XXXIV 



LETTERS TO MARCO 



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and beneath are a number of figures of saints, 

 etc., designed on a much larger scale. My 

 sketches are from the smaller frieze, which 

 seemed to represent the martyrdom of some 

 saints by paynims or heathens. In one is 



From a Wall Painting at North Stoke Church. 



seen a saint dragged before a ruler ; in the 

 other are two figures, probably representing 

 executioners, which form part of a procession, 

 two saints being prisoners. The faces of the 

 heathen have dark complexions and hideous 

 features ; the martyrs having pale faces. One 

 of these executioners carries a curious-looking 



