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The glory of goodness. The goodness of God celebrated; in remarkable instances and improvements…
The glory of goodness. The goodness of God celebrated; in remarkable instances and improvements thereof: and more particularly in the redemption remarkably obtained for the English captives, which have been languishing under the tragical, and the terrible and the most barbarous cruelties of barbary. : [Six lines from Psalms]
printed by T. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1703
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
One Story (related by Brooks,) may not unprofitably be now repeated.
An English-man and a French-man were taken, endeavouring an Escape▪ The next Day, the English-man and the French-man were cared up to Macqueness in Irons, before the Emperor, who by the Moors was informed, what was done. The Emperor, upon Examination, told them, if they did not immediately turn Moors, he would kill them. The French-man yielded; the Emperor then threatened the English-man, ⟨p. 40⟩if he did not turn, he would quickly kill him. He made Answer, Gods Power was greater than the Devils, & let him do what he would, he should not make him turn Moor. The Emperor called for his Sword, and immediately fell to cutting him, threatening him still, to turn▪ He said, He was brought up in the Faith of Jesus Christ, & he would not forsake it. Then this inhumane Wretch in great spleen, Cut him till he fell down, and hacked & hewed him, as if had been butchering an Ox, and caused the Negro-boys to run his Body full of Holes, with Knives, till his Body was as full of Holes as possible it could be. When he had so done, Bring, said he in his own Language, Four English Dogs to fetch that Dog away. And as they carried his Body away, the Negro-boys stoned them, saying, That should be the end of them, if they did not turn Moors: But they were glad to go quietly without answering again; if they had made any Reply, they had certainly been fallen upon by the Negro-boys. So their greatest satisfaction was, his Dying in the Christian Faith, and his counting that more precious than his own Life, holding the same steadfast ⟨p. 41⟩before that Cruel Tyrant, while he had Breath in his Body. Then they carried him to the place, where they lodged under ground; so took off his Irons, and kept there all Night; and the next Morning carried him where he was to be buried, the Negroes still stoning of them as they went along. As soon as they had laid his Body in the ground, they were hurried by the Negroes to work again after their usual manner.