. Beza's Icones, contemporary portraits of reformers of religion and letters; being facsimile reproductions of the portraits in Beza's Icones (1580) and in Goulard's edition (1581). e assembled crowd in German, telling them that ashe had sung Credo in unum Deum^ so and no other-wise did he believe. Later, when suffering thedeadly torture of the burning he prayed in hismother-tongue, Lord God, have pity on me,forgive me my sins, for Thou knowest I havesincerely loved Thy truth. All through thatawful ordeal, even to the end, there was calm 39 Bezas Portraits of Reformers fortitude, heroic endura
. Beza's Icones, contemporary portraits of reformers of religion and letters; being facsimile reproductions of the portraits in Beza's Icones (1580) and in Goulard's edition (1581). e assembled crowd in German, telling them that ashe had sung Credo in unum Deum^ so and no other-wise did he believe. Later, when suffering thedeadly torture of the burning he prayed in hismother-tongue, Lord God, have pity on me,forgive me my sins, for Thou knowest I havesincerely loved Thy truth. All through thatawful ordeal, even to the end, there was calm 39 Bezas Portraits of Reformers fortitude, heroic endurance, triumphant confidencein God. Of Jerome of Prague no literary remains sur-vive by which we can estimate how far theclaims made for him by contemporaries tolearning and ability can be justified. Possiblyhe owes the larger part of his lasting fame tohis association with Wyclif and Huss. Historymay assign him a comparatively subordinate placeamong those whom Beza styles the Antesignani ofthe Reformation, but the splendid heroism which hedisplayed in his final appearance before his judgesand in his death has secured for him an honourablestanding in the noble army of 40
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