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| doctrine, and refuted the same by Scrip- tures. Wherat he dis- daynyng, procured her to be burned at Foū- taines. Ibidem. |
| MarginaliaIohn Cornon, Martyr. | Iohn Cor- non. An. 1535. | Iohn Cornon a hus- band man of Mascō, and vnlettered, but to whom God gaue such wisedome, that hys iudges were amased, when he was condē- ned by their sentence, and burned. Ex Crisp. |
| MarginaliaMartyn Gonyn, Martyr. George Borell, Iaylor. The Procu- rator of the Citie of Grenoble in Frauunce. The Inqui- sitor. | Martin Gonyn. In Dol- phyne. An. 1536. | This Martin beyng taken for a spye in the borders of Fraunce, towarde the Alpes, was committed to pri sō. In his goyng out, his Iaylor espyed a- bout hym, letters of Farellus, & of Peter Vsret. Wherfore be- yng examined of the kynges Procurator, & of the Inquisitour, touching his faith, af- ter hee had rendred a sufficiēt reason ther- of, he was cast into þe riuer & drowned. Ex Ioan. Crisp. |
| MarginaliaClaudius Paynter, a Goldsmith, Martyr. The kins- folkes and frendes of this Clau- dius. Morinus, an Officer. | Claudius Painter, a Goldsmith. At Paris. An. 1540. | Claudius goyng a- bout to conuerte his frēdes and kinsfolkes to his doctrine, was by them cōmitted to Morinus a chief cap- taine, who cōdemned him to be burned: but the hygh Parliament of Paris, correctyng that sentence, added moreouer þt he should haue his toung cut out before, and so to be burned. Ex Ioā. Crisp. |
| MarginaliaSteuen Brune Martyr. Gaspar Augerius the bishops Renter. Domicel- lus, a Fran- ciscane and Inquisi- tour. | Steuen Brune, a husband- man. At Rutiers. An. 1540. | Steuē Brune was persecuted of Auge- rius, who after hys cōfession geuēen of his fayth, was iudged to be burned. Which pu- nishment, he tooke so constātly, that it was to them a wōder. His aduersaries commaū- ded after his death, to bee cryed that none should make any more mention of him, vnder payne of heresie. Pantalion addeth moreouer, MarginaliaThe martyr not harmed wyth the fire. that at the place of his burnyng called Planuol, the wynde rose and blew the fire so from hym, as he stode exhortyng the people, that hee there cōtinued about the space of an houre, in maner, not harmed |
| or scarse touched with any flame: so that all the woode beyng wasted a- way, they were compelled to begyn |
the fire agayne with new fagots, and vessels of oyle, and such other matter: and yet neither could he with all this, be burned, but stode safe. Then the hangman tooke a staffe, and let driue at his head. To whom
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
the holy Martyr beyng yet alyue, sayd: When I am iudged to the fire, do ye beate me with staues lyke a dogge? With that the hangman with his pyke thrust hym through the belly and the guttes, and so threw him down into the fire and burned his body to ashes, throwyng away his ashes afterward with the wind. Ex Ioan. Crisp.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaConstantine Northman, wyth three other, Martyrs. | Constanti- nus, a Citi- zen of Rhone, with three other. An. 1542. | These foure for de- fence of the Gospell, beyng condemned to be burned, were put in a doungcart. Who thereat reioysing, said that they were repu- ted here as excre- ments of this world, but yet they r death was a sweete odour vnto God. Ex Ioan. Crisp. |
| MarginaliaIohn du Beck, Martyr. | Iohn du Beck, Priest. An. 1543. | For the doctrine of the Gospell hee was degraded, and con- stantly abode the tor- ment of fire in the chief Citie of Cham- paigne. Ex Ioanne Crisp. |
| MarginaliaAymundus a Via, Martyr. The Parish Priest of the towne of S. Fayth in An- geow. Also other Priestes of the same countrey. Riueracus and his ser- uaunt. | Aymond de Lauoy. Bordeaux. An. 1543. | This Aymonde preached the gospel at S. Faithes in An- gew, where he was accused by the parish priest there, and by o- ther Priestes moe, to haue taught false do- ctrine, to the great de- cay of their gaynes. Wherupon, when the Magistrates of Bor deaux had geuē com- maundemēt, and had sent out their Appa- ritour to apprehend hym, he hauyng intel- ligence thereof, was willed by his freēdes, to flye and shift for himself: but he would not, saying, þt he had rather neuer to haue bene borne, then so to do. MarginaliaThe office of a good shepeheard to stand by hys flocke. It was the office of a good shephearde (he sayd) not to flye in tyme of perill, but rather to abyde the daūger, lest the flocke be scattered: or els lest |
peraduenture, in so doyng, he should leaue some scruple in their myndes, thus to thinke, that he had fedde them with dreames and fables, contrary to the wordeof GOD. Wherfore beseechyng them to moue hym no more therein, he told them, that he feared not to yeld vp both body and soule in the quarell of that truth, which he had taught: saying with S. Paule, that he was readye not onely to be bounde for the testimony of Christ, in the Citie of Bordeaux,MarginaliaAct. 21. but also to dye. To contract the long story hereof to a brief narration, the Sumner came, and was in the Citie three dayes: duryng which tyme Aymondus preached iij. Ser- mons. The people in defense of their preacher, flew vpon the Sumner, to deliuer hym out of hys handes. But Aymuond desired them not to stoppe his Martyrdome: seyng it was the will of God that he should suffer for hym, he would not (sayd he) resist. Then the Consuls suffered the Sumner, & so Aymuond was caryed to Bordeaux. Where many witnesses, the most part beyng Priestes, came in agaynst him, with M. Riueracke also, and hys seruant. Which Riueracke had sayd oftētymes before, that it should cost him a thousand crownes, but he would burne him. Many exceptiōs he made agaynst his false witnesses, but that would not be taken. All their accusation was onely for denying Purgatory.
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