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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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Volume 1 › Book 2 › Chapter 11 › The last Examination of Mr. SMITH.
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Smith. My lord mayor, will it please you to hear me recite it as • he•rd it, and •old it, and then you shall hear the truth? For this tale that my lord hath told is untrue.
Bonner. How say you, good Mr. Mordant, spake he not this here as it is written? Were you not by?
Bonner. How say you, good Mr. Mordaunt, spake he not this here as it is written? Were you not by?
Mordant. Yes, my lord, that it is: I heard him say it.
Mordaunt. Yes, my lord, that it is: I heard him say it.
Smith. How heard you me say it, and were not present when I spake it? It is manifestly proved what the prophet saith: "Even as the king saith, so saith the judge, that he may do him a pleas again." And then my jailer was brought out for proof thereof, who there openly professed that neither Mr. Mordant, nor the doctors before-mentioned, were present when I spake it. AT which Mr. Mordant, with blushing cheeks, said, he heard them read, and heard me affirm the same; which also was not true. Then my lord proceeded with the rest of my articles, demanding of me if I said not as was written. To which I answered, […] And turning to my lord mayor, I said, I require you, my lord mayor, in God's behalf, unto whom pertaineth your sword and justice, that I may here before your presence answer to these objections that are laid against me, and have probation of the same and if any thing that I have said, or will say, be proved (as my lord saith) heresy, I shall not only with all my heart forsake the same, and cleave to the truth, but also recant wheresoever you shall assign me, and all this audience shall be witness to the same.