. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. walls are black, and laidwithout plaster. A sack of straw and a ragged cover-let are the only bed; and even during the coldestweather no fire is allowed. The food, for six days ofthe week, is boiled beans, without oil or butter, with alittle bread and water. On Sundays they had fourounces of flour pasta, for soup, and three ounces ofmeat. We pass that court by a door, and enter a giardi-netto, or little garden, with three sides, and
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. walls are black, and laidwithout plaster. A sack of straw and a ragged cover-let are the only bed; and even during the coldestweather no fire is allowed. The food, for six days ofthe week, is boiled beans, without oil or butter, with alittle bread and water. On Sundays they had fourounces of flour pasta, for soup, and three ounces ofmeat. We pass that court by a door, and enter a giardi-netto, or little garden, with three sides, and three ter- AT ROME IN 1848. 367 races, and surrounded with cells much worse than theformer; and here we find two chambers, quite remark-able, and well fitted to excite attention, as they containa new kind of torture. In one we may enter, and findonly an oven. What can have been its use in a placewhere they made no bread ? It was heated for thepurpose of forcing the wretched prisoners to confess,even when they had nothing that they could they communicated nothing, they were burned todeath. The second chamber contains a second oven,like the DUNGEON OF THE INQUISITION. In this little garden are two gates, by which is thedescent to the subterranean apartments; and throughthese lies the way to the pits under the trap-doors, 368 THE INQUISITION opening at tlie entrances of the hall of justice. Herewe find a large cavern. Let us pass down to see thecatacombs, and see the dear bones of our poor breth-ren, who have fallen martyrs under the empire oftyrants. You will shrink back and turn pale. Theair is damp, chilly, oppressive, and deadly; and thefeelings are excited by the thoughts which fill themind. There we found a cave, a catacomb; and now ahole, at the bottom of which are bones and hair. Itis a deep hole, extending above, up to the hall of jus-tice. These are the remains of the bodies of our mar-tyred brethren, who were left here to die. You willcover your eyes
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