DEDICATION

THIS ACCOUNT OF

MARTYRS FOR THE TRUTH OF THE HOLY 
RELIGION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

IS

Dedicated to the Memory

OF

FRANCIS EGERTON EARL OF ELLESMERE

K.G.

IN PIOUS RECOGNITION OF MUCH AND LONG-CONTINUED KINDNESS AND
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE PRIVILEGE OF ENJOYING THE
FRIENDSHIP OF ONE WHO SO EMINENTLY ADORNED THE HIGH
STATION TO WHICH HE WAS BORN BY HIS OWN PERSONAL
VIRTUES AND ADDED REAL DIGNITY TO THE RANK
WHICH HE INHERITED BY THE ACQUIREMENTS
OF A SCHOLAR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF A GENTLEMAN AND THE
GRACES OF A CHRISTIAN.