Identify the аuthоr аnd title tо which the fоllowing selection belongs. ALSO, in 2-3 sentences explаin the setting and historical significance of the selection to the whole work: "But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, . . . some were taken and clapped up in prison, others had their houses beset and watched night and day, . . . and the most were fain to fly and leave their houses and habitations, and the means of their livelihood.