first time for some weeks I met Pharaoh
Nanjulian. It was easy to see, even in the uncertain light of the early
morning, that he had undergone the same torments which they had applied
to me. His face was pinched and thin with suffering, and his great frame
seemed to have been crushed and bruised until it had shrunk in height
and girth. Yet he bore himself with composure and bravery, and I felt at
once that, however the rest of us behaved, he at least would not
disgrace the name of England.

"Heart up, master!" quoth he, as soon as we came within speaking
distance of each other. "Heart up! Let us show ourselves brave men this
day. I do not think they can torment us more than they have already
done. And what if they kill us? We must all die."

"Did they torture you badly, Pharaoh?" I asked, admiring his fortitude.

He shook his head and smiled grimly.

"So badly, master, that it seemed as if every bone in my body was
broken and every sinew cracked. But a man may undergo a deal of
suffering and yet live. So let us quit us like men and be strong. For
truly, though we be in the hands of these devils at present, God is near
us, and will maybe be nearer ere the day is done."

Then our custodians separated us again, and for a couple of hours they
exercised us in the prison yard, showing us in what order we should
proceed to the scaffold, and admonishing us as to our behavior when we
had come there. And after that was over, it being broad daylight, they
gave us breakfast, which was a cup of wine with a piece of bread fried
in honey, and so we were ready for the ordeal.

There were some sixty to seventy prisoners in all, of all nationalities,
a considerable number being Englishmen, and all of us were dressed in
those hideous San-benitos, which make the most shameful garb that a man
can wear. Being drawn up in single file, our guards fastened a halter
round the neck of each prisoner, and afterwards gave to each of us a
green wax candle, which we carried, unlighted, in the right hand. Two
Spaniards, well armed, guarded each of us, and so the procession being
arranged, the great doors were thrown open and we were led forth into
the square.

The crowd in the square was so thick that the guards had much ado to
free a passage through it; but ere long we came to the scaffold, and
were conducted upon it, seating ourselves on long rows of chairs placed
in full sight of the people. We had not long occupied this shameful
position wh