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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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RICHARD DOD of Westminster, examined upon the said answers, saith and deposeth, That he did hear and see the said Flower acknowledge and ⟨p. 562⟩recognize the said answers, and subscribe to the same with his own hand; and also did see and was present, when the said Flower upon Easter-day last past drew his wood-knife, and struck the priest upon the head, hand, and arm: who being wounded therewith, and having a chalice with consecrated hosts there in his hand, sprinkled with the said priest's blood, was rescued by this examinant, and the said Flower carried to the Gatehouse, and the wood-knife taken away by this examinant.
RICHARD DOD of Westminster, examined upo• the said answers, saith and deposeth, That he did hear and see the said Flower ackno•ledge and ⟨p. 562⟩recognize the said answers, and subscribe to the same with his own hand; and also did see and was present, when the said Flower upon Easter-day last past drew his wood-knife, and struck the priest upon the head, hand, and arm: who being wounded therewith, and having a chalice with consecrated hosts there in his hand, sprinkled with the said priest's blood, was rescued by this examinant, and the said Flower carried to the Gatehouse, and the wood-knife taken away by this examinant.
WILLIAM PAMPION, one of the church-warden, of the said parish church of St. Margaret's •n Westminster, examined upon the said answer of the said Flower, saith and deposeth, That the same answers be true, and in his sight were subscribed with the hand of the said Flower. And that, upon Easter-day last past, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, in the parish church of St. Margaret's in Westminster, among a great number of the people ready to receive the sacrament, the priest's back being turned towards the said Flower, he the said Flower suddenly drew forth his wood-knife, and struck John Cheltam the priest both upon his head, hand, and arm, whereby he was wounded, and bled abundantly, and the chalice with consecrated hosts being in his hand, were sprinkled with his blood, and the people in great fear cried out lamentably, as though they should presently have been killed.