Offend the heavenly Majesty, Rob God of his Honour, and Poi∣son the whole World with his Abominable Blasphemies, making them do Homage to Stocks and Stones, and that filthy Sacrament, which is nothing else but a foolish Idol; when they heard these words, one Hugh Griffen a Welch-man, and Student of the Colledge, caused him to be put in the Inquisition; what he answered there to their Ex∣aminations is not recorded, but after some dayes he was set at Liber∣ty again.
And one day going in the Street he met a Priest carrying the Sacra∣ment, which so offended his Conscience to see the People crouch and bow d••wn to it, that he catched at it to have thrown it down, but missing of his purpose, and it being judged by the People that he did catch at the holiness (that (they say) cometh from the Sacrament) upon meer devotion he was let pass and nothing said to him; a few dayes after he came to the place called Saint Peters Church, where di∣vers being hearing Mass, and the Priest at the Elevation, without shew∣ing any reverence he stept amongst the People to the Altar, and threw down the Chalice with the Wine, striving likewise to pull the Cake out of the Priests hands, for which divers rose up and beat him with their fists, and one drew his Rapyer, and would have slain him; and away he was carried to Prison, where he was Examined, wherefore he had committed so hainous an offence; he answered, that he came purposely for that intent to rebuke the Popes Wickedness, and their Idolary; upon this he was condemned to be burnt, which Sentence (he said) he was right willing to suffer, and the rather, because the sum of his offence pertained to the Glory of God; during the time he remained in Prison, sundry English-men came to him, wishing him to be sorry for what he had done, and to recant of his Damnable Opi∣nion; but all the means they used were in vain; he confuted their dealings by divers places of Scripture, and willed them to be sorry for their Wickedness, while God did permit them time, else they were in danger of Everlasting Damnation; these words made the English∣men depart, for they could not abide to hear them: Within a while after he was set upon an Ass, without any Sadle, being from the midle upward naked, having some English-Priests with him to talk with him; but he regarded them not, but spake to the people in as good Lan∣guage as he could, and told them, they were in a wrong way, and therefore wished them to have regard to the saving of their Souls. All the way as he went, there were four that did nothing else but thrust at his body with burning torches, whereat he never moved nor shrunk one jot, but with a cheerful Countenance laboured to per∣swade the People to good; at which the People not a little wondered; thus he continued almost the space of half a mile until he came to the Place of Execution, which was before the Mass-house, called Saint Peters; where they had made a device, not to make a Fire about him, but to burn his legs first, which they did, at which he was no whit dismayed, but suffered all cheerfully, at which the People much admired. Then they offered him a Cross to embrace, in token that he died a Christian, but he put it away with his hand, calling them