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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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Mr. HARPSFIELD'S Letter to BONNER, Bishop of London, concerning Mr. WHITTLE.
PLEASE your good lordship to understand, that yesterday I dined with my lord of Exeter, who soon after my first coming to him, asked me▪ what news? I answered, none but good that I had heard. No? said he: why, it is a rumour in the city, that to-morrow the queen's grace will take her journey towards the king. I answered, that I thought it not to be any whit true, but an invention of heretics: yea, and further, said he, there is a report made abroad of my lord your master, that he is in discomfort, and therefore will suffer no man to come unto him. When I heard thus much, I began to laugh, and to declare how untrue this report was: so that my lord (who before was very sad) afterward, knowing the truth, rejoiced very much to hear that all was well with your lordship, and desired me to have his hearty commendations to your lordship.
ONE of my lord of Pembroke's retinue, a very handsome man, and, as far as I can yet learn, is a catholic, is a suitor to your lordship to have license to erect a school: the order which he intendeth to use is contained in this printed paper, which I send here enclosed to your lordship. I would be glad for my lord of Pembroke's sake, that he understood, that upon my motion your lordship were content he should teach as he intendeth. Mr. Johnson and I have travailed with the priest, and he hath subscribed his name to this draught which is here enclosed, and hath promised he will stand to the same before your lordship.
ONE of my lord of Pembroke's retinue, a very handsome man, and, as far as I can yet learn, is a catholic, is a suiter to your lordship to have license to erect a school: the order which he intendeth to use is contained in this printed paper, which I send here inclosed to your lordship. I would be glad for my lord of Pembroke's sake, that he understood, that upon my motion your lordship were content he should teach as he intendeth. Mr. Johnson and I have travailed with the prist, and he hath subscribed his name to this draught which is here inclosed, and hath promised he will stand to the same before your lordship.