THE ACTS AND MONUMENTS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
by
JOHN FOXE
Commonly known as
FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS
Volume 3
From King Edward III to King Henry V.
Published by the Ex-classics Project, 2009
http://www.exclassics.com
Public Domain
John Wickliff
CONTENTS
THE FIFTH BOOK, CONTAINING THE LAST THREE HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE LOOSING OUT OF SATAN. 4
73. The Persecutions Foretold in the Scriptures 5
74. The Prayer and Complaint of the Ploughman. 9
75. The Parable of Friar Rupescissanus 33
76. Armachanus and The Begging Friars 35
77. Pope Gregory the Eleventh and King Edward the Third 44
78. Anti-Papal Writers, 1370-1390 47
79. John Wickliff 52
80. Herford, Reppington and Ashton 83
81. John Wickliff (Contd.) 103
82. William Swinderby. 118
83. Walter Brute. 136
84. A Letter from Lucifer to the Pope and Prelates 199
85. King Richard II and the Followers of Wickliff 204
86. The Deposing of King Richard II. 224
87. William Sautre 229
88. Opposition to Henry IV. 238
89. John Badby 244
90. Laws Made against Heretics 249
91. William Thorpe. 260
92. John Purvey. 301
93. Continuing Schism. 309
94. John Huss Condemned by Pope Alxander V. 311
95. Insufferable Pride and Vainglory of The Prelates 313
96. Notes of Certain Parliament Matters Passed in King Henry V's Days. 319
97. Coronation of Henry V. Synod of London 323
98. The Trouble and Persecution of the Lord Cobham. 325
99. Cope's Book of Lord Cobham, Answered 354
THE FIFTH BOOK,
CONTAINING
THE LAST THREE HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE LOOSING OUT OF SATAN.
73. The Persecutions Foretold in the Scriptures
HUS having discoursed in these former books the order and course of years, from the first tying up of Satan unto the year of our Lord 1360, I have a little overpassed the stint of time in the Scripture appointed, for the loosing out of him again. For so it is written by St. John, Apoc. xx., that after a thousand years, Satan, the old dragon, shall be let loose again for a season, &c.
For the better explanation of the which mystery, let us first consider the context of the Scripture; afterward let us examine, by history and course of times, the meaning of the same. And first, to recite the words of the Apocalypse, the text of the prophecy is this, chap. xx.
