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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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Now was there one in the town, called W. Symons a Lawyer (as is aforesaid) who hearing that Filmer had been with the Priest, and reproved him for his Sermon, took pepper in the nose, and gat him to the Vicar, and did so animate him in his doings, that he slipped quite away from the promise he had made to Filmer, and followed the mind of Symons: who meeting with Filmer afterward all to reviled him,1 saying he would bring him before the bishop, to teach him to be so malapert. Then Filmer hearing the matter renewed, which he had thought had been suppressed, stood against Symons, and said, that the Vicar had preached false and unsound doctrine, and so would he say to the Bishop whensoever he came before him. Then Symons slipped not the matter, but went to the Mayor, and procured of him and his brethren a letter, signed with their own hands in the priests favour,2 as much as could be devised, and so prepared himself with other his friends to go to the bishop (whose name was D. Capon) and to take the priest with them: which was a painful journey for the silly poor man, by reason he had a sore leg.
Now was there one in the towne, called W. Symons a Lawyer (as is aforesayd) who hearyng that Filmer had bene with the Priest, and reproued him for his Sermon, tooke pepper in the nose, and gat him to the Uicar, and did so animate him in his doings, that he slipped quite away from the promise he had made to Filmer, and followed the mynd of Symons: who meeting with Filmer afterward all to reuiled him,1 saying he would bring him before the bishop, to teach him to be so malapert. Then Filmer hearing the matter renewed, which he had thought had bene suppressed, stood against Symons, and said, that the Uicar had preached false and vnsound doctrine, and so would he say to the Bishop whensoeuer he came before hym. Then Symons slipt not the matter, but went to the Mayor, and procured of him and his brethren a letter, signed with their own hands in the priests fauour,2 as much as could be deuised, and so prepared himselfe with other his frendes to go to the bishop (whose name was D. Capon) and to take the priest with them: which was a paynfull iourney for the sely poore man, by reason he had a sore leg.