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  • Frontispiece for Fox's Book of Martyrs, showing John Fox in a decorative panel. Engraving.
  • Frontispiece for Fox's Book of Martyrs, showing the martyrdom of Jesus Christ, Saint Andrew, Saint Peter and Saint John. Engraving.
  • 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.
  • Saint John the Evangelist watches an angel giving robes to martyrs. Woodcut.
  • Saints, martyrs, blessed and bishops of the Augustinian order. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
  • Saints, martyrs, blessed and bishops of the Augustinian order. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
  • Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch as plague saints and martyrs. Coloured engraving by J.E. Belling.
  • 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.
  • Saint Mark and Saint Marcellian encouraged by Saint Sebastian to become martyrs. Engraving by C. Ceyer after P. Veronese.
  • Saints, martyrs, Blessed Virgins and Nuns of the Augustinian order, in the centre, Saint Monica. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.

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