Her second examination before Doctour Martin.
WHo sayd to her: Woman, thou art come from beyōd the sea,* 1.1 and hast brought with thee bookes of heresie and treason, and thou must confesse to vs, who translated them, Printed them, and who sent them ouer (for once I knowe thee to be but a messenger:) and in so doynge the Queenes highnesse will be good to thee (for shee hath for∣geuen greater things then this) & thou shalt find as much fauour as is possible.* 1.2 But if thou be stubborne, and wilte not confesse, thou wilt be wondrous euill handled: for we know the truth already, but thus we do, only to see whe∣ther thou wilt be true of thy woord, or no.
Syr, ye haue my confession, and more then that I can not say.
Thou must say more, and shalt say more. Doest thou thinke that we wil be full answeared by this exami∣nation that thou hast made? Thou rebell whoore and trai∣torly heretike,* 1.3 thou dost refuse to sweare vpon the Euan∣gelist before a Iudge, I heare say. Thou shalt be racked inch meale, thou traitourly whoore and hereticke, but thou shalt sweare afore a Iudge before thou goe: yea, and thou shalt be made to confesse how many bookes thou hast sold, and to whom.
Syr I vnderstand not what an oth is, and therfore I will take no suche thing vppon me. And no man hathe boughte any bookes of mee as yet, for those bookes that I had, you Commissioners haue them all.
Thou traitorly whore, we knowe that thou haste sold a number of bookes, yea, and to whom: and how ma∣ny times thou hast beene here, and where thou layest, and euery place that thou hast bene in. Doest thou thinke that thou hast fooles in hand?
No syr, you be too wise for me: for I can not tel howe manye places I haue beene in my selfe: but if I were in Turkey, I should haue meate and drinke and lodging for my money.
Thou rebel whoore, thou hast spoken euil woordes by the Queene,* 1.4 and thou dwellest amongest a sort of trai∣tours and rebelles, that can not geue the Queene a good woorde.
I am not able to accuse any man thereof, nor yet is there any man that can approoue anye such things by me, as ye lay vnto my charge. For I know by Gods woorde, & Gods booke hath taught me what is my duetie to God, and vnto my Queene, and therefore (as I sayd) I am as∣sured that no man liuing vpon the earth, can approoue a∣ny such things by me.
Thou rebell and traitourly whoore, thou shalt be so racked & handled, that thou shalt be an example to all such traitorly whoores and heretikes: And thou shalt be made to sweare by the holye Euangelist, and confesse to whome thou haste solde al and euery of these heretical bookes that thou haste solde: for wee knowe what number thou haste solde, and to whome: but thou shalt be made to confesse it in spite of thy bloud.
Here is my carkas: do with it what ye wil, and more then that ye can not haue. Master Martin, ye can haue no more but my bloude.
Then fared he as though hee had bene starke mad, and sayd: Martin? Why callest thou me Martin?
Sir, I knowe you well enough, for I haue bene be∣fore you ere now. Ye deliuered me once at Westminster.
Where diddest thou dwell then?
I dwelled in the Minories.
I deliuered thee and thy husband bothe: and I thought•• then that thou wouldest haue done otherwyse then thou dost now. For if thou hadst bene before any Bi∣shop in England, and said the woordes that thou didst be∣fore me, thou haddest fried a fagot:* 1.5 and thoughe thou didst not burne then, thou art like to burne or hang now.
Syr, I promised you then, that I woulde neuer be fed with an vnknowen tongue, & no more I will not yet.
I shall feede thee well enoughe. Thou shalte be fedde with that (I warrant thee) which shall be finally to thine ease.
Doe what God shall suffer you to doe: for more yee shall not. And then he arose, and so departed, and went to the keepers house, and sayd to the wife: Whom haste thou suffered to come to this vile traitourly whoore and here∣tike to speake wyth her? Then sayde the keepers wife, as God receiue my soule, here came neither mā, woman, nor childe to aske for her.
If any man, woman, or childe come to aske for her,* 1.6 I charge thee in paine of death, that they be layed fast, and geue her one day bread, and an other day water.
If ye take away my meat, I trust that God wil take away my hunger: and so he departed, and sayde, that was too good for her: and then was shee shutte vppe vnder two lockes in the Clincke, where shee was before.