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CHAPTER I.THE APOSTLE OF ENGLAND; OR, THE MAN WHO IS FORGOTTEN BECAUSE OF HIS SUCCESS.PAGE“PUT IT ON THE SHELF!”—A BLANK WORLD—CLEVERNESS NO CREDIT—THE FARMER’S SON—NEW LIGHT FROM THE OLD CHRONICLES—THE MIDNIGHT DARKNESS AND THE MORNING STAR1CHAPTER II.THE SCHOLAR WHO OUTSTRIPPED HIS TEACHER.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 CONQUERED11CHAPTER 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’ SAKE23CHAPTER 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 IT30CHAPTER 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 GLOSSES40CHAPTER 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 PENTATEUCH56CHAPTER 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 TYNDALE73CHAPTER 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 OFFER79CHAPTER 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 LIFE87CHAPTER X.TRAPPED AT LAST; OR, DYING FOR THE TRUTH.THE QUEEN’S BIBLE—THE TRAITOR—THE TRAP—THE WEARY YEAR OF IMPRISONMENT—THE TRIUMPH98