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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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THIS Robin Caley having the conducting of the said gentleman from the Poultry, would needs haul him through Cheapside, the gentleman desiring him to turn some other way. But the more the gentleman entreated, the more fierce was he upon him; and drawing and holding him by the arm, would needs haul him through the High-street, ⟨p. 504⟩that all the world might see what he could do in his office. Mr. Gibson, desirous to go without holding, entreated him to let his arm loose, and he would go quietly with him whither he would, only craving that he might go by him freely without being noticed by the people.
THIS Robin Caley having the conducting of the said gentleman from the Poultry, would needs haul him through Cheapside, the gentleman desiring him to turn some other way. But the more the gentleman intreated, the more fierce was he upon him; and drawing and holding him by the arm, would needs haul him through the High-street, ⟨p. 504⟩that all the world might see what he could do in his office. Mr. Gibson, desirous to go without holding, intreated him to let his arm loose, and he would go quietly with him whither he would, only craving that he might go by him freely without being noticed by the people.
BUT he saucily answered him▪ Nay, thou shalt not escape me so, come on thy ways. Thou shalt not choose but come; and so reaching at his arm, would needs drag him unto the bishop. The gentleman content to go, yet loth to be noted in the streets, gently requested again and again, that refraining his hold, he would suffer him to go of his own free will, he should not need to fear him, for he would not start from him. To which he replied, Come on thy way, I will hold thee fast, spite of thy beard, and whether thou wilt or no.
BUT he saucily answered him▪ Nay, thou shalt not escape me so, come on thy ways. Thou shalt not chuse but come; and so reaching at his arm, would needs drag him unto the bishop. The gentleman content to go, yet loth to be noted in the streets, gently requested again and again, that refraining his hold, he would suffer him to go of his own free will, he should not need to fear him, for he would not start from him. To which he replied, Come on thy way, I will hold thee fast, spite of thy beard, and whether thou wilt or no.