Jacob de Swarte, Hansken van den Broecke, and Others, in the Year 1558

In the year 1558, a brother named Jacob de Swarte (son of Jan de Swarte), and Hanscken van den Broecke, went from Ostende to Bruges to hear the preaching of the Word of God, and were arrested there, together with others. [n798-1] Since no sufferings were enough to deter them or to separate them from the love of God, they were at last sentenced to death, and so valiantly ended their lives for the testimony of the Gospel, about Saint John's day, in midsummer.