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ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece The Ven. John Mundyn to his cousin Duche, " probably the Ven. Edward Duke, M. , written " the next night before his and bearing attestation Martyrdom," the of Dr. Richard Barrett, VicePresident of the Seminary of Rheims. The original is StonyhurstMS., Anglia, i, 17. Though already printed first by Dr. George Oliver, Collections for Cornwall, & c. , p. 362 , and J. B. Wainewright, Two English Martyrs , C.T.S., its text may be repeated literatim here.
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Cosyn Duche , I am now warnid to prepare against to morrow to go to dye , and yit hope in Jesus Christ to live to for ever, & having almost forgotten you and others my frindes , was like to have passid you in sylence. But I pray you make my humble commendations first and espiciallyto my good Mr, and my onely patrone Mr Hyde , secondly to that good Dr : Mr Farnam the sweetest man in Christendome to live with all, thirdly and so lastly to Mr President , Mr Bayly, Mr. Rainolds , and all other my good frindes , desiering them all most hartely to pray for me, and if I dyd ever offend any of them that they will forgive me , & so comitt you to God, desiering that we may have to geather a ioyfull resurrection , with my harty comendations byddinge you fare well for ever in this worlde Your loving frynd and John Mundyn cosyn. Barrett's hand This letter was wrytten the next night before his martyrdome .
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The Ven. George Haydock. Stonyhurst MS., Anglia, i, 22. Last paragraph and signature The Ven . Robert Morton . Ibid., i, 34 The Ven. Christopher Buxton. Ibid., i, 38. Conclusion and postscript The Ven. Henry Walpole. Ibid., i, 49. The martyr's handwriting while in health and freedom, to be compared with p. 259 The Ven . John Ingram. Ibid. , i, 65. To be compared with his writing after torture, p. 273 . . The Ven. Henry Walpole . R.O. , Dom. Eliz. , ccxlix, 13. Written in the Tower. To be compared with p. 190. The question is whetherthe change of handwriting shows the commencement of torture. See p. 245 The Ven. John Cornelius , S.J. Archives S.J. Conclusion and signature : written with watery ink on stained paper ; slightly enlarged
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The Ven. John Ingram's Epigrams . Stonyhurst , Anglia, vii, 8. Written some time after his torture. Compare with p. 204. The attestation in the margin, " Mr. Ingram's owne hand writinge," is by Father Holtby, S.J. 273 Father Robert Southwell , S.J. Ibid. , vii, 1. This is a draft with corrections , written at the age of twenty, with characteristic scribblings of men's heads in the margin 295