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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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An other like practise of such malicious slander we find also in one Meriall a Bricklayer,1 whose name with his abjuration remaineth yet in the Registers of the Bishop of London.
An other like practise of such malicious slaunder wee finde also in one Meriall a Brickleyer,1 whose name wt hys abiuration remayneth yet in the Registers of the Byshop of London.
- 1Meriall falsely […] and […] reported […] the Papi••Meriall falsly 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 reported 〈…〉 the Papi••
The story is this, and not unworthy to be remembered. In the year of our Lord. 1534. which was about the first beginning of Queen Anne Bullen, at what time Purgatory and such trumpery began to grow in contempt. Stokesly Bishop of London made a sermon in the Shrouds upon the Sunday before May day:1 Where he preaching in the commendation and virtue of Masses, declared to the people that for a little cost, if they procured Masses to be said, wives might deliver their husbands, and husbands their wives out of the bitter pains of purgatory. At this sermon, besides many other, was Thomas Meriall, a zealous favourer of Gods word: who being on the watch on May even, made relation of these words of the Bishop unto the company about him, amongest whom then was one John Twyford, a furious papist, and who had the same time the setting up of the stakes in Smithfield, whereat the good Saints of God were burned.