They cried out that he was unworthy of his office, and pelted him with the citrons which they were carrying as the Law prescribed.
The planters and mine proprietors cried out against this as a national calamity.
The Franciscans began to urge fantastic' objections, and, when Savonarola insisted that his champion should bear the host, they cried out against the sacrilege of exposing the Redeemer's body to the flames.
