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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.
These things thus done at Calve, it happened not long ⟨p. 159⟩after the same, that king Edward, whom the writers describe to be a virtuous and a meek prince, much pitiful & beneficial to the poor, about the iiij. year of his reign, came upon a season from hunting in the forest alone, with out the company of his servants, to the place in the West country,1 where Alfeith his mother, with her son Egelred did lye. When the Queen the mother was warned of his coming by her men, anon she calleth a servant of hers, which was of her special trust, opening to him all her conceived counsel, & showing him all points how & what to do for the accomplishing of her wicked purpose. Which thing so done, she made towards the king, and received him with all courtesy, desiring him to tarry the night. But he in like courtesy excused himself, and for speed desired to see his brother, and to drink, upon his horse sitting, the which was shortly brought.
These things thus done at Calue, it hapned not long ⟨p. 159⟩after the same, that king Edward, whom the writers describe to be a vertuous and a meeke prince, much pitifull & beneficiall to the poore, about the iiij. yeare of hys raigne, came vpon a season from hunting in the forest alone, with out the company of his seruaunts, to the place in the West countrey,1 where Alfeith his mother, with her sonne Egelred did lye. When the Queene the mother was warned of his comming by her men, anone she calleth a seruaunt of hers, which was of her speciall trust, opening to hym all her conceiued counsaile, & shewyng him all pointes how & what to do for the accomplishing of her wicked purpose. Which thing so done, she made towards the king, and receaued him with all curtesie, desiring him to tary ye night. But he in like curtesie excused himselfe, and for speede desired to see his brother, and to drinke, vpō his horse sitting, the which was shortly brought.
- 1The horrible wickedness of the Queen the mother.