They seemed to exult in their sufferings, and as they went along sung the beatitude, "Blessed are ye, when men hate you and persecute you."[**] [* Gervase, p.1399.

M.Paris, p.

74.] [** Neubr.p.391.

M.Pang, p.74.Heining.

p.
494.] After they were whipped, they were thrust out almost naked in the midst of winter, and perished through cold and hunger; no one daring, or being willing, to give them the least relief.