Excerpt from Martyrologia, or Records of Religious Persecution, Vol. 3: Being a New and Comprehensive Book of Martyrs, of Ancient and Modern Times; Compiled Partly From the Acts and Monuments of John Foxe, and Partly From Genuine and Authentic Documents, Printed and in Manuscript Vigorous, and the interpositions of Divine Providence in behalf of this immortal cause more signal. The blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church. And this is providential succession. Let us endea vour to trace its continuity from the Lollards to the Protestants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.