The Sun. — 1827-09-14 (London, England)

VIII., with consent of Parliament, had just enacted the law of the Six Articles, commonly called the Bloody Statute, she was cruelly betrayed by her own husband,..end•upon his information, taken into custody, and examined concerning her faith. The Act abovementioned, denounced death ' against all those who should deny the doctrine of Transubstantiation, or that the bread and wine. made use of in the sacrament, were not convert' zel after consecration into the body and blood of Christ ; or, maintain the necessity of receiving the Sacrament in both kinds ; or affirm that it was lawful for Priests to marry ; that the vtve; of celibacy might be broken ; that private Masse.4 were of no avail; and that auricular Confession, to a Priest was not necessary to salvation. Upon these articles she was examined by the Inquisitor, a Priest, the Lord Mayor of London, and the Bishop's Chancellor ; and to all their queries gave proper and pertinent answers ; but not being such as they approved, she was sent back to prison, where she remained eleven days to ruminate alone on her alarming situation, and was denied the small consolation of a friendle visit. The King's Council being at Greenwich, she was once more examined by Chancellor Wriothesley, Gardiner Bishop of Winchester, Dr. Cox and Dr. Robinson ; but not being able to convince her of her supposed errors, she was sent to the Tower.—lVlr. Strype, from an authentic paper, gives the following short account. of her examination, which may not, perhaps, be uninteresting or useless to the present advocates for Catholic Emancipation :—" Sir Martin Bowes (Lord Mayor), sitting with the Cduzicil, as most meet for his wisdom, and seeing her stand upon life and death--' I pray you,' quoth my Lords, give me leave to talk to this woman! Leave was granted. Lord Mayor—' Thou foolish woman, gayest thou that the Priest cannot make the holy body of Christ ?'  Anne Askew—' I say so, my Lord ; for have read that God made man ; but 'that me,2made God I never read; nor, I suppose. evet:,, shall read it.' • -41 Lord Mayor—' No ! Thou foolish woman, after the words of Consecration, is it not tbsA,' Lord's body ?' Anne Askew—' lro, it is but consecrated s. bread, or sacramental bread.' Lord Mayor—, What if a mouse eat it after consecration ; what shall become of this mouse- What What sayst thou, thou foolish. woman ?' Anne Askew -;.—= What shall beet : of her say you, my Lord Lord May or— tl)?.t, the mouse damned.'  Anne Askew—' Alack, poor mouse.' " Perceiving that some could not keep in then laughing, the Council proceeded to the butchery and slaughter that they intended, before they came there. It was strongly suspected that Mrs. Anne Askew was favoured by some ladies of high rank ; and that she carried on a religious correspondence with the Queen. So that the Chancellor Wriothesley, hoping that he might discover something that would afford matter of impeachment against that Princess, the Earl of Hertfigd, or his Countess, who all favoured Reformation, ordered her to be -rv!t to the rack ; but her fortitude in suffering, and her resolution not to betray her friends, was proof against that diabolical invention. Not a groan, not a word could be extorted from her. The Chancellor, provoked by what he called her obstinacy, au; mented her tortures with his own hands, and with unheard of violence ; but her courage and constancy were invincible, and these barbarians gained nothing by their cruelties but everlasting disgrace and infamy. As soon as she was taken from the rack she fainted away ; but being recovered, she was condemned to the flames. Her bones were dislocated in such a manner, that they were forced to carry her in a chair to the place of t‘hveasLaotrdthce hsatnakceel,loler,ttoeris, broughtexecution. While her from 81 fering her the King's pardon if she would recant. But she refused to look at them, telling the messenger, that " she came not thither to deny her Lord and Maker." The same letters were also tendered to three other persons condemned to the same fate ; and who, animated by her example, refused to accept them. Whereupon the Lord Mayor commanded the fire to be kindled, and with savage ignorance cried out, "fiat juditia" (let justice be done.) The faggots being lighted, she commended her soul, with the utmost composure, into the hands of her Maker, andlike the great Founder of the religion she professed, expired praying for her murderers, July 16, 1546. She died when very young.