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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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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.
¶Friar Forest.
¶Frier Forest.
This Forest was an observant Friar, and had secretly in confessions declared to many of the kings subjects,1 that the king was not supreme head, and being thereof accused and apprehended, he was examined how he could say that the king was not supreme head of the Church, when he himself had sworn to the contrary. He answered that he took his oath with his outward man, but his inward man never consented thereunto. And being further accused of divers damnable Articles and thereupon convicted, he gladly submitted himself to abide the punishment of the Church. Upon this his submission having more liberty then before he had to talk with whom he would he became as far from his submission as ever he was. And when his abjuration was sent him to read,2 he utterly refused it and obstinately persevered in his errors: wherefore he was justly condemned, after hanged in Smithfield in chains upon a gallows quick, by the middle & arm holes, and fire was made under him, and so was he consumed and burnt to death.
THis Forest was an obseruaunt Frier, and had secretly in confessions declared to many of the kinges subiects,1 that the king was not supreme head, and being therof accused and apprehēded, he was examined how he could say that the king was not supreme head of the Church, when he himselfe had sworne to the contrary. He answered that he tooke his oth with his outward man, but his inwarde man neuer consented thereunto. And being further accused of diuers damnable Articles and thereupon conuicted, he gladlye submitted himselfe to abide the punishment of the Church. Upon this his submission hauing more liberty then before he had to talke with whom he would he became as farre from his submission as euer he was. And when his abiuration was sent him to read,