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| Persecuters. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
| The Arch- bishop of Seuille. The bishop of Vallence. The bishop of Orense. | beyng first called for, was brought from his stage, nearer to þe Proc tor fiscal, there to heare the sentence of his con- demnatiō: which was, that he should be degra ded and presently bur- ned, and all his goods confiscate, to þe profite & auauncement of Iu- stice. | |
| MarginaliaFrances de Biuero priest, and brother to Cacalla, Martyr. | 2. Frances de Biuero, priest of Valledolid, and brother to the fore- sayd Ca- calla. | The second prisoner &next to Doctor Cacal- la, þt was called, was Fraunces de Biuero his brother, priest also of Valledolid, who re ceaued likewise þe same sentence of condemna- tion. And to the intent he should not speake a ny thing to the preiu- dice, or agaynst the a- buse of the sacrate In quisition, as he before had done both within and without the prison with much boldnes, &also because hee was much fauored of þe peo- ple: to þe end therfore, þt no cōmotiō shold come by his speakyng, his mouth was so stopped & shut vp, þt he coulde not speake one word. |
| MarginaliaDame Blanch sister to thē, Martyr. | 3. Dame Blanche de Biuero. | The 3. was Dame Blanche, sister to thee other two aforesayd, a- gaynst whō also was pronounced the like se- ntence, as vpon her bre- thren before. |
| MarginaliaIohn de Biuero, brother to the same, Martyr. | 4. Iohn de Biuero. | The fourth, was Iohn de Biuero, bro- ther to the same kin- red, who was also iud ged an hereticke, and condemned to perpetu- all prison, and to beare his Sanbenito all his lyfe longe: which is an habillemēt of dishonor. |
| MarginaliaDame constance de Biuero, an other sister, Martyr. | 5. Dame Cō- stance de Biuero, si- ster to the same afore- sayd. | Dame Constance de Biuero was the fift, sister to thee other be- fore specified, wydowe of Ferdinando Ortis, dwelling sometime, at Valledolid: who was also condemned with þe like sentence with her brethren, to be burned. |
| MarginaliaDame Leonore de Biuero, mother to these Martyrs aboue, burnt after her death. | 6. The coffine with the dead corpes of Dame Leonore de Biuero, the mother of these afore- sayd. | The sixt thunder- bolt of condemnation, was thundered out a- gaynst a poore coffine, with the dead corps of dame Leonore de Bi- uero, mother to these aboue named, beyng her selfe the sixte, & be- yng already dead long before at Valledolid. Aboue her coffin was her picture laid, which was also condemned with her dead corpes to be burned for an he- reticke: And yet I ne- uer heard of any opi- nion that this picture did hold, eyther with or against the Churche of Rome. This good mother while she ly- ued, was a a woorthy |
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The causes. |
| The Inquisitors of Spain. | mainteiner of christes gospel, with great in- tegritie of lyfe: and re- teyned diuers assem- bles of the saintes in her house, for the prea- ching of the worde of god. In fine, her corps and image also beyng brought before þe Fis- call, was condemned likewyseMarginaliaThis good mother, wyth her children, burned by Antichrist, resembled to the mother wyth her vij. children, burned in the booke of Machabees. (as the mo- ther with her 7. chil- drē in the boke of Ma- chabees) to be burned for a Lutherane here- tike, and all her goods to be seased to the be- houfe of the superiour powers, and also her house vtterly to be ra- sed & cast downe to þe ground: & for a memo- rial of þe same, a marble stone was appoynted there to be set vp in þe house, wherin the said cause of her burnyng should be engraued. | |
| MarginaliaM. [illegible text] Perez, Martyr. | 7. Maister Af- lonse Perez Priest of Valence. | In the seuēth place was condemned mai- ster Aflonse Perez priest of Valence: first to be degraded, & after to be burned as an he- reticke, & all his goods likewise confiscate and seased to the behoof of the superioritie. |
MarginaliaThe degradation of Doct. Cacalla, Frances his brother, and Alfonse. ☞ When these vij. aforesayd had receaued their sentence, then the Byshop of Valence, in hys pontificalibus. caused Doctour Cacalla, Frances his brother, and Aflonse Perez, to be apparelled and reuested in priestly vesture. Whiche done, he tooke from them, first the chalice out of their handes, and so all their other trinkets, in order, accordyng to their accustomed solemnitie. And thus they beyng degraded, and all their priestly vnctions taken from their fingers, also their lippes and their crownes rased, so were their yellow habites of Sanbenito put ouer their shoulders againe, with their Miters also of paper vpon their heades. This done, Doct. Cacalla began to speake, praying þe Princes & the Lordes, to geue him MarginaliaDoct. Cacalla not suffered to speak. audience: but that beyng not graunted to hym, he was rudely repulsed, and returned agayne to hys standing. Onely thus much he protested clearely and openlye, that his fayth, for whiche he was so handled, was not hereticall, but consonant to þe pure and cleare word of God. For the which also he was prest and ready to suffer death, as a true Christian, and not as an hereticke: Besides many other worthy sentences of great consolation, whiche he there vttered in the meane space, while the Iudges, were busie in theyr sentences, agaynst the residue of the Martyrs.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaDon Peter [illegible text] condemned for a perpetuall prisoner. The Inqui- sitors of Spayne. | 8. Don Peter Sarmiento knight of the order of Alcantara. | The viij. that was brought before þe fore-sayd Fiscall, was Don Peter Sarmiento knight of the order of Alcantara, dwelling at Valence, and sonne of Marques de Poza, who was pronounced an heretike, & iudged to beare the marke & habite of dishonor all his lyfe, and condēned to perpetuall prison, [illegible text] the losse of his order & of all hys goodes: To whome moreouer it was enioyned neuer to weare anye more gold, siluer, pearles or any pretious stone a- bout hym. |