General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . ver the mind of his follow-ers, by his confident promises and predictions,that the multitude retained their expectationsof deliverance, and never admitted the idea ofsurrender. Indeed, any token of an inclinationof this kind was punished with instant death ;and no one used the sword of authority withmore rigour tlian the king of Munster. One ofhis wives having presumed to utter some doubtsconcerning his divine mission
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . ver the mind of his follow-ers, by his confident promises and predictions,that the multitude retained their expectationsof deliverance, and never admitted the idea ofsurrender. Indeed, any token of an inclinationof this kind was punished with instant death ;and no one used the sword of authority withmore rigour tlian the king of Munster. One ofhis wives having presumed to utter some doubtsconcerning his divine mission, he assembledthe whole flock of them, and causing the here-tic to kneel down in the midst, he struck off herhead with his own hands, while the rest dancedin frantic joy round the bleeding corpse of theircompanion. At length all the horrors of famine pressedon the unfortunate people of Munster, whostill refused to capitulate. But a deserter havingpointed out a weak place in the walls, they werescaled by a party, and the rest of the army wasadmitted. The anabaptists defended themselvesin the market-place with desperate valour tillmost of them were killed. Boccold was taken. iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiia^^ B O C ( 201 ) B O C alive; and it was thought proper treatment tocarry him loaded with chains from town totown by way of fpectacle, exposing him to allthe insults of the populace. He bore these in-dignities with an unbroken spirit, and still ad-hered to all the tenets of liis sect. He wasbrought back to Munster, and there put todeath under the most exquisite torments, whichhe endured with astonishing fortitude. Hefinished his extraordinary course when years of age. Robertsons Hist, ofCharles V.—A. BOCCONE, Paul, a considerable benefac-tor to natural history, was born at Palermo, in1633, of a family of distinction, originallyfrom Savona. His taste for natural knowledgein every branch led him to carry his researchesthrough various parts of Europ
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