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Quotation from Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe

“This unworthy right hand!”

John Foxe (spoken by Thomas Cranmer (as reported))

Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Chapter XIII: Persecutions In England During The Reign Of Queen Mary (Fox's Book of Martyrs, 19th-century American compilation from Foxe's Acts and Monuments and other sources, John C. Winston Co. printing (undated), via Project Gutenberg #22400)

Thomas Cranmer at his burning in 1556, holding in the flames the hand that had signed his recantations.

Citation: "This unworthy right hand!" — John Foxe, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Chapter XIII: Persecutions In England During The Reign Of Queen Mary (Fox's Book of Martyrs, 19th-century American compilation from Foxe's Acts and Monuments and other sources, John C. Winston Co. printing (undated), via Project Gutenberg #22400). (id foxe-book-of-martyrs-q2)

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