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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.
1Great war happened in Palestine: wherein, the City of Jerusalem with the cross and the king of the City, & other of the temple was taken of the Saracens, and most part of the Christians there either slain or taken. Cruel murder and slaughter there was used by the Turk, who caused all the chief of the Christians to be brought forth and beheaded before his face. In so much that Pope Urbanus the iii. for sorrow dyed: & Gregory the viii next pope after him, lived not 2, months. Then in the days of pope Clement iii. (news and sorrow growing daily for the loss of Palestine, and destruction of the Christians) K. Henry of England, & Phillip the french king, the duke of Burgundy, the Earle of Flanders,2 the Earle of Campania, with divers other Christian Princes, with a general consent: upon S. Georges day, took the mark of the cross upon them, promising together to take their voyage into the holy land. At which time the stories say, the king of England received first the read cross,3 the French king took the white cross, the Earle of Flanders the green cross, & so other princes diversly, divers colours: thereby to be discerned every one by his proper cross. But king Henry (after the three years were expired, in which he promised to perform his voyage) sent to the Pope for further delay of his promise, offering for the same to erect three Monasteries. Which thing he thus performed:4 In the Church of Waltham he thrust out the secular Priests, and set in Monks for them. Secondly, he repaired again & brought in the Nuns of Amesbury, which before were excluded for their incontinent life. And thus performed he his promise made before to the Pope. an. 1173.
1Great warre happened in Palestina: wherein, the City of Ierusalem with the crosse and the king of the City, & other of the temple was taken of the Sarasines, and most part of the Christians there either slayne or taken. Cruell murther and slaughter there was vsed by the Turke, who caused all the chief of the Christiās to be brought forth and beheaded before his face. In so much that Pope Urbanus the iii. for sorrow dyed: & Gregory the viii next pope after him, liued not 2, monethes. Thē in the dayes of pope Clement iii. (newes and sorrow growing dayly for the losse of Palestina, and destruction of the Christians) K. Henry of England, & Phillip the french king, the duke of Burgundy, the Earle of Flaunders,