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				 <title>The first examinacyon of Anne Askewe, latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the Romysh popes vpholders, with the elucydacyon of Iohan Bale</title>
				by
				<author><persName ref="#AnAsk"><forename>Anne</forename><surname>Askew</surname></persName></author> &#xe2;&#x80;&#x98;Imprented at Marpurg in the lande of Hessen&#xe2;&#x80;&#x99; (False Imprint)
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				<date when="1546">1546</date>
				  edited with preface and commentary by
			    <editor ref="#JB" role="commentator">John Bale</editor>. This is a transcription of the copy in the British Library as digitised in EEBO <ref type="url">http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home</ref>. The Short Title Catalogue number for this edition is STC (2nd edition)848.
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			            <title>The Examinations of Anne Askew</title>
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			            <pubPlace>Oxford</pubPlace>
			            <publisher>Oxfird University Press</publisher>
			            <date when="1996">1996</date>
			            <editor><persName xml:id="EB"><forename>Elaine</forename>Beilin<surname></surname></persName></editor>
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       <hi rend="bold">The first examinacy&#45;</hi>
        <lb/>on of Anne A&#383;kew, latelye mar
         <lb/>tyred in <placeName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield,_London" xml:id="sfld">Smythfelde</placeName>, by the Ro&#45;
         <lb/>my&#383;sh popes vpholders, with
         <lb/>the Elucydacyon of
         <lb/><persName ref="#JB">Johan Bale.</persName>
         <figure><figDesc>Woodcut of a female figure, right hand holding a Bible, left hand a flail, standing upon a serpent with a tiara of the Roman papacy on its head </figDesc></figure>
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            <q rend="right vertical">Anne A&#383;kewe &#383;tode fa&#383;t <supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" cert="high">by thys veryte of
        <lb/>God to the ende.</supplied></q>
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                 Fauore <supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" cert="high">is di&#383;ceytfull/and bewtye is a vay</supplied>
                 <lb/>ne thyn<supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" cert="high">ge. But a woman that feareth the</supplied>
                 <lb/>lorde/i<supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" cert="high">s worthye to be pray&#383;ed. She ope&#45;</supplied>
                 <lb/>neth he<supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" cert="high">r mouthe to wy&#383;dome/ and in her lan</supplied>
                 <lb/>guage <supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" cert="high">is the lawe of grace.</supplied>                 
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             <bibl><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" cert="high">Prouerb. <num type="roman" value="031">xxxj.</num></supplied></bibl>
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                <bibl rend="left vertical">P&#383;alme 116.</bibl>
                <q rend="left vertical">The veryte of the lorde endureth for euer.</q>
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		 <div type="Introduction" n="1">
				<pb n="1"/>
				<fw type="pageNum" place="top-right">2</fw>
				<lb n="1"/><head rend='bold'>Johan Bale to the
					<lb n="2"/>Christen readers.</head>
				<p><lb n="3"/><hi rend="decoratedCapital">A</hi>Monge other mo&#383;t &#383;yn
				<lb n="4"/>gular offyces &#40;dylygent
				<lb n="5"/>reader&#41; whych the lorde
				<lb n="6"/>hath appoynted to be
				<lb n="7"/>done in the erne&#383;t sprete
				<lb n="8"/>of <persName ref= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah" xml:id="Elijah">Helyas</persName>, by the forer<abbr>&#245;</abbr>
				<lb n="9"/>ners of hys lattre aperaunce, thys is one
				<lb n="10"/>verye &#383;pecyall to be noted. They &#383;hall
				<lb n="11"/>turne the hartes of their auncy<abbr>&#7869;</abbr>t elders
				<lb n="12"/>into the chyldr<abbr>&#7869;</abbr>. <ref>Mala. 4.</ref> And the vnbe
				<lb n="13"/>leuers of their tyme, to the wy&#383;dome of
				<lb n="14"/>those ryghtou&#383;e fathers, as ded <persName xml:id="JBap" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist">Johan
				<lb n="15"/>Bapty&#383;t</persName> afore hys first c<abbr>&#245;</abbr>mynge, <ref>Luce 1.</ref>
				<lb n="16"/>That is &#40;sayth <persName xml:id="Bede" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede">Bedas</persName> <bibl>ca. 68. de temp&#45; <note resp="#JB" place="right"><persName ref="#Bede">Bede</persName>s prophecy</note>
				<lb n="17"/>orum ratione&#41;</bibl> the faythe and feruent zele
				<lb n="18"/>of the prophetes and Apostles &#383;hall they
				<lb n="19"/>plant in their hartes, whych &#383;hall in tho
				<lb n="20"/>&#383;e dayes lyue and be amonge men conuer
				<lb n="21"/>&#383;aunt, <abbr>&amp;</abbr> than wyll breake fourth &#40;sayth
				<lb n="22"/>he as a verye true prophete&#41; &#383;oche horry&#45;
				<lb n="23"/>ble persecucyon, as wyll fir&#383;t of all take
				<lb n="24"/>from the worlde, tho&#383;e myghtye <name ref="#Elijah">helia&#45;</name>
				<lb n="25"/>&#383;es by tryumphaunt martyrdome, to the
				<lb n="26"/>terryfyenge of other in the &#383;ame fayth,
				    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="sig" place="bot-centre">&#10016; ij</fw>
				                        <fw type="catch" place="bot-right">of</fw>
							<pb n="2"/>
						 <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="head" place="top-centre">The Preface of her</fw>
					<lb n="28"/>of whom &#383;ome &#383;hall becom through that <note resp="#JB" place="left">2 &#383;ortes.</note>
				<lb n="29"/>occa&#383;yon, most gloryou&#383;e martyrs vnto
				<lb n="30"/>Chri&#383;t al&#383;o, <abbr>&amp;</abbr> &#383;ome verye wycked  Apo&#383;ta
				<lb n="31"/>taes for&#383;akynge hys lyuelye doctryne. For
				<lb n="32"/>by the &#383;eyd <persName ref="#Bede">Bedas</persName> testymonye in the be&#45;
				<lb n="33"/>gynnynge of the &#383;ame chaptre, two mo&#383;t
				<lb n="34"/>certayne &#383;ygnes &#383;hall we <abbr>th&#227;</abbr> haue that
				<lb n="35"/>the lattre iudgement daye is at hande.
				<lb n="36"/>The returne of I&#383;raels remnaunt vnto
				<lb n="37"/>their lorde God, and the horryble per&#383;e&#45;<note resp="#JB" place="left">2 &#383;ygnes.</note>
				<lb n="38"/>cucyon of Antichri&#383;t.</p>
				<p><lb n="39"/>Conferre with thys treated &#383;cripture
				<lb n="40"/>and former prophecye of that vertuou&#383;e
				<lb n="41"/>man <persName ref="#Bede">Bedas</persName>, the worldes alteracyon
				<lb n="42"/>now, with the terryble turmoylynges of
				<lb n="43"/>our tyme. And as in a mo&#383;t clere myr&#45;
				<lb n="44"/>rour, ye &#383;hall wele perceyue them at thys
				<lb n="45"/>pre&#383;ent, to be in mo&#383;t quyck workynge. <note resp="#JB" place="left"><orgName type="ethnonym" xml:id="Isr" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites">I&#383;raely&#45;<lb/>tes.</orgName></note>
				<lb n="46"/>And as concernynge the <orgName type="ethnonym" ref="#Isr">I&#383;raelytes</orgName> or
				<lb n="47"/><orgName type="ethnonym" xml:id="Jew" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews">Jewes,</orgName> I haue both &#383;eane and know&#45;
				<lb n="48"/>ne of them in <country>Germanye</country>, mo&#383;t faith&#45;
				<lb n="49"/>full Chri&#383;ten beleuers. Neyther is it
				<lb n="50"/>in the prophecye <ref>&#40;Osee 3.</ref>&#41; that they
				<lb n="51"/>&#383;huld at that daye be all conuerted,
				<lb n="52"/>no more than they were at <persName ref="#JBap">Johan Bap&#45;
				<lb n="53"/>ty&#383;te</persName>s preachynge, <ref>Luce 1.</ref>. For as <persName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah" xml:id="Isa">E&#383;aye</persName>
				<lb n="54"/>reporteth, though the po&#383;teryte of Ja&#45;
				<lb n="55"/>cob be as the &#383;ee &#383;ande &#40;innumerable&#41;
				    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="catch" place="bot-right">yet</fw>
							<pb n="3"/>
				    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="head" place="top-centre">fir&#383;t examynacyon.</fw>
										<fw type="pageNum" place="top-right">3</fw>
				<lb n="56"/>yet &#383;hall but a remnaunt of them con&#45;
				<lb n="57"/>uert than vnto their lorde God. <ref>Esaie
				<lb n="58"/>10.</ref> And though the Lorde hath &#383;yfted
				<lb n="59"/>that how&#383;e of I&#383;rael &#40;as brou&#383;ed corne
				<lb n="60"/>in a &#383;yffe&#41; amonge all other nacyons,
				<lb n="61"/><ref>Amos 9</ref>. Yet &#383;hall not that remnaunt of
				<lb n="62"/>theirs pery&#383;h, but at that daye be &#383;a&#45;
				<lb n="63"/>ued, through the onlye eleccyon of <note resp="#JB" place="right">preachers</note>
				<lb n="64"/>grace, <ref>Romano. 11</ref>. Now concernyn&#45;
				<lb n="65"/>ge the afore &#383;eyd forer<abbr>&#245;</abbr>ners, in thys mo&#383;t
				<lb n="66"/>wonderfull change of the worlde before
				<lb n="67"/>the lattre ende therof. I thynke within
				<lb n="68"/>thys realme of Englande, besydes o&#45; <note resp="#JB" place="right"><persName xml:id="WT" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyndale">Tyndale.</persName></note>
				<lb n="69"/>ther nacyons abroade, the &#383;prete of <persName ref="#Elijah">He&#45;<note resp="#JB" place="right"><persName xml:id="RB" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barnes_(martyr)">Barnes.</persName></note>
				<lb n="70"/>lyas</persName> was not all a slepe in good <persName ref="WT">Wyl&#45;
				<lb n="71"/>lyam Tyndale</persName>, <persName ref="#RB">Robert Barnes</persName>, <abbr>&amp;</abbr> &#383;oche
				<lb n="72"/>other more, whome Antichri&#383;tes vyo&#45;
				<lb n="73"/>lence hath &#383;ent hens in fyre to heauen,
				<lb n="74"/>as <persName  ref="#Elijah">Helyas</persName> went afore in the fyerye cha&#45;
				<lb n="75"/>rett, <ref>4. Regum 2</ref>.</p>
                <p><lb n="76"/>The&#383;e turned the hartes of the fa&#45;
				<lb n="77"/>thers into the chyldren, &#383;oche tyme as
                <lb n="78"/>they toke from a great nombre of our
                <lb n="79"/>nacyon, by their godlye preachynges
                <lb n="80"/>and writynges, the corrupted beleue of
				<lb n="81"/>the pope <abbr>&amp;</abbr> hys ma&#383;trye workers &#40;whych
				<lb n="82"/>were no fathers, but cruell robbers <abbr>&amp;</abbr> de
				<lb n="83"/>&#383;troyers, <ref><abbr>Jo&#227;</abbr>. 10.</ref>&#41; reducynge th<abbr>&#7869;</abbr> agayn
                    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="sig" place="bot-centre">&#10016; <num type="roman" value="3">iij</num></fw>
							             <fw type="catch" place="bot-right">to the</fw>
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                    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="head" place="top-centre">The Preface of her</fw>
				<lb n="84"/>to the true faythe of <persName  xml:id="Abr"  ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham">Abraham</persName> and <persName xml:id="StP" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter">Pe&#45;
				<lb n="85"/>ter,</persName> <ref>Gene. 15.</ref> and <ref>Math. 16</ref>. The pure
				<lb n="86"/>beleue in Chri&#383;tes birthe and pa&#383;&#383;yon,
				<lb n="87"/> whych <persName xml:id="Adam" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam">Adam</persName> and <persName xml:id="Noah" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah">Noe</persName> &#383;ucked out of the <note resp="#JB" place="left">The fa&#45;<lb/>thers.</note>
				<lb n="88"/>fir&#383;t promes of God, <persName xml:id="Jacb" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob">Jacob</persName> and <persName xml:id="Mos" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses">Mo&#383;es</persName>
				<lb n="89"/>out of the &#383;econde, <persName  xml:id="Dav" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David">Dauid</persName> and the pro&#45;
				<lb n="90"/>Phetes out of the thirde, and &#383;o fourth 
				<lb n="91"/>the Apo&#383;tles and fathers out of the other 
				<lb n="92"/>&#383;criptures, &#383;o firmelye planted they in 
				<lb n="93"/>the con&#383;ciences of manye, that no cruell 
				<lb n="94"/>kynde of deathe coulde auerte <abbr>th&#7869;</abbr> from 
				<lb n="95"/>it. As we have for example their con&#383;ta&#45;
				<lb n="96"/>unt dy&#383;cyples, and now &#383;tronge witne&#383;&#45;
				<lb n="97"/>&#383;es of Je&#383;us Christ, <persName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lascelles" xml:id="JLas">Johan La&#383;&#383;els</persName> and <note resp="#JB" type="left">Martyrs</note> 
				<lb n="98"/><persName  ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName>, with their other. ij. com
				<lb n="99"/>panyons, verye gloryou&#383;e martyrs afore
				<lb n="100"/>God, what though they be not &#383;o afore
				<lb n="101"/>the wronge iudgynge eyes of the worlde
				<lb n="102"/>whom the bloudye remnaunt of Anti&#45;
				<lb n="103"/>chri&#383;t put vnto most cruell deathe in
				<lb n="104"/><placeName ref="#sfld">Smythfelde</placeName> at <placeName>London</placeName>, in the <date when="1546">yeare of
				<lb n="105"/>our lorde, <num type="roman" value="1000"><hi rend="uppercase">M</hi>.</num> <num type="roman" value="500"><hi rend="uppercase">D</hi>.</num> <num type="roman" value="46"><hi rend="uppercase">XLVI</hi>.</num></date> in Julye.</p>
				<lb n="106"/><p>If they be onlye &#40;as was <persName ref="#JBap">Johan Bap&#45;
				<lb n="107"/>ty&#383;t</persName>&#41; great afore the lorde by the holye
				<lb n="108"/>&#383;criptures allowaunce, whych are &#383;tron&#45;
				<lb n="109"/>gelye adourned with the graces of hys
				<lb n="110"/>&#383;prete, as faythe, force, vnder&#383;tandynge,
				<lb n="111"/>wy&#383;dome, pacyence, loue, longe &#383;ufferaun
				    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="catch" place="bot-right">ce and</fw>
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				    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="head" place="top-centre">fir&#383;t examynacyon.</fw>
							            <fw type="pageNum" place="top-right">4</fw>
				<lb n="112"/>ce and &#383;oche lyke. I dare boldelye affer&#45;
				<lb n="113"/>me the&#383;e 4. myghtye witne&#383;&#383;es al&#383;o to be
				<lb n="114"/>the &#383;ame, &#383;o well as the martyrs of the
				<lb n="115"/>prymatyue or Apo&#383;tles churche. For &#383;o <note resp="#JB" place="right">Chri&#383;ten<lb/>martyrs.</note>
				<lb n="116"/>&#383;trongelye had the&#383;e tho&#383;e vertues as
				<lb n="117"/>they, and &#383;o boldelye objected their bo&#45;
				<lb n="118"/>dyes to the deathe for the undefyled
				<lb n="119"/>Chri&#383;ten beleue, agayn&#383;t the malygna<abbr>&#241;</abbr>t
				<lb n="120"/>Synagoge of Sathan, as euer ded they,
				<lb n="121"/>for no tyrannye admyttynge anye create
				<lb n="122"/>or corruptyble &#383;ub&#383;taunce for their eter&#45;<note resp="#JB" place="right">Bread.</note>
				<lb n="123"/>nall lyuynge god. If their blynde babyes
				<lb n="124"/>to proue them vnlyke, do object agayn&#383;t
				<lb n="125"/>me, the myracles &#383;hewed at their dea&#45;
				<lb n="126"/>thes more than at the&#383;e, as that vn&#45;
				<lb n="127"/>faythfull generacyon is euer de&#383;yerou&#383;e
				<lb n="128"/>of wonders <ref>Math. 12</ref>. I wolde but kno&#45;
				<lb n="129"/>we of th&#7869;, what myracles were &#383;hewed
				<lb n="130"/>whan <persName ref="#JBap">Johan Bapty&#383;te</persName>s head was cut of
				<lb n="131"/>in the pre&#383;on? <ref>Marci 6.</ref> and whan <persName  xml:id="AposJam"  ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James,_son_of_Zebedee">Ja&#45;<note>myracles</note>
				<lb n="132"/>mes the Apo&#383;tle</persName> was byheaded at <placeName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem">Hie&#45;
				<lb n="133"/>ru&#383;alem</placeName>? <ref>Acto. 12</ref>. The&#383;e 2. were excel&#45;
				<lb n="134"/>lent afore God, what though they were
				<lb n="135"/>but my&#383;erable wretches, lyght fellawes,
				<lb n="136"/>&#383;edycyou&#383;e heretykes, bu&#383;ye knaues, and
				<lb n="137"/>low&#383;ye beggers in the &#383;yght of noble kyng
				<lb n="138"/><persName  xml:id="HerodA" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Agrippa">Herode</persName> and hys honorable coun&#383;ell of<note resp="#JB" place="right">rochettes</note>
				<lb n="139"/>prelates. For had not rochettes and &#383;yde
				    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="sig" place="bot-centre">&#10016; <num type="roman" value="4">iiij</num></fw>
					                       <fw type="catch" place="bot-right">gownes</fw>
					<pb n="6"/>
				    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="head" place="top-centre">The Preface of her</fw>
				<lb n="140"/>gownes bene at hande, haplye they had
				<lb n="141"/>not &#383;o lyghtlye dyed.</p>
<lb n="142"/><p>If they allege <persName ref= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen" xml:id="StS">Steuen</persName>, to maynteyne
<lb n="143"/>their purpo&#383;e, that he at hys deathe be&#45;
<lb n="144"/><note resp="#JB" place="left"><persName ref="#StS">Steuen.</persName></note>helde heauen open. I a&#383;ke of th&#7869; agayne
<lb n="145"/>what they were whych &#383;e it more than
<lb n="146"/>hys owne per&#383;one? Sure I am that their
<lb n="147"/>wycked predece&#383;&#383;ours there present, &#383;e
<lb n="148"/>it not. For they &#383;topped their eares,
<lb n="149"/>whan he tolde them therof, <ref>Actorum 7.</ref>
<lb n="150"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Leg&#7869;des.</note>If they yet brynge fourth the other hy&#45;
<lb n="151"/>&#383;toryes of Apo&#383;tles and martyrs. I an&#383;&#45;
<lb n="152"/>were them, that all they are of no &#383;oche
<lb n="153"/>autoryte, as the&#383;e here afore. The popes
<lb n="154"/>martyrs in dede, were moche fuller of
<lb n="155"/>myracles than ever were Chri&#383;tes, as
<lb n="156"/>hys&#383;elfe tolde vs they &#383;hulde be &#383;o, <ref>Ma&#45;
<lb n="157"/>thei 24.</ref> Yet wrought <persName ref= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forest" xml:id="JFor">fryre Fore&#383;t,</persName> <persName ref= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fisher" xml:id="JF">Jo&#45;
<lb n="158"/><note resp="#JB" place="left"><persName ref="#JFor">Fore&#383;te.</persName></note>han Fi&#383;her</persName> and <persName ref= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More" xml:id="TM">Thomas More</persName> no myra&#45;
<lb n="159"/><note resp="#JB" place="left"><persName ref="#JF">Fy&#383;her.</persName></note>cles, what though manye be now rege
<lb n="160"/><note resp="#JB" place="left"><persName ref="#TM">More.</persName></note>&#383;tred in their lyues and legendes by the
<lb n="161"/>fryres of Fraunce, ltalye, and Spayne.
<lb n="162"/>Be&#383;ydes that <persName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Cochlaeus" xml:id="JCoch">Johan Cochleus</persName> hath
<lb n="163"/>written of them, <bibl xml:id="JCoch1535">ad Paulum P&#245;tificem</bibl>,
<lb n="164"/><ref target="#JCoch1535">ad regem Henricum</ref>, and al&#383;o in their
<lb n="165"/>defence agayn&#383;t <persName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sampson" xml:id="RSamp">doctor Samp&#383;on</persName>. With
<lb n="166"/>that <persName xml:id="DesE" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderius_Erasmus">Erasmus</persName> ded also ad <persName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_von_Hutten" xml:id="UvH">Huttenum</persName><note resp="#DB" place="foot">This probably refers to Erasmus' letter to Huttenum <ref target="http://erasmus.cyltr.nl//pdf/2707/EOL2707_059.pdf" xml:id="DesE1536" xml:lang="la">'Epistola <num type="roman" value="447">CCCCXLVII.</num>Era&#383;mus Roterod. Vlrico Huteno S.D.'</ref></note>. <persName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Melanchthon" xml:id="PM" resp="#EB">P.
<lb n="167"/><note place="left" resp="#JB">Writers.</note>M.</persName> ad Gasparem Agrippam<note place="foot" resp="#DB">Unidentified</note>, <persName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Pighius" xml:id="AP">Albertus
 <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="catch" place="bot-right">Pighius,</fw>
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<lb n="168"/>Pighius</persName>, <persName ref="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Rivius" xml:id="JR">Rivius</persName>, <persName ref="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Fichard" xml:id="Fic" resp="#DB">Fichardus</persName>, and a great
<lb n="169"/>&#383;ort more. And as for <persName xml:id="ElizB" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Barton" type="epithet">the holye mayde of
<lb n="170"/>kent</persName> with <persName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bocking" xml:id="EBock">Doctor Bockynge</persName>, though they
<lb n="171"/>wrought great wonders by their lyfe,
<lb n="172"/>yet apered non at their deathes. Of hys
<lb n="173"/>owne cho&#383;en martyrs, Chri&#383;t loketh for<note resp="#JB" place="right">Chri&#383;ten<lb/>martyrs,</note>
<lb n="174"/>non other myracle, but that onlye they
<lb n="175"/>per&#383;euer faythfull to the ende, <ref>Math.
<lb n="176"/>10.</ref> And never denye hys veryte afore
<lb n="177"/>men. <ref>Luce 12.</ref> For that worthye vyctorye
<lb n="178"/>of the &#383;ynnefull worlde, &#383;tandeth in the
<lb n="179"/>inuyncyblene&#383;&#383;e of faythe, and not in my
<lb n="180"/>racles and wonders, as tho&#383;e waueryn&#45;
<lb n="181"/>ge wittes &#383;uppo&#383;e, <ref>1. Joan. 5.</ref>
</p>
<p><lb n="182"/>Ryght wonderfullye wyll thys apere
<lb n="183"/>in the ij. myghtye conflyctes here after<note resp="#JB" place="right">Anne A&#383;&#45;<lb/>kewe.</note>
<lb n="184"/>folowynge, whych the faythfull &#383;erua&#45;
<lb n="185"/>unt of Je&#383;u Anne A&#383;kewe, a gentylwo&#45;
<lb n="186"/>man verye yonge, dayntye, and ten&#45;
<lb n="187"/>der, had with that outragynge Syna&#45;
<lb n="188"/>goge, in her ij. examynacyons, about
<lb n="189"/>the xxv. yeare of her age, whom &#383;he
<lb n="190"/>&#383;ent abroade by her owne hande wri&#45;
<lb n="191"/>tynge. The handelynges of her other
<lb n="192"/><num type="roman" value="3">iij.</num> companyons, &#383;hall be &#383;hewed in
<lb n="193"/>other &#383;everall treaty&#383;es at lay&#383;er. For<note resp="#JB" place="right">Goddes<lb/>power.</note>
<lb n="194"/>the glorye and great power of the 
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					<fw type="catch" place="bot-right">lorde,</fw>
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<lb n="195"/>lorde, &#383;o manyfe&#383;tlye aperynge in hys e&#45;
<lb n="196"/>lect ve&#383;&#383;els, maye not now pery&#383;h at all
<lb n="197"/>handes, <abbr>&amp;</abbr> be vnthankefullye neglected
<lb n="198"/>but be &#383;pred the worlde ouer, as wele in
<lb n="199"/>Latyne as Engly&#383;h, to the perpetuall in
<lb n="200"/>famye of &#383;o wyllfullye cruell and &#383;pyght
<lb n="201"/>full tyrauntes. Nothynge at all &#383;hall it
<lb n="202"/>terryfye vs, nor yet in anye poynt lett vs
<lb n="203"/>of our purpo&#383;e, that our bokes are now in
<lb n="204"/>Englande condempned and brent, by
<lb n="205"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Bokes c&#245;<lb/>dempned.</note>the By&#383;hoppes and pre&#383;tes with their
<lb n="206"/>frantyck affynyte, the great Antichri&#383;tes
<lb n="207"/>vpholders, whych seke by all practy&#383;es
<lb n="208"/>po&#383;&#383;yble to turne ouer the kynges mo&#383;t no
<lb n="209"/>ble and godlye enterpry&#383;e. But it wyll
<lb n="210"/>from hens forth occa&#383;yon vs, to &#383;et
<lb n="211"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Latyne.</note>fourth in the Latyne al&#383;o, that afore we
<lb n="212"/>wrote onlye in the Engly&#383;h, and &#383;o make
<lb n="213"/>their &#383;pirytuall wyckedne&#383;&#383;e and trea&#45;
<lb n="214"/>&#383;on knowne moche farther of. What
<lb n="215"/>auayled it <persName ref= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoiakim" xml:id="Jchim">Joakim</persName> to burne <persName ref= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah" xml:id="Jmiah">Hieremyes</persName>
<lb n="216"/>prophecye by the vngracyou&#383;e coun&#383;ell
<lb n="217"/>of hys prelates? <ref>Hiere. 36.</ref> Eyther yet An
<lb n="218"/>tiochus to set fyre on the other &#383;criptu&#45;
<lb n="219"/>res? <ref>1. Macha. 1.</ref></p>
<p><lb n="220"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Good wyll<lb/>be know&#45;<lb/>ne.</note>After the Apo&#383;tles were brought afo
<lb n="221"/>re the coun&#383;ell and &#383;trayghtlye c&#245;maun&#45;
<lb n="222"/>ded to cea&#383;e from preachynge, they prea&#45;
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<lb n="223"/>ched moche more than afore. <ref>Acto. 4.</ref> In
<lb n="224"/>mo&#383;t terryble per&#383;ecucyons of the pryma
<lb n="225"/>tyue churche, were the examynacyons <abbr>&amp;</abbr>
<lb n="226"/>an&#383;wers, tormentes and deathes of the
<lb n="227"/>con&#383;taunt martyrs written, and &#383;ent a
<lb n="228"/>broade all the whole worlde ouer, as
    <lb n="229"/>te&#383;tyfyeth <persName xml:id="EusC" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebius">Eu&#383;ebius Ce&#383;arien&#383;is</persName> in hys
<lb n="230"/><bibl xml:id="EusC400">eccle&#383;ya&#383;tyck hy&#383;torye</bibl>. Their coppyes ha&#45;
<lb n="231"/>bounde yet euerye where. Great &#383;laugh
<lb n="232"/>ter <abbr>&amp;</abbr> burnynge hath bene here in Eng&#45;
<lb n="233"/>lande for <persName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe" xml:id="JW">Johan wycleues</persName> bokes, euer<note resp="#JB" place="right"><persName ref="#JW">Johan<lb/>wycleues</persName><lb/>bokes.</note>
<lb n="234"/>&#383;ens the yeare of our lorde. <date when="1382"><hi rend="uppercase"><num type="roman" value="1000">M.</num> <num type="roman" value="300">CCC.</num>
<lb n="235"/><num type="roman" value="82">LXXXII.</num></hi></date> Yet haue not one of them
<lb n="236"/>throughlye pery&#383;hed. I haue at thys
<lb n="237"/>houre the tytles of a <num type="roman" value="100"><hi rend="uppercase">C.</hi></num> and <num type="roman" value="44"><hi rend="uppercase">XLIIII.</hi></num>
<lb n="238"/>of them, whych are manye more in nom&#45;
<lb n="239"/>bre. For &#383;ome of them vndre one tytle com
<lb n="240"/>prehendeth <num type="roman" value="02">ij.</num> bokes, &#383;ome <num type="roman" value="03">iii.</num> some <num type="roman" value="04">iiii.</num>
<lb n="241"/>Yea, one of them contayneth <num type="roman" value="12">xij.</num> I thyn&#45;
<lb n="242"/>ke not the contrarye, but ere the worlde
<lb n="243"/>be at a full ende, God wyll &#383;o gloryfye<note resp="#JB" place="right">Canony&#383;e</note>
<lb n="244"/>that twentye tymes condempned here&#45;
<lb n="245"/>tyke, execrated, cur&#383;ed, &#383;pytted, and &#383;pat
<lb n="246"/>led at, that all your popy&#383;h writers befo&#45;
<lb n="247"/>re hys tyme and after, wyll be reckened
<lb n="248"/>but vyle &#383;wyneheardes to hym, for the
<lb n="249"/>good fauer he bare to Chri&#383;tes holye
<lb n="250"/>Gospell. A verye madne&#383;&#383;e is it to &#383;tryue 
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="catch" place="bot-right">agayn&#383;t</fw>
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<lb n="251"/>agayn&#383;t God, whan he wyll have the lon
<lb n="252"/>ge hydden inyquytees knowne. As the
<lb n="253"/>godlye wy&#383;e man <persName xml:id="Gam" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamaliel">Gamaliel</persName> &#383;ayd, <ref>Acto.
<lb n="254"/><note resp="#JB" place="left"><persName ref="#Gam">gamaliel</persName></note> 5.</ref> lf thys enterpry&#383;e that is now taken
<lb n="255"/>agayn&#383;t yow, be of God, ye &#383;hall neuer be
<lb n="256"/>able with all your tyrannou&#383;e practy&#383;es
<lb n="257"/>to dy&#383;&#383;olue it.</p>
<p><lb n="258"/>Now concernynge that ble&#383;&#383;ed wo&#45;
<lb n="259"/><note resp="#JB" place="left"><persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;<lb/>kewe.</persName></note>man <persName ref="AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe,</persName> whych latelye &#383;uffe&#45;
<lb n="260"/>red the tyrannye of thys worlde for ryght
<lb n="261"/>wi&#383;ne&#383;&#383;e sake. In <placeName>Lyncolne &#383;hyre</placeName> was
<lb n="262"/>&#383;he borne of a verye auncyent and no&#45;
<lb n="263"/>ble &#383;tocke, <persName xml:id="WAsk" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Askew">Sir Wyllyam A&#383;kewe</persName> a wor&#45;
<lb n="264"/>thye knyght beynge her father. But no
<lb n="265"/>worthyne&#383;&#383;e in the flesh, neyther yet a&#45;
<lb n="266"/>nye worldlye noblene&#383;&#383;e <choice><sic>anayleth</sic><corr resp="#DB" cert="high">auayleth</corr></choice> to god
<lb n="267"/>warde, afore whome is no acceptacyon
<lb n="268"/>of per&#383;one, <ref>Actorum 10.</ref> Onlye is it fay&#45;
<lb n="269"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">True no<lb/>bylyte.</note>the with hys true loue and feare, whych
<lb n="270"/>maketh vs the accept, noble and wor&#45;
<lb n="271"/>thye chyldren vnto God, <ref>Joan. 1.</ref> Wher&#45;
<lb n="272"/>of by hys gyft, &#383;he had wonderfull ha&#45;
<lb n="273"/>bundaunce. Soch a won was &#383;he, as
<lb n="274"/><note resp="#JB" place="left"><persName xml:id="Lyd" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_of_Thyatira">Lydia.</persName></note>was <persName ref="#Lyd">Lydia</persName> the purple &#383;ellar, whose har
<lb n="275"/>te the Lorde opened by the godlye prea
<lb n="276"/>chynge of <persName xml:id="AposP" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle">Paule</persName> at <placeName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyatira">Thyatira,</placeName> <ref>Acto. 16.</ref>
<lb n="277"/>For dylygent hede gaue &#383;he to hys wor
<lb n="278"/>de whan it was ones taught without &#383;u
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<lb n="279"/>per&#383;tycyon, <abbr>&amp;</abbr>wolde no l&#245;gar be a fal&#383;e
<lb n="280"/>wor&#383;hypper or ydolatour after the wyc&#45;
<lb n="281"/>ked &#383;cole of Antichri&#383;t. But became fr&#245;
<lb n="282"/>thensfourth a true wor&#383;hypper, wor&#383;hyp
<lb n="283"/>pyng her Lorde God &#40;whych is a &#383;prete <abbr>&amp;</abbr>
<lb n="284"/>not breade&#41; in &#383;prete <abbr>&amp;</abbr> in veryte, accor&#45;
<lb n="285"/>dynge to that worde of hys, <ref>Joan. 4.</ref> The
<lb n="286"/>Go&#383;pell of Chri&#383;t bare &#383;he in her harte,
<lb n="287"/>as ded the holye mayde <persName xml:id="StCec" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Cecilia">Cecilia,</persName> <abbr>&amp;</abbr> neuer
<lb n="288"/>after cea&#383;ed fr&#245; the &#383;todye therof, nor fr&#245;
<lb n="289"/>godlye c&#245;munycacyon <abbr>&amp;</abbr> prayer, tyll &#383;he
<lb n="290"/>was clerlye by mo&#383;t cruell tormentes, ta
<lb n="291"/>ken from thys wretched worlde.</p>
<p><lb n="292"/>By her do I here &#40;dere fryndes in the
<lb n="293"/>lorde&#41; as ded the faythfull Bretherne in
<lb n="294"/><country>Fraunce,</country> at the eyries of <placeName>Lyons</placeName> and <placeName>Vi&#45;
<lb n="295"/>enna</placeName> by a lyke faythfull yonge wo&#45;
<lb n="296"/>man called <persName xml:id="StB" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blandina">Blandina</persName>. Whych was<note resp="#JB" place="right"><persName ref="StB">Blandina</persName></note>
<lb n="297"/>there put to deathe with. <num type="roman" value="03">iij.</num> myghtye
<lb n="298"/>companyons more amonge other &#40;as thys
<lb n="299"/>was&#41; for her Chri&#383;t&#7869; beleue, about
<lb n="300"/>the yeare of our lorde, <date when="0170"><hi rend="uppercase"><num type="roman" value="100">C.</num> and <num type="roman" value="70">LXX.</num></hi></date> in
<lb n="301"/>the prymatyue &#383;prynge of their Chri&#45;
<lb n="302"/>&#383;tyanyte. They wrote vnto their Bre&#45;
<lb n="303"/>therne in the landes of <placeName>Asia</placeName> and <placeName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygia">Phrygia</placeName>
<lb n="304"/>verye farre of, her myghtye &#383;tronge &#383;uffe
<lb n="305"/>rynges for Chri&#383;tes fayth, whych they kne
<lb n="306"/>we nothynge of afore. I write here vnto 
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="catch" place="bot-right">yow in</fw>
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<lb n="307"/><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="catch phrase">yow</supplied> in Englande the double proce&#383;&#383;e of thys
<lb n="308"/>noble woman, wherof ye are not ignora&#45;
<lb n="309"/>unt, for &#383;o moche as it was there &#383;o ma&#45;
<lb n="310"/><note resp="#JB" place="left"><persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne<lb/>A&#383;kewe.</persName></note>nyfe&#383;tlye done amonge yow. Coupled I
<lb n="311"/>haue the&#383;e <num type="roman" value="2">ij.</num> examples togyther, bycau
<lb n="312"/>&#383;e I fynde them in &#383;o manye poyntes a&#45;
<lb n="313"/>gree. <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName> was yonge and tender.
<lb n="314"/>So was <persName ref="#AnASk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> al&#383;o. But that
<lb n="315"/>whych was frayle of nature in th&#7869; both,
<lb n="316"/>Chri&#383;t made mo&#383;t &#383;tronge by hys grace.
<lb n="317"/><persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName> had <num type="roman" value="3">iij.</num> erne&#383;t companyons in
<lb n="318"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Compa&#45;<lb/>nyons.</note>Chri&#383;t, <persName>Maturus,</persName> <persName>Sanctes,</persName> and <persName>Atta&#45;
<lb n="319"/>lus,</persName> &#383;o feruentlye faythfull as her &#383;elfe.
<lb n="320"/>So had <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> <num type="roman" value="3">iij.</num> <choice><sic>fyre</sic><corr resp="#DB" cert="high">fyne</corr></choice> fellawes,
<lb n="321"/>a gentylman called <persName ref="#JLas">Johan Lassels</persName> her
<lb n="322"/>in&#383;tructour, a pre&#383;te, and a tayler called
<lb n="323"/><persName>Johan Adlam,</persName> men in Chri&#383;tes veryte
<lb n="324"/>vnto the ende mo&#383;t c&#245;&#383;taunt. With  Bl&#227;
<lb n="325"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Rec&#227;ters</note>dina were in pre&#383;on, to the nombre of <num type="roman" value="10">x.</num>
<lb n="326"/>whych <choice><sic>renyed</sic><corr resp="#DB" cert="high">denyed</corr></choice> the truthe and were cle&#45;
<lb n="327"/>relye for&#383;aken of God for it. How manye
<lb n="328"/>fell fr&#245; Chri&#383;t be&#383;ydes <persName xml:id="EC">Crome</persName><note resp="#DB" place="foot">Edward Crome (d. 1562), clergyman and religious controversialist. Although known for his political savvy in negotiating the dangerous waters of the reformist movement, in 1547 he attacked the doctrine of transubstantiation in sermons delivered at St Mary Aldermary and at the Mercer's chapel, St Thomas Acon, preaching that the mass was a commemoration of Christs' death. He was accused of heresy like Askew, seemed to submit but was urged not to by fellow reformers like Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Shaxton. He appeared at Paul's Cross on 27 June to deliver an ambiguous apology. Askew, who had attended his sermons, was burned on 16 July. See <bibl>Susan Wabuda, &#xe2;&#x80;&#x98;Crome, Edward (d. 1562)&#xe2;&#x80;&#x99;, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6749, accessed 22 Jan 2015]. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6749</bibl></note> and <persName xml:id="NSh" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Shaxton">Shax
<lb n="329"/>ton</persName>, whan <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> &#383;tode fa&#383;t by
<lb n="330"/>hym, I am vncerteyne. But I coun&#383;eil
<lb n="331"/>them, as <persName xml:id="StJ" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Apostle">&#383;aynt Johan</persName> coun&#383;elled the
<lb n="332"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Tryed<lb/>Golde.</note><name type="ethnonym">Laodycyanes</name>, in the my&#383;erable e&#383;tate
<lb n="333"/>they are now in, to bye them <choice><sic>throngh</sic><corr resp="#DB" cert="high">through</corr></choice>
<lb n="334"/>tryed golde of Chri&#383;t, lea&#383;t they pery&#383;h
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<lb n="335"/>all togyther, <ref>Apoca. 3.</ref> If they had not
<lb n="336"/>&#383;tyll remayned in that chauncell, who&#45;
<lb n="337"/>me Chri&#383;t commaunded <persName ref="#StJ">Johan</persName> in no
<lb n="338"/>wy&#383;e to mea&#383;ure, <ref>Apoca. 11.</ref> They had<note resp="#JB" place="right">The cha&#45;<lb/>uncell.</note>
<lb n="339"/>neuer &#383;o &#383;hamefullye bla&#383;phemed, lyke
<lb n="340"/>as <persName ref="#Bede">Bedas</persName> al&#383;o toucheth in hys former
<lb n="341"/>prophecye.</p>
<p><lb n="342"/>Prompt was <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName>, and of mo&#383;t
<lb n="343"/>lu&#383;tye corage, in renderynge her lyfe for
<lb n="344"/>the lyberte of her faythe. No le&#383;&#383;e lyue<note resp="#JB" place="right">Corage</note>
<lb n="345"/>lye and quyck was <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> in all
<lb n="346"/>her enpry&#383;onynges and torm&#7869;ntes. Great
<lb n="347"/>was the loue, <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName> had to Chri&#383;t.
<lb n="348"/>No le&#383;&#383;e was the loue of <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe.</persName><note resp="#JB" place="right">Racked</note>
<lb n="349"/><persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName> never faynted in torment. No
<lb n="350"/>more ded <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> in &#383;prete, whan
<lb n="351"/>&#383;he was &#383;o terrybly racked of <persName xml:id="TW" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wriothesley,_1st_Earl_of_Southampton"><surname>Wry&#383;leye</surname>
<lb n="352"/><roleName type="official">the chaunceller</roleName></persName> and <persName xml:id="RR" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich">Ryche</persName>, that the &#383;tryn
<lb n="353"/>ges of her armes and eyes were pery&#383;hed<supplied resp="#DB">.</supplied>
<lb n="354"/><persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName> deryded the cruelte of the ty&#45;
<lb n="355"/>rauntes. So ded <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> the mad
<lb n="356"/>ne&#383;&#383;e of the By&#383;hoppes and their &#383;peche
<lb n="357"/>men. Reade burnynge plates of yron and
<lb n="358"/>of bra&#383;&#383;e had <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName> put to her &#383;ydes. <note resp="#JB" place="right">Burned.</note>
<lb n="359"/>So had <persName ref="AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> the flamynge br&#227;
<lb n="360"/>des of fyre. Full of God and hys veryte
<lb n="361"/>was <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName>. So was <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> 
<lb n="362"/>to the verye ende. Chri&#383;t wonderfullye
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="catch" place="bot-right">tryumphed</fw>
					<pb n="12"/>
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="head" place="top-centre">The Preface of her</fw>
<lb n="363"/>tryumphed in <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName>. So ded he in
<lb n="364"/><persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName>, whan &#383;he made no noy&#383;e
<lb n="365"/>on the racke, and &#383;o erne&#383;tlye afterwar&#45;
<lb n="366"/>de rejoyced in hym. <persName ref="StB">Blandina</persName> was ge&#45;
<lb n="367"/>uen fourth to wylde bea&#383;tes to be deuou&#45;
<lb n="368"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Bea&#383;tes.</note>red. So was <persName ref="#AnASk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> to cruel Bys
<lb n="369"/>hoppes <abbr>&amp;</abbr> prestes, whom Chri&#383;t calleth
<lb n="370"/>rauenynge wolues, deuourers, and the&#45;
<lb n="371"/>ves. <ref>Math. 7.</ref> and <ref>Joan. 10.</ref> <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName>
<lb n="372"/>vpon the &#383;caffolde boldelye reprehen&#45;
<lb n="373"/>ded the pagane pre&#383;tes of their errour.
<lb n="374"/>So ded <persName ref="#AnASk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> whan &#383;he was
<lb n="375"/>fa&#383;t tyed to the &#383;take, with &#383;tomack rebu&#45;
<lb n="376"/>ke that bla&#383;phemou&#383;e apo&#383;tata <persName ref="#NSh">Shaxt&#245;</persName>
<lb n="377"/>with the Byshoppes and pre&#383;tes genera
<lb n="378"/><note resp="#JB" place="left"><persName ref="#NSh">Shaxt&#245;</persName>.</note>cyon, for their manyfe&#383;t mayntenaunce
<lb n="379"/>of ydolatrye.</p>
<p><lb n="380"/><persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName> at the &#383;take shewed a vy&#383;a&#45;
<lb n="381"/>ge vnterryfyed. So ded <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> a
<lb n="382"/>countenaunce &#383;towte, myghtye and er&#45;
<lb n="383"/>ne&#383;t. Infatygable was the &#383;prete of <persName ref="#StB">Blan
<lb n="384"/>dina</persName>. So was the &#383;prete of <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;
<lb n="385"/>kewe</persName>. The loue of Jesus Chri&#383;t, the gyft
<lb n="386"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Graces.</note>of the holye Gho&#383;t, and hope of the crow
<lb n="387"/>ne of martyrdome, greatlye mytygated
<lb n="388"/>the payne in <persName ref="StB">Blandina</persName>. So ded these <num type="roman" value="3">iij.</num>
<lb n="389"/>worthye graces, the terrour of all tor&#45;
<lb n="390"/>mentes in <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName>. The &#383;tronge
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="catch" place="bot-right">&#383;prete</fw>
 <pb n="15"/>
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="head" place="top-centre">fir&#383;t examynacyon.</fw>
							<fw type="pageNum" place="top-right">9</fw>
<lb n="391"/>&#383;prete of Chri&#383;t gaue stomack to <persName ref="#StB">Blandi
<lb n="392"/>na</persName>, both to laugh and daunce. The same
<lb n="393"/>myghtye sprete &#40;<abbr>&amp;</abbr> not the popes de&#383;pera
<lb n="394"/>te &#383;prete&#41; made <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> both to re<note resp="#JB" place="right">Sprete.</note>
<lb n="395"/>ioyce and &#383;ynge in the pre&#383;on. So bolde
<lb n="396"/>was <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName> &#40;sayth <persName ref="#EusC">Eusebius</persName>&#41; that
<lb n="397"/>with a pre&#383;umpcy&#245; of &#383;tomack &#383;he c&#245;mo
<lb n="398"/>ued<note resp="#DB" place="foot">'To move in mind or feeling, stir to emotion, rouse to passion; to excite.'<bibl>OED.</bibl></note> with Chri&#383;t vnseane. I &#383;uppo&#383;e <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne
<lb n="399"/>A&#383;kewes</persName> lattre examynacy&#245;, wyll &#383;hewe
<lb n="400"/>her, nor to do moche le&#383;e. Gentyll was <note resp="#JB" place="right">Hygh &#383;to<lb/>macke.</note>
<lb n="401"/>Bl&#227;dina to the Chri&#383;t&#7869; beleuers, <abbr>&amp;</abbr> terry
<lb n="402"/>ble to their aduer&#383;aryes. So was <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne
<lb n="403"/>A&#383;kewe</persName> verye lowlye to true teachers,
<lb n="404"/>but &#383;cornefull and hygh &#383;tomaked to the
<lb n="405"/>enemyes of truthe. Manye were conuer&#45;
<lb n="406"/>ted by the &#383;ufferaunce of <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName>. A
<lb n="407"/>farre <sic>greatter</sic> nombre by the burnynge
<lb n="408"/>of <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName>. Though <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName> we<note resp="JB" place="right">Mother</note>
<lb n="409"/>re yonge, yet was &#383;he called the mother
<lb n="410"/>of martyrs. Manye men haue &#383;uppo&#383;ed
<lb n="411"/><persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName><sic>.</sic> for her Chri&#383;ten con&#383;tan&#45;
<lb n="412"/>cye to be no le&#383;&#383;e. <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName> prayed for
<lb n="413"/>her per&#383;ecuters. So ded <persName ref="AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName>
<lb n="414"/>mo&#383;t feruentlye. The a&#383;hes of <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName>
<lb n="415"/>and of other martyrs, were throwne in&#45;
<lb n="416"/>to the flood of <geogName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne" type="river" xml:id="rhone">Rhodanus</geogName>. What was
<lb n="417"/>done with the A&#383;hes of <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName> <abbr>&amp;</abbr>
<lb n="418"/>her companyons, I can not yet tell.
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="sig" place="bot-centre">&#1645;</fw>
					<fw type="catch" place="bot-right">All</fw>
					<pb n="9"/>
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="head" place="top-centre">The Preface of her</fw>
<lb n="419"/>All the&#383;e former reportes of <persName ref="#StB">Blandi&#45;
<lb n="420"/>na</persName> and manye more be&#383;ydes, hath <persName ref="#EusC">Eu&#383;e&#45;
<lb n="421"/>bius</persName> in <bibl>Ecclesiastica historia, libro 5.</bibl>
<lb n="422"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Autors</note>cap. 1. 2. <abbr>&amp;</abbr> 3. <persName xml:id="HF" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_of_Fleury">Hugo Floriacensis</persName>, <persName xml:id="HC" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_of_Reichenau">Her&#45;
<lb n="423"/>mannus Contractus</persName>, <persName xml:id="VB" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_of_Beauvais">Vincentius</persName>, <persName xml:id="AnP" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoninus_of_Florence">Anto&#45;
<lb n="424"/>ninus</persName>, <persName xml:id="PN" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_de_Natalibus">Petrus Equilinus</persName>, and other hy&#45;
<lb n="425"/>&#383;toryanes more. And as touchynge <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne
<lb n="426"/>A&#383;kewe</persName>, these <num type="roman" value="02">ij.</num> examynacyons, with
<lb n="427"/>her other knowne handelynges in <country>En&#45;
<lb n="428"/>glande</country>, are wytne&#383;&#383;es for her &#383;uffycyent.
<lb n="429"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Not all<lb/>dead.</note>Thus hath not the fyre taken <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;&#45;
<lb n="430"/>kewe</persName> all whole from the worlde, but left
<lb n="431"/>her here vnto it more pure, perfyght, <abbr>&amp;</abbr>
<lb n="432"/>precyou&#383;e than afore, as it wyll al&#383;o <persName ref="#JLas">Jo&#45;
<lb n="433"/>han Lassels</persName> within &#383;hort &#383;pace. So that
<lb n="434"/>concernynge her, it maye wele be &#383;ayd,
<lb n="435"/>that <persName ref="#AposP">Paule</persName> verefyeth, <ref>2. Cor. 12.</ref> The
<lb n="436"/>&#383;trength of God is here made perfyght
<lb n="437"/><note resp="#JB" place="left">Weake&#45;<lb/>ne&#383;&#383;e.</note>by weakene&#383;&#383;e. Whan &#383;he &#383;emed mo&#383;t fe&#45;
<lb n="438"/>ble, than was &#383;he mo&#383;t stronge. And glad&#45;
<lb n="439"/>lye &#383;he reioyced in that weakene&#383;&#383;e, that
<lb n="440"/>Chri&#383;tes power myght &#383;trongelye dwell
<lb n="441"/>in her. Thus choseth the lorde, the foly&#383;h
<lb n="442"/>of thys worlde to confounde the wy&#383;e, <abbr>&amp;</abbr>
<lb n="443"/>the weake to deface the myghtye. Yea,
<lb n="444"/>thynges de&#383;py&#383;ed <abbr>&amp;</abbr> thought verye vyle,
<lb n="445"/>to brynge thynges vnto nought whych
<lb n="446"/>the worlde hath in mo&#383;t <sic>hyght</sic> reputa&#45;
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="catch" place="bot-right">cyon.</fw>
 <pb n="15"/>
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="head" place="top-centre">fir&#383;t examynacyon.</fw>
							<fw type="pageNum" place="top-right">9</fw>
<lb n="447"/>cy&#245;. I thynke yf thys martyr were ryght
<lb n="448"/>lye conferred, with tho&#383;e canony&#383;ed mar
<lb n="449"/>tyrs, whych haue had, and yet hath styll,
<lb n="450"/>&#383;en&#383;ynges and &#383;yngynges, ma&#383;&#383;ynges <abbr>&amp;</abbr><note resp="#JB" place="right">Martyrs</note>
<lb n="451"/>ryngynges &#297; the popes Engly&#383;h churche,
<lb n="452"/>cau&#383;e with cau&#383;e and rea&#383;on with rea&#45;
<lb n="453"/>&#383;on &#40;as haplye here after they &#383;hall&#41; &#383;he
<lb n="454"/>&#383;huld be a great blemy&#383;h vnto them. An
<lb n="455"/>example of &#383;tronge &#383;ufferaunce myght
<lb n="456"/>thys holye martyr be, vnto all them that<note resp="#JB" place="right">Example</note>
<lb n="457"/>the lorde &#383;hall after lyke maner put fo&#45;
<lb n="458"/>rewarde in thys horryble furye of An
<lb n="459"/>tichri&#383;t, to the glorye of hys per&#45;
<lb n="460"/>&#383;ecuted churche. Amen.</p>
</div>
<div type="contents" n="2">
<lb n="461"/><list type="simple"><head>A table compendyou&#383;e of
<lb n="462"/>thys fir&#383;t boke.</head>
    <lb n="463"/><label><hi rend="dropcap">A</hi>Ge of <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName><supplied reason="imerfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">,</supplied></label><item><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">7</supplied></item>
    <lb n="464"/><label><persName>Al<unclear reason="illegible">ge</unclear>rus</persName> a monke<supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">,</supplied></label> <item><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">28</supplied></item>
    <lb n="465"/><label><unclear reason="illegible"><persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewes</persName> lyfe</unclear><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" cert="high">,</supplied></label><item><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">9</supplied></item>
    <lb n="466"/><label><unclear reason="illegible"><persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewes</persName></unclear><supplied reason="imerfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high"><num type="roman" value="03">iij.</num> companyons,</supplied></label><item><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">7. 10</supplied></item>
    <lb n="467"/><label><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high"><persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe</persName>, not all dead</supplied></label><item><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">13</supplied></item>
    <lb n="468"/><label><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">Antichri&#383;tes workynges,</supplied></label><item><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">47</supplied></item>
    <lb n="469"/><label><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">Antiochus brent scriptures,</supplied></label><item><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">8. 43</supplied></item>
    <lb n="470"/><label><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high"><persName type="official">Archdeacon</persName> of <placeName>London,</placeName></supplied></label><item><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">42</supplied></item>
    <lb n="471"/><label><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high"><persName xml:id="ABos">Arnoldus Bo&#383;tius,</persName></supplied></label><item><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">49</supplied></item>
    <lb n="472"/><label><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">Artycles of the popes fayth,</supplied></label><item><supplied reason="imperfect impression" source="#eb" resp="#DB" cert="high">58. 60</supplied></item>
<pb n="12"/>
<lb n="unnumbered"></lb><fw type="head" rend="hi" place="top-centre">The table.</fw>
<lb n="473"/><label><persName ref="#RB"><hi rend="dropcap">B</hi>Arnes</persName> and <persName ref="#WT">Tyndale,</persName></label><item>pre. 3</item>
<lb n="474"/><label>Bea&#383;tes eate the pre&#383;tes God,</label><item>14</item>
<lb n="475"/><label><persName ref="#Bede">Bedas</persName> prophecye,</label><item>pre. 2. 8</item>
<lb n="476"/><label>Beleue in pre&#383;tes lecherye</label><item>36</item>
<lb n="477"/><label><persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName> with <persName ref="#AnAsk">Anne A&#383;kewe,</persName></label><item>pre. 7. 8. 9</item>
<lb n="478"/><label>Bokes cond&#7869;pned <abbr>&amp;</abbr> brent,</label><item>pre. 5. 22. 43</item>
<lb n="479"/><label>Bokes not yet an&#383;wered,</label><item>42</item>
<lb n="480"/><label>Bokes of <persName ref="#JW">Johan Wycleue</persName>,</label><item>pre. 6</item>
<lb n="481"/><label><persName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Bonner" xml:id="EBon">Bonner</persName> a craftye wolfe,</label><item>18. 29. 42</item>
<lb n="482"/><label><persName ref="#EBon">Bonner</persName> playeth the foxe</label><item>18. 19. 20. 22</item>
<lb n="483"/><label><persName ref="#EBon">Bonner a false surgeon,</persName></label><item>24</item>
<lb n="484"/><label>Boxers of their God,</label><item>26</item>
<lb n="485"/><label>Breade in a boxe</label><item>26</item>
<lb n="486"/><label><persName ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas" xml:id="JCai"><hi rend="dropcap">C</hi>Ayphas</persName> of <placeName>London</placeName>,</label><item>22. 23. 25 .29</item>
<lb n="487"/><label>Catholick, not e&#383;temed,</label><item>38. 39</item>
<lb n="488"/><label><persName type="official">Chauncellour</persName> of <placeName>London</placeName>,</label><item>10. 16. 30</item>
<lb n="489"/><label>Chri&#383;tes dyuynyte,</label><item>9</item>
<lb n="490"/><label>Chri&#383;t judged an heretyke,</label><item>25</item>
<lb n="491"/><label>Compary&#383;on of <persName ref="#StB">Blandina</persName>,</label><item>pre. 7. 8. 9</item>
<lb n="492"/><label>Coun&#383;els for recantynge,</label><item>pre. 7</item>
<lb n="493"/><label><persName ref="#EC">Crome</persName> and <persName ref="#NSh">Shaxton</persName>,</label><item>pre. 7</item>
<lb n="494"/><label><hi rend="dropcap">D</hi>Elayes of delyueraunce,</label><item>40</item>
    <lb n="495"/><label>Doctryne of the &#383;upper,</label><item>4</item>
<lb n="496"/><label>Dogges Rhetoryck,</label><item>32</item>
    <lb n="497"/><label>Dronkenne&#383;&#383;e of pre&#383;tes,</label><item>14</item>
    <lb n="498"/><label>Druydes, are pagane pre&#383;tes,</label><item>7. 30</item>
    <lb n="499"/><label><hi rend="dropcap">E</hi>Atynge dyuer&#383;e,</label><item>4</item>
    <lb n="500"/><label>Engly&#383;h women lerned,</label><item>11</item>
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="catch" place="bot-right">Englande</fw>
					<pb n="13"/>
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="head" rend="hi" place="top-centre">The table.</fw>
<lb n="501"/><label>Englande, all for the pope,</label><item>30</item>
<lb n="502"/><label><persName xml:id="EvL">Eua</persName>, an Ankora&#383;&#383;e,</label><item>26</item>
<lb n="503"/><label>Examynacyons written,</label><item>pre. 5. 6</item>
<lb n="504"/><label><hi rend="dropcap">F</hi>Ayth of the fathers,</label><item>pre. 3</item>
<lb n="505"/><label>Fayth of the pope,</label><item>36</item>
<lb n="506"/><label>Feast of Corpus Chri&#383;ti,</label><item>26</item>
<lb n="507"/><label>Fyre, taketh not all awaye,</label><item>pre. 9</item>
<lb n="508"/><label>Foreronners of Chri&#383;t,</label><item>pre. 2. 3</item>
<lb n="509"/><label>Fryres, for their Ma&#383;&#383;e</label><item>30</item>
<lb n="510"/><label><orgName type="ethnonym"><hi rend="dropcap">G</hi>Ermanes</orgName>, rayled on,</label><item>43</item>
<lb n="511"/><label>God a &#383;prete <abbr>&amp;</abbr> no breade,</label><item>pre<sic>,</sic> 7. 14</item>
<lb n="512"/><label>God falleth <abbr>&amp;</abbr> is eaten,</label><item>14</item>
<lb n="513"/><label>God in the boxe,</label><item>26</item>
<lb n="514"/><label><persName ref="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitmond" xml:id="GA">Guimundus Auer&#383;anus</persName>,</label><item>9</item>
<lb n="515"/><label><hi rend="dropcap">H</hi>Awkynge of By&#383;hoppes,</label><item>20</item>
<lb n="516"/><label><persName ref="#Elijah">Helias</persName> &#383;prete in our age,</label><item>pre. 2. 3</item>
    <lb n="517"/><label><persName>Henrye Spen&#383;er</persName>, warreth,</label><item>29</item>
    <lb n="518"/><label>Here&#383;ye is Chri&#383;tes doctryne,</label><item>25</item>
<lb n="519"/><label><persName ref="#Jmiah">Hieremye</persName>s prophecye brent,</label><item>pre. 5. 22</item>
<lb n="520"/><label><persName>Hilda</persName>, a woman lerned,</label><item>11</item>
<lb n="521"/><label>Hy&#383;toryanes dyuer&#383;e,</label><item>pre. 9</item>
    <lb n="522"/><label>Hypocrytes re&#383;y&#383;ted,</label><item>45. 46</item>
    <lb n="523"/><label>Host, a God of the papy&#383;tes,</label><item>14</item>
    <lb n="524"/><label><persName ref="#AposJam"><hi rend="dropcap">I</hi>Ames the apo&#383;tle</persName>,</label><item>pre. 4</item>
<lb n="526"/><label>Idolaters without wytt,</label><item>14</item>
    <lb n="527"/><label>Ignoraunt magi&#383;trates,</label><item>8</item>
    <lb n="528"/><label>In Gods &#383;tede,</label><item>28</item>
    <lb n="529"/><label><persName ref="#Jchim">Joakim</persName> brent &#383;criptures,</label><item>pre. 5. 22</item>
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="sig" place="bot-centre">&#1645; <num type="roman" value="3">iij</num></fw>
									<fw type="catch" place="bot-right">Johan</fw>
							<pb n="14"/>
    <lb n="unnumbered"/><fw type="head" rend="hi" place="top-centre">The Table.</fw>
    <lb n="530"/><label><persName ref="#JBap">Johan Bapty&#383;t</persName>, great,</label><item>pre. 3. 4</item>
<lb n="531"/><label><persName ref="#JW">Johan wycleue</persName>s bokes,</label><item>pre. 6</item>
    <lb n="532"/><label><persName ref="#JW">Johan wycleve</persName> dy&#383;puteth,</label><item>30</item>
    <lb n="533"/><label><persName ref="#JW">Johan wycleue</persName> and hu&#383;s,</label><item>45</item>
<lb n="534"/><label><persName>Johan frith</persName> offendeth,</label><item>21</item>
    <lb n="535"/><label><persName ref="#JLas">Johan La&#383;&#383;els</persName> martyred</label><item>pre. 3. 7</item>
    <lb n="536"/><label><orgName type="ethnonym" ref="#Isr">I&#383;raelytes</orgName> conuerted,</label><item>pre. 2</item>
    <lb n="537"/><label><persName>Judas</persName> &#383;ent to betraye,</label><item>12. 21<sic>,</sic> 25</item>
<lb n="538"/><label><hi rend="dropcap">K</hi>ynge, to be honoured,</label><item>46</item>
    <lb n="539"/><label>Kynges godlye enterpry&#383;e,</label><item>5. 42</item>
    <lb n="540"/><label>Kynges, in Gods cau&#383;e re&#383;y&#383;ted</label><item>45</item>
<lb n="541"/><label>Kingedom of the pope,</label><item><sic>46. 43</sic></item>
<lb n="542"/><label><hi rend="dropcap">L</hi>Echerye honoured,</label><item>36</item>
    <lb n="543"/><label>Legendes and hy&#383;toryes,</label><item>pre. 4</item>
    <lb n="544"/><label>Lorde&#383;hyppes of the clergye</label><item>33. 35</item>
<lb n="545"/><label><hi rend="dropcap">M</hi>Anne wounded,</label><item>7. 24. 26</item>
    <lb n="546"/><label>Marryage of pre&#383;tes,</label><item>35. 39</item>
<lb n="547"/><label>Martyrs of the pope,</label><item>pre. 4</item>
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The first examinacyon of Anne Askewe, latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the Romysh popes vpholders, with the elucydacyon of Iohan Bale by Anne Askew ‘Imprented at Marpurg in the lande of Hessen’ (False Imprint) Wesel Dirik van der Straten Theodoricus Plateanus 1546 edited with preface and commentary by John Bale. This is a transcription of the copy in the British Library as digitised in EEBO http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home. The Short Title Catalogue number for this edition is STC (2nd edition)848. The Examinations of Anne Askew Anne Askew Oxford Oxfird University Press 1996 ElaineBeilin
The first examinacy- on of Anne Aſkew, latelye mar tyred in Smythfelde, by the Ro- myſsh popes vpholders, with the Elucydacyon of Johan Bale.
Woodcut of a female figure, right hand holding a Bible, left hand a flail, standing upon a serpent with a tiara of the Roman papacy on its head
Anne Aſkewe ſtode faſt by thys veryte of God to the ende. Fauore is diſceytfull/and bewtye is a vay ne thynge. But a woman that feareth the lorde/is worthye to be prayſed. She ope- neth her mouthe to wyſdome/ and in her lan guage is the lawe of grace. Prouerb. xxxj. Pſalme 116. The veryte of the lorde endureth for euer.
2 Johan Bale to the Christen readers.

AMonge other moſt ſyn gular offyces (dylygent reader) whych the lorde hath appoynted to be done in the erneſt sprete of Helyas, by the forerõ ners of hys lattre aperaunce, thys is one verye ſpecyall to be noted. They ſhall turne the hartes of their auncyt elders into the chyldr. Mala. 4. And the vnbe leuers of their tyme, to the wyſdome of those ryghtouſe fathers, as ded Johan Baptyſt afore hys first cõmynge, Luce 1. That is (sayth Bedas ca. 68. de temp- 01 Bedes prophecy orum ratione) the faythe and feruent zele of the prophetes and Apostles ſhall they plant in their hartes, whych ſhall in tho ſe dayes lyue and be amonge men conuer ſaunt, & than wyll breake fourth (sayth he as a verye true prophete) ſoche horry- ble persecucyon, as wyll firſt of all take from the worlde, thoſe myghtye helia- ſes by tryumphaunt martyrdome, to the terryfyenge of other in the ſame fayth, ✠ ij of The Preface of her of whom ſome ſhall becom through that 02 2 ſortes. occaſyon, most gloryouſe martyrs vnto Chriſt alſo, & ſome verye wycked Apoſta taes forſakynge hys lyuelye doctryne. For by the ſeyd Bedas testymonye in the be- gynnynge of the ſame chaptre, two moſt certayne ſygnes ſhall we thã haue that the lattre iudgement daye is at hande. The returne of Iſraels remnaunt vnto their lorde God, and the horryble perſe-03 2 ſygnes. cucyon of Antichriſt.

Conferre with thys treated ſcripture and former prophecye of that vertuouſe man Bedas, the worldes alteracyon now, with the terryble turmoylynges of our tyme. And as in a moſt clere myr- rour, ye ſhall wele perceyue them at thys preſent, to be in moſt quyck workynge. 04 Iſraely-tes. And as concernynge the Iſraelytes or Jewes, I haue both ſeane and know- ne of them in Germanye, moſt faith- full Chriſten beleuers. Neyther is it in the prophecye (Osee 3.) that they ſhuld at that daye be all conuerted, no more than they were at Johan Bap- tyſtes preachynge, Luce 1.. For as Eſaye reporteth, though the poſteryte of Ja- cob be as the ſee ſande (innumerable) yet firſt examynacyon. 3 yet ſhall but a remnaunt of them con- uert than vnto their lorde God. Esaie 10. And though the Lorde hath ſyfted that howſe of Iſrael (as brouſed corne in a ſyffe) amonge all other nacyons, Amos 9. Yet ſhall not that remnaunt of theirs peryſh, but at that daye be ſa- ued, through the onlye eleccyon of 05 preachers grace, Romano. 11. Now concernyn- ge the afore ſeyd forerõners, in thys moſt wonderfull change of the worlde before the lattre ende therof. I thynke within thys realme of Englande, besydes o- 06 Tyndale. ther nacyons abroade, the ſprete of He-07 Barnes. lyas was not all a slepe in good Wyl- lyam Tyndale, Robert Barnes, & ſoche other more, whome Antichriſtes vyo- lence hath ſent hens in fyre to heauen, as Helyas went afore in the fyerye cha- rett, 4. Regum 2.

Theſe turned the hartes of the fa- thers into the chyldren, ſoche tyme as they toke from a great nombre of our nacyon, by their godlye preachynges and writynges, the corrupted beleue of the pope & hys maſtrye workers (whych were no fathers, but cruell robbers & de ſtroyers, Joã. 10.) reducynge th agayn iij to the The Preface of her to the true faythe of Abraham and Pe- ter, Gene. 15. and Math. 16. The pure beleue in Chriſtes birthe and paſſyon, whych Adam and Noe ſucked out of the 08 The fa-thers. firſt promes of God, Jacob and Moſes out of the ſeconde, Dauid and the pro- Phetes out of the thirde, and ſo fourth the Apoſtles and fathers out of the other ſcriptures, ſo firmelye planted they in the conſciences of manye, that no cruell kynde of deathe coulde auerte thẽ from it. As we have for example their conſta- unt dyſcyples, and now ſtronge witneſ- ſes of Jeſus Christ, Johan Laſſels and 09 Martyrs Anne Aſkewe, with their other. ij. com panyons, verye gloryouſe martyrs afore God, what though they be not ſo afore the wronge iudgynge eyes of the worlde whom the bloudye remnaunt of Anti- chriſt put vnto most cruell deathe in Smythfelde at London, in the yeare of our lorde, M. D. XLVI. in Julye.

If they be onlye (as was Johan Bap- tyſt) great afore the lorde by the holye ſcriptures allowaunce, whych are ſtron- gelye adourned with the graces of hys ſprete, as faythe, force, vnderſtandynge, wyſdome, pacyence, loue, longe ſufferaun ce and firſt examynacyon. 4 ce and ſoche lyke. I dare boldelye affer- me theſe 4. myghtye witneſſes alſo to be the ſame, ſo well as the martyrs of the prymatyue or Apoſtles churche. For ſo 10 Chriſtenmartyrs. ſtrongelye had theſe thoſe vertues as they, and ſo boldelye objected their bo- dyes to the deathe for the undefyled Chriſten beleue, agaynſt the malygnañt Synagoge of Sathan, as euer ded they, for no tyrannye admyttynge anye create or corruptyble ſubſtaunce for their eter-11 Bread. nall lyuynge god. If their blynde babyes to proue them vnlyke, do object agaynſt me, the myracles ſhewed at their dea- thes more than at theſe, as that vn- faythfull generacyon is euer deſyerouſe of wonders Math. 12. I wolde but kno- we of thẽ, what myracles were ſhewed whan Johan Baptyſtes head was cut of in the preſon? Marci 6. and whan Ja-12 myracles mes the Apoſtle was byheaded at Hie- ruſalem? Acto. 12. Theſe 2. were excel- lent afore God, what though they were but myſerable wretches, lyght fellawes, ſedycyouſe heretykes, buſye knaues, and lowſye beggers in the ſyght of noble kyng Herode and hys honorable counſell of13 rochettes prelates. For had not rochettes and ſyde iiij gownes The Preface of her gownes bene at hande, haplye they had not ſo lyghtlye dyed.

If they allege Steuen, to maynteyne their purpoſe, that he at hys deathe be- 14 Steuen. helde heauen open. I aſke of thẽ agayne what they were whych ſe it more than hys owne perſone? Sure I am that their wycked predeceſſours there present, ſe it not. For they ſtopped their eares, whan he tolde them therof, Actorum 7. 15 Legẽdes.If they yet brynge fourth the other hy- ſtoryes of Apoſtles and martyrs. I anſ- were them, that all they are of no ſoche autoryte, as theſe here afore. The popes martyrs in dede, were moche fuller of myracles than ever were Chriſtes, as hysſelfe tolde vs they ſhulde be ſo, Ma- thei 24. Yet wrought fryre Foreſt, Jo- 16 Foreſte. han Fiſher and Thomas More no myra- 17 Fyſher. cles, what though manye be now rege 18 More. ſtred in their lyues and legendes by the fryres of Fraunce, ltalye, and Spayne. Beſydes that Johan Cochleus hath written of them, ad Paulum Põtificem, ad regem Henricum, and alſo in their defence agaynſt doctor Sampſon. With that Erasmus ded also ad Huttenum19 This probably refers to Erasmus' letter to Huttenum 'Epistola CCCCXLVII.Eraſmus Roterod. Vlrico Huteno S.D.'. P. 20 Writers.M. ad Gasparem Agrippam21 Unidentified, Albertus Pighius, firſt examynacyon. 5 Pighius, Rivius, Fichardus, and a great ſort more. And as for the holye mayde of kent with Doctor Bockynge, though they wrought great wonders by their lyfe, yet apered non at their deathes. Of hys owne choſen martyrs, Chriſt loketh for22 Chriſtenmartyrs, non other myracle, but that onlye they perſeuer faythfull to the ende, Math. 10. And never denye hys veryte afore men. Luce 12. For that worthye vyctorye of the ſynnefull worlde, ſtandeth in the inuyncybleneſſe of faythe, and not in my racles and wonders, as thoſe waueryn- ge wittes ſuppoſe, 1. Joan. 5.

Ryght wonderfullye wyll thys apere in the ij. myghtye conflyctes here after23 Anne Aſ-kewe. folowynge, whych the faythfull ſerua- unt of Jeſu Anne Aſkewe, a gentylwo- man verye yonge, dayntye, and ten- der, had with that outragynge Syna- goge, in her ij. examynacyons, about the xxv. yeare of her age, whom ſhe ſent abroade by her owne hande wri- tynge. The handelynges of her other iij. companyons, ſhall be ſhewed in other ſeverall treatyſes at layſer. For24 Goddespower. the glorye and great power of the ✠ v lorde, The Preface of her lorde, ſo manyfeſtlye aperynge in hys e- lect veſſels, maye not now peryſh at all handes, & be vnthankefullye neglected but be ſpred the worlde ouer, as wele in Latyne as Englyſh, to the perpetuall in famye of ſo wyllfullye cruell and ſpyght full tyrauntes. Nothynge at all ſhall it terryfye vs, nor yet in anye poynt lett vs of our purpoſe, that our bokes are now in Englande condempned and brent, by 25 Bokes cõdempned.the Byſhoppes and preſtes with their frantyck affynyte, the great Antichriſtes vpholders, whych seke by all practyſes poſſyble to turne ouer the kynges moſt no ble and godlye enterpryſe. But it wyll from hens forth occaſyon vs, to ſet 26 Latyne.fourth in the Latyne alſo, that afore we wrote onlye in the Englyſh, and ſo make their ſpirytuall wyckedneſſe and trea- ſon knowne moche farther of. What auayled it Joakim to burne Hieremyes prophecye by the vngracyouſe counſell of hys prelates? Hiere. 36. Eyther yet An tiochus to set fyre on the other ſcriptu- res? 1. Macha. 1.

27 Good wyllbe know-ne.After the Apoſtles were brought afo re the counſell and ſtrayghtlye cõmaun- ded to ceaſe from preachynge, they prea- ched firſt examynacyon. 6 ched moche more than afore. Acto. 4. In moſt terryble perſecucyons of the pryma tyue churche, were the examynacyons & anſwers, tormentes and deathes of the conſtaunt martyrs written, and ſent a broade all the whole worlde ouer, as teſtyfyeth Euſebius Ceſarienſis in hys eccleſyaſtyck hyſtorye. Their coppyes ha- bounde yet euerye where. Great ſlaugh ter & burnynge hath bene here in Eng- lande for Johan wycleues bokes, euer28 Johanwycleues bokes. ſens the yeare of our lorde. M. CCC. LXXXII. Yet haue not one of them throughlye peryſhed. I haue at thys houre the tytles of a C. and XLIIII. of them, whych are manye more in nom- bre. For ſome of them vndre one tytle com prehendeth ij. bokes, ſome iii. some iiii. Yea, one of them contayneth xij. I thyn- ke not the contrarye, but ere the worlde be at a full ende, God wyll ſo gloryfye29 Canonyſe that twentye tymes condempned here- tyke, execrated, curſed, ſpytted, and ſpat led at, that all your popyſh writers befo- re hys tyme and after, wyll be reckened but vyle ſwyneheardes to hym, for the good fauer he bare to Chriſtes holye Gospell. A verye madneſſe is it to ſtryue agaynſt The Preface of her agaynſt God, whan he wyll have the lon ge hydden inyquytees knowne. As the godlye wyſe man Gamaliel ſayd, Acto. 30 gamaliel 5. lf thys enterpryſe that is now taken agaynſt yow, be of God, ye ſhall neuer be able with all your tyrannouſe practyſes to dyſſolue it.

Now concernynge that bleſſed wo- 31 Anne Aſkewe. man Anne Aſkewe, whych latelye ſuffe- red the tyrannye of thys worlde for ryght wiſneſſe sake. In Lyncolne ſhyre was ſhe borne of a verye auncyent and no- ble ſtocke, Sir Wyllyam Aſkewe a wor- thye knyght beynge her father. But no worthyneſſe in the flesh, neyther yet a- nye worldlye nobleneſſe anayleth auayleth to god warde, afore whome is no acceptacyon of perſone, Actorum 10. Onlye is it fay- 32 True nobylyte.the with hys true loue and feare, whych maketh vs the accept, noble and wor- thye chyldren vnto God, Joan. 1. Wher- of by hys gyft, ſhe had wonderfull ha- bundaunce. Soch a won was ſhe, as 33 Lydia. was Lydia the purple ſellar, whose har te the Lorde opened by the godlye prea chynge of Paule at Thyatira, Acto. 16. For dylygent hede gaue ſhe to hys wor de whan it was ones taught without ſu perſtycyon firſt examynacyon. 7 perſtycyon, &wolde no lõgar be a falſe worſhypper or ydolatour after the wyc- ked ſcole of Antichriſt. But became frõ thensfourth a true worſhypper, worſhyp pyng her Lorde God (whych is a ſprete & not breade) in ſprete & in veryte, accor- dynge to that worde of hys, Joan. 4. The Goſpell of Chriſt bare ſhe in her harte, as ded the holye mayde Cecilia, & neuer after ceaſed frõ the ſtodye therof, nor frõ godlye cõmunycacyon & prayer, tyll ſhe was clerlye by moſt cruell tormentes, ta ken from thys wretched worlde.

By her do I here (dere fryndes in the lorde) as ded the faythfull Bretherne in Fraunce, at the eyries of Lyons and Vi- enna by a lyke faythfull yonge wo- man called Blandina. Whych was34 Blandina there put to deathe with. iij. myghtye companyons more amonge other (as thys was) for her Chriſtẽ beleue, about the yeare of our lorde, C. and LXX. in the prymatyue ſprynge of their Chri- ſtyanyte. They wrote vnto their Bre- therne in the landes of Asia and Phrygia verye farre of, her myghtye ſtronge ſuffe rynges for Chriſtes fayth, whych they kne we nothynge of afore. I write here vnto yow in The Preface of her yow in Englande the double proceſſe of thys noble woman, wherof ye are not ignora- unt, for ſo moche as it was there ſo ma- 35 AnneAſkewe. nyfeſtlye done amonge yow. Coupled I haue theſe ij. examples togyther, bycau ſe I fynde them in ſo manye poyntes a- gree. Blandina was yonge and tender. So was Anne Aſkewe alſo. But that whych was frayle of nature in thẽ both, Chriſt made moſt ſtronge by hys grace. Blandina had iij. erneſt companyons in 36 Compa-nyons.Chriſt, Maturus, Sanctes, and Atta- lus, ſo feruentlye faythfull as her ſelfe. So had Anne Aſkewe iij. fyre fyne fellawes, a gentylman called Johan Lassels her inſtructour, a preſte, and a tayler called Johan Adlam, men in Chriſtes veryte vnto the ende moſt cõſtaunt. With Blã 37 Recãtersdina were in preſon, to the nombre of x. whych renyed denyed the truthe and were cle- relye forſaken of God for it. How manye fell frõ Chriſt beſydes Crome38 Edward Crome (d. 1562), clergyman and religious controversialist. Although known for his political savvy in negotiating the dangerous waters of the reformist movement, in 1547 he attacked the doctrine of transubstantiation in sermons delivered at St Mary Aldermary and at the Mercer's chapel, St Thomas Acon, preaching that the mass was a commemoration of Christs' death. He was accused of heresy like Askew, seemed to submit but was urged not to by fellow reformers like Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Shaxton. He appeared at Paul's Cross on 27 June to deliver an ambiguous apology. Askew, who had attended his sermons, was burned on 16 July. See Susan Wabuda, ‘Crome, Edward (d. 1562)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6749, accessed 22 Jan 2015]. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6749 and Shax ton, whan Anne Aſkewe ſtode faſt by hym, I am vncerteyne. But I counſeil them, as ſaynt Johan counſelled the 39 TryedGolde. Laodycyanes, in the myſerable eſtate they are now in, to bye them throngh through tryed golde of Chriſt, leaſt they peryſh all firſt examynacyon. 8 all togyther, Apoca. 3. If they had not ſtyll remayned in that chauncell, who- me Chriſt commaunded Johan in no wyſe to meaſure, Apoca. 11. They had40 The cha-uncell. neuer ſo ſhamefullye blaſphemed, lyke as Bedas alſo toucheth in hys former prophecye.

Prompt was Blandina, and of moſt luſtye corage, in renderynge her lyfe for the lyberte of her faythe. No leſſe lyue41 Corage lye and quyck was Anne Aſkewe in all her enpryſonynges and tormẽntes. Great was the loue, Blandina had to Chriſt. No leſſe was the loue of Anne Aſkewe.42 Racked Blandina never faynted in torment. No more ded Anne Aſkewe in ſprete, whan ſhe was ſo terrybly racked of Wryſleye the chaunceller and Ryche, that the ſtryn ges of her armes and eyes were peryſhed. Blandina deryded the cruelte of the ty- rauntes. So ded Anne Aſkewe the mad neſſe of the Byſhoppes and their ſpeche men. Reade burnynge plates of yron and of braſſe had Blandina put to her ſydes. 43 Burned. So had Anne Aſkewe the flamynge brã des of fyre. Full of God and hys veryte was Blandina. So was Anne Aſkewe to the verye ende. Chriſt wonderfullye tryumphed The Preface of her tryumphed in Blandina. So ded he in Anne Aſkewe, whan ſhe made no noyſe on the racke, and ſo erneſtlye afterwar- de rejoyced in hym. Blandina was ge- uen fourth to wylde beaſtes to be deuou- 44 Beaſtes.red. So was Anne Aſkewe to cruel Bys hoppes & prestes, whom Chriſt calleth rauenynge wolues, deuourers, and the- ves. Math. 7. and Joan. 10. Blandina vpon the ſcaffolde boldelye reprehen- ded the pagane preſtes of their errour. So ded Anne Aſkewe whan ſhe was faſt tyed to the ſtake, with ſtomack rebu- ke that blaſphemouſe apoſtata Shaxtõ with the Byshoppes and preſtes genera 45 Shaxtõ.cyon, for their manyfeſt mayntenaunce of ydolatrye.

Blandina at the ſtake shewed a vyſa- ge vnterryfyed. So ded Anne Aſkewe a countenaunce ſtowte, myghtye and er- neſt. Infatygable was the ſprete of Blan dina. So was the ſprete of Anne Aſ kewe. The loue of Jesus Chriſt, the gyft 46 Graces.of the holye Ghoſt, and hope of the crow ne of martyrdome, greatlye mytygated the payne in Blandina. So ded these iij. worthye graces, the terrour of all tor- mentes in Anne Aſkewe. The ſtronge ſprete firſt examynacyon. 9 ſprete of Chriſt gaue stomack to Blandi na, both to laugh and daunce. The same myghtye sprete (& not the popes deſpera te ſprete) made Anne Aſkewe both to re47 Sprete. ioyce and ſynge in the preſon. So bolde was Blandina (sayth Eusebius) that with a preſumpcyõ of ſtomack ſhe cõmo ued48 'To move in mind or feeling, stir to emotion, rouse to passion; to excite.'OED. with Chriſt vnseane. I ſuppoſe Anne Aſkewes lattre examynacyõ, wyll ſhewe her, nor to do moche leſe. Gentyll was 49 Hygh ſtomacke. Blãdina to the Chriſtẽ beleuers, & terry ble to their aduerſaryes. So was Anne Aſkewe verye lowlye to true teachers, but ſcornefull and hygh ſtomaked to the enemyes of truthe. Manye were conuer- ted by the ſufferaunce of Blandina. A farre greatter nombre by the burnynge of Anne Aſkewe. Though Blandina we50 Mother re yonge, yet was ſhe called the mother of martyrs. Manye men haue ſuppoſed Anne Aſkewe . for her Chriſten conſtan- cye to be no leſſe. Blandina prayed for her perſecuters. So ded Anne Aſkewe moſt feruentlye. The aſhes of Blandina and of other martyrs, were throwne in- to the flood of Rhodanus. What was done with the Aſhes of Anne Aſkewe & her companyons, I can not yet tell. ٭ All The Preface of her All theſe former reportes of Blandi- na and manye more beſydes, hath Euſe- bius in Ecclesiastica historia, libro 5. 51 Autorscap. 1. 2. & 3. Hugo Floriacensis, Her- mannus Contractus, Vincentius, Anto- ninus, Petrus Equilinus, and other hy- ſtoryanes more. And as touchynge Anne Aſkewe, these ij. examynacyons, with her other knowne handelynges in En- glande, are wytneſſes for her ſuffycyent. 52 Not alldead.Thus hath not the fyre taken Anne Aſ- kewe all whole from the worlde, but left her here vnto it more pure, perfyght, & precyouſe than afore, as it wyll alſo Jo- han Lassels within ſhort ſpace. So that concernynge her, it maye wele be ſayd, that Paule verefyeth, 2. Cor. 12. The ſtrength of God is here made perfyght 53 Weake-neſſe.by weakeneſſe. Whan ſhe ſemed moſt fe- ble, than was ſhe moſt stronge. And glad- lye ſhe reioyced in that weakeneſſe, that Chriſtes power myght ſtrongelye dwell in her. Thus choseth the lorde, the folyſh of thys worlde to confounde the wyſe, & the weake to deface the myghtye. Yea, thynges deſpyſed & thought verye vyle, to brynge thynges vnto nought whych the worlde hath in moſt hyght reputa- cyon. firſt examynacyon. 9 cyõ. I thynke yf thys martyr were ryght lye conferred, with thoſe canonyſed mar tyrs, whych haue had, and yet hath styll, ſenſynges and ſyngynges, maſſynges &54 Martyrs ryngynges ĩ the popes Englyſh churche, cauſe with cauſe and reaſon with rea- ſon (as haplye here after they ſhall) ſhe ſhuld be a great blemyſh vnto them. An example of ſtronge ſufferaunce myght thys holye martyr be, vnto all them that55 Example the lorde ſhall after lyke maner put fo- rewarde in thys horryble furye of An tichriſt, to the glorye of hys per- ſecuted churche. Amen.

A table compendyouſe of thys firſt boke. 7 28 9 7. 10 13 47 8. 43 42 49 58. 60 The table. pre. 3 14 pre. 2. 8 36 pre. 7. 8. 9 pre. 5. 22. 43 42 pre. 6 18. 29. 42 18. 19. 20. 22 24 26 26 22. 23. 25 .29 38. 39 10. 16. 30 9 25 pre. 7. 8. 9 pre. 7 pre. 7 40 4 32 14 7. 30 4 11 Englande The table. 30 26 pre. 5. 6 pre. 3 36 26 pre. 9 pre. 2. 3 30 43 pre, 7. 14 14 26 9 20 pre. 2. 3 29 25 pre. 5. 22 11 pre. 9 45. 46 14 pre. 4 14 8 28 pre. 5. 22 ٭ iij Johan The Table. pre. 3. 4 pre. 6 30 45 21 pre. 3. 7 pre. 2 12. 21, 25 46 5. 42 45 46. 43 36 pre. 4 33. 35 7. 24. 26 35. 39 pre. 4 pre. 9 3. 36 7 21 6. 30 9 pre. 4.5 8 pre. 3. 4 36 Newe The table. pre. 4 pre. 6 42 11 pre. 4 45 17 14. 15 8. 14. 30. 43 9. 14 43. 44 44 13. 18. 22. 28. 40, 41. (42 4. 25 6. 12. 14 7 33. 34 6. 30 32. 38 14. 29 3. 5. 15. 28 pre. 8 2 pre. 7 7 pre. 4 2 43 Scripture A Table. 27. 28 pre. 7. 8 43 31 pre. 4 28 21. 22. 23. 31 9 pre. 4 pre. 3 pre. 6 25 30 37 21 36 pre. 7 8. 14 43 44 44 44 10 8 God save the kynge.

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The first examinacyon of Anne Askewe, latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the Romysh popes vpholders, with the elucydacyon of Iohan Bale by Anne Askew ‘Imprented at Marpurg in the lande of Hessen’ (False Imprint) Wesel Dirik van der Straten Theodoricus Plateanus 1546 edited with preface and commentary by John Bale. This is a transcription of the copy in the British Library as digitised in EEBO http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home. The Short Title Catalogue number for this edition is STC (2nd edition)848. The Examinations of Anne Askew Anne Askew Oxford Oxfird University Press 1996 ElaineBeilin
The first examinacy- on of Anne Aſkew, latelye mar tyred in Smythfelde, by the Ro- myſsh popes vpholders, with the Elucydacyon of Johan Bale.
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Anne Aſkewe ſtode faſt by thys veryte of God to the ende. Fauore is diſceytfull/and bewtye is a vay ne thynge. But a woman that feareth the lorde/is worthye to be prayſed. She ope- neth her mouthe to wyſdome/ and in her lan guage is the lawe of grace. Prouerb. xxxj. Pſalme 116. The veryte of the lorde endureth for euer.
2 Johan Bale to the Christen readers.

AMonge other moſt ſyn gular offyces (dylygent reader) whych the lorde hath appoynted to be done in the erneſt sprete of Helyas, by the forerõ ners of hys lattre aperaunce, thys is one verye ſpecyall to be noted. They ſhall turne the hartes of their auncyt elders into the chyldr. Mala. 4. And the vnbe leuers of their tyme, to the wyſdome of those ryghtouſe fathers, as ded Johan Baptyſt afore hys first cõmynge, Luce 1. That is (sayth Bedas ca. 68. de temp- Bedes prophecy orum ratione) the faythe and feruent zele of the prophetes and Apostles ſhall they plant in their hartes, whych ſhall in tho ſe dayes lyue and be amonge men conuer ſaunt, & than wyll breake fourth (sayth he as a verye true prophete) ſoche horry- ble persecucyon, as wyll firſt of all take from the worlde, thoſe myghtye helia- ſes by tryumphaunt martyrdome, to the terryfyenge of other in the ſame fayth, ✠ ij of The Preface of her of whom ſome ſhall becom through that 2 ſortes. occaſyon, most gloryouſe martyrs vnto Chriſt alſo, & ſome verye wycked Apoſta taes forſakynge hys lyuelye doctryne. For by the ſeyd Bedas testymonye in the be- gynnynge of the ſame chaptre, two moſt certayne ſygnes ſhall we thã haue that the lattre iudgement daye is at hande. The returne of Iſraels remnaunt vnto their lorde God, and the horryble perſe-2 ſygnes. cucyon of Antichriſt.

Conferre with thys treated ſcripture and former prophecye of that vertuouſe man Bedas, the worldes alteracyon now, with the terryble turmoylynges of our tyme. And as in a moſt clere myr- rour, ye ſhall wele perceyue them at thys preſent, to be in moſt quyck workynge. Iſraely-tes. And as concernynge the Iſraelytes or Jewes, I haue both ſeane and know- ne of them in Germanye, moſt faith- full Chriſten beleuers. Neyther is it in the prophecye (Osee 3.) that they ſhuld at that daye be all conuerted, no more than they were at Johan Bap- tyſtes preachynge, Luce 1.. For as Eſaye reporteth, though the poſteryte of Ja- cob be as the ſee ſande (innumerable) yet firſt examynacyon. 3 yet ſhall but a remnaunt of them con- uert than vnto their lorde God. Esaie 10. And though the Lorde hath ſyfted that howſe of Iſrael (as brouſed corne in a ſyffe) amonge all other nacyons, Amos 9. Yet ſhall not that remnaunt of theirs peryſh, but at that daye be ſa- ued, through the onlye eleccyon of preachers grace, Romano. 11. Now concernyn- ge the afore ſeyd forerõners, in thys moſt wonderfull change of the worlde before the lattre ende therof. I thynke within thys realme of Englande, besydes o- Tyndale. ther nacyons abroade, the ſprete of He- Barnes. lyas was not all a slepe in good Wyl- lyam Tyndale, Robert Barnes, & ſoche other more, whome Antichriſtes vyo- lence hath ſent hens in fyre to heauen, as Helyas went afore in the fyerye cha- rett, 4. Regum 2.

Theſe turned the hartes of the fa- thers into the chyldren, ſoche tyme as they toke from a great nombre of our nacyon, by their godlye preachynges and writynges, the corrupted beleue of the pope & hys maſtrye workers (whych were no fathers, but cruell robbers & de ſtroyers, Joã. 10.) reducynge th agayn iij to the The Preface of her to the true faythe of Abraham and Pe- ter, Gene. 15. and Math. 16. The pure beleue in Chriſtes birthe and paſſyon, whych Adam and Noe ſucked out of the The fa-thers. firſt promes of God, Jacob and Moſes out of the ſeconde, Dauid and the pro- Phetes out of the thirde, and ſo fourth the Apoſtles and fathers out of the other ſcriptures, ſo firmelye planted they in the conſciences of manye, that no cruell kynde of deathe coulde auerte thẽ from it. As we have for example their conſta- unt dyſcyples, and now ſtronge witneſ- ſes of Jeſus Christ, Johan Laſſels and Martyrs Anne Aſkewe, with their other. ij. com panyons, verye gloryouſe martyrs afore God, what though they be not ſo afore the wronge iudgynge eyes of the worlde whom the bloudye remnaunt of Anti- chriſt put vnto most cruell deathe in Smythfelde at London, in the yeare of our lorde, M. D. XLVI. in Julye.

If they be onlye (as was Johan Bap- tyſt) great afore the lorde by the holye ſcriptures allowaunce, whych are ſtron- gelye adourned with the graces of hys ſprete, as faythe, force, vnderſtandynge, wyſdome, pacyence, loue, longe ſufferaun ce and firſt examynacyon. 4 ce and ſoche lyke. I dare boldelye affer- me theſe 4. myghtye witneſſes alſo to be the ſame, ſo well as the martyrs of the prymatyue or Apoſtles churche. For ſo Chriſtenmartyrs. ſtrongelye had theſe thoſe vertues as they, and ſo boldelye objected their bo- dyes to the deathe for the undefyled Chriſten beleue, agaynſt the malygnañt Synagoge of Sathan, as euer ded they, for no tyrannye admyttynge anye create or corruptyble ſubſtaunce for their eter-Bread. nall lyuynge god. If their blynde babyes to proue them vnlyke, do object agaynſt me, the myracles ſhewed at their dea- thes more than at theſe, as that vn- faythfull generacyon is euer deſyerouſe of wonders Math. 12. I wolde but kno- we of thẽ, what myracles were ſhewed whan Johan Baptyſtes head was cut of in the preſon? Marci 6. and whan Ja-myracles mes the Apoſtle was byheaded at Hie- ruſalem? Acto. 12. Theſe 2. were excel- lent afore God, what though they were but myſerable wretches, lyght fellawes, ſedycyouſe heretykes, buſye knaues, and lowſye beggers in the ſyght of noble kyng Herode and hys honorable counſell ofrochettes prelates. For had not rochettes and ſyde iiij gownes The Preface of her gownes bene at hande, haplye they had not ſo lyghtlye dyed.

If they allege Steuen, to maynteyne their purpoſe, that he at hys deathe be- Steuen. helde heauen open. I aſke of thẽ agayne what they were whych ſe it more than hys owne perſone? Sure I am that their wycked predeceſſours there present, ſe it not. For they ſtopped their eares, whan he tolde them therof, Actorum 7. Legẽdes.If they yet brynge fourth the other hy- ſtoryes of Apoſtles and martyrs. I anſ- were them, that all they are of no ſoche autoryte, as theſe here afore. The popes martyrs in dede, were moche fuller of myracles than ever were Chriſtes, as hysſelfe tolde vs they ſhulde be ſo, Ma- thei 24. Yet wrought fryre Foreſt, Jo- Foreſte. han Fiſher and Thomas More no myra- Fyſher. cles, what though manye be now rege More. ſtred in their lyues and legendes by the fryres of Fraunce, ltalye, and Spayne. Beſydes that Johan Cochleus hath written of them, ad Paulum Põtificem, ad regem Henricum, and alſo in their defence agaynſt doctor Sampſon. With that Erasmus ded also ad Huttenum This probably refers to Erasmus' letter to Huttenum 'Epistola CCCCXLVII.Eraſmus Roterod. Vlrico Huteno S.D.'. P. Writers.M. ad Gasparem AgrippamUnidentified, Albertus Pighius, firſt examynacyon. 5 Pighius, Rivius, Fichardus, and a great ſort more. And as for the holye mayde of kent with Doctor Bockynge, though they wrought great wonders by their lyfe, yet apered non at their deathes. Of hys owne choſen martyrs, Chriſt loketh forChriſtenmartyrs, non other myracle, but that onlye they perſeuer faythfull to the ende, Math. 10. And never denye hys veryte afore men. Luce 12. For that worthye vyctorye of the ſynnefull worlde, ſtandeth in the inuyncybleneſſe of faythe, and not in my racles and wonders, as thoſe waueryn- ge wittes ſuppoſe, 1. Joan. 5.

Ryght wonderfullye wyll thys apere in the ij. myghtye conflyctes here afterAnne Aſ-kewe. folowynge, whych the faythfull ſerua- unt of Jeſu Anne Aſkewe, a gentylwo- man verye yonge, dayntye, and ten- der, had with that outragynge Syna- goge, in her ij. examynacyons, about the xxv. yeare of her age, whom ſhe ſent abroade by her owne hande wri- tynge. The handelynges of her other iij. companyons, ſhall be ſhewed in other ſeverall treatyſes at layſer. ForGoddespower. the glorye and great power of the ✠ v lorde, The Preface of her lorde, ſo manyfeſtlye aperynge in hys e- lect veſſels, maye not now peryſh at all handes, & be vnthankefullye neglected but be ſpred the worlde ouer, as wele in Latyne as Englyſh, to the perpetuall in famye of ſo wyllfullye cruell and ſpyght full tyrauntes. Nothynge at all ſhall it terryfye vs, nor yet in anye poynt lett vs of our purpoſe, that our bokes are now in Englande condempned and brent, by Bokes cõdempned.the Byſhoppes and preſtes with their frantyck affynyte, the great Antichriſtes vpholders, whych seke by all practyſes poſſyble to turne ouer the kynges moſt no ble and godlye enterpryſe. But it wyll from hens forth occaſyon vs, to ſet Latyne.fourth in the Latyne alſo, that afore we wrote onlye in the Englyſh, and ſo make their ſpirytuall wyckedneſſe and trea- ſon knowne moche farther of. What auayled it Joakim to burne Hieremyes prophecye by the vngracyouſe counſell of hys prelates? Hiere. 36. Eyther yet An tiochus to set fyre on the other ſcriptu- res? 1. Macha. 1.

Good wyllbe know-ne.After the Apoſtles were brought afo re the counſell and ſtrayghtlye cõmaun- ded to ceaſe from preachynge, they prea- ched firſt examynacyon. 6 ched moche more than afore. Acto. 4. In moſt terryble perſecucyons of the pryma tyue churche, were the examynacyons & anſwers, tormentes and deathes of the conſtaunt martyrs written, and ſent a broade all the whole worlde ouer, as teſtyfyeth Euſebius Ceſarienſis in hys eccleſyaſtyck hyſtorye. Their coppyes ha- bounde yet euerye where. Great ſlaugh ter & burnynge hath bene here in Eng- lande for Johan wycleues bokes, euer Johanwycleues bokes. ſens the yeare of our lorde. M. CCC. LXXXII. Yet haue not one of them throughlye peryſhed. I haue at thys houre the tytles of a C. and XLIIII. of them, whych are manye more in nom- bre. For ſome of them vndre one tytle com prehendeth ij. bokes, ſome iii. some iiii. Yea, one of them contayneth xij. I thyn- ke not the contrarye, but ere the worlde be at a full ende, God wyll ſo gloryfyeCanonyſe that twentye tymes condempned here- tyke, execrated, curſed, ſpytted, and ſpat led at, that all your popyſh writers befo- re hys tyme and after, wyll be reckened but vyle ſwyneheardes to hym, for the good fauer he bare to Chriſtes holye Gospell. A verye madneſſe is it to ſtryue agaynſt The Preface of her agaynſt God, whan he wyll have the lon ge hydden inyquytees knowne. As the godlye wyſe man Gamaliel ſayd, Acto. gamaliel 5. lf thys enterpryſe that is now taken agaynſt yow, be of God, ye ſhall neuer be able with all your tyrannouſe practyſes to dyſſolue it.

Now concernynge that bleſſed wo- Anne Aſkewe. man Anne Aſkewe, whych latelye ſuffe- red the tyrannye of thys worlde for ryght wiſneſſe sake. In Lyncolne ſhyre was ſhe borne of a verye auncyent and no- ble ſtocke, Sir Wyllyam Aſkewe a wor- thye knyght beynge her father. But no worthyneſſe in the flesh, neyther yet a- nye worldlye nobleneſſe anayleth auayleth to god warde, afore whome is no acceptacyon of perſone, Actorum 10. Onlye is it fay- True nobylyte.the with hys true loue and feare, whych maketh vs the accept, noble and wor- thye chyldren vnto God, Joan. 1. Wher- of by hys gyft, ſhe had wonderfull ha- bundaunce. Soch a won was ſhe, as Lydia. was Lydia the purple ſellar, whose har te the Lorde opened by the godlye prea chynge of Paule at Thyatira, Acto. 16. For dylygent hede gaue ſhe to hys wor de whan it was ones taught without ſu perſtycyon firſt examynacyon. 7 perſtycyon, &wolde no lõgar be a falſe worſhypper or ydolatour after the wyc- ked ſcole of Antichriſt. But became frõ thensfourth a true worſhypper, worſhyp pyng her Lorde God (whych is a ſprete & not breade) in ſprete & in veryte, accor- dynge to that worde of hys, Joan. 4. The Goſpell of Chriſt bare ſhe in her harte, as ded the holye mayde Cecilia, & neuer after ceaſed frõ the ſtodye therof, nor frõ godlye cõmunycacyon & prayer, tyll ſhe was clerlye by moſt cruell tormentes, ta ken from thys wretched worlde.

By her do I here (dere fryndes in the lorde) as ded the faythfull Bretherne in Fraunce, at the eyries of Lyons and Vi- enna by a lyke faythfull yonge wo- man called Blandina. Whych was Blandina there put to deathe with. iij. myghtye companyons more amonge other (as thys was) for her Chriſtẽ beleue, about the yeare of our lorde, C. and LXX. in the prymatyue ſprynge of their Chri- ſtyanyte. They wrote vnto their Bre- therne in the landes of Asia and Phrygia verye farre of, her myghtye ſtronge ſuffe rynges for Chriſtes fayth, whych they kne we nothynge of afore. I write here vnto yow in The Preface of her yow in Englande the double proceſſe of thys noble woman, wherof ye are not ignora- unt, for ſo moche as it was there ſo ma- AnneAſkewe. nyfeſtlye done amonge yow. Coupled I haue theſe ij. examples togyther, bycau ſe I fynde them in ſo manye poyntes a- gree. Blandina was yonge and tender. So was Anne Aſkewe alſo. But that whych was frayle of nature in thẽ both, Chriſt made moſt ſtronge by hys grace. Blandina had iij. erneſt companyons in Compa-nyons.Chriſt, Maturus, Sanctes, and Atta- lus, ſo feruentlye faythfull as her ſelfe. So had Anne Aſkewe iij. fyre fyne fellawes, a gentylman called Johan Lassels her inſtructour, a preſte, and a tayler called Johan Adlam, men in Chriſtes veryte vnto the ende moſt cõſtaunt. With Blã Recãtersdina were in preſon, to the nombre of x. whych renyed denyed the truthe and were cle- relye forſaken of God for it. How manye fell frõ Chriſt beſydes Crome Edward Crome (d. 1562), clergyman and religious controversialist. Although known for his political savvy in negotiating the dangerous waters of the reformist movement, in 1547 he attacked the doctrine of transubstantiation in sermons delivered at St Mary Aldermary and at the Mercer's chapel, St Thomas Acon, preaching that the mass was a commemoration of Christs' death. He was accused of heresy like Askew, seemed to submit but was urged not to by fellow reformers like Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Shaxton. He appeared at Paul's Cross on 27 June to deliver an ambiguous apology. Askew, who had attended his sermons, was burned on 16 July. See Susan Wabuda, ‘Crome, Edward (d. 1562)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6749, accessed 22 Jan 2015]. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6749 and Shax ton, whan Anne Aſkewe ſtode faſt by hym, I am vncerteyne. But I counſeil them, as ſaynt Johan counſelled the TryedGolde. Laodycyanes, in the myſerable eſtate they are now in, to bye them throngh through tryed golde of Chriſt, leaſt they peryſh all firſt examynacyon. 8 all togyther, Apoca. 3. If they had not ſtyll remayned in that chauncell, who- me Chriſt commaunded Johan in no wyſe to meaſure, Apoca. 11. They hadThe cha-uncell. neuer ſo ſhamefullye blaſphemed, lyke as Bedas alſo toucheth in hys former prophecye.

Prompt was Blandina, and of moſt luſtye corage, in renderynge her lyfe for the lyberte of her faythe. No leſſe lyueCorage lye and quyck was Anne Aſkewe in all her enpryſonynges and tormẽntes. Great was the loue, Blandina had to Chriſt. No leſſe was the loue of Anne Aſkewe. Racked Blandina never faynted in torment. No more ded Anne Aſkewe in ſprete, whan ſhe was ſo terrybly racked of Wryſleye the chaunceller and Ryche, that the ſtryn ges of her armes and eyes were peryſhed. Blandina deryded the cruelte of the ty- rauntes. So ded Anne Aſkewe the mad neſſe of the Byſhoppes and their ſpeche men. Reade burnynge plates of yron and of braſſe had Blandina put to her ſydes. Burned. So had Anne Aſkewe the flamynge brã des of fyre. Full of God and hys veryte was Blandina. So was Anne Aſkewe to the verye ende. Chriſt wonderfullye tryumphed The Preface of her tryumphed in Blandina. So ded he in Anne Aſkewe, whan ſhe made no noyſe on the racke, and ſo erneſtlye afterwar- de rejoyced in hym. Blandina was ge- uen fourth to wylde beaſtes to be deuou- Beaſtes.red. So was Anne Aſkewe to cruel Bys hoppes & prestes, whom Chriſt calleth rauenynge wolues, deuourers, and the- ves. Math. 7. and Joan. 10. Blandina vpon the ſcaffolde boldelye reprehen- ded the pagane preſtes of their errour. So ded Anne Aſkewe whan ſhe was faſt tyed to the ſtake, with ſtomack rebu- ke that blaſphemouſe apoſtata Shaxtõ with the Byshoppes and preſtes genera Shaxtõ.cyon, for their manyfeſt mayntenaunce of ydolatrye.

Blandina at the ſtake shewed a vyſa- ge vnterryfyed. So ded Anne Aſkewe a countenaunce ſtowte, myghtye and er- neſt. Infatygable was the ſprete of Blan dina. So was the ſprete of Anne Aſ kewe. The loue of Jesus Chriſt, the gyft Graces.of the holye Ghoſt, and hope of the crow ne of martyrdome, greatlye mytygated the payne in Blandina. So ded these iij. worthye graces, the terrour of all tor- mentes in Anne Aſkewe. The ſtronge ſprete firſt examynacyon. 9 ſprete of Chriſt gaue stomack to Blandi na, both to laugh and daunce. The same myghtye sprete (& not the popes deſpera te ſprete) made Anne Aſkewe both to reSprete. ioyce and ſynge in the preſon. So bolde was Blandina (sayth Eusebius) that with a preſumpcyõ of ſtomack ſhe cõmo ued'To move in mind or feeling, stir to emotion, rouse to passion; to excite.'OED. with Chriſt vnseane. I ſuppoſe Anne Aſkewes lattre examynacyõ, wyll ſhewe her, nor to do moche leſe. Gentyll was Hygh ſtomacke. Blãdina to the Chriſtẽ beleuers, & terry ble to their aduerſaryes. So was Anne Aſkewe verye lowlye to true teachers, but ſcornefull and hygh ſtomaked to the enemyes of truthe. Manye were conuer- ted by the ſufferaunce of Blandina. A farre greatter nombre by the burnynge of Anne Aſkewe. Though Blandina weMother re yonge, yet was ſhe called the mother of martyrs. Manye men haue ſuppoſed Anne Aſkewe . for her Chriſten conſtan- cye to be no leſſe. Blandina prayed for her perſecuters. So ded Anne Aſkewe moſt feruentlye. The aſhes of Blandina and of other martyrs, were throwne in- to the flood of Rhodanus. What was done with the Aſhes of Anne Aſkewe & her companyons, I can not yet tell. ٭ All The Preface of her All theſe former reportes of Blandi- na and manye more beſydes, hath Euſe- bius in Ecclesiastica historia, libro 5. Autorscap. 1. 2. & 3. Hugo Floriacensis, Her- mannus Contractus, Vincentius, Anto- ninus, Petrus Equilinus, and other hy- ſtoryanes more. And as touchynge Anne Aſkewe, these ij. examynacyons, with her other knowne handelynges in En- glande, are wytneſſes for her ſuffycyent. Not alldead.Thus hath not the fyre taken Anne Aſ- kewe all whole from the worlde, but left her here vnto it more pure, perfyght, & precyouſe than afore, as it wyll alſo Jo- han Lassels within ſhort ſpace. So that concernynge her, it maye wele be ſayd, that Paule verefyeth, 2. Cor. 12. The ſtrength of God is here made perfyght Weake-neſſe.by weakeneſſe. Whan ſhe ſemed moſt fe- ble, than was ſhe moſt stronge. And glad- lye ſhe reioyced in that weakeneſſe, that Chriſtes power myght ſtrongelye dwell in her. Thus choseth the lorde, the folyſh of thys worlde to confounde the wyſe, & the weake to deface the myghtye. Yea, thynges deſpyſed & thought verye vyle, to brynge thynges vnto nought whych the worlde hath in moſt hyght reputa- cyon. firſt examynacyon. 9 cyõ. I thynke yf thys martyr were ryght lye conferred, with thoſe canonyſed mar tyrs, whych haue had, and yet hath styll, ſenſynges and ſyngynges, maſſynges & Martyrs ryngynges ĩ the popes Englyſh churche, cauſe with cauſe and reaſon with rea- ſon (as haplye here after they ſhall) ſhe ſhuld be a great blemyſh vnto them. An example of ſtronge ſufferaunce myght thys holye martyr be, vnto all them thatExample the lorde ſhall after lyke maner put fo- rewarde in thys horryble furye of An tichriſt, to the glorye of hys per- ſecuted churche. Amen.

A table compendyouſe of thys firſt boke. 7 28 9 7. 10 13 47 8. 43 42 49 58. 60 The table. pre. 3 14 pre. 2. 8 36 pre. 7. 8. 9 pre. 5. 22. 43 42 pre. 6 18. 29. 42 18. 19. 20. 22 24 26 26 22. 23. 25 .29 38. 39 10. 16. 30 9 25 pre. 7. 8. 9 pre. 7 pre. 7 40 4 32 14 7. 30 4 11 Englande The table. 30 26 pre. 5. 6 pre. 3 36 26 pre. 9 pre. 2. 3 30 43 pre, 7. 14 14 26 9 20 pre. 2. 3 29 25 pre. 5. 22 11 pre. 9 45. 46 14 pre. 4 14 8 28 pre. 5. 22 ٭ iij Johan The Table. pre. 3. 4 pre. 6 30 45 21 pre. 3. 7 pre. 2 12. 21, 25 46 5. 42 45 46. 43 36 pre. 4 33. 35 7. 24. 26 35. 39 pre. 4 pre. 9 3. 36 7 21 6. 30 9 pre. 4.5 8 pre. 3. 4 36 Newe The table. pre. 4 pre. 6 42 11 pre. 4 45 17 14. 15 8. 14. 30. 43 9. 14 43. 44 44 13. 18. 22. 28. 40, 41. (42 4. 25 6. 12. 14 7 33. 34 6. 30 32. 38 14. 29 3. 5. 15. 28 pre. 8 2 pre. 7 7 pre. 4 2 43 Scripture A Table. 27. 28 pre. 7. 8 43 31 pre. 4 28 21. 22. 23. 31 9 pre. 4 pre. 3 pre. 6 25 30 37 21 36 pre. 7 8. 14 43 44 44 44 10 8 God save the kynge.