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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.
These things thus done, the Emperor sent for the nobles of Bohemia, which went unto him unto a town of Hungary, called Posonium in the borders of Austria, upon the banks of the river of Danubius: but they would not enter into the town, but remained without the town in their tents, whether as the Emperor going out unto them, ⟨p. 654⟩communing much with them as touching his right & title,1 and the recovering of his fathers kingdom, promising if there were any cause, which did alienate the Bohemians minds from him, that he would take away all the occasion thereof. They made answer, that he had made war upon them without cause, and that he had suffered their country men contrary to his promise, to be burnt at Constance not being heard, and the kingdom to be contumeliously interdicted, and the Nobles of Bohemia to be condemned by the church of Rome as heretics:2 and that he should think the force and power of the Bohemians not to be so small, but that they would provide for their own honour. Whereunto the Emperor answered very gently, & offered them a general Council, wherein they might declare their innocency, if they would submit themselves to the judgement of the universal Church: but the Bohemians which were now become valiant victors in arms, would not now be overcome with words, and so nothing being finally concluded, the Emperor returned home.
These thinges thus done, the Emperour sent for the nobles of Boheme, which went vnto him vnto a town of Hungary, called Posonium in the borders of Austria, vpō the bāks of the riuer of Danubius: but they wold not enter into the towne, but remained wtout the towne in their tents, whether as the Emperoure going out vnto them, ⟨p. 654⟩communing muche wt them as touching his right & title,1 and the recouering of his fathers kingdome, promising if there were any cause, which did alienate the Bohemians minds from him, that he would take away al the occasion therof. They made answer, that he had made warre vpon them without cause, and that he had suffred their countrey men cōtrary to his promise, to be burnt at Constance not being heard, and the kingdom to be contumeliously interdited, and the Nobles of Boheme to be condemned by the church of Rome as heretickes: