For he said, that if he the said Iohn had so beleued, or did nowe beleue, he would (as other haue done) haue receued the same, which he did not, because he hath and doeth beleue that the very body of Christ is onely in heauen, and no where els. And furthermore the sayde Iohn Hallingdale saide that Cranmer, Latimer, Ridley, Hooper, and generally al, that of late haue bene burned for Heretikes, wer no Heretikes at all, because they did preach truely the Gospell, vppon whose preachinge, he the sayde Iohn Hallingdale hath grounded his faith & conscience, as he saith, accordyng to the saying of sacint Iohn in the. xviii. Chapter of his Reuelation, where he sayth, that the bloude of the Prophetes and of the sainctes, and of all that wer slain vppon earth, was found in the Babilonicall church, by the whiche the sayde Iohn Hallingdale saith, is vnderstande the Churche where the Pope is the head.

After whiche examination, the saide Iohn was sent vnto prison again. And the next day, being the. vi. daye of the said moneth, he was called before the Bishoppe againe, who perswadinge him with some wrested sentences of the Scripture, the saide Iohn Hallingdale answered. Because I will not (saith he) come to your Babilonicall Church, therfore (speakyng vnto Boner) ye go about to cōdēne me. And being of Boner further demaunded, whether he would perseuer and stande vnto his opinyons, or no, he made aunswer that he would cōtinue and persist in them vnto the death. Then red Boner the bloudy sentence of condemnation, at whiche time the sayde Iohn affirmed openly that (thanking GOD) he neuer came into the Church since the abhominatiō came into it, and so the poore member of Christ was sent to prison agayn.

Vppon the same. vi. daye also, in the forenoone, was producted before the Bishop, the forenamed William Sparowe, and had layed vnto him certain articles, which hereafter followeth.

Marginalia1FIrst, that thou William Sparrowe wast in times paste detected and presented lawfully vnto thy Ordinarye the Bishoppe of London, called Edmund, who also is now thine Ordinary of the said dioces: and thou wast presented and detected vnto him for heresye, errors, and vnlawfull opinions, which thou diddest beleue, set foorth and hold.

Marginalia2Secondly, that thou before thy sayde Ordinary, didst openly & iudicially confesse the said heresies, errours, and vnlaweful opinions, as appeareth plainly in the actes of the court, had

and made before thy said Ordinary.

Marginalia3Thirdly, that thou after the premisses, diddest make thy submission in writing, and it diddest exhibite and deliuer as thy dede to thy said Ordinary: openly confessing and recognising thy heresies, errors, vnlawfull opinions, and thine offenses and transgressions in that behalf.

Marginalia4Fourthly, that thou after the premysses, diddest promise vnto thy said Ordinary voluntarily, and of thine owne minde, that alwaies after the saide submission, thou wouldest in al points conforme thy self vnto the common order of the Catholike church, obserued and kept here in this Realme of Englande, and in no wise fal again to heresies, errours, or vnlawful opinions.

Marginalia5Fifthly, that thou since thy said submissiō, hast willingly fallen into certayne heresyes, and errours, and hast holden and set foorth dyuers vnlawfull opinions, to the right greate hurt of thine owne soule, and also to the great hinderaunce and losse of diuers others, especially against the sacrament of the altar, against confession auricular, with other the sacramēts of the Catholike church.

Marginalia6Sixtly, that thou since the saide submission, hast willingly gone about diuers places with in the dioces of London, and sowen diuers hereticall, erroneous, and blasphemous, vnthriftie and vnlawfull ballets, and wast apprehended and taken with the said ballets about the, and committed to prison.

☞ Vnto all whiche these articles, the sayd William Sparow aunswered in effect as hereafter followeth.

Marginalia1. Marginalia2. 3. 4TO the first, second, third, and fourth artycles he aunswered affirmatiuely, as thus: that he was presented and detected to Boner, vnto whom he made his submission &c. as in þ^e articles.

Marginalia5To the fifth article, he aunswered, that if he had spoken against them, he had spoken but the truthe. for they be naught, meaning the cōtentes of the said article.

Marginalia6To the sixt, he graunted to the article, adding that he did sell the like, and the sayd ballets then shewed and red before him, and that the same did conteine gods worde.

After whiche aunsweres the said William Sparrow was sent vnto prison. And the same day in the after noone, being producted before the Bishop again, and there charged with hys said submission, made the yeare before vnto the Bishop, aunswered thus. I am sory (said he) þ^t euer I made it, and it was the worst dede that euer I did, adding further vnto them. Hold vp your abomination so long as ye can. Also being laied vnto him, and charged by the Bishop that he went to church, and there was confessed and heard Masse, the saide William Spar-