# Several Letters Written In Prison, By Adrian Corneliss, Including A Prayer, An Admonition, And A Confession Of Adrian Corneliss, Glazier, Who Was Imprisoned At Leyden, And Also Put To Death There For The Testimony Of Jesus, In The Year Of Our Lord, 1552. · Page 7 of 11 [Previous page: SEVERAL LETTERS WRITTEN IN PRISON, BY ADRIAN CORNELISS, INCLUDING A PRAYER, AN ADMONITION, AND A CONFESSION OF ADRIAN CORNELISS, GLAZIER, WHO WAS IMPRISONED AT LEYDEN, AND ALSO PUT TO DEATH THERE FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1552.](/en/stories/mm-several-letters-written-in-prison-by-adrian-corneliss-including-a-prayer-an-admonition-and-a-confession-of-adrian-cornel/part-6/) · [Book contents](/en/sources/martyrs-mirror/#book-contents) · [Next page: SEVERAL LETTERS WRITTEN IN PRISON, BY ADRIAN CORNELISS, INCLUDING A PRAYER, AN ADMONITION, AND A CONFESSION OF ADRIAN CORNELISS, GLAZIER, WHO WAS IMPRISONED AT LEYDEN, AND ALSO PUT TO DEATH THERE FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1552.](/en/stories/mm-several-letters-written-in-prison-by-adrian-corneliss-including-a-prayer-an-admonition-and-a-confession-of-adrian-cornel/part-8/) Bailiff. “Where is the servant with the hat, that accompanied you?” Adrian. “I know nothing of a servant with a hat.” Bailiff. “We saw him walk with you.” Adrian. “Lord bailiff, you lie; if you are a servant of Christ, you ought not to lie.” Eph. 4:25. They then showed me the hymn about the friends and asked me who had written it. I replied: “I wrote it.” Thereupon they asked whether I had also composed it. I told them I wrote it, but said nothing about composing. The under bailiff then said: “You were at my house one Friday, and taught me a refrain about Mary Magdalene?” Adrian. “You have also lied; for my Master has taught me no refrains.” Under bailiff. “Or an exhortation?” Adrian. “It is not so.” The servants and others then said: “The fellow is drunk.” 512 Yes, dear friends, then I remembered the words of Peter, Acts 2; as they were drunk, so was I, having tasted neither beer nor bread all day. They were then about to leave, but found themselves at a loss where to put me; for John of Delft, the servant, said: “It is all right with E. S.; but now this rogue will spoil him again.” Nevertheless, they put me with him. All this took place the same Monday on which I was apprehended. The following Thursday the Bailiff came, with two judges, and a commissary from the Hague; they asked me many questions, which I could not answer, and also demanded to know where I had slept, which I would not tell, together with many other things too tedious to relate. They also asked: “Do you know Jelis of Aix-la-Chapelle?” I replied: “I never in my life was at Aix-la-Chapelle.” As they kept on asking me for a long time, I finally said: “I know him.” They then asked where I had been with him. I replied: “I cannot tell you this;” more I would not say. “We shall make you tell,” said they. “My lords,” I replied, “I have always been careful not to know much, so that in case I should be apprehended, I might not have much to tell.” They then laid before me the letters I had sent them, and also the hymn; they readily saw that it was the same hand-writing; but I did not confess it. I thought to myself: There is plenty of time yet for it; for I will have to tell them something any way, when they torture me. For the matter concerned myself; hence I did not keep it secret, when I was tortured; but as regards others, I had no warrant to accuse them, and hence I did not want to know where the friends lived, when I talked with any one. And let me tell you, dear friends, this matter is sadly overlooked by some, who are continually inquiring after this one and that one, and take it amiss, if you do not give them the desired information. O dear friends, if you knew what suffering it would mean if you were imprisoned, you would not make such inquiries. Hence, if you wish to make any inquiries, inquire after the faith that can save your souls. See, my dear friends, accept this in good part; for I have written it out of love. All the torture I have suffered was inflicted upon me, to make me inform on others; hence, the less you know, the less you have to answer. The commissary then examined my testament, and said: This is a proscribed testament. I replied: “There you have also lied.” Thereupon he was silent, and evening came on. They then went away, promising to consider my case in the daytime. Saturday morning they all came before eight o’clock, and took me into the torture chamber, where the executioner was. They then asked me whether I had not changed my mind, and would answer their questions. I began to admonish them. They said: “We have not come here to be taught by you; but we ask you whether you will answer our questions.” But this I did not intend to do. The executioner then stripped me, and bound my hands behind my back. There was a windlass there, and tying a block to my feet, they drew me up and left me hanging. While thus suspended they interrogated me, but I did not answer. They then let me down, and the Bailiff asked me where I had worked since I left Flanders. At Delft, I replied. Thereupon they asked me still other questions, and as I refused to answer them, they drew me up again, and untied the block. The executioner then placed a piece of wood or iron between my legs, which had been bound together, and stood on it. Being let down again, I was asked by the Bailiff, whether I and six of my friends had not been at Leyden at a certain time, which he specified. I did not confess it. Again the executioner drew me up, they having blindfolded my eyes, and they took rods and scourged me. After I was let down, the bailiff said: “Tell it, or I shall tell you?” I would not accuse any one. They drew me up again, pulled my beard and hair, and beat and scourged my back; but as my eyes were blindfolded, I could not see who did it. They might also have asked: “Who smote you?” Luke 22:64. This continued until I had been beaten with seven or eight rods. When they let me down, and I did not answer for a long time, they, fearing that I should faint away, poured water over me, which they had also done while I was suspended. I sat down, and as I did not speak for a long time, the Bailiff said: “You will not tell it; I will tell you: you slept at Stephen Claess’.” ## Original source [Read this passage on Project Gutenberg](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65855/pg65855-images.html#Page_512) [Edition details](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65855) [Previous page: SEVERAL LETTERS WRITTEN IN PRISON, BY ADRIAN CORNELISS, INCLUDING A PRAYER, AN ADMONITION, AND A CONFESSION OF ADRIAN CORNELISS, GLAZIER, WHO WAS IMPRISONED AT LEYDEN, AND ALSO PUT TO DEATH THERE FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1552.](/en/stories/mm-several-letters-written-in-prison-by-adrian-corneliss-including-a-prayer-an-admonition-and-a-confession-of-adrian-cornel/part-6/) · [Book contents](/en/sources/martyrs-mirror/#book-contents) · [Next page: SEVERAL LETTERS WRITTEN IN PRISON, BY ADRIAN CORNELISS, INCLUDING A PRAYER, AN ADMONITION, AND A CONFESSION OF ADRIAN CORNELISS, GLAZIER, WHO WAS IMPRISONED AT LEYDEN, AND ALSO PUT TO DEATH THERE FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1552.](/en/stories/mm-several-letters-written-in-prison-by-adrian-corneliss-including-a-prayer-an-admonition-and-a-confession-of-adrian-cornel/part-8/) --- Page: https://history.truechristian.church/en/stories/mm-several-letters-written-in-prison-by-adrian-corneliss-including-a-prayer-an-admonition-and-a-confession-of-adrian-cornel/part-7/ [Contribute a correction or addition](https://github.com/trueChristian/history.truechristian.church/issues/new?title=Correction%3A+Several+Letters+Written+In+Prison%2C+By+Adrian+Corneliss%2C+Including+A+Prayer%2C+An+Admonition%2C+And+A+Confession+Of+Adrian+Corneliss%2C+Glazier%2C+Who+Was+Imprisoned+At+Leyden%2C+And+Also+Put+To+Death+There+For+The+Testimony+Of+Jesus%2C+In+The+Year+Of+Our+Lord%2C+1552.+%C2%B7+Page+7+of+11&body=%23%23+Page+or+topic%0ASeveral+Letters+Written+In+Prison%2C+By+Adrian+Corneliss%2C+Including+A+Prayer%2C+An+Admonition%2C+And+A+Confession+Of+Adrian+Corneliss%2C+Glazier%2C+Who+Was+Imprisoned+At+Leyden%2C+And+Also+Put+To+Death+There+For+The+Testimony+Of+Jesus%2C+In+The+Year+Of+Our+Lord%2C+1552.+%C2%B7+Page+7+of+11%0A%0APage%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fhistory.truechristian.church%2Fen%2Fstories%2Fmm-several-letters-written-in-prison-by-adrian-corneliss-including-a-prayer-an-admonition-and-a-confession-of-adrian-cornel%2Fpart-7%2F%0A%0ARecord%3A+mm-several-letters-written-in-prison-by-adrian-corneliss-including-a-prayer-an-admonition-and-a-confession-of-adrian-cornel--b00119-o000000%0A%0ADate+currently+shown%3A+16th+century+%28source+section%29%0A%0A%23%23+Correction+or+addition%0A%0A%0A%0A%23%23+Sources+and+evidence%0APlease+include+book%2Fpage+references%2C+archive+links%2C+or+first-hand+documentation.%0A%0A%0A%0A%23%23+Image+credit+%28if+applicable%29%0ACreator%2C+source%2C+and+permission+or+public-domain+basis.%0A%0A%0A%0ASubmitted+for+review%3B+this+issue+does+not+publish+changes+automatically.)