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¶The answer of Rob. Farrer B. of S. Dauids, before Winchester and others.

AT his first commyng and kneelyng before my Lorde Chauncellour, the Bishop of Duresme,* 1.1 and the Bish. of Worcester, who sate at the table, and Maister Rochester Maister Southwell, Maister Bourne and other standing at the tables end, the Lord Chauncellor said vnto hym on this sort.

Winchester.

Now sir, you haue heard how the world go∣eth here.

Farrer.

If it like your honor I know not.

Winch.

What say you? Doe not you know things abroad, notwithstanding you are a prisoner?

Farrer.

No my L. I know not.

Winchest.

Lo, what a froward fellow is this?

Farrer.

If it please your Lordship, how should I know a∣ny thyng abroad, beyng a prisoner?

Winch.

Haue ye not heard of the commyng in of the Lord Cardinal?

Farrer.

I know not my L. Cardinall, but I heard that a Cardinall was come in, but I did not beleue it, and I be∣leue it not yet.

Worcest.

I pray your Lordship (said the B. of Worcester) tell hym your selfe, that he may know what is done.

Winch.

The Queenes Maiesty and the Parliament,* 1.2 hath restored religion into the same state it was in at the begin∣nyng of the raigne of K. Henry the 8. Ye are in y^e Queens debt, and her maiesty will be good vnto you, if you will re∣turne to the catholike church.

Farrer.

In what state I am concernyng my debtes to the Queenes Maiestie in the Court of Excheker, my Lorde Treasurer knoweth: and the last tyme that I was before your honor, & the first tyme also, I shewed you, that I had made an othe neuer to consent nor agree,* 1.3 that the Bish. of Rome should haue any power or iurisdiction within this Realme: and further, I need not to reherse to your Lord∣ship, you know it well enough.* 1.4

Bourne.

You wer once abiured for heresie (said M. Bourn) in Oxford.

Farrer.

That was I not.

Bourne.

You were.

Farrer.

I was neuer, it is not true.

Bourne.

You went from S. Dauids to Scotland.

Farrer.

That did I not.

Bourne.

You did.

Farrer.

That did I neuer, but I went from Yorke into Scotland.

Bourne.

Ah so said I: you went with Barlow.

Farrer.

That is true, but neuer from S. Dauids.

Bourne.

You caried bookes out of Oxford, to the Archb. of Yorke, L. Lee▪

Farrer.

That did I not.

Bourne.

You did.

Farrer.

I did not, but I caried old bookes from s. Oswalds to the B. of Yorke.* 1.5

Bourne.

You supplanted your maister.

Farrer.

That did I neuer in my lyfe.

Bourne.

By my faith you did.

Farrer.

Forsooth I did not, neuer in my life, but I did shield and saue my Maister from danger, and that I obteined of King Henry the eight, for my true seruice, I thanke God therefore.

Bourne.

My L. (said M. Bourne to my L. Chauncellor) he hath an ill name in Wales, as euer had any.

Farrer.

That is not so. Whosoeuer sayth so, they shall neuer be ab••e to prooue it.

Bourne.

He hath deceyued the Queene in diuers summes or money.

Farrer.

That is vtterly vntrue. I neuer deceiued king nor Queene, of one peny in my life, and you shall neuer be a∣ble to prooue that you say.

Winchest.

Thou art a false knaue.

Farrer.

Then Farrer stood vp vnbidden (for all that whyle he kneeled) and sayd: No my Lord, I am a true man, I thanke God for it. I was borne vnder King Henry the seuenth,* 1.6 I serued King Henry the eight, and K. Edward the sixt truely, and haue serued the Queenes Maiestie that now is, truely with my poore heart and word: more I could not do, and I was neuer false, nor shall be by the grace of God.

Winch.

How sayest thou, wilt thou be reformable?

Farrer.

* 1.7My L. if it like your honor, I haue made an othe to God and to K. Henry the 8. and also to K. Edward, and in that to the Queenes Maiestie, the which I can neuer breake while I liue, to dye for it.

Duresme.

You haue made another oth before.

Farrer.

No my Lord, I neuer made another oth before.

Duresme.

You made a vow.

Farrer.

That did I not.

Winch

You made a profession to lyue without a wyfe.

Farrer.

* 1.8No, my Lorde, if it lyke your honour, that did I neuer, I made a profession to lyue chaste, not without a wyfe.

Worcest.

You were sworne to him that was M. of your house.

Farrer.

That was I neuer.

Winchest.

Well, you are a froward knaue: we wil haue no more to do with you, seing that you will not come, we wil be short with you, & that you shall know within this se∣uennight.

Farrer.

* 1.9I am as it pleaseth your honour to call me, but I cannot breake my othe which your Lordship your selfe made before me, and gaue in example: the which confir∣med my conscience. Then I can neuer breake that othe whilest I lyue to dye for it.

Duresme.

Well, sayeth he, he standeth vpon his othe: call an other.

My L. Chauncellor then did ring a little bell, and M. Farrer said: I pray God saue the King & Queenes maie∣sties, long to cōtinue in honor to gods glory, & their com∣fortes, and the comfort of the whole Realme, and I pray God saue all your honors, and so he departed.

After these examinations thus ended, B. Farrer so re∣mayned in prison vncondemned, till the xiiij. day (as is a∣foresaid) of February, & then was sent down into Wales, there to receiue sentence of condemnation. Who then vpō the 26. of February, in the Church of Carmarthen, beyng brought by Griffith Leyson Esquire, shirife of the Coun∣tie of Carmarthen, was there personally presented before Henry Bish. of S. Dauids,* 1.10 and Constantine the publike Notarie: which Henry, there and then discharged the said Shiriffe, and receyued hym into his owne custodie, fur∣ther committing hym to the keping of Owen Iones, and thereupon declared vnto the sayd M. Farrer, the great mercy and clemency that the King and Queenes highnes pleasure was to be offered vnto him, which he there dyd offer vnto the sayd M. Farrer: that is to say, that if hee would submit himselfe to the lawes of this Realme, and conforme hymselfe to the vnitie of the vniuersall catholike church, he should be receiued and pardoned: and after that seeyng the sayd M. Farrer to geue no aunswer to the pre∣misses, the sayd B. ministred vnto hym these Articles fol∣lowyng.

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