¶The ix. examination before the Deane, before whom it pleased God to deliuer her.
* 1.1WHen it was 4. of the clock at afternoone, as ye houre was appointed, & the Deane was set, he asked her: Art thou a foole now as thou wast to day?
Sir, I haue learned but small wisedome since.
Doest thou thynke that I am better learned then thou?* 1.2
Yes sir, that I do.
Thinkest thou that I can do thee good?
Yea sir, and if it please God that ye will.
Then I wyll doe thee good in deede. What doest thou receyue when thou receyuest the Sacrament which Christ left among his Disciples the night before hee was betrayed?
Sir, that that his Disciples did receiue.
What did they receyue?
Sir, that that Christ gaue them, they receyued.
What aunswere is this? Was Christ there pre∣sent?
Sir, he was there present, for he instituted his owne sacrament.
He tooke bread, and he brake it, and gaue it to hys disciples, and sayd: Take, eate, this is my body which shall bee broken for you. When thou receiuest it, doest thou beleeue that thou receiuest his body?
Sir, when I receiue, I beleeue that through faith I do receiue Christ.
Doest thou beleeue that Christ is there?
Sir, I beleeue that he is there to me,* 1.3 and by fayth I do receyue hym.
He also tooke the cup and gaue thanks, and gaue it to his Disciples, and sayd: Drinke ye all hereof. This is the cup of the new Testament in my bloude, which is shed for many for the remission of sinnes. When thou doest receiue it after the institution that Christ ordained among his Disciples, the night before he was betraied, doest thou beleeue that Christ is there?
Sir, by faith I beleeue that he is there, and by fayth I do beleeue that I do receiue hym.
Now thou hast answered me. Remēber that thou sayest, that when thou doest receiue according to the insti∣tution of Christ, thou doest receiue Christ.
Sir, I beleeue Christ not to be absent from his owne sacrament.
How long wilt thou continue in that beliefe?
Sir, as long as I do lyue by the help of God: for it is and hath bene my beliefe.
Wilt thou say this, before my Lord?
Yea sir.
Then I dare deliuer thee. Why, thou Calfe, why wouldst thou not say so to day?
Sir, ye asked me no such question.
Then ye would stande in disputation how manye bodies Christ had.
Sir, in deed that question ye did aske me.
Who shall bee thy Sureties that thou wylte ap∣peare before my Lorde of London and me, vpon Friday nexte?
Sir, I haue no Sureties, nor knowe not where to haue.
Then spake the Deane vnto two women that stoode there, who had earnestly sued for her, saying: women,* 1.4 wil ye be her sureties that she shall appeare before my Lord of London and me, vpon Friday next.
Yea sir, and it please you.
Take heede that I finde you no more a brabler in the Scripture.
Sir, I am no brabler in the Scripture, nor yet any man can burthen me therewith.
Yes, I haue hearde of you well enough what ye are.
Then sayde hee to the two Women: what if a man should touch your conscience, do ye not smell a little of he∣resie also?
No sir.
Yes, a litle of the frying pan, or els wherefore haue ye twaine so earnestly sued for her?
The one woman aunswered, because that her children were lyke to perish, and therefore God put me in mynd to sue for her.
Then sayd the other woman: And I gate her chyld a Nurse, and I am threatened to stande to the keepyng of her chylde, and therfore it standeth me in hand for to sue to haue her out.
Woman, geue thankes vnto these honest women who haue so earnestly sued for thee,* 1.5 and I promise thee so haue I. These great heretikes will receiue nothyng but in spirit and fayth, and so he rose and departed.
Sir, God be praysed, & I thanke you for your good∣nes and theirs also, and so he went away: & vpon the fri∣day next because she was acrased, her two sureties wente thither and were discharged.