The Bloody Theater, or Martyrs Mirror, in plain modern English: edited chapter for chapter from the 1886 translation, with every scripture reference and abbreviation spelled out so it can be read aloud. The unaltered 1886 text is on the shelf as Martyrs Mirror.
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Contents
Account of Those Who Suffered in the Seventeenth Century
1Conclusion of the Sixteenth Century (Continued)2An Account of Those who Suffered in the Seventeenth Century3Of a Decree Published by Those of Groningen and Sneeck Against the Anabaptists, in the Year 16014The Decree5Further Observation6Four Persons, Namely, Huybert op der Straten, Tijnken His Wife, Pieter ten Hove, and Lijsken te Linschoten, in the Year 16017Hemes Nimrich, a Teacher of the Anabaptists, in the Year 16058Marcus Eder and Hans Poltzinger, in the Year 16059Hans Landis, in the Year 161410Further Observations Concerning the Person and Death of Hans Landis11Of a Certain Prohibition Published by Those of Aerdenborgh Against the Anabaptists, and What Was Done by the Lords States General for the Abolishment of the Same, in the Year 161512Further Observation, in the Year 161913Remarks as to What Followed Hereupon14Of an Edict of Those of Deventer Against (Among Others) the So Called Mennonists or Anabaptists, in the Year 162015Edict16Of Severe Slanders Against the Anabaptists in the Province of Holland, in the Year 162617Of the Inauguration of the Last Swiss Persecution18Progress of the Inauguration of the Aforesaid Last Swiss Persecution19Of the Aforementioned Persecution Itself, How It Occurred, in the Year 163720Hans Meyli, Sr., and his Son's Wife21Catharina Mulerin, in the Year 163922Four Sisters, Namely, Barbara Meylin, Ottila Mulerin, Barbara Kolbin, and Elizabeth Meylin, in the Year 163923Elizabeth Hilzin, in the Year 163924Hans van Uticken, in the Year 163925Burckhardt Aman, in the Year 163926Jacob Egli, in the Year 163927Ulli Schedme, Surnamed Schneider28Jacob Rusterhel from Horgerberg29Stephen Zehender of Byrmensdorf30Ulrich Schneider, with his Two Sons31Henry Gutwol of Lehnmer, in the Year 163932Hans Jacob Hess, with his Wife, in the Year 163933Of a Certain Manifesto, Emitted by Those of Zurich, in the Year 163934Werner Phister and his Son's Wife35Gallus Schneider, in the Year 164036Rudolph Bachman, in the Year 164037Ulrich Muller, in the Year 164038Of a Certain Supplication Addressed and Delivered by Those of Amsterdam39Felix Landis, with his Wife Adelheid Egli, in the Year 164240Rudolf Suhner, in the Year 164341Three Sisters, Namely, Elizabeth Bachmanni, Elssa Bethezei, and Sarah Wanrij, in the Year 164342Verena Landis, in the Year 164343Barbara Neeft, in the Year 164344Barbly Ruff, in the Year 164345Henry Boller, in the Year 164446Of a Certain Writing from Switzerland, in the Year 164547An Edict Published by Those of Schaffhausen Against Those Called Anabaptists48Of a Certain Mandate Published by the Prince of Neuburg49Ully Wagman, and Another Brother50Of a Certain Writing from Mackenheym, in the Year 165851Seven Teachers and Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ Imprisoned at Berne52Seven Hundred Persons Oppressed and Persecuted at Berne53Extract from the First Letter, Dated the 7th of April, 167154Extract from the Second Letter from Obersultzem, the 23rd Day of May, 167155Extract from the Third Letter from Obersultzem, the 13th of October, 167156Extract from the Fourth Letter, Dated November 2, 167157Fifth Extract from the Same, Obersultzem58Hans Haslibacher, in the Year 157159An Edict Published by Those of Berne Against Those Called Anabaptists60Concerning What was Done for the Deliverance of the Last Mentioned Prisoners61The States, and So On62The States, and So On63Copy64Copy65Prayer for the Secular Power66Advertisement67First Part68The Superscription of the Letter to the Government of Berne69The Superscription of the Letter to the Government of Zurich70To the Bloody Theater of the Anabaptists, or Nonresistant Christians71Tertullian's Consolation and Encouragement to the Martyrs in Prison in the Time of the Heathen Emperors, in the Year 200