he heard theſe words proceed from him, O my brether Adam, I hoped that in theſe late tranſactions, I was ſerviceable to God and the Church. Now ſeeing the event contrary, and conſidering how great a ſlaughter of many thouſand men there hath been, I think that we have done ſomething erroneouſly which hath diſpleaſed God. The coming of the Souldiers interrupted him being about to ſpeak more: and he deſiring them to viſit him againe, before that could be done, he was removed into the aforeſaid Tower of the Caſtle, none being afterwards admitted to him, but his Wife ſometimes; Who viſiting him the day before his death being the 6. of June, (which ſhe often afterwards related) found him very ſad, and troubled by the Monkes, which did infeſt him (as he complain’d) and deſiring comfort, there lay by chance upon the Table, a great Cantionall of the Brethrens, to which reaching out his hand, Seeke faith he comforts for my ſoul, She not being able preſently to ſatisfie his deſire, he opened it himſelf, and ſung theſe verſes with weeping out of the penitentiall ſong which is under the letter G. XVIII. where God is brought in ſpeaking to the contrite ſoule (out of 30. Jer. 15. Why cryeſt thou for thine affliction? Thy ſorrow is incurable, there is none to help, (out of the 2 Kings 14.26.) I will bind up thy wound, and heale thy ſtripes and will not take away my chaſtiſement till I have
