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An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church
An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the Church: written by that Reverend Father, Master John Fox: and now abridged by Timothy Bright, Doctor of Physic, for such as either through want of leisure, or ability have not the use of so necessary an historyAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie haue not the vse of so necessary an history
London: printed by I. Windet, 1589
Volume 1 › Book 5: The fifth Book.Volume 1 › Book 5: The fifth Booke.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
When he had spoken these words, they left him, and having shaken hands, they departed. Then was the fire kindled, and John Huss began to sing with a loud voice: Jesus ⟨p. 334⟩Christ, the son of the living God, have mercy upon me: and when he began to say the same the third time, the wind drove the flame so upon his face, that it choked him: yet notwithstanding, he moved a while after, by the space that a man might say almost three times, the Lords prayer.
When he had spoken these words, they left him, and hauing shaken hands, they departed. Then was the fire kindled, and Iohn Husse began to sing with a loude voice: Iesu ⟨p. 334⟩Christ, the sonne of the liuing God, haue mercie vpon me: and when he began to say the same the third time, the wind droue the flame so vpon his face, that it choaked him: yet notwithstanding, he moued a while after, by the space that a man might say almost thrée times, the Lordes prayer.
The body being burned to ashes, with great diligence they gathered them together, and cast them into the river of Rhine,1 that not so much as any memory, or remnant of him might be left. Cocleus in his second book contra Hussitas, thinketh, that the author that writ this history of I. Huss, was called Johannes Prizibram, a Bohemian, who after succeeding in the place of John Huss, at Prague, at last is thought to have relented unto the Papists.
The bodie being burned to ashes, with great diligence they gathered them together, and cast them into the riuer of Rhine,1 that not so much as any memorie, or remnant of him might be left. Cocleus in his second booke contra Hussitas, thinketh, that the author that writte this historie of I. Husse, was called Iohannes Prizibram, a Bohemian, who after succéeding in the place of Iohn Husse, at Prage, at last is thought to haue relented vnto the Papistes.