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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.
Cyprian Bishop of Antioch (before his profession being a filthy magician,) suffered with Justina a virgin. Item Glicerius at Nicomedia, Felix a minister, Fortunatus, Achilleus deacons in the city of Valent, Arthemius of Rome, Ciriacus deacon to Marcellus the Bishop, Caryophorus Priest at Thuscia, with Abundus his deacon. Item Claudius, Cyrinus, Antonius, which suffered with the Bishop Marcellinus, Cucusatus in the city Barcimona, Felix Bishop of Apulia, with Audactus and Januarius his priests, Fortunatus and Septimus his readers, who suffered in the city Venusia under Diocletian: Cassianus 1was stabbed in of his scholars with bodkins, or iron pens, wherewith they did use to write.
Cyprian Bishop of Antioch (before his profession being a filthy magician,) suffred with Iustina a virgin. Item Glicerius at Nicomedia, Felix a minister, Fortunatus, Achilleus deacons in the citie of Valent, Arthemius of Rome, Ciriacus deacon to Marcellus the Bishop, Caryophorus Priest at Thuscia, with Abundus his deacon. Item Claudius, Cyrinus, Antonius, which suffered with the Bishop Marcellinus, Cucusatus in the citie Barcimona, Felix Bishop of Apulia, with Audactus and Ianuarius his priests, Fortunatus and Septimus his readers, who suffered in the citie Venusia vnder Dioclesian: Cassianus 1was stabbed in of his schollers with bodkins, or yron pennes, wherewith they did vse to write.
- 1Cassianus.
Now the constancy of the women 1was also marvellous, & especially of a virgin, named Eulalia, 2of the town of Emerita in Portugal, who (being shut up of her Christian Parents, that for desire of martyrdom, feared least she should be cause of her own death) brake out in the night, & came before the Governor of the town of Emerita, being distant from the village where she was kept, & confessed her self to be a Christian, & reproved the cruelty of the judge, & the vanity of Maximinius, ye worshipped Idols, throwed the idols down, which she was brought to worship, & scattered the incense. Wherefore, after many vain persuasions. she had one joint of