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

These commissioners being set in place, in the Church of S. Mary in Oxford: one of the Popes Proctors, or else his D. called, saying: Tho. archb. of Canterbury, appear here, & make answer to that shall be laid to thy charge: that is to say, for blasphemy, contumacy, and heresy: and make answer here to the B. of Gloucester, representing the Popes person. He being brought nearer the scaffold where the Bishops sate,¹ gave reverence to the Queens proctors, but would not to the Bishop, who represented the Pope: alleging, he had taken an oath, never to consent to his authority again. When after many means used, the Archb. would do no reverence: the Bishop fell to declare unto him the cause of their coming, and their commission, exhorting him with a long Oration to return to the Popish church. Who ⟨p. 197⟩having finished his Oration, D, Martin beginneth, and declareth unto him as much. Who having also finished, doctor Cranmer (after he had kneeled down on both his knees, towards the West, and said the Lords prayer, and rising up, had repeated the Articles of the belief) began to make profession of his faith unto them: and protested against the popes authority, and challenged the B. of perjury, for admitting the Pope contrary to his oath.

These commissioners being set in place, in the Church of S. Mary in Oxford: one of the Popes Proctors, or els his D. called, saying: Tho. archb. of Canterbury, appeare here, & make answere to that shalbe laide to thy charge: that is to say, for blasphemy, contumacie, and heresie: and make aunswere here to the B. of Glocester, representing the Popes person. He being brought néerer the scaffold where the Bishoppes sate,¹ gaue reuerence to the Quéenes proctors, but would not to the Bishop, who represented the Pope: alleaging, he had taken an oath, neuer to consent to his authority again. When after many meanes vsed, the Archb. would do no reuerence: the Bishop fell to declare vnto him the cause of their comming, and their commission, exhorting him with a long Oration to returne to the Popish church. Who ⟨p. 197⟩hauing finished his Oration, D, Martin beginneth, and declareth vnto him as much. Who hauing also finished, doctor Cranmer (after he had knéeled downe on both his knées, towardes the West, and saide the Lordes praier, and rising vp, had repeated the Articles of the beléefe) began to make profession of his faith vnto them: and protested against the popes authoritie, and chalenged the B. of periurie, for admitting the Pope contrarie to his oath.