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         Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
      
       
         
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             The booke of martyrs· VVherein are set downe the names of such martyrs as suffered persecution, and laid downe theire lives for witnesse-bearing unto the Gospell of Christ Jesus; drawne downe from the primitive Church, to these later times, especially respecting such as have suffered in this land under the tyranny of Antichrist, in opposition to popish errours.
             Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
          
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           THE
           BOOKE
           OF
           MARTYRS
        
         
           VVherein
           are
           set
           downe
           the
           names
           of
           such
           Martyrs
           as
           suffered
           persecution
           ,
           and
           laid
           downe
           theire
           lives
           for
           witnesse-bearing
           unto
           the
           Gospell
           of
           CHRIST
           JESUS
           ;
           drawne
           downe
           from
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           to
           these
           later
           times
           ,
           especially
           respecting
           such
           as
           have
           suffered
           in
           this
           Land
           under
           the
           tyranny
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           Popish
           Errours
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           I.
           B.
           1639.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Briefe
           CATALOGVE
           of
           such
           Martyrs
           as
           suffered
           persecution
           ,
           and
           laid
           downe
           their
           lives
           for
           witnesse-bearing
           unto
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           Iesus
           ;
           drawne
           downe
           from
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           to
           these
           later
           times
           ,
           especially
           respecting
           such
           as
           have
           suffered
           in
           this
           Land
           under
           the
           tyranny
           of
           Antichrist
           in
           opposition
           to
           Popish
           Errors
           .
        
         
           
             I
             Sing
             their
             deaths
             who
             dying
             made
             death
             yeeld
             ,
          
           
             By
             Scriptures
             sword
             ,
             &
             faiths
             vnbatterd
             shield
             ,
          
           
             Whom
             Satan
             ,
             men
             ,
             or
             monsters
             could
             not
             tame
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             force
             them
             to
             deny
             their
             Saviours
             Name
             .
          
           
             Evangelists
             ,
             that
             did
             the
             Gospel
             write
             ,
          
           
             Apostles
             and
             brave
             Martyrs
             ,
             that
             did
             fight
          
           
             Gainst
             death
             and
             hell
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             power
             of
             sin
             ,
          
           
             And
             boldly
             di'd
             eternall
             life
             to
             win
             .
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             by
             King
             Herod
             lost
             his
             head
             ,
          
           
             Who
             to
             the
             world
             repentance
             published
             ,
          
           
             Our
             blest
             Redeemer
             in
             his
             love
             did
             follow
             ,
          
           
             And
             conquered
             death
             mans
             sinful
             soule
             to
             hallow
             ,
          
           
             He
             was
             the
             death
             of
             death
             ,
             and
             he
             did
             quell
          
           
             The
             sting
             and
             power
             of
             Satan
             ,
             sin
             ,
             and
             hell
             ,
          
           
             And
             vnder
             his
             great
             standard
             ,
             valiantly
             ,
          
           
             A
             number
             numberlesse
             have
             dar'd
             to
             dye
             .
          
           
           
             Through
             bondage
             ,
             famine
             ,
             slavery
             ,
             sword
             and
             fire
          
           
             Through
             all
             divised
             torments
             they
             aspire
          
           
             Victoriously
             to
             gaine
             th'imortall
             Crowne
             ,
          
           
             Of
             never
             ending
             honour
             and
             renowne
             .
          
           
             Saint
             Steven
             was
             the
             third
             that
             lost
             his
             breath
             ,
          
           
             And
             (
             for
             his
             Masters
             sake
             )
             was
             ston'd
             to
             death
             :
          
           
             And
             after
             him
             in
             Scripture
             may
             be
             read
             ,
          
           
             Th'
             Apostle
             Iames
             was
             brain'd
             and
             butchered
             .
          
           
             Saint
             Marke
             th'Evangelist
             in
             fire
             did
             burne
             ,
          
           
             And
             Bartholmew
             was
             flead
             ,
             yet
             would
             not
             turnes
          
           
             Saint
             Andrew
             like
             a
             valiant
             champion
             di'd
             ,
          
           
             And
             (
             willing
             )
             on
             a
             crosse
             was
             crucifi'd
          
           
             
               Mathias
               ,
               Philip
               ,
               Peter
            
             ,
             and
             Saint
             Paul
             ,
          
           
             Ston'd
             ,
             crucifi'd
             ,
             beheaded
             ,
             Martyrs
             all
             .
          
           
             Th'
             Apostles
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             no
             reckoning
             make
             ,
          
           
             And
             think
             them
             wel
             spent
             for
             their
             Saviors
             sake
          
           
             The
             Tyrant
             Emperours
             ,
             in
             number
             ten
             ,
          
           
             (
             Most
             cruell
             ,
             barbarous
             ,
             and
             inhumane
             men
             )
          
           
             More
             Christians
             by
             their
             bloody
             meanes
             did
             slay
          
           
             Then
             for
             a
             yeere
             five
             thousand
             to
             each
             day
             .
          
           
             And
             many
             Romish
             Bishops
             in
             those
             daies
             ,
          
           
             Were
             Martyr'd
             to
             their
             high
             Creators
             prayse
             ;
          
           
             And
             though
             each
             day
             so
             many
             thousands
             bleed
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             doubly
             more
             and
             more
             they
             daily
             breed
             .
          
           
             As
             Camomile
             growes
             better
             being
             trod
             ,
          
           
             So
             death
             and
             tortures
             drawes
             more
             unto
             God.
          
           
             Or
             as
             the
             Vine
             that
             's
             cut
             and
             prun'd
             beares
             more
          
           
             In
             one
             yeere
             ,
             than
             it
             did
             in
             three
             before
             :
          
           
           
             This
             bloody
             persecution
             did
             out-weare
          
           
             After
             Christs
             death
             the
             first
             300.
             yeares
             :
          
           
             Thus
             did
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             first
             indure
             ,
          
           
             Being
             Catholike
             ,
             Apostolike
             ,
             and
             pure
             :
          
           
             Then
             over
             all
             the
             world
             was
             truely
             knowne
             ,
          
           
             That
             Romish
             Bishops
             claimed
             but
             their
             owne
          
           
             In
             their
             owne
             Dioces
             to
             be
             chiefe
             Pastor
             .
          
           
             And
             not
             to
             be
             the
             worlds
             great
             Lord
             and
             Master
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             our
             Britains
             glory
             will
             I
             sing
             ,
          
           
             From
             Lucius
             raigne
             ,
             the
             worlds
             first
             Christian
             King
          
           
             Vnto
             these
             daies
             of
             happy
             peacefull
             state
             ,
          
           
             A
             Catalogue
             of
             Martyrs
             I
             'll
             relate
             :
          
           
             First
             Vrsulae
             ,
             and
             eleven
             thousand
             with
             her
             ,
          
           
             All
             Virgins
             ,
             for
             Christs
             faith
             did
             die
             together
             .
          
           
             Then
             Hengist
             with
             the
             Saxons
             hither
             came
             ,
          
           
             Who
             many
             kill'd
             with
             sword
             and
             furious
             flame
             .
          
           
             Besides
             eleven
             hundred
             Monkes
             were
             kill'd
             .
          
           
             At
             
               Bangor
               Abby
            
             all
             their
             bloods
             were
             spill'd
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             the
             Saxons
             race
             to
             end
             was
             run
             ,
          
           
             The
             Danes
             came
             in
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             Kingdome
             won
             .
          
           
             Before
             whose
             swords
             did
             many
             thousands
             fall
             ,
          
           
             Which
             on
             the
             name
             of
             Iesus
             Christ
             did
             call
             .
          
           
             Then
             William
             Conqueror
             with
             a
             multitude
             .
          
           
             Vnto
             the
             Normans
             yoake
             this
             Land
             subdu'd
             ,
          
           
             The
             Pope
             then
             caus'd
             all
             Priests
             to
             leave
             their
             wives
             ,
          
           
             To
             lead
             foule
             Sodomitick
             single
             lives
             .
          
           
             Then
             afterward
             in
             second
             Henries
             raigne
             ,
          
           
             Was
             sawcie
             Saint
             
               Thomas
               Becket
            
             slaine
             ;
          
           
           
             A
             Popish
             Saint
             and
             Martyr
             made
             ,
             because
          
           
             He
             di'd
             a
             traytor
             to
             his
             Soveraignes
             Lawes
             .
          
           
             King
             Henry
             and
             King
             Richard
             dead
             and
             gone
             ,
          
           
             Their
             brother
             Iohn
             (
             by
             right
             )
             ascends
             the
             throne
             ,
          
           
             Whom
             all
             his
             life
             the
             Pope
             of
             Rome
             did
             vex
             ,
          
           
             And
             with
             oppressions
             all
             the
             Realme
             perplex
             ;
          
           
             With
             candle
             ,
             booke
             ,
             and
             bell
             ,
             he
             curst
             and
             blest
             ,
          
           
             And
             Bulls
             and
             Legates
             did
             the
             King
             molest
             ;
          
           
             Vntill
             such
             time
             he
             on
             his
             knees
             fell
             downe
             ,
          
           
             And
             to
             the
             Pope
             surrendred
             up
             his
             Crowne
             .
          
           
             At
             last
             ,
             because
             he
             durst
             the
             Pope
             withstand
             ,
          
           
             He
             di'd
             impoysoned
             by
             a
             Friers
             hand
             .
          
           
             When
             thus
             by
             treason
             they
             had
             kil'd
             King
             Iohn
             ,
          
           
             Then
             the
             third
             Henry
             Englands
             Crowne
             put
             on
             :
          
           
             Then
             England
             bought
             the
             Romish
             doctrine
             deare
             ,
          
           
             It
             cost
             her
             threescore
             thousand
             marks
             a
             yeare
             .
          
           
             For
             
               Agnus
               Dei
            
             ,
             pardons
             ,
             Peter
             pence
             ,
          
           
             For
             which
             the
             Pope
             had
             all
             this
             coine
             from
             hence
             :
          
           
             King
             Henry
             died
             ,
             then
             Edward
             tooke
             the
             sway
             ,
          
           
             His
             sonne
             and
             grandchilde
             ,
             England
             did
             obey
             ,
          
           
             The
             first
             of
             them
             call'd
             
               Long
               shankes
            
             ,
             conquests
             won
             ,
          
           
             Lost
             by
             Carnarvan
             his
             unhappy
             son
             ,
          
           
             Who
             by
             his
             Queene
             was
             in
             a
             dungeon
             cast
             ,
          
           
             Till
             (
             being
             murder'd
             )
             sadly
             breath'd
             his
             last
             .
          
           
             Edward
             the
             third
             ,
             a
             brave
             victorious
             King
             ,
          
           
             Did
             Frenchmens
             pride
             into
             subjection
             bring
             .
          
           
             Richard
             the
             second
             next
             to
             Raigne
             began
             ,
          
           
             Who
             lost
             more
             then
             his
             royall
             Grandsire
             wan
             .
          
           
           
             Then
             'gan
             
               Iohn
               Wiekliffe
            
             boldly
             to
             begin
          
           
             To
             preach
             'gainst
             Antichrist
             ,
             that
             man
             of
             sin
             ;
          
           
             Who
             many
             troubles
             stoutly
             did
             abide
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             (
             spight
             the
             Pope
             )
             he
             naturally
             di'd
             ;
          
           
             And
             being
             dead
             ,
             from
             out
             his
             grave
             was
             turn'd
             ,
          
           
             And
             had
             his
             martyr'd
             bones
             to
             ashes
             burn'd
             ;
          
           
             Which
             ashes
             they
             did
             cast
             into
             a
             brooke
             ,
          
           
             Because
             he
             had
             the
             Romish
             faith
             forsooke
             .
          
           
             Yet
             whilst
             the
             second
             Richard
             here
             surviv'd
             ,
          
           
             No
             Martyrs
             were
             by
             fire
             of
             life
             depriv'd
             .
          
           
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             was
             in
             the
             Throne
             invested
             ,
          
           
             In
             whose
             raigne
             many
             were
             too
             much
             molested
             .
          
           
             And
             
               William
               Sautre
            
             first
             his
             life
             did
             give
          
           
             Through
             flames
             of
             fire
             ,
             who
             now
             in
             heav'n
             doth
             live
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             
               Iohn
               Badby
            
             in
             the
             furious
             flame
             ,
          
           
             And
             
               William
               Thorp
            
             ,
             but
             wan
             immortall
             fame
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             fifth
             Henry
             ,
             a
             victorious
             Prince
             ,
          
           
             The
             Realme
             of
             France
             did
             conquer
             and
             convince
             .
          
           
             The
             good
             Lord
             Cobham
             then
             (
             Oldcastle
             nam'd
             )
          
           
             By
             Popish
             Priests
             an
             Hereticke
             was
             proclaim'd
             ,
          
           
             Was
             hang'd
             and
             burn'd
             by
             the
             unlawfull
             doome
             ,
          
           
             Of
             Satans
             servants
             ,
             slaves
             to
             hell
             and
             Rome
             .
          
           
             And
             leaving
             some
             unnam'd
             ,
             
               Iohn
               Browne
            
             Esquire
             ,
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Beverly
            
             a
             Preacher
             di'd
             in
             fire
             .
          
           
             Besides
             a
             number
             from
             the
             Lollards
             tower
             ,
          
           
             Racks
             ,
             tortures
             ,
             halters
             ,
             and
             the
             flame
             devoure
             .
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Hus
            
             a
             glorious
             Martyr
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             Was
             in
             Bohemia
             burned
             for
             Gods
             Word
             .
          
           
           
             And
             reverend
             Ierom
             did
             to
             Constance
             come
             ,
          
           
             From
             Prage
             ,
             and
             stoutly
             sufferd
             martyrdome
             .
          
           
             In
             Smithfield
             one
             
               Iohn
               Claidon
            
             sufferd
             death
             ,
          
           
             And
             with
             him
             
               Richard
               Turming
            
             lost
             his
             breath
             ,
          
           
             At
             this
             time
             sixteene
             godly
             folkes
             in
             Kent
             ,
          
           
             The
             Antichristian
             vassalls
             did
             torment
             .
          
           
             Then
             death
             cut
             off
             the
             fifth
             King
             Henries
             raigne
             ,
          
           
             The
             Crowne
             the
             sixth
             King
             Henry
             did
             obtaine
             .
          
           
             And
             
               William
               Taylor
            
             a
             true
             zealous
             Priest
             ,
          
           
             Did
             passe
             through
             fire
             unto
             his
             Saviour
             Christ.
          
           
             Good
             
               Richard
               Hoveden
            
             ,
             with
             him
             
               William
               White
            
             ,
          
           
             Each
             unto
             God
             (
             through
             fire
             )
             did
             yeeld
             his
             sprite
             ,
          
           
             Duke
             Humphrey
             (
             though
             no
             Martyr
             )
             kild
             in
             's
             bed
             ,
          
           
             And
             
               Richard
               Wych
            
             a
             Priest
             was
             burned
             dead
             .
          
           
             Then
             Saint-like
             good
             King
             Henry
             was
             depos'd
             ,
          
           
             By
             the
             fourth
             Edward
             in
             the
             Tower
             inclos'd
             :
          
           
             Then
             Edward
             fled
             ,
             and
             Henry
             once
             againe
             ,
          
           
             By
             Warwicks
             power
             the
             Kingdome
             did
             obtaine
             .
          
           
             Thus
             did
             the
             various
             state
             of
             humane
             things
             ,
          
           
             Make
             Kings
             of
             Captive
             ,
             and
             of
             Captives
             Kings
             :
          
           
             Vntill
             at
             last
             King
             Edward
             turned
             backe
             ,
          
           
             Brought
             Henries
             royalty
             to
             finall
             wracke
             :
          
           
             In
             whose
             raigne
             
               Iohn
               Goose
            
             (
             as
             the
             story
             saith
             )
          
           
             Was
             the
             first
             Martyr
             ,
             burned
             for
             Christs
             Faith.
          
           
             King
             Henry
             in
             the
             Tower
             was
             stab'd
             to
             death
             ,
          
           
             And
             Edward
             yeeldeth
             up
             his
             life
             and
             breath
             ,
          
           
             His
             sonne
             young
             Edward
             ,
             of
             that
             name
             the
             fift
             ,
          
           
             Whom
             the
             third
             Richard
             from
             his
             life
             did
             lift
             .
          
           
           
             Who
             by
             foule
             murders
             ,
             blood
             ,
             and
             tyranny
             ,
          
           
             Vsurp'd
             the
             throne
             of
             Englands
             Monarchy
             ;
          
           
             Till
             valiant
             Henry
             of
             that
             name
             the
             seven
             ,
          
           
             Kill'd
             him
             ,
             and
             made
             uneven
             England
             even
             :
          
           
             Then
             first
             
               Ioan
               Broughton
            
             ,
             &
             a
             man
             call'd
             Babrane
          
           
             By
             Faith
             (
             thorow
             fire
             )
             went
             to
             old
             father
             Abram
             .
          
           
             An
             old
             man
             was
             in
             Swithfield
             burn'd
             ,
             because
          
           
             Hee
             did
             resist
             against
             the
             Roman
             Lawes
             .
          
           
             One
             Ierom
             hang'd
             and
             burned
             on
             the
             Gallowes
             ,
          
           
             In
             Florence
             ,
             with
             two
             other
             of
             his
             fellowes
             :
          
           
             And
             
               William
               Tilsworth
               ,
               Thomas
               Bernard
            
             ,
             and
          
           
             
               Iames
               Morton
            
             ,
             cause
             they
             did
             the
             Pope
             withstand
          
           
             Burned
             all
             ,
             and
             Father
             Rogers
             ,
             and
             old
             Reine
             ,
          
           
             Did
             die
             by
             fire
             ,
             a
             better
             life
             to
             gaine
             .
          
           
             One
             
               Thomas
               Novice
            
             ,
             and
             one
             
               Thomas
               Chase
            
             ,
          
           
             Di'd
             constant
             Martyrs
             by
             the
             heavenly
             grace
             .
          
           
             A
             woman
             and
             a
             man
             call'd
             
               Laurence
               Guest
            
             ,
          
           
             By
             death
             gain'd
             everlasting
             life
             and
             rest
             :
          
           
             Besides
             a
             number
             past
             mens
             reckoning
             up
             ,
          
           
             For
             Iesus
             sake
             dranke
             of
             afflictions
             cup.
          
           
             Some
             carried
             faggots
             through
             a
             world
             of
             mocke
          
           
             Some
             rackt
             ,
             some
             pin'd
             ,
             some
             fetred
             in
             the
             stocks
             :
          
           
             Some
             naked
             strip'd
             and
             scourged
             with
             a
             lash
             ,
          
           
             For
             their
             rejecting
             of
             the
             Romish
             trash
             .
          
           
             Some
             branded
             in
             the
             cheeke
             did
             alwaies
             beare
          
           
             The
             badge
             and
             marke
             of
             their
             Redeemer
             deare
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             insulting
             tyrannizing
             Pope
             ,
          
           
             With
             cursings
             ,
             fagot
             ,
             fire
             ,
             and
             sword
             and
             rope
             .
          
           
           
             Did
             force
             the
             soules
             ,
             and
             consciences
             of
             men
             ,
          
           
             To
             run
             despairing
             to
             damnations
             den
             .
          
           
             And
             they
             that
             valiantly
             his
             power
             withstood
             ,
          
           
             Did
             seale
             their
             resolution
             with
             their
             blood
             .
          
           
             Before
             his
             triple
             ,
             treble
             ,
             trouble
             Crowne
             ,
          
           
             (
             In
             adoration
             )
             Emperours
             must
             fall
             downe
             ,
          
           
             Were
             they
             as
             high
             as
             any
             Caesar
             borne
             ,
          
           
             To
             kisse
             his
             feet
             they
             must
             not
             hold
             it
             scorne
             .
          
           
             Henry
             the
             sixth
             the
             Emperour
             did
             fall
             downe
             ,
          
           
             Whom
             with
             his
             feet
             Pope
             Celestine
             did
             crowne
             .
          
           
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             his
             Empresse
             and
             young
             son
             ,
          
           
             All
             three
             to
             Rome
             did
             barefoote
             goe
             and
             run
             :
          
           
             And
             three
             daies
             so
             ,
             these
             three
             did
             all
             attend
          
           
             His
             holinesse
             ,
             a
             godlesse
             eare
             to
             lend
             ,
          
           
             Which
             afterward
             was
             granted
             on
             condition
             ,
          
           
             That
             he
             should
             give
             his
             crowne
             up
             in
             submission
             ,
          
           
             Pandulphus
             the
             Popes
             Legat
             ,
             with
             a
             frowne
             ,
          
           
             Did
             make
             King
             Iohn
             of
             England
             yeeld
             his
             crown
             .
          
           
             King
             Henry
             of
             that
             name
             the
             second
             ,
             hee
          
           
             Kneeld
             downe
             ,
             and
             kist
             the
             Romish
             Legats
             knee
             .
          
           
             The
             Emperour
             when
             Pope
             Adrian
             was
             to
             ride
             ,
          
           
             Did
             hold
             his
             stirrop
             on
             the
             meere
             wrong
             side
             ,
          
           
             For
             which
             his
             Holinesse
             in
             angry
             sort
             ,
          
           
             Disdainfully
             did
             checke
             the
             Emp'rour
             for
             't
             .
          
           
             When
             as
             the
             Pope
             doth
             ride
             in
             Cope
             of
             gold
             ,
          
           
             Kings
             (
             like
             to
             foot-men
             )
             must
             his
             bridle
             hold
             :
          
           
             In
             pomp
             he
             must
             be
             borne
             upon
             mens
             shoulders
             ,
          
           
             With
             glorious
             shew
             ,
             amazing
             the
             beholders
             .
          
           
           
             Whilst
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             must
             before
             him
             goe
             ,
          
           
             To
             usher
             him
             in
             his
             vaine-glorious
             showe
             :
          
           
             This
             being
             true
             ,
             as
             no
             man
             can
             deny
             ,
          
           
             Those
             that
             will
             not
             be
             blind
             may
             plainly
             spy
             ,
          
           
             That
             their
             insulting
             proud
             commanding
             Priest
             ,
          
           
             Is
             absolute
             and
             onely
             Anti-Christ
             ;
          
           
             H'exalts
             himselfe
             'bove
             all
             that
             's
             called
             God
             ,
          
           
             Vpon
             the
             Emperours
             necke
             he
             proudly
             trod
             :
          
           
             He
             is
             th'abomination
             (
             void
             of
             grace
             )
          
           
             That
             mounts
             himselfe
             into
             the
             holy
             place
             :
          
           
             He
             makes
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             earth
             drinke
             up
             ,
          
           
             And
             quaffe
             the
             poyson
             of
             the
             cursed
             cup
             ,
          
           
             Who
             being
             drunken
             with
             the
             dregs
             of
             sin
             ,
          
           
             They
             have
             his
             sworne
             and
             forsworne
             vassals
             bin
             ,
          
           
             Bewitched
             with
             his
             soule
             inchanting
             charmes
             ,
          
           
             Gainst
             one
             another
             they
             have
             rose
             in
             Armes
             ;
          
           
             By
             forraigne
             and
             domesticke
             bloody
             broiles
             ,
          
           
             Whilst
             he
             hath
             fild
             his
             coffers
             with
             their
             spoiles
             :
          
           
             His
             double
             dealing
             too
             too
             plaine
             appeares
             ,
          
           
             In
             setting
             Christian
             Princes
             by
             the
             eares
             ,
          
           
             Whilst
             he
             into
             his
             avaritious
             hands
             ,
          
           
             Hath
             seiz'd
             their
             persons
             ,
             moveables
             ,
             and
             lands
             :
          
           
             And
             as
             the
             Christian
             kings
             thēselves
             made
             weak
             ,
          
           
             The
             Turke
             into
             their
             Kingdomes
             'gan
             to
             break
             ;
          
           
             And
             thus
             the
             Turk
             and
             Pope
             ioin'd
             with
             the
             devil
             ,
          
           
             Have
             beene
             the
             authors
             of
             all
             Christian
             evil
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             second
             BOOKE
             .
          
           
             VVHen
             the
             7th
             Henry
             in
             his
             grave
             was
             laid
             ,
          
           
             And
             the
             8th
             
               Henry
               Englands
            
             Scepter
             swaid
             ,
          
           
             Romes
             bloody
             persecution
             raged
             more
          
           
             In
             England
             ,
             than
             in
             ten
             Kings
             raignes
             before
             :
          
           
             And
             therefore
             Reader
             ,
             in
             this
             little
             Booke
             ,
          
           
             For
             every
             Martyrs
             name
             thou
             must
             not
             looke
             :
          
           
             But
             men
             of
             chiefest
             note
             ,
             respect
             and
             fame
             ,
          
           
             That
             died
             in
             England
             ,
             onely
             those
             I
             name
             .
          
           
             And
             first
             the
             Papists
             tyranny
             began
             ,
          
           
             In
             murthering
             
               Richard
               Hun
            
             ,
             a
             zealous
             man
             ,
          
           
             For
             being
             kept
             in
             prison
             by
             their
             power
             ,
          
           
             They
             closely
             hang'd
             him
             in
             the
             Lollards
             Tower.
          
           
             And
             then
             they
             all
             in
             generall
             decreed
             ,
          
           
             Reporting
             Hun
             himselfe
             had
             done
             the
             deed
             .
          
           
             And
             sixteene
             daies
             just
             after
             this
             was
             done
             ,
          
           
             They
             burn'd
             the
             foresaid
             corps
             of
             
               Richard
               Hun.
            
          
           
             Then
             to
             the
             number
             of
             full
             thirty
             five
             ,
          
           
             The
             furious
             flames
             did
             all
             of
             life
             deprive
             ;
          
           
             In
             severall
             places
             of
             this
             wofull
             Land
             ,
          
           
             Because
             they
             did
             the
             Pope
             of
             Rome
             withstand
             .
          
           
             At
             which
             time
             
               Thomas
               Bilney
            
             did
             beginne
             ,
          
           
             To
             preach
             and
             teach
             'gainst
             Antichristian
             sinne
             ;
          
           
             Where
             in
             Saint
             Georges
             Church
             in
             Ipswich
             town
          
           
           
             The
             Papists
             from
             the
             Pulpit
             pluckt
             him
             downe
          
           
             And
             as
             in
             dolefull
             prison
             he
             did
             lie
             ,
          
           
             He
             put
             his
             finger
             into
             the
             flames
             to
             trie
             ;
          
           
             He
             prov'd
             ,
             &
             God
             did
             give
             him
             strength
             to
             beare
          
           
             His
             death
             ,
             to
             live
             with
             his
             Redeemer
             deare
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             of
             note
             was
             one
             
               Iohn
               Frub
            
             ,
             a
             man
          
           
             Of
             learning
             great
             ,
             a
             Martyrs
             fame
             he
             wan
             .
          
           
             Then
             learned
             Luther
             ,
             and
             grave
             Zwinglius
             ,
          
           
             With
             
               Calvin
               ,
               Beza
               ,
               Oecolampadius
            
             ,
          
           
             All
             glorious
             ,
             gracious
             reverend
             lamps
             of
             light
             ,
          
           
             Were
             instruments
             to
             clear
             bleard
             Englands
             sight
             .
          
           
             In
             
               Flanders
               William
               Tindall
            
             for
             Gods
             Word
             ,
          
           
             Was
             sacrific'd
             to
             glorifie
             the
             Lord.
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Lambert
            
             valiantly
             his
             death
             did
             take
             ,
          
           
             And
             burn'd
             in
             Smithfield
             for
             his
             Saviours
             sake
             .
          
           
             About
             this
             time
             ,
             that
             honourable
             man
             ,
          
           
             Lord
             Cromwell
             ,
             life
             ,
             and
             timelesse
             death
             began
             ;
          
           
             He
             like
             an
             earth-quake
             made
             the
             Abbies
             fall
             .
          
           
             The
             Fryeries
             and
             the
             Nunneries
             all
             .
          
           
             This
             famous
             noble
             ,
             worthy
             Essex
             Earle
             ,
          
           
             This
             Iem
             ,
             this
             Iewell
             ,
             this
             most
             Orient
             Pearle
             ,
          
           
             Was
             for
             his
             truth
             from
             all
             he
             had
             discarded
             .
          
           
             And
             with
             his
             heads
             losse
             ,
             all
             his
             Faith
             rewarded
             ,
          
           
             The
             next
             of
             worthy
             note
             by
             fire
             that
             dide
             ,
          
           
             Was
             good
             *
             
               Anne
               Ayscough
            
             ,
             who
             did
             strong
             abide
             ,
          
           
             Racks
             ,
             torturs
             ,
             &
             the
             cruel
             raging
             flame
             ,
          
           
             To
             magnifie
             her
             high
             Creators
             name
             .
          
           
             Then'gan
             the
             kings
             eies
             to
             be
             opened
             quite
          
           
           
             Inlightned
             by
             the
             everlasting
             light
             .
          
           
             He
             banisht
             superstitious
             idle
             fables
             ,
          
           
             And
             packt
             the
             Papists
             hence
             with
             all
             their
             bables
             .
          
           
             Then
             
               Bonner
               ,
               Gardner
            
             ,
             brethren
             both
             in
             evill
             ,
          
           
             Factors
             and
             actors
             ,
             blood-hounds
             for
             the
             Devill
             ,
          
           
             Their
             burning
             fame
             to
             infamy
             soone
             faded
             ,
          
           
             They
             godlesse
             ,
             gracelesse
             ,
             were
             disgrac'd
             ,
             degraded
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             then
             having
             this
             good
             worke
             begun
             ,
          
           
             He
             died
             ,
             and
             left
             the
             Kingdome
             to
             his
             son
             .
          
           
             Then
             raign'd
             young
             Edward
             ,
             that
             sweete
             princely
             child
             .
          
           
             By
             whom
             all
             Popery
             was
             cleane
             exil'd
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             too
             good
             to
             live
             'mongst
             wicked
             men
             ,
          
           
             Th'
             Almighty
             tooke
             him
             hence
             to
             heaven
             agen
             :
          
           
             No
             sooner
             Edward
             was
             laid
             in
             his
             Tombe
             ,
          
           
             But
             England
             was
             the
             slaughter-house
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             Gardner
             and
             Bonner
             were
             from
             prison
             turn'd
             ,
          
           
             Aud
             whom
             they
             pleas'd
             were
             either
             sav'd
             or
             burn'd
             ,
          
           
             Queene
             Mary
             imitating
             lezabel
             ,
          
           
             Advanc'd
             againe
             the
             Ministers
             of
             hell
             :
          
           
             Then
             tyranny
             began
             to
             tyrannize
             ,
          
           
             Tortures
             and
             torments
             then
             they
             did
             devise
             ;
          
           
             Then
             Master
             Rogers
             with
             a
             faith
             most
             fervent
             ,
          
           
             Was
             burn'd
             ,
             and
             di'd
             (
             in
             Smithfield
             )
             Gods
             true
             servant
             .
          
           
             Next
             unto
             him
             did
             
               Laeurence
               Sanders
            
             die
             ,
          
           
             By
             fire
             (
             for
             Iesus
             sake
             )
             at
             Covenerie
             ;
          
           
             He
             did
             imbrace
             ,
             and
             kindly
             kisse
             the
             stake
             ,
          
           
             To
             gaine
             heav'ns
             glory
             ,
             did
             the
             world
             forsake
             .
          
           
             Good
             Bishop
             Hooper
             was
             at
             Gloster
             burn'd
             ,
          
           
           
             Cause
             he
             against
             the
             Romish
             doctrine
             spurn'd
             ;
          
           
             And
             Doctor
             Tayler
             a
             true
             zealous
             man
             ,
          
           
             At
             Hadley
             burned
             ,
             eternall
             glory
             wan
             .
          
           
             Then
             Bishop
             Farrer
             next
             his
             life
             did
             spend
          
           
             In
             fire
             ,
             to
             gaine
             the
             life
             shall
             never
             end
             .
          
           
             Next
             
               William
               Flower
            
             ,
             first
             did
             lose
             his
             hand
             ,
          
           
             Then
             burn'd
             ,
             because
             he
             did
             the
             Pope
             withstand
          
           
             In
             
               Essex
               ,
               Thomas
               Hawkes
            
             ,
             with
             faith
             victorious
          
           
             Did
             die
             with
             fire
             to
             gaine
             a
             life
             most
             glorious
             .
          
           
             Master
             
               John
               Bradford
            
             (
             for
             his
             Saviours
             sake
             )
          
           
             In
             Smithfield
             burn'd
             ,
             a
             godly
             end
             did
             make
             .
          
           
             Two
             reverend
             Bishops
             ,
             Father
             Latimer
             ,
          
           
             And
             Ridley
             ,
             each
             of
             them
             a
             heavenly
             star
             ,
          
           
             Liv'd
             in
             Gods
             feare
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             favour
             di'd
             ;
          
           
             At
             Oxford
             burn'd
             ,
             and
             now
             are
             glorifi'd
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Philpot
            
             gladly
             did
             the
             fire
             imbrace
             ,
          
           
             And
             died
             ,
             and
             lives
             in
             his
             Redeemers
             grace
             .
          
           
             Then
             that
             grave
             Father
             ,
             and
             religious
             man
             ,
          
           
             Arch-bishop
             Cranmers
             troubles
             hot
             began
             ,
          
           
             His
             pomp
             ,
             his
             state
             ,
             his
             glory
             ,
             and
             his
             pride
             ,
          
           
             Was
             to
             know
             Iesus
             ,
             and
             him
             crucifide
             :
          
           
             He
             liv'd
             a
             godly
             Preacher
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ,
          
           
             And
             dy'd
             a
             glorious
             Martyr
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Careles
            
             in
             close
             prison
             carefully
             ,
          
           
             Did
             change
             his
             cares
             for
             joyes
             eternally
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             small
             volume
             cannot
             well
             containe
             ,
          
           
             One
             quarter
             of
             the
             Saints
             in
             England
             slane
             .
          
           
             In
             Henries
             raigne
             and
             Maries
             ,
             (
             cruell
             Queene
             )
          
           
           
             Eight
             thousand
             people
             there
             hath
             slaughterd
             bin
          
           
             Some
             by
             the
             sword
             ,
             some
             hang'd
             ,
             some
             burnt
             in
             fire
          
           
             Some
             starv'd
             to
             death
             in
             prison
             all
             expire
             :
          
           
             Twelve
             thousand
             and
             seven
             hundred
             more
             beside
          
           
             Much
             persecution
             trouble
             did
             abide
             ,
          
           
             Some
             rackt
             ,
             some
             whipt
             ,
             some
             tortur'd
             ,
             some
             in
             stocks
             ,
          
           
             Some
             doing
             pennance
             with
             a
             world
             of
             mocks
             ;
          
           
             Some
             with
             an
             Iron
             in
             the
             faces
             burn'd
             ,
          
           
             Some
             out
             of
             all
             their
             goods
             to
             beggry
             turn'd
             .
          
           
             Some
             bar-foot
             ,
             baring
             faggots
             on
             their
             shoulders
          
           
             Were
             made
             a
             wondring
             stocke
             to
             the
             beholders
             :
          
           
             All
             this
             and
             more
             ,
             much
             more
             they
             did
             endure
             ,
          
           
             Because
             they
             would
             not
             yeeld
             to
             live
             impure
             :
          
           
             But
             now
             to
             speake
             the
             law
             lesse
             cause
             wherefore
             ,
          
           
             And
             why
             these
             people
             troubled
             were
             so
             sore
             ,
          
           
             Because
             they
             would
             not
             make
             their
             plaints
             and
             mones
          
           
             To
             senslesse
             images
             ,
             dead
             stocks
             &
             stones
             ,
          
           
             Because
             they
             said
             the
             sacramentall
             bread
             ,
          
           
             Is
             not
             the
             Lord
             which
             shall
             judge
             quick
             &
             dead
             .
          
           
             Because
             they
             not
             beleev'd
             a
             Purgatory
             ,
          
           
             And
             held
             the
             Popes
             decrees
             an
             Idle
             story
             .
          
           
             Because
             they
             would
             not
             creepe
             unto
             the
             crosse
             ,
          
           
             And
             change
             Gods
             sacred
             Word
             for
             human
             drosse
          
           
             Because
             they
             held
             the
             Masse
             an
             Idoll
             soule
             .
          
           
             At
             once
             which
             pickt
             the
             purse
             and
             damn'd
             the
             soule
          
           
             Because
             they
             knew
             the
             Pope
             and
             all
             his
             crue
             ,
          
           
             Hell-hounds
             whom
             heaven
             (
             in
             rage
             )
             on
             earth
             did
             spue
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             they
             thus
             were
             over-trod
             ,
          
           
           
             Because
             they
             truly
             serv'd
             the
             living
             God.
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             maine
             and
             onely
             cause
             of
             all
             ,
          
           
             Because
             they
             would
             not
             offer
             unto
             Baal
             .
          
           
             The
             Popes
             outragious
             aud
             contagious
             actor
             ,
          
           
             Was
             Bishop
             Benner
             ,
             hells
             most
             truly
             factor
             :
          
           
             Romes
             hang-man
             ,
             &
             the
             firebrand
             of
             this
             Realme
             ,
          
           
             That
             with
             a
             flood
             of
             blood
             did
             overwhelme
             ,
          
           
             The
             true
             beleevers
             of
             Gods
             holy
             truth
             ,
          
           
             He
             butchered
             ,
             not
             regarding
             age
             or
             youth
             .
          
           
             With
             him
             was
             joyn'd
             a
             man
             almost
             as
             il
             ,
          
           
             Who
             tooke
             delight
             Gods
             servants
             blood
             to
             spil
             ;
          
           
             Call'd
             
               Steven
               Gardner
               ,
               Englands
            
             Chanceller
             ,
          
           
             And
             Bishop
             of
             the
             See
             of
             Winchester
             :
          
           
             These
             two
             did
             strive
             each
             other
             to
             excell
             ,
          
           
             Who
             should
             doe
             greatest
             service
             unto
             hell
             ;
          
           
             Vntill
             at
             last
             God
             heard
             his
             servants
             cry
             ,
          
           
             And
             each
             of
             them
             did
             die
             immediatly
             .
          
           
             Thus
             when
             Iehovah
             heard
             the
             just
             complaints
             ,
          
           
             Of
             his
             beloved
             ,
             poore
             ,
             afflicted
             Saints
             ;
          
           
             Then
             this
             too
             cruell
             Pope
             defending
             Queen
             ,
          
           
             (
             The
             bloodiest
             Princesse
             that
             this
             land
             hath
             seen
             )
          
           
             She
             did
             decease
             ,
             and
             persecution
             ceast
             ,
          
           
             And
             tired
             wofull
             England
             purchast
             rest
             .
          
           
             Queene
             Mary
             being
             dead
             ,
             her
             welcome
             death
          
           
             Reviv'd
             our
             joyes
             in
             blest
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           
             Innumerable
             were
             her
             woes
             and
             cares
             ,
          
           
             Abundant
             were
             the
             subtill
             wyles
             and
             snares
             ,
          
           
             Which
             Satan
             and
             his
             Ministers
             oft
             laid
             ,
          
           
           
             To
             rave
             the
             life
             of
             that
             most
             harmelesse
             maid
             .
          
           
             She
             was
             accus'd
             ,
             abus'd
             ,
             revil'd
             ,
             miscal'd
             ;
          
           
             She
             was
             from
             prison
             unto
             prison
             hal'd
             :
          
           
             Long
             in
             the
             Tower
             she
             was
             close
             prisoner
             shut
             ,
          
           
             Her
             loving
             servants
             all
             away
             were
             put
             :
          
           
             From
             thence
             to
             Windsor
             ,
             thence
             to
             Woodstock
             sent
             ,
          
           
             Closely
             mewd
             up
             from
             all
             the
             worlds
             content
             :
          
           
             But
             God
             whose
             mercies
             ever
             did
             defend
             her
             ,
          
           
             Did
             in
             her
             greatest
             sorrowes
             comfort
             send
             her
             .
          
           
             He
             did
             behold
             her
             from
             his
             Throne
             most
             high
             ,
          
           
             And
             kept
             her
             as
             the
             apple
             of
             his
             eye
             ,
          
           
             Let
             Hell
             and
             Hell-hounds
             still
             attempt
             to
             spill
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             the
             Almighty
             guards
             his
             servants
             still
             .
          
           
             And
             he
             at
             last
             did
             ease
             her
             sorrowes
             mone
             ,
          
           
             And
             rais'd
             her
             to
             her
             lawfull
             awfull
             throne
             ;
          
           
             This
             royall
             Debora
             ,
             this
             princely
             Dame
             ,
          
           
             VVhole
             life
             made
             all
             the
             world
             admire
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             As
             Iudith
             in
             Bethulia's
             same
             was
             spread
             ,
          
           
             For
             cutting
             off
             great
             Holophernes
             head
             :
          
           
             So
             our
             Eliza
             stoutly
             did
             beginne
             ,
          
           
             Vntopping
             and
             beheading
             Romish
             sinne
             ,
          
           
             Shee
             purg'd
             the
             Land
             of
             Papistry
             agen
             ,
          
           
             She
             liv'd
             belov'd
             of
             God
             ,
             admir'd
             of
             men
             :
          
           
             She
             made
             the
             Antichristian
             Kingdome
             quake
             ,
          
           
             She
             made
             the
             mighty
             power
             of
             Spaine
             to
             shake
             :
          
           
             As
             farre
             as
             Sunne
             or
             Moone
             disperst
             their
             raies
             ,
          
           
             So
             far
             and
             further
             went
             her
             matchlesse
             praise
             .
          
           
             She
             was
             at
             home
             ,
             abroad
             ,
             in
             every
             part
             ,
          
           
           
             Load-starre
             and
             Load-stone
             to
             each
             eye
             and
             heart
          
           
             Supported
             onely
             by
             Gods
             powerfull
             hand
             ,
          
           
             She
             foure
             and
             forty
             yeeres
             did
             rule
             this
             Land
             ,
          
           
             And
             when
             she
             left
             this
             royall
             princely
             seat
             ,
          
           
             She
             chang'd
             earths
             greatnes
             to
             be
             heavenly
             great
             .
          
           
             Thus
             did
             this
             westerne
             worlds
             great
             wonder
             die
             ,
          
           
             She
             fell
             from
             height
             to
             be
             advanc'd
             more
             hie
             .
          
           
             Terrestriall
             Kings
             and
             Kingdomes
             all
             must
             fade
             .
          
           
             Then
             blest
             is
             she
             that
             is
             immortall
             made
             .
          
           
             Her
             death
             fill'd
             wofull
             England
             full
             of
             feares
             ,
          
           
             The
             Papists
             long'd
             for
             change
             with
             itching
             eares
             .
          
           
             For
             her
             decease
             was
             all
             their
             onely
             hope
             ,
          
           
             To
             raise
             againe
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Pope
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             whose
             power
             is
             all
             omnipotent
             ,
          
           
             Did
             their
             unhappy
             hopelesse
             hopes
             prevent
             .
          
           
             Succession
             lawfully
             did
             leave
             the
             Crowne
             ,
          
           
             Vnto
             a
             prince
             whose
             vertue
             and
             renowne
             ,
          
           
             And
             learning
             doth
             out-strip
             all
             Kings
             as
             far
             ,
          
           
             As
             doth
             the
             Sunne
             obscure
             a
             little
             star
             .
          
           
             VVhat
             man
             (
             that
             is
             but
             man
             )
             could
             baffle
             more
          
           
             Romes
             seven
             headen
             purple
             whore
             ,
          
           
             How
             wisely
             hath
             he
             Bellarmine
             confuted
             ,
          
           
             And
             how
             divinely
             hath
             he
             oft
             disputed
             .
          
           
             How
             zealously
             he
             doth
             Gods
             faith
             defend
             ,
          
           
             How
             often
             on
             Gods
             word
             he
             doth
             attend
             .
          
           
             How
             clement
             ,
             pious
             ,
             and
             how
             gracious
             good
             ,
          
           
             Is
             he
             ,
             as
             fits
             the
             greatnesse
             of
             his
             blood
             .
          
           
             VVert
             not
             for
             him
             ,
             how
             would
             the
             Muses
             doe
             ?
          
           
           
             He
             is
             their
             patterne
             ,
             and
             their
             patron
             too
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             th'Appollo
             ,
             from
             whose
             radiant
             beames
             ,
          
           
             The
             Quintessence
             of
             Poetry
             out-streames
             .
          
           
             And
             from
             the
             splendor
             of
             his
             piercing
             raies
             ,
          
           
             A
             world
             of
             worthy
             Writers
             wins
             the
             baies
             .
          
           
             Yet
             all
             the
             worthy
             vertues
             so
             transparent
             ,
          
           
             And
             so
             well
             knowne
             in
             him
             ,
             to
             be
             inherent
             ,
          
           
             Cannot
             perswade
             Papists
             leave
             their
             strife
             ,
          
           
             With
             cursed
             treasons
             to
             attempt
             his
             life
             :
          
           
             For
             when
             their
             disputations
             help'd
             them
             not
             ,
          
           
             They
             would
             dispute
             in
             a
             damn'd
             powder-plot
             .
          
           
             In
             which
             the
             Romish
             went
             beyond
             the
             Divell
             ,
          
           
             For
             hell
             could
             not
             invent
             a
             plot
             so
             evill
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             that
             plac'd
             him
             on
             his
             royall
             throne
             ,
          
           
             (
             The
             God
             of
             
               Iacobs
               ,
               Iudahs
            
             holy
             one
             )
          
           
             That
             God
             (
             for
             Iesus
             sake
             )
             I
             doe
             beseech
             ,
          
           
             (
             With
             humble
             heart
             ,
             and
             with
             unfaigned
             speech
             )
          
           
             That
             he
             and
             his
             ,
             may
             Britaines
             Scepter
             sway
             ;
          
           
             Till
             time
             ,
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             passe
             away
             .
          
        
         
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             *
             Daughter
             of
             Sir
             
               〈◊〉
               Ayscough
            
             ,
             Knight
             
          
        
      
    
  

