Pieter van Maldegem, Pieter van Male, Jacques Bostijn, and Lauwerens Allaerts, in the Year 1562

In the year 1562 four brothers, named Pieter van Maldegem, Pieter van Male, Jacques Bostijn, and Lauwerens Allaerts, were arrested at Ghent, in Flanders, because they no longer sought to follow the Roman church, but the commandments of God. When they were examined, they freely confessed their faith, and valiantly contended for the truth with the spiritual sword of the Word of God; and since they could in no way be moved from it, they were sentenced to death, and had to testify with their blood to the name of Christ. They now rest under the altar, and wait until the number of their brothers is fulfilled, so that they may be rewarded, and vengeance taken on their enemies.