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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Title: 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.
Author: Foxe, John, 1516-1587.
Publication: [At London :: Imprinted by Iohn Daye, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate beneath S. Martins],; An. 1583. Mens. Octobr.
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In Acta Martyrum, Carmen, Thom. Drant.
 [unspec a.]  ERgone sic Papae potuit vox improba iussu
Tam dirum mandare nefas? tot corpora tantis
Contumulasse rogis, cineres sine honore sepulchri?
Quod genus hoc hominum? quaeue hunc tam barbara morem
Permittit gens vlla, pios sine lege necari,
Tot{que} simul mactare viros meretricis ob iram?
Papa refer, qu•• te rapuit rabies{que} furor{que}
Corpora tam diris sanctorum addicere flammis,
Funera tot miscere hominum, tot plectere ciues,
Vastare & toto diuisos orbe Britannos?
Dic quid nostrates in te committere tantum?
Illi quid potuere, quibus tot maxima passis
Vix pars vlla manet terrae qui panditur orbis?
An tua quod nobis taxata est fraus{que} dolus{que},
Et 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, & amor sceleratus habendi?
An tua quod nobis vox non hominem sonat: ergo
Rite putabamus papam cacadaemone natum?
An quod cum Christo nos conspirare delebas?
Quod te cum Christo non conspirare videmus?
Quòd te Romanam crebris cum cornibus hydram
Prodimus, vt sceleris magni, vitij{que} ministrum?
Hinc illud quod se versat diris{que} minis{que},
Hinc illud quòd & hos facibus fumantibus assit.
* 1.1Sis miser & nulli cuiquam miserabilis Huius
Tu cladis tantae pars magna Bonere fuisti:
Mactator pecudum Christi, dispersor ouilis,
Triste malum stabulis, & nil nisi pessima clades.
Vos quoque vos omnes Ihouae tetigisse prophetas,
Et calcasse pios, numen spreuisse benignum
Quêis ioculare fuit, crudeles ponite mentes.
Iam satis est (proh) plus satis est, resipiscite sero,
Ser animis non vlla dies, nunc discite tandem,
Discite vel tandem moniti non temnere Christum.* 1.2
Oscula libetis gnato, ne saeuiat vltor,
Et male vos spersos deturbet tramite vitae
At vos qui laeti quidujs superastis acerbum,
Coelicolae, quibus aeternum licet esse beatis,
Dulce decus{que} Dei, Christum quia morte decora
Ornastis, clari superi, coetus{que} triumphans.
Non caro, non mundus, non vos turcae, papa, daemon,
Non phoebe pernox vexabit, sol vè diurnus.
Et vos ô cuncti, scanso qui culmine coeli,
Vaditis ad patrem, terrena mole relicta:
Quid carcer, colaphi, compes: tormenta, cachinni,
Vultus quid nocuere truces? quid tale? quid ignes?
Scilicet vt fuluum spectatur in ignibus aurum:
Sic vos mactarunt spectata holocaumata Christo.
Interitus vester Domini, preciosus ocellis,
Horum (Foxe) pijs, dum tu sic nomina scriptis.
Et mortem, & mores longum diffundis in aeuum,
Omnia dum vera repetens ab origine pandis,
Es bonus, & merito multum memorabilis ipso.
Ergo tu doctis pergis palles••ere chartis
Nocturna versando manu, versando diurna,
Athlas clarorum gnauus, gnarus{que} laborum
Et studijs, dum magna cohors sua commoda captans
(Auspice non Christo) mundi venatur honores.
Vel tu Romano, vel tu sermone Britanno
Scribito, praeteriti vel produc temporis acta,
Patre Deo monstrante viam, data fata secutus:
Omne feres punctum, simisces vtile dulci.
Magne Deus, Coeli{que} sator, mundi{que} monarcha,
Quem nos terrarum tempestatum{que} potentem* 1.3
Credimus, & solum scimus venerabile numen,
Aspicis insano vexari cuncta tumultu,
Et penitus mundum pacis de cardine volui?
Parce gregiparuo, pacem te poscimus omnes.
Sis bonus (ô) Foelix{que} tuis, vel parcito Christo,
Cuius membra nimis ia•• mundus laedit & odit.
per tibi dilectam sponsam promissa{que} pacta,
per passum Christum, per dulcia pignora passi,
per te, te petimus, dentes confringe malorum.

Notes

* 1.1

erus.

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* 1.2

Ad Marty∣res.

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* 1.3

Ad deum de inun∣dantibus bellorum procellis.

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