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The bishops of Thrace, to a letterto the emperor Loo, soon after his death, declared that they placed himamong {484} the martyrs, and hoped to find mercy through hisintercession. The greatest part of hisrelics remains still in that abbey; though, some of his bones werebrought into France, about the clo It is therefore my command, that every day thy skin be tornoff thee in seven different places, till thou hast no more left. A great number of Christians of {364} all ages andsexes were banished, beaten, and tortured divers ways, especially bybeing buffete

th of June, 1597, of his age sixty-four; having labored in cultivatingthat vineyard forty-seven years. Cuthbert, foreseeing his death to approach, resigned his bishopric,which he had held two years, and retired to his solitude in FarneIsland, to prepare himself for his last passage. They lived on bread and water four days in the week: onTuesdays and Thursdays they ate pulse and herb e of this performance: but its chief merit consists inthe sublime sentiments, and perfect description of all Christianvirtues, which it contains.