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
Old Book of the Martyrs Mirror: 1550s
1Hans van Overdam Put to Death at Ghent; Also His Confession, Written in Prison2A Letter by Hans van Overdam3A Letter of Jannijn Buefkijn, Called Hans Keeskooper, a Native of Verurcke, in the Year 15504An Account of the Death of Hans van Overdam and Hans Keeskooper5Govert, Gillis, Mariken, and Anneken, in the Year 15506Willem, Martigen, Dieuwertgen, and Maritgen Jans, in the Year 15507Teunis van Haustelraed, in the Year 15508Tijs van Lindt, in the Year 15509Palmken Palmen, in the Year 155010Eleven, and Then Seven, Put to Death in the Bailiwick of Millen and Borren, in the Year 155011Remken Ramaeckers, in the Year 155012Gerrit van Kempen, in the Year 155013Anthony van Asselroye, in the Year 155014John Knel or Buchner, and Anna Cantiana, in the Year 155015Jacques Dosie at Leeuwaerden16Hans van Monster, and Bartel, and Old Jacob17Two Young Girls, in the Year 155018A Lad of Fifteen Years, in the Year 155019Of a Decree for the Introduction of the Inquisition, in the Year 155020Reyer Dircks, a Boatman, Burnt after Dreadful Torture21A Smith at Komen, in the Year 155122Gillis and Elizabeth, in the Year 155123Joris, Wouter, Grietgen and Naentgen24Catharine Burned at the Stake, in the Year 155125Brother John Bair, of Lichtenfels, in the Year 155126Jerome Segers, with his Wife Lijsken Dircks, and Big Henry, in the Year 155127A Letter from Jerome Segers, Written in the Prison at Antwerp, in the Year 155128A Letter from Jerome Segers to the Brothers and Sisters29A Letter from Jerome Segers, Written to his Wife Lijsken Dircks30Another Letter from Jerome Segers to his Wife31A Letter from Lijsken, Jerome's Wife32A Letter from Jerome Segers to his Wife33A Letter from Lijsken, Jerome's Wife34Another Letter from Lijsken to her Husband35A Letter from Jerome Segers to his Wife36A Letter of Jerome Segers to Big Henry37Last Letter of Jerome to his Wife, Written the Night When He was Sentenced, in the Year 155138How Lijsken, Jerome's Wife, Valiantly Fought39Pieter Bruynen, Jan Pleunis, Jan the Old Clothes Buyer, and Another Brother, in the Year 155140A Letter from Pieter Bruynen van Weert, Written in Prison at Antwerp, in the Year 155141Confession or Defense of Faith, of Jan, the Old Clothes Buyer, in the Year 155142Willem the Cabinetmaker, Beheaded in Cleves, in the Year 155143Maria of Monjou, in the Year 155244Barbel Put to Death, in the Year 155245Willem of Bierck, Christoffel from Geistens, Christian from Eukeraet, in the Year 155246Mariken and Anneken, in the Year 155247William van Robaeys, in the Year 155248Hendrick Dirks, Dirk Jans, and Adrian Corneliss, in the Year 155249Several Letters Written in Prison50Six Pious Brothers, Namely, Lievijn Jans, Meynert Hermans, Pieter Thymans, in the Year 155251Pieter van Olman, or van Werwijck52The Lad Cornelis van Kulenburgh, in the Year 155253Herman Jans of Sollem, Burnt Alive for the Testimony of Jesus Christ54Felistis Jans, Surnamed Resinx55Brief Extract from the Sentence of Death of Felistis, Daughter of Jans56Wouter van Capelle, in the Year 155357Simon the Shopkeeper, in the Year 155358Joos Kindt, in the Year 155359Another Letter or Confession of Joos Kindt60Of a Pious Brother who was Put to Death for the Word of God, in the Year 155361Pieter Witses, a Mason, Strangled at the Stake62A Brief Admonition from Pieter Witses63Pieter Witses to his Wife64David and Levina, in the Year 155465William van Louvain, in the Year 155466Pieter with the Lame Foot, Jan Drooghscheerder, Hans Rorduerwercker, in the Year 155567Tanneken van der Leyen, in the Year 155568Bartholomew the Potter, in the Year 155569Rommeken Put to Death, in the Year 155570Hans Pichner, of Sal, in the Year 155571Christian Executed with the Sword72Digna Pieters, after Enduring Much Affliction73Renewal of the Previous Bloody Decrees of Emperor Charles the Fifth, in the Year 155674Augustine the Baker, in the Year 155675Francijntgen, Grietgen, and Maeyken Doornaerts, in the Year 155676Abraham Put to Death, in the Year 155677Jan de Kudse, in the Year 155678Confession of Claes de Praet, Burned at Ghent, in the Year 155679Gerrit Hasepoot Burned, in the Year 155680Hans Brael Severely Persecuted, in the Year 155781Janneken Walraven Burned, in the Year 155782Joriaen Simons, Clement Dirks, and a Woman Named Mary Joris, in the Year 155783A Testament Left by Joriaen Simons to his Son Simon84Three Other Brief Admonitory Letters by Joriaen Simons and his Fellow Prisoners85Joriaen Simons in Bonds86Six Brothers Strangled at the Stake in Volewijk, Near Amsterdam, in the Year 155587Maerten Zaeywever, Joris Oudkleerkooper, Willem Droogscheerder, in the Year 155788A Letter by Willem Droogscheerder, Written in Prison at Antwerp, in the Year 155789Jeronymus, Laurens van Guelders, Pieter the Miller, in the Year 155790Margriete, Wife of Jeronymus, Klaerken and Janneken of Dextelaer, in the Year 155791Algerius, a Youth, a Student of Padua92How Algerius was Offered Up93Konrad Schumacher, in the Year 155894Examination, Torture, and Sentence of Annetgen Antheunis, Stijntgen Jans95Thomas van Imbroeck, the 5th of May96Govert Jaspers, Put to Death, in the Year 155897Maerten Bossier Suffered, in the Year 155898Absalom van Tomme, or the Singer, in the Year 155899Willem van Haverbeke, in the Year 1558100Daniel Verkampt, in the Year 1558101Marcus de Ledersnijder, in the Year 1558102Jacob de Melselaer, in the Year 1558103Louwijs de Wever, in the Year 1558104Henderick Leerverkooper, Anthonis and Dirk de Schilder, in the Year 1558105Waechling Dirks, Maerten Schoenmaecker, and Adriaen Pieters, in the Year 1558106Wouter van Honschoten, in the Year 1558107Jacob de Swarte, Hansken van den Broecke, and Others, in the Year 1558108Hans den Duytsch, in the Year 1558109Sander Hendricks, Hans de Smit, Hans van Burculo, Pieter in de Vettewarije110Grietgen, Tanneken, Lijntgen, and Stijntgen of Aix La Chapelle, in the Year 1558111Janneken and Noele, in the Year 1558112Adriaen van Hee, Joos Meeuwens, Willem, Goossen and Egbert de Hoedemaecker, in the Year 1558113Joris Wippe, Joosten's Son, in the Year 1558114The Third Letter of Joris Wippe, to his Children115Hans Smit, Hendrick Adams, Hans Beck, Matthijs Smit, Dileman Snijder, in the Year 1558116Gotthard of Nonenberg and Peter Kramer, in the Year 1558117Jacques D'Auchy, Imprisoned in the Year 1558, but Put to Death at Leeuwarden118Confession of Jacques d'Auchy, Made before the Commissary and the Inquisitor119How Jacques D'Auchy was Betrayed, Apprehended120Confession of a Woman Called Claesken, in the Year 1559121Jelis de Groot, and Mahieu van Halewijn, in the Year 1559122Karel van Tiegem, in the Year 1559123Wolfgang Mair, and Wolfgang Hueber124Jan Jans Brant, in the Year 1559125Trijnken Keuts, in the Year 1559126Fransken Vroevrouwe, Naentgen Leerverkoopster and Pleuntgen van der Goes, in the Year 1559127Betgen, Neelken, and Mariken Franss128Adriaen Pan and his Wife, in the Year 1559129Hans de Vette, and Eleven Others, in the Year 1559130Maeyken Kats, of Wervick in Flanders, Magdaleentken, Aechtken of Zierickzee, in the Year 1559131A Letter from Maeyken de Korte132A Testament Written by Jelis Bernaerts to his Wife, in the Year 1559133A Letter Written by Jelis Bernaerts to his Wife134Another Letter of Jelis Bernaerts to his Wife135A Letter Written by Jelis Bernaerts to Brothers and Sisters136Jan Bosch, of Bergh, or Jan Durps, in the Year 1559137Hans Vermeersch, Also Called Hans van Maes, in the Year 1559138Andries Langedul, Mattheus Pottebacker, and Lauwerens van der Leyen, in the Year 1559139The First Letter of Lauwerens van der Leyen140The Second Letter of Lauwerens van der Leyen141A Brief Confession of Faith, and Part of the Disputation which I, Lauwerens van der Leyen, Had on the Fourth of July, 1559, with the Lords of the Law, at Antwerp, and the Dean of Ronse142Third Letter of Lauwerens van der Leyen143Close of the Third Letter of Lauwerens van der Leyen144Fourth Letter of Lauwerens van der Leyen145Forty Two Persons, Namely, Thirty Four Men and Eight Women, in the Year 1556