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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 the Frenche Martyrs.
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
At Paris. An. 1546. | ned, at the first confessed all, and more then they were willyng to beare. In the time of this Inqui- sition, as they were examinyng him of certaine pointes of religi- on, and asked him whether hee would stand to that he sayd or | |
not: he gaue this aunswere againe, worthye to bee rege- stred in all mens hartes, saying: And I aske you agayne Lord Iudges, dare you be so bold to deny that is so playne & manifest by the open wordes of the Scripture? So litle regard had he to saue his owne life, that he desired the Iudges, both at Meaux, and at Paris, for Gods sake, that they would rather take care of their owne lyues and soules, and to consi- der how much Jnnocent bloud they spilled dayly in fightyng agaynst Christ Iesus, and his Gospell. At last, beyng brought to Paris, through the meanes of M. Peter Liset, a great persecutor, for that they of Meaux, should take by him no encouragemēt, there he was deteined, and suffered his martyrdome: where no kind of crueltie was lacking, whiche the innocent Martyrs of Christ Iesus were wont to be put vnto. Ex Henr. Pantal. & hist. Gallicana. |
MarginaliaSteuē Polliot, Martyr.The names of his perse- cutours in the sto- ry be not expressed. | Steuen Polliot. At Paris. An. 1546. | Steuen Polliot comming out of Normandy (where hee was borne) vnto Meaux, taried not there long, but was compelled to flye, and went to a towne cal- led Fera: where he was apprehē ded, and brought to Paris, and there cast into a fowle and darke prison. In whiche prison he was kept in bandes and fetters a long space, where hee saw almost no light. At length beyng called for before the Senate, and his sen- tence geuen to haue his tongue |
cut out, and to be burned aliue, his satchell of bookes hanging about his necke: O lord (sayd he) is the world in blindnes & darknes still? For he thought beyng in prison so long, that the world had bene altered from his old darknes, to better know- ledge. At last, the worthy Martyr of Iesus Christ hauing his bookes about his necke, was put into the fire, where he with much pacience, ended this trāsitory life. Ex Henr. Pantal. |
MarginaliaIoh. Englishe, Martyr.The hye Senat of Paris. | Ioh. Eng lishe. an. 1547. | He was executed and burned at Sens in Burgūdie, beyng con- demned by the high Courte of Paris, for cōfeßing the true word of God. Ex Crisp. et Adrian. |
| MarginaliaMichaell Michelot, Martyr. | Michael Miche- lote, a Taylor. an. 1547. | This Taylour beyng apprehē- ded for the Gospels sake, was iudged first, if he would turne, to be beheaded: and if he would not turne, then to bee burned alyue. Who beyng asked whether of these two hee would chuse, aun- swered, that he trusted that he which had geuen hym grace not to denye the truth, woulde also geue him pacience to abyde the fire. He was burned at Werden by Turney. |
MarginaliaLeonardus de Prato, Martyr.Two false bre- thren. | Leonar- dus de Prato. An. 1547. | This Leonard goyng from Dyion, to Bar, a towne in Bur- gundie, with two false brethren, and talking with them about re ligion, was bewrayed of them, and afterward burned. |
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
| MarginaliaVij. Martyrs. | Iohn Taf- fingnon. Ioanne his wife. Simō Ma reschall. Ioanne his wife. W. Mi- chant. ames Boule- rau. Iames Bretenay An. 1547. | All these vij. beyng of the Ci- tie of Langres, for the word & truth of Christ Iesus, were com- mitted to the fire: wherein they dyed with much strength and comfort. But especially Ioanne, which was Symons wife, beyng reserued to the last place, because she was the yongest, confirmed her husband and all the other, with wordes of singular consola- tion, declaryng to her husband, that they should the same day, be maried to the Lord Iesus, to lyue with him for euer. Ex Pantal. Crisp. & alijs. |
The Se- nate of Paris. | Mischaell Mareschal. Ioh. Cam9 Great Ioh. Camus. Iohn Sera- phin. An. 1547. | These also, the same yeare and about the same tyme, for the like confeßion of Christes Gospell, were condemned by the Senate of Paris, and in the same Citie also with like crueltie, were bur- ned. Ex Pantal. Crisp. |
MarginaliaOctouien, Martyr.The host of Octo- uien, at Lyons. Gabriell of Saccō- nex Pre- centeur. | Octouiē Blondel, a mar- chaunt of precious stones. At Paris. an. 1548. | This Octouien, as hee was a great occupyer in all fayres and countreys of Fraunce, and well knowen, both in the Court, and els where: so was hee a singular honest man, of great integritie, and also a fauorer of Gods word. Who beyng at his hostes house in Lyons, rebuked the filthy talke, and superstitious behauiour, whiche there he heard and saw. Wherefore the hoste bearyng to him a grudge, chaunced to haue certein talke with Gabriel of Sac cōnex Precenteur, cōcerning the riches, & a sumptuous coller set with rich iewels, of this Octouiē. Thus these ij. consultyng toge- ther, did suborne a certein per- son to borowe of him a certeine summe of crownes. VVhiche be- cause Octouien refused to lende, the other caused him to be appre hended for heresie, thinking ther by to make a tachement of his goods. But such order was taken by Blondels frēds, that they were frustrate of their purpose. Then Blondell beyng examined of his faith, gaue a plaine and full con- |
feßion of that doctrine, which he had learned, for the which he was cōmitted to prison: where he did much good to the pri MarginaliaFayth ioyned with good workes.soners there. For some that were in debt, he payd their credi- tours, and loosed them out. To some he gaue meate, to other, rayment. At length, through the importune persuasions of his parentes & frendes, he gaue ouer and chaūged his cōfeßion. Notwithstanding the Precenteur not leauing so, appealed him vp to the hye Court of Paris. There Octouien beyng as- ked agayne, touchyng his faith, which of his ij. confeßions he would sticke to, he beyng before admonished of his fall, and of the offence geuen thereby to the faythfull, sayd he would lyue and dye in his first confeßion, whiche he defended to be consonant to the veritie of Gods worde. Whiche done, he was condemned to be burned, and so hast was made to his exe- cution, lest his frendes in the Courte, might come betwene, and saue his life. Ex Ioan. Crisp. lib. 6. |
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