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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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After that, he turned himself to the officers, asking them if they were ready, and they answered, yea. Whereupon he put of his jacket and doublet and stood in his hose & shirt, and went unto the stake, standing upon that ledge, and the chain was cast about him, and standing thereon, the said D. Warner came to him to bid him farewell,1 which spake but few words for weeping. Upon whom the said Tho. Bilney did most gently smile, & inclined his body to speak to him a few words of thanks, and the last were these: O Master Doctor, Pasce gregem tuum, Pasce gregem tuum, ut cum venerit Dominus, 2inueniat te sic facientem. That is, Feed your flock, feed your flock, that when the Lord cometh, he may find you so doing, and farewell good M. Doctor, and pray for me, and so he departed without any answer, sobbing and weeping.
After that, he turned himselfe to the officers, asking thē if they were ready, and they answered, yea. Whereupon he put of his iacket and doublet and stoode in his hose & shirt, and went vnto the stake, standing vpon that ledge, and the chayne was cast about him, and standing theron, the sayd D. Warner came to him to bid him farewell,1 which spake but few wordes for weeping. Upon whom the sayd Tho. Bilney did most gently smile, & inclined his body to speak to him a few wordes of thankes, and the last were these: O Maister Doctor, Pasce gregem tuum, Pasce gregem tuum, vt cum venerit Dominus, 2inueniat te sic facientem. That is, Feede your flocke, feede your flocke, that when the Lord commeth, he may finde you so doing, and farewell good M. Doctour, and pray for me, and so he departed without any answere, sobbing and weeping.
- 1D. Warner taking his farewell of Tho. BilneyD. Warner taking his fa•ewell of Tho. Bilney
- 2The words of Tho. Bilney to Doct. Warner.