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 3. They made a fair hew, and gave him ome hope of life if he would turn Catholick, but the Lord o trengthned him that he ealed with his bloud the truth of the Doctrine in the ame City wherein he taught it. He ingeniouly confeed that hee neither quite laid down, nor for a time did lack thoe parts of the Minitry, which he had received from Chrit not from Cæar, being demanded of the Mae-Priet, whether after the manner, of the Calvinits he gave the bread intead of the Hot, and gave the Cup into the Communicants hands? He anwered; That was Chrits intitution; whoe example to follomfollow [sic], and command to obey he accounted most acred. When they endeavoured to extort from him the confeion of the edition againt Cæar, and Koichink one of the examiners admonihed him not to burthen his concience by concealing what he knew, he anwered, thou perfidious fellow I have a greater regard of my concience than thou hat of thine, at which words he being atonihed in Concience within a mall while after languihed and died, being again promied hope of pardon if he would change his Religion, he anwered, ince this body of mine is ubject to corruption, and now it doth begin to decay, why would you have me hinder it.

4. On the 11 day of September he is brought forth to be punihed, and the cryer proclaimed with a loud voice that he was guilty of edition, with a loud voice