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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 superior power had authority to govern as they would, said they: it was their parts only to obey:1 And so was he sent bound to the bishop, and shortly after dismissed, having also a greater benefice given him for his worthy acre: for he so avaunted him self, that he had slain a Lutheran Priest. Ex tom. 2. Conuivalium Sermonum Joan. Gastij. & ex. Pantal. Charles the Emperors Procurator. Doctor Anchusanus, Inquisitor. Latomus. At Lovane. An. 1543. | XXviij. Christen men and women of Lovane Paul a priest. Two aged women. Antonia. Two men. At Lovane. 1543. | When certain of the City of Lovane were suspected of Lutheranism, the Emperors Procurator came from Brussels thither to make Inquisition. After which Inquisition made, certain bands of armed men came & beset their houses in the night where many were taken in their beds, plucked from their wives and children, and divided into divers prisons. Through the terror whereof, many citizens revolted from the doctrine of the gospel, and returned again to Idolatry. But 28. there were which remained constant in the persecution. Unto whom the Doctors of Lovan Anchusanus especially the Inquisitor, & Latomus sometimes, with other, came and disputed, thinking no less but either to confound them or to convert them. But so strongly the spirit of the Lord wrought with his Saints, that the other went rather confounded away them selves. When no disputation could serve that which lacked in cunning, they supplied with torments, by enforcing and afflicting them severally, every one by him self. Among the rest, there was one Paulus a Priest, upon the age of 60. years, whom the Rectors of the University, with their Colleagues, accompanied with a great number of bills and glaives, brought out of prison to the Austen Friars, where after many foul words of the Rector, he was degraded. But at length for fear of death he began to stagger in some points of his confession, and so was had out of Lovane, and condemned to perpetual ⟨p. 888⟩prison which was a dark and stinking dungeon, where he was suffered neither to read nor write,2 or any man to come at him, commanded only to be fed with bread and water. After that, other two there were, which because they had revoked before, were put to the fire and burnt,3