A01115:1730
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.
On the saturday morning the army mustered in the meadow ground near to Angroign: they of Angroigne had sent certain to keep the passages, and stop the army that they should not enter, if it were possible: the number was but few, who perceiving their enemies prepared to fight, prayed first of all to God to assist them. When they perceived their enemies coming toward them, the combat began and endured a long time in the passages of Angroigne. At length the Waldois perceiving themselves oppressed with the multitude of their enemies, retired to the top of the mountains, where they defended themselves till night. When they had found a place where they might withstand their enemies, still pursuing them, they turned themselves and slue diverse of them, and hurt many.
On the saturday morning the army mustered in the medow ground néere to Angroign: they of Angroigne had sent certaine to kéepe the passages, and stop the army that they should not enter, if it were possible: the number was but few, who perceiuing their enemies prepared to fight, prayed first of all to God to assist them. When they perceyued their enemies comming toward them, the combat began and endured a long time in the passages of Angroigne. At length the Waldois perceyuing themselues oppressed with the multitude of their enemies, retyred to the toppe of the mountaines, where they defended themselues till night. When they had found a place where they might withstand their enemies, still pursuing them, they turned themselues and slue diuerse of them, and hurt many.
When the evening came, the enemies rested, & went about to encamp themselves, there to rest all night. Which things when the Angroignians perceived, they fell to prayer, but the enemies flouted them: then the people devised a policy, to send a drum into the valleys hard by: & as they were making their prayer unto God, & the drum sounded in the valley, the Lord of Trinity caused his soldiers, which were about to encamp themselves, to remove thence: which was a great refreshing to the poor people. Many of the enemies that day ⟨p. 498⟩