MarginaliaRefer this to the pag. 1283.MAister Rydley late byshop of London, being prysoner in the tower, had there geuen the libertie of the same, to proue belyke whether he would go to masse or no, whiche once he did And maister Bradford being there prysoner also the same tyme and hearing therof, taketh his penne and inke, and wryteth to him an effectuall letter, to perswade him from the same, and sheweth þ^e occasion þ^t therby shold ensue, which (God be honoured) did maister Ridley no litle good. for he repented his fact therein, as he him self maketh mentiō, wryting again in the latter end of the booke of Marcus Antonius, whiche he then sent to maister Brardford, and neuer after that polluted him self, with that filthy drags of Antichristian seruice.

MarginaliaRefer this to the pag. 1297.IN the tymeof kyng Henry the viii. vpon an newe yeares daye all the Byshops (according to the olde maner) gaue newe yeares giftes vnto the king, some of golde, some of siluer, some a purse with money and some one thing and som another: but master Latimer being bishoppe of Worcester then among the rest presented a new testament for his newe yeares gift, with a napkin hauing this posy about it. Fornicatores & adulteros iudicabit dominus.

MarginaliaRefer this to the pag. 1503.Mychaels wyfe afore mentioned pag. 1503 being prisoner in Ipswich for religion, resorted daily from the prison to her husbāds house, and returned againe, keping faith and promise. And her husband therat being fearful, she wold cōfort him, saying: she came not to trouble him, neither shold he sustein trouble by her. wherfore she would wil him to be of good cheare. for her comming was of good will to see him and her children, and not to bring him into trouble, but to shewe her duty therin whyle she might haue libertie.

MarginaliaThis belongeth to the pag. 1504.IN quene Maries tyme, there was one Iohn Spicer. of whome mention is made pag. 1504 he being at the stake readye to geue his life for the truthe, a bagge of gonpowder was brought him by his sonne. And another stāding by (one named maister Beckinham) toke the gonpouder of his sonne, and put it vnder the girdle of the sayd Spicer, and exhorted him to be strong in the lord: and diuerse of the sherifes seruaūtes comforted him in lyke maner, and desired hym not to faint. Vnto whom Spicer aunswered. Doubt ye not of me (saith he) my soule is quiet: but be you strong and stande fast in the Lorde Iesus, and commit your selfe to him in the confession of his holy name & professiō of his truth.

MarginaliaRefer this to the pag. 1504.MAndrell standing at the stake as is mētioned before, pag. 1504. Doctor Ieffrey the Chauncellor spake to him wyshing him to yeld to the Doctors, who many hundreth yeres had taught otherwyse then he doth beleue. &c. Vnto whome Mandrel answered. Maister Chauncellor said he, trouble me with none of your Doctors whatsoeuer thei say: but bring me the boke of God the olde testament and the newe, and I wil aunswere you. What sayest thou Mandrell (quod he) by the saints in the church, the image of our lady, of the crucifix & other holy saincts? be they not necessarye. &c? yes master Chauncelor, saide he, very necessary to rost a shoulder of mutton. Then doctor Billing, a frier once, stan-

ding by, said. Maister Chaūcellor, quod he, hear how these heretikes speake against the crucifixe and the holy crosse, and yet the holy crosse is mētioned in all the tongues, both Hebrew, Greke, and Latin. For in Latin it is called. t. in Greke tau &c. Wherupon one Thomas Gilford, a marchaunt of Poole standing by, sayd: ah mercifull Lord sayd he, is not this a maruelous matter for a pore mā thus to be charged, and put to the paynes of fier for t. tau?

When Maundrell and Spicer were examined before the Chauncellor, the Chancellor called them, saying. Come on, com on, saith he, thou Spicer art to blame, for thou hast taught Maūdrell these heresies. Thou art by thy occupation a brickleyer: yea that I am. And can sing in the quier: yea, that I cā saith he. And cā play on the orgaines. True saith he. wel thē said the Chaūcellor and thou hast marred this poore man and hast taught hym all these heresies. No M. chaūcellor, quod he, I haue not taught hym, but I haue red to hym. He is able thankes be to god, to teache both you and me.

MarginaliaRefer this to the page 1504.COberley of whom mētion is made pag. 1504 was somwhat learned, and being at the stake was long a burning as the wynd stoode, after his body was scorched with the fier and his left arme drawen & taken from hym by the violēce of fier, the flesh beåg burnt to the white bone, at length he stoped ouer the cheyne, and with the right hand being somewhat slackned, knocked on his brest softly, the bloud and matter issuyng out of his mouth. Afterward, when al they thought he had been dead, sodenlye he rose right vp with his body agayne.

MarginaliaRefer this to the pag. 1523.ELizabeth Pepper before mentioned pa. 1523 when she was burned at Stratford, was. xi wekes gone with chylde, as she then, testified to one Bosoms wife, who thē vnlosed her neckerchief, saying moreouer whē she was asked why she did not tell them, answered. why (quod she) they know it wel enough. Oh such is the blody hartes of this cruel generation, that no occasiō can stay them frō their mischeuous murderyng of the sainctes of the Lorde, that trulye professe Christ crucified only, and alone, for the satisfaction of their synnes.

MarginaliaRefer this to the pag. 1646.MAister Rough, of whome a litle before mencion is made pag. 1646. being in the North countrie in the dayes of king Edwarde the sixt, was the meane to saue D. Watsons life (who in Q. Maries time was B. of Lincolne) for a sermon that he made there. The said Watsō after that, in the said dayes of Q. Mary, beyng with Boner at the examination of the saide M. Rough, to requite the good turne in sauing his life, detected hym there to bee a pernicious heretick, who did more hurt in the North partes then an C. besides of his opinions. Vnto whō M. Rough said againe: why syr, is this the reward I haue for sauing your life, whē you preached erronious doctrine in the dayes of kynge Edward the vi? This maister Rough sayd, he had liued 30. yeares, and yet had neuer bowed his knee to Baal: & being before Boner, among other talke he affirmed that he had ben twyse at Rome, & there had seen plainely with his eyes, which he had many times herde of before. namely that the Pope was the very Antichriste. for