The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-05-06

The Burning of the Bishops.

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Proud gives the following touching nara
tive of the burning OF Latimer and Ridley al
Oxford. III the reign of the bigoted and crue
Queen Mary:
In turning iounu, Ridley saw Latlmer
coming up benind HIM Ill tne 1rleze coat, with
the CAP and handkerchlet--th work J
costume uualtcred, except that under his
cloak, aud reaching to his feet, the old man
wore Il .ony new snroud. On, sc be there J!
Ridley exclaimed. YEA Latimer answer
ed l.. nard after as fast as | can follow Rid
lev ran to nim, aud embraced hin. BE OF
good heart, brothcr,' he said, God will eth
er assunge tao flame, or else strengthen us to
abide IT,. They kuelt and prayed together,
and then exchanged a. te" words IN low
voice, WHICH we're not overheard. Lord Will
lians, tne vice-chancelIor, and the doctors,
were seated on form close to the stake "A
sermon was preached u scant one OF
scarce a quarter OF au hour, and then Ridley
beeged that, for Christ's sake, ne might say u
lew words. Lord Williams looked at the
doctors, one OF whom started from his seat,
aud laid his hand Oh Ridlcy's lips Recant,
he said and you may both speak and live.
So long as the breath is IL my bod y, said Rid
ley, L will never deny my Lord Christ and
bis known truth. Gods Will be done III me.
| commit our cause, to Almighty God, who
shall Judge all The brief preparations we're
swiftly made. Ridley gave his gown and tip
net to MS brother, and distributed remember
ances among those VINO were dearest to MIN.
10 Sil H. Lee he gave new groat; to 9TH
ers nutmegs, slices OF ginger, his watch, and
other tginkets. Latimer had nothing to z i've.
lie threw off lis cloak, stood bolt upright in
his shroud, and the friends took their places
Ga either side OF the stake. 90 heavenly
Father Ridley said | give unto thee most
humble thanks, ior thar luou hast called ME
tc be d professor OF thee even unto DEATH.
Have mercy, o Lord, on this realm OF Eng
land. and deliver the same from all her enem-
les A chain was passed round their bodies,
and fastened with u staple. A friend brought
a bag OF powder, and hung 1t round Ridley's
neck. Ridley said have you more tor my
brother ? es, sir, the friend answered.
: Give it him betjmes, then, Ridley replied,
: lest ye be too late.
Ine fire was then brought. The lighted
torch was laid to the taggots. BE OF good
comfort, Master Ridley, Latimer cried at
the cracking Of the flames, Play the man
we shall this day light such u candle, by Gods
grace, in England, as trust shall never be
put OUT
Latlmer died first ; as the flame blazed up
about him, he bathed his hands in it, and
strvked his lace. The powder exploded, and
he became Instantly senseless. b compan-
ION was less Fortunate. The sticks mad been
pied TOO thickly over the gorse that was un-
lNt thcm the fire stnouldered round his
legs, aud the sens tioa Of suffering was unu-
suaiiy pgotrac,ed | cannot Jurn, he called.
: Lord, lave mercy On me let the fire come
to me- / cannot burn.' His prother.iu.law,
with awkward kipduesS, threw Oh more wood,
which only kept Gown the flames. At last
some enc Iiited the pile with a BILL and let
IN The air the red tongues Of lire shot up
icgccly. Ridley wrestIed himself into the
middle OF them, and the powder die its work
This cruel crime vas committed in Eng
land about 800 years ago; but 1t was among
the last that the papists were permitted to
perpetrate in our land; for the people were
SO indignant ut The monstours outrage, that
though attempts were made by the lalse-heart-
cd Stuarts to restore Komanism, they not on.
Iy did not succeed, but were driven from the
thrown, and the family is extinct. Yes, old
Latimer was "a true prophet. The flames of
the taggots which burned these venerable men
shed such light over England, as, by Gods
grace, never has been, and never will be put
out.