Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] 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.

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Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] 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.
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Foxe, John, 1516-1587.
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[At London :: Imprinted by Iohn Daye, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate beneath S. Martins],
An. 1583. Mens. Octobr.
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Martyrs -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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"Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] 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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67922.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 25, 2025.

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In Martyrologium Ioan. Foxi, Laurentius Humfredus.

TRistes Iliadas docti miramur Homeri: Quas scite studuit texere 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Deflentur tragico multorum fata cothurno, Haec madidis spectant maesta theatra genis. Multa dolenda quidem, sed vatum somnia multa, Fictis intexunt vera probata nothis. Sunt quos delectant vanae commenta Legendae, Quam stabulum Augeae rite vocare queas. Dum vitam & mortem Sanctorum naerrat, vt errat? Vt pingit, fingit, Plumbeus ille liber? Aurea nunc tandem prodit, noua, vera Legenda: Egregium Chronicon, lugubris historia. Authorem commendat opus, sic rursus adornat Author opus: simul haec vtra{que} felle carent. Authorem specta: pius est, & tersus, & amplus, Iudicio clarus, dexteritate, fide. Si rem consideras, casus, caedes{que} bonorum Tractat, & immeritae stigmata saeua crucis. Illudant alij, carpant, at Zoilus olim Dum perijt, quid sit rodere iam docuit. Hic discas Lector, quam sit furiosa tyrannis Romanae caulae cornigeri{que} gregis: Vt lupus innocuos semper grassetur in agnos: Vt fremat, atque auidis faucibus ossa voret. Nonne satis fuerat Christi pia membra cremare? Et viuos flammis perdere, nonne satis? Nonne satis damnasse senes, pueros{que}, viros{que}, Faemellas, omni ex ordine, nonne satis? Cur iuuat, heu, Manesscriptis lacerare iacentes, Et Diuos Foxi dicere stercoreos? Ah miser, ah Christi teneros compungis ocellos, Pupillam tangis, quisquis es, ergo saepe. Haec est progenies cuius stolalota cruore Agni, per Christum candida tota nitet. Illa sub altari querulatur, Christe quous{que}? Christe veni propere, Christe quousque feres? Extra tela tua est, & praedicat illa Tonantem: Mors pretiosa fuit, vita perennis erit. Quid furis ô rabiose Sathan? quid spicula torques? Quid reges acuis? quid laniásque pios? Frustra carnifices, carcer tormenta, faces{que}. In Coelo regnant membra caput{que} simul. Corpora sanctorum mundus consumpsit, in altum Migrarunt auimae, nomina Foxus habet. Nomina Foxus habet totum celebranda per orbem, Nomina iam nullo contumulanda die. Nam cum Martyribus Foxus, cum numine viuent Nomina, cum{que} suo stirps generosa deo. Monstra, Christe, tuis portum, compescito fluctus Iactatae naui sit sua, Christe, quies. Sanguine Fraterno posthaec ne terra madescat: Ne pergat Foxus scribere Martyria. Perdita decurtes sceleratae tempora vitae, Tandem mortiferus transeat iste calix. Sit finis, veniat{que} tuum, pater optime, regnum: Sit tibi sit Christo, Spiritui{que} decus.
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