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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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¶A note of three Papists executed the same time with Barnes, Hierome, and Garret.
¶A note of three Papistes executed the same tyme with Barnes, Hierome, and Garret.
The same time and day and in the same place, where & when these three above mentioned did suffer,1 three other also were executed, though not for the same cause, but rather the contrary: for denying the kings supremacy, whose names were Powell, Fetherstone and Abel. The which spectacle so happening upon one day, in two so contrary parts or factions, brought the people into a marvellous admiration & doubt of their Religion,2 which part to follow and take: as might so well happen amongest ignorant and simple people, seeing two contrary parts so to suffer, the one for Popery▪ the other against Popery, both at one time. In so much that a certain stranger being there present the same time, and seeing three on the one side, and three on the other side to suffer, said in these words: Deus bone quomodo his vivunt gentes, hic suspenduntur Papistae, illic comburuntur Antipapistae? But to remove and take away all doubt hereafter from the posterity,3 whereby they shall the less marvel how this so happened, here is to be understand, how the cause thereof did rise and proceed. Which happened, by reason of a certain division and discord amongst the Kings Council, which were so divided amongst themselves in equal parts, that the one half seemed to hold with the one Religion, the other half with the contrary.