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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 martyrdom of the blessed servant of God, Walter Mille.
*The martyrdome of the blessed seruant of God, Walter Mille.
Among the rest of the Martyrs of Scotland, the marvellous constancy of Walter Mille is not to be passed over with silence. Out of whose ashes sprang thousands of his opinion and religion in Scotland, who altogether choose rather to dye then to be any longer overtroden by the tyranny of the foresaid cruel, ignorant, and beastly bishops Abbots, Monks, and Fryers, and so began the congregation of Scotland, to debate the true Religion of Christ against the Frenchmen and Papists, who sought always to depress and keep down the same: for it began soon after the Martyrdom of Walter Mille, of the which the form here after followeth.
AMong the rest of the Martirs of Scotland, ye marueilous constancie of Walter Mille is not to be passed ouer wt silence. Out of whose ashes sprang thousands of his opinion and religion in Scotland, who altogether choose rather to dye then to be any longer ouertroden by the tyranny of the foresayd cruell, ignorant, and beastly byshops Abbots, Monkes, and Fryers, and so began the congregation of Scotland, to debate the true Religion of Christ agaynst the Frenchmen and Papists, who sought always to depresse and keepe down the same: for it began soone after the Martyrdome of Walter Mille, of the which ye forme here after followeth.
In the year of our Lord. 1558. in the time of Mary Duchess of Longawayll Queen Regent of Scotland, & the said John Hamilton being bishop of S. Andrews,1 and Primate of Scotland, this Walter Mille (who in his youth had been a papist) after that he had been in Almain, & had heard the doctrine of the Gospel, he returned again into Scotland, and setting aside all papistry and compelled chastity, married a wife, which thing made him unto the Bishops of Scotland to be suspected of heresy: and after long watching of him he was taken by 2. Popish Priests one called sir George Sraqwhen, and the other sir Hugh Turry servants to the said bishop for the time, within the town of Dysart in Fie, and brought to s. Andrews and imprisoned in the castle thereof. He being in prison, the Papists earnestly travailed and laboured to have seduced him, and threatened him with death and corporal torments, to the intent they would cause him to recant and forsake the trueth. But seeing they could profit nothing thereby, and that he remained still firm and constant, they