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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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The next day, which was Wednesday, by viij. of the clock in the morning,1 the bishop sent for Marbecke to his house at S. Mary Overies, and as he was entering into the bishops hall, he saw the bishop himself coming out at a door in the upper end thereof, with a roll in his hand, and going toward the great window, he called the poor man unto him and said: Marbecke, wilt thou cast away thy self? No my Lord quoth he, I trust. Yes, quoth the B. thou goest about it, for thou wilt utter nothing. What a devil made thee to meddle with the scriptures? Thy vocation was an other way, wherein thou hast a goodly gift,2 if thou didst esteem it? Yes my Lord, quoth he, I do esteem it and have done my part therein, according to that little knowledge that God hath given me. And why the devil quoth the Bishop, didst thou not hold thee there? and with that he flung away from the window out of the Hall, the poor man following him from place to place, till he had brought him into a long gallery, and being there, the bishop began on this wise: A sirrah, quoth he, the nest of you is broken I trow. And unfolding his roll (which was about an ell long) he said: Behold, here be your captains both Hobby and Haynes, with all the whole pact of thy sect about Windsor, & yet wilt thou utter none of them. Alas my lord quoth he, how should I accuse them, by whom I know nothing? Well, quoth the bish. if thou wilt needs cast away thy self, who can let thee?3 What helpers haddest thou in setting forth thy book: Forsooth my lord, quoth he none. Now quoth the bishop? how can that be? It is not possible that thou shouldest do it without help. Truly my L. quoth he, I can not tell in what part your lordship doth take it, but how soever it be, I will not deny but I did it without the help of any man save God alone. Nay quoth the B. I do not discommend thy diligence, but what shouldest thou meddle with that thing which pertained not to thee?
THe next day, which was Wednesday, by viij. of the clocke in the morning,1 the bishop sent for Marbecke to his house at S. Mary Oueries, and as he was entring into the bishops hall, he sawe the bishop himselfe commyng out at a doore in ye vpper end therof, with a rolle in his hād, and goyng toward the great wyndow, he called the poore man vnto him and sayd: Marbecke, wilt thou cast awaye thy selfe? No my Lord quoth he, I trust. Yes, quoth the B. thou goest about it, for thou wilt vtter nothing. What a deuill made thee to meddle with the scriptures? Thy vocation was an other way, wherin thou hast a goodly gyft,