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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 › Chapter 3 › An Account of the PERSECUTIONS of the WALDENSES, in FRANCE.
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THE president then sent a detachment of his troops to ravage the town of Costa, which design was accomplished with the greatest barbarity, and cruelties were exercised, shocking both to modesty and nature.
AT length, the judgment of God overtook this monster of cruelty, the president; for he was, at once, afflicted with a dreadful bloody flux, and a painful stranguary. In this extremity he sent for a […] from Arles, who, on examining his disorders, told him they were of a singular nature, and much worse than he had ever seen them on any other person. He then took an occasion to reprehend him for his cruelties, and told him, that unless he repented, he might expect that the hand of heaven would fall still heavier upon him. On hearing these words, the president flew into a violent passion, and ordered his attendants to seize upon the surgeon as an heretic.
AT length, the judgment of God overtook this monster of cruelty, the president; for he was, at once, afflicted with a dreadful bloody flux, and a painful stranguary. In this extremity he sent for a 〈…〉 from Arles, who, on examining his disorders, told him they were of a singular nature, and much worse than he had ever seen them on any other person. He then took an occasion to reprehend him for his cruelties, and told him, that unless he repented, he might expect that the hand of heaven would fall still heavier upon him. On hearing these words, the president flew into a violent passion, and ordered his attendants to seize upon the surgeon as an heretic.
THE surgeon was seized, but found means to escape, and soon after the president's disorder increased to a most terrible degree. As he before found some little ease from the surgeon, he again sent to him, for he had been informed of the place of his retirement▪ His message was accompanied with an apology for his former behaviour, and a promise of personal security. The surgeon forgiving what was past, went to him, but too late to be of any service; for he found the president raving like a madman, and crying out, that he had a fire within him. After storming and blaspheming for some time, he expired in the most dreadful agonies; and his body, in a few hours, became so offensive, that hardly any one could endure the stench.