What Wesley Left Out

from The Persecution of the Church of God in Ireland — Ireland, 1642, by Samuel Clarke

Every passage below is quoted exactly as scanned from Wesley's own source — long ſ, hyphenation, and OCR errors included, unedited. This passage is confirmed against two independent scans of the source. Read the full source: bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_a-generall-martyrologie-_clarke-samuel-of-grend_1677 on archive.org.

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their Hearts with the ſame 
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In ſome places they ſhewed the like cruelty to the Eng/iſh Beaſts, which they 
Their cruelty would not kill out-right, but uſed to cut collops out of them, delighting to hear 
to the Cattle. their roaring, and ſo the poor Cattel would ſometimes live two or three days in 
that torment. | 
To one Herry Cowel, a gallant Gentleman, they profered his life , if he 
.. would marry oneof their baſe Trulls, .or go to Maſs, but he choſe death ra- 
in. ther than to conſefht to either. Alſo to one Robert Eckiin, a Child about Ele- 
- ven years old, they profered his life if he would go to Maſs, but he refuſed, 
ſaying, That he ſaw nothirig in their Religion F.4 which he would, change his 
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Many of the Proteſtants they buried alive, | ſolacing themſelyes in hear- . 
ing them ſpeak to them, whilſt they were digging down old Ditches-upon 


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