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.

¶Articles and positions ministred and obiected eche of them ioyntly and seuerally to the B. of Winchester, as foloweth.

The 1. Article.

IN primis, that the kings Maiesty iustly and rightfully is, and by the lawes of God ought to be the supreme head in earth of the Church of England, and also of Ireland,* 1.1 and so is by the Clergy of this realme in theyr conuocation, and by acte of Parliament iust∣ly and accordyng to the lawes of God recognised.

Winchester.

This first article the B. granteth.* 1.2

The 2. Article.

Item, that hys Maiestie as supreme hed of the sayd Churches, hath full power and authoritie, to make and set forth lawes, In∣iunctions, and ordinances, for and concerning religion & orders in the sayd churches for the encrease of vertue, and repressing of all errours, heresies, and other enormities, and abuses.* 1.3

Winchester.

To this second article he answereth affirmatiuely.

The 3. Article.

Item, that all and euery his graces subiects are bound by the lawe of God to obey all hys Maiesties sayd lawes, Iniunctions & procedings concerning religion and orders in the sayd church.

Winchester.

To the third article, the laid B. answereth affirmatiue∣ly, and granteth it.

The 4. Article.

Item, that you Steuen B. of Winchester, haue sworne obedi∣ence

to his maiestie as supreme head of this Church of England, and also of Ireland.

* 1.4Winchester

To the fourth article, the sayd B. aunswereth affirma∣tiuely, and granteth it.

The 5. Article.

Item, that all and euery his graces subiectes, that disobey any his sayd maiesties lawes, Iniunctions, ordinaunces, and procee∣dings already set forth and published, or hereafter to be set forth and published, ought worthily to be punished according to hys Ecclesiasticall law vsed within this his realme.

Winchester.

To this fift article, the sayd B. answereth affirmatiue∣ly, and granteth it.

The 6. Article.

Item, that you the sayd Bishop, as well in the Kings Maiesties late visitation within your dioces,* 1.5 as at sondry tymes haue bene cōplained vpō, & sondry informatiōs made against you for your doyngs, sayings, and preachings agaynst sundry Iniunctions, or∣ders, and other proceedings of hys maiesty, set foorth for refor∣mation of errors, superstitions, and other abuses of religion.

Winchester.

This article toucheth other mens actes, who or how they are complayned or enformed, I cannot throughly tel. For at the tyme of the kings Maiesties visitation, I was in the Fleete, and the morrow after twelfe day I was de∣liuered at Hampton court, my L. of Somerset, and my L. of Caunterbury then being in counsaile with many other counsailors, & was deliuered by these words: The kings maiesty hath granted a generall pardon, and by the benefit thereof, I was discharged. Wherunto I answered, that I was learned neuer to refuse the kings maiesties pardon,* 1.6 and in strength as that was: and I would & did humbly thanke his maiesty therfore, and then they began with me in an article of learnyng touching iustification, whereunto they willed me to say my mynd, adding therwith, that be∣cause other learned men had agreed to a forme deliuered vnto me, that I should not thinke I could alter it: which I receiued of them, and promised the Thursday after to re∣payre to my L. of Somersets house at Sheene, with my mynd written: which I did, and that day seuennight fol∣lowyng, appearing before hym and other of the counsaile, was committed to my house for prisoner, because I refu∣sed to subscribe to the forme of words & sentēces that other had agreed vnto (as they said.) In which tyme of impri∣sonment in my house, the Bish. of Rochester then being as sent to me, and after M. Smith, & then M. Cecil, to which M. Cecil, when I had by learnyng resolued my mynde in the matter, I deliuered it, and he deliuering it to my lords Grace, wrote me in hys name, thanks for it: and then it was within the tyme of Lent, ere I was discharged of y^e trouble, and so went to Winchester as a man clearely out of all trauell of busines.

And within 14. daies after that, or there abouts, began other trauell with me, vpon a request made by my Lord of Somerset to surrender a colledge in Cambridge, & diuers letters were written betwene his grace & me in it. Wher∣in I might perceiue the Secretary in his pen tooke occasiō to pricke me more, then I trusted my Lords grace himself would haue done. And by this trouble was I deduced to an end. Then shortly after I receiued letters to come to y^e counsaile,* 1.7 & by reason I alledged my disease, I was respi∣ted by other letters, & three days before whitsontide, recei∣ued yet other letters to come, by which it myght seeme vn∣to me, that it was not of all beleued that I was diseased, & therfore with all expeditiō when I could not ride, I came in an horselitter, and according to my duetie presented my selfe to my Lordes of the counsaile, who all then entertai∣ned me secretly among them before the matters were ob∣iected vnto me, as I had bene in the same place with them that I was in our late soueraigne lords days. Afterwards my L. of Somersets Grace charged me with these matters followyng, & in this forme, hauing the articles written in a paper. First, with disobedience that I came not at hys sending for. Wherunto I answered, that I had his letters of licence,* 1.8 to stay til I might come conueniently. And vpō the last letters I came incontinently in a horselitter.

Then it was obiected y^t I bare Palmes, & crept to the crosse. Wherunto I answered, that they were misinformed and I trusted they would not thinke I durst deny it, if I had done it, because ceremonies had such circumstaunces, as I might easily be reproued, if it were otherwise.

Then it was obiected, that at Easter I had a solemne sepulchre in the church, and such other ceremonies. I aun∣swered, that I had euen as many as the kings Maiesties proclamations commanded me, declaring plainly, that I thought it not expedient to make any alteration, wherein to offend the kings maiesties proclamation, adding how he that followeth as he is commanded, is very obedient.

It was then obiected vnto me, y^t I went about to deface two of the kings maiesties chaplens, sent down to be Ca∣nons of the church of Winchester. Wherunto I answered, declaring the fact truly as it was,* 1.9 which I am yet able to iustify. After this matter thus oft obiected & aunswered, I was commanded to go apart, and beyng called in againe, my L. of Somersets grace looking vpon a bill of Articles, sayd I had preached how the Apostles went from the pre∣sence of the counsaile, of the counsail, of the counsail, which matter I denied▪ addyng that it was not my fashion of preaching so to play in i••eration of words.

After that, it was obiected vnto me for preaching of the Sacrament, to say: the bodye of Christ was really present being a faulte to vse the worde really, not comprised in the Scripture. Whereunto I aunswered that I did not vse the word really, whiche needeth not.* 1.10 For as I once heard my Lord of Caunterbury reason agaynst one Lambert in the presence of the kinges Maiestie that dead is: the words of scripture, This is my body that shalbe betrayed for you, do playnely and liuely expresse the very presence: and so did I set it forth to the people in my dioces. And this is the effect of all that was sayd agaynst me at my being at the Coun∣sayle, as I can remember. To whome I declared howe much I esteemed obedience, and tolde them I had taught in my dioces, how the whole life of a Christian man consi∣steth in suffring properly. And therfore we may not do our own wil, but y^e will of God. And among men we must ey∣ther suffer the rulers will, or their power, their will to or∣der vs, & their power to punish vs. After declaratiō wher∣of my Lorde of Somerset sayde, ye must tary in the towne. Whereunto I aunswered,* 1.11 I woulde be contented at theyr commaundement or pleasure to tary: but seeing I was no offender, I desired them I might not tary as an offender: and for declaration thereof, that I might haue some house in the country about London, to remoue vnto for a shifte. In deuising whereof I stack much to borrow Asshar. My Lorde of Somerset saide, if he had any in fayth he woulde lend me one.* 1.12 And in the end my Lord of Somerset desired me to write what my minde was in ceremonies and to send it vnto him, and with that departed.

Thus I haue truely opened after what sorte I haue bene complayned on, y^t hath certaynly come to my know∣ledge. Truth it is that one Philpot in Winchester,* 1.13 whome I accompted altered in his wittes (as I heard) deuised tales of me, the specialties whereof I neuer was called to aunswere vnto. Players and minstrels also rayled on me, & other made ballades and rimes of me, but neuer mā had iust cause to cōplaine of any my sayings, doinges, or prea∣chings, or to my knowledge did otherwise, then afore. And if any man shall put me in remembraunce of any other cō∣playnt that might in my absence be made of me: If I haue heard it. I wil graūt so. But well assured I am▪ I was ne∣uer complayned on, & called to make answer to y^e cōplaint, but this one time in all my whole lyfe by no man of anye degree. Once y^e Lord Cromwell,* 1.14 God pardon his soule & forgeue him, caused one day & a half to be spent in a matter betwene sir Frances Brian & me, which was ended, & I declared an honest man which the kings maiesty that dead is, God pardon hys soule, set forth with his familiaritie to me incontinently. And this is all the trouble y^t I haue had in my life, sauing y^e sending to the Fleete, beyng occasioned by my owne letter to the counsail vpon a zeale that I had, which they allowed not, and finally, this sending of me, to y^e Tower, which was without calling me before the coun∣saile, to heare what I could say. I am loth to be forsworn: and therfore accompt all the complaints in my whole lyfe made against me, wherunto I haue bene made priuy.

The 7. Article.

Item, that after and vpon occasion of those and many other complaints and informations,* 1.15 you haue bene sundry tymes ad∣monished, commanded, and enioyned to conforme your selfe, as to your duetie appertained.

Winchester.

To this seuenth Article I answer: I was neuer afore the counsaile called by way of outward complaint and in∣formation, but onely once in all my whole life, which was at my last comming to London. Wherunto I aunswered (as afore) & haue told the forme & processe of speech to serue for furniture of aunswer, to this and that Article: for other then I haue before written, I remember not to haue done or suffred by the higher powers in all my whole life, til my comming into the tower, without that I haue had any by admonitions, as a mā faulty or negligent at any time that I remember, for the obseruatiō of any thyng alredy made or set forth by y^e kings maiesty that now is, but haue kept, & caused to be kept in my power the kings maiesties arts, statutes, iniunctions, and proclamations inuiolably, ha∣uing

for that purpose such a Chancellor, as in orders & or∣dinances hath bene alwayes himselfe diligent and precise for that tyme I might haue knowledge of his doings.

The 8. Article.

Item, that after the premisses, & for that those former admo∣nitiōs & comandements, notwithstandyng you did yet stil she•• your selfe not conformable, & for that also others by your exam¦ple were much animated,* 1.16 & thereby occasion of much vnquiet∣nesse ministred amongest the people, you were called before the kings maiesties counsaile in the month of Iune, in the 2. yeare of his maiesties raigne, and by them on his maiesties behalfe, com∣manded to preach a Sermon before his maiestie, and therein to declare the ••ustnesse and godlynesse of his maiesties father in his proceedings vpon certayne matters partly mentioned in certain articles to you deliuered in writyng, and partly otherwise decla∣red vnto you.

The effect wherof was touchyng the vsurped power and au∣thoritie of the B. of Rome, that the same was iustly and godly ta∣ken away in this realme, and other the kings maiesties domini∣ons: touchyng the iust suppressing and taking away of monaste∣ries and religious houses, of Pilgrimages, Reliques, Shrines, I∣mages.

The superstitious goyng about of S. Nicholas bishop, S. Ed∣mund, S. Katherine,* 1.17 S. Clement, and such lyke: and iust takyng a∣way of Chaunteries, Abbies and Colledges, hallowyng of cādels, water, ashes, Palme, holy bread, beades, creeping to the crosse & such lyke.

Also, touching the settyng forth of the kinges maiesties au∣thoritie in his yong yeares to be as great as if his highnesse were of many more yeares.

That auricular confession is indifferent, and of no necessitie by the law of God: and touching the procession and Common prayer in English.

Winchester.

This Article beeyng of so many partes as it is, some true, some otherwise, must be answered by deuision of it in to diuers members, to deuide the one from the other, grā∣ting that is true, denieng that is otherwise, & opening that is ambiguous, auoyding y^t is captious, so as according to my oth, I may open directly & plainly the truth, with sin∣ceritie of conscience. The motion of preaching was made vnto me in mine owne house by M. Cecill, vpon the duke of Somersets behalfe, after I had bene before y^e counsaile, as I haue before sayd:* 1.18 from which Counsaile I departed (as before is rehersed) as no offender, & therfore when M. Cicil spake to me of preaching before the kings Maiestie, with request to write my sermon before, I denied that ma∣ner of preaching, because I said it was to preach like an of∣fender, and I was none, but departed from the Counsaile otherwise as I haue before shewed. And the sayde M. Ci∣cil did not say to me that I was mooued to preach, because I was not conformable: for I had at that tyme no maner of variance with the Counsaile, but was in all conformity with them for any thyng that I know, as I will aunswer afore God.

As for euil example to any man, I could none geue, for I neuer offēded law, statute, or proclamatiō in this realm, ••e did euer any act to the empairing of due obedience to y^e kings maiestie in all my whole lyfe, but by obseruation of them, and letting innouations, done as much as in me lay to maintaine obedience.

After M. Cecill had spoken to me of preaching, & deli∣uered two papers conteining the matters whereupon I should entreat,* 1.19 because I refused to geue my sermō in wri∣ting (which was to me like an offēder, or to read those pa∣pers of another mās deuise, as the conception and sincere maner of vttering of mine own cōsciēce) which me thoght then and since, yet a meruailous vnreasonable mater tou∣ching both my conscience and honesty) I was then fer to the duke of Somersets graces chamber, and came in at a backe dore to himself alone, sauing he tooke to him as wit∣nes he said, the L. now of Wiltshire, then great maister, & after many words, shewed me certaine articles subscribed by Lawyers, what a B. might command, & what the king might command, and what payne to the disobeyer.

To whom I said plainly & truly, how those Lawyers subscription could not serue in this case to commaund one to vtter to the people for myne own deuise in words,* 1.20 that is not in deed so: and if I might speake with these lawy∣ers (I sayd) his grace should soone perceiue them to agree with me. My L. sayd, I should speake with no man, and I should do as I was hidden, or do worse, and bade mee aduise me till dinner was done. And then was I conuey∣ed by the L. great Maister to hys chamber, and there left alone to dyne, as was in deede honourably prepared. But I tooke my selfe to be in the nature of a prisoner, and a re∣strayned man.

And about two of the clocke at after noone, came vnto me M. Thomas Smith then Secretary,* 1.21 vnto whome I complained of the vnreasonablenes of the matter, & shew∣ed him certaine particularities, who sayd it was not ment so precisely, but to speake of the matters. To whō I sayd, I was content to speake of the matters, and thē if I speak not accordyng to the truth of them, there should be enough to beare witnesse to my condemnation, and if I spake the truth, then they had their desire. And I sayde further, I thought I might with my conscience say so as men ought and should be content & satisfied. And further if I thought that in my maner of the vtteryng of those matters, I shold offend the Counsaile, I had rather deny to speake of the thing, and begin the contention secretly with them, then to begin with pulpit, and so bring my selfe in further trouble then needed, and therfore if they would haue me preach, I would preach as of my selfe, and of these matters, so as I thought they should be content.

Wherupon I was brought vp to my L. of Somersets chamber, and there the matter ended thus, that my L. of Somerset sayde he would require no writyng of me, but remit it to me, so I spake of y^e matters in the papers deli∣uered me by M. Cicill. I told hym I would speake of thē, sauing for childrens toyes of goyng about of S. Nicholas and S. Clement.* 1.22 If that be now gone (quoth I) and for∣gotten, if I be to busy in rehersall of them, they will say I comber their heads with ceremonies, and thus they wyll defame me: When ceremonies were plenty, they will say, I did nothyng but preach on them, and now they be gone, I babble of thē still. I sayd I would teach y^e chiefe points, addyng that I would speake of other matters also, & with that, beyng put to my liberty to choose the day, departed: and otherwyse I was not spoken with concernyng prea∣chyng, sauyng after M. Cicill came vnto me, whereof I shall speake anone.

As concernyng the matters to bee spoken of, all such things as be here rehersed, be named in the papers, deliue∣red vnto me, although not altogether after this sort: sa∣uyng the setting forth of the kings maiesties authority in his minoritie, whereof there is no worde in those papers, nor there was neuer any promise made of me to speake of it. Truth it is, y^t after I had signified the day whē I wold preach. M. Cicil came vnto me making the chiefe message to know the day when I would preach:* 1.23 to whome I had sent word before that it should be s. Peters day, because me thought the gospell serued well for that purpose, & in pro∣cesse of communication he told me that he lyked gaily well a word that I had sayd in another communication. How a king was as much a kyng at one yeare of age, as at one hundred yeares of age, and if I touched it, he thought it would be well taken. I told him agayne, euery mā knew that, and then opened of my selfe the matter further.

And at his next repayre vnto me, which was the mōday before I preached, the sayd M. Cicil brought me papers of the kings maiesties hand,* 1.24 shewing me how his hyghnesse vsed to note euery notable sentence, and specially if it tou∣ched a kyng, and therfore (quoth he) if ye speake of a kyng, ye must ioyne Counsaile withall. Whereunto I made no answer, but shifted to other matter, without making hym any promise or deniall, because I would neyther bind my selfe, nor trouble my selfe to discusse that matter.* 1.25 For albeit it is godly and wisely done of euery Prince to vse Coun∣saile, yet speaking of a kings power by scripture, I cannot by expresse scripture limite the kings power by counsayle. And hearyng blyndly by report some secret matter, that I will not speake of here, I thought not to meddle with it in the pulpet: and yet to the effect to haue our soueraigne L. now obeyed, of which mind I was euer, I pointed to our soueraigne L. there in presence, & sayd he was onely to be obeyed, and I would haue but one kyng, and other words to that purpose. But for any promise to be made by me, I vtterly deny it, and tell plainly the cause why I spake not otherwyse of it. There was also in the papers deliuered vnto me, occasion geuen me to speak of the Masse, because of Masses satisfactory, as some vnderstand them. And also there was occasion to speake of the sacrament of the aulter, because of the proclamation passed of the same, which to be true, I shall iustifie by the sayd papers.

The 9. Article.

Item, that you receiuyng the same,* 1.26 and promising to declare the same in a Sermon by you made before hys maiestie for that purpose on the feast of S. Peter, in the sayd 2. yeare of hys raygne, did then and there contemptuously and disobediently omitte to declare and set forth many of the sayd matters, and of dyuers o∣thers of the sayd Articles, you spake and vttered your mynde in such doubtfull sort, as the iustnesse and godlynesse of his Maie∣sties fathers and hys proceedings, was not set foorth accordyng to the commaundement geuen vnto you, and your own promise, to the great offence of the hearers, and manifest contempt of hys

maiestie, and dangerous example of others.

Winchester.

Touching y^e promise I answer as afore, & as touchyng omission of y^t I shoulde haue spoken of,* 1.27 by contēpt or dis∣obediēce, I answer by mine oth: I did not omit any thing (if I did omit it) by contēpt or disobediēce: for I euer min∣ded to satisfy y^e promise,* 1.28 to speak of all matters in those pa∣pers, according to my former declaratiō. And if I did per∣case omit any thing (wherof I cā make now no assurance being ij. yeres & a half past since I preached) but if I did o∣mit any thing, who knew my trauel in y^t matter, wold not maruel, being troubled w^t a letter sent from y^e duke of So∣merset, wherof I shal speake after. So as frō 4. of y^e clock, on thursday, till I had done my sermon on y^• friday, I did neither drinke, eat, ne sleepe, so careful was I to passe ouer y^e trauel of preching, without all slander of the truth, w^t sa∣tisfaction of my promise, & discharge of my duety to God & y^e kings most excellēt maiesty. Wherin, whether any thyng were omitted or not, I could haue answered more precise∣ly thē I can now, if according to my most instāt sute, & the sute of my seruants, y^• matter had bene heard while it was in fresh memory. But because omissiō may be by infirmity of nature, in which obliuiō is a payn of our original sinne, in which case it is no mortal offence,* 1.29 if a man beyng put in remēbrance will purge it, I therfore according to the true testimony of mine own consciēce, dare y^e more boldly deny all contempt & disobedience, hauing for my declaratiō a ge∣neral sentence spoken in my sermon, y^t I agreed with the vpper part in their lawes, orders & commaundements, or such like words,* 1.30 & found only fault in the lower part. By which sentence appeared, how I allowed in y^e whole, that was past thetherto, & only dissented frō the doings of thē y^t attempt innouations of their own presumption. And fur∣thermore I say, y^t that saieng [omission] here obiected vnto me, if it were true as I know it not to be, may happen two wais: one way by infirmity of nature, another way of pur¦pose. charity of a christē mā permitteth not to determine y^e worst of that is doubtful & ambiguous to both parties: as touching doutfulnes obiected. I take god to record I min¦ded to speake simply,* 1.31 & to be on y^e kings maiesties side on∣ly, & not to go inuisible in the world, w^t ambiguities estee∣ming him, &c. The worst mā of all is, y^t wil make himself a lock of words & speech, which is known not to be my fac∣tiō, nor I think this life worth y^• dissimulation, & how can y^t be a doubtful speech in him, y^t professeth to agree with the kings lawes, iniunctions & statutes, which I did expresly. There be y^t cal a doubt whatsoeuer serueth not theyr appe∣tite. It is not in y^e speaker to satisfy the hearer y^t will doubt where dout is not. The sūme of my teaching was, y^t all vi∣sible things be ordred to serue vs, which we may in conue∣niēt seruice vse. And whē we serue them, y^t is an abuse, and may thē at y^e rulers pleasure, vnles scripture appointeth a special vse of thē, be corrected in y^• vse, or takē away for re∣formatiō. And this is a plain teaching y^t hath no dout in it, but a yea & a nay on ij. sides, w^tout a mean to make a dout, And if any y^t douteth cōmeth vnto me,* 1.32 I wil resolue him y^• doubt as I can. And if I promised to speake plainly or am cōmanded to speake plainly & cānot, thē is my fault to pro∣mise only in the nature of folly & ignorance, whereunto I resort, not for a shift, wherof in deed I professe y^e knowlege but to shew how somtime to my hinderaunce, I am noted learned that can speake plainly, and yet speake doubtfully, other whiles am reiected as one y^t vnderstandeth not the matter at all. As touching contēpt, there can be none▪ ma∣nifest y^t proceedeth of a priuy promise if I had broken it, I intended not, but intēded to take it, as appereth by my ge∣neral sentence, to agre w^t the superiors, & only find fault in y^e inferior subiects, who daily transgresseth the kings ma∣iesties proclamations and other, wherof I spake then.

* 1.33The 10. Article.

Item, that you beyng also commaunded on his Maiesties be∣halfe, for the auoyding of tumult, and for other great considera∣tions inhibited to treate of any matter in controuersie concer∣nyng the masse of the cōmunion, then cōmonly called the sacra∣ment of the aulter, did contrary to the said commandement and inhibition, declare diuers your iudgements and opinions in the same, in the manifest contempt of hys highnes sayd inhibition, to the great offence of the hearers and disturbance of common qui∣et and vnitie of the realme.

Winchester.

To the x. article the said B. answered, y^t the Wednesday at after noone,* 1.34 next before y^e friday whē I preached, M. Ci∣cil came to me, & hauing in all his other accesses spoken no word therof, did thē vtter & aduise me frō y^e D. of Somer∣set, y^t I should not speake of the sacrament, or of the Masse, wherby he said I should auoid trouble. And when he saw me not take it wel, I meane (quoth he) doubtfull matters. I asked him what? He said transubstantiation. I told hym he wist not what transubstantiation ment. I wyll preach (quoth I) the very presence of Christs most precious body & bloud in the sacrament, which is the catholike faith, & no doubtful matter, ne yet in controuersie, sauing that certein vnlearned speake of it, they wot not what. And among the matters quoth I, whereof I haue promised to speake▪* 1.35 I must by special words speake of the sacrament & the masse also. And when I shal so speake of thē. I will not forbeare to vtter my faith & true beliefe therin, which I think neces∣sary for the kings maiesty to know: & therfore if I wist to be hāged when I came downe, I would speake it. Which plaine zeale of my conscience, groūded vpō gods cōman∣dement to do his message truly, I would not hide,* 1.36 but vt∣ter so, as my L. should, if he would not haue it spoken of, nor let me to come there as he might haue done, where as els, if I had had a deceitful purpose, I might haue accepted the aduise, & w^tout any color of trouble, haue refused to fol∣low it as a thing groūded vpon welth only, as it was thē vttered. With this my answer M. Cicil departed, & vpon y^e thursday which was the next day folowing, & the euening before I preached, betwene 3. & 4. at after noone, I receiued a letter signed with the hand of the D. of Somerset (the co∣py wherof I am redy to exhibite) & took it them, & estemed it so now to continue no effectuall inhibition wherunto I might by gods law, or the kings maiesties laws with dis∣charge of my conscience & duety obey, although the said let∣ters had bene (as they were not) in such termes framed, as had precisely forbidden me (as they did not) but onely to speake of matters in controuersy of the sacrament, which in deed I did not, but only vttred a truth to my consciēce, most certainly perswaded of the most holy sacrament, ne∣cessary to be known to the kings maiesty, & to be vttred by me admitted to that place of preaching, from whence God commandeth his truth to be vttered, which in this nature of truth (the vndue estimation and vse whereof, S. Paule threatneth with temporall death) may in no wise be omit∣ted.* 1.37 So as I was and am perswaded the right estimation of the sacrament, to be to acknowledge the very presence of the same most precious body and bloud present in the Sa∣crament to feed vs, that was geuen to redeeme vs. If I shewed not my soueraigne Lord the truth therof, I for my part suffer hym wittingly to fall into that extreme danger of body, which S Paule threateneth, whose person I am bound by nature, by speciall othes, by Gods lawes to pre∣serue to my power as I will do, and must do, by all ways and meanes. And if the Kings Maiestie doth vouchesafe to teache hys people not to obey hys commaundement, where God commaundeth the contrary, I might not take my Lord of Somersets letter for an inhibition to hold my peace,* 1.38 when God biddeth me to speake as he doth whē the Wolfe commeth, and not to hide my selfe in silence, which is the most shamefull runnyng away of all. I haue muche matter to alledge against the letter why I should not cre∣dite it, written in his name alone, against a common letter (as I tooke it) written by hym and the counsaile, and pub∣lished in print the first day of the said month, which main∣taineth my preachyng of the sacrament & masse, accordyng to the proclamations and iniunctions: the violation of which publike letters, had bene a disorder and contempt, where as I neither offended in the one, nor the other.

And as for tumult, none could reasonably be feared of any thing spoken agreable to the kings maiesties lawes, as there did folow none, nor the people, or any man did of∣fer my person any wrong, or make tumult against me, not withstanding players, iesters, rimers, ballademakers, did signify me to be of the true catholike faith,* 1.39 which I accor∣ding to my dutie declared to the kings maiesty, from whō I may hide no truth that I thinke expedient for hym to know. And as the name of God cannot be vsed of any cre∣ture agaynst God, no more can the kings name, beyng v∣sed of any subiect against his highnes. Wherfore seyng the abuse of this holy sacrament hath in it a danger assured by scripture of body & soule, whosoeuer is perswaded in y^e ca∣tholike faith (as I am) findeth himself so burdened to vtter that vnto his maiesty, as no worldly losse cā let him to do his duty in that behalfe, and much lesse my Lordes priuate letters written without other of the counsails hands.

The 11. Article.

Item, that after the premisses, viz. in the month of May or Iune or one of them, in the 3. yeare of his hyghnes raigne,* 1.40 his maiestye sent eftsoones vnto you to know your conformitie towards hys sayd reformations, and specially touchyng the booke of common prayer then lately set foorth by hys maiestie, whereunto you at the same tyme refused to shew your selfe conformable.

Winchester.

To the xi. article for answer and declaration thereof, he sayd: The next day at after noone after he had preached,* 1.41 when he looked for no such matter, came to his house the right worshipfull Sir Anthony Wingfield, and Sir Rafe

Sadler knights, accompanied wyth a great nomber of the gard, and vsed themselues for their part according to theyr worships, and (I doubt not) as they were appoynted, Sir Rafe Sadler begā thus w^t me: My L. (said he) ye preached yesterday obedience,* 1.42 but ye did not obey your selfe, & went forth w^t his message very soberly as he can, and discretely. I asked him wherein I obeied not. He sayde, touching my L. of Somersets letter. Maister Sadler, quoth I, I pray you say to my Lords grace, I would he neuer made men∣tion of that letter, for the loue I beare him. And yet quoth I, I haue not broken that letter, & I was mineded, quoth I, to haue wrytten to my L. vpon the receipt of it, and loe, quoth I, ye may see how I begā, and shewed him (because we were then in my study) the beginning of my letter, and reasoned with him for declaration of my selfe, and told him therwith, I wil not spend, quoth I, many wordes w^t you, for I cā not alter this determination. And yet in good faith quoth I, my maner to you, and this declaration may haue this effecte, that I be gently handled in the prisone, and for that purpose I pray you, make sute on my behalfe.

* 1.43Maister Wingfield laide his hand on my shoulder, and arested me in y^e kings name for disobedience. I asked them whether I shoulde. They sayde to the Tower. Finally I desired them that I might be spoken wyth shortly, & heard what I could say for my selfe, and praied them to be suters in it, and so they saide they would.

After y^t I was once in the tower, vntill it was within 6. dayes of one whole yere, I could heare no maner word, message, comfort, or relief, sauing once when I was sicke, and me thought some extremity towardes me, my Chap∣laine had licence to come to me for one time, & then denied againe, being aunswered that my feuer was but a tertian, which my said Chaplaine tolde me when he came to me at the Easter followinge, and there beinge wyth me from the morning till night on Easter day departed, and for no su••e could neuer haue him since. To M. Lieftenant I made di∣uers sutes to prouoke the duke of Somersets grace to hear me. And if I might haue the liberty of an English man, I would plainly declare I had neither offended law, statute, acte, proclamation nor his own letter neither, but al wold not help, & I shal report me to M. Lieftenāt whether in al this time I maligned, grudged or vsed any vnsemely wor∣des, euer demanding iustice, & to be heard according to iu∣stice. When I had bene thus in the tower one whole yeare within 6. daies or 7. as I remember,* 1.44 came to the Tower the Lord Chancellor of England, now being the L. Trea∣surer, and master Secretarye Peter, who calling me vnto them, as I remember, entred this: They sayde they hadde brought with them a booke passed by the parlament, which they would I should looke on and say my minde to it, and vpon my conformitie in it, my Lord of Somerset would be suter to the kings maiestie for mercy to be ministred to me. Wherunto I answered that I trusted if I might be heard, the kings Maiesties iustice would releue me, which I had longsued for, and could not be heard. And to sue for mercy, quoth I, when I haue not in my conscience offended, and also to sue out of thys place,* 1.45 wher asking of mercy, emploi∣eth a further suspition then I woulde be for all the worlde touched in it, were not expedient. And therefore, quoth I, not guiltie is and hath bene allowed a good plee for a priso∣ner. Then my Lord sayd, why quoth he, were ye not com∣maunded to preache of the kings authoritie in his younge age, & yet did not? I told him I was not commaunded. Is not (quoth he) that Article in the papers yee had deliuered you? I assured him no.

And after communication of the kings Maiesties au∣thority wherein was no disagrement,* 1.46 then my lord Chan∣cellor said I had disobeied my Lordes graces letter. I told him I thought not, and if the matter came to iudgement, it should appeare. And then I sayd to him, my Lord howe many open iniunctions vnder Seale and in open Courte haue bene broken in this Realme? the punishment wherof hath not ben handled after this sort, & yet I would stande in defence y^t I had not broken his letter, waying the words of the letter, wherein I reasoned with M. Peter Secreta∣rie what a controuersie was, and some part what I could say further. But what so euer I canne saye (quoth I) you must iudge it, and for the passion of God do it, and then let me sue for mercy, when the nature of the offence is known if I will haue it.* 1.47 But when I am (quoth I) declared an offender, I will with humilitie of suffering make amendes to the kings Maiestie, so farre as I am able: for I shoulde neuer offend him, and much lesse in his yong age.

My L. Chancelor then shewed me the beginning of the acte for common prayer, how dangerous it was to breake the order of it, I told him that it was true, & therefore if I came abroade, I would be wel ware of it. But it is (quoth I) after in the act how no man should be troubled for this act, vnles he were first indited, and therefore (quoth I,) I may not be kept in prisone for this acte. Ah (quoth he) I perceiue ye knowe the lawe well enough, I tolde hym my Chaplaine had brought it vnto mee the after noone before. Then they required me to looke on the boke, and to say my minde in it. I answeared that I thought not mete to yelde my selfe a scholler to go to schoole in prison, & then slaunder my selfe as though I redemed my faults with my consci∣ence. As touching the law which I know not,* 1.48 I wil honor it like a subiect, and if I keepe it not, I wil willingly suffer the paine of it. And what more conformitie I should shew, I cannot tell, for mine offences be past if there be any. If I haue not suffred enough I will suffer more, if vpon exami∣nation I be found faulty, & as for this new law, if I keepe it not, punish me likewise.

Then my Lorde Chaunceloure asked mee whether I would not desire the kings Maiestie to be my good Lorde. At which worde I sayde: alas my Lorde (quoth I) doe yee thinke that I haue so forgotten my selfe?* 1.49 My duety (quoth I) requireth so, and I will on my knees desire hym to be my good Lord and my Lord Protectour also quoth I, that is wel sayd quoth my Lord Chaunceler. And what will ye say further, quoth my L. Chanceler, In good faith quoth I thys, that I thought when I had preached, that I had not offended at all, and thinke so still, and had it not ben for the article of the supremacie, I woulde haue rather fayned my selfe sicke, then be occasion of this that hathe followed: but going to the Pulpit, I must needes say as I sayde. Well quoth my lord Chanceler, let vs go to our purpose again. Ye will quoth he, desire the kings maiestie to be your good Lord, and my Lord Protectour also, and ye say ye thought not to haue offended. All this I will say quoth I.* 1.50 And yee wil (quoth my Lord Chanceler) submit your selfe to be or∣dered by my Lorde Protector. Nay (quoth I) by the lawe for my Lord Protectour quoth I hath scourged mee ouer∣sore this yere, to put my matter in his hands now. And in the latter poynte I varyed with my Lorde Chauncellour, when I could not refer my order to my Lord Protectour, but to the law, and staying at this poynt they were cōtent to graunt me of their gentlenes to make their sute to pro∣cure me to be heard, and to obtaine me libertie to goe in the galery, and that I should heare of one of them within two daies following. I desired them to remember that I refu∣sed not the boke by way of contempt, nor in no euil maner, but y^t I was loth to yelde my selfe a scholer in the Tower, and to be seene to redeme my faults if I had any, with my conscience. My body I sayde, shoulde serue my conscience, but not contrariwise. And this is the truth vpon my con∣science and othe that was done and said at their comming. There was more sayde to the purposes aforesayde. And I binde not my selfe to the precise forme of wordes, but to the substaunce of the matter and fashion of the intreating. So neare as I can remember, I haue truely discharged mine oth: But I heard no more of my matter in one whole yere after almost wythin 14. dayes notwithstāding two letters wrytten by me to the Counsaile, of most humble request to be heard according to iustice. And then at y^e ende of 2. yeres almost, came vnto me the Duke of Somerset with other of the counsel, which matter because it is left out here, I shall not touch but prepare it in a matter aparte, for declaration of my behauiour at all times.

The 12. Article.

Item, that after that. &c. the 9. day of Iuly, in the 4. yeare of his Maiesties raign, his highnes sent vnto you his graces letters, with a certaine submission and Articles, whereunto his grace willed and commaunded you to subscribe, to whiche submission, you contemptuously refused to subscribe.

Winchester.

To the 12. article for answer therunto, he graunted that about the time mentioned in this Article, the Lorde Trea∣surer, the Erle of Warwike lord great maister,* 1.51 sir William Harbert, and M. Secretary Peter, came to the tower: and called me before them, and deliuered vnto me the Kynges maiesties letters which I haue to shew, and receiued them at the handes of the lord Treasurer vpon my knees, kissed them as my duety was, and still vpon my knees red them, where as they right gently required me to take more ease, & to go apart with them, & consider them, which after that I had throughly read, I much lamented that I should be commaunded to say of my selfe as was there wrytten, and to say otherwise of my selfe then my conscience will suffer me, & where I trust my dedes wil not condemne me, ther∣to condemne my selfe w^t my tongue, I should sooner (quoth I to them) by commaundement: thinke if ye would bid me to tumble my selfe desperately into the Thames.

My lord of Warwicke seeing me in that agonye, sayde: What say ye my Lorde, quoth he, to the other Articles? I aunswered that I was loth to disobey, where I might o∣bey

and not wrast my conscience, destroying the comfort of it, as to say vntruely of my selfe. Well, quoth my Lorde of Warwicke,* 1.52 will ye subscribe to the other Articles? I tolde him I would. But then, quoth I, the Article that toucheth me, must be put out. I was answered that needeth not, for I might wryte on the one side what I woulde say vnto it: and then my Lorde of Warwicke entertained mee verye gently,* 1.53 and would needes whiles I should write, haue me sit downe by him, and when hee sawe me make somewhat straunge so to do, he pulled me nearer him, and said we had ere this sit together, & trusted we should do so againe. And then hauing pen & inke geuen me, I wrote as I remem∣ber, on the Article that touched me, these words: I can not with my conscience say this of my selfe, or such like words. And there folowed an Article of the kings Maiesties pri∣macie, and I began to write on the side o•• that, & had made an I, onward as may appere by the articles, & they would not haue me do so, but write onely my name after theyr ar∣ticles: which I did. Whereat because they shewed them∣selues pleased and content:* 1.54 I was bold to tel them merely that by this meane, I hadde placed my subscription aboue them all, & therupon it pleased them to entertein me much to my comfort.

And I was bold to accōpt vnto them mery tales of my miserie in pryson, which they seemed content to heare: and then I tolde them also (desiring them not to be miscontent with that I should say:) when I remember eache of them alone, I could not thinke otherwise of them but they were my good Lords: and yet when they meete together, I feele no remedy at their hands. I looked quoth I, when my L. of Somerset was heere to goe out wythin two dayes, and made my fare well feast in the Tower and all, since whych time there is a moneth past or thereabout: and I agree w^t them,* 1.55 and now agree with you, and I may fortune be for∣gotten. My Lorde Treasurer sayde nay, I shoulde heare from them the next day, and so by their special commande∣ment came out of the chamber ofter them, that they myght be seene depart as my good Lordes: and so was done. By which processe doth appeare how there was in me no con∣tempt, as is sayd in this article, but such a subscriptiō made as they were content to suffer me to make, whiche I tooke in my cōscience for a whole satisfaction of the kings maie∣sties letters, whiche I desire may be deemed accordinglye. And one thing was said vnto me further that other would haue put in many moe Articles, but they woulde haue no more but those.

The 13. Article.

Item, that you hauing eftsones certaine of the kings Maiesties honorable Counsaile sent vnto you the 12. of Iuly in the sayde 4. yere with the said submission, and being on his Maiesties behalfe required and commaunded to consider again and better the sayd submission, and to subscribe the same, stoode in iustification of your self, & would in no wise subscribe thereunto.

Winchester.

To the 13. article he sayde: The next day after the being in the Tower of the saide L. Treasurer, the Earle of War∣wike & other: came vnto me Syr W. Harbert & M. Secre∣tary Peter,* 1.56 to deuise with me how to make some acknow∣ledging of my fault (as they saide) because the other forme liked me not. Wherunto I said I knew my selfe innocent, and to enter with you to entreat of a deuise to empaire my innocency in any poynt by my wordes or wrytings, it can haue no pollicie in it. For although I did more esteeme li∣berty of body, then the defamation of my self: yet (quoth I) whē I had so done with you, I were not so assured by you to come out. For when I were by my owne * 1.57 penne once made an naughtye man, then were I not the more sure to come out, but had locked my selfe the more surely in, and a small pleasure were it to me to haue my body at libertie by your procurement, and to haue my conscience in perpetual prison by mine owne act. Many more wordes there were, and perswasions on their parties▪ which caused me to re∣quire of them, for the passion of God, that my matter might take an end by iustice, and so departed, theyr being no con∣tempt or faction of disobedience shewed on my behalfe, but onely allegation for my defence of mine innocency in y^e best maner I could deuise, as I trust they will testifie.

The 14. Article.

Item, that after all this, videlicet the 14. day of Iuly in the said 4. yeare, the kings maiestie sent yet again vnto you certain of hys maiesties honorable Counsaile with an other submission, and di∣uers other articles, willinge and commaunding you to subscribe your name thereunto: which to do you vtterly refused.

Winchester.

To the 14. Article he sayde, that on the Monday in the morning following came the bishop of London, Syr Wil∣liam Harbert, maister Secretarie Peter, & an other whom I knowe not, who brought with them a paper, wyth cer∣taine articles wrytten in it,* 1.58 which they required me to sub∣scribe. Whereupon I most instantly required that my mat∣ter might be tried by iustice, whych although it were more greeuous, yet it hathe a commoditie wyth it, that it endeth certainely the matter? And I coulde neuer yet come to my assured stay, and therfore refused to meddle wyth any more Articles, or to trouble my selfe with the readinge of them, & yet they desired me so instantly to read them, that I was content, and did reade, and to shewe my perfecte obediente minde, offered incontinently vpon my deliuerie out of pri∣son, to make aunswere vnto them, all such as I woulde a∣bide by and suffer paine for, If I haue deserued it. I would in deede gladly haue bene in hand with my Lorde of Lon∣don, but he saide hee came not to dispute,* 1.59 and sayde it was the hand of God that I was thus in prison, because I had so troubled other mē in my time. Finally my request was, that they should in this forme make my aunsweare to my Lordes of the Counsell as foloweth: That I most humbly thanke them of theyr good will to deliuer me by the way of mercy, but because in respecte of mine owne innocent con∣science I had rather haue iustice, I desired them,* 1.60 seing both was in the kinges Maiesties hands, that I might haue it, whych if it happen to me more greeuous, I will impute it to my selfe, and euermore thanke them for their good will, and so departed I with them, as I trust they will testifie, and no misbehauiour or demeanour to haue bene vsed on my behalfe.

The 15. Article.

Item, that after all this, viz. the 19. day of Iulye, in the sayde 4. yeare, you being personally called before the kings maiesties pri∣uie counsaile, and hauing the sayd submission and articles open∣ly and distinctly read vnto you, & required to subscribe the same refused for vniuste considerations by you alledged to subscribe the same.

Winchester.

To the 15. article. I graunte, that vpon a Saterdaye at after noone, euen at suche time of the daye as they were at Euensong in the Chappell at the Courte, I was brought thether, and at my comming the Lordes of the Counsaile sayde they were all my Iudges by special commission, and entended to proceede thus wyth me: That I shoulde sub∣scribe certaine articles which were then read, and I muste directly make aunswere, whether I would subscribe them or no. I aunswered on my knees in this wise: For the pas∣sion of God my Lordes be my good Lordes, and let me be tried by iustice whether I be faultye or no:* 1.61 and as for these articles assoone as yee deliuer me to my libertie, I woulde make aunswere to them whether I would subscribe them or no. Then they hauing further to say, I aunswered, these Articles were of diuers sortes: some be lawes whyche I may not qualifie: some be no lawes but learning and facte, which maye haue diuers vnderstandings, & a subscription to them without telling what I meane, were ouer dange∣rous:* 1.62 and therfore I offered for y^e more declaration of raine obedience to all their requestes, that if they woulde deliuer me the articles into the prison with mee, I woulde shortly make them particulare aunswere, and suffer the paynes of the lawe, that by my aunswere I mighte incurre vnto: Wherupon I was commanded to go a part, and they sent vnto me the Lorde Treasurer and maister Secretarie Pe∣ter, who communed with me of a meane way, and that li∣ked not the Lordes. And then was I called foorth agayne, and my absolute subscription required againe, & I againe made offer to aunswer particularly, for I coulde not wyth my conscience subscribe them as they were absolutely. And these my considerations, I trust to be iust, seing no man for any commaundements ought to offende his conscience, as I must haue done in that case.

The 16. Article.

Item, that for your sondry and manifold contempts and diso∣bediences in this behalfe vsed, the fruites of your Bishoppricke were then by speciall commission of his Maiestie iustly and law∣fully sequestred.

Winchester.

To the 16. article, I deny contemptes, and disobedience of partes, and say that my doings cannot so be termed, be∣cause it is taught in thys realme for a doctrine of obediēce, that if a king commaunde that is contrary to the cōmaun∣dement of God,* 1.63 the subiect may not doe as he is comman∣ded, but humbly stande to my conscience, which is my case, who could not with my conscience do as I was required. And as touching the fact of decree, there was in deede a de∣cree read, hauing wordes so placed and framed, as though I were such an offender, which mater I deny. And in that decree was mention made of sequestration of fruites: but whether the forme of woordes were of the present tense, or els to be sequestred, I cannot precisely tell, but doe referre that to the tenor of the decree.

The 17. Article.

Item, that after this, you had intimation and peremptorie mo∣nition, with communication that you should within 3. monethes next following the saide intimation, reconcile and submit youre selfe vnder paine of depriuation.

Winchester.

To the 17. article I aunswer, that in the same decree of sequestration at the same time read, I kneling from the be∣ginning of the decree, to the latter ende, I remember there was an intimation and three monthes spoken of, & expres∣sed also how at euery monthes end I should haue pen and inke offred to wryte, if I would yet subscribe, and as I vn∣derstand it was vpon the paine of proceeding further. And I do not remember that I herd the word depriuation, but therein I referre me to the acts of the sentence, which whē it was red, I desired it might be testified what mine offer was, to answer all those articles particularly, euen remai∣ning in prison. And this done, I made suite for some of my seruants abroad to resort to me to the tower, partly for my comfort, partly for my necessary businesse, which could not be obtained. And yet to prouoke it, I sayde to my Lorde of Warwike, howe for agreeing w^t my L. of Somerset, I had some commoditie, and for agreeing with him had nothing, and therefore would needes by intercession presse him, that I might by his meanes haue some of my seruāts resorting vnto me. He answered very gently. And then one sayde I shoulde win 2. or 3. daies haue some body come to me. And then I was dismissed with commaundement to the lieute∣nant to let me haue the same liberty I had, but no more.

The 18. Article.

Item, that the sayd three moneths are naw throughly expired and runne.

Winchester.

To the 18. Article he sayd, there is almost 6. months pas∣sed in time and number of daies, but not one month past to the effecte of the lawe, nor 10. daies neither, because I haue bene so kept in prison y^t I could not see for remedy in forme abouesaide, nor there was not at euery moneth, after the forme of the sentence offred me, pen and inke & libertie ge∣uen me to consult and deliberate w^t other learned men and friends what were best to doe, or to send vnto them. And furthermore, the very 8. day after the decree geuen, I pro∣tested before my seruaunts whom I had only commodity to vse as witnes of the nullitie of the decree for the euident and apparant matter in it,* 1.64 but if it were any in lawe, I ap∣pealed to the kings Maiestie, because my request was not admitted to haue the copie of the articles to answere them particularly, and because it is excessiue correction to seque∣ster my frutes and keepe me in prisone, with other cases to be deduced where I might haue oportunity. Which appel∣lation I protested to intimate as soone as I coulde come to any presence mete therfore, as I did in this assemble at my last repaire, desiring therewith the benefite restitutionis in integrum, because of mine imprisonment, and therefore doe answere this matter with protestation of that appeale, and vtterly deny all manner of contempt.

The 19. Article.

Item, that yon hitherto according to the sayd intimation and monition, submitted, reconciled, nor reformed your selfe, but cō∣temptuously yet still remaine in your first disobedience.

Winchester.

To the 19. Article, I say that I haue bene all this while in prison so kept, as no man could haue accesse to counsaile with me, nor any meanes to wryte or send to any man, ha∣uing made continuall suite to Maister Lieutenaunte and master Marshal, vnder whose custody I am here, to make suite in my name to the Lordes of the Counsaile, that I might come to hearing, or els be bailed vpon surety: which I coulde not obtaine, and so haue remained vnder the be∣nefite of my said appeale to the kings Maiestie, made as I might for y^e time, which I eftsoones desire may haue liber∣tie to prosecute.

And where as aunswering to these Articles, for decla∣ration of the integritie of my conscience, I vse in the same places generall woordes: I protest I meane not by those words to setforth my selfe otherwise more arrogantly then as my direct entent (which excludeth malice) and purpose mooueth mee to say,* 1.65 and as my conscience beareth witnesse vnto me at this time, and therfore will say therein wyth S. Paule: Nihil mihi conscius sum, sed non in hoc iustificatus sum. Wherefore if any specially be obiected vnto me, wherein by ignorance or ouersight & negligence, any mine offence may appeare against the kings Maiesties lawes, Statutes and Iniunctions, I shal desire and protest that it be not preiu∣diciall to mine aunsweare (for thys present, credo, as law∣yers in ciuill matters vse that terme) to be true,* 1.66 y^t is to say suche as w^tout any alteration in my conscience, presently I may of my selfe say in affirmation or denial, as afore is an∣swered. And whereas I speake of commaundement to be made to me against Gods lawe, I protest not to touch my soueraigne Lordes honor therin, which my duetie is by al meanes to preserue, but that the commādement geuen, re∣solueth to be against Gods law on my part, in the obediēce to be geuē, because I may not answer or say otherwise, but Est, est, non, non. So as my wordes and heart may agree to∣gether, or els I should offend Gods lawe, which my soue∣raigne if he knew my conscience, would not command me.

After these things thus passed, certaine of the Counsail by the kings appoyntment had sondry daies and times ac∣cesse to him in the Tower to perswade with hym: whiche were these, the Duke of Somerset, the lord Treasurer, the Lord priuie Seale, the Lord great Chamberlaine, and M. Secretary Peter.* 1.67 Who repairing to him the x. day of Iune an. 1550. he desired of them to see the kings booke of procee∣dings: vpon the sight wherof he would make a ful answer, seeming to be willinge in all thinges to conforme himselfe therunto: and promising that in case any thing offēded his conscience, he would open it to none but to the Counsaile. Whereupon it was agreed the booke should be sent him to see his answer, that his case might be resolued vpon, & that for the meane time he should haue the libertie of the galery and gardine in the Tower, when the Duke of Northfolke were absent.

The king then was lying at Grenewich, at which time the Lieftenant of the tower was appoynted to deliuer the kings booke to the bishop of Winchester.* 1.68 Who within thre dayes after (which was the 13. of Iune) made declaration againe vnto the counsaile, that the Bishop hauing perused it, said vnto him he could make no direct answer vnlesse he were at libertie, and so being he woulde say hys conscience. Whereupon the Lordes and other that had bene with him the other day, were apointed to go to him againe to receiue a direct aunswer that the Counsail therupon might deter∣mine further order for him.

The aunswer of the bishop being receiued, through the report of the Lordes which had ben with him,* 1.69 declaration was made again, the 8. day of Iuly 1550. that his answers were euer doutful, refusing while he were in prisō to make any direct aunswer. Wherefore it was determined that he shoulde be directly examined whether he woulde sincerely conforme himself vnto the kings maiesties proceedings or not. For which purpose it was agreed y^t particulare arti∣cles should be drawne,* 1.70 to see whether he woulde subscribe them or not, and a letter also directed vnto hym from the kinges highnesse, with the which the L. Treasurer, the L. great maister, the maister of the horse, and master Secreta∣rie Peter shoulde repaire vnto hym: the tenour of whyche letter heereafter ensueth.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Articles layd a∣gaynst Winche∣ster.
• * 1.2

  Winchester graunteth to the kings supremacy
• * 1.3

  Winchester grūnteth to the full authority of the king 〈◊〉〈◊〉 set∣ting forth his lawes.
• * 1.4

  Wynchester hath sworne o∣bedience to the kinges suprema∣cye.
• * 1.5

  Wynchester complayned of.
• * 1.6

  Winchester re∣leased out of the Fleete by the kinges generall pardon.

  The article of Iustification put to Winchester. Winchester pri∣soner in his own house.

  Winchester de∣nyeth to sub∣scribe to the ar∣ticle of Iustifi∣cation.

  M. Cicill sent to Winchester Winchester a∣gayne set free.
• * 1.7

  Winchester sent for to the Coū∣saile.

  Winchester sicke.

  Winchester cō∣meth at last in a horselitter.
• * 1.8

  Winchester charged with disobedience.
• * 1.9

  Winchester charged to deface cer∣taine of the kings chap∣leins.
• * 1.10

  Reall pre∣sence.
• * 1.11

  Wynchester commaun∣ded to tarry at London.
• * 1.12

  Wynchester commaun∣ded to write his mind of ceremonies.
• * 1.13

  M. Philpot complayned vpon of Winchester.
• * 1.14

  Wynchester when and how oft he hath bene called to coram.
• * 1.15

  Wynchester admoni∣shed to con••forme him selfe▪
• * 1.16

  W••nchester 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••inges ••ouncell to ••••each the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.17

  Certayne poyntes in∣••••yned to Wyn••hester to preach vpon.
• * 1.18

  M. Cicill.
• * 1.19

  Wynchester 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to preach by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 mens 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 〈…〉〈…〉 yet he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••ould 〈◊〉〈◊〉 other 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.20

  ••••nchesters ••••swere to ••he Duke of 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.21

  Syr Tho. Smith Secretary.
• * 1.22

  Winchester walketh here subtilly.
• * 1.23

  Wynchesters o∣pinion of the kinges minority.
• * 1.24

  M. Cicills re∣payre agayne to Wynchester.
• * 1.25

  Winchester ma∣keth daūgerous speaking of the king, to ioyne Counsayle withall.
• * 1.26

  The 9. article.
• * 1.27

  Answere to the 9. article.
• * 1.28

  Omission by contempt.
• * 1.29

  Winchesters di∣stinctiō betwene the vpper parte and lower part of the lawes.
• * 1.30

  Omission excu∣sed by a di∣stinction.
• * 1.31

  A locke of wordes, that is, to open & shutte agayne as they lyste.
• * 1.32

  Aunswere by wordes to o∣mission in deedes.
• * 1.33

  10 article.
• * 1.34

  Aunswere to he 10. Article. M. Cicill.
• * 1.35

  Winche∣sters catho••licke fayth in the Sa∣crament.
• * 1.36

  Winchest•••• would nede•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the Sa∣crament & of the Masse.
• * 1.37

  S. Paule threatneth death to the misusers 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Sacra∣ment: Ergo, the reall pre∣sence of Christ is the Sacra∣ment. Nego ar∣gumentu••▪
• * 1.38

  And why would 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Wynches•••••• alow this reason in 〈…〉〈…〉 Maryes time, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 king the word of truth after their con∣science, 〈…〉〈…〉▪
• * 1.39

  Winches•••••• agaynst Players 〈◊〉〈◊〉 b••lladem••••kers.
• * 1.40

  11. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.41

  Answe•••• the 11. 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪
• * 1.42

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.43

  Wynchester 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

  Wynchester committed 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the tow∣er.
• * 1.44

  The Lord Chauncel∣lour and Secretary Peter com∣meth to Wynchester in the tow∣er.
• * 1.45

  Wynchester denyeth to sue for mer∣cy.
• * 1.46

  Take be∣tweene the Lord Chaū∣cellour and Wynchester in the tow∣er.
• * 1.47

  Wynchester will ac∣knowledge no offence.
• * 1.48

  Winchester wil not go to scoole in prison.
• * 1.49

  Wynchester de∣sireth the king to be his good Lord.
• * 1.50

  Winchester yet will not confesse himselfe to be an offender. Winchester will not submit himselfe to the Lord Protector but to the law.
• * 1.51

  The kings letter deliuered to Winchester in the tower.
• * 1.52

  Other articles put to Winche∣ster.
• * 1.53

  The article which touched him, was the first article, prescri∣bing him to subscribe, which article he wi∣sheth here to be put out.
• * 1.54

  Winchester subscribeth to the kinges arti∣cles.
• * 1.55

  Winchesters farewell feast lost in the tow∣er.
• * 1.56

  Winchester still standeth vpon reputation of his innocencye.
• * 1.57

  Your putting to the penne in this matter would not haue made you naught, but your naughtines would not put to your penne.
• * 1.58

  Other ar••••••cles 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.59

  The Bish•••• of Londo•• worde•• of Winchest••••
• * 1.60

  Wynchest•••• refuseth to be deliue••red by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of mercy.
• * 1.61

  Wynchest•••• required a••gayne to subscribe, refuseth.
• * 1.62

  Wynche∣sters shift••••
• * 1.63

  But this an∣swer could not stand i•• Queene Maryes time.
• * 1.64

  Winche∣sters ap∣peale to the king.
• * 1.65

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 wordes 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.66

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.67

  Winchester re∣quireth the sight of the kinges booke of proceedinges▪
• * 1.68

  winchester de∣nyeth to make any direct aun∣swere to the booke vnlesse he were at li∣berty.
• * 1.69

  Winchesters aunswers euer doubtfull.
• * 1.70

  Articles and let∣ters sent to Win∣chester.