FIrst the sayd Byshop sayth and alledgeth that by law, there ought no fayth or credence to bee geuen vnto the depositions and sayinges of the sayde witnesses, nor anye part thereof, because they are infamous, false, periured, and in some part of theyr depositions discording, parciall, conducted, subornate, instructed, and for fauour of the in∣formers, & theyr bolsterers, haue deposed of malice, more then the articles wherupon they were producted doth cō∣teine, and beside, and without the compasse of the same ar∣ticles, and in diuers other partes of theyr depositions, they depose vnum & eundem praemeditatum sermonem, as by theyr sayd depositions doth appeare, vnto the which the sayd Bishop referreth himselfe as much as it shalbe expe∣dient for him, and none otherwise. And further, for other causes particularly and specially, as is declared in ye booke of exceptions.
Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 2, part 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. 2, part 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. 2, part 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/A67926.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2025.
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*Exceptions generall, layd and purposed on the be∣halfe of Robert, Byshop of S. Dauids, agaynst all and singu∣ler the pretensed Witnesses producted on the behalfe of Hugh Raulins Clerke, and Thomas Lee vpon theyr vntrue surmised Articles, by them exhibited vnto and before the kinges most honorable Counsel, by the deuise and procure∣ment of the Chaunter, and George Constantine, with R. M. Clerke, agaynst the sayd Byshop.