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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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WHEN the day and time appointed came that he should suffer, the sheriffs of the city, whose names were Amry and Couper, with their officers, and a great number of poor simple barbers with rusty bills and poll-axes, went to the north-gate, ⟨p. 545⟩and there took out Mr. George Marsh, who came with them most humbly and meekly, with a lock upon his feet. And as he came upon the way towards the place of execution, some folks proffered him money, and looked that he should have gone with a little purse in his hand (as felons were accustomed in that city in times past, at their going to execution) to the end to gather money to give unto a priest to say masses for them after their death, whereby they might, as they thought, be saved; but Mr. Marsh said, he would not then be troubled to receive […], but desired some good man to take the money, if the people were disposed to give any, and to give it to the prisoners or poor people. So he went all the way with his book in his hand, looking upon the same, and many people said, This man goeth not unto his death as a thief, or as one that deserveth to die.
WHEN the day and time appointed came that he should suffer, the sheriffs of the city, whose names were Amry and Couper, with their officers, and a great number of poor simple barbers with rusty bills and poll-axes, went to the north-gate, ⟨p. 545⟩and there took out Mr. George Marsh, who came with them most humbly and meekly, with a lock upon his feet. And as he came upon the way towards the place of execution, some folks proffered him money, and looked that he should have gone with a little purse in his hand (as felons were accustomed in that city in times past, at their going to execution) to the end to gather money to give unto a priest to say masses for them after their death, whereby they might, as they thought, be saved; but Mr. Marsh said, he would not then be troubled to receive 〈…〉, but desired some good man to take the money, if the people were disposed to give any, and to give it to the prisoners or poor people. So he went all the way with his book in his hand, looking upon the same, and many people said, This man goeth not unto his death as a thief, or as one that deserveth to die.