shew my selfe readye euen with all my hart to receyue correction, if anye man can proue anye errours in me. The Cardinals answered him againe, that hys sayings pleased them very well, and vpon that they went theyr way, leauing the sayd Iohn Hus with maister Iohn de Clum, vnder the garde and keeping of the armed men. MarginaliaDolus malus Cardinalium.In the meane season they did suborne and furnish out a certayne diuine a frier Franciscane, a subtile and craftie man, and a malicious hipocrite for to question wyth the sayd Iohn Hus, which was compassed in rounde about with armed men. MarginaliaA frier minor putteth two questions to Iohn Hus.This man drawing neare in hys monkish gesture sayd, reuerend maister, I a simple and rude ideot am come vnto you for to learne, for I haue heard many straunge & contrary things against the catholike fayth to be ascribed vnto you, the which doo diuerslye moue my mynde, beyng wholye inclined to the truth. Wherefore I doo desire you, euen for the loue whych you beare vnto the truth, and to all good & godly men, that you would teach me most simple and miserable man, some certayntie and truth. MarginaliaA friarly Iudas.And first men say that you holde opinion after the consecration and pronuntiation of the wordes in the sacrament of the altar, there remayneth onely materiall bread. Iohn Hus answered, that it was falslye attributed and imputed to him. Then sayd he: I pray you is not this your opinion? No verely sayd Iohn Hus, I do not so thinke of it. Whē the Monke asked this question the thirde time, MarginaliaMaster Iohn Clum speaketh for Iohn Hus.mayster Iohn de Clum being somwhat moued with him, sayde: Why art thou so importunate vpon him? Verely if any man had affirmed or denied any thing vnto me but once I wold haue beleued him. And thou, albeit he hath shewed thee his mynde so oftē, yet ceasest not to trouble him. Then sayd the Monke: gentle maister I praye you pardon me a poore ideot and a simple Frier, surely I did it of a good minde and intent, being wylling and desirous to learne. This Frier put foorth an other question vnto him, protesting his simplicitie and ignorance, what maner of vnitie of the Godhead & manhode was in the person of Christ? When Iohn Hus had heard this questiō, he turned himselfe vnto maister Iohn de Clum, and in the Bohemian language sayde: truly this Frier is not simple as he doth pretend, for he hath propounded vnto me a very hard question. MarginaliaA wolfe in a Lambes skin.And afterward turning hymselfe to the Frier, he said vnto him: brother, you say that you are simple, but as I haue heard of you, I perceyue very well that you are double and craftye, and not simple. It is not so verely sayd the Frier. Well, sayde Iohn Hus, I wyll cause you well to vnderstande that it is so: For as touching the simplicitie of a man, it is required in thinges that concerne ciuilitie and maners, that the spiritie, the vnderstanding, the hart, the wordes, and the mouth shoulde agree together, and I doe not perceiue that thys is in you. There is in your mouth a certayne semblaunce of simplicitie, the which woulde verye well declare you to be an ideot and simple, but your deedes shewe playnly and euidently a great subtiltie and craft in you, with a great quicknes and lyuelynes of wyt, in that you haue proponed vnto me so hard and difficult a question. Notwithstanding I wyll not feare to shewe you my mynde in this question. And when he had made an end, the Monke gaue hym great thanks for his gentlenes, and so departed. MarginaliaDidace a crafty Fryer.After that, the Popes garrison which wer about the sayd Iohn Hus, told him that this Frier was called maister Didace, who was esteemed & counted the greatest and most subtile diuine in al Lumbardie. Oh sayde Hus that I had knowen that afore, I would haue handled him after an other sort and fashiō, MarginaliaMany a man begiled vnder the cloke of simplicity.but I woulde to God they were all suche, then through the helpe and ayde of the holy scriptures, I would feare none of them. In thys maner the sayd Hus and maister Iohn de Clum, were left vnder the keping of these men of armes vntyll iiij. of the clocke at after noone. Afterwhiche tyme the Cardinalls assembled agayne in the Popes courte, to deuyse and take counsaile what they should do with Iohn Hus. Then Steuen Paletz and Michaell de Causis, with diuers other of their adherentes, made earnest suit that he shoulde not be let goe at libertye agayn, and hauing the fauour of the iudges, MarginaliaIohn Husses accusers tryumphe ouer him when he was takē.on their part they bragged vp and down in a maner as they had been mad men, & mocked the sayd Iohn Hus: saying, now we will holde thee well inough, thou art vnder our power and iurisdiction, and shalt not depart vntill such time as thou hast payde the vttermost farthing. A litle afore night they sent the Prouost of the Romaine court vnto maister Iohn de Clum, to shewe him that hee might returne to his lodging, for as for Iohn Hus, they had otherwise prouided for him, when maister Iohn de Clum heard these newes, he was wōderfully displeased, for somuch as through their craftes subtilties and glosing woordes, they had so trayned this good man into theyr snares, wherupon he went vnto the Pope,declaryng vnto hym all that was done, most hūble beseching him, þ^t he would call to remembraunce þ^e promes which he had made vnto him and maister Henry Latzembog, and that he would not so lightly falsefie and breake hys faith and promise. MarginaliaThe Pope breaketh promise.The Pope aunswered that all these thynges were done without his consent or commaundement, & sayd further to maister Clum a part, what reason is it that you should impute this dede vnto me, seing that you knowe well inoughe that I my selfe am in the handes of these Cardinals and Bishops. MarginaliaThe pope to please the councell was against Iohn Hus.In mine opinion, for somuch as Pope Iohn feared that which in dede did after folow, that he should be depriued of his dignitie, he thought to wyn the fauour of these Herodiā Cardinals and Bishops, by betraying this good man vnto them. So the sayd maister Clum retourned very pensifull and sory: he complained very sore, both priuely and openly, of the iniurie & outrage that the Pope had done, but all profited nothyng. After this the sayd Iohn Hus, was lead by the officers to þ^e Chapter house of the great churche of Constance, where he was kept prisoner by þ^e space of viij. dayes, from thence he was caried vnto the Iacobins hard by the riuer of Rhyne, MarginaliaThe imprisonment & sickenes of Iohn Hus.and was shut vp in the prison of the Abbay, the whiche was harde by the Bogardes. After he had bene inclosed there a certayne time, he fell sore sicke of an ague, by meanes of þ^e stenche of the place, and became so weake that they despaired of his lyfe. And for feare least this good man should dye in prison as others are wont to do, the Pope sent vnto him certaine of his Phisicions for to cure and helpe him. In the middest of his sicknes, his accusers made importunate sute to the principals of the Councell that the sayd Iohn Hus, might be condempned, and presēted vnto the Pope, these Articles here vnder written.

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Articles against Iohn Hus.FIrst, he doth erre about the sacraments of the church and speciallye aboute the sacramente of the bodye of Christe, forsomuche as he hath openlye preached, that it ought to be ministred openly vnto the people vnder both kindes, þ^t is to say, the body & bloud. MarginaliaThe supper of the lord.This article is euidēt, forsomuch as his disciples at this instant in Prage, do minister þ^e same in both kindes. Moreouer, it is affirmed by diuers, þ^t he hath taught both in þ^e scholes & in þ^e church, or at the least that he doth hold this opinion, that after the woordes of consecration pronounced vpon the aulter, there remayneth still materiall bread in the Sacrament, this Article shalbe known by his examination.

Marginalia2.Secondly, he doth erre, as touching the ministers of the church, for so much as he sayth that they can not consecrate or minister the sacraments when they ar in mortall sinne. This article shall likewyse be knowne by hys examination. Notwithstandinge all that whiche is here cōtayned, may be gathered by his writings De ecclesia, the which if he deny, let there then be some deuines, & o-