protested, on the contrary, that he gloried in the deed, and that he
would die a hundred deaths to rescue from such daily profanation the name
of his Redeemer, Christ. He was then put thrice to the torture, that he
might be forced to reveal his accomplices. It did not seem in human
power for one man to accomplish such a deed of darkness without
confederates. Bertrand had none, however, and could denounce none.
A frantic sentence was then devised as a feeble punishment for so much
wickedness. He was dragged on a hurdle, with his mouth closed with an
iron gag, to the market-place. Here his right hand and foot were burned
and twisted off between two red-hot irons. His tongue was then torn out
by the roots, and because he still endeavored to call upon the name of
God, the iron gag was again applied. With his arms and legs fastened
together behind his back, he was then hooked by the middle of his body to
an iron chain, and made to swing to and fro over a slow fire till he was
entirely roasted. His life lasted almost to the end of these ingenious
tortures, but his fortitude lasted as long as his life.

In the next year, Titelmann caused one Robert Ogier, of Ryssel, in
Flanders, to be arrested, together with his wife and two sons. Their
crime consisted in not going to mass, and in practising private worship
at home. They confessed the offence, for they protested that they could
not endure to see the profanation of their Saviour's name in the
idolatrous sacraments. They were asked what rites they practised in
their own house. One of the sons, a mere boy, answered, "We fall on our
knees, and pray to God that he may enlighten our hearts, and forgive our
sins. We pray for our sovereign, that his reign may be prosperous, and
his life peaceful. We also pray for the magistrates and others in
authority, that God may protect and preserve them all." The boy's simple
eloquence drew tears even from the eyes of some of his judges; for the
inquisitor had placed the case before the civil tribunal. The father and