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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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Where Julius Pflug, Michael Sidonius and John Islebius going about to concord together the Gospel of Christ, with the traditions of the Pope, that is, to make a hodgebotch of them both, drew and framed out a new form of Religion called Interim. 1Whereupon began a new matter of persecution in Germany. For the Emperor proceeded straightly against all them, which would not receive his Interim, intending thereby to have wrought some great mastery against the Gospellers, but the Lord disappointed his purpose. Among them which withstood this Spanish Interim, besides other, were also the Citizens of Con stantia. For the which three thousand Spaniards privily by night came against the Town of Constance,2 where they killed three of the watchmen of the Town, which watching in the suburbs, went forth to view the noise which they heard in the woods. The devise of the Spaniards was in the morning when the citizens were at the Sermon, suddenly to set upon the City and take it, so (no doubt) intending to have gone further. But as the Lord would something began to be suspected in the night by the watchmen in the suburbs, on the other side the water, whereby the Consul and Citizens had intelligence to be in readiness. When the morning came, the Spaniards were ready at the gate to break into the City. But being driven from thence and their Captain Alphonsus slain, they went to the bridge which goeth over the Rhene. But being beaten also from thence, with shot and great pieces from the walls, and a great number of them drowned in the river, the Spaniards breaking down the hinder part of the bridge, because the Citizens should not pursue them, they recoiled back into the suburbs, and burned them with the dead bodies also that were slain, so that the number of the Spaniards that there were killed, could not be known: Only a hum dreth of honest Citizens of Constance were missing Ex. Joan. Sled. lib. 21. At the same time, many godly Ministers of the Churches in Germany were in great danger, especially such as refused to receive the Interim: of whom some were cast into prison. In which number of prisoners was Mart. Frectius Superintendent of Ulmes, with four other preachers moe: also his brother George, for coming but to his house to comfort him.
Where Iulius Pflug, Michael Sidonius and Iohn Islebius going about to concorde together the Gospell of Christ, with the traditions of the Pope, that is, to make a hodgebotch of them both, drewe and framed out a new forme of Religion called Interim.