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| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
| Marginalia Ludouicke Marsac. Michaell Gerard. Steuen Granot. Martyrs. The kinges Lieutenaunt at Lyons. The Offi- cial. The Fryers. | Ludouicus Marsacus. Michael Gerard his cosin. Steuē Gra- not, Car- penter. At Lyons. Ann. 1553. | At Liōs þe same yere these iij. also were apprehēded and sacri ficed. Ludouicus had ben of the order of þe Dimilances whiche serued þe king in his warres. Afterward cōmyng to Geneua, he was trayned vp in the knowledge & doctrine of the lord. Vpō diuers articles he was examined, as inuocation of sain tes, and of þe virgine Mary, free wil, me- rites, & good works, auricular confession, fasting the lords sup per. In his secōd ex- aminatiō, they inqui- red of hym, & also of þe other. ij. touchyng |
vowes, the Sacramentes, the Masse, and the vicar of Christ:. In all which articles, because his & their iudgement dissented from the doctrine of the Popes Church, they were condemned. The answeares of Marsac to the articles, are to be seene at large in the booke of the French martyrs, set out by Io. Crisp.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaThe blasphemies of the Papistes.The Lieutenant among other blasphemies, had these words: Of the. iiij. Euangelistes, but. ij. were pure, Mathew, and Iohn. The other itwo, Marke and Luke were but gatherers out of the other. The Epistles of S. Paul, but that the Doctous of the Churche had authorised them, he woulde otherwise esteeme them no better then the fables of Aesope.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaNote what opinion the Papistes haue of the lawe of God when it standeth not with their lawe.Item, the sayd Lieutenant sayd to M. Copes mayd, speaking somewhat of the law: Cursed be the God of that lawe.
When the sentence of condemnation was geuen agayinst these three, they were so glad thereof, that they went out praysing God, and singing Psalmes. Which troubled þe Iudges sore, to see them so litle to esteme their death: in somuch þt þe Lieutenāt caused thē to be made to hold their peace, saying: shal these vile abiectes so vaunt them selues against þe whole state of the Realme? Then as Marsac was going to a corner by, to pray, one of the souldiers would not suffer hym. To whom he sayd, that litle time which we haue, wyll you not geue vs to pray? With that the souldier beyng astonished, went his way.
[Back to Top]As they shoulde be brought out of prison to the stake, the hangman tyed a rope about the neckes of the other two. Marsac seeyng hym selfe to be spared because of his order and degree, called by the way to the Lieutenaunt, that he might also haue one of the precious cheynes about his necke, in honour of his Lord. The which beyng graunted, so wer these thre blessed martyrs committed to the fire, where they with meeke pacience yeelded vp their liues to the handes of the Lord, in testimonie of his Gospell. Ex Crisp. Pantal.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaMatth. Dyimonet, Martyr. The Lieute- nant of Ly- ns. Primacius Official. Buatherius, Official. Orus, In- quisitor. | Matthæus Dymonetus marchant. | This marchaunt first liued a vitious & detestable life, full of much corruptiō and filthynes. He was also a secret enemy & a sercher out of good men, when & where they conuented toge- ther. Who being cal- led notwithstanding by the grace of God, to the knowledge & sauour of his word, shortly after was ta- ken by the Lieute- nant and Buatheri- us the official, in his owne house at Ly- ons, and so after a li- |
| tle examination was sent to prison. Being examined by the Inquisitor and the Officials, he refused to yelde any answeare to them, knowing no authoritie they had vpon hym, but onely to the Lieutenaunt. |
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
His answeres were, that he beleued al that the holy vniuersal church of Christe dyd truly beleue, & al the articles of the Crede. To the article of the holy Catholike church, beyng byd to adde also Romanam, that is the Churche of Rome: that he refused. Aduocates he knew none, but Christ alone. Purgatorye he knew none, but the crosse and passion of the Lambe, which purgeth the sinnes of al the worlde. True confession he said, ought to be made, not to the priest once a yeare, but euery day to God, and to such whom we haue offended. The eating of the fleshe & bloud of Christ, he tooke to be spiritual: and the Sacrament of the fleshe and bloud of Christ, to be eaten with the mouth and that sacrament to be bread and wyne vnder the name and signification of the bodye and bloud of Christ. The masse not to be instituted of Christ, beyng a thyng contrary to his worde & wyll. For the head of the Church he knewe none, but only Christ. Being in prison he had great conflicts with the infirmitie of his owne fleshe, but especially with the temptation of his parentes, brethren, and kinsfolkes, and the sorow of his mother: neuertheles the Lord so assisted hym, that he endured to the end. At his burnyng he spake muche to the people, and was hearde with great attention. He suffered the. xv. of Iuly, ann. 1553. Ex Crisp.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaWilliam Neel, Martyr. Legoux the Deane, Ilie- rensis. M. Simon Vigor, the Penitentia- rie of Eu- reux. | Williā Neel an Austen fryer. At Eureux, in Fraunce. Ann. 1553. | Hen. Pantal. lib. 9. & Crisp. & Adrian, maketh mention also of one William Neel a Fryer Augustine, who suffered in much like sort þe same yere, and was burned at Eureux in France. The occasion of his trouble rose first, for the rebukyng the vitious demeanour of the priestes there, & of the Deane na- med Legoux, for the which the deane cau- sed hym to be sent to Eureux to the prisō of the Bishop. The storie of this Williā Neel, with his aun- sweres to their arti- cles obiected, is to be read more at large in the. ix. booke of Pan- talion, and others. |
| The Bailiffe or stuwerde of the citie Dyion. | Symon La- loe. At Dyion. Ann. 1553. | Symon Laloe a Spectacle maker, cō- myng from Geneua into France for cer- tain busines, was laide hande of by the Bayliffe of Dyion. Three things were demaunded of him. I. Where he dwelt. 2. What was his faith. 3. What felowes he knewe of his religiō. His dwelling he said was at Geneua. His religion was suche, as was then vsed at Geneua. As for his felowes, he saide, he knewe none, but on- ly them of the same Citye of Geneua, where his dwellyng was. When they coulde get of hym no |
other answeare but this, with all their racking and tormentes, they proceeded to his sentence, and pursued the execution of the same, whiche was the. xxi. of Nouemb. ann. 1553.
The executioner, who was named Iames Siluester seing MarginaliaSimon Laloe, Martyr. the great faith and constancie of that heauenlye Martyr, was so compuncted with repentance, & fell in such dispayre of hym self, that they had much