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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
WINCH. Thou art a false knave.
THEN bishop Farrar stood up unbidden, (for all that while he kneeled) and said, No, my lord, I am a true man, I thank God for it. I was born under king Henry VII. I served king Henry VIII. and king Edward VI. truly, and have served the queen's majesty, that now is, truly with my poor heart and word: more I could not do, and I never was false, nor shall be by the grace of God.
THEN bishop Farrar stood up unbidden, (for all that while he kneeled) and said, No, my lord, I am a true man, I thank God for it. I was born under king Henry VII. I served king Henry VIII. and king Eward VI. truly, and have served the queen's majesty, that now is, truly with my poor heart and word: more I could not do, and I never was false, nor shall be by the grace of God.
WINCH. How sayest thou, wilt thou be reformable?
FAR. My lord, if it please your honour, I have made an oath to God, and to king Henry VIII. and also to king Edward, and in that to the queen's majesty, which I can never break while I live