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.

The aunsweres.

TO these Articles they aunsweared, as commonly other vsed to doe, which stand with Christ and his truthe a∣gainst these pretended Catholickes,* 1.1 and their sinister doc∣trine.

Firste graunting them selues Christen men, and ac∣knowledging the determinations of the holy Church, that is, of the congregation or bodye of Christe: saue that Halle denyed to call the Catholicke and Apostolicke Churche hys mother,* 1.2 because he founde not this worde (mother) in the Scripture.

To the second they graunted. To the thirde Article as touching the very bodye and bloude of Christe to be vnder the formes of bread and wine in substance they woulde not graunt, only affirming y^e very body of him to be in heauen & in the sacrament to be a token or remēbrance of Christes death:* 1.3 Nicholas Halle adding moreouer, and saying, that wheras before he held the Sacrament to be but only a to∣ken or remembraunce of Christes death, now he sayd, that there is neither token nor remembrance,* 1.4 because it is now misused and cleane tourned from Christes Institution. &c. And cōcerning the masse in the 4. article, to be abhomina∣ble, Christopher Waid with the other answered, y^t as they had confessed before, so would they now not goe from that they had said. To the 5. article, for y^e peoples suspition they made no great accompt nor sticking to graunt to the same.

And thus much concerning the articles and answeres of these good men.* 1.5 Which being receiued, immediately sen∣tence of condemnation was pronounced by the said Mau∣rice the B. against them, the copye of which sentence, as it runneth muche what after the common course in condem∣ning all other like seruants of Christ, so the same being ex∣amplified before in the story of M. Rogers, pag. 5453. shall not greatly neede heere againe to be repeated, but rather may be referred ouer to the place aboue noted. Nicholas Hall was burned at Rochester about the 19. day of Iuly.

* 1.6Furthermore, with the foresayd Hall and Waid, in the same moneth of Iuly: three other moe were condemned by Maurice bishop aforenamed, whose names were Ioane Beach widow, Ihon Harpoll of Rochester and Margery Polley. Of which Margerie Polley, touching her exami∣nation and condemnation here foloweth in storie.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Their answeres.
• * 1.2

  This word mo∣ther church, is not found in the scripture.
• * 1.3

  Aunswere of Nicholas Hall.
• * 1.4

  Aunswere of Christopher Wayde.
• * 1.5

  Condemnation of N. Halle and Christopher Wayd, Martyrs.
• * 1.6

  Ex Registro.