History of Protestantism in the Netherlands - James Aitken Wylie

gave me my bellyful of victuals." When the flesh
was all gone, and nothing but the bare skeleton
remained, he took down the bones, and laying them
upon his shoulders, he carried them to the house of
one of the burgomasters, with whom it chanced
that several of the magistrates were at that moment
feasting. Throwing his ghastly burden at their feet,
he cried out, "There, you murderers, first you have
eaten his flesh, now eat his bones."[6]
The following three martyrdoms connect
themselves with England. Christian de Queker,
Jacob Dienssart, and Joan Konings, of Stienwerk,
in Flanders, had found an asylum in England,
under Queen Elizabeth. In 1559, having visited
their native country on their private affairs, they
fell into the hands of Peter Titlemann. Being
brought before the inquisitors, they freely
confessed their opinions. Meanwhile, the Dutch
congregation in London procured letters from the
Archbishop of Canterbury and other English
prelates, which were forwarded to the magistrates
of Furness, where they were confined in prison.
The writers said that they had been informed of the
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