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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.
Johannes the bishop of Portua (being one of the secret coū sail of Hildebrand) came up into the pulpit of S. Peter, & amongst other things in the hearing, both of the Clergy and people, said: Hildebrand and we have committed such a fact and so horrible,1 for the which we are all worthy to be burned alive (meaning of the Sacrament of the body of Christ) which Sacrament, Hildebrand when he thereof inquired a divine answer against the Emperor, and would not speak, threw into the fire and burned it contrary to the persuasion of the Cardinals, that were present and would have resisted the same.
Iohannes the bishop of Portua (beyng one of the secret coū sail of Hildebrand) came vp into the pulpit of S. Peter, & amongst other things in the hearing, both of the Clergy and people, sayd: Hildebrand and we haue committed such a fact and so horrible,1 for the which we are all worthy to be burned alyue (meanyng of the Sacrament of the body of Christ) which Sacrament, Hildebrand when he thereof inquired a diuine aunswer agaynst the Emperour, and would not speake, threw into the fire and burned it contrary to the perswasion of the Cardinals, that were present and would haue resisted the same.
- 1Hildebrand casteth the sacrament of the Lords body in the fire, because it would give him no answer.Hildebrand casteth the sacrament of the Lordes body in the fire, because it woulde geue him no answere.
In the second holy day in the Easter week, when the clergy & the people were assembled at S. Peters Church to hear mass, after the Gospel, he went up into the pulpit as he was in his pontifical attire, and in the presence of divers bishops & Cardinals (a great company both of the Senate and the people of Rome, being gathered together) openly preached (among many other words of divination) that the king whose name was Henry, should die (without all peradventure) before the feast of S. Peter next ensuing: or else at least wise, that he should be so dejected from his kingdom, that he should not be able any more to gather together above the number of vj. knights.