21 The lawe is turned to wormewood Amos 6. And there caÌ„no ryght iudgement go forth Esaie 59. Iohan Bale Marke here how gracyouslye the lorde kepeth promyse with thys poor seruaâ—nt of hys He that beleueth on me sayth Christ out of hys bellye shall â—owe ryuers of lyuynge water Ioan. 7. Neyther lasheth thys woman out in her extreme troubles language of dispayre nor yet blasphemouse wordes agaynst God with the vnbeleuynge but vttereth the scriptures in wonderfull habundaunce to hys lawde and prayse She rebuketh here the most pestylent vyce of ydolatrye Not by olde narracyons and fables but by the most pare worde of God as ded Daniel Steuen And in the ende she sheweth the stronge stomacke of a most Christen martyr in that she is neyther desyerouse of the deathe neyther yet standeth in feare of the vyoleÌ„ce or extremyte therof What a constancye was thys of a womaÌ„ frayle teÌ„dre yonge and most delycyouslye brought vp But thâ—â— Christes sprete was myghtye in her who bad her be of good chere For though the tyrauntes of thys worlde haue power to slee the bodye yet haue they nopower ouer the sowle Mathei 20. Neyther haue they power in the ende to demynysh one heare of the heade Luce 21. She faynteth not in the myddes of the battayle 1. Cor. 9. But perseuereth stronge and stedefast to the verye ende Math. 10. Not doubtynge but to haue for her faythfull perseuerauÌ„ce the crowne of eternall lyfe Apoc. 2. So merye am I sayth she good creature in the myddes of Newgate as one that is bowne towardes heauen A voyce was thys of a most worthye and valcaunt witnesse in the paynefull kyngedome of pacyence Apoca. 1. She faythfullye reckened of her lorde God that he is not as men are fyckle Numeri 23. But most sure of worde and promyse Psalme 144. And that he wolde most faythfullye kepe couenaunt with her whan tyme shuld come Apoca. 2. She had it most grounded lye planted in her hart that though heauen and earthe ded passe yet coulde not hys wordes and promes passe by vnfulfylled Luc. 21. Ashamed maye these carnall Helchesytesbe whych haue not onlye denyed the veryte of their lorde God but also most shamefullye blasphemed dishonoured both it and themselues for the pleasure of a yeare or ij to dwell styll in thys fleshe They coÌ„sydre not that he with whome they mocke hath power to sende them to helle for their blasphemye Luce 12. They shall nor fynde it a matter lyght for their inconstancye to be â—ometed out of the mouthe of God as vnsauerye morsels Apoca. 3. Neyther shall they proue it a Christmas game to be denyed of Christ before hys heauenlye father and hys angels for denyenge here hys veryte Math. 10. Anne Askewe Oh forgeue vs all our synnes receyue vs gracyouslye As for the workes of our handes we wyll nomore call vpon theÌ„ For it is thu lorde that arte our God Thu shewest euer mercye vnto the fatherlesse Oh if they wolde do thys sayth the lorde I shuld heale theyr sores yea withall my harte wolde I loue them O Ephraim what haue I to do with ydolles anye more Who so is wyse shall vnderstaÌ„de thys And he that is ryghlye enstructed wyll regarde it For the wayes of the lorde are ryghteouse Soch as are godlye wyll walke in them And as for the wycked they wyll stomble at them Osee 14. Iohan Bale All these wordes alleged she out of the last chaptre of Useas the prophete where as he prophecyed the destruccyon of Samaria for the onlye vyce of ydolatrye In the worde of the lorde she declareth her selfe therin to detest and abhorre that vyce aboue all and to repent froÌ„ the hart that she hath at anye tyme worshypped the workes of mennys handes eyther stone wode breade wyne or anye soch lyke for the eternall lyuynge God Consequentlye she confessyth hym to be her onlye God and that she had at that tyme trust in non other els neyther for the remyssyon of her synnes nor yet sowles coÌ„fort at her nede And lyke soch a wone as is vnfaynedlye coÌ„uerted vnto the lorde she axeth of the spirytuall Ephraimytes in hys worde what she hath anye more to do with ydolles or whye they shuld so tyrannouslye enforce her to the worshypynge of them consyderynge that he so ernestlye abhorreth them Fynallye ij sortes of people she reckeneth to be in the worlde and sheweth the dyuerse maner of them The one in the sprete of Christ obeyeth the worde the other in the sprete of errour coÌ„tempneth it And lyke as S Paule doth saye To the one part is it the sauour of lyfe vnto lyfe and to the other the sauour of deathe vnto deathe 2. Corinth 2. Anne Askewe Salomon sayth S. Steuen buylded an howse for the God of Iacob Howbeyt the hyest of all dwelleth not in teÌ„ples made with haÌ„des As sayth the prophete Esa. 66. heaueÌ„ is my seate the earthe is my fote stole What howse wyll ye buylde for me sayth the lorde or what place is it that I shall rest in hath not my hande made all these thynges Acto 7. Woman beleue me sayth Christ to the Samarytane the tyme is at hande that ye shall neyther in thys mountayne nor yet at Hierusalem worshypp the father Ye worshypp ye wote not what but we knowe what we worshypp For saluacyon commeth of the Iewes But the houre coÌ„meth and now is wherin the true worshyppers shall worshypp the father in sprete veryte Ioan. 4. Laboure not sayth Christ for the meate that perysheth but for that endureth into the lyfe euerlastynge whych the soÌ„ne of maÌ„ shall geue yow For hymgod the father hath sealed Ioan. 6. Iohan Bale Here bringe she iii. stronge restymdnyes of the newe testament to confirme her owne Christen beleue therwith and also both to confute and condempne the most execrabyle heresye and false fylthye beleue of the papystes The first of them proueth that the eternall God of heaueÌ„ wyll neyther be wrapped vp in a clowâ—e nor yet shutte vp in a boxe The seconde declareth that in no place of the earthe is he to be sought neyther yet to be worshypped â–ª but within vs in sprete and veryte The thirde of them concludeth that Christ is a feadynge for the sowle and not for the bodye More ouer he is soch a meate as neyther corrupteth mouldeth nor perysheth neyther yet consumeth or wasteth awaye in the bellye Lete not the Romysh popes remnaunt in EnglaÌ„de thynke but in condempnynge the faythe of thys godlye womaâ— they also condempne the veryte of the lorde vnlesse they can discharge these iij. textes of the scripture with other iij. more effectuall As I thynke they shall not nisi ad Calendas Grecas If they allege for their part the saynge of Christ Math. 24. Lo here is Christ or there is Christ. They are confounded
set hym forth in but in soch a shappe onlye as the waffer baker hath ymagyned by hys slendre wytte Gods creatures were they whom the ydolaters toke for their Goddes but thys cake is onlye the bakers creature for he alone made it breade if it be breade And so moch is it a more vnworthye God than the other Farre was it from Christ to teache hys dyscyples to worshypp soch a God eyther yet to haue hymself honoured in soch a symylytude Nothynge is here spoken agaynst the most holye table of the lorde but agaynst that abhomynable ydoll of the prestes whych hath most detestablye blemyshed that most godlye and wholsom communyon A gloryouse witnesse of the lorde ded thys blessyd woman shewe her self in the answere makynge to thys blasphemouse beggerye whaÌ„ she sayd that god was a sprete and no waffer cake wolde be worshipped in sprete and veryte not in superstycyon and iuglynge of the ydoll prestes Godlye was she to denye Christes presence in that execrable ydoll but moch more godlye to geue her lyfe for it Her alleged scriptures proue that God dwelleth not in teÌ„ples but a fowle abhomynacyon in hys stede as is shewed afore In that she feareth not the power of deathe she declareth her self a most constaunt martyr praysynge her lorde God for hys gyft She called to remembraunce the promyses of her lorde Ihesus Christ that they shuld se no deathe whych obserued hys worde Ioan 8. Agayne they that beleued on hym shuld ioyfullye passe through from deathe vnto lyfe Ioan. 5. And vpon these promyses she most stroÌ„gelye trusted She consydered also with Peter that Christ had swallowed vp deathe to make vs the heyres of euerlastynge lyke 1. Petri 3. More ouer that he had ouerthrowne hym whych sumtyme had the rule of deathe Hebre. 2. And also taken awaye the sharpe stynge of the deathe it self â—see 13. Anne Askewe My lettre sent to the lorde Chauncellour The lorde God by whome all creatures haue their beynge blesse yow with the lyght of hys knowlege amen My dutye to â–ª your lordshyppe remeÌ„bred c. It myght please yow to accepte thys my bolde sute as the sute of one whych vpoÌ„ due coÌ„syderacyons is moued to the same and hopeth to obtayne My request to your lordeshypp is only that it may please the same to be ameane for me to the kynges magestie that hys grace maye be certifyed of these fewe lynes whych I haue writteÌ„ coÌ„cernynge my beleue Whych whan it shall be trulye coÌ„ferred with the harde iudgemeÌ„t geueÌ„ me for the same I thynke hys grace shall wele perceyue me to be wayed in an vneuenpayer of balauÌ„ces But I remytt my matter and cause to almyghtye god whych ryghtlye iudgeth all secretes And thus I commende your lordeshypp to the gouernaunce of hym and felyshypp of all sayntes Amen By your handemayde Anne Askewe Iohan Bale In thys byll to the chauncellour apereth it playne all frowarde affeccyoÌ„s sequestred what thys womaÌ„ was She is not here deiected with the desperate for vnryghtouse handelynge mournynge cursynge and sorowynge as they do commoÌ„lye But staÌ„dynge vp stroÌ„gelye in the lorde most gentyllye she obeyeth the powers she blesseth her vexers persuers wysheth them the lyght of Gods necessarye knowlege Luce 6. She consydereth the powers to be ordayned of God Romanorum 13. And though their autoryte be sore abused yet with Christ and hys Apostles she humblye submytteth herself to them thynkynge to suffer vndre them as no yll doer but as Christes true seruaunt 1. Pet. 4. Notwithstandynge she layeth forth here both before chauÌ„cellour kynge the matter wherupon she is condempned to deathe that they accordynge to their bâ—unde dewtye myght more ryghtlye waye it 3. Regum 10. Not that she coâ—â—ted therby to auoyde the deathe but to put them in remembyaunce of their offyce concernynge the swerde whych they ought not vaynelye to mynystre Roma 13. and that they shuld also be without excuse of ignoraunce in the great daye of reckenynge for permittynge soch vyoleÌ„ce to be done Roma 2. In the ende yet to make all sure she commytteth her cause and quarell to God wherin she declareth her onlye hope to be in hym and no man Psalm 145. Anne Askewe My faythe breuelye written to the kynges grace I Anne Askewe of good memorie although God hath geueÌ„ me the breade of aduersyte and the water of trouble yet not so moch as my synnes haue deserued desyre thys to be knowne to your grace That for as moch as I am by the lawe coÌ„deÌ„pned for an euyll doer Here I take heauen and earthe to recorde that I shall dye in my innocencye And accordynge to that I haue sayd first and wyll saye last I vtterlye abhorre and detest all heresyes And as coÌ„cernynge the supper of the lorde I beleue so moch as Christ hath sayd therin whych he confirmed wyth hys most blessyd bloude I beleue also so moch as he wylled me to folowe beleue and so moch as the catholyck churche of hym doth teache For I wyll not forsake the commaundemeÌ„t of hys holye lyppes But loke what God hath charged me with hys mouthe that haue I shutte vp iÌ„ my harte And thus breuelye I ende for lacke of lernynge Anne Askewe Iohan Bale In thys she dyschargeth her self to the worlde agaynst all wrongefull accusacyons iudgemeÌ„tes of heresye what though it be not accepted to that blynde worlde vnto whome the lorde sayd by hysprophete Your thoughtes are not my thoughtes neyther yet are your wayes my wayes But so farre as the heauens are hyer than the earthe so farre do my wayes excede yours my thoughtes yours Esa. 55. Heresye is not to dyssent froÌ„ the churche of Rome in the doctryne of faythe as LaÌ„fraÌ„cus in hys boke de Eucharistia aduersus BerengariuÌ„ Thomas waldeÌ„ in hys worke of sermoÌ„s Ser .21 Dyffyneth it But heresye is a voluntarye dysseÌ„tynge froÌ„ the veryte of the scriptures of God and also a blasphemouse deprauyuge of them for the wretched bellyes sake to maynteyne the pompes of thys worlde Thus is it dyffyned of S. Hierome in coÌ„mâ—ntarâ—â—â— Hiere S. Augustyne and Isidorus a greynge to the same CoÌ„sydre thaÌ„ whether he be the these that sytteth vpoÌ„ the beÌ„che or he that standeth at the barre The popysh clergye that condempneth or the innocent that is condempned Athanasius in hys boke defuga aduersus Arrianos calleth them the heretykes whych seketh to haue the Christen beleuers murthered as ded the seyd Arryanes Thys godlye womau hyr innocencye to clere laboureth not here to an inferyour membre of the realme but to the head therof the kynges owne persone Whome she beleueth to be the hygh mynyster of God the father of the lande and vpholder of the people Sapi. 6. that he myght faythfullye and ryghtlye iudge her cause But who can thynke that euer it
that in doynge their false feates they sytt in Gods stede Thys poynt folowed the bludderynge Byshopp of London here whych for their olde fantasyed superstycyon laboured in thys woman to dysplace the syncere veryte of the lorde But so surelye was she buylded vpon the harde rocke that neyther for enmyte nor fryndeshypp wâ—lde she ones remoue her foâ—e Mathei 7. Neyther anguyshe trouble torment nor fyre coulde separate her from that loue of her lorde God Roma 8. Though she were for hys sake rebuked and vexed and also appoynted as a shepe to be slayne Psal. 43. Yet ded she strongelye through hym ouercome and haue I doubt it not obtayned the crowne of lyfe Apoca. 2. Anne Askewe Then the Byshopp beynge in great dyspleasure with me bycause I made doubtes in my writynge commaunded me to pryson Where I was a whyle But afterwardes by the meanes of fryndes I came out agayne Here is the truthe of that matter And as concernynge the thynge that ye couere most to knowe Resort to the vj. of Iohan be ruled alwayes therby Thus fare ye wele Quoth Anne Askewe Iohan Bale In all the scriptures we reade not that eyther Christ or yet hys Apostles commaunded anye man or woman to pryson for their faythe as thys tyraunt Byshopp ded here But in dede we fynde that Christes holye Apostles were ofttymes cruellye commaunded to pryson of the same spyghtfullye spirytuall generacyon Acto 4. 5. 12. 16. Christ wylled hys true beleuers to loke for non other at their spirytuall handes than enprysonmentes and deathe Mathei 10. Ioan. 16. And therfor sayd Peter vnto hym I am redye to go with the lorde both into pryson and to deathe Luce 22. Paule greatlye complayneth of hys enprysonmentes and scourgynges by them 2. Corinth 11. Dyuerse in the congregacyon of Smyrna were enprysoned by that fearce synagoge of Sathan Apoca. 2. Esaye prophecyenge the condycyons of the spirytuall Antichrist sayth amonge other that he shulde holde men captyue in preson Esaie 14. Ezechiel reporteth that he shuld churlyshlye checke and in cruelte rule Ezechie 34. Zacharye sheweth that he shuld eate vp the fleshe of the fattest Zacharie 11. Daniel declareth that he shuld persecute with swerde and fyre Daniel 11. And saynt Iohan verefyeth that he shuld be all dronke with the bloude of the witnesses of Iesu Apoca. 17. And therfor in these feates hys Byshoppes do but their kyndes Thus endeth the lattre examynacyon The confessyon of her faythe whych Anne Askewe made in Newgate afore she suffered I Anne Askewe of good me morye although my mercyfull father hath geuen me the breade of aduersyte the water of trouble yet not so moch as my synnes hath deserued confesse my selfe here a synner before the trone of hys heauenlye mageste desyerynge hys eternall mercye And for so moch as I am by the lawe vnryghtouslye condeÌ„pned for an euyll doer coÌ„cernynge opynyoÌ„s I take the same most mercyfull God of myn whych hath made hoth heauen and earthe to recorde that I holde no opynyons contrarye to hys most holye worde Iohan Bale What man of sober dyscressyon can iudge thys woman yll indyfferentlye but markynge thys her last confessyon Nor a fewe of most euydent argumentes are therin to proue her the true seruaunt of God Her wyttes were not ones dystracted for all her most tyraÌ„nouse handelynges She was styll of a perfyght memorye accountynge her emprysonmentes reâ—ylynges rackynges and other tormentes but the breade of aduersyte and the water of trouble as ded Dauid afore her Psalm 79. As the louynge chylde of God she receyued them without grudge and thought them deserued on her partye She toke them for hys hande of mercye and gaue most hygh thankes for them She mekelye confessed her selfe in hys syght a synner but not an haynouse heretyke as she was falselye iudged of the world In that matter she toke hym most stronglye to witnesse that though in faythe she were not agreable to the worldes wylde opynyon yet was she not therin contrarye to hys heauenlye truthe She had afore that proued their spretes conferrynge both their iudgementes 1. Ioan. 4. and perceyued them farre vnlyke Esaie 55. Anne Askewe And I trust in my mercyfull lorde whych is the geuer of all grace that he wyll gracyouslye assyst me agaynst all euyll opynyons whych are contrarye to hys blessyd veryte For I take hym to witnesse that I haue do and wyll do vnto my lyues ende vtterlye abhorre them to the vttermost of my power But thys is the heresye whych they report me to holde that after the prest hath spoken the wordes of consecracyon there remayneth breade styll Iohan Bale Consydre without frowarde parcyall or wylfull affeccyon the poyntes herin contayned and than iudge of what harte or conscyence they haue rysen The hope of thys woman was onlye in God Hym she confessed to be of all grace the geuer Alone in hys mercye she trusted She instauntlye desyred hym to defende her from all errours She abhorred all heresyes She detested mennys superstycyouse inuencyons And most firmelye cleaâ—ed to hys eternall worde If these with those that went afore be not frutes of true christyanyte or of a perfyght membre of Gods eleccyon what frutes wyll we demauÌ„de S. Paule fayth No man can confesse that Iesus is the lorde as she hath done here but in the holye Ghost 1. Corinth 12. Dauid also specifyeth that the lordeneuer forsaketh them whych call vpon hys name put their trust in hym Psal. 9. And as touchynge the prestes consecracyoÌ„ whych is soch a charme of inchauntemeÌ„t as maye noâ— be dâ—ne but by an oyled offycer of the popes generacyon she ded godlye to reiect it in that clowâ—ynge kynde For in all the Byble is it not that anye maÌ„ can make of a drye waffer cake a newe sauer a newe redemer a newe Christ or a newe God No though he shuld vtter all the wordes and scriptures therin Anne Askewe But they both saye and also reache it for a necessarye artycle of faythe that after those wordes be ones spoken there remayneth no breade but euen the selfe same bodye that hynge vpon the crosse on good frydaye both fleshe bloude and bone To thys beleue of theirs saye I naye For then were our commen Crede false whych sayth that he sytteth on the ryght hande of God the father almyghtye and from thens shall come to iudge the quyck the dead Loo thys is the heresye that I holde and for it must suffer the deathe Iohan Bale Of Antichrist reade we in the scriptures that he hysoyled Apostles shuld do false myracles Math. 24. 2. Thes. 2. Apoca. 13. We fynde also in the same selfe places that he shuld exalte hymselfe aboue all that is called God or that is worshypped as God Who euer hearde of so great a wondre â–ª that a drye cake myght
become a God to be worshypped A myracle were thys aboue all the myracles that euer were wrought and a worke aboue all the workes that euer were done if it were true as it is most false Though our eternall God created heauen and earthe in the first begynnynge and fourmed all other creatures Gene. 1. Yet reade we not of hym that he made of hys creatures anye newe God to be worshypped In that poynt are our oyled Antichristes afore hym And where as he rested whollye in the seuenth daye from that offyce of creacyon Gene. 2. and neuer toke it vpon hym sens that tyme as testyfyeth Iohan Chrisostome Augustyne Hierome Bedas Alcuinus and all ther other doctors Yet wyll they take vpon theÌ„ to create euerye daye a fresh and whan their olde God stynketh in the boxe remoue hym out of the waye and put a newe in hys rowme yea they can make of breade wkych is but mannys corruptyble creature and ordayned onlye to be eate soch a God as shall stande checke mate with the great God of heauen parauenture deface hym also Oh blasphemouse wretches and theues Be ones ashamed of your abhomynable blyndenesse and submytt your selues to a iust reformacyon Anne Askewe But as touchynge the holye and blessyd supper of the lorde I beleue it to be a most necessarye remembraunce of hys gloryouse sufferynges and deathe More ouer I beleue as moch therin as my eternall onlye redemer Iesus Christ wolde I shuld beleue Fynallye I beleue all those scriptures to be true whom he hath confirmed with hys most precyouse bloude Iohan Bale No godlye instytucyon nor ordynaunce of Christ do thys faythfull woman contempne but reuerentlye submytteth herself therunto in the kynde that he ded leaue them She protesteth here to beleue so moch as can be shewed by the scriptures of both testamentes And what is more to be requyred of a Christen beleuer Onlye ded she in conscyence refuse and abhorre the ydell obseruacyons the paganes superstycyons the sorcerers in chauntmentes and the most parellouse ydolatryes whych the Romysh pope and hys clergye haue added to their Masse for couetousnesse In thys I suppose she remembred the wordes of saynt Paule 1. Corinth 2. My talkynge sayd he and my preachynge was not with persuasyble or entysynge wordes of mannys corrupt wysdome but in vtteraunce of the sprete and of power that your faythe shuld not stande in the wysdome of men but in the power of God For that sayth Christ whych semeth hygh and holye afore men is fylthye abhomynacyon before God Luce 16. Anne Askewe Yea and as S. Paule sayth those scriptures are suffycyent for our lernynge and saluacyoÌ„ that Christ hath lefte here with vs. So that I beleue we nede no vnwritten verytees to rule hys churche with Therfore loke what he hath layed vnto me with hys owne mouthe in hys holye Gospell that haue I with Gods grace closed vp in my harte And my full trust is as Dauid saych that it shall be a lanterne to my fote steppes Psalme 118. Iohan Bale Styll are these frutes of inestymable wholsomnesse declarynge thys womaÌ„ a most perfyght and innocent membre of Iesus Christ. In thys whole processe marke it hardelye she â—â—nneth not for socour to the muddye waters or broken pyttes of the Phylistynes Hieremye 2. Whych are the corrupt doctrynes and tradycyons of men But she seketh to the verye welsprynge of helthe fouÌ„tayne of saluacyon IoaÌ„ 4. All vnwritten verytees left she to those wauerynge wanderers whych wyll eternally perysh with them And in the verytees written appoynted she to iournaye amonge the true Christen beleuers towardes the laÌ„de euerlastynge In all her affayres most fyrmelye she cleaueth to the scriptures of God whych geueth both sprete and lyfe Ioan. 6. As the harte in the forest desyreth the plesaunt water brokes so longed her sowle and was desyerouse of the manyfest glorye of her eternall God Psal. 41. If her porcyon be not in the lande of the lyuynge Psal. 141. Yea if she be not allowed a cytezen with the Sayntes Ephe. 1. And her name regestred in the boke of lyfe Apoca. 20. Yt wyll be harde with manye But certayne and sure I am that with Marye Marthaes systre soch a sure part haue she chosen as wyll not be takeÌ„ awaye from her Luce 10. Anne Askewe There be some do saye that I denye the Eucharystye or sacrament of thankes geuynge But those people do vntrulye report of me For I both saye and beleue it that if it were ordered lyke as Christ instytuted it and left it a most syngular confort it were vnto vs all But as concernynge your Masse as it is now vsed in our dayes I do saye beleue it to be the most abhomynable ydoll that is in the worlde For my God wyll not be eaten with tethe neyther yet dyeth he agayne And vpon these wordes that I haue now spoken wyll I suffer deathe Iohan Bale All the workes of God and ordynaunces of Christ she reuerentlye admytted as grounded matters of Christen beleue But the Romysh popes creatures wolde she in no case allowe to stande vp checke mate with them The Masse whych is in all poyntes of that fylthye Antichristes creacyon toke she for the most execrable ydoll vpon earthe And ryghtlye For non other is the chylde to be reckened than was hys father afore hym â–ª be he man or beast The whelpe of a dog â—e is non other than a dogge whan he cometh â—nestâ— hys age Idolles sayth Sauid are lyâ—e them that maâ—e them â—o are they also whych put their trust in them Psalme 113. An ydâ—ll doth Zacharye call that proude slaughterouse shepehearde Zacharye 11. Who then can denye hys prodygyouse ordynaunces to be the same What other is the worke of an ydolatrouse worker than an exccrable ydoll And loke what propyrrces anye ydoll hath had or feates hath wrought yet sens the worldes begynnynge the popes prodygyouse Masse hath had wrought the same with manye conueyaunces more Of popes â—ath it receyued dysgysynges instrumentes blessynges turnynges and legerdemaynes with manye straunge obseruacyons borowed of the Iewes and paganes â—lde sacryfyces be sydes pardons for delyucraunce of sowles Of monkes haue it gotten a purgatorye after manye straunge apparycyoÌ„s with a longe ladder from thens to scale heauen with It hath obtayned also to be a remedye for all dyseases both in man and beast with innumerable supâ—r stycyons els Of vnyuerfytees and their doctours haue it cawte all the subtyltees and craftye lernynges of the prophane phylosophers to be defended by as is to be seane in the workes of their sentencyoners lyke as I haue shewed in the mysterye of iniquyte fo 33. It serueth all wytches in their wytcherye all foreerers charmers inchaunters dreamers sothsayers necromansers coniures crosse dyggers deuyll raysers myracle doers doggeleches and