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: 1580s
1Hendrick Sumer and Jacob Mandel, in the Year 15822Melchoir Platser, in the Year 15833Leonhart Sumeraver, in the Year 15844Anneken Botson, Janneken her Daughter, and Maeyken Pieters, in the Year 15855Wolfgang Raufer, George Pruckmair, and Hans Aicher, in the Year 15856Christian Gasteyger, in the Year 15867Concerning the Decree Emitted Against the Anabaptists in the Jurisdiction…, in the Year 15878Michael Vischer, in the Year 15879Christiaen Rijcen, in the Year 158810A Statement How He was Examined by the Magistrates11Another Letter from Christiaen Rijcen Written to a Brother12Another Letter from Christiaen Rijcen, Written to his Wife13Another Comforting Letter from Christiaen Rijcen, Written to His Wife, in which He Exhorts Her to Perseverance in the Fear of God14Another Letter from Christiaen Rijcen15Another Consolatory Letter from Christiaen Rijcen, Written to his Wife16Christiaen Rijcen Exhorts his Wife Firmly to Trust in the Lord17Christiaen Rijcen Informs his Wife18Pieter Saymer, in the Year 158819Joost de Tollenaer, Michiel Buyse, and Sijntgen Wens, in the Year 158920The First Letter of Joost de Tollenaer21The Second Letter from Joost de Tollenaer22Another Letter from Joost de Tollenaer, to his Mother23A Testament from Joost de Tollenaer, to his Daughter