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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 fourth day, the said Lord of Trinity, to torment the poor Taillerets yet more cruelly, sent his army again before day, to the mountain, and into the same place. And because the people of the said village were retired towards Uillars, and scattered about the borders thereof, in the high mountains, the soldiers not yet satisfied with spoiling and sacking the rest that they found in the said Tailleret, ranging about the confines thereof, ravened, and made havoc on every side,1 of what soever they could lay hands on, taking prisoners both men and women, which were laden with carriage. The poor prisoners were cruelly handled. Amongest other there was one, whose care a soldier of Montdevis, in a raging fury,2 bit cleave off, with these words: I will carry (said he) the flesh of these wretched heretics with me, into my country. They of Uillars also complained of the great cruelty that was showed unto them, during the time of the agreement. The which when the Lord of Trinity understood, to make a show that he was offended therewith, he came to his soldiers (which were so weary, that they could scantly go, not with fighting, but because they were so heavily laden with the spoil, that they were not able to carry it) and pretending to be in a great choler, some he beat, and some things also of a small value, he caused to be restored, but all the rest was kept back, and carried away.3 The same day, two women, the mother and the daughter were found in a cave in the mountain, wounded to death by the soldiers, and died immediately after. So likewise a blind man, a hundred years of age, which was fled into a cave, with his sons daughter, being eighteen years old, which fed him, was slain by the enemies,4 and as they would have forced the maiden, she escaped from them, and fell from the top of the mountain, and dyed.
The fourth day, the sayde Lord of Trinitie, to torment the poore Taillerets yet more cruelly, sente his armye againe before day, to ye mountaine, and into the same place. And because the people of the sayde village were retyred towards Uillars, and scattered about the borders therof, in the hygh mountaynes, the souldyers not yet satisfied with spoyling and sacking the rest that they founde in the sayd Tailleret, raunging about the confines thereof, rauened, and made hauocke on euery side,