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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Title: 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.
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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The burning of one Collins at London.

NEither is here to be omitted the burning of one Col∣lins, sometime a Lawyer & a Gentleman, which suf∣fered the fire this yeare also in Smithfielde,* 1.1 anno. 1538. Whom although I do not here recite, as in the number of Gods professed martyrs, yet neither do I thinke him to be cleane sequestred from the companye of the Lordes saued flocke and family, notwithstanding that y^e bish. of Romes Church did condemne and burne him for an heretike: but rather do recount him therefore, as one belonging to the holy company of Saints. At leastwise this case of hym and of his end may be thought to be such, as may well reproue and condemne their crueltie and madnesse, in burning so without all discretion, this man being madde and distract of his perfect wittes, as he then was, by this occasion as heere followeth.

This Gentleman had a wife of exceeding beautie and comelines, but notwithstanding of so light behaue our and vnchaste conditions (nothing correspōdent to the grace of her beautie) that she forsaking her husband, whiche loued her entirely, betok her self vnto another paramour. Which thing when he vnderstood, he tooke it very greeuously and heauily, more then reason woulde. At the last being ouer∣come

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¶Collins with his dogge burned.

with exceedyng dolour and heauynesse, he fell mad, beyng at that tyme a student of the law in London. When he was thus rauished of his wittes, by chaunce hee came into a Church where a Priest was a saying Masse, & was come to the place where they vse to hold vp and shewe the Sacrament.

Collins beyng beside his wittes, seyng the Priest hol∣dyng vp the host ouer his head, & shewing it to the people,* 1.2 he in like maner counterfeityng the Priest, tooke vp a litle dogge by the legges, and held him ouer his head, shewyng him vnto the people. For this he was by and by brought vnto examination, and condēned to the fire, and was bur∣ned, and the dogge with him, the same yeare of our Lord in the which Iohn Lambert was burned. 1538.

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* 1.1

Collins with his dogge bur∣ned.

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* 1.2

Collyns burned for holding vp a dogge at Masse.

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