THe next Friday, being the eight day of March,* 1.1 the sayd Thomas Caustō was first called to examinatiō before the bishop, Fecknam and D. Stempe, in his Pallace, and there had read vnto hym his foresayd articles with hys answeres therunto, & after certain exhortations to recant his former profession, & to be conformable to the vnitie of their church, they promised him (so doing) willingly to re∣ceaue him agayn therunto. To whō he answered, you goe about to catch vs in snares & ginnes: But marke by what measure ye measure vs, looke you to be measured with the same agayne at Gods hands. The bishop still perswaded with him to recant: To whom he answered no, I wil not abiure. Ye sayd that the bishops that were lately burned, be Heretickes: But I pray God make me suche an Here∣ticke as they were.
The bishop then leauing M. Causton, calleth forth M. Higbed: vsing with hym the like perswasiōs, that they did with the other: But he answered, I wil not abiure.* 1.2 For I haue bene of this minde and opinion that I am now, these 16. yeares, and doe what ye can, ye shall doe no more then God will permitte you to doe, and with what measure ye measure vs looke for the same agayne at Gods hands.
Then Fecknam asked him his opinion in the sacramēt of the altar. To whom he answered:* 1.3 I do not beleeue that Christ is in the sacrament as ye will haue him, which is of mans making.
Both their answeres thus seuerally made, they were again commanded to depart for that time, & to appeare the next day in the consistory at Paules, betweene the houres of one and three of the clocke at after noone.