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All day long are we counted as sheep for the slaughter, Psal. 44 - how long Lord, holy and true? Apocal. Cap. 6, verse 10

All day long are we counted as sheep for the slaughter, Psal. 44 - how long Lord, holy and true? Apocal. Cap. 6, verse 10

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Print shows the Pope seated on throne slaying sheep being held by a monk, dead sheep at his feet, while two men burn at the stake in the background; with biblical verse above and below image.

Illus. in: An abridgement of the booke of Acts and monvments of the chvrch / John Foxe. London : Imprinted by I. Windet, at the assignment of Master T. Bright, 1589, title page.
Reference copy in LOT 4966.

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1850 - 1950
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Foxe, John, 1516-1587.
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