Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 2, part 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.

*Here foloweth the history and Martyrdome of the worthy seruaunt of Christ, Thomas Haukes Gentleman, with his examinations and aunsweres had with B. Boner, re∣corded and penned with his owne hand.

IMmediatly after the story of D. Taylor. pag. 1456. men∣tion before was made of sixe men brought & conuēted be∣fore Bishop Boner vpon the eight day of February.* 1.1 The names of which martyrs were Steuen Knight, William Pigot, Tho. Tomkins, Ioh Laurence, Wil. Hunter. In which number was also Tho. Haukes, & cōdemned like∣wise with thē the 9. day of the foresaid month of February. But because his execution did not so shortly followe wyth theirs, but was prolonged to this present x. day of the mo∣neth of Iune, wherwith we are nowe in hand, it foloweth therfore now consequētly to enter tractation thereof, first, beginning briefly with his godly cōuersation & institution of life, then shewing of his troubles, also of his examinati∣ons and conflictes with the bishop and other aduersaries according as the order of his story both require.

As touching therefore his education and order of life, first hee was of the countrey of Essex,* 1.2 borne of an honest stocke, in calling and profession a Courtier, brought vppe daintely from his childhoode, and like a Gentleman. Be∣sides that, he was of such comlines and stature, so well endued with excellēt qualities, that he might seme on eue∣ry side a man (as it were) made for the purpose. But hys gentle behauiour toward other, and especially his feruent study and singuler loue vnto true Religion and godlines did surmount all the rest. Wherein as God did singularly adorne him: euen so he being suche a valiaunt Martyr of God, may seeme to nobilitate the whole company of other holy martyrs, and as a bright starre, to make the Churche of God and his trueth, of thēselues bright and cleare, more gloriously to shine by his example.

For if the conquestes of martyrs are the triumphes of Christ (as Saynt Ambrose doth notably and truely write) vndoubtedly Christ in few mē hath either conquered more notably,* 1.3 or triumphed more gloriously, then in this young man: he stood so wisely in his cause, so godly in his life, and so constantly in his death.

But to the declaration of the matter: first this Haukes folowing the guise of the Court, as he grew in yeares, en∣tred seruice with the Lord of Oxford, where he remained a good space,* 1.4 being there right well estemed & loued of all the houshold, so long as Edward the sixt liued. But he dying, all things begā to go backward, religiō to decay, godlines not only to waxe cold, but also to be in daūger euery where and chiefly in the houses of great men. Haukes mislikyng the state of thinges, and especially in such mens houses ra∣ther thē he would chaunge the profession of true godlines which he had tasted, thought to chaunge the place:* 1.5 and so forsaking y^e Noble mans house, departed home to his own home, where more freely he might geue himselfe to God, & vse his owne conscience.

But what place in this worlde shall a man finde so se∣cret for himselfe, whether that old wicked Serpent can not creep, wherby he may haue some matter to ouerthrow the quietnesse of the Godly? Nowe in the meane season (as it happened) Haukes keeping his house at home,* 1.6 had borne vnto him a young sonne, whose baptisme was deferred to the third weeke, for that he would not suffer him to be ba∣ptised after the papistical maner, Which thing the aduersa∣ries not able to suffer, laying handes vpon him,* 1.7 did bryng him to the Earle of Oxforde, there to be reasoned with, as not sound in religion, in that he semed to contemne the sa∣cramentes of the Church.

The Earle eyther intending not to trouble hymselfe in such matters,* 1.8 or else seeyng hymselfe not able to weigh with him in suche cases of Religion, sent him vp to Lon∣don with a messenger and letters, and so willing to cleare his owne handes, put him in the handes of Boner bishop of London: the contētes of which his letter sent to Boner, be these.

¶A Letter of the Earle of Oxford to Boner.

MOst reuerend father in God, be it knowne vnto you, that I haue sent you one Thomas Haukes,* 1.9 dwelling in the County of Essex, who hath a child that hath remayned vnchristened more then three weekes, who being vpon the same examined, hath de∣nied to haue it baptised, as it is now vsed in the Church: where∣vpo n I haue sent him to your good Lordship, to vse as ye thinke best, by your good discretion.

Whē the bishop had perused this letter, and afterward read it to M. Haukes, he hearing the same, thought with himselfe, that he should not be very wel vsed, seing he was put to his discretion. Then wrote the bishop a letter again to him that sent the prisoner, with many great thankes for his diligence in setting forth the Queenes proceedynges. Then began the bishop to enter communication with M. Haukes, first asking what should moue him to leaue hys child vnchristened so long? To whom M. Haukes answe∣red thus agayne as foloweth.

Haukes.

Because we be bound to do nothing contrarye to the word of God.* 1.10

Boner.

Why? Baptisme is ••ommaunded by the worde of God.

Haukes.

His institution therin I do not deny.

Boner.

What deny ye then?

Haukes.

I deny all things inuented and deuised by man.

Boner.

What thinges be those that be deuised by man, that ye be so offended withall?

Haukes.

Your Oyle, Creame, Salt, Spettle, Candle,* 1.11 and coniuring of water. &c.

Boner.

Will ye deny that which all the whole worlde, and your father hath bene contented withall?

Haukes.

What my father & all the whole world hath done, I haue nothing to do withall: but what God hath cōmaū∣ded me to do, to that stand I.

Boner.

The Catholicke Church hath taught it.* 1.12

Haukes.

What is the Catholicke Church?

Boner.

It is the faythfull congregation, where so euer it be dispersed throughout the whole world.

Haukes.

Who is the head therof?

Boner.

Christ is the head therof.

Haukes.

Are we taught in Christ, or in the Church now?

Boner.

Haue ye not reade in the eyght of Iohn, where hee sayd, he would send his comforter which should teach you all thinges?

Haukes.

I graunt you it is so, that he woulde sende hys comforter, but to what ende? forsooth to this ende, that hee should lead you into all truth and verity, and that is not to teach a new doctrine.

Boner.

A Syr, ye are a right scripture man. For ye wyll haue nothing but the scripture. There is a great number

of your countrey men of your opinion. Doe ye not knowe one Knight and Pigot?

Haukes.

Knight I know, but Pigot I do not know.

Boner.

I thought ye were acquaynted with him: it semeth so by your iudgement. What Preachers doe ye knowe in Essex.

Haukes.

I know none.

Boner.

Do ye not know one Baget there?

Haukes.

Yes forsooth, I know him.

Boner.

What maner a man is he?

Haukes.

An honest man, so farre as I know.

Boner.

Do you know him if you see him?

Haukes.

Yea that I do. Then sayd he to one of his seruan∣tes, go call me Baget hither. And then he sayde to me: ye seme to be a very proud man & a stubburn. He that broght me vp, stood all this while by.

Haukes.

What should moue your Lordship so to say?

Boner.

Because I see in a man that came with you muche humility and lowlinesse.* 1.13

Haukes.

It semeth your Lordship speaketh that to me, be∣cause I make no more curtesy to you: and with that came Baget. Then the Bishop sayd to Baget: How say ye Syr, know ye this man?

Baget.

Yea forsooth my Lord: with that Baget and I shook handes. Then sayd the Bishop to Baget: Syr, this man hath a child,* 1.14 which hath lien 3. weekes vnchristened (as I haue letters to shew) who refuseth to haue it baptised, as it is now vsed in the church: how say you thereto?

Baget.

Forsooth my Lord I say nothing thereto (with low curtesy to the hard ground.)

Boner.

Say ye nothing thereto? I will make you tell me whether it be laudable, and to be frequēted and vsed in the Church, or not.

Baget.

I beseeche your Lordship to pardon me, he is olde enough, let him aunswere for himselfe.

Boner.

Ah sir knaue, are ye at that poynt with me? Go call me the Porter,* 1.15 sayd he, to one of his men. Thou shalt sit in the stockes, & haue nothing but bread & water. I perceyue I haue kept you to well. Haue I made thus much of you, and haue I you at this poynt? Then came the Byshoppes man, and sayd: The Porter is gone to London. Then said the Bishop to Baget:* 1.16 Come with me, and he went awaye with him, and commaunded me away, and bade one of his Gentlemē to talke with me (who was one of his own tea∣ching:) who desired amongest all other things, to know of me, with whom I was acquaynted in Essex, and what mē they were that were my teachers.

Haukes.

When I see your cōmission, I will make you an∣swere. And then immediatly came the Bishop agayne: but ere he came, his man and I had much talke. Then the by∣shop sate down vnder a vine in his orchyard, & called Ba∣get to him, whom he caried away, & brought againe, & cal∣led me also, and sayd to Baget: How say you now sir vnto Baptisme? Say whether it be to be frequented and vsed in the Church, as it is now, or no?

Baget.

Forsooth my Lord, I say it is good.

Boner.

* 1.17I befoole your hart, could ye not haue said so before? Ye haue wounded this mans conscience. Then the bishop turned to me, and sayd: How say ye now sir, this man is turned and conuerted.

Haukes.

* 1.18I builde my fayth neither vpon this man, neither vpon you, but onely vpon Christ Iesus, who as Paule sayth is the founder and author of all mens fayth.

Boner.

I perceiue ye are a stubburn felow. I must be glad to worke an other way with you, to win you.

Haukes.

Whatsoeuer ye doe, I am ready to suffer it: for I am in your handes to abide it.

Boner.

Well, ye are so: come on your wayes, ye shall go in and I will vse you Christianlike. You shall haue meate and drinke,* 1.19 suche as I haue in my house: but in any wyse talke not.

Haukes.

I purpose to talke nothing but the worde of God and truth.

Boner.

I will haue no heresy talked on in my house.

Haukes.

Why is the trueth become heresy? God hath com∣maunded that wee shoulde haue none other talke in our houses, in our beddes, at our meat, and by the way, but all trueth.

Boner.

If ye will haue my fauor, be ruled by my counsell.

Haukes.

Then I trust you will graunt me my request.

Boner.

What is that?

Haukes.

That your Doctours and Seruauntes geue me none occasion: for if they doe, I wyll surely vtter my con∣science. Then commaunded he his men to take in Baget, and let not Haukes and him talke together. And so thus we departed,* 1.20 and went to dinner, and I dined at the Ste∣wardes table.

After dynner, hys Chaplaynes and his men began to talke with me. But amongst all other, there was one Dar∣byshyre principall of Brodgates in Oxford,* 1.21 & the Bishops kinsmā, who sayd to me, that I was to curious: for ye wil haue (sayd he) nothing but your litle prety Gods booke.

Haukes.

And is it not sufficient for my saluation? Yes (sayd he) it is sufficient for our saluation, but not for our instru∣ction.

Haukes.

God send me the saluation,* 1.22 and you the instructi∣on. And as we thus reasoned, came the Byshop, who sayd vnto me: I gaue you a commaundement that you shoulde not talke.

Haukes.

And I desired you, that your Doctours and Ser∣uauntes should geue me none▪ occasiō.* 1.23 Then went we into his Orchyard agayne he and his Doctors and I.

Boner.

Would not ye be contented to haue, that your childe shoulde bee Christened after the booke that was set out by king Edward?

Haukes.

Yes, with a good will: it is the thing that I desire.

Boner·

I thought so: ye would haue the same thing. The principal is in the name of the father, the sonne, & of the ho¦ly ghost, and in necessity it may serue.

Haukes.

Christ did vse it without any such necessitye: and yet we lacke the chiefest poynt.

Boner.

What is that?

Haukes.

Go teach all nations, baptising them. &c.

Boner.

Thou speakest that because I am no Preacher.* 1.24

Haukes.

I speake the texte: I doe not meane you. Then spake all his Doctours, & his men that were with hym: he speaketh it of you my Lorde (with a greate noyse that they made.)

Boner.

Will ye be content to tary here, and your child shall be Baptised, and you shall not know of it, so that you will agree to it?

Haukes.

And if I would so haue done, I neded not to haue come to you: for I had the same counsell geuen before.

Boner.

You seeme to be a lustye young man: you will not geue your head for the washing. You will stand in the de∣fence of it for the honour of your Countrey. Doe ye thinke that the Queene and I can not commaund it to be done in spite of your teeth?

Haukes.

What the Queene & you can do,* 1.25 I will not stand in it: but ye get my conscience neuer the sooner.

Boner.

Well, you are a stubburne young man. I perceyue I must worke on other way with you.

Haukes.

Ye are in the handes of God, and so am I.

Boner.

What so euer you thinke, I woulde not haue you speake such wordes vnto me. And so we departed vntyll Euensong tyme: and ere Euensong was begon, my Lord called for me to come to him into the Chappell, and sayde: Haukes: thou art a proper young man, & God hath done his part vnto thee. I would be glad to do thee good. Thou knowest that I am thy Pastour, and one that should aun∣swere for thee. If I woulde not teach thee well. I shoulde aunswere for thy soule.

Haukes.

That I haue sayd, I will stand to it God willing: there is no way to remoue it.

Boner.

Nay, nay Haukes, thou shalt not be so wilfull. Re∣member Christ had two go into his vineyard? the one said he would & went not, the other sayd he would not & went.

Haukes.

The last went.

Boner.

Doe thou likewise, and I will talke frendly wyth thee: howe sayest thou? It is in the sixt of S. Iohn:* 1.26 I am the bread of life: and the bread that I will geue, is my flesh, which I will geue for the life of the worlde. And who so euer eateth my flesh, and drinketh my bloud, hath euerlasting life. My flesh is very meat in deede, and my bloud is very drinke in deed. And hee that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my bloud, dwelleth in me, and I in him. Do ye beleue this?

Haukes.

Yea, I must needes beleue the Scriptures.

Boner.

Why? then I trust that ye be sound in the blessed sa∣crament.

Haukes.

I beseech your Lordship to feele my conscience no farther then in that, that I was accused in vnto you.

Boner.

Well, well, let vs go vnto Euensong.

Haukes.

With that I turned my backe to goe out of the Chappell.

Boner.

Why, will you not tary Euensong?

Haukes.

No forsooth.

Boner.

And why?

Haukes.

For I will not.* 1.27

Boner.

And why will you not?

Haukes.

For because I haue no edifiyng thereby, for I vn∣derstand no Latine.

Boner.

Why? you maye pray by your selfe. What bookes haue ye?

Haukes.

I haue the new Testament, the bookes of Salo∣mon, and the Psalter.

Bo.

Why, I pray you tary here, & pray you on your psalter.

Haukes.

I wil not pray in this place, nor in none such. Thē sayd one of his chapleins: let him go my Lord, and he shal be no partaker with vs in our prayers.

Haukes.

I thinke my selfe best at ease when I am farthest from you: And so the Byshop went to Euensong, and I came downe and walked betwene the Hall and the Chap¦pell in the Court, & taryed there till Euensong was done, and within an houre after that Euensong was done, the Bishop sent for me into his chamber where he lay himself,* 1.28 & when I came, there was he, and three of his Chapleins.

Boner.

Ye know of the talke that was betwene you & me, as cōcerning the sacramēt. You would not haue your con∣science sought any farther, then in that ye were accused of.

Haukes.

I thought you would not be both mine accuser & Iudge.

Boner.

Well, ye shall aunswere me to the Sacrament of the aultar, the Sacrament of Baptisme, the Sacramēt of Pe∣nance, and the Sacrament of Matrimony.

Haukes.

There is none of these, but I dare speake my con∣science in them.

Boner.

The sacrament of the aultar ye seme to be sound in.

Haukes.

* 1.29In the Sacrament of the aultar? why Syr, I do not know it.

Boner.

Well, we will make you to know it, and beleue in it too, ere euer we haue done with you.

Haukes.

No, that shall ye neuer do.

Boner.

Yes, a Fagot will make you do it.

Hauk.

No, no, a poynt for your fagot. What God thinketh meete to be done, that shall ye do, and more shall ye not do.

Boner.

* 1.30Do ye not beleue that there remaineth in the blessed Sacrament of the aultar after the wordes of consecration be spoken, no more bread, but the very body and bloud of Christ? and at that word he put of his cap.

Haukes.

I do beleue as Christ hath taught me.

Boner.

Why? did not Christ say: Take: eate, this is my body?

Haukes.

Christ sayd so: but therefore it foloweth not, that the Sacrament of the aultar is so as you reach, neither did Christ euer teach it so to be.

Boner.

Why? the Catholicke Church taught it so, and they were of Christes Church.

Haukes.

How proue ye it? The Apostles neuer taught it so. Read the Actes, the second, and the twenty. Neither Pe∣ter nor Paule euer taught it, neither instituted it so.

Boner.

Ah Syr? ye will haue no more then the Scripture teacheth, but euen as Christ hath left it bare.

Haukes.

Hee that teacheth me any otherwise, I wyll not beleue him.

Boner.

* 1.31Why, then ye must eate a Lambe, if ye will haue but Christes institution onely.

Haukes.

Nay, that is not so. Before that Christ did insti∣tute the Sacrament, that ceremony ceased, and then begā the Sacrament.

Boner.

Alas, you know not how it begon, neither of the, in¦stitution therof.

Haukes.

Then I would be glad to learne.

Boner.

Mary, we will teach you: but you are so stubburn that ye will not learne.* 1.32

Haukes.

Except ye learne me by the word of God, I wyll neuer credite you nor beleue you: and thus we concluded. Then the Bishop and his Chapleines laughed, and sayd: Iesu, Iesu, what a stubbernesse and arrogantnesse is this? and this was in his Chamber where he laye? Then sayde the Bishop to me, go ye downe and drinke, for it is fasting day: it is Midsommer euen, but I thinke ye loue neither fasting nor praying.

Haukes.

I will neuer deny fasting neither praying, so that it be done as it ought to be done,* 1.33 and without hipocrisy or vayne glory.

Boner.

I lyke you the better for that: and so wee lefte for that night.

The next day the Bishop went to London: For Feck∣nam was made Deane that day, & I taried still at Fulhā. Then did the Bishops mē desire me to come to Masse, but I did vtterly refuse it, answering thē as I did theyr may∣ster.* 1.34 That night the Bishop came home to Fulham agayn.

*Talke betwene Harpsfield and Thomas Haukes.

THen vpon the Monday Morning very earely the By∣shop dyd call for me.* 1.35 There was with him Harpsfield Archdeacon of London, to whom the Bishop sayd: this is the man that I told you of, who would not haue his child Christened, nor will haue any ceremonies.

Harps.

Christ vsed ceremonies. Did he not take clay from the ground, and tooke spettle, & made the blind man to see?

Haukes.

I wotte well that, but Christ did neuer vse it in Baptisme. If ye will needes haue it, put it to the vse that Christ put it vnto.* 1.36

Harps.

I admit your child die vnchristened: what a heauy case stand you in?

Haukes.

I admit that if it do, what then?

Harps.

Mary then are ye damned, and your child both.

Hauk.

Iudge you no farther thē ye may by the scriptures.

Harps.

Do ye not know that your childe is borne in origi∣nall sinne?

Haukes.

Yes that I do.

Harps.

How is originall sinne washed away?

Haukes.

By true fayth and beliefe in Christ Iesus.

Harps.

How can your childe being an infant beleue.

Haukes.

The deliueraunce of it from sinne, standeth in the fayth of his parentes.

Harps.

How proue you that?

Haukes.

By S. Paule in the 7. and the first to the Corin∣thians, saying: The vnbeleuing manne is sanctified by the bele∣uing woman,* 1.37 and the vnbeleuing woman is sanctified by the be∣leuing man, or els were your children vncleane.

Harps.

I will proue that they whom thou puttest thy trust in, will be agaynst thee in this opinion.

Haukes.

Who be those?

Harps.

Your great learned men in Oxford.

Haukes.

If they do it by the Scriptures, I will beleue thē.

Boner.

Recant, recant: do ye not know that Christ sayd, ex∣cept ye be Baptised, ye can not be saued?

Haukes.

Doth Christianity stand in outward ceremonyes or no?* 1.38

Boner.

Partly it doth: what say you to that?

Haukes.

I say as S. Peter sayth: Not the washing of water purgeth the filthinesse of the flesh, but a good conscience consen∣ting vnto God.

Harps.

Beware of pride brother, beware of pride.

Haukes.

It is written: Pride serueth not for men, nor yet for the sonnes of men.* 1.39

Boner.

Let vs make an end here. How say you to y^e Masse Syrha?* 1.40

Haukes.

I say it is detestable, abhominable, and profitable for nothing.

Boner.

What (nothing profitable in it? what say you to the Epistle and Gospell?

Haukes.

It is good, if it be vsed as Christ left it to be vsed.

Boner.

Well, I am glad that ye somewhat recāt: recant all, recant all.

Haukes.

I haue recanted nothing, nor will do.

Bonor.

How say you to Confiteor?

Haukes.

I say it is abhominable & detestable,* 1.41 ye and a blas∣phemy agaynst God and his sonne Christ, to call vpō any, to trust to any, or to pray to any, saue only to Christ Iesus.

Boner.

To trust to any, we bid you not: but to call vppon thē, and to pray to them we bid you.* 1.42 Do ye not know whē ye come into the Courte ye can not speake with the king & Queene, vnlesse ye call to some of the priuy chāber that are next to the king and Queene?

Haukes.

They that list receiue your doctrine. You teach me that I should not beleue nor trust in any, but to cal on thē: and S. Paule sayth: How should I call vpon him, on whome I beleue not?

Boner.

Wyll you haue no body to pray for you, when you be dead?

Haukes.

No surelye excepte you canne prooue it by the Scriptures. Then the Bishoppe pointed vnto Harpsfield and sayd vnto me: Is it not wel done to desire this man to pray for me?

Haukes.

Yes surely, so long as we liue, prayer is auaylable of the righteous man: but this mans prayers, you beyng dead, profiteth nothing at all.

Boner.

Will ye graunt the prayer of the righteous man to preuayle?

Haukes.

I graunt it doth for the liuing, but not for the dead.

Boner.

Not for the dead?

Haukes.

No forsooth, for Dauid sayth: No man can deliuer his brother from death, nor make agreement vnto God for him:* 1.43 for it cost more to redeeme theyr soules, so that ye must let that alone for euer.

Also Ezechiell sayth: Though Noe, Daniell, or Iob dwelt amongest them,* 1.44 yet can they in theyr righteousnesse exceede no farther then themselues. Then the Bishop said to Harpsfield: Syr, ye see this man hath no need of our Ladye, neither of any of the blessed Sayntes. Well, I will trouble you no longer: I did call you,* 1.45 hoping that you shoulde doe some good on him, but it will not be. And he said to me: Syr, it is tyme to begin with you: we will rid you awaye and then we shall haue one hereticke lesse.

Harps.

What bookes haue you?

Haukes.

The new Testament, Salomons bookes and the Psalter.

Harps.

Will you read any other bookes?

Haukes.

Yea, if you will geue me suche bookes, as I will require.

Harps.

What bookes will you require?

Haukes.

Latimers bookes, my Lorde of Caunterburyes booke, Bradfords Sermons, Ridleyes bookes.

Boner.

Away, away, he will haue no bookes but suche as mayntayne his heresies: and so they departed, for Harps∣field was booted to ride vnto Oxforde, and I went to the Porters lodge agayne.

¶The next dayes talke.

* 1.46THe next day came thither an old Byshoppe, who had a pearl in his eye, and he brought with him to my Lord a dish of apples, & a bottle of wine. For he had lost his ly∣uing, because hee had a wife. Then the Bishop called me agayne into the Orchard, and sayd to the old Bishop: this young man hath a childe, and will not haue it christened.

Haukes.

I deny not Baptisme.

Boner.

Thou art a foole, thou canst not tell what y^u woul∣dest haue, and that he spake with much anger.

Haukes.

A bishop must be blamelesse or faultles, sober, dis∣creete, no chider, not geuen to anger.

Boner.

Thou iudgest me to be angry: no by my fayth am I not, and stroke himselfe vpon the brest.

Then sayd the old Bishop: Alas good yoūg man, you must be taught by y^e church, and by your auncients, and do as your forefathers haue done before you.

Boner.

No, no, he will haue nothing but the Scriptures, and God wot he doth not vnderstād them. He will haue no ceremonies in the Church, no not one. What say you to holy water?

Haukes.

I say to it, as to the rest, and to all that be of hys making that made them.

Boner.

Why, the scriptures doth allow it.

Haukes.

Where proue you that?

Boner.

In the booke of kinges, where Eliseus threw salt into the water.* 1.47

Haukes.

Ye say truth, it is so written in the fourth booke of Kinges, the second chapter: the children of the Prophetes came to Elizeus, saying: The dwelling of the city is pleasant, but the waters be corrupted. This was the cause that Elize∣us threw salt into the water, and it became sweete & good and so when our waters be corrupted, if ye can by putting in of salte make them sweete, cleare, and wholesome, wee will the better beleue your ceremonies.

Boner.

How say ye to holy bread?

Haukes.

Euen as I sayde to the others. What Scripture haue you to defend it?

Boner.

Haue ye not read where Christ fedde fiue thousand men with fiue loaues, and three fishes?

Haukes.

Will ye make that holy bread? There Christ dealt fish with his holy bread.

Boner.

Looke I pray you, how captious this man is.

Haukes.

Christ did not this miracle, or other, because wee should doe the like miracle, but because we should beleeue and credite his doctrine thereby.

Boner.

Ye beleue no doctrine, but that whiche is wrought by miracles.

Haukes.

No forsooth, for Christ sayth: These tokens shall fol∣low them that beleue in me: they shall speake with new tongues they shall cast out Deuils,* 1.48 and if they drinke any deadly poyson, it shall not hurt them.

Boner.

With what newe tongues doe ye speake?

Haukes.

Forsooth, where before that I came to the know∣ledge of Gods word. I was a soule blasphemer and filthy talker, since I came to the knowledge thereof, I haue lau∣ded God, praysed God, and geuen thankes vnto God euē with the same tongue: and is not this a new tongue?

Boner.

* 1.49How do ye cast out Deuils?

Haukes.

Christ did cast them out by hys word, and he hath left the same word, that whosoeuer doth credite and beleue it, shall cast out deuils.

Boner.

Did you euer drinke any deadly poyson?

Haukes.

Ye forsooth that I haue: for I haue dronken of y^e pestilent traditions and ceremonies of the Byshoppe of Rome.

Boner.

Now you shew your selfe to be a right hereticke.

Haukes.

I pray you what is heresie?

Boner.

* 1.50All thinges that are contrary to Gods word.

Haukes.

If I stand in any thing contrary thereto, then am I worthy so to be called.

Boner.

Thou art one, and thou shalt be burned, if y^u stand and continue in this opinion. Ye thinke we are afrayd to put one of you to death: yes, yes there is a brotherhead of you, but I will breake it, I warrant you.

Haukes.

Where proue you that Christ or his Apostles dyd kill any man for his fayth?

Boner.

Did not Paule excommunicate?* 1.51

Haukes.

Yes my Lorde, but there is a great difference be∣tweene excommunicating and burning.

Boner.

Haue ye not read of the man and the woman in the Actes of the Apostles, whome Peter destroyed?

Haukes.

Yes forsooth, I haue read of one Ananias, & Sa∣phira his wife, which were destroied for lying agaynst the holy Ghost, which serueth nothing your purpose.

Boner.

Well you will graunt one yet.* 1.52

Haukes.

Well if you will haue vs to graunt you be of god, then shew mercy for that God requireth.

Boner.

We will shew such mercy vnto you, as ye shewed vnto vs: for my benefice or bishopricke was taken awaye from me, so that I had not one penny to liue vpon.

Haukes.

I pray you my Lord, what do ye geue him nowe that was in the bishopricke or benefice before that ye came agayne to it? whereunto he aunswered me neuer a word: for he turned his backe vnto me, & talked with other men, saying that he was very sory for me, but he trusted that I would turne with S. Paul, because I was so earnest: and so he departed and went to dinner,* 1.53 and I to the Porters lodge agayne.

After dinner I was called into the Hall agayne, and the Bishop desired the old bishop to take me into his chamber for I would be glad (sayd he) if ye tould conuert him. So he took me into his chamber, & sate him down in a chayre, and sayde to me: I woulde to God I coulde doe you some good. Ye are a young man, and I woulde not wishe you to go to farre, but learn of your elders to beare somewhat.

Haukes.

I will beare with nothing that is contrary to the word of God. And I looked that the olde Bishop shoulde haue made me an aunswere, and he was fast a sleepe.

Then I departed out of y^e chamber alone and went to the Porters lodge againe, and there saw I the old Bishop last: I suppose he is not yet awake.

Talke betweene Fecknam and Hawkes.* 1.54

THe next day came Fecknam vnto me and said: are ye he that will haue no ceremonies?

Haukes.

What meane you by that?

Fecknam.

Ye will not haue your childe christened, but in English, and you will haue no ceremonies.

Haukes.

What soeuer the scripture cōmaundeth to be done I refuse not.

Fecknam.

Ceremonies are to be vsed by the scriptures.* 1.55

Haukes.

Which be those?

Fecknam.

How say you by Paules breeches?

Haukes.

I haue read no such thing.

Fecknam.

Haue yee not read in the Actes of the Apostles, how thinges went from Paules body, and they receaued health thereby?

Haukes.

I haue read in the xix. of the Acts, how there went partlets and napkins from Paules bodye. Is it that that ye meane?* 1.56

Feck.

Yea the same is it: what say you to those ceremonies?

Haukes.

I say nothing to y^e ceremonies. For the text sayth,* 1.57 that God did so worke by the handes of Paule, that there went partlets & napkins frō him. &c. So that it seemed by y^e text, that it was God that wrought & not y^e ceremonies.

Feck.

How say ye to the woman that came behinde Christ and touched the hemme of his vesture? did not her disease depart from her by that ceremony?

Haukes.

No forsooth: For Christ turned back and sayde to Peter: Who is it that touched me? and Peter sayd: Thou seest the people thrust thee: and askest thou who touched me? Some body hath touched me (sayth Christ) for vertue hath gone out of me. I praye you, whether was it the vertue that healed this woman, or his vesture?

Fecknam.

Both.

Haukes,

Then is not Christ true: for he sayd, Go thy waye,* 1.58 thy fayth hath made thee whole.

Boner.

Away, away to the sacrament, for these are but tri∣fles to that.

Fecknam.

How say ye Syrha: Christ tooke bread, & brake it, and sayd: Take, eate, this is my body?

Haukes.

I graunt Christ sayd so.

Fecknam.

And is it not so?

Haukes.

No forsooth, I do not vnderstand it so.

Fecknam.

Why, then is Christ a lyer?

Haukes.

I thinke ye will so proue him.

Fecknam.

Will I? why,* 1.59 I haue spoken the woordes that Christ spake.

Haukes.

Is euery worde to be vnderstand as Christ spake it? Christ said: I am a dore, a vyne, I am a king, a way. &c.

Feck.

Christ spake these wordes in parables.

Hau.

And why speaketh he this in parables, when hee sayd: I am a dore a vyne, a king, a way, &c. more then thys

when he sayd: This is my body? For after the same phrase of speache, as hee sayth: This is my body: so sayth hee: I am a doore, a vine, a king, a way, he sayth not I am like a dore, lyke a vyne. &c.

Then Fecknam stoode vp and sayd: I had such a one before me this other day. Alas, these places serue nothyng for your purposes. But I perceiue ye hang and build on them that be at Oxford.

Haukes.

What meane you by that?

Fecknam.

I meane Latymer, Cranmer, and Rydley.

Haukes.

I know nothyng els by thē, but that they be both godly and learned.

Fecknam.

* 1.60wilt thou trust to such doltes? One of them hath written a booke, wherein he affirmeth a reall presence in the Sacrament.

Haukes.

What hee hath done, I know not, but what hee doth I know.

Fecknam.

Ridley hath preached at Paules Crosse openly, that the deuill beleueth better then you: for he beleueth that Christ is able of stones to make bread, and ye will not be∣leue that Christes body is in the Sacrament, and yet thou buildest thy fayth vpon them.

Haukes.

* 1.61I build my fayth vppon no man, and that shall ye well know: for if those men, and as many mo as they bee, should recant, and deny that they haue sayde or done, yet will I stand to it, and by this shall ye knowe that I build my fayth vpon no man.

Boner.

If any of those recant, what will ye say to it?

Haukes.

When they recant, I will make you aunswere.

Boner.

Then thou wilt say as thou doest now for all that.

Haukes.

Yea in deede wil I, & that trust to it, by gods grace

Boner.

* 1.62I dare say Cranmer would recant, so that he might haue his liuyng. And so the Byshop and Fecknam depar∣ted from me with great laughing, & I went agayne to the Porters lodge.

¶Talke betwene Haukes and Chadsey.

* 1.63The next day came Doct. Chadsey to the Byshop, and him. The Byshop declared vnto him that I hadde stande stubbornely in my defense agaynst the Christenyng of my childe, and against the ceremonies of the Church, and that I would not haue it Christened, but in English.

Then sayd Doct. Chadsey: then hee denyeth the order of the Catholicke Church.

Boner.

Yea, hee thinketh that there is no Churche but in England, and in Germany.

Haukes.

And yee thinke that there is no Churche but the Church of Rome.

Chad.

What say ye to the Church of Rome.

Haukes.

I say it is a church of a sort of vicious Cardinals. Priestes,* 1.64 Monkes and Fryers, whiche I will neuer cre∣dite nor beleue.

Chad.

How say ye to the bishop of Rome?

Chad.

From him and all his detestable enormities good Lorde deliuer vs.

Chad.

Mary so may wee saye from king Henry the eight, and all his detestable enormities, good Lord deliuer vs.

Haukes.

Where were ye whiles that he liued, that ye would not say so?

Chad.

I was not farre.

Haukes.

Where were ye in his sonnes dayes.

Chad.

In prison.

Haukes

It was for your well doing.

Boner.

He will by no meanes come within my Chappell nor here Masse: for neither the Masse, neither the Sacra∣ment of the aulter can hee abide, neither will he haue anye seruice but in English.* 1.65

Chad.

Christ neuer spake in English.

Haukes.

Neither spake he euer anye latine, but alwayes in such a tongue as the people might be edified thereby. And Paule sayth, that tongues profite vs nothing. He maketh a si∣militude betweene the pipe and the harpe, and except it be vnderstanded what the trumpet meaneth, who can pre∣pare himselfe to the battell: so if I heare the tongue which I do not vnderstand, what profite haue I therby? no more then hee hath by the trumpet, that knoweth not what it meaneth.

Chad.

If ye vnderstand Paules saying, he speaketh it vn∣der a prophecie. If we prophecie to you in tongues. &c.

Haukes.

Forsooth Paule speaketh playnly of tongues: for tongues serue not for them that beleue.

Chad.

I tell you Paul speaketh altogether vpō prophecy.

Haukes.

Paule maketh a distinction betweene prophecy∣ing & tongues, saying, That if anye man speake with tongues, let it be by two or three at the most, & let an other interprete it. But if there be no interpreter,* 1.66 let them keepe silence in the con∣gregation, and let himselfe pray vnto God: and then let the Pro∣phetes speake two or three, and that by course, and let the other iudge: and if any reuelatiō be made to him that sitteth by, let the first holde his peace: so that it seemeth that Paule maketh a distinction betweene tongues and Prophecying.

Boner.

The order was taken in the Catholicke Churche that y^e Latin tongue shuld serue through the whole world,* 1.67 because that they should pray all generally together in one tongue, and that to auoyd all contention and strife, and to haue one vniuersall order through the whole worlde.

Haukes,

This did your Counsels of Rome conclude.

Boner.

Understande yee what the generall Councels of Rome ment?

Haukes.

In deede all your generall Councels of Rome be in Latin, and I am an English man:* 1.68 therefore I haue no∣thing to do with them.

Chad.

Ye are to blame, being an vnlearned man to re∣proue all the Councels throughout all the whole world.

Haukes.

I reprooue them not, but Paule rebuketh them, saying: If any man preach any other doctrine then that whiche I haue taught, do you hold him accursed.

Chad.

Hath any man preached any other doctrine to you?

Haukes.

Yea, I haue bene taught an other Gospel since I came into this house.* 1.69

Chad.

What Gospell haue ye bene taught?

Haukes.

Praying to Sayntes, and to our Lady, and trust in the Masse, holy bread, and holy water, and in Idols.

Chad.

He that teacheth you so, teacheth not amisse.

Haukes.

Cursed be hee that teacheth me so: for I will not trust him, nor beleue him.

Boner.

You speake of Idols, and yee knowe not what they meane.* 1.70

Haukes.

God hath taught vs what they be: for whatsoeuer is made, grauen, or deuised by mans hand, contrarye to Gods word, that same is an Idoll. What say you to that?

Chad.

What be those that ye are so offended withall?

Haukes.

The crosse of wood, siluer, copper, or gold. &c.* 1.71

Boner.

What say ye to that?

Haukes.

I say it is an Idoll. What say you to it?

Bone.

I say euery Idoll is an image,* 1.72 but euery image is not an Idoll.

Haukes.

I say, what difference is there betweene an Idol and an Image?

Boner.

If it be a false God: & an Image made of him,* 1.73 that is an Idoll: but if an Image be made of God himselfe, it is no Idoll, but an Image, because he is a true God.

Haukes.

Lay your Image of your true God and of youre false God together, and ye shall see the differēce. Haue not your Images feete and goe not, eyes and see not, eares & heare not, handes and feele not, mouthes and speake not? and euen so haue your Idols.

Chad.

God forbid, sayth S. Paule,* 1.74 That I should reioyce in any thing els, but in the Crosse of Christ Iesus.

Haukes.

Do ye vnderstand Paule so? Doe ye vnderstand Paule? Unto the which he aunswered me neuer a word.

Boner.

Where can wee haue a godlyer remēbraunce when we ride by the way: then to see the Crosse.

Haukes.

If the Crosse were such profite vnto vs, why did not Christes Disciples take it vp: and set it on a pole, and cary it in procession with Salue festa dies?

Chad.

It was taken vp.

Haukes.

Who tooke it vp? Helene, as ye say: for shee sent a peece of it to a place of Religion, where I was with y^e vi∣siters when that house was suppressed, and the peece of the holy crosse (which the religious had in such estimatiō,* 1.75 and had robbed many a soule, committing idolatry to it) was called for, and when it was proued, and all come to all, it was but a peece of a lath couered ouer with copper, dou∣ble gilted as it had bene cleane gold.

Boner.

Fie, fie. I dare say thou slaunderest it.

Haukes.

I know it to be true, & do not beleue the cōtrary. And thus did the Bishop & the Doctour depart in a great fume: & Chadsay said vnto me, as he was about to depart: it is pitie y^t thou shouldest liue, or any such as thou art. I answered: in this case I desire not to liue, but rather to die

Chad.

Ye dye boldly, because ye would glory in your death as Ioane Butcher did.* 1.76

Haukes.

What Ioan Butcher did, I haue nothing to doe withall: but I would my part might be to morow. GOD make you in a better minde, sayde they both, & so they de∣parted, and I went to the Porters lodge with my keeper.

The next day Doct. Chedsey preached in the Boshops Chappell, & did not begin his sermon vntill all the seruice was done: and then came the porter for me, and sayd: my Lord would haue you come to the sermon, and so I went to the chappell dore, and stode without the dore.

Boner.

Is not this fellow come?

Haukes.

Yes I am here.

Boner.

Come in man.

Haukes.

No that I will not. He called againe, and aun∣swered: I will come no nearer, and so I stode at the dore. Then said the Bishop, go to your sermon.

Then Doctour Chadsey put the stole about his neck, and caried the holy water sprinckle vnto the Bishop,* 1.77 who blessed him, and gaue him holye water, and so hee went to his sermon. The text that he entreated on, was the xvi. of Mathew. Whome do men say that I the sonne of man am? Peter sayd: some say that thou art Helias, some saye that thou art Iohn Baptist, some say thou art one of the Prophetes. But whom say ye that I am? Then sayd Peter, thou art Christ the sonne of the euer∣liuyng God. Then left he the text there, & sayd? Whose sinnes soeuer ye binde: are boūd: which authoritie (sayd he) is left to the heades of the Church: as my Lord here is one, and so vnto all the rest that be vnderneath him. But the Church hath bene much kicked at sith the beginning: yet kicke the heretickes, spurne the heretickes neuer so much, the church doth stand and florishe. And then he went straight way to the sacrament, and sayd his minde on it, exalting it aboue the heauen, (as the most of thē doe) and so returned to hys place agayne, saying: whose sinnes ye do remit, are remitted and forgeuen:* 1.78 and so he applyed it to the byshops & priestes to forgeue sinnes, and sayd, all that be of the Churche will come and receiue the same. And this he proued by S. Ioh. in the xi,* 1.79 chapter, saying that Christ came to rayse Lazarus which when he was risen, was bound in bands: then sayd Christ to them that were in authoritie (who were his dis∣ciples:) go ye and lose him, lose him you. And this was y^e effect of his Sermon, applying all to them that they haue the same authoritie that christ spake of to his Apostles, and so ended his sermon, and they went to dinner.

An other communication betweene Thomas Haukes, and the Byshop.

ANd after dinner I was called into the chappel, where as were certayne of the Queenes seruaunts and other straungers,* 1.80 whom I did know.

Boner.

Haukes how like you the sermon?

Haukes.

As I like all the rest of his doctrine?

Boner.

What? are ye not edified therby.

Haukes.

No surely.

Boner.

It was made onely because of you.

Haukes.

Why? then am I sory that ye had no mo hereticks here, as ye call them, I am sory, that ye haue bestowed so much labour on one, and so little regarded.

Boner.

Well, I will leaue you here, for I haue busines. I pray you talke with him: for if ye could do him good (sayd he) I would be glad.

This the Bishop spake to the Queenes men, who said vnto me: Alas what meane you to trouble your self about such matters, against the Queenes proceedinges.

Haukes.

Those matters haue I aunswered before thē that be in authoritie: and vnles I see you haue a further com∣mission,* 1.81 I will aunswere you nothing at all. Then sayd y^e bishops men (which were many) my Lord hath commaū∣ded you to talke with them.

Haukes.

If my Lorde will talke with me himselfe, I will answere him. They cryed fagottes, burne him, hang him, to prison with him: it is pitie that he liueth, lay Irons vp∣on him: and with a great noyse they spake these woordes. Then in the middest of all the rage, I departed from them, and went to the porters lodge againe.

The next dayes talke.

THe next day, the Bishop called me into his chamber, & sayd: ye haue bene with mee a great while: & ye are ne∣uer the better but worse and worse:* 1.82 and therefore I will delay the time no longer, but send you to Newgate.

Haukes.

My Lord you ran do me no better pleasure.

Boner.

Why? would ye so fayne go to prison?

Haukes.

Truely I did looke for none other, when I came to your handes.

Boner.

Come on your wayes: ye shall see what I haue written. Then did he shew me certaine articles, and these are the contentes of them:* 1.83

Whether the Catholicke Church do teach and beleeue y^t Christes reall presence doth remaine in the Sacrament or no, after the wordes of consecration: according to y^e words of S. Paule, which are these: Is not the bread which we break the partaking of the body of Christ, and the cup which we blesse, the partaking of the bloud of Christ? whiche if it were not so, Paule would neuer haue sayd it.

Haukes.

What your Church doth, I cannot tell: but I am sure that the holy Catholicke Church doth neither so take it, nor beleue it.

Boner.

Whether doth the Catholicke Church teach and be∣leue the Baptisme that now is vsed in the Church, or no?

Haukes.

I aunswered to it, as I did to y^e other question be∣fore. Then did the Byshop with much flattery counsell me to be perswaded, & to keepe me out of prison,* 1.84 which I vt∣terly refused, and so we departed. And I supposed that the next day I should haue gone to prison, and so I had, saue for the Archdeacon of Canterbury, whose name is Harps∣field, whome the bishop had desired to talke with me, and began to perswade me concerning the Sacrament, & the ceremonies: and after much talke he sayd that the Sacra∣ment of the aultar was the same body that was borne of y^e virgine Mary, which did hang vpon the Crosse.

Haukes.

He was vpon the crosse both aliue & dead: which of them was the Sacrament?* 1.85

Harps.

The Archdeacon aunswered, aliue.

Haukes.

How proue you that?

Harps.

Ye must beleue. Doth not S. Iohn say: He is already condemned, that beleueth not?

Haukes.

S. Iohn sayth: He that beleeueth not in the sonne of God, is already condemned: but he sayth not, he that bele∣ueth not in the sacrament, is already condemned.

Harps.

There is no talke with you: for ye are both with∣out fayth and learning, and therefore I will talke no more with you in scripture.

Haukes.

Thē ij. that stode by, bad me enter further in talke with him, and then said I vnto him:* 1.86 why is the Roodeloft set betwixt the body of the Church, and the Chauncel?

Harps.

I cannot tell: for ye haue asked a question, which ye cannot assoyle your selfe.

Haukes.

Yes that I can: for this sayth one of your owne Doctours: that the body of the Church doth represent the Church militant: and the Chauncell the Churche trium∣phant: and so because we cannot go from the Church mili∣tant to the Church triumphant, but that we must beare the crosse of Christ, this is the cause of the Roodeloft being be∣tweene the body of the Church and the Chauncell.

Harps.

This is well and clarkely concluded.

Haukes.

As all the rest of your doctrine is: & so with ma∣ny perswasiōs on his part we ended, and so departed: and I to the Porters lodge agayne.

¶An other dayes talke.

THe next day in the morning, which was the first day of Iuly, the Bishop did call mee himselfe from the Por∣ters lodge, commaunding me to make me ready to goe to prison, and to take such things with me,* 1.87 as I had of mine owne. And I sayd, I do neither intend to bribe, neither to steale, God willing. Then he did write my warrant to the Keeper of the Gatehouse at Westminster, and deliuered it to Harpsfield, who with his owne man and one of the by∣shops mē brought me to prison, & deliuered the warrant & me both to y^e Keeper: & this was contayned in y^e warrant.

I will and commaund you,* 1.88 that you receaue him who commeth named in this warrant, and that he be kept as a safe prisoner, and that no man speake with him, and that ye deliuer him to no man, except it be to the Councell, or to a Iustice: For he is a Sacramētary, and one that speaketh agaynst Baptisme, a seditious man, a perilous man to be abroad in these perilous dayes.

And thus was I receiued, & they departed.* 1.89 And there I remayned. xiij. dayes, & then the bishop sent two of his mē vnto me, saying: My Lord would be glad to know how ye do. I aunswered them, I doe like a poore prisoner. They sayd: My Lord would know whether ye be the same man that ye were when ye departed? I sayd, I am no chaunge∣ling. They sayd, my Lord would be glad that ye should do well. I sayd: If my Lord wil me any good, I pray you de∣sire him to suffer my frendes to come to me. So they sayde they would speake for me, but I heard no more of them.

This is the first examination of me Thomas Haukes being examined by Edmund Boner, then Bishop of Lō∣don, and by his Chaplaines and Doctours at Fulham 4. miles from London, where I lay till I came to prison to Westminster: and after his two men had bene with me, I heard no more of hym, till the thyrd day of September.

¶Here followeth the second tyme of mine examina∣nation, the whiche was the thyrd day of September for the Bishop did send his men for me, to come to hys Pallace to London, and so my keeper and his men brought me to his place the same day.

THe Bishop of Winchester, then beyng Chauncellour,* 1.90 preached that day at Paules crosse, and the Byshop of London sayd to my Keeper, I thinke your man will not go to the sermon to day.

Haukes.

Yes my Lord, I pray you let me go: and that that

is good, I will receiue, and y^e rest I will leaue behind me, and so I went. And when the sermon was done, I & my Keeper came to the Bishops house, and there we remay∣ned till dinner was done: and after dinner the Bishop cal∣led for mee, and asked me if I were the same man that I was before.

Haukes.

I am no chaungeling nor none will be.

Boner.

Ye shall finde no chaungeling neither. And so hee returned into his chamber, and there he did write the side of a sheete of paper, and all that while I stood in the great chāber, & as many with me as might wel stand in the chā∣ber. And as I stode, Doctour Smith came vnto me (who once recanted,* 1.91 as it appeared in Print) saying y^t he woulde be glad to talke brotherly with me. I asked him what he was. Then sayd they that stode by, he is D. Smith. Then sayd I: are you he that did recant? And he sayd, it was no recantation, but a declaration.

Haukes.

Ye were best to term it wel, for your own honesty.

D. Smith.

Shall I terme it as it pleaseth you?

Haukes.

* 1.92To be short with you, I will knowe whether ye wil recant anye more or no, before that I talk w^t you, cre∣dite you or beleue you: and so I departed from him to the other side of y^e chāber. Then sayd the Bishops men & hys Chaplaynes, that my Lord commanded me to talke with him. Then they that stoode by, cryed with a great noyse: hang him, burne him: it is pittie that hee liueth, that diso∣beyeth my Lordes commaundement.

Then sayd one Miles Huggard? where prooue you y^e infantes were baptised?

Haukes.

Go teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the father, and of the sonne, and of the holy Ghost. Syr here is none excepted.

M. Hug.

What shall we go to teach children?

Haukes.

That word doth trouble you: it might be left out full well: it is to much for you to teach. Is not your name Miles Huggard?

M Hug.

So am I called.

Haukes.

Be you not a Hosier, and dwell in pudding lane?

M. Hug.

Yes that I am, and there I do dwell.

Haukes.

It would seeme so, for ye can better skill to eate a pudding and make a hose then in Scripture eyther to an∣swere or oppose.* 1.93 With that hee was in great rage, and dyd chafe vp and downe. Then I desired that some mā would take some payne to walke the Gentleman, hee did fret so for anger. Then one that stode by mee, (who is parson of Hornechurch and Rumford in Essex) sayd: alas what doe you meane? a young man to be so stubburne? there semeth to much pride in you.

Haukes.

Are not ye the parson of Hornechurch?

Parson.

Yes that I am.

Haukes.

Did ye not set such a priest in your benefice?

Parson.

Yes for a shift.

Haukes.

Like will to like: such maister, suche man. For I know the Priest to be a very vile man,* 1.94 as any could be. I asked the Parson what kinne he was to the weather cock of Paules? and he fell in a great laughter, with the rest of his companions. He sayd that I did rayle.

Then sayd an other that stode by vnto me: what booke haue you here? I aunswered the new testament. May I looke in it, sayd he? Yea that ye may sayd I. And so he loo∣ked in my booke, and sayde it was corrupt I aunswered him if the things contayned in it be true,* 1.95 then are ye all false Prophetes. He said y^t he would appose me in the first word of y^e Testament, saying: here is a generatiō of christ. And Esay sayth, no man can tell his generation.

Haukes.

What meaneth Esay by that? I would learne of you (sayd he.)

Haukes.

Ye would be angry if the scholler should teach the mayster: but if ye will haue me to teach you, I will tel you Esay as meaning.

Then sayd he, no man can tell the generation betwene the father and the sonne: but you (I dare saye) did knowe it before.

Haukes.

Why then Esay denieth not the generation. Then sayd he, why is Christ called Christ?

Haukes.

Because he is a Messias. Then said he, why is he called a Messias?

Haukes.

Because he was so prophecied by the Prophetes. Then said he: why is your booke called a booke?

Haukes.

These wordes do breede more strife, then godly e∣difying.

Beware sayd he, that ye do not decline from the church for if ye do, you will proue your selfe an hereticke.

Haukes.

Euen as ye do call vs heretickes, that do encline to Christes Church,* 1.96 from your Churche: so are ye all false Prophetes, that do decline from Christes church, to your owne Churche. And by this shall all men knowe you to be false Prophetes, if ye say, this sayth the Church, and wil not say, this sayth our Lord. And so he went his waye, as though he had a flea in his eare.

Then came an other and sayd vnto me,,* 1.97 he would talk with me, for he perceiued (as he sayde) that I was angry and out of pacience.

Haukes.

I will see your commission, or euer I talke wyth you, or with any man more. For I wist not how to be tyd of them: they came so thicke about me. For I sayde that I came to talke with my Lord, and not with any of them.

With that came the Bishoppe, bringing a letter in hys hand the which he had written in my name, & read it vnto me after this maner: I Tho. Haukes, do here confesse and declare before my said Ordinary Edmund Bishop of Lō∣don, that the Masse is abhominable and detestable, & full of all superstition, and also as concerning the sacrament of the body and bloud of Christ (commonly called the sacra∣ment of y^e aultar) that Christ is in no part therof, but one∣ly in heauen: this I haue beleued, & this I do beleue &c.

Haukes.

Stop there my Lord: what I haue beleued, what haue you to doe withall? But what I doe beleeue, to that stand I, and will.

Then he tooke his penne, & said that he would scrape it out for my pleasure, and so did to my thinking.

Then he went further with his writing, and sayde: I Thomas Haukes haue talked with my sayd Ordinary, & with certayne good, godly, and learned men. Notwithstā∣ding I stand still in myne opinion.

Haukes.

Shall I graunt you to be good, godly, and lear∣ned men, and yet graunt my selfe to stand in a contrary o∣pinion? No, I will not graunt you to be good, godly and learned men.

Boner.

Ye will graunt that ye haue talked with vs: the o∣ther I will put out for your pleasure. Then saide al his Doctours, if your Lordship be ruled by him, he will cause you to put out altogether: and then he read more vnto me. Here vnto this bill haue I set to my hand: and then he of∣fered me the bill & his pene, and bad me set my hand to it.* 1.98

Haukes.

Ye get not my hand to any thing of your makyng or deuising.

Boner.

Wilt not thou set to thy hande? It shalbe to thy shame for the denying of it.

And then he called al his Doctours, and sayd he would haue euery mans hand to it that was in the chamber, & so he had of their hands to it, and said: he that wil not set his hand to it, I would he were hanged, and so saide all hys Chaplaines and Doctors with a great noyse.

Then the bishop thrust me on the breast with great an∣ger, and sayd he would be euen with me and with all such proud knaues in Essex.* 1.99

Haukes.

Ye shall do no more thē God shal geue you leaue.

Boner.

This geare shall not be vnpunished, trust to it.

Haukes.

As for your cursinges, raylinges, and blasphe∣minges, I care not for them: for I knowe the mothes and wormes shall eat you, as they eate cloth or wooll.

Byshop.

I will be euen with you, when time shall come.

Haukes.

Ye may in your malice destroy a man: but when ye haue done, ye can not do so much as make a finger, and ye be meetly euen with some of vs already.

Boner.

If I do thee any wrong, take the lawe of me.

Haukes.

Salomon saith: Go not to lawe with a Iudge. For hee will iudge according to hys owne honour.

Boner.

Salomon sayth: Geue not a foole an aunswere.

Haukes.

What? do ye count me a foole?

Boner.

Yea be my trouth do I, and so doest thou me to: but God forgeue thee, * 1.100 and so do I.

Hatkes.

Thought is free my Lord. Then tooke Boner the bill and read it agayne, and when he saw that he could not haue my hand to it, then he woulde haue had me to take it into my hand, and to geue it him agayne.

Haukes.

What needeth that ceremonye? Neither shall it come into my hand, hart, nor minde. Then he wrapt it vp, and put it in his bosome, and in a great anger went hys way, & called for his horse and went to horsebacke, for the same day hee rode in visitatiō into Essex: and so went I to prison, from whence I came, with my Keeper. And thys was the second time of my examination. Written by mee Thomas Haukes, who desireth all faithfull men and bre∣thren, to pray vnto God to strengthen me in his truth vn∣to the end. Pray, pray, pray, gentle brethren pray.

The publicke examination of Thomas Haukes.

AFter all these priuate conferences, perswasions, & long debatings had with Thomas Haukes in the byshops house, as hetherto haue bene declared, the Bishop seing no hope to winne him to his wicked wayes,* 1.101 was fully set to proceede openly agaynst him after the ordinary course of his popish law. Wherupon T. Haukes shortly ••••ter was cited with the rest of his other fellowes, aboue specified, to

wit••e, Thom. Tomkins. Ste. Knight, W. Pygot, Iohn Laurence, and W. Hunter, to appeare in the bishops Cō∣sisto••y, the 8. day of February, this present yeare, videl. 1555. Upon which appearaunce was laid against him, in lyke order,* 1.102 as to the other, first the bill o•• his confession, writ∣te•• with Boners hand, to the whiche bill ye heard before how the blessed seruaunt of God denyed to subscribe.

A••ter which bill of confession being read, and hee con∣stantly standing to the said confession, the Bishop then as∣signed him with the other v. the next day folowing, which was the ix. of February, to appeare before him againe, to geue a resolute aunswere what they woulde sticke vnto. Wh••ch day being come, and these foresaid vi. prisoners be∣ing se••erally called before the Bishop, at the comming of Thomas Haukes,* 1.103 the Bishop willed him to remember what was sayd to him yesterday, and nowe while he had time and space, to aduise with himselfe, what he would an∣swe••e: for he stode vpon life and death. Well, quoth maister Haukes againe, I wil willingly receaue what soeuer shal be put vnto me.

Then were certayn other Interrogatories or Articles commensed agaynst him by the said Bishop (in like maner as to the other) to the number of foure: with an other bill also, which Boner brought out of his bosome containyng priuate matters against the sayd Thomas Haukes, which the bishop called heresies and errours, but we may better call them Christian verities. To the whiche matter be∣ing read, the said Haukes answered openly againe saying that it was true, and that he was glad it was so true, as it was: with moe woordes to the like effect. And this was on the forenoone, the ix. day of February.

In the after noone agayn the sayd Haukes appearing and hearing the ••oresaid bill of his confession,* 1.104 with the Ar∣ticles and Interrogatories read vto him, with like con∣stancie in answering againe to the b••shop: My Lord (saide he) as you being my frend haue caused these my sayinges to be writtē: so do you cause them to be read: and yet I wil neuer go from them.

And then being exhorted by the Byshoppe with many fayre wordes, to returne againe to the bosome of the mo∣ther Church:* 1.105 No my Lord (sayd he) that will I not: for if I had an hundreth bodies, I woulde suffer them all to be torne in peeces, rather then I will abiure or recant.

And so continuing still in the same song, notwithstanding that the Doctors and Lawyers were euer calling vppon him to come again to the vnitie of the Church he euer kept them of with this aunswere,* 1.106 that he would neuer go from the beliefe he was in, so long as he liued. Wherupon Bo∣ner, at last read the sentence of death vppon him, & so was he cōdemned the same day with the residue of his fellowes which was the 9. of February.

Neuertheles his execution was prolonged,* 1.107 and he re∣mained in prison till the 10. day of Iune.

Then was he committed to the handes and charge of the Lord Rich, who being assisted with power sufficiēt of y^e worshipfull of the shyre, had the foresayd Tho. Haukes downe into Essex, with vi. other fellow prisoners (whose stories hereafter folow) there to suffer martirdōe, Haukes at Coxehall, the other seuerally in other seuerall places.

Thomas Haukes by the way vsed much exhortation to his frendes, and when soeuer oportunitie serued to talk with them, he would familiarly admonish them.

A little before his death certayne there were of his fa∣miliar acquayntaunce and frendes,* 1.108 who frequenting hys company more familiarly, which seemed not a little to be confirmed both by the example of his constancie, & by hys talke: yet notwithstanding the same agayne being feared with the sharpenes of the punishment, which he was go∣ing to, priuely desired that in the middest of the flame hee would shewe them some token if he coulde, whereby they might be more certayn whether the payne of such burning were so greate, that a man might not therein keepe hys minde quiet and pacient. Which thing he promised them to do, and so secretly betwene them it was agreed, that if the rage of the payne were tollerable and might be suffered, then he should lift vp his handes aboue his head toward heauen before he gaue vp the ghost.* 1.109

Not long after, when the houre was come Thomas Haukes was leade awaye to the place apoynted for the slaughter, by the Lorde Rich & his assistaunce, who beyng now come vnto the stake, there mildly & patiently addres∣sed himselfe to the fire,* 1.110 hauing a straite chayne cast about his middle, with no smal multitude of people on euery side compassing him about. Unto whome after he had spoken many thinges, but especially vnto the Lorde Rich, reaso∣ning with him of the innocent bloud of Sayntes, at lēgth after his feruent prayers first made, and poured out vnto god, the fire was set vnto him.

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¶The Martirdome of Thomas Haukes in Essex, at a Towne called Coxehall. Anno. 1555. Iune. 10.

In the which when he continued long, and when his speech was taken away by violence of the flame, his skin also drawen together, and his fingers consumed with the fire, so that now all men thought certainely he had bene

gone, sodainely and contrary to all expectation, the blessed seruaunt of GOD, beyng myndefull of his promise afore made, reached vp his hands burning on a light fier (which was marueilous to behold) ouer his head to y^e liuing God, and with great reioysing,* 1.111 as seemed, strooke or clapped thē three tymes together. At the sight whereof there followed such applause & outcry of the people, and especially of them which vnderstode the matter, that y^e like hath not cōmon∣ly bene heard: And so the blessed Martyr of Christ, straight way sinckyng downe into the fire, gaue vp his spirite. An. 1555. Iune. 10. And thus haue you playnely and expresly described vnto you the whole story,* 1.112 as well of the lyfe, as of the death of Thomas Haukes, a most constant & fayth∣full witnes of Christes holy Gospell.

¶Letters. ¶An Epistle to the Congregation by Thomas Haukes.

GRace, mercy, and peace, from God the father, and from our Lord Iesust Christ,* 2.1 bee alway with you all (my deare brethren and sisterne in the Lord Iesus Christ) for euer: and his holy Spirite conduct and leade you all in all your doynges, that you may alwayes direct your deedes according to his holy word, that when he shall appeare to reward euery man according to their woorkes: ye may as obedient children be found watching, ready to enter into his euerlasting kingdome with your lamps burning, and when the Bridegrome shall shew himselfe, ye neede not to be ashamed of this life that God hath lent you, whiche is but trāsitory, vaine, and like vnto a vapour, that for a sea∣son appeareth and vanisheth away: so soone passeth away all our terrestriall honour, glory, and felicitie. For all fleshe (sayth the Prophet) is grasse, and all his glory, as the floure of the fielde, which for a season sheweth her beautie, and as soone as the Lord bloweth vpon it, it withereth awaye, and departeth. For in this transitory and daungerous wildernes,* 2.2 we are as Pilgrimes and straungers, following the footesteps of Moses, among many vnspeakeable daungers, beholding nothing with our outward man, but all vaine vanities, and vexation of mind: subiect to hunger, colde, nakednesse, bondes, sickenes, losse, labours, banishment, in daunger of that dreadfull dragon, and his sinnefull seede, to be deuou∣red, tempted, and tormented, who ceaseth not behind euery bush to lay a baite, when we walke awry to haue his plea∣sure vpō vs, casting abroad his apples in al places, times, and seasons, to see if Adam will be allured and entised to leaue the liuing God & his most holy Commaundements whereby hee is assured of euerlasting life, promising the world at will, to all that will fall downe in all ages, & for a messe of potage, sel & set at naught, the euerlasting king∣dome of heauen. So frayle is flesh and bloud: And in espe∣ciall Israell is most ready to walke awry, when he is filled wyth al maner of riches ((as sayth the Prophet.)

Therefore I am bolde in bondes (as entirely desiring your euerlasting health & felicitie) to warne you, and most hartely desire you to watch and pray: for our estate is dan∣gerous,* 2.3 and requireth continuall prayer. For on the hygh mountaynes doth not grow most plenty of grasse, neither are the highest trees farthest from daunger, but seldome sure, & alwaies shaken of euery wind that bloweth. Such a deceitfull thing (saith our sauior) is honor and riches, y^t without grace it choketh vp the good seede sowne on hys creatures, & blindeth so their seeing, that they go gropyng at none day in darckenes: it maketh a man thinck himselfe somewhat, y^t is nothing at all. For though for our honour we esteeme our selues & stand in our owne light,* 2.4 yet when we shall stand before the liuing God, there shalbe no re∣spect of persons. For riches helpeth not in the day of ven∣geance: neither can we make the Lord partiall for money. But as ye haue ministred vnto the Saintes, so shall ye re∣ceiue y^e reward, which I am fully persuaded & assured shal be plenteously poured vppon you all, for y^e great goodnes shewed vnto the seruants of the liuing God. And I most hartely beseeche almighty God to poure forth a plenteous reward vpon you for y^e same, & that he wil assist you wyth his holy spirite in al your doings, that ye may growe (as you haue begon) vnto such a perfection as may be to gods honour, your owne saluation, and the strengthning of the weake members of christ.* 2.5 For though the world rage, and blaspheme the elect of God, ye knowe that it did so vnto Christ, his Apostles, and to all that were in the primitiue Church, and shalbe vnto the worldes end.

Therefore beleue in the light, while ye haue it, least it be taken away from you: If you shall seeme to neglect the great mercy of God that hath bene opened vnto you, and your harts cōsented vnto it y^t it is the very and onely truth pronoūced by Gods onely sonne Iesus Christ, by the good will of our heauenly father. Therfore I say in the bowels of my Lord Iesus Christ, sticke fast vnto it: let it neuer de∣parte out of your harts and couersation, that you with vs and we with you, at the great day being one flocke, as we haue one shepheard, may rise to the life immortall, through Iesus Christ our onely Sauiour, Amen.

¶Yours in him that liueth for euer. Thomas Haukes.

Here followeth an other letter of Tho. Haukes sent to his wife after his condemnation, being prisoner in New∣gate: the copy wherof is this.

¶The copy of Thomas Haukes letter to his wife.

GRace be with you, and peace from God the father,* 3.1 and from our Lord Iesus Christ, which gaue himselfe for our sinnes, to deliuer vs from this present euill worlde, through the good will of God our father, to whō be praise for euer and euer. Amen.

My deare Yokefellow in the Lord, for as much as the Lord hath not onely called me to worke in his vineyarde but hath also fulfilled his good worke in me (I trust to his glory, & to the comfort of al those y^t looke for his comming) I thought it my duety (deare yokefellowe) to write vnto you some lessons out of Gods booke: and if you will di∣rect your selfe therafter, doubt not of it, but God, who re∣fuseth none that will come to him with theyr whole hart, will assist you with his holy spirit, and direct you in al his wayes, to his honour, and glory, who graūt it for his mer¦cies sake. Amen.

First I exhort you to feare God,* 3.2 to serue and honor his holye name, loue hym with all your hart, soule, and minde to beleue faithfully al his promises, to lay sure hold vpon them, that in al your troubles what so euer they are ye may runne straight to the great mercye of God, and hee will bring you forth of them, keepe you within hys wings then shall ye be sure that neither deuill, flesh, nor hell shall be able to hurt you.

But take heede: If ye wil not keepe his holy preceptes and lawes, and to the vttermost of your power, cal for the help of God to walke in the same, but will leaue them and runne to all abhominations with the wicked world, & doe as they do, then be sure to haue your part with the wicked world in the burning lake that neuer shall bee quenched.* 3.3 Therefore beware of Idolatrye, whiche doth most of all stincke before the face of almighty God, and was of al good men most detested from the beginning of the worlde. For the which, what kingdomes, nations, and realmes God hath punished with most terrible plagues, w^t fire,* 3.4 brym∣stone, hunger, sword, and pestilence. &c. to the vtter subuer∣sion of them, it is manifestly to be seene through the whole Byble. Yea his owne peculiar people, whome he had done so muche for, when they fell from him, and went & serued other Gods, contrary to his commaundement, he vtterly destroyed, and rooted them out from of the earth: and as many as dyed in that damnable state (not repenting their abhominable euill) he threw them into y^e pit of hell. Again how he hath preserued those that abhorre superstition and Idolatry, and that haue onely taken hold vpon God with their whole hart, to serue him, & to loue him, to feare him, &c. it is most manifestly to be seene euen frō the beginning, out of what great daungers he hath euer deliuered them: yea whē al hope of deliuerāce was past as touchyng their expectation, euen then in y^e sight of all his enemies would he work his godly will and purpose, to the vtter amazing and destructiō of all those that were his manifest enemies.

Further I exhort you in the bowels of Christ,* 3.5 that you will exercise and be steadfast in prayer: for prayer is y^e one∣ly meane to pearce the heauens to obtayne at the hand of God, what soeuer we desire, so y^t it be asked in fayth. Oh what notable thinges do we read in Scriptures that hath bene obtayned through feruent praier?* 3.6 We are commaun∣ded to call vpon him for helpe, ayde and succour in necessi∣ties & troubles, & he hath promised to help vs. Again they that will not cal vpon him, with thesr whole hart, but vp∣on other dead creatures, in whō there is no help (for there was none found worthy to open the booke, but onely the Lambe Christ whiche was killed for our sinnes) I saye who that wil refuse his help, must euen by y^e terrible iudg∣ment of God, come vtterly to confusion: as it hath, and is dayly manifest to be seene. And whatsoeuer you desire of God in your prayer, aske it for Iesus Christes sake,* 3.7 for whom & in whō God hath promised to geue vs all things necessary. And though that which ye aske, come not by and by at y^e first and second calling, yet continue still knocking and hee will at the length open his trasures of mercye▪ so

that ye shalbe sure to obtaine: for he hath so promised if ye continue in faith, hoping surely in him. These former les∣sons, w^t all such instructiōs as I haue told you by mouth, I do wish that ye would most earnestly learne: and then I doubt not, but God, who is the geuer of all grace, wyll assist you in all your doings, that ye may be found worthy of his kingdome, which is prepared through Christ.

* 3.8Further, where it hath pleased God to send vs childrē, my desire is that they may bee brought vp in the feare of God, and in his lawes. And this is to certifie you, that ye deliuer in any wise my eldest sonne vnto M. Throgmor∣ton, who vpō his good wil hath promised me to bring him vp according to my desire, and (I trust) as God hath put into his hart. See therfore that ye deliuer him in any wyse without delay: and as for the other, if ye shall seeme to be burdened with him (which I thinke nature will not suf∣fer) my desire is that it be brought vp in the feare of God to the vttermost of your endeuour, with some honest man that hath the feare of God before his eies, and let vs geue thanks vnto God which hath giuen them vs, beseechyng hym that they may be counted worthy to be of that flocke that shall stand on the right hand of the Maiestie of God, when he shall iudge the world. Amen.

Yet once againe I warne you, that ye continue in fer∣uent prayer, as I sayd before: then shall ye be sure, y^t God euen of his owne mercy, according as he hath promysed, will be an husband vnto you, & prouide better for you thē I was euer able to do: yea, he wil cause all men that feare him, to pitie you, to helpe you, succour you in all your ne∣cessities, so that if any will do you wrong, he wil be ad••en∣ged on hym. Moreouer, I wish you to keepe company w^t those,* 3.9 of whome yee may learne to come to a more perfect knowlege in God, and I doubt not but God will prouide that such will bee glad to receiue you, if you shall professe and go forward in his truth.

Finally, and to make an end, I desire you that ye take heed with whom ye couple your selfe. See that he be a mā that feareth God,* 3.10 loueth his lawes, and will walke in the same to the vttermost of hys power: such a one as can be content to loue you & to care for you. Take heede he be no brawler, no drunkard, no wicked person, not giuen to fil∣thines, no worldling, no dicer nor carder. In fine, no fil∣thy person, but chuse you such a one as God may be glori∣fied in both your liues. And again on your part, loue him, serue him, obey him in all godlines, as long as God shall geue you life in this world. Then shall ye both be sure to obtaine that kingdome which God the father hath prepa∣red, and Iesus Christ obtayned for you, that neuer shall haue end, where I trust to abide your comming. Amen.

By your husband Tho. Haukes.

Ye heard before in the letter of Tho. Haukes written to his wyfe, mention made concerning his eldest sonne to be sent to M. Throgmorton. Now what he writeth hym∣selfe to the said M. Throgmorton touching the same mat∣ter, by this his letter to the said party here vnder ensuyng, may appeare.

¶A letter of Thomas Haukes to M. Clement Throgmorton.

* 3.11GRace, mercy, and peace from God the father, and from our Lord Iesus Christ, be with you, & assist you in al your thoghts words, and works, that he in all things as most woorthy, may be glorified, and that the blessing of Abraham may be poured plen∣teously on you and all your posteritie.

Where as the loue of God hath mooued you to require my sonne to be brought vp before your eyes, & the selfe same loue hath also mooued me in like case to leaue hym in your hands, as vnto a father in myne absence, I shall require you in Gods behalf according to your promise, that ye will see hym brought vp in the feare of the Lord, and instructed in the knowledge of his holy word, that he may thereby learne to leaue the euill and know the good, and alwayes be pricked forward with fatherly instructions to folow my footsteps, that as almighty God hath made me wor∣thy through his speciall grace to worke his will in obedience, he may learne to follow me his father in the like, to gods honor and prayse: And this I require you in Gods behalfe to fulfill or cause to be fulfilled, as ye before the liuing God will make aunswer for the same. I haue left for the child certaine bookes which shall be deliuered vnto you, wherein his instruction and saluation lieth, if he learne and practise the same. And thus, most humbly besee∣ching you once agayne, to be as good vnto him as your promise was to me, that is, to be a father, & a wall of defence vnto hym in all troubles, I leaue him in your hand through the Lord Iesu, and desire him to blesse both him & you according to his good pro∣mise: & all that good which ye shal do vnto him, I shal most har∣tily desire the euerlasting God to recompence vnto you in hys kingdome, where I hope to meete both him and you among all Gods elect. To which God be all praise, honor and glory. Amen.

Yours and all mens in Christ Iesu, Tho. Haukes.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The story of M. Tho. Haukes Martyr.
• * 1.2

  The lyfe and conuersation of Tho. Haukes.
• * 1.3

  The victory of Martyrs, is the triumph of Christ. Ambrose.
• * 1.4

  Thomas Haukes first in ser∣uice with the Earle Oxford.
• * 1.5

  Haukes compelled to leaue the Earle of Oxfordes house.
• * 1.6

  Haukes childe 〈◊〉〈◊〉 weekes vn••christened.
• * 1.7

  Haukes brought before the Earle.
• * 1.8

  Haukes se•• vp by the Earle to B. Boner.
• * 1.9

  The Earl•• letter to Boner.
• * 1.10

  Priuate talke or con∣ference be∣tweene M. Haukes and B. Boner.
• * 1.11

  Mans in••••••••tions adde•• to Baptis•••• The 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.12

  The Cat••••••lick chur••••••
• * 1.13

  Boner 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.14

  Baget ••rought to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sight of Thomas ••aukes.
• * 1.15

  Boner cha∣seth at Ba∣gets aun∣swere.
• * 1.16

  Boner ta∣keth Baget with him 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him.
• * 1.17

  Baget ••aught to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 after Boner.
• * 1.18

  Thomas Haukes builded his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vpon 〈◊〉〈◊〉 man.
• * 1.19

  Thomas Haukes for∣bidden to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the Byshops 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.20

  Thomas Haukes and Baget sepe∣••••ted 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.21

  Talke betweene Darbyshire and Tho. Haukes.
• * 1.22

  Saluation. Instruction.
• * 1.23

  Talke betweene M. Haukes and Boner.

  Baptisme after King Edwardes booke.
• * 1.24

  Boner no Prea∣cher.
• * 1.25

  M. Haukes will not consent to haue his childe christened after the Popish or∣der.
• * 1.26

  Boner entereth talke of the sa∣crament.
• * 1.27

  Thomas Haukes refuseth to heare Boners Euensong.
• * 1.28

  Thomas Haukes called for againe by Boner.
• * 1.29

  Thomas Haukes knoweth no sa∣crament of the aultar.
• * 1.30

  The matter and substance of the Sacrament.
• * 1.31

  Touching the necessary poynts of doctrine and Sacramentes, onely the word is to be folow∣ed.
• * 1.32

  A false concei∣ued opinion of Boner agaynst the Protestants.
• * 1.33

  Fasting & pray∣ing no man de∣nyeth.
• * 1.34

  Boner returneth from London.
• * 1.35

  Talke betweene Thomas Haukes and Harpsfield.
• * 1.36

  But Chr•••••• neuer 〈◊〉〈◊〉 any ordi••nance 〈◊〉〈◊〉 custome of that 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

  The sta•••• children 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with Baptism••
• * 1.37

  The bele••uing 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sanctifie 〈◊〉〈◊〉 childe.
• * 1.38

  Christia•• standeth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in outwa•••• ceremoni••••
• * 1.39

  Sirach. 10
• * 1.40

  Boner co••••meth in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Masse. Masse pr••••••••table for nothing.
• * 1.41

  Confite•• in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a thyng ••••••••testable.
• * 1.42

  Boners similitud•• to proue praying 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Saintes. We ough•• not to be••leeue in Saintes, Ergo, we ought no•• to call vp•••• them. Praying the dead
• * 1.43

  Psal. 49.
• * 1.44

  Ezech. 1••
• * 1.45

  Boner 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he can no•• ouercom•• by doctri•••• goeth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to oppre•••• by autho∣ritie,
• * 1.46

  The next dayes talke. This By∣sh••p•• name wa•• Byrd, Bishop ••ome tyme of Chester, and Suffe∣raigne be∣fore of Couentrie of whom read before. B. Boner reproued for his anger.
• * 1.47

  See how Boner pro∣ueth holy water by the scrip∣ture.

  Elizeus put salt in the water, not to washe a∣way sinne, but onely to make the water sweete.

  Boner pro∣ueth holy bread by the 5. loaues and 3. fishes.
• * 1.48

  Marke. 16.
• * 1.49

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.50

  B. Boner an 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 owne definition.
• * 1.51

  The Papistes doe besides Gods booke in burning men for their fayth.
• * 1.52

  This Bishop here forgetteth his lesson, Bene∣dicite persequ••∣tibus vos.
• * 1.53

  Thomas Haukes afterward called for agayne to talke with the old Bishop.
• * 1.54

  The next dayes talke with Feck∣nam.
• * 1.55

  Fecknams reasō lyeth in Paules Breches.
• * 1.56

  Actes. 19.
• * 1.57

  Fecknam ma∣keth euery act spoken of in the new Testament to be a ceremo∣ny.

  Marke. 5. Luke. 8. Fecknam taken shorte in his owne tale. Fecknam driuē in a straite, dri∣ueth him to the
• * 1.58

  Sacrament. It is his sacra∣mentall body, or the Sacramēt of his body, but not his true bo∣dy.
• * 1.59

  The wordes of Christ are to be vnderstand, not as he spake, but as he ment thē.
• * 1.60

  Fecknam falleth out of his mat∣ter to rayling.
• * 1.61

  Tho. Haukes buildeth his fayth vpon no man.
• * 1.62

  B. Boner iudg∣eth other men by his own sore.
• * 1.63

  An other dayes talke with D. Chadsey.
• * 1.64

  The Church of Rome.

  The Bishop of Rome.
• * 1.65

  Chadseyes ar∣gument. Christ neuer spake En∣glishe: Ergo we must not pray in Englishe.

  An instance ge∣uen agaynst Chadsey.
• * 1.66

  1. Cor. 14.
• * 1.67

  Latin ser∣uice.
• * 1.68

  The genera•••• Counsells 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Rome.
• * 1.69

  Other do••••trine taugh•• in the Church of Rome the•• euer Paul•• taught.
• * 1.70

  Idoles.
• * 1.71

  The Crosse.
• * 1.72

  Images.
• * 1.73

  Note here Boners de••finition of an Idoll.
• * 1.74

  Note here how grosse••ly Chadsey vnderstan∣deth the wordes of S. Paule.
• * 1.75

  The peopl•• seduced by false pee•••• of the holy Crosse.
• * 1.76

  Note ther•• discretely the spirite Chadsey.
• * 1.77

  〈…〉〈…〉 not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 into 〈…〉〈…〉 theame.
• * 1.78

  Chadsey 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.79

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.80

  An other 〈…〉〈…〉 Tho. Haukes and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Quenes 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.81

  Thomas Haukes re∣••seth to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Quenes ••eruantes.
• * 1.82

  An other dayes talke betweene Haukes and Boner.
• * 1.83

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.84

  Aunswere of Haukes to the first article. Aunswere to the 2. article. Talke betweene Haukes and D. Harpsfield Archdeacon of Cant.
• * 1.85

  A question put to Harpsfield.
• * 1.86

  An other que∣stion put to Harpsfield why ••he Roodeloft is set betwene the Church and the Chauncell.
• * 1.87

  Haukes sent to the Gatehouse at Westminster with the bishops warrant.
• * 1.88

  The Bishop•• warrant.
• * 1.89

  The Bishop•• men sent to Haukes in the Gatehouse.
• * 1.90

  The second time of Haukes his examination.
• * 1.91

  D. Smith com∣meth to Haukes. D. Sm••thes re∣cantation.
• * 1.92

  Myles Hug∣gardes wordes to Tho. Haukes. Miles Huggard.
• * 1.93

  Huggard more meete to eate a pudding, then to dispute of scripture.
• * 1.94

  Parson of Horn∣church compa∣red to the We∣thercocke of Paules.
• * 1.95

  Friuolous que∣stions. 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.96

  Difference be∣tweene the true Prophets and he false.
• * 1.97

  The false Prophet•• say: di•••• Ecclesia •• thus fait•• the Chur•••••• The true prophets dicit 〈◊〉〈◊〉: th•••• sayth the Lord. The Bish•••• writeth Haukes co••••fes••ion.
• * 1.98

  Thomas Haukes de∣nyeth to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his hand to Boners writing.
• * 1.99

  Boner in •• some with Thomas Haukes.
• * 1.100

  And euen now ye said, you would be euen with him.
• * 1.101

  Thomas Haukes cy∣ted to the Byshops Consistory.
• * 1.102

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.103

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.104

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.105

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.106

  Thomas Haukes condemned by Bishop Boner.
• * 1.107

  The death of Haukes diffe••∣red.

  Thomas Haukes brought downe to Essex by the Lord Rich.
• * 1.108

  Agreed be∣tweene Thomas Haukes and his frendes to geue them a token in the fire, whether the payne of burning were so greeuous as it seemeth or no.
• * 1.109

  Thomas Haukes caryed to the place of exec••∣tion.
• * 1.110

  Thomas Haukes standing at the stake reasoneth with the Lord Rich.
• * 1.111

  A token geuen in the fire that burning is not so intollera∣ble a payne as it was thought.
• * 1.112

  The end and Martyrdome of Thomas Haukes at Coxhall.
• * 2.1

  A letter of Thomas Haukes to the congre∣gation.
• * 2.2

  The manifolde daungers which a true Christian hath to passe t••orow in this world.
• * 2.3

  The higher in dignity, the nearer to daun∣ger.
• * 2.4

  Prouerb. 11. Riches helpe not before God.
• * 2.5

  Gods elect al∣wayes beare the sclaunder in this worlde.
• * 3.1

  A letter of Tho. Hauk•••• vnto his wyfe.
• * 3.2

  Lessons 〈◊〉〈◊〉 instruction to his wy••••
• * 3.3

  He exhor∣teth her to beware of Idolatry.
• * 3.4

  Idolatry punished 〈◊〉〈◊〉 God.
• * 3.5

  Exhorta•••••••• to prayer.
• * 3.6

  Praying to God & not to creature
• * 3.7

  To continue in prayer, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to pray in the name onely of Christ.
• * 3.8

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 for his 〈…〉〈…〉 meaneth ••. Clement 〈◊〉〈◊〉, who 〈…〉〈…〉, his child.
• * 3.9

  Keeping of good com∣••any.
• * 3.10

  Exhortation to take heede whō shee mary∣eth, & that shee mary in the Lord.
• * 3.11

  An other letter of Thomas Haukes written to M. Clement Throgmor∣ton.