Marginalia1555. Septemb.goyng to his death I can report, that the said blessed seruaunt of the Lord M. Robert Glouer, after he was condemned by the Bishop, and was now at a poynt to bee deliuered out of this world, it so happened, that ij. or iij. dayes before, his hart beyng lumpish and desolate of all spirituall consolation, felt in him selfe no aptnes nor willyngnes, but rather a heauines and dulnes of spirite,MarginaliaRobert Glouer destitute for a time of the Lords comfort. full of much discōfort to beare that bitter Crosse of Martyrdome ready now to be layd vpō him. Wherupon he fearing in him selfe, lest the Lord had vtterly withdrawen his wonted fauour from him, made his mone to this Austen his frend aboue remembred, signifiyng vnto him, how earnestly he had prayed day and night vnto the Lord, and yet could receaue no motion nor sense of any comfort frō him. MarginaliaThe Lord for a time may withdraw hys comfortes, but at length he visiteth a hys seruantes.Vnto whom the sayd Austen aunswering againe, willed and desired him paciently to waite the Lordes pleasure, and how soeuer his present feelyng was, yet seyng his cause was iust & true, he exhorted him constantly to sticke to the same, & to play the man, nothing misdoubtyng but the Lord in his good time would visite him, & satisfie his desire with plenty of consolatiō, wherof (he sayd) he was right certaine and sure, and therfore desired him, when soeuer any such feelyng of Gods heauenly mercies should begyn to touch his hart, that then he would shew some signification therof, wherby he might witnes with him the same, and so departed from him. The next day, whē the time came of his Martyrdome, as he was goyng to the place & was now come to the sight of the stake, although all the night before praying for strength & courage he could fele none, MarginaliaRobert Glouer receaueth againe cōfort of the Lord.sodenly he was so mightely replenished with Gods holy cōfort & heauenly ioyes, that he cryed out clappyng his handes to Austen, and saying in these wordes: Austen, he is come, he is come, &c. and that with such ioy and alacritie, as one seemyng rather to be risen from some deadly daunger, to liberty of life, then as one passing out of the world by any paines of death. Such was the chaunge of the meruelous workyng of the Lordes hand vpon that good man.

MarginaliaCornelius Bongey, Martyr.IN the same fier wyth hym was burned also Cornelius Bongey a Capper of Couentry, and condemned by the sayd Radulph Bishop of Couentry and Lichfield. As concernyng the Articles which were to hym obiected, the effect thereof was thys.  

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BL, Harley 421, fo. 80r-v is the original of the articles charged against Bungay. The version Foxe printed is accurate; unfortunately there is no surviving copy of Bungay's answers to the articles.

MarginaliaArticles obiected to Cornelius Bongey.Fyrst it was articulate agaynst hym, that these three yeares last, in the City of Couentry and Lichfield, and other places about, he dyd hold, mayntaine, argue and teach, that the Priest hath no power here to absolue any synner from hys sinnes.

Secondly, that by Baptisme synnes bee not washed away, because he sayd that the washing of the flesh purgeth the flesh outwardly, and not the soule.

Thirdly, that there be in the Church onely two Sacraments, that is, Baptisme, and the Lords Supper.

Fourthly, that in the sacrament of their popish aulter, was not the reall body and bloud of CHRIST, but the substance of bread and wyne there remayning styl, because S. Paule calleth it bread and wyne. &c.

Fiftly, that he within the compasse of the sayd yeres and time, did hold, maintain and defend, that the Pope is not the head of the visible church here in earth. &c.

Sixtly, that he was of the dioces and iurisdiction of the Bishop of Couentry and Lichfield. &c.

Seuenthly, that the premises are true, manifest, and notorious, and that vpon the same there hath beene and is a publicke voyce & fame, as well in the places aboue rehearsed, as in other quarters also about. &c.

MarginaliaHis answeres to the Articles.Vnto the which articles he aunswering agayne, to the first he graunted, and to euery part therof, meaning

after the popish maner of absolution.

The second he graūted first, after reuoked the same.

To the thyrd also he graunted, adding wythall, that in scripture there be no more contayned.

To the fourth, touching the sacrament, he graunted and to euery part thereof.

To the fift concerning the Pope, likewyse.

Also to the sixt he graunted, & likewise to the seuēth.

Vpon these articles and his aunsweres to the same, the sayd Radulph the Bishop read the sentence, and so committed him also after the condemnation of Master Robert Glouer, to the secular power.

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This image (Type 2) has a close family resemblance to the small cut (f) of two men chained to one stake, though here they are clothed in the usual simple garments, and face each other in an embrace of Christian amity.

Thus thys foresayd Cornelius falsely condemned by the Bishop before mentioned, suffered at the same stake with the Christian Martyr Master Robert Glouer at Couentry, about the. xx. day of September.

Here followeth the storye of Iohn Glouer and William Glouer, how they were excommunicate and cast out after their death, and buried in the fieldes.  

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John Glover and William Glover

The narratives of the excommunications and deaths of John and William Glover first appeared in the 1570 edition. This account was based entirely on information supplied to Foxe by informants: for the account of John Glover, he states that Mary Glover, the wife of John's brother Robert, was his source and for the account of William Glover he lists a number of informants. There were no changes to these accounts in the 1576 and 1583 editions.

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MarginaliaIohn Glouer, & W. Glouer after theyr death condemned and cast out for hetickes.NOw that we haue discoursed the story of Master Robert Glouer, something also would be touched of hys other two brethren Iohn and William Glouer. Who albeit they were not called to finish theyr course by lyke kynde of Martyrdome in the fier, as the other dyd: yet because for theyr constant profession of Gods Gospell vnto the latter end, they were exempted after theyr death, and cast out of the same Church, as the other was, I thought them not vnworthy therfore in the story to be ioyned together, which in one cause and the same profession were not sundered one from the other. And first concerning M. Iohn Glouer the eldest brother, what inward stormes and agonies hee sustained by the ghostly enemy, partly ye heard before described: now what hys bodely enemies wrought against hym, remaineth to be declared. Whose rage and malice, although God so restrayned, that they could little preuayle agaynst hym so long as hys lyfe endured, yet after hys decease, hauyng power vpon hym, what they dyd ye shall now vnderstand.

After the Martyrdome of Master Robert Glouer, although Iohn Glouer seyng hys brother to be appre-