Excerpt from The Ecclesiasticall History, Vol. 2: Containing the Acts and Monuments of Martyrs; With the Persecutions Stirred Up by Romish Prelates in the Church
Malter Fax his citatewa's at that paife, that he thought no condition to' be re fufed Befides he was 'underhand advifed byhis Mother to come, and not: fear hispather'in-lawes feverity; Por'that. (per'chance) it'vvas needfull to write as he did, but-vvh-enoccafiom {hotild be-ofl'ered, he virould'ma'ke recompence for. His'vvo'-rds. With his attions: The truth he had better. Entertainment Vvitli bothof them, then he any way. Hoped-for? But ih' his bufinefle required; that he ihould rely long and therefore by often going to'and fro, from the'one, to the other, ('which carryed 'with' it forn'e-ibew. Of bufi-neffe) he both deceived their diligence, uwho enquired after shim and effet'l'ted that-neither grew weary of his company; A fbut-howfoever be by this means kept himfelf congealed; yet certain it is', that no time of hislifewpafied more unknown to pofierity'th'en that; Whether that while he did but little, ' which is fearfe credible o't whether'it 'more concerned them, who knew what he did, that it fhould be {hut up in.filen_c_e5 then publifhe'd. Abroad; Pot his own-part he. Al-wayes forbare With particular regard; to fpeak of that itoryslieait Where. He had deferved fo, m_uch, might by exeol'linga fiiiall curiche, feem rather to of the requitall, then to thew h'imfelf thankfu'll by. Remem-b'ring irz-s. Afterward he took his journey tow'atjdsi London; but Upon whatmo'tives isuncerta'in; -unlefi'e-we ma'yimagin'e the ctini'rzeii' niepce of the place entic'edhim thither s. Which being full of all. Forts of company, both inhabitants, and fira'nge'rs: frothall places might aflfure him fuflicient cecati one, Whether heihould choofe to, conceal himlelf, iormake known his abilities; and-get'acquain'tance with thoie of alike inclination, .
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John Foxe, martyrologist, is remembered as the author of what is popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, an account of Christian martyrs throughout history but especially emphasizing the sufferings of English Protestants from the fourteenth century through the reign of Mary I.
Foxe's prospects, and those of the evangelical cause generally, improved after the death of Henry VIII in January 1547, the accession of Edward VI, and the formation of a Privy Council dominated by pro-reform Protestants.
Although both he and his contemporary readers were more credulous than most moderns, Foxe presented "lifelike and vivid pictures of the manners and feelings of the day, full of details that could never have been invented by a forger." Foxe's method of using his sources "proclaims the honest man, the sincere seeker after truth."
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