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The MARTYREDOME of JOANE
K-VASTE, a blinde‘Wo%man inethe
T Townc of Darbie..,f W :

t H Ejfirst-day of Auéufi in the yeere
15 56, i'u.H.'e1'ed at the towne of Dar-
bic;;,__ta gerteine epoor.hone‘fi.. god}/ie_ wo;

maniz being b-§i’njde,;.Ifrc3m her bi‘rth; 

timharriedg ab0ut:i.he.age %0f"AXX‘II, nah-Q

med Jeane VVaefie,‘eeof the parifh oft
Aithallowes. Of them that fate upon  
t!‘i]"S" igmocent woznansgbloyld, the-'chei:fcfi   '

of them was Rafe Bain, Bifhop oftthe
Diocefe, Dr. -Draicot,‘h.is tchanctellour,
Sir._']ohn Port Knight, Henrie Vernon,
Efquire, Peter ?F'i7ntIh,j‘O~fl¥”1Ic-ial~ Of. Darbie,

with the affiflance alfo of divers others,  

Richard "Warde, and "Wi1eliam ’-Bf‘e'm‘-'-
bridge, the fame tiineébeing Bailiffse of
the towne of Darbie, &c. hFif17:t after the
aboue named tBi‘fli"Ciph, “’ and i‘DoE’ttour
Draicot, had caflffid the faid \ joane
Wafie to bee app1*e‘l1‘ended%in the towne

of Djarbie, fufpe€Ling:he1f'tQ}_b_e gui1_tie—of ,
ccrteine herefies {he ‘was dtuers umes h

prjuilie examinegi 9“_s_.?\y‘e_1_l in prifon as out
ofprifon, M the ioflictal aforefaxd:
after that br6igfift‘o‘pfl_bhc examtmttoa

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§ié?f}';§beforc the Biifhop-, at ‘la-afi,‘ was .theg"*et
22‘ burnt in Darbie as is abofuefaid. toucliing‘
whofe life,brin~gisn-gs u~p,'and‘ ‘conuerfation,
fomewhat more -amply we mean to ~dif~
courfe, as by faithful relation hath come
to my handes. e ”    
F iArPt,i this joane Waite was the dauagtert
~ .ofon"e iWilliam VVaPte, and.hone‘fi poore
man, and by his fcience a barber ; who
». fometimes alfo ufed to make ropes.-~

other oataibir‘th,i and {he was born blinde;

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L! His wife‘ had the faine-Joaneiiiiatid” o/‘nae

 _ andtwhfen flie.wea§s~ai3<i)‘iut’ XII, ors 
 yeere“s.,oide‘,‘ {he learned to knit hofenand
V access, a   fither  in time
the (mild doe uerie“*weIl,f‘i1rthermore as
r  ti4tji1‘ei;fer\§§\d Ihewouidhelpe her father to
 s  oLher‘things as
i: {he xva'siiiab;k:7Ie5,';? cafe _ would bee
  idle. ‘Thustcontinued {he with her father
and mothcrduringtheirlines: afterwhofe
departure, then ‘kept {he with one¢Roger
Waite her brother, who in the time of‘.
K.Edward the Sixth, ofbleffcd memorie, .
gaue hefelfe daylic to go to the Church
to hear ,diuine feruice read in the vulgar
tongue and thus by hearing homiiies and
fcrmons, {he became maruellonfly wehl

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afifefled to the religion then taught, {oat .
vlcngtph having by her labour gotten and

‘fauedfo much money as would buy her

a New Tefiament, the caufedlonc to she A

prouided for her, and though {he was of

fherfelfe unlearned, and by reafon of her

blindnefs unable to reade, yet for the
great defire {he had to aunderfiand, and
haue printed in her memorie the fayingea
of Holy S'Cl‘lpt11IC-C~‘.)IltalflCd in the New
Tefiament, {he accquainted hcrfelfe
chieflie with one john Hurt, then pri-

foner in the Common Hall ofDarbie,for .
Debts. The lame John Hurt being at V
fober graueman, of the age of thraefcore A

and teene yeeres, by her earnefi intreatie
and being prifoner, and many times idle
and without companie, did for his exer-
eife daylie read unto her fome one Chap-
ter of the New Tefiament and if at any
‘time he were otherwife occupied or let.
ted through ficknefs, {he would repair
unto one john Pemerton Clerke of the
Parifh Church of All Saints in the fame
towne of Darbie, or to fome other per-
fon which could read, and Torrie times
fhee would %iue a penie or two‘°(as lhee

might {pare to fuck p.crfo.1!__s up would

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not frelie read unto her, appointing un-

itothem aforehaind how manie chzipters

of me‘ New Tefizimeut they lhonlde
reade or how often they fhalltrepeate one
chapter upon a price Morcouer in the
{aid Jeane VVai‘te, this was notorious,
that ihe being ‘utterlie blinde, coulde

e noitwithfitanding, without afiguide, go to i
any Church in the fetid towne of Darbie,
or to any other place or pt%erftm, with

whom {he had anie fiichi’excercil'e;
by which cxceréife lilff fo profited that

{he was able not only ‘to recite many.
' chapters of the New Tcilpamentwithhout

booke, but alfo could aptly impugneg. by
diners places of Scriptures, as well finne,
as fuch abufes in religion as then. were
to’o*uuch in irfe in diuers_ and fundrie

  perfons‘, as this godlie woman thus dai-

ly iucreafed in the lznowledge of God’s
holy word,’ and no lefse in her life expref-t

sedtghe uirtuous fruits andexcercife of M

the fame: n0t~lOt_1g_aft.€'z“, through the
fatal death of blflfed K. Edxviartl, fol.-3

“ lowed the woefullruine ofreligion inthc;

lfaigne ofigueen Marie his lilier in which
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backlliding of the greatefi pgzjt and mul-
titude of the whole rcglm, into the old
papifme again, yet this poore blilldfi W0-
man contim,1ed in at confiant eonliencca
proceeded {till in henf former cj-X¢1:"Ci{‘Ca
both being zealottsin that fhee had learn-
ed, and alfo refufing to comm_t,1_ni,cate in

t religion with thofe that taught gontfafy ; it -

docétrine to that {hes before had learned
in King Edwards time, as is aboue de-
clared. For the‘ which {hejc was called
and conucnted before the faid Bilhop
and Dr; Dtéicot, with diner: others cal-
led’ in to beat mfitnefls, i '

Articles minifiered unto her.

The articles miniftered unto her and

whercwith {he was charged, were. thctfez: A

lflijlt, that {he did hold the _Sacramcntof
the altar, to be but onlie a memotie or
reprefentation of Chrilles bodie and ma»-
ttzrzal Bread and Wine, but not his ha-
tural bodic unlels it were receiucdv, as

that it ought not to be télerucd ouer the ,

altar, but immediately to be re.ceiucd&c.

Item, that {here did holdc, in rieceiuingi

the facratncxzt of the altar, fhec did not

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reccittc the fame bodic that was, born of
the Uirgin Marie, and fuflkrcd upon the
croffe for our rcdctnption, &c,. '

Item, fhee did htnldc, that. Chtifie at
his latt fuppcr, did not blcfilg thc. bread

i that he had then in hishands, but was,

bheircd himfclfe, and hythc ujrtuc of the

words.of confecration, the fttbfiancc of,

the btegtd and wi_nc is not conucrtcd and
turned into the fubfiancc ‘of the bodic

V and. bloud of Chtrific, d

tlttedm, fhee did grziuntt that {hat was of
the Pariih of Allhallowx-21s., in Darbi¢, Sac.

Item, that all and; fingular the premi-
ses are true and notorious by pubiic re-
port and fame, <Szc.. ‘

Whcretmto fhec anfwcrcd, that the:

bciéiued therein fo much "as Ehlff Holy

Scriptures taught hat, and according to
that {here had heard preachcd unto her-
by diuers lelarncd men: m'I1er'coHl>mc
fuH'c3red« i-mprtfonment, and othcr ifonnc
death, for the fame doftrinc; autongfll
whom ihee namcd, befidcs othcrs, Dr,
'I‘aiIou1,.dwhor.n. {hee‘faid- tookc it of his
c0nficienCc,'that’that doétrine which he
taught was true, and afkcd them, 'i{‘tht:*_y

(so)

would doe {o in like cal'c— For their doc-
trine, whichcifthey would not, {heel deli-h

red them for‘God’s fake not to trouble i

her, being a blinde, poore, and unlearned
woman, with any further talke,sfaying
(by God,s affiftance) that fhee was ready.
to yeeld up her life in that faith in fuch
fort as they fhould appoint.

And.yet~notwithPtanding, beinigtprelt

by the {aid Bilhop an<itDr. Draicot, with
many arguments of Chriltes om nipnten-
cie, as why was not Chrifte able as well

to make the bread his bodie, as to turne '~

waterinto wine, raife Lazarus from death
and fuch other like arguments: andmany
times being threatened with grievous
imprifonments, torments, anddeath,-e the
poore woman thus being as it were, halfe
ai”t'<)ni«:d;hrough their terrorsand threats,

and dei'.%rous (as it feems) to prolongher a
life, r’Pt"eretl unto the Bilhop then prefent
that if he won?-cl. before that companies

take it upon his confience, that the doc-
trine which he would haue her to be-
lieue concerning the Sacrament, was true
and that heiwould at the dreadful day

of Iu(lg:‘.1ent anlwere for her therein (as h

the {aid Doctour Taiiour in diners of his

  

remains did offer) the would ttbcn fur.
ther arntfweretthem Whereutnto the Bi-

% ihopanfwered he would‘, -but Dr.Dr.aico.t

his chancellour,o hearing that faide; my
Lord, you know not what you do. you
may in no cafe anfwere for an heretike.
And immediately be aflged the poem wo-
man whether the would recant or no,
and {aide {he fhould an f were for herfelfe.
Unto whofe fayings the Biihop allo re.
formed l’l_l:l.I_1f€lffC. The poore woman
perceiving this, anfwered again that if
they refufed to take of their confience
that i_t was true they‘ would have her to
believe, {he would anfwere no further,
but defired them to doe their pleafure,
and fo after certeine citrcutmfltances, they
pronounced fentence againflt her, and
del~iv,e,red her unto the Bailiffs of the laid
towne of Darbie aforenamed‘, who after
they had kept her about amonth or live
weeks, at length, there came unto them a
Writte De Haeretyico Comburendo: by

uirtue whereof they were appointed by
the faid Bifhop, to bring her to the pa-

rilh church of All-Saintes‘, at a day ap-
pointed, where Doctour Draicot lhould

make at Sen-«_non.

 

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When the day and iirne was comefhar

this innocent martyre hfhould fuf¥e'r,.fir{i_
cormnethe Dr, Draicot, accompanied%by —
diners gentlemen, M. Thos. Po'wt'h1f’ead, f j
IVE, Henrie Uernon; M.;Dethick‘e, of

Newall, and diuers others.‘ This done,
and all things now in readinefse, at 1a fl'
rite poore bhndcreathre-and feruant of
God was brought and fer‘ before the pul-L
pit, where the {aid Dcietouir being en.
tered into: his fermon, and there imieigl1-

inhg againfi diuers matters’ Whiehe  _
ledhetefies,’ declared <u‘nto‘?the  L 
than, xharwoman was conciemnedefiir (}e§h 
 the:bl'efi3ed facrafiienthoffheefé:1ia;fe‘r *

rge~:b‘e,£he;_verie bodie andiblohud OE  % 

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I rr‘c:2*1U_ie eazzckehflibfflfiéifi-31Was 

eeehut'<‘:“>ff‘fron) the bodfe9of‘th*e“i: ‘t'h’O?-'1 

he Ciazzrch, and he rayae, um  em
um onh}: blind in her‘ bodilie eyes, bin

"aim hiimie ih the eyes’ of her foule.-4-

And he rm, that as her budie fhould be
pr<:Eent_‘:ae confirmed in material fire, fo
her 3"Oi_1‘§<.‘,,{(1()iJe1d be burnedm hell, in

ever}a{t:xzg ii:-e, as foone as it {hould be

fcpqratci-d from :he bodic, and there :to
remaiue worid ‘wiI:h<,>ut end, and {aide It
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her: and To withgman§e terrible threats

he made an end of his fertnon, and com»

manded the Bailoiffs and thofe Gentlemen
tofee her executed,— e o ’ [ 

_ 13_xnd the fermonw thus ended,—after
fooinethe bleffed {eruant of‘ Godirwasy car-

lerifed. away/from the lfaide Church to a

place jzalled W"indn1i1*l.rpi-tt, nere unto
thesfiowne and holding ~the aforefaid

A Roger ;’W.a.«fie her «bro.t:her~h.y the hand
I ;fl1e5prep.ared§ :herfe‘ife, and defired the
people to pray withher, and {aid fuech
r prvayeerseasrihe before had “learned, ‘and
cried aupo-n Chrifhito haue zmercie upon
h¢‘.1-has Idng as life ferued. A ' in«tht5"WCane __

f¢afo‘n',_-the faisde DI Draic-ot went torfhis
I rm, for great -forrowt of her death, and
there, lay’d himdowne, and flept djurfng

“ - ,all the time of her: .execution:< and thus

muchof oane Waite.

‘ Now, f'oraftnurch:i”s’ I am notignorant)

faithful reader, thét‘ this and other ffories
m.OT¢, fer forth, of the martyrs, {hill ‘not

t lacke*~carpers3zind "4f.§?1"é1'l<etr§ enowfleadie A

to feck?él1f;hp‘1és"and"c‘orners‘ how to C164’

fame the firidiétiifirihe o‘PCod‘s good faints an-.dh '

to eondcmne thefe hifiories of lie§'an‘d

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untruths, Le.fpec1aHy~;"htftor1es wherem

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they fee there fltanteftili ac’tes* ind uh’-
chriflian crueltie detected and brought
0 light: there-fo—r?e forbetter confirmati-
on of this hifiorie aboue written, and‘ to
{top the mouths of fuch momes, this
{hall be to admoniih all and fingu«l'a'r
readers, he-reof that the difcourfe of this

poore biinde V-omans life and death in f
fuch fort as isialboue prefixed, hath been
confefsed to be my true, by diuers pert-t 

ions of worthy credite and ‘yet Iiuing:
and alfo hath been fpecfalle perufedta’-nd

I examined by W. Bainbridge before

mentioned. Ba-‘lifeithen ofDarbie: who

as wall of his own knowledgq as by fpe-
cial enquiry and con*f‘ere'ric‘e,r by him "
made, with diuers others‘, hath certifiodr

us of the fame to be un-doubted: beiides
the teihgnonial of ohrrCadmarr Curate
oi‘ the {aide Towne, vittd of othersaifo,
upon whofe ‘honefiie, well known, and

their report sheeringi dttoth_ing..differingj
fr-mn fuch as were befi acquainted with  ‘

thafmattter, I haue bgen i1e,re the more
bolder to commit t.his;J{’1_<)ri,,e,:tot pofier.itie
for all good men.:;_$9;cot1f;‘5i.criand to
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