BOOK ticular good will toward your self, we have well reported I. and thought. Of whose zele and love towards the word of God, and love to his country, no man ever doubted. What my mistres advice to him, and reverence he bears unto her to follow the same, doth or may work in him, we find, and can assure our selves sufficiently, that it is such as neither shall his promise be broken unto you, nor any thing be left undon by him, that is in his power to perform. Whatsoever ye doubt of my lord of Morton, ye shall have the like security of him; and my mistress to interpose her self so far, as in honour and reason she may. If this be not sufficient, be your selves the devisers, yee shall find us friends, fellows, companions, debters, commissioners; term us as ye will; faithful and indifferent any way that we can to do you good. If nothing of this will serve, trust us upon our words, ye stay to your greater destruction. Yee are disappointed of your purpose, and shall be driven to that extremity, that we are both loth to think of, much less willing to put it in writing. Give us your answer hereunto. And so wishing you to be well advised, we bid you both farewel. MSS. Gul. Number X. Dr. Stories last will and testament, made at Lovain, anno 1552. EMANUEL. In the name of God, Amen, and in the year of our Lord God 1552, and in the last day of May, I, John Storie, doctor [LL.] lawded be Almighty God, being whole of mind and body, do to God and the world declare my last will and testament in maner and form following. First and before all things transitory, as I do most humbly render thanks, lawd, and praising to my Lord God, for my creation and redemption; so do I also most humbly acknowledge his great mercies by leading me, a wretched sinner, out of my native country; the which being swarved out of the sure ship of our salvation, I beseech I. Almighty God of his infinite mercy to restore again to the BOOK unity of the same vessel, being our mother, the holy catholic church, for his holy names sake. And having full trust 22 and affiance, that I am one, and within the number of the said catholic visible church, (which doth, and here on earth shall, contain both bad and good, until the same by wilful leaping out, or lawful separation be excluded,) I do confess to God, and before the world, that I in this perillous time of tryal of the corn from the moveable chaff, do believe, and have full trust and affiance in all and every article, clause, or sentence, that our said mother, the holy church, continued from the time of the apostles, hath and shall decree, set forth, and deliver to be kept and observed by us her children. And for my breaking any commandment set forth by the authority of the same church, and for my non-observance of any decree, ordinance, or counsil of the same; and especially, for mine offence in forsaking the unity of it, by the acknowledging of any other supreme head than our Saviour Jesu Christ did depute here in earth to remain, which was S. Peter, and his successors, bishops of the see of Rome; I do most humbly and penitently crave God mercy; desiring of him pardon; as I do also ask forgiveness of all such as by my said offence and evil example, I have by any means slandered or offended in this world: desiring all Christen people remaining within the unity of our said mother, the catholic church, to pray for me, being a simple and a wretched member of the same. And as concerning such my temporal goods as, by the sufferance of Almighty God, I have been steward of here in this vale of misery; my mind is, that all my debts be truly contented and payed by mine executor, &c. Also, I give and bequeath to Ellen Storye, my daughter, the sum of 600 and threescore florens, to be payed and delivered to her at the day of mariage: so, and under this condition, that she do take to husband and mary such one as her mother then living, or my overseers here under named, or any one of them, do first consent, &c. And if my said BOOK daughter, following her own sensuality, do chance to mary I. with any man without or against the good will, plea sure, &c. then my mind is, that she shall have only threescore florens towards her rayment, and no more. And if my said daughter Ellen, by God's good motion, do enter into religion, then I do give and bequeath to the house and company where she shall chaunce to be professed 120 florens; desiring them to be good instructors of my said daughter, and of their cheritie to pray for the souls of my father and mother, Nicolas and Joan, for my soul and all Christen souls. Also, I do bequeath my soul to Almighty God; of whom this my mortal flesh hath received the same: and my body to be buried within the Grey Friars in Lovain, if I do depart in Lovain, as neer unto the burial of Mr. Thomas Tybald as may be permitted. For the which my funeral exequies, and other divine services, then by that convent to be don and solemnized for the wealth of my soul, I do bequeath to the same convent twenty florens. Also, I give and bequeath to the said convent forty florens more, desiring them of their cherite, in their daily celebration of mass, that they will pray for the souls of Nicolas and Joan my parents, for my soul and all Christen souls; and to limit and appoint one devout person of their company, by the space of two years next after my burial, daily to make a special memory to God for my soul and of all Christen souls. And my mind is, that the same convent, the next day after my months mind is by them to be kept for my soul, do receive of my executrice the same whole sum of money, viz. threescore florens. For the which I beseech them that I may have my years mind kept with mass and dirige, by the space of three years. Also, I do give and bequeath to the house and companie of the Charter-house in Lovain, the sum of twenty florens; requiring them of their cherite in their celebration to pray by special memory for the soul of my said parents, and for my soul so long as by their cherite they shall be moved thereto. Also I give and bequeath to the great hospital, I. which lodgeth and keepeth sick persons, the sum of ten flo- BOOK rens; desiring them of their cherite to pray for my soul and al Christen souls. The residue of al my goods and specialties, in whose 23 hands soever they be, upon ful trust and confidence that I have in the promise of my welbeloved wife Joan Storye hereafter mentioned, I do give and bequeath unto her; whom I make my whole and sole executrice to performe this my last wil. Provided always, and it is my ful mind and deliberate wil, that my said executrice shal not take ne demand my whole mony out of my great and special friend Mr. Bonvice hand by the space of three years next after my decease: but shal receive only such mony of him, as wil pay my legacies, to be prayed for, &c. Item, I do desire my said good friend, Mr. Anthonie Bonvice, to be overseer of this my last wil; most heartily desiring him to be a good instructer of my wife, to keep and performe her promise made to God and me. Whereupon I have altered the last end of my wil above written. Which promise that she at no time, until the land of England be restored to the unity of the church, wil resort thither, or cary her daughter and mine into that land: except it be for the only intent to procure her mother to come thence. And in such case not to tary there above the space of three months, unless she by compulsion be forced thereunto. In witness whereof, I have written these presents, and subscribed my name. Per me Johannes Storye. Number XI. Two letters of Jewel from Oxford to Parkhurst; soon after the access of queen Mary to the crown. han. nuper ep. Elien. PARKHURSTE mi, mi Parkhurste. Quid ego te nunc MSS. R. Joputem agere? Morine an vivere? In fletune esse, an in fleto? Certe quæ tua semper fuit æquitas animi, nihil dubito te hæc omnia, quæcunque sunt, boni consulere, &c. Nova BOOK apud nos nulla sunt: plus enim satis est veterum. De HarI. leio quid factum sit, quo in loco tuæ res sunt, quid speres, quid timeas, nisi molestum est, quæso, rescribe. Saluta Vrianum, Robinum, Hallingum, et omnes tuos. Vale. Oxon. 15. Octobr. Jo. Juel tuus. Quid ego nunc ad te, Parkhurste, scribam, vel quid potius taceam? Quid agas, quid egeris, quo loco sis, jamdudum audire cupio. Etsi Clæva tibi erepta est, et alia mutata sunt omnia, animum tamen illum tibi tuum nec eripi, nec mutari posse spero, &c. Saluta meo nomine Vrianum. Octobr. 22. Oxon. -MSS. R. Number XII. Certain puritans, taking offence against a sermon preached by the bishop of Norwich, digested their exceptions thereto under certain articles, sent to him by way of letter; as followeth. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ direct you by his Joh. nuper holy Spirit, that you may walk rightly, after the sincere truth of the gospel. episc. Elien. Beloved father in the Lord Jesus; so long as ye walk sincerely in this truth, and continue in the same: wee, being somewhat aggrieved with your late sermon, are moved in conscience to utter some part thereof: desiring your wisdome not to be offended, because we use not the name of lord: which willingly we would have done, if God did approve it by his holy word. Our griefs are as followeth. 24 First, In the entry of your matter, among other things you recited a place out of Jeremy, chap. xxiii. where it is said, He that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord. But in the end, you yourself delivered us chaff and wheat together, persuading us to content our selves therewith; and so |