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Title: Christian heroes and martyrs
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: (Foster, William A.) (from old catalog)
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fore, and showed the sacrament to the man at the stake. Andwhen they asked of him whether he believed in it, he answered that heknew well it was hallowed bread, but not Gods body. Then the tun was put over him, and fire put unto him. And whenhe felt the fire, he cried, Mercy! (calling upon the Lord). Then theprince hearing his ciy, immediately commanded them to take away thetun, and quench the fire. He then asked the prisoner if he would for-sake heresy, and take the faith of Rome, which if he would do, heshould have goods enough, promising him also a yearly pension outof the kings treasury. But this valiant champion remained deaf toall the promises of the prince, being more possessed by the Spirit ofGod than by any earthly desire. Therefore, as the prisoner continued unchanged in his mind, theprince commanded him straight to be put back again into the tun,and told him that he need not look for any further mercy or favor. But as he could be allured by no rewards, neither was he in any
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THE PRINCE OP WALES TRIES TO SAVE BADBY PROM THE FIRE 330 THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. terror of their torments, but as a valiant soldier of Christ, continuedsteadfast until life had gone from him, standing quietly in the midstof the fierce flames they had kindled. Dreadful End of Sir John Oldcastle. After the death of king Henry IV. the troubled condition of Eng-land appeared so alarming to his son and successor, Henry V., that anew royal mandate was issued against the Lollards. In the formerreign, their leader, the earl of Salisbury, had been killed while head-ing a revolt, and the leadership had been transferred to one of theforemost warriors of the time, Sir John Oldcastle, who threw openhis castle of Cawley to the Lollards, as their headquarters, shelteredtheir preachers, and defied the prohibitions of the bishops. Oldcastle was besieged in his stronghold by the kings forces,which took the place, and carried its commander a prisoner to theTower of London; but he soon escaped fro

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