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1. Henry VIII's reign2. Dissension among mendicant orders3. Persecution of Lollards4. Richard Hun5. Lollard martyrs6. Persecution in diocese of Lincoln7. Colet, Chaucer and Gower8. Prophecies preceeding Luther9. Martin Luther10. Adrian VI11. Final years of Luther12. Swiss Reformation13. German martyrs14. French martyrs15. Spanish martyrs16. Italian martyrs17. Merindol and Cabriers18. Angrogne
K. Henry. 8. A Table of Martyrs which suffered in Germanie.
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
At Louane. An. 1544. | beyng charged vnder a great pe- naltie, durst let nothyng to come vnto him. At last what became of him, no man could learne nor vnderstand. Some iudge that he was either famished for hunger, or els that he was secretly drow- ned. Ex Franc. Encenate. |
MarginaliaIustus of Louane, Martyr. Frāciscus Encenas, prisoner. Iustus perit de terra.Dorsar- dus a Po testate in that coun trey, and a greate persecu- tour. | Iustus Imbs- berger. At Brusels An. 1544. | Iustus, a skinner of Louane, be ing suspected of Lutheranisme, was founde in his house to haue the newe Testament and cer- taine Sermons of Luther: For the whiche hee was committed, and his Iaylour commmaunded, that he should speake with none. There were the same time, in the lower prison vnder them, Egidi- us, and Franciscus Encenas a Spaniard, who secretly hauyng the dores left open, came to him, and confirmed him in the cause of rightuousnes. Thus is the pro- uidence of the Lorde neuer lac- king to his Saintes, in time of ne- ceßitie. Shortly after came the Doctours and maisters of Lo- uane, to examine him of certain articles touchyng religion, as of the Popes supremacie, Sacrifice of the Masse, Purgatory, and of/l> the Sacrament, &c. Whereunto when he had aunswered plainly and boldly, after the Scriptures, and would in no wise bee remo- ued, he was condēned to the fire: but throughe interceßion made to the Queene, his burnyng was pardoned, & he onely beheaded. Ex Franc. Encenate. |
MarginaliaGyles, Martyr. Good workes going with a liuely fayth.The per- son of Brusels. | Gyles of Brusels. An. 1544. | This Giles was borne in Bru sels, of honest parentes. By his oc cupatiō he was brought vp frō his youth to be a Cutler: In the which occupatiō he was so expert & cū nyng, that he waxed therby riche & wealthy. Cōming to the yeres of 30. he began to receaue the light of the Gospell, through the reading of the holy scripture, and encreased therein exceding- ly. And as in zeale he was fer- uēt, so was he of nature humane, milde, and pitifull, paßing all o- ther in those partes. What soeuer hee had, that neceßitie could |
spare, he gaue it away to the poore, and onely lyued by his science. Some he refreshed with his meate: some with clothing: to some he gaue his shoes: some he helped with houshold stuffe: to other some he ministred holsome exhorta- tion of good doctrine. One poore woman there was brought to bed, and had no bed to lye in, to whom hee brought his owne bed, hym selfe contented to lye in the strawe. | ||
The sayd Egidius beyng detected by a Priest or person of Brusels, was taken at Louane for that religion, whiche the Pope doth call heresie. Where his aduersaries extended great care and diligēce to reduce him to their doctrine, and to make him abiure. But as he was a mā well reasoned, and singularlye wytted, they went awaye manye tymes with shame. Thus beyng deteined viij. monethes in prison, he was sent to Brusels to be iudged: where hee comforted diuers |
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
MarginaliaThe humble hart of Gylet. Feruencie of prayer. Blasphemie of Papistes.which were there in prison (among whom was also Francis- cus Encenas) exhortyng thē to constancie of the truth vnto the crowne which was prepared for them. At the table he ministred to thē all, beyng contented him self with the fewe scrappes whiche they lefte. In his prayers he was so ardent, kneling by him selfe in some secret place, that he semed to for get him selfe. Beyng called many tymes to meate, he neither heard, nor saw them that stode by him, till he was lift vp by the armes, and then gently hee would speake vnto them, as one waked out of a swete slepe. Certeine of the Gray Friers some tymes were sent vnto him by two and two, to reduce hym, but he would alwayes desire them to departe from him, for he was at a point. And when the Friers at any tyme did miscall him, he euer helde his peace, at such priuate iniuries: in somuch that those blas- phemers would say abroad, that hee had a dombe deuill in hym. But when they talked of any religion, there he spared not, but aunswered them fully by euidences of the scripture, in such sort, that diuers times they would depart merueling. At sondry tymes he might haue escaped, the dores beyng let open, but he would not, for brynging his keper in perill. At length, about the moneth of Ianuary, he was brought to an other prison, to bee constrained with tormentes to con- fesse Purgatory, & to vtter moe of his felowes. But no force- mēt would serue. Wherfore vpon the 22. of Ianuary he was condemned to the fire, but priuely, cōtrary to the vse of that countrey, for openly they durst not condemne him for feare of the people: so well was he beloued. When tidynges of the sentence came vnto him, he gaue harty thākes to God, that the houre was come, when he might glorifie the Lord. As he was brought to the place of burning, where he saw a great heape of woode piled, he required the greater part therof to be taken away, and geuē to the poore: a litle (sayd he) would suffice him. Also seyng a poore mā commyng by, as he went, that lacked shoes, hee gaue his shoes vnto hym. Better (said he) so to doe, then to haue his shoes burnt, and the poore to perishe for cold. Standyng at the stake the hangeman was |
MarginaliaThe Martyrdome of Gyles.
MarginaliaThe zeale of the people agaynst the bloudy friers.ready to strangle him before, but he would not, saying, there was noo such nede that his payne should bee mitigated, for I feare not (sayd he) the fire, do therefore as thou are com- maunded. And thus the blessed Martyr, liftyng vp his eyes heauen, in the midle of the flame, was extincted, to the great lamentation of all that stode by. After that tyme, whē the Friers of that Citie would go about for their almes, the people would say: it was not meete for them to receaue al- mes with bloudye handes. This history you shall finde more copiously described, in Franc. Encenas. Ex Frāc. Encen. |
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