History
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
John Foxe, edited by William Byron Forbush · 1563 (this abridged edition 1926)
The sufferings of Christians from the apostles to the Reformation and after, in the abridged American edition.
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Contents
Chapter 2. The Ten Primitive Persecutions7 pages
- The First Persecution under Nero, A. D. 67
- The Second Persecution, under Domitian, A. D. 81
- The Third Persecution, under Trajan, A. D. 108
- The fourth persecution, under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, A. D. 162
- The Fifth Persecution, commencing with Severus, A. D. 192
- The Seventh Persecution, under Decius A. D. 249
- The Ninth Persecution under Aurelian, A. D. 274
Chapter 5. An Account of the Inquisition8 pages
- Introduction
- An account of the cruel Handling and Burning of Nicholas Burton, an English Merchant, in Spain
- Some private Enormities of the inquisition laid open, by a very singular occurrence
- The Persecution of Dr. AEgidio
- The Persecution of Dr. Constantine
- The Life of William Gardiner
- An account of the Life and Sufferings of Mr. William Lithgow, a native of Scotland
- Croly on the Inquisition
Chapter 6. An Account of the Persecution in Italy, Under the Papacy11 pages
- Introduction
- An account of the Persecutions of Calabria
- Account of the Persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont
- An account of the Persecutions in Venice
- An account of several remarkable individuals, who were martyred in different parts of Italy, on account of their religion
- An Account of the Persecutions in the Marquisate of Saluces
- An Account of the Persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont, in the Seventeenth Century
- Further Persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont, in the seventeenth Century
- A Narrative of the Piedmontese War
- To the obstinate Heretics inhabiting Roras
- An Account of the Persecutions of Michael de Molinos, a Native of Spain
Chapter 7. An Account of the Persecutions in Bohemia Under the Papacy4 pages
Chapter 13. Persecutions in England During the Reign of Queen Mary47 pages
- Introduction
- The words and behaviour of the lady Jane upon the Scaffold
- John Rogers, Vicar of St. Sepulchre's, and Reader of St. Paul's, London
- The Rev. Mr. Lawrence Saunders
- The history, imprisonment, and examinations, of Mr. John Hooper, Bishop of Worcester and Gloucester
- The life and conduct of Dr. Rowland Taylor of Hadley
- Martyrdom of Tomkins, Pygot, Knight, Lawrence, Hunter, and Higbed
- Dr. Robert Farrar
- Rawlins White
- The Rev. Mr. George Marsh
- Mr. William Flower
- The Rev. John Cardmaker and John Warne
- Thomas Haukes, Thomas Watts, Thomas Osmond, William Bamford, and Nicholas Chamberlain
- Rev. John Bradford, and John Leaf an apprentice
- Dirick Carver and John Launder
- W. Coker, W. Hooper, H. Laurence, R. Colliar, R. Wright and W. Stere
- The Rev. Robert Samuel
- Bishop Ridley and Bishop Latimer
- Mr. John Philpot
- John Lomas, Agnes Snoth, Anne Wright, Joan Sole, and Joan Catmer
- Archbishop Cranmer
- Hugh Laverick and John Aprice
- Preservation of George Crow and his Testament
- Rev. Julius Palmer
- Joan Waste
- Persecutions in the Diocess of Canterbury
- Executions in Kent
- Execution of ten martyrs at Lewes
- Simon Miller and Elizabeth Cooper,
- Executions at Colchester
- Mrs. Joyce Lewes
- Executions at Islington
- Mrs. Cicely Ormes
- Rev. John Rough
- Cuthbert Symson
- Thomas Hudson, Thomas Carman, and William Seamen,
- Apprehensions at Islington
- Flagellations by Bonner
- Rev. Richard Yeoman
- Thomas Benbridge
- Mrs. Prest
- Richard Sharpe, Thomas Banion, and Thomas Hale
- J. Corneford, of Wortham; C. Browne, of Maidstone; J. Herst, of Ashford; Alice Snoth, and Catharine Knight, an aged woman
- William Fetty scourged to death
- Deliverance of Dr. Sands
- Queen Mary's treatment of her sister the Princess Elizabeth
- God's Punishments upon some of the Persecutors of his People in Mary's Reign
Chapter 16. The Rise, Progress, Persecutions, and Sufferings of the Quakers4 pages
Chapter 17. Persecutions of the French Protestants in the South of France, During the Years 1814 And 182018 pages
- Introduction
- The arrival of King Louis XVIII. at Paris
- The History of the Silver Child
- The Catholic arms at Beaucaire
- Massacre and Pillage at Nismes
- Interference of Government against the Protestants
- Letters from Louvois to Marillac
- Royal Decree in favour of the Persecuted
- Petition of the Protestant Refugees
- Monstrous outrage upon Females
- Arrival of the Austrians at Nismes
- Outrages committed in the Villages, &c
- Farther account of the proceedings of the Catholics at Nismes
- Attack upon the Protestant Churches
- Murder of General La Garde
- Interference of the British Government
- Perjury in the case of General Gilly, &c
- Ultimate resolution of the Protestants at Nismes
Chapter 18. Asaad Shidiak23 pages
- Introduction
- Connexion with Mr. King
- Progress of His Opinions
- Visits the Patriarch
- Is forcibly detained
- Escapes and returns to Beyroot
- Introduction
- Beyroot, March 1826
- Interview with several of his Relatives
- Interview with a younger Brother
- Correspondence with his family
- Is visited by his Mother
- Suspects himself to have been poisoned
- Their violence, and the consequent proceedings of Phares Shidiak
- Asaad's letter to his brother Phares
- Conversation of Phares with the Bishop of Beyroot
- Letter from Asaad to Mr. Bird
- His relatives deliver him up to the Patriarch
- Asaad is cruelly treated
- Attempts made to procure his release
- Great difficulties in the way of Asaad's release
- His family attempt his liberation
- Brief history of Asaad Esh Shidiak, from the time of his being betrayed into the hands of the Maronite Patriarch, in the spring of 1826
Chapter 19. Persecutions of the Baptist Missionaries in India, During the Year 18242 pages
Chapter 20. Persecution of the Wesleyan Missionaries in the West Indies3 pages
Chapter 22. Sketches of the Lives of Some of the Most Eminent Reformers8 pages
Chapter 23. Sketch of the French Revolution of 1789, as Connected with the History of Persecution7 pages
John Foxe, Fox’s Book of Martyrs, ed. William Byron Forbush. Public domain. Text from Project Gutenberg (eBook #22400).