If you were a protestant pastor after the Edit of Nantes was revoked in France, you would be arrested for preaching. You would betortured, invited to recant and sent to the galleys. Most men only survived about 11 months. On the right is the galley uniform. On the left is the prayer of a galley slave: Lord, make this ring that I wear like a wedding ring and these chains that I drag as chains of your Love....
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