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thou shouldst not desire the innocent blood to be shed, then she said, if I were a man I would offer you combat, to prove that I desire not to shed innocent blood, do you call the blood of these wicked men of Merendoll innocent blood? I do desire and offer with my who•e power, that such as they should be destroyed, from the greatest to the least: and to see the beginning of this work I have not been wanting to employ all my credit and frien•• ▪ and do not spare neither body nor goods to make the utter ruin and destruction of them, and to deface their memory from amongst men, I had rather meet ten devils then one Lutheran.

thou shouldst not desire the innocent bloud to be shed, then she sayd, if I were a man I would offer you combat, to proue that I desire not to shed innocent bloud, do you call the bloud of these wicked men of Merendoll innocent bloud? I do desire and offer with my who•e power, that such as they should bee destroyed, from the greatest to the least: and to sée the beginning of this worke I haue not beene wanting to imploy all my credit and frien•• ▪ and doe not spare neither body nor goods to make the vtter ruine and destruction of them, and to deface their memory from amongst men, I had rather méet ten di•els then one Lutheran.

After the Bishops and Clergy met again to consult about the executing of the said Arest, and they had a banquet at the Bishops house of Ruda: to this banquet the •ayrest and best Ladies of Avignon were invited to solace these good Prelates: after they had dined, danced, and used their pastime, they walked until supper, and as they passed the streets leading every one a Gentlewoman upon his arm, they saw a man that sold dishonest Images to stir up the people to whoredom and knavery, and all these pictures the Bishops bought, which were as many as a Mule could carry: a little further a Book-binder had set out Bibles of latin and french to sel, then the Bishops said, who hath made thee so hardy to set forth these Merchandise to sell? dost not thou know these Books are forbid? the Book binder answered, is not the holy Bible as good as these goodly pictures? the Bishop of Air said, I renounce my part of Paradise if he be not a Lutheran, let him be tried what he is: then the Book-binder was carried into prison, and a company of ruffians cried, a Lutheran to the fire with him, and own struck him with his fist, another pulled him by the beard, so that he was all imbrued with blood, the morrow he was brought before the Bishops, he justified the selling of the Bibles, and said; There was no Nation but had the Bible in their own language; Will you forbid and hide that which Christ hath commanded to be published? Did not Christ give power to his Apostles, to speak all manner of tongues to the end that his Gospel might be taught to every Creature in every language? And why do you forbid this Book, ad buy such profane painting? What cruelty is this, to take the nourishment from poor souls, but you shall gie account hereof, which call sweet sower, and sower sweet: you be rather the Priests of Bacchus and Venus, then Pastors of the Church: Then he was condemned to be burned the same day, and to have two Bibles hang, one before, and another behind, to signify the cause of his death.