Dry. Then haue ye done me muche wronge (quod she) thus to imprison me, and know no cause why: For I knowe no euill that I haue done I thank God, and I hope ther is no man that can accuse me of any notorious facte that I haue done, iustly.

Chaun. Woman, woman, what saiest thou to the blessed sacrament of the aulter? doest thou not beleue that it is very fleash and bloude after the wordes be spoken of consecratiion?

Diuers wife vnto those woordes helde her peace, and made no aunswere. Then a great chuffe headed priest, that stode by, spake and asked her why she made not the Chauncellor an answer. Wyth that, the sayde Driuers wife loked vpon him austerely, & said. Why priest, I come not to talke with thee, but I come to talke with thy maister: but if thou wilt, I shal talke with the. Commaund thy master to hold his peace: and with that the priest put his nose in his cappe, and spake neuer a woord more. Then the Chauncellor, bad her make answer to that he demaunded of her.

Dry. Sir, said she, pardon me though I make you no ?swer. for I c?not tel what you mean therby: for in al my lyfe, I neuer heard nor red of any such sacrament in all the scripture.

Chaun. Why, what scriptures haue you redde I pray you?

Dry. I haue (I thanke God) red gods booke.

Chaun. Why, what maner of booke is that you call gods booke?

Dry. It is the new testam?t. what cal you it?

Chaun. That is Gods booke in dede, I cannot deny.

Dry. That same booke haue I red through out, but yet neuer could find any such sacrament there: and for that cause I cannot make you answere to that thinge I know not. Not withstanding yet for all that I wyll graunte you a sacrament, called the lords supper: and therfore seing I haue graunted you a sacram?t, I pray you shew me what a sacram?t is.

Chaun. It is a signe: and one MarginaliaD. Gascoyne.Doctor Gascoyne, being by, confirmed the same, that it was the signe of an holye thing.

Dry. You haue sayd the truth syr, sayd she. It is a signe in dede I must nedes graunt it: and therfore seing it is a signe, it cannot bee the thinge signified also. Thus farre we doo agre. For I haue graunted your own saying. Then stod vp the sayd Gascoine, and made an oration with many fayre wordes, but lytle to purpose, but offensyue and odiouse to the myndes of the godly. In the end of which long take, he asked her if shee dyd not beleue the omnipotency of god, and that he was allmighty, and able to performe that he spake. She answered yes, and sayd: I do beleue that God is almighty, and able to performe that hee spake and promised.

Gascoine. Very wel. Then he sayd to his dis-

ciples, take, eate, this is my bodye: ergo it was his body. For he was able to performe that hee spake. For God vseth not to lye.

Dry. I praye you, did hee euer make anye such promise to his Disciples, that hee would make the breade his body?

Gasc. Those be the words. Can you deny it?

Dry. No, they be the very wordes in dede I cannot deny it: but I praye you, was it not bread that he gaue vnto them?

Gascoine. No, it was his body.

Dry. Then was it his body that they dyd eate ouer night.

Gascoin. Yea, it was his body.

Dry. What body was it then that was crucified the next daye.

Gascoin. It was Christ his body.

Dry. How could that be, when his Disciples had eaten him vp ouer night: except hee had two bodies, as by your argument he had: one they did eat ouer night, & another was crucified the next day. such a doctor, such docrin. Be you not ashamed to teach the people, that Christ had two bodies? In the. xxii. of Luke, he toke bread, and brake it, and gaue it to his Disciples, saying: take. &c. and do this in the remembraunce of me. Saint Paule also sayth i. Cor. xi. do this in the remembraunce of me: for as often as ye shall eate thys bread, and drynke this cup, ye shal shew the Lords death till he come: and therfore I maruell ye blushe not before all this people, to lie so manifestly as ye do. With that Gascoin held hys peace, & made her no answer. For as it semed, he was ashamed of hys doinges. Then the Chauncellor lifte vp his head of on hys cushion and commaunded the Gaoler to take her away.

Dry. Now (sayd she) ye be not able to resist the truth, ye commaund me to prison agayne. wel, the Lord in thend shall iudge our causes, and to hym I leaue it. I wysse, I wysse, thys geare wil go for no payment then: soo went shee with the Gaoler away.

THe next day she came before them againe and the Chancellor then asked her what she sayd to the blessed Sacrament of the altar.

Dry. I wyl saye nothing to it. MarginaliaPapists beleue not th? selues.For you wyl neither beleue me nor your selues: for yesterdaye I asked you what a Sacrament was, and you sayde, it was a signe, and I agreed therto, and sayd it was the truth, confirming it by the scriptures, so that I went not from your owne wordes: and now yee come and aske mee agayne of such a Sacrament as I tolde you I neuer red of in the scriptures.

Chaun. Thou lyest naughtye woman: wee dyd not saye so, that it was a signe.

Dry. Why maysters, be ye not the men that you were yesterday? will ye eate youre owne