The history of Christianity : consisting of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth : the adventures of Paul and the apostles and the most interesting events in the progress of Christianity from the earliest period to the present time . rendered himself to the will of hisMaker. The u-ssassins burst into the room. They saw avenerable man in his night-robe, with bandaged wounds, en-gaged in his devotions. Art thou the admiral ? demanded one with brandishedBword. I am, replied Coligni; and thou, young man, shouldstrespect my gray hairs. Nevertheless, thou canst abridge mylife but a little. Th
The history of Christianity : consisting of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth : the adventures of Paul and the apostles and the most interesting events in the progress of Christianity from the earliest period to the present time . rendered himself to the will of hisMaker. The u-ssassins burst into the room. They saw avenerable man in his night-robe, with bandaged wounds, en-gaged in his devotions. Art thou the admiral ? demanded one with brandishedBword. I am, replied Coligni; and thou, young man, shouldstrespect my gray hairs. Nevertheless, thou canst abridge mylife but a little. The wretch plunged his sword into the bosom of Coligni,and then, withdrawing it dripping with blood, cut him admiral fell, calmly saying, — If I could but die by the hand of a gentleman, instewlof by the hands of such a knave as this ! The rest of the assassins immediately feU upon him, eachemulous to bury his dagger in the bosom of his victim. TheDuke of Guise, ashamed to encounter the eye of the nobleColigni, whom he had often met in friendly intercourse, re-mained impatiently in the courtyard below. Breme! he shouted to one of his followers, looking up tothe window, have you done it? Yes, Breme replied : he is done THE MURDERERS WERE NOW RUSHING UP THE STAIRS. THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW 459 Let us see, though, replied the duke : throw him outpf the window ! The mangled corpse fell heavily upon the duke wiped the blood from the lifeless face, and, carefullyscrutinzing the features, said, Yes : I recognize the , giving the pallid face a kick, he exclaimed, Courage,comrades! we have happily begun. Let us now go fciothers. The tiger, having once lapped his tongue in blood, eemsto be imbued with a new spirit of ferocity. There is iu mana similar temper: the frenzied multitude became drunk withblood. The houses of the Protestants were marked. Theassassins burst open the doors, and rushed through all apart-ments, murdering indiscrimina
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