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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. Hen. 8. A Table of the Frenche Martyrs.
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
At Paris. an. 1554. | taken by certaine priestes at Bur ges, and there deliuered by the sayd priestes, vnto the Officiall. After a few dayes, the kings Iu- stices tooke him frō the Officiall, & sent him to Paris, wher, after great rebukes & tormentes, he suffered in the prison, & firmely persistyng in the professiō of the truth, by their capitall sentence was adiudged to haue hys tōgue cut out, and so was burned at Maulbert place in Paris. Ex Ioan. Crispi. |
MarginaliaWilliam Alencon, Martyr. A sherman, Martyr.False bre thren. | William Alencō, bookeseller A certeyn sherman. At Mont- pelliers. an. 1554. | This Alencon did much good in the prouinces of Fraunce, by carying bookes. Commyng to Montpelliers, he was there circū uented by false brethren, dete- cted, and layd in prison. In his faith he was firme and constant to the end of his martyrdome, beyng burned the vii. of Ianu- ary. an. 1554. There was the same tyme at Montpelliers, a certain sherman or clothworker, who had bene long in durance for religion, but at length for feare, and infirmi- tie, he reuolted. To whom it was inioyned by the iudges, to make publicke recantation, and to bee |
present also at the burning of Alencon aforesayd. At the be- holdyng of whose death and constancie, it pleased God to strike into this man such boldnes, that hee desired the Iudges, that either he might burne with this Alencon, or els bee brought agayne into prison, saying that hee would make no other recantatiō, but so. Wherfore within iii. dayes after, he was likewise condemned to the fire and burned, in the towne aforesayd. Ex Ioan. Crisp. |
| MarginaliaParis Panier, Martyr. | Paris Panier a lawyer. At Dola. an. 1554. | At Dola was beheaded a good and godly lawyer named Paris Panier, for constant standyng to the Gospell of Christ. an. 1554. Ex Pantal. |
| MarginaliaPeter du Val, Martyr. | Peter du Val Shoo- maker. At Nismes an. 1554. | At Neumaus in Delphinate, Peter du Val susteined sore and greuous rackings and torments: wherewith his body beyng bro- ken, dissolued, and maymed, yet hee notwithstandyng, manfully abydyng all their extremitie, would name and vtter none. Then was he had to the fire, and there consumed. an. 1554. Ex Ioan. Crisp. |
MarginaliaIohn Filieul, Iuliā Leuille, Martyrs.Gilles le Pers, Lieute- naunt for the Mar- shall of S. Andrew, and In- quisitor for þe Pro uince of Borbon. | Ioannes Filieul or Filiolus, Carpenter | These two bleßed and constāt martyrs, as they were goyng to- warde Geneua, with one of their sonnes and a daughter, were ap- prehended by Gilles le Pers, who in the way ouertaking thē, and most wickedly and Iudasly pretē ding great fauour to them and to their religion, whiche hee (as he sayd) supposed thē to be of, with these and many other fayre wordes circumuented and allu- red them, to confesse what was |
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
Ioh. Ber- geroni9, an other Inquisi- tor or coū sailour. | Iulianus Leuille, Pointema ker. At San- serre. an. 1554. | their faith, whether they went with their childrē, & also that their wyues were at Geneua. When they had declared this, the wretched traytor gaue a signe to his horsemen, and so were these simple Sainctes of Christ, entrap ped, and brought to the Castle of Niuerne. Beyng in prison, they were examined of many things: whereunto they aunswered vp- rightly, accordyng to their faith. MarginaliaTrāsubstātiation.First touchyng the Sacra- mēt, they affirmed the transub- stātiatiō of the Bishop of Rome, to bee agaynst the Article of the Crede, whiche sayth, that Christ is gone vp to heauen, and there sitteth at the right hand of God: and therefore the bread |
and wyne muste needes remayne in theyr properties, bearyng notwithstanding, a Sacrament or a holy signe of the bodye and bloude of the Lorde. For like as byMarginaliaA similitude betwene the bread, and the bodye of Christ. bread and wyne the hart of man is comforted: so the body of Christ crucified, and his bloud shed, spiritually hath the lyke operation in the soules of the beleuers. MarginaliaThe Masse.For the Masse, they sayd it was a thing most superstitious, and mere Idolatrie. And if we put any part of saluation ther in, they sayd it was vtterlye a robbing of the paßion of Christ the sonne of God, and that it was not once to bee named out of a Christen mouth. Also that they whiche saye that Peter either was pope, or author of the sayd Masse, are farre deceaued. And as for tur- nyng bread into the body of Christ, by the wordes of consecra tion, it was an errour (they sayd) more of madde mē, then any sad men: for as much as God is neither subiect to men, nor to the tongues or exorcismes of men. Purgatory they denyed to be any, saue onely the bloud of Christ Iesu. MarginaliaHonour to God, not to Saints.Furthermore, as they would not bereft the Sainctes of God of their due honour: so neither the Sainctes them selues (sayd they) will be contented to robbe God of hys honour, onely due to hym. As touchyng cōfession, their opiniō was, that the woūdes and causes of conscience, belong to no man, but only to God. After these aunsweres geuen and written, they were sent to the Monastery of Sāpeter, there to be disputed with. That done, the matter came to be debated among the Iudges, what was to be done with them. Some would their goodes to be ta ken by Inuentory, and them to be banished. But Bergeronius at last, caused to be determined that they should bee burned, and first to heare Masse. From that Court, they appealed to the court of Paris: but the matter there was nothing amēded. Where behold the iudgemēt of god: In the meane time, while they were at Paris, the wretched persecutor Gilles le Pers, MarginaliaNote the iust vengeaunce of God, vpon a wicked persecutor.was sodenly strockē madde & dyed in a frenesy: which made many mē to wonder, & especially the martyrs, to be more cō- stāt. At last the decree of the sentence was read agaynst thē: First for speaking against the Sacramēt: which they denyed. Secōdly, for speaking agaynst Baptisme: which also they de- nyed. Thirdly, for speaking contumely agaynst the Saintes: whiche they in like maner denied. After this the officer, MarginaliaTormēts.to cause them to recante, threatned them with torments: whiche they susteined very extreme, the space from after dyner, till iii. of the clocke. When all that would not turne them, he sent to them a Frier Dominicke, a man captious and sophisticall, to presse them in disputation. But as he could do no hurt vnto thē, so could they do no good vpon hym. When the time of their execution did approche, the officer afore- sayd, put into theyr handes being tyed, a wodden crosse, whiche they tooke with their teeth and flonge it awaye: for the whiche the officer commaunded both their tongues to be cut of. Wherin appeared an other meruelous worke of the Lord: For neuertheles that their tongues were takē frō them, to the entent they should not speake: yet God gaue thē vtte- rance, their tonges being cut out, to speake at their death: say |
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