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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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By the King and Queen.
WHEREAS divers books, filled both with heresy, sedition, and treason, have of […], and be daily brought into this realm out of foreign countries and places beyond the seas, and […] also covertly printed within this realm, and […] abroad in sundry parts thereof, whereby not only God is dishonoured, but also an encouragement given to disobey lawful princes and governors• the king and queen's majesties, for redress hereof, do by this their present proclamation declare […] publish to all their loving subjects, that whosoever shall, after the proclaiming hereof, be found to have any of the said wicked and seditious boo•• ▪ or finding them, do not forthwith burn the same without showing or reading the same to any other shall in that case be reputed and taken for a rebel, and shall without delay be executed for that offence, according to the order of martial law.
WHEREAS divers books, filled both with heresy, sedition, and treason, have of 〈…〉, and be daily brought into this realm out of foreign countries and places beyond the seas, and 〈…〉 also covertly printed within this realm, and 〈…〉 abroad in sundry parts thereof, whereby not only God is dishonoured, but also an encouragement given to disobey lawful princes and governors• the king and queen's majesties, for redress hereof, do by this their present proclamation declare publish to all their loving subjects, that whosoever shall, after the proclaiming hereof, be found to have any of the said wicked and seditious boo or finding them, do not forthwith burn the same without shewing or reading the same to any other shall in that case be reputed and taken for a rebel, and shall without delay be executed for that offence, according to the order of martial law.