Lanterna Rally

Author: Aelfric

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9781230057149

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... likewise some of the executioners; and none was left there who would not believe, 304 but turned them away, terrified at the wonder. That was such a strange wonder, that the righteous martyr could walk headless, praising God Almighty, and moreover run with troops of angels; 308 but God desired to declare through that strange sign that his soul lived, though the body might be slain, and would manifest to men how great faith the holy man had in the Saviour in life. 312 Sisinnius, notwithstanding, the unhappy judge, would not believe in Christ, but bade men kill all who, through Dionysius' lore, believed in God, with divers tortures very savagely; 316 and their souls departed to the true life. The holy priest's body and that of the faithful deacon, Eusticus and Eleutherius, lay upon the hill, where they were beheaded with the holy bishop, 320 when his body went away, even as we wrote before. Then the heathen executioners bare the Saints' bodies presently to ship, desiring to sink them in the flood, but the Almighty Creator brought to naught that evil counsel. 324 There was a certain noble lady who knew their evil counsel, and invited the executioners to her, as if for friendship, and made them drunk with wine, and bade men go secretly meanwhile to the ship and steal away the bodies; 328 and she kept them reverently till the persecution ceased, 318. preostas (!). 328. forstelan. 321. Ite aweg. 329. Ceo(/or seo). and se cristendom acncode. setter paere cwealm-baernysse. Eft sitSpan on fyrste feng pcet cristene folc to. and worhton maere mynster ofer paera martyra lie. 33 2 paer hi ealle tSry licgat S. on senlicuwi wurtSmynte. paer beop fela wundra geworhte gelome Jurh pa halgan martyras mannum to frofre. paer under-fot S pa blindan 1purh...