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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
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This letter of Cesar fretted the Pope not a little, who wrote again to the bishops of Germany, accusing the emperor, and willing them to work against him what they could: they answer again with all obedience to the Pope submitting themselves, and yet excusing the emperor, and blaming him rather. And exhorted him henceforth to temper his letters and legacies with more gentleness and modesty, the which counsel he also followed, perceiving otherwise, that he could not prevail.
This letter of Cesar fretted the Pope not a little, who wrote again to the bishops of Germany, accusing the emperor, and willing them to worke against him what they could: they answer againe with all obedience to the Pope submitting themselues, and yet excusing the emperor, and blaming him rather. And exhorted him henceforth to temper his letters and legacies with more gentlenes and modestie, the which counsaile he also followed, perceiuing otherwise, that he could not preuayle.
Much trouble had good Fridericus with this Pope: but much more with the other, that followed. For this Pope continued not very long, the space only of 4. years & odd months. About whose time rose up the order of the Hermits by one William once duke of Aquitania,1 and afterward a Friar. This Hadrianus walking with his cardinals abroad, to a place called Anagnia or Arignanum, (as Volateran calleth it) chanced to be choked with a fly getting into his throat,2 and so was strangled, who in the latter time of his papacy, was wont to say, that there is no more miserable kind of life in the earth, then to be a Pope,3 and to come to the papacy by blood, that is (said he) not to succeed Peter, but rather Romulus, who to reign alone, did slay his brother.
Much trouble had good Fridericus with this Pope: but much more with the other, that followed. For this Pope continued not very long, the space only of 4. yeres & odde months. About whose tyme rose vp the order of the Hermites by one William once duke of Aquitania,