The executioners lighted a slow fire, which they kept alive with wood, but in such a manner that the flames should not rise too high, but sufficed to roast slowly the unhappy Turchi.

The priest remained as near to him as the heat permitted, and frequently said to him: "'Simon, this is the hour for repentance!' "And Simon, as long as he could speak, replied: "'Yes, father.'" * * * * * Simon Turchi evinced great repentance and much patience, and he accepted with resignation the painful and infamous death to which he was condemned.
When it was certain that he was dead, his body, partially consumed, was conveyed outside the city gates and attached to a stake by an iron chain.
The dagger with which he had stabbed Geronimo was thrust into his side.
The stake was so placed on the public road that it could be seen by all who passed, in order that the punishment inflicted for murder might serve as a warning to others, and prevent the commission of infamous crimes.
THE END.
ENDNOTES [Footnote 1: "All the foreign merchants who resided at Bruges, with the exception of a few Spaniards, established themselves here about the year 1516, to the great disadvantage of Bruges and to the advantage of Antwerp."-- Le Guicciardini, _Description of the Low Countries_.

Arnhem, 1617, p.

113.] [Footnote 2: C.Schibanius, in his _Origines Antwerpien Sum_, says that he has often seen in the Scheldt twenty-five hundred vessels, many of which were detained at anchor for two or three weeks before being able to approach the wharf.] [Footnote 3: The stables, and coach-houses used by this company for transportation still exist at Antwerp.

Although they are now occupied as barracks, they preserve their original name--_Hessenhaus_.] [Footnote 4: See the statistics of population given by Schibanius in the _History of Antwerp_, by Mertens & Torfo, Part IV., ch.