fore you all, MarginaliaM. Hierom holdeth all the articles of the Catholicke Church.that I do beleeue and holde the articles of the fayth, as the holy Catholicke Church doth hold and beleue the same: but for this cause shall I now be condemned, for that I will not consent with you vnto the condemnation of those most holy and blessed men aforesayd, whome you haue most wickedly condemned for certaine articles, detesting and abhorring your wicked and abhominable life. MarginaliaThe eloquence of M. Hierome.Then he confessed there before them all his beliefe, and vttered many thinges very profoundly and eloquently, in so much that all men there present, could not sufficiently cōmend & prayse hys great eloquēce & excellent learning and by no means could they induce or perswade him to recant.

Then a certayne bishop named the Bishop of Landy made a certaye sermon exhortatiue agaynst M. Hierome perswading to his condemnation.

After the Byshop had ended the sayd sermon, M. Hierome sayd agayn vnto them: You shall condemne me wickedly and vniustly. MarginaliaThe prophesie of M. Hierome.But I after my death will leaue a remorse in your conscience, and a nayle in your hartes, ET CITO VOS OMNES, VT RESPONDEATIS MIHI CORAM ALTISSIMO ET IVSTISSIMO IVDICE POST CENTVM ANNOS: that is. And here I cite you to aunswere vnto me before the most high and iust Iudge, within a C. yeares.

No penne can sufficiently write or note those thinges which he most eloquently, profoundly, & Philosophically had spoken in the sayd audience, neither can anye tongue sufficiently declare þ^e same, wheerfore I haue but onely touched here the superficiall matter of his talke, partly, & not wholly noting the same, Finally, when as by no meanes he might be perswaded to recant the premisses, immediately euen in his presence, the sentence & iudgement of hys con-condemnation was geuen against him, & read before him.

MarginaliaThe sentence read against M. Hierome.IN the name of God Amen. Christ our God and our Sauiour being the true vyne, whose father is the husbandman, taught hys Disciples and all other faythful men, saying: If anymā dwel not in me, let him be cast out as a bow or braunch, & let him wither and dry. &c. The doctrine and preceptes of which most excellent doctor and mayster, this most sacred Synode of Constance, executing & following in the cause of inquisition agaynst hereticks, being moued by this said sacred Sinode, through report, publicke fame, and open infamation: proceedeth agaynst Hierome of Prage, Mayster of Arte, lay man. By the Actes & processes of whose cause it appeareth that the sayd mayster Hierome hath holdēm, mayntayned, and taught diuers Articleshereticall and erroneous, lately reproued and condemned by the holy fathers, some being very blasphemous, other some offēding godly eares, & many temerarious & seditious which haue bene affirmed, mayntayned, preached and taught by the men of most damnable memory I. Wickleffe & Iohn Hus, the which are also written in diuers of their workes & books. Which articles of doctrine and books of the sayd Iohn Hus and Wickleffe together with their memory, and the person of the sayd Iohn Hus, were by the sayd sacred Synode condemned of heresie. The which sentence of condemnation this Hierome afterward during þ^e time of inquisition, acknowledged in the sayd sacred Synode, & approued the true Catholicke & Apostolicke faith, thereunto consenting, accursing all heresie, specially that whereof he was enfamed, & confessed himself to be infamed & that which in times past I. Hus & I. Wickleffe maintained & taught in their works, sermōs & books: for þ^e which the sayd Wickleffe & Hus together with theyr doctrine and errors, were by the sayd sacred Synode as hereticall, condemned. The condemnatiōs of all which the premisses, he did openly professe and allow, and did sweare that he wold perseuere and continue in the veritie of that fayth. And if that he shold presume at any time to hold opiniō or preach contrary thereunto, that he would submitte himselfe to the triall and truth of the Canons, and be bound to perpetual punishment. And this his profession writtē with his own hand, he deliuered vp into the holy Councell. Many daies after hys sayd profession and abiuration, as a dogge returning vnto hys vomite, to þ^e intent he might openly vomit vp the most pestilent poyson whiche had long lurked and laien hid in his brest, he required and desired that he might be openly heard before the Councell. The whiche being graunted vnto him, he affirmed, sayd and professed before the whole Synode, being publickely gathered together, þ^t he had wickedly consented and agreed to the sentence & iudgement of the condemnation of the said Wickleffe and Hus, and that he had most shamefully lyed in approuing and allowing the sayd sentēce, neyther was he ashamed to confesse that he had lyed: yea he did also reuoke and recant his confession, approbation and protestation, which he had made vpon their condemnation, affirming that he neuer at any tyme had read any errours or heresie in the bookes & treatises of the said Wickleffe and Hus. Albeit he had before confessed it, and it is euidently proued that he did dilligently study, read and preache their bookes, wherein it is manifest that theyr are contayned many erroures and heresies. Also the sayd Mayster Hierome did professe as tou-

Commentary on the Woodcuts     Close

Foxe, like the predecessors on whose work he built, accorded the honour of visual presence to Hus's co-martyr, Jerome of Prague (both of whom were represented in the handful of large woodcuts included in the period from Wyclif to Luther). The same considerations and range of possible influences apply to the woodcut of Jerome of Prague as to its twin, of Hus. His bearded, long-haired visage, contrasting with that of Hus, descends through the visual sources just described, but Foxe's woodcut, unlike that in Flacius, gives him no heretic's hat. His prepared pyre and official attendants share the seemingly continental features noticed in the image of Hus. As self-evidently paired depictions it seems reasonable to attribute similar influences on both. (See references for preceding entry). CUL copy: The detailing of Jerome's torso is impressive: it looks like flesh. He has brown hair and a substantial brown beard. There is also some impressive, detailed shading of the faggots on the pyre. The flames (in orange and red), however, and the colouring of the horse nearest the front of the picture (in a pale orange) are very unrealistic. Note that what little can be seen of the linen cloth placed on his person is coloured in white. WREN copy: this is another example of poorly executed colouring. There is hardly any shading provided to the faggots; they appear monotone on the pyre. Also, there is too much detailing of the features of those depicted; the end result here is that the people look as though they are wearing stage makeup.