LB8SONS IN c;i;. 



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his apostles, fou 

 in, a eentenoo which they well 

 .y pemuadcd 

 night have smiled, 

 ., ho refused to condemn 

 ,> vast lovo made Him lay down His own life, 

 .it l' anoCi !-. fuit all mankind might follow tho 

 oxnm humility. 



. or to tho Boculor arm, it behoved 



from hia rank in the Church. This 



hod by menus of a cere- 



ichi'vcry purl, told with bitterness upon the poor 



btod to \si(h a pationco worthy of tho 



.heroin were gathered a large com- 



pany of thr "gy, Sautre was brought, attired in 



tho robes and furniture appertaining to him as a priest. Set in 



the observed of all observers, ho was gradually 



d of the various emblems of his pastoral authority, prior 



:i handed over to tho tender mercies of tho sheriff and 



bis officers. 



First, they gave into his hands a chalice and paten,* which 

 were then taken from him, together with tho scarlet robe or 

 !o which priests only might wear, and in this way hw 

 authority as priest was visibly taken away from him. A copy 

 of tho Holy Scriptures in Latin, and tho deacon's stole or 

 tippet were then taken from him, and he ceased to bo a deacon ; 

 tho alb or surplice, and tho maniplo were removed, and with 

 them the dignity of sub-deacon ; the giving and taking away of 

 8 candlestick, a taper, and a small pitcher, showed that tho 

 degree of acolyto had been abandoned ; and then followed other 

 forms, which signified the completeness of the poor man's de- 

 gradation. With his book of exorcisms he gave up his power 

 as an exorcist ; with his book of daily lessons his task of reader; 

 with a sexton's gown and a church door key his authority as 

 sexton; and then, his priest's cap being removed, the tonsure, 

 or hair lock, was obliterated, and a common hangman's cap was 

 pnt on his head. 



What follows ? A scene too awful, too horrible to be minutely 

 described. Let a veil be drawn over the details ; let us " pro- 

 vide a charitable covering for the sins of our forefathers." 

 Suffice it to say that, on a gloomy February evening in tho year 

 1401-2, the man wo have been describing, the man whose solo 

 crimo was that ho believed differently from his ecclesiastical 

 masters, and taught men so, was bound with an iron chain to a 

 stake at Smithfield, and burned to death on a spot nearly in 

 front of the present gate of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. 



He was the first of a long list of men ay, and women too 

 were included who were tried by bigotry in tho fiery trial of 

 their faith, and showed themselves superior to their fate. Not 

 all the blame must fall on Catholic shoulders. Unhappily, alas ! 

 it is the duty of tho historian to record that those who might 

 bo supposed to have learned tolerance and kindness, if not from 

 the purer faith which they professed, yet in tho hard school of 

 persecution through which they had passed, proved themselves 

 almost equally cruel with their adversaries. If the Catholics 

 burned Sautro and Savonarola, Calvin himself burned Servetus ; 

 if Latimer, Kidley, Cranmer, and many moro perished for con- 

 science' sake under " bloody Mary," Joan Bocher and Van Paris 

 were burned to death by order of the founder of Christ's Hos- 

 pital, and " Good Queen Bess " had as long a list as hor sister 

 of victims to the oause of freedom of conscience. 



The principle which actuated the destroyers of William 

 Sautro in 1401 actuates tho intolerant of all kinds in 1868. 

 Law, custom, and modern habits of thought preclude tho 

 rekindling of Smithfield fires ; but the old hatreds are not dead, 

 the old evil is still alive ; and we are prone, in the absence of 

 chain and fagot, to make these hatreds felt with weapons 

 which cut deeper than swords, whose scathe is worse than the 

 fire, and whose bito is as that of the deadly serpent. Bat what 

 said the apostle of Him in whoso name bigotry slew its victims, 

 tho apostle of Him who condemned no man ? " Be ye kind one 

 to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God, 

 for Christ's sake, hath forgiven yon."t 



* The cup for the wine, and the plate for the bread in the office of 

 Holy Communion. 



t For Synopsis of Events in the Life and Reign of Richard II., 

 and list of contemporary Sovereigns, see page 139. 





 SECTION XX.-P088E8B1 .'GUNS. 



THE pOMflMire pronoun* nuin, feis, etc., as already seen (Sect. 

 u-o rendered aUoluto possomves by mourn of the cumrac- 

 terwtic ending* re and rt (.' 58. 4). 



1. The poNsesttive pronoun* are likewise converted into abeo 

 Into possessives by profiling to thttn the definite article, and 

 suffixing the toilriniltieM e or ije, as : dJiun iu iit s, cat la 

 tfin-f tit f$n>arj ; my hat in white, and ttuoo U blade. 3&t uo 

 ifl nth, unc u fcin-i.)< ift blau ; hor ribbon is red, had hu in tine. 

 The termination \qt U the mom common.* 



Observe, that tho absolute poesossiTos mew-rr, etc., are in- 

 flected like an adjective of 



Masculine. 

 91. SWctn-er, 

 . 9Hcin-e, 

 D. SWcin-em, 

 91. iKcin-en, 



THE OLD 



feminine. 

 nmti-f, 

 mcm-er, 

 mtin-fr, 

 mein-e, 



AH, 



Ne 



mcin-c;, mine. 

 mciu-cJ, of mine. 

 tnein-fm, to, for mmn. 

 mnn-c:, mine. 



Note, also, that those preceded by tho definite article, are, in 

 respect to terminational inflection, varied like adjectivu (Seek. 

 IX. 2) in the same si: uation ; that it, according to 



TUB NEW DECLENSION ; AS, 



Masculine. Feminine. 



31. !cr mein-ige, tie mcin-ige, ta mein-ige, mine. 



. c mein-igen, tcr mcin-igcn, trt metn-tgen, of mine. 



25. item mcin-igtn, tcr mcin-tjcn, ' teir -o, for mine. 



M. Sen mcin-igen, tic mcin-igc, to* mein-ige, mine. 



ABSOLUTE POS8E8SIVES AS INFLECTED IN ALL GEXDE28 OF 

 THE PLTTRAL. 



After the Old Declension. 



SI. Wtm-c, 

 . SKcin-cr> 

 S>. SD?cin-en, 

 31. 



After ike New Declension. 

 tie metn-tgen, mine, 

 tcr mein-tgen, of mine, 

 ten mein-tgen, to, for mine. 



tie mrin-ig:n, mine. 



2. When the absolute possessive pronouns do not relate to 

 some noun previously mentioned, they refer, in the plural, to 

 one's relatives or family ,f and in the neuter singular, to one's 

 property, as : 33a iWeine or ta 2Retnige, my property ; to* Xeine 

 or ta9 JDcinige, thy property ; to* Seine or tat emige, his pro- 

 perty ; taS 3tyre or taS 3fjrige, her property, your property, or 

 their property. Sic iDIcincn or tic 'JWeimgen, my family, et 

 cincn or tie Scinigcn, thy family, etc. ; tie Seinen or tie 

 his family, etc. 



VOCABULARY. 

 $cmt, TI. shirt, 

 .ffutfctyer, m. coach- 

 man. 



to take. 

 , /. wafer. 



-.!, n. fate, des-' woman. 

 tiny. SSMtmcrr, n. ocean. 



ScbleiTcr, n. lock- 9Stnc, /. meadow. 

 [, between. 



, m. key. 

 wb( all, as well 



as. 

 "Stcmrd, m. stamp. 



adj. al- 

 mighty. 



(Jt'oenfieit, /. peculia- 

 rity. 



ScHcr, m. mistake, 

 error. 



General', m. general. 



ott, m. God. 



ant, /. hand. 



RKSUMK OF EXAMPLES. 



SSejicn Itfir fiat 3frc Gutter ? YHiose watch has yonr ttc . 



2ic 1 .u tic id'rigc. She has hera (or her own). 



>jf>cn Sic mcinc Grille ctet tie Have yon my spectacles or 



3&rige ? yours ? 



3$ Ijafce lie mci'nigc. I have mine (or my own). 



3e'tcrmann ftyiifct ta Sein'i>je. E\-cry rnr.n pri.-es his own (pro- 



perty). 



Stebt aucf 3etermann tie ei'nigen? Does every man likewise love 



his family? 



EXERCISE L'9. 



1. at ter (Fapitln frin oter tc (Vcner.il* 2it!\>crt ? 2. (fr tat ta$ 

 feintge. 3. >&aben Ste meine Sk^eert? 4. Stein, u$ JaFt tie mcinige. 5. 



In the same way are treated Seiner, Trine, tcinc*, thine; and 

 Seiner, Seine, etne*, his. 



t They may likewise refer (when the connection makes the applies* 

 tion evident) to dependents, as servants, soldiers, subjects, etc. 



