Copy of the order for Burning Bishop Hoorsr. 
IMhereas, Joun Hooper, who of late was called Bushope of Worcestere 
and Glocestere, is by due ordere of the lawes ecclesyastyque, condempned 
and judged for a most obstynate, false, detestyble heretycke, and 
commytted to our seculere poure, to be burned accordynge to the 
holesome and good lawes of our realme, in that case providede, 
forasmuche as, in those cittyes and diocyes, thereof he hathe in tymes 
paste preached and taughte most pestelente herrecies and doctryne to 
our subjects theare; we have therfore geven ordere, that the said 
Hooper, who yet persistethe obstynate, and hath refused mercye when 
it was gratyously offerede, shall be put to executyone, in the sayd 
cyttye of Glocestere, for the example and terrore theare. And woll 
that yore callynge unto you some of reputacone dwellynge in the 
sheere, such as yee think beste, shall repayre unto o"™ sayde cittye, 
and be at the sayd executyone, assystynge o" mayre and sherifes of 
the same cyttye in his behalfe; and forasmuche also as the sayde 
Hooper is, as heretickes be, a vayne gloryous person and delytethe in 
his tonge, and havynge lybertye maye use his sayde tonge to persuade 
such as he hathe seduced to persyste in the myserable opynyne that he 
hath sown amongeste them, o"” pleasure is thearfore, and wee require 
yo" to take ordere that the said Hooprr be nether at the tyme of his 
executyone, nor in going to the place thearof, sufferede to speak at 
large, but the other to be lede quietly, and in silence, for eschuenge of 
further infection, and such inconvenyencye, as maye otherwise ensue in 
this pte. Whereof faylle yo" not, as ye tendere o™ pleasure. 
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