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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 Spanishe Martyrs.
| Persecuters. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
MarginaliaXXX. Christian prisoners broughte before for counsel of the Inquisition.An. 1559. Maij, 21. In the towne of Valledolid, where c?monly the counsell of the Inquisition is wont to be kept, the Inquisitors had brought together many prisouers, both of high and lowe estate, to the number of xxx. also the coffin of a certein noble woman, with her Picture lying vpon it, which had bene dead long before, there to receaue iudgem?t & sen- tence. To the hearing of whiche sentence, they had ordeined MarginaliaThree stages.in the sayd towne, iij. mightye Theatries or stages. Vpon MarginaliaThe ceremoniall pompe of the Spanishe Inquisition.the first was placed Dame Iane, sister to king Philippe, and chief Regent of his realmes: also Prince Charles, king Phi- lippes sonne, with other Princes and States of Spayne. Vpon the other scaffold mo?ted the Archbishop De Seuille, Prince of the Synagoge of the Inquisitors, with the Counsell of the Inquisition: also other Bishops of the landes, and the kinges counsaile with them. After that the Princes, and other spirituall iudges, and counsellers were thus sit in their places, with a great garde of Archers, and Halberdiers, and harnissed souldiours: with iiij. Herauldes also of armes, geuing their attendance to the same, and the Earle of Buendia bearyng the naked sworde, all the market place where the stages were, beyng enuiro- ned with an infinite multitude of all sortes of the worlde there standyng, and gasing out of wyndowes, and houses to heare & see the sentences & iudgementes of thys Inquisiti?: then after all, were brought forthe (as a spectacle and tri- umphe) the poore seruauntes and witnesses of Iesus Christ, to the number (as is aforesayd) of thirty, clothed with their MarginaliaThe Spanish Mantell of S. Benet of yellow color with red crosses both before & behinde, called Sanbenito.Sanbenito, as the Spaniardes do call it, which is a maner of vesture, of yellow cloth comming both before them and be- hind them, spangled with read Crosses, and hauyng burning Cierges in their handes: also before them was borne a Cruci- fixe couered with blacke linen cloth, in token of mournyng. Moreouer, they which were to receaue the sentence of death, had Miters of paper vp? their heads, which the Spanyardes call Coracas. Thus they being produced, were placed in their order, one vnder an other, according as they were estemed cul pable: So that first of all, stode Doct. Cacalla, an Austin fri- er, a m? notable & singular in knowledge of diuinitie, prea- cher sometyme, to Charles the v. Emperour, both in hygher, and lower Germanie. These thinges thus disposed, then folowed a Serm?, made by a Dominicke Frier, whiche endured about an houre. Af-MarginaliaThis Dominicke was M. Melchior Cano. ter the Sermon finished, the Procurator generall, with the Archbishop, went to the stage, where the Princes and no- bles stode, to minister a solemne othe vnto them, vpon the Crucifixe painted in the Massebooke: the tenour of which MarginaliaThe oth geuen to the princes by the Inquisiton of Spayne.othe was this: Your Maiesties shall sweare, that you will fa uour the holy Inquisition, and also geue your consent vnto the same: and not onely that you shall, by no maner of way, hin- der and impeache the same, but also you shall employ the vt- termost of your helpe and endeuour hereafter, to see all them to bee executed, whiche shall swerue from the Churche of Rome, and adioyne them selues to the secte of the Lutheran heretickes, with out all respecte of any person or persons, of what estate, degree, qualitie, or condition soeuer they be. And thus much for the first article of the othe. The sec?d wasthis, as foloweth. Item, your Maiesties shall swere, that you shall con- straine all your subiectes, to submitte them selues to the Churche of Rome, and to haue in reuerence all the lawes and commaundementes of the same: and also to geue your ayde agaynst all them, whosoeuer shall hold of the heresie of the Lutherans, or take any part with them. In this sort and maner, when all the Princes and states, euery one in their degree, had receaued their othe, then the Archbishop liftyng vp his hand, gaue them his benediction, saying: God blesse your highnesses, and geue you long lyfe. This solemne Pageon thus finished, at last the poore captiues and prisoners were called out, the Procurator fiscall, or the Popes great Collectour, first beginnyng with Doctour Ca- calla, and so procedyng to the other in order, as here vnder in this Table foloweth, with their names, and their iudge- mentes described. |
| Persecuters. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
MarginaliaDoct. Cacalla, a frier Augustine, preacher sometyme to Charles. v. Martyr.The In- quisitors of Spaine The Popes great Col lector, or Procura- tor fiscall. The Archby- shop of Seuille. The Byshop of Val- lence. The Byshop of Or?se. | 1. Doctour Cacalla, a Frier Augustin. | Before the Popes great Pro- ctor or Collector fiscall, first was called forth Doctour Austin Ca calla. This Doctor was a Frier of Austins order, and Priest of the town of Valledolid, and prea cher sometymes to the Emperour Charles the v. a m? wel acco?ted of for his learnyng. Who for that he was thought to be as the stan derbearer to the Gospellers (wh? they called Lutherans) and prea cher and Doctor vnto th?, ther- fore beyng first called for, was brought from his stage, nearer to the Proctor fiscall, there to heare the sentence of his condemnati?: which was, that he should be de graded, and presently burned, & all his goods confiscate, to the pro fite and aua?cement of Iustice. |
| MarginaliaFrances de Biuero priest, and brother to Cacalla, Martyr. | 2. Frances de Biue- ro, Priest of Valle- dolid, & brother to the fore- sayd Ca- calla. | The second prisoner and next to Doctor Cacalla, that was called, was Frances de Biuero his bro- ther, Priest also of Valledolid, who receaued likewise the same sentence of condemnation. And to the intent he should not speake any thyng to the preiudice, or a- gainst the abuse of the sacrate In quisition, as he before had done both within and without the pri son, with much boldnes, and also because he was much fauored of the people: to the end therfore, that no commotion should come by his speaking, his mouth was so stopped and shut vp, that hee could not speake one worde. |
| MarginaliaDame Blanch sister to them, Martyr. | 3. Dame Blanche de Biue- ro. | The third, was Dame Bl?che, sister to the other two aforesayd, agaynste whom also was pro- nounced the like sentence, as vp? her brethren before. |
| MarginaliaIohn de Biuero, brother to the same, Martyr. | 4. Iohn de Biuero. | The fourth, was Iohn de Bi- uero, brother to the same kinred, who was also iudged an here- ticke, and condemned to perpe- tuall prison, and to beare his Sanbenito all hys lyfe longe: whiche is an habillement of dis- honour. |
| MarginaliaDame constance de Biuero, an other sister, Martyr. | 5. Dame C?stance de Biue- ro, sister to the same aforesayd. | Dame Constance de Biuero was the fift, sister to the other before specified, and wydowe of Ferdin?do Ortis, dwelling some- tyme, at Valledolid: who was also condemned with the like sen tence with her brethren, to bee burned. |
| MarginaliaDame Leonore de Biuero, mother to these Martyrs aboue, burnt after her death. | 6. The coffin with the dead corps of Dame | The sixt thunderbolt of con- demnation, was thundered out agaynst a poore coffin, with the dead corps, of Dame Leonore de Biuero, mother to these aboue named, beyng her selfe the sixte, & beyng already dead long be- fore, at Valledolid. Aboue her cof fin was her picture layd, which |
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