John Foxe's Book of Martyrs

1570

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1483	K. Edward. 6. An. 1547.

¶ The ninth booke containyng the Actes and thyges done in the reigne of kyng Edvvard the 6.
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Euery plant which my heauenly father hath not planted shall bee plucked vp. Mat. 15.

[ ¶ The ninth booke containyng the Actes and thyges done in the reigne of kyng Edvvard the 6. () ]

King Edward deliuerīg the Bible to the Prelates.

King Edward the vj.

An. 1547.
The reigne and time of K. Edward.

AFter the death of kyng Henry succeded kyng Edward his sōne, beyng of the age of ix. yeares. He began hys reigne, the 28. day of Ianuary, and reigned vj. yeres, viij. moneths, and viij. dayes, and deceased. an. 1553. the 6. day of Iuly. Of whose excellent vertues, & singular graces wrought in him by the gift of God, although nothing can be said enough to his commendation: yet because the renowmed fame of such a worthy Prince shall not vtterly passe our story without some gratefull remembraunce, I thought in fewe wordes to touch some little por- tion of his prayse, taken out of great heapes of matter, which might bee inferred. For to stand vppon all that might be sayd of him, it would be to long: and yet to say nothing, it were to much vnkynd. If kynges and Princes which haue wisely and vertuously gouerned, haue found in all ages writers to solemnise and celebrate their Actes and memory, such as neuer knew them nor were subiect vnto them, how much then are we Englishe men bound, not to forget our duetie to kyng Edward,

Commendation of Kyng Edward.

a Prince although but tender in yeares, yet for hys sage and mature rypenes in wytte and all princely ornamentes, as I see but few to whom he may not bee equall, so agayne I see not many, to whom he may not iustly be preferred.

An. 1547.
The reigne and time of K. Edward.

Commendation of Kyng Edward.

And here to vse the example of Plutarch in comparyng kyngs and rulers, the Latines with the Grekes together: if I shoulde seeke with whom to match this noble Edward, I finde not with whom to make my

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