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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
To the reader: Ad doctum Lectorem Joh. Foxus.To the reader: Ad doctum Lectorem Ioh. Foxus.
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.
Deinde si tardius exeat ipsorum opinion volumen, meminerint proverbially praecepto, lentam esse festinationem oportere. Et bos dicitur lassus fortius pedem figere. Egimus in hac quidem re pro virili nostra, egimus spero & pro officio, si non satis pro temporis modo expeditè, at egimus certè pro valetudine, addam porro, egimus supra valetudinem. Quin & illud ipsorum venia adijcere liceat, egisse nos maturius quam ipsis forsan expediet, qui in hunc nugantur modū: certè maturatius egimus, quam tanti momenti & magnitudinis negotio conueniebat, quod accuratiorem in digerendis rebus moram curamque postulabat, cùm a nobis vix integros datos esse menses octodecim praeparandae materiae, comportandis componendisque rebus, conferendis exemplaribus, lectitandis codicibus, rescribendis his quae scripto mandata erant, castigandis formulis, concinnandae historiae, & in ordinē redigendae. &c, noveruntij qui testes adfuerint, & temporis conscij; & laboris socij. Quòd si autem Legendae suae aureae titulum huc eò accomodant, quòd illius exemplo hanc similiter fabulosam putent historiam, hinc que odioso vocabulo eius preiudicent veritati, quid his respondeam aliud quam quòd ingen•iè suam ipsi prodant calumniam, quam ne ad editionem quidem libri differ queant, prius de rebus dijudicantes quam noverint. Atque interim quidem illud bene habet quòd ipsis tandem aliquando Aureae suae legendae pudeat tam fabulosae. Et tamen fabellis illis non puduit mundum tam diu ludificare, periculum etiam intentantes his, si qui Legendae illi, hoc est, menda cissimis illorum nugis auderent detrahere. Quare cum nihil magis esse possit impium quam sacrosanctam ecclesiae fidem fabulamentis ⟨image 14⟩huiusmodi confictisque praeter omnem very fidem delirijs commaculare, tamen ineptissimi isti nugatores ex suo ingenio caeteros quósque scriptores metientes, nec ipsi verum adferre satagunt, nec afferentibus alijs fidem habendam putant, cuncta videlicet suis aureis somnijs similia existimantes. Quin apagè cum Aureatua legenda, nugator impudens, quem ego librum, cum omnes cum scimus, nec ipse ignoras prodigiosis mendaciorum portentis & vanissimis undique commentis scatter, ne con Homeri quidē fabulis confer velim: tantum abest ut con verè serijs gravib usque ecclesiae historijs quicquam commune habeat. Quid?
Deinde si tardius exeat ipsorum opinione volumen, meminerint prouerbiali praecepto, lentam esse festinationem oportere. Et bos dicitur lassus fortius pedem figere. Egimus in hac quidem re pro virili nostra, egimus spero & pro officio, si non satis pro temporis modo expeditè, at egimus certè pro valetudine, addam porro, egimus supra valetudinem. Quin & illud ipsorum venia adijcere liceat, egisse nos maturius quam ipsis forsan expediet, qui in hunc nugantur modū: certè maturatius egimus, quam tanti momenti & magnitudinis negotio conueniebat, quod accuratiorem in digerendis rebus moram curamque postulabat, cùm a nobis vix integros datos esse menses octodecim praeparandae materiae, comportandis componendisque rebus, conferendis exemplaribus, lectitandis codicibus, rescribendis his quae scripto mandata erant, castigandis formulis, concinnandae historiae, & in ordinē redigendae. &c, noueruntij qui testes adfuerint, & temporis conscij; & laboris socij. Quòd si autem Legendae suae aureae titulum huc eò accomodant, quòd illius exemplo hanc similiter fabulosam putent historiam, hinc que odioso vocabulo eius preiudicent veritati, quid his respondeam aliud quam quòd ingeniè suam ipsi prodant calumniam, quam ne ad editionem quidem libri differre queant, prius de rebus dijudicantes quam nouerint. Atque interim quidem illud bene habet quòd ipsis tandem aliquando Aureae suae legendae pudeat tam fabulosae. Et tamen fabellis illis non puduit mundum tam diu ludificare, periculum etiam intentantes his, si qui Legendae illi, hoc est, menda cissimis illorum nugis auderent detrahere. Quare cum nihil magis esse possit impium quam sacrosanctam ecclesiae fidem fabulamentis