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Title: Christian heroes and martyrs
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: (Foster, William A.) (from old catalog)
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r in money or goods, as his father had leftnothing to heretics. Palmer, finding that it was useless to look for aid or shelter there,turned sadly away. He was now homeless and destitute; and did notknow where to get his next meal. At last, despairing of any othermeans of subsistence, he determined to return secretly to Magdalenecollege, depending on the fidelity of a few friends he had left in thathouse. He accordingly went there, and, through the kindness ofone of them, named Allen Cope, a fellow of the college, he obtainedthe promise of a place as master of a school in Gloucestershire. Before going to Gloucestershire Palmer determined to travel quiet-ly to Reading, to try if he could get the salary due him, and at thesame time sell the goods he had left there. But no sooner had hereached Reading, than his old enemies heard of his coming, and senta man named Hampton, who had formerly professed himself a Protes-tant, but who was, in reality, a spy, to find out the cause of his return.
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PALMERS MOTHER TURNS HIM FROM HER DOOR. 5l8 THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. So Hampton, glad to play the traitor, went to see Palmer, who inhis usual open-hearted and unsuspicious manner told him all his plans.His enemies were at once informed; they caused his arrest that verynight, and he was taken to prison, where he remained ten days in thecustody of a brutal jailer. Palmer was then brought before the mayor of Reading for a hearing.In the course of his examination they extorted from him an acknow-ledgement of his faith, and proceeded against him for heresy. Chargeswere drawn up, and sent to Dr. Jeffrey at Newbery, who was to holdhis court there on the Thursday following. The next day Palmer wastaken to Newbery, together with one Thomas Askine, who also hadbeen in prison for some time on account of his religion. Immediatelyon their arrival they were put in the Blind-house prison, where theyfound one John Gwin, who was also confined there for being of thereformed faith. When Palmer was

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