HARD FARE MAKES FIRM MEN--WHAT ERASMUS WISHED, AND TYNDALE ACCOMPLISHED--WEALTH MADE THE TEST OF TRUTH--A MAN OF PUTTY HELPING A MAN OF IRON--DRIVEN AWAY, BUT NOT CONQUERED 11 CHAPTER III. _MARKING THE COURSE OF THE WORLD; OR, LEARNING WHOM NOT TO TRUST._ NO ROOM FOR A BIBLE IN THE BISHOP’S PALACE--THE MERCHANT’S HOUSE A HOME--MONMOUTH’S GRACIOUS CHARACTER--AN EXILE FOR CONSCIENCE’ SAKE 23 CHAPTER IV. _AN EXILE, YET IN HIS FATHER’S LAND._ HELPED BY LUTHER--FINDING A COMPANION--A BOLD VENTURE--DRIVEN AWAY--BURNING THE BIBLE DOES NOT DESTROY IT 30 CHAPTER V. _A MAN WITHOUT A PATTERN, BUT WITH MANY IMITATORS._ CURIOSITIES OF TRANSLATION--ANCIENT VERSIONS--THE BOOK THAT TURNS THE HEART INSIDE OUT--TYNDALE’S QUALIFICATIONS--HIS PUNGENT GLOSSES 40 CHAPTER VI. _HATED BY THE CARDINAL, BUT WORKING FOR GOD._ LEAVES WORMS FOR MARBURG--FARTHER FROM ROME, YET NEARER TO THE TRUTH--“THE WICKED MAMMON” AND “THE OBEDIENCE OF A CHRISTIAN MAN”--READ BY KING HENRY--“THE PRACTICE OF PRELATES”--NOTES ON THE PENTATEUCH 56 CHAPTER VII. _NOT SECOND TO A GLADIATOR; OR, STRONG FOR THE TRUTH._ SIR THOMAS MORE THE ADVOCATE OF THE BISHOPS--TYNDALE’S CRUSHING REPLY--MORE’S GROSS ABUSE AND FOUL LANGUAGE--PUBLIC OPINION WITH TYNDALE 73 CHAPTER VIII. _BRIBES AND BAIT; OR, THE FLY WHO WOULD NOT ENTER THE SPIDER’S WEB._ ATTEMPTS TO INDUCE TYNDALE TO RETURN TO ENGLAND--THE INTERVIEW IN THE MEADOW--TYNDALE’S PATHETIC APPEAL AND HIS NOBLE OFFER 79 CHAPTER IX. _A FRIEND UNTO DEATH; OR, COMFORTING A SUFFERER._ THE BOOK OF JONAH TRANSLATED--POWER LENT BY GOD--WANDERING BUT WORKING--COMFORTING FRYTH--FRYTH’S NOBLE DEFENCE--TYNDALE’S MODE OF LIFE 87 CHAPTER X. _TRAPPED AT LAST; OR, DYING FOR THE TRUTH._ THE QUEEN’S BIBLE--THE TRAITOR--THE TRAP--THE WEARY YEAR OF IMPRISONMENT--THE TRIUMPH 98 WILLIAM TYNDALE. CHAPTER I. _THE APOSTLE OF ENGLAND; OR, THE MAN WHO IS FORGOTTEN BECAUSE OF HIS SUCCESS._ “How seldom, friend, a good, great man inherits Honour or wealth, with all his toil and pains! It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains.” --COLERIDGE. “Did you ever sit and look at a handsome or well-made man, and thank God from your heart for having allowed you such a privilege and lesson?”--KINGSLEY.