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Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol.…
Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol. 1] with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland. Newly revised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time again published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the help of Christ our Lord) John Fox, which desireth thee good reader to help him with thy prayer.Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.
London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583
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.
Also Ammonarion an holy virgin, whom the cruel judge had long and bitterly tormented, for that she promising the Judge before, that for no punishment she would yield to his request, and constantly performing the same, suffered likewise Martyrdom, with two other women, of whom there was an aged Matron,1 named Mercuria, the other was called Dionysia, being a mother of many fair children, whom yet notwithstanding she loved not above the Lord. These after they could not overcome by no torments of the cruel judge, but he rather ashamed and confounded to be overcome of silly women, at length they being past feeling of all torments, were slain with the sword, first Ammonarion like a valiant Captain suffering before them.
Also Ammonarion an holy virgine, whō the cruel iudge had long and bitterly tormented, for that she promising the Iudge before, that for no punishment she would yelde to his request, and constantly performyng the same, suffred likewise Martyrdome, with two other women, of whom there was an aged Matrone,1 named Mercuria, the other was called Dionysia, beyng a mother of many fayre childrē, whom yet notwithstanding she loued not aboue the Lord. These after they could nothe ouercome by no tormēts of ye cruell iudge, but he rather ashamed and confounded to be ouercome of sely women, at length they beyng past feeling of all torments, were slayne with the sword, first Ammonarion like a valiant Captaine suffryng before them.
- 1Mercuria, Dyonisia, Martyrs.
1Heron, Ater, and Isidorus Egyptians, and with them Dioscorus also a child of xv. years, were crowned with the same crown of Martyrdom. And first the judge began with the child, thinking him more easy to be won, with words to entice him, then with torments to constrain him, but he persisted immovable, giving neither place to persuasions nor punishments. The rest after he had grievously tormented being constant in their profession, he committed to the fire. At Dioscorus, the judge greatly marvelling for his wise answers & grave constancy dismissed him, sparing (as he said) his age to a longer respite: which Dioscorus is yet also with us at this present, waiting for a longer trial.