Memoirs of Missionary Priests, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from Memoirs of Missionary Priests, Vol. 1: And Other Catholics of Both Sexes, That Have Suffered Death in England on Religious Accounts, From the Year 1577 to 1684 The following sheets are presented to the reader as a supplement to English history, which appeared to the publisher, by so much the more wanting, by how much the less, the trials and executions of catholics, on religious accounts, have been taken notice of by the generality of English historians: and which, he flattered himself, would not be disagreeable to the lovers of history, of what persuasion soever they might be in matters of religion: for if men of all persuasions read with pleasure the history of the lives and deaths, even of the most notorious malefactors; not that they are delighted with their crimes, but because they there meet with an agreeable scene of stories unknown before; and often discover a surprizing boldness and bravery in their enterprizes; how much more may it be expected, that every generous English soul should be pleased to rind in the following memoirs, so much fortitude and courage, joined with so much meekness, modesty and humility, in the lives and deaths of so many of his countrymen, who have died for no other crime but their conscience. The first and most necessary quality, that ought to recommend history, is truth; and this we can assure our reader, we have been careful to follow to a nicety: and therefore we have given nothing upon hear-says, or popular traditions, but upon the best authorities; either of grave cotemporary writers, informed by such as were upon the spot, or themselves eye-witnesses of what they write; or of records and manuscript memoirs, penned by such as were eye-witnesses, or otherwise perfectly instructed, in the things they deliver; and withal, men, as we had reason to be convinced, of the strictest veracity. And we have always taken care in the beginning of every life, to acquaint the reader from whence we have had our informations, concerning the persons we are treating of. We pretend not to make panegyrics of any of these brave men; but merely to deliver short memoirs of what we found most remarkable in their lives, and particularly in their deaths; and, as we had so many to treat of, we have been sometimes forced to be shorter than could have been wished, and to pass many things over, that we might be able to bring the whole into compass; which has chiefly happened with relation to those whose lives have been published at large, and might singly suffice for a just volume; as those of Father Campion, Father Walpole, c.For as for some others, we have been obliged to be much shorter than we would, for want of proper lights; having been able to find little else of them, than that they died at such a time and place, and for the cause of their religion. We cannot but lament our being left so much in the dark, with regard to several: but shall not pretend to determine whether this has happened by the iniquity of the times, or the negligence of our fore-fathers, in not committing to writing the particulars of those gentlemen´s lives and deaths; or, perhaps, the memoirs then written, have since been lost; as we know some have, at least so far as not to have come as yet to our hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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