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A08486	A famous and godly history contaynyng the lyues a[nd] actes of three renowmed reformers of the Christia[n] Church, Martine Luther, Iohn Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaracion of Martin Luthers faythe before the Emperoure Charles the fyft, and the illustre estates of the empyre of Germanye, with an oration of hys death, all set forth in Latin by Philip Melancthon, Wolfgangus Faber, Capito. Simon Grineus, [and] Oswald Miconus, newly Englished by Henry Bennet Callesian.; Historia de vita et actis Martini Lutheri. English	Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Bennet, Henry, fl. 1561, compiler and trans.; Capito, Wolfgang, 1478-1541. De vita Oecolampadii. aut; Grynäus, Simon, 1493-1541. De J. Oecolampadii obitu. aut; Mykonius, Oswald, 1488-1552. De H. Zuinglii vita et obitu. aut	1561 (1561)	STC 1881; ESTC S120757	69,569	198

accompanied hym through the garden of the Knightes of the Rhodes place to the Earle Palatines palaice and least the people shoulde molest hym that thronged in frequency on the direct way to the Emperous Palaice he was led by secret stayres to y● place where he was appoynted to haue audience Yet many who perceiued the pretence violently rushed in and wer resisted to no purpose many ascended the Galleries because they desyred to be hold Luther Thus standyng before the Emperial Maiestye the Electors Dukes Earles all the Estates of the Empire assembled there He was first aduertised by Vlricke of Pappenhim to keepe silence til such tyme as he was interrogated Thē the Embassadour of the Empire named Iohn Ecke the Byshop of Triers general official wyth a loud and intelligible voice first in Latine then in Dutche according to the Emperours commaundement sayd and proponed this sen●ec● in maner as ensueth or lyke in effect Martin Luther the sacred and inuincible Emperial Maiesty hath enioyned by the consent of al the estates of the holy Empire that thou shouldest be appealed before the throne of hys Maiesty to the end I might ●nterrogate thee of these twoo poyntes Fyrst if thou confessest these bookes h●●e for he shewed a heape of Luthers bookes wrytten in the Latine and Dutche tonges and which are in all places borne intituted wyth thy name be thyne thou doest affirme them to be thyne or no Secondly yf thou wylt recant and reuoke them and all that is contayned in them or rather meanest to stande to that thou hast wrytten Then before Luther prepared to aunswer Maister Ierome Schurffe appoynted Luthers Aduocate exclamed let the titles of the bokes be red Forthwith the Official of Triers named certen of the bokes those principally whych were imprinted at Basile among the whych he nominated his Cōmentaries in the Psalter hys booke of good workes his Commentary vpon the Lordes praier diuers other which were not contencious After this Luther aunswered thus in Latin in Dutche Two thynges are proponed vnto me by the Emperial Maiesty First if I wyl auow for myne al those bookes that beare my name Secondly if I wyl mayntaine or reuoke any thyng that hitherto I haue deuised and published Whervnto I wyll aunswere as briefely as I canne In the first I can do none other thē recognise those bookes to be myne which lastly wer named certaynly I wil neuer recant any clause therof In the secōd to declare if I wil wholy defend or cal backe any thing comprised in them For as much as there is question of faith and the saluacion of the soule and thys concerneth the woord of God whych is the greatest and moste excellent matter that can be in heauen or earth and the whych dulye we oughte euermore to reuerence Thys myght be accompted in me a precipitacion of iudgement and euen so a most daungerons attempt if I would pronounce any thing before I better aduised Considerynge I might recite something lesse then the matter importeth and more then the truth requireth if I dyd not premeditate that that I woulde speake The which twoo thynges would set before myne eyes this sentence of our Lord Iesus Christ where by is sayde Who so euer shall denye me before men I will deny hym before my Father I requyre then for thys cause and humblye beseche the Emperiall Maiestye to graunt me libertye and leasure to deliberate so that I maye satisfye the interrogacion made vnto me wythoute preiudice of the woorde of God and peryll of myne owne soule Whereupon the Princes beganne to deliberate This done the Officiall pronounced what was their resolucion saying All beit Martine Luther thou hast sufficiently vnderstanded by the Emperours commaundement the cause of thy appellacion therfore doest not deserue to haue oportunity geuen thee to determyne Yet ●he Emperiall Maiestye of hys mere clemency ● raūteth the one day to m 〈…〉 for thyne aunswer the whych to morrowe ar thys instaunt houre thou shalt repaire to render before hym co●●tcionally thou doo not exhibite thyne opinion in wrytyng but pronounce the same wyth lyuely voyce This done Luther was led to hys lodging by the Heraulo but herein I maye not be obliuious that in the way going to the Emperour when he was in the assembly of Princes he was exhorted of other to be couragious and manly to demeane himselfe and not to feare them that can kil the body but not the soule but rather to dread hym that is able to sende both bodye and soule to euerlastyng fyre Further he was emboldned wyth thys sentence When thou art before Kynges thynke not what thou shall speake for it shall be geuen thee in that houre The next day after four of the clock the Heraulde came and brought Luther from hys lodgyng to the Emperours Couet where he abode tyi syxe of the clocke for that the Princes wet occupied with graue consultacions a biding there and beyng enuironned wyth a great nomber of people and almost smothered for the preace that was ther. Then after whē the Princes were set and Luther entred the Official begā to speake in this maner Yesterday at this houre Themperial Maiestye assigned thee to be here Martin Luther for that thou hast affirmed those bookes that we named yesterday to be thyne Further to the interrogacion by vs made whether thou wouldest approue all that thou confessest in them or abolishe make boyde any part therof Thou dyddest require tyme of deliberacion whych was graunted is now expired All beit thou oughtest not to haue opportunity graunted to deliberate considering it was notorious vnto thee wherfore we accited thee And as concerning the matter of faith euery mā ought to be so prepared that at all tymes when so euer he shal be required he may geue certen and constant reason thereof and thou the rather so highly learned long tyme exercised in Theology Then go to aunswere euen now to Themperours demaūd whose bounty thou hast proued in geuing thee leysure to perpend Wylt thou now maintayne all thy bookes which thou hast acknowledged or reuoke any part of them or submit and yelde thy selfe The Officiall made thys interrogacion in Latine and in Dutche Martin Luther aunswered in Latine and Dutche in this wise modestly and lowlye and yet not wythout magnanimily and Christian constācy so as hys aduersaries would gladly haue had hym whusted and abased hys courage but yet more earnestlye they desyred hys reuocation and certaine of them perswaded euen so for as muche as he obtayned leysure to deliberate ¶ Hys aunswer was thus E Emperour and my most magnificent Lord and you most excellent Princes and my most clement Lordes I appeare before you here at the houre prescribed vnto me yesterday yelding the obedience that I owe humblye beseechinge for Goodes mercye your most renoumed Maiestye and your Graces and Honours wyll minister vnto me this curtesye to attende thys cause