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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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IN one place one hundred and forty English, after being driven for many miles stark naked, and in the most severe weather, were all murdered on the same spot, some being hanged, others burnt, some shot, and many of them buried alive; and so cruel were their tormentors, that they would not suffer them to pray before they robbed them of their miserable existence.
OTHER companies they took under pretence of […] conduct, who, from that consideration, proceeded cheerfully on their journey; but when the treacherous papists had go• them to a convenient spot, they butchered them all in the most cruel manner.
OTHER companies they took under pretence of 〈…〉 •onduct, who, from that consideration, proceeded chearfully on their journey; but when the treacherous papists had go• them to a convenient spot, they butchered them all in the most cruel manner.
ONE hundred and fifteen men, women, and children, were conducted by order of sir Phelim O, Neal, to Porte•down bridge, where they were all forced into the river, and drowned. One woman, named Campbell, finding no probability of escaping, suddenly clasped a papist chief in her arms, and held him so fast, that they were both drowned together.
ONE hundred and fifteen men, women, and children, were conducted by order of sir Phelim O, Neal, to Porte•down bridge, where they were all forced into the river, and drowned. One woman, named Campbel, fi•ding no probability of escaping, suddenly clasped a papist chief in her arms, and held him so fast, that they were both drowned together.