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A40655 The church-history of Britain from the birth of Jesus Christ until the year M.DC.XLVIII endeavoured by Thomas Fuller. Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.; Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. History of the University of Cambridge snce the conquest.; Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. History of Waltham-Abby in Essex, founded by King Harold. 1655 (1655) Wing F2416_PARTIAL; Wing F2443_PARTIAL; ESTC R14493 1,619,696 1,523

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switzerland_n where_o a_o congregation_n of_o english_a exile_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o q._n marry_o b._n 8._o p._n 26._o ¶_o 41._o alcuinus_fw-la or_o albinus_n a_o eminent_a scholar_n and_o opposer_n of_o image-worship_n cent._n 8._o ¶_o 40._o alfred_n the_o saxon_a monarch_n his_o admirable_a act_n cent._n 9_o ¶_o 25._o etc._n etc._n found_v a_o university_n at_o oxford_n ¶_o 29._o etc._n etc._n a_o soleman_n council_n keep_v by_o he_o ¶_o 42._o with_o the_o canon_n make_v therein_o ibidem_fw-la his_o death_n ¶_o 44._o alien_n prior_n b._n 6._o p._n 33._o ¶_o 1._o 2._o of_o two_o nature_n ¶_o 3._o shake_v by_o other_o king_n ¶_o 4._o but_o dissolve_v by_o king_n henry_n 5._o ¶_o 5._o william_n allen_n cardinal_n his_o death_n and_o character_n b._n 9_o p._n 229._o ¶_o 12._o william_n amese_n his_o bitter_a sermon_n against_o card_n and_o die_n hist_o of_o cam._n p._n 159._o ¶_o 41._o 42._o leave_v christ_n college_n for_o his_o nonconformity_n ¶_o 43._o amphibalus_fw-la so_o name_v first_o by_o i._n munmoth_n cent._n 4._o ¶_o 6._o martyr_a at_o redbourn_n in_o hartfortshirt_n ¶_o 7._o the_o fancy_n about_o his_o stake_n confute_v ibidem_fw-la anabaptist_n their_o beginning_n in_o engalnd_n l._n 5._o 249._o ¶_o 11._o discover_v in_o london_n b._n 9_o p._n 104._o ¶_o 12._o eleven_o condemn_v and_o two_o burn_a ¶_o 13._o lanc●●●_n andrews_n his_o death_n and_o character_n b._n 11._o 9_o 46_o 47_o 48_o 49._o q._n anna_n king_n of_o the_o east-saxons_a happy_a in_o his_o child_n cent._n 7._o ¶_o 82._o q._n anne_n wite_n to_o king_n james_n her_o signal_n letter_n to_o the_o own_o of_o rippon_n b._n 10._o ¶_o 15._o anseleme_n archbishop_n of_o cant._n b_o 3._o p._n 11._o ¶_o 30._o refuse_v to_o lend_v king_n rufus_n a_o 1000_o pound_n ¶_o 32._o variance_n betwixt_o he_o and_o king_n rufus_n p._n 12._o ¶_o 36._o etc._n etc._n hold_v a_o synod_n at_o weftminster_n p._n 16._o ¶_o 3._o the_o constitution_n thereof_o p._n 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o send_v to_o rome_n p._n 20._o ¶_o 5._o forbid_v priest_n marriage_n ¶_o 7._o but_o die_v re_fw-mi infecta_fw-la p._n 23._o ¶_o 18._o io._n argentine_n challenge_v all_o cambridge_n to_o dispute_v much_o he_o hist_o of_o cam._n p._n 64._o ¶_o 28_o etc._n etc._n ariminum_n british_a bishop_n present_a at_o the_o council_n keep_v therein_o cent._n 4._o ¶_o 20._o and_o why_o they_o refuse_v ot_fw-mi receive_v a_o salary_n from_o the_o emperor_n ibidem_fw-la arles_n british_a bishop_n present_a at_o the_o council_n keep_v therein_o cent._n 4._o ¶_o 20._o aristobulus_n fabulous_o make_v by_o grecian_a writer_n a_o bishop_n of_o britain_n cent._n 1._o ¶_o 8._o arm_n in_o noble_a family_n still_o extant_a relate_v to_o the_o achievement_n of_o their_o ancestor_n in_o the_o holy_a land_n b._n 3._o p._n 40_o 41_o 42_o 43._o arrianisme_n infpected_a england_n as_o appear_v by_o gildas_n his_o complaint_n cent._n 4._o ¶_o 21._o king_n arthur_z a_o real_a worthy_a of_o britain_n though_o his_o action_n be_v much_o discredit_v with_o monkish_a fiction_n cent._n 6._o ¶_o 2._o the_o six_o article_n contrive_v by_o bishop_n gardiner_n b._n 5._o p._n 203_o ¶_o 17._o to_o the_o great_a trouble_n of_o poor_a protestant_n ¶_o 18._o the_o 30._o article_n compose_v b._n 9_o p._n 72._o ¶_o 51._o why_o draw_v up_o in_o general_a term_n ¶_o 52._o by_o those_o who_o have_v be_v confessor_n 53._o confirm_v by_o statute_n 55._o impose_v only_o on_o the_o clergy_n ¶_o 56._o the_o 20_o the_o article_n concern_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n question_v b._n 9_o p._n 73._o insert_v in_o some_o omit_v in_o other_o edition_n p._n 74._o ¶_o 85._o defend_v by_o bishop_n laud_n against_o mr._n burton_n ¶_o 59_o article_n of_o lambeth_n see_v lambeth_n thomas_n arundel_n when_o archbishop_n of_o york_n a_o cruel_a persecutor_n b._n 4._o p._n 151._o ¶_o 42._o when_o archbishop_n of_o cant_n active_a in_o depose_v king_n rich_a the_o second_o p._n 153._o ¶_o 54._o visit_v the_o university_n of_o cambridge_n and_o all_o the_o college_n therein_o hist_o of_o cam._n p._n 59_o 60_o etc._n etc._n affront_v at_o oxford_n b._n 4._o p._n 164._o ¶_o 125._o but_o by_o the_o king_n help_v too_o hard_o for_o the_o student_n p._n 165._o ¶_o his_o woeful_a death_n p._n 166._o ¶_o 30._o st._n asaph_n his_o pious_a expression_n cent._n 6._o ¶_o 13._o john_n aschwell_n challenge_v all_o camb._n hist_o of_o camb._n p._n 104._o ¶_o 44._o his_o bad_a success_n ¶_o 45._o etc._n etc._n anne_n ascough_n b._n 5._o p._n 242._o ¶_o 44._o plea_n for_o leave_v her_o husband_n ¶_o 45._o first_o wrack_v then_o burn_v 46._o her_o prose_n and_o poetry_n 47._o mr._n ashle_n his_o difference_n at_o frankford_n with_o mr._n home_o book_n 8._o p._n 32_o 33._o ¶_o 11._o the_o sad_a consequence_n occasion_v thereby_o ¶_o 12._o 13._o assembley_n of_o divine_n their_o first_o meeting_n b._n 11._o ¶_o 1._o consist_v of_o four_o english_a quarter_n p._n 198._o ¶_o 2._o beside_o the_o scotish_n commissioner_n p._n 199._o ¶_o 3._o the_o reason_n of_o the_o royalist_n why_o they_o will_v not_o join_v with_o they_o b._n 11._o p._n 199._o ¶_o 5._o first_o petition_n for_o a_o fast_o p._n 200._o ¶_o 8._o trouble_v with_o mr._n selden_n b._n 11._o p._n 213._o ¶_o 54._o and_o with_o the_o erastians_n ¶_o 55._o etc._n etc._n shrewd_o check_v for_o exccede_v their_o bound_n p._n 214._o ¶_o 58._o their_o monument_n p._n 215._o ¶_o 66._o rather_o sink_v than_o end_v ¶_o 67._o king_n athelstan_n his_o principle_n law_n enact_v at_o greatlea_n cent._n ¶_o 9_o 10._o athelwolphus_fw-la monarch_n of_o the_o saxon_n make_v equivalent_o a_o parliament_n act_n for_o the_o pay_v of_o tithe_n cent._n 9_o ¶_o 8._o objection_n against_o the_o validity_n thereof_o answer_v ¶_o 9_o 10._o et_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la grant_v peter-pence_n to_o the_o pope_n ¶_o 15._o st._n audre_fw-la her_o chastity_n cent._n 7._o ¶_o 108._o twice_o a_o wife_n still_o a_o maid_n ¶_o 109._o etc._n etc._n her_o moraculius_a monumont_n confute_v ¶_o 111._o etc._n etc._n st._n augustine_n the_o worthy_a father_n bishop_n of_o hippo_n say_v to_o be_v bear_v on_o the_o same_o day_n with_o pelagius_n the_o heretic_n cent._n 5._o ¶_o 2._o aurelius_n ambrose_n erectech_v a_o monument_n in_o memory_n of_o his_o conquest_n over_o the_o britan_n cent._n 5._o ¶_o 25._o causeless_o slander_v by_o a_o italian_a writer_n ¶_o 28._o augustine_n the_o monk_n send_v by_o p._n gregory_n to_o convert_n england_n b._n 2._o cent._n 6._o ¶_o 2._o by_o he_o shrink_v for_o fear_n be_v encourageo_fw-la ¶_o 3._o mock_v by_o woman_n in_o his_o passage_n ¶_o 4._o land_v in_o england_n ¶_o 5._o why_o choose_v rather_o to_o be_v archbishop_n of_o cant._n then_o london_n c._n 7._o ¶_o 1._o summons_n a_o synod_n under_o his_o ake_n ¶_o 2._o his_o proud_a carriage_n therein_o towards_o the_o british_a clergy_n ¶_o 3._o etc._n etc._n his_o prophesy_n ¶_o 8._o arraign_v as_o guilty_a of_o murder_v the_o monk_n of_o bagnor_n ¶_o 10._o etc._n etc._n acquit_v by_o the_o moderation_n of_o mr._n fox_n ¶_o 14._o baptise_v ten_o thousand_o in_o one_o day_n ¶_o 19_o his_o ridiculous_a miracle_n ¶_o 22._o death_n and_o epitaph_n ¶_o 24._o without_o the_o date_n of_o the_o year_n ¶_o 25_o a_o farewell_n to_o he_o with_o his_o character_n ¶_o 26._o augustinean_a monk_n b._n 6._o p._n 268._o ¶_o 67._o colchester_n their_o chief_a seat_n ibidem_fw-la augmentation_n court_n the_o erection_n use_n cause_n name_n &_o abolish_n thereof_o b._n 6._o p._n 348_o 349._o augustinean_a friar_n b._n 6._o p._n 273._o ¶_o 1._o the_o same_o in_o oxford_n turn_v into_o wadham_n coll._n b._n 10._o p._n 68_o ¶_o 30._o learned_a writer_n of_o their_o order_n breed_v in_o cambridge_n hist_o of_o camb._n p._n 30._o b._n gervase_n babington_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n his_o death_n and_o praise_n b._n 10._o p._n 56._o ¶_o 32_o 33._o roger_n bacon_n a_o great_a school-man_n and_o matheamtician_n falsty_n accuse_v for_o a_o conjurer_n c._n 14._o p._n 96._o ¶_o 17._o many_o of_o that_o name_n confound_v into_o one_o ¶_o 18._o john_n baconthor_n p_o a_o little_a man_n and_o great_a scholar_n p._n 97._o ¶_o 20._o bailiol_n coll._n found_v by_o j._n bailiol_n b._n 3._o p._n 67._o and_o 68_o philip_n baker_n provost_n of_o king_n a_o honest_a papist_n hist_o of_o cam._n p._n 142._o ¶_o 4._o john_n bale_n bishop_n of_o ossory_n his_o death_n character_n and_o excusable_a passion_n b._n 9_o p._n 67._o ¶_o 37_o 38_o 39_o bishop_n bancroft_n causeless_o condemn_v for_o keep_v popish_a priest_n in_o his_o house_n b._n 10._o ¶_o 1._o his_o behaviour_n in_o hampton-court_n conference_n p._n 9_o et_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la violent_o prosecute_v mr._n fuller_n unto_o his_o death_n in_o prison_n p._n 55_o 56._o ¶_o 29._o 30._o his_o death_n 34._o vindicate_v