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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.
| Persecuters. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
and open their eyes, hee was offered his pardon at the stake, if he would conuerte, whiche he refused. Then hee prepared him selfe to his death, whiche he tooke paciently. VVherat many of the people weapt, saying why doth this man dye, whiche speaketh of nothyng but of God? Ex Hist. Gal. per. Crisp. lib. 6. |
MarginaliaPhilip Cene, Iames hys fellow, Martyrs.The accu sers ap- peare not in the sto- rye. | Philippe Cene. Iames his felowe. At Dyion. An. 1557. | This Philip Cene was an Apo- ticarie at Geneua. He was taken at Dyion, and there imprisoned, and in the same towne of Dyion, he with one Iames his cōpanion, was burned. As this Philippe went to his death singing Psal- mes, the Frier standyng by stop- ped his mouth with his hande. The most part of the people wept bytterly, saying: be of good cou- rage brethren, be not afrayde of this death. VVhich, when one of the aduersary part heard, hee sayd to one of the Magistrates, do you not see howe almost halfe part of the people is of their side, and doth cōfort them? Ex Ioā. Crisp. lib. 6. |
| MarginaliaArchambant, M. Nic. Russeau, Martyrs. | Archam- bant Se- raphon. M. Ni- colas du Rous- seau. At Dyion. An. 1557. | These ij. were in prison toge- ther with Philippe, and Iames aboue sayd, at Dyion. Archam- bant goyng about with a packet of pedlery ware to get his liuing, and commyng toward his wife, heard of certeine prisoners at Dyion, to whom he wrote to cō- forte them with his letters. The next day after he was searched at Aussone, and letters of certein scholers of Paris founde about him: then was hee brought to Dyion, where he with the other, called M. du Rousseau con- stantly suffered. The same Archambant had bene also condēned iij. yeares, be- fore at Tule, & as he was led to Bordeaux, he escaped. Ex ei9 e- pist. ad vxorē, apud Cris. li. 6 |
MarginaliaPhilbert Hamelin, Martyr.The kynges Atturney of Sainc- tes Ville. | Philbert Hamelin At Borde- aux. An. 1557. | Philbert Hamelin first was a priest: thē he went to Geneua, where he exercised printing, and sent bookes abroade. After that, he was made minister at the towne of Allenart in Sain- tonge: In which and in other places moe, hee did much good in edifying the people. At last he was apprehended at Saintes Ville, and with him his hoste a Priest, whom he had instructed in the Gospell, and after confes- sion made of his faith, he with the sayd Priest was caryed to Bordeaux before the president. As he was in prison on a sonday, a Priest came in with all his furniture to say Masse in the prison. VVhom Philbert seyng to be reuested, came and plucke his garmentes from his backe, with such zeale and vehemen- cie, that the Masse garments, |
| Persecuters. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
MarginaliaThe zeale of Philbert.with the chalice and candlestickes fell downe and were broken, saying: is it not enough for you to blaspheme God in Churches, but you must also pollute the prisons with your Idolatrie? The Jaylour hearyng of this, in his furye layde vpon him with his staffe, and also complained of him: wher- by he was remoued to the common prison, and layd in a lowe pitte, laden with great yrons, so that his legges were swollen withall, and there cōtinued viij. dayes. A litle before, he per- ceauing the Priest his host, to decline frō the truth, did what he could to cōfirme hym in the same: but whē he knew, that he had flatly ronounced Christ and his worde, he sayd vnto him, O vnhappye and more then miserable, is it poßible for you to be so foolishe, as for sauyng a few dayes, whiche you haue to lyue by the course of nature, so to start away and to denye the truth? Knowe you therefore, that although you haue, by your foolishnes, auoyded the corporall fire, MarginaliaPhilbert prophecieth.yet your life shall be neuer the longer, for you shall dye be- fore me, and God shall not geue you the grace, that it shall bee for hys cause, and you shall be an example to all MarginaliaThe marueilous iudgement of God agaynst Apostataes.Apostates. He had no sooner ended his talke, but the Priest goyng out of prison, was slayne by ij. gentlemen, which had a quarell to him. VVherof when M. Philbert had heard, he affirmed that he knew of no such thing before, but spake as pleased God to guyde his tongue. VVherupon immediatly he made an exhortation of the prouidence of God, whiche by the occasion hereof, moued the hartes of many, and cōuerted them vnto God. At last, the foresayd Philbert, after his condemnatiō, was had to the place of his Martyrdome before the Palace, and as he was exhortyng the people: to the entēt his wordes should MarginaliaTrumpets blowen to stoppe the hearing of Philbert.not be heard, the trumpettes blew without ceasing. And so beyng fastened to the post, this holy martyr praying and ex- horting the people, was strangled, and his body with fire con- sumed, on Palmesonday euen. Ex Gal. hist. Crisp. lib. 6. |
MarginaliaNicolas Sartorius, Martyr.Ripet a Secreta- rye. Antony Eschaux Baily. The kynges Procura- tor. | Nicola9 Sartori9 At Ost by Piedmont An. 1557. | Nicolaus Sartorius, of the age of xxvi. yeares, borne in Pied- mont, came to the partes of Chā bery in the Lēt, where a certain Wardē of the friers in the towne of Oste had preached on good Friday, vpon the Paßion. The report of whiche Sermon beyng recited to this Sartorius, by one that heard him, Sartorius repre hended the errour and blasphe- mies therof, which were agaynst the holy Scriptures. Shortly af- ter, the partie that told him, went to a Secretarye named Ripet, who couertlye came to entrappe Nicolas, demaundyng hym of the Friers Sermon: And did not our preacher (said he) preach well? No, sayd Nicolas, but he lyed falsely. Ripet entryng fur- ther with him, demaūded: And do not you beleue the body of the Lord to be in the hoste? To whō |
Nicolas thē aunswered againe, that to be against our Crede, whiche sayth, that he ascended vp and sitteth. &c. Incontinent Ripet went to the Frier and his companions, to cause him to be apprehended. The frendes of Nicolas per- ceauing the daūger, willed him to auoyde and saue him selfe, and also accompanied him out of the towne, about the space of 3. leagues. Then was great pursute made after him to all quarters, who at length was taken at the towne of S. Remi, at the foote of the moūtain of great S. Bernard, where he was examined before Antony Eschaux Baily of the towne, and other Iustices, before whō he aunswered with great boldnes, for his faith. Thē they brought him to the racke, & whē the Sergeaūt refused to draw the cord, the Baily him self & the Receauer, with a Canō, did racke him with their own hāds. |
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