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Judge into thandes of your officers, your Comissary wolde have delivered her by proclamacion as a gynteles person, whereapon I cam in and said to Mr. Comissary ye do not well to deliver her by proclamacion, ffor her awn confession hath condempnid her
Than said Mr. Comissary be you able to prove that you have spoken, And so caused me with many other wurshipfull folke to Justifie, Than said I Sir awne Confession is in your regestorie, Than Mr. Comissary made answer and said I have enquired for theym, but I cannot finde theym, but I will loke them oute for shorting of the matter
Apon this the palme weke nexte after maister Comissarye calling furthe many of his witnes And did examen, So then he sent for me to examen me. When I came to hym I said Ser I marvaile why ye do thus troble yourself and other / yf ye had sent to your officer for her confession, ye sholde nede no other besynes, than said he I have don so but I cannot fynde theym, Than I made hym answer Sir it ys not so for within this ii daies thei were forth commyng
Than said Mr. Comissary, can you fetche theym, And I made answer no, I thinke Mr. Draper will not deliver theym unto me, but if it please you to send your servante with me I am suer he will deliver theym, And so he sent his servante with me and I brought theym, And assone as he had redde theym he dischargid v or mo of thair examynacion / And as all we toke it whiche were or shoulde have ben examined, yf our talis had not byn according, it had ben for her discharge and to our high rebuke
Then nexte Courte daye Appoynted for that matter he declared her to be an heretique, both by her confession and also by witnes, whiche thing she utterly denied But then said he, you cannot deny it, but said to her
judge into the hands of your officers, your Commissary would have delivered her by proclamation as a "gynteles" person; "whereupon I came in and said Mr. Commissary ye do not well to deliver her by proclamation, for her own confession hath condemned her. Then said Mr. Comissary, Be you all able to prove that you have spoken? And so caused me with many other worshipful folk to justify. Then said I, Sir, [her] own confession is in your registry. Then Mr. Commissary made answer and said, I have inquired for them, but I cannot find them. But I will look them out, for shorting of the matter." On Palm week next after, Mr. Commissary calling forth many of his witnesses sent for me to examine me. "I said, Sir, I marvel why ye do thus trouble yourself and other. If ye had sent to your officer for her confession ye should need no other business. Then said he, I have done so, but I cannot find them. Then I made him answer, Sir, it is not so; for within these 2 days they were forthcoming. Then said Mr. Commissary, Can you fetch them? And I made answer, No, I think Mr. Draper will not deliver them unto me. But if it please you to send your servant with me I am sure he will deliver them." And so he sent his servant with me and I brought them. And, as soon as he had read them, he discharged 5 or mo of their examination; and, as all we took it, which were or should have been examined, if our tales had not been according, it had been for her discharge and to our high rebuke. Then next court day appointed for that matter, he declared her to be an heretic, both by her confession and also by witness; which thing she utterly denied. But then, said he, you cannot deny it, but said to her