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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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and yet not so, but that he is enjoined, before he pass the Inquisitors hands, that he shall wear a garment with yellow colours, for a note of public infamy, to him, and his whole race. And if he can not guess right, showing to the Inquisitors by whom he was accused, whereof, and wherefore (as is afore touched) incontinent the horrible sentence of condemnation is pronounced against him, that he shall be burned for an obstinate heretic: and so yet the sentence is not executed by and by, but after that he hath endured imprisonment in some heinous prison. ¶And thus have ye heard the form of the Spanish Inquisition.1 By the vigour and rigour of this Inquisition, many good true servants of Jesus Christ have been brought to death, especially in these latter years, since the royal and peaceable reign of this our Queen Elizabeth. The names and stories of whom, partly we will here recite, according as we have faithful records of such as are come to our hands by writing. The other which be not yet come to our knowledge, we will defer, till further intelligence and opportunity, by the Lords aid and leave, shall serve hereafter. An. 1559. Maij 21. In the town of Valladolid, where commonly the council of the Inquisition is wont to be kept,2 the Inquisitors had brought together many prisoners, both of high and low estate, to the number of xxx. also the coffin of a certain noble woman, with her picture lying upon it, which had been dead long before, there to receive judgement and sentence. To the hearing of which sentence, they had ordained in the said town, 3. mighty Theatres or stages. Upon the first was placed Dame Jane, sister to king Philip,3 and chief Regiment of his realms: also Prince Charles, king Philips son, with other Princes and States of Spain. Upon the other scaffold mounted the Archbishop de Seville,4 Prince of the Synagogue of the Inquisitors, with the Coū sell of the Inquisition: also other Bishops of the lands, and the kings council with them. After that the Princes, and other spiritual judges, & counsellors were thus set in their places, with a great guard of Archers, and Halberdiers, and harnessed soldiers: with 4.