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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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Wood. And so they departed. Then one of the priests begun to flatter with me, and said: for Gods sake remember your self. God hath given you a good wit: you have read the scriptures well, & have borne them well in memory: It were great pity you should do amiss.
Wood. And so they departed. Then one of the priestes begon to flatter with me, and sayd: for Gods sake remember your selfe. God hath geuen you a good wit: you haue read the scriptures well, & haue borne them wel in memory: It were great pity you should do amisse.
Wood. What a flatterer be you, to say my wit is good, and that I have red the scriptures well: & but even now you said I was an heretic & despised me. If I be an heretic I can have no good wit as you have confessed. But I think your own conscience doth accuse you. God give you grace to repent, if it be his will.
Wood. What a flatterer be you, to say my wit is good, and that I haue red the scriptures well: & but euen now you said I was an heretike & despised me. If I be an heretike I can haue no good wit as you haue cōfessed. But I think your owne consciēce doth accuse you. God geue you grace to repent, if it be his will.
Priest. I call it a good wit, because you are expert in all questions.
Priest. I cal it a good wit, because you are expert in all questions.