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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.
After the death of Aurelius, who (as the story sayeth) was poisoned by the crafty means of Pascentius, 1son of Vortigernus (suborning one, under the weed of a Monk to play the Physician, and so to poison him) next succeeded his brother Utter, surnamed Pendragon, about the year of our Lord. 497. who fighting against Octa and Cosa, 2took them and brought them to London there to be kept. But they breaking out of prison returned into Germany for more aid. In this mean time daily recourse was of Saxons, with great companies coming out of Saxony: with whom the Britons had divers & sundry conflicts,3 sometimes winning, sometimes loosing. Not long after Octa & Cosa, renewing their power in Germany, in all most speedy hast did return again, and join with the other Saxons against the Britons. Here began the state of miserable Britain daily more and more to decay,4 while the idolatrous Saxons prevailed in number and strength against the Christian Britons: oppressing the people, throwing down Churches and Monasteries, murdering the Prelates, sparing neither age nor person, but wasting christianity almost through the whole realm. To these miseries it fell moreover that Utter their king was sick & could not come out. Notwithstanding being grieved with the lamentable destruction of his people, caused his bed to be brought into the camp, where God gave him victory: Octa & Cosa there being slain. After this victory in short space Utter died of poison (as is said) put into a fountain of water, whereof the king was wont to drink, about the year of our Lord. 516. Hor. Hist.
After the death of Aurelius, who (as the storie sayeth) was poysoned by the crafty meanes of Pascentius, 1sonne of Vortigernus (suborning one, vnder the weede of a Monke to play the Phisicion, and so to poyson him) next succeeded hys brother Vter, surnamed Pendragon, about the yeare of our Lord. 497. who fighting against Octa and Cosa, 2