge, would permitt the 
 like tryall to be made of her cheefc Proteflant 
 wryters in England, namely I^/r^fl , Fox and 
 (oHie others, wichaffurance that as great, or 
 farre greater number of lyes and fal (in cations, 
 iTiouId be conuinccd out of their wrytings, y t 
 wasfaid for examples fake, that a cerrayne 
 Cathplike ftudent, had gathered aboue 50. 
 manifeft lyes out of httle more then two 
 See of Fox Icaues, lyinge togeather in Fox his A<^s and 
 
 his lyes in . . j L • u i 
 
 tke prin- Vionument$,and thacm the relators opmion, 
 befo^re^^^^ chcre might be obferued doubic that numbcr, 
 jiictioned. wherin Fox, concerninge diners important 
 articles of Religion , belyeth falfely the Ca- 
 tholiks, and fettcth downe the ftate of the 
 queftion or conrroucrfie>betweene them^and 
 him , farre different from that in truth yt is. 
 And for that this is a common Ihift of the he- 
 reciks of our tymc, alwayes to fett downe the 
 jRatc of the queftion guilefully , and ncuer to 
 fuller the reader fincerely to fee how the cafe 
 ftandeth betweenc them and vs; I haue the 
 more willingely byn induced to lay forth this 
 handfull of examples in this place, which I 
 fhall runne oucr with the greateft brcuity that 
 
 I may, 
 
€4lend4Y'Saints.{colk&:ionof]yc$.) 415 C&^p.tf 
 I may, without any large refutation, but on- 
 ly Ihcwing Ibme Authenticall author or place 
 of ours, where wc. hold the contrary to thac 
 which he affirmeth. And commonly the au- 
 thor ilialbe eyther the. CounccU of Trcnr^ 
 whervnto all Catholiks do fubiec!^: them- 
 fclues, or S. Thomas of Aquin , which is an ynu 
 ucrlall Do(ftorthat wrote 300, yearcs gonc^ 
 and is generally receaued by all , Vi^hich poinc 
 amonge Protcftants is not to be found . And 
 by thcwayalfo I muft aduertifc the reader^ 
 that hauinge pervfcd the faid two leaucs in 
 Fox with fomeattentionjtonotc out the for- 
 faid thrcefcore lyes , the whole number is 
 growne to abouc an hundred , as yow will 
 now perceauein theaccoumpt. 
 4. Firft then wheras fdg, 22. of his Worke Foure Iyer 
 mm.i6. he rclateth our opinion about faith & ^^|cati^^' 
 iuftification,he makes fourc lyes togeathcr^in 
 fettingdowne fours neceffarymeanes of Sal- 
 uation, as held by vs, to witt, the Sacrifice of 
 the maffc, meritts of Saints , holy orders and 
 the Popes pardons • after which aflertionhc 
 inferreth this relation: Sooi (faith he) Chnfii /i- 
 CYt^ce, firipes, and fufferinie, hy thU UMhinge ( @f the 
 Fapijls) doth not hedle vs , not is not henepiM to vs, 
 though yye beleem ncuer fo mil , ynlejfe we ddde alfo 
 thefe work} and meritts ahoue recyted. Thus he* 
 And che works and meritts before by him re- 
 cyted, are thefe foiire. amonge diners other 
 thinges- vpon which for breuityes fake , we 
 Will not ftand at this prcftnt. But the foure 
 arcfoure manifeft vntruthesj foi: that wc do 
 
 v.ot 
 
4t ^ The Ixamn ofuhn Tox his 
 
 nothould rhemtor fo abfolutcly ncccffkry to 
 eucry miins faiuation, as no man can be faued 
 without themj and much Icfie that Chnlh fa- 
 crilicc is not bcncnciall , without addition of 
 thcfc , wirtnelTc the CounccII of Trent fef. 6. 
 
 7. & 14. where the neccflary meanes of 
 our faiuation beingrecoumpted, (to witt,the 
 grace of God th^jtprcucnccch vs,andourcoo* 
 peration by faith, hope.and charity^pcnnance 
 and rcceauinge the Sacrament of baptifme) 
 none of thcfe foure are mcncioncd, and con- 
 fequcntly are not abfolutcly ncceflary to each 
 mans faluanon • fo as they arc fourc (eucrall 
 lyes. And asfor tvvo of-'them. to vYitt> b/;«r-. 
 dm, and the Popes pardsns , they be double iyesj 
 for thac holy orders are receaued but of few 
 men , and iherby can be no ncceffary nicanes 
 of (aluacion toali: pardon s ^\re {bfarre of from 
 iufiifying vs, as we hoiild that they can rcmitt 
 no finnc at alJj but only tcmporall pay nes, re- 
 mayninge after finnes already remyttcd; and 
 thcrby we fee as wcJl the fraud, as folly of 
 lohn Fox. 
 
 Aiy about 5. In the fame iz. mm. 50. is a fiftth Iy» 
 tfo^n'^of ^" and fo much the greater and more heynous, 
 faUiation, in that it is directly again ft God himfelfe, and 
 mi^Y^ conteyncrh many lyes in it. For he faith, that 
 mzix ten. dimtgbty God ^figneth none other condition ( for our 
 fdlu4tion) eyther oi laa^.er any worki - ^^'^ ^^[J ^fUifh. 
 WheraD e:xpreire]y tojchc contrary Chrift, in 
 the 19. orivlathew ? beingaskcd by one what 
 he iLouid do to haiic life cuerlailingej he aun- 
 j/atb. I p. fwcrcd; Sivuadvitamin^Yedi,feruamandata. Yf 
 
 yow 
 
Calendar" Sdtnts. (coIle£lion of lyes») 4.1^ Chap.t^ 
 vow will go into life cucrlaftingc , kccpe the 
 commandcments* And when the other re-^ 
 plyed againe.vW^^r commandememsf our *Sauiaur 
 anfwered: thou pMlt not hit, tbonpidh not committ 
 adulmy.&c, Wiiichare works of tlie law. And 
 the very (amc repeatsth S. Maike againein 
 the fixe Chapcenbuc that hereportech Chrifts 
 anfvveremorerefokueiy, nop mandauiyf thou Marc. 10, 
 wilt kfauedy faith he, tlmkno^rejl thecmmande-' 
 ments that thou muft heq. And the fame rccor- 
 dcthalfo S, Luke in the v8. Chapter in the i^^, ig. 
 very fame vi^ords : So as indeed this iy con- 
 teyneth fo many iyes vnder yt ^ as there be 
 commandementsafsigned by God tobekcpc 
 of vs. But I will fpare lohn Fox^and fcore vp 
 but one iye ^ for \ fnall hauc ftore inough af- 
 tervtard, 
 
 6. In t\\tioti'^\Afag.mm. 70. Fox faith, that Aiyribotit 
 by our impietu difdmc we leaue men m a doubtfull di- 
 firufi ofG&dsfaum', and of their jaludtm, &c. But ^ 
 this is conuinced to be a great iy by the words 
 of the Councell of' Trent, fef. 6. cap. ij. where 
 talking of the truft and conhdence, that eucry 
 man ought to haue in the afsiftance of al- 
 mighty God for his fakiation, their words 
 arc^ Jn Dei auxilie pmtfmuim fpem colwcare ^ re- 
 fonere omnes dehem, &c. All men ought co place 
 2 moft iirme hope in the help of almighty 
 God5(for their raluation)for that GodjCxcept 35 
 they be wantinge to h^s grace , will end the 5> 
 good worke he hath begone in them , wor- 
 kingein them boih will and performance* ,^ 
 Behould; vfwe tcacha moftfirmehope, in 
 
 D d Gods 
 
4t^ The Ixmen ofUhn Vox hU 
 
 Godsfauour, then we tcachcnot adoubtfufi 
 diftruft therin as Fox affirmcth. 
 a^vveiycs /. In the ncxt page atrer num, ii. he faith- 
 hopc^ and ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^/ ^^^^ frcctfely exclude jr»m the 
 •harity. conditions of OUT iujlification, both hofe and (.haritj. 
 Thcfearcrwo manifelt lyes agamRthe two 
 excellent vercues of hope and charity , or ra- 
 ther againft the word of God yt feifc , which 
 is fo farre of from exciudingc precifcly thefc 
 two theological! and diuine vertiics, as of the 
 firft of them to wire hope, the holy ghoft faich: 
 v[dm.i^. Saluabiteosqtiid fieuuerunt ineo : Godfliallfauc 
 iferf.^o. them(fpcakingof the good^or that they hauc 
 hoped in him. Behouid faluation attributed 
 by hope, ergo, yt is not exprelTcly excluded as 
 Fox faith. And of charity ^. Px«/ wryterh to 
 T.r«K.i5. the Corinthians: tfl ffjouldhaue ail faith, and jet 
 'Lerf, z. fjQi haue charity, I antnothtnge-^ ergo faith without 
 charity doth not iuftific, and confcquently 
 charityisnot excluded, but rather included 
 in the worke of ourfaiuatio.Moreouer when 
 S, P^^/talketh ofa iuftifyingc faith indeed, he 
 Mat, faith^ir is thzt^qnafcrcharitatemeperatur, which 
 worketh by charity , ergo charity isnccelTary 
 to be loyned with faith, to the end a man may 
 be faued. 
 
 Two lyes 8. Agaiiie in the fame fag. nu. 66. Fox wry^ 
 G^ods^-vv thus: FFfc<?/^mt>r4fc<?«f^atfrfi«?oriSy (towitt 
 and the of Papifts ) flandeth in this, that they docall gcod 
 favv" and P^'^ ^ are properly commaunded by the lau^ 
 
 many of God, butfuch 04 are agreeable to the Popes latp, &c. 
 Out of which words though I might gather 
 many lyes, as prefentiy yow lliall (ce,yct will 
 
 I fcore 
 
 more 
 ©iiiyttcd, 
 
C/ikHdAV'Sdinti. (colk&ionoflyes.) 419 ChafA^ 
 I fcore vp only two in this place. The firft, 
 where he faith , that we do not call good 
 works , fuch are froferlj comnuunded by the law 
 efGod,&Cn Which lye conteyncth as many Ahnptof 
 other lyes in y tjas arc good works commaun- ^/^^^cd^^tn 
 dcd by God, & acknowledged by vs for fuch J f@x, 
 as arc ioue of our neighboures, faRing^praycr, 
 giuingeof ahnes, defendinge theoppreiled, 
 afsiftinge the widdow or orphane , gininge 
 good counfell , preaching the truths viiiting 
 the ficke^ and imprifoned;, and finally all epra 
 mferic9rdi£, works of mercy, both fpirituall & 
 corporall, commended and commaunded by 
 God. The fecond lye in this matter is not 
 much inferiour to thisj to witt , that u^e de only 
 €aU thofemerkjg&od , n^hich are AgraMe to the Fofes 
 laip,&c. Which is euidently refuted 5 by that 3. 
 ail our fchoole diuines allow gsnfjraliy the '•^•/j^'* 
 common dehnition or lyn, taicen out or 5^. 76.«y?. 2. 
 gujline, to witt, Fecutum, ejl di£lum , failum, vel ^Jf '^.^^l; 
 cencuptum csntra legem dternxm : fyn is a w^ord, c^/^. 17/ * 
 fadjOt deli re agaiaft the eternal! law of God, 
 ^rgQ , we do meafure good works by Gods 
 law, and not only by the Popes law, yf wc 
 define finne by the breach of Gods law. 
 ^. After this in the fame p4g. num. 76. fohii 
 Fox takinge vpon him to explane vnto vs, 
 what works we do call good by the Popes renlyc^ 
 law, which are not commaunded or allowed ^^^^^ 
 by Gods law (whervntonotwithftandmgbe works 
 faith, that the Fsfegiuetk more pardom, then t$ any f^^J^'^l'^l 
 other g9od werkj cmmaunded by Gods law) here- pardons 
 coumpteth vp a great beadrole , as build nge §f f^^^^l 
 
 D d% Ahhes, 
 
42 o The txmcn of lohn lox hk 
 
 Abbies , geuingeto the high Altar , foundinge of chart-- 
 tries, hearingeef maffe.goingc on filgrimage, fight inge 
 for the holy croffe.gUfldinge of mages, emringc into or^ 
 ders, creepinget9 the croffe.andfrayinge to Saints,&c. 
 All which werhl (faichhc) are 7iot only refuted for 
 good jpork} (by papiih doctrine) kit are (oprefer* 
 red alfo before all other works , that to thefe u giuen 
 j^ardon from thePepe, detihle and triple fold more, then 
 to any other good works of chanty ^ commaundcd in the 
 la^of almighty God. Out of which words there 
 arc as many lyes to be noted? ashcnamcth 
 lieerc good works of the Popes la Wjprcfcrrcd 
 by vsj before the works of Gods law, to witc, 
 ten in number yf yow coumpc, which num-^ 
 ber yet mighcibc much morccncreafcd > yf I 
 would deale ftridly with I. Fox% For that of 
 mort of them he vttercth a triple ly . Firftjthat 
 thefe works hecre named, arc good work$ 
 only by the Popes laWjand not by Gods law, 
 which is euidetiy faKc in all thefe that belong 
 topiety,hberality &:almcs-gcuing5recomen- 
 ded vntovsia Gods law. The fccond is, that 
 he affirmcth vs to preferre thefe works before 
 other werh^commauniedby God-^ which isa mccre 
 calumniaci6:For that we preferre the necessi- 
 ty of the leafl: worke comaunded by God^ be- 
 fore the higheft worke5that is but coufeled^ & 
 coforme to this dodrine do tcach^that he that 
 dorh not obferue the prcceptsof God,canot be 
 faued by ob{e ruing counfclls or workes ofpcr« 
 fc(51:ion.Thc third tri pie Jy is-^that the Pdpegiueth 
 double and triple fold m§re far dons vnto thefe worki, 
 then to any other works commaundcd by God-^ Which 
 
Calendar- Saints. {coWc&ion of lyc$.) J^ix Chap.i^ 
 is euidcntly falfc: For that all indulgences are 
 commonly giuen for fafting, praying, almes- 
 giuingCpcSriT.Which works are commendcd,& 
 commaunded vnto Chriftbns by Gods law. 
 to. In the fame p^gt coLt.num,^ o.¥ox vvry- 
 teth thus: Albeit all Papifls confeffe In their books, 
 that gratia Deigraw data, is the chctfe andpnmifall 
 caufe of good workl^ morlieth in vs luftitiatn pi-- 
 mam (as they caUjt) : yet their good wor ks after rege- 
 neration they referre to other fubordinate caufes vnder a ly 'that 
 God, as to freewill to habitum virtmi^.ov integra 
 w^n/nt/i/i, andnothingeatall tofaithj d^c* In ccmingc 
 thcfe words of Fox, as there is conteyncd f^^^^^'"** 
 much ignorance , fo arc there diners inanifeft 
 & malitiouslyesalfoj 5c I might make vp my 
 w^hole nuniber of 60. in this place yf I would 
 difcuQe matters narrowly. For firll where ts 
 he faith, that all CathoHke wryters do hould 
 in their books that gratia grath data^ is the 
 chcife and principall caule of good works, I 
 might fcore vp fo many lyes , as there be Ca- 
 thoHke authors that do not wrytefb, which 
 would make Yp more then my whole num- 
 ber promifed . For that CathoHke Schoole- XH^"^^^ 
 men do diltinguilh hctwtn^ gratia gratu data, bcrweene 
 :ind gratia grattmfacim, affirming that the for- f^^^J''%^ 
 nier of the two^to witx gratia gratis data,z grace graua ^r^- 
 freely guicn, may bcinancuill man, and i^ tumfaams^ 
 principally giuen to help other men to their, 
 filuacion, as the gyft of pre;ichingejoftongue$ 
 and other talents:a!id coniequenrly is neither 
 any necefiary caufe of good works in hini^ to 
 whomeyt isgeusH; and much leffe worketh 
 
 D d 3 lujlitiam 
 
412 The Ixatnen of lohn Fox hk 
 
 lufiitimprlmdm, as Fox wryteth not well vn- 
 dcrlUndingc what he faith. 
 
 11. But the fecoiid grace which is gratUgrd^ 
 tumfdciens, that is the grace whichmaKetha 
 man graccfullto God , fanciifyeth the rcccy- 
 iierhimfclfc, and it is geucn vntohimforhis 
 ovvne raIuation,yfhc vfc y t wclj. And this di- 
 fandion Fox may fee fete forth at hrgCjboth 
 
 '^EnYth,A4 in S.Th'omoiui.q.ux.art. i. and other "^^wry- 
 y^iedim c,- i^x%^ whcrby the reader may fee how well 
 ^AndcTn lo^ lohn Fox hath ftudied our wry ters, and how 
 turn Dm- wifeafcllowheis toaffirmc.thatallofthcm, 
 4ifl.ii,f. Without exception, do fpeakc as he doth of 
 6. grmagr Misdate. And this is the firft iye, con- 
 ccrningc all our authors. 
 
 12. Next to this there follow in the fame 
 Thrceiyes words by Fox aileagcd > three other apparent 
 Jviirand ^y^s, Firit where he faith, thatwedorefeYYtgood 
 good- worhy afteYYCQencYMm, tofi-eewlll For that wc 
 
 dorercrre good works arter regeneration no 
 other wife to freevi/'ill> then wc do before rc- 
 generation^to wict, that our free-will preuen- 
 ted & afsificd by Gods grace, is enabled ther- 
 by to concurrc wich her confenttodo good 
 Works.Thcfecod ly is,thatwc attribute good 
 works ad habitum vhtutif , to the habirt of 
 vertue , which habitt we teach only to ferue 
 for the more eafy workinge in any vcrtue^but 
 nor attributinge thcrvnto the meritt of good 
 works. And ac for IntegYanatuYaHa.which Fox 
 afsigncth fora third caufe of good works, yc 
 may be doubted that he had Ufd natUYaha, 
 when he wrote yt; For that we do not hould, 
 
C4lenddr-Smts.{co]kdiiono£lyes.) 4.11 Chaf.i^ 
 that there arc integrd naturaha in any man after 
 the fall of Adam our iirrt Father 5 and much 
 Icflc can they be the origin of any good works 
 that are meritorious^as yo w may fee cxprelTe- 
 ly defined in the Councell of Trent jej?. 6.r.t6. 
 Can, i.cJrz.andin S. Thomas t. 2. ^.109. ^rf.^. 
 
 114,. 4rM. 
 
 13. But the moft iTiamcIeffe of all this rable- 
 ment of iyes, is that, which he vttereth in the 
 very laft words of the former fentece.to witt, a fouie if 
 that in0O0dmrk,s, tpe attribute mthingdt all. to faith, -^^^^^ 
 wheras exprciTciy to the contrary, the liid 
 Councell of Trent,fpcakinge of the felfefame 
 matter ^f^. 6,r4p,8. hath the(e words: Fidesejl 
 humdna falutU mitium, fundmentnm,& radix omnis 
 iufiificati9nii. Faith is the beginning ot mas fal- 
 uation,& the foundation & roorc of all iuftifi- 
 catio,c^r. And how then can I. Fox f^y^thatwe 
 do attribute mtking at all to faith in mans iuflijuatm f 
 14,. In the fame page cd, 2. num. 26. he hath 
 thefe words conccrnin^e the old law of 
 Moyfcs: They take and a^fly no other end to the lam, 
 but to make vs perfe^ , to keepe ys from wrath, and to 
 make vs hifl before God. In which words are con- Pourclyes 
 tcyned three members as yow fee affirmatiue, f^^^®"'^^^^^ 
 and in them three notorious viitruthcs- and MoyOrs. 
 befixies this one ncgatiue, that conteynerh 
 another more groOTe then all the refl:,and fuch 
 a one indeed, as comprehendeth diuers other 
 lycsvnder yt« The three affirmatiue lyes are^ 
 that w^e do apply the end of Moyfeslaw, to 
 make vs perfe^, to keep vs from mrath, and to m^k^ 
 iti0 before God. For confutation whcrof it were 
 D d 4 inougfi 
 
4^4 "^'^^ Exawen of John Vox his 
 
 inough to cyrc the hrlt Chapter of the fbrfald 
 lixt Sefsion of the Coiincell of Trent, whofc 
 title is- of the injirmity of the law to iujiijie men, &c. 
 For yf we hold the Jaw of Moyfes to be 
 vn^ble to iuftiiie any man , then can y t not be 
 truCjthat we ^ttvibutQ-both perfedm and defence 
 f'om Godsfvmth, and'ui^tficutionvnto the law. But 
 iecc this fond fellow read our Catholike au- 
 thors and wryters about the nature & force off 
 the old laWjand he Ihali fee his owne madnes> 
 yf he be capable chcrof. Or yf yt be much for 
 ^ him CO read all, Iecc him infteed therof at this 
 tymCj read S. Thomas \. i, q. 91. art. 5. (jr. q. uy. 
 art, iQ. Where hediuideth Gods law into the 
 new law of the ohorpe!5& old law of Moyfes, 
 ianqtiam in^erfeciim & imperfeclum,\s into a per- 
 fect and iniperfedl: law, er^o, we donot hould 
 that the old law maketh vs pcrfed: , which is 
 impcrfccftin it feife. 
 
 t5. And 5gainc the fame Dodor wryteth 
 cm/. 3, to 2. (|. 5)8. art,^. thefeiiwrds: The newUip (by the 
 A poivle) is likened to a tUitn, ds a perfed Utv, hut the 
 oldUip to a child Joy that tt is rnJ^CYfeci,&c.'&t\\o\\\A 
 hecre our dodrine. How then can we be faid 
 to hould, that this law maketh ys perfect^yfit 
 be infirmc and imperfect: in ytfeifc ? But yet 
 further the faid Dodor in the fame worke 
 4rM. and in many other places, teacheth, 
 that the laip ofMoj'ps could glue m grace, for that this 
 priHiUdge was refer ued to the cor)7mmg of Chrifi. And 
 how ciicn do w^e apply yt , as Fox lyeth, to 
 keep vs froai wrath ? fcing that cannot be 
 done but only by gracc^which this Uw giueth 
 
 not* 
 
Calendar- Saints. {co\k(^ion of lyes.) 425 ChapA^ 
 nor. And Imaliy S. TW/Mihath a fpeciall ar- 
 ticle 1.2. (h ioo. art. 12. with this title- vrkrkr 
 the precepts of the old Utv, can itipfie or no / raid he 
 hoicietiithac they cannot- yvliCiby yow fee 
 lohn Fox his three lyes afHrmatiue. The nc- 
 gatiuc iy is^that yvc apply the law to no other 
 end> but to ihefe three named which is falfc^ 
 and contcyneth io many vntrudics , as there 
 be thinges whervnto we ^pply the lamej, be- 
 fides thefe ficiionsdiui fed by Fox. As for ex- 
 ample > to be an introdudion or pedagoge to 
 thenew faw^as S. P.i«/ faith Gal. 5. Item to fi- , 
 gnific & prefigurate Chrift, & his law^and to 
 reach vs what is to be done or aiioyded in our 
 a(9:ions, though yt giue not grace for the per- 
 formance therof cJ^r, Sec S. Thomas 1.2.5.107- 
 art.z.&in cmmentar.adRomAo, lecl. t» 
 16. Further-more in the iamc place num. 30* 
 he vvryteth thus of our dodrine conccrningc 
 cood works ; They do teach , as thonoh the endofT^'f^^ V* 
 
 , . f r i J about nic« 
 
 g9odtp§Ykt tt^ere to mentt remijston oj jimes,and to de- ri tinge re - 
 ferueiYacCy In which two members to miflionof 
 
 . , . , fmnes and 
 
 omitt Other pomts , are contcyned two egre- aeferuing 
 gious lyesjrefuted by the words of the Coun- f^^^^^^^ 
 cell of Trentit felfe pj?.6.c^p.8. Ajfci/m«f^5«ie^^^^ 
 lufUfuationempYdcedmt, fiuepdes, fwe opera, ipfam 
 iuftipcationu gratiampromeretur. None of thofc 
 things that go before our iuRiiication, eyt her 
 faith or works, can merit t the grace of our iu- 
 ftification.^r^e w^c do not teach, that our good 
 works, can cyther rneritt remifsion of linnes, 
 inchided in iuftiiication , or deferuc grace, 
 w^hich is our formal! iuftificationjas yow may 
 
j^t6 The Ixamen @f Uhn F$x hi$ 
 
 fee in the ramcCoiinccii& fcfsioti caf.^. ^j. 
 and more at large in S. Thomas i.2.^.u4.4rr.y« 
 and later fchoolc diuincsvpon that place, as 
 alfo ni the comcntarycs vpon the fecond 
 booke of fentences dinjlmci, 27. &c. 
 Tfvo Wffs ^7. In the fame page num. 35:. he vvrytcth 
 
 ^i'niurd ^^^^J^ ^^^^^^ ^*^(^ ^^^^^^y ^^'^^ 
 aduaif" that ChriflfuffeYedfi^r erfginaU fnne , of finnesgeinge 
 kef ere bAfttfmey hut the Aciuxd finnes which foUou^ 4/- 
 ter bapttf me, mufl be dene awajf h) mans merittSj (yc. 
 Heercare twoYv'ickcd and horrible lyes, in 
 fteed of this wicked and horrible docftnne of 
 ours. For nrft wc fay not that Chrift fuffercd 
 only for oi iginali finnc, but for all finnesjboth 
 original!, and aduallj precedent, andfubfe- 
 qucnt after our baptifmc. r/;«?w44 his words 
 are c!eerc,p^rf. 5. q.t.drt, 4. Cent4mefi,^c. It is 
 ceYtayne (fairh he) that Chrlfi came Into the tvotli te 
 Hot put, not0Hl)/origmallfinneMt^^lfinnes,(irc. The 
 fecond point alfo, that aduall finnes after ba- 
 ptifmc, can not be done av^^ay by mans merit, 
 as F05 fcigncth vs to teach, but by the merits 
 of Chrift & by the grace and vertue of his faid 
 pafsion, is no leffc euidct in all our wrytings, 
 as yow may fee in S. Thomas t. 2. q. 114. m./. 
 and the Counccll of Trent, Sefi. 6. c/rp. 14. 
 & 16. &c. 
 
 i8. Againc in the fame page nu. 66. he wry- 
 teth thus : They afjlrme that the latt^ d$th requyre 
 Aiv about hut only $utwArd obedience ofntAn, and themith u 
 cwivT? :d c$ntented, &c. Tliis is a wicked lye alfo, for that 
 obcdicnct we reach that the law of God doth require 
 Utv,* not only cxtcrnall obedience , but alfo inter- 
 
Calenddf' Saints, (colic dion of lyes.) 417 Cha^A^ 
 nail of the will and iudg^^ment ^ which yow 
 may fee handled ac Urge hyS^Thenm in di- 
 ucrs places 5 & namely t. 2. qAoo.an.^.vs/hcv^^ 
 he doth diftinguiili and put a diiierence be- 
 twenc humayne hvvcsy and Godslawcs m 
 this point. Man ( faith he ) when he maketh a Um, 
 cmiudgehutif extetnall dh, hut Ged iudg€thefth$ 
 inferndU m$ti§nof&urmi , AcmdmgtQ that of the 
 Ffdlme , Ggd fearcheatb the hart dnd r ernes, & c. So p^^i 
 humayne UtP d$th not punish him that hath a fecret 
 jpiU to murder ,jfhe do not committ the fail, but Gods 
 km doth as Chrijl tedcheth rs Mdtth. 5. Behold 
 heere n©t only cxternali obedience of ths 
 fad} but internal alfoofthe will, is taught hf 
 VS5 and confequently F©x is an egregious lyar 
 to calumniate vsfor the contrary. 
 19. In the fame page num. 70. Fox hath thcfe 
 words: Alfo there be pj they, dmoni other, certdjne' 
 works oftheldtp^tvhichferteyne not to dU menyhut ar^ 
 confilid , coun fells , left for perfeil men , df mdtterfor 
 them to meritt by , dnd thefe they cdU Operdferfeilio^ 
 nUyOrOperdindebitd , dddingdlfoymo thefe new de^ 
 nifes to ferue God dfter their oipne trddttwns , hefide^ 
 the tvord of God, ds mona^icdll votpes.tvtUful f&uerty, 
 differences of meats dnd garments ,pilor image tore- 
 liquesywershipptngofthedead.rofaryes, &c*. And thefe 
 they CdU works offerfc^ion , tphich they freferrebe^ 
 fore the other commaunded in the UwofGod. Info 
 7nuchthdt incompdrifonofthefe, the othernecejfdtje 
 dutyescommdunded ^ dnd commended by the word of 
 God y di to kedre office in the common welth , to ljue in 
 the godly fdte^ mdtrimony ytofufiayne the ofice of a 
 feruMt in a hmife^U contemned dnd acmmpted ds pro-- 
 
 fhdne^ 
 
4.ii The Ixamen of hhn Fex his 
 
 Thr«ciycs fhane, &c. So Fox. And hcerc arc fuch a heap 
 coaniHis ^^^ignorant and ma!iriousIye5,as well may 
 und prs- become fuch a Dodor. For firft we do not 
 hou^d^thJt confilia are w§Yk$ of the lairy^% he faith, 
 for then they were not coufcUs, but precepts. 
 Secondly we do not call the laftfourc works 
 heere mentioned>to wittjdiltcrencc of meats, 
 pilgrimage to reliqucs, worlTiipping of the 
 dead 5 and Rofaryes, c^^. properly Euangeli- 
 call counfells or works of pcrfe<!l:ion, but on- 
 ly thofe three rccomcnded by Chrift in the 
 ghofpell, namely voluntary poucrty, chfiftity, 
 and obedience, as yow may fee in SAint ihom^ 
 t. i.q.\o^.art. 4. &c. 
 
 20. Thirdly yt is a follemne lye, that we do 
 preferre the works of Counfell , before the 
 works commaunded in the law of God , tou- 
 ching necefsity of faluation.For we hould the 
 quite contrary.ro witt, that the workcs com- 
 maunded by aimighty God,areabfolutcly ne- 
 ceiTary to be obferucd by euery man , that 
 will be faucd,but not the workcs of coafell or 
 D.T;;».t.2. p^rfcdion.This is the dijfmnc€{C:i\ th S.Thomas) 
 ^. los. ^p, hetwene a, counfell and d pyeccpt, thatafreccpt imper^ 
 teth necefity, hut a ccwifell is left in the cho/fe of him, 
 to irhome yt isgcticn.d* thcrfore ifi thenetv law^whtch 
 is a im^offreedomeS'OnfellsvvcYecomt'memly^eucn 
 befidtsprecefts, c^c. And the fame Dodor in di- 
 ^'1^5.4;'^. ucrs other places fli^wcth , that the obferua- 
 J- tion of CounfclU, isordeyned tokecptherby 
 the better, the obferuation of precepts j and 
 that wh«rfo€uer any precept and ccunfcll 
 I cannot be obferucd rogcathcr , there we mufl 
 
 leaue 
 
C^lenlir-S/tfits. (colleiftion oflyes.) 4x9 ChafA^ 
 leaucchc counfcil>andobfcruc the precept^ 
 whcrby appeareth the faifliood of Fox his af- 
 fertion,that prefcrrc counfelis before prc- 
 cepcsjor things commaiinded. 
 2u And as for the three iaft things affirmed 
 by Fox to bcneccflary and commaundcd by Poureiyes 
 Cod, to wict , to bedre office in the comon vvelth, to ^^^^^^ 
 marrj.andto bia fenuntin 4 houfe^thcCt do make |)Kccpt. 
 three other molt foulciycs alfo (yf he mcanc 
 of particular men, as needs he muft, feeing he 
 reprehendeth thofc that would liuechaR, or 
 do Icauethe world, and rather (eruc God, 
 then particular maifters^ for that God hath 
 not commaundcd thefe to particular meajbut 
 only hath left the fame as indiiFerent to take 
 them or leaue them) and the fourth may be 
 that we do contemner and accoumpt them 
 prophane.For we accoumpt Matrimony ( for 
 example) holy^ and to be a Sacrament & giue 
 grace, which Fox , and his fcUowcs do not. 
 We accoumpt alfo the other two named by 
 him for lawfull^and commendable, though 
 of lelTe perfe(5lion , then the Euangelicall 
 CounceUs, commended by Chrift, and bis 
 Apoftlcs. So as this is a notorious ly alfo in 
 this matter. 
 
 22- Tage 24, coL t, num» 5. he faith 5 that we 
 
 do hould external! actions againft our will 
 
 to be fynne. Jheji fuppofe fjnne{f:inh h?^)tehe ^^^\f^f 
 
 mthmg els, but the mvv^rd suions , with confent of aSns^s^ 
 
 ynll.oY the outward Acilomfmb as are d^ainlivviik 
 
 1.1 1 • • 1 ^ will ai€ 
 
 ana then he notetn in rrte rnargent htnnievm fames. 
 dQllnneofthc kter ChmdofKome, cccnn'mgefjnne^ 
 t But' 
 
4; o The Ixmen oflohn fox hk 
 But this is erroneous foolery in lohn Fox^ 
 that vndcrl^andcth not what he faithjnorwc* 
 For wcare fo farre of from holduig 'eyther 
 1 inward, or outward adionsto be linne^with- 
 outconfcntof the will, as both S. Thomas^Sind 
 all other fchoolcdiuines dohouldw^ith Saint 
 ^tig. /. ^€ Augujlmeyzffivming, thatytisfo neccffary^that 
 itrA nitg, fy,-|i^2 jj- voluntary, as yf yt be not voluntary, 
 yt cannot be Isnnc. See S. Thomas 1.2.^. 71. 
 art. 5. &q, j6> art. 3, &q* 80* art, t. &c. 
 25. Agame in the fame page num.ii. he faith 
 Aiyahout that we do hould about originall finnc - that 
 concupu- concupifcence in vs, u no deprauatien of the higher, but 
 only of the lomer farts of man. Wheras our do- 
 ctrine is quytc contrary, as yowmayfcein 
 S. Thomas, t. 2. 85. art. 3. whofe words are. 
 Infe^io feccati onginalu per pirn rejpklt atque inficit 
 Yoluntatem,quam a'Ms potentias. The infection of 
 originall linne, doth refpe<3: and infe6t our 
 will, beibre the reft of our powers . Ergo, y t is 
 firft adeprauation of thehighcr powers , ac- 
 cordingc to our doctrine, quite contrary to 
 Fox hi? a^ertion. 
 Aiy about ^4- P^ge 24. wm.^o.he faith, ffc*<f the later La- 
 ^lem^of " ^^^^^ church of Rome hath made of late a Sacrament 
 psnnac^c. ofpennatice. 1 his is an cuident ly- For that long 
 before the Coancel! of Lateran , which was 
 anno Hit;. Schoole diuines, to omitt all others, 
 did ordinarily wryce of peiinance, ofa Sa- 
 crament, as vow may fee in the MaiJlerofSen- 
 fences I. 4. difi. 14. and all others that followed 
 him many yea 'es before jlie Lateran Coun- 
 cell. Belidc? that wc hold generally, that the 
 
 whole 
 
CdUndar-S dints, (collcftion of lyes.) Cfe^f.tp 
 whole Church hath not authority to make 
 any Sacraments at all, nor yet to change the 
 matter and forme therof, as yow mayfecm 
 S. Thomas fart^ t. q,6.4rt. f &q.6/\.. art. to. 
 and therby note the lhamclcllc deaimg of our 
 aduerfaryes. 
 
 25. in the famcpsge hcwrytethof 
 vsthus: Contrition (as they tedch) may be hadhy 
 firen^th offreewill,yvithot^*t the Uii^ & the holy Ghvfi, 
 
 fer ailmelicttos, through mans ovvne aBion and in-- JJJ^^^^^ 
 deauour \ vvhtch mitrition p^muflhe[u§icient,and triiioa. 
 foyt meritetb remifmi offwnes, CTC* H cere arc di- 
 uers lyes, hut two moll fingular. Tlie fivd^that 
 we hould contrition may be had by firength of mans 
 ji'eevvill without the help of the holy Ghofi by adus e/i- 
 cttos. The lecond, that the fame contrition fo 
 had, dothmcrittremifton offtnnes. Both which 
 propolitions are m cxpreiie tcarmes condem- 
 ned , and anathematized by th@ Counceli of 
 Trent, Sef. 6. & can. in thefe words; Si quis 
 dixerityfinefr£ueniente Sfiritm fandiinjphatione^at-' 
 que eiui adiutorio, hommem poeniterefQij'e, ficut epor-- 
 iet, vtci iuflijicdmnis ^r at U confer atuY , Anathema 
 fit. Yf any do fay that a man may repeat as he 
 ought to do, without the infpiration and coo- 
 peration of the holy Ghoft, in fuch fort a? „ 
 therby he may obtayne his iuftification , lect 
 himbeaccurfed. 
 
 26. Thus determineth the Counceli of both 
 thele points; which doftrine is fo certaynea- 
 mongc vs; that not only of contrition , but of 
 faith aifo , and all other works whatfoeuer 
 goinge before iufUucadon; the faid Counceli 
 
 pro- 
 
The Ex amen oflohn Vox hk 
 pronoiincerh,as before hath byn iliewed^NiW 
 Sef,^. c.B. ^ ^f^^ tufiificdtioncm pracedunt , fiue fides , ftm 
 
 opera , ipjm tufiifuattonis gratum promeretur. No- 
 J, thiogc chac goeth betore our iuliiiicarion , 
 53 being it faich or works^can merit the grace of 
 5, our luliification, and confequcntly ncythcr 
 contrition which goedi before iuftification, 
 ^, canmcrittremifsion ot our finnes.And where 
 Fox, to fccme that he knowethfomcwhar, 
 purtcth in per diliiselicitos, and doth Inghfhyt, 
 through mm$ oit^ne acim and mdeauour, cxcludi ng 
 therby as yt were the cooperation of Gods 
 grace iiom alhu elititt , he Iheweth himfcifc a 
 filly fellow, that vnderltandeth not the ordi- 
 nary tcarmes of Schoolc- For that 4^?^^/;V/r/, 
 arealfo thofeadionsjwhich our freewill bnn- 
 geth forth by the afsiftance of grace. And the 
 oppofition is betweenc/^^Trw eltc 'tti and aHuiim" 
 perati, ^nd not in refped; ofgrace or not grace. 
 See S. Thomas t.i.q^ 6. aru6.&2. 2. q.^.m^ 
 %.adi. 
 
 27. In the fame page mm, 42, Fox hath the(e 
 
 Aiy about Words o^fatisfa(5tion: Sawf.tcliofi (fay they) ta*. 
 
 ^LonT AWdy, and chmgeih eternaU pmuhment into tern-- 
 peral!fdrnes,whid}paynesalfo,jft doth mitigate.This 
 . is a nianifeft ly: For we teach iplainely the 
 contrary, that our fatisfadiion^neyther taketh 
 away or changeth etcrnall punilLmcnt, nor 
 faiisfiethfor yt, but only for temporall pu- 
 nilTimcnt cue for /nines, already remitted by 
 
 S4jT.i.c.u. verrue ofthe SacranientofabfolurionjWhich 
 only can remict erernali puniChmenr. PJeare 
 ihc Counccll of Trent, and tell me (good rea- 
 der) 
 
Calendar-Saints. (coIIediOn of lyes.) 453 Ckp. tf 
 der) whether Fox be an honeft man orno, 
 Satiffadion (faith the Councell) by faftinge^ 
 almes, prayer, and other pious cxercifes of a 
 fpirituall iife doth (atifne , Non quidempropma 
 (Interna (qm vel Sacraments vel Sacrament i voto, vna 
 cum cuifa remittaur)fedprop()cna temporali Not for 
 eternallpuniniment (which is remitted to- „ 
 geather with the guilt,by vercne of the Sacra- 5, 
 mciitofpennance>ordcfire therof) but only 
 for temporali paynes. And yet wiii Fox needs 
 haue vs teach the contrary , that yt taketh 
 away and changeth cternaH puniflimen t. 
 28. In the fame page num. 66. he faith : They 
 teach the people , that vvbatfoeuer the law faith , the 
 ghojfell confirweth , and that vvhatfoeuer the gbejpdl 
 faith, the fame k agreeable to the laip, & fo they make 
 no diffaence hetweene Moyfes & Chriji, faue only that 
 Movfes(they faj)vva$ thegiim of the eldlaip.cr Chrtfi 
 is thegttm of thi new , and a moreperfed law . And 
 thm imagine they theghojpell to be mthinge els , hut a J^^^^^ 
 new lawgeuen by Chrifi.byndinge to the promife ther- difference 
 of the condition of our doings and defer uings, no other- ^ ^^^1% 
 wife then to the old law. Thus wryteth Fox, and and theis 
 then triumpheth in the margent with thefs 
 notes. The blynd ignorance of the Vopes Church., 
 A Babflonicall confufwnin the Vopes dodrine^md the 
 like. But heerc are nothinge but heapes of 
 lyes proceedinge of ignorance and malice, as 
 prefcntly yow lliall fee. 
 2^. For firft yt is an euident lye , that we 
 teach the ^to^lt^that vvhatfoeuer the law faith, the 
 ghojpell con^nneth. For who doth not fee , that 
 Yve neythsr yfe any ceremoniall part of 
 
 E ^ Moyfci 
 
4.3 4* T/i^ Ixmen oflohn Fox his 
 
 Moy fcs hw, nor yet do teach the people that 
 theghofpell alloweth or cotirmcth the fame. 
 And S. Thomtu 1. 2. 103. art. 3. &/\,. doth eui- 
 dently teach the fame, ^his principall queftion 
 in the fourth article being this : VtYum pojifaf- 
 [mem Chnfi't, legaliafopntferum fine feccato mor^ 
 talt? Whether thole things that do pertcync 
 to the law (of Moyfes) may be obferued after 
 thcpafsion of Chrift, without rnortall fyn? 
 Andhcholdcthno. And how then faith Fox 
 that wc teach the people , that vvhatfeeuer thf 
 Uw of Moyfes faith, thegheJpeU confirmeth? And letc 
 this be the firft ly of this fpeach. 
 
 30. The fecond is out of the next words: that 
 vvhatfQeuerthggho^eU faith, tbf fame is agreeable to 
 theUip. This is (bcuident alye,aseucry child 
 may refute the fame. For the ghofpcll, for ex- 
 amples fake, commaundeth vnder mortall 
 finnenotto circumcife GaL (and we hold 
 the fame > as appeareth in the place imediatly 
 
 i.t'f.103. before cytcd, outof iS. Thomas:) and the law of 
 4- Moyfes commaundeth vnder mortall finnc 
 to be circumcifed Gen. 17. And how then do 
 we teach, that whatfoeuer thegho^eU faith, the fame 
 is agreeable to the law? 
 
 31. The third ly xs.that we make no dijference be- 
 twene Moyfes and Chrifi, faueonly, that Moyfes was 
 thegiuer of the old law , and-Chrifl of the new , &c. 
 This is moll impudent. For let any man read 
 S. Thmoi I. 2.q.\o6. and diucrs other whole 
 qucftionsandarticlcSjthat folio w.and he fliall 
 fee hini aftigne many other differences be- 
 twene Moyfes, and Chrift, and their two 
 
 lawes. 
 
CAlend4r^Smts.{colU6iionoflytsJ) 455: Cha^.tp 
 lawcs. The cheefe and principall wherof is, 
 that Moyfes gauc the law, but not force of 
 grace to fullfill yt^but Chrift gauc his Jaw. to- 
 geather with grace of the holy Ghoft to per- 
 torme the fame, accordinge to thofe words of 
 S. lohn: Lex per Uoyfen data eft • gvatia & verim 
 fer lefum Chrift umfa£la eft. The law was giuen 
 by Moyfes, but grace and verity was brought 
 by leftisChrift.rro which efFed:aIfOj fee the 
 Councell of Trent Seft. 6. Cdp. u & Can. t.&z. 
 and tell me what a fellow lohn Fox is. 
 32. There follow the laft words of this fen- 
 tenceofhis, towitty that we imagine the ghojpell 
 t0 be nothing eh , hut a new lawy hyniinge to the pro^ 
 mifes therofythe condition of our doings and deferuings^ 
 no othermfe then to the old law . In which words 
 iire two other ftuerall lyes. The firft , that we 
 imagine the ghcjpell to be nothing eU , but a new law^ 
 €ontejninge new precepts ^ &c. Which is refuted V 
 before, and S- Thomas his words arc cleerc* 
 Id quod eft potift 'mum in lege noui teftamenti,& In qu^ 
 em virtus conjiftit , eft gratia Spiritus fanlli , qua da^ 
 turperpdemChrifti. That which is thcprinci- - 
 pall in the law of thenew teftamcnt , is the 
 grace of the holy Ghoft, giuen by the faith of 
 Chrift,whcrby we are made able to pcrforme 
 the precepts. And the fame Doftour in the 
 fame and fequent article, concludeth^ that the 
 precepts pertinent ad legem Enangelyfecundarto.do 
 \ appertaine to the new law fecondarily^whcr- 
 I by alio yow (ce the other ly next followinge, 
 ; where he afHrmedi vs to hould, that the new 
 ■ law of thegbojhell doth bynd to the condition of doings^ 
 
 hex no 
 
4; <i The l^xmen ef lohn fox hU 
 
 no otherwise, then dtd the eld Uw.vvhich isfalfe: For 
 that the new law byndcth and gcueth grace 
 topcrforme, and the old byndcth without 
 help of grace, which is farrc othcrwife, as of- 
 ten hath byn llie vv^ed. 
 
 5 J. In the fame page num.76, he wrytcth 
 TWO lyes thus : And 06 foY the ghojpell ^ they f^y ytisreceaued 
 ^bout the ^^.^^^ ^^^^j^ ^.^^ world , hut to fbew wore fey-- 
 
 feil p$cefts and Cotmfells , then were in the old lattr, 
 &c. brlnpnge thefeople therhy into afalfe opinion of 
 Chrijl,4{ though he were not a remedy againjl the latp. 
 In thefe words there are tw^o apparantlyes. 
 Forfirrt, befides the caufe feygned hcere by 
 Fox, we do afsigne diucrs other of reueylin8;e 
 the ghofpell. Firft to perfornic that indeed by 
 Chrift, which was promifed and prefigured 
 by Moy fes law. Secondly to giue grace and 
 force, to be able to performe the precept of 
 this new law,as imediatly before wc hauc de- 
 clared. The fecond ly is^thatvvehouldchrijlnot 
 to be a remedy againfi the obligation of the oldlatv^ 
 which i s refuted by that we haue faid before, 
 in that he both tooke away the faid obliga- 
 tion , of the cercmoniall & iudiciall part thcr- 
 of , and gaue force of grace to fullHil the mo- 
 ral! part that rcmaynctb,to witt the ten com- 
 mandcments^ which may content lohn Fox, 
 except he will haue Hcence by his new gho- 
 fpcU to abrogate this part alfo^and therby ob- 
 taync leaue to lye, ftealc, kill, commy tt adul- 
 tery and the like, prohibyted in the (aid deca- 
 logue by the very law of nature yt felfe, and 
 confequ^ntlyrctaynedalfoand confirmed by 
 
Calendar- S4ints.\co\lc6tion oflyes.) 457 Chap.t^ 
 the law of the ghofpcll, whcrof yow may fee 
 S* Augujline at large //t.to. com. Faufiuap^i.&ltL 
 de jhtrttu&lit.cap.t^,. &tYa£l.i. in lean, and infi- 
 nite other places. 
 
 34. In the fame pag. 24. coli. nunui. he wry- 
 teth yet further about thelame law in thefe 
 words; They, contrary to the word of God, make the 
 Uyv to haue no end ner reaftgne , but giue vnto yt im^ 
 mortaU life andktngdome equaU with Chrifl : fo that 
 Chrifi and the lavvtogeather do raigne oner the foule 
 & confcience of man,&c. In which words among 
 other abfurdityes, two lyes are euident- Fir/?, ^^^^ ^^,^5 
 that we put no end to the law ef Mojffes. And tiie about the 
 other, that tpe afjirme the fame law to raigne with ^f^ctdl 
 Chrifl oner Chriflian mens confciences. For yf he scMoyfes 
 fpcake of the ceremoniall part of the law>y t is 
 too too impudent, for we haue iliewed before 
 out of S.Thomas 1.2.^.105.^.4. & other places, 
 that wehouldthelawof M oy fes conceruing 
 this part , to haue ceafed with the pafsion of 
 Chrift, & fo neyther liueth nor raignetli* But 
 if lohn fpeake of the morall part of the law.to 
 witt the ten comaundements before touched, 
 which were geuen to be obferued not for a 
 tyme^but for euer, as hath byn fhewed^tlien i^ 
 ye true that they do hue & laft , but falfe that 
 they do raigne. For that Chrift hath geucn vs 
 I grace to raigne oner them,th3t is to (ay to per- 
 \ forme them, which S, Taut mcaneth^ when he 10, 
 ; faith- we are no more vndcr the law. Wherofalfo 
 \ fee S.Augufiine libJe continent. cap.:^.& inFfalu 
 [ 55. Further^/«g.25. mm 80. he wryteth thus: 
 I See now howfarre this later Church of Rome hath de-^ 
 
 E e 3 gencratei. 
 
4^8 The Ixmen of John Tox hk 
 
 generated, which holdeth & ^ffirweth that men vvith^ 
 out grace may performe ehedieme of the laWy and pre- 
 pare themfelues to grace by vvorkingyfo 04 thefe works 
 may be meritorious, and ofcongriiity obtaynirtge grace. 
 But as for the infirmity which JltUrentaynetb mna-- 
 ture, that they mthinge regard, nor once Jpeake oj,&Cm 
 Toureiyci Hccrc therc are foure moft llianieiefle lyes, to 
 fomangr omytc the reft. For firft wc do not hould, that 
 the 1 1 vv men without grace , can performe the obedience of the 
 £rmity!"' ^^^,but rather the quite contraryjasyow may 
 fee in S. Thomas t. 2. q. \o^. art. 9. where he 
 fliewethj that eucn a luft man^though he hauc 
 receaued his grace of iiiftification^yet needeth 
 he anocher fpeciall help from God to workc 
 accordinge to the law , and much lefle can he 
 that is not iuftified \ performe the law with- 
 out grace •Secondly we lay not,thataman by 
 works may prepare himfelfe to grace, but the 
 plaine oppolite is defined by the Councell of 
 Trent iS^j?. 6.^.5. & S.Thomat in the forfaid^rr.p. 
 whofe title is : V Vhether a man may prepare him" 
 felfe to grace by his owne vvork^^ or no ? And he de- 
 termineth no. And in the very fame place he 
 refutech the third lye of Fox, to witt , that we 
 hould vvorkl without grace to be merit§riou$,and to oh^ 
 tayne grace of congraity as alfo in the ninth ar- 
 ticle he refuteth the fourth lye ; that we regard 
 not , nor once Jpeake of the inprmity that remayneth in 
 nature after bapttfme. For in that place Tho- 
 mas afsigneth two infirmityes rcmayninge 
 euen in the iuft man , after his iuftification^, 
 Albeit (faith he) man hy grace be healed touchinge his 
 mynd,yet remayneth there 4 certayne corruption and 
 
Calendar- Smts.(co\kctiono?\ye%.) 4^9 C&^p.tp 
 infeSliont$uchin^€ his flesh , vvherby he feruethtothe 
 Uw of fmne, as S. Paul faith to the Romans: There re- 7- 
 mayneth alf^a certayneohfcurity of ignorance in the 
 vnderflandinge , vvherhy we k!}ow not hotp to praj as f . 
 we flmld, as the fame Apofile faith in the fame epijlle. 
 Thus he. And yowmay fee further the Coua-^ 
 cell of Trent Sef. 5. mm. 5. And where then is 
 Fox his fliame^ that fayeth we neiier fo much 
 as fpeake ofthis infirmity ? 
 36. In the fame page coLi.num.6. Thej^affirme 
 (faith Fox) thatChrifi was a fttediator only in the ^ about 
 tyme of his fafton, which is contrary to S.Taul Rowf.8. themedia= 
 Ckrifl, who ii en the right band of God, who alfo ma- ^^^^^^^^ 
 kethintercefmforvs,(irc. But this is mahtiou^ 
 foolery. For fchoolemen diftinguiili two of- 
 fices of a mediator in Chrift > the one to pay 
 our debt for vs , which he did only vpon the 
 Crofle J the other to be our interceflbur, 
 which he performeth now alfo and forcuer 
 in heaucn, as S. Paul affirmeth. This doth 
 S. Thomas and other wryters declare in their 
 comentaryes vpon the (aid place of S. Paul to 
 the Romans; wherby yow may fee how fai- 
 fely Fox affirmeth vs to deny, that Chrift is a 
 mediator of intercefsion* 
 57, Againe num. 26 » They prophane alfo ( faith 
 he) the Lords fupper, infettingeyttofaleformeney, 
 andfalfelyperfuaiing both themfelues andothers, that 
 thePriejl doth meritt both to hlmfelfe, that faith the 
 majfe.and to him that heareth ex opere operatojwe ho- Three iyc$ 
 no motu vtentis, ^c. that is only by the meere doing of ^^^^^^^^ 
 the vvorke, though the party that vfeth the fame, hdth mcritt of 
 
 m good motion in him. Hcere is another heap of ^^^^^^^ 
 
 Sacra- 
 
 E c 4, lycs. 
 
4 4 o The Exawen of John Fox his 
 
 lyes. For firfi: ycisnioicfalfe > thatvvefetttofale 
 the Lords [upper for money. For that we holding 
 yc to be the very body of Chrirt, yt were Sy- 
 
 *sccto/. mony in the higheft degree, which finne*our 
 
 iMurcT^' Religion condemneth for moft greuous by 
 Eccieffafticall canons. And yf he ineane that 
 
 *se fome Priefts take almes for fayinge mafle, yc 
 IS foolery 5 for fo doth the minifter a!fb for a 
 
 w^^i^.i. communion. And S. Paul faith. He that ferueth 
 the Altar, may hue of the Altar, which yet can 
 hardly agree to a communion table , as yow 
 will eafiiy confider. And this is the firft lye. 
 38» After this are conteyned diuers other lyes 
 in the fame words, as for example , that we da 
 hould and teach , that the Priefi doth meritt by fay inge 
 Majfe both to himfelfe, and to him, that hearethyt, by 
 the mecre doinge of the vvorke , without any good in-- 
 ward motion, ere. For iirft touchinge the Prieft 
 himfelfe that faith mafle > y t is a ly , that we 
 hould him to meritt to himfelfe , yf he do yc 
 without any inward good motion. For that 
 meritt, accordinge to all fchoole-diuines, rc- 
 quyreth a good inward motion, wherof. See 
 SnThon2.t4ui.q.7i.art.i.& q.iio^ait.4,. Secondly 
 ytisnolefle, butracher a farr greater ly, that 
 a Prieft fayinge maOe vvithout any good in- 
 ward motion , doth meritt to him that hea- 
 reth the njafTe. For albeit the hearer may me- 
 ritt CO himfelfe by his owncdcuotion> vvhen 
 the Pricll meriteth not yet is yt fal fe that the 
 Prieft which meriteth nothinge for himfelfe, 
 can meritt for his hearer.See^. T/;ow^5 at large 
 ? • z» 5. U4. art. 4. And as for the phuCc ex operc 
 
 pperate. 
 
Calendar" Saints, (colletflion of lyes.) 441 Chap.t^ 
 ^ferato, which Fox heere vfcth and vrgcth a- Theigno- 
 gainii \s, he viKkrftandeth not, what it niea- fon^of 
 neth ; For that this phrafe is vfed only to ex-^ lohn fot 
 prefle the manner of working of Sacraments, ^^^^^^fj^^ 
 ^vhich are faid to vvorke their effeds of gc- 
 uinge grace, not ex opereoperantu, that i^ accor- 
 dmge to the dignity or meritt of the perfon, 
 that doth adminifter them, but exopere operato^ 
 that is by the very application of the Sacra- 
 ment, accordinge to Chrifts inftitution, from 
 which inftitutionyt hath this force. For that 
 Chrilc would not haue the cffed of his Sacra- 
 ments depend of the goodnes or badnes of 
 the miniftcrs therof, y fthe perfon that recea- 
 ucth them do putt no lett by his vnworthi- 
 nelTe. As for example the effed of baptifme^ 
 which is the wdiTiingc away of our fynncs, 
 doth not any way depend of the goodnes or 
 badnesofthe pricft^or niinifter that baptizeth, 
 but only of Chrifts inftitution, and therfore 
 takethaway linnes from euery one that is ba- 
 \>t\ztA^cx opeve Gpcrgito,'y^t\i^ ip^tVj baptized put 
 no lett. But this inferreth not themalitious 
 conclufion of lohn Foxjthat a naughty Prieft 
 baptizinge, may meritt both to himfelfe and 
 othersjwithout any good motion in himfelfe; 
 for that meritinge and workingc of the Sacra- 
 ments are two diftindl: things. See BeUarm. of 
 this matter largely torn. 2. controiL lib.z, cap. t. p.^^ i^^^ 
 39. Next after this in the fame page num. 44. about di- 
 he wry teth th us: V Vhere the word hath ordained [^^y^J^d 
 thofe Sacraments (to vvitt B.^pt!fme and Etuharip) to to receauc 
 
 excite our faith, and togiue vi admnitiompfJpirituaU l^^^^j^ 
 
 Sacra- 
 
4 4^ Ixmen of Uhn Tox hb 
 
 things , they contrary wife do teach , that the Sacr^^ 
 menu do not only ftyrre vp faith , but alfo that they 
 suayle and are eff'ehuaH with out faith ex epere opera- 
 to, fne bono mtu vtentis, crc. as is to be found in Tii?#- 
 Aqttinas, Scotm, Catharintu and others more, &c. 
 In which words, to omitt all other obferua^ 
 tions , fiue manifeft lyes arc to be conmnced 
 atleafta towitt, in thatheauoucheth ofthc 
 3. feuerall authors hcere named, and of others 
 more > which muft be two atleaft , vncill he 
 bring them forth 5 vvhich he can neuerdoe, 
 the contrary dodrine beingy vith vs a matter 
 of faith, to witt, that in baptifme, to obtayne 
 . the effect therof (vvhich is the remifsion of 
 our finnes) faith is abfolutely neceflary, as the 
 CounceJi of Trent decreeth Sef. 6. cap. 8. and 
 proueth the fame out of S. Faul Eek xu tvithout 
 faith yt is ynpofible to pleafe God. And as for the 
 Sacrament of the Eucharift, our authors do 
 require a farre greater difpofition in the recea- 
 uer, then for baptifme. As for example, not 
 only to beleeue, but alfo to be contrite, con- 
 feffed and the like , vvherof yow may fee the 
 Councell of Trent ScJSat,. cap.-^. And as for the 
 three authors heere by Fox named, but no 
 place cited or quoted out of them for the 
 fame; they hold the quite contrary, as maybe 
 feene in S. Thomas pa^. 3. q, 68. art. 8. as alfo in 
 ScottiS in 4. Sentent. d^fi.^.q,^. And albeit I haue 
 not Catharintu lyinge by me, yet is yt certayne 
 that he agreeth with the reft in this point, 
 abourthe Next after this num. ^2. he faith , that \ve 
 ai^ilcati© ^pp'; ^ur S acr anient s both to the quiche and the dead, 
 
 and 
 
Cdlendar-Saints* (collection oflyes.) 445 Cfe^p.t^ 
 andto them alfo that be abfentftotemif ton 0ffmnes& of thcsa- 
 uleafinge ofpajm,&cc. And vvheras the vfeofthe old ^raments. 
 Church of Kome (faith he) vvasonlytebafttjemeny 
 vve baptize alfobelia, & apply the Words of bapttfme, 
 to water , fire , candells , fiocks and Jlones , la 
 which words are another heape of lyesin- 
 tollerable. Forfirft there are fomany lyes as 
 there are Sacraments,which vve apply not to 
 the dead, which are feauen^for albeit vve ap- 
 ply the holy facrifice of Chrifts body , to the 
 releefe of thojfe that are in purgatory- yet not 
 as yt is a Sacrament, which is adminiftred vn- 
 to them only that be aliue and prefentj and as 
 for the other fix Sacraments I thinkehewill 
 noti^tand with vs in earneft,for that we nei- 
 ther baptize the dead> neyther confirme the 
 dead, nor giue holy orders to the dead, nor 
 heare the deads confefsion , nor marry the 
 dead, nor giue themextreame vndion. Se- 
 condly wheras he faith, that vve do baptiTLc bells, 
 water, fire, candles, fiocks and Jlones,zs the old Ro- 
 man Church did baptize men , and do apply 
 the words of baptifme vnto them , there arc 
 as many lyes, as there be things namedjto wit 
 fix more. For that the baptifme , which the 
 old Church of Rome,and thenewalfo at this 
 day ( yf Fox will haue it new ) was a Sacra- 
 ment & required faith , and other difpofition 
 in the receauer , as before hath byn lliewed, 
 Vvhich cannot be in bells ^ candles, fire, water, 
 flocks and ftones. And fecondly the words of ba- 
 ptifme, as yt is a Sacrament are: J do baptife thee 
 in the name of the Father ^the Sonne and the holy Ghofi, 
 
 whick 
 
44+ Exmen of lohn Tex hk 
 
 which wer« neuer vfed to bells> or candleSjS^ 
 other fiich thinges heere named, as appeareth 
 in the pocincial! 6c ceremoniall booke, w here 
 the formes of hallowing bells, water>candles, 
 & fuch other creatures, appropriate to diuine 
 feruicc are fett do wne, where though the bell 
 (forexaple) be appointed.to bewalhedwith 
 holy- water, yet canjyt no more properly be 
 called the Sacrament of baptifme^thcn when 
 lohn Fox(tbr example)fprinkled holy-wacer 
 Vpo his fonnes face, that was fouIe,or that the 
 geuinge a peece of brovvne bread toapoore 
 iinan,may be called the Proteftats communio. 
 41. And now I begin to be weary (good 
 reader) to profccute this mans folly any fur- 
 therjfo as I will make haft to difpach the reft. 
 tium. 80. after many opprobrious blafphe- 
 Tvv3 lyes myes, vtteredagainft theblefTed body of our 
 about the fauiour in the Sacrament, he faith ; that we do 
 and bur- ^rdej'fie, that jij he corYUft and putnfie intbefix (to 
 Chnaj^'"^ witt Chrift,) then that he be burned te poulderand 
 boeiy.' aff)es,&c, Whcrinaretwo blafphemouslyes: 
 for ney ther we hould,that the body of Chrift 
 can corrupt or putriiie, nor yet do we or- 
 dayne, that yt be burned. Thefe are Fox his 
 hereiicrtii hcPdon and not our doctrines. For 
 We hould, that Chrifts body is immorrall and 
 incorruptible, vnder the corruptible formes 
 of bread, andw^ync, which formes and acci- 
 dents , yf they do at any tyme putrifie or cor- 
 rupt , then ccafech to be vnder them the body 
 & bloud of Chriiljwherof fee S. Thomds par, 5. 
 q. 7y.m./^. So as thefe are two impious lyes. 
 
Calendar" Saints. (cclIeAion oflyes.) 44$: Chap.t^ 
 
 42. Iag.i6.n.S. he belyech SSaul apparantly^ 
 fayinge that in his cpiftie to Tirsiothy, he vebe- 
 metljrepYoueth them that reJlrainemarri^ge^^^h\ch a lye a- 
 is nothuige fo. For in that place he tortcileth f^!"^^ 
 only of certayne hcretiks to come, that Ihiouid i- }• 
 forbid marriage,pf^/;/fe^wf^i nuhere.&c.^s a thing 
 vncleane & vnlawfiill in it feife^& (bch were 
 
 the Manichecs^as S.Auflen decIarsth.But as for 
 reflrajninge of marriage, for amore pcrfedliftp /.j®. 
 5.F;^^//himfeifehath a whole Chapter to the ^^'*</^*^i^« 
 Corinthiansjamrmmge thatyt was better to i.cer,y. 
 abftainejthen to marry, which alfo S. AtiouJIine 
 cyteth^& proueth that S. Paul was of the lame 
 opinion>that weare: llteprohlbetlfiitb S.AuJlen) 
 qui hoc malum ejfe dkit, non qui huichonoAiud melim 
 antefoniL He doth prohibite marriage (accor- j, 
 ding to iS'.P^^/e'i words) who faith it IS euill (as p> 
 yow Manichies do),&:not he who preferreth 5> 
 before this good thing, another that is better, 
 (to witt virginity) as the Apoftle doth. 
 
 43. Again« num. 14. he wryteth thus* The 
 new Catholiks of the Fo^es Church d0 repute and call ^a^e of 
 marriage a fiatc of imperfeilion , and freferrefingle i^ammo- 
 life, beyt neuer fo impure,before the fame. And then 
 
 in the margent of his bcoke, he makeththis 
 note for the xQ^dtrifinglelife^bep neuer fo impure 
 preferred before matrimonj. Which aretwolha- 
 meleiTe lyes, the one in the text^the other in 
 themargente For that we hould the ftace of 
 an impure lingle hfe for damnable, but the 
 flare of matrimony for holy^and indued with 
 grace by vertueof the Sacrament , asappea- 
 rethin the Counceli of Trent SeJ?, 24. cap. t. 
 
 thcush 
 
44^ oflohn Tox hi$ 
 
 though yet leife perfedt inyt feJfe , then the 
 ftaceot virginity , as immediatly before hath 
 byn iTiewed out of S. Paul and S. Auguflme. So 
 as this lying fpirit of John Fox is euery where 
 apparant j as namely alio in this place, where 
 he faith', that we teach the earth only to be repleni-- 
 f ^ed by the ft ate of matrimonjfjbut heauen to be filled bj 
 impure ftngle life-^ vvheras contrary wife wc fay, 
 that heauen is repleniihed with thofe mar- 
 ryed foJkesthat Jiue well, and only hell is 
 furnilhsd with thofe that hue impurely in 
 finglelife. 
 
 44. Againeinthcfamepagew«w. iS.Fmfcfr- 
 Joou^t *co- ^^^^ (faith Fox) as good as the third part of Chri- 
 aded ftendome, yfyt be n§t more, botU men ad vveomen they 
 V0VVC5. j^^^p through coaled voms from marriage. Heerc 
 are two manifeft lyes more. For who but Fox 
 will fay, that they are the third part of Chri- 
 ftendome that Hue vnmarryed by obligation of 
 voms ? At leaft in our Hand , and fome other 
 parts of Chriftendome he will not fay , they 
 are the i^. part, through the good dodrinc of 
 Fox, and his feliowcs agreeing to their o wne 
 fenfuaiityes. Secondly w^ho but Fox will fay, 
 thatvowesarecoaBed, which are freely offered 
 bythevowers, without any coaftion at all, 
 and notacceptedj but vpon long and mature 
 deliberation, and at leaft one whole yeares 
 pt oSarion , yf nor more, after the vowcr hath 
 purpofjd to make them? VVherof fee the 
 Alv about Counccli o^TxtmSef^. 15. cap. 16. 
 dayrs ex- ^i^, Ag,xin^. nHm.i6. A$g$od (faith he) as the 
 third part oft hey care , they exmft and fnjpend fiom 
 
 ^ liberty 
 
 cmpr iro 
 
Calendar-Saints. {colk&Aonoflyts.) 447 Chaf.xf 
 liberty of marriage. Behould faecrc our proder 
 of marriage , he would hauc men to be mar- 
 ryinge euery day, and as though two parts of 
 three in the yeare ( yf lohns accoumpt had 
 byn true) were not fufficient to ioyne people 
 togeacher in marriage , and as though fome 
 daycs for more reuerence or deuotion, prayer 
 andpennance, mightnot be exempted, from 
 thisexercife, and yet is lohn Fox much dc- 
 ceaued in his accoumpts, and therby fheweth, 
 that he was yet neuer good pariili Prieft, for 
 they haue the exad number of daycs , which 
 are exempted , to witt the aduent and lent, 
 w^hich make not the fourth part of the whole 
 yeare- foas this lye is both flaunderous and 
 fooHfli. 
 
 46. Furthermore pag. i6. mm. t^u heiaith: Aiyabour 
 the Fofe withall his cUargy exemft themfelues fiem all If^^^f^^ 
 obedience CyntU, &c. And this alfo to be a mani- mca.^^^^* 
 feft Jy , appeareth plainly by all our wryters^ 
 
 and namely, by C^rrf/w^// B^H^mJwf in his di- 
 SpmztiondeexemptioneClericorumcap. u where 
 heteacheth expreflely, thatcleargy men arc 
 not exempted from the obferuation of Cyuill 
 lawes in the countrcyes where they dwell, 
 except they be repi]gnant to the holy canons 
 of the Church or to the office of clergy men. 
 
 47. Further in the fame page num, 35, he 
 wryteth thus : Lett vs examine the rmle Religion 
 oftim later Church of Rome, and we pallfindyt wlmly 
 fiomtopftotoe, toconftfimnothinge els, hutaltogea- 
 ther in outward , and ceremmiall exmifes , ^c. 
 Note heere the exaggerations of lohn Fox, 
 
 that 
 
44^ T*he Examen oflohn Fox his 
 
 riue lyes that ouY Religion con^fteth yyholj jromtoppto toe ^ in 
 invvarci^^ nothiYige els, but altogeathcY, &c. VVhicii foureor 
 virtues of fiue tond exaggerations , are fo many noto- 
 £u^/.^^ rioiislyes, Vvhcrvnto I mighcadioyne fo ma^ 
 ny others, as there are inward vertues belon* 
 ginge to our Religion . For yovv miift nocc^ 
 that quite contrary to this nianielelTeaucrtioji 
 of Fox, we teach that all the good of our Re- 
 ligion coniilUch and conimeth from the in- 
 ward, to witt, faith, hope^charityjzealejpiefy, 
 and other hkein ward vertueS;in fo much that 
 we hold no externall aci for good or merito- 
 rious, except it proceed from internall good- 
 nes of themynd ilrUjand S* Thomas x.i.q^zo. 
 art. 4. holdeth this propoiition-, that thegoodnes 
 of any externall acl , froccedeth fiom the goodmffe of 
 ths internall, from which jit comethyand addeth nothing 
 thcrvnto. And how then doth this miferable 
 fellow fay y that all our whole Religion , doth 
 yvholyfrom topp to toe, con[i(l in nothings els, but alto^ 
 feather in externall exercifcs? there are as many 
 lyes as words, wherby yow feehis vcync of 
 lyinge. 
 
 48. Moreouer in the fame place , he wry- 
 tcih^ that the doctrine of Chrijl , is altoge^.ther Jpiri^ 
 luall , confrfltnge vvholy tn Jpiritt , and verity, and re^ 
 12. lyes a- (l^iyrcth noQUtward thinge , to make a true Chriflian 
 bout out- man, but only bapufmejmnch is the otitivardprofefton 
 i'nvvaid" of faith , and receauinge the Lords fppcty &c. In 
 adiuns. which vvords are conte) ned as many lyes 3 as 
 there are outward w^orks commaunded by 
 Codto Chriltian men. Asfiriiofal) thefea- 
 uen works ofmercy , named corporal! ^ as to 
 
 feed 
 
Calendar- SAints.{co\lc6i\on of lyes.) 445? Chap.i^ 
 feed the hungry, giue drinke to the thiriiy, j^j^^^ 
 j^pparel! the n^ked, redeeme the captiue^vifitc f^'m. 
 the licke & imprifoned,harbour the pilgrimej x.^cV.*^. 
 Sind bury thedead-^ wherof Chrirt expreflely 
 faith in S. M<if/;^«^^5ghofpell;that he will aske Maikzs. 
 vs an accoumpt ac the lalt day,and fend them 
 to heauen thathaue done them, anddamne 
 others that haue omitted them: er^o, there are 
 fome outward things neceiTary to a Chriftian 
 befides baptifme and the fupper. And 1 might 
 adde diuers of the other fort of fpirituail 
 workesofmercy> atleaftwife fiueof the fea- 
 nen , that are outward works alfo^ as to cor- 
 rect itntiers, to giue good cpunfell to them 
 that be doubtfully to teach the ignorant, to 
 comfort the fadd , and to pray for our neigh- 
 bour, commended alto by the fcriptures^ ^lAatbi^: 
 wherby are made vp a dozen of lyes togea- i. Tim. 5/ 
 ther, toomitt other chat might berecoump- ^^^^'^^ 
 ted> as preachinge> marryinge and fuch other 
 external! anions. 
 
 , 49^ Belides this lohrt Fox drawing towards 
 the end of his enumeration of our dodrincs> 
 after much raylinge and calumniation , infer- 
 reththisconclufion : Sothat by this liomisb Reli- 
 gion (faith \\t)tomitkSittYU€ ChYiflUn and f oed Ca- xly about 
 tholike, there is no vvorkinge of the holj Chop almojl the con- 
 required, It is well that lohn Fox did put o^heho- 
 in almoft, for otherwife his owne people, iy choCx; 
 would haue cried iTiame vpon him, (efpccial- gooT"^ 
 lyhauinge heard now fo often repeated, that works, 
 no one adlon is accoumpted good and meri- 
 
 I torious with vs , except yt proceed from the 
 
 F f inward 
 
45^0 TheExamen of John Vox his 
 
 inward motion of the holy Ghoft , and is cx^ 
 *Stf,6. prcflely defined in the Councell oPrrent)as 
 ^'^'^ * they may do alfonov/, for that thisdimini- 
 tiue [dtmeH) is put in only for a iliift by Foxjas 
 appearerh by his note in the margent which 
 fpeaketh abfolutely , laying : All do£lrine of the 
 Topes ftanieth only in outward things, Markc aU and 
 $nly^ and confider the impudence of the vayne 
 fellow 5 as though our diuinity had no Trea- 
 tifTe of any inward vertucs at all. But infinite 
 books of oures do cry the contrary , and flicw 
 thcrby that Fox is a famous lyar. And albeit 
 I do note this but for one lye in this place,yct 
 yf yow confider y t well,yt conteyneth fo ma- 
 ny leafings,as therby goods works & zGdom^ 
 whervnto we require the nccelTary concur- 
 rance of the holy Ghoft , which make a grea- 
 ter number, rhenthati promifed of Fox his 
 lyes in this place,and confequcntly the whole 
 might be comprehended in this, 
 yo. Laft ofall in the fame page nm.i^. Fox 
 r lyes hath a cercayne definition of a true Chriftian 
 about the Catholike man, according to the Popes Rcli- 
 of^a^Ga^" gion, wherinareasmany lyesaslynes^yf not 
 tboiike. more > as yow lliall fee examined more parti- 
 cularly in the next Chapter, Out of which 
 heap of lyes^ I will only now take a dozen to 
 adde to the former number, though in exami- 
 nation they VTill arriue at leaft to thrice as ma- 
 ny. And fo by the example of this one Chap- 
 ter, yow may confider, in what dcceacfull 
 dreames the morefimple fort of Proteftants 
 are held, about our opinions in matters of 
 
 con- 
 
Calenddr-Saints. {colUdiononycs.) 4yt C/;^.t^ 
 controuerfies^notknowinge for the moft part 
 thetrueftatcofthe quellionin any one thing 
 treated bcweene vs^ but are fcdd with fucli 
 fancyes &C diuifes,as pleaftth beft their guides 
 to diuife, and deHuer vnto them , for our opi- 
 nions. Aud yf they pleafe to do this in their 
 printed books, that are extant to the vew of 
 all the world , what will they feare to doe in 
 pulpitts and priuate fpeaches 5 which paflTe 
 more free from examination and controie- 
 ment, & the moft ignorant are wont to iliew 
 moft audacity in flaunderinge vs, and our do- 
 <3:rine, which ordinarily they lay forth fo fau- 
 fed , and pondered 5 as y t may feeme the moft 
 abfiirdeft doctrine in the world,&: themfelues 
 iolly fcllowesin refuringe the fame. But this 
 fraud being detexSled euery where by our 
 wrytings , may iuftly vvarne thofe, that are 
 difcrcet and ftudious of trurh,and their owne 
 faluation , to take heed what they bclceue 
 vpon fuch mens creditts. And this ih^ll fiiffice 
 for a lT?ort admonition ^ out of this Chapter, 
 the number of lyes proued againft lohn Fox, 
 arryfing to the number of more then fix fcore, 
 which is more then double to the number by 
 me laftly promifed, and more then quadruple 
 to thefirft promiffe of thirty, befides many by 
 me pardoned to him, which the reader will 
 cafily haueobfcrued in readinge yt oner. 
 
 Ff ^ 
 
The Examen of lohn fox his 
 
 BY OCCASION OF A 
 
 PALSE AND RIDICVLOVS 
 
 DEFINITION, 
 
 Sett downe by Fox^ofa Chriftian man,According to the 
 Fofes Religion ^ there is examined , the true di- 
 fiinHwn and defcuption of a CathoUke 
 and Protejiant ofourdajcs. 
 
 Chap. XX. 
 
 IPromifed (gentle reader) in the table ofthe 
 former Tome of this Treatife, that yf tyme 
 did giue place, and that defire of breuitydid 
 not make me to leauc y t out , I would add for 
 the final! end of this lart part>the examination 
 of a certayne ridiculous definition ofa Catho- 
 like man> diuifcd & (etc downe by Fox in the 
 end of his former lyinge recytall of our opi- 
 nions. And further that by this occafion I 
 would (ay fomewhat, ofthe truedefcription 
 or diftindion of a Proteftanr and Catholike 
 man, as in our dayes they are to be founds to- 
 geathcr with their differences, as well in 
 matter of faith and dodrine , as in life and 
 anions. This wasmy promifej which albeio 
 I might iuftly pretermitt in this place/or that 
 this bookc hath growne to a bigger bulke, 
 then in the beginninge was pretended, yet for 
 that being come thus farre forward , and that 
 
Calenddf'Saints.{dtfin.ofz Cath.& Prot.) 45^3 Chap^io 
 the difference of few pages more orlelTe can 
 make no great matter , i will breifely touch 
 the fame, layinge firft before y o w the forfaid 
 definition of lohn Fox > which mufl: be the 
 ground of alljthat is to be faid in this behalfe. 
 2. Firft then lohn Fox, hauingelaid togea- 
 ther all the forefaid abfurdityes of our do- 
 ctrine, treated in the preccdet chapter(which 
 yet yow haue feene to be rather his fictions Sc 
 calumniations then our opinions) he layeth 
 downs this firme & generall conclufi6,which 
 before yow haue heard, of all our Religion, to 
 witt, thdt to mahe a true Chrijlian and good Catho^ 
 like by ?0pish Religion, there is no ivorhinge of the holy 
 Gbofl required. Whervnto we haue aunfwered 
 in the laft Chapter . But he goeth forward to 
 verifie the fame in thefc words • As by example 
 (faith he) to mak^ this matter more demonflr able, let lohn Foj? 
 Vs heere define a Chrijiian man after the Popes ma- pj^po^^ 
 ktnge y vvhcrby we may fee the better , what u to be tio about 
 iudgedofthefcopeofhisdoclrine. Thus Fox. And gJ^J^^^"^" 
 prefently hee fetteth downe a new title in 
 thefc words : A Chrlfiian man after the Topes ma- 
 klnge defined: And in the margent: A Chrijlian votp^g. 
 man defined after the Vopes doUrme . By all which H^'^^l' 
 promifcs and preambles , y t feemeth > that he 
 bynderhhimfelfe todeliuervs an exacSt defi- 
 nition of tiie nature, and eflentiali pointSjthat 
 makea Roman Catholike, accordinge to the 
 Popes Religion , efpecialiy feeing in the end, 
 after he had recited the faid definition,he ma- 
 keth this feuere illation thervpon: Ngu^ (faith 
 he) leok£vponthis definition , andte^megoodtead^t 
 Ff J 
 
4^4* '^^^ Examen of lolm Tox hu 
 
 vphat faith or Jpiritt , or what vvorkinge of the holy 
 Ghoji tn aU this dolhine k to be required.WQll then, 
 now lecc ys heare his worthy defimtion after 
 all thefe promifes , and by this one ad of his, 
 letc the reader make conceyte of the man, and 
 his confcicnce in all the reft he wryteth. 
 Pox ihu. 3- ^fi^^ ^'^^ Pop^^ Catholiks ^eUgwn (faith he) a 
 Fox his ^^^^ Chrifiian man u thus denned. Tirjl to be baptiz^ed 
 defiKition in the Latyn tongueyVvhere the Godfathersprofcjfethej 
 iwa*n ca- cannot tell what : then confirmed by the Bi^wpp , the ' 
 ihoiikc, mother of the child to be funjied: After he isgrowne in 
 y^aresy then to come to the Church-^ to keep his fajiinge 
 dajes-y to fall the lentj to come vnder Bencdicite: that 
 is to be confelfed of the Frieft-^ to do his pennance-^ at ea^ 
 jler to take his ntes ^ to heare majfe, and dinine feruice'^ 
 to fett vp candles before imagcs-^to creepc to the croffc^io 
 take holy- bread and holy-water ^ to go on procepon-^ to 
 carry his palmes, and candle, and to take afhes • to f aft 
 Ember dayes, Rogation dayes and VigiiJs^ to keep the ho^ 
 ly- dayes ^ to pay his tithes and ojfennge dayes-^ to go on 
 plgnmage-^ to buy pardons-^ to vvorfhipp his maker ouer 
 the Frieftshead ^ to receaue the Pope for his fupreame 
 bead'^ & to obay his Uives-^ to receaue S.Nicolas Clarks'^ 
 to haue his beads'^ and togiue to the high Altar-^ to take 
 ordersyfhewillbePrteJl'y to fay hismattyns, and to 
 finge his majfe:^ to lyft vp fayre-y to k^ep his vow and not 
 to marry ^ when he is ficke to be anneyUd, and take the 
 rites of the holy Church , to be buryed in the Church- 
 yard'j to be rung fur • to befongfor • to be buryed in a 
 Jriurs codU-, to find a foule Fritfi, (jye. Ail which points 
 Ifcing obfi Yued, who can deny, but this is a dmout man, 
 ml a per ] eel Cbr-.fttan Cathobke, and fur c to be faued 
 4S a truefaithfull child of the holy mother Church? 
 
 4, This 
 
Calendar- Saint$.{dcRn.of^ Cuh.Sc Prot.) 4^5 chaf- 
 
 4. This is lohn Fox his (lcfinition,& his de- 
 maund made theron: Whervnto I aiinfwere, 
 that cuery man that hath witr , and knoweth 
 ourdocftrine, will deny both thefe points of 
 Fox his demaund. For firft he will deny that 
 
 ' thefe externall thinges, when they be perfor- 
 med, do make a perfect Chriftian Cathohke, 
 or are any way meritorious of thenifelues, as 
 before we haue iTiewed , except they do pro- 
 ceed from intcrnall vermes of faith jhopejCha- 
 rity, obedience, deuotion, piety, and the like. 
 And fecondly yt will much more be dcnyed, 
 that whofoeuer perforrneth thefe exteriour 
 thing?, though flowinge aifo from the forfaid 
 internall vertues, is fure to be ftued. For that 
 in the Catholikc dodrine , no man is fure of , 
 his perfeuerancc , as teachcch the Councell of 
 Trent SejS. 6» caf. i^. vvherfore thefe two are 
 moft abfurd and palpable lyes of lohn Fox his 
 inference, 
 
 5. But now to the whole definition, which 
 is no definition at all , but rather a beggarly 
 coaceruation andfardellof fcurrilitylaid to- 
 geather, wboly impertinent to the purpofe: 
 For that a definition lliould conteyne nothing 
 cIs but effentiall and fubft^itiall points.nece^- 
 farily agreeing to the thing defined^ and to all 
 that which is comprehended voder yt; a? the 
 definition of a man in genc-rall ^greech to euc- 
 ry man aifo in particular. But heere in this 
 w^ife definition of a Carholike man in gene- 
 rail, moft of the points which he fetteth 
 do wne are not neceflary to euery man, that is 
 
 Ff 4 aC^- 
 
4^6 TheExawenof lohnToxhis 
 
 An cxa- a Catholikc ill particular : as for example, a 
 of Fox h?s "^^y ^ Cathoiike, though he were ba- 
 dcfinitio. prized in Enghlli & nor in the Latyn tongue, 
 as many be in England at this day, & though 
 he go not in procclsion, nor carry his palmes, 
 nor go in gilgrimage^nor buy pardons,nor re- 
 ceaue S. Nicolas ciarks , nor haue his beads, 
 nor giue any thinge to the high Altar, and the 
 like. And againe on the other lide,a man may 
 do all, or rpoft of thefe things heere named in 
 this definition , and yet nor be a true Catho- 
 like- For he may lacke faith, hope and chari- 
 ty, which are the firft three foundations^of the 
 definition of a true and good Gatholike man, 
 accorclinge toour trueCath.doftrine, as 
 may fee declared by the Councell of ,Trenc 
 
 The infi- 6' that the number of Fox his lyes in this 
 nitcniim- definition is exceedinge great, vfweconfider 
 in Fox his ^11 points : For hrlt there areas many lyes m j 
 ofa"carh '^his definition, as there are points fettdownc 1 
 man. ofexternail things, adions and ceremonycs, 
 which are not eilenciall or neceflary to the 
 true nature of a Gatholike man, which are 
 three parts of foure at le^ftjof all that is heere 
 fettdowne: Secondly there are fo many lyes 
 more, as there are internall vertues omitted, 
 necelTary to make a perfeAe Chriftian Cach. 
 and deuout man, & fure to be faued, as he de* 
 fcribeth him, which internal! vertues are ma- 
 ny alfo and heerby yow may gherte at the 
 number of lyes in this definition, wherof I 
 hauc oiily taken a do2c in the former chapter* 
 
 7. Now 
 
CMendar'SAints.{dcCin.of:LC^zh.&c Prot.) 457 Chap. 10 
 7. Now then to contemplate the wyfdome 
 of lohn Fox in this his plauiible diuife, to 
 mak^ vs odious and contemptible , yow may 
 confideryfyow pleafe two points. Firft how 
 many tnflinge thinges he hath fett dowue in 
 this definitipnaselientiall to a Cathol.man, 
 which in no wayes are fuch. Secondly for fo- 
 much as he holdeth all thefe ponits to be pro- 
 per, and peculiar to Cathohks , wherby they 
 differ, and are diftmguillied from Proteftantsj 
 yfa man ihould frame the definition of a true 
 Proteftant, by the negatiue of thefe points 
 heere fett downe, yow would eafily fee how 
 naked a thinge yt were, & might agree to any 
 fort of forelorrie people , heretiks, atheifts, or 
 whatelfcfoeuer. As for example lett vs take a protcftSts 
 man.that is baptized only in Englifli.not con- according 
 
 n 11 i I' L loFoxhis 
 
 firmed by the BilTiop,nor his mother was cuer negatiue 
 purified, nor himfelfe after he was grow ne to ^efinitio. 
 yeares euer came to any Church, nor kept any 
 faftinge dayes in his life, nor euer came vnder 
 Benediate, noreuer heard mafle or diuinefcr- 
 uice, noreuer fett vp candles before images, 
 but rather pulled them downe and made mo- 
 ney of them, nor knoweth w hat allies or em- 
 ber-daycs meane,nor keepeth any holy-dayes 
 one more then another, nor payeth any tithes 
 to any man, nor goech on pilgrimage, but ra- 
 ther in purchafe and pyracye^ that receaueth 
 not the Pope for his foueraigne head , nor 
 obayeth his lawesjthat hath no beadsjnor yet 
 books, that faith neyther mattynsnor euen- 
 fonge, that giueth nothing to the high Altar, 
 
4 <; 8 The Ixmen o f lohn Tox his 
 
 but taketh rather away and fpoileth Altarsj 
 that brcaketh his vowes when or whatfoeucr 
 he maketh, that when he is licke contemneth 
 all rites of holy Church, and will be burycd as 
 foonein the dunghill, as the Church-yard, Sc 
 will ncyther be rung for, or fong for, &f. 
 8. This good fellow(I fayjthat beareth on- 
 ly the name of a Chriftian, for that he was ba- 
 ptized in Englilb, and hath all thcfe negatiue 
 parts oppofite to a Roman Catholike, that 
 was baptized in Latyn , is he not a holy man 
 thmke yow, by this negatiue defcription ? or 
 may not this defcription agree to any fort of 
 wicked men whatfoeuer ? and yet is this a 
 good and true defcription accordinge to Fox, 
 whofe alTertion is, as a Httle before yow haue 
 iBoxpag. heard, that no one outward thing is required in Chrifis 
 x6.nu,^o. doctrine, tonuke aChrifiianman, but onlj baftifme, 
 and the Lords [upper. Vnto which gencrall ne- 
 gatiue propolition of his, yf yow add alfo the 
 particular negation of thofe externall things, 
 which he nameth in his forfaid definition, &, 
 amon^e others • of goinge to Church , hearinge of 
 diuine [eruice, obferuinge of fajlinge- dajes, pAjinge of 
 tithes, keepinge of vowes,burjinge m Curch-jard, &c. 
 And thenfuch other alfo , as a few lynes be- 
 fore that againe he excludeth , as btiildinge of 
 Churches, fett prayers, kcepingeofholy dayes, outward 
 works of the Uw,outwardgeJiures, difference of tymes 
 & places, externe fuccefm of Bishops, and of S. Peters 
 Sea, externe forme and notes of the Church, arc. All 
 thefe (I fay ) thus expreffcd in his owne 
 words, being excluded, yow may imagine, 
 
 what 
 
Calendar- Saint s.{6qBu. of :i Carh.&: Prot.) 459 chap. 
 what kind of men fuch Proteftant people 
 would make^asarc comprehended in thisne- 
 gatiuedefinicionj & what a common- wealth 
 or Church they would be,yf they were much 
 multiplyed in the world. 
 y For do yow conceaue with yourfclfca 
 multicude of men bearinge the name of Chri- 
 ftians , that haue no externall workc of Reli- 
 gion at all amonge them after their baptifme, 
 but only to meet now and then at the Lords 
 /i/pp^r, which is nothinge in eifedjbut earinge 
 of breadjand drinking of wyne. But for other 
 externall adions, they haue no vfe or excrcife 
 of any particular outward works of the law, 
 at all 3 towitt they haue no works of mercy 
 corporall or Ipirituall, before mentioned > no 
 outward Church or diuine feruice , no out- 
 ward fcafts or fctt prayers, no outward ge- 
 ftures, as for example falutinge , difcoueringe 
 the head, no bowinge,kneelinge or other like; 
 no outward payings of Tythes or keeping of 
 vowes, no outward obferuing of holy- dayes, 
 nor difFcrece of tymcs or placcF^^fo as all that is 
 lawful! in one time or placc^is lawful! to them 
 in any other, no outward fuccefsio of Bijliops 
 in their Church, nor any outward marks to 
 know the fame by. Do yow lay before your 
 eyes (I fay) fuch a multitude of Chriftians, 
 as Fox doth heere defcribe in his new Idsa, & 
 confider what a comon welch they would 
 make, but efpecially yf yow compare them 
 with the comon wekh of Catholiks , whofe 
 oppofits Fox would haue them in all poini-s. 
 
 to. And 
 
4^ o The Exmen of John Tex his 
 lo. And albeic this only hitherto fpoken, 
 were fufHcient to lett yow fee the dijff'crcnce 
 bet weene chem,yet to make the matter more 
 cleere- I iTiali notfticke torunnc ouer fome 
 other points alfoin this place, with che grea- 
 teftbreuityl can, to Jay before yow, a true 
 vewof their natures, proprietyes, ftates,and 
 Acompa- conditions. Firft then the Roman CathoUkc, 
 truT Ro^ whome Fox calleth fapift, touchingc matters 
 ma cath. ot faith & beleefe^compofeth himfclfe to that 
 p^oteftant humihty^as whether he be learned or vnlear- 
 in matter ned , or what arguments foeuer he hath on 
 aiine. the one or the other iide- yet prefumcth he to 
 determine nothi ng of himfelfe,but remytteth 
 that determination (y f any thin g be doubtfull 
 or vndetcrmyned ) vnto the iudgement and 
 decree of the vniuerfall Church, andgouer- 
 nours thereof . And hence proceedeth the a- 
 rements and vnity of faith, which they haue 
 eld and conferued in fo large a body , for fo 
 many age?, as haue paffed fince Chrift and his 
 Apofllcb. Wheras Proceftants in this behalfe 
 following^ another fpirittof felfewili, and 
 feife iudgement, and loofinge theraynes of 
 liberty to the pregnancy of each manswittj 
 do hold and determine what their owne 
 iudgements for the time do thinke to be true, 
 or niol't probablejand arc fubie^l to no autho- 
 rity in this behalfe , but to their owne fpiritt; 
 which is variable, accordinge to the variety of 
 argur^ients and probabilitycs that do occurre. 
 And heerof do enf le the great variety of (ed:s 
 and opinions amonge them ; euen in this one 
 
CalenddY-Saiets.{dQfin.o£ a CatLSc Prot,) 4.61 
 age, fince they began, as yow may fee by that 
 wehauc fett downe before, efpeciallyin the 
 third and feuententh Chapters of this booke. 
 ti. Next to thisjfor fo much a? appercayneth 
 tolifeandadions-j the Catholike man hoi- 
 deth that we can do nothinge at all of our 
 fclues, no not fo much as to thinkeagood 
 thought, but we muft be preuented and afsi- 
 ftcdbyGods holy grace, as before we haue 
 lliewed out of the Councell of Trent, which 
 teacheth with S.FauI, that our fufficiency is of 
 Chriftj yet is the force of this grace fo tempe- 
 red notwithftanding, a? y c vfech no violence^ 
 norexcludeth the free concurrance of mans 
 will, alfo preuented (as hath bynfaid) and 
 ftirred vp by t^ie • forfaid grace of our Sauiout 
 and motion of the holy Ghoft: So as freely by 
 this help , we yeld to the faid good motions,, 
 and do beieeuein God, and hispromifes: and 
 thisadofhich (asyowhaue heard out of the 
 (aid Councell ) is the firft foundation &: roote 
 ofallour iuftification : but yctnotfufficicnt 
 neytherof yt felfe, except charity and hope 
 .( two other theological] yertues ) do accom- 
 pany the fame^ fo as wedo both loue& hope 
 in him, in whome webeleeue. And out of 
 thefe, & by direction of thefe.doflow againe 
 other Chriftian vertues, called morall^for that 
 they appertayne to the diredion of life and 
 -manners, which vertuesdo confift principal- 
 ly in the inward habitts and ads of the mind, 
 and from thence do proceed to the externa!! 
 adions^ and operations ,wherby weexercife 
 
 our 
 
4 6i The Ixmen cflohn Tox his 
 our felucs in keeping Gods commandemcntf;^ 
 and works of piety with our neighbour , as 
 Xxtcrnaii clothinge the naked, fecdinge the hungry, vi- 
 loyvin^c fifi»g^ ^^is ficke and the like. In works ofdc- 
 cf inter- uotion in Hke manner, as finging,and praying 
 tucl/"* God, kneehnge, knockinge our breafts, 
 mortifying our bodyes, by faHmg, watching, 
 & other fuch hke. All which exteriour adions 
 arefo farrcforch commendable and merito- 
 rious , as they proceed from the inward ver- 
 tues and motion of Gods (piritt. 
 n. And albeit (as before we haue fliewed 
 * In the out of S,*^ Thomas, ) thcfe extetior afts do 
 former add nothing in fubftantiall goodnesto thein- 
 chaptex. ^^^.j ^^5^ b^j. {^^y^ ^.j^gj^. meritt from thencej 
 
 yet for that man confifteth both of (piritt and 
 flefli> ytwas rcafonchathefhould be bound 
 to honour God with both, that is to fay both 
 with inward acts of vertue, proceeding from 
 Gods grace and motion , and with outward 
 vertuous ads teftifyin ge the inward, wherby 
 we fee, what an exceiient Chriflian comon- 
 wealth the Catholikc Religion doth appoint^ 
 yf it were executed according ro her dodrine, 
 to witc, that all men? mynds Ihould bereplc- 
 niilicd with all fort of vertucs , towards both 
 God^and our neighbour, & that their adions 
 fhouid be full ofali rightcoufnes , piety, and 
 charity in exterior behauiour- fo asneyther 
 in thought, word, nor deed, they ftould of- 
 fend eythcr of them both. And thus much for 
 theCarhoIike man concerninge his adions, 
 life and manners. 
 
 tj. But 
 
Calendar'' SAints.{icBn.o£z Cath.&: Prot.) 4^3 ChaflO 
 ij. But this Catholike Religion doth not 
 ftayhccrc, nor teach only in generail what 
 acftions a Chriftian man IhouM haue, & from 
 what intcrnall principles of grace and vertue 
 thev ftould flowjbut doth ofter vs diucrs par- TheCath: 
 ticular nicanesalfohow to procure, conkrue y. sa- 
 and increafe this gracc,which is the fountaii e ^[^^^"[jj'^^^ 
 of all goodnelTc . Forfirft yt exhibiteth vnto yf^. 
 vsjbetides all other meanes of prayer^and par- 
 ticular endcauors of our part, fcaucn general! 
 meanes & inftruments left vs to that purpofe, 
 by theinftitutionof Chrift himfelfe, which 
 are feauen Sacraments 5 that being receaued 
 with due difpofition of the receaucr, doal- 
 Waycs bringe grace by the vertue and force of 
 Chrifts meritt and inftitution , without de- 
 pendance of the merit,or demerit of the mini- 
 fterthatadminiftreth them. By vfe of which 
 SacramentSj infinite grace is deryucd cayly by 
 Chrift our Sauiour vnto his Church, and par- 
 ticular members thcrof, in euery ftate and de- 
 gree of men. 
 
 14. Moreouer, Catholike Religion not con- 
 tented with thtfc generalityesjdoth come yet 
 more in particular to frame, direct 5 and help 
 a Chriftian man in the w^ay of hisfaluation, ^^^^ ^ , 
 euen from the firft houre of his byrth in cuiardYrel 
 Chrift . vntill his foulc^ departinge from this ^^^"l^!^/^ ^ 
 worldjbe rendered vp againeinto his creators man fm^ 
 hands. For firft, hehauingeall his llnnes for- 
 giuencleerly & freely by the grace of Chrift, nirhiJ"" 
 receaued in Baptifme, he is ftrengthened to the ^dt^"^^^/ 
 fight and courfe of a true Chriftian life, bv the 
 
 Sacra- 
 
4^4 TheExdmenoflohnVoxhU 
 Baptifme. Sacramcnt of Confirmation and impofition of 
 Sauon. : his foalealib istedd, U nounllied fpi- 
 
 Eucharift. ritually by the facrced food of our Sauiours 
 body in the Eacharifi: two feuerall ttaces of 
 Chriftian life are pecuharly afsifted with 
 grace of two particular Saci:^lmenrs,Priefts & 
 Hoiy-or- Cleargy-men by the Sacramcnt of koly-orders-^ 
 <icr. and marryed people by the Sacrament oFm^- 
 tmnony. And ror that in this large race and 
 courfe of hfcjas S.?aulC7(\\ci\\ yc,we often tall, 
 and offend God by realbnof our mfirmity, 
 there is a moil foueraisne Sacrament of Pfw- 
 
 Pennancc. 1 i - • i i 
 
 mnce for remedy heerol- appomted by our prc- 
 uident Sauiour, founded in the meritcs of his 
 Hier.inc.^, facred pafsion, called Secunda tabula pofin^ufia^ 
 Yd'oemctl' '^^^y F^^hcrs, that is, the (econd table 
 
 Pactan. ep[ ot pUnkc, w^heroH wc uiay lay hauds & eftape 
 Iron.^^"^' drowninge, after theihipwracke of our par- 
 don , grace & iuftification reccaued in our ba- 
 coBitri- ptifme, which was the firft table: by which 
 confemo iMq of femancc all forts may rife 
 
 satisfa- againe how often focuer they fall, which Sa- 
 crament'conlifteth of three parts , forrow for 
 our finnes , and confefsinge the fame, for the 
 remifbion of the guilt, and Tome kind of (atif- 
 fadion on onrbehalfe for remouin<5 thetem- 
 porall punilhment remayninge : the true vfe 
 w^herof bringeth fiich exceedinge help and 
 comfort, to aChrifti^in foule , asisvnfpeak- 
 abie. For thatby thcfirfl: two parts a man is 
 oftentymes brought fwcerly to figh for his 
 (inn^s> to thinkc vpon them.,deteft them^aske 
 pardon of God for them , to make new pur- 
 
 pofes 
 
0{ew«4r-S^ififi(<3efin.ofaCath.&Prot.) 46$ Chdf,l6 
 poles of beccer life for the cyme to come , to 
 examine his confcicnce more particularly , 5c 
 other fuch hcauenly efFeds, as no man cam 
 tell the comfort thereof, but he thatrccea- 
 uechthema . , . , . 
 
 ly. By the third part alfd , which is foisfa- 
 (dion , though a man performc neuer fo little 
 therof in this hfe , yet doth yt greatly auaylc 
 him, not only in refpedof the gratefull ac- 
 ceptation therof at Gods hands , forthatyt j 
 Cometh freely df his owne good wili? but alio Jfsattsff* 
 for that ythumbletheuen the proudeft mynd aion!^ 
 in the fight of almighty God , yt refreyneth 
 Alfo greatly our wicked appetites from (ynrie 
 for the tynie to come, when W6. know we 
 muftgiile a particular accdumpt and fatisfic 
 alfo for our fenfualityes forriewhat euen iri 
 this world. And finally yt is the vcrycheefe 
 (ynnow of Chriftian conuerfation and beha- 
 liiour one towards another^ For when the 
 rich mart kribwctii ( for examples fake ) that 
 he mull: fatisfie one Way or othcr,& h(t bound 
 by his ghoftly Father to make reftitucion fa 
 farrc, as he is. able-vpt- whatfoeuer he hath 
 Wrongefully taken frdrfe the poore- when the 
 poorealfe are taught:, that theymuft do the 
 lame towards the rich, the fonne towards bis 
 Father, the fcrUant towatds his maifter, yf he 
 hauedeccaliedhirri* when the murmureriiu 
 Jike manerknoweth thathe muft makeadu-. 
 all reftitution of fanie (yf he haue defamed 
 any:) this Catholikc dodnne , I favvandpra^-^ 
 therof, muft needs bea ftronge hedges 
 C g m 
 
^66 JheexmtnoflohnVox 
 to all vcttuous, & pious conuerlarion amCiig? 
 Iiien,that bcieeuc and follow the fame, 
 \6. And finally not to pafTc to more particii- 
 larityes, wheras Cathoiikedodnne tcachcth 
 vs, that all or moft diforders of this life in a 
 fenfuallman (toomittthcinfirmity^s of our 
 higher powers in like manner) do proceed 
 originally from the fountayne of conciipif- 
 cence, and law of the flelTircmayninge in vs 
 Thcvvartc af ter our bapnfme,and adcertamen, as holy Fa- 
 ^ffce"^^^^ thersdotearmeyt,thatistofay, forourcon- 
 and help fH^ and combatt , to the end our life may be 
 ^tac^^^r ^ true warfarc^as the fcripturecalleth yt: This 
 the {amca concupilcencc,! fay,or(enfuall motion, being 
 the ground of our temptations, though y t be 
 iiorfinneofytfelfe , except wecon(ent vnta 
 yt J ycc is ITie bufy in ftyrringe vs dayly to 
 wickedncs, as a Chrittian mans principall ex- 
 crcife, and diligence, ought to be in refiftingc 
 her , which he may do by the help , and afsi- 
 ftance of Chrifts grace , merited by his facred 
 pafsion , wherin he extinguillied the guilt of 
 this originall corruption, though he left ftil! 
 the fting and prouocationfor our greater me- 
 ritt, and continual! vi&oty by bis holy grace, 
 in them that will ftriue & fight, as they may, 
 and ought to do. 
 
 17. But yet for that this fight is comber- 
 fome,and faftidiousin it felfe.and deadly alfo 
 to many, that fuffer rhemfelues to beouer- 
 come,the Cath. Religion doth teach a man 
 fcowhelTial! fightin this conflict, what armes, 
 Scdcfencchemay vfcin particular to defend 
 
 him- 
 
\tilend4f-Sdint$.{dc(in.ofzC^^^^ 
 himlelre,and lo gaine the vidory. And to this 
 header braunch are reduced all oiirlpintuali 
 books and volumes about mortification) as 
 Weil ofour will, iudgemenc, and affecftions 
 of mynd, as all other parts alfo of our mfcri- 
 our fenfuality, to witt, how ydw may refyfl 
 this and that temptation j^vVv hat pfeuention 
 yow may make, what bolwarke yow may 
 raife, what defence yo w may reit ypon, wher- 
 in do enter all particular dir^iftiohs^offafting, 
 prayer, warchinge>hearcIoth, lyingeon th^ 
 ground, and other bodily afflictions fo much 
 yfed by old Saints, and may be vied alfo now 
 by all (yf they will) for gayninge of this im-^ 
 portant vi(Story . There entrctn alfo amonge 
 other defences, that great and fooeraigne re- 
 inedy of flyingc the world wholy , and rety- 
 ringe to the port of a religious iife,f6r fuch as 
 ptherwaife fee themfelues cither weakejorin 
 (danger to be wholy otiercqme by this veny^ 
 mous beaft of^concupirccncc,^or^eIsdo delirc 
 fomeritt more aboUadaWflyat 0^^^^ 
 by offetingc themfelues, yvholy and cntyrely 
 fo his feruice and to the rnprenterc irnitatiori 
 6f their Lord5& fauiousi* By all whrich helpes, 
 Afsiftances > and dirciftiohs , deliuered in this 
 behalfe by Catholikcdotftrine toeuery mans 
 ftace and degree of Hfe, a Cath, Chriftian paf- 
 fcth on more fecurely? duringe his life, and at 
 his laft goinge out of this world, receauech fi- 
 nally the grace and comfort of the laft Sacra- -^^^^^j^ 
 mem of Extreme vnBion y infti tu ted bv Chrift* vn^iioiE, 
 Snd recommended vn to Ys by Saint lames his ^ 
 Cgz Apdftiej 
 
Apoftlcj and from thence pafTeth torcceaud 
 thatetcrnall ioy & kingdomcat his Sauiours 
 hands,which he hach prepared for them, thac 
 belccuc in him , and (triue and fight for him 
 in this life againft fynne and iniquity. 
 18. And thus hauc we defcribed brcifely but 
 rerioully and truly , the ftate and tonditibn of 
 a Roman Catholikc man, to oppbfc the fame 
 againft the ridiculous vaync definition, or ra- 
 ther fidion of lohn Fox before mentionedi 
 jBut now if we would paragon the fame with 
 the t^rOteftants dodrine andpra6tifc, in all 
 theie points before metioned , w^e (hall quick-^ 
 ly fee the differences. And as for thefirft point 
 of all concerninge faith and bclecfe , we haue 
 lettdownefome kynd of pafalel orcompari- 
 jfon before , now iball we profecutc the fame 
 very brcifely:. , 
 The com- X9. In the firft fioint then about the inward 
 fheforfatd principles of our outward a<ftions, truth yt is, 
 Gath. do- that they agree with ysinfomcwhat,to witt, 
 fvith^hat that all good commeth originally from Gods 
 of the holy grace, and motion but prefently they 
 " ats. ji{^gj.geagaine, for that they hold our grace 
 of iuftiflcation to be no inherent quality , but 
 only an excernallimputatioi? $ and that Gods 
 motion to bur mynd is fuch, Ssyrcxcludeth 
 wholv all concourfc and cooperatioji of our 
 fteewilK whcrby they cutt ofat one bibw, all 
 endcauors of our parr to do any goodncflc at 
 all, and leaue vs as a ftone or blockc to be mc« 
 lied by God only, wherofalfoenfuctb, thac 
 ht muft needs be author of our finncs & o her 
 ' ^ blafphe- 
 
C4lend4r''Sdints{dcf\i\.o( a C^ith.& Prot.) 4,6^ Chafio^ 
 blafphemycs, & infinite inconucnycnccs, not 
 only in matter of faith, but in life and anions 
 alfoj For that this principle being once recca- 
 ued, that our freewill, though ytbcpreucn- 
 ted, nioucdvand ftrengthcned by Gods grace, 
 can do nothingc at all> nor cooperate to any 
 good worke, or refift any euill,who will hauc 
 care afterward to endeauour, labpur^ftriue^oi: 
 weary himfelfe abiout any thinge that is diffi- 
 cult, or difpleafant vnto him ? 
 20. Next to this concerninge the vertues 
 theological], offaith,hopc and charity, Pro te- 
 ftants are content with faith only to our iufti- 
 ficatioq, as yow fee by lohn Fox, who * faith 
 that the fcriptures do expreffely exclude both 
 hope and charity. And albeit fomeot^^^ *(?rf/».|^4? 
 fcdi will feeme to couer the rnatter,by faying, ^(4. 
 that hope & charity do follow faith as fruites 
 thereof, yf yt be true faith j yetin prai^ife is 
 there no man of them in deed , that will per- 
 mitt his faith to this triaU: but whether he 
 haue thefe fruits or noe, will he defend his 
 faith to be good^ and that hirnfelfc \i iuftifycd 
 therieby : So as from henceyow fee another 
 gapp opened to all prefumption and libertye 
 dflife. For howfbeuer a Proteftant liueth, 
 yet will he not ycld thereby, that his faith 
 is naught (and indeed the argyimcnt infor- 
 ceth yt not), and then followeth yt that his 
 faith being good, he is luftified, and con- 
 fequently howfoeuer he Hue , yet is he a 
 iuft man> and who will trouble himfelfe 
 y vith the labour of a good life , yf bclceuin^c 
 
47^ TheexmmoflohnFoxhh 
 
 only be fuflicient. And this for internal| 
 
 yercues. 
 
 21. But as forcxternall adions , euen thofe 
 of the Jaw and ten commaundementscom-^ 
 maunded by Chriit himieife , Fox derideth 
 fhem in our people, as before yow haue heard 
 in his derinition > and requireth only two ex- 
 terior adions in his people, to witr, haftiz^inge 
 and fuppinge , or celcbratinge the Lords fuffer: 
 For all other matters,he faith, noorte thinge is 
 ncceflaryforthcexercife of his newghofpeil, 
 or to make a perfedChriftian after his defi- 
 nition • So as yf yow lay before yow two 
 forts of people^ the one labouringe and who- 
 ly occupyinge thcmfclues in ail godly life, 
 wrjf fr^^fjicantes in fmni hno opfti, fruitifyinge in all 
 good works (as the Apofiles words are, who 
 alfo in the fame place calleth this worke , the 
 true wifdome and right vnderftandinge of 
 Gods heauenly will,and worthy walkmg be- 
 fore him:) yow rnay behold, I fay the one fort 
 of thefe people, which Fox calleth Papifts, 
 The cftn ^^^^ ^^^^ endiied with inward good defjres, 
 tinLii" but externally alfo bufyed altogeather iri 
 
 S^cafho S^*^^^^^^^^>*^^^^"S^'^^^^^'^^by the fruits 
 liks \n^' oftheirin ward vertues, to wirt, in buildingc 
 %ood of Churches, Hofpitalles, Monafterycs, Col- 
 Ieuges,giuingealmes,maintayningorphanes, 
 wyddowes, and pupills, receauing pilgrymes 
 and other fuch Chriftian exerci(es, as alfo 
 meeting at Churches, praying on their knees, 
 iighinge and fobbinge and weepingc for their 
 fenes, and confefsingQ the fame vnto Gods 
 ' ' " fubfti; 
 
ffdenddr'SdinU^dcRn.of a Cath. & Prot.) 4.61 
 fubibcute , to witr, their ghoftly Father , af- 
 kinge pardon a!fo of their neighbours, and 
 maldngereftirution , yf any thmge with etiili 
 confciencc they hauc taken or withholdeOj^ 
 '&(;. Whiles in the meane fpace the other fort^ 
 accoumptcd Saints of the new makinge by 
 Fox, do walke vp and downe, talknig ot their 
 beleefe, but lay their hands vpon no good ex- 
 ternail worke at all |)y (Qbligaf ion , yt we be- 
 iceue Fox, except only th€ Lords fupper, nor 
 is it incident to theijr yocation. And heerby al- 
 fo may we confider , how great a difference 
 there is , between^ theife two forts of people 
 inacommon-welth , where they liuetogea- 
 ther, and what an infini te gate is laid open by 
 thisloofe newdo£trin^, to idienes and lafy 
 jbehauiour in Ghriftian conuerfation , quite 
 oppofite not only to the doctrine and pradife 
 of auncient Fathers>& the primitiue Church, 
 butto chewhole courfeof fcripturcs, in like 
 manner , which euery where do inculcate 
 with all follicitude,the cotinuall performance 
 •^ipf externall good works , and that therby in- 
 deed true Chriftians are knownc, in cxerci- 
 finge themfelues in Chrifts comaundements, 
 22. And as for Sacraments, which accor- Thediffc« 
 ding toourdodrine^areheauenly conduiifts, rcnce a-: 
 andmoftexcellentinftruments appointed by ^^^^^mt 
 Godfor deriuinge of grace vnto vs in euery andeffeas 
 ftate and condition of Ghriftian men • thefe ^ * 
 fellowes do firft cutt of fine of the feauen, and 
 the other two they do fo weaken and debafe, 
 as they are fcarce worthy the reccauinge : for 
 I " ^ C g 4 thfy 
 
4,yz TheexameneflohrtToUhU 
 theydonothould , that eytnermeir Baptifme. 
 ot the L9rds fuppcr doth giue any grace at all, to 
 him that rcc^aueth them : though he prepare 
 himldfe neucr To well thcivnto, but only 
 |hat they are cercaynelignes of their election 
 and iuftihcation, which lignes nocwithltan- 
 ding> hailing no more certainty in them, then 
 thenafelucs lift to apprehend by their fpcciall 
 faith>concerning their o wne iuililication,and 
 f he matter ftandinge in their owne hands ta 
 flic w thcmfelues iuitincd, when they will^ by 
 thefe iignes yt cometh indeed to be a very 
 left or comedy, but yet breaketh downe a 
 m^yne banke of Chriftian difcipline, care and 
 fpllicitudc / that is to be feene in our men, 
 when they receaueany Sacrament, for that 
 tcleeuing (as Catholike faith teacheth them) 
 that all Saci iments bringe grace to thcm.that 
 yeccauc rhcm with dne preparation , and of 
 their pwne part.put no letc by their indifpofi- 
 tion; do labour and endeauour to prepare 
 ^hemfefues worthily, to the faid due recea- 
 Tbctiiffe- uingetherof, bypennance, faftinge, prayer, 
 ten^ pre- almes-deeds , ^nd other like holy'endeauors, 
 to7cceTu€ afl^tiring themfelucs alfo on the contrary fide, 
 sclera- that negligent receauing of Sacraments dorh 
 ^}^'^^^' notonly not bring grace, but incrcafeth ra- 
 ther their offence: So as this preparation of 
 Catholike people to rhe receauinge of Sacra- 
 ments, is a continuall kynd of fpurre to good 
 purpofes, vertu^ & renouation of life: wheras 
 ^hiforhei-forrofgood feMowes, perfiiadin^e 
 
 jshe.nf^IwMi i\m tlidr Sawments are only 
 
e4f^/irf^y--S4mfi(defin«ofaCath.&Prot.) 475 Cbdf.zo 
 lyarcfignes of things already paftj and as it 
 were a continual! reprefentation of iultifica- 
 tion already rcceaued, there needcth riot any 
 fuch labourfbmc endcauor for due prepara- 
 tion , nor yet care or follicuudc for life 6t 
 manners. For that already they haue the 
 thinge, which they delire , and that thofc are 
 but fignes , tokens and teftimdnycs that they 
 haue receaued yt indeed ^ which yet as I laid 
 hath no more aflTurance , then euery mans 
 owneperfuafionand apprehenfion. 
 Z^. Laftly concerning the forfaid fountaine 
 of tcmpcatioiis in our fleili and fenfuaiity. Cal- 
 led Concupifcence, they differ from vs in cwoef- 
 fcntiall points : Firft thar thevhold thiscon- 
 cupifccnce, not for a tcrnptor only> but rather 
 for a concjueror,for fo much as they teach that 
 cuery motion of her to fenfuality in vs , is a 
 iynne, whether yt be yelded vntb |>y our will The dlffe-* 
 ornoe. The fecond point following nccelTa- bo^^^^^ 
 rily of this fir ft is, that all refianftce of our part ^^'^^^"^^^ 
 to the motions of this concupifcence^is cither our con- 
 ncedlelTe or bootelelTe: For that the motion it cup^^ceci^t 
 felfe being fynne without our cpnfent, yt fol- 
 lowcth consequently, that the matter is not 
 remediable by our endeauors- and heere now 
 breaketh in a whole fea of difoiders to Chri- 
 ftian life, for that fuppofinge firft, thiat which 
 is moft true , that euery ChJiftian man hath 
 this atraultofconcupifcence within himj and 
 fecondly by this new dodrine, that no man 
 can auoid to fynne therby vpon euery riiotion 
 |hat is offered^ w|it ns^deth or whatauay- 
 
4^4 examen of lohn Tox hk 
 
 leth any reliftance or ours , or any confli<?i 
 the contrary? Sinne yt is though werclift ne- 
 uer lo much , and but finne y t is , yFwe yeld. 
 And Teing that by another principle of this 
 new doctrine, all fynnes are equally mortall, 
 what is gayned by ftriuinge.or what is lolt by 
 y eldinge ? and to what end arc all thofe large 
 Treatifes ofauncien^ Fathers about figh tinge 
 againftchis concupifcence and mortiHcatioii 
 ofher appetites & motions ? What do auayle 
 all their exhortations ro this purpofe , as alfo 
 thofe of the fcripturesjto continency,chaftity, 
 virginity, abftinence, fobriety, and other like 
 vertues j for lo much as euery firft motion of 
 our concupifcence to the contrary(which firft 
 motions we cannot auoyd) is fyn in it felfe^to 
 what purpofe ( I fay ) are we perfuaded and 
 animated, to fight and rtriue againrt this ene- 
 my, feing there is no hope of vidoryj^but that 
 at euery blow , flie conquereth and ouer- 
 throweth vs, as the Proteftants teach? 
 24. Wherforc to proceed no further in this 
 comparifon , yo w may eafily by this , that is 
 li^AUin' faid,confiderthe differences betweenc thcfe 
 vndations twopcoplc, and in particular yow may With 
 tk»u^« greefe and teares contemplate amonge other 
 broughtin points, fiue general! inundations of loofcnes 
 ftanfrdo' and wicked hberty, brought into Chriftian 
 <^wiie. conuerfation,by the forfaid fiue feuerall prin- 
 ciples of thefe mens dodrine, to witt, firft in 
 takingc away wholy all concurrance, and 
 good cndeauour of mans will to any vertuous 
 adion whatfosuer^^ though neuer fo much 
 
 preucntcd 
 
preuented or afsifted by the help of Gods 
 grace: fecondly in afcribingealliuftification 
 to only faith, and therby rcmouinge the con- 
 currance of hope,charity5piety>deuorion, and 
 other vertues : thirdly in difgracingeand de- 
 nyinge the necefsity of the exercife of exter- 
 nal! good works, proceedinge from thole in- 
 ternall vertues , and commended \ nto vs to 
 walke therin: Fourthly in debacing the force, 
 dignity and nmTibeir ofSacramcnts , appoin- 
 ted for inftrpmcnts and conduits of Gods 
 holy grace viitp all forts of men. And laftly in 
 attributingc akingdome pf finne irreiyrtable, 
 ioourcocupiicencein fauourof temptations 
 & fehfuall motions, and difcomfortinge ther- 
 by all people frorh fighting againft the fame, 
 jy. Vyhich fiue principles being well 
 weighed and conlidcred, togeather with the 
 pradife ajid fucceiTe that haue enfucd vpon 
 them, throughput Chriftendome, where this 
 new ^o^nne hath preuayled j no indifferent 
 jiiancanbefollmple, but that hcwillea/ily 
 dilcouer the true differences betweene thefe 
 two people, and their religions , as alfo be- 
 tweene Fox his lyinge fond definition, (etc 
 downe in the beginninge of this Chapter, 
 concerninge Catholiks alone, and this our 
 defcription o^ both forts of people , contey- 
 ninge the moft fubftantialJ points of faith and 
 life, both ofthe one and the other/ And thus 
 piuch for this matter. 
 
AN INDEX 
 
 OR TABLE 
 
 ifwellofthenamesofmen, and weomen; as of 
 f)articular matters, conteyned in this exa- 
 men of the fecond fix Monethcs. 
 
 In this Table (good Reader) I haue thought good forthyhettef 
 direSionyto remitt thee for all particular names both of Catholike 
 miVoxidnSaintt, wtothedayof the thdneth vrherin they art 
 named andfett downe in the Calendar : for thatturmnge to the 
 place, thou fballt alwayes find further direilion where to read 
 more of them. And againe touchinge Syr ttantesand Chrifttan^ 
 names, I haue thought befi for breuitesfakejo put the Syr-names 
 pji, with anote of thetr Chrtflian-names after , except yt be in 
 cert ay tie perfm of more moment then others y vvhomeyouy fhall 
 fndjttt downe twtfe vnder the Alphabet of both their names. 
 
 A Catholtke Saints. 
 
 SS. A ARON Scluliusm, m. 
 
 JlJl lul.i. 
 SS. Abdon & scnnon, m. m* 
 lul. 30. 
 
 SS, Adauaus 5c Fxlix m. 
 
 Aug, 50. 
 S. Atrdigius Abbas conf. fcptj 
 SS. Africans virgirics m, 
 
 Dccemb 16. 
 S. Agricola mart. Noucmb'4- 
 S. Aidanuscp. conf, Aug. 31 
 S. Alexis confclt Iul.17 
 Ambtofiuscp. conf. Dcc.7 
 Andreas Apollolus, Noa»^o 
 S Antoninus cp. m. fcpt.ii 
 5. Anatolia v. mart* luJ; 9 
 
 Anadetus pp, & ra^ lul. 15 
 5. Anna mar B V.M. lul. i^ 
 
 Apolinarisc}^ m. luLi^ 
 ^. Arcadius 6c >oc. m, Nou.r^ 
 ^# Artcnius mart, Od 10 
 AflumptioB V, Mc Aug. 15 
 S Auguftinuscp. conf, Aug/zS 
 
 Aridochiiis maru fcpcz ^ 
 
 A Toxian Saints* 
 
 AKbcs Tames ni. Aug.z 
 
 A bbonilc fchoUcr m, Dec. S 
 
 Abraham Father m. Sept.i 
 Alc^vorth lohnconf, 
 
 Allen Rofe mart. Aua. ig; 
 
 Allen VVilliam mart. Sept.^ 
 
 Allcf ton Raph mart. Septa9i 
 Andte^ 
 
A N I 
 
 Andrew VViUiamconf. Scpt.6 
 Arch r lohn C0,,f, Nou.i^ 
 Ainion lohnmart. Scpc 
 Athotii rhom m. Sept, 6 
 At' yns N. marr. Iiil.iS 
 Aullow lames and Margery m. 
 Sept. 20. 
 
 A Particular things. 
 
 of Alice Potkins martyr, 
 
 cap^ $ num 15 
 All eOriuer the Do£lrix,r4/^a1. 
 
 num. 21. 12. Her difputation 
 
 with the Doflors, ibii,* ^ 
 
 num zi,ig, 
 planus Copus his proofc againtl 
 
 Hunnc char he hanged him^ 
 
 ^Antiqnity & vnity of the Wk- 
 
 ^Allerton the Taylor hi* ftory, 
 caf \^ ««>w-i7.hisdifputatioii' 
 vuth Bonner, ibid, 
 
 Apoflataes flocking into Englad 
 in K. Edwards dayes, cap- 16. 
 
 yArthinoun and Mackett their 
 
 flrangc attempts , and ftory, 
 
 t4p.\ > ,num. 9^> 
 ^theifls 5c Atheifme , how they 
 
 arr brought thcrvnto, C(tf,\%, 
 
 num 9 
 
 S, Ju^ufime wrefted by Bradford 
 a Foxian martyr, cap \ i.».^4. 
 
 B. Catholthe Saints. 
 5. Bartholomxus Apoftolus, 
 5. ficinaidus Abbas Aug.2 o 
 
 N D "E X ^ ; > 
 Baftlicas Saluatoris dedicatl0c> 
 
 Nou. 9« 
 Bafiiica Petri & Pauh Apoft, 
 
 Nou \% 
 S. Babiana V. & mart. Decz 
 6 Bonauendira ep tonf IuLi4 
 $ Bruno confcflbr. O^obo6 
 
 B. T9xian Saints. 
 
 Barnrs Robert mart. Ot^ob.i^ 
 Bayfield Richatd m.^ Nou. 1 1 
 Bembrickc Thorn m, lul.jiL 
 Bennold rhom m. Aug.ii 
 Bennct Mother conf. 0<^ob.3i 
 Beuerich friar mart, Ocl 25 
 Bernard I homas.mart» Nou, 6 
 Bland fohnm. lulifia 
 Black^f.iar Keyler m* 0£l.2<5 
 Bongeor William m« Aug.19 
 Bonocor Agnes m. Sept,22 
 Bradford lohnm, Jul 6c 
 
 Bradbridge Geor^.m. Sf^pt.ii 
 Erovj^ne Chriftophor mart» 
 , Nou, z6. . 
 Burward Antoii, m. . Sept.iC 
 Bungay CorneHus m^ Sept.14 
 Burges Marke m, 0£t.24 
 Buckcr Genr? m. Dec.3 
 Buckingam (hire 6\i man m« 
 Dec. 4. 
 
 Burton Nicolas m. Bee. 19 
 Bucer Martyn conf, Dec 23 
 Burgc de John m . Od. 2. 
 
 B. f articular things. 
 
 Bdle his ridiculous praifes of 
 lohn Frith, f<</».u . 1, 
 
 Bdy field the Apolbtamonkc hig 
 Story, C(<f.i5,»HW. 13. 
 
 His 
 
1^ O F N A M E S A 
 
 mi c6nfe(?ion about hcretkall 
 
 books ibid, 
 Ui^hopps cxcomunicatcd by Fox 
 
 his martyrs, rrfpj5.»;«w.:> 5. 
 Blynd mman of Darby hcrftory, 
 
 Her peny^vvorth of Scripture, 
 ibidem » 
 
 Black ^Jmithes conference With 
 the Bishops and Dodors, cs^t 
 1:5 num,i7» ^% 
 
 Bradford his llory condemnation 
 aad burninge, cap. yi . li. 22, 230 
 24«Z5.C^ deinceps, Hisbarly- 
 brcad,xW. num. 11, Hisfedi- 
 tious bchauiour at Paules- 
 Crorte in Maryes dayes, 
 ibid* num.i$. His liberty in pri^ 
 fon, iW. nuin, 26. Hisindge^ 
 mem about tl^f reall prcfencc, 
 ibid mm. i^u 
 
 Brainford^manyrs vnder Q^^a^ 
 ry» thciropinions, condcmna^ 
 tions and deaths, f<tfj . ».6o« 
 
 DsHorBmks Bishop of Glocci? 
 iVcr his fpcach to Ridley and 
 Latymcr, cap. 1 4, num . 69. 
 
 Bncher his difputatioo with Do^ 
 £tor punniwgs, t£p^\ , 1 6, 
 
 Bmer his ftory , tap i^, num ^ ^* 
 His coming into England, ibid. 
 A Icw by byrth, ibid. Yin im- 
 poftures at the beginning, ibid, 
 num^ 60, His recaJuatiottiof 
 Zwinglianifme, ibid num^ o». 
 His bones burned in Catn^ 
 bridge vnder CJ^Mary, ibid, 
 mm* 70. 
 
 ^* Calixtus pp, m, O^oh 1 4 
 f« Carpus Epilc.conL O&.i^ 
 
 N D T HI N G E S 
 
 Caflianus & Hippol. masr^c 
 . Aug. i^,. 
 
 ^ . Catulinus diac. tn* lulj 5 
 ^, Catherine V. m« Nou. 25 
 
 Capciliav*m. Nou.2t 
 S, Chriftinav^m. Jul.24. 
 5. Chantina v. m. Od. $ 
 S^^ Chrifanthus & Darius m^ 
 
 06lob. 25. 
 5. Chrifogonus mart, Nou«i4 
 5. ChsKremon mart. ep. Dec»22 
 
 Clemens PP. m, Nou.jj 
 5. Clara V. conf* Aug. 12 
 SS. Cofrtias & Damian. mart. 
 
 Sept 27, 
 
 Cotdulav m. O^t. 2X 
 Comemor. omnium fidcl. def^ 
 
 Nouemb. 2. 
 5S. Coronati quatuor mart. 
 
 Nouemb. 8, 
 
 Columbanus Abbas Nou,2i 
 Conceptio B, Virg, Dec- ^ 
 5\ Cynacus Soc. m. Aug. 8 
 ^, Cynaca vidua. Aug.zn 
 Cyprianus 3c luftina mart^* 
 Sept. 26. 
 
 C. 
 
 Careleflc Tohn conf. lu!, r 7 
 Catuer Diricke m. lul. it 
 Cauches Catherine m. lul 19 
 Catrrjer George m Sepu8^ 
 Carclle fchool maiftrcffctr.artrf 
 . 6aob. 5.. 
 
 Cannon blackem. OB^^if 
 Chittsdfii Dunftan coafefil 
 . Npuemb i ?.. 
 
 Chicheftc!,-^. Confcflbrs Oft^^" 
 Ciarkc lohnconf, Kou.it 
 Ci;i!vkr Roper m, N^uao 
 Cooper Elizi*bom 
 Gotten Stephen m, h\^^^% 
 
 / 
 
A N I 
 
 Coker William Aug. 6 
 
 CoUiar Richard m. Au§.9 
 Cob Vhornas m. fcpt.$ 
 Coo Roger rn, . f<?pt,5 
 Colias6c Coubfidg.tn Ocl.«o 
 pornforth lohn m, Nou.25 
 toigncs lohn conf. Dec. (5. 
 
 C. 
 
 CaJftmhy that fell to Eoglfind by 
 tiie lie vgKofi?ell,'tf/J»i6 «,y8. 
 
 Cdpver of Coucotry his Uory, 
 Cfit* y ^ * 9- difputation 6c 
 opinion of the Sacramcnr,/^/i. 
 
 Cardinal o£ '^aint Andrewcs in 
 Scotland mu' dercd by Protcs 
 
 C<r / pUyinge -jtv mons of I.aty- 
 m,^rin Cambridgc,c4/'o- 4.».54 
 
 Carmelite friar burned ar Rome 
 for hcrcfie anno Domini i^^6, 
 tap. \6.niim 36, 
 
 Catholtke mandc|cribed by lohn 
 
 ^ Fox cap^o,peri$^um. 
 
 charity and hope bclycd by Tox, 
 
 Chr jisdaw and Moyfes bclyed 
 
 by Fox,/^/i. »«»i.34- 
 Chrifts mediation bclyed, liirf. 
 
 mm. 
 
 Church notes nfTi^ned by a Fox- 
 ian aaifi<eF ^rartvr,wp.t^ 
 
 Coincjuination by heretical! 6pi- 
 - nion*"-, c<ip. i3 nuM. 
 
 Colloquy Ratifpone anno i <4<5. 
 cap 16, num^64, 
 
 A Cooke di(puted with the B. of 
 'London, cdpji num.1 1, 
 
 His communion vv th a pint 
 of malmefy when he was to 
 be burned, ibid, num 14. 
 
 Ccmnedi an -fw^xxyi^ in Fox his 
 Calendar, frfp,!^. num*i» 
 
 T 5 E X 
 
 Confiderations of monfcttt , €ap~^ 
 
 17. pertotum. 
 C^ncupifcence , and a lye therof, 
 
 cap.ig^num 23. 
 Concupifcence and vvarrc thcr- 
 
 Contrition belycfdby Fox,w/>,i9, 
 25. 
 
 Comparif^n of a Catholikcand 
 Proteliant in matter of do- 
 clriwe, c<ef 20 num,io* 
 
 Couhridge his ftory, f4{^ i4«M,;<$^ 
 His. blafphcmous opinions 
 confuted by Alanus Copus^ihid* 
 num ;7, 
 
 Confefjors o^ all re£ls in Foxhis 
 Calendar, crf/^, i 
 
 b- 
 
 Damianus & Cofmas. m# 
 fept. 27, \ 
 S ^ Damafus Papa conf. Dec. iti 
 56, Parms & Chrifanthus m. 
 
 Oftob. • \ 
 Dedicatio S. Marix ad niucs* 
 Aug. 5* 
 
 Dedicatio S. Michaelis (epti29 
 Dedicatio Bafil. Saluatoris. 
 
 l^ouemb. 9.. . , ; 
 Dcdicat Baf;i.^ 5.Petri & Paul 
 
 Nouemb.i ^, 
 DecoUatio 5. loan. Baprift# 
 Aug.29. . ' . 
 
 DionyfiusSc Elcvithcr. m# 
 
 ,oaob.9. • 
 
 Dormicntesfcptem.m. lull© 
 5. Dominicusconf Aug.4. 
 S, Donatus Epifc. Aug«7» 
 
 D. 
 
 Dale Tohn co-^f. Oec.17 
 Damlipp Gcorgeom. Otc.\ 
 Dauy 
 
NAMES A 
 ©auy lohn and Henry mart^ 
 
 Penlcy lohn mart. Aug. 3 
 Pighill William mart. Iul.15 
 Dynes Robert mart. lul.^o 
 Dogg an4 Colly nsm. O^aO 
 Pnucir Alice mart. l<^bu.22 
 ©ungate Tliom. m. luhio 
 
 Dangerous Po/itious printed in 
 
 London and vvrytten againft 
 
 the Pu itans,c<i/^.i 7.»«w,5» 
 Definition of a Catholikc ind 1 2i 
 
 iycs therabouc made by Foxi 
 
 cap, 1 9 sc^caf.i o.fer ioium^ 
 
 The fame examined, frf/^.20.«,5^ 
 Otfnition of a protcftant* ih.Hj^ 
 0enley his opinion about the 
 
 reaU prcfcnce, cap,\ z.numA. 
 0elperate ACtoiVTillUmGarit-^ 
 
 mr m Lisbonc of Portugal!, 
 
 titp.i ,.»«ff^9.(5^ lb, 
 0ejcriftio of Fortune the blacker 
 
 fbu t h, ihiil, num 57 . 
 Defcription of Latymcrs habitt 
 
 by Fox» cap,\ 4. ttHm.6j^ 
 Dklogae betwectic; thcBishopp 
 
 of Londoii a cookc & a i^Siin" 
 
 ttXyCap num J z, 
 Pialome bctwcnc the fame Bi 
 
 an(4;4rnorman, cap.134 num.i$, 
 Otpctilty in fertinge forth the 
 Enojish Ecclcfiafticall hiftory 
 
 in there d^yes, and irvhy?fr?p.i8. 
 
 num, '^.0*17. 
 O'finifl of Saluarion, capA<)X6* 
 piflmH on of Fox his profeflcd 
 
 and not profciTcd Saints, cap. 
 
 Define moft wicked aboot 
 
 Bap lime c4pM^numA^» 
 Breames of Samuel! ihc mat- 
 
 THIMGES 
 ryed Pricft martyr, 2. 
 Hi&kiffing in the ftrcets when 
 he went to be burned, ibid^ 
 nt$M* i9«e^ 20. 
 P Ounnings conference with a 
 butcher, ri^.i^. nm,i6^ 
 
 S. 
 
 ^. Edilburga v, cdn^; Iuio7 
 
 EdithaY conf, fcpti6 
 ^oEdinunduscp. conf. Nou»i6 
 S, Edmundus Rex m ♦ Nou. 20 
 
 Egidiuii Abbas conf. fcpt.i 
 Elcuthcrius & Dionyfj, m# 
 
 O^ob. 9. 
 56. Elizabeth 5c Zachar. Nou«5 
 5. Eufcbius Confcfs. Aug.H 
 
 EUtichiuS Confcfs. Aug.25 
 S^Euftachius&foc.m. fept.i<i 
 SS. Eualdi fratrcs m, 0^.i6 
 S. Euariftus PP, m. Od.j 
 S. Eutropia y.Uttu 
 Exaltatio S.Crucis. fc^t,i4 
 
 Eagles George m. Aug.3d 
 Eagles Sifter m, Aug.31 
 Erafmus Rotcrodamus Dec,22 
 Ed ^ ard the fixt K. conf.Dcc 
 Eskc Tohn mart. luLi 
 Euringe Ellen m» Aug.23 
 
 E. 
 
 EdIBsot Catbolikc Etnperours 
 a^airi(lherctiks,f<rp^i7.w 2$* 
 
 Bpiftle of S lames in EngHsh, 
 (ap,i$-ni!im,s> 
 
 Erafmus Koterodmns bis ftory^ 
 cap 1 6. num 4^- 41* 4Z. 
 
 His iudgcmcEltof Luther, ihid. 
 
AN I 
 
 fie^^e of lyes pardoned to Fox 
 at once* C(^,\9, nnm.^^ 
 
 Henry the fixt his letters for ap^ 
 prchenfioi\ of Norfolkc hcrc^ 
 tiks, nnm^i4 
 
 Wftory of England hard to be 
 fett forth in thcfc daycs, and 
 why J crff.is, w«w,i5.<^ 17* 
 
 Hofe and chatity and a ly ther^ 
 about by Pox. citf 19 num.j^ 
 
 Hunt of an English Fox m wry^ 
 
 Hunne\\\sAoiy,ccift\^.nutn, 10. 
 
 He hanged himfclfc 
 i»thetowar,iW. His defence 
 by Fox about the fame mat- 
 ter, ih.d, 
 
 L 
 
 S. Tacobui Apoftolus. l\x\,i$ 
 S.lacobus intcrcifus m,Nou.z7 
 ^. lanuarius 5c foe. m. fcpt»i9 
 Inuentio S.Stcphani prot.Aug.i 
 S.lnrtoccmius PP.& conf lul.iB 
 SS, innoccntes m. i)ee.2t 
 IcfuChriftihatiuitaJ* I)cc*l$ 
 J. loaties Appftol* 6t Euangcl. 
 
 Decern* z;^. 
 5Joan.Bapt.DecOllat. AU?.2> 
 ^. loannesmart* fcj t? 
 
 Ss.lulius 5c AarOHi lul.S 
 vS. luiius Senator, m. Aug,i9 
 i-JJuda? & Symo Apoft, 
 ^. luftus cp conf, fept.2 
 Sjuftinusprcsbiter.m. frp'*-/ 
 ^, luftina V, & m. fepc»26 
 
 I- 
 
 Jew a martyr Dcc^^ 
 
 lohifonloh m. Au..x9 
 
 Xucfon ThciHism, Jul a 5 
 
 h 
 
 Jm martyred at Conftantinople 
 
 cap, 1 6. num.gk 
 luundattons of LicentioufnefTe 
 
 brought in by Protcftants, caf^ 
 
 20. a 4, 
 Juftijfication and many lyes ther^ 
 
 about by Fox, cap^i 9,num, 4^ ^ 
 
 Keyfet Leonard m« Aug«i 
 
 Kcyfer black^friar m^ :0^» 
 
 Kcrby lohn m Nou.gt 
 
 King Edward conf . Dec 31 
 
 Knight Catherine ra^ Noti.29 
 
 Kurd lohn mart* fept.iS 
 
 King Henry the fixt his !ctt<r« 
 for apprehenfion of heretikcs 
 in N0rfoike,f<t/».i3.«w»i.2. 
 
 King Henry the 8. his condemn 
 nation of tyndalls tranflation 
 of the Bible, by Aft of Parian 
 mcnt, cap, 1 4. num.11 f 
 
 King Henry ihe 8, his combatt 
 with Lambert, ibid,num 
 Cdt>,\%,numj^» 
 
 hdvvard the fixt a Confcf- 
 ior of Fox his Calendar and 
 vvhy> cap, \6. num.^y, rheca* 
 lamity that fell to England in 
 his dayes by <lie new gno peUi 
 ihid, ttunt, 98. 
 
 King and of Scotland vio^ 
 lently vfcd in K, Edward the 
 fixt his dayes^by the new gho^ 
 fpcllcrs in England, cap. 16. 
 nnmAO I 
 
Ot NAMES A 
 L. 
 
 SS, Largus & Smaragdus m. 
 
 ^/Laurcntms mart. Aiig.io 
 Laurcntius cp. conf. Kou 14 
 S, Lazarus ep. conf. Dec.i 7 
 ^. Lconardus conf. Nou.^ 
 Lcocadia v. & m. Dcc.9 
 •y. Linus PP. 6cm. f^P^^H 
 S. Ludouicus Rex conf. Aiig-x^ 
 S. Lulius cpifc. conf. 0^.i6 
 S. Lucas Euangelifta* OCt.i% 
 S Lucius Rex ra. Dirc.3 
 S, Lucia V. 6c m. Pcc.^3 
 
 Lambert lohn m. O^. 9 
 
 Lancclott N. m. Otk iz 
 
 Latymcr Hugh m. Oct 2 3 
 
 Launder iohnm. Iul,i4. 
 
 Laurence Hfhry m. Aug.S 
 
 Lawfon Elizab. conf. Dec iS 
 
 Layton William mart. S 
 
 Lcafc lohn mart. lul .7 
 
 Lc^esloycem fcpt.19 
 
 Lcyes Thorn, conf. fcpt. 7 
 
 L. 
 
 tmhert his ftory, arraignment, 
 and condemnation, cap. 14.. ft. 
 
 .2^.25. 74. (5fr. Hiscomi 
 bart with Hcniy the eyghtj 
 
 LiLfymir his ftory»cdf.T4«>«ftJW-5i • 
 His card-playingc fcrmon at 
 Cambridge, »^f^ fmni, 54. His 
 abiuration of Uctcfic, ih. fmn* 
 56- 57« 60. He vvas 
 
 made B. of GlocelVer,/^. mm. 
 $%. The rcfomatioH cf his 
 
 fD THINGES. 
 
 Bishopricke, ibid. His accufsu' 
 tion of Treafon to K, Henry 
 thci. ibid.num. 60. Hismar^ 
 row*boncsof the mafle, i^^Vf. 
 mm. Hishabittandappa^ 
 rell defcnbed by Eox,»«m.67. 
 His burning at Oxford, r^,«.70. 
 
 LihcU of Onungefoui pojitions 
 vvrytten againli the puritans, 
 C4p.i 5 .mrn.io ^ cap i7.««rw.3« 
 
 Licentioufnes of herctiks deicri- 
 bcd, cap,i%. num ii/ 
 
 A Logitian made of a pewterer, 
 cap, }t.num. 7* 
 
 Lollards abiuiation vnder Kin^ 
 
 Hentyithe6. capj^,*iHm^, 
 Lmthers condemnation of all 
 
 ZuingUan feflaryes, c^po/^. 
 
 fJttm.\\,C^cap,i7.Hum.\i^. 
 Lyes of Fox infinite, fi«/^. 19^ fef 
 
 totupt' *zo.««m.6.7.6^ 80 
 
 M. 
 
 "^.Machutuscpifcconf. Ncu.ftS 
 5. Magioriusep.cowf* 0£^.i4 
 5. Mammansmart, Aug.17 
 ^. Margarita v. m, lul.aa 
 ^ , Macrina Virgo lul i9 
 
 5, Maria Magdal. lul.xi 
 
 Martha Virgo. IUL29 
 ^. Mana ad Niues. Aug. J 
 
 Marcellas mart. fept. 4 
 5*Mari.T V. natiaitas, fept.S 
 5 . Marcus PP. & conf.^ oa 7 
 ^ Marrinuscg.conf. Nouji 
 S.Martinijs PP. 5c m. N0U12 
 S. MarisE v. cQnceprio-* Dec. S 
 S. Mathcus Apo{}oIuS feptzi 
 5. Mauritius d< foe. m. (ept.2t 
 S.MelchiadesPP.&m. Dec.io 
 
 Michael Archangctus fcpt^if 
 
A • N- I 
 
 Martyr Pcur conf . Dcc.3 o 
 
 Mafly Perotincm. Iul,i9 
 
 Mekmgs Richard m. Nou.^ 
 
 }i1elan6lhon Phiiipp Dcc*29 
 
 Mmog MarfTaieit m» Dec. i S 
 JMiddleton Humfrcym. lul n 
 
 Miller Symonm. lul 2^, 
 
 Millcs Rpbertm. lul 30 
 
 Millan B utolett rxio O^l.r 
 
 Miiip VViiliim m. lul. S 
 
 Mirandula Picas Ti^ io 
 
 Morton fames N0U.7 
 
 M^nr V Vijliam Auo,z^ 
 
 Munt Alice m. Aug»27 
 
 M. 
 
 Udl men made of fooIes/<i<f .18^ 
 
 num»\o. 
 '^iagiehurgians and their Ccntu;? 
 
 ryes, ibid num, 
 Marhecke the Ornan play-r of 
 VVindcforc his llory , c.;/, 11. 
 
 Mdrtyrs of Vindcforctipplino- 
 ar the firefid^^ when they w^rc 
 to be burned, ibid, numjg. 
 
 IManotv^hnes oi the mafle,c^fp** 
 
 Martyr Peter hisftory. and com^ 
 minge into England , cap, 16. 
 num, <)o. His presence at the 
 conference of Poyfy in France 
 dnrio \^sO,ihid.n,c^^^ Hisdcath, 
 nttm.os, 
 
 ydtrimony and Aate thcrof bes: 
 lycd Sy Fox rap^.^^ntim x-y, 
 
 MQUn^hon hts ^tory, cap. 6.»,7 7. 
 How he tooke hjs name ib'?d. 
 Hi5 teir.ptation to be a baker. 
 
 N D R X 
 iA/J »«>».74* He Was an enemy 
 to the Sacramcnraryes , ibid. 
 His inconfl:ancy,««w.82..Hovv 
 he became an vbiquitary, ibid^ 
 K«w.86.Thc fcntence & ludgc;; 
 mcntoF the Germans conccr- 
 ningc MelanBhottf ihid.mm^ l^^ 
 d^'nceps^ 
 
 MirandHla Pi us his ftpry, cap,\6 
 num^r^j. His life vvryrtcn by 
 Syr rhomas More, ibii, 
 
 Moyfes la w bclycd by Io)i^c4f,\^, 
 
 SS. Nabor 5c Foelix m, Julxz 
 S.Narcillus Epi(c.conf. 0^.29. 
 NariuuasB. M. fepti 
 Natfuitas Domini. Dec,2.5; 
 NeiTvcfius mart. Dec.i 9 
 Niv olaus conf. iept.i o 
 
 S, Nicolaus ^pi-c.cpnf. Dec.6 
 i". Nif oni 'dcs mart, repf.15 
 S. Nimpha v. 3c m. Nou.i © 
 
 NauntsRecenicrm. O^. 5 
 
 Newman ' oh .1 m, A ng.4 
 Norman Gorlcy m. Qd..^ 6 
 
 N, 
 
 Norfolk^ hereriks apprehended 
 bv K.Henry thrfixt, cafi-^,nz. 
 
 Notes of the Church a^s^gn^d by 
 a Foxian martyr, c<rf,'^,f>«w,i-, 
 
 O. 
 
 S. Olim.nia« n^irf^ T>er,i. 
 GipniumSaQ^lorumfeft. Nou.i 
 Omnivim 
 
OF NAMES A 
 ®muium fidcliii dcfun£l.Nou,2 
 -S . Oncfiphonis m. lept 6 
 
 Ormuaduscpifcconf, Dec 4 
 
 Old man of Buckingham m* 
 
 Dccemb.4. 
 Ormci Cecily m. fcpt. 8 
 
 Qhedience of the law , and a ly 
 thcrabout by Fox/f<</. 9. » iB<> 
 
 Qchinus Bcrnardinm his cominge 
 into England, C4:^ 16. »iiw.9o. 
 His bookc of Pohgamy, ibid. 
 
 ppmion of rhc CappT of Co- 
 ucntry about the Sacrament of 
 the Ahar, 15, 9, 
 
 Organ-player ot VVyadefor 
 made a Martyr ly Fox, 5c yet 
 
 S. Pantaleon m. luUr 
 S« PauHnus cp, conf* Oi^^iQ 
 S. Pctr, ad Vincula, Aug i 
 ^S. I>ctr.6c Paul. Bafil. dedicate 
 ISiOuemb.iS. 
 
 Petrus epifcop, Alcxandr. m, 
 
 Noucmb, 26, 
 •^.Philippusna. rcpt.s:^ 
 SoPhilogonius ep.conf, DeczQ 
 5, Pius PP. 6: m, lulji 
 
 Praxede*; virgo, hi.i « 
 
 ^. Prniarus m^jrt. fepr.iS: 
 SS. Protn^ 3c Hiacinthusmart. 
 
 fcpremkii* 
 ^.Pontianusnn. "Nou.19 
 
 P. 
 
 Palmer tnlius m. lul.i g 
 
 Patingham Parnckc ^^l^g.5 
 
 Parke Gregory Otl,^.^ 
 
 N D THING E's* ' . 
 
 Paynter lohn m, * I' 0«fl:.i?. 
 
 Per (on Antony lul.3 
 
 Peter a German in^ Ott.i i 
 
 Peter Martyr cont Bec^o 
 
 Philpo t lohn m. Dec.15 
 
 Phagiu5 Paulusconf^ I>ec.2 4. 
 
 Phiiipp Melandhoa Dec.29 
 
 Picus Mirandula Dec.20 
 
 Pigott Robert Ocl,i7 
 
 Pikes VVilhaiTi ^ JuU? 
 
 Poyle Henry Od:,^ 
 
 Pon cr John Nou,5 
 
 Potkins Alice m. Kou.i< 
 
 Pulley Margeiym, Iui.3 
 
 Purcas Robert ni, Auf.20 
 
 Piayne William conf, Dec 1^] 
 
 Puttedew N^mart. ■ 0£^.9 
 
 Pinm^efS difputation with the, 
 B. of London, 12 num.ii^ 
 S. P^ul belycd, capjg^mmA^ * 
 Pen'rtan e ; and a lye about the 
 
 fame, ihid, nunKZ^, 
 Pewterer become a LogitiaHj, 
 
 cap Ti,numj, 
 Phag'us his expiilfion o^u of 
 
 Germany and comming into 
 
 Bhiipo tt ^ rc H d caco n o f V V i n- 
 cheilerhts ^lory.c^p^ 6^mm 
 
 HiS cnnFcrcPc - with Lord 
 Rkh^ ibr .nu:n^ .6, VVitiiiiis 
 Ei5hopps,«^iW, 29, 
 Pk^s Earle of ^lirandftla h s fro^ 
 ry. cap >6 n,'7\ His 'tfc vvrvt- 
 ten by Sy r Thpm . Uore^ in E p n;- 
 
 pQpe^ lauf, asSdnly tlieraboiit, 
 
 Pi-ejuration to reccar* Sa(.Ta'^ 
 ments »nd duTerencctherof,, 
 tap. 10 ^ mint, zi. 
 
A N I 
 
 S S. Quadragint a virg.m^Dcc.t 4- 
 SS. Quatuor Coronati roait. 
 
 Nouemb. 8. 
 S. Q^n£linus mart- 
 Quinquagintsf Milucs m. lul.8 
 
 Qoeene Mary her title to the 
 crowne preached againft by 
 Ridley B. of Lonclon/rfp.14. 
 
 Her co ilcrencc with 
 the fai.-l Ridley ar herhoufc 
 of Hunfdon ihii num, 49. 
 
 Queene Hetry^^ report of^C Ed- 
 ward her brothers difpofi* 
 tion, capA 6. nnm 104. Her 
 punishinge of hcreriks, and 
 whether yt were law full and 
 fxpcdicnt or nof wp. 17.11.55* 
 
 R. 
 
 S. Renfiigiusep. conf TOtl | 
 S. Rcfpicius 6c Triphon mar% 
 
 Nouemb. 10. 
 
 S, Romulus ep. IuU6 
 
 S Romanufi mart, AuC* ) 
 
 S.RuFuj ep. conf^ Au^.i/ 
 
 S. Rufus mart. Nou,2« 
 
 S(»Ru(licusmax6. 0^«9 
 
 R. 
 
 Raucnfd^jle loha fept.i6 
 
 Rcceaael" of Naunts m. Oil.? 
 
 Khedonenfis Thorn, Dec 19 
 
 Ridley Nicolas m. Ofl. 1 9 
 
 l&rOik Richard lu. fept.i^ 9 
 
 N D 1 X 
 
 Roper George m. n 
 Rouohlohnm. Dec.14 
 Roterodamus Erafmus Dec.2£ 
 
 R. 
 
 ^attlpone colloquy 'of heretiks 
 anno Dom ni iS^6,cap,i6,n.64» 
 
 Reh^lhmartyrs in S. Giles fiel d| 
 cap 12. num,i • . 
 
 Rfidley his ftory/-f/^.i 4. num. 
 4^*4.y0' deinceps, Hisioyning 
 vvirh Cranmcr in vvickcdncs 
 and treafon, ibid. His fcrnion 
 at Paules Crofjt agamft the 
 Princeffc Mary her fucceflion 
 to the Crownc of England, 
 ihidnfi.^.^. Hi? conference with 
 thefaid Princeffc at herhoufc 
 of Hiinfdpn^ ihid. nnm,4% 
 
 5. Sabinus cp. m, JDec^Q 
 S.Sabba Abbas Dec 5 
 
 SSf omnium feftiu* Nou.i 
 SS. quatuor Coronati m.Nou.S 
 S. Saluatoris £a(il. dedicat* 
 
 Noucmb. 9. 
 S Saturninus mart. Nou.29 
 S. Sarmas mart, O^wi 
 SS.Septem dormietes m. I uli p 
 SS.Scnnon& Abdon.ro. Iul.30 
 S. Serapia V. &m. fcpt.) 
 5.SiIucQ. PP. conf Dec.51 
 S.Simphroracum7.fil.m. Iul«i8 
 S.Simpiicianusep.conf. Aug.i6 
 S.Simphorianus rnact. Aug 22 
 S,Spiridionep conf. Dec.14 
 S. Smaragdusm. Aua^g 
 .9, StephanusPP.&.m. Aug.z 
 S. Stephanas protom. Dec.?. 61 
 5. SymcoBconf. oet,l 
 
OV NAMES A 
 SS/Symon 6c ludas Appflol. 
 
 06lob.2 8, 
 S. Suianna v. 5c m» Aug.ii 
 S. Syncfius mait* Pec, tz. 
 
 S. 
 
 Samuel Robert m» Aug i S 
 
 Sapicrce Peter m. Dcc.i 
 
 Shcterden Nicolas IiiKiz 
 
 Slieater William m, h?^*9 
 
 Sharpe Edward m. fept^i s 
 SchoUcrof Abbomlcm. Dee. 8 
 
 Silueifide Agnes m. Aug.ii 
 
 Simplbn Priett m, 0^ 25 
 
 Sladelohnm, lul.a9 
 
 Seaman Mother Oft*-;© 
 
 Smith Robert ni. Aug. 14 
 
 Spurdance Thorn, m, fcpt.28 
 
 Spenfcr Rich. m. I^qu^ 
 
 Sparow VV^iIliamm* lSIou.19 
 
 Snoth Alice m . N0U.2S 
 
 Stecre William m Aug. i o 
 Stephen dc la foi gem, 
 
 Strattoo DaMy pi, Od,z 5 
 
 S. 
 
 Sacuments ; and therteene lyes 
 about the application ol ih:ir , 
 Ctf p. 19. 40. 
 
 Sacraments 7. and the vfctherof 
 in the Cath, Church inripngned 
 by Fox, cal^.iij ».i 1 4 . 
 
 S4ti:fx^lon^ and force thereof, 
 mp,io,n.\s. ThefalfcdeaHrg 
 of Fox therabout Ci^|?j9.»-27. 
 
 Saints exchanged by Fox.Ciif 
 
 icripturc applyed fondly by ig^ 
 noi ant artificers , cdp.,$^n, 51 . 
 S:yiptwe read by the pcnny^ 
 
 THINGES 
 Scottishman in Syuill of Spline 
 his willtullobmnacy<c»,i595« 
 
 Serttmgmdid martyr hcf pbfti-* 
 nacymhcrcfic,w/»,i2.««m 27^ 
 
 Shermans difputation with the 
 B. of London, f<f/».iJi.««fw.M» 
 
 P Sh^xt^n B, of Salisbury his 
 iloryand dcpriuation, cap, 14<^ 
 
 Story of lohn frtth & Bradford,' 
 
 capAu num. i,i,^,C^num,zt. 
 
 2"#L4.C^f* 
 j^'^^odKcld in Luther^ hpufcat 
 VVittcnber2e,(:4f, i6.««m.6i, 
 S^mnes originall and a£^uall,f^* 
 \9.mm.i7. ^ox hisfalfcdca^ 
 
 lin^cthcraboutto dcccauchi* 
 
 reader, iWi^ 
 
 S.Thcclav.&m. fcpuj 
 b» i hecla AbbatilTa. 
 S. Theodorus cp. m, Iu],4 
 S, Thomas Hereford, cp. 0(^.t 
 5. Theodorus presbyter, mart. 
 O^ob.i;;. 
 
 Theodorus mart* Kbu,9 
 ^ . rhemas Apoft. Dcc.21 
 5. Thomas Gamuar^ep. Dec.19 
 ^ S . Tiburtius 6c Sufanna mart* 
 
 Tr.insfi<^urat!0 Domini Au©,^ 
 5 5 . Tr jphoti 6c Soc, Nou,iO 
 
 Tankcrfield George martyr." 
 
 Aug,!.?. 
 Tell ' ood Robert m, Iul,4 
 Tewkesbury lohn m. Dccit 
 Thtuftan Margatctt fcpr.s? 
 
 Tiler 
 
A N I 
 
 TilcrThom. conf. Dec. 1 6 
 Tracy William coaf. bcc.r 
 Tiuiy »ames.m, . fcpc.ii 
 
 "ikyloYS difputation with thc'B. 
 pf London, f<e|j>, I ^.wittff^ 27* 
 
 Teftament of l^t^ilUum Tracy ef: 
 quicr, caf 16. 5 . Thci'amc 
 prouedto be \\tttucA\,thid. 
 
 ^jr T omas Seymcrs death pro^ 
 xurcd by Latymer,^ap,i^ n.6$. 
 
 ' Hii? artaViidcr by parlamcnt, 
 
 ' thid^ nu,66. his bchcading,/M. 
 
 Syr t'Wmas Mor^ his prooFcs a- 
 ,^ainll Hit»»ff that he hanged 
 hi.nfelfcin the Towar, ca/. 
 16. num. T^. 4.d^ 15. 
 
 trndg'7uer'4he^^yyorU his (lory, 
 
 ^'^^w// maillcr to lohn Frith in 
 bcrefie, c<tfj x^nutn.z. His let- 
 ters to hirn outof Flanders, 
 ip/i.tt.i o. <3^H His (bo: y and 
 progrcfle in hcrcfic , f^<^ 14. 
 »«W7.5 6.c$?' 7, Hisopinionof 
 the Saciarnsnt of the Altar, 
 s^fW.»«»« Histranflation of 
 the Bible condemned by ad 
 of parlameqt, ibid. num,iz, 
 
 V. and V?. 
 
 .S. Valcrianus cp, m. Dcc.i 5 
 
 S V Vcnefrida 5c m. Nou.^ 
 ^.VViUebaldusep.conf. Iul.7 
 
 Vidtor PP.& m, Iul.2 8 
 
 S. Vi£torinu$ ep. m, Tcptj 
 
 S Vifto ia V. <3c m» Dec. 23 
 
 VlflMMoB, M. V. Iul.2 
 
 V Vilfridiis ep. conf, O^t i j 
 
 N D 1 X 
 
 Vinccntius mart, 0^,2 ^ 
 ^. Vrfiild V &m» oa.2i 
 
 Vnahsmart. Nou.4. 
 5. VVillcbioiduscp.cont.Nou.7 
 .y^.Virgincs Afiican^ Dec 16 
 
 i-iy.Virgines 40. mart. Dcc.24 
 
 V. and VV. 
 
 V Varnc Elizab. m, Aug. 1 1 
 Waftioanem. Aug.19 
 VVaddon lohn m, ^^Pt»5 
 Wade lohrt coaf, fcpt,^ 
 Warner lohn m, fept.24 
 Wallace Adain 
 
 Ward Robert conf^ X>cc.7 
 
 V Vhitc VVjlliam m. fcpt.i 
 Wichart George m. Nou.S 
 VVifman VViiham conf.Dcc.is 
 VVitheis Mathewconh Dcc.i6 
 VVebblohnm. Od.zr 
 VosHcniym. 
 
 Wolfey William m. oa.i6 
 Wright Stephen hil.29 
 Wright Rich, matt, Augji 
 Woman with her cfeild mart, 
 feptemb. 17. 
 
 V. and VV. 
 
 Vl^ickel dodrine about Bap;? 
 tifme, and force thcrof^wj? n. 
 mm. 42. 
 Vyi:kltffidLns their antiquity and 
 
 vnity, C(if,\7,, num.^, 
 lyindeforemar^yrs tipplingc ac 
 the fire^fide , vvhcn they were 
 to be burned, cap. 1 1 . num.A 9. 
 Violence vfcd to the K,Si Q,_Gt 
 Scotland in K. Hd^vards daycs 
 hync'v ghorpcllcrs, cxj^. ic. 
 num, lou 
 Fifgimty not profefl^damongfl: 
 any 
 
OF NAMES A 
 any of Fox his Saints, ca^, 1 7. 
 mm. )0, 
 Wifchart the Scottish^martyr 
 his ftory, arraignemcnt , and 
 condemnation for heicfie, tap, 
 i5« num,6,';. His dcfcription 
 by Fox, tbtd.nnmj, 
 Tofref coa£liuc,and 4Jyes aHout 
 the fame by Fox,c^]^«i9*»«44. 
 
 yeoman Richard* 
 
 NB TH I N^ES 
 Z. 
 
 S, Zacharias 5c Eliz, 'Nou,^ 
 
 S. Zcphcrinus PP^ Aug. zz 
 
 S.Zoamart, lul.s 
 
 Zp 
 
 Sactamemaryes contf 
 den^ncd by Luther, f<ep, 14^. 
 
 F I N I S#