A67926:1788
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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When the Cardinal of York was thus a Legate, he set up a Court, and called it the Court of the Legate, and proved testaments, and heard causes, to the great hindrance of all the Bishops of the Realm. He visited Bishops & all the Clergy, exempt and not exempt: and under colour of reformation, he got much treasure, & nothing was reformed, but came to more mischief: for by example of his pride, Priests and all spiritual persons waxed so proud, that they wear velvet, and silk, both in gowns, jackets, doublets, and shoes, kept open lechery, & so highly bare them selves, by reason of his authorities & faculties, that no man durst once reprove any thing in them, for fear to be called heretic, and then they would make him smoke or bear a Fagot. And the Cardinal himself was so elated, that he thought himself equal with the King: and when he had said Mass, he made Dukes & Earls to serve him of wine with a say taken, and to hold the basin at the Lavatories.
When the Cardinall of Yorke was thus a Legate, hee set vp a Court, and called it the Court of the Legate, and proued testamentes, and heard causes, to the great hynderance of all the Byshops of the Realme. He visited Byshops & all the Clergy, exempt and not exempt: and vnder colour of reformatiō, he got much treasure, & nothing was reformed, but came to more mischiefe: for by example of his pride, Priests and all spirituall persons waxed so proude, that they weare veluet, and silke, both in gownes, iackets, dublets, and shoes, kept open lechery, & so hyghly bare thē selues, by reason of his authorities & faculties, that no mā durst once reproue any thing in them, for feare to be called hereticke, and then they would make him smoke or beare a Fagot. And the Cardinall himselfe was so elated, that he thought himselfe equall with the King: and when he had sayd Masse, he made Dukes & Earles to serue him of wine with a say taken, and to hold the bason at the Lauatories.
Furthermore, as he was Ambassador sent to the Emperor at Brussels, he had over with him the great Seal of England,1 and was served with his servitors kneeling on their knees, and many noble men of England waiting upon him, to the great admiration of all the Germans that beheld it: such was his monstrous pomp and pride, Ex Parlip. Abb. Urspur.