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Identifier: christianheroesm00fost (find matches)
Title: Christian heroes and martyrs
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: (Foster, William A.) (from old catalog)
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Wherefore I call upon you, in the queens name,to put him in the stocks, and see he be forthcoming at his trial. Well, said Rolfe, I shall see that he be forthcoming; go on withyour company, and be satisfied. But take him to the stocks, insisted Newall. I am constable, said Rolfe, and I can bail him, and will bailhim; he shall not be put in the stocks. I will answer for his beingready at the time of his trial. So Newall went on with his proces-sion, declaring that he would not forget the affair. Then Rolfe said to John Alcock, I am sorry for thee; truly theparson seeks thy life; take heed what thou answerest him when hequestions thee. The young man said, Sir, I am sorry to be a trouble to you; butas for myself, I do not care, for I commit myself into Gods hands, andI trust he will give me wisdom to answer aright. Well said, replied Rolfe; yet beware of Newall, for he is ahard man, and bloody-minded. He also beareth an old grudgeagainst me, and will handle you the worse, because of it.
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RICHARD YEOMAN AND JOHN DALE ON THE WAY TO BURY. 582 THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. I fear him not, said the young man; he shall do no more tome than God will give him leave. When the time came for Alcock to be tried, he was taken beforeNewall, who asked him many questions concerning his belief. Theprisoner answered boldly, and made no attempt to conceal the factthat he was of the reformed faith. I told you, said Newall to those in the court-room, that he wasa stout heretic; take him away. So they took Alcock and put himin prison until the next day, when Newall rode with him to London,and had him committed to Newgate prison as soon as he arrived inthe city. There the young man lay, in one of the darkest dungeonsof the jail, awaiting his final trial and sentence. But he was, after all,destined to escape the fire; for when he had lain in his dungeon amonth, he sickened of the foul air and confinement, and died there. Account of Thomas Benbridge, a Gentleman of Winchester. Being possessed

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