A67927:984
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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For where as before there was wont ever to be a fire in the chimney, now the fire was taken away, and an arras hanged over the chimney and the table stood near the chimneys end.
For where as before there was wonte euer to be a fire in the chimney, now the fire was taken away, and an arras hanged ouer the chimney and the table stood nere the chimneis end.
There was amongest these Bishops that examined me, one with whom I have been very familiar, and took him for my great friend, an aged man, and he sate next the table end.
There was amongest these Bishoppes that examined me, one with whom I haue bene very familier, and tooke him for my great frend, an aged man, and he sate nexte the table end.
Then amongest all other questions he put forth one, a very subtle and crafty one, and such a one in deed, as I could not think so great danger in. And when I should make answer, I pray you M. Latimer said one, speak out, I am very thick of hearing, and here be many that fit far of. I marvelled at this, that I was bidden speak out, and began to misdeem, and gave an ear to the chimney: and sir, there I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth. They had appointed one there to write all mine answers: for they made sure, that I should not start from them: there was no starting from them, God was my good Lord, and gave me answer, I could never else have scaped it. The question to him there and then objected, was this: whether he thought in his conscience, that he hath been suspected of heresy. This was a captious question.1 There was no holding of peace would serve, for that was to grant himself faulty. To answer, it was every way full of danger. But GOD which alway giveth in need what to answer, helped him, or else (as he confesseth himself) he had never escaped their bloody hands. Albeit what was his answer, he doth not there express. And thus hitherto you have heard declared the manifold troubles of this godly preacher in the time not only of his being in the University, but especially at his benefice, as partly by his own words above mentioned, and partly by his own letters hereafter following may better appear.