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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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Hawks. Then I would be glad to learn.
Haukes. Then I would be glad to learn.
Bonner. Marry, we will teach you; but you are so stubborn you will not learn.
Hawks. Except you teach me by the word of God, I will never credit you, nor believe you: and thus we concluded. Then the bishop and his chaplains laughed and said; Jesus, Jesus, what a stubbornness and arrogantness is this? and this was in his chamber where he lay. Then said the bishop to me, Go you down and drink, for it is fasting day; it is midsummer eve, but I think you love neither fasting nor praying,
Haukes. Except you teach me by the word of God, I will never credit you, nor believe you: and thus we concluded. Then the bishop and his chaplains laughed and said; Jesu, Jesu, what a stubbornness and arrogantness is this? and this was in his chamber where he lay. Then said the bishop to me, Go you down and drink, for it is fasting day; it is midsummer eve, but I think you love neither fasting nor praying,