Excerpt from The One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn The Oratory of the English Martyrs has become a Shrine that is very dear to many devout pilgrims. Though it is only a temporary one, housed in a room which is far from being worthy of its hallowed memories, it has yet a character and dignity of its own which appeals to the heart and stimulates the imagination. It is now some years since a few devoted friends of Tyburn took it upon them to decorate and enrich this little Shrine, so that it might tell more vividly the story of those great souls who consecrated this soil with their blood. It was a Benedictine monk who first conceived the idea of overshadowing the altar of sacrifice with a presentiment of the Triple Tree of Tyburn, the Holy Rood of this our English Calvary. It was another Benedictine who carried out his ideas, designed the Tree with its pendant lamps, the altar reredos and ornaments which make so strong an appeal to the lovers of our Martyrs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.