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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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WINCH. Have you not heard of the coming in of the lord cardinal?
FAR. I know not my lord cardinal; but I heard that a cardinal was come in, but I did not believe it, and I believe it not yet. I pray your lordship (said the bishop of Worcester) tell him yourself, that he may know what is done.
WINCH. The queen's majesty and the parliament have restored religion into the same state it was in at the beginning of the reign of king Henry VIII. You are in the queen's debt, and her majesty will be good unto you if you will return unto the catholic church.
FAR. In what state I am concerning my debts to the queen's majesty in the court of Exchequer▪ my lord treasurer knoweth: and the last time that I was before your honour, and the first time also, I showed you that I had made an oath, never to consent nor agree, that the bishop of Rome should have any power or jurisdiction within this realm: and ⟨p. 526⟩