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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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And when great trouble was like to kindle thereby, the French king with certain other townships of Switzerland, as the Glarians, Friburgians, Soloturnians,1 and other coming between them, laboured to set them at agreement, drawing out certain conditions of peace between them. Which conditions were these, that all contumelies & injuries past should be forgotten. That hereafter neither part should molest the other. That they which were banished for religion, should again be restored. That the v. Pages might remain without disturbance in their religion, so that none should be restrained amongst them from the reading of the old and new Testament.2 That no kind of disquietness should be procured against them of Berne and Zuricke: and that either part should confer mutual helps together, one to succour the other, as in times past. But the five Pagemen would not observe those covenants made,3 neither would their malicious hearts be brought to any conformity. Wherefore the Bernates and Tigurines, showing & declaring first their cause in public writing, to purge and excuse the necessity of their war, being pressed with so many wrongs, and in manner constrained to take the sword in hand, did as before, beset the high ways and passages, that no furniture of victual or other forage could come to the other Pages. By reason whereof when they of the five towns began to be pinched with want and penury. they armed themselves secretly, and set forward in warlike array toward the borders of Zuricke, where as then was lying a garrison of the Zuricke men, to the number of a thousand and more. Whereupon word was sent incontinent to the City of Zuricke, to succour their men with speed, but their enemies approached so fast, that they could hardly come to rescue them. For when they were come to the top of the hill, whereby they must needs pass, they saw their fellows being in great distress in the valley under them: whereupon they encouraging themselves, made down the hill with more hast then order, who might go fastest:4 but the nature of the hill was such, that there could but one go down at once. By reason whereof, for as much as they could not keep their ranks, to join all together, it followed that they being but few in number, were discomfited and overmatched of the multitude, which was the 11. day of October, the year abovesayde.