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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.
| Persecuters. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
Barbosi, Iudge or dinary of Dragui- gnan. Ioachim Parta- nier, the kynges Aduocate Caual, & Caualie- ri, Con suls. The Officiall. Gaspar Siguier, Officer in Dra- guignā. A Frier Obser- uant. | At Dragui- gnan in Prouince. an. 1558. | he was one of Geneua, went to a Counseller of the Court of Aix, being then at Draguignā, whose name was De Lauris, sonne in MarginaliaOf Miners the great persecutor, read in the story of Merindoll.lawe to Miners, lord of Opede, the great persecutor against Me rindoll. &c. This Lauris consul- ting together with the foresayd Blanc, & pretendyng to bye cer- taine of his Corall, which he saw to be very fayre, and knowing also that hee had to the worth of iij. hūdreth crownes, incon- tinent, after his departyng from him, he sent to the officer of the towne, to attache the said Benet, as one being the greatest Luthe- rane in the world. Thus whē he was arrested, for the kinges pri- soner, Blanc and his felowes, whiche sought nothing but onely the praye, were ready to sease vpon his goodes, and likewise of the other ij. men, whom hee hy- red to beare his marchandise. Then were these iij. poore men separed a sunder, and Ro- mian examined before the Con- suls & the kinges Aduocate and MarginaliaInterrogatories ministred to Romian.other Counsellers, where he kept his Easter, whether he receaued |
at the same Easter, & whether he was cōfessed before, & fa- sted the Lent: also he was byd to say his Pater noster, the Crede, and Aue Maria. Whiche he did, but denied to say Aue Maria. Thē was he asked for, worshipping of Saintes, wemē Saintes, and men Saintes, and when he heard Masse: He sayd he would worship none but God alone. Masse he heard none these iiij. yeares, nor euer would. Wherupon he was committed to a stinking house of easemēt, with yrons & cheynes vpon his legges. Lauris thus hauing his will vpō the poore mā, sent for the Lieutenant, named Antonie Reueste, told him what he had done, and willed him to see the priso- ner. The Lieutenant beyng angrye that he did so vsurpe vpō his office, denied to go with him to the prisoner, excusing the filthy sauour of the place. Notwithstādyng the same day, the Lieutenant with an other, went to the prison, and caused the sayd Romian to come before him: of whō he enquired many thinges, of his dwellyng, of his name and age, his wife and children, of his facultie, and cause of his comming, also of his religion, and all such pointes therto belonging. Vnto MarginaliaRomian sealeth the confessiō of his faith.whom he aunswered agayne simply and truly in all respectes, as lay in his consciēce, and therunto beyng required (because he could not write) he put to his marke. After his confeßion, beyng thrise made, and his aunsweres taken, certaine fayth- full brethren of that place, found meanes to come to him, and counsailed him, that seyng he had sufficiently already made confeßion of his faith, he would seeke meanes to escape out from his enemyes, whiche sought nothyng but his death, and MarginaliaRomian refuseth to escape.shewed vnto him, what hee should say to the Lieutenant but he refused so to do, willyng there to render accompt of his faith, and contented to dye for the same. The fame of his constancie beyng knowen in the towne, MarginaliaBarbosi, a persecutor.Iudge Barbosi, a man blinde and ignorant, and no lesse de- formed, came to see him, and asked: what? do they beleue (sayd he) in any God, in Geneua? Romian looking vpō him, what art thou (said he) that so wretchedly doest blaspheme? I am (sayd he) the ordinarie Iudge of this place. And who MarginaliaA grosse question of a grosse iudge.hath put thee (sayd Romian) such a grosse and deformed person, in such an office? Thinkest thou that we be infidels, and no Christians? And if the deuils them selues do confesse a God, suppose you that they of Geneua do denye their God? MarginaliaThe free aunswere of a poore prisoner.No no, we beleue in God, we inuocate his name, and repose all our trust in him. &c. Barbosi tooke such grief with this, |
| Persecuters. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
departyng from Romian, that hee ceased not to pursue hymto death. The Lieutenant thē being vrged & much called vpō, & also threatned by this Barbosi, and other, prepared to procede in iudgemēt agaynst him, taking to him such Iudges & ad- uocates, as the order there required. There was the same time, an obseruaunt Frier, which had there preached all the Lent. He beyng very eger and diligēt to haue the poore Chri stian burned, and seyng the Iudges intentyue about the busi- nes, to set the matter forward, sayd that he would go and say Masse of the holy Ghost, to illuminate their intentes, to haueMarginaliaMake a common instrumēt for all thinges, & also to blowe the fyre. the sayd Romian cōdemned, and burned alyue at a litle fire. Moreouer he procured Caual, and Caualieri the Consuls, to threaten the Lieutenāt, that they would cōplaine of him to the hye Court of Parliament, if he would not after that sort, condemne him to be burnt. In the meane tyme, the faithfull Christians of the sayd towne, fearyng lest by his racking, daunger might happen to the brethren, sent to Romian a- gayne in the prison, certeine instructions, and meanes how he might be ayded, such as should not be against God. But whē MarginaliaFilij huius secult prudentiaores in sua generatione, q̃ filij iucis.the Lieutenant came, the poore man forgot his instructiōs: so simple he was, and ignoraunt of the subtilties of this world. Whē the tyme came that the Iudges were sette, and the proces should be read, Barbosi, with other whō the Frier had procured, had agreed before, that he should be fired alyue, & put to the racke, to disclose his felowes, & also gagged that he might not speake & infect the residue. On the other part, one there was of the Aduocates (albeit a man wholy superstiti- ous) seyng the rage of the other, gaue contrary aduise, saying: MarginaliaGood councell of an Aduocate.that he should be sent home agayne, for that he was a towne dweller of Geneua, neither had taught there any kinde of doc trine, nor brought any bokes, neither had they any informati ons against him: and that which he had spokē, was as a thing constrayned by his othe forced by the Iustice. And as tou- ching his opinion, it was no other, but as other yong men dyd folow, which were either of the one part, or of the other: and therefore that here remained no more but onely the Lieute- nant to geue his verdict. &c. Thus much beyng spoken, and also because the Lieutenaunt was before suspected, and the tyme of dyner drew nere, they arose for that tyme, differryng the matter to another season. The Frier obseruant, in this MarginaliaThe fryer still bloweth the coale of persecution.meane while was not idle, incityng still the Consuls and the people: who at the ringing of a bell, beyng assembled together, with the Officiall & the Priestes, in a great route, came cry ing to the Lieutenāt, to burne the hereticke, or els they would fire him and all his familie: and in semblable wise, did the same to the other Iudges & Aduocates. The Officiall moreo- uer added, that if it were not better seene to, then so, the Lu- therās would take such courage, and so shut vp their Church doores, that no mā should enter in. Thē, because the Lieute- nant would not take to him other Iudges after their mindes, in all posthast, the people contributed together, that at their owne charge, the matter should bee pursued at the Parlament of Aix, and so compelled the Lieutenant to bryng the proces vnto Iudgement, euery man crying: to the fire, to the fire, that he may be burned. MarginaliaThe cause of Romian remoued to the parlament of Aix.The Lieutenant beyng not able otherwise to appease the people, promised to bryng the matter to the highe Court of Aix, and so he did. They hearyng the information of the cause, commaunded the Lieutenant, and the other Iudges to deale no further therin, but to send vp the proces & the pri- soner to them. This went greatly against the mindes of them of Draguignan, whiche would fayne haue him condemned there. Whereupon Barbosi was sent out to the Parlament of Aix, where he so practised and laboured the matter, that the cause was sent down again to the Lieutenant, & he inioyned to take vnto him such auncient Aduocates, as their olde or- der required, and to certifie them agayne within viij. MarginaliaThe sentence and condemnation of Romian.dayes. And so Romian by the sentence of those olde iudges, was cōdemned to be burned alyue, if he turned not: if he did, then to be strangled, and before the execution, to be put vpō the racke, to the entent he should disclose the rest of his com- panie. From the whiche sentence Romian then appealed, |
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