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Marginalia1555. Febru.and his holy spirite, þt all myne aduersaries shall haue shame of their doynges.
When his frendes saw hym so constaunt, and fully determined to go, they with weepyng eyes commended hym vnto God: and he within a day or two prepared him selfe to his iourney, leauyng his cure with a godly old Priest, named MarginaliaSyr Rich. Yeoman D. Taylours Curate, and Martyr of Christ.Syr Richard Yeoman, who afterward for Gods truth was burnt at Norwich.
[Back to Top]There was also in Hadley one MarginaliaIohn Alcocke of Hadley troubled for Gods truth, and dyed in prison.Alcocke, a very godly man, well learned in the holy Scriptures, who (after sir Richard Yeoman was driuen away) vsed dayly to reade a chapter, and to say the English Letany in Hadley Church. But hym they fet vp to London, and cast him in prison in Newgate: where after a yeare imprisonment he dyed.
[Back to Top]But let vs returne to Doctour Taylour agayne, who beyng accompanyed with a seruaunt of his owne, named Iohn Hull, MarginaliaDoctour Taylours iourney.tooke hys iourney towardes London. By the way this MarginaliaIohn Hull a faythfull seruaunt to D. Taylour.Iohn Hull
CloseHull, who is mentioned prominently and sympathetically by Foxe in his descriptions of both Taylor's journey to London and his return to Hadleigh to be executed, was probably Foxe's source for his detailed accounts of both trips. Hull is described as being with Taylor on both occasions.
But in no wise would Doctour Taylour consent or agree thereunto, but said: Oh Iohn, shal I geue place to this thy counsell & worldly perswasion, and leaue my flocke in this daunger? Remember the good shepheard Christ, which not alonely fed his flocke, but also dyed for his flocke. Him must I folow, and with Gods grace will do.MarginaliaD. Taylour agayne aduised to flie, but he refused so to doe.
[Back to Top]Therefore good Iohn pray for me: and if thou seest me weake at any tyme, comfort me, and discourage me not in this my godly enterprise and purpose. Thus they came vp to London, and shortly after Doctour Taylour presented him selfe to MarginaliaThe first meting betwene Winchest. and D. Taylour.the Byshop of Winchester Steuen Gardiner, then Lord Chauncellour of England.
CloseIn fact, an arrest warrant for Taylor was issued by the privy council on 26 March 1554. The warrant was sent to Sir Henry Doyle, who lived near Hadleigh, and to William Foster, who lived in Hadleigh (APC V, 3); ergo, Taylor was in Hadleigh and arrested there and brought to London.
MarginaliaA great abuse in England and 3. mischiefes comming thereofFor this hath bene one great abuse in England these many yeares, that such offices as haue bene of most importaunce and wayght, haue commonly bene committed to Byshops and other spirituall men, whereby three deuilish mischiefes and inconueniences haue happened in this Realme, to the great dishonour of God, and vtter neglecting of the flocke of Christ: the which. three be these.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaThe first mischiefe.First, they haue had small leysure to attende to theyr pastorall cures, which thereby haue bene vtterly neglected and left vndone.
MarginaliaThe second mischiefe.Secondly, it hath also puft vp many Bishops and other spirituall persons into such hautynes and pryde, that they haue thought no noble man in the Realme worthy to be their equall and fellow.
MarginaliaThe thyrd mischiefe.Thirdly, where they by this meanes knew the very secretes of Princes, they beyng in such hygh offices, haue caused the same to be knowen in Rome, afore the kynges could accomplishe and bryng their ententes to passe in England. By this meanes hath the Papacy bene so maintayned, and thynges ordered after their wils and pleasures, that much mischief hath happened in this Realme and others, sometyme to the destruction of Princes, and sometyme to the vtter vndoyng of many common wealthes.
[Back to Top]Now when Gardiner saw Doctour Taylour, he according to his common custome all to reuiled him, callyng him knaue, Traytor, hereticke, with many other villanous reproches: which all MarginaliaDoctour Taylours patience, and magnaminitye.Doctour Taylour heard patiently, and at the last sayd vnto him:
My Lord (quoth he) I am neither Traytour, nor hereticke, but a true subiect, and a faythull Christian man, and am come accordyng to your commaūdement, to know what is the cause that your Lordshyp hath sent for me.
Then sayd the Byshop: art thou come, thou villaine? How darest thou looke me in the face for shame? Knowest thou not who I am?
MarginaliaSteuē Gardiners Lordly lookes.Yes (quoth Doctour Taylour) I know who ye are. Ye are Doctour Steuen Gardiner Byshop of Winchester, and Lord Chauncellour, and yet but a mortall man I trow. MarginaliaThe notable aunswere of D. Taylour to the Byshop of Winchester.But if I should bee afrayde of your Lordly lookes, why feare you not God, the Lord of all? How dare ye for shame looke any Christian man in the face, seyng ye haue forsaken the truth, denyed our Sauiour Christ and his worde, and done contrary to your owne othe and writyng? With what countenaunce will ye appeare before þe Iudgement seate of Christ, and aunswere to your othe made, first vnto kyng Henry. viij. of famous memory, and afterwarde vnto that blessed kyng Edward the sixt his sonne?
[Back to Top]The Byshop aunswered: Tush, tush, that was MarginaliaHerods oth. Herodes othe,
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Doctour Taylour aunswered: Should I forsake the Church of Christ, whiche is founded vpon the true foundatiō of the Apostles and Prophetes, to approue those lyes:
errours, superstitions and Idolatries, that the Popes and their company at thys day so blasphemouslye doe approue? Nay God forbid.
Let the Pope and hys returne to MarginaliaThe true Church of Christ wherevnto all men ought to turne.our Sauyour Christ, and hys word, and thrust out of the churches such abominable Idolatries as he maintayneth, and then will Christen men turne vnto hym. You wrote truely against him, and were sworne agaynst him.
CloseThis a reference to Stephen Gardiner's book, De vera obedientia, first published in 1535 (STC 11584), which argued for royal, rather than papal, supremacy over the English church. A number of Marian protestants taunted Gardiner with having written this book, and illicit protestant presses in England published new editions of the work after Gardiner was made lord chancellor (STC 11585-7).
[Back to Top]I tell thee (quoth the Bishop of Winchester) it was Herodes oth,
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Then said D. Taylor: MarginaliaChrist will require lawfull othes and promises.but you shall not so be discharged before Christ, who doubtles will require it at your handes, as a lawful oth made to your liege and soueraigne Lord the king, from whose obedience no man can assoyle you, neither the Pope nor none of his.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaGardiner agayne rayling.I see (quoth the bishop) thou art an arrogant knaue, and a very foole.
My Lord (quoth Doctor Taylour) leaue your vnsemely rayling at me, MarginaliaRayling wordes become not a magistrate.which is not seemlye for such a one in authoritye as you are. For I am a christian man, & you know that MarginaliaMath. 5.He that sayth to his brother Racha, is in daunger of a Counsell: and he that sayth thou foole, is in daunger of Hel fire.
[Back to Top]The Byshop answered, ye are all false, and lyars all the sort of you. Nay (quoth D. Taylour) we are true men, and know that it is written: Os quod mentitur, occidit animam: and agayne, Perdes omnes qui loquuntur mendacium. i. The mouth þt lyeth slayeth þe soule. And agayne, Lord God thou shalt destroy all that speak lyes. And therefore we abide by the truth of Gods word which ye contrary to your owne cōscience deny and forsake.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaMariage obiected to D. TaylourThou art maryed (quoth the B.) Yea, (quoth Doctour Taylor) that I thanke God I am, and haue had nine children, and all in lawfull matrimony: MarginaliaMariage defended.and blessed be God that ordayned matrimony, and commaunded that euery mā that hath not the gift of cōtinēcy, should mary a wife of his own, and not liue in adultery, or whoredome.
[Back to Top]Then sayd the Bishop: Thou hast resisted the Queenes procedinges, and wouldest not suffer the Parson of Aldam, MarginaliaOne Idolater holdeth with an other.a very vertuous and deuout Priest, to say Masse in Hadley. Doctor Taylour aunswered. My Lord, I am Parson of Hadley and it is agaynst all right, conscience, & lawes, that any man shall come into my charge and presume to infect the flock committed vnto me, with venome of MarginaliaThe Masse.the Popishe Idolatrous Masse.
[Back to Top]With that the Bishop waxed very angry & said: Thou art a blasphemous hereticke in deede, that blasphemest the blessed Sacrament (and put of his cap) and speakest against the holy Masse, which is made a sacrifice for the quicke and the dead. D. Taylour aunswered: Nay, I blaspheme not the blessed sacrament which Christ instituted, but I reuerence it as a true christian ought to do, and confes that Christ ordayned the holy MarginaliaThe communioncommuniō in the remembrance of his death and passiō, which when we keep according to his ordinance, we (through faith) eat the body of Christ, & drink his bloud, geuing thankes for our redemption: and MarginaliaThe true sacrifice for the quicke and dead, what it is.this is our sacrifice for the quick and the dead, to geue God thankes for his mercifull goodnes shewed to vs, in that he gaue his sonne christ vnto the death for vs.
[Back to Top]Thou sayest well (quoth the Bishop). It is all that thou hast said, & more to: for it is a propitiatory sacrifice for the quick & dead. Thē aunswered D. Taylour: MarginaliaPropityatory sacrifice offered neuer more thē once.Christ gaue himself to dy for our redēption vpon þe Crosse, whose body there offered was the propitiatory Sacrifice, full, perfect, and sufficient vnto saluation, for all them that beleue in hym. And this sacrifice did our Sauyour Christ offer in his own person himselfe once for all neither can any Priest any more offer hym, nor we neede no more propitiatory sacrifice: & therfore I say with Chrisostome, and all the Doctours: MarginaliaOur sacrifice now is onely memoratiue.Our Sacrifice is onely memoratiue, in þe remembrance of christes death and Passion, a sacrifice of thankesgeuing, and therfore Fathers called it Eucharistia: And other sacrifice hath the Church of God none.
[Back to Top]It is true (quoth the Bishop) the Sacrament is called Eucharistia, a thankesgeuing, because we there geue thanks for our redemption: and it is also a sacrifice propitiatory for the quicke and the dead: which thou shalt confesse ere thou and I haue done. Then called the Bishoppe hys men, and sayd: MarginaliaWinchesters strong argument: cary hym to prison.haue this fellow hence, and cary him to þe kings bench and charge the keeper he be straitly kept.
[Back to Top]Then kneeled Doctor Taylour downe and held vp both hys handes and sayd: MarginaliaD. Taylours prayer agaynst the Pope, and his detestable enormyties.Good Lord, I thanke thee: and from the tyranny of the Bishoppe of Rome, and all his detestable Erroures, Idolatryes, and Abominations, good Lord deliuer vs: And God be praysed for good Kinge Edwarde. So they caryed him to pryson, to the kinges Bench, where
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