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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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Then the soldiers made certain fences of wood, five foot long, three foot broad, and of the thickness of three boards, but they were so sore vexed with the shot of the harquebuses, that they were fain to lay all those fences aside. The miners also made others of earth for the soldiers. But all these policies of the enemies availed them nothing: for the slaughter was so great, that in divers places you might have seen three lying dead one upon an other. God so wrought with the poor Christians, that the shot of two harquebuses slew four men. It was said for a certainty, that the shot of an harquebush came so near the Lord of Trinities head, that it brake a wand which he bare in his hand, and made him to retire six score paces backward,1 and seeing his soldiers in such great numbers murdered & wounded on every side, he wept bitterly. Then he retired the rest of his army. That day he thought assuredly to have entered into the meadow of Tour. Moreover he was determined, if that days journey had not succeeded, to encamp thereby, and the next morning very early, to renew the assault. Many gentlemen and others came thither, to see the discomfiture of the pore Waldois: and likewise those of the Plain looked for nothing, but to hear the piteous ruin and desolation of this poor people. But God disposed it otherwise: For the Lord of Trinity had much ado to save himself and his: and seeing the mischief which they intended to do unto others, was fallen now upon their own heads, they were wonderfully astonished. They of the plain also, when they saw the number of the dead bodies, & the wounded to be so great (for from noon until the evening,2 they ceased not to carry them away) were likewise exceedingly dismayed. Albeit they carried not away all, for there were many that lay near to the bulwarks, which the people covered with winding sheets, the next morning. The soldiers them selves confessed to them of the meadow of Tour, that if they had pursued them, they had ben all slain, they were so tired and clean out of heart.
Then the souldiors made certaine fences of woode, fiue foote long, three foote broade, and of the thicknesse of three boardes, but they were so sore vexed wt the shot of the harquebushes, that they were faine to lay al those fences aside. The miners also made others of earth for the souldiours. But al these policies of the enemies auailed them nothing: for the slaughter was so great, that in diuers places you might haue sene three lyng dead one vpon an other. God so wrought wyth the poore Christians, that the shot of two harquebushes slewe foure men. It was sayd for a certaintie, that the shot of an harquebush came so neare the Lorde of Trinities heade, that it brake a wande which he bare in his hand, and made him to retire six score pases backward,