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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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Volume 1 › Chapter 3 › An Account of the Persecutions of the Albigenses.
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THE earl of Toulouse now did all he could to recover the friendship of the king of Aragon, and as the marriage ceremony between that monarch's daughter, and earl Simon's son, had not been performed, he entreated him to break off that preposterous match, and proposed another more proper, viz. that his own eldest son and heir to the earldom of Toulouse, should wed the princess of Aragon, and that by this match their friendship should be again united and more firmly cemented.
THE earl of Thoulouse now did all he could to recover the friendship of the king of Arragon, and as the marriage ceremony between that monarch's daughter, and earl Simon's son, had not been performed, he intreated him to break off that preposterous match, and proposed another more proper, viz. that his own eldest son and heir to the earldom of Thoulouse, should wed the princess of Arragon, and that by this match their friendship should be again united and more firmly cemented.
THE king of Aragon was easily persuaded not only to come into this proposal, but to form a league with the principal Albigenses, and to put himself as captain-general at the head of their united forces, consisting of his own people, and of the troops of the earls of Toulouse, Foix, and Comings. The papists were greatly alarmed at these proceedings; earl Simon sent all over christendom to engage the assistance of the Roman catholic powers, and the Pope's legate began hostilities by entering the dominions of the earl of Foix, and committing the most cruel depredations.
THE king of Arragon was easily persuaded not only to come into this proposal, but to form a league with the principal Albigenses, and to put himself as captain-general at the head of their united forces, consisting of his own people, and of the troops of the earls of Thoulouse, Foix, and Comminges. The papists were greatly alarmed at these proceedings; earl Simon sent all over christendom to engage the assistance of the Roman catholic powers, and the Pope's legate began hostilities by entering the dominions of the earl of Foix, and committing the most cruel depredations.