MarginaliaAn. 1557. February.the towne, and romed through so many of the streetes, that it was a large houre and more, ere he could find the way into his Church agayne. I beleue the auncient Romaines obserued a custome not much vnlike this in their procession, when they made supplications at the shrines of all their Gods. MarginaliaThe order of procession in Cambridge.The order of which processiō was this: the Maisters Regentes went before singing with a loud voyce: Salue festa dies. &c.  

Next them followed the Byshop of Chester, about him went Ormanet and his fellow Commissioners, with the Maisters of the Colledges, bearing euery man a long taper light in his hand. After whom a litle space of, folowed other degrees of the Vniuersitie. Last behind came the Maior and his townesmen. Before them all went the Bedles, crying to such as they met, that they should bow thē selues humbly before þ^e host. If any refused so to do, they threatned to sēd hym forthwith to the Tolbooth. Their God being led with this pompe, & pacified with great sacrificed hostes of Bucer & Phagius, at length setled hym selfe agayne in his accustomed roume.

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Scot of Chester prayed with many wordes, that that day myght be lucky and fortunate to himselfe, and to all that were present, and that from that day forward (now that Gods wrath was appeased, and all other thinges set in good order) all men would make them selues comformable to peace and quietnes, namely in matters appertayning to religion. MarginaliaCertaine of the Vniuersitie amerced and punished.After thys, they bestowed a few dayes in punishing and amercing such as they thought had deserued it. Some they suspended from geuing voyces eyther to theyr owne preferment, or to the preferment of any other. Some they forbad to haue the charge of pupilles, least they should infect the tender youth (being pliable to take what print soeuer should be layd vppon them) with corrupt doctrine and heresy, others they chastised wrongfully without any desert, and many a one they punished, contrary to all right and reason.

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Last of all they set forth certayne statutes, by the which they would haue the Vniuersity hereafter ordered. Wherin they enacted many thinges as concerning the election of theyr officers of the Vniuersity, of keeping and administryng the goodes of the Vniuersitie, and of many other thinges. But especially they handled the matter very circumspectly for religion. In the which they were so scrupulous, that they replenished all thinges, eyther with open blasphemy, or with ridiculous supersitition. MarginaliaThe decrees of the Inquisitors.For they prescribed at how many masses euery man should be day by day, and how many Pater nosters and Aues euery man should say when he should enter into the church, and in his entrance after what sort he should bow himselfe to the altar, and bow to the master of þ^e house, what he should do there, & how long he should tary, how many & what prayers hee should say, what and how he should sing, what meditations other should vse while the priest is in his Memento mumbling secretly to him selfe, what tyme of the Masse a man should stand, and when he should sit down, when he should make courtesy, when exclusiuely, when inclusiuely, & many other superstitious toyes they decreed, that it was a sport then to behold their superstitions, and were tedious now to recite them.

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Moreouer, these Masters of good order, for fashion sake, ordained that euery mā should put on a Surplice, not torne nor worne, but cleane forbydding them in any wyse to wype theyr noses theron.

These thinges thus set at a stay, when the Commissioners were now ready to go theyr wayes, the Vniuersity for so great benefites (which she could not suffer to fall out of remembraunce many yeares after) couetyng to shew some token of courtesy towardes them agayne, MarginaliaOrmanet and Cole proceded Doctors.dignified Ormanet and Cole with the degree of Doctorship for all the residue, sauing Christopherson, who now by reason he was elected Byshop, preuenting that degree, had receaued that order before. Thus at length were sent away these peace ma-

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kers, that came to pacifie strifes and quarelles, who through prouoking euery man to accuse one another, left such gappes and breaches in mens hartes at theyr departure, that to this day they could neuer be closed nor ioyned agayne together.

These Commissioners, before they departed out of he vniuersity, gaue commaundemēt, that the masters of euery house should copy out theyr statutes, the which beside common ordinances, conteyned in them certayn rules of priuate order for euery house particularly. SwineborneMarginaliaSwinebornes saying as cōcerning the decrees of the Inquisitors. (who as I sayde was master of Clare hall) being demaunded whether he would haue those thinges engrossed in partchment or in paper, aunswered that it made no matter wherin they were written: for the paper, or a slighter thing that were of lesse continuaunce then paper, would serue the turne well inough: For he sayd a slenderer thing then that, would last a great deale longer, then those decrees should stand in force. Neyther was the man deceaued in hys coniecture. For within two yeares after, God beholding vs with mercy, called Queene Mary out of this life: wherof more shall appeare (the Lorde willing) in due place hereafter.

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And thus much concerning the visitation of Cambridge, with þ^e burning of Bucer and Phagius bones. And here of this matter an end, referryng the rest that followeth, as touching M. Ackworthes oration and D. Redmans Epitaph funerall vpon M. Bucer, to our former booke of the first edition pag. 1552. 1558.

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MarginaliaThe taking vp of Peter Martyrs wiues bones.ANd because the one Vniuersity should not mocke þ^e other, lyke crueltie was also declared vpon the dead body of Peter Martyrs wyfe at Oxford, MarginaliaCommendation of Peter Martyrs wife.an honest, graue, and sober Matrone, whyle she lyued, and of poore people alwayes a great helper, as many that be dwelling there can right well testifie. In the yeare of our Lord. 1552. she departed this lyfe, with great sorrow of all those needy persons, whose necessityes many tymes and often shee had liberally eased and relieued. Now, when Brokes Byshop of Gloucestre, Nicholas Ormanet Datary, Robert Morwen President of Corpus Christi Colledge, Cole and Wright Doctours of the Ciuill law, came thither as the Cardinals Visitours, they among other thinges had in Commission to take vp thys good woman againe out of her graue, and so consume her carcas with fire, not doubtyng but that she was of the same religion that her husband had professed before when he red the Kynges lecture there. And to make a shew that they would do nothing disorderly, they called al those before them that had any acquaintaunce with her or her husband. MarginaliaIurates sworne agaynst Peter Martyrs wifeThey ministred an othe vnto thē that they should not conceale whatsoeuer was demaunded. In fine, theyr aunswere was that they knew not what religion she was of, by reasō they vnderstood not her language.

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To be short, after these vistours had sped theyr busines, they came for, they gat them to the Cardinall agayne, certifying him that vpon due inquisition made, they could learne nothing, vpon which by the law they might burne her. Notwithstanding the CardinallMarginaliaCardinall Poole earnest in burning dead mens bodyes. dyd not leaue the matter so, but wrote downe his letters a good while after to Marshal, then Deane of Friswides, that he should dyg her vp, and lay her out of Christian buriall, because she then was interred nygh vnto S. Friswides relickes, sometyme had in great reuerence in that Colledge. D. MarshalMarginaliaDoctor Marshall Deane of Frideswides. lyke a prety man callyng hys spades and mattockes together in the euening, when he was well whitled, caused her to be taken vp,

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