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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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Book 8 › The oath of the Clergy to the king.Book 8 › The othe of the Clergie to the king.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Also concerning the order of her ladies & gentlewomen about her, one that was her silkwoman, a Gentlewoman not now alive, but of great credit and also of fame for her worthy doings,1 did credibly report, that in all her time she never saw better order amongst the ladies & gentlewomen of the Court, then was in this good Queens days, who kept her maids and such as were about her so occupied in sowing and working of shirts & smocks for the poor,2 that neither was there seen any idleness then amongst them, nor any leisure to follow such pastimes as daily are seen now a days to reign in princes courts.
Also concerning the order of her ladies & gentlewomen about her, one that was her silkwoman, a Gentlewoman not nowe aliue, but of great credite and also of fame for her worthy doings,1 did credibly report, that in all her time she neuer saw better order amongst the ladies & gentlewomē of the Courte, then was in this good Queenes dayes, who kepte her maides and suche as were about her so occupyed in sowing and woorking of shirts & smockes for the poore,2 that neither was there sene any idlenes then amōgst them, nor any leisure to followe such pastimes as daily are seene now a daies to raigne in princes courtes.
- 1The name of this gentlewoman was Mistress Wilkinson.The name of this gentlewoman was Maistres Wilkinson.
- 2The good order of the Court in Queen Annes time.The good order of the Court in Queene Annes tyme.