Martin of Vilgraten, and Caspar Schumacher, in the Year 1538

In the year 1538, the brothers Martin of Vilgraten and Caspar Schumacher were both arrested for the divine truth, at Michelsberg, in Priesterthal, and, after great steadfastness, were sentenced to death and executed with the sword; so they persevered manfully in the faith to the end. They were of good cheer in their bonds and tribulation, and held fast to the love of God, from which they could not be separated by tribulation, fear, persecution, hunger, poverty, nakedness, or danger. No sword was so keen, no fire so hot, no devil so wicked, no man so diligent, as to turn them from God and His truth, and from their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; but through the grace and power of God they kept what God had given them to know, even to death.