1576 Edition | Book 7 | Page 884 
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
| MarginaliaA Priest, Martyr. Certaine no ble men, af- ter the com motion of the coūtrey men in Ger many. | A certeine godly Priest. An. 1525. | This priest being cō maunded to come and geue good coūsaile to 16. countreymen that should be beheaded, afterward was byd, himself, to kneledown to haue his head cut of, no cause nor condē- nation further beyng laid agaynst hym, but onely of mere hatred against the Gospell. Ex Ioan. Gastio. |
| Marginalia George Sherrer, Martyr. Ex Mat. Flac. Illyrico. The name of the perse cutour ap- peareth not in the story. | George Scherrer. At Rastat, by Saltze- burge. An. 1528. | After that this George had instruc- ted þe people in know- ledge of the Gospell in Rastat, x. myles di- stant from Saltze- burge, he was accu- sed of his aduersaries & put in prison, where he wrote a confession of his fayth, whiche Mathias Illiricus hath set out with his whole story. He was condemned to be bur- ned a liue: but meanes was made, that first his head should be cut of, and his body after- ward be cast into the fire. Goyng towarde his death he said, cry- ing aloud: That you may know (sayd he) þt I dye a true Chri- stian, I wil geue you a manifest signe, and so he did by the power of þe Lord: For when his head was taken of frō his shoulders, the body fallyng vpon his |
MarginaliaA straunge myracle of God in manifesting hys Gospell.
Closebelly, so cōtinued the space while one might well eate an egge. After that, softly it turned it selfe vpon the backe, and crossed the right foote ouer the left, and the right hand ouer the left. At the sight whereof they which saw it were in a great maruell. The Magi
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
strates which before had appointed to haue burned the body after his beheadyng, seyng this miracle, would not burne it, but buryed it with other Christian mens bodyes, and many by the same example were moued to beleue the Gospel. Thus God is able to manifest the truth of his Gospel, in the middest of persecution, who is to be blessed for euer. Amen.
[Back to Top]| Balthasar, Officiall. | Henry Flemmyng. At Dornic. 1525. | This Henry a Frier sometyme of Flaun- ders, forsoke his ha- bite & maryed a wife. Who beyng offered lyfe of Balthasar, if he would confesse hys wife to be an harlot, denyed so to do, and so was burnt at Dor- nic. |
| Marginalia A good priest martyred in hys owne house. A Popish Priest and a wicked mur derer. | A good Priest dwel lyng not farre from Basill. 1539. | There was a certain wicked Priest, a no- torious adulterer, a dycer, and a vile dron- kerd geuen to all wic- kednes and vngrati- ousnesse, without all feare, regardyng no- thyng what mischief he did: moreouer a mā fitte & ready to serue the affectiō of the pa- pistes at all turnes. It chaūced that this Priest was receaued & lodged in the house of an other Priest dwelling not farre frō |
| Basill, which was a good man and a sincere fauourer of the Gospell. This dronken Priest sittyng at supper, was so dronke that he could not tell what he dyd, or els feyned hymselfe so dronke of purpose, the bet- ter to accomplishe his entended mis- chief. So it folowed þt this wretch, after his first slepe, rose out of his bed and brake all the glasse windowes in his chamber, threw downe the stooue, and rent all his hostes bookes that he founde. The host awaking with the noyse therof, came to him, asking how he did: whether there were any thee- ues or enemyes that he was in feare of, desiryng him to shew what he ay- led. But as soone as the good hoste had opened his chāber doore, the wic- ked cutthroate, ranne at him with his sword and slew hym. The host after the wound receaued, fell downe and dyed. Vpō this, a clamour was made through all the streete, and the neigh- bours came in, the murtherer was ta ken and bound: and yet all the frendes and kinsfolkes that the good Priest had, could not make that miserable |
caitiffe that was the murderer, to be executed: the superiour power dyd so take his part, saying that he should be sent to his Byshop. The townes men did greuously cry out and complayne, at the boulsteryng out of so manifest vilany. So did also the noble man that was the Lord of the Page, saying that so many good men and maryed Priestes were drowned & beheaded for such small trifles, without any regarde had to the Byshop: but a murtherer might escape vnpunished. It was aunswered to them againe, that what the superiour powers would do, they had nothyng to do withall. The tyme was otherwise now, then it was in the commotion of the rusticall people. The superiour power had authoritie to gouerne as they would, sayd they: it was their partes onely to obey: And so was he sent bound to the Byshop, and shortly after dismissed, hauing also a greater benefice geuen him for his worthy acte: for so he auaūted him selfe, that he had slayne a Lutherā Priest. Ex tom. 2. Conuiualium Sermonum Ioan. Gastij. & ex Pantal.
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