A67926:4604
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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This kind of handling of the said Brooke, made all his friends, but specially his wife, to be greatly afeard of the malice of his enemies: the rather also, for that all his goods and lands were ceised. And his wife thrust into the meanest place of all his house, with her children and family, the keys of all the doors and chests beside taken from her. Who for that she was rigorously entreated at sir Edward Ringleis hand, Controller of the Town (an office of no small charge, though he knew not a B from a battledore, nor ever a letter of the book) saying unto her, that if she liked not the room, he would thrust her quite out of the doors: well Sir, said she, well, the Kings slaughter house had wrong when you were made a Gentleman, and with all speed she wrote a letter to the Lord Cromwell,1 therein discoursing how hardly and sore those poor men were handled, that were committed to ward and close prison, and that all men feared (what through the malice of their Papistical enemies, and the great rigour and ignorant zeal of those that were in authority) they should shortly for their faith and consciences, being true men, and such as reverently feared God, be put to death, but chiefly her husband, who was yet more extremely handled then any other: So that, unless his honour vouchsafed to be a mean to the Kings majesty, that they with their causes might be sent over into England, they were but dead men.
This kynde of handling of the said Brooke, made all his frendes, but specially his wife, to be greatly afeard of the malice of his enemies: the rather also, for that all his goods and landes were ceised. And his wife thrust into the meanest place of all his house, with her children and family, the keyes of al ye dores and chestes beside taken from her. Who for yt she was rigorously entreated at sir Edward Ringleis hand, Controller of the Towne (an office of no small charge, though he knew not a B from a battledore, nor euer a letter of the booke) sayeng vnto her, that if she lyked not the roome, he woulde thrust her quite out of the dores: well Sir, sayd she, well, the Kings slaughter house had wrong when you were made a Gentleman, and with all speede she wrote a letter to the Lorde Cromwell,1 therein discoursing how hardly and sore those poore mē were hādled, that were committed to ward and close prison, and that all men feared (what through the malice of their Papisticall enemies, and the great rigour and ignoraunt zeale of those that were in authoritie) they should shortly for their faith and consciences, being true men, and suche as reuerently feared God, be put to death, but chiefly her husband, who was yet more extremely handled then any other: So that, vnlesse his honour voutchsaued to be a meane to the Kings maiestie, that they with their causes might be sente ouer into England, they were but dead men.