Six Martyrs of the Scottish Reformation (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Six Martyrs of the Scottish Reformation According to Frith, the English Reformer, he entered the priesthood before the canon ical age Of twenty-five, but such was his hatred of monkish hypocrisy that, on the testimony of Alesius, he refused to assume the monkish habit. Though Abbot of F erne, he never went into residence with the monks Of his own abbey. Nor would this be likely to create surprise or Suspicion, as it was no unusual thing even for laymen to be ap pointed to the charge Of religious houses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.