# Karel Van Den Velde, With Proentgen His Wife, Franchoys De Swarte, With Klaesken His Wife, Jasper The Shoemaker, Charlo De Wael, And Martijne Amare, In The Year 1562.

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In the year 1562, there were apprehended at
Honschote in Flanders, for the testimony of the
truth, seven persons, namely, Karel van den Velde,
of Ghent, with Proentgen his wife, Franchoys de
Swarte, of Belle, with Klaesken his wife, Jasper the
shoemaker, Charlo, a lad, and Martijntgen Amare,
a young maiden, all of whom steadfastly adhered to
the truth and the word of God. Five of them,
namely, the four male persons and the girl, were
very soon after their apprehension burnt for their
faith; but the two women, sisters, were sometime
afterwards secretly drowned in a tub. One of the
women, when she saw that they intended to put her
to death secretly, complained of it, since she would
have preferred publicly to testify to the truth with
her death; whereupon her sister said: “It is all
the same, for God sees it; he will reward us, and
avenge our wrongs.” 2 Chron. 16:9; Rev. 6:10.

Thus they all passed through the conflict as valiant
heroes, and obtained leave to eat of the tree of
life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Rev. 2:7.



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