Storia do Mogor 249.11

249.11

They state that after the publication of this ordinance old people and young, youths and infants, began to die — a strange thing, for up to that tragic occurrence none but the old fell a prey to the King of Death, executioner of the pains of hell, though, according to their false belief, these are endured by no one eternally ; and owing to this error, as it would seem, the poor creatures find it so much the less difficult to give way to their sins.