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  • Public follies and deceptions in England in 1774. Etching by G. Terry, 1774.
  • Above, a cat in a priest's habit is hung on the gallows with priests laughing at the sight; below, a blindfolded man is hung and the rope breaks to release him to the ground. Etching by G. Terry.
  • A procession to St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, and the burning of Protestant books in Cambridge marketplace. Etching by G. Terry.
  • Bishop Hugh Latimer preaching before Edward VI at Westminster. Etching by Terry.
  • Above, the martyrs Cicely Ormes and Margaret Thurston are burnt back to back at the stake in Colchester and the burning at a stake in Islington of the martyrs Ralph Alderton, Margery Austoo and R. Roth; below the burning of the martyr Cicely Ormes in Norwich. Etching by G. Terry.
  • The beheading of the Duke of Suffolk. Engraving by G. Terry.
  • Above, two martyrs, Dirick Carver and Margery Polley are burnt at the stake: below, two martyrs, John Denley and Thomas Iveson are burnt alive at the stake. Etching by G. Terry.
  • Above, martyrs Woodman, Steves, Mainard, Hosman, Wood, Morris, Burges, Ashdon and Groves are burnt together at the stake in Lewes; below, the hand of Rose Allins is held over a flaming torch by Edmund Tyrill. Etching by G. Terry.
  • Public follies and deceptions in England in 1774. Etching by G. Terry, 1774.
  • Above, four martyrs are chained to a post and burnt at the stake in Canterbury; below, a procession of twenty-two prisoners tied together and brought from Colchester to London, presumably for trial. Etching with engraving by G. Terry.