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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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As this Ruffin ruffling thus with his locks was walking in the streets, as chance was, who should meet him but the Lord Cromwell,1 who beholding the deform and unseemly manner of his disguised going, full of much vanity and hurtful example, called the man to question with him whose servant he was, which being declared, then was demanded, whether his master or any of his fellows used so to go with such hair about their shoulders as he did, or no? Which when he denied, and was not able to yield any reason for refuge of that his monstrous disguising, at length he fell to this excuse that he had made a vow. To this the Lord Cromwell answered again, that for so much as he had made himself a votary, he would not force him to break his vow, but until his vow should be expired, he should lye the mean time in prison, and so se•te him immediately to the Marshalsea: where he endured, till at length this intonsus Cato being persuaded by his master to cut his hair, by suit and petition of friends, he was brought again to the Lord Cromwell with his head polled according to the accustomed sort of his other fellows, and so was dismissed.
As this Ruffin ruffling thus with his locks was walkyng in the streetes, as chance was, who should meet him but the Lord Cromwell,1 who beholding the deforme and vnseemly maner of his disguised goyng, full of much vanitie and hurtfull example, called the man to question with him whose seruaunt he was, which being declared, then was demanded, whether his maister or any of his felows vsed so to go with such haire about their shoulders as he did, or no? Which when he denied, and was not able to yeld any reason for refuge of that his monstruous disguising, at lēgth he fell to this excuse that he had made a vow. To this the Lord Cromwell answered agayne, that for so much as he had made himself a votarie, he would not force him to breake his vowe, but vntill his vow should be expired, he should lye the meane tyme in prison, and so se•te him immediately to the Marshalsey: where he endured, till at length this intonsus Cato beyng perswaded by hys maister to cut his haire, by sute and petition of frends, hee was brought agayne to the Lord Cromwell with his hed polled according to the accustomed sort of his other fellowes, and so was dismissed.