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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
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which he so carried about without use of any hand to feed himself,1 but as he was fed of other.
which he so caried about without vse of any hande to feede himselfe,1 but as he was fed of other.
- 1Ex Sozo. li. •. cap. 13. ex Nicepho. Lib. 8. cap. 17. Barbasimes, Paulus, Gaddiabes, Sabinus, Mareas, Mocius, Johannes, Hormisdas, Papas, Jacobus. Romas, Maares, Agas, Bochres, Abdas, Abiesus, Joannes, AbramiusEx Sozo. li. •. cap. 13. ex Nicepho. Lib. 8. cap. 17. Barbasimes, Paulus, Gaddiabes, Sabinus, Mareas, Mocius, Iohannes, Hormisdas, Papas, Iacobus. Romas, Maares, Agas, Bochres, Abdas, Abiesus, Ioannes, Abramius
Miserable and almost innumerable were the slaughters under the reign of this Sapores, of Bishops, Ministers, Deacons, religious men holy virgins, and other ecclesiastical persons such as did then cleave to the doctrine of Christ and suffered for the same. The names of the bishops besides the other multitude taken in that persecution, is recited in Sozom. lib. 2. and in Niceph. lib. 8 cap. 37. in this order following, Barbasymes, Paulus, Gaddiabes, Sabinus, Mareas, Mocius, Johannes, Hormisdas, Papas, Jacobus, Romas, Maares, Agas, Bochres, Abdas, Abiesus, Joannes, Abramius, Agdelas, Sabores, Isaac, Dausas Bicor. also with Maureanda his fellow bishop, and the rest of his Churches under him, ⟨p. 99⟩to the number of 250. persons, which were the same time apprehended of the Persians.1 &c. Briefly to comprehend the whole multitude of them that suffered in that persecution, the manner of their apprehension, the cruelness of their torments, how and where they suffered, & in what places it is not possible for any history to discharge. Neither are the Persians them selves (as Zozomenus recordeth) able to recite them. In sum, the multitude and number of them whom they are able to recite by name, cometh to the sum of xvj. thousand men and women.