of God. And beyng asked of a Doctour, whether he would beleue S. Austen, touchyng certaine matters, he sayd: yea, and that he had sayd nothyng, but which he would proue by his authoritie.

The Gentlewoman seyng a Priest come to confesse her, sayd, that she had confessed vnto God, and had receaued of him remission: other absolution shee founde none in Scripture. And when certaine Coūsellers did vrge her to take in her handes the woden Crosse, accordyng to the custome of them that goe to their death, allegyng how Christ commaunded euery one to beare his Crosse: shee aunswered, my Lordes, MarginaliaThe crosse. (sayd she) you make mee in very dede to beare my Crosse, condemning me vniustly, and puttyng me to death in the quarell of my Lorde Iesus Christ, Who willeth vs to beare our Crosse, but no such Crosse as you speake of.

Grauelle looked with a smilyng countenaunce, & shewed a chearefull colour, declaryng how litle hee passed for his condemnation: and beyng asked of his frendes to what death he was condēned, I see well (sayd he) that I am condemned to death, but to what death or torment I regard not. And comming from the chappell, when he perceaued they went about to cut out his tongue, vnles he woulde returne he sayd, that was not so conteyned in the arrest, and therfore he was vnwilling to graunt vnto it: but afterward perceauing the same so to be agreed by the Court, he offered his tongue willingly to be cut, and incontinent spake playnly these wordes: I pray you pray to God for me.

The Gentlewoman also beyng required to geue her tongue, did likewise, with these wordes: Seing I do not sticke to geue my body, shall I sticke to geue my tongue? No no. MarginaliaTheir tonges cut out. And so those three hauing their tongues cut out, were brought to Maulbert place. The constancie of Grauell was admirable, castyng vp hys sighes and gronynges vnto heauen, declaring therby his ardent affection in praying to God. Clinet was somewhat more sad then the other, by reason of the feblenes of nature and hys age. But the Gentlewoman yet sermounted all the rest in constancie, which neither chaunged coūtenaunce, nor colour, beyng of an excellent beauty.

After the death of her husband, she vsed to go in mournyng weede, after the maner of the countrey. But the same MarginaliaPrecious in the sight of God, is the death of hys Saintes. day goyng to her burnyng, she put on her French hoode, and decked her selfe in her best aray, as goyng to a newe Mariage, the same day to be ioyned to her spouse Iesus Christ. And thus these three with singular constancie, were burned. Grauelle and Clinet were burned alyue. Philippe the Gentlewoman was strangled, after she had a litle tasted the flame with her feete, and visage, and so she ended her martyrdome. Ex Ioan. Crispi. lib. 6.

heauenly cause of our God, which lye here in defence of the kingdom of Christ Iesus our sauiour: and so he began to instruct them how to aunswere to euery poynt of christian doctrine, so well, as if he had done no other thyng in all his lyfe, but only studied diuinitie: and yet was he but very simply learned. Then was he sent from them apart vnto an other prison, full of filthy stinche and vermine: where notwithstādyng, he ceased not to sing Psalmes, that the other might well heare hym. He had a yong nephew in an other prison by, beyng but a chyld, of whom he asked what he had sayd to the Iudges. He sayd that hee was constrayned to do reuerence to a crucifixe paynted. O thou naughty boye (sayde he) haue not I taught thee the Commaundements of MarginaliaImages forbidden. God? Knowest thou not how it is written. Thou shalt make to thy selfe no grauen Image? &c. and so beganne to expound to hym the Commaundementes: whereunto he gaue good attention.

In their examinations, many questiōs were propounded by the Doctors and Friers, touchyng matters both of religion, and also to know of them what Gentlemen and Gentlewomen were there present at the ministration of the Sacrament. Wherunto they aunswered in such sort, as was both sufficient for defence of their owne cause, and also to saue their other brethren from blame, saying that they would liue and dye in that they had sayd and mainteined.

When the time of their execution was come, they perceaued that the Iudges had entended, þ^t if they would relent, they should be strangled: if not, they should burne aliue, and their tongues bee cut from them. Whiche tormentes they beyng content to suffer for our Sauiour Iesus Christ, offered their MarginaliaTheir tounges cut. tongues willinglye to the hangman to bee cut. Gabart began a litle to sighe, for that he might no more prayse the Lord with his tongue. Whom then Cene did comforte. Then were they drawen out of prison in the donge carte, to the suburbes of S. Germane. Whom the people in rage and madnes, folowed with cruel iniuries & blasphemes, as though they would haue done the execution them selues vpon them, MarginaliaCrueltie. maugre the hangman. The crueltie of their death was such as hath not lightly be sene: for they were holden long in the ayre, ouer a small fire, and their lower partes burnt of, before that the hygher partes were much harmed with the fire. Neuertheles these blessed Sayntes ceased not in all these tormentes, to turne vp their eyes to heauen, and to shewe forth infinite testimonies of their fayth and constancie. In the same fire many Testamentes and Bibles thee same tyme, also were burnt.

Vpon the sight of this crueltie, the frendes of the other prisoners, which remayned behynde, fearing the tyranny of these iudges, presented certain causes of refusall agaynst the sayd iudges, requiring other Commissioners to bee placed. But the kyng beyng hereof aduertised by hys Sollicitour, sent out his letters patentes, commaundyng the sayd causes of refusall to be frustrate, and willed the former iudges to proceede, all other lettes and obstacles to the contrary notwithstandyng: and that the Presidētes should haue power to chuse to them other counsellers, accordyng to their owne arbitrement, to supply the place of such as were absent: amongest whom also the sayd Sollicitour was receaued, in stede of the kyngs Procurator, to pursue the proces. By þ^e which letters patentes it was decreed þ^t these stubborne Sacramentaries (as they were called) should be iudged accordyngly, saue only that they should not procede to þ^e execution, before the king were aduertised. These letters aforesaid, stirred vp þ^e fire of this