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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.
In the time of this Edward: Emma his mother, was accused to be familiar with Alwyn the Bishop of Winchester: upon which accusation (by counsel of Earle Godwin) he took from her many of her jewels, and caused her to be kept somedeal more straightly in the Abby of Warwel, and the Bishop committed to the examination of the clergy. Polydore saith, they were both in prison, at Winchester: where she sorrowing the defame both of her self and of the Bishop, and trusting upon her conscience, desireth them of justice, offering her self ready to abide any lawful trial: yea although it were with the sharpest.
In the time of this Edward: Emma his mother, was accused to be familiar with Alwyn the Byshop of Winchester: vpon which accusation (by counsayle of Earle Godwyn) he tooke from her many of her iewels, and caused her to be kept somedele more straightly in ye Abby of Warwel, and the Byshop committed to the examination of the clergy. Polydore sayth, they were both in prison, at Winchester: where she sorrowing the defame both of her selfe and of the Byshop, and trusting vpon her conscience, desireth them of iustice, offering her selfe ready to abide any lawfull triall: yea although it were with the sharpest.
Then divers of the Bishops made labour to the king for them both,1 and had obtained, had not Robert then Archbishop of Cant. stopped the suit. Who not well contented with their labour said unto them: My brethren how dare ye defend her which is no woman but a beast? she hath defamed her own son the king, and taken her lecherous leman the Bishop. And if it be so, that the woman will purge the priest, who shall then purge the woman that is accused to be consenting to the death of her son Alfred: and procured venom to the poisoning of her son Edward? But whether she be guilty or guiltless: if she will go barefooted for her self four steps, and for the Bishop five, continually upon ix. plough shares fire hot: then if she escape harmless, he shall be assoiled of this challenge and she also.
Then diuers of the Byshops made labour to the king for thē both,