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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 on a time he being at his work in the same Inn they of the Town, when they had seen his work,1 went about to take him, & he having some inkling thereof, thought to shift for himself, but yet was taken forcibly in the yard of the same Inn, & after this he was brought to London, and so to Fulham to the bishops house, where he was cruelly imprisoned, with certain others of Essex, that is to wit one Johnson and his wife, Wylie, his wife and his son, & father Bate of Rowshedge.2 They were fed with fine manchet made of saw dust, or at the least, a great part thereof, and were so straightly kept, that their wives and their friends could not come at them.
And on a time he being at his worke in the same Inne they of the Towne, when they had sene his work,1 went about to take him, & he hauing some incling therof, thought to shift for himselfe, but yet was taken forceably in ye yarde of the same Inne, & after this he was brought to London, and so to Fulham to the bishops house, where he was cruelly imprisoned, with certein others of Essex, that is to wit one Iohnson and his wife, Wylye, his wife and his sonne, & father Bate of Rowshedge.2 They were fedde with fyne manchet made of saw dust, or at the least, a great part therof, and were so straightly kept, that theyr wiues and theyr frendes could not come at them.
- 1The cause […] the taking of Edward Freeze.The cause 〈…〉 the takyng of Edward Freese.
- 2Johnson & his wife, Wylie, his sonne. Father Bate.Iohnson & his wife, Wylye, his sonne. Father Bate.