 Elizabeth ; for they did live in some hope that after the old woman's life, they might have some mitigation, and even those who did then persecute them were a little more moderate, as being doubtful what times might succeed, and fearing their own case....  Guy Fawkes; or, The gunpowder treason - Page 13by William Harrison Ainsworth - 1841 - 524 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Godfrey Goodman - Great Britain - 1839 - 452 pages
...themselves that now their case was far worse than it was in the time of Queen Elizabeth ; for then they did live in some hope that after the old woman's...kingdom their own lives were not secured, and for the coming over of a priest into England it was no less than high treason. A gentlewoman was hanged only... | |
 | George Gresley Perry - 1861 - 698 pages
...it. They were at any rate not unprovoked. Hear Bishop Goodman, a contemporary Protestant bishop : " Now, that they saw the times settled, having no hope...by the laws of the kingdom their own lives were not sacred, and for the coming over of a priest into England it was no less than high treason. A gentlewoman... | |
 | Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society - Warwickshire (England) - 1889 - 348 pages
...Diocese of Worcester. t Hallam 's Constitutional History; vol. i., p. 222. lid. 1832. " mitigation. * * * But now that they saw the times settled having no...the law should be "executed, they became desperate. * * * They did further consider "their misery; how they were debarred in any course of life to help... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1909 - 288 pages
...that they saw the times settled, having no hope of better days, but expecting that the uttermost rigor of the law should be executed, they became desperate...treason. A gentlewoman was hanged only for relieving and harboring a priest ; a citizen was hanged only for being reconciled to the Church of Rome ; besides,... | |
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