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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.
The Abridgement of the second volume of the Ecclesiastical history of the Acts and monuments of Martyrs from the time of King Henry the eight, to Queen Elizabeth, our gracious Lady now reigning.
The Abridgement of the second volume of the Ecclesiasticall historie of the Actes and monuments of Martyrs from the time of King Henrie the eight, to Queene Elizabeth, our gracious Ladie now reigning.
Anno 1519. Mistress Smith widow, Robert Harchets shoemaker, Archer Shoemaker, Thomas Bond Shoemaker, Wrigsham a Glover, Lansedall a hosier, were on Ash Wednesday taken and put in prison, and the week next before Easter were condemned for relapse, (because most of them had borne fagots in the same City before) to be burned at Coventry:1 the principal cause of their apprehension was, that they taught their family the Lords prayer, and ten commandments in English; Mistress Smith only was dismissed for that present, and sent away, but as Mourton the Summoner was leading her home, (because it was somewhat dark in the evening) by the arm, hearing the rattling of a scroll within her sleeve, yea said he, what have you here? and finding that it was the Lords prayer, the belief, and the ten commandments in English, Ah sirrah (said he) as good now,2 as another time, come, and so he brought her back again to the Bishop, where she was immediately condemned, and so burned with the six before mentioned, the fourth day of April in ⟨p. 2⟩a place thereby called the little Park.