revolted-unless

Updated: June 27, 2025

It would have been difficult, however, to make that very clear to Philip's comprehension, because, if men, women, and children, were scourged with rods, imprisoned and hanged, if they refused to conform publicly to a ceremony at which their consciences revolted-unless they had money enough to purchase non-conformity it seemed to be the practice to inquire very effectively into their consciences.

John Lothrop Motley - PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete

It would have been difficult, however, to make that very clear to Philip's comprehension, because, if men, women, and children, were scourged with rods, imprisoned and hanged, if they refused to conform publicly to a ceremony at which their consciences revolted-unless they had money enough to purchase non-conformity it seemed to be the practice to inquire very effectively into their consciences.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)

It would have been difficult, however, to make that very clear to Philip's comprehension, because, if men, women, and children, were scourged with rods, imprisoned and hanged, if they refused to conform publicly to a ceremony at which their consciences revolted-unless they had money enough to purchase non-conformity it seemed to be the practice to inquire very effectively into their consciences.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89 — Complete