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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.
This Eustratius was y• country man borne, and very skilful in the Greek tong, executing by the Emperors commandment, the sheriffs office at Lycia in the East, which also did execution there upon the Christians, and was a Scribe of great estimation called Ordinis Ducalis. This man beholding the marvellous constancy of the Martyrs, thirsted with the desire of Martyrdom, for that he had privily learned the Christian religion. Therefore he not abiding for other accusers, detected himself, and worthily professed that he was a christian, openly execrating the madness and vanity of the wicked Ethnics. He therefore being carried away, was tied up, being first most bitterly beaten. After that he was parched with fire, being put unto his bowels, and then basted with salt and vinegar, and lastly, so scotched & bemangled with the shards of sharp and cutting shells, that his whole body seemed to be all one continual wound, howbeit, by gods great goodness afterward, it was restored to the first integrity. After this he was carried away to Sebastia, where, with his companion Orest he was burned.1 At that time also suffered Eugenius, Auxentius, Mardarius, Nicepho. Lib. 7. cap. 14. And in no less wise raged this persecution throughout all Egypt: where Eusebius in his 8. book, and 13. chapter maketh mention of Peleus and Nilus Martyrs and bishops in Egypt. But at Alexandria especially were declared most notable conflicts of Christian and true constant Martyrs that suffered: which Phileas the Bishop of Thumitane describeth as after (God willing) shall be declared. In this persecution of Alexandria, the principal that then suffered was Peter the bishop of Alexandria, with the Elders of the same most worthy Martyrs, as Faustus, Didius, and Ammonius, also Phileas, Hesichius, Pachiminus, and Theodorus, which all were bishops of the congregations within Egypt, and besides them, many other both famous and singular men. The whole legion of Christian soldiers which lay at Thebes in Egypt, under the christian captain Mauritius, when they would not obey the Emperors commandment touching the worshipping of Images, were tithed to death once, and then again. And at last through the exhortation of Mauritius, dyed altogether like constant Martyrs. Vincentius in speculo, Lib 13. cap. 2.
This Eustratius was y• countrey man borne, and very skilfull in the Greeke tong, executyng by the Emperours commaundement, the shiriffes office at Licia in the East, which also did execution there vpon the Christians, and was a Scribe of great estimatiō called Ordinis Ducalis. This man beholding the meruailous constancie of the Martyrs, thirsted with the desire of Martyrdome, for that he had priuily learned the Christian religion. Therfore he not abiding for other accusers, detected himself, and worthely professed that he was a christian, openly execrating the madnesse and vanitie of the wicked Ethnikes. He therefore being caried away, was tyed vp, beyng first most bitterly beaten. After that he was parched with fire, beyng put vnto his bowels, and thē basted with salt and vinagre, and lastly, so scotched & bemangled with the shardes of sharpe and cutting shels, that his whole body semed to be all one continual wound, howbeit, by gods great goodnes afterward, it was restored to the first integritie. After this he was caried away to Sebastia, where, wt his companion Orest he was burned.