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A28159 Brachy-martyrologia, or, A breviary of all the greatest persecutions which have befallen the saints and people of God from the creation to our present times paraphras'd by Nicholas Billingsly ... Billingsley, Nicholas, 1633-1709. 1657 (1657) Wing B2910; ESTC R18441 104,705 230

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rage_n foment_v by_o the_o fuel_n of_o misinforming_a sinister_a suggestion_n prove_v tyrannous_a his_o nephew_n life_n he_o question_n and_o question_v abrept_n then_o he_o begin_v to_o stir_v up_o the_o nine_o persecution_n but_o thus_o it_o happen_v while_o he_o go_v about_o to_o seal_v the_o edict_n that_o be_v issue_v out_o there_o do_v a_o thunderbolt_n so_o near_o he_o fall_v that_o he_o be_v kill_v it_o be_v the_o consent_n of_o all_o the_o emperor_n strike_v with_o such_o astonishment_n give_v over_o his_o tyrannical_a intent_n he_o after_o six_o year_n reign_n be_v murder_v and_o the_o church_n forty_o four_o year_n flourish_v under_o a_o various_a emperor_n o_o what_o peace_n do_v crown_v the_o christian_n brow_n what_o large_a increase_n of_o honour_n do_v betide_v they_o they_o resort_v unto_o the_o court_n who_o late_o be_v a_o sport_n t'insult_v foe_n and_o they_o that_o be_v a_o prey_n be_v praise_v and_o prize_v who_o now_o more_o great_a than_o they_o while_o thus_o 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