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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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To the 12. article for answer thereunto, he granted that about the time mentioned in this Article, the Lord Treasurer, the Earl of Warwick lord great master,1 sir William Harbert, and M. Secretary Peter, came to the tower: and called me before them, and delivered unto me the Kings majesties letters which I have to show, and received them at the hands of the lord Treasurer upon my knees, kissed them as my duty was, and still upon my knees red them, where as they right gently required me to take more ease, & to go apart with them, & consider them, which after that I had throughly read, I much lamented that I should be commanded to say of my self as was there written, and to say otherwise of my self then my conscience will suffer me, & where I trust my deeds will not condemn me, thereto condemn my self with my tongue, I should sooner (quoth I to them) by commandment: think if ye would bid me to tumble my self desperately into the Thames.
To the 12. article for answer therunto, he graunted that about the time mentioned in this Article, the Lorde Treasurer, the Erle of Warwike lord great maister,1 sir William Harbert, and M. Secretary Peter, came to the tower: and called me before them, and deliuered vnto me the Kynges maiesties letters which I haue to shew, and receiued them at the handes of the lord Treasurer vpon my knees, kissed them as my duety was, and still vpon my knees red them, where as they right gently required me to take more ease, & to go apart with them, & consider them, which after that I had throughly read, I much lamented that I should be commaunded to say of my selfe as was there wrytten, and to say otherwise of my selfe then my conscience will suffer me, & where I trust my dedes wil not condemne me, therto condemne my selfe wt my tongue, I should sooner (quoth I to them) by commaundement: thinke if ye would bid me to tumble my selfe desperately into the Thames.