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An abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie haue not the vse of so necessary an history

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Main Author:	Foxe, John, 1516-1587
Other Authors:	Bright, Timothie, 1550-1615
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Imprinted at London : By I. Windet, at the assignment of Master Tim Bright, and are to be sold at Pauls wharf, at the signe of the Crosse-keyes, 1589.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Martyrs > Early works to 1800. Persecution > Early works to 1800. Church history > Early works to 1800.
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