A short compend of the historie of the first ten persecutions moued against Christians divided into III. centuries. Whereunto are added in the end of euery centurie treatises arising vpon occasion offered in the historie, clearely declaring the noveltie of popish religion, and that it neither flowed from the mouthes of Christs holy Apostles, neither was it confirmed by the blood of the holy martyrs who died in these ten persecutions.

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Dedication signed: P. Symson. Vol. 1, unpaginated, has signatures: A-P Q² . In some copies the volume has an errata slip. Vol. 2 (centuries 4-6) has title "A short compend, of the Arrian and Eutychian persecutions"; imprint is dated 1615. Centuries 5 and 6 each have separate pagination and register. Vol. 3 (centuries 7-9) has title "A short compend, of the grouth of the Romane Antichrist"; imprint is dated 1616. With a final errata leaf. Reproductions of the originals in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery and the Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.). Library. Vol. 1 is Huntington copy; vols. 2-3 are Union Theological Seminary copies. Lacking errata leaf. Some faded print and show-through; some pages stained.