Progymnasmata

Mistress Anne Askew, daughter of Sir William Askew, Knight of Lincolnshire

            “I for one must start off as to say I have not described or condemned the priests of the papal of any evil nature. Christopher Dare himself only put words into my mouth. For, my only point was to get a crossed, was I would refer to read five lines from the Scriptures instead of hearing five masses. All I was saying was I find it more appealing in the Bible than of their lips.

            “Sir Dare, who hath questioned me on this opinion of mine he heard of, referred to my point as ‘if the evil priest ministered, it was the devil not God’. I only answered him I had said no such thing. In turn, I did tell him the evil priest’s ministry fell on deaf ears and did not hurt my faith, for it is in spirit that I receive the good news of Christ.”