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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.
In the time of Decius and Gallus, he was first banished,1 and after (returning again out of exile, in the time of Valerianus) he was also the second time banished by Paternus, the Proconsul of Africa, into the City of Thurbin, or into a City called Furabilitana, or Curabilitana. But when Paternus the Proconsul was dead, Galienus Maximus succeeded him: who finding Cyprian in a Garden, caused him to be apprehended, and (after many raging words) his head to be stricken of, Xistus being then Bishop of Rome,2 in the year 259.
In the time of Decius and Gallus, he was first banished,1 and after (returning againe out of exile, in the time of Valerianus) he was also the second time banished by Paternus, the Proconsull of Africke, into the Citie of Thurbin, or into a Citie called Furabilitana, or Curabilitana. But when Paternus the Proconsul was dead, Galienus Maximus succéeded him: who finding Cyprian in a Garden, caused him to be apprehended, and (after many raging words) his head to be stricken of, Xistus being then Bishop of Rome,2 in the yere 259.
- 1Cyprian banished.
- 2Cyprian beheaded.
It is to be noted, that there were more Cyprians: 1one of whom, Nazianzen writeth to be a Citizen of Antioch, and afterward Bishop of that City, and martyred under Diocletian. There was also a third Cyprian, in the time of Julianus Apostate, long after both the former.