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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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Transactions in the PRIVY COUNCIL, and PUBLIC OCCURRENCES, in the Months of March and April, 1555.
MARCH 28th, the queen summoned into her presence four of her privy council, namely, William, lord marquis of Winchester, high-treasurer ⟨p. 534⟩of England; sir Robert Rochester, knight, the queen's comptroller; sir William Peter, knight, secretary; and sir Francis Inglefield, knight, master of the wards: to whom she thus spoke:
"YOU are here of our council, and we have ordered you to be called unto us, to the intent you might hear of me my conscience, and the resolution of my mind▪ concerning the lands and possessions, as well of monasteries as of other churches whatsoever, being now presently in my possession.
"FIRST, I do consider, that the said lands were taken away from the churches aforesaid in the time of schism, and that by unlawful means, such as are contrary both to the law of God and of the church: for which cause my conscience doth not suffer me to detain them; and therefore I here expressly refuse either to claim or to retain the same lands for mine, but with all my heart freely and willingly, without any covenant or condition, here and before God I do surrender and relinquish the said lands and possessions, or inheritances whatsoever, and do renounce the same with this mind and purpose, that order and disposition thereof may be taken, as shall seem best to our most holy lord the pope, or else his legate the lord cardinal, to the honour of God, and the wealth of this our realm.