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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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First he was drawn from the Castle of Dornic, to the market place,1 having a ball of iron put in his mouth. Then he was set upon a stage, where his right hand, wherewith he took the host, was crushed and pressed between two hot irons, with sharp iron edges fiery read, till the form & fashion of his hand was misshaped.2 In like manner they brought other like irons for his right foot, made fire hot whereunto of his own accord, he put his foot, to suffer as his hand had done before, with marvellous constancy and firmness of mind. That done, they took the ball of iron out of his mouth, and cut of his tongue, who notwithstanding, with continual crying, ceased not to call upon GOD: whereby the hearts of the people were greatly moved: Whereupon the tormentors thrust in the iron ball into his mouth again. From thence they brought him down to the lower stage, he going to the same no less cheerfully and quietly,3 then if no part of his body had been hurt. There his legs and his hands were bound behind him with an iron chain going about his body and so he was led down flat upon the fire: whom the foresaid governor there standing by and looking upon, caused to be let up again, & so down and up again, till at last the whole body was spent to ashes, which he commanded to be cast into the river, when this was done, the Chapel where this Mass-god was so entreated, was locked up, and the board whereupon the Priest stood, was burnt: the marble stone whereupon the host did light, was broken in pieces. And finally for so much as the said Bertrand had received his doctrine at wessell, commandment was given, that no person, out of that country should go to Wesel, or there occupy under incurring the danger of the Emperours Placard. Ex Crisp. Pantal. et Adriano. | Two hundred Ministers of Bohemia. An. 1555. | The same year 2. hundred Ministers and Preachers of the Gospel,4 were banished out of Bohemia, for preaching against the superstition of the Bishop of Rome, and extolling the glory of Christ. Ex Comment. Joan Sled. lib. 25. | The preachers of Locrane. | Locarno is a place beyond the Alps,5 yet subject to the Helvetians.