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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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The communication and controversy between the king and Thomas Becket with his Clergy.
The communication and controuersie betweene the king and Thomas Becket with hys Clergye.
The king as is aforesaid, convening his Nobles and clerks together, required to have the punishment of certain misdoers of the Clergy. But Thomas Becket not assenting thereunto: the king came to this point: to know whether he would consent with his clergy, that the customs then set forth in the realm (meaning by the first part of those decrees above specified) should be observed. To which the Archbishop consulting together with his brethren, giveth answer again, that he was contented ye kings ordinances should be observed, adding this withal,1 Salvo ordine suo: that is, saving his order. And so in like manner all the other bishops after, being demanded in order, answered with the same addition, Salvo ordine suo. Only Hillarius bishop of Chichester, perceiving the king to be exasperate with that addition,2 instead of Salvo ordine, agreed to observe them Bona fide. The king hearing them not simply to agree unto him but with an exception, was mightily offended: who then turning to the Archbishop and the Prelates said: that he was not well contented with that clause of theirs, Salvo ordine suo, which he said, was captious and deceitful: having some manner of venom lurking under, & therefore required an absolute grant of them with out any exception to agree to the kings ordinances. To this the Archbishop answered again, that they had sworn unto him their fidelity, both life, body, and earthly honour, Salvo ordine suo: and that in the same earthly honour, also those ordinances were comprehended: and to the observing, they would bind themselves after no other form, but as they had sworn before. The king with this was moved, & all his nobility not a little. As for the other bishops, there was no doubt but they would easily have relented, had not the stoutness of the Archb. made them more constant then otherwise they would have been. The day being well spent: the king (when he could get no other answer of them) departed in great anger: giving no word of salutation to the bishops. And likewise, the bishops every one to his own house departed. The bishop of Chichester (amongest the rest) was greatly rebuked of his fellows, for changing the exception contrary to the voice of all the other. The next day following, the king took from the archbishop all such honours & Lordships, as he had given him before, in the time that he was chancellor: