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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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His two daughters. | For being present and hearkening unto Richard Benet reading the Epistle of Saint James in English.1 | Emma, sister of W. Tilseworth mart. John Lee Carpenter of Henly. ¶Here is to be noted, that in the town of Chesham were two men: One named Robert Hutton. The other John Spark. Of which two, the one called the other heretic:2 The other called him again thief. Spark which called Hutton thief, was condemned to pay for his slander x. shillings. But Hutton which called the other heretic, payed nothing. It happened that the wife of this Spark not long after, had certain money stolen. For the which the said Spark her husband sent for the counsel of two Friars, who gave him counsel to make two balls of clay, and to put them in the water and in the same balls to enclose the names of them whom he suspected,3 and so doing the said Spark came to his money again. And this was detected to Bishop Longland the same time by Thomas Clement. But of all this matter there was no inquisition made, nor interrogatories ministered, nor witness producted, nor any sentence geven. Ex Regist. Longlang. fol. 50. John Grosar, being put to his oath, detected. | Thomas Tykill. Thomas Spenser and his wife. John Knight. | This John Grosar was examined whether he had a book of the Gospels in English, who confessed that he received such a book of Thomas Tykill morrow. Mass Priest in Milk Street, and afterward Lent the same book to Thomas Spenser: Which Thomas Spenser with his wife used to read upon the same.4 After that it was lent to Joh. Knight who at length delivered the book to the Vicar of Rikemansworth. John Funge forced by his oath to detect. | Francis Funge and his brother Thomas Clerk. | Francis Funge was examined for speaking these words to his brother I. which words he had learned of Thomas Clarke: If the Sacrament ⟨p. 830⟩of the alter be very God & man, flesh & blood, in form of bred, as priests say that it is: then have we many Gods, and in heaven there is but one God. And if there were an hundred houseled in one parish,5