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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
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.
After Pontianus succeeded Anterius. 1Concerning his time writers do greatly vary. Eusebius and Marianus Scotus affirm, that he was Bishop but a month, Damasus twelve years and one month, Volateranus Bergomensis & Henricus Erfurt three years & one month, Nauclerus one year and one month.
After Pontianus succéeded Anterius. 1Cōcerning his time writers doe greatly vary. Eusebius and Marianus Scotus affirm, that he was Bishop but a moneth, Damasus twelue yeeres and one moneth, Volateranus Bergomensis & Henricus Erford thrée yéeres & one moneth, Nauclerus one yere and one moneth.
- 1Anterius.
Next to this Bishop, was Fabianus.
Hippolytus 1was a martyr: and as Gelasius saith, was bishop of an head City in Arabia, Nicephorus, that he was Bishop of Ostia, a port town near to Rome. He was a great writer, and was about the year 230. §230Prudentius in his Peristephanon, maketh mention of great heaps of martyrs buried by threescore together: and saith, that Hippolytus was drawn with wild horses through fields, dales, and bushes.