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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.
The captain perceiving the child invincible, and himself vanquished, committeth the silly soul, the blessed babe, the child uncherished, to the stinking prison, commanding the torments of Romanus to be renewed and increased, as chief author of this evil.
The captaine perceiuing the childe inuincible, and himselfe vāquished, committeth the sillie soule, the blessed babe, the childe vncherished, to the stinking prison, commaunding the tormentes of Romanus to be renued and encreased, as chiefe author of this euill.
Thus was Romanus brought forth again to new stripes and punishments, to be renewed and received upon his old sores, in so much the bare bones appeared, the flesh all torn away: wherein no pity was showed, but the raging tyrant puffing out of his blasphemous mouth, like a mad man these words, cried out to the tormentors, saying: Where is quod the Captaine, where is your might? What?1 are ye not able one body to spill? Scant may it, so weak is it, stand upright: And yet in spite of us, shall it live still? The Gripe with talent, the dog with his tooth, Could soon ye dastards, this corps rent and tear, He scorneth our gods in all that he doth, Cut, prick, and pounce him, no longer forbear.
Thus was Romanus brought foorth againe to newe stripes and punishments, to be renued and receiued vpon his old sores, in so much the bare bones appeared, the flesh all torne away: wherein no pitie was shewed, but the raging tyrant puffing out of his blasphemous mouth, like a madde man these woordes, cried out to the tormentors, saying: Where is quod the Captaine, where is your might? What?1 are ye not able one body to spill? Scant may it, so weake is it, stand vpright: And yet in spite of vs, shall it liue still? The Gripe with talent, the dog with his tooth, Could soone ye dastardes, this corpes rent and teare, He scorneth our gods in all that he doth, Cut, pricke, and pounce him, no longer forbeare.