t the bishop had to say, I immediately caused my
property to be sold, and I concealed myself in the house of a German
sailor until the ship was ready, in which I embarked, dressed as a
soldier, along with other German troops, that I might not be detected.
When I had escaped a company of searchers, I wrote to Crumwell (although
he had not behaved well towards me) and warned him of the danger in
which he stood at that time, and about certain other matters. For this I
can vouch the testimony of John Ales, Gregory, and the Secretary, and
Pachet himself. But Christopher Mount said that Crumwell did not dare
to speak to me when I was going away and soliciting my dismissal, nor
could he venture to give me anything, lest he should be accused to the
king, but that he would send the sum that he owed me into Germany.[323]

The next intelligence, however, which I heard of him was that he had
undergone capital punishment by order of the king; to whom he had
written, when in prison, saying that he was punished by the just
judgment of God, because he had loved the king more than God; and that
out of deference to his sovereign he had caused many innocent persons to
be put to death, not sparing your [_i.e._, Elizabeth's] most holy
mother, nor had he obeyed her directions in promoting the doctrine of
the Gospel.--(Foreign Calendar, Elizabeth, i. 532-534).]

FOOTNOTES:

[322] [In Crumwell's accounts there are payments of L5 to Alesius on
each of the following dates: 4th January 1536-37, 28th March, 28th May,
and 24th October 1537; of 10 merks, on 19th February 1537-38; and of L5,
on 13th October 1538, to Ric. Morison, which he gave "by my lord's
command" to Alesius (Letters and State Papers, Henry VIII., vol. xiv.
part ii. 328-338).]

[323] [Alesius arrived at Wittenberg on the 9th of July 1539, and from
thence informed Crumwell that he was encouraged to hope that he would
receive a post in the University there (Letters and State Papers, Henry
VIII., vol. xiv. part i. 583, 584). Melanchthon wrote to the Elector's
chancellor, on the 1st of December 1539, recommending him for the
University of Frankfort (Corpus Reformatorum, iii. 842-844).]

APPENDIX H (p. 281).

ALESIUS' INVITATION OF MELANCHTHON TO HIS DAUGHTER'S WEDDING.

Nockau, 11 _August_ 1557.

ALEXANDER ALESIUS AU MELANCHTHON.

S.D. Quod foelix faustumque sit. Dilectissima filia mea Anna, cui
nomen in baptismo indidit bonae memoriae primogenita vestra, desponsata