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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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*The History of three men hanged for the burning of the Rood of Dovercourt, collected out of a letter of Robert Gardner, which was one of the doers of the same.
*The History of three men hanged for the burning of the Rood of Douercourt, collected out of a letter of Robert Gardner, which was one of the doers of the same.
IN the same year of our Lord 1532. there was an Idol named the Rood of Dovercourt,1 whereunto was much and great resort of people. For at that time there was great rumour blown abroad amongst the ignorant sort, that the power of the Idol of Dovercourt was so great, that no man had power to shut the Church door where he stood, and therefore they let the Church door both night and day continually stand open, for the more credit unto their blind rumour. Which once being conceived in the heads of the vulgar sort, seemed a great marvel unto many men, but to many again, whom God had blessed with his spirit, was greatly suspected, especially unto these, whose names here follow, as Robert King of Dedham, Robert Debnam of Estbergholt,2 Nicholas Marsh of Dedham, and Robert Gardner of Dedham, whose consciences were sore burdened to see the honour and power of the almighty living God so to be blasphemed by such an Idol. Wherefore they were moved by the spirit of God, to travel out of Dedham in a wondrous goodly night, both hard frost and fair moon shine, although the nigh before, and the night after were exceeding foul and rainy. It was from the town of Dedham, to the place where the filthy Rood stood x. miles.