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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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This done, there went a great talk abroad, that they should have great riches in that place,1 but it was very untrue, for it was not their thought or enterprise, as they themselves afterward confessed, for there was nothing taken away but his coat, his shoes and tapers. The tapers did help to burn him, the shoes they had again,2 and the coat one sir Thomas Rose did burn, but they had neither penny, half penny, gold, groat, nor jewel.
This done, there went a great talke abroade, that they should haue great riches in that place,1 but it was very vntrue, for it was not their thought or enterprise, as they themselues afterward confessed, for there was nothing taken away but his coate, his shoes and tapers. The tapers did helpe to burne him, the shooes they had againe,2 and the coate one sir Thomas Rose did burn, but they had neither peny, halfe peny, golde, grote, nor iewel.
- 1Fall sur•••se always ready.Falle sur•••se alwayes ready.
- 2The right handling of an Idol.The right handling of an Idoll.
Notwithstanding three of them were afterward indited of felony, and hanged in chains within half a year after, or thereabout.1 Robert King was hanged in Dedham at Burther. Robert Debnam was hanged at Cattawaye Causey: Nicholas Marsh was hanged at Dovercourt. Which three persons, through the spirit of God at their death, did more edify the people in godly learning, then all the Sermons that had been preached there a long [figure] time before.