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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
My dear friend Thomas Ridley of the Bullhead in Cheap, which was to me the most faithful friend that I had in my trouble, is departed also unto God. My brother Shipside that hath married my sister, hath ben almost half a year in prison, for delivering (as he was accused) of certain things, I ween, from me: but now thanks be to God, he is at liberty again, but so that the Bishop hath taken from him his *Park.
My deare friende Thomas Ridley of the Bulhead in Cheape, which was to me the most faythfull friende that I had in my trouble, is departed also vnto God. My brother Shipside that hath maried my sister, hath ben almost halfe a yeare in prison, for deliuering (as he was accused) of certayne thynges, I wene, from mee: but now thankes be to God, he is at libertie agayne, but so that the Bishop hath taken from him his *Parke.
- *Note how Boner here requited the kindness of B. Ridley showed to his mother▪Note how Boner here requited the kindnes of B. Ridley shewed to his mother▪
Of all us three concaptives at Oxford, I am kept most strait, and with least libertie, Vel quia viro in cuius aedibus, ego custodior, uxor dominatur (licet modo sit Prefectus civitatis) mulier vetula, morosa, & superstiosiss. quae etiam hoc sibi laudi ducit quod me dicatur arctissime & cautissime custodire, vir autem ipse Irischius nomine, mitis satis est oimbus, •xori vero plusquam obsequentiss. Licet uxorem (uti nosti) nunquam habuerim, tamen ex hac quotidiana consuetudine, quem cum istis coniugibus habeo, videor mihi nonnihil posse intelligere quam grave malum & intolerabile jugum sit cum mala muliere in coniugio coll•cari. Recte ergo sapiens dixit, uxor bona donum Dei: & iterum mulieris bonae beatus vir. Vel haec inquam causa est, vel quia á magnis magistratibus (nescio quas ob causas) illud est, ut ita fieret, ipsis mandatum: idque illi si quando de mea nimia seruitute apud eos conqueror,