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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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Book 7 › ¶The story of Richard Hun.Book 7 › ¶The story of Richard Hunne.
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.
Now according to the tenure of these prescripts and rules, the Bishop of London accompanied with the Bishops of Durham and Lincoln,1 sate in judgement the xvj. day of December, then next following, within the place by the same appointed: adjoining also unto them as witnesses of their proceedings, six public Notaries, his own Register, and about xxv. Doctors, Abbots, Priors and Priests of name, with a great rabble of other common anointed Catholics. Where after a solemn proclamation made, that if there were any that would defend the opinion• and books of Rich. Hun, they should presently appear, and be heard according to law, he commanded all the Articles and objections against Hun, openly to be read before the assembly: and then perceiving that none durst appear in his defence, by the advise of his assistants, he pronounced the sentence definitive against the dead carcass, condemning it of heresy, and therewith committed the same unto the secular power,2 to be by them burned accordingly. Which ridiculous decree was as fondly accomplished in Smithfield the xx. day of the same month of December (being full xvj. days after they had thus horribly murdered him) to the great grief and disdain of all the people. And because the Bishop in his sentence definitive useth a more formal and ample order of words, then accustomably is used in others: and also pretendeth full hypocritically in the beginning (as it were by way of induction) divers causes that moved him to proceed against the dead carcass: I thought therefore good, here to insert the same, as a final conclusion of their crafty coloured tragedy: the tenure whereof is this.
Now according to the tenure of these prescriptes and rules, the Bishop of London accompanied with the Bishops of Durham and Lincolne,1 sate in iudgemēt the xvj. day of December, then next folowing, within the place by the same appointed: adioining also vnto them as witnesses of their procedings, sixe publique Notaries, his owne Register, and about xxv. Doctours, Abbots, Priours and Priests of name, with a great rabble of other common annoynted Catholiques. Where after a solemne proclamatiō made, that if there were any that would defend the opinion• and bookes of Rich. Hunne, they should presently appeare, and be heard according to law, he commaunded all the Articles and obiections against Hunne, openly to be read before the assembly: and then perceyuing that none durst appeare in his defence, by the aduise of his assistants, he pronounced the sentence definitiue against the dead carkase, cōdemning it of heresie, and therwith committed the same vnto the secular power,