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Title: Christian heroes and martyrs
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: (Foster, William A.) (from old catalog)
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d Southgate,in Bury. On the way he met the procession of the host, but he wenton, and would not bow, or kneel, but vehemently rebuked what hecalled their idolatry and superstition. On arriving at the place of execution, the stake being ready, andthe wood lying near, he kneeled down, and prayed. Then rising uphe spoke in a clear voice to the people, while they were fastening himto the stake; after which fire was set to him. His sufferings were dreadful, for the wood was green, and wouldnot burn, so that he was choked with smoke; and moreover, being setin a pitch-barrel, with some pitch still sticking to its sides, he was ingreat anguish thereby. But at last a man standing near took a fagot,and striking at the ring of iron which was about his. neck, and thenupon his head, he fell down on one side into the fire, and so endedhis pain. Arrest and Trial of Anne Askew.This woman came of respectable people and had been decentlyreared. Having joined the reformers and openly expressed her opin-
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KERBY SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE IN REPLY TO DR. RUGHAM. 404 THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. ions,. she was arrested and put on trial for her life. She underwentseveral examinations, in which she answered the questions that wereasked her with much boldness. After remaining some time in prison,application was made by her relatives for her release. Upon hearingthis the bishop of London ordered that she should be brought beforehim, at three oclock the next day, attended by her friends. After having been examined by the bishop, Anne was persuadedto sign a paper, upon which had been written a formal promise toreturn to the Romish church. She was then released, but was againarrested, about a year after her first trial. The following is an accountwritten by herself in a letter to a friend, of what took place at her lastexamination. Trial and Torture of Anne Askew. I was sent from Newgate prison to an inn, the sign of the Crown,where Mr. Rich, and the bishop of London, with all their cunning andflatt

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