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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.
Item, the said Margery said to this deponent, that W. White was falsely condemned for an heretic, & that he was a good and holy man, and that he willed her to follow him to the place of execution,1 Whereas she saw that when he would have opened his mouth to speak unto the people to instruct them, a devil one of bishop Caiaphas servants strake him on the lips, and stopped his mouth, that he could in no case declare the will of God.
Item, the sayd Margery sayd to this deponēt, that W. White was falsly condēned for an hereticke, & that he was a good and holy mā, and that he willed her to folow him to the place of execution,1 Whereas she saw that whē he would haue opened his mouth to speak vnto ye people to instruct them, a deuill one of bishop Cayphas seruants strake him on the lips, and stopped his mouth, that he could in no case declare the will of God.
- 1W. White willing to speak at the stake, was stricken on the mouth.W. Whyte willing to speake at the stake, was stroken on the mouth.
Item, this deponent saith that the said Margery taught her that she should not go on pilgrimage, neither to our Lady of Walsingham, nor to any other saint or place.
Item, this deponent sayth yt the sayd Margery taught her that she should not goe on pilgrimage, neither to our Lady of Walsingame, nor to any other saynt or place.