MarginaliaAn. 1555. October.ment consider your state, gaue you respyte from that tyme yesterday when we dimissed you, vntill this time, and now haue called you agayne here in this place, by your aunsweres to learne whether you are the same man as you were then or no? MarginaliaThe Articles agayne propounded to M. Latymer.Therefore wee will propose vnto you the same articles which we did then, and require of you a determinate aunswere, without farther reasoning, and eftsones recyted the first article.

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MarginaliaM. Latymer agayne answereth with protestation, as before.Lat. Alwayes my protestation saued,  

that by these myne answeres it should not be though that I did condescend and agree to your Lordships authority in that you are legased by authority of the Pope, so that therby I might seeme to consent to hys iurisdiction, to the first article I aunswere now as I did yesterday, MarginaliaThe very body of Christ receaued in the Sacramēt by the spirite & grace.that in the Sacrament the worthy receiuer receiueth the very body of CHRIST, and drinketh his bloud by spirite, and grace. But after that corporall being which the Romish Church prescribeth, CHRISTES body and bloud is not in the Sacrament vnder the formes of bread and wyne.

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The Notaries tooke his aunswere to bee affirmatiuely. MarginaliaAnswers to the 2. and 3. Articles.For the second article, he referred himselfe to hys aunsweres made before.

Linc. After this the Bishop of Lincolne recyted the third article, and requyred a determinate aunswere.

Lat. CHRIST made one oblation and sacrifice for the sinnes of the whole world, and that a perfect sacrifice, neyther needeth there to be any other, neither can there be any other propitiatory sacrifice.  

The Notaries tooke his aunswere to bee affirmatiuely.

In like maner did he aunswere to the other articles, not variyng from his aunsweres made the day before.

After his aunsweres were penned of the Notaries, and the Byshop of Lyncolne had exhorted hym in lyke sort to recant as he did M. Ridley, and reuoke his errours & false assersions, and MarginaliaM. Latymer will not deny his Master Christ.M. Latimer had aūswered that he ne could, ne would deny his master CHRIST and his veritie, the Byshop of Lyncolne desired M. Latymer to harken to hym, and then Master Latymer harkenyng for some new matter and other talke, MarginaliaCondemnation red agaynst M. Latymer.the Byshop of Lyncolne red his condemnation, after the publication of the which, the sayd three Bishops brake vp their Sessions, and dimissed the audience.

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But M. Latymer required the Byshop to performe his promise,MarginaliaThe Papistes false in theyr promises. in saying þ^e day before, that he should haue licence briefly to declare the causes why he refused the Popes authority.

Lincol. But the Bishop sayd, that now he could not heare hym, neither ought to talke with hym.

Then M. Latymer asked hym whether it were not laufull for hym to appeale from this his iudgemēt. And þ^e Byshop aske him againe, to whom he would appeale. MarginaliaM. Latimer appealeth to the next generall Councell truly called in þ^e lordes name: but that Coūcell is long a comming.To þ^e next generall Coūcell, quoth M. Latymer, which shalbe truly called in Gods name. With that appellation the Bishop was content: but he sayd it would be a long season before such a conuocation as he ment would be called.  

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Thē the Byshop committed M. Latymer to the Maior, saying: now he is your prisoner Master Maior. Because the presse of people was not yet diminished, ech man lookyng for farther processe,  

the Byshop of Lyncolne commaunded auoydance, and willed M. Latymer to tary till the presse were diminished lest he should take hurt at his egression, as he dyd at his entrance. And so continued Byshop Ridley, and M. Latymer in durance   till the 16. day of the said moneth of October.

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MarginaliaOctober. 15.MarginaliaThe talke betwene Doctor Brookes B. of Glocester, and D. Ridley, vpon his degradation.IN the meane season vpō the. 15. day in the mornyng  

and the same yeare aboue sayd, the Bishop of Glocester Doct. Brokes, and the Vicechauncelour of Oxford Doct. Marshall, with diuerse other of the chief

and heades of the same Vniuersitie, & many other moe accōpanying with them, came vnto M. Irishe his house thē Maior of Oxford, where Doct. Ridley, late Byshop of London was close prisoner. And when the Byshop of Glocester came into the chamber where the sayd D. Ridley did lye, he told him for what purpose their commyng was vnto hym, saying: that yet once agayne the Queenes Maiestie dyd offer vnto hym by them, her gracious mercy, MarginaliaNo mercy to be had without consenting to iniquity.if that he would receiue the same, and come home agayne to the fayth which he was Baptised in, and reuoke hys erroneous doctrine that he of late had taught abroad to the destruction of many. And further sayd, that if he would not recant, and become one of the Catholicke Church with them, thē they must needes (agaynst their willes) proceede according to the law, which they would be very loth to do, if they might otherwise. But (sayth he) we haue bene oftentymes with you, & haue requested that you would recant this your fantasticall and deuilish opinion, where hetherto you haue not, although you might in so doyng wynne many, and do much good. Therfore good M. Ridley, cōsider with your selfe þ^e daunger that shall ensue both of body & soule, if that you shall so wilfully cast your self away in refusing mercy offered vnto you at this tyme.

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MarginaliaAnswere of D. Ridley to Bishop Brookes.My Lord, quoth D. Ridley, you know my mind fully herein: and as for the doctrine which I haue taught, my conscience assureth me that it was sound, and according to Gods word (to his glory be it spoken) the which doctrine the Lord God being my helper, MarginaliaO worthy champion of Christes Church.I wyll maintaine so long as my tongue shall wagge, and the breath is within my body, and in confirmation thereof, seale the same with my bloud.

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Brok. Well, you were best, M. Ridley, not to do so, but to become one of the Church with vs. For you know this well enough, that whosoeuer is out of the catholike church, can not be saued: therfore I say once againe, that whiles you haue time and mercy offered you, receiue it, and confesse with vs the Popes holinesMarginaliaWith that their caps wēt of, but D. Ridley held on his cap. to be the chief head of the same Church.

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Rid. I marueile that you will trouble me with any such vayne and foolish talke. You know my mynd concernyng the vsurped authoritie of the Romish Antichrist. As I confessed opēly in the scholes, so do I now, that both by my behauiour and talke I do no obediēce at all vnto the Byshop of Rome, nor to his vsurped authoritie, and that for diuers good and godly considerations. And here Doct. Ridley would haue reasoned with the sayd Brokes Byshop of Glocester, of the Byshop of Romes authoritie, MarginaliaB. Ridley commanded to silence, whē otherwise he could not be reuinced.but could not be suffered: & yet he spake so earnestly agaynst the Pope therin, that the Byshop told him, if he would not hold his peace, he should be compelled agaynst his will. And seyng sayth he, that you will not receiue the Queenes mercy now offered vnto you, but stubburnly refuse the same, we must, against our willes, proceede accordyng to our Cōmission to disgradyng, takyng from you the dignitie of Priesthode. For we take you for no Byshop, & therfore we will þ^e sooner haue done with you: so, cōmittyng you to the secular power, you know what doth folow.

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Rid. Do with me as it shal please God to suffer you, I am well content to abyde the same with all my hart.

Brok. Put of your cap M. Ridley, and put vpō you this surples.

MarginaliaB. Ridley refuseth to put on the surples.Rid. Not I truly.

Brok. But you must.

Rid. I will not.

Brok. You must: therfore make no more a do, but put this surples vpon you.

Rid. Truly if it come vpō me, it shalbe against my wil.

Brok. Will you not do it vpon you?

Rid. No, that I will not.

Brok. It shalbe put vpon you by one or other.

Rid. Do therin as it shall please you. I am well contented with that, and more then that: the seruaunt is not aboue his Master. If they delt so cruelly with our