1576 Edition | Book 7 | Page 899 
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
of the Scripture? So litle regard had he to saue his owne lyfe, that he desired the Iudges, both at Meaux, & at Paris, for Gods sake, that they would rather take care of their owne lyues and soules, and to consider how much innocent bloud they spiled dayly in fightyng agaynst Christ Iesus, and his Gospell.
[Back to Top]At last, beyng brought to Paris, thorough the meanes of M. Peter Liset, a great persecutor, for that they of Meaux, should take by him no encouragement, there he was deteined, and suffered his martyrdome: where no kynde of cruelty was lackyng, which the innocent Martyrs of Christ Iesus were wont to be put vnto. Ex Henr. Pantal. & hist. Gallic.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaSteuen Polliot, Martyr. The names of his per- secutours in the story be not expres- sed. | Steuen Polliot. At Paris. An. 1546. | Steuen Polliot commyng out of Nor mādy (where he was borne) vnto Meaux, taryed not there long, but was compelled to flye, & went to a town called Fera: where he was apprehēded, and brought to Paris, & there cast into a foule and darke prison. In which prison he was kepte in bandes and fetters a long space, where he saw almost no light. At lēgth be- |
ing called for before the Senate, and his sentence geuen to haue his toung cut out, & to be burned alyue, his satchell of bookes hangyng about his necke: O Lord (sayd he) is the world in blyndnes and darcknes still? For he thought being in prison so long, that the world had bene altered from his old darknes, to better knowledge. At last, the worthy Martyr of Iesus Christ hauing his bookes about his necke, was put into the fire, where he with much paciēce, ended this transitory lyfe. Ex Henr, Pantal.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaIoh. Englishe, martyr. The hygh Senate of Paris. | Ioh. Eng- lish. An. 1547. | He was executed & burned at Sens in Burgūdy, beyng cō- demned by the hyghe Court of Paris, for confessing the true word of GOD. Ex Crisp. & Adrian. |
| MarginaliaMichaell Michelot, Martyr. | Michael Michelote, a Taylour. An. 1547. | This Taylour be- yng apprehēded for þe gospels sake, was iud ged first if he would turne, to be beheaded: and if hee would not turne, then to be bur- ned alyue. Who beyng asked whether of these two hee would chuse, aūswered, that hee trusted that hee which had geuē him grace not to deny the truth, would also geue hym pacience to abyde the fire. Hee was burned at Wer- den by Turney. |
| MarginaliaLeonardus de Prato, Martyr. Two false brethren. | Leonardus de Prato. An. 1547. | This Leonard go- yng from Dyton, to Bar, a towne in Bur gundy, with two false brethren, and talkyng with them about re- ligion, was bewrayed of thē, and afterward burned. | Iohn Taffin gnon. Ioan his wife. | MarginaliaVij. Martyrs.All these vij. beyng of the Citie of Lan- gres, for the word & truth of Christ Ie- sus, were committed |
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
| Symon Ma- reschall. Ioanne his wife. W. Michāt. Iames Bou- lerau. Iames Bretenay. An. 1547. | to the fire: wherein they dyed with much strength and comfort. But especially Io- anne, which was Si- mons wife, beyng re- serued to þe last place, because she was the yoūgest, cūfirmed her husbād and all the o- ther, with wordes of singular consolation, declaryng to her hus- bād, that they should the same day, be ma- ryed to the Lord Ie- sus, to lyue with hym for euer. Ex Pantal. Crisp. & alijs. |
| The Senate of Paris. | Mischaell Mareschal. Ioh. Cam9. Great Iohn Camus. Iohn Sera- phin. An. 1547. | These also, the same yeare and about the same time, for the like confession of Christes Gospell, were condē- ned by the Senate of Paris, & in the same Citie also with the like cruelty, were bur ned. Ex Pantal. Crisp. |
| MarginaliaOctouien, Martyr. The host of Octouien, at Lyons. Gabriell of Sacconnex Precenteur. | Octouien Blondell, a Marchaūt of precious stones. At Paris. An. 1548. | This Octouien, as he was a great occu- pyer in all fayres and countreys of Fraūce, and well knowē, both in the Court, and els where: so was he a singular honest man, of great integritie, and also a fauourer of Gods worde. Who beyng at his hostes house in Lyōs, rebu- ked the filthy talke, & superstitious behaui- our, whiche there he heard and saw. Wher fore the hoste bearyng to hym a grudge, chaū ced to haue certaine talke with Gabriell of Sacconnex Pre- centeur, concernyng the riches, and a sū- ptuous coller set with rich iewels, of this Octouien. Thus these two consultyng together, dyd suborne a certaine |
person to borowe of hym a certayne summe of crownes. Which because Octouien refused to lende, the other caused him to be apprehēded for heresie, thinking thereby to make a tachemēt of his goodes. But such order was taken by Blōdels frendes, that they were frustrate of their purpose. Then Blondell beyng examined of his fayth, gaue a playne & full cōfession of that doctrine, whiche he had learned, for the which he was cōmitted to prisō: where he did much good to the prisoners MarginaliaFayth ioyned wyth good workes. there. For some that were in debt, he payd their creditours, & loosed them out. To some he gaue meate, to other, rayment. At lēgth, thorough the importune persuasions of his parētes and frendes, he gaue ouer and chaunged his confession. Notwithstādyng the Presenteur not leauing so, appealed him vp to þe hye Court of Paris. There Octouien beyng asked againe, touchyng his fayth, which of hys ij. confessions he would sticke to, he being before admonished of hys fall, and of the offence geuen thereby to the faythfull, sayd he would lyue and dye in his first cōfession, which he defēded to be consonāt to the verity of Gods word. Which done, he was cōdemned to be burned, and so hast was made to his execution, lest his frendes in the court, might come betwene and saue his lyfe. Ex Ioan. Crisp. Lib. 6.
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