John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: A New and Complete Edition, Vol. VIII, ed. Stephen Reed Cattley (1839), p. 601
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[O]ur thanks, most due, to Almighty God, what cause have we all Englishmen so to do, that is, to render most ample thanksgiving to the mercifulness of God, who hath granted, conserved, and advanced, to the seat-regal of this realm, so good, godly, and virtuous a queen; such a chosen instrument of his clemency, so virtuously natured, so godly disposed, so merciful without marring, so humble without pride, so moderate without prodigality, so maidenly without pomp.

— John Foxe on Elizabeth I of England

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[O]ur thanks, most due, to Almighty God, what cause have we all Englishmen so to do, that is, to render most ample thanksgiving to the mercifulness of God, who hath granted, conserved, and advanced, to the seat-regal of this realm, so good, godly, and virtuous a queen; such a chosen instrument of his clemency, so virtuously natured, so godly disposed, so merciful without marring, so humble without pride, so moderate without prodigality, so maidenly without pomp." in the context of "John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: A New and Complete Edition, Vol. VIII, ed. Stephen Reed Cattley (1839), p. 601" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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John Foxe

About John Foxe

John Foxe (1516 or 1517 – April 18 1587) was an English historian and martyrologist, was the author of Actes and Monuments (otherwise Foxe's Book of Martyrs), telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the 14th century and in the reign of Mary I. Widely owned and read by English Puritans, the book helped to mould British opinion about the Catholic Church for several centuries.