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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.
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MarginaliaPeter Arondeau, Martyr.Priestes of Ro- chelle. Monroy, a Priest. The Lieute- nant of Rochelle The Cardinal of Lor- raine. Magistri. S. Andre. | Peter Aron- deau. At Paris. an. 1559. | The towne of Rochelle, as it is a place of great cōmoditie because of the sea: so was it not inferiour to other good townes in Fraunce, for nourishing & supportyng the holy assembles of the Lord. Vnto the which towne, about the yere of our Lord. 1559. resorted one Peter Arondeau, a man of base condition, with a litle packet of mercerye ware, there to sell: who there being knowen, to adioyne him self to the Church & cōgre- gation of the faithfull, was de- maunded of certein ministers of Antichrist, whether he would go MarginaliaThe Masse.to here Masse, or no. He sayd that hee had bene there to ofte, to his great grief: and that since the time that the Lord had takē the vaile from his eyes, he knew the Masse to be abhominable, forged in the shop of the enemye of all mākind. They to whō he thus an swered, were priestes: amongst whome was one named Mon- roy, who taking the other there present, for witnesses, brought him straight to the Lieute- naunt. The deposition beyng |
taken, and information made, it was decred incontinent, that his body should be attached. And although by one of his frendes he was admonished to saue him selfe and to auoyde the daunger, yet hee ceased not to put him selfe in his ene- myes handes, and so was ledde prisoner. As he was in prison, many of the faithfull came to cōfort him: but rather he was able to comfort not onely them, whiche came to comfort him, but also the other, which were there prisoners with him. The priestes left no diligence vnsought, to stirre vp the Lieutenaunt, whiche was of him selfe, to much inflamed in such matters. Arondeau, after many interrogations and threatnyng wordes, and also fayre promises of his pardon, still continued MarginaliaPeter Arondeau cōdemned.one man. Then the Lieutenant seyng his constancie, condem- ned him to death. Arondeau praising God for his grace geuē, did not a litle reioyse that he might suffer in that quarel, and in token of reioysing, did sing a Psalme, beyng fully resolued to accept the sayd condemnation, without any appeale. But his frendes not pleased with this resolution, came to him, and so persuaded with him, not to geue his life so good chepe, ouer to his enemies handes, that he was turned from that, and MarginaliaPeter Arondeau appealeth.made his appeale. The appeale beyng entred, the Lieutenant, seking to gratifie the aduersaries of the Gospell, and especial- ly the Cardinall of Lorraine, secretly, by the backe side of the towne, and out of the hye way, conueyd the poore prisoner vnto Paris. Who being brought vnto Paris, by priuie iour- neys (as is sayd) was put into prison, committed to the custo- die of two Presidentes: to witte, Magistri, and S. Andre. By the meanes of whom, the sentence of the Lieutenant was cō- firmed, and also put in execution, the 15. of Nouemb. in the yeare aboue sayd: on the whiche daye, the sayd Aron- deau was burned quicke at the place called S. Iohn in Greue, at Paris. The constancie heroicall whiche God gaue hym, & wherin he endured victorious vnto death, was a mirrour or glasse of pacience to M. Anne du Bourge Counseller in the Parlament of Paris, and to diuers other then prisoners, and was to them a preparation toward the like death, whiche shortly after they suffered. Not longe after the happye end of this blessed Martyr, the forenamed Monroy, which was the principall accu- ser and partie against him, was strockē with a disease Marginalia* Apoplexia is a sicknes engendred in the braine by aboudaunce of grosse humers, which depriue them that haue it, of speech, feeling, and mouing. Most commonly it assayleth glottons, drūkards and surfetters.called * Apoplexia, and therupon sodenly dyed. By this and many other such lyke examples, the myghtyIudgement of God most euidently may appeare: who albeit |
| Persecuters. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
cōmonly he doth vse to begin his Iudgement with his owne houshold in this worlde: yet neither doth his aduersaries al- wayes escape them selues, the terrible hand of his Iustice. MarginaliaGods iuste vengeaunce vpon the Lieutenant, a persecutour.Also the Lieutenant, whiche was his condemner, taryed not long after the priest, but he was arrested personally to appeare before the kinges Counsaile, through the procuremēt of a certeine Gentleman of Polonie, called Antonie de L'e- glise, agaynst whom the sayd Lieutenant had geuen false and wrong Iudgement before. By reason wherof the foresaid Gentleman so instantly did pursue him, before the Lordes of the Counsaile, that all the extorsions and polynges of the Lieutenant were there openly discouered, and so he condem- ned to paye to the Gentleman a thousand Frenche crownes of the sunne, within 14. dayes, vpō paine of double as much. MarginaliaNote.Also he was deposed of his office, & there declared vnworthy to exercise any royall office hereafter for euer, with infamie, and shame perpetuall. Ex Crisp. lib. 6. pag. 907. |
MarginaliaThomas Moutarde, Martyr.A Priest of Valen- ciennes. | Thomas Mou- tarde. At Vallen- ciennes. an. 1559. | In the towne of Valenciēnes, not farre from Fraūce, the same yeare, whiche was. 1559. in the moneth of Octob. suffered Thomas Moutarde. Who first beyng conuerted from a disorde- red life, to the knowledge of the Gospell, is to vs a spectacle of Gods great gracious mercy to- ward his elected Christiās. This Moutard was attached for cer- taine wordes spoken to a Priest, saying thus, that his God of the hoste was nothing but abomina- tion, whiche abused the people of God. These wordes were taken first as spoken in his dronkennes. But the next day after, whē the same woordes were repeted to him agayne, to knowe whether he would abyde by the wordes there vttered, or no: he sayd, yea. |
MarginaliaAgaynst the bodily presence of Christ in the hoste.For it is an abuse (sayd he) to seke Iesus Christ any other where, then in heauen, sittyng at the glory and right hand of God his father: and in this, he was ready to lyue and dye. His proces beyng made, hee was condemned to bee burned quicke. But as hee was caried from the towne house, to the MarginaliaConstancie of a good conscience.place of punishment, it was neuer sene, a man with such con- stancie to be so assured in hart, and so to reioyce at that great honour, whiche God had called him vnto. The hangman hasted as much, as was poßible, to bynde him, and dispatche him. The Martyr in the myddest of the flaming fire, liftyng vp his eyes vnto heauen, cryed to the Lorde, that he would haue mercy on his soule: and so in great integritie of fayth and perseueraunce, he gaue vp his lyfe to God. Ex Ioan. Crisp: lib. 6. |
¶ This Dutch story should haue gone before, with the Dutche Martyrs. But seyng Vallenciēnes is not farre distant from Fraunce, it is not much out of order, to adioyne the same wt the Frenche Martyrs: who all together at length, shalbe ioyned n the kingdome of Christ: which day þe Lord send shortly. Amē. |
¶ Thus haue we (throughe the assistance of the Lord) deduced the Table of the French and also of the Dutch Martyrs, vnto the tyme and reigne of Queene Elizabeth, that is, to the yeare. 1560. Since the whiche tyme, diuers also haue suffered, both in Fraunce, & in the lower countrey of Germany, whose storyes shalbe declared (the Lorde willyng) more at large, whē we come to þe tyme of Queene Elizabeth. In the meane season it shall suffice for this present, to insert their names onely, which here do folow. |
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