William Tindale; A Biography; A Contribution to the Early History of the English Bible (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xiii. arrest of tyndale: his imprisonment, trial., and martyrdom. A.D. 1535--1530 Ever since the middle of 1534, Tyndale had found a home at Antwerp in the house of Thomas Poyntz, one of the English Merchant Adventurers established in that great mart of commerce. Antwerp was then at the height of its prosperity, by far the most important commercial city in Europe: and merchants from all parts of the civilised world were welcomed to the great emporium of trade, and were generously allowed to share in most of the privileges of the citizens. As far back as the year 1474 the magistrates of the city, in order to encourage the presence of English merchants, had granted them the use of a spacious mansion which had been acquired from a person of rank; and it was under this roof, beyond a doubt, that Tyndale had found, after so many wanderings, a happy and congenial home. Time has wrought many changes on the wealthy mistress of the Scheldt; and the bombardments by the Spanish and by the French have destroyed much that the hand of Time might have spared; still, that quarter of the city in which the English House was situated, retains even in our own day not a little of the appearance which it must have presented in the sixteenth century; and the traveller can still recognise the house in which Tymlnle resided up to the moment of his arrest. In the labyrinth of streets that lie to the north of the Grande Place and the Cathedral, the tourist may easily discover the Rue de la Vieille Bourse; and it was in the block bounded by this street on the one side, and Rue Zirck on the other, that the house was situated, where the English merchants were lodged from 1474 to 1558. The narrow street, overshadowed with lofty hous