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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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Then to return where we left, touching the story of King Ethelwolfe. About the latter end of his reign, the Danes which before had invaded the Realm, in the time of king Egbert, as is above declared: now made there reentry again, with 33. ships arriving about Hampshire: through the barbarous tyranny of whom, much bloodshed and murder happened here among englishmen, in Dorset shire, about Portsmouth in Kent, in Eastangle, in Lindesey, at Rochester, about London, and in Wests•xe▪ where Ethelwolfe the king was overcome, besides divers other under kings and dukes, whom the Danes daily approaching, in great multitudes in divers victories had put to flight. At length king Ethelwolfe, with his son Ethelbaldus, warring against them in Surrey, at Oclea, drave them to the sea, where they hovering a space, after a while burst in again with horrible rage and cruelty, as hereafter (Christ willing) shall be declared, so much as to our purpose shall serve, professing in this history, to write not of matters extern and politic, but only pertaining to the Church. The cause of this great affliction sent of God unto this realm thus I found expressed and collectlected in a certain old written story,1 which hath no name: the words of which writer, for the same cause as he thought to recite them, writing as he saith (ad cautelam, futurorum) I thought also for the same here not to be omitted, albeit in all parts of his commendation I do not fully with him accord. The words of the writer be these.
Then to returne where we lefte, touching the storye of King Ethelwolfe. About the latter ende of his reigne, the Danes which before had inuaded the Realme, in the time of king Egbert, as is aboue declared: now made there reentre againe, with 33. shippes arriuing aboute Hamshyre: through the barbarous tyranny of whō, much bloudshed and murther happened here among englishmen, in Dorcet shire, about Pourtchmouth in Kent, in Eastangle, in Lindesey, at Rochester, about London, and in Wests•xe▪ where Ethelwolfe the king was ouercome, besides diuers other vnder kings and dukes, whome the Danes dayly approching, in great multitudes in dyuers victories had put to flight. At length king Ethelwolfe, with his sonne Ethelbaldus, warring against them in Southrey, at Oclea, draue them to the sea, where they houering a space, after a while brast in againe with horrible rage and crueltie, as hereafter (Christ willing) shall be declared, so much as to our purpose shall serue, professing in this history, to write not of matters externe and politike, but onely pertaining to the Church. The cause of this great affliction sent of God vnto this realme thus I found expressed and collectlected in a certayne olde wrytten storye,