Great Britain -- History -- Mary I, 1553-1558; Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558
A bystander then put in that the parson of St.
Michael's was a traitor as well as a heretic. He
had been in the field with the duke against the
queen.
"Is it even so?" cried Gardiner; "these be always
linked together, treason and heresy. Off with him
to the Marshalsea; this is one of our new broached
brethren that speaketh against good works; your
fraternity was, is, and ever will be unprofitable
in all ages, and good for nothing but the
fire."--Troubles of Thomas Mountain: printed by
Strype.
The portraits of Gardiner represent a fine,
vehement-looking man. The following description of
him, by Ponet, his rival in the See of Winchester,
gives the image as it was reflected in Ponet's
antipathies.
"The doctor hath a swart colour, hanging look,
frowning brows, eyes an inch within his head, a
nose, hooked like a buzzard's, nostrils like a
horse, ever snuffing in the wind; a sparrow mouth,
great paws like the devil, talons on his feet like
a gripe, two inches longer than the natural toes,
and so tied with sinews that he cannot abide to be
touched."]
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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