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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 Bishop and Prelates then going aside by themselves from the other nobles (the king so permitting them to do) took counsel together what was to be done. Here the matter stood in a doubtful perplexity, for either must they incur the dangerous indignation of the king, or else with the Nobles they must proceed in condemnation against the archbishop for resisting the kings sanctions:1 which thing neither, they themselves did favour. In this straight necessity (they devising what way to take) at length agreed upon this: that they with a common assent should cite the Archb. to the sea of Rome upon perjury. And that they should oblige and bind themselves to the king with a sure promise, to work their diligence in deposing the Archbish. (upon this condition) that the King should promise their safety, & discharge them from the peril of that judgement, which was toward them. So all the bishops obliging them selves thus to the king, went forth to the Archbishop: of whom, one speaking for the rest (which was Hillary Bishop of Chichester) had these words: Once you have been our Archbishop, and so long we were bound to your obedience: but now forasmuch as you (once swearing your fidelity to the king) do resist him: neglecting his injunctions and ordinances concerning and appertaining to his terrene honour and dignity:2 we here pronounce you perjured, neither be we bound to give obedience to an Archbishop thus being perjured. But putting ourselves and all ours in the popes protection, do cite you up to his presence. And upon the same,3 assigned him his day and time to appear. The Archbishop answering again, said: he heard him well enough. And upon this sendeth up to Rome in all hast to the pope, signifying to him by letters the whole matter, how and wherefore, and by whom he was cited. To whom the Pope directed again his letters of comfort (as he had done divers before) the copy whereof here ensueth.
The Byshop and Prelates then going aside by themselues from the other nobles (the king so permitting them to do) tooke coūsel together what was to be done. Here the matter stoode in a doubtful perplexitie, for either must they incur the daungerous indignation of the king, or els with ye Nobles they must procede in condemnation against the archbishop for resisting the kings sanctions: