. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. probably imagined. More horrors were to be enacted, more rivers of blood toflow, other cities to be ruined, before the tide should turn again toward liberty. Naarden was a small town on the south coast of the Zuyder Zee. Its sur-render was demanded on November 22d, by a company of horse. The citizensrefused, and a single gun was fired, without authority, by a half-witted burghers sent to Sonoy for aid, but none was to be had. Being in no condi-tion to defend th
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. probably imagined. More horrors were to be enacted, more rivers of blood toflow, other cities to be ruined, before the tide should turn again toward liberty. Naarden was a small town on the south coast of the Zuyder Zee. Its sur-render was demanded on November 22d, by a company of horse. The citizensrefused, and a single gun was fired, without authority, by a half-witted burghers sent to Sonoy for aid, but none was to be had. Being in no condi-tion to defend the place, they sent deputies to treat with Don Frederic, but hewould not receive them, and they were told to return with the army. The burg-omaster escaped by the way ; his companion went on, and entertained Romeroand his officers at dinner, after receiving a promise that neither life nor prop-erty should be injured. The keys had been given up on that condition; butthroughout these one-sided wars the Spaniards seemed anxious to make a repu-tation for treachery no less devilish than their cruelty. Five hundred citizens. ww N x -e> 5 N f-H -I H Sgf HW 53S THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 539 were assembled in a church : the soldiers were suddenly let loose upon them,and the building fired. The massacre extended throughout the town. Thebutchers tortured their unresisting victims with sword and lance, opened theirveins, and literally drank their blood. A rich and prominent man had his feetroasted till he paid a large ransom for his life, and then was hanged by specialorder of Don Frederic. Some who escaped from the town were chased into thefields, stripped, and hung by the feet to freeze. the houses were burned,and what remained, with the walls, were soon after pulled down. Alva, with hisusual blasphemy, wrote to the king that it was by Gods appointment that thesepeople were foolish enough to attempt the defense of a place that was not defen-sible ; and Mendoza, the Sp
Size: 1352px × 1849px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectchurchhistory, bookye
