Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful…Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull…

For as much as thou art accused before the Inquisitor, for maintaining false and erroneous Doctrine, and of thine own good will hast confessed it: remembering also, the lamentable admonitions and charitable exhortations which we made unto thee in the Town of Metz, which you, like the Serpent Aspis have refused to hear, and considering thy answers to our Interrogatories, in the which by diabolical Art thou hast hid and kept back the truth, and followed the example of Cain, in denying to conf•sse thy mischievous offence, and considering the great number of witnesses and worthy men that deposed against thee, before the Reverend man, Doctor Savin, Inquisitor, and having communicated our purpose unto divers most excellent Masters and Doctors, which have subscribed thereunto. Whereby it appeareth, y• thou John Castellane hast oftentimes in divers places ⟨p. 165⟩openly taught many erroneous propositions full of the heresies of Luther, against the Catholic Faith, the verity of the Gospel, and the holy Apostolic seat, & so accursedly looked back and turned thy face, that thou art found to be a liar before Almighty God: therefore according to the common Law, such as through the sharp darts of their venomous tongue do pervert the Scriptures, and go about with all their power to pervert and corrupt the souls of the faithful, should be corrected with most cruel vengeance, to fear others to attempt the like, and that all may rejoice in Christian concord, all take example of goodness: therefore having God only before our eyes, and surely considering what measure we do mete unto others, God will measure the like to us again: we therefore pronounce sentence definitive, and Judge thee excommunicate with the great excommunication, and to be culpable of treason against the divine Majesty, and a mortal enemy of the Catholic Church, and verity of the Gospel, and to be a manifest Heretic and follower of the execrable cruelty of Martin Luther, a stirrer up of old heresies all already condemned, and so they degraded him, and delivered him to the secular Judge.

For as much as thou art accused before the Inquisitor, for maintaining false and erronious Doctrine, and of thine owne good will hast confessed it: remembring also, the lamenta•le admon••ions and charitable exhortations which wee made vnto thee in the Towne of Metz, which you, like the Serpent Aspis haue refused to heare, and considering thy answeres to our Intergatories, in the which by diabolicall Art thou hast hid and kept backe the truth, and followed the example of Caine, in denying to confsse thy mischeeuous offence, and considering the great number of witnesses and worthy men that deposed against thee, before the Reuerend man, Doctor Sauin, Inquisitor, and hauing communicated our purpose vnto diuers most excellent Maisters and Doctors, which haue subscribed therevnto. Whereby it appeareth, y thou Iohn Castellane hast oftentimes in diuers places