La Bruja, the Witch, Or, A Picture of the Court of Rome: Found Among the Manuscripts of a Respectable Theologian, a Great Friend of that Court

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J. Hatchard, 1840 - 188 من الصفحات
 

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الصفحة 138 - When they come even with the fore-mentioned board, they turn about to the people, and the priests spend near a quarter of an hour in exhorting them to be reconciled to the see of Rome. On their refusing, the priests come down, and the executioner ascending, turns the professed from off the ladder upon the seat, chains their bodies close to the stakes, and leaves them.
الصفحة 138 - And thou, oh! most holy tribunal of the faith, for boundless ages mayest thou be preserved, so as to keep us firm and pure in the same faith, and promote the punishment of the enemies of God. Of thee can I say what the Holy Spirit said of the Church, ' Thou art fair, my love, as the tents of Kedar, as the...
الصفحة 169 - First, Moloch, horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.
الصفحة 147 - That there were such creatures as witches he made no doubt at all; For first, the scriptures had affirmed so much. Secondly the wisdom of all nations had provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime. And such hath been the judgment of this kingdom, as appears by that act of parliament which hath provided punishments proportionable to the quality of the offence.
الصفحة 139 - Pinteyra, were burnt alive, and the other two first strangled. The execution was very cruel. The woman was alive in the flames half an hour, and the man above an hour. The present king and...
الصفحة 138 - Church, part with them, telling them that they leave them to the devil, who Is standing at their elbow to receive their souls, and carry .them with him to the flames of hell. On this a great shout is raised, and the cry is,
الصفحة 136 - Sunday, an act of the faith, which originally meant a sermon concerning the faith preachedon such occasions, would be given at such a particular place, and an indulgence of forty days offered to all who should go to witness the transactions there to be performed : the torments and punishments of heretics. Great crowds of the faithful attended — the monasteries sent forth their tribes — the clergy, from a considerable distance, poured towards the execution — the civil authorities of all classes...
الصفحة 140 - ... six feet higher than the faggots. The wind being a little fresh, the man's hinder parts were perfectly wasted; and as he turned himself, his ribs opened before he left speaking; the fire being recruited as it wasted, to keep him just in the same degree of heat. But all his entreaties could not procure him a larger allowance of wood to shorten his misery and despatch him.
الصفحة 135 - O king ! witness the torments of thy subjects ? Save us from this cruel death ; we do not deserve it." " No," Philip sternly replied, " I would myself carry wood to burn my own son, were he such a wretch as thou.
الصفحة 155 - Ecco che nel colmo più alto delle maggiori speranze (come sono vani e fallaci i pensieri degli uomini), il Pontefice da una vigna appresso a Vaticano, dove era andato a cenare per ricrearsi dai caldi, è repentinamente portato per morto nel palazzo pontificale: e incontamente dietro è portato per morto il figliuolo.

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