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| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
| At paris. Ann. 1554. | dispatched, returned againe into France, and there within. iij. houres of his cōming was betraied & takē by certain priestes at Burges, & there de- liuered by the sayde priests, vnto þe offici al. After a few dayies the kinges Iustices toke him frō the offi- cial, and sent hym to Paris, where after greate rebukes and tormēts, he suffered in þe prison, & firmly persistying in the pro fession of the truth, by their capitall sentēce was adiudged to |
haue his tongue cut out, & so was burned at Mulbert place in Paris. Ex Ioan. Crispi.
| Marginalia William Alencon, Martyr. A sherman, Martyr. False bre- thren. | William A- lencon boke seller. A certayne sherman. At Mont- pelliers. Ann. 1554. | This Alencō dyd much good in þe pro- uinces of France, by carying bokes. Cū- myng to Montpel- liers, he was there circūuented by false brethren, detected, & laid in prison. In his fayth he was firme and constant to þe end of his martyrdome, beyng burned the. 7. of Ianuary. an. 1554. There was þe same tyme at Montpelli- ers a certain shermā or clothworker, who |
had bene long in durance for religion, but at length for feare, and infirmitie, he reuolted. To whō it was enioyned by the Iudges to make publike recātatioō, and to be present also at the burnyng of Alencon aforesaid. At the beholding of whose death and constancie, it pleased God to strike into this man suche boldnes, that he desired the Iudges, that eyther he might burne with this Alencon, or els be brought againe into prisō, sayīng þt he would make no other recantation, but so. Wherfore within three dayes after he was likewise condemned to the fire, and burned, in the towne aforesaid. Ex Ioan. Crisp.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaParis Panier. Martyr. | Paris Pani- er a Law- yer. At Dola. Ann. 1554. | At Dola was be- headed a good & godly lawyer named Paris Panier, for constant standyng to þe gospell of Christ, an. 1554. Ex Pantal. |
| MarginaliaPeter du Val. Martyr. | Peter du Val, shoo- maker. At Nismes. Ann. 1554. | At Neumaus in Delphinate, Peter du Val susteined sore & greuous rackings & torments: where- with his body beyng broken, dissolued, & maymed, yet he not- withstāding māfully abiding al their extre mitie, would name & vtter none. Then was he had to þe fire, & there cōsumed, an. 1554. Ex Ioh. Crisp. |
| MarginaliaIohn Filieul, Iulian Leuille, Martyrs. Gilles le Pers, Lieu- tenaunt for the marshal of saint An- drewe, and Inquisitor for the pro- uince of Borbon. | Ioannes Fi- lieul, or Fi liolus, Car- penter. | These two blessed & constant martyrs, as they were goyng towarde Geneua, wt one of their sonnes & a daughter were ap- prehended by Gilles le Pers, who in the way ouertaking thē |
| Persecuters. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
| Ioh. Berge- ronius, an o- ther inquisi- tor or coun- seller. | Iulian9 Le- uille, poynt- maker. At Sanserre Ann. 1554. | and moste wickedly and Iudasly pretē- ding great fauour to thē and to their reli- gion, which he (as he said) supposed thē to be of, with these and manye other fayre wordes circūuented and allured them to confesse what was their fayth, whither they went with their childrē, and also that their wyues were at Geneua. When they had declared this, the wretched traytour gaue a signe to his horsmen, and so were these simple saints of Christe entrapped, &brought to the castle of Niuerne. Beyng in prison, they were examined of manye thinges: whereunto they answeared vp- rightly, accordyng to their faith. MarginaliaTransubstantiation. First touching the sacramēt, they affir-med the trāsubstan- tiation of the bish. of Rome, to be agaynst |
the article of the Crede, which saith, that Christe is gone vp to heauen, and there sitteth at the right hād of God: and therfore the bread & wine muste needes remayne in their properties, bearyng notwithstandyng a Sacrament, or a holy signe of the bodye and bloud of the Lorde. For like as byMarginaliaA similitude betwene the bread, and the body of Christ. bread and wyne the hart of man is comforted, so the body of Christe crucified, and his bloud shed, spiritually hath the like operation in the soules of the beleuers.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaThe Masse. For the masse, they said it was a thing most superstitious, and mere Idolatrie. And if we put any part of saluation therin, they saide, it was vtterly a robbiyng of þe Passion of Christ þe sonne of God, & that it was not once to be named out of a Christē mouth. Also that they whiche say that Peter eyther was Pope, or authour of the sayd masse, are farre deceyued. And as for turnyng bread into þe body of Christ by the woords of consecration it was an error (they said) more of mad men, then any sad men: for asmuch as God is neither subiect to men, nor to the tongues or exorcismes of men. Purgatorie they denied to be any, saue onely the bloud of Christ Iesu.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaHonour to God, not to Saints. Furthermore as they would not bereft þe saints of God of their due honour, so neither the Saintes them selues (saide they) wyl be contented to robbe God of his honour onely due to hym.
As touchyng confession, their opinion was, that the woundes and causes of conscience, belong to no man, but onely to God.
After these answeares geuen and written, they were sent to the Monasterie of Sampeter, there to be disputed with. That done, the matter came to be debated among the Iudges, what was to be done with them. Some would their goodes to be taken by Inuentorie, and them to be banished. But Bergeronius at last caused to be determined, that they should be burned, and first to heare masse. Frō that Court they appealed to the Courte of Paris: but the matter there was nothyng amended. Where beholde the iudgement of God: In the meane tyme, while they were at Paris, the wretched persecutor Gilles le Pers, MarginaliaNote the iust vengeaunce of God vpon a wicked persecutor. was sodenly strocken madde and dyed in a frensie: whiche made many men to woonder, and especially the martyrs to be more constant.
[Back to Top]At last the decree of the sentence was read against them: First for speaking against the Sacrament: which they denyed.
Secondly, for speaking against Baptisme: which also they denyed.
Thirdly, for speaking contumelie agaynste the Saintes: which they in like maner denyed.