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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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Thus this good Goldsmith being secluded from all hope of life, by the crafty spite of his malignant adversaries: his wife being a woman of proved honesty and good fame,1 came in before the Judges, and perceiving her former marriage to be hurtful unto her husband, to save her husbands life, she took an oath before the Judges, that she was not Bigama, and that she was never married to moe men then to the said Goldsmith: and although she had children by her other husband, and continued divers years with him, yet she sware that she was never married unto him. Thus this woman by defaming of her self to her great praise,2 and singular example of love, delivered her innocent husband: thinking it better for her to live with ignominy and reproach, then for her husband to die, less esteeming the loss of her good name, then of his life. Ez Ed. Halo.
Thus this good Goldsmith being secluded from all hope of life, by the craftye spite of his malignant aduersaries: his wife beyng a woman of proued honesty and good fame,1 came in before the Iudges, and perceiuing her former marriage to be hurtfull vnto her husband, to saue her husbandes life, she tooke an othe before the Iudges, that she was not Bigama, and that she was neuer marryed to moe men then to the sayd Goldsmith: and although she had children by her other husband, and continued diuers yeares with him, yet she sware that she was neuer married vnto him. Thus this woman by defaming of her selfe to her great praise,2 and singuler example of loue, deliuered her innocent husband: thinking it better for her to lyue wt ignominy and reproche, then for her husband to die, lesse esteming the losse of her good name, then of his life. Ez Ed. Hallo.
- 1A singular example of • faithful […] toward […] husband.A singular example of • faithfull 〈…〉 toward husband.