FOr asmuche as the late murther of Master Saunders , Citizen and Merchant taylor of this Citie , ministreth great occasion of talk among al sorts of men , not only here in the Towne , but also farre abrode in the Countrie , and generally through the whole Realme : and the sequeles and accidents ensewing therevpon , bréede muche diuersitie of reports & opinions , while some do ius●…ly de●…est the horriblenesse of the vngratious facte , some lamente the gréeuous losse of their deare friends , some reioyce at the commendable execution of vpright iustice , the godlye bewayle the vnmeasurable inclination of humane nature to extreame wickednesse , and therewith magnifie Gods infinite mercie in reuoking of forlorne sinners to finall repentance , many delight to heare and tell newes , without respect of the certentie of the truth , or regarde of dewe humanitie , euery man debating of the matter as occasion or affection leades him , and few folke turning the aduised consideration of Gods open iudgements , to the spéedie reformation of their owne secrete faults : It is thought conuenient ( gentle reader ) to giue thée a playne declaration of the whole matter , according as the same is come to light by open triall of Justice , and voluntarie confession of the parties , that thou mayst both knowe the truth to the satisfying of thy mind , & the auoyding of miscredite , and also vse the example to the amendment of thy life . Not withstanding thou shalt not looke for a full disco●…erie of euery particuler bymatter appendant to the presente case , whiche mighte serue to feede the fond humor of such curious appetites as are more inquisitiue of other folkes offences than hastie to redresse their owne : for that were neyther expedient nor necessarie . And mens misdoings are to be prosecuted no further with open detestation , than till the partiés be eyther reclaymed by reasonable and godly perswasion , or punished by orderly and lawfull execution , according to the q●…alitie of their offence . When lawe hath once passed vpon them , and giu●… them the wages of their wicked deserts : them christian charitie willeth men eyther to burie the faults with the offendours in perpetual silence , or else so to speake of them , as the vices and not the parties them selues may seeme to be any more touched .

But 〈◊〉 shall more be spoken ( God willing ) in the winding vp of this matter . Nowe I will set downe , first : he murthering of master Saunders by George Brown , with Brownes apprehension , triall and execution : then the trial and execution of Anne Saunders , the wife of the sayd George Saunders , of Anne 〈◊〉 widowe , and of Roger Clement , called among them trustye Roger the seruant of the sayd Anne Drewrie : And lastlye a briefe rehearsall of certaine sayings and dealings of the parties conuicted , betwene the tyme of their apprehensions , and the tyme of their execution , whiche are not thinges propre and peculiar to the very bodie of the case , but yet incident , and therfore necessarie for the hearer , as wherby will appeare the verie originall cause and firste grounde of this vngodlye deede : And this rehearsall shall be shutte vp and concluded with a shorte Admon●…tion howe we ought to deale in this and al other suche cases .

The ●…uisdaye in Easter wéeke laste past ( which was the. xxiiij . day of March ) the sayde George Browne receyuing secrete intelligence by letter from mistresse Drewrie , that master Saunders shoulde lodge the same nighte at the house of one M●…ster Barnes in Woolwich , and from thence go ●…n foote to 〈◊〉 Marie Cray the nexte morning : met him by the way a litle from shooters hill , betwene seuen and eight of the clocke in the fore noone , and there ●…lew both him , and also one Iohn Beane the seruant of the said Master Earnes .

〈◊〉 as master 〈◊〉 felt himselfe to haue his deathes wou●…de ( for 〈◊〉 was striken quite and cleane through at the first blowe , ) he kneeled downe , and lifting vp his handes and eyes vnto 〈◊〉 , sayd , God haue mercie vpon 〈◊〉 , and forgiue me my 〈◊〉 , and thee too , ( speaking to Browne , whome in 〈◊〉 he knewe not , whatsoeuer report hath beene made of former acquayntance betwixte them ) and with that worde he gaue vp the Ghost . And Browne ( as he himselfe confessed afterward ) was ●…at striken with suche a terrour and agonie of hart , as he wis●… not what to doo , b●…t was at the poynt to haue fain●…ed euen then and o●…tentimes else that day , and coulde brooke nother meate nor dri●…ke that he receyued of all that day after . He was so abashed afterward at the sight of one of master Saunders 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 children , as he had much a doo too forbeare from 〈◊〉 in the street , a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the secret woorking of God●… terrible wrath in a guiltie and bluddie conscience . But M. Barnesis man hauing ten or eleuen deadly wounds , and being left for dead , did by Gods woonderfull prouidence 〈◊〉 againe , and créeping a great waye ●…n all soure , ( for hée could nother go nor stande ) was fownd by an old man and ●…is mayden that went that way to séeke their kine , and conueyed too 〈◊〉 , where be gaue euident t●…kens and markes of the 〈◊〉 : and so conti●… still aliue ●…ill he had bin apprehended and brought vnto him , dyed the next Munday after . Immediatly , vpon the déede dooing , Browne sente mis●…resse Drewrye woorde thereof by 〈◊〉 Roger , he himself repayred foorthwith to the Court at ●…wich , and anone after him 〈◊〉 thither the report of the murther also ▪ Then departed he thence vnto London 〈◊〉 wayes , and came to the 〈◊〉 of Mistresse 〈◊〉 , 〈◊〉 he spake not personally with hir . But 〈◊〉 conference had with him , by hir seruant Roger , she prouided him . xx . pounds the same day , for the which mistresse Drewry layde certaine 〈◊〉 of hir owne and of 〈◊〉 Saunders to gage .

And vpon the next day béeing Thursday morning ( hauyng in the meane tyme had intelligence that Browne was soughte for ) they sente him sixe poundes more by the sayde Roger , and warned him to shifte for himselfe by flight , which thing he fors●…owed not to doe . Neuerthelesse the Lordes of the Queenes Maiesties Counsell , caused so spéedie and narow searche to be made for hym in all places , that vpon the. 28 of the same moneth he was apprehended in a mans house of his own name at Rochester , by the Maior of the towne : and beeing broughte backe againe to the Courte , was examined by the Counsell , vnto whome he confessed the deede , as you haue hearde , and that he had oftentymes before pretended & soughte to do the same , by the instigation of the said widowe Dr●…w●…ie , who ( as he sayd ) had promised to make a mariage betwéen him and mistresse Saunders , ( whome he séemed to loue excessiuely , ) the desire of whiche hope ha●…ed him forwarde to dispatche the fact .

Neuertheles he protested , ( howbeit vntruly ) that mistres Saunders was not priuie nor consentyng thervnto . Upon this confession he was arr●…igned at the Kings Bench in Westmin●●er ●…l on friday the xvij of April , wher acknowledging himself guiltie , he was condemned as Principall of the murther of master Saun●●●s according to whiche sentence he was executed in Smithfield on monday the. xx . of the same moneth , at whiche tyme ( thoughe vntruely , as she hir selfe ●…ssed afterwarde ) he laboured by all m●… , to cleare mistresse Saunders , of committing e●…il of hir bodie with him : and afterward wa●… hanged 〈◊〉 in ch●…s ●…éere vnto the place where he hadde 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 .

Thus much 〈◊〉 the very case of the murther it 〈◊〉 , and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the principall doe●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . As for the a●…knowledgement of the former wick●…dnesse of his life , and the heartie 〈◊〉 that he pretended for the same , 〈◊〉 to his 〈◊〉 death , I deferce them to the 〈◊〉 parte of this matter , to whiche p●…ce 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 do more peculiarly pe●… . In the 〈◊〉 time , mystresse Drewrie and hir man béeing examined , and as well by their owne confessions , as by the falling out●… of the matter in consequence , and also by Brown●…s appeachment , thought culpable , were committed to warde . And anone after 〈◊〉 Saunders béeing deliuered of childe & ch●…rched ( for at the time of hir husbands death she looked presently to lye do●…e ) was vpon mistresse Drewries mans confession , and vpon other great likelyhoodes and presumptions likewise committed to warde , and ●…n wednesday , the sixth of May , arreigned with mistresse Drewrie , at the Guilde hall , the effecte of wh●…se seuerall inditements is this : That they had by a letter written , bene procurers of the sayde murther , and so accessaries before the fact : And knowing the murther done , had by money , and otherwise , relie●…ed and béene ayding to the murtherer , and so accessaries also after the facte . Whervnto they both of them pleaded not giltie . And mistresse Saunders , notwithstanding the auouchement of mistresse Drewries man face to face , and the great probabilities of the euidence giuen in against hir by master Geffrey , the Quéenes Maiesties Serieant , stoode so stoutly s●…il to the deniall of all things , ( in which stoute deniall she continued also a certayne tyme after hir condemnation ) that some were brought in a blinde beliefe , that either she was not giltie at al , or else had but brought hir selfe in danger of lawe through ignorance , and not through pretenced malice . Howbeit , forasmuche as bare ▪ do●…all is no sufficient barre to discharge manyfest matter , and apparant euidence : they were both condemned as accessaries to master Saunders death , and executed in Smith●…ld the thirteenth of May , beeing the wednesday i●… the Whitson weeke , at whiche time they both of them confessed them selues guiltis of the facte , for which they were condemned , and with verye greate repentaunce and weakenesse , receyued the rewarde of their trespasse , in the presence of many personages of honor and worship , and of so great a number of people , as the like hathe not bene séene there togither in any mans reme●…braunce . For almoste the whole fielde , and all the way from newgate , was as full of folke as coulde well stande one by another : and besides that , great companies were placed bothe in the chambers neere abouts ( whose windowes & walles were in many places beaten down to looke out at ) and also vpon the gutters , sides , and toppes of the houses , and vpon the battlements and stéeple of S. Bartholmewes .

Mistresse Drewries man was arreignéd at Newgate on Friday the. vi●… . of Maye , & being there condemned as accessarie , was executed with his mistresse , at the time and place aforesayd .

Thus haue ye heard the murthering of master Saunders , with the apprehension , arreignement , condemnation , and execution of the principall and of the accessaries to the same . Now let vs procéede to the incidents that ha●…ed from the times of their apprehensions , to the time of their deathes , and so to the ad●…ion , which is the conclusion and fruite of this whole matter .

Whereas it was determined that mistresse Saunders & mistresse Drewrie should haue suffered ▪ vpon the 〈◊〉 saterday after their condemnation , whiche was Whitson euen : the matter was stayde till the wednesday in Whitson wéeke , vpon these occasions ensuing . The booke of Maister ●…ders accomptes and reckenings , whervpon depended the knowlege of his whole state , was myssing . Certaine summes of money were sayd●… to : be in the handes of parties vnknowne , the intelligence whereof was desyred and sought for to the be●…e of master Saunders children . The parties co●…ted were to be reformed to Godwarde , and to be broughte to the willing confessing of the things for whiche they had bene iustly condemned , and whiche as yet they ●…natly concealed .

And besides al this , one Mell , a minister that had heretofore ben suspended from his Ministerie , accompanying mistresse Saunders , from hir condemnation to Newgate , and conferring with hir as it had bene to giue hir good counsell and comforte , was so blynded wyth hir solemne asseuerations and protestations of innocencie , that notwithstanding he had heard hir inditement , with the exact and substantiall triall of hir case : yet notwithstandyng , he perswaded himselfe that she was vtterly cléere , and thereuppon falling in loue with hir , dealte with mistresse D●…e to take the whole guilt vpon hir selfe , vndertaking to sue for mistresse Saunders pardon . And so what by his terrifying of hir , with the horroure of mischarging and ca●…ing away of an innocent , what with his promising of certayne money to the mariage of hir daughter , and with other perswasions : she was so wholly woonne that way , that as wel before certaine personages of honour , as also before the Deane of Paules & others , she vtterly cléered mistresse Saunders of the facte , or of consent to the same , taking the whol●… blame thereof to hir selfe , and 〈◊〉 to stande therin to the death , contrarie to hir former confession at the tyme of hir arr●…ement .

Mistresse Saunders also , after the laying of this platte , stoode so stoutely to hir tackling , that when the Deane of Paules gaue hir godly exhortation for the clearing of hir conscience , and for the reconciling of hir selfe vnto God , as the time and case most needefully required , ( as other had done before ) he could obtayne nothing at hir hande . By meanes whereof , he was ●…ayne to leaue hir that time , which was the Friday , not without great griefe and indignation of mind to sée hir 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . In the meane while , the say●… Mell discouering his purpose and whole platforme to an honest Gentleman , whom he vnskilfully toke to haue bin a welwiller to obtayne the pardon of mistresse Saunders , was partly by that meanes , and also by other 〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉 , cut off from his enterprise . For when he came to sue for hir pardon , which thing he did with such outrage of doting affection , that he not only proffered summes of mony , but also offered his owne body & life for the safety of the woman , whom he protested vpon his conscience to be v●…ilty . The Lordes of the counsell knowing hir to be rightly condemned by good iustice , and being 〈◊〉 to the state of the case beforeh●…nd , and also finding him out by his owne vnwise 〈◊〉 ( whereof among other one was , th●…t he intended to marie hir ) not only frustrated his desire , but also adiudged him to stande vpon the pillorie , with apparant notes and significations of his lewde and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . According to the which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ▪ he was set 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the place of execution at the tyme of theyr suffering , with a paper pinned vpon hys breast , wherein were written certain wordes in great Letters conteyning the effects of his fact , to his open shame : 〈◊〉 , For practising to colour the detestable factes of George Saunders wife . Which was a very good lesson to teache all persons to refrayne from any deuises or practises to deface or discredite the honorable procéedings of Counsellours , and publike & lawfull forme of trialles and iudgementes according to Justice , or to hinder the beneficiall course of so good examples .

By this occasion Mistresse Sanders was vtterly vnprouided to die at that time , and therfore as well in respect of mercie , as for the considerations aforesaid , a further respite was giuen to them vnwitting , and a repriuie was sent by M. Mack williams for a time if neede were . In the meane time , ( that is to wit vpon the saturday morning ) the constant reporte goeth , that as certaine men came talking through Newgate , one happened to speake lowde of the gallowes that was set vp , and of the greatnesse and strongnes of the same , saying ●…t would hold them both and moe , the sounde of whiche wordes did so pierce into the watchfull eares of mistresse Saunders , who lay nearehand , that being striken to the heart with the horror of the present death which she loked for that day , she went immediatly to mistresse Drewrie , and telling hir that she knew certainely by the wordes which she had heard , that they should by all likelihode be executed that day , asked hir if she would stand to hir former promise . But mistresse Drewrie after better consideration of hir selfe , counselling hir to fall to playne and simple dealing : telling hi●… , that for hir owne parte she was fully determined not to dissemble any longer , nor to hazarde hir owne soule eternally for the safetie of an other bodies temporall life . Then Mistresse Saunders , who had determined to acknowledge nothing agaynst hir selfe , so long as she might bee in any hope of life , howbeit that she always purposed to vtter the truth whensoeuer she should come to the instant of death , as she hir self conf●…sed afterward : being striken both with feare and remorse , did by the aduise of master Co●…e , ( who laboured verie earnestly with hir to bring hir to repentance , and was come to hir verye early that morning , because it was thought they shoulde haue bene executed presently ) send for the Deane of Paules agayne , and bewayling hir former stubburnes , declared vnto him and master Cole , master Charke , and master Yong , that shée had giuen hir consent and procurement to hir husbandes death , through vnlawfull luste and liking that she had to Brown confessing hir sinfulnesse of life committed with him : and humbly submitting hirselfe to hir deserued punishment , besought them of spirituall comfort and councell , which thing they were glad to perceyue , and therevpon employed their trauell to do them good : and laboured very painfully to instruct them aright : for ( God wote ) they founde all the thrée prisoners very rawe and ignorant in all things perteyning to God & to their soule health , yea and euen in the very principles of the Christen religion . Neuerthelesse through Gods good working with their labour , they recouered them out of Sathans kingdome vnto Christ , insomuch that besides their voluntary acknowledging of their late heinous fact , they also detested the former sinfulnesse of their life , and willingly yelded to the death which they had shunned , vttering such certaine tokens of their vnfayned repentance by all kinde of modestie & méekenesse , as no greater could be deuised . For Mistresse Saunders the same day sent for hir husbands brothers and their wiues and kinsfolke that were in the towne , whiche came vnto hir the day before hir death : in whose presence she knéeling mildely on hir knées , with abundance of sorrowful teares , desired them of forgiuenesse for bereuing them of their deare brother and friende : wherevnto master Saunders . the Lawyer in the name of them al answered , that as they were very sori●… both for the losse of theyr friend , and also for hir heinous fault , so they heartily forgaue ●…ir , and in token thereof knéeled downe altogyther , praying to GOD wyth hir and for hir , that hée also woulde remitte hir sinne .

Besides this pitiful submission , she also bewayled hir offence towardes hir owne kinred , whome she had stayned by hir trespas , and towardes the whole worlde , 〈◊〉 she had offended by hir crime , but especially hir children , whome she had not onely ber●…fte bothe of father and mother , but also lefte them a coarsie and shame . Wherfore , after exhortation giuen to suche of them as were of any capacitie and discretion , that they shoulde feare God , and learne by hir fall to auoyde sinne : she gaue eche of those a booke of maister Bradfordes meditations , wherin she desired the foresayd thrée preachers to write some admonition as they thought good : Whiche doone , she subscribed them with these wordes : Youre ●…orowfull mother Anne Saunders . And so blessing than in the name of God & of our Sauior Iesus Christ , she sent them away out of hir sorowfull sight , and gaue hir selfe wholly to the settling of hir grieued heart to the quiet receiuing of the bitter cup , which she dranke of the nexte day , as ●…ath bene tolde before . Howbeit , without doubt , to hir euerlasting comforte .

And mistresse Drewrie no lesse carefull of hir owne state , besides hir humble repentance in the prison , and hir earnest desiring of the people to pray for hir selfe , and the others with hir as they came toward execucution , did vpon the Carte not onely confesse hir giltinesse of the facte , as mistresse Saunders had don , but also with great lowlinesse and reuerence first knéeling downe towards the Earle of Bedforde and other noble men that were on horssbacke on the East side of the stage , tooke it vpon hir death that whereas it had bin reported of hir that she had poysoned hir late husbande Master Drewrie , and dealt with witchcraft and sorcerie , and also appeached diuers merchante mens wiues of dissolute and vnchast liuing , she had done none of all those thinges , but was vtterlie cleare bothe to God and the worlde of all suche manner of dealing . And then with like obeysance , turning hir ●…fe to the ●…arle of 〈◊〉 , who was in a chamber behinde hir , she protested vnto him before God , that whereas she had bene reported to haue bene the cause of separation betwixte him and my Lady his wyfe : she neither procured nor consented to any suche thing . But otherwise , wheras in the time of hir seruice in his house , she had offended him , in neglecting or contemning hir duetie , she acknowledged hir fault , and besoughte him for Gods sake to forgiue hir : who very honorably , and ●…uen with teares accepted hir submission , and openly protested him selfe to pray hartily to God for hir .

Hir seruant also , hauing openly acknowledged his offence , kneeled meekly downe , praying seuerally with a preacher , as ●…he of them had done at their first comming to the place . Which done , they were all put in a readinesse by the Executioner , and at one instant ( by drawing away the Cart wheron they stoode ) were sent togither out of this worlde vnto God.

And Browne also , a good while afore , during the time of his imprisonment , comming to a better minde than he had bene of in time paste , confessed that he had not héeretofore frequented sermons , nor receiued the holy sacrament , nor vsed any calling vpon God priuate or publike , nor giuen him selfe to reading of holy Scripture , or any bookes of godlynesse : but had altogither followed the appetites and lustes of his sinfull flesh , euen with greedinesse and outragious contempt both of God and man . Neuerthelesse God was so good vnto him , and schooled him so well in that short time of imprisonment , as he cloased vp his life with a maruellous apparance of heartie repentance , constant trust in Gods mercy through Iesus Christ , and willingnesse to forsake this miserable worlde .

Nowe remayneth to shewe what is to be gathered of this terrible example , and how we oughte to apply the same to our owne behoofe . First I note with S. Paule , that when men regarde not to knowe God , or not to honour him when they know him : God giueth them ouer to their own lustes , ●…o as they runne on from sinne to sinne , and from mischiefe to mischiefe , to do suche things as are shamefull and odious , euen in the sight of the worlde , to their owne vnauoidable perils . And when the measure of their iniquitie is filled vp , there is no way for them to escape the iustice of God , which they haue prouoked . Insomuche , that if they might eschue all bodily punishment : yet the very hell of their owne conscience would prosecute them , and the sting of their minde would be a continuall prison , torment , and torture to them , wheresoeuer they went . Agayne on the other side , we must marke the infinit greatnesse of Gods wisdome and mercy , who perceyuing the peruerse wilfulnesse of mans frowarde nature to sinning , suffreth men sometimes to runne so long vpon the bridle , till it séeme to themselues , that they may safely do what they liste , and to the worlde , that they be past recouerie vnto goodnesse : and yet in the end catching them in their chiefe pride , he rayseth them by their ouerthrow , amendeth them by their wickednesse , and reuiueth them by their death , in such wise blotting out the stayne of their former filthe , that their darknesse is turned into light , and their terrour to their comfort . Moreouer , when God bringeth such matters vpon the stage , vnto the open face of the world : It is not to the intent that men should gaze and wonder at the persons , as byrdes do at an Owle , not that they should delight them selues & others with the fond & perad●…ture sinister repor●…ing of them , nor vpbrayd the whole stocke and kinred with the fault of the offenders : no surely , God meaneth no such thing . His purpose is , that the 〈◊〉 of his iudgements , should by the terrour of the outward sight of the example , driue vs ●…o the inward consideration of our selues . Beholde , wee bée all made of the same moulde , printed with the same stampe , and indued with the same nature that the offenders are . We be the impes of the olde Adam , and the venim of sinne whiche he receiued from the olde serpent , is shedde into vs all , and woorketh effectually in vs all .

Suche as the roote is , suche are the braunches , and the twiggs of a thorne or bramble can beare no grapes . That we stande , it is the benefite of Gods grace , and not the goodnesse of our nature , nor the strengthe of oure owne will . That they are falne , it was of frayltie : wherfrom we be no more priuiledged than they : and that shoulde we ouersoone perceiue by experience , if we wer left to our selues . He that looketh s●…erely into other mennes faultes , is lightly blynd in his owne : and he that either vpbraydeth the repentant that hath receyued punishement , or reprocheth the kinred or ofspring with the fault of the auncester or alye , how greate so euer the same hath ben : sheweth himselfe not to haue any remorse of his owne sinnes , nor to remember that he him selfe also is a man : but ( which thyng he woulde little thinke ) he fully matcheth the crime of the misdoer , if he do not surmount it by his presumptuousnesse .

When it was tolde oure Sauiour Chryst that Pylate had mingled the bloud of certain men with their owne sacrifise , what aunswere made hée ? Did hée detest the offenders ? did he declame against their dooings ? Did he exaggerate the fault of the one , or the crueltie of the other ? No. But framing and applying the example too the reformation of the hearer , suppose ye ( sayd he ) that those Galileans wer greater sinners than all the other Galileans , bycause they suffered such punishment ? I tell you nay : but except ye repente , ye shall all likewise perish . Or think ye that those eightene vpon whom the toure in Silo fell , and slew them , were sinners aboue all that dwelt in Hierusalem ? I tel you nay : but except ye repent , ye shall all perishe likewise . Let vs applie this to our presente purpose . Were those whom we saw iustly executed in Smith ●…eld greater sinners than al other English people ? were they greater sinners than all Londoners ? Were they greater sinners than all that looked vpon them ? No verily : but except their example leade vs to repentance , we shall all of vs come to as ●…ore punishement in this worlde , or else to sorer in the worlde to come . Their faults came into the open Theater , & therefore seemed the greater to our eyes , and surely they were great in déede : neyther are ours the le●…e , bicause they ly●… hidden in the couert of oure hearte . God the searcher of all secrets séeth them , and if he list he can also discouer them . He hath shewed in some , what al of vs deserue , to prouoke vs al to repentance , that al of vs myght haue mercie at his hand , and shewe mercie one to an other , & with one mouthe and one hearte glorifie his goodnesse . It is sayde by the Prophete Samuel , that disobedience is as the sinne of Witchcrafte . Lette euery of vs looke into himselfe ( but first lette him put on the spectacles of Gods lawe , and carie the lyghte of Gods worde with him ) and he shall sée suche a gulfe of disobedience in himselfe , as he maye well thinke there is none offender but himselfe . I say not this as a cloaker of offences , that white should not be called white , & blacke : blacke : or as a patrone o●…●…sdoers , that they shoulde not haue their deserued hyre : but to represse our hastie iudgementes and vncharitable spéeches , that we myght both detest wickednesse with perfect hatred , and rue the persons with christen modestie : knowing that with what measure we met vnto others , with the same shall it be moten to vs agayne .

Finally , let al folkes both maried and vnmaried , learne hereby to possesse and kéepe their vessell in honestie and cleannesse . For if the knot betwene man and wife ( whiche ought to be inseparable ) be once broken , it is seldome or neuer knit again . And though it be , yet is not the wound so throughly healed , but there appéereth some skarre euer after . But if the sore rancle & fester inwardly ( as commonly it doth except the more grace of God be ) in the end it bursteth forth to the destruction or hurt of both parties , not lightly without great harme to others also besides themselues , as we sée by this example . For when the body which was dedicated to God to be his temple and the tab●…rnacle of his holy spirite , is become the sinke of sinne and cage of vncleannesse the deuill ceasseth not to driue the parties still headlong vnto naughtinesse , till they be falne eyther into open shame and daunger of temporall law : or into damnable destruction both of body soule , according as Salomon in his Prouerbes sayth , that the steps of a harlot leade downe vnto death , and hir feete perce euen vnto hell . Therefore good reader , so heare and reade this present example , as the same may turne to the bettering of thy state , and not to occasion of slaunder , nor to the hurt of thine owne conscience , nor to the offence of thy Christian brethren .