strumēt where with Apothecaries are wōt to make their Hipocras. In this he remayned vij. weakes, where the tormentors affirme, that no thief nor murderer could euer endure xv dayes, but was in daunger of lyfe, or madnes.

At last, when there was a great shew in Paris at the kinges cōmyng into the Citie, and diuers other Martyrs in sondry places of the citie were put to death, he hauing his tounge cut of, was brought to see the execution of them all: and last of all, in the place of Maulbert, was put in the fire and burned the ix. day of Iuly at after noone. Ex Ioan. Crisp.

be maried again. And seing the doungcarte brought, wherin she should be caried, she reioysed thereat, shewyng such constancie in her martyrdome, as made all the beholders to maruell. Ex Ioan. Crisp.

kynges Palace, in the strete bearing the name of S. Antony, was apprehended of a certaine officer in the kynges house, for that, vppon a certaine holy day, he folowed his occupatiō, and dyd worke for his liuing. Before he was had to prison, the officer asked hym, why he dyd labour and worke, geuing no obseruatiō to the holy day.

To whom he aunswered, that he was a poore man, liuing onely vppon hys labour: and as for the daye, he knew no other, but onely the Sondaye, wherein hee myght not lawfully worke, for the necessitie of his liuyng. Then the officer began to aske of him many questions. Whereunto the poore Taylour did so aunswere, that eftsoones MarginaliaThe Taylor imprisoned for breaking a peece of an holy day. he was clapt in prison. After that, the officer commyng into the Court, to shew what good seruice he had done for the holy Churche, declared to certeine estates, how he had taken a Lutherane, workyng vpon the holy day, shewyng that he had such aunswers of him, that he commaunded him to prison. When the rumour hereof was noysed in þ^e kinges chamber, through þ^e motiō of them which were about the king, the poore man was sent for to appeare, that the kyng myght haue þ^e hearing of him.

Wheruppon the kynges chamber beyng voyded, saue onely a fewe of the chiefe Pieres remayning about the MarginaliaThe Taylor brought before the kyng. kyng, the simple Taylour was brought. The kyng sittyng in his chaire, commaunded Petrus Castellanus Bishop of Mascon (a man very fitte for such Inquisitiōons) to question with him. The Taylour beyng entred, and nothyng appaulled at þ^e kinges Maiestie, after his reuerence done vnto the prince, gaue thankes to God, that hee had so greatly dignified him being such a wretch, as to bryng him, where he might testifie his truth befor such a mightye prince. Then Castellanus entryng talke, began to reason with him touchyng the greatest and chiefest matter of Religion. Wherunto thee Taylour MarginaliaThe present boldnes of the Taylor aunsweryng for his religion, before the kyng. without feare or any halting in his speach, with present audacitie, witte and memory, so aunswered for the sincere doctrine and simple truth of Gods Gospell, as was both conuenient to the purpose, and also to hys questions aptly and fitly correspondent.

Notwithstandyng, the nobles there present, with cruell tauntes and rebukes, did what they could to dashe him out of countenaunce. Yet all this terrefied not hym, but with boldnes of hart, and free libertie of speach, he defēded his cause, or rather the cause of Christ the Lorde, neither flattering with their persons nor fearing their threates: which was to them all, a singular admiration to behold that simple poore artificer to stand so firme and bold, aunswering before a kyng, to those questions propounded agaynst him. Wherat, when the kyng semed to muse with him selfe, as one somwhat amased, and which might soone haue bene induced at that present, to further knowledge: the egregious Bishop, and other courteours, MarginaliaPestilent counsell about the kyng. seyng the king in such a muse, sayd he was an obstinate and a stuburne person, obsirmed in his own opinion, and therfore was not to be marueiled at, but to be sent to the iudges, and to be punished: and therfore lest he shoulde trouble the eares of the sayd Henry the kyng, he was commaunded agayne to thee handes of the officer, that his cause might be informed, and so within few dayes after, he was condemned by the hye Stuard of the kinges house, to be burned aliue. And lest any deepe consideration of that excellent fortitude of the poore man myght further peraduenture pearse the kinges mynde, the Cardinals and Byshops were euer in the kynges MarginaliaA fumishe comparison of a fierce Cardinal. eare, tellyng him that these Lutheranes were nothyng els, but such as caried vayne smoke in their mouthes, which beyng put to the fire, would soone vanish. Wherfore þ^e king was appointed, himself to be present at his executiō, which MarginaliaThe death & martyrdome of thys Taylour. was sharpe & cruell, before the Church of Mary the Virgin, where it pleased God to geue such strength and courage to his seruaunte, in suffering his martyrdome, that the beholdyng therof, dyd more astonish the kyng, then all the other did before. Ex Ioan. Crisp. Ex Henr. Pantall. lib. 7.