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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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¶John Davis, of the age of twelve years and under.
¶Iohn Dauis, of the age of twelue yeares and vnder.
AN Dom. 1546. and the last year of King Henry the 8. John Davis,1 a child of xij. years & under, who dwelling in the house of M. Johnson Apothecary, in the town of Worcester, his uncle, using sometimes to read of the testament and other good English books, was complained of by Alice Johnson his mistress, which Alice being an obstinate person, consulted with one Tho. Parton, & one Alice, wife to Nich. Brooke Organ-maker, with certain of the Canons, and M. Johnson Chancellor to D. Heath their Bish. The means whereby he was entrapped, was wrought by the foresaid Alice Brooke, who procured Oliver her son, schoolfellow with the said John Davis, to feign friendship with him, and under pretence to be instructed, to see his English books, and especially to get some thing of his writing against the vj. Articles. Which being had, was soon brought to the Canons of the church, and the Chancellor. Whereupon, Tho. Parton, whether being sent, or of his own mind, came to apprehend him, and his Uncle was forced against his will, to bind the poor boys arms behind him: and so he was brought to the Officers of the town, where he lay from the 14. of August, till the last of September. Then was he commā dead to the Free mans prison, where one Rich. Howborough coming to persuade him from burning, willed him to prove first with a candle, who then holding his finger, and the other the candle under it a good space, yet (as the party himself to me assureth) felt no burning thereof, neither would the other that held the candle believe him a great while, till he had looked, and saw no scorching of the candle at all appeared.
AN Dom. 1546. and the last yeare of King Henry the 8. Iohn Dauis,