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see her, nor knowe her. Briefly suche was the feare which came vpō them, that euery man shut vp their houses. After the feare was past, euery man asked what the matter was, but none coulde tell, neyther could the enemies of gods truth perceiue, who was he that put them so to flight and feare, without any semblance of any aduersary about them. This story is testified, and to be found both in the volume of the French martyrs, printed by Iohn Crispine, lib. 6. and also in the booke of Dutch martyrs, written by Adrianus.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaBartlemew Hector, Martyr. A gentlemā called Per- riere. M. Bartle- mewe Eme, President. M. Augu- stine de E- glise, Coū- seller. | Bartlemew Hector. At Thurin. An. 1556. | First this Hector was a trauailer a- bout the countrey, & a seller of bokes, ha- uyng his wyfe and children at Geneua. As he came into the vale of Angroigne, in Piedmont, to get his lyuing with sel- lyng of boks, he was taken by a certayne gentlemā, and there arrested and sente to Thurin: then exam ined, at last condēned. Beyng condemned, |
he was threatened, that if he spake any thing to the people, his tongue should be cut of. Neuertheles, he ceased nothyng to speake. After his prayers made, wherin he prayed for the Iudges, that God would forgeue them, & open their eyes, he was offered his pardon at the stake, if he would cōuert, which he refused. Then he prepared him self to his death, which he toke paciently. Wherat many of the people wept, saying why doth this mā die, which speaketh of nothing but of God? Ex Hist. Gal. per. Crisp. lib. 6.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaPhilip Cene, Iames hys fellow, Martyrs. The Accu- sers appeare not in the storye. | Philippe Cene. Iames his felowe. At Dyion. Ann. 1557. | This Philip Cene was an Apoticarie at Geneua. He was takē at Dyiō, & ther imprisoned, & in the same town of Dyiō, he with one Iames his cōmpanion, was burned. As this Phi lip went to his death singing Psalmes, the Frier standyng by, stopped hys mouthe with his hand. The most part of the peo- ple wepte bitterly, saying, Be of good courage brethren, be not afrayde of this death. Whiche when |
one of the aduersary part heard, he said to one of the magistrates. Do you not see howe almost halfe part of the people is of their side, and doth comfort them? Ex Ioan. Crisp. lib. 6.
| MarginaliaArchambant M. Nicolas Russeau, Martyrs. | Archambāt Seraphon. M. Nicolas du Russeau. At Dyion. Ann. 1557. | These two were in prison together wt Philip, and Iames abouesaid, at Dyion. Archambant goyng about with a packet of pedlery ware to get his lyuyng, & cō- myng towarde his wife, heard of certain prisoners at Dyion, to whō he wrote to cōfort them with his letters. The nexte daye after he was searched at Aussone, and letters of certain schollers of Paris foūd about him: then was he brought to Dyiō, wher he with þe other called M. du rousseau constantly suffered. The same Archā- |
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bant had bene also condemned three yeares before at Tule, and as he was ledde to Bordeaux, he escaped. Ex eius Epist. ad vxorem, apud Cris. lib. 6.
| MarginaliaPhilbert Hamelin, Martyr. The kinges Attourney of Sainctes Ville. | Philbert Hamelin. At Borde- aux. Ann. 1557. | Philbert Hamelin first was a priest: thē he went to Geneua, where he exercised printing, & sent boks abrod. After that, he was made a minister at the town of Alle- nart in Saintonge: In which & in other places moe, he dyd much good in edify- ing þe people. At laste he was apprehēded at Saintes Ville, & with hym his host, a priest, whom he had instructed in the gos pel, and after cōfessiō made of his fayth, he with the saide priest was caryed to Bor- deaux before þe Pre- sident. As he was in prison on a sonday, a priest came in with all his furniture, to say Masse in the pri- son: whom Philbert seyng to be reuested, came and pluckt his garmentes from his |
backe with such zeale and vehemencie, that the masse garmentes, MarginaliaThe zeale of Philbert. with the chalice and candlestickes fell downe, and were broken, saying: is it not enough for you to blaspheme God in churches, but you must also pollute the prisons with your Idolatrie? The iaylour hearing of this, in his furie layid vpō him with his staffe, & also cōplayned of hym: whereby he was remoued to the cōmon prison, and layd in a low pyt, ladē with great yrons, so that his legs were swolen withal, and there continued. viij. daies. A litle before he perceiuyng the priest his host to decline from the truth, dyd what he could to confirme hym in þe same: but whē he knew that he had flatly ronoūced Christ and his word, he sayd vnto hym, O vnhappy & more thē miserable, is it possible for you to be so foolish, as for sauyng a few dayes, which you haue to liue by the course of nature, so to start away and to deny the truth? Knowe you therfore, that although you haue by your folishnes, auoyded the corporal fire, MarginaliaPhilbert prophecieth. yet your lyfe shalbe neuer the longer, for you shall dye before me, and God shal not geue you the grace, that it shal be for his cause, and you shalbe an example to al MarginaliaThe marueilous iudgement of God agaynst Apostatates. Apostates. He had no sooner ended his talke, but the priest goyng out of prison, was slaine by two gentlemen which had a quarell to hym. Wherof when M. Philbert had heard, he affirmed that he knewe of no such thyng before, but spake as pleased God to guide his tongue. Whereupon immediately he made an exhortation of the prouidence of God, which by the occasion hereof, moued the harts of many, and conuerted them vnto God.
[Back to Top]At last the foresaid Philbert, after his condemnation, was had to the place of his martyrdome before the palace, and as he was exhortyng the people, to the entent his woordes shoulde MarginaliaTrumpets blowen to stoppe the hearing of Philbert. not be heard, the trumpets blewe without ceasing. And so beyng fastened to the poste, this holy martyr praying and exhortyng the people, was strāgled, and his body with fire consumed, on Palme sunday euen. Ex Gal. hist. Crisp. lib. 6.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaNicolas Startorius, Martyr. Ripet, a Se- cretarye. | Nicolaus Startorius. | Nicolaus Sartori9 of þe age of 26. yeares, borne in Piedmont, came to the partes of Chambery in Lent, where a certain War- den of the Fryers in þe towne of Oste had preached on good fry- day, vpō the passion. |