A01115:1933
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.
About the same time and year, Doctor Ripse bishop of Norwich did incite the old duke of Norfolk against Rogers in the county of Norfolk: who was condemned, and suffered for the cause of the six Articles.
About the same time and yéere, Doctor Ripse bishop of Norwich did incite the old duke of Northfolke against Rogers in the countie of Northfolke: who was condemned, and suffered for the cause of the sixe Articles.
An. 1546. Winchester practiced against Q. Catherine Part the last wife to king Henry, who was very zealous ⟨p. 72⟩towards the Gospel,1 and had persuaded with the king to make a perfect reformation, and so far he prevailed with the king, persuading him of the factious disposition of the gospellers, and of the dangerous example of the Queen his wife; that, before that he and the L. Chancellor, and others (who conspired together against her) departed, the king had given out commandment, with warrant to certain of them made for that purpose, to consult together about drawing of certain articles against the Queen, wherein her life might be touched: which the king by their persuasions pretended not to spare, having any rigour or colour of law to countenance the matter. With which commission they departed that time from the king; resolved to put their pernicious practise in execution: & first determined to deal with those whom they knew were great about her, as the Lady Harbert, afterward the Countess of Pembroke, and sister to the Queen, and chief of her privy chamber: the lady Lane being of her privy chamber, and also her cousin Germane; the lady Terwit being of her privy chamber. It was devised that these three should first of all have been accused, & brought to answer to the six articles: and upon their apprehension in the court, their closets and coffers should have been searched, that somewhat might have been found whereby the Queen might be charged, which being found, she her self presently should have been taken, & likewise carried by barge in the night to the Tower. To all this the king seemed to give his assent, and afterward opened all the matter to D. Wendy his Physician, charging him withal upon peril of his life, not to utter it to any person. Now the time drawing nigh when they minded to put their mischiefs in practise, the bill of articles drawn out against the Queen, and subscribed with the Kings own hand, falling from the bosom of one of those wicked counsellors, was found, and taken up of some godly person, and brought immediately to the Queen: who seeing the same fell into a marvellous perplexity, almost to the peril and