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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.
Not long after the coronation of this king, a cloud was seen throughout the land, which appeared the one half like blood, and the other half like fire. And changed after into sundry colours and vanished at the last in the morning.1 Shortly after the appearance of this cloud, in the iij. year of his reign, the Danes arriving in sundry places of the land, first spoiled Southampton, either slaying the inhabitants, or leading them captive away. From thence they went to the Isle of Thanet, then they invaded Chester, from thence they proceeded to Cornwall and Devonshire,2 & so to Sussex: where, in those coasts they did much harm, and so retired to their ships again. Roger Hoveden writing hereof, saith: that London, the same time (or as Fabian saith) a great part of London, was consumed with fire. About this time fell a variance between the foresaid Egelred, and the bishop of Rochester: In so much, that he made war against him, and besieged the City. And notwithstanding that Dunstan required the king, sending him admonishment to give over, for the sake of S. Andrew, yet continued he his siege, till the bishop offered him an hum dreth pounds of gold, which he received, and so departed. The Danes seeing the discord that then was in the realm, and specially the hatred of the subjects against the king: rose again, and did great harm in divers places of England: In so much, that the king was glad to grant them great sums of money for peace to be had.3 For the assurance of which peace, Analeffe captain of the Danes, became a christen man, and so returned home to his country, & did no more harm.4 Besides these miseries before recited, a sore sickness of the bloody flux, and hot fevers fell among the people, whereof many died, with a like moraine also among the beasts. Moreover, for lack of justice, many thieves, rioters and bribers were in the land, with much misery and mischief.
Not long after the coronation of this king, a cloud was seene throughout the land, which appeared the one halfe like bloud, and the other halfe like fire. And changed after into sondry colours and vanished at the last in the morning.