...mother. At last, on the third day, when the bloodstained procession was ended, they halted with Leclerc at the usual place of execution. The hangman prepared the fire, heated the iron that was to stamp its burning mark on the evangelist, and, approaching him, branded him on the forehead...

...mother. At last, on the third day, when the blood-stained procession was ended, they halted with Leclerc at the usual place of execution. The hangman prepared the fire, heated the iron that was to stamp its burning mark on the evangelist, and approaching him, branded him on the forehead...

...on the third day," says one, "when the blood-stained procession was ended, they halted with Leclerc at the usual place of execution. The hangman prepared the fire, heated the iron that was to stamp its burning mark on the evangelist, and approaching him, branded him on the forehead...

...tender compassion. One woman lent him her eyes and her voice ; the sufferer took courage ; she was Ms mother. At last, on the third day, when the scourgings...shouted, with a voice that made the persecutors tremble, "Grlory to Jesus Christ, and to his witnesses!" Such boldness, at such a moment, was a crime worthy...