"Like as the armèd knyght Appoynted to the fielde, With thys world wyll I fyght, And fayth shall be my shielde."
— Anne Askew

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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"The Balade whych Anne Askewe made and sange whan she was in Newgate", st. 1. The lattre examinacyon of Anne Askewe, latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the wycked Synagoge of Antichrist, with the Elucydacyon of Johan Bale (1547) p. 63