John Trapp on Matthew 27:30

Verse 30. And they spit upon him] So doth [illegible: 1 word] still cast dirt and drivell into Christs face. See the [illegible: 1 word] on Chap. 26. 67. Robert Smith, Martyr, in his examination before Bonner, made one of his Doctours to say, that his breaden god must needs enter into the belly, and so [illegible: 1 word] into the draught. To which he answered: What derogation was it to Christ, when the Jews spit in his face? Smith presently replied, If the Jews, being his enemies, Act. and [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. 15 30. did but spit in his face, and we, being his friends, throw him into the draught, which of us deserveth the greatest damnation? [non-Latin text not transcribed]. And [illegible: 1 word] him on the head] [illegible: 1 word] into the head: drove the [illegible: 1 word] into his holy head with bats and blows, as Basiliades the Duke of Russia, nail'd an Embassadours hat to his head, upon some displeasure conceived against him. At the taking of Heydelberg, the Spaniards took Monsieur Mylius, an ancient Minister [illegible: 4 words], [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. and man of God, and having abused his daughter before his [illegible: 1 word]; they tied a small cord about his head, which with truncheons Act. [illegible: 2 words]. [illegible: 1 word]. 874. they wreathed about, till they squeezed out his brains. The Monks of [illegible: 1 word] roasted the Minister of S. Germain, till his eyes dropt out. And the Spaniards suppose they shew the innocent Indians great favour, when they do not, for their pleasure,S. Fr. Drakes travels, [illegible: 1 word]. 53. whip them with cords, scratch them with thorns, and day by day drop their naked bodies with burning bacon. So very a devil is one man to another.