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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Old Book of the Martyrs Mirror: 1560s
1Anthonis Claes, Joris Tieleman, and Hans de Backer, in the Year 15602Peter of Spain, Gomer the Mason, and Jacob the Goldsmith, in the Year 15603Deaf Betgen, Betgen of Ghent, and Lijsken Smits, in the Year 15604Lenaert Plovier, Jenneken and Maeyken of Aix La Chapelle, in the Year 15605A Letter from Lenaert Plovier to his Wife6A Testament of Lenaert Plovier7Nicholas Felbinger and John Leytner8Joris and Joachim, in the Year 15609Willem de Kleermaecker, in the Year 156010John Korbmacher, George Raeck and Eustace Kuter, in the Year 156011Soetgen van den Houte, and Martha, in the Year 156012A Testament of Soetgen van den Houte13A Letter of Soetgen van den Houte to her Brother and Sister14Joost Joosten, Burnt at Veer, in the Year 156015Koolaert, the Cooper, in the Year 156116Joos Verbeeck, in the Year 156117A Brief Letter from Joos Verbeeck, Written in Prison at Antwerp, to his Wife18Julius Klampherer, in the Year 156119Lauwerens van de Walle, Antonis Schoonvelt, Kalleken Strings, and Maeyken Kocx, in the Year 156120Orvel, Jan and Pleunis, in the Year 156121Franchoys van Elstlandt, in the Year 156122John Schut, in the Year 156123Jan, Hendrick, Bastiaen, Hans, Mariken van Meenen, Beetken van Brugh, in the Year 156124Twelve Christians at Bruges: Adriaen Brael, Lucas Hendricks, Marijn Amare25Jan Hulle, at Ypres, in the Year 156126Pieter van Maldegem, Pieter van Male, Jacques Bostijn, and Lauwerens Allaerts, in the Year 156227Vijntgen, Goudeken, and Janneken de Jonkheer, Betgen van Maldegem, in the Year 156228Guljame van Dale, in the Year 156229Jelis Strings, with Pieter and Jelis Potvliet, in the Year 156230The First Letter of Jelis Strings31The Second Letter of Jelis Strings32Heyndrick Eemkens, in the Year 156233George Friesen, a Cabinetmaker, and William van Keppel, in the Year 156234An Admonition which George Friesen Sent from Prison35Martijntgen Aelmeers, in the Year 156236Nikasen van Aelmeers, in the Year 156237Karel van den Velde, with Proentgen his Wife38Jan Grendel, in the Year 156239Francis van der Sach and Anthony Welsch, in the Year 156240Jan de Swarte, Klaesken his Wife, Klaes, Christian, Hans and Mahieu, in the Year 156341Dirk Lamberts, Christian van Wetteren, and Antonijn de Wale, in the Year 156342Joos Jans Put to Death, in the Year 156343Daniel Kalvaert, Burned, in the Year 156444Pieter van Oosthove, in the Year 156445Steven de Graet and Sijntgen, in the Year 156446Pierijntgen Ketels, Leentgen her Mother, in the Year 156447Pieter van der Meulen, in the Year 156448Maeyken Boosers Burnt to Ashes for the Testimony of Jesus Christ, in the Year 156449Willeboort Corneliss, Put to Death for the Evangelical Truth50Prijntgen and Martijntgen Maelbouts, in the Year 156451Mr. Jelis Matthijss, Put to Death for the Testimony of Jesus Christ, in the Year 156452Another Letter from Mr. Jelis Matthijss53Another Letter from Mr. Jelis Matthijss to his Wife54Jan Gerrits, Burnt at the Hague, in the Year 156455A Letter from Jan Gerrits to the Lutheran Preacher56Another Letter from Jan Gerrits, to his Acquaintances57Adriaen den Burry, in the Year 156558Willem de Duyck, in the Year 156559Conrad Koch, in the Year 156560Here Follow Two Letters which Conrad Koch Wrote from Prison61The Second Letter, Written to his Brother A. of B.62Matthias Servaes, of Kottenem, in the Year 156563The First Letter, which Matthias Servaes Wrote from Prison to H. K.64The Second Letter which Matthias Servaes, of Kottenem, Wrote in Prison to his Brother65The Third Letter of Matthias Servaes, Written to J. N66The Fourth Letter67The Fifth Letter which Matthias Servaes Wrote from Prison, to his Mother68The Sixth Letter which Matthias Servaes of Kottenem Wrote from Prison69The Seventh Letter of Matthias Servaes70The Eighth Letter of Matthias Servaes, Written from Prison to Aeltgen71The Ninth Letter of Matthias Servaes, Written from Prison to F. V. H72The Tenth Letter of Matthias Servaes73John George, in the Year 156674John Mang, in the Year 156775Nicholas Geyer, in the Year 156776Karel Halling, in the Year 156777Adrian Du Rieu, in the Year 156778Christian Langedul, Cornelis Claess, Mattheus de Vick, and Hans Symons, in the Year 156779Letters of Christian Langedul Written During His Imprisonment80Copy of a Letter Written by Hans Symons to his Wife81A Letter of Hans Symons, which He Wrote in Prison at Antwerp82A Letter Written by Cornelis the Shoemaker83Jacques Mesdagh, Willem Aerts, Joos Kasteel, and Karel, in the Year 156784A Letter from Jacques Mesdagh85Adrian Willems, in the Year 156886Lucas de Groot Hanged, in the Year 156887Jan Portier Burned, in the Year 156988Jan van Paris, Pieter van Cleves, Hendrick Maelschalck, and Lauwerens Pieters, in the Year 156889Letter of Hendrick Maelschalck from Prison at Ghent, on the 26th of January 156890Jacob Dircks, with his Two Sons, Andries Jacobs and Jan Jacobs, in the Year 156891Karel de Raet, and Grietgen his Wife, Hansken In't Schaeck, Willem de Snijder, in the Year 156892Jan de Smit, Daniel de Paeu, Daniel van Vooren, and Passchier Weyns, in the Year 156893Valerius Schoolmaster Martyred, in the Year 156894Jan Thielemans and Job Jans95Another Letter which Jan Thielemans Wrote from Prison96Heyndrick Arents, in the Year 156897Claudine Le Vettre, and with her a Brother, in the Year 156898Further Account of the Aforesaid Claudine Le Vettre99Pieter Pieters Beckjen, Burnt Alive at Amsterdam, in the Year 1569100Sentence of Death of Pieter Pieters Beckjen101Lauwerens Verkamer, in the Year 1569102Sijntgen Vercoilgen, in the Year 1569103Lippijntgen Stayerts, in the Year 1569104Maerten Pieters and Grietgen Jans, in the Year 1569105Dirk Willems, in the Year 1569106Hendrick Alewijns, Hans Marijns van Oosten, and Gerrit Duynherder, in the Year 1569107This is What Hendrick Alewijns Delivered to the Lords at the Rack108A Fatherly Farewell109Article 2110Article 3111Article 4112Here Follows a Letter Written by Hans Marijns113Anpleunis van den Berge, in the Year 1569114Jasper den Taschrinkmaker, in the Year 1569115Dirk Anoot and Willem de Zager116Tanneken van der Meulen, Jaecxken van Hussele, and Jaecxken Teerlings117Joost Goethals, Roelandt and Pieter Stayert118Christoffel Buyze, Laurens van Rentergen, Joost Meerssenier119Old Pieter, Jan Waitier, Jan van Raes, Wouter Denijs, Francais the Carpenter120The First Letter of Wouter Denijs, to his Wife121The Second Letter of Wouter Denijs and his Fellow Prisoners122A Third Letter of Wouter Denijs and his Fellow Prisoners123Copy of a Letter Written from Prison124Notice to the Christian Reader125Eleven Brothers and a Sister, in the Year 1569126The First Letter of Jan van Hasebroeck to his Wife127The Second Letter of Jan van Hasebroeck128The Third Letter of Jan van Hasebroeck129Dirk Andriess, in the Year 1569130Jacob de Roore, or the Chandler and Herman van Vleckwijck, in the Year 1569131Disputation Between Jacob de Keersgieter and Mr. Friar Cornelis, in the Year 1569132Disputation Between Herman Vleckwijk and Friar Cornelis, in the Year 1569133The First Letter of Jacob the Chandler, Written to his Wife134The Second Letter of Jacob the Chandler135The Third Letter of Jacob the Chandler, to his Children136The Fourth Letter of Jacob the Chandler, Written to his Children137Another Letter of Jacob the Chandler, Sent to Pouwel van Meenen138Another Letter of Jacob the Chandler, Written in Prison139Another Letter of Jacob the Chandler, Written in Prison140Adriaen Ol, in the Year 1569141Abraham Picolet, Henderick van Etten, and Maeyken van der Goes, in the Year 1569142A Letter by Abraham Picolet, Written to his Sisters143Tijs Jeuriaenss and Jan Claess, in the Year 1569144Another Letter of Tijs Jeuriaenss, Written in Prison to the Friends in Edam, in the Year 1569145Willem Janss from Waterland146Jan Quirijnss, of Utrecht, a Skipper, in the Year 1569147Cornelis Janss of Haerlem, a Sailor, in the Year 1569148Clement Hendrickss, a Sail Maker149A Letter of Jan Quirijnss150Five Letters of Clement Hendrickss, Sent from his Prison in Amsterdam