1570 Edition | Book 11 | Page 2156 
Marginalia1556. Iuly.haue pacified hym and made hym mery agayne.
If at any tyme he shall chaunce to blame you without a cause, or for that you can not do therwith (which thyng happeneth sometymes of the best men liuyng) see that you beare it paciētly, and giue him no vncomely or vnkind word for it: but euermore looke vpon hym with a louyng and cherefull countenannce, and rather take the fault vpon you, then seeme to be displeased.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaA cheerefull coūtenaunce.Be alwayes mery & cherefull in his company, but not with to much lightnes. Beware in any wise of swelling, powtyng, or lowryng, for that is a token of a cruell and vnlouyng hart: except it be in respect of sinne, or in the tyme of sicknes.
Be not sorrowfull for any aduersitie that God sendeth: but beware that nothyng be spilt or go to wast through your negligence. In any wise see that you be quicke and cleanely about his meate and drinke, and prepare hym the same accordyng to hys diet in due season. MarginaliaTemperaunce in apparell.Go cleanely and welfauouredly in your apparel, but beware of pride in any wise.
[Back to Top]Finally in word and deede shew your selfe wise, humble, mery, and louing towardes hym, and also towardes such as hee doth loue, and then shall you lead a blessed lyfe. I could speake of many other thynges, the which I haue learned and proued true by experiēce: but I know þt you will do in all thyngs much better then I cā teach you, because you haue that anoynting that teacheth you all thynges: who hath also giuen you an hart to obey and serue hym. Yet I trust you will not be offended for this which I haue written: but rather accept my good will towardes you, whom I loue in the Lord as well as I do my daughter Iudith.
[Back to Top]Thus as myne owne soule, I commende you both to God, desiryng hym to blesse you with all maner of spirituall blessynges in heauenly thynges, and also with the dewe of heauen and fatnes of the earth, that in all things you may be made rich in IESVS CHRIST our Lord and onely Sauiour. The Lord encrease and blesse the fruite of your bodyes that your children may stand round about your table, thicke, fresh, and lusty like the Olyue braunches. God gyue you both a long lyfe, that you may see and blesse your childrens children vnto the thyrd and fourth generatiō, and teach them the true feare and loue of God, and that fayth for the which they shall be accepted in his sight.
[Back to Top]God let you see the prosperitie of Syon, for whose lying in the dust, let your hartes mourne. The Lord make perfect your loue together in hym, and alwayes encrease the same, and bryng you both in peace to your graues at a good age.MarginaliaNote that both these departed in quiet peace, the one 1565, the other 1568. And now I byd you both most hartely farewell: and I thinke I shall now take my leaue of you for euer in this life. I besech you both to ayde me with your continuall prayers (as I will not forget you in myne) þt I may haue a ioyfull victory through IESVS CHRIST: To whose most mercifull defence I doe most hartely for euer commēde you to be kept vnblameable vntill his commyng: the which I besech him to hasten for his mercyes sake.
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Your owne vnfaynedly Iohn
Careles, prisoner of the Lord.
¶ Here endeth the letters of Iohn Careles.
CloseFoxe gives an account of Palmer's background, his career as a catholic at Magdalen in Edward VI's reign, Bullingham's description of his conversion to protestantism during Mary's reign (Palmer was the opposite of the vicar of Bray), his departure from Magdalen in Mary's reign and a relatively brief account of his arrest and execution. Foxe relied on personal informants for this information, possibly his relatives in Coventry - his wife's family came from the city - and certainly members of Magdalen College. The most important of these was John Bullingham, whose letter recounting Palmer'sprotestant zeal, was printed in this edition.
[Back to Top]In the 1570 edition, Foxe added a long description of Palmer's character and habits. He also added much more detail about Palmer's time at Magdalen in Edward VI's reign and his expulsion for libelling Walter Haddon, the president of the college. Foxe also added much greater detail about Palmer's conversion to protestantism and his leaving Magdalen in Mary's reign. Further material was added on Palmer's becoming master of the grammar school at Reading, the search of his study there, instigated by rivals in Reading, and the discovery of verses denouncing Stephen Gardiner. Additionally the account was inserted of Palmer's flight from Reading, his mother's refusal to aid him, Palmer's return to Reading and his arrest, trial and execution. Once again, all of this additional material came from oral sources: definitely Thomas Parry and John Moyer, who not only seem to have contributed their own reminiscences, but also to have organized the gathering and sending of information to Foxe. The Bullingham letter was dropped from this edition, but Latin verses in praise of Palmer were added.
[Back to Top]No changes were made to this account in the 1576 edition. In the 1583 edition, the Bullingham letter was restored to the account. Material supplied by Moyer and Parry had attacked one Thomas Thackham as being partly responsible for Palmer's death; Thackham's defence was added to this edition, as was Moyer's rebuttal of it. Also added to this edition was an exchange Palmer was said to have had with Barwick, a fellow of Magdalen College, about martyrdom
[Back to Top]Strikingly, the account of Palmer did not make use of a single official document and it was not based on any of the martyr's own writings; it came entirely from information supplied by individual informants.
MarginaliaIuly. 16.MarginaliaIulius Palmer, Iohn Gwyn, Thomas Askine, Martyrs.THe same moneth of Iuly, in which Careles, as before is declared, was released out of prisō by death, in short time after, about þe 16. day of þe said moneth of Iuly, suffered these iij. godly and constāt Martyrs aboue mētioned, at Newbery, in which nomber was Iulius Palmer, somtime student & felow of Magdalene Colledge in Oxford, and afterwardes Scholemaster in the towne of Readyng. Concerning whose story and Martyrdome, here foloweth, although not so much as he deserueth to be sayd: yet so much as sufficiently may set forth the great working of God in thys younge man.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaThe story of the godly Martyr Iulius Palmer, fellowe sometime of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford.AS all Gods workes are wonderous, in callyng of all sortes of men to confirme his truth, & to beare witnes vnto his assured, and infallible word, which the aduersaries haue depraued and corrupted, with their false gloses, to establish the fleshly kyngdome of Antichrist, and to purchase sercuritie in the world, whiche they seeke to keepe in their possession,by al meanes possible, rather cursing with the thunderbolt of excommunication, burning, hangyng, drownyng, racking, scourging, and persecutyng by secret practise and open violence, the simple sheepe of our Sauiour CHRIST, then that their false forged packyng should be detected, their estimation appayred, their kitchin cooled, their rentes, reuenues, goodes, landes, and possessions abated: I say as Gods workes be wonderfull, which chooseth some of all sortes to confesse his Gospell: so there is no one example in the whole godly felowship of Martyrs more to be marked, yea more to be wondered at, then this: that one which in all kyng Edwardes dayes was a papist within the Vniuersitie of Oxford, and so obstinate, as that he did vtterly abhorre all godly prayer, and sincere preachyng, and almost of all them with whom he liued, was therfore likewise abhorred, and (as I may say) pointed at with the finger: did yet after in Queene Maries time suffer most cruell death at the Papistes handes, at Newbery in Barkshyre, for the most ready and zelous profession of the blessed truth.
[Back to Top]His name was Iulius Palmer,MarginaliaIulius Palmer borne in Couentrie. borne in Couentrie, where also his parentes dwelt. His father had some time bene Maior of that Citie, and occupied marchandise, albeit he was an Vpholster by his mistery.
CloseRoger Palmer, the father of Julins Palmer, had become a successful merchant although he had started out in the trade ('mystery') of being an upholsterer.
CloseDe principiis, de infinito, de vacuo, de tempore, de casu & fortuna. &c.
Not translated.
On principles, on infinity, on space, on time, on accident and fortune. etc.
In familiar talke he greatly delited, for the exercise of his learnyng) to defend the contrary to that whiche was affirmed, yet with modestie, and without al ostentation. For he greatly abhorred all ouerthwart cauillyng, all friuolous talke, and vnsauery brabblyng, hee was not captious, but would reason so soberly and with such probabilitie, that euē his aduersaries would no lesse maruell at the dexteritie of his inuention, then at hys comely and decent behauiour in prosecutyng the same.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaIul. Palmer beginneth to applie Diuinitie.And although he applyed Diuinitie very lately, yet it appeareth, that he recompensed the small time of his study with the greatnes of diligence bestowed in the same, and his late commyng to the truth, with his earnest and zelous proceedyng therin. For by the secret inspiration of Gods spirite inwardly workyng in hys hart, he gaue an apparant signification in hys young yeares, that if God had spared his life to age, he would haue growen to such maturitie and rypenes of iudgement, as wherby he should haue bene an ornament to CHRISTES Church, and an honour to his countrey.
[Back to Top]And somwhat to speake of his ciuill behauiour, he