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.

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view 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.

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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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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John Fox's (1527-1597) Book of Martyrs was originally published in the 16th century, it being the classic history of the lives, sufferings, and deaths of the Early Christian martyrs. After the bible itself, no book so profoundly influenced early Protestant sentiment as the Book of Martyrs

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[London] (Paternoster Row) : Published for H. Trapp

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 27 x 17 cm

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Engraved for Fox's Book of Martyrs. G. Terry sculp. Lettering continues within the print

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Wellcome Collection 43161i

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