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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.
Patri venerabili Paschali summo pontifici, Henricus dei gratia rex Anglorum, Salutem. Promotioni vestrae in sedem sanctae Romanae ecclesiae plurimum congaudeo, petens ut amicitia quae patri meo cum antecessoribus vestris suit, inter nos quoque illibata permaneat. Unde, ut dilectio & benignitas a me videatur sumere initium, beneficium quod ab antecessoribus meis beatus Petrus habuit, vobis mitto: eosque honours & eam obedientiam quam tempore patris mei antecessores vestri in regno Angliae habuerunt, tempore meo ut habeatis volo, eo videlicet tenor, ut dignitatis usus & consuetudines, quas pater meus tē pore antecessorum vestrorum in regno Angl. habuit ego, tempore vestro in eodem regno meo integrè obtineam. Notumque; habeat sanctitas vestra quod me vivente (deo auxiliante) dignitates & usus regni Angl. non minuentur. Et si ego (quod absit) in tanta me dejection ponerem: optimates mei (imo totius Angl. populus) id nullo modo pateretur. Habita igitur (charissime pater) utillori deliberatione ita se erga nos moderetur benignitas vestra, ne quid inuitus faciam & a vestra me cogatis recedore obedientia. In English. To the reverend father Paschal the chief bishop,1 Henry by the grace of God, king of England, greeting. For this your promotion into the see of the holy Church of Rome, as I am heartily glad: so my request is to you, that the friendship and amity, which hath been tofore between my father and your predecessors in times past, may now also between us in like manner continue undiminished. And that love and gentleness may first begin of my part: here I send unto you that gift that S. Peter had in foretime of my predecessors. And likewise the same honours & obedience, which your predecessors have had in the realm of England before in the time of my father, I will you to have the same in my time also: after this form I mean, and tenor, that the usage and manner of dignity and such customs which my father hath had in this realm of England in the time of your ancestors,2 I in like ample manner also now in your time, may fully enjoy the same in this the said realm of England. Thus therefore be it known to your holiness, that during this life of mine (God almighty abling me to the same) these above named dignities, usages, & customs of this realm of England, shall in no part be lessoned.
Patri venerabili Paschali summo pontifici, Henricus dei gratia rex Anglorum, Salutem. Promotioni vestrae in sedem sanctae Romanae ecclesiae plurimum congaudeo, petens vt amicitia quae patri meo cum antecessoribus vestris suit, inter nos quoque illibata permaneat. Vnde, vt dilectio & benignitas a me videatur sumere initium, beneficium quod ab antecessoribus meis beatus Petrus habuit, vobis mitto: eosque honores & eam obedientiam quam tempore patris mei antecessores vestri in regno Angliae habuerunt, tempore meo vt habeatis volo, eo videlicet tenore, vt dignitatis vsus & consuetudines, quas pater meus tē pore antecessorum vestrorum in regno Angl. habuit ego, tempore vestro in eodem regno meo integrè obtineam. Notumque; habeat sanctitas vestra quod me viuente (deo auxiliante) dignitates & vsus regni Angl. non minuentur. Et si ego (quod absit) in tanta me deiectione ponerem: optimates mei (imo totius Angl. populus) id nullo modo pateretur. Habita igitur (charissime pater) vtillori deliberatione ita se erga nos moderetur benignitas vestra, ne quid inuitus faciam & a vestra me cogatis recedore obedientia. In English. To the reuerende father Paschal the chiefe bishop,