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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
Volume 2 › Book 11: The eleventh Book.Volume 2 › Book 11: The eleuenth Booke.
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 next year, being anno 1554. the nineteenth day of March, he was called again to appear before Winchester: where, what for the B. and what for the unruly multitude, when he could not be permitted to plead his cause, he was deprived of his Bishopric.
The next yere, being anno 1554. the ninetéenth day of March, he was called againe to appeare before Winchester: where, what for the B. and what for the vnruly multitude, when he could not be permitted to pleade his cause, he was depriued of his Bishopricke.
1The first of September, anno 1553. he was committed to the Fleet from Richmond, to have liberty of the prison, and within six days after he paid for his liberty v. l. sterling, to the warden for fees: who immediately upon the payment hereof, complained of him to Steven Gardiner, and so was he committed to close prison one quarter of a year in the Tower chamber of the Fleet, where he was used very extremely. After one quarter of a year and somewhat more, Babington the warden of the Fleet, & his wife fell out with him about the mass: so he was put into the wards, where he continued a long ⟨p. 127⟩time, having nothing appointed for his bed but a little pad of straw and a rotten covering, and a tick with a few feathers therein: the chamber vile and stinking,2 till good people sent him a bed to lie on: On the one side of which prison was the sink and filth of the house, and on the other side the town ditch, so that the stench of the house had infected him with sundry diseases.
1The first of September, anno 1553. he was committed to the Fléete from Richmond, to haue libertie of the prison, and within sixe dayes after he payd for his libertie v. l. sterling, to the warden for fées: who immediatly vpon ye paymēt hereof, complayned of him to Steuen Gardiner, and so was he committed to close prison one quarter of a yere in ye Tower chāber of the Fléet, where he was vsed very extremely. After one quarter of a yere and somewhat more, Babington the warden of the Fléete, & his wife fell out wt him about the masse: so he was put into ye wardes, where he cōtinued a lōg