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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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HE was then fastened to the stake, and the faggots being lighted, immediately set fire to the powd•• that was tied about him, and which blew into a […] and smoke.
HE was then fastened to the stake, and the faggots being lighted, immediately set fire to the powd•• that was tied about him, and which blew into a 〈…〉 and smoke.
THE governor of the castle, who stood so near […] he was singed with the flame, exhorted our ••rtyr, in a few words, to be of good cheer, and to […] pardon of God for his offences. To which he […] ▪ "This flame occasions trouble to my body, ••deed, but it hath in no wise broken my spirit. ••t he who now so proudly looks down upon me […] yonder lofty place, (pointing to the cardinal) […], ere long, be as ignominiously thrown down, […] now he proudly lolls at his ease." Which prediction was soon after fulfilled. The executioner […] pulled the rope which was tied about his neck […] great violence, so that he was soon strangled; and the fire getting strength, burnt with such rapi•••y that in less than an hour his body was totally consumed.
THE governor of the castle, who stood so near 〈…〉 he was singed with the flame, exhorted our ••rtyr, in a few words, to be of good cheer, and to 〈…〉 pardon of God for his offences. To which he 〈…〉 ▪ "This flame occasions trouble to my body, ••deed, but it hath in no wise broken my spirit. t he who now so proudly looks down upon me yonder lofty place, (pointing to the cardinal) , ere long, be as ignominiously thrown down, now he proudly lolls at his ease." Which prection was soon after fulfilled. The executioner pulled the rope which was tied about his neck great violence, so that he was soon strangled; and the fire getting strength, burnt with such rapiy that in less than an hour his body was totally consumed.