A67927:1309
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 2] 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 2] 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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Rid. Why my Lord, will you require my answer, and not suffer me to publish it? I beseech you my Lord, let the audience bear witness in this matter. Your Lordships may handle it at your pleasures: therefore let the audience be witness to your doings.1
Rid. Why my Lord, will you require my aunswere, and not suffer me to publysh it? I beseeche you my Lorde, let the audience beare witnes in this matter. Your Lordships may handle it at your pleasures: therfore let the audience be witnes to your doynges.1
- 1Note the extreme dealing of these catholic men.Note the extreme dealing of these catholicke men.
Linc. Well M. Ridley, we will first see what you have written, & then if we shall think it good to be red, you shall have it published: but except you will deliver it first, we will take none at all of you. With that M. Ridley seeing no remedy, delivered it to an Officer, which immediately delivered it to the Bishop of Lincoln, who after he had secretly communicated it to the other two Bishops, declared the sense, but would not read it as it was written,1 saying, that it contained words of blasphemy: therefore he would not fill the ears of the audience therewithal and so abuse their patience: notwithstanding M. Ridley desired very instantly to have it published, saying, that except a line or two, there was nothing contained but the ancient Doctors sayings for the confirmation of his assertions. After the said Bishops had secretly viewed the whole, then the Bishop of Lincoln said: In the first part master Ridley, is nothing contained but your protestation, that you would not have these your answers so to be taken, as though you seemed thereby to consent to the authority or jurisdiction of the Popes holiness.