A Young Man from Nimeguen Burned at Hertogenbosch, in the Year 1572

After the offering up of the aforementioned friend of God, Jan Block, a young man who maintained the truth of the slain martyr, and made the same confession, traveled from Nimeguen to Hertogenbosch; but he was spied out and arrested by the bailiff there, and taken to the place where it was the custom to imprison those who had forfeited their heads, and securely confined there.

Not long afterward the mint master of the city of Nimeguen, having heard of it, came to Hertogenbosch, in order, if possible, to rescue and ransom him from death, for he was one of his faithful servants.

To this end he paid the bailiff there a thousand florins, thinking that he had thereby made satisfaction and accomplished his purpose; but when the bailiff had received this sum, he would not grant it, declaring that the prisoner had to die nevertheless, according to the imperial decree.

The result was that shortly after his trial was concluded, his death sentence was announced to him, namely, that he was to be executed with fire, or burned in the market place; and this was carried out in that city, to the heartfelt sorrow of many spectators.