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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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¶How Cromwell helped a poor woman with child, out of great trouble, longing for a piece of meat in time of Lent.
¶How Cromwell holpe a poore woman with childe, out of great trouble, longing for a piece of meat in time of Lent.
Persecutors. | Persecuted. | The cause. Fishers wife of Harnesey▪ D. Cocks. Bishop Stokesley. Holland his Sumner. M. Garter, king of Arms. | Thomas Frebarne and his Wife. | 1IN the year of our Lord. 1538. Sir William Forman being Major of the city of London, three weeks before Easter, the wife of one Tho. Frebarn dwelling in Pater noster row, being with child, longed after a morsel of a pig, and told her mind unto a Maid dwelling in Abchurch lane, desiring her, if it were possible, to help her unto a piece. The maid perceiving her earnest desire, showed unto her husband, what his wife had said unto her, telling him that it might chance to cost her her life and the child's too which she went withal, if she had it not. Upon this Thomas Frebarne her husband spake to a butter wife which he knew, that dwelled at Harnsey, named goodwife Fisher, to help him unto a pig for his wife, for she was with child, & longed sore to eat of a pig. Unto whom the said goodwife Fisher promised that she would bring him one the Friday following, and so she did, being ready dressed and scalded before. But when she had delivered him the pig,2 she craftily conveyed one of the pigge• feet, & carried it unto Doctor Cocks, at that time being Dean of Canterbury, dwelling in I•y lane, who at that time of his dinner, before certain guests which he had bidden, showed his pigs foot, declaring who had the body thereof: and after that they had talked their pleasure, & dinner was done,3