Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . this supposedverbal abjuration of his fearlessopponent? Such an exposure wouldcertainly have gone far toward re- The letter if quoted by Ca I. c, p. 3)2 likewise by Stone, 1. 180 FRANCISCAN HERALD habilitating the confused bishopand would have dealt the fair repu-tation of the heroic friar a tellingblow in the eyes of the vast con-course of people. But Latimer waswisely silent on this point. In fact,as we shall see, of hisprocedure during the disputationwas entirely that of a man strain-ing every nerveto wean his op-ponent fromprincipleswhich he had
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . this supposedverbal abjuration of his fearlessopponent? Such an exposure wouldcertainly have gone far toward re- The letter if quoted by Ca I. c, p. 3)2 likewise by Stone, 1. 180 FRANCISCAN HERALD habilitating the confused bishopand would have dealt the fair repu-tation of the heroic friar a tellingblow in the eyes of the vast con-course of people. But Latimer waswisely silent on this point. In fact,as we shall see, of hisprocedure during the disputationwas entirely that of a man strain-ing every nerveto wean his op-ponent fromprincipleswhich he hadnever deniedand which hewas not likelyto deny nowthough themost dreadfultortures anddeath staredhim in the this over-whelming evi-dence, we donot hesitate tomaintain thatthe story ofForests verbalabjuration ofthe four arti-cles is whollya mere fabri-cation of hisenemies, a baselibel on hisname and onthe Order towhich he be-longed. Doddmust have hadchroniclers likeHall and Wrio-thesley in mindNow laying allgether. Bl. John Forest when he wrote,circumstances to-what several (not all) his-torians have reported, concerningthis religious mans behaviour, will,I presume, be judged rather calum- nies than real fact.(1) Like one whose most cherisheddesire was about to be fulfilled, thevaliant champion of truth and jus-tice rejoiced en learning that in afew days he would be led forth todie for the faith. Early Wednes-day morning, May 22, Cromwellsminions entered the martyrs dun-geon. Bindinghis hands andfeet, Fr. Mar-c o s tells us,they fastenedthe aged friarto a hurdle anddragged hi mfrom Newgatethrough thestreets of thecity to the sub-urb torturesmust haveracked his fee-ble and emaci-ated frame onthis last painfuljourney. Howhe must haveprayed for lightand strengthwhen on ar-riving at theplace of mar-tyrdom he be-held from hisbed of pain thesingular spec-tacle beforehim and heardthe murmur-i n g s of thesurging multi-tude. FromGarcias we learn that a p
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