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A68555	An epistle of the persecution of Catholickes in Englande Translated ovvt of frenche into Englishe and conferred vvithe the Latyne copie. by G.T. To whiche there is added an epistle by the translator to the right honorable lordes of her maiesties preeuie councell towchynge the same matter.	Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.; Briant, Alexander, 1553-1581.	1582 (1582)	STC 19406; ESTC S117527	81,669	186

affirmed that they often had and amongest many named one of some accompt there present as it vvas crediblie told me vvhich had offered the same to hym vvith terrible threates not onelie of deathe but allso of renting of his nayles from his fyngars vvith pynnes yf he yeelded not thervnto Again their ioyfull acceptation of Iudgement and thankes geuing to God for the same vvith their seuerall and moste vehement protestation there made at the barre after their condemnation doeth declare sufficientlie the clearenesse of their cōsciēces For then and there Maister Campian protested before God and his angells heauen and earthe the vvorld and that Iudgement Seate there present vvhiche as he trulie sayde vvas but a litle figure of the moste dredefull Iudgemēt seat of God before vvhich he to his greate ioye expected shortlie to be presented he protested I say vpon eternall perdition of his Soule that he vvas moste innocēt guiltlesse and vnvvitting of all and singular the matters in that inditement alleiged and of euerie part and parcell thereof Maister Shervvyn protested vvith like vehemencie that yf euer his heade did imagin or his hart cōceiued or his tongue vttered or his hand attēpted any thing against his soueraigne ladie Quene Elizabeth or against any of her honorable Councell or against the common vvealthe or realme of England he renounced there his portion in heauen and desired God as a iust Iudge to dāne hym bothe in bodie and sovvle to the eternall darknesse and torments of hell fire And vvhen he had done he cried oute O happie and blessed day that euer he vvas borne The like dyd the rest vvhich vvere condemned vvith hym forgeuing openlie their false accusars there present and prayeing to God for them Novv lett anie man shevv to me that euer traitour dyed so or that a guiltie conscience dothe yelde suche cōfidence vvhen they knevv novv that there vvas no vvaye vvith them but deathe VVell God be blessed for them and surelie his holye name hathe bene greatlie glorifyed by them VVhat straunge torments and other extremyties they haue suffred before they came to die he alone knovveth and vve heare onlie of some part thereof for vve see they vvere not men to complain of euery thing done to them but vvere content to put it vp in secret vvith hope to receiue theire revvarde at his hand Yet yf vve had not heard of their seuerall often rackings maister Campian his cōming to the barre vvith his handes folden in lynnen clothe and vvith that feblenesse as he vvas neyther able to pluck of his ovvne mytton of freése nor lyft a cupp of drink to his mouthe vvithoute helpe may vvell shevv hovv he had bene handled Oure sorde shevv his tourmentours more mercie at the day of his Iudgement than they haue shevved hym Hovv mans nature had bene able to beare ovvte so great rigour extremities as they haue passed except Gods holie grace had bene plētifull vnto them I doe not see And that oure lorde dyd concurr vvith extraordinarie comfort in their torments it may appeare in this epistle goinge before of Maister Briant vvhom Maister Norton the Rackem aister yf he be not misreported vaunted in the court to haue pulled one good foote longer than euer God made hym and yet in the myddes of all he semed to care nothing and therfore ovvte of dovvbt sayth he he had a deuill vvithein hym But vvhether it be a more propertie to the deuill to suffer patiently or to torment other men mercyleslie maister Briant and maister Norton shall dispute the matter one day vvhen deuills shall be at hand to beare vvitnesse and the Iudge bothe of deuills and deuelish men shall be at hand to geue sentence In the meane space I beseche God to accept the Innocent bloode of his vertuouse preests for some part of pacification of his vvrathe tovvards vs and tovvards oure persecutors that they hauing the miste of errour taken from their eyes may see the truthe of Christs Catholique religion for professing vvhere of they afflict vs so greuouslie as he seeth to vvhose eyes al iniuries do lye open and to vvhose onelye Iudgement vve leaue oure cause and doeings to be tryed and discerned vvhen it shall seme moste conuenient to his diuine maiestie Amen FINIS Vvhat per secutiō Catholiques suffer The cōparison of this persecution to that in Queene Maryes tyme Matth. 27. Esa. 58. Differēces betvvixt the punished protestantes and Catholiques By Luther ar 28. cont Louā to 2. Vvitten fo 503. also by the Edict of the princes of māsfilde anno 1560. and by others a He holdeth three in apolog confes August cap. de sacra And fovver in editione vl loco cō b So he holdethe in the beginninge and end of his captiuitie of Babilō c So he holdeth in lib. de ca. Babi d So he holdeth expresselie ar 35 cont Louan e in edi vl locorū cō f li 4 c 14 The persons persecuted The cause of persecution The ende of this persecution Polycie by M I hovvlet M D Allen The differēt effectes of heresie and Catholique religion to vvchinge the vveale publique Particuler differences bettvvixt Catholique protestant religion for maintenance continuance of the cōmonvvealthe 1. Restitution Tvvo commodities of restitution 2. Obseruation of vovves Psal. 75. The consequent of keepinge and breakinge of vovves 4 Abstinence from fleshe The publique cōmoditie by abstinēce frō flesh 4 Fastinge The sequel of fastinge 5. Sole lyfe of cleargye men 6 Raysinge of rentes In the bulle de caena domini solemlye recited by the pope euerye yere on mādy thursdaye in the tytle de pedagiis nou is non imponendis 7 Deuorcementes Math. 19. 3. 6. 7. 8. 8 Of obedience to magistrates Ro 13. Caluin l. 4. insti c. 10. num 5. This is also the cause vvhye the prince is so infinitely at this day deceaued in hercustome of matchādise by all marchantes report a Dangerous sequel Of synne concupiscence Iaco. 1. 15. Caluin in antid concil Tri. Augu. li. 2. cont Iuliā li. 1. de peccat merit c. vlt. 10. The revvard of good and euill and paynes for synne in this lyfe Contritiō Confession Satisfactiō Purgatorie 11 VVorkes Freevvill predestination Eccl. 15 Luc 13. Apoc. 3. Math. 5. 10. 12. Heb. 13. 12. Priuate confession Vtilities of confession an obiectiō preuented So D●ffulke hathe aunsvvered M. hovvlets reasons of refusall Grauntinge the reasōs as they lye but yet quarelinge at some matter of controuersie in the reason The kinge of Bungo in Iapan beinge a heathen hathe permitted protected the catholique religion in his countries thes 28. yeres onlye for the commoditie he fee lethe his common vveal the to receaue thereof in cp Indic the like dothe the greate Turcke and other Princes of Mahometes secte at this daye The procedinge of ministers vvithe vs. Such vvas the disputation in the tovver vvith M. campian others vvher men vvere prohibited vvith billes tipstaues to enter And

againste anie sort of malefactors howe vngratiouse naughtie so euer they be For when these by order o flawe are to suffer the same kynde of deathe they fynde suche fauoure as either they are by compassion and pitie of oure aduersaries full deade before they be cut downe from the galowes or in dede the execution is so handled according to the prescript rule of the lawe as they are suffered to hang till they be halfe deade at the least to dull the sense and felyng of payns in the torments foloweinge But farre otherwise it is in the case of Catholiques For they are no soner hāged than the hangman enforceth hym selfe in a furiouse maner of haste to cut the haulter in sunder whiles thei are yet aliue and alyue lyke yea and of perfect sense and felyng he bringeth them to the other torments and this oftentime he doeth so readilie and with such dexteritie and nimblenesse as not onlie their senses for moste parte are perfect but they speake allso distinctlie and plainlie after their bowells be digged vp yea and whiles the bouchars fyngars are scratchinge at their verie harts and intrailes And yet this bloodie sight woorketh no compassion in the harts of oure aduersaries but they deride and skorne the sorie poore wights yea and spitefullie raile against them euen whiles they are yet in dyeing and specially yf anie being ouercome with payne doe grone or happen whiche is verie rare to make anie lamentable noyse For thus a certein preacher of theirs and not a mean one in a printed booke doeth collect conclude that oure verie Martyres are not Martyres because forsuthe saith he one of them cried oute in his torments and that I may vse his owne woords dyd yell and hovvle like a hell hovvnde O goodlie sentence well besemyng suche a preacher O new fownde charitie of a new fownd gospell what euer hacker or ruffian wolde haue vttered such a woorde withoute blushing what euer cutthrote hathe shewed so sauuage and barbarouse a mynde But trulie these felowes seme to degenerate cleane from all sense felyng of humane nature and to be quite transformed in to I can not tell what vnnaturall wildenesse vtterlie forgetfull of that sentence Iudgement vvithoute mercie to hym vvhich hathe not shevved mercie And speciallye of this sayeing A hard hart shall fele sorovve in the last day This appeareth not onlye by these examples whiche I haue allredy put downe but by infinite other allso whiche now I may not prosecute leste I should be longer than an epistle may suffer Yet I will note vnto yow some suche things by way of example as may make the matter moste cleare and euident A certein yong gentleman of an auncient and right woorshipfull familie was accused for hearing of a masse celebrated as it was reported at the mariage of his sister VVhere vppon he fled from his fathers house and kept hym selfe secret in London the yere last past And there by reason of his trauaile in flyeing awaye and as I think through the intemperature of the sōmer he fell in to a greuouse feuer The aduersaries hearing hereof doe runne vnto him by and by and in all haste will nedes pull hym oute of the house and throwe hym in to prison euen as he then was feble faynt and greuouslye sicke This semed to the beholders thereof to be a maner of dealing bothe churlishe detestable They pray they intreate they make intercession they vse all the means they can to moue the aduersarie to haue consideration of the sick not to heape sorow vpon sorow nor affliction vppon an extremely afflicted man not to take away the lyfe of so comelie a yong gentleman they proffer as sufficient assurance for his forth coming as his aduersaries wolde demaund and to vnder take for his appearance before the iustices immediatlie vpon the recouerie of his healthe but it will not be accepted The phisitions come they affirm for certein that he is vtterlie vndone and castē away yf he shoulde be remoued forthe of that place in to the inconueniēces of a prison All this is nothinge regarded they layd hands on the sickeman haled hym away shut hym vp in prisō with in two days next after he dyed they burie hym and make no bones of the matter nor scruple or anie regarde at all Euen so yt feel oute against a right woorshipfull and valyant gentleman one for a peculiar honor in the Armurie whiche he dyd beare verie famouse and sonne in law to the right honorable Erle of lincolne This gentleman had bene troubled many yeres with a vehement palsey suche a resolutiō of his sinewes as he was not hable to goe forth of his owne house or moue a foote oute of his place but as he was lyfted or holden vp by the hands or armes of his seruants At the last vpon an informatiō touching the Catholique Religion preferred against hym to the superintendent of that prouince for by that terme wolde they be named whiche now detein the possessiōs of auncient byshopriks he was noted appeached as suspected to holde the faithe of his aunceters and thereupon he was summoned to appeare before the cōmissioners as euidentlie giltie of Catholicisme or Catholicque Religion which they in contempt call papistrie But this palsey sickeman appeared not Neuerthelesse he made his owne excuse verie aduisedlie by letters Yet is it not accepted for the superintendent hym selfe cometh with all spede to the diseased mans house throwghlie veweth with his owne eyes the impotencie of the gentleman but no motion of cōpassion entereth in to this snperintendents breeste he cōmaundeth hym to be caried to the Iaile VVhat nede manie woords Nether the age of that man nor his degree in callinge nor the woorshipp of his kynred nor the noblenesse of his affinitie nor the resolution of his limbs coulde delyuer hym from the present trouble and mischefe of imprisonment VVhat folowed by these inconueniences in verie short space after he dieth And yet they leaue hym not when he is dyeing yea then they vexe and afflict hym more For they come when he is extreme sick they come whiles he is wrestling with the pangs of deathe they come as he is passing oute of this lyse they come whiles he is yeelding vp the Ghoost then they trouble hym thē they doe not suffer hym to rest nor permit hym to die in suche sorte as he desired to die for his desire was to die according to the custome of the vniuersall christian churche but then the ministers flocke aboute hym thē they intrude them selues vpon hym then they vrge him to praye such sorie prayers of their owne making as in healthe he cōtemned in sicknesse with open voice he reiected and nowe dum halfe deade by his countenaunce by signes tokens by gesture of his bodie he dyd vtterlie detest and abhorre VVhat greater vncourtesie or crueltie rather can be imagined than this But here I may not passe ouer