Marginalia1555. Decemb.ged, and be at the commaundement of Antichrist. And ye (speakyng to the Byshops) pretend to be the felowes of the Apostles of Christ, and yet ye be very Antichristes and deceiuers of the people: and I am glad that God hath geuen me power to stand here this day, and to declare and defend my fayth, which is founded on Christ.

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To the first Article.
Iohn Philpot is of the Catholicke Church but not of the Babilonicall church.Therefore as touchyng your first obiection, I say that I am of the Catholicke Church, wherof I was neuer out, and that your Churche (which ye pretend to be the Catholicke Church) is the Church of Rome, & so the Babylonicall & not the Catholicke church: of that Church I am not.

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To the 2. Article.
Iohn Philpot speaketh not agaynst the true sacrifice, but agaynst the sacrifice set vpon the altar, vsed in priuate masses.As touching your secōd obiectiō, which is, that I should speake agaynst þ^e sacrifice of þ^e Masse, I do say, that I haue not spokē against þ^e true sacrifice, but I haue spokē against your priuate masses that you vse in corners, which is blasphemy to þ^e true sacrifice: for your sacrifice daily reiterated is a blasphemy against Christes death, & it is a lie of your owne inuentiō. And that abhominable sacrifice which ye set vpon the aultar, and vse in your priuate Masses in stede of the liuely sacrifice, is Idolatry, & ye shall neuer proue it by Gods word: therefore ye haue deceiued the people with that your sacrifice of the Masse, which ye make a maskyng.

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To the third Article.
Philpot denyeth not the sacramēt of the altar of the crosse, but the Sacrament of the altar of stone he defieth.Thirdly, where you lay to my charge that I deny the body and bloud of Christ to be in the Sacrament of the aultar, I can not tell what aultar ye meane, whether it be the aultar of the Crosse, or the aultar of stone. And if ye call it the Sacrament of the aultar in respect of the aultar of the stone, then I defie your Christ: for it is a rotten Christ.

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And as touchyng your transubstantiation, I vtterly deny it: for it was brought vp first by a Pope. Now as concernyng your offer made from the Synode, which is gathered together in Antichristes name: proue me that to be of the Catholicke church (which ye shal neuer do) & I wil follow you, & do as you would haue me to do. MarginaliaPhilpot chargeth the clergie of Q. Maryes tyme, to be Idolaters to God, and traytors to K. Henry and K. Edward.But ye ar idolaters, and dayly do committe Idolatry. Ye be also traytors: for in your Pulpits you rayle  

vpon good kynges, as kyng Henry, and kyng Edward his sonne, which haue stand agaynst the vsurped power of the Byshop of Rome: agaynst whom also I haue taken an othe, which if ye cā shew me by Gods law that I haue taken vniustly, I will then yelde vnto you. But I pray God turne the Kyng & Queenes hartes from your Sinagoge & church, for you do abuse that good Quene.

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Here the Byshop of Couentry and Lichfield began to shew where the true Church was, saying.

Coue. MarginaliaD. Barnes B. of Couentrye speaketh.The true catholicke Church is set vpō an high hill.

Phil. Yea, at Rome, which is the Babylonicall Church.

Couen. No: in our true catholicke church are the Apostles, Euangelistes, and Martyrs:MarginaliaHow can the Apostles be of that church where their doctrine is agaynst it. but before Martin Luther, there was no Apostle, Euangelist, or martyr of your church.

Phil. Will ye know the cause why? Christ did prophesie, that in the latter dayes there should come false Prophetes and hypocrites, as you be?

Couen. Your Church of Geneua, which ye call the Catholicke Church, is that which Christ prophesied of.

Phil. I allow the Church of Geneua, and the doctrine of the same: for it is, vna Catholica, & Apostolica, and doth folow the doctrine that the Apostles did preach: MarginaliaThe church of England in k. Edwards tyme.and the doctrine taught and preached in kyng Edwardes dayes, was also accordyng to the same. And are ye not ashamed to persecute me and others for your churches sake, which is Babylonicall and contrary to the true Catholicke Church?

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After this they had great conference togethers, aswell out of the Scriptures, as also out of the Doctours. But when Boner sawe that by learnyng they were not able to conuince M. Philpot, he thought then by his diffamations to bryng him out of credite: and therefore turnyng him selfe vnto the Lord Maior of London, brought forth a knife, and a bladder full of pouder, and sayd:

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MarginaliaB. Boner chargeth him with false surmises, for want of true matter.London. My Lord, this man had a rosted pigge brought vnto him, and this knife was put secretly betwene the skin and the fleshe thereof, and so was it sent him, beyng in prison. And also this pouder was sent vnto him, vnder pretēce that it was good and confortable for him to eate or drinke: whiche pouder was onely to make inke to write withall. For whē his Keeper did perceiue it, he tooke it and brought it vnto me. Whiche when I did see, I thought it had bene gunpouder, and thereupon I put fire to it, but it would not burne. Then I tooke it for poyson, and so gaue it to a dogge, but it was not so. Then I tooke a litle water, and it made as fayre inke, as euer I did write withall. Therefore my Lord, you may vnderstand what a naughty fellow this is.

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Phil. Ah my Lord, haue ye nothyng els to charge me withall but these trifles, seyng I stand vppon lyfe and death? MarginaliaPhilpot had a knife brought hym vnder a pig: Ergo the church of Rome is a Catholicke Church.Doth the knife in the pigge proue the Churche of Rome to be a Catholicke Church? &c.

Then the Byshoppe brought foorth a certaine instrument conteinyng Articles and Questiōs, agreed vpon both in Oxford and Cambridge, whereof ye haue mention before

page. 1358. MarginaliaArticles concluded in Cābridge and Oxford.
The Catechisme set forth in K. Edwardes dayes.
The booke of report of the disputation in the Conuocation house.Also hee did exhibite two Bookes in Print: the one was the Catechisme made in kyng Edwardes dayes. An. 1552. the other concernyng the true report of the disputation in the Conuocation house, mention wherof is aboue expressed.

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Moreouer hee did bryng forth and layde to Maister Philpots charge two Letters: the one touchyng Barthelet Greene, the other contayning Godly exhortations and comfortes: whiche both were written vnto hym by some of his Godly frendes: the tenour whereof we thought here also to exhibite.

MarginaliaA letter written to M. Philpot touching the handling of M. Grene, exhibited by B. Boner.YOu shall vnderstand that M. Greene came vnto the Byshop of London on Sonday last, where he was curteously receiued: for what policie the sequele declareth. His entertainement for one day or two, was to dyne at my Lordes owne table, or els to haue his meate from thence. Duryng those dayes he lay in D. Chadseys chamber, and was examined. Albeit in very deede the Byshop earnestly and faithfully promisedMarginaliaBoner breaketh promise. many right worshipfull men (who were suters for him, but to him vnknowen) that he in no case should be examined: before which M. Fecknā would haue had him in his frendly custody, if he would haue desired to haue cōferred with him, which he vtterly refused. And in that the bishop obiected against him singularitie & obstinacie, his aunswere thereunto was thus: To auoyde all suspitiō therof, although I my self am yoūg & vtterly vnlearned in respect of the learned (& yet I vnderstād, I thanke my Lord) yet let me haue such bookes as I shall require: and if I, by Gods spirite, do not thereby aunswere all your bookes and obiections contrary thereto, I will assent to you. Wherunto the Bishop and his assented, permittyng him at the first to haue such bookes. Who at sondry tymes haue reasoned with him, MarginaliaM. Grene strōg in scriptures and Doctours.and haue found him so strōg and rife in the Scriptures and godly fathers, that sithens they haue not onely taken from hym such libertie of bookes, but al other bookes, not leauing him so much as the new Testamēt. Sithens they haue baited and vsed him most cruelly. This M. Fecknā reported:MarginaliaFecknams report of Bart. Grene. saying farther, that he neuer heard the like young man, and so perfect. What shall become farther of him God knoweth, but death I thinke, for he remaineth more and more willing to dye, as I vnderstand. Concernyng your bill  

MarginaliaThis bill was a supplication to be offered vp in the Parlament I shall conferre with others therein, knowyng that the same Court is able to redresse the same. And yet I thinke it will not be reformed, for that I know few or none that dare or will speake therin, or preferre the same, because it concerneth spirituall thynges. Notwithstandyng, I will assertaine you therof: committyng you to the holy Ghost, who keepe you and vs all as his.

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Your owne. &c.

MarginaliaA letter written to M. Philpot by the faythfull Christen Lady, the Lady Vane.HArty thankes rendred vnto you my well beloued in Christ, for the booke ye sent me, wherein I finde great consolations, and according to the doctrine therof, do prepare my cheekes to the strikers, and my womanish backe to their burthens of reprofe, and so in the strength of my God I trust to leape ouer the wall: for his sweetenes ouercommeth me dayly, and maketh all these Poticary drugges of the world, euen medicinelike in my mouth. For the continuaunce whereof, I beseech thee (my deare fellow souldiour) make thy faythfull prayer for me, that I may with a strong and gladsome consciēce finish my course, and obtaine the reward, though it be no whit due to my worke. I am not content that you so often gratifie me with thāks for that which is none worthy, but duety on my part & small relief to you. But if you would loue me so much, that I might supply your lackes,  

thē would I thinke ye beleued my offers to be such, as agreed with my hart. And for the short charges   ye speake of, the meanes are not so pleasant, if God (whom my trust is in) will otherwise prepare: but Salomon sayth: All thing hath here his time: You to day, & I tomorow, & so the end of Adās line is soone runne out. The mighty God geue vs his grace that duryng this tyme his glory be not defaced through our weakenes. Because ye desire to shew your selfe a worthy souldiour, if neede so require, I will supply your request for the Scarfe ye wrote of, that ye may present my handy worke before your Captaine, that I be not forgotten in the odours of incense which our beloued Christ offereth for his owne: to whom I bequeth both our bodies and soules.

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Your very owne in the Lord, F. E.