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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 2 › Book 3 › Chapter 1 › The Martyrdom of CICELY ORMES, at Norwich.
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THIS Cicely Ormes was a very simple woman, but yet zealous in the Lord's cause, being born i• East Durham, and was the daughter of one […] Hand, tailor. She was taken the 5th day of July, and did for a twelve-month before she […] taken recant, but never after was she quiet in c•• science, until she was utterly driven from all […] popery. Between the time that she recanted, […] that she was taken, she had got a letter […] give to the chancellor, to let him know that […] repented her recantation from the bottom of […] heart, and would never do the like again while […] lived. But before she exhibited her bill, she […] taken and sent to prison as is before said. […] was burnt the 23d of September, between […] and eight in the morning, the said two sheri••• being there, and to the number of two hundr•• people. When she came to the stake, she […] down, and made her prayers to God: that […] done, she rose up and said, Good people, I believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, three persons and one God.
THIS Cicely Ormes was a very simple woman, but yet zealous in the Lord's cause, being born i• East Deram, and was the daughter of one 〈…〉 Haund, taylor. She was taken the 5th day of July, and did for a twelve-month before she 〈…〉 taken recant, but never after was she quiet in c•• science, until she was utterly driven from all 〈…〉 popery. Between the time that she recanted, 〈…〉 that she was taken, she had got a letter 〈…〉 give to the chancellor, to let him know that 〈…〉 repented her recantation from the bottom of 〈…〉 heart, and would never do the like again while 〈…〉 lived. But before she exhibited her bill, she 〈…〉 taken and sent to prison as is before said. 〈…〉 was burnt the 23d of September, between and eight in the morning, the said two sheri being there, and to the number of two hundr people. When she came to the stake, she down, and made her prayers to God: that done, she rose up and said, Good people, I believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, three persons and one God.