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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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Where is your sword, power, crown and dignity become, that should punish by punishment of death even as other men are punished, the felonies, rapes, murders, and treasons committed by this sinful generation? Where is their obedience become that should be under your high power in this matter? It is not altogether translated and exempt from your grace unto them? Yes cruelly. *What an infinite number of people might have been increased to have peopled the Realm, if this sort of folk had been married like other men? What breach of matrimony is there brought in by them? such truly as was never since the world began, among the whole multitude of the Heathen, Who is she that will set her hands to work, to get 3. d. a day, and may have at least 20. d. a day to sleep an hour with a Friar, a Monk, or a Priest? What is he that would labour for a groat a day, and may have at least 12. d. a day to be baud to a Priest, a Monk, or a Friar? What a sort are there of them that marry Priests sovereign Ladies, but to cloak the Priests incontinency, and that they may have a living of the Priests, themselves for their labour?2 How many M. doth such lubricity bring to beggary, theft and idleness: which should have kept their good name, & have set themselves to work, had not been this excessive treasure of the spirituality? what honest man dare take any man or woman into his service, that hath been at such a school with a spiritual man?
Where is your sworde, power, crowne and dignitye become, that shoulde punish by punishment of death euen as other men are punished, the felonyes, rapes, murthers, and treasons cōmitted by this sinnefull generatiō? Where is theyr obedience become that should be vnder your high power in this matter? It is not altogether translated and exempt from your grace vnto them? Yes cruely. *What an infinite nūber of people might haue bene increased to haue peopled the Realme, if this sort of folke had bene maryed like other men? What breach of matrimony is there brought in by them? such truly as was neuer since the world began, among the whole multitude of the Heathē, Who is she that will set her handes to worke, to get 3. d. a day, and may haue at least 20. d. a day to sleepe an houre wyth a Frier, a Monke, or a Priest? What is he that would labor for a groat a day, and may haue at least 12. d. a day to be baude to a Priest, a Monke, or a Frier? What a sort are there of them that mary Priests soueraigne Ladyes, but to cloake the Priestes incontinency, and that they may haue a liuing of the Priestes, thēselues for theyr labor?