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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 1 › Book 1 › Chapter 6 › The ORATION of CARDINAL POOLE, in the PARLIAMENT HOUSE.
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The ORATION of CARDINAL POOLE, in the PARLIAMENT HOUSE.
MY lords all, and you that are in the commons of this present parliament assembled, which in effect is nothing else but the state and body of the whole realm▪ as the cause of my coming hither hath been most wisely and gravely declared by my lord chancellor, so, before I enter upon the particularities of my commission, I have somewhat touching myself, and to give most humble and hearty thanks to the king and queen's majesties, and after them to you all, which of a man exiled and banished from ⟨p. 401⟩this commonwealth, have restored me to be a member of the same, and of a man having no place either here, or elsewhere, within this realm, have admitted me in a place, where to speak and to be heard. This I protest unto you all, that though I was exiled my native country without just cause, as God knoweth, yet the ingratitude could not take from me the affection and desire that I had to profit and do you good. I• the offer of my service might have been received, it was never to seek; and where that could not be taken, you never fa•led of my prayer, nor ever shall.
BUT leaving the rehearsal thereof, and coming more […] to the matter of my commission, I signify unto you all, that my principal travel is for the restitution of this noble realm to the ancient nobility, and to declare unto you, that the see apostolic, from whence I come, had a special respect to this realm above all other, and not without cause, seeing that God himself, as it were by providence, hath given this realm prerogative of nobility above others: which to make more plain unto you, it is to be considered that this […] first of all islands received the light of Christ's […]. For […], it was the first that embraced the christian […].