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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.
O bone Calixte, nunc omnis clerus odit te, Quondam praesbyteri poterant uxoribus uti Hoc destruxisti, postquam tu Papa fuisti. &c.
O bone Calixte, nunc omnis clerus odit te, Quondam praesbyteri poterant vxoribus vti Hoc destruxisti, postquam tu Papa fuisti. &c.
That is word for word.
The hatred of the Clergy, hast thou good Calixte, For some times Priests might use their wives right, But that thou hast rejected, since Pope thou wast elected.
The hatred of the Clergie, hast thou good Calixte, For some times Priests might vse their wiues right, But that thou hast reiected, since Pope thou wast elected.
And thus much of Roman matters, Now to our country story again. After the death of Anselm before mentioned (who deceased the year of our Lord.1 1109. after he had been sit the sea 16. years) the Church of Cant. stood void 5. years: and the goods of the Church were spent to the Kings use. And when he was prayed to help the Church that was so long without a pastor, his answer was: pretending that where his father and brother, had accustomed