MarginaliaThe order of Archbyshopes degradation.thereupon to his degradation, first clothed & disguised hym, puttyng on hym a Surplis, and then an Aulbe: after that the vestiment of a Subdeacon, and euery other furniture, as a priest ready to Masse.

MarginaliaAn. 1556. March.When they had apparelled hym so farre: What, sayd he, I thinke I shall say Masse: Yea, said Cosins one of Boners Chapleines, my Lord, I trust to see you say Masse, for all this. Doo you so, quoth he? that shal you neuer see, nor I wyl neuer doo it.

Then they inuested hym in all maner of robes of a Bishop and Archbishop as he is at his installyng, sauyng that as euery thing then is most rich and costly, so euery thing in this was of Canuas and old cloutes, with a Miter and a Palle of the same sute done vpon hym in mockery, and then the Crosiar staffe was put in his hand.

This done after the Popes pontificall forme and maner, MarginaliaB. Boners eloquent oration agaynst the Archbyshop Cranmer.Boner, who by the space of many yeares had borne, as it seemed, no great good wyll towardes hym, and nowe reioyced to see this day wherein he might triumph ouer hym,  

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Note how Foxe toned down this passage in the 1570 edition, removing the reference to Bonner's 'great envy and malice'.

This is the man who hath euer despised the Popes holynes, and nowe is to be iudged by hym. This is the man who hath pulled down so many churches, and now is come to be iudged in a church. This is the man that contemned the blessed sacrament of the altar, and now is come to be cōdemned afore that blessed sacrament hangyng ouer the aultar. This is the man that like Lucifer sate in the place of Christ vpon an altar to iudge other, and now is come before an altar to be iudged hym selfe.

Whereunto the Archbishop interruptyng hym, sayde: MarginaliaBoner taken with an vntruth.that in that he belied hym, as he dyd in many other things: For that which he would now seeme to charge hym withal, was his owne fault, if it was any, and none of his. For the thyng you meane of, was in Paules Church (sayd he) where I came to sit in Commissiō: and there was a scaffold prepared for me and others, by you and your Officers, and whether there were any altar vnder it, or not, I coulde not perceiue it, nor once suspected it: wherfore you do wittyngly euyl to charge me with it.

But Boner wente on styll in his Rhethoricall repetition, lying and raylyng agaynst the Archbishop, begynnyng euerye sentence with, This is the man, this is the man, tyll at length there was neuer a man but was weerye of the vnmanerly vsage of hym in that tyme and place:MarginaliaVnmannerlynes of B. Boner to his brother in tyme of aduersytye. In so muche that the Bishop of Ely aforesayd diuers tymes pulled hym by the sleeue to make an end, and sayd to hym afterward when they went to dynner, that he had brokē promise with hym: for he had entreated hym earnestly to vse hym with reuerence.

After all this done and finished, they began then to bustle towarde his disgradyng, and first to take from hym his Crosiar staffe out of his handes, which he held fast, and refused to deliuer, and withal imitatyng the example of Martin Luther, pulled an Appeale out of his left sleeue vnder the wrest, which he there and thē deliuered vnto them, saying: MarginaliaArchbyshop Cranmer appealeth from the Pope to a generall Councell.I appeale to the next general Councell: and herein I haue comprehended my cause and forme of it, whiche I desire may be admitted: and prayed diuers of the standers by by name to be witnesses, and especially M. Curtop, to whō he spake twise. &c.

The copie of which his appellation, because it was not printed before, I thought here to exhibite ad rei memoriam, as in forme here foloweth.

¶ The tenour of the Appeale of the Archbishop of Canterbury, from the Pope, to the next generall Councell.  

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In the 1563 edition, Foxe simply mentioned this document. He printed it in the 1570 edition, probably taking it from the official trial record. For an analysis of this appeal see MacCulloch, Cranmer, pp. 592-95.

MarginaliaChalenge or appeale of the Archbyshop from the Pope to a generall Councell.IN the name of the Father, and of the sonne, and of the holy Ghost.

First, my playne protestation made, that I entende to speake nothyng against one holy catholike and Apostolicall church, or the authority therof (the which authority I haue in great reuerence, and to whom my mynd is in al thynges to obey) and if any thyng peraduenture eyther by slyppernes of tongue, or by indignation of abuses, or els by the prouocation of myne aduersaries be spoken or done otherwise then well, or not with such reuerence as becommeth me, I am most ready to amend it.

Although the Bishop of Rome (whom they cal Pope) beareth the roume of Christ in earth, and hath authoritie of god, yet by that power or authoritie he is not become vnsinable,MarginaliaThe Pope not vnsinnable. neither hath he receyued that power to destroy, but to edifie the congregation:MarginaliaThe Pope hath no power to destruction, but to edyfye. Therfore if he shal commaund any thyng þ^t is right to be done, he ought to take it paciently & in good part, in case he be not therin obeyed. And he must not be

obeyed, if he commaund any thyng against the preceptes of God: no, rather he may lawfully be resisted, euen as Paul withstood Peter. And if he be ayded by helpe of princes, deceyued perchaunce by a false suggestion or with euyl counsell, can not be resisted, but the remedyes of withstandyng hym be taken away, there is neuertheles one remedy of appealyng (whiche no prince can take awaye) vttered by the verye Lawe of nature: for as muche as it is a certayne defence, whiche is meete for euery body by the lawe of God, of nature, and of man. MarginaliaRemedy of appealing standeth with law, of God and nature.

And where as the lawes do permit a man to appeale, not onely from the griefes and iniuries done, but also from such as shal be done hereafter, or threatned to be done, MarginaliaThe inferiour cannot forbid to appeale to the superiour.in somuch that the inferiour cannot make lawes of not appealing to a superiour power: and since it is openly inough confessed, that a holy generall Counsell, lawfully geathered together in the holy Ghost, and representyng the holy Catholike Churche, MarginaliaGenerall Councell is superiour to the Pope.is aboue the Pope, especially in matters cōcerning faith, that he can not make decrees that men shal not appeale frō hym to a general Councel: therfore I Tho. Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury, or in tyme past ruler of the Metropolical church of Canterbury, Doctor in Diuinitie, doo say & publishe before you, the publike Notary, & witnesses here present, with minde and intent to challenge and appeale from the persons and griefes vnderneath written, and to profer my selfe in place and tyme conueniente and meete, to proue the Articles that folowe. And I openly confesse, that I would lawfully haue published them before this day, if I might haue had either libertie to come abroade my selfe, or licence of a Notary and witnesses. But further then I am able to doo, I knowe well is not required of the lawes.

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The causes why he doth appeale.
The 1. cause.1 First I say and publishe, that Iames by the mercye of God Priest, called Cardinall of the Pyt, and of the title of our Lady in the way of the church of Rome, Iudge & Cōmissary specially deputed of our most holy Lorde the Pope, (as he affirmed) caused me to be cited to Rome,MarginaliaThe Archb. cited to appeare at Rome, when he was fast in prison that he could not come. there to appeare. lxxx. dayes after the Citation serued on me, to make answeare to certaine articles touching the peryll of my state and lyfe. And where as I was kept in prison with moste strayt warde, so that I could in no wise be suffered to goe to Rome, nor to come out of prison, and in so greeuous causes concerning state and lyfe, no man is bound to send a proctour, and though I would neuer so faine sende my Proctour, yet by reason of pouertie I am not able (for all that euer I had, wherewith I should beare my Proctors costes and charges, is quite taken from me) MarginaliaNote with what iustice and sinceritie this Catholicke Church doth proceede.neuerthelesse þ^e most reuerende Cardinall aforesaide doth sore threaten me, that whether I shall appeare, or not, he wyll neuerthelesse yet proceede in iudgement against me. Wherin I feele my self so greeued, that nothing cā be imagined more mischeuous or further from reason.

MarginaliaThe 2. cause.2 Secondly, the reuerend father Iames Brokes by the mercy of God bishop of Glocester, Iudge and vnderdeputy (as he affirmed) of the most reuerend Cardinall, caused me to be cited at Oxford (where I was then kept in prison) to answeare to certaine articles, concerning the daunger of my state and lyfe. MarginaliaThe Archb. denyed to haue counsell of the law.And when I being vnlearned and ignorant in the lawes, desired counsell of the learned in the lawe, that thing was most vnrighteously denyed me, contrary to the equitie of al lawes both of God and man. Wherin againe I feele me most wrongfully greeued.

MarginaliaThe 3. cause.3 And when I refused the saide Bishop of Glocester to be my Iudge for most iust causes, which I then declared, he neuertheles wēt on stil, MarginaliaThe Papists procede contrary to law.& made proces against me, cōtary to þ^e rule of þ^e lawes of appealing, which say: A iudge that is refused, ought not to proceede in the cause, but to leaue of. And when he had required of me answeares to certaine articles, I refused to make hym any answeare. I sayde, I woulde yet gladlye make aunsweare to the moste renoumed Kynges and Queenes deputies or Attorneys then present, with this condition notwithstandyng, that myne answeare should be extraiudiciall, and that was permitted me. And with this my protestation made & admitted, I made answere, but myne answeare was sodaine and vnprouided for: & therfore I desired to haue a copy of mine answeares, that I might put to, take away, chaunge, and amende them: and this was also permitted me. Neuerthelesse, contrary to his promise made vnto me,MarginaliaThe Papistes contrary to their owne promise. no respect had to my protestation, nor licence geuen to amende myne aunsweare, the sayd reuerende father Bishop of Glocester (as I heare) commaunded myne answeares to be enacted, contrary to the equitie of the lawe. In whiche thing againe I feele me much greeued.

MarginaliaThe 4. cause.4. Furthermore, I could not for many causes admyt the Bishop of Romes vsurped authoritie in this Realme, nor consent to it: first, my solemne othe lettyng me, whiche I made in the tyme of most famous memorie of kyng Henry