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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.
Moreover the said Margery said to this deponent, that Thomas of Canterbury,1 whom the people called S. Thomas, was a false traitor and damned in hell, because he injuriously endowed the churches with possessions, and raised up many heresies in the church,2 which seduce the simple people, and therefore if God be blessed, the said Thomas is accursed, and those false priests that say that he suffered his death patiently before the altar, do lye: For as a false cowardly traitor he was slain in the church door as he was flying away.
Moreouer the sayd Margery said to this deponēt, that Thomas of Canterbury,1 whom the people called S. Thomas, was a false traytor and damned in hell, because he iniuriously endowed the churches with possessions, and raised vp many heresyes in the church,2 which seduce the simple people, and therefore if God be blessed, the sayd Thomas is accursed, and those false priests that say that he suffered his death patiently before the aulter, do lye: For as a false cowardly traytor he was slayne in the church dore as he was flying away.
- 1Tho. Becket a traitor.Tho. Becket a traytour.
- 2Thomas Becket slain, not before the altar, but in his flying.Thomas Becket slain, not before the aulter, but in his flying.
Moreover, this deponent saith, that the said Margery told her that the cursed Pope, Cardinals, Archbishops, and bishops, & specially the bishop of Norwich & others that support and maintain heresies and Idolatry, reigning & ruling over the people, shall shortly have the very same or worse mischief fall upon them, than that cursed man Thomas of Canterbury had. For they falsely and cursedly deceive the people with their false mammetries & laws, to extort money of the simple folk to sustain their pride, riot and idleness: And know assuredly that the vengeance of God will speedily come upon them, which have most cruelly slain the children of God,