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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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NOW about the 28th day of June I came to Mr. Commissary to let him know of my return, and offered myself to satisfy the law, if it were proceeded against me, before Mr. Cocks of Surrey, and Marks the apparitor; but Mr. Commissary gently said, that he had done nothing against me; and so appointed me to appear before him the Friday seven night after. In the mean time a sessions was held at Crambroke, where I was bound to appear; and carrying surety with me to be bound again, for I expected no other, did appear the third day of July.
NOW about the 28th day of June I came to Mr. Commissary to let him know of my return, and offered myself to satisfy the law, if it were proceeded against me, before Mr. Cocks of Surry, and Marks the apparitor; but Mr. Commissary gently said, that he had done nothing against me; and so appointed me to appear before him the Friday seven night after. In the mean time a sessions was held at Crambroke, where I was bound to appear; and carrying surety with me to be bound again, for I expected no other, did appear the third day of July.
THEN said Sir John Baker, Bland, we hear that you are a Scot; where was you born and brought up? I said, I was born in England. And he said, Where? I replied, in Sedber, and brought up by one Dr. Lupton, provost of Eaton college. Well, said he, I know him well. Remain to your bond till afternoon.
THEN said Sir John Baker, Bland, we hear that you are a Scot; where was you born and brought up? I said, I was born in England. And he said, Where? I replied, in Sedber, and brought up by one Dr. Lupton, proyost of Eaton college. Well, said he, I know him well. Remain to your bond till afternoon.
THEN said sir Thomas Moil, Ah Bland, thou art a stiff-necked fellow. Thou wilt not obey the law, nor answer when thou art called. Then said sir John Baker, Mr. Sheriff take him to your ward: and the bailiff set me in the stocks, with others, and would not hear me speak one word; and so we remained in the gaol or Maidstone, till a fortnight before Michaelmas, or thereabouts: and then we were carried to Rochester, to the assize held there, where we were two days among the prisoners: and when we were called, and the judges asked our causes, when my cause was rehearsed, Mr. Barrow, clerk of the peace, said, that I was an excommunicate person.