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Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library
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England
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England--Exeter
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Executions and executioners
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History
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Martyrdom
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1550-1560
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Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "The patient Martyrdome of a poore woman at Exeter, being one Prests wife." A woman, identified as Prest’s wife (“God be Mercifull [Merciful] to me a Sinner”) stands fully clothed and chained to the stake. She has her arms raised as if she is gesturing while speaking to the crowd that surrounds... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An elderly woman, whom Foxe identifies as "Prest's wife," burns at the stake. She gazes upward and extends her hands outward in prayer. The martyrdom occurs near Exeter. This woodcut appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth (1583) editions. Luborsky and Ingram 11223/103. JPEG file (...