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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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And what doth all this greedy sort of sturdy, idle, holy thieves, with these yearly exactions that they take of the people? Truly nothing but exempt themselves from the obedience of your grace. Nothing but translate all rule, power, Lordship, authority, obedience and dignity, from your grace, unto them. Nothing but that all your subjects should fall into disobedience and rebellion against your grace, and be under them, as they did unto your noble predecessor king John: which for because that he would have punished certain traitors that had conspired with the French king,1 to have deposed him from his crown and dignity (among the which a Clerk called Stephen, whom afterward against the kings will, the Pope made Bishop of Canterbury, was one) interdicted his land. For the which matter your most noble realm wrongfully (alas for shame) hath stand tributary not unto any kind of temporal prince, but unto a cruel devilish bloudsupper, drunken in the blood of the Saints and Martyrs of Christ, ever since.
And what doth all this greedy sort of sturdy, idle, holy theeues, with these yearely exactions that they take of the people? Truly nothing but exempt themselues from the obedience of your grace. Nothing but traslate all rule, power, Lordship, authority, obedience and dignity, from your grace, vnto thē. Nothing but that al your subiectes should fall into disobedience and rebellion against your grace, and be vnder thē, as they did vnto your noble predecessor king Iohn: which for because that he would haue punished certayne traytors that had conspired with the French kyng,1 to haue deposed him from his crowne and dignity (among the which a Clerke called Stephen, whom afterward agaynst the kinges will, the Pope made Bishop of Caunterbury, was one) interdited his land. For the which matter your most noble realm wrōgfully (alas for shame) hath stand tributary not vnto any kinde of temporal prince, but vnto a cruell deuilish bloudsupper, dronkē in the bloud of the Sayntes and Martyrs of Christ, euer since.
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