Francis, Duke of Guise, bore the common name of _Le Balafré_,
or “The Scarred.” In a skirmish with the English invaders
he received a wound the most severe from which any one ever
recovered. A lance entered above the right eye, declining toward
the nose, and piercing through on the other side, between the
nape and the ear. The weapon was broken off, a part remaining in
the dreadful wound. The surgeon took the pincers of a blacksmith
and tore out the barbed iron, leaving a frightful scar which was
shown as a signal badge of honor.
When Thomas tested the wounds of the risen Savior he cried, “My Lord
and my God.”
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=Stimulus=--See OPPOSITION; SOCIAL CHRISTIANITY.