ment of the Altar, since the Coronation of the Quenes Maiesty, which is more then the space of one yere and a halfe.

Marginalia7Item I dooe lykewyse obiect, that ye and euery of you in all or some of the sayde places concernynge the Fayth and Religion nowe taught, set foorth, vsed, and beleued, in the Churche of thys Realme of Englande, and the Doctrine of the same, haue holden, beleued and saide, that it is not agreable to Goddes woorde, but cleane contrary to the same.

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Marginalia8Item, I dooe lykewyse obiect, that ye and euery of you, in all, or some of the sayde places, haue beleued spoken and sayde, and to your power, vpholden, maynteyned and saide, that Byshoppe Hooper, Cardmaker, Rogers, and others of theyr opinion, whyche of late within thys Realme were burnt for Heresye, were good Christian menne, in speaking and holdyng agaynste the sayde Sacrament of the Altar, and that they dyd preache nothing, but the true Doctryne of Chryst, sheddyng theyr bloude for the maynteinaunce of the sayd Doctrine.

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Marginalia9Item, I dooe lykewyse obiect, that ye and euery of you, haue earnestly laboured and trauayled to the best and vttermost of your power, to haue vp again the Englishe seruice, and the Communion in all pointes, as it was vsed in the latter dayes of Kynge Edwarde the syxth, here in thys Realme of England.

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Marginalia10Item, I dooe lykewyse obiect, that ye and euery of you, haue thought and dooe thynke, firmely, and stedfastly, and so haue and dooe beleue, that the Fayth, Religion & Doctrine, sette foorth in the sayde tyme of the foresayde kyng Edward, was in all poyntes good and Godlye, conteynyng in it, the true Faith and Religion of Christ, in euery part.

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Marginalia11Item, I dooe lykewyse obiect and say, that ye, and euery of you, (for your misbeliefe, offence, transgression, and misbehauiour in the premisses, and for that also that you woulde not come to youre seuerall paryshe Churches, and here your dyuine seruyce there as other Christian people did, and dooe, but absente youre selfe from the same, and haue your priuate seruice in your houses, especiallye in the house of Diricke Caruar,) were sente vp vnto the King and Queenes Maiesties priuy Counsayle, and by them, or some of theym, sente afterwarde vnto the pryson of Newgate aforesayde, hauing there by their authority, remained as prisoners, during all þ^e time ye haue bene there.

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Marginalia12Item, I dooe likewise obiect and say, that I the sayde Byshoppe of London, was commaunded by authority of the saide Counsayle, to make processe agaynst you, and euerye of you, MarginaliaIf ther putting to deth wer lawful by god, why do you excuse it. yf it were not lawful, why do you so at mans commaundement.so that it was not my procuryng or searching, that ye should be commaunded or cal-

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led before me, in this matter of Heresye, but partly your owne demerites, and partlye the sayde commaundemente enforced me to call and sende for you, to make aunswere herein, and hereof to shewe you the sayde Letters.

¶ Vppon Monday, being the sayd tenth daye of Iune, 

these twoo persons (with others) wer brought by the keper vnto the Byshoppes consistorye, (as it was before commaunded) at one of the Clocke in the after noone. Where the Bishoppe first beginning with the sayde Dyricke Caruer: caused his confession with tharticles and aunsweres, to be openly redde vnto hym. (Whiche order he kept at the condempnation of euerye prisoner) askyng him, whether he would stande to the same. To whom the sayde Dyricke aunswered, that he would: for your Doctrine (quod he) is poyson and Sorcerye. If Christ were here, you would put him to a worse death, then he was put to before. You say, that you can make a GOD: ye can make a puddyng as well. Youre Ceremonyes in the Church be all beggary and poyson. MarginaliaThe words of Diricke Caruer, to Boner.And farther I saye, that auriculer confession is contcary to Goddes woorde, and very poysō: with diuerse other suche woordes. The Byshoppe seyng this constancye, and that neyther his accustomed flatteries, nor yet his cruell threatenynges, could once moue this good man to encline to theyr Idolatry: pronounced his vsuall and generall blessyng, as well towardes thys Diricke, as also vppon the sayde Iohn Launder (although seuerally) who (after the like maner of processe vsed with him) remayned in the same constancy, as dyd the other. and therefore were bothe delyuered vnto the Sheriffes, who were there present. but afterwardes wer conueyed to the places aboue named, and there moste ioyfullye gaue theyr bodyes to bee burned in the fier, and theyr soules into the hands of the almightye God, by Iesus Christ, who hath assured them to a better hope of lyfe.

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This Dyricke was a manne, whom the lord hadde blessed as well with temporall ryches, as with his spirituall treasures: whyche yet was no clogge or let vnto his true professinge of Christe, (the Lorde by his grace, so working in him:) of the whiche riches, there was suche hauocke made, by the gredye raueners of that tyme, that his poore wife and chyldren, had lytle or none therof. 

Durying his imprisonment, although he was well striken in yeares (and as it were, past the tyme of learnyng) yet he so spent his tyme, that beyng at his first apprehēsion, vtterly ignoraunt of any letter of þ^e boke) he could before his death, read perfectly, anye printed English.   Whose diligence and zeale, is worthy no smal commendation, and therfore I thought it good not to let it passe ouer in silēce, for the good encouragemēt & exāple of others.

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