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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. 2, part 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. 2, part 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
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The Judge inquiring of what occupation he was, he said, that of late he was a shoemaker. Whereby the Judge understanding that he had been of some other faculty before, required what it was. He said,1 that he had been of another faculty before, but he was ashamed to utter it, or to remember it, being the worst & most vilest science of all other in the whole world besides. The judge and the people supposing that he had ben some thief or cutpurse, inquired to know what it was, but he for shame and sorrow stopped his mouth, & would not declare it. At last through their importunate clamour, he was constrained to declare the truth, & said, that he had been a priest. The judge thereupon was so moved, that he condemned him, first enjoining him in his condemnation, to ask the king forgiveness, then judged him to have his tongue cut out, and so to be burned. From this sentence he appealed to the parliament of Toulouse: not for that he thought thereby to save his life, but because he was enjoined to ask the king forgiveness, whom he had never offended. Also because he was judged to have his tongue cut of, wherewith he would praise his God. Notwithstanding by the sentence of that parliament, he was likewise condemn ned to be burnt, only he was pardoned for asking forgiveness of the king, and the cutting of his tongue, so that he would say nothing against their religion. As he went to burning, he passed by the college of S. Martial, where he was bid to honour the picture of the virgin standing at the gate. Which because he refused, the Judge commanded his tongue to be cut of, & so being put to the fire, he stood so quiet, looking up to heaven all the time of his burning, as though he had felt nothing, bringing such admiration to the people, that one of the Parliament said,2 that way not to be best, to bring the Lutherans to the fire, for that would do more hurt then good. Ex Joan. Crisp. The governor of Marches. | Steven king. Petrus Denocheus. At Chartres. An. 1553. | Steven king, after he had been at Strasburg a while, returned again into his coū try,3 dwelling in a town bearing the name of S. George,4 not far from Chaustors, where he served in the place of a notary, and had under him, a Clerk named Peter Denoche, who also had been at Geneva, & was there zealous in instructing the ignorant & rebuking blasphemous swearers, and other offenders.