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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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After him succeeded Barthol. Cassaneus, likewise a pestilent persecutor,1 whom God at length stroke with a fearful & sudden death. In the time of this tyrant, those of Merindol, in the person often, were cited personally to appear before the kings attorney. But they hearing that the court had determined to burn them without any further process or order of law, durst not appear at the day appointed. For which cause the court awarded a cruel sentence against Merindol,2 & condemned all the inhabitants, to be burned both men & women, sparing none, no not the little children & infants: the town to be razed, & their houses beaten down to the ground: also the trees to be cut down, as well olive trees, as all other, and nothing to be left, to the intent it should never be inhabited again, but remain as a desert or wilderness.
After him succeded Barthol. Cassaneus, likewise a pestilent persecutor,1 whom God at length stroke with a fearful & sodeine death. In the time of this tyran, those of Merindol, in the persone often, were cited personally to appeare before ye kings atturny. But they hearing that ye court had determined to burn them wtout any further processe or order of law, durst not appeare at ye day apointed. For which cause the court awarded a cruel sentēce against Merindol,2 & condemned al the inhabitants, to be burned both men & women, sparing none, no not the litle children & infantes: the towne to be rased, & their houses beaten downe to the groūd: also the trees to be cut down, as wel oliue trees, as al other, and nothing to be left, to the entent it shuld neuer be inhabited again, but remaine as a desert or wildernesse.
- 1An other exam ple of Gods judgement upon Cassaneus, a bloody persecutor.An other exā ple of Gods iudgement vpon Cassaneus, a bloudy persecutor.
- 2A bloody decree against the Merindolians.