Book of martyrs, or, A history of the lives, sufferings, and triumphant deaths of the primitive as well as Protestant martyrs : from the commencement of Christianity, to the latest periods of pagan and popish persecution : to which is added, an account of the Inquisition, the Bartholomew massacre, in France, the general persecution under Louis XIV, the massacre in the Irish rebellion .. 1641, and the recent persecutions of the Protestants in the south of France ... . Henry IV. waiting for admission to Pope Gregory. Page Pope Alexander treading on the neck of the Emperor Frederick. Page 1
Book of martyrs, or, A history of the lives, sufferings, and triumphant deaths of the primitive as well as Protestant martyrs : from the commencement of Christianity, to the latest periods of pagan and popish persecution : to which is added, an account of the Inquisition, the Bartholomew massacre, in France, the general persecution under Louis XIV, the massacre in the Irish rebellion .. 1641, and the recent persecutions of the Protestants in the south of France ... . Henry IV. waiting for admission to Pope Gregory. Page Pope Alexander treading on the neck of the Emperor Frederick. Page 189. Ii 1 1 IH 1 IBfflSfl m ?B 1 IF m PM 1 n liiiiiiii iII wj»OR5N.*^r^i s^zsfi ii4^|f^^^^^ III ||5 3uL^|||lu*pfegF^iVn<w//|||ni jW 11)1)3 IB?n5b9 IBB FirfSi™W!Ts ^^ ™ ^*s. ^^ Cursing a, Heretic. Page 253. PERSECUTIONS IjN SCOTLAND. 277 kissed him, saying, Lo, here is a token that I forgive thee; myheart, do thine office. He was then fastened to the stake, and the faggots being lighted,immediately set fire to the powder that was tied about him, and whichblew into a flame and smoke. The governor of the castle, who stood so near that he was singedwith the flame, exhorted our martyr, in a few words, to be of goodcheer, and to ask pardon of God for his offences. To which he replied, This flame occasions trouble to my body, indeed, but it hathin no wise broken my spirit. But he who now so proudly looks aovvnupon me from yonder lofty place, pointing to the cardinal, shall,ere long, be as ignominiously thrown down
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