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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 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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Thus thue, after my knowledge, I have showed forth, for M.H. pleasure the right husband of this Perotine, and what was his name, who was also alive, his wife being great with child, & partaker of the persecution of the same time, & a schoolmaster, afterward in Normandy. &c Now if M. H. can take any such advantage hereof to disprove that I have said: or be so privy to the begetting of this child, that he can prove the said David Jores, which was the right husband to this wife, not to be the right father to this infant, let him show herein his cunning, by what mighty demonstrations he can induce us to deem the contrary, & as I shall see his reasons, I shall shape him an answer, in such sort (I trust) that he shall well perceive, that whoredom, wheresoever I may know it, shall find no bolstering by me, I wish it might find as little amongest the chaste Catholics of M.H. Church.
Thus thue, after my knowledge, I haue shewed forth, for M.H. pleasure the right husband of this Perotine, and what was his name, who was also aliue, his wife beyng great with child, & partaker of the persecution of the same time, & a scholemayster, afterward in Normandy. &c Now if M. H. can take any such aduauntage hereof to disprooue that I haue sayde: or be so priuy to the begetting of this childe, that he can proue the said Dauid Iores, which was the right husband to this wife, not to be the right father to this infant, let him shew herein his cūning, by what mighty demonstrations he can induce vs to deeme the contrary, & as I shall see his reasons, I shall shape him an aunswere, in such sort (I trust) that he shall well perceiue, that whoredome, wheresoeuer I may knowe it, shall finde no bolstering by me, I wish it might finde as little amongest the chaste Catholickes of M.H. Church.
From this I proceed now to the second part of his infamous accusation, wherein he chargeth her of murder. A strange case,1 that she which was murdered her self, with her child, and dyed before him, should yet be accused to murder the child. Murder doubtless is an horrible iniquity in any person. But the mother to be the murderer of her own infant, it is a double abomination, and more then a monster, so far disagreeing from all nature, that it is not lightly to be surmised of any, without vehement causes of manifest probation.