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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.
Some say that he went to Rome either there to defend his books to be consonant to catholic doctrine either else if they should be found faulty, to amend & correct the same as he should thereto be commanded. Albeit the reporter of this his life dare not certainly affirm that ever he was at Rome: but that he was invited and called thither to come: both it is manifest in stories, and also this Epistle of Pope Sergius doth sufficiently prove, declaring moreover in what price and estimation Bede was accepted, as well in the court of Rome, as in other places besides. The Epistle of Sergius sent to Celfride, thus proceedeth in tenor and form as followeth in Latin.
Some say that he went to Rome either there to defend his bookes to be consonant to catholike doctrine either els if they should be found faulty, to amend & correct the same as he should thereto be commaunded. Albeit the reporter of this his life dare not certainly affirme that euer he was at Rome: but that he was inuited and called thether to come: both it is manifest in stories, and also this Epistle of Pope Sergius doth sufficiently prooue, declarnig moreouer in what price and estimation Bede was accepted, as wel in the court of Rome, as in other places besides. The Epistle of Sergius sent to Celfride, thus proceedeth in tenor and forme as followeth in Latin.
The Epistle of Pope Sergius sent to Celfride Abbot of Wire Abbey, requiring Bede to be sent up to him to Rome for the same of his worthy learning. Sergius Episcopus seruus seruorsi Dei,1 Celfrido religioso Abbati. Sal. Quibus modis ac verbis clementiam Dei nostri, atque inenarrabilem providentiam possumus […] & dignas gratiarum actions pro immensis eius circa nos beneficijs persoluere qui in tenebris & in umbra mortis positos ad lumen scientia perducit? Et infra Benedictionis gratlam: quam nobis per praesentem portatorem tua devota misir religio; lib•i & hilari animo ficuti ab ea directa est nos suscepisse, cognosce Oportunis igitur ac dignis amplectandae tuae sollicitudinis petitionibus, arctissima devotion satisfacientes: hortamur Deo dilectam religiositatis tuae bonitatem, ut quia exortis quibusdam Ecclesiasticarum causarum capitulis, non sine examinatione longius innotescendis, opus nobis sunt ad conferendum artes literaturae, sicut decet Deo devotum auxiliatorem sanctae matris universalis Ecclesiae obedientem devotionem huic nostrae exhortationi non desistas accommodare: sed absque ulla immoratione religiosum Dei famulum Bedam, venerabilem Monasterij tui Praesbyterum, ad limina Apostolorū principum dominorum meorum Petri & Pauli amatorum tuorum ac protectorum, ad nostrae mediocritatis conspectum non moreris dirigere: Quem, satisfaciente domino sanctis tuis precibus, non diffidas prospere ad te redire (peracta praemissorum capitulorum cum auxilio Dei desiderata solennitate.) Erite enim ut confidimus etiam cunctis tibi creditis profuturum, quicquid Ecclesiae generally claruerit per eius praestantiam impartitum &c.