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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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But this especially is to be noted, that during these troubles, divers of the Papists had sent their daughters into the mountains unto the Waldoys to be kept, fearing least they should have ben ravished by the soldiers, being wholly given over, as to all cruelty and ravine, so to all villainy and abomination, by whom they were before threatened to be so abused.
But this especially is to be noted, that duryng these troubles, diuers of the Papistes had sent their daughters into the mountaines vnto the Waldoys to be kept, fearing least they should haue ben rauished by the souldiers, being wholy geuen ouer, as to all crueltie and rauine, so to all villany and abhomination, by whome they were before threatned to be so abused.
All this being done, the said Lord of Trinity caused the head officers and chiefest of the people, to assemble together, and declared unto them, that the maintaining of the army was a great charge unto the Duke: and that it was ⟨p. 963⟩meet that they should bear the one half of the charges. For this cause he demanded of them twenty thousand crowns. But by the means of his Secretary Gastaut, who was promised a hundred crowns for his wine, (that is to say, for a bribe) four thousand of those twenty, were abated,1 so that they granted unto him xvj. thousand: of the which sum the Duke released the one half. Then the Lord of Trinity pressed this poor people to deliver the eight thousand out of hand, to pay the soldiers their wages (as he said) and so to withdraw his army. The year before corn was exceeding dear, for a sack was commonly sold for six crowns, yea and some for eight crowns, and also they had very little corn growing upon their mountains: wherefore they were now very bare of money. But they being in this perplexity, and desiring nothing more then to live in peace and quietness, went about to sell their cattle, to pay this money. But the Lord of Trinity had given out a commandment, that none should buy any cattle of the Waldoys,