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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 garrison of Tour & of Uillars being assembled together in a night, went to Tailleret, to the place called Bovvets, & breaking in at the windows and tops of the houses, breaking open the doors, sacking & spoiling all that they could lay hands of, took also xiiij. prisoners; and bound them two & two together by the arms, and so led them to the Fortress of Tour. But two which were ⟨p. 964⟩escaped, whiles the soldiers were taking other, set upon them which led the prisoners,1 and so valiantly assaulted & beat them with stones, that they forced them to let go xij. of the prisoners: the which tumbling and rolling themselves down the mountain, having their hands bound behind their backs, and fastened two and two together by the arms, were contented rather so to dye, then to be carried to the Fortress, and yet in the end they escaped. The other two which were led to the Fortress, were cruelly tormented, and in the end, the one of them the Captain strangled with his own hands, who was very young and but a child: the other which was about threescore years of age, whose name was Odull Gemet, suffered a strange & cruel death: For when they had bound him, they toke a kind of beasts which live in horsedoung, called in French Escarbotz, and put them unto his navel, covering them with a dish, the which within short space pierced into his belly, and killed him. These and the like, more then barbarous cruelties, have bin revealed by the soldiers themselves.
The garrison of Tour & of Uillars beyng assembled together in a night, went to Tailleret, to the place called Bouuets, & breakyng in at the windowes and toppes of the houses, breakyng open the doores, sackyng & spoylyng all that they could lay handes of, tooke also xiiij. prisoners; and bound them two & two together by the armes, and so led them to the Fortresse of Tour. But two which were ⟨p. 964⟩escaped, whiles the souldiers were taking other, set vpon them which led the prisoners,1 and so valiantly assaulted & beat them with stones, that they forced them to let go xij. of the prisoners: the which tumbling and rolling themselues downe the mountaine, hauing their hands bound behinde their backes, and fastened two and two together by the armes, were contented rather so to dye, then to be caried to the Fortresse, and yet in the ende they escaped. The other two which were led to the Fortresse, were cruelly tormented, and in the end, the one of them the Captayne strangled with his owne handes, who was very young and but a child: the other which was about threescore yeares of age, whose name was Odull Gemet, suffered a strange & cruel death: For when they had bound him, they toke a kynde of beastes which liue in horsedoung, called in French Escarbotz, and put them vnto his nauell, couering them with a dishe, the which within short space pearced into his belly, and killed him. These and the like, more then barbarous cruelties, haue bin reuealed by the souldiours themselues.