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faith, to which he was converted by the influence of Melanch- 

 thon, and he suffered rehgious persecution, which brought 

 even actual martyrdom to some of his relatives. Though he 

 did not himself lose his life, he was deprived of his property, 



Anemone trifolia. 



Text-fig. 38. "Anemone trifolia" [Dodoens, 

 Pemptades, 1583]. 



and, between poverty and ill-health, his career seems to 

 have been a melancholy one. He passed a nomad existence, 

 attached at one time as tutor to some great family, while, 



