A67926:5498
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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In the mean season, amongst other omissions here overpast,1 forsomuch as a certain instrument of the popes sentence definitive against K. Henrys first divorce with Lady Katherine Dowager, hath of late come to our hands, containing matter neither impertinent nor unmeet to be committed to history, I thought here presently to place the same, to the intent that the Reader seeing the arrogant and impudent presumption of the Pope in the said sentence, going about by force & authority so to constrain & compel kings and princes against their wills, & against right & scripture to apply to his imperious purpose, may the better understand thereby, what was the true cause & ground why the king first began to take stomach against the pope and to send him clean packing out of this realm. But before I shall produce this foresaid sentence of the Pope definitive, to make the matter more plain to the reader, it shall not be amiss, first to decipher & rip up the original of such occasions as shall induce the reader to the better understā ding of this falling out between the king and the Pope.
In the meane season, amongst other omissions here ouerpast,1 forsomuch as a certayne instrument of the popes sentence definitiue against K. Henries first deuorse wt Lady Katherine Dowager, hath of late come to our handes, conteining matter neither impertinent nor vnmeet to be committed to history, I thought here presently to place the same, to the intent that the Reader seing the arrogant and impudent presumption of the Pope in the sayde sentence, going about by force & authority so to constrayne & cōpell kings and princes agaynst theyr willes, & agaynst right & scripture to apply to his imperious purpose, may the better vnderstand thereby, what was the true cause & groūd why the king first began to take stomacke against the pope and to send him cleane packing out of this realme. But before I shall produce this foresayd sentence of the Pope definitiue, to make the matter more plain to ye reader, it shal not be amisse, first to discipher & rip vp the originall of such occasions as shal induce the reader to the better vnderstā ding of this falling out betwene the king and the Pope.
- 1The sentence definitive of Pope Clement 7. against the divorce of king Henry.