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 needes many words after the dicuing of ome quetions concerning the Mae, and interceion of Saints, &c. they do condemn him to the fire together with his Hotee Clara being a widow of three core yeares of age, who would not deny that faith whereof he was instructed by her inmate.

2. Being brought to the place of torment, and being comanded to pray to the ign of the cros, lifted up toward the eat, they utterly refued, aying. The law of God permitteth us not to worhip the likenes of any thing either in heaven or earth, we wil worhip the living God of heaven, who alike inhabiteth the South, the Wet, the North, the Eat, turning their backs therefore unto the image, and protrating themelves towards the Wet, with their hands and eyes lifted up unto heaven with great ardencie of pirit they called on Chrit, then tooke leave of their children, and Nicholas with much cheerfulnes acended the heap of wood, & there tood, and did repeat the Articles of the Creed, which when he had finihed, he looked up to heaven, praied, and with a loud voice aid. Lord Jeus Chrit, thou on of the living God who was born of a pure virgin, and didt vouchafevouchsafe [sic] to undergo the hamefull death of the Croe for me a wretched inner, thee alone do I worhip, to thee I recommend my oul, be merciful unto me and forgive me all my ins. Then he repeated this Palm in latine. In thee O Lord have l put my trust. In the mean time the executiones had laid Clara