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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 xxiij. day of March, my cousin Britain came into the Counter unto me, and asked me whether I might be put to bail, or no? Then went he immediately unto my L. Mayor, desiring of him to be so good unto me. That I might be bailed. My Lord answered him, and said that he would be glad to do the best that in him say. How be it he could not bail me, without the consent of a spiritual officer: requiring him to go & speak with the Chancellor of London. For he said, like as he could not commit me to prison without the consent of a spiritual Officer, no more could he bail me without the consent of the same.
The xxiij. day of March, my coosin Britaine came into the Counter vnto me, and asked me whether I might bee put to bayle, or no? Thē went he immediately vnto my L. Mayor, desiring of him to be so good vnto me. That I might be bayled. My Lord aunswered him, and sayd that he would be glad to doe the best that in him say. How be it he could not bayle me, without the consent of a spiritual officer: requiring him to go & speak with the Chauncellor of London. For he sayde, like as he could not committe me to prison without the consent of a spirituall Officer, no more could he bayle me without the consent of the same.
So upon that, he went to the Chancellor, requiring of him as he did before of my Lord Major. He answered him the that matter was so heinous,1 that he durst not of him self do it, without my Lord of London were made privy thereunto. But he said he would speak unto my Lord in it, & bad him repair unto him the next morrow, and he should well know my Lords pleasure: And upon the morrow after, he came thither, and spake both with the Chancellor, & with the Bishop of London. The Bishop declared unto him, that he was very well contented that I should come forth to a communication, & appointed me to appear before him the next day after, at 3, of the clock at afternoon. Moreover, he said unto him, that he would, there should be at the examination such learned men as I was affectioned to, that they might see, & also make report that I was handled with no rigour. He answered him that he knew no man that I had more affection to, then to other. Then said the Bishop: yes as I understand, she is affectioned to Doct. Crome, Sir Guillam, Whitehead, & Huntington that they might hear the matter: