The Ecclesiasticall historie : containing the Acts and monuments of martyrs, with a generall discourse of these later persecutions, horrible troubles and tumults, stirred up by Romish prelates in the Church: with divers other things incident, especially to this Realme of England and Scotland, as partly also to all other forraigne nations appertaining, from the time of QMaries entring upon the Crowne, to the reigne of our late gracious Soveraigne, QElizabeth of blessed memorie . BoljcmiansSilicntcB ftonitl)e<!i;()iitc6of coiifirmcD by the Scriptures ano ©ofpcll; ano that dUlocctter. theyaren


The Ecclesiasticall historie : containing the Acts and monuments of martyrs, with a generall discourse of these later persecutions, horrible troubles and tumults, stirred up by Romish prelates in the Church: with divers other things incident, especially to this Realme of England and Scotland, as partly also to all other forraigne nations appertaining, from the time of QMaries entring upon the Crowne, to the reigne of our late gracious Soveraigne, QElizabeth of blessed memorie . BoljcmiansSilicntcB ftonitl)e<!i;()iitc6of coiifirmcD by the Scriptures ano ©ofpcll; ano that dUlocctter. theyarenolucomcto manifctt their innoccncv bc^ foje thetohole Church,3no to require open auoience, Ituhercthclaitpmasalfobc p:efent. a:hetrrequeft iBas grantcD them; anO being further oemanoeD m i»hat points they Dio oifagra from the Church of IKome, they pjopoimoeo foure articles. ;^irtt,theyaf6rmeo, tljat all fuel) aslooulobcfa^beo ought of ncccffity to reccitc the Communion of 70the laft Supper unoec both binoes of i5jcaD anoWine. SDhefetonO article, fhes afficmeball cibillmteano Dominion to be fo^btbOen unto the clergy b\! theSlaluof <^ti&. The names cf the Archbifhopspf Canterburyin this fifth Booke contained. f4 Simon Iflepe. ^7 r« Simon Lancham. 1 ?7 William Witlefsy. i J8 Simon Sudbui). 6 ffl William Courtney. iS (0 Thomas Arundell. It 4i Henry Cliichcfly. 19 The end of the nfih Booke of Martyrs Cccc Theapprehefijion^ examination^ andahjuratmtf IViUiam The fixth Part or Sedion, pertainini to the kil: three hundred yeeres. A Preface to the Header. Ccording to the five fundry diverfities and alterations of the Church, fo have I divided hitherto the order of^ _^this prefent Church ftorie into five principall parts, every part containing 300. yeeres. So that now coming toffielaftjoo. yeeres, that is, to the laft times of the Church, counting from the time of WickhfFe : Forafmuch as inthe compafTe of the faid laft 300. yeeres are contained great troubles and perturbat


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