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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 king, the queen-mother, and three archbishops, however, raised another formidable ar•y▪ and had the art to persuade the earl of […] to come to a conference, when he was treachero••• seized upon, made a prisoner, forced to appe•• ⟨p. 113⟩bare-footed and bare-headed before his enemies, and compelled to subscribe to the following unreasonable and ignominious conditions:
THE king, the queen-mother, and three archbishops, however, raised another formidable ar•y▪ and had the art to persuade the earl of 〈…〉 to come to a conference, when he was treachero••• seized upon, made a prisoner, forced to appe•• ⟨p. 113⟩bare-footed and bare-headed before his enemies, and compelled to subscribe to the following unreasonable and ignominious conditions:
1. THAT he should abjure the faith he had hitherto defended.
2. THAT he should be subject to the church of Rome.