whatsoeuer was done vnto them, praising God, with Te Deum laudamus, and singyng Psalmes and rehearsing the Crede, in testimonie of their fayth. A certeine doctor beholdyng their iolitie & mirth, sayd vnto Henry, that he should take hede so folishly to glorifie himselfe. To whom he aunswered: God forbid that I should glorye in any thyng but onely in the crosse of my Lord Iesus Christ. An other counsayled hym to haue God before his eyes: vnto whom he aunswered, I trust that I cary him truly in my heart. MarginaliaBeholde howe constantly and ioyfully, these Martyrs take their death.One of them seyng that fire was kindled at his feete, sayd: me thinkes ye do strawe roses vnder my feete. Finally the smoke and the flame mountyng vp to theyr face, choked them.

Henry beyng demaunded amongest other thynges, whether Luther had seduced hym or no: yea (said he) euē as Christ seduced his Apostles. MarginaliaAgaynst all reason that the Clergie should be exempted fromt eh ciuill Magistrate.He sayd also, that it was contrary to Gods law, that þ^e Clergie should be exempted from the power and iurisdiction of the Magistrate ordeyned of God: for such as were ordeined in office by the Byshops, haue no power, but onely to preache the worde of God, and to feede their flocke therewithall. After their death, their Monastery was dissolued at Andwarpe. MarginaliaIacobus Lutherianus.The President wherof, by the Papistes called Iacobus Lutherianus, after diuers and many troubles and afflictions, was forced to recante at Bruxelles, but afterwarde his minde beyng renewed by the holy Ghost, embracyng that agayne which he before had renounced, hee fled vnto Luther. Ex 6. tomo. M. Lutheri. fol. 397.

MarginaliaHenry Sutphen, Martyr.THe next yeare after the burnyng of those ij. Christian Martyrs at Bruxels, aboue mentioned, with lyke tyranny also was martyred and burned without all order of iudgement or iust condemnation, about the Citie of Dietmar, in þ^e borders of Germanie, one Henry of Sutphen monke, an. 1524. MarginaliaEx Comment. Sled. Lib. 4.of whom mention is partly touched in the Commentaries of Ioh. Sledan. lib. 4. but his history is more amply described of Luther, of Paulus Eberus in his Calendar, of Ludou. Rabus, Crispinus, & other. This Sutphen had bene before with M. Luther, and afterward cōmyng to Antwarpe, was frō thence excluded for the Gospell, and so came to Breme, not to the intent there to preache, but for that he was minded to go to Wyttenberge, beyng driuen from Antwarpe, as is aboue sayd. Who beyng at Breme, was there required by certeine godly Citizens of Breme, to make one or ij. brief exhortations vpon the Gospell. Wherunto, through the earnest loue and zeale that was in hym, he was easely allured & persuaded. MarginaliaHenry Sutphen preacheth at Breme.He made his first sermon vnto þ^e people, the Sonday before S. Martins day. When þ^e people heard hym preach þ^e word of God so syncerely, they desired him agayne þ^e second time, & were so in loue w^t his doctrine, that þ^e whole parish required hym to tary amongest thē to preach þ^e Gospell: which thyng, for feare of daūger, for a time he refused. MarginaliaMonkes and priestes conspire agaynst Henry.Whē the religious route had vnderstanding hereof, specially the Canons, Mōkes & Priests, they went about withall endeuour, to oppresse hym, and thrust both him out of þ^e Citie, & also the Gospell of Christ (for that was their chief sekyng:) whereupon they went vnto the Senate, desiryng that such an hereticke might be banished the towne, whiche in his doctrine preached agaynst the Catholicke Churche. Vpon the complaynt of the Canons, the Senate sent for the Wardens, and the head men of þ^e Parishe where Henry had preached, who beyng come together, the Senate declared vnto them the complainte of the Canons & all the other religious men. MarginaliaThe Citizens of Breme excuse their preacher.Whereunto þ^e Citizens of Breme taking their preachers part, aūswered, that they knew none other, but that they had hyred a learned and honest mā to preache vnto them, which should teach them syncerely and truly the word of God. Notwithstādyng, if the Chapterhouse or any other mā, could bring testimoniall or wytnes, that the preacher had taught any thyng, whiche either sauourd of heresie, or were repugnant to the word of God, they were ready (they sayd) with the chapterhouse, to persecute hym: for God forbid that they should maintaine an hereticke. But if contrariwyse, the Canons of the chapter house and the other religious men will not declare and showe that the preacher, whom they had hyred, had taught any errour or heresie, but were set onely of malice, by violence to driue hym awaye, they might not (sayd they) by any meanes, suffer the same. Wherupon they desired the Senate with all humble obedience, that they would not requyre it of them, but graunt thē equitie & iustice, saying, that they were mynded to assiste their preacher alwayes, and to pleade his cause.

This aunswere the Senate commaunded to be declared to the chapterhouse. When as the religious sorte vnderstode that they could preuayle litle or nothyng by their woordes, burstyng out in a fury, MarginaliaThe Monkes & priestes complaine agayne of the preacher, to the Archbishop of Breme.they began to threaten, and therwithall, went strayghte vnto the Archbyshop to certifie hym, howe the Citizens of Breme were become heretickes, and would no longer obey their Religious sorte, with many other lyke thynges in their complaynt, so that it was to bee feared, least the whole Citie, shortly should bee seduced.

MarginaliaThe preacher cited to appeare before the Archbish.When the Bishop heard tell of these thinges, straightwaies he sent ij. which were of his coūsaile, vnto Breme, requiryng that Henry should be sent vnto hym without delay. MarginaliaFalse accusation.When they were demaūded why they would haue hym sent, they aunswered, because he preached agaynst the holy Churche. Beyng agayne demaunded, in what pointes or Articles, they had nothyng to saye. One of these counsellers, was the Bishops Suffragan, a naughtye pernicious hypocrite, which sought all meanes possible to cary away the sayd Henry captiue. Finally they receaued this aunswere of the Senatours, MarginaliaThe Senate denye to send the preacher to the bishop.that for so much as the preacher beyng hyred by the Churche Wardens, had not hitherto bene conuicte for an hereticke, and that no man had declared any erronious or hereticall Article that he had taught, they sayd, they could by no meanes obteine of the Citizens, that he should be caried away: MarginaliaThe Senate of Breme require a disputation of the Archbyshop.wherfore they earnestly desired þ^e Byshop that he would spedely send hys learned men vnto Breame to dispute with him, and if he were conuinced, they promised without any delay that he should bee iustly punished and sent away: if not, they would in no wise let him departe. Wherunto the Suffragan aunswered with a great protestation, requiryng that he myght be deliuered into hys handes, for the quietnes of the whole countrey, takyng God to his witnes, that in this behalfe, he sought for nothing els, but onely the commodity of his countrey. But for all this, they could preuayle nothyng, for the Senate continued still in their former minde. MarginaliaThe Suffragane would not confirme their children for anger.Whereupon the Suffragan beyng moued with anger, departed from Breame, and would not confirme their children. When he came vnto the Bishop, he declared the aūswere of the Senate, and what he had heard & learned of the Priestes and Monkes there. Afterward when dayly newes came, that þ^e preacher did still more and more preach and teache more heynous matter against þ^e Religious route, MarginaliaWhen the prelates cā not preuail by power, they fall to practise.they attempted another way, suborning great men to admonish the Citizens of Breme into what ieoperdye their cōmon wealth might fal by meanes of their preacher, preaching cōtrary to þ^e decree of the Pope and Emperour. Besides that, they sayd that he was the prisoner of the Lady Margarete, for which cause they had gotten letters of the Lady Margarete, requiryng to haue her prisoner sent vnto her agayne.

All these craftes and subtilties did nothyng at all preuayle, for the Senate of Breme aunswered all thynges without blame. When as the Byshop saw this his enterprise also frustrate, he attempted another way, whereby he had certeine hope, that both he and also the worde of God with hym should be wholy oppressed. MarginaliaAn other practise of the Archbyshop.Whereupon they decreed a prouinciall counsaile, not to bee holden at Breme as it was accustomed, but at Bucstade, whiche place they thought most meete for theyr purpose.

To this Councell were called all the Prelates & learned men of the dioces, to determine what was to bee be-