Marginalia1555. Iune.that he should lead you into all truth and veritie, and that is not to teach a new doctrine.

Boner. A Syr, ye are a right Scripture man. For ye will haue nothyng but the Scripture. There is a great number of your countreymen of your opinion. Do ye not know one Knyght and Pygot?

Haukes. Knight I know, but Pigot I do not know.

Boner. I thought ye were acquainted with him: it semeth so by your iudgement. What preachers do ye know in Essex?

Haukes. I know none.

Boner. Do ye not know one Baget there?

Haukes. Yes forsoth, I know hym.

Boner. What maner a man is he?

Haukes. An honest man, so farre as I know.

Boner. Do ye know him if ye see him?

Haukes. Yea that I do. Then sayd he to one of his seruauntes: go call me Baget hether. And then he sayd to me: ye seeme to be a very proud mā and a stubborne. He that brought me vp stode all this while by.

Haukes. What should moue your Lordship so to say?

MarginaliaBoner looketh to be curtised.Boner. Because I see in a man that came with you much humilitie and lowlynes.

Haukes. It seemeth that your Lordshyp speaketh that to me, because I make no more curtesie to you: and with that came Baget. Then þ^e Byshop sayd to Baget: How say ye Syr, know ye this man?MarginaliaBaget brought to the sight of Thomas Haukes.

Baget. Yea forsoth my Lord: With that, Baget and I shoke handes. Then sayd the Byshop to Baget: Syr, this man hath a child, which hath lyen three weekes vnchristened (as I haue letters to shew) who refuseth to haue it Baptised, as it is now vsed in the Church: how say you therto?

Baget. Forsooth my Lord I say nothyng thereto (with low curtesie to the hard ground.)

MarginaliaBoner chafeth at Bagets answere.Boner. Say ye nothing therto? I will make you tel me whether it be laudable, and to be frequented and vsed in the church, or not.

Baget. I besech your Lordship to pardon me: hee is old inough, let hym aunswere for hym self.

Boner. Ah sir knaue, are ye at that poynt wyth me? Go cal me the Porter, said he to one of hys men. Thou shalt sit in the stockes, and haue nothing but bread and water. I perceiue I haue kept you to well. Haue I made thus much of you, and haue I you at this poynt? Then came the Bishops man, and sayd: the Porter is gone to London. Then said the bishop to Baget: MarginaliaBoner taketh Baget with him a side to coniure hym.come wyth me, and he went away wyth hym, and commaunded me away, and bad one of hys Gentlemen to talke wyth me (who was one of hys one teaching): who desired, amongest all other thinges, to know of me with whom I was acquainted in Essex, and what men they were that were my teachers.

Haukes. When I see your commission, I wyll make you aunswere.  

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Technically Bonner needed a royal commission to interrogate Haukes.

MarginaliaBoner taught to say after Boner.Baget. Forsooth my Lord I say it is good.

Boner. I be foole your hart, could ye not haue sayd so before? Ye haue wounded thys mans conscience. Then the Bishop turned to me and sayd: how say ye now Syr? this man is turned and conuerted.

MarginaliaThomas Haukes buildeth his fayth vpon no man.Haukes. I buyld my fayth neyther vpon this man, neyther vpon you, but onely vpon Christ Iesus, who (as Paule sayth) is the founder and author of all mens fayth.

Boner. I perceiue ye are a stubburne fellow. I must be glad to worke an other way with you, to wyn you.

Haukes. Whatsoeuer ye do, I am ready to suffer it: for I am in your handes to abyde it.

Boner. Well, ye are so: come on your wayes, ye shall go in, and I wyll vse you Christianlike. You shall haue meate and drinke, such as I haue in my house: MarginaliaThomas Haukes. forbidden to talke in the Byshops house.but in any wyse talke not.

Haukes. I purpose to talke nothing but the woord of God, and truth.

Boner. I wil haue no heresy talked on in my house.

Haukes. Why? is the truth become heresye? God hath commaunded that wee shoulde haue none other talke in our houses, in our beds, at our meate, and by the way, but all truth.

Boner. If ye wyll haue my fauour, bee ruled by my counsell.

Haukes. Then I trust you wyll graunt me my request.

Boner. What is that?

Haukes. That your Doctors and seruauntes geue me none occasion: for if they doe, I wyll surely vtter my conscience. Then commaunded he his men to take in Baget, MarginaliaThomas Haukes and Baget separated a sonder.and let not Haukes and hym talke together. And so thus we departed, and went to dynner, and I dyned at the Stewardes table. After dynner, his chaplaynes and hys men began to talke wyth me. But amongest all other, there was one MarginaliaTalke betwen Darbishire and Thomas Haukes.Darbyshire Principal of Brodgates in Oxford, & the bishops kinsmā, who said to me, that I was to curious: for ye wil haue (sayd he) nothing but your litle prety Gods booke.

Haukes. And is it not sufficient for my saluation? Yes (sayd he) it is sufficient for our saluation, but not for our instruction.

Haukes. God send MarginaliaSaluation. Instruction.me the saluation, and you the instruction. And as we thus reasoned, came the Bishop, who sayd vnto me: I gaue you a commaundement that you should not talke.

MarginaliaTalke betwen M. Haukes and Boner.Haukes. And I desired you, that your Doctors and seruaunts should geue me none occasion. Then went we into hys Orchard againe, he & his Doctors, and I.

Boner. Would not ye be contēted to haue, that your child should be MarginaliaBaptisme after King Edwardes booke.christened after the booke that was set out by king Edward?  

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I.e., the Book of Common Prayer.

Haukes. Yes, wyth a good wyll: it is the thing that I desire.

Boner. I thought so: ye would haue the same thing. The principall is in the name of the father, the sonne, and of the holy ghost, and in necessity it may serue.

Haukes. Christ dyd vse it wythout any such necessitie: and yet we lacke the chiefest point.

Boner. What is that?

Haukes. Goe teach all nations, baptising them. &c.

Boner. Thou speakest that because MarginaliaBoner no preacher.I am no preacher.

Haukes. I speake the text: I doe not meane you. Then spake all hys Doctors, and hys men that were with hym: hee speaketh it of you my Lorde (wyth a great noyse that they made.)

Boner. Wyll ye be content to tary here, and your child shall be baptised, and you shall not know of it, so that you wyll agree to it?

Haukes. And if I would so haue done, I needed not to haue come to you: for I had the same counsel geuen me before.

Boner. You seeme to be a lusty yong man: you will not geue your head for þ^e washing. You wyll stād in the defence of it for the honour of your countrey. Doe ye thinke that the Queene and I can not commaunde it to be done in spite of your teeth?

Haukes. What the Queene and you can doe, I wyll not stand in it: MarginaliaM. Haukes will not consent to haue his child christened after the Popish order.but ye get my cōscience neuer the sooner.

Boner. Well, you are a stubburne yong man. I perceyue I must worke an other way wyth you.

Haukes. Ye are in the handes of God, and so am I.

Boner. What so euer you thinke, I would not haue you speake such wordes vnto me. And so we departed vntill Euēsong tyme: and ere Euensong was begun, my Lord called for me to come to hym into the Chappell, and sayd: Haukes, thou art a proper young man,