Lambrecht Gruber, Hans Beck, Laurence Schumacher, Peter Plaver, in the Year 1532

In this year six brothers, named Lambrecht Gruber, Hans Beck, Laurence Schumacher, Peter Plaver, his servant Peter, and Hans Taller, were arrested for the divine truth, at Stertzing, in Etschland, and were greatly tortured and racked, to force them to apostatize; but they valiantly and firmly persevered in what God had given them, and what they had promised God in Christian baptism. They were then sentenced to death and executed; all six valiantly testifying with their blood to the truth of God, and greatly rejoicing (Acts 5, verse 41) over the day of their departure from this world, because of the suffering and pain in the abominable wickedness of the world, which they had to endure for a long time, also because of the awful blasphemy and contempt of God (which causes pain to all who love God), which they had to hear during their imprisonment. They took leave of us, and admonished us not to be dull or careless in hearing and retaining the Word of God, nor in prayer and the worship of God; for if anyone comes to such places, it is necessary for him to have done so, and he regrets it if he has spent an hour without profit.