An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church

Anno 1551. After that Richard Marshall doctor of Divinity, and prior of the black Friars at Newcastle in England, had declared in his preachings at Saint Andrews in Scotland, that the Lords prayer, commonly called the Pater noster, should be said only to God, and not to Saints, neither to any other creature. The Doctors of divinity of S. Andrews, together with the black Friars, who had long ago taught the people to say the Pater noster to Saints, had great indignation that their old doctrine should be impugned: and stirred up a Grey fryer, called Friar Toyttes, to teach the people to pray yet to Saints.¹ Whereupon fell such a schism, that not only the Clergy, but also the people were divided among themselves for the matter: in so much that there rose a proverb: to whom say you your Pater noster? And the clergy for to decide the same controversy, & to put the people out of doubt, assembled themselves: yet notwithstanding it so depended, that it was thought good to call a principal counsel to decide the matter: which being assembled at Edinburgh, the papists wanting reason, burst out into unseemly speech: as friar Toyt being asked to whom he should say his pater noster, ²answered: say it to the devil, knave. In the end, they that were called churchmen, were divided: for some of the bishops and divines consented that it should be said to saints: but the B. of S. Andrews, Caithness and Athenies, refused utterly to subscribe to the same. Finally, it was declared unto the people, that it should be said unto God, with certain restrictions: and so by little and little the brute ceased.

Anno 1551. After that Richard Marshall doctor of Diuinitie, and prior of the black Friers at Newcastle in England, had declared in his preachings at Saint Andrewes in Scotland, that the Lords prayer, commonly called the Pater noster, should be said onely to God, and not to Saints, neither to any other creature. The Doctors of diuinitie of S. Andrewes, together with the black Friers, who had long ago taught the people to say the Pater noster to Saints, had great indignation that their olde doctrine should be impugned: and stirred vp a Gray fryer, called Frier Toyttes, to teach the people to pray yet to Saints.¹ Whereupon fel such a schisme, that not only the Cleargie, but also the people were deuided among themselues for the matter: in so much yt there rose a prouerbe: to whom say you your Pater noster? And the cleargie for to decide the same controuersie, & to put ye people out of doubt, assembled thēselues: yet notwithstanding it so depended, yt it was thought good to call a principal coūsel to decide ye matter: which being assēbled at Edēburgh, the papists wāting reason, brast out into vnséemly spéech: as frier Toyt being asked to whom he should say his pater noster,