The death of tankerfield.
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Then, as he saw what cruel pains
From men they did endure,
And suffered pangs of many deaths
To make their glory sure—
From men they did endure,
And suffered pangs of many deaths
To make their glory sure—
His heart was moved and stirred within
To see their evil tide,
And that foul church which wrought the sin
He might no more abide.
To see their evil tide,
And that foul church which wrought the sin
He might no more abide.
But turned unto the sacred Word,
To light his darksome soul;
And learned to leave that faith abhorred
That would his mind control
To light his darksome soul;
And learned to leave that faith abhorred
That would his mind control
And did bis feeble voice uplift
To make a protest bold,—
Renouncing all the devil's works,
To which he clave of old.
To make a protest bold,—
Renouncing all the devil's works,
To which he clave of old.
Thereat unto his house there came
A man of cruel mind,
By name one Byrd, who -thought no shame
This godly youth to bind.
A man of cruel mind,
By name one Byrd, who -thought no shame
This godly youth to bind.
Before the judge they haled him then,
Who sent him back apace,
Who sent him back apace,
