and deformed persō, in such an office? Thinkest thou that we be infidels, and no Christiās? And if the deuils themselues do confesse a God, suppose you, that they of Geneua do deny their God? MarginaliaThe free aunswere of a poore prisoner. No, no, we beleue in God, we inuocate his name, and repose all our trust in him. &c. Barbosi tooke such grief with this, departyng from Romian, that he ceased not to pursue hym to death.

The Lieutenaunt then beyng vrged & much called vpō, and also threatned by this Barbosi, & other, prepared to procede in iudgement agaynst him, taking to him such Iudges & aduocates, as the order there required. There was the same tyme, an obseruaunt Frier, which had there preached all the Lent. He beyng very eger & diligent to haue the poore Christian burned, & seyng the Iudges intentiue about the busines, to set the matter forward, sayd that he would go & say Masse of the holy Ghost, to illuminate their intentes, to haueMarginaliaMasse a cōmon instrument for all thinges, and also to blowe the fire. the sayd Romian condemned, & burned aliue at a litle fire. Moreouer he procured Caual and Caualieri the Consuls, to threaten the Lieutenāant, that they would complayne of him to the hygh Court of Parliamēt, if he would not after that sort, cōdēne him to be burnt. In the meane tyme, the faithfull Christians of the sayd towne, fearyng lest by his rackyng, daunger might happen to the brethren, sent to Romian againe in the prison, certaine instructiōs, and meanes how he might be ayded, such as should not be against God. But whē MarginaliaFilij huius secult prudentiores in sua generatione, quam filij iucis. the Lieutenaūt came, the poore man forgot his instructions: so simple he was, and ignoraunt of the subtilties of this world.

Whē the time came that þ^e Iudges were set, & the proces should be read, Barbosi, with other whō the Frier had procured, had agreed before, that he should be fired alyue, and put to the racke, to disclose his felowes, & also gagged that he might not spake & infect the residue. On the other part, one there was of the Aduocates (albeit a man wholy superstitious) seyng the rage of the other, gaue cōtrary aduise, saying: MarginaliaGood councell of an Aduocate. that he should be sēt home agayne, for that he was a town dweller of Geneua, neither had taught there any kinde of doctrine, nor brought any books, neither had they any informations agaynst him: & that which he had spoken, was as a thyng constrayned by his othe forced by the Iustice. And as touchyng his opinion, it was no other, but as other young men dyd folow, which were either of the one part, or of the other: and therefore that here remayned no more but onely the Lieutenaūt to geue his verdict. &c. Thus much beyng spoken, & also because the Lieutenaunt was before suspected, & the tyme of dyner drew neare, they arose for that tyme, differryng the matter to another season. The Frier obseruaunt, in this MarginaliaThe frier still bloweth the coale of persecution. meane while was not idle, incityng still the Consuls & the people: who at the ringyng of a bell, being assēbled together, with the Officiall and the Priestes, in a great route, came crying to the Lieutenāt, to burne the hereticke or els they would fire him & all his familie: & in semblable wise, did the same to the other Iudges & Aduocates. The officiall moreouer added, that if it were not better sene to, then so, the Lutherās would take such courage, & so shut vp their Church doores, that no man should enter in. Then, because the Lieutenāt would not take to him other Iudges after their myndes, in all posthast, the people contributed together, that at their owne charge, the matter should be pursued at the Parliament of Aix, and so compelled the Lieutenaunt to bryng the proces vnto Iudgement, euery man crying: to the fire, to the fire, that he may be burned.

MarginaliaThe cause of Romian remoued to the parliament of Aix. The Lieutenant beyng not able otherwise to appease the people, promised to bryng the matter to the high Court of Aix, and so he dyd. They hearyng the information of the cause, cōmaunded the Lieutenant, & the other Iudges to deale no further therin, but to send vp the proces & the prisoner to them. This wēt greatly agaynst the myndes of them of Draguignan, which would fayne haue him condēned there. Wherupon Barbosi was sent out to the parlamēt of Aix, where he so practised & laboured the matter, that the cause was sent down agayne to the Lieutenant, and he enioyned to take vnto him such auncient Aduocates, as their old order required, & to certifie them agayne within viij. MarginaliaThe sentence and cōdemnation of Romian. dayes. And so Romian by the sentence of those olde Iudges, was condēned to be burned alyue, if he turned not: if he dyd, then to be stran-

led, and before the execution, to be put vpō the racke, to the entent he should disclose the rest of hys company. From the which sentence Romian then appealed, MarginaliaRomiā, brought to Aix. saying that he was no hereticke. Whereupon he was caryed vnto Aix, singing the Commaundemēts, as he passed by þ^e towne of Draguignā. Which when the kynges Aduocate did see, lookyng out of hys wyndow, he sayd vnto hym, that he was one of them that concluded hys death: MarginaliaThe kinges Aduocate repēteth. but desired God to forgeue hym. Romian aunswered agayne and sayde: God wyll iudge vs all in the day of Iudgement. After he was come to Aix, he was brought before the Counsellers, before whom he remayned no lesse constant and firme, then afore. Then was a fumishe Frier sent, who beyng iij. houres wyth hym, & could not remoue hym, came out to the Lordes, and sayde that he was damned: By reason wherof the sentēce geuen before his condemnation, was confirmed, and he sent backe againe from whence he came.

MarginaliaRomian, returned againe from Aix to Draguignan. At hys returne agayne from Aix, the Counsuls of Draguignan sent abroad by Parishes, vnto the Curates, that they should signifie to their Parishners, the day of hys death, to þ^e end that they should come: also caused to be cryed through the towne, by þ^e sound of a trompe, that all good Christians shoulde bryng wood to the great market place, to burne the Lutherane. The day beyng come, which was Saterday, þ^e 16. day of May, the poore seruaunt of God, first was brought to the rack or torture, where, at his first entre, were brought before hym, the cordes, yrons, and weightes, to terrifie hym. Then sayd they, he must vtter his complices & renounce his religion, or els he should be burned aliue. He aūswered with a cōstant hart, that he had no other complices, nor companiōs, neither would he hold any other faith, but that which Iesus Christ did preach by his Apostles. Thē was he demaunded of his felowes taken with him, whether they did hold the fayth of Rome, or whether he did euer communicate with them, or did know them in the towne, or in Prouince, to be of hys fayth. He sayd no. Item, what he had to do in that towne. He sayd, to sell hys Corall. Item, who gaue hym counsaile MarginaliaRomian drawen most piteously vpon the racke. to appeale. God, he sayd, by his spirit.

Vpon thys he was put vpon the gynne or racke, where he being torne most outragiously, ceased not still to cry vnto God, that he woulde haue pitie vpon hym, for the loue of Iesus Christ hys sonne. Then was he commaūded to call to the virgin Mary: but that he would not. Wherupon his torture was reneued a fresh, in such cruel sort, that they thought they had left him for dead. For the which they sent him to the Barbers, & finding þ^t he could endure no longer, were afrayd lest he had bene past, & hastened to bring him to þ^e fire. So, after they had assayd him by priests and fryers, as much as they coulde, to MarginaliaRomian broken with the racke & not able to go, was borne to the fire. make him reuolte, they helped the hangman to beare hym, all broken and dismembred, as he was, vnto the heape of wood, where they tyed hym to a cheyne of yrō, which was let downe vpon the fagottes. Romian seeyng him selfe to be alone, lying vpon the woode, began to pray to God. Wherat the fryers being moued, rāne to him againe to cause hym to say, Aue Maria. Which when he would not do, they were so MarginaliaCrueltie of Friers. furious, þ^t they plucked and tare his beard. In all these anguishes, the meeke saint of God, had recourse stil to god in his prayers, beseeching him to geue him paciēce. Thē left they him lying as dead. But so soone as they descended downe from the wood, he began to pray to God againe, in such sort, as one would haue thought, ē he felt no hurt. Then an other great frier, supposing to do more with him then the rest, came vp to the wood vnto hym, to admonish him. Romian thought at first that he had bene a faithfull Christian, by hys gentle speach, but afterward, whē he vrged him to pray to þ^e virgin Mary, he desired him to depart and let him alone in peace. As soone as he was departed, Romiā lifted vp his head & his eyes on hie, praying God to assist him in hyis MarginaliaA slaundring Frier. great tētatiō. Thē a certaine father, a Warden, to bring the people in more hatred, cried out & said: he blasphemeth, MarginaliaCrucifige, Crucifige eum. he blasphemeth, he speaketh against the blessed virgin Mary. Wherat Barbosi cryed, stoppe his mouth, let him be gagged. The people cryed to the fire, let hym be burned. Then the hāgmā set fire to the strawe, and litle stickes þ^t were about, which incontinent were set on fire. Romian still remayned hanging in the ayre, tyll he dyed: