This closing volume of the 'History of the Reformation' is enriched with a fac-simile of the famous Indulgence issued by Pope Leo X., the sale of which by Tetzel in Germany, in 1517, provoked the bold and memorable denunciation of the traffic by Luther in the ninety-five theses which he affixed to the church door of Wittenberg. The fac-simile is taken from a copy of the Indulgence very recently acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum. So far as is known, no fac-simile has been published before, nor has any previously printed copy possessed the merit of complete accuracy. It has therefore been thought worth while to place an absolutely exact reproduction of so important an historical document within reach of the readers of Merle d'Aubigné's work, although, by the accident of its recent acquisition, it can only appear in the last instead of the first volume, its most appropriate place. At the request of the publishers an interesting statement has been contributed illustrative of one passage in the Bull of Indulgence hitherto somewhat obscure but of remarkable significance. (See _Appendix_.) A General Index to the eight volumes of this series--_The Reformation in the Time of Calvin_--has been specially prepared by the Translator for the English Edition; and it is hoped that this Index will be found sufficiently copious, detailed, and accurate. CONTENTS OF THE EIGHTH VOLUME. [Illustration] PAGE PREFACE v BOOK XIV. THE SPANISH MARTYRS. CHAPTER I. THE AWAKENING IN SPAIN. (1520-1535.) Torquemada--The _Alumbrados_--Lutheran Books in Spain--John d'Avila--The secret of his eloquence--His manner of speaking of the Saviour--His pastoral activity--His influence over St. Theresa--Sancha de Carile--Agitation of men's minds--The first Spanish Reformer, Rodrigo de Valerio--His conversion--His asceticism--His study of the Scriptures--John de Vergara and his brothers--A Theological Disputation--Peter de Lerma--His departure from Spain--Departure of Louis of Cadena--Pursuit of John d'Avila--Alfonso Virves--His imprisonment--His rescue from the Inquisition by Charles V. 1 CHAPTER II. REFORMATION AND INQUISITION.