Iohn Hus was brought forth, and the Princes whiche were sent by the Emperour, departed backe agayne. After they shewed the bookes vnto Iohn Hus, and he cōfessed openly before the whole assembly that hee had made them, & that he was ready, if there were any fault in thē, to amend the same.

Now harken a litle to the holy proceedynges of these reuerēd fathers, for here happened a straunge & shamefull matter. With much a do they had scarsly read one article, & brought forth a few witnesses vpō the same agaynst him,MarginaliaI. Hus forced to keepe silence by outrage of the bishops and priestes. but as hee was about to apen his mouth to aunswere, all this mad heard or flocke begā so to cry out vpon him, that he had not leasure to speake one onely worde. The noyse & trouble was so great and so vehemēt, that a man might well haue called it a brute or noyse of wild beasts, and not of men, much lesse was it to be iudged a cōgregatiō of men gathered together, to iudge and determine so graue and waightie matters. MarginaliaThe like practise in these latter dayes was vsed at Oxford against the godly fathers.And if it happened that the noyse and cry did neuer so litle cease, that hee might aunswere any thyng at all, out of the holy Scriptures or Ecclesiasticall Doctours, by and by he shoulde here these goodly replyes vpon him: That maketh nothyng to the purpose.

MarginaliaAn outragious councel.Beside all this, some did outrage in wordes agaynst him, & other some spitefully mocked him: so þ^t he seing him selfe ouerwhelmed with this rude and barbarous noyses & cryes, & that it profited nothing to speake, he determined finally with himselfe to hold his peace & keepe silence. Frō that tyme forward all the whole route of his aduersaries, thought that they had wonne þ^e battaile of him, and cryed out altogether, now he is dūme, now he is dumme. This is a certaine signe and token, that he doth consent & agree vnto these his errours. Finally, the matter came to this poynt, that certaine of the most moderate & honest among thē, seing this disorder, determined to proceede no further, but that all should be deferred & put of vntil an other time. Through their aduise the Prelates & others departed frō the Councell for that present, & appointed to meet there agayne the morrow after to proceede in iudgement.

The next day, which was the vij. of Iune, on whiche day the sunne was almost wholy eclipsed,MarginaliaA great Eclipse of the Sunne. somwhat after about vij. of the clocke, this same flocke assembled agayne in the cloister of the Friers Minors, and by their appointment Iohn Hus was brought before them, MarginaliaThey wēt forth with swordes & staues, as it had bene to take a theife.accompanyed w^t a great number of armed men. Thether went also the Emperor, whom the gentlemen, master of Dube, & Clum, and the Notarie named Peter, which were great friendes of the sayd Hus, did folow to see what the end woulde be.MarginaliaPeter and Iohn, follow Christ into the bishops house. When they were come thether, they heard that in the accusation of Michael de Causis, they reade these wordes folowing: Iohn Hus hath taught the people diuers and many errours both in the chapell of Bethleem, and also in many other places of the Citie of Prage, of the which errours some of them he hath drawen out of Wickleffs bookes, and the rest he hath forged and inuented of his owne head, and doth maintaine the same very obstinately and stifly.

First, MarginaliaMatter made against I. Husthat after the consecration and pronunciation of the words, in the supper of the Lord, there remaineth materiall bread, MarginaliaFalse witnes against Iohn Husand this is prooued by the witnesse of Iohn Protiwate parishe Priest of s. Clements in Prage, Iohn Pecklow preacher at s. Giles in Prage, Benise preacher in the castle of Prage, Andrew Brod, Chanon of Prage, and diuers other Priestes. MarginaliaThe aunswer of Iohn Hus.Vnto thys Iohn Hus takyng a solemne othe, answered that he neuer spake any such worde, but thus much he did graunt, that at what time the Archbishop of Prage forbad hym to vse any more that terme or word bread,MarginaliaNaming of bread forbid by the archb. he could not allow the bishops commaundement: for so much as Christ in the 6. chapter of Iohn doth oftentimes name himselfe the bread of angels, which came downe from heauē, to geue life vnto the whole world. But as touching materiall bread, hee neuer spake any thing at all. Then the Cardinall of Cambray taking a certaine bill in hys hand, which he sayd he receiued the day before, MarginaliaThe Cardinall sophisticateth with I. Hus.sayd vnto Iohn Hus, will you put any vniuersalities a parte rei. i. as touching the thing? When Iohn Hus aunswered, that he wold, because S. Anselme, and diuers other had so done, the Cardinall did proceed to gather his argument in this maner.

It followeth then, sayde he, that after the consecration is made, there remaineth the substance of materiall bread, & that I do thus proue: That the consecration being done, whiles the bread is chaunged & transubstanciated into the body of Christ, as you say, either there doeth remaine the common substaunce of materiall bread, or contrariwise. If the substance do remaine, then is our purpose at an end. If contrariwise, then doth it folow, that by the decision of the singularitie, the vniuersall ceaseth any more to be, Iohn Hus answered, truely it ceaseth to be in this singular ma-teriall bread, by meanes of this trāsubstantiatiō, whē as it is changed & transubstanciated into the body of Christ: but notwithstanding in other singularities, it is made subiect.

MarginaliaThe disputation of the English mē.Then a certaine English man by þ^t argument woulde proue out of the first positiō, that there remained materiall bread. Then sayd Iohn Hus, that is a childish argument, which euery boy in the schooles knoweth, and thereuppon gaue a solution. Then an other English man wold proue, that there remained materiall bread in the sacrament, because the breade after the consecration was not anihilate. Vnto whom Iohn Hus answered: Although, said he, that the breade be not anihilate or consumed, yet singularly it ceaseth there to be by meanes of the alteration of hys substance into the body of Christ. MarginaliaAn English man.Here an other English mā, stepping forth, sayd: Iohn Hus semeth vnto me, to vse the same kinde of crafty speach, which Wickleffe vsed, for hee graunted all these things, which this man hath done, & yet in very deede was fully perswaded that material bread remained in the sacrament after the cōsecration. The whych when Iohn Hus had denied, saying that he spake nothing but only sincerely & vprightly, according to his conscience, the English man proceeded to demaunde of hym againe, whether the body of Christe be totally and really in the sacrament of the altar. Wherunto Iohn Hus answered: MarginaliaIohn Hus agreeth with that blinde rime in the sacrament.verely, I do thincke that the body of Christ is really and totally in the sacrament of the alter, the which was borne of the virgine Mary, suffered, died, & rose againe, and sitteth on the right hande of God the father almighty. When they had disputed a good while to and froe, as touching vniuersalities, the English man whych before would proue that material bread remained in the sacrament, because that the bread was not anihilate, interrupting and breaking theyr talke, sayd: to what purpose is this disputation vpon vniuersalities, the which maketh nothing to the purpose, as touching faith: for as farre as I can perceiue or here, this man holdeth a good opinion, as touching the Sacrament of the aultare.

Then an other English man, named Stoikes,MarginaliaStokes an Englishe man. sayd: I haue seene at Prage (sayd he) a certaine treatise, the whych was ascribed vnto thys man Iohn Hus, wherein it was plainely set foorth, that after the consecration, there remained materiall bread in in the Sacramēt. Verely said Iohn Hus, sauing your reuerence, that is not true.

MarginaliaFalse witnesThen they returned againe vnto the witnesses of them which were spoken of a litle before, who euery mā for himselfe affirmed with an othe, that which he had said. Amongest whom Iohn Protyway parishe priest of S. Clemēts in Prage, whē he should come to confirme his testimony, added more, MarginaliaIohn Hus falsely accused for calling S. Gregory a rimerthat Iohn Hus should say, that S. Gregory was but a rimer, whē he did alleadge his athoritie against him. Vnto whō Iohn Hus answered, that in this point they did him great iniury, for somuch as he alwaies esteemed and reputed S. Gregory for a most holy doctor of the Church.

These contentions and disputations being somewhat appeased, MarginaliaThe Cardinal of Florence.the Cardinall of Florence turned himselfe toward Iohn Hus, & said: Maister, you know well inough that it is written that in the mouth of two or three witnesses all witnes is firme and stable: MarginaliaTwenty witnesses preuayled against Iohn Hus, but the testimony of al Boheme would not serue on his part.and heere you see nowe almost 20. witnesses against you, men of authority & worthy of credite, amongst the whych some haue hearde you teach these things themselues, the other by report & common brute or voice, do testify of your doctrine, and altogether generally bring firme reasons & proofes of theyr witnesse, vnto the which wee are forced & constrained to geue credite, and for my part I see not howe you can maintaine & defend your cause against so many notable & wel learned men. Vnto whom Iohn Hus answered in this maner: I take God and my conscience to witnes, þ^t I neuer taught any thing, neither was it euer in my minde or fantasie to teach in such sort or maner, as these men here haue not feared to witnesse against me, that which they neuer hearde. And albeit they were as many more in nūber as they are, for all that, I do much more esteme, yea and w^tout comparison regard the witnes of my Lord God, before the wytnes and iudgement of al mine aduersaries, vpon whom I do in no poynt stay my selfe. Then sayde the CardinallMarginaliaThe Cardinall of Cambray. againe vnto him, it is not lawfull for vs to iudge according to your conscience, for we can not chuse, but that wee must nedes stay our selues vpon the firme & euident witnes of these men heere. For it is not for any displeasure or hatred that these men do witnes thys against you (as you doe alleadge) for they alleadge and bring foorth suche reasons of their witnesse, that there is no man that can perceyue any hatred in them, or that we can in any case be in doubt thereof. And as touching M. Steuen Paletz, whereas you say, you do suspect him that he hath craftly & deceitfully draw-