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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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And when the Lord Cromwell understood they were come, he commanded their irons to be smit off at the Tower wharf, and the prisoners to be brought unto him.
And when the Lord Cromwell vnderstoode they were come, he commaunded their yrons to be smit off at the Tower wharfe, and the prisoners to be brought vnto him.
When he saw them he smiled upon them, steadfastly beholding each of them, and then said: Sirs, you must take pain for a time. Go your way to the Fleet, and submit your selves prisoners there,1 and shortly you shall know more, so in deed they did, for that evening he sent them word they should be of good cheer, for if God sent him life, they should shortly go home with as much honesty, as they came with shame.
When he saw them he smiled vpon them, stedfastly beholding each of them, and then sayde: Sirs, you must take payne for a time. Go your way to the Fleete, and submit your selues prisoners there,1 and shortly you shall knowe more, so in deede they did, for that euening he sente them word they shoulde be of good cheere, for if God sent him life, they should shortly go home with as much honesty, as they came with shame.
- 1[…] xiii. pri•••ers put in the Fleet.〈…〉 xiii. pri•••ers put in the Fleet.