eretico

Updated: May 19, 2025

As soon as I could persuade him I was no spook or mermaid, he was almost as pleased as I was, especially when he found I was the 'eretico. He was a Swiss, it seemed, of King Ferdinand's regiments, going home on furlough, and a Protestant, which was why he was left on board.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858