hand, he sayde it was hys ring, for therein was his name. an A. for Antonie, and a D. for Dunstane.MarginaliaAnthony Dalabers ringe taken from him. When I hearde hym so say, I wished in my heart to be as well delyuered from and out of hys company, as I was assured to be deliuered from my ryng for euer.

Then he called for pen, inke, and paper, and commāded me to wryte when & howe Garret came vnto me, & where he was become. I had not wrytten scarsly three woordes, but the chief bedle with ij. or iij. of the Commissaries men, were come, vnto Maister Prior, requiring hym strayghtwayes to bryng vs away vnto Lyncolne Colledge to the Commissarye, and to D. London. Whether when I was brought into the chapel, there I found D. Cotisforde commissarie, D. Higdon then Deane of the Cardinals Colledge, and D. London Warden of the new Colledge standinge together at the altare in the chappel. When I was brought vnto them, after salutations geuen and taken betweene them, they called for chaires and sate downe, & called for me to come to them.MarginaliaAnthony Dalaber apprehēded and troubled for M. Garret. and fyrste they asked what my name was. I told them that my name was Antonye Dalaber. Then they also asked me howe long I had bene student in the Vniuersitie, and I tolde them almost 3. yeares. And they asked mee what I studied. I tolde them that I had read sophistrie and logicke in Alborne Hal, and nowe was remoued vnto Glocester Colledge to study the Ciuil lawe, the which the foresayde Prior of the studentes affirmed to be true. Then they asked me whether I knew M. Garret, and how long I had knowen him. I told them I knew him wel, & had knowen him almost a tweluemōth. They asked me when he was with me. I told them yesterday at after noone.

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Now by this time whiles they had me in this talke, one came vnto them which was sent for, w^t pen, inke and paper. I trowe it was the Clerke of the Vniuersitie. Assoone as he was come, there was a bourd & tresles wyth a forme for him to sit on, set betweene the Doctours and me, and a great Masse booke layde before me, and I was commaunded to lay my right hand on it, and to sweare that I should truely aunswere vnto such articles and interrogatories as I should be by them examined vpon.MarginaliaThe examinatiō of Anthony Dalaber. I made danger of it a while at first, but afterwarde being perswaded by them, partly by faire words, and partly by great threates. I promised to do as they wold haue me, but in my hart nothyng so ment to do. So I layd my hand on the booke, and one of them gaue me my othe, and that done commaunded me to kisse the booke. Then made they greate curtesie betweene them who should examine me, & minister interrogatoryes vnto me. At the last, MarginaliaDoct. London Warden of the new Colledge, an Archpharisey.the rankest Papistical Pharisey of thē all D. London tooke vpon hym to do it.

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Then he asked me againe by my othe. where M. Garret was, and whether I had conueyed hym. I tolde him I had not conueyed hym, nor yet wist not where he was, nor whether he was gone, except he were gone to Wodstocke, (as I had before sayde) as he shewed me he woulde. Then he asked me agayne when he came to me, howe he came to me, whaat and howe long he talked with me, and whether he went from me, I tolde hym he came to me about euensong time, and that one brought hym vnto my Chamber doore, whome I knowe not, and that he told me he would goe to Woodstocke for some venison to make mery withall this Shroftide, and that he woulde haue borowed a hatte, and a paire of high shoes of me, but I had none such to lēd hym, and then he straight went hys way frō me, but whether I knowe not. All these my sayings the scribe wrote in a paper booke.

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Then they earnestly required me to tell them whether I had conueyed hym, for surely they sayde I brought hym going some whether this morning, for that thei might wel perceiue by my foule shoes and dirty hosen, that I had trauailed wyth hym the most part of this night. I aunswered plainly that I lay at Alborne Hall with sir Fitziames, and that I had good witnes therof there. They asked me wher I was at Euensong. I tolde them at Friswides, and that I sawe first M. Commissarie, and then maister D. London come thether at that time vnto M. Deane of Frisewides, and that I saw them talking together in þ^e Church there. D. London and the Deane threatned mee, that if I would not tell the truthe where I had done hym, or whether he was gone, I should surely be sent vnto the Toure of London, and there be racked, and put into litle ease. But M. Commissary prayed me with gentle words to tell him where he was, that he might haue him againe, & he would be my very great frende, & deliuer me out of trouble straitway. I told hym I could not tel where he was, nor whether he was become. Thus did they occupie and tosse mee almost two houres in the chappel, sometimes with threatnings and foule wordes, and then wyth faire wordes and fayre promises flattering mee. Then was hee that broughtM. Garret vnto my chamber, brought before me, and caused to declare what M. Garret sayde vnto me at hys comming to my chamber, but I saide plainely I heard him say no such thing, for I thoughte my nay to be as good as hys yea, seeing it was to rid and deliuer my Godly brother out of trouble and pearill of his life.

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At the last, when they could get nothing of me whereby to hurt or accuse any mā, or to know any thyng of þ^t which they sought, they al 3. together brought me vp a lōg staires into a great chamber ouer M. cōmissaries chamber, wherin stode a great paire of very high stocks. MarginaliaAnthony Dalaber set in the stocks.Then M. Commissary asked me for my purse & girdle, toke away my mony and my kniues, and then they put both my legs into þ^e stockes, and so locked me faste in them: in which I sate, my fete being almost as high as my head, and so departed they (I thinke to their abominable masse) locking fast þ^e chamber doore, and leauing me alone. When all they were gone, then came vnto my remembrance the worthy forewarning and godly declaration of that most cōstant martyr of God, M. Iohn Clarke my father in Christ, who well nigh two yeres before that, whē I did earnestly desire hym to graūt me to be his scholler, & that I myght go w^t hym continually when and wheresoeuer he shoulde teache or preache (the whych he did daily) sayd vnto me much after this sort: MarginaliaThe exhortation of M. Clarke to Anthony Dalaber.Dalaber, you desire you wot not what, & that you are, I feare me, vnable to take vpon you. For though nowe my preaching be swete and pleasaunt vnto you, because there is yet no persecution laide on you for it, yet the time will come, & that peraduenture shortly, if ye continue to liue godly ther in, that God will lay on you the crosse of persecution to try you withall, whether you can as pure golde abide the fire, or as stubble and drosse be consumed therew^t. For the holy Ghoste plainely affirmeth by S. Paule  

, quod omnes qui pie volunt viuere in Christo Iesu, persecutionem patientur.Marginalia2. Tim. 3. Yea, you shall be called and iudged an heretike, you shalbe abhorred of the world, your owne friends and kinsfolke wil forsake you, and also hate you, and you shalbe cast into prison, and no man shall dare to help or comfort you, and you shall be accused & brought before the bishops, to your reproche and shame, to the great sorow of all your faithfull friendes and kinsfolke.MarginaliaThe Crosse commonly followeth the Gospel. Then wil yee wish yee had neuer knowen thys doctrine. Then will ye curse Clarke, and wish that yee had neuer knowen him, because he hath brought you to al these troubles. Therfore rather then that ye shuld do this, leaue of from medling of this doctrine, and desire not to be and continue in my company.

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At which wordes I was so grieued, that I fell downe on my knees at his feete, & with aboundance of teares and sighes euen from the bottome of my heart, I earnestly besought him, þ^t for the tender mercy of God shewed vnto vs in our Lord Iesus Christ, he would not refuse me, but receiue me into his company, as I had desired, saying that I trusted verily, that he which had begon this in me, woulde not forsake me, but geue me grace to continue therin vnto the ende. When he heard me say so, he came to me, and toke me vp in his armes, kissed me, the teares trickling downe from his eyes, & sayd vnto me: The Lorde almighty graūt you so to do, and from henceforth for euer take me for your father, and I will take you for my sonne in Christe. Nowe were there at that time in Oxforde, diuers Graduates and Scholers of sundry Colledges & Halles, whome God had called to the knowledge of his holy worde, which all resorted vnto M. Clarkes disputations & lectures in diuinitie at all times as they might: and when they might not come conueniently, I was by M. Clarke appoynted to resort to euery one of them wekely, and to know what doubts they had in any place of the scriptures, that by me frō hym they might haue the true vnderstanding of the same: which exercise did me most good and profite, to the vnderstandinge of the holy scriptures, which I most desired.

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This foresaide forewarnyng and godly declaration (I say) of this most godly Martir of God M. Clarke, cōming to my remembrance, caused me wyth depe sighs to cry vnto God from my hart to assist me wyth his holy spirit, that MarginaliaDalaber armed with patience and constancy.I might be able paciently & quietly to beare & suffer what soeuer it shuld please him of his fatherly loue to lay on me, to his glory & the comfort of my dearely beloued brethren, whom I thought now to be in great feare & auguish, least I would be an accuser of them all, for vnto me they al were as well knowne, & all theyr doings in that matter. But God be blessed, I was fully bēt neuer to acuse any of thē, whatsoeuer should happen of me. Before dinner M. CotisfordeMarginaliaD. Cotisford persecuter of Dalaber & Garret. came vp to me and requested me earnestly to tel him wher master Garret was, and if I would so do, he promised me straightwaies to deliuer me out of prison. But I told hym I could not tell where he was: no more in deede I coulde. Then hee departed to dinner, asking mee if I woulde eate any meate, and I tolde him, yea right gladly. He sayde hee

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