down and heare a masse, he should be let go as a passenger. But Nicolas armed with perseuerāce, said, he would rather dye then commit such an act. Who calling vpon the name of the Lorde, tooke his death paciently. Ex Crisp. lib. 6.

ther Gospel beside that which was already receiued, he should account it accursed. After his condemnation, they would haue hiym to be confessed, and presented to hym a crosse to kisse. But he bade the fryers with their crosse departe. That is not the crosse (said he) that I must cary. Entryng into the cart, before the multitude he gaue thanks to God, that he was not there for murther, theft, or blasphemye, but onely for the quarell of our Sauiour. Being tied to the post, he sang þ^e 25. Psal. Of age he was younge, his coūtenaunce was exceeding cherefull & amiable, hys eyes loking vp to heauē. O the happy iourney, said he (seeing the place where he should suffer) and the faire place that is prepared for me. Whē the fire was kindled about him, O Lord, cryed he, geue thy hand to thy seruaūt: I recōmēd my soule vnto thee, and so meekely yelded vp his spirite. Whose pacient and ioyfull constancie so astonyed the people, that of long time before, nothing did seme to them so admirable. Ex Gallic. hist. per. Crisp. lib. 6.

betrayed. Then being constant in hys confession, which he MarginaliaCrueltie. offered vp, he was put to þ^e racke 3. tymes, which he suffered constantly with great tormentes. Afterward he had hys tongue cut of, and a balle of yron put in his mouth. He was drawen vpō a hurdle, all brokē and maymed, to the fire, where he was lifted vp into the ayre, and let downe three tymes: And when he was halfe burned, the balle fell from hys mouth, and he wyth a loude voyce called on the name of God saying, Iesus Christ assiste me. And so thys blessed Martyr gaue vp hys lyfe to God. Ex Ioan. Crisp.

men) yet the Magistrates commaunded (vpō what occasion I know not) all the gates of the Citie to be shut, and garded wyth keepers. When the blessed Martyrs were brought and bounde to the poste, which was before the Palace, they much reioysing that they were made worthy to suffer for Christ, made confession of their faith, & MarginaliaTrumpets brought in to stop the hearing of Gods Sainctes. many earnest exhortations vnto the people. But to stop the hearing of these Saints, the trumpettes were commaunded to sound, which duryng all the tyme of their sufferyng, neuer ceased. The hangman preparing himselfe first to strangle Cazes, chaunced to fall downe from the toppe of the post, to the pauement, and brake hys head in such sort, as the bloud folowed in great quantitie. Notwithstanding he recouering himselfe, went to Monier, and him he strangled, who patiently rēdred vp his lyfe. Cazes which was the stronger of them both, beyng set on fire before the hāgmā came, suffred the extremitie of the fire with great paines, but greater pacience: for as his legges were almost halfe burnt, yet he endured, crying: My God, my father, and so gaue vp his life.

And further, to note þ^e worke of god that folowed when these ij. myld and martyred saintes were almost consumed in the fire to ashes, sodenly w^tout matter or cause, such a MarginaliaFeare sent amongst Gods enemies. feare fel vpon thē, at the execution, that the iustices and the people, notwithstāding that they had the gates locked to thē, and were defensed with al maner of weapons about them not knowing wherfore, toke thē to their legs, in such hast fleeyng away, þ^t they ouer rā one an other. þ^e prior of S. Anthonies fel down, so that a great nūber went ouer hym. The iudge Pontacke on his mule, with his red robe, fleing as þ^e other dyd, was ouerthrowen with the prese in the street called Poeteuine, in such sort, that he was fain to be MarginaliaImpiut fugit et nemo persequitur. caried to Pichons house a widdow, and there cryed within, hide me, saue my lyfe, I am dead: I see euen the like matter, as at the last cōmotion. My frends, hyde my mule, that no mā