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The story of Tho. Garret or Garrerd, and of his trouble in Oxford, testified and recorded by Anto∣ny Dalaber, who was there present the same tyme.

ABout the yere of our Lord 1526. Maister Garret Cu∣rate of Hony Lane in London, came vnto Oxford, and brought with him sondry bookes in Latin,* 1.1 treating of the Scripture, with the first parte of Vnio dissidentium, & Tin∣dals first translation of the new Testament in English, the which bookes he sold to diuers scholers in Oxford.

After he had ben there a while, and had dispatched those bookes,* 1.2 newes came from London that hee was searched for through al London to be apprehended and taken as an heretike, and to be imprisoned for selling of those hereticall bookes (as they termed them) because they spake agaynste the vsurped authority, and erroneous doctrine of the B. of Rome, and his no lesse impure and filthy Synagoge. For it was not vnknowen to Cardinall Wolsey, and to the B. of London, and to other of that vngodly generation, that M. Garret had a great number of those bookes, and that he was gone to Oxford to make sale of them there, to suche as he knew to be the louers of the Gospel.* 1.3 Wherefore they determined forthwith to make a priuie searche through all Oxford to apprehende and imprison hym, and to burne all and euery hys foresayd bookes and him to, if they coulde: so burning hote was their charitie. But yet at that time one of the foresayde Proctours,* 1.4 called M. Cole of Magdalene colledge, who after was crosse bearer vnto Cardinal Wol∣sey, was wel acquainted with M. Garret, and therefore he gaue secret warning vnto a frende or two of M. Garret of this priuie search, and willed therefore that he shuld forth∣with as secretly as he could, depart out of Oxford, for if he were taken in the same search, no remedy but he shoulde be forthwith sent vp vnto the Cardinall, and so should be cō∣mitted vnto the Tower.

The Christmas before that time, I Antonye Dalaber then Scholer of Alborne Hall,* 1.5 who had bookes of maister Garrets, had bene in my countrey in Dorsetshire at Stal∣bridge, where I had a brother Person of that Parish, who was verye desirous to haue a Curate out of Oxforde, and willed me in any wise to gette him one there if I coulde. Thys iust occasion offered, it was thoughte good amonge the brethren (for so did wee not onely call one an other, but were in deede one to an other) that maister Garret chaun∣ging hys name, should be sent foorth wyth my letters into Dorcetshire vnto my brother, to serue him there for a time, vntill hee myghte secreately from thence conueye hymselfe some whether ouer the Sea. According hereunto I wrote my letters in all haste possible vnto my brother, for maister Garret to be hys Curate, but not declaring what hee was in dede, for my brother was a rancke papist,* 1.6 and after was the most mortall ennemie that euer I had for the Gospels sake.

So the wedensday in the morning before Shroftyde, M. Garret departed out of Oxforde, toward Dorsetshyre, with his letters for his new seruice. How farre he went, & by what occasion he so soone returned, I know not. But the Friday next,* 1.7 in the night time he came agayne to Rod∣leyes house, where he lay before, and so after midnight in the priuy search, whiche was then made for him, hee was apprehended and taken there in his bed by y^e 2. Proctours and on the saterday in y^e morning was deliuered vnto one D. Cotisford, M, of Lincolne Colledge, then being Comis∣sary of the vniuersitie, who kept hym as prisoner in hys owne chamber. There was great ioy and reioysing amōg all the papistes for his apprehension, and specially wyth Doctor London: Warden of the new Colledge, and Doc∣tour Higdon Deane of Frideswides, two Archpapistes. Who immediately sent theyr letters in post hast vnto the Cardinall to enforme him of y^e apprehēsion of this notable Hereticke: for the whiche theyr doyng, they were well as∣sured to haue great thankes. But of all this sodayne hurly burley, was I vtterly ignoraunt, so that I knewe neither of maister Garrets so sodayne returne, neyther that hee was so taken, vntill that afterward he came vnto my chā∣ber, being then in Glocester Colledge, as a man amased, & as soone as he saw me, he sayd he was vndone, for he was taken. Thus he spake vnaduisedly in the presence of a young man that came with him. When the yong man was departed, I asked him what hee was, and what acquayn∣taunce he had with hym. He sayd he knew hym not, but he had bene to seeke a Monke of his acquayntaunce in that Colledge, who was not in his chamber, and thereupon desired that his seruaunt (not knowing my chamber, for that I was newly remoued thether) to bring him to me: and so forth declared how he was returned and taken that night in the priuy search, as ye haue heard and that nowe when the Commissary & al his company were gone to E∣uensong, and had locked him alone in his chamber,* 1.8 he hea∣ring no body stirring in the Colledge, put backe the bar of the locke with his finger, and so came straight vnto Glo∣cester Colledge, to speake with that monke, if he had bene within, who had also bought bookes of him.

Then sayd I vnto him: Alas M. Garret, by this your vncircumspect comming vnto me, and speaking so before this young man, you haue disclosed your selfe, and vtterly vndone me. I asked him why he went not vnto my bro∣ther wyth my letters accordingly. Hee sayde, after that hee was gone a dayes iourney and a halfe, he was so fearefull, that his heart would no other, but that he must needes re∣turne againe vnto Oxford, and so came againe on Friday•• at night, and then was takē, as ye heard before. But nowe wyth deepe sighes, and plentie of teares, hee prayed mee to helpe to conuey him away, and so he cast of his hoode & hys gowne, wherein he came vnto me, and desired me to geue him a coate with sleeues, if I had any,* 1.9 and tolde me that he wold go into Wales, and thence conuey himself into Ger∣many, if he might. Thē I put on him a sleued coat of mine.

He woulde also haue had an other maner of cap of me, but I had none but priestlike, such as his owne was.

Then kneeled we both downe together on our knees, and lifting vp our hearts and hands to God our heauenly father, desiring him wyth plentie of teares, so to conducte and prosper him in his iourney, that he myght well escape the daunger of al his enemies, to y^e glory of his holy name. if his good pleasure and will so were, and then we embra∣ced and kissed the one the other, the teares so aboundantly flowing out from both our eies,* 1.10 that we al bewet both our faces, and scarcely for sorrowe coulde we speake one to the other, and so he departed from me, apparelled in my coate, being committed vnto the tuition of oure almyghtye and mercifull father.

When he was gone downe the staires from my cham∣ber, I straightwayes did shut my chamber doore, and wēt into my study, and tooke the new Testament in my hands, kneeled downe on my knees, and with many a deepe sigh and salt teare, I did wyth much deliberation read ouer the 10. chapter of S. Mathew his Gospell: and when I had so done,* 1.11 with feruent prayer I did cōmit vnto God, that our dearely beloued brother Garret, earnestly beseeching him, in and for Iesus Christes sake, his onely begotten sonne our Lord, that he would vouchsafe, not only safely to con∣ducte and keepe our saide deare brother, from the hands of all his ennemies, but also that he would endue hys tender and lately borne litle flock in Oxford, w^t heauenly strength by his holy spirite, that they might be well able therby va∣liauntly to wythstand to hys glory, al their fierce enemies, and also myght quietly, to theyr owne saluation, with all godly pacience, beare Christes heauy crosse, which I now ••awe was presently to be laide on their young and weake backes, vnable to beare so huge a burden, w^tout the greate helpe of his holy spirite.

This done, I laide a side my bookes safe, folded vp M. Garrets gowne and hoode, and laide them into my presse among mine apparel, & so hauing put on my short gowne, shut vp my study and chamber doores, and went towards Friswides, to speake with that worthy martyr of God M. Clarke, and others, and to declare vnto them what hadde happened that after noone. But of purpose I went by S. Mary church,* 1.12 to goe firste vnto Corpus Christi Colledge, to speake with Diet and Udall, my faithfull brethren and fellowes in the Lord there. But by chaunce I mette by the way wyth a brother of ours, one master Eeden, fellowe of Magdalene Colledge, who, assoone as hee sawe mee, came with a pitifull countenance vnto mee, saying that we were all vndone, for M. Garret was returned agayne to Ox∣forde, taken the last night in the priuie searche, and was in prison with the Commissary. I sayd it was not so. He sayd it was so. I tolde him it could not be so, for I was sure he was gone. He aunswered me and sayde, I knowe he was gone with your letters, but he came again yesterday in the euen, & was taken in his bed at Radleis this nyghte in the priuie search: for (quod he) I heard our Proctour M. Cole say and declare the same this day in our colledge, to diuers of the house. But I told him againe, that I was wel assu∣red he was now gone, for I spake with him later thē either the Proctor or Commissarie did, and then I declared the whole matter vnto him, how and when he came vnto me, and howe hee went hys way, willinge hym to declare the same vnto other our brethren whom he should meete with all, and to geue God harty thankes for his wonderfull de∣liueraunce, and to pray him also that he would graūt hym safely to passe away from al his enemies, and told him that I was goinge vnto mayster Clarke of Friswides, to de∣clare vnto him this matter, for I knewe, & thought verely that he and diuers others there, were then in great sorowe for this matter. Then went I straight to Friswides, and Euensong was begon, and the Deane and the other Ca∣nons were there in their gray Amices: they were almost at Magnificat before I came thether,* 1.13 I stoode at the quier doore and heard master Tauerner play, and others of the Chap∣pell there sing, wyth and among whome I my selfe was wont to sing also, but nowe my singing and musicke was turned into sighing and musing.

As I thus and there stoode, in commeth D. Cotisforde the Commissary,* 1.14 as fast as euer he could goe, bare headed, as pale as ashes (I knewe his griefe well inough) and to the Deane he goeth into the Quier, where he was sittinge in hys stall, and talked wyth him verye sorrowfully: what I know not, but whereof I might and did well and true∣ly gesse. I went aside from the Quier doore: to see & heare more. The Commissary and Deane came out of the Quier wonderfully troubled, as it seemed. Aboute the middle of the Church met them D. London, puffing, blustering and blowing like a hungry and gredy Lion seeking hys pray. They talked together a while, but the Commissarie was much blamed of them for keeping of hys prisoner so negli∣gently, in so muche that hee wepte for sorrowe: and it was knowen abroade, that master Garret was escaped, & gone out of the Commissaries chamber at Euensonge tune, but whether no man coulde tell. These doctours departed, and sent abrode their seruants and spies euery where. Maister Clarke aboute the middle of Compline,* 1.15 came foorth of the Quier: I followed him to his chamber, and declared what was happened that after noone, of master Garrets escape. He was glad, for he knewe of his foretaking. Then he sent for one M. Sumner anst M. Bets,* 1.16 fellowes and Canons there. In the mean•• while he gaue me a very godly exhor∣tation, praying God to geue me and all the rest of our bre∣thren, prudentiam serpentinam, & simplicitatē columbinam, for we shoulde haue shortly much neede thereof, as he ve••ely thought. When M. Sumner and M. Bets were come vn∣to him, hee caused mee to declare againe the whole matter vnto them two, and they were very glad, that M. Garret was so deliuered, trusting that he should escape al his ene∣mies. Then desiring them to tell vnto our other brethren, what was happened (for there were diuers other in that Colledge) I went to Corpus Christi colledge to comfort our brethren, there being in like heauines. There I taried and supped wyth them. At whiche supper we were not very merie, considering our state and pearill at hand.

When we had ended our supper, and committed our whole cause with feruent sighes and harty prayers vnto God our heauenly father, I went to Alborne hall, & there lay that night. In the morning I was vp very early, and as soone as I could get out at the dore, I went straight to¦ward Gloucester Colledge to my chamber. It had rayned that morning, and with my goyng I had all to be sprinck∣led my hose and shoes with myre. And when I was come vnto Gloucester colledge, which was about 6. of the clock, I found the gates fast shut. Whereat I did much marueile for they were wont to be opened dayly long before y^e time. Then did I walke vp and downe by y^e wal there, a whole houre before the gates were opened. In the meane whyle my musing head being full of forecasting cares, & my so∣rowfull hart flowing with dolefull sighes, I fully deter∣mined in my conscience before God, that if I shuld chance to be taken & be examined, I would accuse no man nor de∣clare any thing further then I did already perceaue was manifestly known before. And so when the gate was ope∣ned, thinking to shift my selfe & to put on a longer gowne, went in towardes my chamber, & goyng vp the stayres would haue opened my dore, but I could not in a lōg sea∣son do it. Wherby I perceiued that my lock had ben med∣led w^tall, and therwith was somewhat altered. Yea at last with much ado I opened the locke and went in.* 1.17 When I came in, I saw my bed all to tossed and tūbled, my clothes in my presse throwne down, & my study dore open. Wher∣of I was much amased, and thought verily y^t some searche was made there that night for M. Garret, and that it was knowne of his being with me, by the Monkes man that brought him to my chamber.

Now was there lying in the next chamber vnto me a Monke, who as soone as he had heard me in y^e chamber, came to me, and told howe M. Garret was sought in my chāber y^t night, and what ado there was made by the Cō∣missary & the two proctors, with billes & swords thrusted thorow my bedstraw, and how euery corner of my chāber was searched for M. Garret. And albeit his gowne and his hoode lay there in my presse with my clothes▪ yet they perceiued them not. Then he told me hee was commaun∣ded to bring mee as soone as I came in, vnto the Priour of y^e students named Antony Dunstane a Monk of West∣minster. This so troubled me that I forgot to make cleane my hose and shoes, & to shift me into an other gowne: and therfore, so all to be dirted as I was, & in my short gowne I went with him to the sayde Priors chamber, where I found the sayd Prior standing & looking for my comming.* 1.18 He asked me where I hadde bene that night. I told him I lay at Alborne Hall with my old bedfelow Fitziames, but he would not beleue me. He asked mee if M. Garret were with me yesterday, I told him yea. Then he would knowe where he was, and wherfore he came vnto me, I told hym I knew not where he was except he were at Woodstocke. For so (sayde I) hee had shewed me that he would goe the∣ther, because one of the kepers there his frend, had promi∣sed him a peece of veneson to make mery withall the shrof∣tide, and that he woulde haue borowed a hatte and a payer of hygh shoes of me, but I had none in deede to lend hym. Thys tale I thought meetest, though it were nothyng so. Then hadde he spied on my forefinger a big ringe of siluer very well double gilted with 2. letters A. D. ingraued in it for my name: I suppose he thought it to be gold. He requi∣red to see it. I tooke it vnto hym. When hee hadde it in hys

hand, he sayde it was hys ring, for therein was his name. an A. for Antonie,* 1.19 and a D. for Dunstane. When I hearde hym so say, I wished in my heart to be as well delyuered from and out or hys company, as I was assured to be de∣liuered from my ryng for euer.

Then he called for pen, inke, and paper, and commāded me to wryte when & howe Garret came vnto me, & where he was become. I had not wrytten scarsly three woordes, but the chief bedle with ij. or iij. of the Commissaries men, were come, vnto Maister Prior, requiring hym strayght∣wayes to bryng vs away vnto Lyncolne Colledge to the Commissarye, and to D. London. Whether when I was brought into the chapel, there I found D. Cotislorde com∣missarie, D. Higdon then Deane of the Cardinals Col∣ledge, and D. London Warden of the new Colledge stan∣dinge together at the altare in the chappel. When I was brought vnto them, after salutations geuen and taken be∣tweene them, they called for chaires and sate downe, & cal∣led for me to come to them. and fyrste they asked what my name was.* 1.20 I told them that my name was Antonye Da∣laber. Then they also asked me howe long I had bene stu∣dent in the Uniuersitie, and I tolde them almost 3. yeares. And they asked mee what I studied. I tolde them that I had read sophistrie and logicke in Alborne Hal, and nowe was remoued vnto Glocester Colledge to study the Ciuil lawe, the which the foresayde Prior of the studentes affir∣med to be true. Then they asked me whether I knew M. Garret, and how long I had knowen him. I told them I knew him wel, & had knowen him almost a tweluemōth. They asked me when he was with me. I told them yester∣day at after noone.

Now by this time whiles they had me in this talke, one came vnto them which was sent for, w^t pen, inke and pa∣per. I trowe it was the Clerke of the Uniuersitie. Assoone as he was come, there was a bourd & tres••es wyth a forme for him to sit on, set betweene the Doctours and me, and a great Masse booke layde before me, and I was commaun∣ded to lay my right hand on it, and to sweare that I should truely aunswere vnto such articles and interrogatories as I should be by them examined vpon.* 1.21 I made danger of it a while at first, but afterwarde being perswaded by them, partly by faire words, and partly by great threates. I pro∣mised to do as they wold haue me, but in my hart nothyng so ment to do. So I layd my hand on the booke, and one of them gaue me my othe, and that done commaunded me to kisse the booke.* 1.22 Then made they greate curtesie betweene them who should examine me, & minister interrogatoryes vnto me. At the last, the rankest Papistical Pharisey of thē all D. London tooke vpon hym to do it.

Then he asked me againe by my othe. where M. Gar∣ret was, and whether I had conueyed hym. I tolde him I had not conueyed hym, nor yet wist not where he was, nor whether he was gone, except he were gone to Wodstocke, (as I had before sayde) as he shewed me he woulde. Then he asked me agayne when he came to me, howe he came to me, what and howe long he talked with me, and whether he went from me, I tolde hym he came to me about euen∣song time, and that one brought hym vnto my Chamber doore, whome I knowe not, and that he told me he would goe to Woodstocke for some venison to make mery withall this Shroftide, and that he woulde haue borowed a hatte, and a paire of high shoes of me, but I had none such to lēd hym, and then he straight went hys way frō me, but whe∣ther I knowe not. All these my sayings the scribe wrote in a paper booke.

Then they earnestly required me to tell them whether I had conueyed hym, for surely they sayde I brought hym going some whether this morning, for that thei might wel perceiue by my foule shoes and dirty hosen, that I had tra∣uailed wyth hym the most part of this night. I aunswered plainly that I lay at Alborne Hall with sir Fitziames, and that I had good witnes therof there. They asked me wher I was at Euensong. I tolde them at Friswides, and that I sawe firste M. Commissarie, and then maister D. Lon∣don come thether at that time vnto M. Deane of Frise∣wides, and that I saw them talking together in y^e Church there. D. London and the Deane threatned mee, that if I would not tell the truthe where I had done hym, or whe∣ther he was gone, I should surely be sent vnto the Toure of London, and there be racked, and put into litle ease. But M. Commissary prayed me with gentle words to tell him where he was, that he might haue him againe, & he would be my very great frende, & deliuer me out of trouble strait∣way. I told hym I could not tel where he was, nor whe∣ther he was become. Thus did they occupie and tosse mee almost two houres in the chappel, sometimes with threat∣nings and foule wordes, and then wyth faire wordes and fayre promises flattering mee. Then was hee that brought M. Garret vnto my chamber, brought before me, and cau∣sed to declare what M. Garret sayde vnto me at hys com∣ming to my chamber, but I saide plainely I heard him say no such thing, for I thoughte my nay to be as good as hys yea, seeing it was to rid and deliuer my Godly brother out of trouble and pearill of his life.

At the last, when they could get nothing of me whereby to hurt or accuse any mā, or to know any thyng of y^t which they sought, they al 3. together brought me vp a lōg staires into a great chamber ouer M. cōmissaries chamber,* 1.23 wher∣in stode a great paire of very high stocks. Then M. Com∣missary asked me for my purse & girdie, toke away my mo∣ny and my kniues, and then they put both my legs into y^e stockes, and so locked me faste in them: in which I sate, my fete being almost as high as my head, and so departed they (I thinke to their abominable masse) locking fast y^e cham∣ber doore, and leauing me alone. When all they were gone, then came vnto my remembrance the worthy forewarning and godly declaration of that most cōstant martyr of God, M. Iohn Clarke my father in Christ, who well nigh two yeres before that, whē I did earnestly desire hym to graūt me to be his scholler, & that I myght go w^t hym continual∣ly when and wheresoeuer he shoulde teache or preache (the whych he did daily) sayd vnto me much after this sort:* 1.24 Da∣laber, you desire you wot not what, & that you are, I feare me, vnable to take vpon you. For though nowe my prea∣ching be swete and pleasaunt vnto you, because there is yet no persecution laide on you for it, yet the time will come, & that peraduenture shortly, if ye continue to liue godly ther¦in, that God will lay on you the crosse of persecution to try you withall, whether you can as pure golde abide the fire, or as stubble and drosse be consumed therew^t. For the holy Ghoste plainely affirmeth by S. Paule, quod omnes qui pie volunt viuere in Christo Iesu, persecutionem patientur. Yea,* 1.25 you shall be called and iudged an heretike, you shalbe abhorred of the world, your owne friends and kinsfolke wil forsake you, and also hate you, and you shalbe cast into prison, and no man shall dare to help or comfort you, and you shall be accused & brought before the bishops, to your reproche and shame, to the great sorow of all your faithfull friendes and kinsfolke. Then wil yee wish yee had neuer knowen thys doctrine. Then will ye curse Clarke,* 1.26 and wish that yee had neuer knowen him, because he hath brought you to al these troubles. Therfore rather then that ye shuld do this, leaue of from medling of this doctrine, and desire not to be and continue in my company.

At which wordes I was so grieued, that I fell downe on my knees at his feete, & with aboundance of teares and sighes euen from the bottome of my heart, I earnestly be∣sought him, y^t for the tender mercy of God shewed vnto vs in our Lord Iesus Christ, he would not refuse me, but re∣ceiue me into his company, as I had desired, saying that I trusted verily, that he which had begon this in me, woulde not forsake me, but geue me grace to continue therin vnto the ende. When he heard me say so, he came to me, and toke me vp in his armes, kissed me, the teares trickling downe from his eyes, & sayd vnto me: The Lorde almighty graūt you so to do, and from henceforth for euer take me for your father, and I will take you for my sonne in Christe. Nowe were there at that time in Oxforde, diuers Graduates and Scholers of sundry Colledges & Halles, whome God had called to the knowledge of his holy worde, which all resor∣ted vnto M. Clarkes disputations & lectures in diuinitie at all times as they might: and when they might not come conueniently, I was by M. Clarke appoynted to resort to euery one of them wekely, and to know what doubts they had in any place of the scriptures, that by me frō hym they might haue the true vnderstanding of the same: which ex∣ercise did me most good and profite, to the vnderstandinge of the holy scriptures, which I most desired.

This foresaide forewarnyng and godly declaration (I say) of this most godly Martir of God M. Clarke, cōming to my remembrance, caused me wyth depe sighs to cry vn∣to God from my hart to assist me wyth his holy spirit, that I might be able paciently & quietly to beare & suffer what¦soeuer it shuld please him of his fatherly loue to lay on me,* 1.27 to his glory & the comfort of my dearely beloued brethren, whom I thought now to be in great feare & anguish, least I would be an accuser of them all, for vnto me they al were well knowne, & all theyr doings in that matter. But God be blessed, I was fully bēt neuer to acuse any of thē, what∣soeuer should happen of me.* 1.28 Before dinner M. Cotisforde came vp to me and requested me earnestly to tel him wher master Garret was, and if I would so do, he promised me straightwaies to deliuer me out of prison. But I told hym I could not tell where he was: no more in deede I coulde. Then hee departed to dinner, asking mee if I woulde eate any meate, and I tolde him, yea right gladly. He sayde hee

would sende me some. When he was gone, hys seruaunts asked me diuers questions, which I doe not now remem∣ber, and some of them spake me faire, and some threatened me, calling me hereticke, and so departed, locking the doore last vpon me.

Thus farre Anthonye Dalaber hathe prosecuted thys storye, who before the finishing, departed the yeare 1562. in the Dioces of Salisbury: the residue thereof as we coulde gather it of auncient and credible persones, so haue we ad∣ded heere vnto the same.

After this, Garret was apprehended or taken by mai∣ster Cole the Proctor or hys men, going Westwarde, at a place called Hinksey a little beyond Oxforde,* 1.29 and so being brought back againe, was committed to ward, that done, he was conuented before the Commissary, Doctour Lon∣don and Doctour Higdon Deane of Friswides (now cal∣led Christes Colledge) into S. Maries Churche, where they sitting in iudgement,* 1.30 conuicted him according to their law as an hereticke (as they said) and afterward compelled him to cary a fagot in open procession from Saint Maries Churche to Friswides, and Dalaber likewise wyth hym, Garret hauing his red hoode on hys shoulders like a mai∣ster of Arte. After that, they were sent to Osney, there to be kept in prison till farther order was taken.

There were suspected beside, a great number to be in∣fected with heresie, as they called it, for hauing such bookes of Gods truth, as Garret solde vnto them, as M. Clarke, which died in his chamber, and could not be suffered to re∣ceyue the Communion, being in prisone, and saying these woordes: Crede, & manducasti. Maister Somner, Maister Bettes, Tauerner the Musition, Radley, wyth other of Friswides Colledge,* 1.31 of Corpus Christi Colledge, as Udall and Diet, wyth other of Magdalene Colledge one Eeden, w^t other of Glocester Colledge, and two blacke Monkes, one of S. Austines of Canterburye named Langporte, the other of S. Edmondes Burie monke, named Ioh. Salis∣bury, two white monkes of Barnard Colledge, two Ca∣nons of S. Maries Colledge, one of them named Robert Ferrar afterwarde Bishop of S. Dauies,* 1.32 and burned in Queene Maries time. These two Canons, because they had no place in the Uniuersitie with the other, they wente on the contrarye side of the procession bare headed, and a Bedel before them, to be knowen from the other. Diuers other there were, whose names I cannot remēber, whych were forced and cōstrained to forsake theyr Colledges, and sought their frendes. Againste the Procession time, there was a great fire made vpon the toppe of Carfaxe, where∣into all such as were in the sayd Procession, either conuicte or suspect of heresie, were commaunded in token of repen∣taunce and renouncing of their errours, euery man to cast a booke into the fire as they passed by.

After this, M. Garret flying from place to place, escaped theyr tyrannie vntill thys present time, that he was againe apprehended and burned w^t D. Barnes. With whome also W. Hierome sometime vicare of Stepney,* 1.33 was likewyse drawne into Smithfielde, and there together wyth them, constantly endured martyrdome in the fire.

Now let vs adde also to these, the storie of Hierome.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Tho. Garret brought bookes to Oxford.
• * 1.2

  Garret sought for at London.
• * 1.3

  A p••io•• searc•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Oxfo•••• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Garret.
• * 1.4

  M. Cole 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Magdalene Colledge 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Oxford••.
• * 1.5

  Anthony Dalaber scholer of Alborne Hall, 〈…〉〈…〉▪
• * 1.6

  Brother a∣gaynst Bro∣ther.
• * 1.7

  Garret 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the priuy search.
• * 1.8

  The myra∣cu••••us deli∣ue••••nce of Garret out of the Com¦••••••aryes chamber.
• * 1.9

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.10

  The parting betweene M. Garret & Dalaber.
• * 1.11

  Dalabers prayer for M. Garret.
• * 1.12

  M. Clarke a famous or worthy le••r¦ned man. M. Di••t. M. Vdall. M. Eeden.
• * 1.13

  M. Tauer∣ner.
• * 1.14

  The Phari∣•••• is troubled a•• M. Gar∣rets escape out of prisō
• * 1.15

  M. Clarke.
• * 1.16

  M. Sumner. M. Bettes.
• * 1.17

  Dalabers cham∣ber searched for M. Garret.
• * 1.18

  Dalaber brought to the Prior of Gloce∣ster Colledge.
• * 1.19

  Anthony Dala∣bers ringe taken from him.
• * 1.20

  Anthony Dala∣ber apprehēded and troubled for M. Garret.
• * 1.21

  The examinatiō of Anthony Dalaber.
• * 1.22

  Doct. London Warden of the new Colledge, an Archphari∣sey.
• * 1.23

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.24

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.25

  2. Tim. 3.
• * 1.26

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 Crosse ••••••monly fol••••weth the Gospel.
• * 1.27

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.28

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.29

  Tho. Garret apprehēded and brought to Oxford.
• * 1.30

  D. Londō, & D. Higdon prosecuters of Garret. Garret and Dalaber 〈◊〉〈◊〉 faggots is Oxford.
• * 1.31

  The names of Godly brethren at Oxford
• * 1.32

  Rob. Ferrar Byshop of S. Dauids.
• * 1.33

  W. Hierome burned in Smithfielde.