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Identifier: christianheroesm00fost (find matches)
Title: Christian heroes and martyrs
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: (Foster, William A.) (from old catalog)
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ions, killing every one they met. Fromthe streets they rushed into the houses; they broke open the doors,and spared neither age, sex, nor condition. A white cross had beenput in the hats of the armed ruffians to distinguish them. Even somepriests took part in the bloody work; and going ahead of the mur-derers urged them, in Gods name, to spare none. When daylight appeared, Paris presented a most appalling scene ofslaughter. Headless bodies were hanging from the windows; gate-ways were blocked up with the dead and dying; and whole streetswere filled with mutilated corpses. Even the palace of the Louvrewas the scene of great carnage: the guards were drawn up aroundit, and the unfortunate Huguenots in the palace were called out,one after another, and killed with the soldiers halberts. Most ofthem died without complaining, or even speaking; but some appealedto the public faith and the sacred promises of the king, Great God !said they, defend the oppressed. Just Judge! avenge this cruelty.
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MASSACRE OF HUGUENOTS AT PARIS ON THE EVE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW. 292 THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. Even the king of Navarres servants, who lived in the palace, werekilled as they lay sleeping in bed with their wives. The duke of Guise and his companions, Tavannes, Montpensier,and Angouleme, rode through the streets, encouraging the murderers.Guise told them that it was the kings command to kill the very lastone of the heretics, and to crush the race of vipers. Tavannes fero-ciously exclaimed, Bleed! bleed! The doctors tell us that bleeding isas beneficial in August as in May. These fierce words were not lostupon the infuriated soldiers, and the different companies rivalled eachother in atrocity. One Cruce, a goldsmith, boasted of having killedone hundred persons with his own hands. The massacre lasted during the whole week, but after the third dayits fury was considerably abated; in fact, on Tuesday a proclamationwas issued for putting an end to it, but no measures were taken forenforcin

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