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Whereupon the king himself was converted. In those days men thought not their lives dear unto them. Some were transfixed while yet alive; others had their limbs cut off one after another; some were cast to the wild beasts and others burned in the fire. WHEREUPON THE KING HIMSELF WAS CONVERTED IN THOSE DAYS MEN THOUGHT NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR UNTO THEM SOME WERE TRANSFIXED WHILE YET ALIVE OTHERS HAD THEIR LIMBS CUT OFF ONE AFTER ANOTHER SOME WERE CAST TO THE WILD BEASTS AND OTHERS BURNED IN THE FIRE
m "martyr:" I marvel much, he says, that ye call those _martyrs_ that fall in war. Thou hast read, no doubt, in history of the followers of Christ put to death in the persecutions of the kings of Persia and elsewhere. Say, now, which are the more worthy to be called martyrs, these, or thy fellows that fall fighting for the world and the power thereof? How diverse were the barbarities and kinds of death inflicted on the Christian confessors! The more they were slain the more rapidly spread the faith; in place of one sprang up a hundred. On a certain occasion, when a great multitude had been put to death, one at court said to the king, "The number of them increaseth instead of, as thou thinkest, diminishing." "How can that be?" exclaimed the king. "But yesterday," replied the courtier, "thou didst put such and such a one to death, and lo, there were converted double that number; and the people say that a man appeared to the confessors from heaven strengthening them in their last moments. RES THE CHRISTIAN CONFESSOR WITH THE MOSLEM MARTYR I MARVEL MUCH HE SAYS THAT YE CALL THOSE MARTYR THAT FALL IN WAR THOU HAST FREED NO DOUBT IN HISTORY OF THE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST PUT IT IN THE PERSECUTIONS OF THE KINGS OF PERTHSHIA AND ELSEWHERE SAY NOW WHICH ARE THE MORE WORTHY TO BE CALLED MARTYRS THESE OR THY FELLOWS THAT FALL FIGHTING FOR THE WORLD AND THE POWER THEREOF HOW DIVERSE WERE THE BARBARITIES AND KINDS OF DEATH INFLICTED ON THE CHRISTIAN CONFESSORS THE MORE THEY WERE SLAIN THE MORE RAPIDLY SPREAD THE FAITH IN PLACE OF ONE SPRANG UP A HUNDRED ON A CERTAIN OCCASION WHEN A GREAT MULTITUDE HAD BEEN PUT TO DEATH ONE AT COURT SAID TO THE KING THE NUMBER OF THEM INCREASED INSTEAD OF AS THOU THINKEST DIMINISHING HOW CAN THAT BE EXPLAINED THE KING BUT YESTERDAY REPLIED THE COURTIER THOU DIDST PUT SUCH AND SUCH A ONE TO DEATH AND LO THEY WOULD CONVERT A DOUBLE THAT NUMBER AND THE PEOPLE SAY THAT A MAN APPEARED TO THE CONFESSORS FROM HEAVEN STRENGTHENING THEM IN THEIR LAST MOVEMENTS
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