These were standing, ranged along by the wall, in readiness to obey the orders of the judges.

Their attendants fell back to the door, and the prisoners remained, standing alone, in the center of the room.
"Acting in all kindness," the judge said, "we have given you ample time to retract, and to consider your position; and we now call upon you to consent, formally, to abandon your accursed heresies, and to embrace the offer which the holy church kindly makes to you; or to endure the pains which it will be necessary that we should inflict, in order to soften your hardness of heart." "We are perfectly resolved," Ned said, "to maintain the religion of our fathers.

As Englishmen, we protest against this outrage.

When your countrymen fall into our hands, no man dreams of endeavoring to compel them to abandon their faith.

They are treated as honorable prisoners; and if any outrage be attempted upon our bodies, sooner or later, be assured, the news of it will come to the ears of our English captains; and for every drop of blood of ours shed, a Spanish life will answer." "You are insolent," the inquisitor said, coldly.