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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.
It befell in the way as he was going to the prison, there was sitting at the kings gate a certain Eunuch,1 an old Tutor or schoolmaster of the kings, named Usthazares, who had been once a christian, and afterward falling from his profession, fell with the Heathen multitude to their Idolatry. This Usthazares sitting at the door of the kings palace, and seeing Simeon passing by led to the prison, rose up and reverenced the Bishop. Simeon again with sharp words (as the time would suffer) rebuked him & in great anger cried out against him:2 which being once a christian, would so cowardly revolt from his profession, & return again to the Heathenish Idolatry. At the hearing of these words the Eunuch forthwith bursting out in tears, laying away his courtly apparel, which was sumptuous & costly & putting upon him a black and mourning weed, sitteth before the court gates weeping and bewailing, thus saying with himself:3 woe is me, with what hope, with what face, shall I look hereafter for my God, which have denied my god: when as this Simeon my familiar acquaintance, thus passing by me, so much disdaineth me, that he refuseth with one gentle word to salute me?
It befel in the way as he was going to ye prison, there was sitting at the kings gate a certaine Eunuche,1 an olde Tutor or scholemaister of ye kings, named Vsthazares, who had bene once a christian, and afterward falling from hys profession, fell with the Heathen multitude to their Idolatrie. This Vsthazares sitting at the doore of the kinges pallace, and seing Symeon passing by led to the prison, rose vp and reuerenced the Bishop. Symeon againe with sharpe wordes (as the time would suffer) rebuked him & in great anger cried out against him:2 which being once a christian, woulde so cowardly reuolt from his profession, & returne againe to the Heathenish Idolatry. At the hearing of these words the Eunuch forthwith brasting out in teares, laying away his courtly apparell, which was sumptuous & costly & putting vpon him a blacke and mourning weede, sitteth before the court gates weping and bewailing, thus saying with himselfe: