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 . for the fpace of thefe 200. lateyeeres, from the time of Wickliffe, but hath continually from time to time fparkled a
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 . for the fpace of thefe 200. lateyeeres, from the time of Wickliffe, but hath continually from time to time fparkled abroad, although the flamesthereof have never fo perfetlly burft out, as they have done within thefe hundred yeeres and more; As by theftHiftories here and gathered out of RegiftSrs, efpecially of the diocelTe of Norwich, fhall manifeftly ap-peare : whereinmay befeenewhatmen, andhow many both men and women within the fjiid-diocelTe of Norwichhave beene, which have defended the fame caufe of doflrine which now is received by us in the Church. Wliichperfons although then they were not fo ftrongly armed in their caufe and quarrel! as of late yeeres they have beene,yet were they Warners in Chrifts Church, and fought to their power in the fame caufe. And although they gavebackc through tyranny, yet judge thou the beft good Reader, and referre the caufe thereof to God, who revealetftall things according to his determinate will and appointed time. King Henrythe Ex Ccak Cant. Jjiilliam ^ai=ht-tiyt firfltime sppjcljcn=Bta. ffltiiliam ^) ucfDjttiicarcljliiioojj.•Etijce atticlwGtft oUjecten tocaiHiam ^si!W. ^ispotmglSjmte being nnaev tf)csge of one pare, t^e ceatf) ofSjis jf a: IjEi, futcecDec in Iits ratgncant! teingDomc cf CnglanD, anDin tlie eight jjajretoascioluncD at SOenmiiiftec: aaD ti)cf ctoiiD i^cci after tOiiB tcotoiicD alfoat JBarifi, ipcnfp ©ifijap of WiiicScGer, CacDtnall,betitg pjefcrtt atlljcin Ssotl;
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