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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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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.
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 sub•cribed 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.
ROBERT SMALWOOD of Westminster, examined upon the said answers, saith and deposeth. That he did hear and see the said Flower acknowledge and recognize the said answers, and subscribe the same with his own hand; and touching the striking and wounding the priest in St. Margaret's church in Westminster, upon Easter-day last, this examinant saith, he was not there when the fact was done, but immediately after he came to church, and found the priest hurt, and wounded in the head, hand, and arm, by the said Flower, and the people in great heaviness by reason thereof. Also the people did report, as this examinant saith, that Flower did the deed, as the priest had the chalice in his hand, administering the sacrament to the people.