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An

historical narration

concerning

Heresy,

and

the punishment thereof.

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"Nam veluti pueri trepidant, atque omnia cæcis
 In tenebris metuunt: sic nos in luce timemus
 Interdum, nihilo quæ sunt metuenda magis, quam
 Quæ pueri in tenebris pavitant, finguntque futura."

Lucretius, Lib. II. 54-57.