[1] [2] Before his death by the persuasion of a Spanish frier, named frier Iohn, a reader of diuinitie in Ox|ford, and by the counsell of certeine other that put him in hope of life and pardon, he subscribed to a re|cantation, wherein he submitted himselfe wholie to the church of Rome, and continued in the same mind to outward appearance, vntill he was brought out of prison, to go to the fire. Afore whose execution, a ser|mon was made by doctor Cole deane of Paules,The archbi|shop brough [...] to the place [...] execution. in saint Martins church in Oxford. And in the end of his sermon, the said doctor Cole praied the people to incline their eares to such things as the said Cran|mer would declare vnto them by his owne mouth. For (saith he) he is a man verie repentant, and will here before you all reuoke his errors. Neuerthelesse he did cleane contrarie. Iohn Fox. For when he came to the place where the holie bishops and martyrs of God, Hugh Latimer and Ridleie were burnt before him, for the confession of the truth, knéeling downe hée praied to God, & not tarieng long in his praiers, put|ting off his garments to his shirt, he prepared him|selfe to death. His shirt was made long downe to his féet: his féet were bare. Likewise his head,The descrip [...]tion of his person. when both his caps were off, was so bare, that one heare could not be séene vpon it. His beard was long and thicke, couering his face with maruellous grauitie. Such a countenance of grauitie mooued the hearts both of his friends and of his enimies.