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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 › An Account of WILLIAM ALLEN, Martyr.
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An Account of WILLIAM ALLEN, Martyr.
NOW after the suffering of Robert Samuel, about the beginning of September, William Allen was burnt in Walsingham, a labouring […], sometime servant to John Houghton, of […] He being brought to the bishop, and asked the […] why he was imprisoned, answered, That he was put in prison because he would not follow the […] saying, that he would never go in procession.
NOW after the suffering of Robert Samuel, about the beginning of September, William Allen was burnt in Wa•singham, a labouring 〈…〉, sometime servant to John Houghton, of 〈…〉 He being brought to the bishop, and asked the 〈…〉 why he was imprisoned, answered, That he was put in prison because he would not follow the 〈…〉 saying, that he would never go in procession.
THEN being willed by the bishop to return again to the catholic church; he answered, That he would turn to the catholic church, but not to the Romish church: and said, That if he saw the king and queen, and all others follow the cross, or […] down to the cross, he would not. For which, sentence of condemnation was given against him the 12th of August, to be burnt at Walsingham about the beginning of Sept. who declared such constancy at his martyrdom, and had such credit with the justices, by reason of his well tried conversation among them, that he was suffered to go untied […] his suffering, and there being fastened with a […], stood quietly without shrinking until he died.