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CHAPTEE XXVI

THE BIBLE-SHUTTEES' ■ CRUELTY

"Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn.''

BuilKS.
" His learning turned to casuistry, his accomplishment became cunning,
his bravery fell away into an implacable cruelty. He who had been
open with all men grew into a monster of suspicion. While his eyes
sunk deeper into his head and overlooked nothing, his tongue refused to
speak what his eyes saw. ' If I thought that my cap knew my counsel,
I would throw it in the fire,' he said to Cavendish."

Charles Whiblej', speaking of Henry viii. in his recent edition of
Hall's Chronicle. Two beautiful volumes, 1904.
The story connected with this famous picture from The
Booh and its Story, by L. JST E., is one of the saddest in
literature, and we had better give it here, as a foil to
Foxe's " merry narrative."

The Bibles being set up in St. Paul's by commandment
of the king, and appointment of Bonner, the bishop,
many came to hear them read, not imagining any danger.
Amongst them was John Porter, " a fresh young man and
of a big stature," whose voice could be well heard, so that
he often read aloud, at the wish of the people. All went
well till Cromwell's fall, but soon after that Porter was
sent for, and rebuked sharply.
