about eleven o'clock
His Majesty reseated himself , and the Bishop of the diocese rose , to deliver a long diatribe upon the wickedness of heresy , the infallibility of the Church , and the necessity for the amputation of diseased limbs of the body politic . As nobody disagreed with any of his sentiments , the harangue was scarcely necessary ; but time was of small value in the twelfth century . Two other Bishops followed , with long speeches : and then the Council adjourned for dinner , the Earl of Oxford being their host . On re-assembling about eleven o'clock , the King commanded the prisoners to be brought up . Up they came , the company of thirty -- men , women , and children , Gerhardt the foremost at the bar . `` Who are thou ? '' he was asked .