Peter of Spain, Gomer the Mason, and Jacob the Goldsmith, in the Year 1560

In the same year three other pious brothers sealed the truth with their death at Antwerp. One of them was Peter, a Spaniard, to whom, a few years before, while he was still in Spain, a brother from Amsterdam named Jacob Jans Ruytenburgh had spoken, and with whom he had talked at different times about God and His Word. He finally came with the brother, by ship, to Antwerp, leaving his wife and children at Saint Lucas, intending to return to them after a while, or to come and get them. After he arrived at Antwerp, the brothers out of ignorance at first shunned him, fearing treachery, since he was a Spaniard; but after due examination and instruction, he was received not only into the assembly, but also as a brother and fellow member of the church of God, and was baptized on confession of his faith, which he declared truly and openly before the congregation. Shortly afterward, when he was about to return to Spain to win his wife and children, and also some of his friends and acquaintances, and to bring them to the true knowledge of the truth, he was arrested by the margrave, who was himself astonished to have a Spaniard fall into his hands. He was kept in prison a long time, and the Spaniards took great pains with him; but he clearly showed them the truth, by word of mouth and in writing, in his own language, and in spite of this they tried to make him fall away from the faith. But since nothing could move him, and he remained steadfast, he at last boldly sealed the truth, and his love to God, with his death, with Gomer the mason and Jacob the goldsmith, who were drowned together in a tub, for the name of Christ.