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Popery in the ascendant. Sufferings of the English Protestant martyrs
Popery in the ascendant Sufferings of the English Protestant martyrs Author:Thomas Smith Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: JOHN HARPOLE and JOAN BEACH suffered about this time, having been condemned by Maurice Bishop of Rochester. The Rev. JOHN HOLLIER, of King's College Cambridge... more », was burned on the 2nd of April, condemned by Thirlby Bishop of Ely. Six persons were also burned at Colchester on the 28th of the same month. Their names were, CHRISTOPHER LYSTER, husbandman ; JOHN MACE, apothecary; JOHN SPENCER, weaver ; SIMON JOYNE, sawyer; RICHARD NICHOLS, weaver; JOHN HAMMOND, tanner, the last five, inhabitants of'Colchester. Even the lame, the blind and the imbecile could not escape the sanguinary proscription, we find one JOHN LAVEROCK, a cripple 68 years of age, and JOHN APPRICE, a blind man, burned at Stratford-le-bow, May 15th, they were condemned by Bonner one day after dinner at Fulham. When Bonner, with his wonted brutality, turned to the poor blind Apprice, demanding what he had to say, the martyr made the following excellent reply—" Your popish doctrine is so agreeable with the world, that it cannot be agreeable with the scripture of God. And you are not of the catholic church for you mahe laws to kill men, and mahe the Queen your executioner." When Laverock was secured to the stake, he threw away his crutch, and addressing his fellow martyr, said, " Be of good cheer, brother, for my Lord of London is our good physician, he will heal us both shortly, thee of thy blindness and me of my lameness." On the next day, at Smithfield, were burned CATHERINEHUT, ELIZABETH THACKVEL and JOAN HORNS, all natives of Essex, MARGARET ELLIS a young maiden, was to have suffered with them, but she died in Newgate a few nights before. On the 5th of May, a poor blind youth named THOMAS DROWRY, together with one THOMAS CROKER a bricklayer, were burned at Gloucester, condemned by Dr. Williams, Chancellor...« less