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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 Martyrdom of JOHN CALAS.
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UPON this evidence the majority of the par••• meant were of opinion, that the prisoners were guilty, and therefore ordered them to be tried by the criminal court of Toulouse.
UPON this evidence the majority of the par••• ment were of opinion, that the prisoners were guilty, and therefore ordered them to be tried by the criminal court of Tho•lous•.
AMONG those who presided at the trial, was one La Board, who had zealously espoused the popular prejudices; and though it […] manifest to demonstration that the prisoners wer• •ither all innocent […] all guilty, he voted that the […] should first s•• fer the torture, ordinary and extraordinary, to di• cover his accomplices, and be then broken […] upon the wheel; to receive the last stroke when […] had laid two hours, and then to be burnt to […] ▪ In this opinion he had the concurrence of six others▪ three were for the torture alone; two were of opinion that they should endeavour to ascertain upon the spot whether Anthony could hang himself or […] ▪ and one voted to acquit the prisoner. After […] debates the majority was for the torture and […] and probably condemned the father by way of experiment, ⟨p. 121⟩whether he was guilty or not, hoping he would, in the agony, confess the crime, and accuse the other prisoners, whose fate, therefore, they suspended. It is, however, certain, that if they had evidence against the father that would have justified the sentence they pronounced against him, that very evidence would have justified the same sentence against the rest; and that they could not justly condemn him, for they were all in the house together when Anthony died. All concurred in declaring he hanged himself that the persons accused could have had no motive to do such an act nor could they have hanged him by violence, without the knowledge of the rest.