Protestantism in England From the Times of Henry VIII - James Aitken Wylie

He told her that he had been examined by torture,
that his feet had been placed on live coals, and
burned to the bones, "to make me," said he, "deny
my Lord, which I will never do; for should I deny
my Lord in this world, he would hereafter deny me.
I pray thee, therefore," said he, "good Elizabeth,
continue as thou hast begun, and bring up thy
children virtuously, and in the fear of God." On the
next day, being Whir-Sunday, he was taken out of
the stocks and bound to the stake, where he was
burned alive. His wife, his daughter Alice, and his
other children, with some friends, gathered round
the pile to receive his last words. He stood with
invincible courage amid the flames. He sang a
hymn of his own composing; and feeling that now
the fire had nearly done its work, he breathed out
the prayer offered by the great Martyr: "Into thy
hands I commend my spirit; thou hast redeemed
me, O Lord of truth," and so he ended.[12] Shrieks
of anguish rose from his wife and daughter. The
spectators, moved with compassion, regarded them
with looks of pity; but, turning to the executioners,
they cast on them a scowl of anger. "Come," said
Chilton, a brutal ruffian who had presided at the
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