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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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WHEREUPON no charged my brother and William Marsh to bring and deliver me the next day by ten o'clock, before the said earl or […]. I made earnest suit, with o••er special frien•• which I had there at the same tim• to Mr. Barton, that he would take some one, or all of them, bound by recognizance or otherwise, for my appearing before the said earl or his council, that my brother and William Marsh might be at home, because it was the chief time of seeding, and their plough• could not go if they were not at home▪ but nothing could be obtained.
WHEREUPON no charged my brother and William Marsh to bring and deliver me the next day by ten o'clock, before the said earl or 〈…〉. I made earnest suit, with o••er special frien•• which I had there at the same tim• to Mr. Barton, that he would take some one, or all of them, bound by recognizance or otherwise, for my appearing before the said earl or his council, that my brother and William Marsh might be at home, because it was the chief time of seeding, and their plough• could not go if they were not at home▪ but nothing could be obtained.
SO we went to my […] ▪ and there I dined and shifted part of my […] praying▪ took my leave of my […], and both the•• […], ⟨p. 539⟩and departing from them, went towards Lathum, and lay all night within a mile and a half of it. The next day, which was Wednesday, we arose, prayed, and came to Lathum betimes, and tarried there till four o'clock in the afternoon.