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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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But soon after, being otherwise schooled, I can not tell how, by the Catholics, she was compelled to detect both her self, her brother Robert Bartlet, Thurstane Litlepage, and also Isabel Morwyn, wife of John Morwyn. &c. Isabel Bartlet was then brought, & examined before the Bishop: where she | being asked whether she spake these words following to her husband, at the coming of the Bishops man: Alas, now are you an undone man, and I but a dead woman. First, she stood in long denial of the same, and although her husband gave witness against her, yet stood she that her husband said not trueth. At last, she was compelled to grant those words to be spoken: and then being asked what she meant by them,1 thus she excused her self, that her husband had been unkind unto her a long time, and therefore she desired to depart from him. Whereupon now for sorrow she spake those words. &c. The which words her husband did excuse something otherwise, saying, that his wife spake those words between the threshold and the Hall door, because of a vehement fear for the loss of her goods. | Richard Hobbes of Hichenden. Henry Hobbes of Hichenden. Hernes wife. Herne widow of Amersham. Thomas Couper of Amersham, husbandman. Will. Chedwel, of Amersham. | John Stamp wheeler of Amersham. Alice Hard. wife of Tho. Harding. | The crime laid to Alice Harding, was this, because, when the Priest was coming to Richard Bennett, to give him housel, she went before, and instructed him what he should do. ⟨p. 823⟩| W. Rogers Tiler. W. Harding. Roger Harding. | These were detected by Roger Bennet, for that they being admonished to appear before the Bishops Chancellor at Amersham, neglected so to do. Roger Bennet, by like compulsion of his oath, 2was caused to detect these persons | I•. Jennings servant to James Morden. George, servant of Tho. Tochel. Tho. Grey, servant of Roger Bennet. | These were detected for carrying about certain books in English. | Will. Smith Wheeler. The wife of Jo. Milsent. The wife of W. Rogers. Ro Stamp, & his wife. The wife of Rob. Bartlet. | These good women here named, were detected to the Bishop by Roger Bennet, for that upon the holy days, when they go and come from the Church, they use to resort unto one I. Colingworth's house, and there to keep their conventicle.