As soone as the Frier was come downe, he braste out, and charged him with false doctrine persuading the people, as well as he could be heard, by the scriptures, that the bread was but a Sacrament onelye of the Lordes body. The Frier not willing to heare hym, made signes vnto him to depart. Also þ^e thrōge of the people was such, that it caried him out of the doores. He had not gone farre, but Hesselius þ^e Chāberlain ouertooke hym & caried hym to prison. Then were Doctours and other Friers, as Pistorious & Bunderius, brought to reason with hym, of the Sacrament, of Inuocation of Saintes, and Purgatory. He euer stood to the triall onely of the Scripture: which they refused. Thē was it agreed þ^t he shoulde declare his mynd in writing: which he did. He wrote also to his wyfe at Emden: comfortyng her, and requiring her to take care, for Samuel, and Sara his children. When he was condemned, he was cōmaūded not to speake to the people. Hesselius the officer made great hast to haue hym dispatched, Wherfore he myldely lyke a lambe, praying for his enemyes, gaue hym selfe to bee bounde, paciently takyng that they would do agaynst him: whom first they strangled, & then consumed his body beyng dead, with fire. And this was the martyrdome of Hostius. Ex Lud. Rabo. lib. 7.

vnder his feete, saying that he did it to shew the glory of that God, and what litle power he hath: with other wordes moe to the people, to perswade them that the cake or fragment of bread was not Iesus their Sauiour.

At the sight hereof the people beyng stroken with a maruelous damp stode all amased. At length such a styrre therupon folowed, that Bertrand could hardely escape with life. It was not long, but the noyse of this was caried to the Baylife of Hēnegow. and gouernour of the Castle of Dornic, which lay sicke the same tyme, of the gowte, at Biesy. Who like a madd man cried out, that euer God would or could be so paciente, to suffer that contumely, so to be troden vnder the foote of such a miser: addyng moreouer, that hee woulde reuenge his cause in such sorte, as it shoulde be an example for euer to all posteritie, and forthwith the furious tyraunt commaunded hym selfe to be caried to þ^e Castle of Dornic. Bertrand being brought before him, was asked whether hee repented of hys facte, or whether he would so do, if it were to be done agayne. Who aunswered, that if it were an hundreth tymes to be done, he would do it: and if hee had an hundreth liues, he would geue MarginaliaBertrand thrise tormented. them in that quarell. Then was he thrise put to the pynebanke, tormented most miserably, to vtter his setters on, whiche hee would neuer do. Then proceded they to the sentence, more like tyrannes then Christen men. By the tenour of which sentence, this was his punishment: First he was drawne from the castleMarginaliaThe miserable & tragicall handling of Bertrand. of Dornic, to the market place, hauyng a balle of yron put in hys mouth, Then he was set vppon a stage, where hys rightMarginaliaThe right hand & foote of Bertrand pressed of, wyth hoate yrons. hand, wherwith he tooke the hoste, was crushed and pressed betwene two hoate yrons, with sharp yrō edges firye redde, till the forme & fashion of hys hand was mishaped. In lyke maner they brought other like yrons for his right fote, made fire hoate whereunto, of his own accorde, he put his foote, to suffer as his hand had done before, with meruelous constancie and firmenes of mynde. That done, they tooke the balle of MarginaliaThe tounge of Bertrand cut of. yron out of hys mouth, and cut of hys toung, who notwithstandyng, with continuall crying, ceased not to call vppon God: wherby the hartes of the people were greatly moued: Wheruppō the tormentours thrust in the yron balle into hys mouth agayn. From thēce they brought him downe to þ^e lower stage, he goyng to the same no lesse chearfully and quietly, then if no part of his body had bene hurt. There his leggesMarginaliaThe burnyng & martyrdome of Bertrand. and his handes were bound behynde hym with an yron cheyne goyng about hys body, and so he was let downe flat vpon the fire: whom the foresayd gouernor there standyng by and lokyng vpon, caused to be let vp agayne, & so downe and vp agayne, till at last the whole body was spent to ashes, which he commaūded to be cast into the riuer. When this was done, the Chapell where thys Massegod was so entreated, was lockte vp, and the bord wheruppon the Priest stode, was burnt: þ^e marble stone wheruppon the hoste did light, was broken in peeces. And finally for somuch as the sayd Bertrand had receaued his doctrine at Wesell, commaundement was geuen, that no person, out of that coūtrey should go to Wesell, or there occupy, vnder incurryng the daunger of the Emperours Placard. Ex Crisp. Pantal. et Adriano.