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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 Albigenses.
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THE inhabitants refusing to yield upon […] terms, a general assault was given, and the […] taken by storm; when it is impossible for the […] to paint a more horrid scene than […] ensued. Every cruelty that barbarous […] could devise was practised; nothing was to be […] but the groans of men who lay weltering in […] blood; the lamentations of mothers who […] doubly wounded, wounded in the body by […] spears of the soldiers, and to the soul, by havi•• their children taken from them, and dashed […] pieces before their faces. The plaints of […] maidens and ravished matrons, the cries of helpless infants, and the execrations of the barbarians who committed these cruelties, added to the sounds of horror. The city being fired in various parts, […] scenes of confusion arose; in several places […] streets were streaming with blood; here […] buildings appeared in clouds of smoke, and […] large ranges of houses were seen in flames. […] who hid themselves in the recesses of their […], had only the dreadful alternative to […] and perish in the flames, or rush out and fall by […] swords of the soldiers. The bloody legate, […] these infernal proceedings, seemed to enjoy the […], and even cried out to the troops, […] them, kill them all, kill man, woman, and […] kill Roman catholics as well as Albigenses, […] when they are dead the Lord knows how to […] ⟨p. 107⟩out his own." Thus the beautiful city of Beziers was reduced to a heap of ruins; and 60,000 persons of different ages, and both sexes, were murdered upon the occasion.
THE inhabitants refusing to yield upon 〈…〉 terms, a general assault was given, and the 〈…〉 taken by storm; when it is impossible for the 〈…〉 to paint a more horrid scene than 〈…〉 ensued. Every cruelty that barbarous 〈…〉 could devise was practised; nothing was to be 〈…〉 but the groans of men who lay weltering in 〈…〉 blood; the lamentations of mothers who 〈…〉 doubly wounded, wounded in the body by 〈…〉 spears of the soldiers, and to the soul, by havi their children taken from them, and dashed pieces before their faces. The plaints of maidens and ravished matrons, the cries of helples infants, and the execrations of the barbarians who committed these cruelties, added to the sounds of horror. The city being fired in various parts, scenes of confusion arose; in several places streets were streaming with blood; here buildings appeared in clouds of smoke, and large ranges of houses were seen in flames. who hid themselves in the recesses of their , had only the dreadful alternative to and perish in the flames, or rush out and fall by swords of the soldiers. The bloody legate, these infernal proceedings, seemed to enjoy the , and even cried out to the troops, them, kill them all, kill man, woman, and kill Roman catholics as well as Albigenses, when they are dead the Lord knows how to