Transcriber’s Notes.

The following corrections have been made in the text:
[♦] duplicated word removed ‘a’
(John was not “a reed shaken)
[♦] ‘martrydom’ replaced with ‘martyrdom’
(and won the crown of martyrdom.)
[♦] ‘Bythinia’ replaced with ‘Bithynia’
(the principal cities of Bithynia,)
[♦] Illustrated dropcap of the letter “J” retained.
(JN reference to the death)
[♦] ‘Protestanism’ replaced with ‘Protestantism’
(the voice of Protestantism,)
[♦] ‘Wittenburg’ replaced with ‘Wittenberg’
(return to Wittenberg,)
[♦] ‘but’ replaced with ‘butt’
(and the butt of their muskets.)