Note 54 — Chapter II · HENRY II. [1547–1559.]
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“Existimant omnis publicæ cladis, omnis popularis incommodi Christianos esse causam. Si Tiberis ascendit in mœnia, si Nilus non ascendit in arva, sicœlum stetit, si terra movet, si fames, si lues, statim—Christianos ad leonem!”—Tertullian, Apol. c. 40.