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The appellation of John Knox from the cruel and most iniust sentence pronounced against…The appellation of Iohn Knoxe from the cruell and most iniust sentence pronounced against…
The appellation of John Knox from the cruel and most iniust sentence pronounced against him by the false bishops and clergy of Scotland, with his supplication and exhortation to the nobility, estates, and co[m]munaltie of the same realm.The appellation of Iohn Knoxe from the cruell and most iniust sentence pronounced against him by the false bishoppes and clergie of Scotland, with his supplication and exhortation to the nobilitie, estates, and co[m]munaltie of the same realme.
Geneva: printed by J. Poullain and A. Rebul?, 1558
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.
For in the heaps of sorrows sharp, that did my heart oppress, Thy comforts were to me so great, they did my soul refresh.
For in the heapes of sorrowes sharpe, that did my hearte oppresse, Thy comfortes were to me so greate, they did my soule refreshe.
Wilt thou (vain man) have ought to do with that most wicked chair, That museth mischief as a law with out remorse or fear?
Wilte thow (vaine man) haue ought to do with that most wicked chaire, That museth mischief as a lawe with out remorse or feare?
Against the souls of righteous men they all with speed convent, And there the guiltless blood condemn, with one most vile consent.
Against the soules of righteous men they all with spede conuent, And there the giltlesse blood condemne, with one most vile consent.
But my refuge is to the Lord in all these dangers deep, And God the strength is of my trust, who always doth me keep.