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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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1Now as touching his reasons, whereas he coming in with a flimme flame of a horse mill, or a mill horse (in his own terms I speak) thinketh it probation good enough, because he could not see him taken by the sleeve, which murdered Hun: against these reasons unreasonable of his, I allege all the evidences and demonstrations of the history above prefixed, to be considered, and of all indifferent men to be peased.
1Now as touching his reasons, whereas he comming in with a flimme flamme of a horse mylne, or a mylne horse (in his owne termes I speake) thinketh it probation good enough, because he coulde not see him taken by the sleeue, which murdered Hunne: agaynst these reasons vnreasonable of his, I alledge all the euidences and demonstratiōs of the history aboue prefixed, to be cōsidered, and of al indifferent men to be peased.
- 1The reasons of Sir Thomas More refuted.The reasons of Syr Thomas More refuted.
First, how he was found hanging, with his countenance fair, with his beard and head fair kemmed, his bonnet right set on his head, with his eyne and mouth fair closed, without any drivelling or spurging. His body being taken down,1 was found loose, (which by hanging could not be) his neck broken, and the skin thereof beneath the throat where the girdle went, fret and faced away, his girdle notwithstanding being of silk, and so double cast about the staple, that the space of the girdle between the staple and his neck, with the residue also which went about his neck, was not sufficient for his head to come out. His hands moreover wrung in the wrists, his face, lips, chin, doublet, and shirt collar unstained with any blood: when as notwithstanding in a manner somewhat beyond the place, where he did hang, a great quantity of blood was found. Also whereas the staple whereon he hanged, was so, that he could not climb thereto without some mean, there was a stool set up upon the bolster of a bed, so tickle, that with the least touch in the world, it was ready to fall. And how was it possible that Hun might hang himself upon that staple, the stool so standing? Besides the confession moreover of Charles Josephs own mouth to Julian Little, of Robert Johnson, John Spalding the Belringer, Peter Turner, and others. All which testimonies and declarations being so clear and undeniable, may suffice (I trust) any indifferent man to see where the truth of this case doth stand: unless master Moore being a gentleman of Utopia,