A general martyrologie, containing a collection of all the greatest persecutions vvhich have befallen the church of Christ, from the creation, to our present times ; wherein is given an exact account of the Protestants sufferings in Queen Maries reign. Whereunto is added The lives of thirty two English divines, famous in their generations for learning and piety; ... Together, with the lives of Gustavus Ericson, King of Sweden; Jaspar Coligni, Admiral of France ... and Joan Queen of Navarr ... Likewise, of divers other Christians who were eminent for prudence and piety. ... You have also, lively represented, the divers manners of those cruel, horrid, and inhumane sufferings, ... in copper-plates. The third edition, corrected, and enlarged. By Samuel Clarke, late pastor of St. Bennet Fink, London.
1677
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A general martyrologie, containing a collection of all the greatest persecutions vvhich have befallen the church of Christ, from the creation, to our present times ; wherein is given an exact account of the Protestants sufferings in Queen Maries reign. Whereunto is added The lives of thirty two English divines, famous in their generations for learning and piety; ... Together, with the lives of Gustavus Ericson, King of Sweden; Jaspar Coligni, Admiral of France ... and Joan Queen of Navarr ... Likewise, of divers other Christians who were eminent for prudence and piety. ... You have also, lively represented, the divers manners of those cruel, horrid, and inhumane sufferings, ... in copper-plates. The third edition, corrected, and enlarged. By Samuel Clarke, late pastor of St. Bennet Fink, London.
Created/published
London : Printed for William Birch, at the Peacock at the lower-end of Cheap-side, 1677.
Description
[40], 346, [2], 347-544, [2], 483, [5] p., 11 leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682, author.
Note
Title page in red and black.
Frontis. port. = ill.
Imprimatur on verso of title page: Licensed, to be reprinted, July the 30th. 1674. Roger L'Estrange.
"A relation of the distressed state of the church of Christ professing the Protestant religion in .. Lithuania" has separate title page, with imprint "printed by John Redmayne for VVilliam Birch. 1676." on 2T2r.
"A martyrologie, containing a collection of all the persecutions vvhich have befallen the Church of England, ... to the end of Queen Maries reign" has separate dated title page inserted after leaf 2Y1.
"The lives of thirty-two English divines" has separate dated title page, pagination, and register.
"The second part: containing the lives of Gustavus Ericson, ... as also of divers Christians, who were eminent for prudence and piety" has separate title page, dated 1676, on ²2X1r.
Frontis. port. = ill.
Imprimatur on verso of title page: Licensed, to be reprinted, July the 30th. 1674. Roger L'Estrange.
"A relation of the distressed state of the church of Christ professing the Protestant religion in .. Lithuania" has separate title page, with imprint "printed by John Redmayne for VVilliam Birch. 1676." on 2T2r.
"A martyrologie, containing a collection of all the persecutions vvhich have befallen the Church of England, ... to the end of Queen Maries reign" has separate dated title page inserted after leaf 2Y1.
"The lives of thirty-two English divines" has separate dated title page, pagination, and register.
"The second part: containing the lives of Gustavus Ericson, ... as also of divers Christians, who were eminent for prudence and piety" has separate title page, dated 1676, on ²2X1r.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), C4515
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R14425
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R14425
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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C4515 (folio)
Folger-specific note
128025. Imperfect: Part One only, i.e. through "Gods judgments ..." (ends 3Z4v); gatherings b, c, and d1 misbound at end after 3Z4; lacking A4 ("To the reverend, the author ...") and lacking d2 ("The bookseller to the reader ..."). Provenance: manuscript notes and markings on frontis. port., and on front free end-paper: "Bridget Trench her book 1684 Cost: L:01: S:10: d ... My Cosen White dieing left me 20 Shele[n]gs for a ring & Mother Trenches maid died & left me 10s for a ring & not wanting rings boath [bought] this book in memory of them ..."