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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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lastly for his godliness he was ordained an Elder to the said congregation, with Clinet above mentioned. This Taurin having in his hands the keeping of a certain house of one M. Barthomier his kinsman, and seeing the congregation destitute of a room, received them into the house. And when he perceived the house to be compassed with enemies, albeit he might have escaped with the rest, yet he would not, but did abide the adventure, to the intent he would answer for the fact, in receiving the said assemble into the house. The constancy of this man was invincible, in sustaining his conflicts with the Sorbonists. With Doctor Maillarde especially he was of old acquaintance, whom he did know so well, even from his youth upward, that whensoever the said Doctor would open his mouth to speak against the Saints for their nightly assembles, he again did approach him with so filthy acts of buggery and infamous Sodomitry, that neither they which heard, could abide it, neither yet could he deny it, being so notorious, that almost all the children in the streets did know it: and yet that Sorbonical Doctor shamed not to impeach good men of whoredom, for their Godly assembles in the night. Whose life was so far from all chastity, as were there holy assembles clear from all impurity,1 in •ine these two Godly Elders in cruel pains of the fire, finished their martyrdom. The Lieutenant civil. Doctor Maillard, Sorbonist. Mosnior, Lieutenant. Evil neighbours. Bertrand, Lord keeper of the seal, and Cardinal of Sens. The Marquess of Tran. | Philip de Luns, G•tlewoman. At Paris. An. 1558. | Next unto these abovesaid, was brought out mistress Philip, Gentlewoman of the age of 23. she came first from the parts of gascoigne with her husband (who was Lord of Gravorō) unto Paris,2 there to join her self to the Church of God. Where her Husband also had been a Senior or Elder: who in the month of May before, was taken with an ag•e, and deceased, leaving this Philip a Widow, which nevertheless ceased not to serve the Lord in his Church, and also in the house was taken with the said company. Many conflicts she had with the Judges, and the Sorbonists, namely Maillard. But she always sent him away with the same reproach, as the other did before, & bad him avaunt Sodomite, saying, she would not answer one word to such a villain.