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| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The causes. |
| MarginaliaClaudius Thierry, Martyr. | Claudius Thierry. At Orle- ance. An. 1549. | The same yeare, & for the same doctrine of the Gospell, one Claudius also was burned at thee sayde towne of Orleance, being apprehended by the way, commyng from Geneua to hys countrey, Ex Ioan. Crisp. |
| MarginaliaLeonard Galimard, martir. | Leonard Galimard. At Paris. An. 1549. | Thys Leonard, for the confessiō likewise of Christ & his Gos- pell, was taken and brought to Paris, & there by the sentēce of the coūsaile, was iud- ged to be burnt the same time as Florent Venote, aboue mētio- ned, did suffer at Pa- ris. Ex Ioan. Crisp. |
| MarginaliaMacæus Moreau, martyr. | Macæus Moreau. At Troyes. An. 1550. | He was burned in Troyes in Cāpaine (a towne in Fraūce) remaining cōstant to the end, in the gospell, for the which he was apprehended. Ex eodē. |
| MarginaliaIoh. Godean, Gabriell Berandine, martirs. | Ioan. Go- deau. Gabriell Berandi- nus. An. 1550. | These ij. were of þe Church of Geneua. Afterwarde for their frendly admonishing a certaine Prieste, which in his Sermō had abused the name of God, they were ta- ken at Chamberiace. Godeau standyng to his confessiō was bur ned. Gabriell thoughe he beganne a litle to shrinke for feare of þe torments, yet beyng confirmed by the con stant death of Gode- au, recouered againe, |
and stādyng likewise to his confession, first had his tongue cut out. Who notwithstāding, through Gods might did speak so as he might be vnderstād: wherupon the hangman beyng accused for not cuttyng of hys tongue rightly, sayd that he could not stoppe him of his speach. And so these ij, after they had confirmed many in in Gods truth, gaue their lyfe for Christes Gospell. Ibidem.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaThomas Sanpaulinus, Martyr. Ioan. An- dreas, Pro- moter. Peter Liset, President of the Coūsell of Paris. Maillardus, Doctor Sor- bonicus. Aubertus, Cōsiliarius. | Thomas. Sanpauli- nus. At Paris. An. 1551. | This Thomas a yong man of the age of xviij. yeares, com- miyng from Geneua to Paris, rebuked there a man for swea- ryng. For the which cause he beyng suspec- ted for a Lutheran, was folowed, & wat- ched whether he wēt, and was taken and brought before þe coū- saile of Paris, & put in prison, where hee was racked, and mi- serably tormented to the entent hee shoulde either chaunge hys o- |
pinion, or confesse other of his profession. His tormentes and rakinges were so sore, through the settyng on of Maillard and other Sorbonistes, that the sight therof made Aubertus one of the Counsaile, a cruell and vehement enemy agaynst the Gospell, to turne his backe and weepe. The young man, when he had made the tormenters wery with racking, and
[Back to Top]| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The causes. |
yet would vtter none, at last was had to Maulbert place in Paris, to be burned. Where he beyng in the fire, was pluckt vp agayne vpon the Gybbet, and asked whether he would turne. To whom he sayde, that he was in his way toward God, and therfore desired them to let him go. Thus this glorious martyr remayning inexpugnable, glorified the Lord with constant confession of his truth. Ibid.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaMauryce Secenat, martyr. | Mauricius Secenat. In Pro- uince. An. 1551. | He first hauing in- terrogations put to hym by þe Lieutenāt of that place, made his aunsweres therunto, so as no great aduan- tage coulde be taken thereof. But he be- yng greatly compūc- ted & troubled in hys conscience for dissem- blyng wyth þe truth, and called afterward before the Lord chiefe |
Iudge, aunswered so directly, that he was cōdemned for the same, and bur ned in Prouince. Ex eodē.
| MarginaliaIohannes de Puteo, martyr. A Citizen of Vzez. | Ioannes Putte, or de Puteo, sur- named Me- dicus. At Vzes in Prouince. An. 1551. | This Medicus be- yng a Carpenter and vnlettered, had a con- trouersie about a cer- teine pitte with a Ci- tizen of the towne of Vzez, where he dwel- led. He, to cast thys Medicus in the law, frō the pitte, accused hym of heresie, brin- ging for his witnes- ses, those labourers whom Medicus had |
hyred to worke in hys vineyard: wherfore he beyng examined of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, was condemned and burned. At Vzez in Prouince. Ex eodem.
| MarginaliaClaudius Monerius, martyr. The gouer- nour of Ly- ons. The Offici- all of the Archdeacon of Lyons. | Claudius Monerius. At Lyons. An. 1551. | This mā beyng well instructed in þe know ledge of Gods worde, for the which he was also driuen frō Auer- nia, came to Lyons, and there taught chil dren. He hearing of þe Lord Presidents cō- ming to þe Citie, wēt to geue warning to a certain familiar frend of his, & so conducted him out of the towne. In returning againe to cōfort þe mās wife |
and children, he was taken in hys house: and so he confessing that, which he knew to be true, and standyng to that which he confessed, after much affliction in prisons and doungeons, was condemned and burned at Lyons. He was noted to be so gentle and mylde of conditions, and constant withall, and also learned, that certeine of the Iudges coulde not forbeare weeping at his death.
[Back to Top]The sayd Monerius beyng in prison, wrote certeine letters, but one specially very comfortable, to all the faythfull, which the Lord willing, in the end of these histories shalbe inserted. He wrote also the questions and interrogatories of the Officiall, with his aunsweres likewise to the same, whiche summarilye we haue here contracted as foloweth.
[Back to Top]I worship Iesus Christ in heauen sittyng at þe right hand of God the father.
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