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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.
Pitiless Galerius, with his grand captain Asclepiades, invaded Antioch, threatening the christians: whom one Romanus, a noble man, confirmed, & encouraged to be constant. Wherefore ⟨p. 55⟩he suffered many strange torments with great constancy: and reasoning with the tyrant of the truth, required a child to be presented unto him: which was done, of whom he asked, whether it were more reasonable to worship one God, rather than innumerable, considering God could be but one. To whom the child answered before the tyrant, according as his Christian parents had instructed him, that one god was to be worshipped.1
Pitiles Galerius, wt his grand captain Asclepiades, inuaded Antioch, threatning ye christiās: whom one Romanus, a noble man, confirmed, & encouraged to be constāt. Wherfore ⟨p. 55⟩he suffered many strange torments wt great constancy: and reasoning wt the tirant of the truth, required a child to be presented vnto him: which was doone, of whō he asked, whether it were more reasonable to worship one God, rather thē innumerable, considering God could be but one. To whom the child answered before the tyrant, according as his Christian parents had instructed him, yt one god was to be worshipped.1
- 1A child tormented.
Wherefore the child was grievously scourged, & the skin of his head pulled of hair and all, the mother standing by, & exhorting the child to patience and constancy; he was put to death with Romanus, the child was beheaded,1