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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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Moreover,1 concerning the outward occasions given of the Englishmen's parts, moving the Danes first to invade the Realm, I find in certain stories two most especially assigned. The one ••iustly give, & justly taken. The other not given justly, and […] taken. Of the which two, the first was given in Northumberland, by means of Osbryght, 2reigning under king of Westsaxons, in the North parts. This Osbright upon a time journeying by the way, turned into the house of one of his nobles called Brewer. Who having at home a wife of great beauty (he being ⟨p. 140⟩absent abroad) the king after his dinner (allured with the excellency of her beauty) took her to a secret chamber,3 where he forcibly contrary to her will did ravish her, whereupon she being greatly dismayed, and vexed in her mind, made her move to her husband returning, of this violence and injury received. Brewer consulting with his friends, first went to the king, resigning to his hands, all such service and possessions which he did hold of him: that done took shipping and sailed into Denmark, where he had great friends: and had his bringing up before. There making his moan to Codrinus the king,4 desired his aide in revenging of the great villainy of Osbryght against him and his wife. Codrinus hearing this, and glad to have some just quarrel to enter that land: levied an army with all speed: & preparing all things necessary for the same, sendeth forth Inguar and Hubba two brethren,5 his chief Captains, with an innumerable multitude of Danes into England. who first arriving at Holderness, there burnt up the country, & killed without mercy both men, women, and children, whom they could lay hands upon. Then marching toward York, entered their battle, with the foresaid Osbryght, where he with the most part of his army was slain. And so the Danes entered the possession of the City of York. Some other say, and is by the most part of story writers recorded, that the chief cause of the coming of Inguar & Hubba with the Danes,