t thou suffer the tyranny of these men?"

The fire burning slow put him to great torment; but he bore it with
christian magnanimity. What gave him the greatest pain was, the clamour
of some wicked men set on by the friars, who frequently cried, "Turn,
thou heretic; call upon our lady; say, Salve Regina, &c." To whom he
replied, "Depart from me, and trouble me not, ye messengers of Satan."
One Campbell, a friar, who was the ringleader, still continuing to
interrupt him by opprobrious language; he said to him, "Wicked man, God
forgive thee." After which, being prevented from farther speech by the
violence of the smoke, and the rapidity of the flames, he resigned up
his soul into the hands of Him who gave it.

This steadfast believer in Christ suffered martyrdom in the year 1527.

One Henry Forest, a young inoffensive Benedictine, being charged with
speaking respectfully of the above Patrick Hamilton, was thrown into
prison; and, in confessing himself to a friar, owned that he thought
Hamilton a good man; and that the articles for which he was sentenced to
die, might be defended. This being revealed by the friar, it was
received as evidence; and the poor Benedictine was sentenced to be
burnt.

Whilst consultation was held, with regard to the manner of his
execution, John Lindsay, one of the archbishop's gentlemen, offered his
advice, to burn friar Forest in some cellar; for, said be, the smoke of
Patrick Hamilton hath infected all those on whom it blew.

This advice was taken, and the poor victim was rather suffocated than
burnt.

The next who fell victims for professing the truth of the gospel, were
David Stratton and Norman Gourlay.

When they arrived at the fatal spot, they both kneeled down, and prayed
for some time with great fervency. They then arose, when Stratton,
addressing himself to the spectators, exhorted them to lay aside their
superstitious and idolatrous notions, and employ their time in seeking
the true light of the gospel. He would have said more, but was prevented
by the officers who attended.

Their sentence was then put into execution, and they cheerfully resigned
up their souls to that God who gave them, hoping, through the merits of
the great Redeemer, for a glorious resurrection to life immortal. They
suffered in the year 1534.

The martyrdoms of the two before-mentioned persons, were soon followed
by that of Mr. Thomas Forret, who, for a considerable time, had been
dean of the Romish chu