John Gough Nichol's "Narratives of the Reformation," xi

PREFACE. In the preface, due notice is given to Foxe's Acts and Monuments, ix—xx. His manuscript collections, xii, are discussed including varied corrections that were never incorporated. Foxe was aware of some of these imperfections. The works of Strype, xvi, are discussed but not with a large appreciation but a diminution of sorts. The character of Foxe and of his great work, xxviii, is brought forward. The current interest is the anecdotal and contemporaneous accounts during Dr. Cranmer’s times, including the memorials by his faithful, longtime secretary, Ralph Morice.