Thematic Divisions in Book 11
1. The Martyrdom of Rogers 2. The Martyrdom of Saunders 3. Saunders' Letters 4. Hooper's Martyrdom 5. Hooper's Letters 6. Rowland Taylor's Martyrdom 7. Becket's Image and other events 8. Miles Coverdale and the Denmark Letters 9. Bonner and Reconciliation 10. Judge Hales 11. The Martyrdom of Thomas Tomkins 12. The Martyrdom of William Hunter 13. The Martyrdom of Higbed and Causton 14. The Martyrdom of Pigot, Knight and Laurence 15. Robert Farrar's Martyrdom 16. The Martyrdom of Rawlins/Rowland White17. The Restoration of Abbey Lands and other events in Spring 155518. The Providential Death of the Parson of Arundel 19. The Martyrdom of John Awcocke 20. The Martyrdom of George Marsh 21. The Letters of George Marsh 22. The Martyrdom of William Flower 23. The Martyrdom of Cardmaker and Warne 24. Letters of Warne and Cardmaker 25. The Martyrdom of Ardley and Simpson 26. John Tooly 27. The Examination of Robert Bromley [nb This is part of the Tooly affair]28. The Martyrdom of Thomas Haukes 29. Letters of Haukes 30. The Martyrdom of Thomas Watts 31. Censorship Proclamation 32. Our Lady' Psalter 33. Martyrdom of Osmund, Bamford, Osborne and Chamberlain34. The Martyrdom of John Bradford 35. Bradford's Letters 36. William Minge 37. James Trevisam 38. The Martyrdom of John Bland 39. The Martyrdom of Frankesh, Middleton and Sheterden 40. Sheterden's Letters 41. Examinations of Hall, Wade and Polley 42. Martyrdom of Christopher Wade 43. Nicholas Hall44. Margery Polley45. Martyrdom of Carver and Launder 46. Martyrdom of Thomas Iveson 47. John Aleworth 48. Martyrdom of James Abbes 49. Martyrdom of Denley, Newman and Pacingham 50. Richard Hooke 51. Martyrdom of William Coker, et al 52. Martyrdom of George Tankerfield, et al 53. Martyrdom and Letters of Robert Smith 54. Martyrdom of Harwood and Fust 55. Martyrdom of William Haile 56. George King, Thomas Leyes and John Wade 57. William Andrew 58. Martyrdom of Robert Samuel 59. Samuel's Letters 60. William Allen 61. Martyrdom of Roger Coo 62. Martyrdom of Thomas Cobb 63. Martyrdom of Catmer, Streater, Burwood, Brodbridge, Tutty 64. Martyrdom of Hayward and Goreway 65. Martyrdom and Letters of Robert Glover 66. Cornelius Bungey 67. John and William Glover 68. Martyrdom of Wolsey and Pigot 69. Life and Character of Nicholas Ridley 70. Ridley's Letters 71. Life of Hugh Latimer 72. Latimer's Letters 73. Ridley and Latimer Re-examined and Executed74. More Letters of Ridley 75. Life and Death of Stephen Gardiner 76. Martyrdom of Webb, Roper and Park 77. William Wiseman 78. James Gore 79. Examinations and Martyrdom of John Philpot 80. Philpot's Letters 81. Martyrdom of Thomas Whittle, Barlett Green, et al 82. Letters of Thomas Wittle 83. Life of Bartlett Green 84. Letters of Bartlett Green 85. Thomas Browne 86. John Tudson 87. John Went 88. Isobel Foster 89. Joan Lashford 90. Five Canterbury Martyrs 91. Life and Martyrdom of Cranmer 92. Letters of Cranmer 93. Martyrdom of Agnes Potten and Joan Trunchfield 94. Persecution in Salisbury Maundrell, Coberly and Spicer 95. William Tyms, et al 96. Letters of Tyms 97. The Norfolk Supplication 98. Martyrdom of John Harpole and Joan Beach 99. John Hullier 100. Hullier's Letters 101. Christopher Lister and five other martyrs 102. Hugh Lauerocke and John Apprice 103. Katherine Hut, Elizabeth Thacknell, et al 104. Thomas Drury and Thomas Croker 105. Thomas Spicer, John Deny and Edmund Poole 106. Persecution of Winson and Mendlesam 107. Gregory Crow 108. William Slech 109. Avington Read, et al 110. Wood and Miles 111. Adherall and Clement 112. A Merchant's Servant Executed at Leicester 113. Thirteen Burnt at Stratford-le-Bow114. Persecution in Lichfield 115. Hunt, Norrice, Parret 116. Martyrdom of Bernard, Lawson and Foster 117. Examinations of John Fortune118. John Careless 119. Letters of John Careless 120. Martyrdom of Julius Palmer 121. Agnes Wardall 122. Peter Moone and his wife 123. Guernsey Martyrdoms 124. Dungate, Foreman and Tree 125. Martyrdom of Thomas More126. Martyrdom of John Newman127. Examination of John Jackson128. Examination of John Newman 129. Martyrdom of Joan Waste 130. Martyrdom of Edward Sharpe 131. Four Burnt at Mayfield at Sussex 132. John Horne and a woman 133. William Dangerfield 134. Northampton Shoemaker 135. Prisoners Starved at Canterbury 136. More Persecution at Lichfield
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Q. Mary. The booke of our Ladyes Psalter full of Popishe blasphemy.

Marginalia1555. Iune.mother of mercy, and in the bowels of thy great compassion clense me from myne iniquities.

54. Domina in Nomine tuo saluum me fac, & ab iniusticijs meis libera me. &c.

O Lady, in thy name saue me, MarginaliaThe Crosse of Christ euacuate.and from mine vnrighteousnes deliuer me. &c.

70. Domina in adiutorium meum intende &c. Miserere seruorum tuorum super quos inuocatum est nomen tuum. &c.

Make hast O Lady to helpe me. &c. Haue mercy on thy seruantes, vpon whom thy name is inuocated. &c.

71. In te Domina speraui, non confundar in æternum, in tua misericordia libera me &c.

In thee Lady haue I put my MarginaliaBlynd trust.trust: let me not be confounded for euer, in thy mercye deliuer me. &c.

79. Domina venerunt gentes in hæreditatē Dei quas tu meritis tuis Christo confederasti. &c.

O Lady the Gentiles are come into the inheritaunce of God, whome thou dyddest ioyne vnto Christ by thy merites. &c.

80. MarginaliaGods honor derogated.Qui regis Israell &c. Odor vitæ de illa progreditur & omnis salus de corde illius scaturizat.

Thou that rulest Israel. &c. The sauiour of lyfe commeth from her, and all health floweth out of her hart. &c.

91. MarginaliaFalse trust.Qui habitat in adiutorio matris Dei in protectione ipsius commorabitur &c. Clamate ad illam in periculis vestris & flagellum non appropinquabit tabernaculo vestro. Fructus gratiæ inueniet qui sperauerit in illa: porta paradisi reserabitur ei.

Who so dwelleth in the helpe of the mother of God, shall dwell in the shadow of her protection, &c. Cry vnto her in your daungers, and the scourge shall not come neare your tabernacle. The fruit of Grace shall bee to hym who so trusteth in her, and the gate of Paradise shall bee open to hym.

95. Venite exultemus Dominæ nostræ. &c. Suscipe in fine animas nostras, & introduc nos in requiem æternam. &c.

Come, let vs reioyse to our Ladye. &c. Receyue our soules at our last ende, and bryng them into euerlastyng rest. &c.

105. MarginaliaAbominable blaspemy.Confitemini Dominæ nostræ, & inuocate nomen eius &c. Salus sempiterna in manu tua, Domina &c.

Prayse our Lady, and call vpon her name, &c. Euerlastyng saluation is in thy hand O Lady, &c.

110. Dixit Dominus Dominæ nostræ, sede mater mea a dextris meis. &c.

The Lorde sayd vnto our Lady: MarginaliaThe Deuill and the Pope sayth so and not God.syt here my mother on my ryght hand. &c.

114. In exitu animæ meæ ex hoc mundo occurre ei Domina & suscipe eam &c. Esto illi scala ad regnum cœlorum & iter rectum ad paradisum Dei. &c.

In the passyng of my soule out of this world come and meete it O Lady, and receiue it. &c. Bee to it a ladder vnto the kyngdome of heauen, and a right way to the Paradise of God. &c.

119. Miserationibus tuis plena est terra, ideo viam iustificationum tuarum exquisiui. &c. Concupiscam in æternum laudare te Domina cum docueris me *Marginalia* Blasphemy. iustificationes tuas. &c.

The whole earth is full of thy mercies, and therefore I will search out the way of thy iustifications. &c. I will couet for euer to praise the O Lady, when thou shalt teach me thy iustifications. &c.

125. MarginaliaBlasphemy.Qui confidunt in te mater Dei, non timebunt a facie inimici. &c.

They that put their trust in the O mother of God, shall not be a feard of the face of their enemy. &c.

127. *Marginalia* Blasphemy.Nisi Domina ædificauerit domum cordis nostri, non permanebit ædificium eius.

Except our Lady shall builde the house of our hart, the buildyng thereof shall not continue. &c.

128. Beati omnes qui timent Dominā nostram, & beati omnes qui sciunt facere voluntatem tuam. &c.

Blessed is euery one that feareth our Ladye, and blessed be all they which know to do her will. &c.

130. *Marginalia* Idolatrous inuocation. De profundis clamaui ad te Domina, Domina exaudi vocem meam: Fiant aures tuæ intendentes. &c.

Out of the deepe I haue called vnto thee O Ladye, O Lady heare my voyce. &c.

132. Memento Domina Dauid & omniū inuocantium nomē tuum. &c.

O Lady, remember Dauid, and all them that call vppon thy name. &c.

134. Ecce nunc benedicite Dominam omnes qui *Marginalia* False trust. speratis in nomine sancto eius. &c.

Behold and blesse now our Lady al ye that put your trust in her holy name. &c.

136. Super flumina Babylonis &c. MarginaliaBlasphemy.Non inuenietur propitiatio sine illa. &c.

At the fluddes of Babilon. &c. There is no propitiatiō to be found without her. &c.

140. MarginaliaGods office appoynted to our Ladye.Eripe me Domina ab omni malo, & ab hoste inferni defende me. &c.

Deliuer me O Ladye from all euill, and from the infernall enemy defend me. &c.

145. Oculi nostri sperant in te Domina. Mitte nobis cibum & escam delectantem. Laudationem tuam loquitur lingua mea & benedicam te in seculum seculi.

Our eyes looke vp and trust in thee: do thou sende vs meate and foode conuenient. &c. My tounge shall speake thy prayse, and shall blesse thee for euer.

148. Lauda Hierusalem Dominam, glorifica illam etiam ò Sion. Ipsa enim construit muros tuos & filios tuos benedicit. Gratia sua te impinguat, pacemq; donat terminis tuis.

MarginaliaIdolatry.Prayse thou our Lady O Hierusalem, and glorifie her also O thou Sion, for shee buildeth vp thy walles, and blesseth thy children: her grace maketh thee fat, and geueth peace vnto thy coastes. &c.

I could also recite other thinges moe of lyke blasphemy, folowyng immediatly after this Psalter of our Lady, in the Seraphicall doctor aforesayd, as these.

MarginaliaHorrible blasphemy.Ecce Domina Saluatrix mea, fiducialiter agam in te, & non timebo. &c. Qui fortitudo mea es tu. &c. Et facta es mihi in salutem. i. Behold O Lady my Sauiour I will be bold in the, and will not feare. &c. Because thou art my strength &c. And art become my saluation. &c.

Exulta totum genus humanum, quia talem dedit tibi mediatricem dominus Deus tuus. i. Reioyce O all mankynd, because the Lorde thy God hath geuen vnto thee such a MarginaliaBlasphemy.Mediatrix. &c.

Confitebor tibi domina, quia abscondisti hæc a sapientibus, & reuelasti ea paruulis. i. MarginaliaThe scripture abused.I wyll confesse to the O Lady, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise, and hast reueled thē to the litle ones. &c.

Generatio praua atq; peruersa agnosce Dominā nostram saluatricem tuam. Nunquid ipsa est mater tua quæ possidet te & in fide generauit te? i. O thou wicked and peuish generation knowledge our Ladye thy Sauiour. Is not shee the mother that hath possessed the and in fayth hath begotten thee?

MarginaliaCursed blasphemye.O benedicta in manibus tuis reposita est nostra salus. i. O thou blessed, in thy handes is layed vp our saluation &c.

In nomine tuo omne genu flectatur, cœlestium, &c. In thy name let euery knee bend, in heauen and earth and in hell.

Quemadmodum infans sine nutrice non potest viuere: ita nec sine Domina nostra posses habere salutem. i. Lyke as the infant can not lyue without the nource, so neither canst thou haue saluation without our Lady.

Quicunque vult saluus esse ante omnia opus est vt teneat de Maria firmam fidem. Quam nisi quisq; integram inuiolatamque seruauerit, absq̀ dubio in æternum peribit. i. Who so will be saued, before all thinges hee must needes holde his beliefe of our Lady, which beliefe, vnlesse euery one shall hold perfect & soūd, shall perish without doubt for euer.

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Moreouer after these so horrible thinges and vntolerable to be heard, consequently in the next tractation foloweth the Rosary or Garland of our LadyMarginaliaBlasphemy. The Rosary or Garland of our Lady, called Corona beatæ Mariæ. compiled by the said Saint Bonauenture: Wherin these wordes are to be read, as foloweth: O Mediatrix betwene God and man, the Lord hath worthely magnified thee, that thou onely shouldest conceaue his sonne. &c. Wherefore O good Mary our mediatrix mother of Grace, and mother of mercy. &c. And moreouer within few lynes it foloweth in these wordes. Therefore O our Empresse & Lady most bountifull, MarginaliaMary made a commaunder of Christ.by the authority, of a mother commaund, commaund (I say) thy welbeloued sōne that hee will stirre vp our mindes from the loue of worldely thynges, to heauenly desires: &c.

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Item, O the Aduocate of the miserable, the eyes of thy seruauntes be directed to thee. &c.

To these premisses I might also adioyne the horrible and most blasphemous wordes of the sayd Bonauenture in the sayd booke, Fol. 100. page. 2. col. 1. whiche I beseche the to read and note. Quæ maior bonitas quam quod Christus. &c. i. What greater goodnes can be, then that Christ is content to bee captiue vpon the alter.

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Wheruppon he speaketh in the person of Ieremy saying. Behold, I am in your handes, do with me as you see good. &c. Where note (sayth hee) that when any Duke or Prince is taken prisoner for his subiectes, he is not let go before he pay some great summe of money for his raunsome: MarginaliaChrist made a captiue and a prisoner in the Popes Church.Euen so neither we ought to let Christ go out of our handes beyng our prisoner and captiue, except he graunt vnto vs remission of our sinnes and his heauenly kyngdome. The priest therfore lyfteth vp the body of Christ vppon the aulter: as

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