MarginaliaAn. 1558.knowest not the payne thereof yet, but thou shalt do.

Eliz. Syr, I can confesse no more. Doe with my carcase what ye will.

Mart. Keeper, away with her. Thou knowest what I sayd. Let her know the payne of the racke. And so she departed, thinking no lesse, but that she should haue gone to the racke, MarginaliaEliz. Young commaunded againe to the Clinke.till she saw the keeper turne toward the Clinke agayne. And thus did God allienate theyr hartes and diminishe their tyrannous power, vnto the tyme of further examination: for she was brought before the Byshop, the Deane, and the Chaūcellour, and other Commissioners, first and last thyrtene times.

MarginaliaThe fourth examinatiō of Eliz Young.FIrst, she beyng presented by Doct. Martin before the Byshop of London. MarginaliaD. Martin presenteth her to the Commissioners.Doct. Martin began to declare agaynst her, saying: The Lord Chauncellor hath sent you here a woman, which hath brought bookes ouer from Emden, where all these bookes of heresie and treason are printed, and hath therwith filled all the land with treason and heresie: neither yet will she confesse who translated them, nor who printed them, nor yet who sent them ouer. Wherfore my Lord Chauncellor committeth her vnto my Lorde of Lōdon, he to do with her as he shall thinke good. For she wil cōfesse nothing, but that she bought these sayd bookes in Hamsterdame and so brought them ouer to sell for gayne.

D. Cooke. Let her head be trussed in a small lyne, and make her to confesse.

Martyn. The booke is called MarginaliaThe booke called Antichrist.Antichrist, and so may it be well called, for it speaketh agaynst Iesus Christ and the Queene. And besides that, she hath a certaine sparke of the Anabaptistes, for she refuseth to sweare vppon the foure Euangelistes before a Iudge: For I my selfe and M. Hussy haue had her before vs foure times, but we cā not bring her to sweare. Wherfore my Lord Chauncellour would that she should absteine & fast, for she hath not fasted a great while: MarginaliaEliz. Young a great while in the Clinke.For she hath layne in the Clinke a good while, where she hath had to much her libertie.

Then sayd the Byshop: why, wilt thou not sweare before a Iudge? that is the right trade of the Anabaptistes.

Eliz. My Lord, I wil not sweare that this hād is mine.

No, sayd the Byshop? and why?

Eliz. MarginaliaElizabeth Young refuseth to sweare, and why.My Lord, Christ saith, that who so euer is more then yea yea, or nay nay, it commeth of euill. And more ouer, I know not what an oth is: and therefore I will take no such thing vpon me.

MarginaliaElizabeth Young thought to be no woman.Then sayd Cholmley: xx. pound it is a man in a womans clothes: xx. pound it is a man.

Boner. Thinke ye so my Lord?

Cholmley. Yea my Lord. &c.

Eliz. My Lord, I am a woman.

Bysh. Sweare here vpō a booke, seeing it is but a question asked.

Then sayd Cholmley: I will lay twenty pound, it is a man.

Then Doct. Cooke brought her a booke, commaundyng her to lay thereon her hand.

Eliz. No my Lord, I will not sweare: for I know not what an oth is. But I say that I am a woman, and haue children.

Bysh. That know not we: wherfore sweare.

Cholmley. Thou euill fauoured whore, lay thy hand vpon the booke: I will lay on mine, and so he layd hys hand vpon the booke.

Eliz. So will not I myne.

Then the Byshop spake a word in Latin, out of S. Paul, as concernyng swearyng.

Eliz. My Lord, if ye speake to me of S. Paul, then

speake English, for I vnderstand you not.

The Bishop. I dare sweare that thou doest not.

Eliz. My Lord, S. Paul sayth that fiue wordes spokē in a language that may be vnderstand, is better thē many in a foreine or straunge toung which is vnknowen.

Doct. Cooke. Sweare before vs whether thou be a man or a woman.

Eliz. If ye will not beleue me, then send for women into a secret place, and I will be tryed.

Cholmley. Thou art an euill fauored whore.

Then sayd the Byshop: MarginaliaSacramēt of the altar.how beleuest thou in the Sacrament of the altar?

Eliz. My Lord: if it will please you that I shall declare mine owne faith, I will.

The Byshop. Tell me how thou beleuest in the Sacrament of the altar.

Eliz. Will it please you that I shall declare my fayth? And if it be not good, then teach me a better, and I will beleue it.

Doct. Cooke. That is well sayd. Declare thy faith.

Elizab. MarginaliaThe confession and fayth of Elizabeth Young.I beleue in God the father almighty, the sonne, and the holy ghost, three persons and one God. I beleue all the Articles of my Crede. I beleue all things writtē in þ^e holy Scripture, & all thinges agreable with the scripture, geuen by þ^e holy ghost into the Church of Christ, set forth & taught by þ^e church of Christ. I beleue that Iesus Christ the only sonne of God, that immaculate Lambe, came into the world to saue sinners, & that in him, by him, and thorow him I am made cleane frō my sinnes, and without him I could not. I beleue that in the holy Sacrament of Christes body and bloud, which he did institute and ordeine and left among hys Disciples the night before he was betrayed, MarginaliaThe Sacrament to be receaued in spirite and fayth.when I do receaue this Sacrament in faith and spirite, I do receiue Christ.

The Bishop. No more I warant you, but the Sacrament of Christes body and bloud, receiued but in spirit and faith with these heretickes.

Chomley. Ah whore? MarginaliaCholmley can not abide spirite and fayth.spirite and fayth whore?

Eliz. This Sacrament neuer man could or did make, but onely he that did that, which no man could do.

Mart. Then thou must allow that grasse is a Sacrament: for who could make grasse but he onely?

Eliz. Syr, he hath suffred, and made a sufficient sacrifice once for all, MarginaliaInstitutiō of the Sacrament by Christ only once for all.and so hath he made his Sacramēt sufficient once for all, for there was neuer man that could say: Take, eate, this is my body that is broken for you, but onely Iesus Christ, who had his body broken for the sinnes of the world: which Sacrament he hath left here amongest vs for a testimoniall of his death, euen to the worldes end.

Mart. Who taught thee this doctrine? did Scory?

Eliz. Yea, Bishop Scory and other that I haue heard.

Bysh. Why? is Scory Bishop now?

Eliz. If that do offend you, call hym Doct. Scory, if ye will.

Roper. I knew when he was but a poore Doctour.

Mart. What do ye call Scory?

Eliz. Our Superintendent.

Bysh. Loe, their Superintendent.

Mart. And what are ye called?

Eliz. Christes Congregation.

Bysh. Loe, Christes Congregation, I warant you.

Doct. Cooke. What liuing hath Scory?

Eliz. Syr, as farre as I do know, hee liueth by his owne, for I know no man that geueth hym ought.

Recorder. Yes I warant you, he hath inough sent hym out of England.

Eliz. Syr, I know no such thing.

Chom. Harke whore, harke: harke how I do beleue.

Elis. My Lord, I haue told you my beliefe.

Chomley. Harke thou euill fauoured whore, how I do beleue. MarginaliaCōfession of Cholmleys fayth.When the Priest hath spoken the wordes of consecration, I do beleue that there remaineth the very body that was borne of the virgine Mary, was han-