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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 13. Article.
Item, that you having eftsoons certain of the kings Majesties honourable Counsel sent unto you the 12. of July in the said 4. year with the said submission, and being on his Majesties behalf required and commanded to consider again and better the said submission, and to subscribe the same, stood in justification of your self, & would in no wise subscribe thereunto.
Item, that you hauing eftsones certaine of the kings Maiesties honorable Counsaile sent vnto you the 12. of Iuly in the sayde 4. yere with the said submission, and being on his Maiesties behalfe required and commaunded to consider again and better the sayd submission, and to subscribe the same, stoode in iustification of your self, & would in no wise subscribe thereunto.
Winchester.
To the 13. article he said: The next day after the being in the Tower of the said L. Treasurer, the Earle of Warwick & other: came unto me Sir W. Harbert & M. Secretary Peter,1 to devise with me how to make some acknowledging of my fault (as they said) because the other form liked me not. Whereunto I said I knew my self innocent, and to enter with you to entreat of a devise to impair my innocency in any point by my words or writings, it can have no policy in it. For although I did more esteem liberty of body, then the defamation of my self: yet (quoth I) when I had so done with you, I were not so assured by you to come out. For when I were by my own