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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.
Anno 1525. The 12. of January M. John Castellane 1doctor of Divinity, was burned in the town of Wiken, for preaching the truth in Mentz, being apprehended by the servants of the Cardinal of Loraine, and carried away to the castle of Nomenie, where he was most cruelly handled, from the fourth of May, to the twelfth of January, and from thence to the town of Wiken: where he was condemned by the Bishop of Nicopolis, sitting in his Pontificalibus, being suffragan of Mentz, with the Clergy, Nobles, and people about him. He suffered with such constancy,2 that a great number were drawn to the knowledge of God thereby, and many confirmed.
Anno 1525. The 12. of Ianuarie M. Iohn Castellane 1doctor of Diuinitie, was burned in the towne of Wiken, for preaching the truth in Mentz, beyng apprehended by the seruants of the Cardinall of Loraine, and carried away to the castle of Nomenie, where he was most cruelly handled, from the fourth of May, to the twelft of Ianuary, and from thence to the towne of Wiken: where he was condemned by the Bishop of Nicopolis, sitting in his Pontificalibus, beyng suffragane of Mentz, with the Clergie, Nobles, and people about him. He suffered with such constancie,2 that a great number were drawne to the knowledge of God thereby, and many confirmed.
- 11525 I. Castellane.
- 2Constancy.Constancie.
The same year, a godly minister after diverse torments most terrible, as well by the privy members, as otherwise, was drowned at Eushisheim, because he married a wife secretly in his own house, with a few witnesses: after he was thrown down he strived a while, so that the river was red with his bloud. Ex Oecolampadio.