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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 12: The twelfth and last Book.Volume 2 › Book 12: The twelfth and last 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.
So he with the other two, about the end of May, was burned for the testimony of Jesus Christ in S. Georges fields. While the Bishop was reading Sentence against Gratwicke, his Chaplains cried out, saying: stop, stop my Lord, for now he will recant. Then the Bishop asked him what he would do. To whom he answered,1 My Lord, my faith is grounded more steadfastly, than to change in a moment. It is not process of time that can alter me, unless my faith were as the waves of the Sea. So the Bishop made an end, and delivered him to the Sheriff.
So he with the other two, about the ende of May, was burned for the testimonie of Iesus Christ in S. Georges fieldes. While the Bishoppe was reading Sentence against Gratwicke, his Chaplaines cryed out, saying: stoppe, stoppe my Lorde, for now hee will recant. Then the Bishoppe asked him what he would doe. To whom he answered,1 My Lorde, my faith is grounded more stedfastly, than to change in a moment. It is not processe of time that can alter me, vnlesse my faith were as the waues of the Sea. So the Bishoppe made an ende, and deliuered him to the Sheriffe.
- 1Faith surely grounded.
1In the xxviij. day of the month of June, were vij. Christian, and faithful Martyrs burned at Maidstone in Kent, through the cruelty of Richard Thornton, suffragan of Dover, & the bloody Archdeacon of Canterbury. Their names were, Joan Bradbridge of Staplehurst, Walter Applebie of Maidstone, Petronell his wife, Edmund Allen of Fritenden, Katherin his wife, Joan Mannings, wife, of maidstone, Elizabeth, a blind maiden. Edm. Allen was a Miller, in the parish of Frittenden in Kent, who in a deer year would feed the poor, and would read unto them the scriptures, and exhort them. He was taken by the means of John Tailor, Priest of the Parish, and committed (after much vile taunting and railing) to prison, by sir John Baker knight.