homethrusts

Updated: July 13, 2026

* Acts and Monuments vol v., p 765; Cattley's ed. By Foxe's own showing, when brought before the bishops, the "marytrs" frequently twitted their judges, gave them homethrusts and "privy nips," and behaved themselves generally in a very provocative and irritating manner.

J. M. (Jean Mary) Stone - Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries