Illustration of the Martyrdom of Anne Askewe, John Lacels, John Adams, and Nicholas Belenian (Protestant Christian Martyrs). Burned alive at the stake in 1546ad, England. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read the Trial Proceedings of Anne Askewe in: "Select Works of John Bale, Containing the Examinations of Lord Cobham, William Thorpe, and Anne Askewe, and the Image of Both Churches (1849 Edition, The Parker Society) Hail & Fire REPRINTS 2009

A Prayer for the Desire of the Life to Come

"Private Prayers, put forth by Authority during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1860 Parker Society Edition)

Elizabeth I

"This my body is the very dark and filthy prison of the soul; this world is an exile, and a banishment: this life is care and misery: but where thou art, O Lord, there is the very country of liberty and everlasting blessedness. Stir our minds now and then to remember so great felicity. Pour into our hearts a desire of such precious things, and of all things most to be desired. Give quietness unto our mind, and grant that we may have some taste of the everlasting joys, whereby these things of the world may seem filthy, and be so loathful to us, which we seek for so earnestly, and embrace so greedily, and retain so surely, that we may refuse and despise these bitter and filthy things, and most fervently desire the sweetness of thy familiarity, in which all goodness is contained. To thee be glory for ever. Amen."