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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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About midnight they came in armour to Meldorphe. The Jacobins and Monks prepared torches for them, that Henry should not slip away suddenly in the dark. They had also with them a false betrayer, named Hennegus,1 by whose treason they had perfect knowledge of all things. With great violence they burst into the house of the Parish Priest, breaking & spoiling all things, as the manner of that drunken people is. If they found either gold or silver, they took it away. When they had spoiled all things, they violently fell upon the Parish Priest, & with great noise cried out, kill the thief, kill the thief.2 Some of them took him by the hear of the head and pulled him out into the dirt, forcing him to go with them as prisoner: other some cried out, saying that the Parish Priest was not to be meddled withal, for they had no commission to take him. After they had satisfied their lust upon the Parish Priest, with great rage and fury they ran upon Henry, and drawing him naked out of his bed,3 bound his hands hard behind him: whom being so bound, they drew to and fro so long, that Peter Hannus, which otherwise was unmerciful & a cruel persecutor of the word of God, willed them that they should let him alone, for that without doubt, he would follow of his own mind. Then they committed the guiding of him to John Balco, who rather drew him by violence, than led him. When he was brought to Hemmingsted, they asked of him how and for what intent he came to Diethmar. Unto whom he gently declared the whole cause of his coming: but they all in a rage cried out. Away with him,4 away with him, for if we hear him talk any longer, it is to be feared, that he will make us also heretics. Then he being marvellous weary and faint, required to be set a horseback, for his feet were all cut and hurt with the ice, because he was led all night barefoot. When they heard him say so, they mocked & laughed at him, saying, must we hire a horse for an heretic? He shall go a foot whether he will or no. Because it was night,5 they carried him naked unto Heyda. Afterward they brought him to a certain mans house named Calden, & bound him there with chains in the stocks. The master of the house seeing the cruel deed, taking compassion upon Henry, would not suffer it to be done.